Everything ready in Idiazabal to follow the game. /
Junior Wimbledon Final
The Gipuzkoan tennis player plays the Wimbledon Junior final after beating the Czech Linda Fruhvirtova, eighth seeded yesterday
The young Gipuzkoan tennis player
Ane Mintegi will opt today around two in the afternoon (Movistar Deportes 1) for the junior title of Wimbledon. Yesterday the 17-year-old from Idiazabal again broke all the odds, beating the Czech Linda Fruhvirtova, eighth seeded, 6-3 and 7-5 in one hour and 36 minutes. In the final, Ane will face the German Nastasja Schunk, who surprised the great favorite, the Andorran Victoria Jiménez. The city council of Idiazabal, Mintegi’s hometown, has already placed a giant screen in the town square so that no one misses the final,
informs Iker Aizpuru. Shouting ‘Egurren Mintegi’, the residents of the Goierritarra are preparing to cheer on Ane, the promise of tennis that is confirming expectations.
The one in Idiazabal has been since the beginning of the year
training at the TEC Carles Ferrer Salat in Barcelona under the command of Juan Lizariturry from Donostia, a young tennis player who had to leave the circuit due to injuries after having reached the 304th place in the world. And it seems that the change has been very good for him. Ane is just one win away from claiming the Junior Wimbledon trophy. Something that no one had achieved at the state level. Until today only two tennis players had reached gold in London. Two tennis players who know each other well:
Conchita Martinez(1995) and his current disciple,
Garbiñe Muguruza (2017).
However, none of them had managed to win from the junior category. The one that did manage to win was the current one
number 1 of the WTA ranking and reigning Wimbledon champion, after this weekend,
Ashleigh Barty she got rid of her rival 6-3, 6-7 and 6-3, the Czech Karolína Plíšková.
Ane has been growing this season and is already interspersing junior competition with the professional circuit where it is already ranked 715 in the world. In April she reached her first final at the W15 in Antalaya of the ITF women’s professional circuit and in March she received an invitation to the qualifying phase of the Madrid Open and fell in three sets to the French Kristina Mladenovic (59th in the world).
In the day yesterday the forecasts were broken again.
The Czech came as the eighth favorite and with a world ranking of 355, much higher than the Gipuzkoan. But so far this tournament does not seem that that has impressed Mintegi who, with yesterday’s, has already eliminated the second seeded, the sixth and the eighth.
Mintegi returned to play with intensity, very aggressive and with great confidence. He made 27 unforced errors, compared to 37 by his rival, he added 73% of the points in the net and although he committed 7 double faults, he dominated with his first serve.
After the game, Ane met again with journalists who were interested in her performance. Very in his line, Ane answered almost in monosyllables. But she said that “it is an honor to be the first from Gipuzkoa to reach the junior final at Wimbledon, it is very special to be here in a final in such an important tournament.” In addition, she admitted to being surprised that she made it to the final round.
“I am surprised to have come so far here, because I am a clay player and it is difficult for me to adapt my game, but I have played flatter and I have been very aggressive,” he added.
Something more extensive was his coach when he answered this newspaper by phone. Juan Lizariturry has been working with her since the beginning of the year and sees her making a lot of progress. «She is finding a very aggressive game, she looks very happy, with great enthusiasm. We have been training for a few months at the TEC in Barcelona and I think it has been very good for her and she is very motivated, “said the San Sebastian, for whom” the serve is being one of Ane’s best weapons this week. ”
Regarding the final, which will be played on Track 1, the second most important in the entire Wimbledon complex, Lizariturry said that “it is the first time he will play on Track 1, which is sure to impress, but I look forward to it.” Her rival will be the German Nastasja Schunk, who surprisingly defeated the Andorran Victoria Jimenez, first seed and great friend of Ane, who lost 6-4, 4-6 and 6-4.
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