The Bolivian player Hugo Delliennumber 138 of the ATP, won the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 tournament in Cordova by 6(5)-7(7), 6-4 and 6- in two hours and twenty-six minutes to Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Argentine tennis player, number 114 of the ATP. After this result, the tennis player will be in the semifinals of the ATP 250 tournament in Cordova.
The Argentine managed to break his opponent’s serve 2 times, while the Bolivian tennis player, for his part, did so 6 times.
During the semifinals, Dellien will face the Argentine tennis player Sebastian Baeznumber 47 and seed number 4, today Saturday from 7:00 p.m. Spanish time.
The celebration of the tournament Cordova (ATP Cordoba) takes place from February 4 to 12 on clay in the open air. During the competition, a total of 40 tennis players face each other and the final phase is made up of a total of 28 among those who have qualified directly, those who have passed the previous phase of the championship and the invited players.
A popular sport worldwide
Tennis is considered a classic sport. Every year, four tournaments (the so-called ‘Grand Slams’) gather all the world’s attention: the season begins with the australian opencontinue with the clay track of Roland Garrosthen moves to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally ends up in the United States with the US Open.
In 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, the date the tour was created. 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 organizes several tournaments throughout the year: ATP Masters 1000 (where the winner of the tournament will take 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower step is the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis fight. In addition, the association also takes care of the Grand Slams.
The fight to be the best in history is still latent in the men’s category. The Spanish Rafael Nadalhe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the swiss Roger Federer they compete to break all records and achieve the greatest number of Grand Slams. The three players are commonly called 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 and 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 created 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.
Currently, there are many tennis players in the women’s category who are also 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 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 player Asleigh Barty announced his final retirement from tennis and left behind an impressive career with several Grand Slams behind him. Now is the opportunity for the other players to take over from him and become number 1.
