Marcos Giron will be in the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 tournament in Delray Beach

the american player Marcos Gironnumber 55 of the ATP, fulfilled the predictions by winning the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tournament in Delray Beach For 6-3 and 6-3 in one hour and twenty-two minutes, the Croatian player Pecotic Matija. After this result, we will see the winner of the match in the next phase of the ATP 250 tournament at Delray Beachthe quarter-finals.

In addition, Giron achieved 61% on first serve, double faulted and made 76% of points on serve, while his rival’s data is 59% efficient, 4 double faults and 59% accurate on points obtained on serve .

In the quarter-finals, Giron will face the Serb Miomir Kecmanovicnumber 33 and seeded number 4, tomorrow Friday from 4:00 p.m. Spanish time.

This tournament takes place in Delray Beach between February 11 and 19 on hard outdoors. A total of 38 players compete in this competition. Of all the candidates, a total of 28 reach the final stage among those who qualify directly, those who manage to overcome the preliminary stage of the championship and the invited players.

A sport that has come to stay

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 eventually ends up in the United States with the U.S. Open.

The rest of the year, players 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 (where the winner of the tournament 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 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 continues 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.

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 (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 tennis and ended an impressive career with several Grand Slam tournaments behind him. Now is the time for other players to take over and become number 1.