At Roland Garros in early June, Marcelo Arevalo made historical past. In lifting the trophy on the Parisian clay alongside Jean-Julien Rojer, the Salvadoran turned the primary Grand Slam males’s doubles champion from Central America, an unprecedented second within the story of tennis within the area. Arevalo has a plan in place to make sure it’s not the final.
“I began this challenge with my brother [former ATP pro Rafael Arevalo] in 2009,” Arevalo just lately informed ATPTour.com. “It’s referred to as the Hermanos Arevalo Tennis Academy, and we give alternatives to children in want. The issue in El Salvador is, if you wish to play tennis, it is advisable be a member of a rustic membership, or it is advisable go to the nationwide federation, the place again then [in 2009] you continue to wanted to pay… So children didn’t play tennis as a result of they didn’t have the cash to pay.
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