:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/MXK5GSHN35CKNICN3JQI2GDSZA.jpg "Roberto Bautista Agut remains at the gates of the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam 1")
polish tennis player Hubert Hurkacznumber 10 ATP and seeded number 5, won the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament at rotterdam in three hours and five minutes 7-5, 6(7)-7(9) and 7(7)-6(4) To Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut, number 24 of the ATP. After this result, the player will be in the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament at rotterdam.
During the match, the Pole managed to break his opponent’s serve 3 times, had 64% efficiency on the first serve, committed 5 double faults and managed to win 68% of the points on serve. As for the Spanish tennis player, he managed to break his rival’s serve twice, made a first serve at 72%, committed 3 double faults and managed to win 64% of the points on serve.
In the round of 16, Hurkacz will face the Bulgarian player Grigor Dimitrovnumber 28, tomorrow Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. Spanish time.
Tournament ATP Rotterdam It takes place on an indoor hard court and during it, a total of 43 players participate and a total of 32 reach the final phase. The players come from those who qualified directly, those who won in the previous rounds of the tournament and those who are invited In addition, it is celebrated from February 11 to 19 at rotterdam.
Tennis, a great sport
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 Australiato continue 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 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 start date of the 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.
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 (if a player wins the tournament, he will take 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower echelon we would have the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis struggle. Moreover, he is also in charge of the 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 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 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.
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.
Today, many female tennis players 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 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 is the time for other players to take over and become number 1.