During the first round of the W35 in Santo Domingo, the Chilean tennis player showed sportsmanship just when her rival had a match point in her favor.
This Wednesday, the first rounds of W25 Santo Domingo 02A began to be played in the Dominican Republic. Daniela Séguél (545th WTA) who is the only national representative in the competition, made a sporting gesture at her debut, just when her rival, the Colombian María Fernanda Herazo (581st WTA), had a match point in his favor. Thanks to his action, victory went to the coffee tree by partials of 6-4 and 6-2.
The second set of a close and heated match was played out. The Chilean was down 2-5 and 30-40 in the match, so it was match point against her. After an exchange of balls between the two players, the chair umpire determined that the Colombian’s shot had gone just wide, meaning the score was 40-40 and Seguel returned to the dispute.
Here came the sporting spirit of the capital. Even though the judge gave Herazo’s shot a bad rap, The national athlete approached her to tell her that the ball had been good, ending the argument with the Colombian’s victory.
María Fernanda Herazo, who is also South American champion, Central American and Caribbean champion and also Pan American medalist highlighted what the Chilean had done through a publication on her social networks, valuing what happened as much as possible.
“Today I played in the first round of W35 in Santo Domingo against Daniela Seguel and What happened at the end of the game deserves all my admiration and respect for it. and I wanted to tell you all,” the letter begins.
He then made it known how hotly contested the conflict was. “Today it was incredibly hot in the match and it was really intense. I managed to win the first set with 32 points, while Daniela had 29, which shows how close the score was and that’s how the rest of the match continued.
“In the second set, on my second match point opportunity at 30-40 with Daniela’s serve, the chair umpire mistakenly signaled that my ball was out and determined that it was at 40-40 , so the game was pretty much back on track. “either one of the two,” Herazo added.
He then detailed what had been done by the world number 545. “At that moment, Daniela spontaneously commented to the judge that the ball had been good and that the match was over, although she could have said nothing and continued the process of the match, which was closed and in which one or the other of the two would have been able to take the score at the end.
He closed the publication by highlighting above all the great attitude of the native of Santiago. “This has never happened to me in a professional match and I don’t know what I would have done in the same situation. Today I want to publicly recognize Daniela’s great sportsmanship with this story. I know that we will continue to see each other on the circuit (…) Today I realized once again what a good person Daniela is and that she has very well won the affection of all the people in Chile and around the world who support the famous panther Seguel every day.
Even though it was the fourth meeting between Seguel and Herazo (with a victory for each and a duel which was unsuccessful due to the Chilean’s withdrawal), It took on a very special tone after the remarkable gesture of the national tennis player, so it is to be expected that in their next confrontations the sportsmanship of the two will reign.
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