When it comes to comparing, the news loses by a landslide. Even so, continuing in the football trend, the result is encouraging for the second half. On the one hand, the Argentine men are living a full present, with three titles in less than three and a half months of activity – including an ATP 500 – and with eight players located in the top 100; On the other hand, the women of our country have just left behind a period of almost 16 years without two top 100 in the same week. In June 2008, Gisela Dulko and María Emilia Salerni were. Now, with the entry of Maria Lourdes Carlé to that elite – she is the 23rd Argentine in history to be among the 100 best tennis players in the world – she and Nadia Podoroska They occupy that position in the ranking that is still a real privilege.
The Rosario and the Deroense are at the head of an exciting group of girls. Because behind them appears a group of tennis players between 17 and 27 years old who guarantee a future that is at least hopeful. Julia Riera, Solana Sierra, Lucía Peyre and Luisa Giovannini They are in that group and the oldest (Riera from Pergamin) is barely 21.
Definitely gone are the times after the retirements of players like Paola Suárez, Clarisa Fernández, Salerni, Dulko and Mariana Díaz Oliva that did not give them a place in the Argentine calendar. “The Lionesses ruined women’s tennis because all the girls want to play hockey.”, the leaders said to hide, perhaps, the lack of money but also of ideas. The base of the women’s pyramid became a deserted beach.
But in 2018, when Agustín Calleri and other former tennis players of the most brilliant Argentine generation of all time decided to stop talking from the outside and work from within, the former players also arrived at the Argentine Tennis Association (AAT). Florencia Labat and Florencia Molinero They became leaders, Mercedes Paz accepted the challenge of captaining the Billie Jean King Cup team and, on her own, Diaz Oliva He started organizing tournaments… And he was always with them. Gabriela Sabatini, pushing with its image and attracting the money so necessary for development.
Thanks to all this, only the AAT has already organized four women’s tournaments so far this year and projects 14 for all of 2024, which would mark a record beyond the economic crisis.
Podoroska and Carlé are the tip of the iceberg now. The base is broader. That is why women in Argentine tennis want to recover their historical place. There is what.
2024-03-08 00:22:00
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