The French Thyme Legout and 3rd seed, lived up to expectations to win 6-3 and 7-5 to the Croatian tennis player Nikola Basic in the round of 16 of the tournament Sharm el-Sheikh. After this result, the winner will be in the quarterfinals of the tournament Sharm el-Sheikh.
During the match, the Frenchman managed to break his opponent’s serve 5 times, had 65% effectiveness on his first serve, committed 2 double faults and scored 62% of points on serve. As for the Croatian tennis player, he managed to break his opponent’s serve twice, his effectiveness was 65%, he committed a double fault and scored 51% of the points on serve.
The tournament will continue with the confrontation between Legout and Pole Martyn Pawelski.
The tournament ITF Egypt F36 It takes place on an outdoor hard court and has a total of 73 players participating. Likewise, its celebration takes place between December 18 and 25 a Sharm el-Sheikh.
A sport that stands the test of time
Tennis is considered a classic sport. Every year, four tournaments (the so-called ‘Grand Slams’) attract all the attention of the world: the season starts with the Open Australiacontinue with the dirt track of Roland Garrosthen travels to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally ends up in the United States with the US Open.
In the rest of the year players continue to play all over the world, completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay or grass.
tennis was born Europe at the end of the XVIII century and from 1926 it is a professional sports after the creation of the first tour. It was particularly popular with the wealthy classes in English-speaking countries, but today it is a world sports. Is divided into of the categories: the men’s competition (ATP) and the women’s competition (WTA).
ATP extension
The ATP extension (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 (if a player wins the tournament, he will get 1000 points to add to the ATP rankings), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, one rung below would be the ATP Challenger Tour, where future world tennis stars they fight . In addition, the association also deals with the Grand Slam.
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 improve all records and accumulate the most Grand Slams. The three players are commonly referred to as ‘Big Three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.
These future tennis stars stomped into the world tennis circuit, as was the case with the Greek Stephen Tsitsipasof the Italian Matthew BerrettiniGerman Alexander Zverev or the Russians Medvedev yes rublov.
Novak Djokovic currently holds the record for weeks at number 1 of the ATP rankings, followed closely 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 to the tennis world.
Currently, there are many female tennis players in the women’s category who are also struggling to stay at the top of the world tennis elite and surpass Stefanie Graff or Serena Williams. Players like the Pole Iga Swiatek (Roland Garros champion in 2021), the Greek Maria Saccari or Paola Badosa (the first Spanish winner of Indian Wells) are fighting to stay in the famous top 10 of the WTA rankings.
In the year 2022, the Australian tennis player Asleigh Barty has announced his permanent retirement from tennis and has put an end to an impressive career with several Slams under his belt. Now it’s time for the other players to take over and become number 1.
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