They beat anyone at lower level businesses. The qualitative difference is striking. Czech teenage tennis players Brenda Fruhvirtová or Sára Bejlek suffer from a rule that cuts their chances of starting in adult tournaments.
The idea of running both the WTA and ITF professional circuits is a noble one. To protect young tennis players from overdoing it, from shooting to the top of the world before they are physically and mentally ready for it.
But that brings with it another extreme. Up-and-coming teenage girls trample lower-tier tournaments just to score some points. A prime example is the sixteen-year-old Czech Brenda Fruhvirtová.
She has five dozen wins to her credit this year, played over sixty matches, but that’s enough for 119th place in the rankings. She would like to reach 100 to play the main event of the Australian Open, but she probably won’t be able to do it anymore.
“It would be nice, but I probably won’t be able to get there anymore. Due to my age, I only have a limited number of tournaments in which I can play,” she lamented in an interview for Tennis world Fruhvirtova.
This year, thanks to wild cards, she tried it twice among the WTA elite. However, she was eliminated in the first round in both Miami and Madrid, so she had to return to the ITF circuit in order to use the remaining number of allowed tournaments to gain points and not drop too much in the rankings.
Therefore, it cannot be said that the rule somehow spares the body of a young tennis player who has to chase points elsewhere.
“When you are 17 years old, you are allowed 16 events, plus mandatory Grand Slams, when you are 16 years old, you can only play 12, at 15 years old you can play ten. I don’t know if this rule is good, but unfortunately it exists,” she admitted in an interview for the Chilean website Septimogame.cl Bejlek.
She didn’t exactly snort this year either, because she wanted to fulfill the limit in the number of starts that she has due to her age of 17. She collected 42 victories and 19 defeats, so she too has over 60 matches behind her. For now, however, it is enough for approximately 128th place in the live ranking of the peak of the season.
“Everyone wants to climb higher, but due to the conditions, I perceive more and more that it is much more difficult than, let’s say, staying in the 200. So even though I lost some tournament finals, I am satisfied with how I managed this season,” described Bejlek .
He is currently enjoying a fantastic end to the season. She dominated the biggest event of her career in Colina, Chile and added her 12th win in a row in Florianópolis, Brazil.
South American journalists were surprised how it is possible that a player with such a style is the 11th female tennis player of her country.
“Our association has a good plan to do it. We organize a lot of tournaments from children’s categories to adults. We push each other and inspire other young girls to work on themselves. They see that they can push it high and become stars,” explained Bejlek .
However, she herself does not yet have excessive plans, even if she will celebrate her majority next year and her hands will be opened in a number of tournaments.
“It would be great if I break into the top 100 next year, but the most important thing is to be healthy,” she added.
2023-11-26 06:22:24
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