Alessandra Bonomi and Gande Collectors are the pioneer in down syndrome | Tennis | Sports

In Real Club de Tenis Barcelona (RCTB), the smile of one of its collection was hidden. His name is Alessandra Bonomi (24 years old) and part of the team team Balkids In the second semifinals of Goda: A match faced by Carlos Alkaraj with Arthur Pills. She only attended athlete for 15 minutes; A short period of time, but is sufficient to accept the authenticity of “something historical for tennis and tournament.” They understood this in RCTB, because a person with down syndrome did not deal with the party in the Association of Professional Tenivers (ATP).

“Yesterday’s doubles quarterfinals (Hugo Nis and John Pierce against Alexander Erler and Constantin Frontagen) were in Track One yesterday. All this is very good,” one of the club’s workers explained. And the young woman, beside her team, left the meeting among the fan applause. One of the two tasks that detect the attempt of the collection function Ale, his colleagues call it. Alessandra also serves as an umbrella in this edition. He holds umbrellas with his hand in game changes and thereby protecting players. As his friend Didak did, he had already played last season.

Both were trained with two months, two days a week, and the rest Balkids To prepare this occasion: The Calculate God’s Trophy 2025. Each session, every training lasted for more than two hours. Royal Tennis Club Barcelona and Ara Foundation – RCTB’s Social School Director Mark Vigido has accepted the initiative that encouraged the organization that confirms the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. Tournament judges with a son with a down syndrome, by Javier Moreno.

“First she had a guide, but when they saw that they did well, they removed it,” they explained from the pedalbs environments about Alessandra, which was first tested as collected in the U-14 section. Now, when he enjoys the affection of all his peers, he already jumps to the ATP: “Where is Ale? Where is Ale?” They ask you to know when and what track his friend works, anxious Balls. They want to go to see her.

From the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, ​​they show pride in the project, as they hope it serves as an example of a professional circuit. Similarly, to normalize people with disabilities in tournament templates. In short, their labor insertion does not appear to be “unusual”: “They teach you, if you teach everything you explain to them, people who do it.”

“He is listening to you in the case of Alessandra,” the club’s underlined voices were a great tennis fan, because “all players know.” In fact, she spent hours and hours on the track with a rocket on RCTB’s last summer campus. On the other hand, not only supports the insertion to collect with down syndrome, but also accommodates more people with gene in other parts of the tournament.

It is in the case of four people from Ara Fandasian, who is responsible for the hospitality restaurant: two other in the kitchen and two other in the living room. “They take their own apron for diners to figure them,” they pointed out at the pedalbs club.

Below, in the track, white caps and blue columns collect RCTB. But, above all, their work with tennis players. Alessandra was held this Saturday with a wide smile. And a few meters away from him, between the ball up and the ball down, Arthur Phil and Carlos Alkaraz are there: waiting, to hit the balls that she had previously arranged. “¿Ready? Play!”.