It hurts much.
Or you have to be more crude: it breaks the soul to see that black and white photo with the profile of
a man who transformed a sport in Argentina
.
Or rather, that he created a sport in our country.
Because
Guillermo Vilas
is not just tennis.
Guillermo Vilas is much more than a racket
, a pair of orange-dyed socks, a sweat that runs down his forehead despite the eternal headband and only trickles down the wristband of that left-handed arm that at some point seemed to be made of iron.
It hurts to see him like this, with wrinkles invading his face, with that kiss full of tenderness that rests on his wife's temple.
Another photo that Phiang Vilas, Guillermo's wife, uploaded for Guillermo Jr.'s birthday.
The photos are from 2020
and in October last year they had been published again by
Phiangphathu Khumueang
herself , the Thai woman he married in 2005 and with whom he has four children.
Who knows what was the reason why she decided to show them again.
Many will say that reality should not be hidden, that the cruel disease that torments the most dexterous left-handed is that and that a tree cannot cover the forest.
But a tear of resignation -and sadness-
escapes
when Guillermo Vilas is seen today in his self-exile from Monte Carlo.
Just a few blocks from where one of the most important stops of the circuit on brick dust is being played this week.
Yes, that same tournament that he won twice.
When everything changed.
Forever.
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