Juan Carlos Prado’s father “a little sad about the result”

The father of Juan Carlos Prado, runner-up at Roland Garros Junior, spoke in Qué Semana from El Deber Radio (FM 103.3) and acknowledged being “a little sad” for the defeat of his son in the final at the hands of the Croatian Dino Prismic by 1-6 and 4-6.

“Grateful for the attention to Juan Carlos. A little sad about the result, but with the spirit of continuing with our heads up, to continue fighting and to continue preparing for what is to come,” said Juan Carlos Prado Sr.

The progenitor of the tennis player from Santa Cruz accompanied his son on this historic foray into France, since for the first time a Bolivian agreed to the final of the Roland Garros Junior.

“It fills us with desire, to continue working, to do things well with Juan Carlos, obviously he always wants to win, because he is a competitor by nature, he never gives up anything, but for this to work, you have to get positive results from any defeat,” he added.

The athlete will return to Santa Cruz in the next few hours and will spend a short time in his homeland, because You already have commitments.

“We have to keep going, just around the corner is the Davis Cup and then in a month Wimbledon. We will be four days in Santa Cruz and on Friday he will be traveling to Paraguay, where the Davis Cup will be played, it is the number one racket in Bolivia … it is a great responsibility for Juan Carlos”, emphasized the tennis player’s father.