This week concludes the fourth season of Sabor a Gol Hellmann’s, a football, sports and cooking program that will close with a flourish as Fernando González, former national tennis player and winner of two Olympic medals in Athens 2004. The ambassador of Santiago 2023 spoke with TNT SPORTS, the event’s official channel, hosting a fun chat with Tomás Olivera and “Pollo” Castillo, revealing unpublished details of their career.
One of the fiercest rivals he had on the circuit was Roger Federer, who has been considered one of the best tennis players in world history. The Chilean dusted off his relationship with the Swiss, stating: “I’ve known him since I was 12 and he was bad. In fact, once in a U14 tournament I was the best junior in the world and he was a year younger. He approached me and asked me questions. I gave him some advice. I got a really good vibe with him there. “We went everywhere together.”
When reviewing one of his most important achievements as an athlete, the Olympic medals in Athens 2004 with Nicolás Massú, González confessed: “It changed our lives. We went from being well-known to almost stars. We went to restaurants and it was packed outside, something like what happens with Messi today in the United States, but on a different scale. It was beautiful”.
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Although Fernando González is one of the references in the racket at the national level, the former player who achieved number 5 in the ATP Rankings was able to defend the colors of another nation: “I was approached by the Italian Federation to see if I could play for they. My second last name is Italian and back then they didn’t have very good national tennis players. There were conversations but nothing happened in the end. “I am Chilean and I wanted to defend my country.”
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Analyzing Nico Jarry’s level
One of the most prominent figures in national racket today is Nicolás Jarry, current 23rd in the world who has had a great year, winning the ATP in Santiago and recently playing in the quarterfinals of the China Open, where he lost to the German Alexander Zverev. .
González views Jarry’s development favorably, noting: “I really like Nico Jarry’s tennis but I think he can improve it a lot. He would approach it differently, but he has all the capabilities. Since he is tall he could play shorter points to be able to be more solid at the end of the game or season. He is doing very well.”
2023-10-05 16:37:16
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