the canadian Benjamin SigouinATP number 406 and American tennis player mackiger they won by 7(9)-6(7) and 6-4 to the American player Colin Altamirano and the Romanian tennis player Gabi Adrian Boitan in the tournament final Edmund. With this result, the tennis players are the new champions of the tournament of Edmund.

The losing couple managed to break their opponents’ serve 2 times, while the winners did so 3 times. Moreover, Sigouin and Kiger had a first serve of 74% and committed 4 double faults, managing to win 67% of the service points, while their opponents had a first serve of 68% and 4 double faults, managing to win 67% of the service points. earn 67% of the points to serve.

Tournament ITF USA F3 It takes place on an indoor hard court and a total of 16 couples face each other. In addition, it takes place from January 24 to 28 at Edmund.

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 australian opento continue with the dirt track of Roland Garrosthen travels to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally closes in the United States with the U.S. Open.

During the rest of the year, players continue to play around the world, completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay That is 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 two categories: the male (ATP) and female (WTA) competition.

ATP

The 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 get 1000 points to add to the ATP rankings), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower rung is 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 Nadalthem 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 often 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 Matteo Berretinigerman Alexander Zverev or the russians Medvedev Yes 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

The 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 women’s category are fighting to stay at the top of the world tennis elite and surpass Stefanie Graff or Serena Williams. Players like the Polish Iga Świątek (Roland Garros champion in 2021), the Greek Maria Sakkari That is 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 left behind an impressive career with several Grand Slam tournaments behind him. Now it’s the other players’ turn to take over and become number 1.