Grigor Dimitrovwon by 2-6, 7(7)-6(4) and 6-1 has Mackenzie McDonaldAmerican tennis player, number 39 at ATP, in the round of 16 of the tournament Beijing. After this result, the winner will qualify for the round of 16 of the tournament. Beijing.

Dimitrov will play in the round of 16 of the competition against the winner of the match in which they will face each other Holger (“Rune”) and the Canadian player Felix Auger-Aliassime.

This championship takes place at Beijing between September 28 and October 4 on outdoor hard court. In this competition, a total of 32 players compete.

Tennis retains its undisputed position as a classic sport in the sporting world. Each year, the four major tournaments called “Grand Slams” attract worldwide attention. The season begins with Australian Opencontinue with the clay track of Roland Garrosthen moved to London for the iconic celebration of Wimbledon and ends in the United States 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 appeared in Europe at the end of the 18th century and since 1926, it has been a professional discipline after the creation of the first tour. Although in its early days it was particularly popular among the upper classes in English-speaking countries, today it is a sport with a 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 (where the winner of the tournament will take 1000 points to add to the ATP rankings), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, on a lower rung would be 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 still continues among men. Numbers like Spanish Carlos Alcaraz or Serbian Novak Djokovic They compete to break 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 California native who has accumulated 39 Grand Slam titles in his career and is an icon in the tennis world.

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.