Sara Sorribes and Aliona Bolsovathe latter replacing the injured Cristina Bucsa, were the first to exercise on the clay of the Slovenian club located in this tourist town on the Adriatic Sea coast.
Under the orders of the captain Carla Suárez and Óscar Serrano, who makes his debut as technical assistant, the young debutants later took to the court Kaitlin Quevedo and Leyre Romeroaged 20 and 24 -turned this Monday-, who appear as the number one and two of the team in Slovenia.
Carla Suárez has been satisfied with the work on the first day: “It has been a positive day, the girls are feeling good. The conditions are also good because, probably, if we had played in Spain we would have chosen very similar conditions. We have several days ahead of us and room for improvement, but the work has been good.”
Bucsa’s loss is important because she is a key player who was in her best moment, but I have five players who are very excited
The captain has referred to the last minute loss of Cristina Bucsa: “Obviously It is important because she is a key player who was in her best momentbut due to an injury he has not been able to be here. We accept it, these are things that can happen in sport, but I have five players here who are very excited and eager to give everything to try to win.”
The absence of the current Spanish number 1 gives up the prominence to the youngest members of the team. “They are prepared, they can all debut and they have to go through that moment, whether Kaitlin, Leyre or Guio. So we are going to give them all the facilities so that they feel the best possible and, above all, that they leave with a good memory of this week”; Suárez points out.
The experience will be provided by Sara Sorribes and Aliona Bolsovacalled to form together at the doubles point. “For me it is very important because they are players who have already been in several calls, they know what this competition is about and they give their all every time they put on this shirt. As captain, that gives you a lot of peace of mind.. It is true that they have not played many doubles together, but they know each other a lot and they are going to get along very well,” says Carla Suárez.
Suarez It is clear that to win the most important thing is “to be a family, to be very united and all row in the same direction. I hope we are good at it and we can have joy. What I ask of you is that you give one hundred percent, that you fight and with that we will all be very happy and I hope we can compete.”
The Barcelona women have also had their first contact with the track Guiomar Maristanyfresh from her participation in the WTA 250 tournament in Bogotá, and Ruth Rourathe latter, sparring for the team.