Javier Frana
09/02/2021 18:23
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 09/02/2021 18:23
As human beings and as a society, we always highlight the principles and values necessary to be a grown man and to be a society that grows and offers possibilities for everyone.
In tennis we find, as in many other disciplines, a clear example of excellence with
Facundo Bagnis
.
You are surely thinking about a question of results as a result of the
great achievement of his career
, reaching the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, at age 31, which he achieved after beating his compatriot Marco. Trungelliti in the second game of the US Open 2021. I want to get away from that and I want
these results to be a prize
, a reward for someone who has never lowered his arms and who never stopped trusting in his possibilities.
For me, Facundo Bagnis
is super gifted
.
And it has to do with those values and principles;
with respect for the rules, with the understanding of the processes,
with work almost like a religion.
Proceeding politely and correctly does not keep you from being an aggressive player who is always determined to achieve your best performance.
Clearly his history has marked that he could not always do it, but that was not at any time an obstacle that could not be overcome.
His faith was always greater than his adversity, his problems and even sometimes his own limitations
.
And that's exactly what you celebrate when you have these kinds of results, because players like him deserve these kinds of rewards and much more.
Bagnis goes for more in New York.
Photo REUTERS
Hopefully as a society we could understand things as Facundo Bagnis understands tennis, a man who has made surpassing what his own version historically had been
his true challenge.
It is obvious that the results rule and in tennis, the ranking also sometimes helps
to externalize and enhance those values
that were the ones that allowed you to reach that moment of celebration or that unexpected title.
And it is also true that results have their quirks and you don't always get what you deserve, as there are also others who get much more than they deserve.
This is so.
Sport sometimes has that share of injustice, but
what is very fair is that guys and players of the quality of Bagnis
- and I'm not speaking exclusively from a technical point of view -
get their reward.
Facundo is a true example, especially in these times, of attachment to work and of being tireless when trying again.
Fall down?
Yes, many times.
But
always get up.
And every time he gets up, he takes a clean and jerk so that the jump is much greater than the previous one.
Bagnis clenches his fist and doesn't want to stop moving forward.
AFP photo
The Argentine is on that road.
Logically he did not do it just because he has found in
Wally
Grinovero, as a coach, someone with whom he has been able to
dig much more in his tennis
and in its tactical and technical part, precisely so that these results are a consequence and a justice of well-ordered work and scheduled.
We live in a time when we begin to get used to immediacy, to have immediate gratification.
If we start working in a short time
we want to see the results right away.
A few days ago I was reading a comment by Usain Bolt, who said
'I had to train very hard every day for four years to run for just 20 seconds.
And there are people who today, a few months later, if they don't get what they want, they walk away and lower their arms
.
'
That is why today I celebrate Facundo Bagnis as a tennis player and as a true example of perseverance, will and sacrifice.
But above all, in
believing in himself
.
What is happening in New York is a confirmation that he was always right, since 2007, when he got his first point and his first and last names were already in the ATP rankings.
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