The participation of the Davis Cup team in the finals of the tournament, held in Spain, was also recognized by the national entity.
The Ecuadorian Tennis Federation (FET) held its gala in which it awarded the best of the 2021 season in the categories 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old, in women and men; in addition, the achievements of the national teams were recognized.
On the spot, he presided over it Danilo Carrera, president of the FETRecognitions were also given to the U-12 and U-14 teams, women and men, the Team Davis Cup and the Team Billie Jean King Cup.
One of the winning teams was the Davis Cup team, who reached the finals of the tournament to be mixed among the 18 best teams in the world.
Ecuador, with Emilio gomez, Roberto Quiroz, Gonzalo Escobar, Diego Hidalgo, Cayetanos March and captain Raúl Viver, faced Spain, who was the reigning champion, and Russia, who won the 2021 title.
For the FET, “it was a difficult group, but Ecuador showed good tennis. We complicated our rivals, and that generated good comments from international and local specialists ”.
Other winners
Among other recognitions is the absolute female team of Ecuador, which participated in group 2 of the American Zone of Billie Jean King Cup, held in Panama.
Captained by Andrés Gómez, they participated Charlotte Roemer, Camila Romero, Mell Reasco, Marie Elise Casares and Tania andrade, managing to ascend to group 1 of America by defeating, in the group stage, Cuba, Panama and The Savior; defining the ascent with Uruguay.
The women’s and men’s U-12 teams qualified for the Copa Cosat in Bolivia during the South American Championship which was played last July in Lima (Peru). The male delegation was made up of Emilio camacho, Sergio Castro, Felipe Wright and the captain was Juan José Naranjo; in ladies, they acted Ana Paula Játiva, Rafaella Bernal, Victoria Monge and captained them Luis Ruiz.
The men’s and women’s U-14 teams qualified for the World Cup in Prostejov (Czech Republic) during the South American held in Paraguay in June. The men who performed were Francisco Castro, Mario Galárraga, Felipe Morales and they had Pablo Quiroz as your captain; in ladies they participated Valentina vargas, Bárbara Olvera and Maria Victoria Robles with his captain Miguel Olvera.
The men’s team ranked in the top 10 of the World Cup in Czech Republic.
Finally, the best of the Ecuadorian Circuit 2021 of the categories 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old were awarded. In 12 years: Ana Paula Játiva (Guayas) and Emilio camacho (Pichincha); in 14, Valentina vargas (Guayas) and Francisco Castro (Guayas); in 16, Tania andrade (Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas) and Felipe Rivadeneira (Chimborazo); at 18, Ivanova Lucero (Tungurahua) and Alvaro Guillén (Guayas).
Carrera highlighted the effort made by tennis players throughout a year very complicated by the pandemic. “Today we are meeting in a very special moment for Ecuadorian tennis, where we recognize the best players who stood out during the year, and we also highlight the teams that achieved important triumphs that raised the colors of our country ”.
“This year we have more challenges. In the 2022 sports calendar schedule we will have more than 200 tournaments in our country, both nationally and internationally. We will continue working so that our players have more tournaments that allow them to raise their level ”, said the manager. (D)
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