Meet the tennis players who achieved the goal for Colombia

Nobody gave a penny for María Paulina Pérez, María Camila Torres, Yuliana Lizarazo and Yuliana Monroybut they took out the caste and took the title of the South American stop in Bogotá

For the second consecutive year andColombian women's tennis is included in the list of the best in the world, a Barranquillera, a Caleña, a Paisa and an Opita, achieved the title of the South American stop of the Billie Jean King Cup (former Federations Cup), held in Bogotarecording four wins and one loss.

Good job

Two days before the competition starts María Camila Osorio and Emilia Arango, the rackets one and two of our country, gave up participating in the South American competition which set off alarm bells in the national tennis world, so the bets did not give greater opportunities for success to the young women in charge of representing the country at Club Los Lagartos.

However, María Paulina Pérez, María Camila Torres, Yuliana Lizarazo and Yuliana Monroy sharpened their rackets and brought out their competitive nature to beat Ecuador 3-0; Peru 3-0; Venezuela 3-0 and Argentina 2-1; with sonly one defeat against the Chilean delegation 1-2.

About Maria Paulina Perezdedicated exclusively to doubles competition and who, given the urgent call to replace the country's one and two rackets, He decided to take out his best shots and take on the competition in singles and lead the way to the final victory..

“At first I was very nervous because more than a year ago I didn't play easily, but as the competition progressed we gained confidence, to the point of only having one defeat,” said María Paulina.

In relation to the responsibility of having to replace the number one racket in the country, María Camila Osorio from Cucuta, María Paulina assures that: “fVery sad news that Cami and Emi did not arrivebut the team captain convinced us and made us think that we would achieve the classification even without our best representatives, everything happened as Alejandro said and we exceeded his expectations, because we won the title cleanly and without objections”