The guest of this years meeting with children at Kids Week of ATP Vegeta Croatia Open, last year's winner Alexandr Dolgopolov thrilled the gathered young tennis players while exchanging a few points with them, giving good advice, and spontaneously singing since he loves music. Roughly thirty kids from Croatia, Czech Republic, Russia and Slovenia gathered at the court with Dolgopolov.

"I always enjoy coming to Umag because it's a beautiful city, and besides the weather is great, it's summer and the atmosphere is fantastic. I'm enjoying myself because there are a lot of people that come here to cheer for me, and special memories tie me to this place because it's the first ATP tournament that I've won so I'm really glad to be here again", said Dolgopolove while adding that he will do his best at the tournament this year. "My goal is to get into the top ten players list this year. There's plenty of time until the end of the season and I have to do my best", said Dolgopolov. This is the second year in Umag for the last year's winner, he started playing tennis at three years of age, and his best position on the ATP list is this year's 13th place.