Caty Mcnally beats Xiyu Wang in qualifying round

American tennis player Caty McNallyWTA number 157, won by 6-3 and 6-3 in an hour and seventeen minutes to the Chinese players Xiyu WangNumber 58 in the WTA, in the qualifying round of the WTA 500 tournament Ostrava. With this victory, the American manages to add new points to her ranking to be able to participate in the WTA 500 tournament Ostrava.

the tournament of Ostrava (WTA Ostrava) has a preliminary entry phase, which the tennis players with the lowest scores must pass in order to participate in the official tournament. In this special phase, 24 tennis players face each other. It will also take place between October 1st and 9th on an open-air hard court.

A hundred year old sport

Tennis is undoubtedly a classic sport. Four tournaments (the so-called “Grand Slams”) draw all the attention each year: The season begins with the Australian Opento continue with the audio track of Roland Garrosthen moves on to London with the party Wimbledon and finally ends up in the USA with the US Open.

For the rest of the year, players will also compete around the world, finishing seasons on the different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay either herb.

Tennis was born Europe Late 18th century and since 1926 it is a professional sports Date the tour opened. It was particularly popular with the upper class in English-speaking countries, but today it’s a world sport. It’s divided two categories: the competition of men (ATP) and women (WTA).

ATP

That ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) is the association of professional tennis players that brings together players from around 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 gets 1,000 points to add them to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, at a lower level, we would have the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis compete against each other compete . In addition, ATP tennis is also responsible for the Grand Slam.

The struggle to be the best in history doesn’t end in the male category. The Spanish Rafael Nadalthe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the swiss Roger Federer They fight to break all records and get the most Grand Slams. The three players are commonly referred to as “Big Three‘ towards the new generations or ‘next gen’.

These possible future tennis stars have entered the tennis world with a bang, as in the case of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasfrom Italian Matteo BerretiniThe German Alexander Zverev or the Russians Medvedev Y rublev.

Novak Djokovic currently holds the record for week in 1st place of the ATP rankings, closely followed by Roger Federer, legendary American player Pete Sampras, Iván Lendl and Jimmy Connors.

WTA

That 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 in her playing career and is a benchmark and icon in the world of tennis.

Currently there are many tennis players in the women’s category who are struggling to stay at the top of the world tennis elite, surpassing Stefanie Graff or Serena Williams. Players like the Poles Iga Swiątek (Champion of Roland Garros 2021), the Greek Maria Sakkar either Paula Badosa (the first Spanish winner of Indian Wells) are fighting to stay in the famous top 10 of the WTA rankings.

In 2022, the Australian tennis player will Asleigh Barty announced his permanent retirement from the world of tennis, ending an impressive multi-grand slam career. Now it’s the other players turn to take the witness and become number 1.

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