Maximum show at the W60 Disa Gran Canaria. The Dutch Arantxa Rus won and took the title of champion in an exciting and high-impact final where she firmly imposed her game against the Egyptian tennis player, Mayar Sherif, 6-4, 6-2. Rus, number 80 in the world, gave a recital of solidity and perseverance at the Conde Jackson Maspalomas Club, home of the best women's tennis in the world during these weeks, with an atmosphere and stands filled to the maximum capacity allowed.
The grand final of one of the best national women's tournaments brought together tennis lovers at the San Bartolomé de Tirajana club, and through the screens with an unparalleled media impact on the international channels of Eurosport TV2 and Liga Sport. Applause at every point, encouragement and the greatest expectation from the stands in a duel between two top 100, protagonists of a Sunday with the best sporting level and a great display of talent at the Conde Jackson Club in Maspalomas.
The tournament was attended by the Minister of Tourism of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Carlos Álamo, the accidental mayor of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council, Samuel Henríquez, the Disa Group Marketing Manager, Loli Saavedra, and the event promoter, Dominic Conde Jackson.
The match started even in the first set, with Mayar Sherif looking for the failure of her rival and managing to put her in a tight spot with tight balls that forced her to run. After a few uncomfortable first games for Rus, she managed to overtake the Cairo player in the third game and was intractable from then on until the end. The solidity and superiority of the Dutch made the match for the seed, who had no problems in beating a fighting Mayar Sherif but without gaps to overcome the scoreboard.
Arantxa Rus, with an unstoppable left foot and a brilliant sports career from a very young age, adds this title to his record. “It has been a great week in Gran Canaria and an excellent final match” for which he congratulated his rival, wishing him luck in his next challenge at the US Open in New York. “I have really enjoyed the tournament,” she said, grateful to the organization and to all those who have made it possible to hold it. Mayar Sherif congratulated the winner and confessed that “I love Gran Canaria and being able to come and play here”, accompanied by her family to a destination and a “very beautiful” tournament in which she already won a title in 2019.
Thus ends a week of tournament, which summons the fans of the W60 Count Jackson Maspalomas that has begun its preliminary phase today with the first qualifying matches. The Minister of Tourism of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Carlos Álamo, has expressed at the end of the final his satisfaction for a tournament “of the first level and feminine, which has risen in category to celebrate it with the best players in the world” and that has served as a showcase for the island, which is “a privileged tourist and sports destination, prepared, with professional and safe facilities.”
The marketing manager of the Disa Group, Loli Saavedra, also present today at this exciting match, has confirmed the determined support and for the fourth consecutive year by his company to this competition, “as well as the role it plays in making women's sport visible” and “for equality in sport.” Wait, he said, that thanks to tournaments like this “soon we can stop talking about men's and women's tennis to talk only about sport.”
The director of W60 Disa Gran Canaria, Oti Santana, has declared herself “satisfied with how it has developed” since “on a tourist level we have had the best players and their families on the island, but on a sporting level we have also experienced a final typical of an international tournament of the best level ”. This competition is the only one that offers two consecutive W60,000 dollars in the same destination, he recalled.
After the celebration of the W60 Disa Gran Canaria, Maspalomas will continue to host the best international women's tennis for another week with the W60 Conde Jackson Maspalomas, within the ITF World Tennis Tour. The tournaments are sponsored by the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, through its Insular Institute of Sports and the Gran Canaria Tourist Board, the Government of the Canary Islands through Promotur Turismo de Canarias, as well as the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council a through its Department of Sports, the Canary Island company DISA and the Conde Jackson Sports Club. They co-sponsor the EÓ Hotels chain, the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, Mapfre, Aguas de Teror and Hermanos Lantigua e Hijos. With the collaboration of Wilson, the Canarian Tennis Federation, the Gran Canaria Tennis Federation, La Molina Artesanía, Alisios, Pelican Motor S.L. (Jaguar and Land Rover) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. They co-organize the Canarian Institute of Equality and the Conde Jackson Sports Club.