The former Uruguayan soccer player Diego Forlan and the Argentine Federico Coria They fell this Wednesday 6-1 and 6-2 in their doubles debut at the Uruguay Open against the Bolivians Boris Arias y Federico Zeballos.
“I enjoyed it a lot, I knew that the probability was very high that it was going to be a difficult game for us, it was logical, so I prepared myself to at least not have such a bad time and to be able to enjoy it and that’s what I did. So grateful to all the people who came, they filled the stadium,” he said at a press conference Forlan.
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At the end of the match, Forlan He thanked Coria for agreeing to play with him and those who came to watch the match in which, in less than an hour, the victory went to the Bolivian duo, both ranked 109 in doubles.
“I had to come to play an exhibition in 2017 and 2018. Obviously I did not have the tennis that I have today and the experience on a field, even though I was used to playing soccer with more than 60,000 people, but it is a sport that you master (…), when you have one that is new there are more doubts,” he said Forlan.
