Since 2016, Tandil was declared as the National Capital of tennis. Not so much because of the wide variety of clubs in which the sport is practiced in the city, but because of the number of talents that emerged from those lands. With Juan Martin del Potro as the greatest exponent, there were other prominent proper names such as Pérez Roldán, Juan Mónaco and Mariano Zabaleta. And in the last few hours, a 15-year-old girl named Sol Larraya Guidi fI was in charge of occupying the front pages: became the champion of the Roland Garros Junior Series in São Paulo and, in this way, he won a wild card to participate in the second Grand Slam of the year at the youth level.
The man from Tandil, who trains wielded a racket for the first time at the age of four, beat the local Pietra Rivoli 6-3 and 6-2 in the final and thus confirmed that it is one of the main projects for a promising future for the national women’s tennis Together with Luna Cinalli (she lost in the semifinals of this event) and Candela Vázquez, they stand as the players of the 2008 litter who have been crying out for clues.
With a powerful game, usually stopping on the baseline and with a more than interesting forehand, she was sweeping her rivals throughout the week. Larraya Guidi trains every week at the UNCAS club, where she learned to play by watching his brother practice at the little school. Her mother is a physical trainer and He is part of his work team led by Negro Gómez, the talent trainer of the city of the Movedisa Stone.
And Sol, like many Argentine players who grew up watching him hit drives on the main courts of the circuit, has Del Potro as his idol. In fact, he told it earlier in the week when he had the pleasure of sharing a chat with the tournament ambassador.
goal accomplished
“It’s a dream and a challenge to go to Roland Garros,” she had said, ranked 1029 in the WTA ranking, in a chat with ESPN Tennis. And she not only did it, but she did it overwhelmingly.
