After making history on Friday alongside Rafael Matos with the Australian Open mixed doubles title (the first Grand Slam by a 100% Brazilian duo and the first by a woman since 1968 with Maria Esther Bueno), Luisa Stefani resumed training on Monday in Melbourne, Australia, aiming for the next round of tournaments.

The world number 34 tennis player is leaving this Thursday (2/2) for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where she will compete in the local WTA 500, along with Chinese Shuai Zhang. Subsequently, she performed with the Kazakh Anna Danilina in the WTA 500 tournaments in Doha, Qatar, and the WTA 1000 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in the weeks of February 13 and 20.

“I took the weekend to celebrate. It’s not every day that we win a Grand Slam, a very special moment that moves us in a different way. I still absorb it all,” said Louisa.

“I’m already back in training, I’m super motivated. I ended up making partnerships at the last minute because the next round was already over and I couldn’t play the women’s doubles group. “Australian Open. I hope in February to be in a better position to conclude a more fixed partnership, suddenly, from March. I’m excited for the next tour,” said the tennis player.

Luisa was out for a year with an anterior cruciate ligament injury in her knee and returned last September. She has since played in eight tournaments and won five, her first Grand Slam at the Australian Open and the WTA 500 in Adelaide, Australia, this one alongside the still undefeated American Taylor Townsend. season. Last year, she won the WTA 1000 tournaments in Guadalajara, Mexico with Australian Storm Sanders, the WTA 250 in Chennai, India with Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski, and the WTA 125 in Montevideo, Uruguay. with Rio-born Ingrid Martins. .

“It’s a mix of hard work, but I couldn’t imagine so much success right away on this round,” he said. “It was one step at a time, week by week, I had no way of visualizing certain things about the way my knee looked. Over time, I got more confident, better and better The most important part of my return was to play with different girls and with Rafa, who helped me all the time and I grew”, guaranteed Luisa.