Fernanda Contreras is already a reference in Mexican tennis

Of Fernanda Contreras, at the beginning of this year, little was known… very little. Today, He should already be seen as the great reference of Mexican tennis. Yes, because Fernanda went from being a surprise/coincidence to becoming the most constant national singles player on the professional circuit today.

Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open are the three participations in Grand Slams in a row that Fernanda achievedsomething that no Mexican or Mexican boasted since the time of Angélica Gavaldón in 1995. And although his participation in the main draw was short-lived as he fell in the early roundsalso invite optimism that the 24-year-old potosina has the best yet to come.

​The takeoff

A year ago, of the little that was known about Fernanda, is that she was the granddaughter of the former Mexican tennis player Francisco Pancho Contreras, who played on the ATP circuit and was a key player in the Davis Cup team that reached the 1962 Final; Now, Fer has had a year of construction that gives her a light of her own and will focus the spotlight on her for the following season.

The first blow came on May 21, when an unknown Fernanda Contreras –which at that time was ranked 224th in the WTA ranking– gave an unexpected blow by sneaking into the main draw of Roland Garros. And not only that, on the most important clay in the world he had his best performance by advancing to the second round; It was also a result that gave her the best ranking of her sports career, placing her in 157th place.

Then came the moment of Wimbledon; yes, the stage and the sacred grass that she heard so many times in her childhood within the stories that the grandfather told. She was able to live that feeling in her own flesh, after advancing to the main draw through qualy, at the same time that she broke with 26 years of Mexican absence in the London tournament; however, to her bad luck, in this edition no points were given for the ranking.

Fernanda was not satisfied with having participated in two Grand Slams and sought the third with the US Open. Before going to the qualy of the contest, Contreras tried to score points in WTA tournaments, but without much success, so he had to play that qualifying stage as the 201st in the world, and on his way he met tennis players of his caliber, so he was able to access the main draw. Yesterday, the national racket player stayed in the first round after falling to the Czech Barbora Krejcikova 6-0 and 6-4, a tennis player who asserted her status as number 23 in the world.

The challenge of staying

Tennis player, engineer and writer, Fernanda Contreras will appear next week in 175th place in the WTA world ranking, and for the following year the eyes of Mexican tennis will be focused on her to seek the classification to the Grand Slam and go further. The most complicated thing for Contreras will be to maintain a level that she has already shown to possess.

In 2019, Fernanda dedicated herself one hundred percent to professional tennis and in four years she already left her mark worldwide, in a sport in which Mexico has only lived from a few glimpses in recent decades; yes, now the hope is placed on this player from Potosí who, between rest and rest, takes her notebook to make tactical notes, read herself, or simply capture a dream that she still has to realize.

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