Lapadat and Mercer managed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Laval tournament

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis. (Infobase)

the canadian player Joshua Lapadat and the American tennis player J Mercier won the quarter-finals of the tournament Laval in an hour and twenty-one minutes 6-3 and 6-3 to canadians nicaise muamba And Taha Baadi. After this result, we will closely follow the trajectory of the players during the semi-finals of the championship.

The match data shows that Lapadat and Mercer managed to break their opponents’ serve 3 times. As for, they hit 64% efficiency, made 3 double faults and won 53% of the points on serve.

The tournament will continue tomorrow Saturday from 0:00 Spanish time with the confrontation of Lapadat and Mercer against the Bahamian players justin roberts And Jody Maginley which will take place tomorrow Saturday from 0:00 Spanish time.

the tournament of Laval (ITF Canada F3) takes place July 11-15 on an outdoor hard court. During this competition, a total of 16 couples compete.

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 opencontinue 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 also compete around the world completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay either 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 is now a world sport. Divides into two 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 get 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower stage is the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis compete . In addition, the association also takes care of the Grand Slams.

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 improve 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 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 And 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.

Currently, many tennis players in the female category are competing 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 either 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 final 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.

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