Smith and Rencheli will continue in the final of the Saskatoon tournament

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis. (Infobase)

Americans Alana Smith And Abigail Rencheli won in the semi-finals of the tournament saskatoon For 2-6, 7(7)-6(2) and 10-6 in one hour and fifty-one minutes to Canadian players Bianca Jolie Fernandez And Mia Kupres. After this result, the couple obtains the place for the final of the tournament of saskatoon.

During the match, the winners managed to break serve on one occasion. As for Fernandez and Kupres, they managed to break their opponents’ serve 3 times, achieved 62% efficiency, committed 4 double faults and managed to win 65% of service points.

Smith and Rencheli will face the Canadians in the championship final Stacey Fong And Karman Kaur Thandi.

the tournament of saskatoon (ITF Canada 04A) takes place July 11-15 on outdoor hard courts. A total of 16 couples participate in this competition.

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 ends in the United States with the U.S. Open.

During the rest of the year, players also 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 is currently 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 take 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower echelon is the ATP Challenger Tour, where future stars compete of world tennis. . Moreover, he is also in charge of the Grand Slam tournaments.

The fight to be the best in history is still active in the men’s category. 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 commonly referred to as ‘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 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 competing 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 2022, the Australian 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 chance for other players to take over and become number 1.

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