A total of 43 tennis players represented Spain in Billie Jean King Cup, the World Cup for teamswill be honored at Marbella (Málaga) on April 15, with a tie against Mexicoreported this Wednesday the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET).
The act, which will commemorate the golden anniversary of the debut of Spain in this competition, will be held on the slopes of Roman bridge and wishes to celebrate “as it should” half a century of history and recognize the transcendental role of women in the development and success of Spanish tennis, according to the RFET president, Miguel Diaz.
“From pioneers like Ana María Estalella, María del Carmen Hernández Coronado or Carmen Pereauntil now Garbine Muguruza or Paula Badosaand of course the big ones Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Conchita Martínez, Vivi Ruano, Carla Suárez or our captain now Anabel Medina”, highlighted Diaz
She pointed out that today a woman can “think that for a woman it is easy to try to be a professional”, but not many years ago “they had to break barriers and also fight to become tennis players: in the first opportunity, now. many women can fight for their dreams”, she emphasized Diaz.
The RFET recalled that, more than six decades after the start of disputes with Davis cup (1900), a version for national women’s teams was launched under the name of Federation Cupwhich was released in 1963 in conjunction with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of International Tennis Federation.
Spain It took him nine years to debut in the competition and he did so after receiving an invitation from Federation of South Africahostess of the 1972 edition held on the grassy slopes of Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
The Spanish Tennis Federationelected a team consisting of the now defunct Ana María Estalella, Carmen Hernández Coronado and Nati Santacana.
The disruption of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Conchita Martínez led Spain to become great dominators of the competition in the 1990s, reaching the final 10 times between 1989 and 2002.
The five titles won (1991-93-94-95-98) are surpassed only by the list of winners of USA (18), Czech Republic (11 and Australia (7). EFE
Source: La Verdad
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