Tennis 2022 was loaded with international competitions in Tucumán. Will we experience something similar in 2023? Yes, even more varied. Last season the leading role was for the ladies: there were three women’s tournaments, plus the Billie Jean King Cup play-off. Now the men are joining the offer of rented competitions that the province will host. There will be four tournaments that are part of the International Tennis Federation (FIT) calendar, to be played at Lawn Tennis (from Monday the 20th) and in Las Lomitas (from the 27th).
In the first case, in Lawn Tennis, the ladies will compete for $25,000 in prizes and the men will compete for $15,000. Then, in Las Lomitas, both men and women will share out $25,000. “I am very surprised by how everything turned out, because the year was looking difficult. When the possibility of complementing with men’s tournaments arose, we thought that we could accept it, because we already had the organizational issue and the support of the two municipalities (the capital and Yerba Buena) well established,” he acknowledged. Mercedes Paz. She collaborates with the Tucumana Tennis Association, headed by Augusto Arquez. Aware of the neat organization of last year’s tournaments, the FIT did not even send observers to verify the conditions of both venues.
In Lawn Tennis, as the first seed will be the British Francesca Jones155 in the WTA world ranking. Paula Ormaechea (photo) will be the second favorite of the tournament, which will put the “San Miguel de Tucumán Cup” into play. The Sunchalense, 206 in the ranking, was the winner of the contest held in October last year in Tucumán. the brazilian Carolina Alves, another that passed through the province, will be the third seed. Among the men, the Buenos Aires Genaro Alberto Olivieri is the best candidate. The one born in Bragado is ranked in position 244. His escort on the list is the Brazilian Pedro Boscardin Dias327 del ranking ATP.
In Las Lomitas, for the “Yerba Buena Municipality Cup” the bar will rise in the two tournaments. In ladies, the first seed will be the Hungarian River Luca Jani116 in the world, while in gentlemen the number one will be the porteño Hernan Casanova, 236 in the ranking. For the four appointments, the organizers announced that attendance will be free from Monday to Friday, while tickets will be charged for Saturday and Sunday.
