the uzbek Nigina Abduraimovanumber 176 of the WTA and seed number 2, fulfilled the forecasts by winning the quarterfinals of the tournament of pune for 6-2 and 6-1 to the japanese tennis player eri shimizu. After this result, Abduraimova gets the place for the semifinals of the tournament pune.
The Japanese player managed to break her opponent’s serve 2 times, while the Uzbek player, for her part, did so 6 times. Likewise, the Uzbek player had a 47% first serve and committed 4 double faults, managing to win 59% of the service points, while her rival obtained 61% effectiveness, made 3 double faults and managed to win 39%. of the points to serve.
After this match, the semifinals will take place where Abduraimova and the winner of the match between Valeria Savinykh Y Anastasia Tikhonova.
in the tournament of pune (ITF India 02A) a total of 56 tennis players participated. In addition, it takes place between January 22 and 29 on an outdoor hard court.
A popular sport worldwide
Tennis is undoubtedly 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 moves to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally concludes in the USA 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 grass.
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 upper classes of 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 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 would be the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis compete. In addition, the ATP tennis is also in charge of the Grand Slams.
The fight to be the best in history continues in the men’s category. The Spanish Rafael Nadalthe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the swiss Roger Federer they compete to break all the 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 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 period and is a benchmark and 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 He announced his definitive retirement from the world of tennis and left behind an impressive career with several Grand Slams behind him. Now it is the turn of the other players to take over and become number 1.
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