The Spanish tennis player paul lamas ruizATP number 240, fell defeated 7-5 and 6-2 in the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tournament at Lyons in one hour and thirty-two minutes against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimenumber 10 in ATP and seeded number 1. After this result, we can continue to see the winner of the match in the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 tournament at Lyons.

During the match, Auger-Aliassime managed to break his rival’s serve 4 times, had 73% efficiency on the first serve, committed 4 double faults and managed to win 69% of the points on serve. As for the Spanish player, he managed to break the serve on one occasion.

In the quarter-finals, Auger-Aliassime will face the French player Arthur Philnumber 112, tomorrow Thursday from 6:00 p.m. Spanish time.

Tournament ATP Lyon It takes place on foreign clay and a total of 39 tennis players compete, of which 28 reach the final among those who qualify directly, the winners of the pre-championship stages and those who are invited. In addition, its celebration takes place between May 20 and 27 in Lyons.

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 Garrosthen moves to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and eventually ends up in the United States with the U.S. Open.

The rest of the year, players continue to 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 today it is 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 (if a player wins the tournament, he will get 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower echelon would be the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis fight . Moreover, ATP tennis is also in charge of 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 known 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 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 career and is an icon in the world of tennis.

Currently, many tennis players in the female category 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 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 permanent retirement from 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.