Roland Garros Mara Camila Osorio debuts this Monday at Roland Garros
MFor Camila Osorio, Colombian tennis player who will debut this Monday (4:00 am) in the main draw at Roland Garros facing the American Madison Brengle (84 WTA), spoke with Network + News from Paris. The Colombian racket woke up again in the country the illusion of tennis who had gone into a lethargy since the retirement of Mariana Duque and before Fabiola Zuluaga, her compatriot.
The 19-year-old cucutea has the power to attract attention, not only because of her game and the cold head that she has had to implement to it, but because of his jovial character and his eternal smile, despite adversity. This Monday he faces yet another chapter in his short sports career. The player hopes to achieve her first Grand Slam victory as a professional, after having passed the qualy of the Parisian tournament.
“Honestly for me it is a dream to be able to play a main draw at a Grand Slam. I always wanted to be in one and the truth is I am very excited. I have worked hard and made an effort to achieve these kinds of things and well, thank God for all the blessings he has given me this year, “he pointed out. However, this work had not been possible. without the help of a guide, from a coach with the journey like Ricardo Snchez, who has a serious, focused process with clear objectives with the Colombian, today 98th in the world rankings.
“Ricardo has brought me order, because he played more with instinct, more for what I thought I should do and how I felt at the time. But he has given me an order, we have worked on that mainly both on and off the court. He has also given me confidence, he believes a lot in me and when I’m on the court I believe in what he tells me. We make a good team and do a great job. “
But his arrival at Roland Garros, as well as his title in Bogota and the semifinals reached in Charleston (USA) and Belgrade (Serbia) are due to a unique moment, with a unique person, Fabiola Zuluaga, considered by many, the best tennis player in the history of the country. “Before Bogotá they gave me advice and made me see that I could seriously be at a high level. Fabiola Zuluaga and Luisa Obando told me to believe in me, that I could do it and I realized that I did. to game, and then when I won my head clicked that woke me up and showed me that I can be playing at this level. “
Although not everything is rosy in this story. The bandages that Mara Camila has worn in her last presentations are not part of her wardrobe, it means that the Colombian presents a physical discomfort that, if not treated properly, could cause a headache later on.
“I’m playing blindfolded because I have something in my legs that I do not know if it is due to the same tension of the matches that annoys me when I start running. I am focusing on recovery with ice, medications, physical therapy, to be my best. I feel pain when I do some movements and I do it more as a precaution because I don’t want the situation to escalate. “
Tokyo is a possibility for Osorio who has two options: one, the management of an invitation that the Colombian Tennis Federation has already begun with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and two, that the Colombian I got a brilliant performance that puts it within the 64 best rackets on the ladder to classify directly.
“I hope everything flows, what if it happens, welcome to be; right now I am focused on this tournament and what I am living now.”
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