Ruud and Blumberg advance to quarter-finals at the expense of Mahut and Salisbury

Norwegian tennis player Casper Ruud and the American player William BlumbergATP number 99 won in the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament at acapulco in one hour and eleven minutes per 6-4 and 6-4 in French Nicolas MahutATP number 62 and British tennis player Joe Salisbury, number 2 of the ATP. With this result, tennis players manage to qualify for the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 tournament in acapulco.

The match statistics show that the winners managed to break their opponents’ serve 2 times, on the first serve they had 71% efficiency, they committed a double fault and got 82% of the points on serve. As for them, they obtained 64% efficiency, committed 3 double faults and managed to win 67% of the points on serve.

In the quarter-finals, Ruud and Blumberg will face the Austrian players Lucas Miedler there Alexander Erler tomorrow Friday from 2:30 a.m. Spanish time.

the tournament of acapulco (ATP Acapulco) takes place between February 25 and March 4 on outdoor hard courts. During the competition, a total of 19 couples compete against each other. Of all the candidates, a total of 16 advance to the final phase among those who qualify directly, those who manage to pass the preliminary phase of qualification and the invited players.

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 Australiato continue 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 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 (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 rung would be the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis compete. Moreover, he is also in charge of the Grand Slam tournaments.

The fight to be the best in history continues in the men’s category. The Spaniard Raphael Nadalhe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer they compete to improve all records and accumulate 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.

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 vying 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.