The Atlantic racket spoke to EL HERALDO about what this means price for her and how she lived these early days after she achieved one of her main goals as professional athlete.
“I’m quite happy, now I’ve realized everything, but yesterday (on Sunday) ‘Yuli’ (Yuliana Lizarazo) and I looked at each other and said to each other:we won Do you know we won?. We did it every five minutes. This is thanks to the work we have been doing for so many years. We are reaping the rewards of the effortshe claimed.
The Colombian couple had a difficult task during the match. There was a consistent start in the first outing (6-3)but they were heavily outclassed in the second series (5-7). The victory ended in one supertiebreak 10-5 in favor of nationals.
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“There was a very important moment in that set when we were down. Thoughts of defeat began to come to mind and as I sat on the bench I remember hearing Yuliana say, “How boring that we won the final so easily.” And I died laughing. ‘Well, yes ma’am, let’s keep working‘, I said to him,’ he said.
“During the last game I literally told my mind to think about the game. If I had thought of anything else, the nerves they got me The success was to do everything we had to do. We had great communication and complicity. Getting this win is an impulse that tells me I can move on and that all the sacrifices I’ve made have been worth it,” he added.
The joy was literally double. Both María Paulina Pérez and Yuliana Lizarazo have been working together for a long time to fight in the doubles tournaments The most important in the world. The title was always within his priorities.
“We cannot explain in words what we feel. We had that goal, but we never imagined we would achieve it in such a short time, even though we knew we had the capabilities to achieve it. It was already a huge win for us 250 without invitation letter and by our ranking. We were too happy with it, we added game by game. Everyone was waiting for us to go to the final because of the withdrawal of our rivals, but you have to experience that process from the first rounds. Thank God for that rest, because Yuliana was not physically fit for the final, but with that time she was able to recover”, María commented.
During their celebrations, the highest point of happiness occurred when both tennis players communicated with their loved ones: “I made a video call with the family group we have, they all answered me at the same time. They screamed and I danced, I did everything dancing. Then we call the family from Yuliana and it was also very emotional. We went by sector so as not to exclude anyone”.
María Paulina Pérez and Yuliana Lizarazo had negotiated for a Colombia tour from next week, as it were, present at 250 Colsanitas. However, the Barranquillera confirmed that this title will notably change their plans and that they will have to reconsider their calendar to register their name in much more important tournaments.
Source: El heraldo
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