The tricolor Valeska San Martín, Ariana Játiva and Valentina Ponce fell in the first round of the international tournament.
Gian Rodríguez He is the only one of five Ecuadorians who qualified for the second round of the ITF J1 Salinas Juvenile World Cup CNT 2022, which will be played until Saturday, January 29 at the Salinas Golf & Tennis Club.
Rodríguez, located in position 360 of the ranking Junior ITF, defeated in a disputed match the chino Ye Hongyu, No. 173 youth, with a score of 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. His opponent in the second round will be American Kaylan Bigun.
The Ecuadorian youth, who reached the main draw with a wild card granted by the Ecuadorian Tennis Federation, indicated that this second participation in an ITF J1 tournament was difficult, since last year he played the qualy where it was removed.
“My rival showed a great level, in the second set I got complicated, but I was able to recover in the third set and win the match. Now I am going to continue fighting to advance in the tournament”, highlighted the Ecuadorian youth tennis player.
While the local Valeska San Martin, Ariana Játiva Y Valentina Ponce They fell in the first round. San Martin lost to the Canadian Naomi Xu 6-0, 6-2. Jativa before the Slovak Nikola Daubnerova for 6-1, 6-1 and Ponce against the American Daniella Ben-Abraham by 6-3, 6-2.
The match between the Ecuadorian Tania Andrade and the Slovaks Nina Vargova was suspended due to lack of natural light, when the match was tied at 1 in the first set.
At the Salinas Golf and Tennis Club (hard court), the tournament is held with 18-year-old players in the presence of 100 tennis players from U.S, Germany, Peru, Paraguay, Slovakia, Colombia, Czech Republic, Mexico, Britain, Argentina, Chile, The Savior, Israel, France, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, China, Japan, Sweden, Venezuela and Canada. (D)
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