Ines Sainz She knew how to make her way in Mexican sports journalism, and although it cost her blood, sweat and tears, she has currently established herself as one of the most recognized commentators in the country.
However, the path to get to where it is was not easy at the beginning. Above all, I know if you take into account that you had to work alongside Jose Ramon Fernandez on TV Azteca, who did not have an easy time getting on the screen.
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Very few can boast of having interviewed sports figures of the stature of Lionel MessiCristiano Ronaldo, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady, among others.
However, Ines Sainz He has the privilege of saying that he has chatted with all those stars. And although she now enjoys the joys of her work, the reality is that the host did not have a good time at the beginning of her adventure in the media.
Inés recalled in a talk with Marco Del Prete how she started on television. He said that he first presented the idea to Jose Ramon Fernandezwho argued that due to the budget his program was impossible.
Inés Sainz has interviewed sports figures such as Lionel Messi. Photo: Special
However, he did not sit idly by and did everything possible to get several interviews with players from the Real Madrid. Full of happiness, she returned to Joserra to show her her work, receiving a tremendous insult that left her speechless.
“I was already halfway through the season of my program, I returned to José Ramón Fernández to tell him… He tells me ‘What do you think stupid girl, Are you going to tell me how to make television?’ I was shocked and, holding back tears, I left there,” said Inés Sainz.
Even though Jose Ramon Fernandez disdained her job, Inés Sainz decided to knock on other doors at TV Azteca, reaching Ricardo Salinas Pliegoowners of the company. The host showed her what she had done and what it would generate for the company, so she gave her the green light for her program to air.
“I tell him (Salinas Pliego), I think it is time for TV Azteca he plays with a woman, why don’t you dare with me? He saw the program and then I handed him the folder and told him it was the sale. He tells me how much did you sell per program? I tell him that about 500 something thousand pesos. He talks on the phone and asks how much they sold on Sundays at 11 in the morning and it was 50 thousand pesos. In production they had given me an impossible figure,” concluded Inés Sainz.
