Chelsea Fontenel manages to win in the qualifying round at the expense of Destinee Martins

Switzerland Chelsea Fontenel won by 7-5 and 6-4 to the English player Destiny Martins in the qualifying round of the tournament Fort Worth. After this result, the winner adds new points to her ranking in order to enter the tournament of Fort Worth.

in the tournament of Fort Worth (ITF USA 48A) there is previously a qualifying phase in which the players with the lowest score compete to get the highest possible score to enter the official tournament with the rest of the contenders. During this particular phase, 56 players face off. In addition, it takes place from 17 to 23 October on an outdoor hard court.

Tennis, a sport much loved by the public

Tennis is considered a classic sport. Every year, four tournaments (the so-called ‘Grand Slams’) concentrate all the attention of the world: the season begins with the Open Australiacontinue with the dirt track of Roland Garrosthen he goes to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and ends in the USA with the US Open.

For the rest of the year, players continue to compete around the world by completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay or grass.

Tennis was born Europe at the end of the 18th century and since 1926 it is a professional sport, date of creation of the tour. It was especially popular with the affluent classes in English-speaking countries, but today it is a world sport. Is divided into of categories: men’s competition (ATP) and women’s competition (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 celebrates several tournaments throughout the year: ATP 1000 Masters (if a player wins the tournament, he will take 1000 points to add to the ATP rankings), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, one step lower would be the ATP Challenger Tour, where future stars of the world tennis. In addition, ATP tennis is also responsible for the Grand Slam.

The fight to be the best in history is still active in the men’s category. The Spanish Rafael Nadalthe Serbia Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer compete to break all records and add the most Grand Slams. The three players are often referred to as’Big three‘against the new generations or’ Next Gen ‘.

These new future tennis stars have entered the world tennis circuit with a bang, as in the case of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasof the Italian Matteo BerrettiniGerman Alexander Zverev or the Russians Medvedev y Rublev.

Novak Djokovic currently holds the record for weeks at number 1 in 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 has won 39 Grand Slam titles during her active career and is a reference and an icon for the world of tennis.

Currently, there are many female tennis players who are struggling to stay at the top of the world tennis elite and surpass Stefanie Graff or Serena Williams. Players like the Pole Iga Świątek (Roland Garros champion in 2021), the Greek Maria Sakkari or Paola Badosa (the first Spanish winner of Indian Wells) are struggling to stay in the famous top 10 of the WTA rankings.

In the year 2022, the Australian tennis player Asleigh Barty announced his permanent retirement from tennis and has left 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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