Lucciana Pérez Alarcón | “A Peruvian in the eye of world tennis” and “she has plenty of talent”: the analysis of the historic performance of the Peruvian tennis player at the women’s Roland Garros juniors | SPORT-TOTAL

Can they be the best weeks of Peruvian tennis in the last five years? Yes, by far. Juan Pablo reached the fourth round of Roland Garros -and played against Novak Djokovic, according to his confession, “in his best match of the tournament”- and this cold Friday, Luciana Perez Alarconthe young 18-year-old tennis player whose first appearance in the media took place here, in DT, a couple of months ago -see note here- She has just fulfilled a maximum dream: she beat the Russian Anastasiia Gureva, once again managed a difficult match and came back to win in two straight sets 7-6 (2) and 7-5. The young woman became the first Peruvian tennis player to reach the final of the Paris Open in juniors, in addition, she surpassed what Laura Arraya achieved in 1981 when she reached the semifinals. She will now seek to emulate Jaime Yzaga, who emerged champion in junior singles at Roland Garros in 1985.

It was worth waking up at dawn and training until very late at the Regatas, Lucciana, who will face Alina Korneeva, current number 1 in the division ranking and ranked 331 at the WTA level, in the final.

On the big sports news of the day and on what is to come, we consulted journalists and tennis experts to try to see what is coming for the young Peruvian, granddaughter of former international referee Edison Pérez.

1. How to define this unprecedented moment in national tennis: Lucciana Pérez is the first Peruvian woman to play in a Roland Garros Jr final?

2. What comes next for your career? What should you do? Where to compete?

Margarita Rivera -portal elpoli.pe-

1. This is a historic moment, without a doubt, because it puts a Peruvian in the eye of world tennis. Since Laura Arraya and Pilar Vásquez we have not had victories of this magnitude in Peruvian women’s tennis and, in fact, we have never reached this stage in ladies, so you have to understand the tremendous relevance it has.

2. This should not be an isolated event. It is not easy to play professional tennis in Peru. If we want to continue to see her grow and reach the same levels, not only at the junior level, we have to provide her with the playing conditions. She must continue competing in WTA tournaments, the big ones, and with a lot of continuity, only then will she maintain a competitive rhythm and score the necessary points to stay on the circuit and climb the ranking. The ball is not only in his court, but from the authorities and, above all, private companies, to sponsor his career and allow him and allow us to enjoy a Peruvian in the highest levels of professional tennis

Carlos Naka -amateur tennis promoter-

1. Yes. As far as I know, yes: Jaime was a junior champion in RG in the 80s. Hers is historic.

2. I believe that the junior stage will continue and with very good results and in the best tournaments, perhaps it can become No. 1 in the world junior ranking -today it is sixth-, but the history in the professional stage it’s another, physically he has to work a lot… He has plenty of talent… If he decides to continue with his career, the next step is to go to Argentina to continue preparing.

Mafe Lovatón -DT journalist-

1. I think that, between the triumphs of Lucciana Pérez and Juan Pablo Varillas, Peruvian tennis is living its best moment in the last decade. This new generation of tennis players led by a great Varillas once again places our country within the tennis elite, not only in South America but worldwide. Today, at an international level, people talk about our tennis players and that says a lot about the excellent performance they are having on their circuits.

2. Lucciana must now continue with the team that has been training and preparing her because without a doubt that has led her here. It would be ideal for her to continue with this group throughout her career. To this must be added the fact that she can compete on international circuits, which she has been doing, and why not think that she could participate in preparation camps with other tennis players to be able to warm up with foreign athletes. It is important that she, at her young age, prepare herself physically and mentally for the pressure of being a professional athlete.

Américo Tupi Venero – Extenista

1. To be honest, those of us in the technical regatta command knew that Lulú was in a position to have a result like this. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t. But he has potential.

2. Now RG finished, the plan is for him to compete in a WTA in Paris and then he will prepare on the grass court to train for Winblendon.

Jorge Salinas – Director of Tennis to the Maximum

1. ‘Lulu’ (as we affectionately call her) is indeed the first Peruvian woman to reach the final of Roland Garros Junior. 42 years ago Laura Arraya held the record of having reached the semifinals. And for the South American sphere, Pérez will try the same achievement achieved by the Argentine Patricia Tarabini who obtained it in 1986.

2. ‘Lu’, after Roland Garros, will continue in Europe with a tour between professional tournaments and the preparation prior to Wimbledon Junior. From there he will head to the United States to begin his university studies. In addition, he must continue with the plan of his technical team led by Tupi Venero. It is worth mentioning that the coach who is with the tour of the old continent is Sergio Monges, from the staff of the Club de Regatas Lima. Now, he will define the following tournaments after the end of his stay on Parisian soil.

Luis Carrillo Pinto – Journalist

1. What Luciana Pérez has achieved by reaching the final is truly historic, since she is the first Peruvian tennis player to achieve that magnificent achievement. What does it mean for her? It means that it will rise in the ITF ranking, since it is ranked eighth and can play WTA tournaments, which means that it can enter the circuit, obviously play smaller tournaments, but little by little it will rise in the ranking. ranking and there is no doubt that in the next two years, we will see her play the next world tournaments. Above all, reaching the final is confirmation that we have a woman tennis player with the ability to reach the highest women’s competitions worldwide, which are the WTA, this is the most important thing, since she has shown that she has the ability to to be professional.

2. Now you will be able to play these WTA 125, which are a series of international tournaments and have a second rank before reaching the WTA. But it already gives her the opportunity to go to the WTA and I think that Luciana Pérez has shown all the capacity to really decide to dedicate herself to professional tennis, since others prefer to go to study at a university, secure their career in the United States and I say that she He’s going to have a chance at professional tennis. It will not be easy, imagine Juan Pablo Varillas when he was 19 or 20 years old and he has to continue in this career, however, you see her on the field and this is her dream. The next step is to become a professional.