Simona HalepThe Romanian, number 6 in the WTA and seeded number 15, met expectations by winning the 32nd final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati from 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3 a Anastasia Potapova, number 54 of the WTA. With this result, we will continue to see the winner of the match in the round of 32 of the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati.
Potapova managed to break the opponent’s serve 6 times, while the Romanian tennis player, for her part, did it 7 times. In addition, Halep was 62% effective in first serve, committed 4 double faults and managed to win 53% of service points, while her opponent was 54% effective, committed 10 double faults and managed to win 51% of the points served.
In the round of 16 he will face the Romanian player Veronika Kudermetovanumber 20, today Wednesday from 17:00 Spanish time.
The tournament WTA Cincinnati It takes place on an outdoor hard court and is attended by a total of 77 players. Of all the nominees, a total of 56 reach the finals among those directly classified, those who have passed the previous rounds of the tournament and those who are invited. Likewise, it is celebrated between 13 and 21 August in Cincinnati.
Tennis, a sport for everyone
Tennis is undoubtedly a classic sport. Each year, four tournaments (the so-called ‘Grand Slams’) attract the attention of the whole world: the season starts with the Australian Opento continue with the dirt track of Roland Garrosthen he moves to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally ends in the USA with the US Open.
In the rest of the year, players also compete around the world by completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay or grass.
Tennis was born Europe at the end of the 18th century and since 1926 it is a professional sport tour opening date. It was especially popular with the upper classes in English-speaking countries, but today it is a world sport. Is divided into two categories: men’s (ATP) and women’s (WTA) competition.
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 1000 Masters (where the winner of the tournament will get 1000 points to add to the ATP rankings), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, at a lower step we would have the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis fight. In addition, he also manages the Grand Slams.
The struggle 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 records and get the most Grand Slams. The three players are often called “Big three‘against the new generations or’ Next Gen ‘.
These new future tennis stars have entered the world tennis circuit with a bang, as in the case of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasfrom Italian Matteo BerrettiGerman alexander zverev or the Russians Medvedev Y ruble.
Novak Djokovic currently holds the record for weeks at number 1 in 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 has won 39 Grand Slam titles during her active career and is an icon in the world of tennis.
Currently, there are many female tennis players competing to stay at the top of the world tennis elite and surpass Stefanie Graff or Serena Williams. Players like the Pole Iga Świątek (Roland Garros champion in 2021), the Greek Maria Sakkar or Paola Badosa (the first Spanish winner of Indian Wells) are struggling to stay in the famous top 10 of the WTA rankings.
In the year 2022, the Australian tennis player Asleigh Barty announced his final retirement from the world of tennis and has left an impressive career with several Grand Slams behind him. Now is the chance for other players to take over from him and become number 1.
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