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Camila Osorio achieves her best ranking in the WTA

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Colombian tennis player Camila Osorio celebrates a point against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina. Colombian tennis player Camila Osorio celebrates a point against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.

The tennis player was runner-up in the Monterrey tournament.

Colombian tennis player María Camila Osorio could not keep the title of the WTA of Monterrey, in Mexicolosi­ng this Sunday in the final against the Canadian Leylah Fernández.

Osorio fell 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 and 7-6 (7/3) at the Club Sonoma stadium, in Nuevo León, Mexico.

However, the good week that Cucuteña had brings her great news on the WTA rankings.

For her subtitle this Sunday at the Monterrey Open, María Camila Osorio is from this Monday the 35th tennis player in the world ranking. She is the best Latin American in the WTA and accesses her best historical position.

It is his best ranking since he became a profession­al (2018). He was 44 last Monday. Equal to Catalina Castaño’s classifica­tion: she was 35th in the world (her best position) in July 2006.

At 20 years old (completed on December 22), Osorio is the youngest national tennis player to play three finals of the women’s circuit. She surpassed Fabiola Zuluaga’s local milestone. Aim for the ‘top’ 20

With her new position on the WTA ladder, Osorio is approachin­g the best historical position of a Colombian tennis player: Fabiola Zuluaga was 16 in the world in 2006.

Osorio is the only Colombian tennis player to have won a grand slam singles title. In 2019 she won the US Open Junior and reached the first place in the junior top. by admin_l6ma5gus

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