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2022 República Dominicana Open
The 2022 República Dominicana Open was a professional tennis tournament played on green clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic between 15 and 21 August 2022. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings were as of 8 August 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Peter Bertran * Gonzalo Bueno * Nick Hardt The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Gonzalo Lama * Roberto Quiroz * Gonzalo Villanueva The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Nicolás Barrientos * Pedro Boscardin Dias * Román Andrés Burruchaga * Facundo Juárez * Patrick Kypson * Nicolás Mejía The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Nicolás Álvarez Champions Singles * Pedro Cachin def. Marco Trungelliti 6–4, 2–6, 6–3. Doubles * Ruben Gonza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis is played. Clay courts are built on a foundation of crushed stone, brick, shale, and other construction aggregate, aggregate, with a thin layer of fine clay particles on top. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. The only Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common #Red clay, red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder #Green clay, green clay, which is actually crushed metabasalt. Although slightly less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, clay requires much maintenance: the surface must be watered and rolled regularly to preserve texture and flatness, and brushed carefully before and during each match. Early history Clay courts, although now commonly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
