Rafa Nadal Tour By Santander continues to make school in the Canary Islands. This weekend ended with students training at the El Cortijo Tennis Academy, the annual stage in the presentation of the knowledge acquired in the network of specialized centers. Six winners, Austin Feltham, Toni Escarda, Julio Zárate, Liliana Chetry, Ana Cabassers and Caterina López put an end to a tournament that started on May 19 with more than 300 athletes and almost 300 matches in total.
At the award ceremony for the winners and finalists, they were there Beatriz Martínez Ruiz, territorial director of Banco SantanderEnrique Villa, director of Private and Commercial Banking at Banco Santander, Domingo García, president of the Island Tennis Federation of Gran Canaria, Mónica Megías, director of Tennis Academy El CortijoAcaymo Medina, sports director of the Rafa Nadal Tour in Gran Canaria and Juan Fernández, director of the national circuit of the Rafa Nadal Tour By Santander 2024.
The response of the public that inhabits the stands of El Cortijo, the good weather that prevailed in the morning and the quality of tennis that players changed the municipality of Telde in the perfect place to enjoy tennis in the youth category.
The three Canarians who entered, in a brilliant and worthy way, the finals did not climb to the top of the podium, although they touched the glory and they left their mark as players with a bright future. In the category under 12, the Gran Canarian from the Tennis Academy El Cortijo, Álvaro Monzón, lost to the Australian Austin Feltham in two sets (6-7 and 1-6) and at first he argued with him. a 6 to 5 favor and serve.
However, Monzón completed a fantastic tournament where he was only beaten by the greatest potential of a struggling Feltham. In the under 14 category, Tenerife’s Adam Lucio Ávila gave it his all to try to overcome the number one favourite, Toni Escarda, eventually champion in two sets (6-7 and 0-6). In the women’s under 16, Gabriela Paun from Gran Canaria forced two ‘Super tie breaks’ to lose in a very tight match against the Catalan. Anna Cabassers (6-7 and 6-7).
The remaining champions were in the under 12 girls category, Caterina López, the top seed, defeated number 3, Lara Sebastiá, 6-4 and 6-1. For girls under 14, Liliana Chetry, the great favorite to windefeated Karina Gabriela Elena Dumitru, second seed, 6-4 and 6-4 and in the men’s under 16, Julio Zárate defeated Óscar Casas in two balanced sets (7-5and 6-4).
The president of the Canarian Tennis Federation, Jose Sepúlvedawas satisfied with the good show offered by this third consecutive edition of the Rafa Nadal Tour in Gran Canaria: “It is important that this tournament has had a new stop here in Gran Canariabecause it brings the high level of sport closer to our athletes unnecessarily come out to compete and because the level of our game is high” he declared.
Source: La Verdad
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