A legion of players that represent the Santa Fe Tennis Federation (FST) occupies a privileged place in the national ranking. The excellent performances of the tennis players in the different competitions held in the country consolidate the region as one of the great training quarries, with a huge number of schools, academies and high-performance centers.
Almost before the end of the year and once the official calendar was concluded, the Argentine Tennis Association (AAT) announced how it closed the 2024 national ranking, which includes a significant number of FST representatives.
Local tennis players stand out in the Top 20
Of the extensive list of local tennis players who distinguish themselves at the national level, the following stand out in the Top 20: Boys under-12: Juan Ignacio Assi is ranked number one in the Argentine ranking; In the same category in 2nd position is Manuel Paniagua, while in 4th place is Tomás Herrera.
In sub-14: Agustín Di Fulvio is 8th, while Tomás Re in sub-16 is 4th and Joaquín Sabina 11th. Meanwhile, in sub-18: 5th place goes to Augusto Lucarelli and 14th to Bautista Bonino.
Women among the first in the national ranking
The women of the FST also take a leading role in the national ranking and among the top positions stand out: in sub-12 Juana Boubila is in 9th place and Sara Schwank is 10th; In sub-14, Zaira Martínez reached 7th position, Lucia Valles 8th, Pilar Da Silva 9th and Sofía Gabilanes 17th. In sub-16: Luana Cáceres is 1st, Joaquina Zapata, 6th and Josefina López, 7th; while in sub-18: Sol Belluomini is 11th and Dolores Ereñu 15th.
They begin to spread their wings
Minors who intend to guide their careers within tennis, once positioned in the national ranking, begin to venture into international competitions. For these players, the first steps on the ladder are the South American Tennis Confederation (Cosat) tournaments for sub-14 and sub-16 and the ITF tournaments for sub-18, where the representatives of the Santa Fe Tennis Federation (FST) They had great performances, especially in this last part of the season.
Before concluding the 2024 calendar, several Cosat and ITF stages were held and there was strong local representation: in the Cosat G4/ ITF J30 tournament in Neuquén “Norma Baylon Cup” in under-14: Zaira Martínez became champion in singles. Meanwhile, in the Cosat G4 / ITF J30 in Asunción “Rakiura Cup” in Under 18: Joaquina Zapata was a finalist and Josefina López reached the semifinals, and in Under 14: Pilar Da Silva also reached the semifinals.
Da Silva won the singles and doubles title
In the Cosat G4 / ITF J30 Asunción “Junior Open” championship in sub-14: Pilar Da Silva won the singles and doubles title, while in sub-18 Josefina López reached the quarterfinals in singles. Another of his outstanding performances in recent weeks was that of Tomás Ré who reached the quarterfinals of the ITF J60 Armenia, Colombia and made the semifinals at the ITF J60 Anapoima, in the same country.
Among the juniors who closed a great year, Luna Cinalli stands out, who at only 15 years old is number 37 in the ITF world ranking in under-18 and Dante Pagani, who at only 16 years old is already ranked 99th in the international ranking, also in under-18. 18.
