Juan Pablo Varillas qualifies for the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Buenos Aires

Jean Paul VarillasPeruvian, number 101 of the ATP, won by 6-4 and 6-4 in one hour and fifty-one minutes, the Austrian tennis player Dominique ThiemATP number 99, in the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tournament at Buenos Aires. After this result, we will closely follow the trajectory of the player in the quarter-finals of the competition.

The Austrian player managed to break serve once, while Varillas did it 3 times. Moreover, the Peruvian player had a 60% first serve efficiency, double faulted and got 68% of the points on serve, while his rival had a 62% first serve and 2 double faults, succeeding to win 55% of the points to serve.

The Peruvian will face in the quarterfinals of the championship the winner of the match between the Argentine tennis player Pedro Cachin and the Italian tennis player Lorenzo Musetti.

at the tournament Buenos Aires (ATPBuenos Aires) 40 players participate. The final phase is made up of a total of 28 players among those who qualify directly, those who manage to win the rounds preceding the championship and the invited players. Likewise, it takes place between February 11 and 19 on external clay.

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 Australiato continue 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 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 (if a player wins the tournament, he will get 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower echelon would be 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 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 commonly referred to as “big three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.

These potential future tennis stars have stormed into 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.

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 phase and is a reference and an icon for 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 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 it’s the other players’ turn to take over and become number 1.