Argentina became the first player in the history of the tournament to reach the fourth round after having entered as Lucky Loser.
The Argentine tennis player Sierra Sierra He fell in the round of 16 and in this way ended his impressive performance in Wimbledon, after having entered the Grand Slam like Lucky Loser. The 21 -year -old He lost to the German Laura Siegemund (104 ° in singles, 22 ° in doubles) by 6-3 and 6-2 and thus said goodbye to a tournament that will mean a before and after in her career.
After arriving at the second week of Wimbledon -Apace the second Argentine woman who achieved it in this century- Sierra will advance 35 positions in the WTA rankinguntil 66 and in this way you can enter the main box of the US Open. In addition to sports, this progress also implies a Great economic jump: A prize of $ 327,000twice what he had won here in his entire career, where had acted in just two main pictures of Grand Slam (US Open 2024 and Roland Garros 2025).
Despite the disappointment of not being able to continue advancing in the painting, Saw He celebrated what was done in the tournament and said: “I am a little sad, I really wanted to continue advancing, to continue winning, but I think it has been two weeks very positive for me. It has been a dream, the truth“He said after the game in dialog I would not have imagined being in the second week, so that is why, super happy“He said.
His performance in Wimbledon Not only was he memorable for Argentine tennis: Sierra was the first player in the history of Great English Slam In entering as Lucky Loser to reach the round of 16 of the female singles of the contest in the open era. For this milestone, from the tournament they asked him to leave the racket and clothes he used in his games exhibit them at the Wimbledon Museum.
The memorable step of Solana Sierra by Wimbledon
His passage through London It ended dreamy, although it had not started in the same way. He fell into the last round of the classification and was ready to say goodbye when at the last moment Greet Minnen got off the injury tournament and He gave him the opportunity to enter the main box. There he won 6-2 and 7-6 (8) to Australian Olivia Gadecki.
Already in the second instance he gave a character of character to reverse the story before the place Katie Boulter and win 6-7 (7), 6-2 and 6-1.
The third big step took it before the Spanish Cristina Bucsawhom he won in the third round 6-7 (5), 6-2 and 6-1.
The dream could not continue this Sunday before the German Siegemund, Who came from overcoming the champion of Australian Open, Madison Keys, and after two interruptions for rain, managed to keep a victory that also means a milestone in her career. In the quarterfinals, Argentina would have had to play against the number one in the world, Aryna Sabalenka.
“She is a player with a lot of experience and was enlarged in important moments. And he has a game that I don’t like, it does not suit me, “Sierra analyzed about the style of its winner, which bets a lot to drops and slice.” We knew that I was going to play like this and that it was complicated. Yesterday we were training the arrivals to Drops and all that. Equal, She played very well and I don’t think my best day in the tennis“Sierra acknowledged about his rival this afternoon.
Source: Ambito
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