Miomir Kecmanovic earns a semi-final berth at the expense of Marcos Giron

The Serbian player Miomir Kecmanovicnumber 33 ATP and seeded number 4, won by 7(7)-6(5) and 6-3 American style Marcos GironATP number 55, in the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 tournament at Delray Beach. With this result, we can continue to see the winner of the match in the next phase of the ATP 250 tournament at Delray Beachthe semi-finals.

Giron managed to break his opponent’s serve once, while the Serbian player, for his part, did it twice. Similarly, on the first serve, Kecmanovic had an efficiency of 62%, double faulted and got 72% of the points on serve, while his opponent’s data is 66% efficient, 2 double faults and 69% points earned on service. .

In the semi-finals, Kecmanovic will play against the winner of the match in which the Moldovan tennis player will compete. Radu Albot and the American Tommy Paul.

at the tournament Delray Beach (ATP Delray Beach) face a total of 38 players and the final phase is made up of a total of 28 among those directly classified, those who have passed the previous phases of the championship and the guests. Moreover, it takes place from February 11 to 19 on an outdoor hard court.

Tennis, a sport for everyone

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 moved 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 play 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, the date the tour was created. 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 get 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 . In addition, the association also takes care of the Grand Slams.

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 improve all records and collect 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.

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