The former Uruguayan striker is playing in Peru in the MT1000 tennis tournament in the +45 category and is already in the third round. Everyone who has seen him play agrees: “He has a great way of playing with the racket.”
Diego Forlán has always been a force of nature. Powerful, fast striker, with a great shot and great goals. This strength that comes from within him led him, at 45 years old, after hanging up his boots, to embark on the adventure of playing tennis in masters level tournaments.
The former Uruguayan international, who played for Villarreal and Atlético de Madrid among others, is to Lima, the capital of Peru, to participate in the city’s MT1000 +45. And he’s not doing badly, given that he won the first two games, conceding only three games to his opponents.
Cachavacha, who has a 7-3 record, began the tournament as the 15th seed and is ranked 438th in the ITF rankings for his age category. In the first round he got rid of the Chilean Gonzalo Carreño with extreme ease (6-0, 6-2). In the second round he defeated the Peruvian Jorge Hernandez (6-0, 6-1).
Forlán, just like when he was a professional footballer, is known for his strong forehand. In the third round, he will test this strength against the fifth seed of the tournament, the Chilean Pablo Rojas-Holch.
