Aslan Karatsev qualifies for round of ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam

Aslan Karatsevnumber 95 of the ATP, lived up to expectations by winning the previous qualifying round of the ATP 500 tournament in rotterdam For 6-4 and 6-3 in an hour and fifteen minutes Sidane Pontjodikromo, Dutch tennis player. With this result, the winner adds new points to his ranking to participate in the ATP 500 tournament in rotterdam.

the tournament of rotterdam (ATP Rotterdam) previously has a qualification phase in which the lowest ranked tennis players compete to enter the official tournament against the rest of the contenders. To do this, they must collect as many points as possible. Concretely, at this stage of the competition, 44 players compete and the final phase is made up of a total of 28 among those who qualified directly, those who managed to win in the previous rounds of the tournament, and The guests . Likewise, it takes place from February 11 to 19 on indoor hard courts.

A sport that has come to stay

Tennis is considered 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 Garrosthen moved to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and ends in the United States with the U.S. Open.

During 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 rung, we would have the ATP Challenger Tour, where future tennis stars world fight. Moreover, ATP tennis is also in charge of Grand Slam tournaments.

The fight to be the best in history does not stop in the men’s category. The Spaniard Raphael Nadalhe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer they compete to improve all records and win the most Grand Slam tournaments. The three players are often called ‘big three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.

These new future 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 y 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 phase and is a reference and an icon in 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 2022, the Australian player Asleigh Barty announced his permanent retirement from tennis and left behind an impressive career with several Grand Slam tournaments behind him. Now is the chance for other players to take over and become number 1.