The ATP brings together players from all over the world in the men’s category. (Infobase)

the Austrians Lucas Miedler there Alexander ErlerATP number 57 and ATP number 56 respectively won in the semi-finals of the ATP 500 tournament at acapulco in one hour and twenty-eight minutes per 6-4, 4-6 and 10-4 to the Dutch tennis player Wesley Koolhof and the British tennis player Neal Skupski, numbers 3 and 3 of the ATP. With this result, we will continue to see the winners of the match in the next phase of the ATP 500 tournament at acapulcofinal.

The losing pair managed to break serve once, while the winners, for their part, also did so once. In addition, on the first serve Miedler and Erler had an efficiency of 62%, they committed 2 double faults and achieved 74% of the service points, while the efficiency of their opponents was 59%, they committed 3 doubles fouls and achieved 71% of the points to serve.

The championship will continue with the confrontation of Miedler and Erler against the winners of the match who will face André Goransson there Ben McLachlan contra Nathaniel Lammon there Jackson Withrow.

This championship takes place in acapulco between February 25 and March 4 on hard outdoors. In this competition, a total of 19 couples are presented, of which 16 go to the final among those who qualify directly, those who have passed the preliminary phase of the tournament and those who are invited.

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 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 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 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 the future stars of world tennis confront each other. Moreover, ATP tennis is also in charge of Grand Slam tournaments.

The fight to be the best in history is still latent among men. 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 future tennis stars have stormed onto 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.

Currently, many tennis players in the women’s category are competing 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 2022, the Australian 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.

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