the dutch bibiane schoofsWTA number 393 and Lithuanian player Justina Mikulskytenumber 157 of the WTA met the forecasts by winning in one hour and nine minutes by 6-1 and 6-2 a Jamie Lau already the british Francesca Simpson in the round of 16 of the tournament loughborough. With this result, the players manage to qualify for the quarterfinals of the loughborough.
During the match, the winners managed to break their opponents’ serve 7 times, in the first serve they had 72% effectiveness, they committed 3 double faults and achieved 53% of the service points. Regarding the losing couple, they managed to break their opponents’ serve 2 times, obtained 64% effectiveness, made 2 double faults and managed to win 31% of the service points.
In the quarterfinals Schoofs and Mikulskyte will meet the winners of the match that will face Marine Szostak Y Danielle Daley against Sarah Rebecca Sekulic Y Oleksandra Olynykova.
The tournament ITF Great Britain 01A It is held on an indoor hard court and a total of 16 couples present themselves. Likewise, it takes place between January 10 and 14 in loughborough.
Tennis, a sport for everyone
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 opento continue with the clay track of Roland Garrosthen moves to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally concludes in the United States with the US Open.
The rest of the year, players compete around 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 in English-speaking countries, but is now 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 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 face each other. 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 break all the records and accumulate the greatest number of Grand Slams. The three players are commonly 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 period and is a benchmark and icon for the world of tennis.
Currently, there are many tennis players in the women’s category who are 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.
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