Victory of Bagnis and Baez in the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tournament in Buenos Aires

Argentinian players Faculty of Bagnis there Sebastien Baez won in one hour and twenty-eight minutes by 7-5 and 6-4 to the Austrian player Dominique Thiem and the Argentinian tennis player Diego Schwartzman in the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tournament at Buenos Aires. After this result, the couple managed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Buenos Aires.

Match stats indicate that Bagnis and Baez, the winners, managed to break their opponents’ serve twice, achieved 85% efficiency on the first serve, committed a double fault and took 81% of the points on serve. . As for their 90% efficiency, they double faulted and got 71% of the points on serve.

In the quarter-finals, Bagnis and Baez will meet the winners of the match between Fabien Reboul there Sadio Doumbia contra Simon Bolelli there Fabio Fognini.

This championship takes place in Buenos Aires from February 13 to 19 on clay in the open air. A total of 16 couples participate in the tournament.

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 moved to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally closes 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.

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. In addition, the association also takes care of the Grand Slams.

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 break all records and win 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 potential future tennis stars have stormed into 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 (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 top 10 of the WTA rankings.

In 2022, the Australian player Asleigh Barty announced his final retirement from the world of tennis and left behind an impressive career with several Grand Slam tournaments behind him. Now is the time for other players to take over and become number 1.