At an event commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the Argentine Olympic Committee, Gabriela Sabatini and Juan Martin del Potro attract a lot of attention when they pose on the red carpet.

Gabriela Sabatini, who won the United States Open in 1990 and reached the semifinals of the French Open five times, was honored with the Philippe Chatrier Award, the highest honor bestowed by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), during the 2019 ITF World Champions Dinner, which took place on Tuesday in Paris.
Sabatini, who was admitted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006, had a remarkable career that encompassed several accomplishments, such as winning the doubles title at Wimbledon in 1988, the same year that she won the silver medal in the singles competition at the Olympic Games in Seoul. At the time of her retirement in 1996, she had won 27 solo titles and 14 doubles trophies, and she had earned the third highest singles rating of her whole career.

As a Athlete Role Model at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games, Sabatini has continued to make contributions to the sport and devotes a large amount of his time to promoting tennis and assisting youngsters all around the world. He has worked with organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Special Olympics, and the USA.

This is what she said:

It is a very amazing experience for me to be here at Roland Garros. It was here that I accomplished my first significant accomplishment, which was winning the junior tournament when I was only 14 years old. Over the course of my tennis career as well as my life, this title was really significant. Because I was too young at the time, I was unable to comprehend what was taking place. I was just delighted to know that I was going to play tennis, and I ended up winning Roland Garros and being the number one player in the world in the junior division. These accomplishments brought me to the top of the junior rankings.

Throughout the course of my professional life, I have encountered challenging situations, such as traveling around the world by myself, coping with a variety of demands, and missing my home nation of Argentina as well as my friends. At that age, I was living a life that was distinct from what any other girl would have experienced. Nevertheless, in the end, all of that labor was well worth it. Playing tennis has helped me become more physically and intellectually strong, and it has given me wings.

“I came out on top, but I gained more knowledge from my defeats. Since I retired from tennis, more than twenty years have passed, and the impression that tennis has made on me will be with me for the rest of my life.

In addition, the singles champions Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep, the doubles champions Mike Bryan and Jack Sock, and the doubles champions Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, the junior champions Tseng Chun Hsin and Clara Burel, and the wheelchair champions Shingo Kunieda, Diede de Groot, and Dylan Alcott were honored in the role of honor for 2018.

According to Halep:

Every bit of effort that I put in has paid off, and I couldn’t be happier to be here tonight. And despite the fact that I have a game tomorrow, I couldn’t say no to this. My top trophies, including the Grand Slam, the No. 1 trophy, and this one, will be present at the event, which is very important to me.

As Djokovic put it:

This is a beautiful award, and I would want to express my gratitude to the ITF. This season has been an incredible one for me to make a return. It began with elbow surgery, and it took me several months to rehabilitate, get back on the right track, and find the game that would allow me to have what is arguably the best six months of my career, culminating in three Grand Slam victories. I was able to do all of these things. With any luck, I’ll be able to maintain that winning streak here in Paris.

The nations who won the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup, Croatia and the Czech Republic, respectively, were also honored for their achievements.