The Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro became champion in the ladies’ version of the First Division Interclubes of the Argentine Tennis Association, while Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club he did it in gentlemen. Both finals, it should be remembered, were played on the fast court of the Argentine Tennis Club.
On the women’s side, the Barça team beat Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires 2-0 and, in this way, to win the fourth title in the history of the traditional AAT team competition (2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022).
In the team led by Catalina Pella, their singlists once again excelled, Bolivian Noelia Zeballos Melgar and Sierra Solana from Mar del Plata, who won all the games he played this season for San Lorenzo. Zeballos Melgar, champion of a W15 this season, closed the series by beating 18-year-old Tiziana Rossini 6-4, 6-2.
In addition to Zeballos and Sierra, the San Lorenzo squad was made up of Catalina Pella, Nadia Podoroska, Sofía Luini, Delfina Glorioso, Victoria Beccio and Lara Díaz Zayas.
Among the men, BALTC surpassed Harrods Gath & Chaves by abandonment in the third point, became champion again after six years and added its title number No. 43 in the Primera Interclubescompetition of which the team is most winner of history.
After the triumph of Guido Andreozzi by 6-1 7-6 (5) over Juan Pablo Ficovich, Thomas Etcheverry He sealed his team’s title by beating Ignacio Carou 6-3, 6-3. The decisive doubles was not played due to abandonment by Harrods.
The BALTC champions are: Tomás Etcheverry, Juan Pablo Ficovich, Nicolás Kicker, Andrés Molteni, Román Burruchaga, Martín Cuevas, Fermín Tenti, Lautaro Midón, Santiago Giamichelle, and captain Bruno Tiberti.
The teams received the trophy from Agustín Calleri, President of the AAT; and César Francis, Administrative Secretary of the institution. Between the ladies’ and men’s finals, an activity of Adapted Foot Tennis, an organization that works with people who wear prostheses, young people with Down syndrome and short stature, and with reduced mobility; and the Juanito Foundation, which is dedicated to the protection of children and adolescents in vulnerable situations.
