Camila Osorio fell this Sunday in the final of the Monterrey Open, after a dramatic match. The Colombian could not finalize the five championship points she had against Canadian Leylah Fernández and saw the hope of obtaining her second title on the professional circuit vanish.
Despite his painful defeat, Osorio expressed on social media that “This is just the beginning”. And although the weight of having had the title in his hands must be great, the result did not prevent her from reaching her best place in the WTA ranking: 35th place.
Camila Osorio’s five facts
The youngest Colombian to enter the ‘top 40’ of the WTA
At 20 years, two months and 13 days old, Camila Osorio became the youngest Colombian tennis player to reach the top forty positions in the women’s tennis rankings on Monday. Fabiola Zuluaga, who held that record, managed to enter the ‘top 40’ in May 2000, when she was 21 years, four months and 22 days old, according to the Colombian Tennis Federation.
The only Colombian tennis player with a ‘grand slam’ title‘ in singles
At her young age, Osorio is the only Colombian to have won a grand slam singles title. The young tennis player won the US Open Junior in 2019. With that feat, she became number one in the youth ‘top’ at the time.
Youngest Colombian to reach three WTA finals
With his game this Sunday, in Monterrey, Camila Osorio surpassed another mark that Fabiola Zuluaga, also from Cucuta, had set: being the youngest to play three WTA finals. His 20 years, celebrated on December 22, broke the record of 21 years held by Zuluaga.
A meteoric rise
In September 2016, Osorio entered the professional circuit at number 1,235. She a week ago she was number 44 in the world. She now she is 35.
Getting closer to the best position of a Colombian
With her new place in the rankings, Osorio continues to get closer to the best place a Colombian tennis player has had in the WTA: the 16th position of Fabiola Zuluaga, in 2006, when she was 27 years old.
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