Australia receives the best tennis in the world amidst hopes and sacrifices for Argentine tennis players

With the Australian Open With the first major stage of the calendar, a new year of world tennis begins. Surely this 2024 will bring new names and new hopes. We will see new champions. And some who are already at the top will continue to rise. Everyone leaves with many challenges after a preseason always full of anxiety and anticipation, because in the best case scenario a single preparatory tournament is played and then the first Slam of the year begins, where everyone has the hope of starting again. the best way. Everyone knows that reaching maximum performance and the best level, and having the rhythm right away, is not very common. This scenario opens up new opportunities. Who wouldn’t want to be on the side of opportunity and not end up in the news for losing?

In this context, Argentines have had long trips, climate changes and fewer family holidays. Many traveled on December 24 in the afternoon, and most have already spent the end of the year on another continent. For them these challenges are clear and they begin to get used to them from an early age, but we fans will have the great challenge of facing a year of absences.

“What will happen to our lives when Roger and Rafa are no longer here?” we said a few years ago. Little by little, life is introducing us to that scenario and has given us the possibility of gradualness. Last year Roger Federer wasn’t there. Nadal left early, but he was there. Now he has given us hope with his return but neither of us will be playing in Melbourne for the first time in 25 years.

In Australia Novak Djokovic has proven to be invincible, because ten of his 24 Grand Slam tournaments have been played in the city of Melbourne. It is true that the setting of a “big” tournament often ends up being imprecise, because there are surprises and there are favorites that fall by the wayside. What is clear is that Djokovic renews enormous expectations at a stage in his life in which he also begins to look for a way out. Befriending him, telling her it might be something relatively possible in the short term.

The possibility of winning the Golden Slam, the “big four” plus the Olympic gold, can be a sort of fuel for Djokovic for that special spirit that he always has when faced with great challenges, in which he shows his best version.

Argentine tennis will have seven representatives: Cerúndolo, Báez, Etcheverri, Cachin, Coria, Díaz Acosta and Podoroska. They will give their best in a context that is geographically very far from us, but in which we share the same climate. Our players will have the opportunity to feel comfortable in a colorful and noisy environment. The Latin American community is always present and it is as if the flags disappear to regionalize the players. Everyone goes in support and solidarity to compensate for this distance of affection so that they feel at home.

The general Australian public is also very loud. It’s a colorful environment. It is a happy tournament in which with a certain speed and ease you can get used to it and feel extremely comfortable.

Welcome to a new Grand Slam. Welcome to Australia! And while all the players prepare to give their all, we too prepare to lose a few hours of sleep to enjoy this wonderful sport. They will fight on the field to achieve the expected result.

The table is served. Melbourne welcomes the best tennis in the world. And Novak Djokovic has the opportunity to win his 25th Grand Slam and be the only one in history – man or woman – to reach that number. And why not, break many other records too. Have fun and get up early to experience this wonderful sport.