Hugo Dellien will play in the semi-finals after beating Juan Manuel Cerundolo

The Bolivian player Hugo DellienATP number 138, won the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Cordoba For 6(5)-7(7), 6-4 and 6- in two hours and twenty-six minutes for Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Argentinian tennis player, ATP number 114. After this result, the tennis player will be in the semi-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Cordoba.

The Argentinian managed to break his opponent’s service twice, while the Bolivian tennis player did it six times.

In the semi-finals, Dellien will face the Argentinian tennis player Sebastien Baeznumber 47 and seeded number 4, today Saturday from 7:00 p.m. Spanish time.

The tournament celebration Cordoba (ATP Cordoba) takes place February 4-12 on outdoor clay courts. During the competition, a total of 40 tennis players compete and the final phase is made up of a total of 28 among those who qualified directly, those who passed the previous phase of the championship and the invited players.

A popular sport all over the world

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 moves 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 continue to play 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 is currently 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 (where the winner of the tournament will take 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower echelon is 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 is still latent among men. The Spaniard Raphael Nadalhe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer they compete to break 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.

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 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.