Nauhany Silva said goodbye on Wednesday (10) of his first elite tournament of the women’s tennis circuit. Naná, as the 15 -year -old Paulistana is known, could not resist the firm game of Argentina Solana Sierra, head of SP Open’s number two, and was surpassed by 2 sets to 0, partial 6/0 and 6/4.
The teenager was widely applauded at the end of the match, played in one hour and two minutes on the Quadra Maria Esther Bueno-the main WTA 250 of São Paulo, held at Villa-Lobos Park. Even with the defeat in the second round, against the 82nd in the world ranking, he left the tournament with the name consolidated as promise of Brazilian sport.
Guest of the organization, the girl stared at the debut the compatriot Carolina Meligeni Alves, 237th in the world, and surprised. It made 2 sets to 1, partial 6/7 (0/7), 6/2 and 6/0, becoming the first athlete born in 2010 to win in a WTA 250 tournament-only wTA 500, WTA 1000 and four Grand Slams.
Naná had already been the first of 2010 to enter the WTA ranking, the Association of Professional Tennis players in September last year at the age of 14. Their points, however, were to be reached in tournaments for players in formation. With the victory in Sao Paulo, she went from 9 to 39.
The young woman, 37th in the world youth ranking, is today the 1.206th in the adult ranking. Your position on the next list will depend on the result of other athletes, but it is quite possible to figure between the first 800. Although celebrated, the jump was not the most important for her in a week when she introduced herself to the elite of the circuit.
Even in the defeat, there was excellent moments, such as a 173 km/h “Ace”. After a very difficult first set, which lasted only 16 minutes, he released his arm in the second and even broke the withdrawal of the top 100, six years older. In the end, he succumbed to much applause.
“It was the first time playing a WTA. Very special, especially in my house, I always played here,” he said once again recalling the time he took advantage of his father the free courts of Villa-Lobos Park, in the west of Sao Paulo. “I had a lot of memories here, now I have one more. I just have to thank.”
