For a WTA tournament to reach Argentina and Rosario would be of incalculable impact for the girls, with the presence of elite players and with Podoroska as a great attraction. Tennium has already sent the request for the tournament to the calendar to the mother entity that governs women’s tennis and it is thought that it could take place between September and November 2021, it would be a 125K category, with the idea that it will grow over the years until acquiring another hierarchy.
Although the letter sent to WTA lists Buenos Aires as the headquarters, there would be no impossibility to change the site. In fact, A very tall fountain from Tennium and the Argentina Open confided to La Capital: “Rosario is definitely the square where we would like it to be done.” And he ruled out the possibility of setting up a field. The priority is to do it in a tennis club that meets the conditions (or can meet or adapt them immediately) that are required for this type of tournament.
In this context and in a quick review of possibilities, Jockey Club could go for a point. If so, the parallels between these events come to life. In 2010, Luciana Aymar, the world’s best hockey player of all time, had the opportunity to play in Rosario, her hometown, the World Cup (which she won and in which she raised the cup) together with Las Leonas, while wearing the captain’s belt of that formidable team. Lucha, who was born in Fisherton, was said to have played “in the courtyard of her house” because of the proximity of the World Cup Stadium to the place where she was born. With Nadia, rising star and perhaps the best Argentine athlete this year, something similar could happen. Nadia, like Lucha, was born in Fisherton and if she became the WTA and was a protagonist, she would also play “in the yard” of her house. The two are beloved daughters of the Fisherton Athletic Club and went through Jockey (Fight as a partner and player, Nadia using the courts to train).
The last time the Russian Podoroska played a tournament at her home was in 2012, when she was 15 years old, when she played the Challenger 25K and ratified the first points that he obtained with 14, which allowed him to enter the WTA professional ranking. Today, behind that girl who dreamed big of this teenager who shakes structures, there is something in common: the desire and the conviction. If the tournament happens in your city, you will have it more than deserved. Although everything, absolutely everything, today is gripped by the threads that the Covid-19 pandemic forces and in the step by step with which each contest will be developed next year, still full of uncertainty. Nothing is said but the objective is clear: they want Nadia as the protagonist in Rosario.
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For now, the most immediate commitment that would see the Russian playing again in the country (resides in Alicante, Spain, and generally only returns a couple of times a year, in high competition), It would be the series of the Billie Jean King Cup (ex Fed Cup) between the Argentine team and Kazakhstan that was pending this season due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Set now for February in Buenos Aires, it would still be postponed (like several tournaments on the continent) again because the Australian Open would start precisely on the 8th of that month. Argentina, which has its Ace in Nadia, does not intend to compromise on this matter. He needs to play it with Rosario as the leader.
