Current world number 76, Ingrid Martins, athlete from the Rio Tennis Academy, will have the opportunity to compete in a Grand Slam for the first time in her career.

Due to withdrawals at Roland Garros, the Rio de Janeiro tennis player will be in the doubles main draw of the competition alongside Iryna Shymanovich, her training partner in Rio de Janeiro.

Their first confrontation will be against the duo formed by the Romanian Irina Begu and the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina. In case of victory, Ingrid and Iryna will be able to face the Australian Storm Hunter and the Belgian Elise Mertens, seeded 3 of the tournament.

tennis player celebrates opportunity

“I am very happy to have the opportunity to play my first Grand Slam. Every tennis player since childhood dreams of being. I have been here in my youth, as a professional spectator and now I can achieve this dream of playing in this tournament”, said Ingrid: “I am happiest with a friend who trains with me at the Rio Tennis Academy. I am delighted to use the moment last week when I reached the final and I played well to use it well here, execute what I know and compete really hard,” said Ingrid Martins.

“Everyone is happy with this opportunity to play in the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time. She has been working very hard for a long time, she is a hard worker and she is making great progress. It was only “It’s a matter of time to enter a Grand Slam and even better to play with another athlete from Rio Tennis. It’s a double happiness”, underlined Leandro Afini, Head Coach of Rio Tennis.

Best moment of Ingrid Martins’ career

The tennis player climbed nine places in the world rankings after being vice-champion of the WTA 250 in Rabat, in her first final in a tournament of this scale.

In addition, his participation in Roland Garros should make him climb even more positions, since it is his first participation in one of the main competitions of the circuit.

Brazilian presence among women in France

In addition to Ingrid Martins, the country will have the presence of Beatriz Haddad and Luisa Stefani among the pairs. The country’s number 1 in singles and doubles will be joined by Belarusian Victoria Azarenka in France. Even this partnership won Bia the WTA 1000 title in Madrid. But the beginnings will be complicated, since the confrontation will be played against the Estonian Kaia Kanepi and the Slovak Tereza Mihalikova.

In contrast, Stefani, at least in theory, will have a calmer confrontation. This is because she enters Roland Garros as the eighth-best double in the competition. The debut will be against Germany’s Tatjana Maria and Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto.

If she advances, Luisa should only have a heavyweight showdown in the round of 16, with a chance to face No. 10 seeded Canadian Leylah Fernandez and North American Taylor Townsend.