Copa Santa Catarina de Tênis reaches its 17th edition with 450 athletes in Itajaí
The Copa Santa Catarina de Tênis reaches its 17th edition in Itajaí with 450 athletes from nine countries, with the first matches starting this Saturday at 8h30 on the Itamirim Clube de Campo clay as the Tennis Kids and the Cosat qualifying open the schedule.
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Itajaí volta a receber a Copa Santa Catarina de Tênis, que chega à sua 17ª edição neste sábado. As primeiras partidas estão marcadas para as 8h30 (de Brasília), no saibro do Itamirim Clube de Campo.
São 450 atletas inscritos, vindos de nove países: Argentina, Bolívia, Bósnia, Canadá, Brasil, Grã-Bretanha, Paraguai, Rússia e Uruguai.
O primeiro dia é dedicado ao Tennis Kids, voltado a crianças de até 11 anos. Depois, não antes das 10h, entram em quadra o qualifying do Cosat (sul-americano) nas categorias de 14 e de 16 anos, além do mundial de até 18 anos da World Tennis.
Na chave Mundial sub-18, os brasileiros Pietro Gava, Lucas Moscatto e Luiz Felisberto aparecem como os principais favoritos. A chave principal começa na segunda-feira e termina no domingo seguinte.
Entre as meninas, a cabeça de chave 1 é Tea Kovacevic, da Bósnia. Na sequência aparecem Lara Hass e Clara Coura, ambas de Santa Catarina, além da carioca Clara Elkind.
A competição tem fama de revelar nomes para o tênis do país. Naná Silva jogou aqui antes de se firmar entre as mais jovens vencedoras de eventos do circuito profissional da WTA. Bia Haddad Maia e Thiago Monteiro também já disputaram a chave.
Na prática, a semana tem três frentes: o Tennis Kids, para os mais novos; o qualifying do Cosat, que abre as chaves sul-americanas; e o mundial de até 18 anos da World Tennis, que concentra os favoritos brasileiros e vai de segunda a domingo, todo ele no saibro do clube.
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