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2024 Brazzaville Challenger
The 2024 Brazzaville Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2024 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo between 28 October and 3 November 2024. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 21 October 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Filip Cristian Jianu * Dhruva Mulye The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Courtney John Lock The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Samir Hamza Reguig * Dev Javia The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Lawrence Bataljin * Dragoș Nicolae Cazacu * Matteo Covato * Julien De Cuyper * Yuvan Nandal * Yam Chun-ming Champions Singles * Gonzalo Oliveira def. Filip Cristian Jianu 6–4, 6–3. Doubles * Florent Bax / Karan ... [...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] |
Santiago Rodríguez Taverna
Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (born 16 July 1999) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 157 on 29 August 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 160 on 20 November 2022. Career Rodríguez Taverna won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the 2022 Challenger de Tigre in Buenos Aires. Ranked No. 201 at the 2022 French Open, he qualified for his Grand Slam main draw debut, defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov. In the first round, he played a five-set match against World No. 14 Taylor Fritz Taylor Harry Fritz (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on November 18, 2024, and a doubles ranking of ... that lasted over three and a half hours. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles (7–11) References External links * * 1999 births Living people Tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 2024 Sports Events In Africa
November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 30 days. November was the ninth month of the calendar of Romulus . November retained its name (from the Latin ''novem'' meaning "nine") when January and February were added to the Roman calendar. November is a month of late spring in the Southern Hemisphere and late autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. In Ancient Rome, Ludi Plebeii was held from November 4–17, Epulum Jovis was held on November 13 and Brumalia celebrations began on November 24. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. November was referred to as Blōtmōnaþ by the Anglo-Saxons. Brumaire and Frimaire were the months on which November fell in the French Republican calendar. Astronomy November meteor showers include the Andromedids, which occurs from Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 2024 Sports Events In Africa
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôctō'' meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. In Ancient Rome, one of three Mundus patet would take place on October 5, Meditrinalia October 11, Augustalia on October 12, October Horse on October 15, and Armilustrium on October 19. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. Among the Anglo-Saxons, it was known as Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin. October is commonly associated with the season of autumn in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Symbols October's birthstones are the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
