Alexander Lobanov won in the previous qualifying round of the tournament antalya for 6-4 and 6-2 to the italian player Matteo de Vincentis. With this result, the winner will be in the next phase of the tournament antalya.
The statistics of the match indicate that Lobanov managed to break his opponent’s serve 6 times, obtained a 76% first serve, committed 2 double faults, managing to win 57% of the service points. As for de Vincentis, he managed to break his opponent’s serve 3 times and his effectiveness data is 68%, 3 double faults and 45% of points obtained on serve.
in the tournament of antalya (ITF Turkey F2) there is a pre-access phase in which the players with the lowest ranking have to obtain the highest possible points in order to qualify and participate in the official tournament. Specifically, at this stage of the competition, 64 players face each other. Likewise, it takes place between January 15 and 22 on clay in the open air.
A popular sport worldwide
Tennis is considered a classic sport. Every year, four tournaments (the so-called ‘Grand Slams’) attract all the world’s attention: the season begins with the australian opencontinue with the clay track of Roland Garrostravels to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally closes in the USA with the US Open.
During the rest of the year, the players continue to play all over the world, completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay either grass.
Tennis originated in Europe at the end of the 18th century and since 1926 it is a professional sport date the tour started. It was especially popular among the upper classes of English-speaking countries, but is currently a global sport. It’s divided in two categories: the men’s competition (ATP) and the women’s (WTA).
ATP
The ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) is the association of professional tennis players that brings together players from all over the world in the men’s category.
The ATP tour holds 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 step would be the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis compete. In addition, he is also in charge of the Grand Slams.
The fight to be the best in history is still latent in the men’s category. The Spanish Rafael Nadalthe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the swiss Roger Federer they compete to break all records and add the greatest number of Grand Slams. The three players are frequently referred to as ‘big three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.
These new future tennis stars have entered stomping on the global tennis circuit, as in the case of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasfrom Italian Matteo Berrettinithe German Alexander Zverev or the russians Medvedev Y Rublev.
Novak Djokovic currently holds the record for weeks at number 1 of 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 won 39 Grand Slam titles during her active career and is an icon for the world of tennis.
Today, there are many women’s tennis players fighting to stay on 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 ranking.
In the year 2022, the Australian tennis player Asleigh Barty announced his definitive retirement from tennis and put an end to an impressive career with several Grand Slams behind him. Now is the time for the other players to take over and become number 1.
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