What you need to know:
Renata Zarazúa has broken various negative streaks of many years for Mexican tennis players, such as not being able to enter the Top 100 of the ranking or qualify for the main draw of a Grand Slam
Renata Zarazúa has become the Mexican tennis player that each Grand Slam invites us to dream. His historic results in the best tournaments in the world returned Mexico to the map of professional tennis and he deserves all the recognition given to him.
Renata Zarazúa / Photo: MexSport
Who is Renata Zarazúa?
Renata was born in Mexico City on September 30, 1997, he is 26 years old and is the best mexican tennis player currently in the singles modality. And it is not an exaggeration, in January of this 2024 managed to enter the Top 100 of the WTA world ranking, something that no Mexican tennis player had achieved since 1996.
She is the niece of Vicente Zarazúa, Mexican former tennis player who represented Mexico in the 1964 Davis Cup and the 1968 Olympic Games. Her first WTA victory came at the 2018 Acapulco Open and since that year she has been one of the guests of the tournament, in which she reached the semifinals in the 2020 edition.
Renata Zarazúa / Photo: MexSport
Renata Zarazúa at Roland Garros
Another feat to talk about Renata Zarazua as the maximum representative of Mexican tennis, It was his historic qualification to Roland Garros. The Mexican reached the main draw in 2020 and achieved a victory, the first for a Mexican tennis player at the Paris Open in 20 years. She was eliminated in the second round, but that same year she won the National Sports Prize for raffle in Paris.
In 2021 and 2022 he could not surpass the Qualy, but returned to Roland Garros in 2024, falling in the first round.
Renata Zarazúa at Roland Garros / Photo: Getty
How did the Australian Open go?
The other Grand Slam that Renata Zarazua has disputed was the Australian Open 2024. The Mexican managed to reach the main draw in January 2024, where she was eliminated by Martina Trevisan in three sets.
Despite the premature defeat, Renata Zarazúa’s qualification for the Australian Open was historic, as she became the first Mexican to reach the main draw of that Grand Slam since Angélica Gavaldón achieved it in 2000. 24 years of Mexican absence ended thanks to her.
Renata Zarazúa / Photo: Getty
Renata Zarazúa, close to Wimbledon and the US Open
And although has failed to reach the main draw of Wimbledon or the US OpenWow, it was very close. This 2024 he was just one victory away from achieving it, in fact, he was one set away from playing on the sacred grass of the All England Club.
Renata defeated Leyre Romero and Oksana Selekhmeteva at the Wimbledon Qualy, but ran into McCartney Kessler in the third round of eliminations. She won the first set 6-3, but the American came back from her and knocked her out.
The US Open is the Grand Slam that has been most complicated for Renata ZarazúaIn 2021 and 2022 she was defeated in the first round of the Qualifying Tournament, which meant she was left out of the main draw.
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2024-06-27 17:48:07
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