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In a complicated year, with many challenges, some athletes achieve their childhood dreams. This is the case of Irina Bara, who this year managed to qualify for the first time on the main board of a Grand Slam tournament, and today marked her first victory. “I think I’ve been dreaming of this moment since I started playing tennis, for almost 20 years, every year I felt that I was closer and I knew that this day would come”, Irina said in a video conference.
More precisely, the player from Romania evolved in the rankings of the Grand Slam competitions eleven times before this year’s edition of Roland Garros. Where he arrived after a trip to a final in the ITF tournament in Cagnes-Sur-Mer.
“There were totally opposite conditions to the ones we live here at Roland Garros, it was 30 degrees, it’s hot, it’s sunny, I can’t compare with 15 degrees here, where it rains and it’s windy. But the games helped me a lot, they gave me a lot of confidence for Paris, ”continues the 25-year-old.
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Irina Bara: “I tried to play my game”
The fact that she had three games in the preliminary phase was helpful in the match with Donna Vekic, 30 WTA. “I was already prepared and the rain did not affect me, the interruption, I am quite trained”, Irina explained the mental strength she displayed after her first game in a Grand Slam tournament was fragmented by heavy rain.
Irina was brave and managed to undo her opponent’s first game. “She tried to be aggressive from the first balls, I knew it, I prepared for it, I tried to be very solid, to vary, practically to play my game, not to evolve on her terms, from the hip and flat and move it so much as possible “Irina explained.
His 6-3, 6-4 victory was one of the surprises of the day. “The game was quite difficult, I knew I was a dangerous opponent, regardless of the score, even if it was 6-3, 5-2, I knew that if I’m not careful, the game can be extended,” said the 142nd player in the hierarchy. world.
On Thursday, she will duel Belgian Alison van Uytvanck, 65 WTA, used to games at the main tables and having never met Romanian before.
“I was very happy for this victory, that’s what I am, a person who doesn’t show too much how he feels, but I’m very happy” – Irina Bara
5 players from Romaniahave access to the second round in Paris of seven “tricolor”, being the last to get her ticket Irina Bara
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