Away from the ATP and WTA spotlights, another tennis is being played. The ITF circuit accommodates the lowest number of tennis players who seek to make a place for themselves among the elite, although things are not always completely smooth.
We verified this this week the W35 tournament in Kayseri (Türkiye), held at an altitude of 2,500 meters with abnormally low temperatures reaching below zero in the early morning, not at the times when the game is played, though the cold at noon is great.
Well, the height and the cold are not the worst things that are seen today in the Turkish lands. And the previous episode left us with strange images, such as tennis players who barely know how to play.
This is the case of Turkish Damla Sinem Giray, who bid farewell to the tournament after falling 6-0, 6-0 in just 37 minutes after scoring only five points.
Worst of all, this is not the exception, but the norm. And it was that In the second round of qualifying there were two more 6-0, 6-0, as well as one 6-0, 6-1 and two 6-0, 6-2to which we must add two games not played due to the no-show of one of the players.
A situation that doesn’t speak volumes about how this circuit is designed to promote the stars of tomorrow.
Source: La Verdad
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