Colombian women Emiliana ArangoWTA number 350, won by 6-4 and 6-3 in one hour and thirty-five minutes Carol ZhaoCanadian tennis player, number 163 in the WTA and seeded number 7, in the round of 16 of the WTA 125 tournament at santiago de cali. After this result, we will continue to see the winner of the round of 16 match of the WTA 125 tournament at santiago de cali.

Zhao managed to break his opponent’s serve 3 times, while Arango, for his part, succeeded 6 times. Moreover, the Colombian player was 60% efficient on the first serve, committed 4 double faults and managed to win 59% of the service points, while her opponent was 72% efficient, committed 6 double faults and won the 45% of the points. to serve.

Arango will play in the round of 16 against the winner of the match in which the Mexican player will face Renata Zarazua and the American Jessie Aney.

This tournament takes place in santiago de cali between January 28 and February 5 on external clay. A total of 44 players are featured in this competition. Of all the candidates, a total of 32 reach the final stage among those who qualify directly, those who manage to overcome the preliminary stage of the championship and the invited players.

Tennis, a popular 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 australian opento continue with the dirt track of Roland Garrostravels 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 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 stage 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 Nadalthem Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer they compete to break all records and collect 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 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.

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 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 the year 2022, the Australian tennis 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 it’s the other players’ turn to take over and become number 1.