Carlos Taberner manages to win in the previous qualifying round at the expense of Jozef Kovalik

carlos tabernerSpanish, ATP number 175, won by 7-5, 3-6 and 6-4 in two hours and forty-one minutes, the Slovak player Jozef KovalikATP number 141, in the previous qualifying round of the ATP 250 tournament at santiago. With this result, the winner manages to add new points to his ranking to access the ATP 250 tournament in santiago.

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 Australiato continue with the dirt track of Roland Garrosthen travels to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally closes in the United States with the U.S. Open.

Throughout the rest of the year, players continue to compete around the world, completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay oh grass.

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 echelon is the ATP Challenger Tour, where future stars compete world tennis. . Moreover, ATP tennis is also in charge of Grand Slam tournaments.

The fight to be the best in history is still active in the men’s category. The Spaniard Raphael Nadalhe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer they compete to break all records and add 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 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.

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