Roberto Carballes Baena manages to qualify for the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tournament in Buenos Aires

The Spanish tennis player Roberto Carballes Baenanumber 76 ATP, won the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tournament at Buenos Aires in two hours and nineteen minutes per 7-5 and 6-4 to the Spanish player Albert Ramos Vinolasnumber 44 in the ATP and seeded number 8. After this result, Carballes Baena will be in the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tournament at Buenos Aires.

The match data shows that the Spanish tennis player managed to break his opponent’s serve 3 times, on the first serve he had 53% efficiency, committed 5 double faults and got 62% of the points in the service. As for the Spaniard, he managed to break his rival’s serve once and his efficiency data is 67%, a double fault and 61% of points obtained on serve.

In the round of 16 Carballes Baena will face the Argentine player Tomas Martin Etcheverrynumber 82, tomorrow Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. Spanish time.

the tournament of Buenos Aires (ATPBuenos Aires) takes place from February 11 to 19 on external clay. During this competition, a total of 40 players compete and a total of 28 advance to the final phase. The players come from those who qualify directly, the winners of the rounds preceding the final of the tournament and invited players.

Tennis, a sport for everyone

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 moved to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally 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, the date the tour was created. It was particularly popular among the upper classes in English-speaking countries, but is now 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 rung we would have 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 does not stop in the men’s category. The Spaniard Raphael Nadalhe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer they compete to break all records and add 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 new 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 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 (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 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 chance for other players to take over and become number 1.