Ladies’ French Open Chopard: Meeting Lia Salvo

 

 

 

 

“It was a difficult match”, rejoices an exhausted Lia Salvo. “Nobody slackened the reins and hats off to the players of Hecla, they are all excellent with the ball. This victory in the first female Open of the world is touching and important, and definitely a great moment for me in this country, in France, that I have a very particular love for”. The Argentinean showed a great deal of hard work, both in offensive and defence, in order to bring about victory for the Porsche Roissy team in this first French Open Chopard. It was a neck-and-neck match with never more than a goal of difference. Lavinia Fabre, who is daunting in defence and ride-offs, has thus shown some revenge for her father, Andre, who was defeated in the male final the day before with his team In The Wings (see above). The two German sisters Tahnee and Noemi Schröder (responsible for the decisive goal) also showed a great performance and dream but of one thing: to play again on the exact same team. This French-German-Argentinean association won the first Ladies’ Open, a circumstance that the female polo world can benefit from.