The most important title of her career, after those wrist problems that haunted her in 2019. A "fundamental" victory for her future, recognition of the value of an attacking game that takes her from position 71 to 34 in the ranking . With the triumph in the WTA 1000 in Montreal, Camila Giorgi is once again approaching the Olympus of world tennis. His happiness is all in the smile captured in a selfie just before boarding the plane for Italy. One week after Jannik Sinner's victory in Washington's ATP 500, the Italian flag continues to fly overseas. The magical summer of Italian sport seems to never end. "It's one of the best days, because I expressed a beautiful tennis this week, with all complicated and top-level matches",comments the 29-year-old from Macerata. After the exit to the quarter-finals at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Canadian cement rewarded her. Here he defeated four seeds, losing only one set, in the semifinals. At the debut she beat the Belgian Elise Mertens (number 16 in the world) for 6-3, 7-5 and then the Argentine Nadia Podoroska (no.38) for 6-2, 6-4. In the round of 16 it was the turn of the Czech Petra Kvitova (12), out 6-4, 6-4 and, in the quarter-finals, the American Cori Gauff (24), defeated after a 6-4, 7-6.Argentine Nadia Podoroska (# 38) for 6-2, 6-4. In the round of 16 it was the turn of the Czech Petra Kvitova (12), out 6-4, 6-4 and, in the quarter-finals, the American Cori Gauff (24), defeated after a 6-4, 7-6.Argentine Nadia Podoroska (# 38) for 6-2, 6-4. In the round of 16 it was the turn of the Czech Petra Kvitova (12), out for 6-4, 6-4 and, in the quarter-finals, the American Cori Gauff (24), defeated after a 6-4, 7-6.
In the final he triumphed in an hour and 40 minutes over the Czech Karolina Pliskova (# 6) for 6-3, 7-5. "In my opinion - said Giorgi - it was a very important and fundamental test". A result that was also affected by the return of the spectators: "I'm really happy that it happened this week also because playing in a stadium again with the public was fantastic, it's completely another thing. They supported me in a beautiful way. . Surely it is also fundamental for my career, because now it's a different ranking, which is what I was looking for. I needed continuity, so I'm just happy. " In the immediacy of the victory, the first thought went to the parents: "I am very happy to have won my first title here. Thanks to my father, who is not here,to my mother and those who support me. "For the Marche-based, founder of a clothing brand and fitness enthusiast, this is her first WTA 1000 title in her career, the third overall. In fact, she had won in 2015 on the grass fields at ' s-Hertogenbosch and in Linz, on indoor hardcourt in 2018. Now he hopes that the "best day" will be the first of a new series.
