Jessica Bouzas has become the great protagonist of the second day of Wimbledon. The Spanish tennis player has defeated Marketa Vondrousova, current champion, with a score of 6-4 and 6-2, in 1 hour and 6 minutes. The duel was played indoors as a result of the rain.
It is the second time in the Open Era (1968) that the defender of the crown at the first. It had previously occurred in the 1994 edition with the defeat of Steffi Graf.
Bouzas, 83rd in the WTA at 21 years oldhad managed to establish himself in the ‘top100’ this spring thanks to his results in minor ITF category tournaments.
In fact, managed to enter the elite after reaching the semifinals of the Zaragoza tournament. Vondrousova was a caricature of the tennis player who was crowned last year on the grass of the All England Club, The Czech committed up to 28 unforced errors, compared to 14 by her rival, who finished the match with a shot that bounced over the white line. He loses 1,990 points and goes from sixth place to sixteenth in the world rankings.
In this season, The new sensation of the ‘Armada’ has already played a whopping 49 games, with a balance of 36 wins and 13 losses. One of the keys to success is working with your psychologist.
The confidence of the Spanish captain
Trained by Roberto Ortega from Madrid, the tennis player from Vilagarcia de Arousa, but resident for a year and a half in the capital of Spain, has always had the trust of the national coach, Anabel Medina.
“Every time I win a tournament I tell Anabel that I am closer to earning a spot for the Billie Jean King Cup“, recalled Bouzas in his last interview for MARCA.
Jessica recognizes a superstition: she never wears a towel in the first game of the game. Reading lover, has just read ‘Iron Wings’, which is a fantasy book.
On the circuit she shares confidences with fellow Spaniard Leyre Romero: “She’s like my sister. I also get along very well with other Spaniards like Masarova, Sorribes, Bassols…”.
At the age of 14, he had his small moment of crisis in which he debated whether to continue in the sport of racquet: “It was not so much wanting to leave tennis but being aware that if I returned Galicia was going to be difficult to continue at the professional level due to the conditions. I had a breakdown in which I thought, ‘can I or can’t I?’ and I pushed forward.”
Bouzas confesses that he plays for the ambition of wanting to win: “I don’t know how many points I win or how much money I win. I like to be unconscious in these aspects.” Last season he won the ticket for the Wimbledon draw from the previous one. Today he has taken another step in his career.
