The ATP brings together players from all over the world in the men’s category. (Infobase)

Austrian players Lucas Miedler there Alexander ErlerATP number 57 and ATP number 56 respectively won the ATP 500 tournament finals at acapulco For 7(11)-6(9) and 7(7)-6(3) in one hour and fifty-one minutes to the Americans Nathaniel Lammon there Jackson Withrow, ATP number 43 and ATP number 47 respectively. After this result, the players are the new champions of the ATP 500 tournament in acapulco.

Match statistics indicate that the winners managed to break their opponents’ serve 2 times, were 65% efficient on the first serve, committed 2 double faults and obtained 72% of the points on serve. As for Lammons and Withrow, they also managed to break their opponents’ serve twice, reached 66% efficiency, committed 3 double faults and won 63% of service points.

The tournament takes place in acapulco between February 25 and March 5 on hard outdoors. A total of 19 couples participate in this competition. Of all of them, 16 in total get their place in the final among those who qualify directly, those who managed to win in the previous rounds of the tournament and those who are invited.

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 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 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 (where the winner of the tournament will take 1000 points to add to the ATP rankings), 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 improve all records and win 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.

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 women’s category are 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 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 is the time for other players to take over and become number 1.

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