Grigor Dimitrov reaches round of 16 at the expense of Aslan Karatsev

Grigor DimitrovBulgarian, number 28 of the ATP, lived up to expectations by winning the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament in rotterdam For 6-1 and 6-3 in an hour and two minutes Aslan Karatsev, tennis player, ATP number 98. After this result, we will continue to see the winner of the match in the next phase of the ATP 500 tournament at rotterdamthe knockout stages.

Moreover, Dimitrov made a first serve at 55% and a double fault, managing to win 80% of the service points, while his opponent had 47% efficiency, committed 2 double faults and managed to win 50% of the points. on duty.

In the round of 16, Dimitrov will face the winner of the match in which the Pole will meet Hubert Hurkacz and the Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista Agut.

The tournament takes place in rotterdam between February 11 and 19 on indoor hard courts. A total of 43 tennis players participate in the tournament. In total, a total of 32 players advance to the final phase among those who qualify directly, those who manage to overcome the previous phase of the tournament and the invited players.

A sport that has come to stay

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

The rest of the year, players continue to 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 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 compete. In addition, the association also takes care of the Grand Slams.

The fight to be the best in history continues 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 commonly referred to as ‘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 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.

Today, many female tennis players are fighting 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 top 10 of the WTA rankings.

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