misaki twoJapanese, number 306 of the WTA, fulfilled the predictions by winning by 1-6, 6-3 and 7(7)-6(3) A Valentini GrammatikopoulouGreek tennis player, number 197 in the WTA and seeded number 1, in the semi-finals of the tournament of bangalore. After this result, the Japanese player manages to qualify for the final of the tournament of bangalore.
Grammatikopoulou managed to break his opponent’s serve 5 times, while Doi did it 4 times. Similarly, the Japanese achieved 66% efficiency on the first serve, committed 4 double faults and took 59% of the points on serve, while her opponent achieved 56% efficiency, made 4 double faults and won the 56% of the points on serve.
In the final, Doi will face the winner of the match between the Japanese tennis player Misaki Matsuda and the Swiss Nadine Keller.
the tournament of bangalore (ITF India 06A) takes place from February 26 to March 5 on an indoor hard track. A total of 55 tennis players compete in the tournament.
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 Garrostravels to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and ends 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, the date the tour was created. 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 (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 echelon is the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis compete . Moreover, ATP tennis is also in charge of 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 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 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 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 (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 left behind an impressive career with several Grand Slam tournaments behind him. Now is the chance for other players to take over and become number 1.