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Francisco Cerúndolo
Francisco Cerúndolo (born 13 August 1998) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title. Cerúndolo attained a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 24 on 25 July 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 203 achieved on 31 October 2022. Career 2019-2020: ATP debut Cerúndolo made his ATP main draw debut on home soil at the 2019 Argentina Open in Buenos Aires after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw, losing to Guido Pella in three sets. Cerúndolo played another ATP main draw a year later at the 2020 Argentina Open in Buenos Aires after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw again, losing to Laslo Djere in the first round. 2021: First ATP final, Grand Slam and Olympics debut In January 2021, he was one of two players to test positive for COVID-19 during the Australian Open qualifying event in Doha. Francisco Cerúndolo reached his first ATP tour final at the 2021 Argentina Open as a qualifier but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Wimbledon Championships
The 2022 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tier tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentlemen's singles title to claim his 21st Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title, defeating Nick Kyrgios in the final. Ashleigh Barty was the reigning ladies' champion, but did not defend her title after retiring from professional tennis in March 2022. The ladies' singles title was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Ons Jabeur in the final. This year, the AELTC #Controversy regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian players, barred Russian and Belarusian tennis players from competing, because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In reaction, the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, and International Tennis Federation, ITF withdrew ranking points from the tournament. This was the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Argentina Open
The 2019 Argentina Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 22nd edition of the ATP Buenos Aires event, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from February 11 through 17, 2019. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of February 4, 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Félix Auger-Aliassime * Francisco Cerúndolo * David Ferrer The following player received entry as a special exempt: * Juan Ignacio Londero The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Marcelo Arévalo * Facundo Bagnis * Rogério Dutra Silva * Lorenzo Sonego Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by Christian Garín Doubles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of February 4, 2019. Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Argentina Open
The 2022 Argentina Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 25th edition of the ATP Buenos Aires event, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2022 ATP Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from February 7 through 13, 2022. The tournament marked the return of US Open champion and former world No. 3 Juan Martín del Potro of Argentina from knee injury. He had not played an ATP match since June 2019. Champions Singles * Casper Ruud def. Diego Schwartzman, 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 Doubles * Santiago González / Andrés Molteni def. Fabio Fognini / Horacio Zeballos, 6–1, 6–1 Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money *per team Singles main draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of January 31, 2022 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sebastián Báez * Juan Martín del Potro * Holger Rune The following players received special exempts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiago Monteiro (tennis)
Thiago Moura Monteiro (; born 31 May 1994) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Monteiro has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 61 achieved on 17 October 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 144 achieved on 31 January 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Brazilian tennis player. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Monteiro peaked in the rankings at No. 2 on 2 February 2012, with his biggest junior singles title being the Grade A, Copa Gerdau in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2011. In his first ATP match, as a wildcard ranked world No. 338 in the ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro in February 2016, Monteiro upset No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round. In the second round, Monteiro lost to eventual champion Pablo Cuevas. In his next tournament, the ATP 250 São Paulo, Monteiro won two matches (against former World No. 9 Nicolás Almagro, and Daniel Muñoz de la Nava), losing again to eventual champion Cuevas in the quarterfinals. On May 8, 2016, Monteiro wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Loser
A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury, or other reasons. The lucky loser then re-enters the competition, normally in place of the withdrawn competitor. In the event of a lucky loser's re-entry to a competition, it usually occurs before all competitors in the main draw have started their first match in the tournament. Lucky losers as tennis tournament winners and finalists It is rare for a lucky loser to win an ATP or WTA tournament; Heinz Gunthardt did it in 1978 (at Springfield), Bill Scanlon in 1978 (at Maui), Francisco Clavet in 1990 in Hilversum, Christian Miniussi in 1991 in São Paulo, Sergiy Stakhovsky in 2008 in Zagreb, Rajeev Ram in 2009 in Newport, Andrey Rublev in 2017 in Umag, Leonardo Mayer in the following week in 2017 in Hamburg and Marco Cecchinato at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Acasuso
José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso (; born 20 October 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favoured clay. He was known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both sides. His clothes sponsor was Topper and his racquet sponsor Head. Career Acasuso began playing tennis at the age of two, when his father took his brother and sister to his grandfather's tennis club. Reportedly, he got the nickname of "Chucho" from the fact that, when he was a child, he used to say his name was "José Acachucho." Acasuso played both basketball and tennis up until the age of 12, and then gave up basketball for tennis. Like Carlos Moyà, Acasuso is a natural left-hander, but plays tennis right-handed. Acasuso turned professional in 2000, playing futures and challenger events. In 2001, he made an immediate impact in his first ATP tournament in Buenos Aires, where he defeated former No. 10 player Félix Mantilla in the last r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist, his best results have been on this surface. He is noted for his high-quality return game.Craig O'Shannessy (18 August 2017)"How Schwartzman Became The Return Giant In 2017,"ATP World Tour. When he reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 US Open, the Schwartzman was the shortest Grand Slam quarterfinalist since the equally tall Jaime Yzaga at the 1994 US Open. Schwartzman said: "It’s not just for the big guys here."Ben Rothenberg (3 September 2017)"Diego Schwartzman Reaches U.S. Open Quarterfinal by Beating No. 16 Seed,"''The New York Times''. Schwartzman reached his first Masters final at the 2020 Italian Open, defeating defending champion and world No. 2, Rafael Nadal, in straight sets, and Denis Shapovalov along the way. He lost to Novak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Argentina Open
The 2021 Argentina Open is a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the 24th edition of the ATP Buenos Aires event, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2021 ATP Tour. It take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from March 1 through 7, 2021. Finals Singles * Diego Schwartzman def. Francisco Cerúndolo, 6–1, 6–2. Doubles * Tomislav Brkić / Nikola Ćaćić def. Ariel Behar / Gonzalo Escobar, 6–3, 7–5. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money *per team Singles main draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of February 22, 2021 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Thiago Agustín Tirante * Facundo Díaz Acosta * Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune The following players received special exemptions into the singles main draw: * Facundo Bagnis * Juan Manuel Cerúndolo The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Francisco Cerúndolo * Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TheGuardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited, Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doha
Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the country's population. It is also Qatar's fastest growing city, with over 80% of the nation's population living in Doha or its surrounding suburbs. Doha was founded in the 1820s as an offshoot of Al Bidda. It was officially declared as the country's capital in 1971, when Qatar gained independence from being a British protectorate. As the commercial capital of Qatar and one of the emergent financial centers in the Middle East, Doha is considered a beta-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Doha accommodates Education City, an area devoted to research and education, and Hamad Medical City, an administrative area of medical care. It also includes Doha Sports City, or Aspire Zone, an international sports dest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 2021 Australian Open. For the first time in Grand Slam history, the qualifying tournament took place at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, due to Australia's quarantine restrictions resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Only qualified players and players eligible for a 'Lucky loser' spot were then able to travel to Melbourne for the main draw of the 2021 Australian Open. Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers The lucky losers draw was made among the players who would be travelling to Australia into a 14-day quarantine period with the highest ranking losing in the qualifying competition: Hugo Dellien, Taro Daniel, Damir Džumhur, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Mikael Torpegaard, Robin Haase, Alexandre Müller and Borna Gojo. The LL order by order of rankings as of 4 January 2021 was Dellien, Daniel, Džumhur, Stebe, Torpegaard, Haase and Müller. Draw First qualifier Secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, Anosmia, loss of smell, and Ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected Asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, Hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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