Top-performing athlete, Fenerbahçe’s Sevgi Uzun, earned her spot within the U.S. Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and has turn out to be the second Turkish participant to don the distinguished WNBA jersey, swiftly realizing her desires.
The 26-year-old athlete, who performed for Ormanspor in 2021, expressed her WNBA aspirations in an interview with Anadolu Agency (AA), stating, “The WNBA is my dream. I need to take everything step by step.”
After remodeling her dream into actuality in three years, Uzun shared her feelings with Anadolu Agency (AA).
As the second Turkish feminine basketball participant to grace the WNBA stage after Nevriye Yılmaz, Sevgi couldn’t include her pleasure, exclaiming, “I am absolutely thrilled. The outpouring of support since the announcement has been overwhelming. It is a dream come true to join the WNBA, something I’ve aspired to for so long. Every decision I have made has led me to this moment. The seasons spent away from Fenerbahçe, playing for Ormanspor and BOTAŞ, were invaluable experiences. Now, back at Fenerbahçe, we are having a fantastic season. My goal is to win championships with Fenerbahçe once more and make a mark in the WNBA.”
Sevgi Uzun’s new purpose is to make a reputation within the WNBA after successful each the home league and back-to-back EuroLeague titles with Fenerbahçe.
Reflecting on her return to the Istanbul-based staff after a two-year hiatus and successful the primary EuroLeague title, Sevgi mentioned, “We are going through a very beautiful period. First, we want to win the league in Türkiye. Everyone on the team loves each other very much. Hopefully, after winning the league in Türkiye, we will win the EuroLeague championship again. My biggest dream right now is to go to the WNBA as the European champion.”
Sevgi Uzun voiced her aspiration to encourage younger women, emphasizing the resurgence of girls’s basketball in Türkiye.
She expressed hope in being a job mannequin and highlighted the nation’s rising power within the sport, significantly with a brand new era of gifted gamers rising.
The achieved basketball participant urged households to not deter their daughters from watching and aspiring to be like feminine athletes, emphasizing their function as inspirations.
She implored households to assist their kids’s sports activities aspirations, fostering a tradition the place younger women can dream massive and pursue their athletic passions.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
