He BBVA Open International Valenciawhich will celebrate its second edition as WTA 125 tournament from June 10 to 18 at Sporting Tennis Valenciawill have Sara Sorribes, from Castellón, whose best individual ranking is number 32.
“The presence of Sarah Sorribes This is fantastic news which makes us very happy and we hope it will encourage tennis players to sign up. This tournament has a long history, but the last two years have been very important. It’s hard to reach the top, but it’s even harder to combine”, explained the director Anabel Medina.
Under the slogan “history is written in Valencia” and the image of Sarah Sorribes As a poster of the tournament, Medina pointed out in the presentation of the tournament that they brought a great player like Sorribes, who trains many times at the club, because “he represents all the values and goals of the tournament and of the sport : effort, work and humility”. .
The tennis player of Valencia also said that during the tournament they will not only give importance to tennis, but it will be a transversal event where the fan can enjoy, in addition to the sport, actions such as a sub16 tournament, a tennis exhibition for the blind, a day dedicated to women and another for sustainability, among others.
“This tournament was created to support women’s, Spanish and Valencian sports and I believe that the objectives are met. In the last edition we had moments that we were especially excited about, such as the appearance of Leyre Romeroa Valencian from the club, who from this tournament had an amazing year, entered the top 200 in the world and participated for the first time in the Grand Slam qualifiers or the success of Aliona Bolsova and Rebeka Masarova in the doubles tournament, which I am convinced will be Olympic”, she recalled.
The president of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation also spoke at the event, Miguel Diaz; the City Councilor for Sports, Javier Mateo; the Director General of Sport of the Generalitat, Josep Miquel Moyà; the project director of the Trinidad Alfonso Foundation, Carles Baixauli; BBVA’s eastern territorial director, David Conde; and the club’s board of directors member, Gloria Santos.
Miguel Díaz pointed out that “a WTA 125 tournament is big words”.
“It’s amazing how easy it is for our players to play a great tournament without leaving home, last year many Spanish players scored a lot of points here”.
“It is not easy to celebrate an event like this where so many resources, work and organization are needed and the references given to the WTA are the highest that can be given. There will be tennis of the highest international level in this edition”, concluded by Díaz.
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Source: La Verdad
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