the canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimenumber 9 in the ATP and seeded number 2, lived up to expectations by winning the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tournament in Doha For 4-6, 6-1 and 6-4 in two hours and twenty minutes, the Australian player Jason Kubler, ATP number 74. After this result, we will continue to see the winner of the match in the next phase of the ATP 250 tournament at Dohathe quarter-finals.

The Australian player managed to break his rival’s serve once, while the Canadian tennis player did it 3 times. Moreover, Auger-Aliassime achieved 57% first serve and committed 2 double faults, managing to win 73% of service points, while his opponent achieved 52% efficiency, committed a double fault and won 63% of service points. service outlets. serve.

In the quarter-finals, the Canadian will face the winner of the match in which the Spanish tennis player will face. Alexander Davidovich Fokina and the South Korean player soon woo kwon.

the tournament of Doha (ATPDoha) takes place February 18-25 on an outdoor hard court. In this competition, a total of 39 tennis players compete and the final phase is made up of a total of 28 among those who qualify directly, those who have won the preliminary qualifying phase and the guests.

A popular sport all over the world

Tennis is considered 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 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 start date of the 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

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 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 is still latent among men. 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 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.

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 phase and is a reference and an icon for the world of tennis.

Today, many female tennis players are vying to stay at the top of the world’s 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 top 10 of the WTA rankings.

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