Chilean national Camila Silva to take part in Roland Garros tournament

SANTIAGO.- At the tender age of only 17, coastal native Camila Silva is an up-and-coming star in Chilean tennis.

Today, Silva is the 11th best-ranked player in the juniors' female circuit, but she knows and her talent indicates that she can go even higher.

For now, the national tennis player is already fulfilling one of her 2009 goals to enter the Roland Garros juniors' tournament.

Thanks to her ranking, Silva was directly included in the clay court tournament and is one of three South American tennis players in the competition.

According to the acceptance list revealed by the tournament organizers, Silva heads the South American list of athletes, which also includes Verónica Cepede of Paraguay and Paula Ormaechea of Argentina.

In anticipation of the Roland Garros tournament (which is scheduled to begin on May 31), Silva will travel to Italy to compete next week in the 50th Trofeo Bonfiglio competition, also known as the Italian Open. With the competition, Silva will return to the juniors' tournaments, which she has not participated in since the end of the Cosat tour.