Kaitlin Quevedo She is one of the few promises showing her head in Spanish women’s tennis,in need of new projects. The tennis player born in Florida 19 years ago, with a father from Gran Canaria, an American mother and a Spanish national in 2024, she will be in the main draw of a tournament for the first time WTAthat of 250 Auckland. This Sunday she surpassed the previous one by beating the Korean 1-6, 6-4 and 6-1 Yeonwoo Ku. On Saturday he had beaten the French Carole Monnet (6-2, 6-7 (4) y 6-3).
So things are, Quevedowhich is not far from the top-100, is virtually 141st in the world, will face each other in the early hours of this Monday (around 03:30, WTA TV) to the American Peyton Stearns. Educated in USAspecifically in the Gomez Tennis Academy of Naplesthe town where she was born, in 2021 she was the national champion there on clay. And in 2022 he already won his first title ITFand W15 in Cancun. In 2025 he triumphed at home, in the W100 of Maspalomas. Last year he was on the verge of competing in the tournaments Madrid y Rabatin which he could not overcome the qualy.
Ambitious
“I want to compete with the best, against players who demand a lot from you and get used to that level. I am very clear that I can compete with everyone. Yes, it is indeed true that I have points to defend, but in bigger tournaments you earn more points for each round and it is compensated”he said in an interview for EFE last November. Now he trains in the TEC Carles Ferrer Salat of Barcelona and considers herself a player “intense and aggressive”. “I like to play with the heavy forehand, mix it up a bit with the backhand… I can do a little bit of everything”se define Kaitlinwhich is going strong.
In the previous one, he could not advance Leyre Romero. The valencian lost in the first round against the Czech Gabriela Knutson (6-3 and 6-4), so Quevedo will be the sole representative of the Armada in a main draw that dominates, as number one seed, the ukrainian Elina Svitolina.
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