Koolhof and Skupski secure quarter-final berth at expense of Reyes-Varela and Hach Verdugo

Dutch tennis player Wesley Koolhofnumber 3 ATP and British player Neal Skupskithe number 3 of the ATP fulfilled the predictions by winning the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament in acapulco For 7(7)-6(5) and 6-3 in one hour and forty-three minutes to the Mexicans Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela there Hans Hach Verdugo, ATP number 67 and ATP number 114 respectively. After this result, we will continue to see the winning couple in the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 tournament at acapulco.

The match statistics show that the winners managed to break their opponents’ serve twice, achieved 57% on the first serve, committed 3 double faults and took 75% of the points on serve. As for the losing pair, they managed to break the serve once, reached 64% efficiency, made 3 double faults and won 62% of the service points.

In the quarter-finals, Koolhof and Skupski will meet the winners of the match between Matthew Berretini there Jacopo Berrettini contra Fabien Reboul there Sadio Doumbia.

The tournament celebration acapulco (ATP Acapulco) takes place from February 25 to March 4 on an outdoor hard court. A total of 19 couples participate in the championship. The final phase is made up of 16 players from those who qualify directly, those who have passed the previous phases of the tournament and the invited players.

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 Australiacontinue with the dirt track of Roland Garrosthen travels 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 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.

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, he is also in charge of the 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 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 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 (champion of Roland Garros 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 the world of 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.