He made a Great Willy at Roland Garros and was applauded by the French – Diario El Ciudadano y la Región

Gabriela Sabatini made a Gran Willy at the Roland Garros Legends Tournament. The Argentine tennis player made a pair with Gisela Dulko in the defeat by 4-6 and 3-6 against Caroline Wozniacki y Nathalie Tauziat.

The former champion of the US Open in 1990 scored a pearl when the second set of the match was being played: after the Danish lob, Gaby reached the bottom of the court where he scored the luxury invented by Guillermo Villas which served to win the point and tie the second set 1-1. The play generated an ovation from the public.

The former number 3 of the WTA ranking It showed that it is intact. “Come on, Gabby.” It was one of the many chants that was heard from the stands dedicated to the retired athlete in 1996.

In addition, Sabatini referred to the great moment he is living Thomas Etcheverry who qualified for the quarterfinals of Roland Garros: “It’s incredible what he’s playing Tomy. It makes us very happy. That he is here in the quarterfinals in his favorite tournament and seeing an Argentine in this instance is something incredible”.

Finally, the Argentine left open the possibility of participating again in Paris next year: “Let’s try”.

The origin of the Gran Willy

The coup was invented by Guillermo Vilas. In 1974, the winner of four Grand Slams He did it on the field of the Sanitary Works of Buenos Aires, during an exhibition against the Frenchman Wanaro N’Godrella. For his part, the man from Mar del Plata repeated luxury in 1975in the Indianapolis tournament, on brick dust, against the Spanish Manuel Orantes.

Vilas maintained that he was inspired by the Argentine polo player Juan Carlos Harriot, that in an advertisement for whiskey of the Scottish brand Old Smuggler He did a backhander (back heel stroke), through the horse’s legs.

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