Lene Mari Bolkesjo Hovda defeats Breanna Cerasa in the qualifying round

the norway Lene Mari Bolkesjo Hovda fulfilled the forecasts by winning by 1-6, 6-1 y 10-6 in one hour and forty-four minutes Breanna CerasaAustralian tennis player in the previous qualifying round of the tournament Tauranga. After this result, the winner adds new points to her ranking to be able to access the tournament of Tauranga.

The Australian player managed to break her opponent’s serve 4 times, while the Norwegian tennis player, for her part, also did so on 4 occasions. Likewise, in the first service Hovda had 52% effectiveness, committed 8 double faults and achieved 52% of the points on serve, while the data for his rival is 51% effectiveness, 8 double faults and 51%. of points obtained on serve.

the tournament of Tauranga (ITF New Zealand 02A) includes a preliminary phase in which the players with the lowest ranking face each other to get the highest possible score to enter the official tournament with the rest of the applicants. Specifically, at this stage of the competition, a total of 18 players face each other. In addition, it is held from December 18 to 24 on a hard court outdoors.

A sport that has come to stay

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 Open the Australiacontinue with the clay track of Roland Garrosthen moved to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and ends in the USA with the US Open.

During the rest of the year, players compete around the world completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay o herb.

Tennis originated in Europa 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 of English-speaking countries, but today it is a global sport. It’s divided in of the 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 (where the winner of the tournament will take 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower step would be the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis face each other. In addition, the association also takes care 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 improve all records and achieve the greatest number of Grand Slams. The three players are often referred to as ‘Big Three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.

These potential future tennis stars have entered the world tennis circuit with a bang, as in the case of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasof the Italian Matthew 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 career and is an 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 Swiatek (Roland Garros champion in 2021), the Greek Maria Sakkari o Paula Badosa (the first Spanish winner of Indian Wells) are fighting to stay in the 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 opportunity for the other players to take over from him and become number 1.

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