In November, Solana Sierra played the Argentina Open and showed signs of growth.
The promising Argentine tennis player Solana Sierra was consecrated finalist of the women’s draw of Roland Garros Juniors after having prevailed today on the Czech Nikola Bartunkov for 7-5 and 6-0.
Sierra, born in Mar del Plata 17 years ago, settled in the final after overwhelming the Czech Bartunkova in an hour and five minutes of play, in a match played on the 14th pitch of the complex located in the Parisian district of Bois de Boulogne .
The woman from Mar del Plata will go in search of the title against the winner of the semifinal, which will then be encouraged by two other Czech tennis players: Lucie Havlickova and Sara Bejlek.
Sierra is the greatest promise of women’s tennis in South America and this year she made her debut in the Argentine team in the Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup) with four wins against Colombian Yuliana Lizarazo, Brazilian Laura Pigossi, Guatemalan Melissa Morales and the Mexican Marcela Zacarías, in the tournament played in Salinas, Ecuador.
The emotion after the victory
The story of Solana Sierra
His natural talent with racketeering – which his father Omar discovered quite by accident when they went to hit the pitch on a family vacation – attracted attention right away. But his big take off was in 2019, when he won two titles in J5 tournaments, one in Lambare (Paraguay) and another in Córdoba, as well as reaching the semifinals in W15 in Buenos Aires and appearing for the first time. in the world rankings., on 21 October, in 1,148th place.
“At first I took it as a game, but slowly it became something more serious. I like to train, I like to travel and meet people and places. This is the best thing about tennis, which allows you to travel the world “, told the Mar del Plata at the end of last year, full of illusions.
Source: Clarin
