The Canadian player Felix Auger-AliassimeATP number 19 and seed number 6, won the round of 16 of the tournament Basel For 6-4 and 6-2 has Botic van de Zandschulp. With this result, we will see the winner of the match in the next phase of the tournament. Baselthe next round.

In the next round, the Canadian will face the Russian Alexander Shevchenkonumber 83, today Thursday from 2:00 p.m. Spanish time.

Tournament Swiss Indoors Basel It takes place on an indoor hard court and during it, a total of 31 players compete.

Tennis retains its undisputed position as a classic sport on the sporting scene. Like every year, the four major tournaments called “Grand Slams” attract worldwide attention. The season begins with Australian Opencontinue with the clay track of Roland Garrosheads to London for iconic celebration of Wimbledon and ends in the USA with the US Open.

The rest of the year, players compete across the world completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast ground, clay either grass.

Tennis appeared 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 beginnings it was particularly popular among the upper classes in English-speaking countries, today it is a sport of global importance. 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 (where the winner of the tournament will get 1000 points to add to the ATP rankings), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, on a lower step is the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis compete . Additionally, he is also in charge of Grand Slams.

The battle for the title of best tennis player in history is still latent among men. Numbers like Spanish Carlos Alcaraz or Serbian Novak Djokovic They compete to achieve great records and accumulate the greatest number of 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 inaugurated in 1973 by former tennis player Billie Jean King. King, originally from California, who has accumulated 39 Grand Slam titles during his career and is a reference and icon for 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. 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.