The American Colin Altamirano and the Romanian player Gabi Adrian Boitan fulfilled the predictions by winning the semi-finals of the tournament Edmund in one hour and forty-four minutes per 6-4 and 7(9)-6(7) to American players George Goldhoff Yes Joshua Sheehy. With this result, we will see the winners of this match in the final of the tournament of Edmund.

The losing pair managed to break serve once, while the winners did so twice. Similarly, Altamirano and Boitan achieved 68% on first serve, committed 3 double faults and achieved 72% of points on serve, while their rivals’ efficiency was 80%, they achieved 2 double faults and achieved 63% points serve.

In the final, Altamirano and Boitan will face the Canadians Benjamin Sigouin Yes mackiger.

Tournament ITF USA F3 It takes place on an indoor hard court and a total of 16 couples participate. It is also celebrated from January 24 to 28 at Edmund.

A century-old sport

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 moves 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 That is 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.

ATP

The 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 rung, we would have the ATP Challenger Tour, where future tennis stars compete global. 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 Nadalthem 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 called ‘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 Yes 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

The 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 women’s category are 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 That is 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 is the time for other players to take over and become number 1.