Podoroska breaks the bad streak: will play the main draw at Roland Garros

Today's Argentine women's tennis has a first and last name: Nadia Podoroska. Although she has not yet been able to get among the best in the world, the player born in rosary beads It is the main reference worldwide. This week has achieved the milestone of get into the main draw at Roland Garros, something that had not happened for six years.

Nadia got the classification after winning three games in the previous one. First beat the Polish Magdalena Frech; in her second duel, she defeated the Romanian Jacqueline Adina Cristian; and closed his pass to the main draw with his victory against china Xinyu Wang. All of them settled without giving up a single set. Its performance invites optimism.

The last one who made it to the main draw at Roland Garros was Paula Ormaechea in 2014. As if that were not enough, Podoroska is the first woman to enter the finals of a Grand Slam since 2016, when Nadia herself was able to play the US Open. At 23, she is ranked 131st in the WTA ranking, although she will rise a few more once the tournament ends.

Podoroska arrives on a positive streak. He surpassed the previous Palermo Open and, a few weeks later, reached the semi-finals of the Prague Open. To top it off, she arrives at Roland Garros after lifting the title at the H-Saint-Malo tournament, where she defeated Spain's Cristina Bucsa in the final.