Aleksandar Vukic advances to Round of 16 at Delray Beach ATP 250 Tournament

the australian Aleksandar VukicATP number 171, won the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tournament at Delray Beach in two hours and four minutes per 6(5)-7(7), 6-3 and 6-4 to the American tennis player Christopher Eubanks, ATP number 102. With this result, we will see the winner of the round of 16 match of the ATP 250 tournament at Delray Beach.

The American player managed to break serve once, while the Australian player, for his part, did it 3 times. Moreover, Vukic achieved 62% efficiency on first serve, committed 2 double faults and took 73% of the points on serve, while his opponent achieved 71% efficiency, committed 2 double faults and succeeded to win 64% of the points to serve.

The championship will continue next Thursday from 4:00 p.m. Spanish time with the confrontation between the Australian tennis player and the Moldovan player Radu Albotnumber 113.

the tournament of Delray Beach (ATP Delray Beach) takes place from February 11 to 19 on an outdoor hard track. In this competition, a total of 38 tennis players compete and the final phase is made up of a total of 28 among those who qualify directly, the winners of the phases preceding the tournament and those who are invited.

A popular sport all over the world

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 moves to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and ends 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 start date of the tour. 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 (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. Moreover, ATP tennis is also in charge of Grand Slam tournaments.

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 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 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 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 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.