I will do everything in order to be completely ready for the tournament in Umag, I will definitely do my best. It would be great that after a long time, we have a Croatian player in the finals announced Ivan Dodig, one of the best Croatian tennis players in the eve of the upcoming 22. ATP Studena Croatia Open, which will be held from 21. until 31. of July.
Dodig stated that he is thrilled with his results in first half of the year, since he some of the biggest victories of his career. He entered the Top 40 of the ATP list, won his first tournament (Zagreb Indoors) and played the semifinals in Barcelona, where he beat a Top 10 tennis player Robin Soderling. Good results, on all three surfaces on which the ATP World Tour is played, were confirmed by his game in the finals of UNICEF Open in Hertogenbosch in the end of June, which is played on grass.  Dodig will be arriving to Umag from Hamburg, where the tournament is also played on land.

From the array of high ranked players that will be participating at this year's ATP Studena Croatia Open, as favorites Dodig lists the first and second bearers of the tournament, Juan Ignacio Chela from Argentina, and Alexandr Dogopolov from Ukraine, but also Marin Čilić that is a favorite at every tournament, said Dodig. There's also Ivan Ljubičić, who has shown that he can still play and that he can beat anyone with his experience when he's ready. "I think that there are more quality players than there have been in the previous few years, but I hope that us Croatians will be the most numerous ones and that one of us will make it to the finals", said Dodig.

Umag's tournament is one of the rare few ATP tournaments in the world that offers rich entertainment content for player's relaxation and enjoyment. That's why a big portion of tennis players love Umag and come back every year, confirmed Dodig. The unique combination of tennis, music and gourmet at ATP Studena Croatia Open traditionally attracts over 70.000 guests, that's why during the tournament, Umag becomes an unavoidable center for tennis, beauty, fun and socializing as well as the experience of Istrian smells and tastes.