Ellen Perez, a 25-year-old Australian tennis player competing at the Tokyo Olympics these days, maintains a great bonding familiar with La Línea de la Concepción. His paternal grandmother, Dolores Prado, was born in the municipality and lived there with her husband, Juan Perez, on the Joaquín Ruiz Morito street, in the neighborhood of San Bernardo. They both emigrated in the 60s to Australia, birthplace of Ellen and her father.
Despite living in another country, the family branch Australian sportswoman feels “a great link with the city and Spain “, says Jacobo Prado García, cousin of the tennis player’s father. Their grandmother, Dolores, never forgot La Línea and her memories were transferred vividly with pride to all her descendants. Her husband Juan – whose surname is kept by her granddaughter – was born Estepona, but he was another ambassador of La Linea in Australian lands.
The athlete, her father and other relatives of Spanish origin, whose ancestors also went to Australia, “maintain contact with the family that still lives in the region, in addition to visiting the municipality from time to time,” says Prado.
It is July 28, Ellen Pérez She will play the doubles quarterfinals in the company of Samantha Stosur, against Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) starting at 4:00. Last Monday, the 26th, he played his last doubles match with his partner, getting the victory with a 0-2 against Monica Niculescu and Raluca Olaru (Romania).
Pérez has won two individual titles on the ITF circuit and 17 in the doubles mode.
Last Thursday July 24, Ellen Pérez won in the previous round of the Wimbledon qualification in forty-five minutes by 6-0 and 6-3 to Julia Grabher, Austrian tennis player. This result will make it possible for him to compete at Wimbledon again next year.
Perez debuted on the WTA circuit playing doubles at the Open de Australia 2016 with Belinda Woolcock. His best ranking Individual has been 162 and in doubles, 40, both reached in 2019.
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