Guillermo Vilas is in the elite of world sport and, of course, in Argentine sport. The former tennis player was one of the greatest and his figure is magnified in the documentary that is being broadcast by Netflix and in which the investigation of journalist Eduardo Puppo is related so that the ATP recognizes the man from Mar del Plata who was the 1 in the world during seven weeks between 1975 and 1976.
Puppo tells on the broadcast that, in one of the dozens of interviews he recorded with Vilas to make the “great Willy” book, he commented that there was good news about his claim.
And that the chances of being recognized as 1 were close. The camera is still on at that moment and Vilas breaks down in tears. It breaks, it breaks free, it lets go.
Cry opening your heart. “What sons of bitches!”, Is unloaded with anger at that moment that squeezes the soul of those who love tennis and who see in Vilas an eternal idol.
Today Vilas is based in Monte Carlo and is experiencing health problems, such as memory loss, as mentioned in the same documentary.
Vilas is 68 and it is known that the ATP would not reopen the investigation to recognize those weeks in which it was 1.
In those days, the records and the mathematics by which the rankings are carried out were not as reliable as they are today.
This is where Puppo’s investigation arises, which proves that Vilas was 1.
That is why Guillermo’s crying, as he was never seen.
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