The 2022 Mexican Tennis Open has already started with a series of surprises, casualties, but above all with great emotions and records in its new complex, which opened its doors to the public last Monday, February 21.
The 29th edition of this tournament began with the record for the longest game in the history of thiswhich was broken twice, in addition to being a marathon day, since the activity ended around 5 in the morning on Tuesday.
You cannot stay out of one of the best ATP 500 in the world, That is why here we give you a guide so that if you are not a 100 percent tennis fan, you can understand the Acapulco Open.
When is the Mexican Tennis Open 2022?
The Mexican Tennis Open 2022 started on February 19 with the classification, but these games were behind closed doors, until this Monday the 21st when the new complex was opened for the fans, the day on which the main draw matches began.
The Acapulco ATP 500 will end on Saturday, February 26 with the singles and doubles finals.
Which tennis players will be participating?
For this competition there will be a luxury poster among which the five best seeds of the tournament stand out, which are part of the top 10 of the ATP ranking: Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Rafael Nadal and Matteo Berrettini.
However, two of these players are no longer in the tournament, the Italian Matteo Berretini withdrew due to accumulated fatigue after his participation in the Rio Open, while the German Zverev was disqualified after almost hitting the chair umpire after falling in doubles.
Basic concepts to understand tennis
Tennis is one of the sports that are not that complicated to understand, but you are one of the people who are just beginning to get into this disciplinehere we give you the basic concepts so that you feel like an expert now that the Mexican Tennis Open is here.
You should know that there are two categories within tennis: singles and doubles, in the first it is an individual game, while the second is played in pairs.
In the game, tennis players have to serve and pass the ball from side to side over the net, if one of the players is on the right side,the ball must touch the left side, where your rival will be located, but it must fall within the limits of the court, although it should only bounce once, since if it bounces twice the rival will have a point.
What is a set?
The matches are divided into sets, but it will depend on what type of tournament it is, because in a Grand Slam, the winner will be the one who takes three out of five sets, while in other tournaments such as the ATP 500 in Acapulco, the winner must take two of three sets.
Tie-break
For the tennis player to win a set, they must win a total of six games. ANDIn the event of a tie, that is, each tennis player has won six games (6-6), the partial will be defined in a tie-break, which is a tiebreaker game in which the winner of this sudden death will be the one who takes the set.
In the tie-break, the winning tennis player will be the one who reaches seven points first, in this case the points will be consecutive 1, 2, 3, 4… Although in case the tie-break is 6-6, the winner must have a difference of two points over his opponent (8-6, 9-7).
Ace
An ace service is when the tennis player wins a point on his serve without the opponent touching the ball.
Punctuation
In tennis the score is different from other sports that handle consecutive numbers or like in basketball that depending on the shot is the value of this.
For white sport, the first point is worth 15, the second 30 and the third 40, whoever reaches 40 wins the game, but in case the game is 40-40, the player must have the advantage and win; that is, he makes two more points after reaching 40 in order to win the game.
match length
Here there is no time limit, since the match can last less than an hour or extend until after three hours. Usually the ATP 250 and 500 have a shorter duration due to the number of sets, while in the Grand Slam it is the opposite.
Tennis court
The field where this sport is played is rectangular and has a net that divides it in half, also in each half there are some white lines that will help to know if a shot was good or bad; also these will help for doubles games.
There are three types of courts: clay or clay, grass and hard.
What is deuces?
Deuce is said when the game is tied 40-40; that is, when each tennis player has won three points during the gamefor the tiebreaker you must earn two more points.
What is break point?
It is called a break point when the player opposite the one making the serve takes the game.
What is set point and match point?
Set point is said to be the point that will consider the set won, while match point, It is the point that will make the player win the match.
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