Pospisil and Mahut managed to qualify for the round of 16 of the Toronto tournament

The ATP brings together players from all over the world in the men’s category. (Infobase)

Canadian tennis player Vasek PospisilATP number 165 and French Nicolas Mahout they won in the round of 16 of the tournament Toronto For 7-5 and 6-4 to Canadian players Benjamin Sigouin And kelsey stevenson. After this result, we will continue to see the match winners in the next phase of the tournament Torontothe knockout stages.

The tournament celebration Toronto (National Bank Open now) takes place August 7-13 on outdoor hard courts. A total of 56 couples participate in this contest.

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

During the rest of the year, players continue to play 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.

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 rankings), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower rung is the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis compete . In addition, the association also takes care of the Grand Slams.

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 collect the most Grand Slam tournaments. The three players are often referred to 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 phase and is a reference and an icon for the world of tennis.

Today, many female tennis players are fighting 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 the world of tennis and ended an impressive career with several Grand Slam tournaments behind him. Now is the time for other players to take over and become number 1.

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