In 1956, the best suitor to become Yola Ramírez‘s partner was called Alfonso Ochoa. Yes, the Mexican Tennis Federation (FMT) thought of the lanky youth champion as the best option to play mixed doubles with the great star of the national white sport.
From the assumptions that both formed “a nice couple” He went to the facts, because on the field the chemistry was obvious. He, Poncho, later began to see in her not only his track partner… also his life.
However, he did not finish believe that Yola I will look at it the same way because of the difference in years (3). In addition, according to Poncho, the great champion seemed to have set her eyes on the brother of the juvenile monarch just because the two of them got along…they hit it off.
“It all started with of tennis in 1956Since she was young, she stood out in tennis in the open championship, the Federation asked her to play the mixed national with a promise of this sport, which was me because I was a junior champion, we played it and we won. From that moment she became a click ”, he recalled. ponchos three years ago in an interview granted to this newspaper.
but thought more wrong impossiblebecause that complicity on the court worked its magic, which has made them protagonists of a story worthy of a movie, or at least worth reviewing in full Valentine’s Day.
“She is almost three years older than me, but since we played together a very fatherly relationship was born; although she was closer to my older brother because of her age. But despite the fact that they got along more with friendship, in the end I was the ‘winner‘ because with the treatment we fell in love”, added at the time the semi-finalist at Roland Garros in 1961.
This 2022, Yola and Poncho are about to celebrate 60 years since they said yes; 60 years of itinerant life, but united by tennis.
The date marked on the calendar is the monday august 29just as the US Open gets underway in Flushing Meadows, Nueva York, where by the way Yola played a doubles final in 1961. If they will celebrate in a special way or not, only they know; but what is required of life when non-sporting and personal success has been achieved in the form of children, grandchildren and many “false” descendants whom they have called students and these in turn have been made their teachers.
YOLA RAMÍREZ TENNIS LEGEND
“Patience, that has been essential to keep us happy, although our character is different, because I have been strong, consistent and a fighter and my husband has been calm, more thoughtful and it has been a beautiful combination”
5 years of courtship enjoyed Yola and Poncho before they say yes and get married.
