Taylor Fritz said goodbye to the ATP 500 tournament in Acapulco

Tommy PaulAmerican, number 23 ATP and seeded number 7, won the semi-finals of the ATP 500 tournament at acapulco in three hours and thirty minutes per 6-3, 6(2)-7(7) and 7(7)-6(2) to the American player Taylor Fritznumber 5 in the ATP and seeded number 3. After this result, Paul will be in the final of the ATP 500 tournament at acapulco.

Fritz managed to break his opponent’s serve 3 times, while Paul, for his part, did it 4 times. Similarly, Paul had a first serve of 67% and committed 5 double faults, managing to win 59% of the service points, while his opponent’s efficiency was 55%, he made 3 double faults and achieved 62% of the points on service. .

In the final, Paul will play against the winner of the match between the Danish player Holger Rune and Australian tennis player Alex de Minaure.

the tournament of acapulco (ATP Acapulco) takes place from February 25 to March 4 on an outdoor hard court. A total of 42 players are featured in this competition. The final phase consists of 32 players, including those who qualify directly, those who manage to overcome the previous phase of the tournament 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 finally 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 after the creation of the first 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 ranking), 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 break all records and add the most Grand Slam tournaments. The three players are known 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.

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.

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 (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 2022, the Australian player Asleigh Barty announced his permanent retirement from the world of 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.