Former Man United striker Diego Forlan has entered a tennis tournament in Uruguay next month
Ex-Manchester United forward Diego Forlan is taking his racket skills to new heights by entering a professional tennis tournament previously won by Grand Slam champion Juan Martin Del Potro.
Next on his agenda is the Uruguay Open, where he's teaming up with Argentina's Federico Coria, an established professional player who's reached world number 49 and sits comfortably at 78 today. Their collaborative effort will be showcased at the doubles event of the upcoming tournament, scheduled from November 11 to November 17, an inclusion that is raising the organisers' excitement levels.
The announcement of his participation said: "Attention tennis and sports fans! This year at the Uruguay Open, we have an UNMISSABLE duo in doubles: Argentine tennis player Federico Coria and former Uruguayan football player Diego Forlan. "Fun fact: Forlán is left-handed at tennis, the opposite to how he played football, and his right-hand stroke is the most powerful. What do you think of this news? Do you have faith in this duo?" Coria responded to the news by posting: "Uffff, the double of the year".
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