Maxime Cressy takes the place in the round of 16 from Antoine Bellier

The ATP brings together players from all over the world in the men’s category. (Infobae)

Maxime CressyAmerican, number 51 of the ATP, fulfilled the forecasts by winning in one hour and sixteen minutes by 6-3 y 6-2 a Antoine BellierSwiss tennis player, number 190 of the ATP, in the round of 32 of the ATP 250 tournament in Montpellier. With this result, we will see the winner of the match in the next phase of the ATP 250 tournament in Montpellierthe round of 16.

Likewise, the American tennis player achieved 68% in the first serve, committed 8 double faults and made 70% of the points on serve, while his opponent had a 79% first serve and 2 double faults, managing to win the 58th % of the points to serve.

The American will play in the round of 16 of the competition against the winner of the match between the Swedish tennis player Mikael Ymer and the finnish player Emil Ruusuvuori.

the tournament of Montpellier (ATP Montpellier) is held between February 5 and 12 on indoor hard courts. During this competition, a total of 40 tennis players face each other, of which 28 advance to the final among those who qualify directly, those who pass the preliminary qualification phase and those who are invited.

Tennis, a sport for everyone

Tennis is considered 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 Australiato continue with the clay track of Roland Garrosthen moves to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and ends in the USA with the US Open.

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

tennis was born in Europa at the end of the 18th century and since 1926 it is a professional sport, the date the tour was created. 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 holds several tournaments throughout the year: ATP Masters 1000 (if a player wins the tournament, he will take 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 future tennis stars face each other. world. In addition, he is also in charge of the Grand Slams.

The fight to be the best in history continues in the men’s category. The Spanish Rafael Nadalhe 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 often referred to as ‘Big Three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.

These new 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 founded 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 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 ended 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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