Karen Khachanova,, ATP number 20 and seed number 8, won in one hour and thirty-five minutes by 6-4 and 6-2 to the british player Jack Drapernumber 42 of the ATP, in the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tournament in adelaide. With this result, we will closely follow the player’s trajectory in the quarterfinals of the championship.
The match data shows that Khachanov managed to break his opponent’s serve 3 times, in the first serve he had 89% effectiveness, committed a double fault and achieved 77% of the points on serve. As for him, his effectiveness was 93%, he double-faulted and scored 55% of the points on serve.
After this duel, the quarterfinals will take place where Khachanov and the winner of the match between Daniel Medvedev and the serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.
The tournament ATP adelaide 1 It is held on an outdoor hard court and a total of 44 tennis players participate in it and the final phase is made up of a total of 32 among those who have qualified directly, those who have passed the previous phases of the championship and those who are invited. Likewise, it takes place between December 30, 2022 and January 8 in adelaide.
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 Garrosthen travels 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, players also compete around the world completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay either herb.
tennis was born 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 wealthy classes in English-speaking countries, but today it is 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 get 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower step we would have the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis fight. In addition, the ATP tennis 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 improve all records and gather the greatest number of Grand Slams. The three players are popularly known as ‘big three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.
These 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 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 compete 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 top 10 of the WTA ranking.
In the year 2022, the Australian tennis player Asleigh Barty announced his final retirement from the world of tennis and ended an impressive career with several Grand Slams behind him. Now is the time for the other players to take over from him and become number 1.
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