Dodig and Krajicek will continue to the next round of the Basel tournament

The ATP brings together players from all over the world in the men’s category. (Infoba)

Ivan Dodig and the American player Austin Krajicek They won in the round of 16 of the tournament. Basel For 6-2 and 6-4 to the Canadian tennis player Felix Auger-Aliassime and the American player Sébastien Korda, numbers 19 and 23 of the ATP. After this result, the tennis players will move on to the next phase of the tournament. Basel.

In the next phase, Dodig and Krajicek will face the winners of the match between Robin Haase And Tallon Griekspoor against Jan Zielinski And Hugo Nys tomorrow Wednesday from 6:00 a.m. Spanish time.

In the tournament Basel (Swiss Indoors Basel) in total, 32 couples face each other. In addition, it takes place between October 23 and 29 on an indoor hard court.

Tennis retains its undisputed position as a classic sport in the sporting world. Like every year, the four main tournaments called “Grand Slam” attract worldwide attention. The season begins with Australian Opento continue with the clay track of Roland Garrosthen moved to London for the iconic celebration of Wimbledon and ends in the USA with the US Open.

The rest of the year, players continue to play around the world completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast ground, clay either grass.

Tennis has its origins in Europe at the end of the 18th century and since 1926, it has been a professional sport, date the tour was created. Although in its early days it was particularly popular among the upper classes in English-speaking countries, today it is a sport with global reach. Tennis is divided into two categories main: the men’s competition (ATP) and the women’s competition (WTA).

There ATP (Association of Professional Tennis Players) brings together professional tennis players from around 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, on a lower rung would be the ATP Challenger Tour, where future stars compete of world tennis. . Additionally, the association is also in charge of Grand Slam tournaments.

The battle for the title of best tennis player in history still continues among men. Numbers like Spanish Carlos Alcaraz or Serbian Novak Djokovic They compete to achieve great records and win the most titles.

Future tennis stars have burst onto the world circuit. Among them are the Greeks Stefanos TsitsipasItalian Matteo BerrettiniGerman Alexander Zverev and the Russians Medvedev and Rublev.

Currently, Novak Djokovic has held the record for weeks as number 1 in the ATP rankingsfollowed closely by Roger Federerthe American legend Pete Sampras, Ivan Lendl And Jimmy Connors.

The WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) was founded in 1973 by a former tennis player. Billie Jean King. King, a native of California, who has accumulated 39 Grand Slam titles during his career and is a reference and icon in the world of tennis.

In today’s era, many tennis players in the women’s category are also fighting to stay at the top of the world tennis elite and surpass Stefanie Graff or Serena Williams. Names like Polish Iga Swiątek (winner of several Grand Slams), the Americans Coco Gauff And Jessica PegulaGreek Maria Sakkari either Paula Badosa (the first Spaniard to win Indian Wells) is striving to stay in the top 10 of the WTA rankings.

Theodore Davis

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