Tennis player Eugenie Bouchard gets a place in the next phase after winning the previous qualifying round

Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard won the qualifying round of the WTA 500 tournament in Ostrava in an hour and fifteen minutes 6-3 and 6-2 Hungarian Dalma Galfi, number 91 of the WTA. With this result, we will continue to see the player in the next stage of the WTA 500 tournament Ostrava.

in the tournament of Ostrava (WTA Ostrava) before that there is a qualifying phase in which the lowest ranked tennis players compete to enter the official tournament against the rest of the rivals. To do this, they must collect as many points as possible. In this part of the competition in particular, 46 players compete against each other. Of all the applicants, a total of 22 will reach the final stages between those who qualify directly, those who won in the previous rounds of the championship and those who are invited. Likewise, it will take place on an outdoor hard court from October 1st to 9th.

A sport that stands the test of time

Tennis is undoubtedly a classic sport. Four tournaments (the so-called “Grand Slams”) attract the attention of the world public every year: The season begins with the Australian Opento continue with the audio track of Roland GarrosShe’s traveling to London with the party Wimbledon and ends in the United States with the US Open.

For the remainder of the year, players around the world will compete and finish seasons on the different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay either herb.

Tennis showed up Europe Late 18th century and since 1926 it is a professional sports, Date the tour was created. It was particularly popular with the upper class in English-speaking countries, but is now 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 (when a player wins the tournament, he takes 1000 points to add him 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 play compete. In addition, the association also handles the Grand Slams.

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 improve all records and get the most Grand Slams. The three players are often referred to as “Big Three‘ towards the new generations or ‘next gen’.

These possible future tennis stars have entered the global tennis scene 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 women tennis players 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 is the opportunity for the other players to take over and become number 1.

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