Grabher wins in Gran Canaria against the Galician Jéssica Bouzas in a final with a full house at the Club Conde Jackson Tennis Maspalomas
The Austrian player Julia Grabher has been proclaimed champion of the ITF W100 DISA Gran Canaria 2023, after a spectacular final with a full house on the center court of the Club Conde Jackson Tennis Maspalomas against a worthy rival, the Spanish Jéssica Bouzas, by a double 4-6 .
Maximum expectation and packed stands at the Club Conde Jackson Tennis Maspalomas to receive the grand final of the ITF W100 DISA Gran Canaria 2023 between the second seed of the tournament, the Austrian Julia Grabher, and the Galician Jéssica Bouza, who reached the final after beat the favorite Arantxa Rus.
Although very even on points, Grabher debuted with the first game. The first set developed without major differences in the score between one and the other. The Austrian was brilliant with her now characteristic crossed drive, spectacular Bouzas surprising her rival with accurate feints at the net. Tied at 4 games, Grabher ended up taking the lead with two games, one of them blank for Bouzas, 4-6.
Spectacular and brilliant plays on the part of both, Julia Grabher surprised the Galician with impeccable returns, tremendous drives and maximum control, which led her to have up to four games ahead. But the Spanish representative was not willing to let up and she came back with up to three games in a row, one of them without Grabher scoring. Veteran of the Austrian against a very tough and strong Bouzas, Julia Grabher won 4-6.
“Many congratulations to the organization for a magnificent tournament and congratulations to my opponent,” the winner declared happily as soon as she finished. “I love playing here in Gran Canaria and I am very happy for this victory.” Very excited, Jéssica Bouzas confessed that she was living a dream, “last year she didn't even know if she would have enough ranking to be in the draw and today she just played in a final, thank you all.”
After the meeting, the presentation of trophies took place with the presence of the Councilor for Tourism of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Carlos Álamo, the first deputy mayor of the City Council of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Elena Álamo, the Councilor for Sports of the City Council of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Ramón Suárez, the president of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, Miguel Díaz, the president of the Canary Islands Tennis Federation, José Sepúlveda, the director of Digital Transformation of the DISA Group, Raquel Montes, the promoter of the ITF W100 DISA Gran Canaria, Dominic Conde and tournament director Oti Santana.
“It is the credit of the organization and all the people of Gran Canaria to have the only tournament of this category on the island, one of the only three held in all of Spain,” declared the Councilor for Tourism of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Carlos Álamo. , which has highlighted the enormous level of sports and promotion throughout the week. For his part, the president of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, Miguel Díaz, highlighted both the enormous level of the tournament and the Spanish representative in the final, Jéssica Bouzas, “it is a commitment by the clubs and the federation to make a great base of tournaments in Spain and when a Spanish player reaches a final that is the true objective of the aid and the effort.”
The director of the ITF W100 DISA Gran Canaria, Oti Santana, concluded that “it has been a source of pride, both for the sporting level of the edition and for the organization and for the foreign promotion it represents for the event and for Gran Canaria,” she stated. , “we have been all over the world. And now we want to repeat, consolidate it and turn it into the best tournament in the world, the definitive springboard that puts into orbit all the promises of women's tennis who pass through here.”
