Australian tennis player Alex de Minaurenumber 22 in the ATP and seeded number 8, fulfilled the predictions by winning in an hour and a minute by 6-1 and 6- in Italian Jacopo Berrettini in the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament in acapulco. With this result, we will see the winner of the match in the next phase of the ATP 500 tournament at acapulcothe quarter-finals.
Moreover, de Minaur had 77% efficiency on the first serve, committed 2 double faults and scored 68% of the points on serve, while his opponent’s efficiency was 78%, he committed 3 double faults and obtained the 35% of the points to serve.
In the quarterfinals, de Minaur will face the winner of the match between the Japanese taro daniel and Norwegian Casper Ruud.
Tournament ATP Acapulco It takes place on an outdoor hard court and during it, a total of 42 tennis players compete against each other. In total, a total of 32 players advance to the final phase among those who qualify directly, those who have passed the previous phases of the championship and those who are invited. Likewise, it is celebrated between February 25 and March 4 at acapulco.
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 Australiato continue with the dirt track of Roland Garrostravels to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally closes 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 after the creation of the first tour. 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.
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 take 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower rung we would have the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis struggle. Moreover, he is also in charge of the Grand Slam tournaments.
The fight to be the best in history is still active in the men’s category. 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 called ‘big three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.
These promising tennis stars have stormed onto the world tennis circuit, as in the case of the Greek 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.
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 phase and is a reference and an icon for the world of tennis.
Today, many female tennis players are vying to stay at the top of the world’s 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 the year 2022, the Australian tennis 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.