Sakellaridis and Sakellaridis snatch the place in the quarterfinals from Soriano Barrera and Goldberg Alviani

The Greeks Stefanos Sakellaridis y Dimitris Sakellaridis won in the round of 16 of the tournament Monastir for 6-1, 6(4)-7(7) y 10-6 to the Spanish players Adriana Soriano Barrera y Nicolas Rafael Goldberg Alviani. With this result, we will be able to continue seeing the winners of this match in the quarterfinals of the Monastir.

The defeated couple managed to break their opponents’ serve 2 times, while the winners did so 4 times. In addition, Sakellaridis and Sakellaridis achieved 70% in the first service, 3 double faults and 67% of the points were made on serve, while the data from their opponents is 69% effective, 3 double faults and 54%. of points obtained on serve.

During the quarterfinals Sakellaridis and Sakellaridis will play against the Belgians Buvaysar Gadamauri y Cian Maguire tomorrow Thursday from 13:30 Spanish time.

The tournament takes place in Monastir from December 20 to 24 on an outdoor hard track. During this competition a total of 16 couples are presented.

A centennial sport

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 Garrostravels to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and ends in the United States with the US Open.

The rest of the year, players also 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 date the tour started. 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 organizes several tournaments throughout the year: ATP Masters 1000 (if a player wins the tournament, he will get 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower step we would have the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis fight. In addition, the association also takes care of the Grand Slams.

The fight to be the best in history is still active in the men’s category. The Spanish Rafael Nadalthe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the swiss Roger Federer they compete to break all records and accumulate the greatest number of Grand Slams. The three players are popularly referred to 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 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 created 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 for the world of tennis.

Currently, there are many tennis players in the women’s category who are also 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 famous top 10 of the WTA ranking.

In the year 2022, the Australian player Asleigh Barty announced his final retirement from the world of tennis and left behind an impressive career with several Grand Slams behind him. Now is the time for the other players to take over and become number 1.

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