Tennis with B de Bueno and Buse: What’s next for young Peruvian tennis players after the Roland Garros Juniors final?

Even in the discomfort of defeat, there is a smile when seeing that things well done are giving results, step by step, with thoughtful projects. Roland Garros forced the country to wake up very early yesterday again to see the national colors in action. Gonzalo Bueno and Ignacio Buse reached the final of the junior doubles and although they fell in the definition, their forehands are nothing more than the shots of the future of Peruvian tennis. They have been playing together for about 8 years and for one year they have opted for them to compete in pairs in the youth circuit so that the national sport wins a powerful pair.

“You have to cultivate that doubles, that’s why we ask you to play as many tournaments together. It is projected so that in the future, when there is no Galdos, no Varillas, they will have a pair of doubles made. Christopher Li also plays doubles very well. That is what we have and we have to develop it”, Tupi Venero, captain of the Peruvian team in the Davis Cup, told us recently, who called up Gonzalo Bueno for the last series against Bolivia due to the injury of Nicolás Álvarez.

They have been playing together consecutively for a year in the big youth tournaments (JA and J1), while each one develops his career separately: Buse plays university tennis in the United States, while Buenos trains in Buenos Aires. At Roland Garros it was the first time they played a Grand Slam together (they had already been to three other majors each), and the results came. They were the second seeded pair and after four victories they reached the final which they lost to the first seeded pair of Lithuanian Edas Butvilas (10th) and Croatian Mili Poljicak (4th) 6-4, 6-0.

“In doubles, to my understanding, they are among the best in their category and they showed it in this tournament. They have already made semifinals in Futures and have wins in Challengers. In addition to the gold medal at the Pan American Games. In singles they are in a great moment, although they have not yet been able to capture it in a Grand Slam, there are still Wimbledon and the US Open where I see them doing a good job”, Argentine journalist Ariel Fernández tells us about the Peruvian duo. , specialist in youth tennis that follows each tournament of players from this part of the world.

—What’s coming—

“They travel together as part of a project led by Lucho Horna, so that they have the support of a coach,” says Rodrigo Escalante, manager of the Peruvian Tennis Federation. This commitment began before the Pan American Juniors in Cali in December 2021, where they reached the gold medal, and continued with the Youth South Americans last June where they reached the silver medal.

Before Roland Garros they toured Italy and Belgium and now they have their sights set on Wimbledon. Before traveling to London, they will have two grass court tournaments in Nottingham and Roehampton. After the London Grand Slam, they will go on to tour the US Open in September.

At 18 years old, they are already leaving the junior tournaments – they only compete in the high-grade ones – and they are already thinking about what is coming. “In ATP, they have to start with the Futures, get their feet wet in these tournaments. When they are 300-200 in the world, move on to the Challengers. Before, it would be rushing them”, Juan Pablo Varillas told us, for this reason, the next step will be the Futures.

It is the current situation of Peruvian tennis with B de Bueno and Buse, two youngsters who racket in hand stand out for the country.