Roberto Marcora defeated Stefan Kozlov in the qualifying round of the ATP 1000 tournament in Indian Wells

the italian player Roberto Marcora beat by 6-1 and 6-3 in one hour and twenty-three minutes to the American tennis player Stefan KozlovATP number 358, in the previous qualifying round of the ATP 1000 tournament at indian goods. With this result, the winner manages to add new points to his ranking to enter the ATP 1000 tournament in indian goods.

at the tournament indian goods (ATP Indian Wells) there is a preliminary qualifying phase where the lowest ranked tennis players must score as many points as possible to secure a place in the official tournament. During this particular phase, 132 tennis players compete. The final phase is made up of 84 players including those who qualify directly, those who have passed the preliminary qualification phase and guests. Likewise, it takes place from March 6 to 19 on an outdoor hard court.

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 eventually ends up in the United States with the U.S. Open.

Throughout 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 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.

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 would be the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis fight . 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 often called ‘big three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.

These potential future 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.

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.

Currently, many tennis players in the female category are competing 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 (first Spanish winner of indian goods) 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 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.