Garbine Muguruza He can choose between Venezuela and Spain, because he was born in the Caribbean country. Paula Badosa saw the light in New York, the USTA (USA Tennis Association) tempted her, although the tennis player from Begur ended up deciding like the woman from Caracas. Rebeka Masarova, junior champion at Roland Garros as a Swiss, is also aligned with the Spanish team. With a Slovak father and Spanish mother, he lived in Barcelona as a child.
These are the recent cases of Spanish tennis, of choosing which country to compete in once reaching the age of majority, 18 years old in the Spanish case. Something new and new.
From Naples (Florida) to Barcelonafrom Gomez Tennis Academy to TEC Ferrer Salad. Junior world number seven last season, a category in which he won the Masters Final, in Chengdu (China), as well as a tournament as prestigious as the J500 in Milan, Kaitlyn Quevedo He decided to play as a Spaniard, after playing as an American until this season. He turned 18 on February 13.
He enjoyed dual nationality, as his father, Alberto, was from the Canary Islands. Golf took him to Michigan State University in 1993, settled in the United States. At age 6, Kaitlin was inspired by her paternal grandfather to pick up a racket. He flirted with golf, but quickly decided on tennis.
His record last year in juniors was 43 wins and 13 losses, going 23-5 on clay, his favorite surface. The Grand Slams choked, with the third round of the US Open the best result.
In professionals, he won M15, ITF tournaments worth $15,000, at the age of 16. As a Spaniard, this year, he won in Manacor and Sabadell, in competitions of the same category.
Starting from the lowest ranks and moving up the ranks. She is 650 in the WTA world ranking. His goal in this course is to settle at 250, as he points out in a video of Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET)the organization that awarded the scholarship to this player.
Remember Kaitlin Quevedo whose references are Rafa Nadal and Serena Williams, “although I want to be like Iga Swiatek, because of his mentality.” The Polish woman is the queen of Roland Garros, the dream of the Spanish woman, who loves the land. She emphasizes her “intensity. And I am a very fighter.”
There is still a long way to go. This Sunday he tried to achieve the WTA 125 of La Bisbal, but fell in the previous stage against the Polish Katerzyna Kawa, a 31-year-old top-100 rivalry expert (no. 93). The Spaniard lost 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Source: La Verdad
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