Bopanna and Ebden take the place in the final at the expense of Krawietz and Puetz

The Indian Rohan Bopannanumber 18 ATP and Australian tennis player Matthew EbdenATP number 44 won in the semi-finals of the ATP 500 tournament in rotterdam For 6-4 and 6-4 in one hour and nineteen minutes the German players Kevin Krawietz y Tim Puetz, ATP number 25 and ATP number 22 respectively. With this result, we will continue to see the winners of the match in the next phase of the ATP 500 tournament at rotterdamfinal.

The match statistics show that the winners managed to break their opponents’ serve twice, in the first serve they were 83% efficient, they committed a double fault and they obtained 75% of the points in the service . As for, they had a 70% first serve, committed 4 double faults and managed to win 65% of the service points.

In the final, Bopanna and Ebden will face off with the winners of the match between Ivan Dodig there Austin Krajicek contra Zander Gilles there Jordan Fly.

at the tournament rotterdam (ATP Rotterdam) 19 couples compete, of which 16 reach the final phase between those who qualify directly, the winners of the rounds preceding the final of the championship and those who are invited. Likewise, it takes place from February 11 to 19 on indoor hard courts.

Tennis, a popular sport

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 travels 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 after the creation of the first 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 (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 rung would be 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 does not stop in the men’s category. 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 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.

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 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.