Castellón Sara Sorribes has confirmed her status as the first favorite in the inaugural tournament of the MAPFRE Women's Tennis League which was held at the Club Tennis d’Aro (€ 24,000), in Girona. In the final of this Sunday He has successfully passed British Amanda Carreras 6-0 6-0.
“I had a great game. I am very happy with how the tournament has been going and I am looking forward to continue improving ”, explained after the final No. 83 of the world ranking.
In her first tournament after the world circuit break, the player from Castellón has exhibited a high level, with victories in the previous rounds over Irene Burillo 6-3 6-4, Eva Guerrero 4-6 6-0 6-2 and Lara Arruabarrena 6-3 6-7 6-2, in yesterday's semifinal.
The Gibraltarian Amanda Carreras, came from surprising in the quarterfinals the second favorite of the tournament, the Girona Aliona Bolsova, and in the semifinals the Cantabrian Cristina Bucsa 6-3 6-2.
Spanish final in Cornellá
Barcelona's Oriol Roca (No. 234) has won the first appointment of the MAPFRE “Valor” Tennis League held at UP Pàdel & Tennis Cornellà-Bcn (€ 12,400), after beating the Almerinese in the final this Sunday Javier Barranco (No. 296) 7-5 6-4.
The Santa Coloma de Gramanet player has 24 titles on the ITF world circuit, in addition to an ATP Challenger final in 2015 (Kenitra, Morocco). This year he had been a quarterfinalist in the ITF World Tennis Tour M25 in Murcia before the competition stopped.
In Cornellá, he has reached the final, beating Adrián Menénez from Marbella in the quarterfinals and Nikolás Sánchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-2) in Barcelona.
In the upper part of the table, Javier Barranco beat the first favorite, the Italian Lorenzo Giustino, in the quarterfinals, and overtook Pol Martín from Barcelona in the semifinals.
The second appointment of this circuit for players located from the Top-100 will take place next week on the slopes of the JC Ferrero – Equelite Sport Academy de Villena in Alicante.
Last day in Valencia
And this afternoon the third and last day of the MAPFRE Men's Tennis League is played at the Valencia Tennis Club, where the MAPFRE “White” Team led by Pablo Carreño dominates on the scoreboard 7-5 the Albert Ramos “Red” MAPFRE Team.
This morning the final of the chair tennis tournament was played with a new victory for Martín de la Puente over Daniel Caverzaschi 3-6 6-3 (10-5).
MAPFRE Tennis League is organized by the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) to help Spanish tennis players prepare for their return to the international circuit after the break by COVID-19.