Ane Seminar He has shown at this Wimbledon that he has a great future. The 17-year-old from Gipuzkoa left track 1 of the All England Club this Sunday, the second most important, with her head held high, the glasses with which she usually plays and as champion of the junior box.
He came back to Nastasja Mariana Schunk with a score of 2-6, 6-4 and 6-1. Spanish women’s tennis already knows what it is to win in the sub’18 after they achieved it before in boys Manolo Orantes (1967) and Alejhandro Davidovich (2017).
Magüi Serna had tried it for the last time in 1996 and fell to Amelie Mauresmo. Then the Frenchwoman reached the top of the racket sport.
It is unknown how far he will reach Mintegi, but he has tennis and a winning attitude to be what he wants. Ane lost the first game of the final to serve with a double fault and after having stopped a play when considering that a ball had gone long. He was wrong.
Schunk had come to the last Sunday without making a sound, like the other finalist. Without needing to be seeded, the two were fighting for the trophy. The ranking at these ages is the least of it.
The Teuton, who had eliminated Victoia Jiménez Kasintseva, the main favorite, in the semifinals yesterday, is a natural puncher. With the added advantage on the grass from being left-handed, she took the lead 2-0.
Ane, as is normal, was nervous. However, he was able to carry out his second serve and release his locker. Vicky Jiménez cheered her on from the stands because they are good friends, not in vain did they play doubles together in the British tournament.
Schunk kept collecting winners until he scored the first set. When she was closer to the triumph, the Basque appeared, who allied herself with the wind to sign a historic comeback based on tennis and courage.
Mintegi had a hard time closing. He missed the first two title balls with 5-1 and service. The fifth time was the charm. There is a relay in the women’s ‘Armada’ and she trains in the TEC of Sant Gervasi (Barcelona) under the command of Juan Lizariturry and with the support of Sergio Ferrer Salat, son of Carlos Ferrer Salat, who was the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, and brother of Beatriz, an Olympian in dressage.
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