The youth competition that will take place on the courts of the prestigious San Pablo club, and whose great emblem is Juan Martín Del Potro, will have two national representatives: Luis Acevedo and Camila Contreras.
The days pass and a new edition of the Roland Garros Junior Series approximate. From March 16 to 19, it will be played on the traditional clay courts of the Harmonia Tennis Society , the discipline’s youth competition. This year, the event presents novelties. For the first time in its history, the tournament will feature representatives from 10 countries.
It should be noted that the competition is the result of collaboration between the French Tennis Federation (FFT) the South American Tennis Confederation (Cosat) and the Brazilian Tennis Confederation (CBT). To be transcendental organizations for which the competition can be launched.
The tournament, which cites Latin American tennis promises, aims to guarantee the champions of the individual men’s and women’s sections the possibility of competing in the main draw of Roland Garros Junior in Paris, through a joker.
Depending on the configuration of the event, it will be composed of 32 athletes, 16 men and 16 women, all of them are minors. In addition, the great novelty is that the tournament will bring together representatives of 10 nations: Argentina, Brazil, Chili Colombia and Uruguay, among others.
Under this line, Chile will have two young rackets watch the action: Luis Acevedo and Camila Contreras . National tennis players will have their first experience in tournaments of greater difficulty.
Juan Martin Del Potro as Ambassador
Argentinian, Juan Martin del Potro who reached the position 3 of ATP Ranking and double semi-finalist at Roland Garros (2009 and 2018), he will be the ambassador of the competition which will take place for the first time in São Paulo. In addition, the former tennis player will put disposal of their knowledge by providing advice young people competing.
At the beginning of last year, Del Potro retired at the Argentine Open and left a void in the world of tennis. La Torre de Tandil, hampered by his injuries, bid farewell to the courts at the age of 34. However, he never quit the sport and next week he will attend a pitch again.
Aymeric Labaste, Director of International Development of the French Tennis Federation (FFT), underlines not only the presence of the trans-Andean as an ambassador, but also that of the sponsors. “The ambition of the tournament was reinforced by the presence of Juan Martín Del Potro as an ambassador and with coverage throughout South America with ESPN. With COSAT, we are totally committed to providing the 32 players with a unique experience that will be useful for their future careers.”
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