There will be four women and three men attending the next Pan American Games, between October 23 and 29. Singles champions and finalists qualify for Paris 2024.
Mercedes Paz and Guillermo Coria, captains of the Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup national teams respectively, will also be the leaders of those selected to represent the country in the Next Pan American Games Santiago 2023. On the women’s side , There will be four tennis players attending in Chile: Lourdes Carlé (151st), Julia Riera (160th), Martina Capurro Taborda (202nd) and Luciana Moyano (893rd)the latter was the only winner of its spot in the previous competition, winning the gold medal at the Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games. For the men, those selected are Facundo Díaz Acosta (106th – gold medal at the Asunción 2022 South American Games), Genaro Olivieri (131st) and Facundo Bagnis (160th).
It will be an almost new team in this event, as none of them have played a tournament like this before, except for Facundo Bagnis, who will compete in his third consecutive Pan American Games, with the dream of getting on the podium again. At Toronto 2015 he won the gold medal in singles and the silver medal in doubles with Guido Andreozzi; and in Lima 2019 they repeated the silver medal in doubles with Andreozzi.
Martina Capurro Taborda is one of the players having the best year of her life, winning five W25 titles (two of them in Argentina), appearing for the first time in the top 200 players in the ranking and even her debut in Billie’s team. Jean King Cup in April. “I think I will take the measure of what my season will be like when 2023 ends, I am very happy with everything, also for this call because I don’t have games in my plans because of my ranking”said the 25-year-old player who recently left the United States university competition, holding his title.
“It’s a year of debuts, I did it first in the Billie Jean King Cup, now I’ll do it in a Pan American and it’s also the first time to play mixed for me, it’s something new, but I I will give everything to get a medal”, explained who will be the partner of Facundo Bagnis. The women’s doubles consisted of Carle/Riera and the men’s doubles Olivieri/Díaz Acosta.
And if we talk about the incredible years, it is impossible not to mention Julia Riera. So far in 2023 she has won two titles (both W25 in Guayaquil), reached the semi-finals of the WTA250 in Rabat (in what was her full debut in a competition of that magnitude) and, in addition, participated in the first opportunity. in a qualy. of Grand Slam (Wimbledon and US OPEN done). “I’m excited, really excited, the girls are my friends so I’m happy to experience it with them too”Riera told TyC Sports with a smile that never left his face.
For both of them, the dream of landing in Paris is a special spice to compete in these Pan American Games. In both disciplines, the champions and the finalists retain their place for the next Olympic Games. “I want to play in Paris, it’s a dream I’ve had since I was very little,” Julia confessed. And Martina is not far behind: “The two that can qualify give you more enthusiasm, the fact is very exciting.”
The Argentine team will compete from October 23 to 29, at the Tennis Sports Center, in Ñuñoa. The national tennis players will be hoping to seek the glory of the Pan American medals and the dream of attending next year in Paris.
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Source: Tycsports
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