Juan Martín Del Potro will be the godfather of young tennis players who want to qualify for Roland Garros

Between April 3rd and 7th, the Roland-Garros Junior Series It will be played on the clay courts of the Sociedade Harmonia de Tenis, a traditional club from Sao Paulo recognized as a Roland-Garros Club exclusively in Brazil.

Now in its second edition in the capital of Sao Paulo, the tournament, one of the most important in its category on the continent, is the result of a collaboration between the French Tennis Federation (FFT), the South American Tennis Confederation (Cosat) and the Brazilian Tennis Confederation (CBT).

The scale achieved, the experience promoted to young players and the opportunity for winners to obtain wildcards to compete in Roland-Garros Juniorin Paris, together with the most important young talents in the world are attributes that deserve to be underlined by Amélie Mauresmo, director of Roland-Garros.

“The experience we have in organizing international tournaments allows us to offer the best junior players in Latin America an event of the highest level. In addition to allowing these young tennis players to gain professional experience, the winners receive a Wild card for the 2024 edition of Roland-Garros Junior. Thanks to the partnership with COSAT & CBT, we bring together the best talents of Latin America, a place with a long tradition of revealing players on the international tennis scene, especially on clay,” commented Mauresmo.

Del Potro is present again

In addition to the experience of being able to compete in the Roland-Garros Junior in the French capital, the Renault’s Roland-Garros Junior Series It will also provide the 32 ranked tennis players with meetings and advice from Juan Martín Del Potro as another way to provide development opportunities for young athletes.

The Argentine tennis player, third in the ATP ranking, winner of two Olympic medals and Roland-Garros semi-finalist (2009 and 2018), will be the ambassador of the competition for the second time.

Format and broadcast

This edition will also see the participation of 32 athletes, 16 boys and 16 girls, all under 16 years old from 11 different countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela). ) and will be broadcast exclusively daily in Brazil through ESPN and Star+ channels throughout South America.