2023-09-21 08:36:28
The Colombian tennis player Emiliana Arango, at the Guadalajara Open WTA 1000.
Photo: EFE – Francisco Guasco
Emiliana Arango is the first Colombian to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 tournament since Fabiola Zuluaga in 2004; her first in 19 years.
The Antiochian had to fight once morest Townsend in a pernicious and long match. Taylor’s quick serves, her calculating look and her notepad managed to make the Colombian desperate. So much so that, to win the two sets that gave her victory, she had to come from below, with breaks once morest her and with frustration evaporating in the dense air of Guadalajara.
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His back reminded him of past injuries, semi-corporeal ghosts and tense pains. Let’s hope it is not the echo of an agonizing struggle. In the past Emiliana has had to stop her progress due to the screams of an incapacitated body.
The road is not over yet, we still have to play one more game. One at a time; dreaming of the semi-final and then the title.
María Sákkari is the next rival to beat, above herself and her tired body. The Greek is last year’s finalist and her form is formidable, she is number nine in the world ranking and even touched number two with her frivolous fingers in 2022. She is not an inexperienced or selfless rival, her shots are pernicious, and will seek at all costs to minimize the Antioquia, who must, more than ever, concentrate on her game.
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The week has been a resounding success, no matter what happens tomorrow. All eyes have been focused on her, her matches have been exciting and the ranking is beginning to organize in her favor. Even losing tomorrow, Emiliana will have made history, and above all, she will have broken a paradigm, a limitation, a false condition: from today, Emiliana Arango must feel capable of competing at the highest level and must begin to consider herself a favorite.
The next step should be to work on your physique, avoid injuries, eat better, train harder, know your body and prepare for the demands of the upcoming tournaments. You should be ready to recover faster, physically and mentally.
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When the Guadalajara Open ends, the Antioquia must focus on her game, she must add new variants; different, creative and suffocating shots. We have seen her forehand, versatile and precise, her slice, elegant and low, but we have needed short shots into the net, a more eloquent volley and more variation in her serve.
Arango must be prepared, she must face the best in the world with greater stubbornness and regularity, seek to participate in those scenarios, coincide with the masters of world tennis, under the inquisitive magnifying glass of the entire world. She must aim to be present at important tournaments. Above all, she must pass the qualifying rounds of the Grand Slams, because it is necessary for her to play once morest the great champions if she wants to improve her level. And if she seeks to get used to the inevitable defeat, she will have to expose herself to the grim gaze of the great tennis players. She might face, for example, Coco Gauff, Emma Raducanu or Leyla Fernández. She must understand her game, her position on the court, learn to vary her strategy in the middle of the match and she has to get used to being once morest the ropes, to stay calm.
Emiliana has done something extraordinary, she has shown that she is ready. That she can win several games in a row and that she has enough sanity to overcome a difficult game that she seems to have lost. Now, she must continue working. Successes will come, but not alone, with exhaustive and perennial work. She has already reached the quarterfinals in her first WTA 1000 tournament, and what is coming from her, if we allow ourselves to dream, will be that she will reach at least the quarterfinals in 2024 in her first participation in the main draw. of a Grand Slam.
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