BarcelonaIt all started eight years ago, when the Bisbal d’Empordà Tennis Club wanted to celebrate its first 30 years of life. “30 events were organized and one of them was the women’s tournament. We traveled all over the State to learn and it gave us such positive energy that we always want more,” explains Xavier Ponsatí, its president. Eight years later, the Solgironès de la Bisbal international women’s tennis tournament is moving up a notch and is now on the WTA Tour 125 circuit, which means it will pay out $115,000 and feature higher-level players. This is a new category jump for a tournament that was born seven years ago as an ITF 10K + H and, after the success of the previous editions, has been climbing to reach the gates of the best circuit of the world in the women’s category, sharing a category with the Valencia and Reus tournaments. In the state, only the tournament in Madrid and Tenerife are above it. The WTA 125s category has been organized by the WTA since 2012. It is the second level of women’s tennis, behind the WTA Tour and ahead of the ITF Women’s Circuit, which is the third level.
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