yeon woo kuSouth Korean, number 462 of the WTA, won in the previous qualifying round of the tournament of nonthaburi for 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3 to the thai player Mananchaya Sawangkaew. With this triumph, Ku manages to add new points to his ranking to get to participate in the tournament of nonthaburi.
The statistics about the match show that Ku managed to break his opponent’s serve 4 times, obtained a 64% first serve, committed 4 double faults, managing to win 57% of the service points. Regarding the Thai tennis player, she also managed to break her opponent’s serve 4 times, obtained 60% effectiveness, made 6 double faults and managed to win 52% of the points on serve.
in the tournament of nonthaburi (ITF Thailand 01A) a preliminary qualification phase is held that the tennis players with the lowest scores have to overcome to enter the official tournament. During this particular phase, 32 tennis players participate. Likewise, it takes place from January 1 to 8 on a hard court outdoors.
Tennis, a sport for everyone
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 opento continue with the clay track of Roland Garrosthen moved to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally ends up in the USA with the US Open.
In the rest of the year, the players continue to compete around the world, completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay either herb.
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 wealthy 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 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 is 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 does not stop in the male category. The Spanish Rafael Nadalthe 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 future tennis stars have entered stomping on the world 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 period and is a benchmark and icon in 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 tennis player Asleigh Barty announced his definitive retirement from the world of tennis and put an end to an impressive career with several Grand Slams behind him. Now is the chance for the other players to take over from him and become number 1.
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