The current Australian Open is the worst of this century for national interests, which already experienced the poorest result in three decades at the last Roland Garros.
22 ene 2024 . Updated at 1:55 p.m.
It is not what there was before, that we had 15 Spaniards in the top 100Feliciano López, current director of the Davis Cup Finals, lamented in a recent talk about Spain’s chances of achieving a medal in tennis, a sure value in recent years, during the next Games in Paris. The former tennis player, with a predilection for the Anglo-Saxon grass to the detriment of the French soil, pointed out on that occasion that the positive thing about the next Olympic event for the Spanish Navy will be the surface on which it will be played, where, according to the data, the nationals They have been losing momentum in recent participations.
Without going any further, at the last Roland Garros, Spanish tennis obtained its worst result in three decades, with only three players in the third round: Carlos Alcaraz, Alejandro Davidovich and Sara Sorribes. Things didn’t go well in Monte Carlo either, which saw how the second round was the frontier for national tennis: the worst record in 36 years. Another fact to keep in mind: if between 1990 and 2013 80% of the titles that the Spaniards won were on land, the figure has fallen to 53% in the last decade.
Away from the favorite surface for Spanish tennis, things are not improving either. Only five Spanish tennis players started the latest edition of the United States Openthe lowest representation of the century in a grand slam and the worst figure in New York since 1989. Only Alejandro Davidovich, Roberto Carballs, Bernab Zapata and Albert Ramos on the men’s side and Sara Sorribes and Rebeka Masarova, on the women’s side, made up the poor representation of the Navy in the last majorit’s from the season. They all fell early, without even reaching the round of 16.
The current Australian Open, where Spain presented with seven representatives in the men’s draw (Davidovich, Baptist, Carballs, Bouquets, Shoe and Munar) and four in the female (Badosa, Masarova, Sorribes and Bucsa), is the worst of this century for national interests. With this panorama, it continues to be a luxury that Carlos Alcaraz has emerged, the only Spanish representative who continues his participation. Only Paula Badosa managed to reach the third round, a drama that has not been repeated since 1999, when only Mara Sánchez Lorenzo and Conchita Martínez managed to advance from the second round. Far away is 2009 when up to eight Spanish representatives were in that phase of the Oceanic Grand Slam with Nadal, Almagro, Verdasco, Robredo, Ferrer, Surez, Martínez Sánchez and Medina. However, you don’t have to go very far to see up to six tennis players participating in the third round. In 2022 there were Carreo, Alcaraz, Andjar, Bautista, Badosa and Nuria Prrizas.
I think that Maybe there is a lack of good grassroots work from the federation or something like that. That would also help because you see large federations like the French, the Italian, the British, the Australian or the American, where players are emerging, but I think that in Spain that work could be done better, explained Paula Badosa a few days ago after being eliminated. before Amanda Anisimova. The Spaniard lamented the reality of Spanish tennis, in which the feared lack of the generational change of the old guard has arrived after the farewell of the Ferrer, Feliciano, Almagro, Carla Surez, Verdasco – still active –
Garbie Muguruza absent since March and, soon, Rafa Nadal. “We have had many players and now we only have an outstanding player like Carlos Alcaraz, Davidovich, who also has great potential, me and little else,” said the tennis player, who elaborated on the fact that having Carlos hides a little that There are not so many Spaniards behind, but on the female side it is costing a little more. I would like to help more female players come out.
Beyond the current number two in the world and winner at Wimbledon and semi-finalist at Roland Garros, No Spanish tennis player has managed to get past the round of 16 in any of the four grand slams disputed this year. A trend can also be extrapolated to the 1,000 Masters, where only a couple of notable results have been achieved beyond the triumphs of the Murcian. In the Top 100 of the women’s ranking, only Sara Sorribes (52 in the world), Cristina Bucsa (56) and Masarova (91) remain. Meanwhile in the men’s category, behind Alcaraz and Davidovich (24), there are two veterans like Carballs (63) and Bautista (72) and a little further down we have Zapata (78) or Munar (82).
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2024-01-22 12:51:00
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