Dabrowski and Olmos triumph in the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament in San Jose

the canadian player Gabriela Dabrowskinumber 4 of the WTA and the Mexican tennis player Giuliana Olmosnumber 13 of the WTA met the forecasts by winning in the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament in San Jose in one hour and five minutes 2-6, 6-1 y 10-5 to the Americans Elizabeth Mandlik y Ashlyn Krueger, WTA number 273 and WTA number 197 respectively. After this result, the couple managed to qualify for the semifinals of the WTA 500 tournament in San Jose.

The statistics reflect that Dabrowski and Olmos, the winners, managed to break their rivals’ serves 3 times, in the first service they had 71% effectiveness, committed 2 double faults and achieved 62% of the points on serve. As for the losing pair, they managed to break their opponents’ serve twice, obtained 63% effectiveness, made 4 double faults and managed to win 54% of the points on serve.

The tournament will continue today Saturday from 10:00 p.m. Spanish time with the confrontation of Dabrowski and Olmos against the Japanese players Shuko Aoyama y Hao-Ching Chan which will take place today Saturday from 22:00 Spanish time.

The tournament takes place in San Jose from August 1 to 7 on outdoor hard court. During this competition a total of 16 couples face each other.

A popular sport worldwide

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

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

Tennis emerged in Europa at the end of the 18th century and since 1926 it is a professional sport after the creation of the first tour. It was especially popular with the upper classes in English-speaking countries, but today it is a global sport. It’s divided in of the categories: the men’s (ATP) and the women’s (WTA) competition.

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 (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 we would have the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis compete. In addition, the association also handles the Grand Slams.

The fight to be the best in history is still latent in the men’s category. The Spanish Rafael Nadalthe Serbia Novak Djokovic and the swiss Roger Federer they compete to improve all the records and achieve the greatest number of Grand Slams. The three players are often referred to as ‘Big Three‘ versus the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.

These future tennis stars have entered the global tennis circuit with a bang, as in the case of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasof the Italian Matteo 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 a benchmark and icon in 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 Polish Iga Świątek (champion of Roland Garros 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 definitive retirement from tennis and ended an impressive career with several Grand Slams behind him. Now is the time for the other players to take over from him and become number 1.

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