This Saturday, Juan Carlos Prado will travel to JeddAh, Saudi Arabia, to join as a reserve for the Next Gen ATP Finals 2025, the tournament that brings together the best promises in world tennis under 20 years of age. The contest wasputará from December 17 to 21, and the participation of the Bolivian reflects his outstanding performance in the Challenger circuit season, keeping him in the sights of international tennis. Prado spoke with DIEZ about his present, his sporting year and the plans for 2026.
The tennis player explained that it is a recent tournament of the ATP that brings together the eight best U-20 players in the world, selected according to the ATP ranking. “There is a specific ranking for U-20 players, and I ended up aroundr from 13th place. I am practically going as a substitute, in case someone gets injured, I would have to come in to play,” Prado explained.
Furthermore, Prado closed the season with a very positive balance. He managed to qualify for the Australian Open qualifiers, which will be held in January, and reached the best ranking of his career, occupying 209th place.the world. With these achievements, the Bolivian ends the year with good feelings and with many expectations for the next season, which is shaping up to be very promising.
Finally, Prado referred to Bolivia’s next participation in the Davis Cup: “We have a very good team, one of the best in recent times. We recently spoke to commit to playing as many series as possible and going up to Bolivia as much as possible.”as much as possible. We are all quite committed for the series that we have in February against Barbados. I am 100% sure that I will go, and I hope that my teammates will too.”
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