Between April 3 and 7, the Roland-Garros Junior Series It will be played on the clay courts of the Sociedade Harmonia de Tenis, a traditional São Paulo club that was recognized as a Roland-Garros Club exclusively in Brazil.
In its second edition in the capital of São Paulo, the tournament, one of the most relevant of its category on the continent, is the result of a collaboration between the French Tennis Federation (FFT), the South American Tennis Confederation (Cosat) and the Confederation Brazilian Tennis (CBT).
The scale achieved, the experience promoted to young players and the opportunity for winners to obtain wildcards to compete in Roland-Garros Juniorin Paris, along with the world’s leading young talents are attributes that deserve to be highlighted by Amélie Mauresmo, Director of Roland-Garros.
San Pablo will host the Roland-Garros Junior Series.
“The experience we have in organizing international tournaments allows us to offer the best junior players in Latin America a top-level event. In addition to allowing these young tennis players to have professional experience, the winners receive a Wild Card for the 2024 edition of Roland-Garros Junior. Thanks to the partnership with COSAT & CBT, we bring together the best talents from Latin America, a place with a long tradition of revealing players to the international tennis scene, especially on clay,” commented Mauresmo.
Del Potro is present again
Juan Martín Del Potro will be the godfather of the tournament for the young promises who want to be in Paris.
In addition to the experience of being able to compete in the Roland-Garros Junior in the French capital, the Roland-Garros Junior Series by Renault It will also provide the 32 classified tennis players with the meeting and advice of Juan Martín Del Potro as another way to provide development opportunities to young athletes.
The Argentine tennis player, who was third in the ATP ranking, won two Olympic medals and was a Roland-Garros semifinalist (2009 and 2018), will be the ambassador of the competition for the second time.
Format and transmission
This edition will once again be made up of 32 athletes, 16 boys and 16 girls, all under 16 years of age from 11 different countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela) and It will be broadcast exclusively daily in Brazil through the ESPN and Star+ channels for all of South America.
2024-03-13 19:17:39
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