Felix Auger-Aliassime manages to qualify for the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam

Happy Auger-AlsoCanadian, number 8 of the ATP and seeded number 3, fulfilled the predictions by winning by 6-4 and 6-3 in one hour and twenty-eight minutes for Gregoire BarrereFrench tennis player, ATP number 71, in the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament in rotterdam. With this result, we will see the winner of the match in the next phase of the ATP 500 tournament at rotterdamthe quarter-finals.

Barrère managed to break the serve on one occasion, while Auger-Aliassime, for his part, did it 3 times. Moreover, the Canadian tennis player was 50% efficient on the first serve, committed 3 double faults and managed to win 70% of the service points, while his opponent had a 55% first serve and a double fault, managing to earn 55% of the points to serve.

Now it remains only to wait for the quarter-finals of the competition, which will end with the confrontation between the Canadian and the winner of the match between Daniel Medvedev and the Dutch player Botic Of The Sand Scallop.

the tournament of rotterdam (ATP Rotterdam) takes place February 11-19 on indoor hard courts. A total of 43 tennis players participate in this competition. The final phase is made up of 32 players including those who qualify directly, those who have passed the preliminary phase of qualification and those who are invited.

Tennis, a sport for everyone

Tennis is unquestionably a classic sport. Each year, four tournaments (called “Grand Slams”) attract all the attention of the world: the season begins with the Open Australiacontinue with the dirt track of Roland Garrostravels to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and eventually ends up in the United States with the U.S. Open.

The rest of the year, players also compete around the world completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay oh grass.

tennis was born in Europe at the end of the 18th century and since 1926 it is a professional sports, the date the tour was created. It was particularly popular among the upper classes in English-speaking countries, but today it is a world sport. Divides into categories: the male (ATP) and female (WTA) competition.

ATP

There ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) is the association of professional tennis players which brings together players from all over the world in the men’s category.

The ATP circuit organizes several tournaments throughout the year: ATP Masters 1000 (if a player wins the tournament, he will get 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower echelon would be the ATP Challenger Tour, where future stars compete world tennis. . Moreover, he is also in charge of the Grand Slam tournaments.

The fight to be the best in history is still latent among men. The Spaniard Raphael Nadalhe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer they compete to break all records and collect the most Grand Slam tournaments. The three players are often referred to as “big three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.

These promising tennis stars entered the world tennis circuit with a bang, as in the case of the Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipasfrom Italian Matthew Berretinigerman Alexander Zverev or the russians Medvedev there Rublev.

Novak Djokovic currently holds the record for weeks at number 1 in the ATP rankings, closely followed by Roger Federer, the legendary American player Pete Sampras, Iván Lendl and Jimmy Connors.

WTA

There WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) was founded in 1973 by the famous former tennis player Billie Jean King. The Californian has won 39 Grand Slam titles during her active career and is an icon in the world of tennis.

Currently, many tennis players in the female category are also fighting to stay at the top of the world tennis elite and surpass Stefanie Graff or Serena Williams. Players like the Polish Iga Swiatek (Roland Garros champion in 2021), the Greek Maria Sakkari oh Paula Badosa (the first Spanish winner of Indian Wells) are fighting to stay in the famous top 10 of the WTA rankings.

In 2022, the Australian player Asleigh Barty announced his permanent retirement from tennis and ended an impressive career with several Grand Slam tournaments behind him. Now is the chance for other players to take over and become number 1.