Lucie Havlickova manages to win in the previous round of qualification at the expense of Angelina Wirges

the czech player Lucie Havlickovanumber 389 of the WTA, fulfilled the forecasts by winning in the previous qualifying round of the tournament of Tallinn for 6-1 y 6- a Angelina Wirges, German tennis player. After this result, the winner manages to add new points to her ranking to be able to participate in the tournament of Tallinn.

The German tennis player managed to break her opponent’s serve once, while the Czech player did it 7 times. Likewise, Havlickova achieved 45% in the first serve, committed 3 double faults and made 64% of the points on serve, while her rival obtained 50% effectiveness, committed 2 double faults and managed to win 25% of the the points to serve.

in the tournament of Tallinn (ITF Estonia 01A) there is a preliminary qualification phase in which the tennis players with the lowest ranking have to reach the highest possible score to obtain a place in the official tournament. During this part of the competition, specifically, 56 tennis players participate. In addition, it takes place between January 9 and 15 on an indoor hard track.

A centennial sport

Tennis is undoubtedly a classic sport. Every year, four tournaments (the so-called ‘Grand Slams’) gather all the world’s attention: the season begins with the Open the Australiacontinue with the clay track of Roland Garrosthen moves to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally ends up in the United States with the US Open.

The rest of the year, the players continue to play all over the world, completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay o grass.

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 wealthy classes in 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 get 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower step is the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis fight. In addition, the ATP tennis is also in charge 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 gather the greatest number of Grand Slams. The three players are commonly 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 created in 1973 by the famous former tennis player Billie Jean King. The Californian won 39 Grand Slam titles during her active period and is a benchmark and 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 top 10 of the WTA ranking.

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

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