In the scoreboard that appeared on the International website of Italy, where she played the qualifications for the double tournament, there is a novelty from the 2008 class, daughter of Tyrone

At the beginning Tyra Grant had not unbalanced. When he was asked if in his future there was the possibility of seeing the flag of Italy alongside his name in a tournament, she had opened to scenarios not entirely defined: “There is this possibility. Yes yes yes. I am very close to Italian culture, I grew up here”. Now this probability becomes more and more concrete. The baby prodigy, born in 2008, seems to have chosen to represent Italy: it is precisely the Rome tournament that provides its test.

the tricolor

In the scoreboard of double pre-qualifications at the International of Italy, where he received a Wild Card for the singular main draw, the Italian flag has sprung up next to his name. A WTA spokesman then confirmed this item to The Athletic. So the official is missing, but it seems that Italtennis has a new ace on the sleeve for Rome. Born precisely in the capital, her dad is Tyrone Grant, a former basketball player who also passed through our borders, where he met Mamma Cinzia. Tyra left the ball aside and decided to challenge the racket. First US, because “with the year lived in America and the fact that my dad is Brooklyn’s American, however a little American I feel”, now (perhaps) Italian.

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