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María Torres Murcia
María Camila Torres Murcia (born 10 November 2002) is a Colombian professional tennis player. Early life Torres Murcia was born in Neiva, Huila, to Francisco Torres and Johanna Murcia. She began playing tennis at the age of eight. Junior career In September 2017, she and Lína Sáchica won the doubles title at the J5 Copa Pereira, defeating Gabriela Giraldo and Gabriela Macías in the final. In July 2019, she and Jazmín Ortenzi won the doubles title at the J5 Copa Ciudad de Medellín. Professional career In September 2021, she and Romina Ccuno won the doubles title at the W15 Ibagué Destino Deporte, defeating Alica Rusová and Antonia Samudio in the final. In November 2022, she and Ccuno reached the doubles final of the W15 Copa Federación in Lima, but lost to Anastasia Iamachkine and Lucciana Pérez Alarcón. She represented Huila at the 2023 National Games of Colombia. In April 2025, she made her WTA Tour debut with a wildcard into the Copa Colsanitas, but lost to Emi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neiva, Huila
Neiva () is the capital and most populated city of the Department of Huila, south central Colombia. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River with a municipal population of 388,299. It is one of the most important cities in southern Colombia, mainly because of its strategic geographical location. History Neiva was first founded in 1539 by Juan de Cabrera in an area now belonging to the municipality of Campoalegre. In 1550, Juan de Alonso y Arias relocated the city to the place that is now the municipality of Villavieja. At this location, the city was destroyed by indigenous tribes in 1560. The city was founded, at its current location, for the third and final time in 1612 by Diego de Ospina y Medinilla. Neiva became important during the colonial times because of its strategic location. It was located in the trade route that communicated the Viceroyalty of Peru with Bogotá and Caracas. The city was declared as the capital of the Province of Neiva, made up of the Neiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huila Department
Huila () is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva. Demography and Ethnography Huila department had a population of 1,122,622 inhabitants in 2020, of which 679,667 (60.54%) live in urban areas and 442,955 (39.46%) in the rest of the ''Huilense'' territory. This amounts to 2.5% of the total Colombian population. The majority of it is settled in the Magdalena valley, the main urban centers being Neiva and Garzón, due to the possibilities offered by commercial-type agricultural economy, oil production, access to basic public services and roads connected to the central road axis along the Magdalena. The rest of the population is located on the coffee belt, standing out Pitalito and La Plata; the North Subregion is undergoing a decrease in its rural population, mainly attributable to alterations of agricultural and oil activities on the landscape. The average population density in the department is 59.88 inh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Colombian Sportswomen
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Living People
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Emina Bektas
Emina Bektas (born March 30, 1993) is an American tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 82 in singles, reached on November 6, 2023, and No. 78 in doubles, achieved on July 11, 2022. Bektas has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with eight titles in singles and 26 in doubles on the ITF Circuit. Career 2016–17: Major doubles debut Bektas made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2016 US Open in the mixed doubles main draw with Evan King; they fell in the first round. The following year, she teamed with Amanda Anisimova as a wildcard entry in the women's doubles at the 2017 US Open, again losing in the first round. To date, she won her biggest singles championship on ITF Circuit at the 2017 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque. 2022–23: Major singles and top 100 debuts, first WTA 125 title She qualified into the main draw in her Grand Slam singles debut at the Australian Open, losing in the first round to Liudmila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Copa Colsanitas
The 2025 Copa Colsanitas Zurich was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 27th edition of the Copa Colsanitas, tournament and part of the WTA 250 tournaments on the 2025 WTA Tour. It took place at the Country Club in Bogotá, Colombia, from 31 March to 6 April 2025. Champions Singles * Camila Osorio def. Katarzyna Kawa 6–3, 6–3 Doubles * Cristina Bucșa / Sara Sorribes Tormo def. Irina Bara / Laura Pigossi 5–7, 6–2, [10–5] Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of 17 March 2025. Other entrants The following players received Wild card (sports), wildcards into the main draw: * Mariana Higuita, Mariana Isabel Higuita * Valentina Mediorreal * María José Sánchez Uribe * María Torres Murcia The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Irina Bara * Lea Bošković * Katarzyna Kawa * Aleksandra Krunić * Julieta Pareja * Raluca Șerban The following player recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. Season format 2024–present In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) * WTA 1000 tournaments: Ten events with prize money ranging from US$2 million to US$10 million. * WTA 500 tournaments: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000. *WTA 250 tournaments: 23 events, with prize money at US$250,000. 2021–2023 The WTA Tour underwent a slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were reorganized on with similar nomenclature to that used on ATP Tour: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *Penultimate event WTA Elite Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Games Of Colombia
The National Games of Colombia () is the premier multi-sport event of Colombia at national level. The first instance of the event was organized in 1928 and for several years it took place at irregular intervals of time. Currently overseen by the Ministry of Sports, the National Games were initially organised by each department and municipality until 1941. After that, they were directly funded by the government and later managed by Coldeportes from 1968 to 2019. The event has been held regularly every 4 years since 1988, except for 2014. Valle del Cauca has been the most successful department in the history of the national games (9 times), followed by Antioquia (8 times) and next Bogotá (one time). Results References Multi-sport events in Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Carib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infobae
Infobae is an international Argentine online newspaper. It was launched in 2002 by businessman Daniel Hadad, with the original headquarters in Buenos Aires. The company expanded globally with local editions in New York City, Mexico City, Miami, Bogotá, São Paulo, Lima, and Madrid, all led by Marcos Stupenengo. The expansion increased Infobae's international audience, becoming one of the most read Spanish-language online newspapers worldwide. Censorship in Venezuela On 10 October 2014, Conatel, the Venezuelan National Commission of Telecommunications, blocked access to Infobae in Venezuela after Infobae published photos of the corpse of the recently murdered United Socialist Party of Venezuela The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (, PSUV, ) is a Socialism, socialist political party which has been the ruling party of Venezuela since 2007. It was formed from a merger of some of the political and social forces that support the Bolivar ... (PSUV) member Robert Serra. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucciana Pérez Alarcón
Lucciana Pérez Alarcón (born 8 May 2005) is a Peruvian tennis player. She played college tennis for the Texas A&M Aggies and was named Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Year in 2024. She helped the Aggies win their first NCAA Women's Championship that season. Career Junior Competing at the 2022 US Open, she lost in the first round to top seed Sofia Costoulas. She reached the final of the girls' singles draw at the 2023 French Open where she lost to Alina Korneeva, in straight sets. Professional In 2023, Pérez Alarcón received a Grand Slam Player Development Grant from the ITF. She represented Peru in the Billie Jean King Cup in April 2023, playing singles and doubles against Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina and Guatemala in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Americas Zone. On her debut singles match she defeated Fernanda Labrana of Chile in straight sets. She won all five of her singles matches and has a 4–2 win/loss record in doubles. Pérez Alarcón re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
