Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.
Predrag Stojaković, known by his nickname Peja, is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the assistant general manager and director of player personnel and development of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
David Wheaton is an author, radio host, and contributing columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Formerly he was a professional tennis player representing the United States.
The Italian Open, originally called the Italian International Championships, is a tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is one of the most important clay tennis tournaments in the world with the men's competition being an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, and the women's competition being a Premier 5 event on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. The two events were combined in 2011. The tournament is played on clay courts, currently during the second week of May. The event is also known as the "Rome Masters" for male edition, as well as sponsored name "Internazionali BNL d'Italia". Rafael Nadal has won the men's singles title a record nine times.
Predrag "Peja" Drobnjak is a Montenegrin professional basketball scout and former player. At 2.11 m, he played at the power forward and center positions. Throughout his nineteen-year career, Drobnjak has spent four seasons playing in the NBA.
Luiz Mattar is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.
Predrag Savović is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Among many teams in his professional career he played for KK Partizan Belgrade, the NBA's Denver Nuggets and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB.
The North Macedonia national basketball team represents North Macedonia in international basketball and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia, which was created in 1992. They joined FIBA in 1993, after they gained independence from Yugoslavia. That same year the national team played their first official match against Estonia. Prior to 1993, Macedonian players took part on the Yugoslavia national team.
The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, now commonly known simply as tennis is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today as a separate sport with more complex rules. Most rules of (lawn) tennis derive from this precursor and it is reasonable to see both sports as variations of the same game. Most historians believe that tennis originated in the monastic cloisters in northern France in the 12th century, but the ball was then struck with the palm of the hand; hence, the name jeu de paume. It was not until the 16th century that rackets came into use, and the game began to be called "tennis." It was popular in England and France, and Henry VIII of England was a big fan of the game, now referred to as real tennis.
Aleksandar Kitinov is a retired professional tennis player from the Republic of North Macedonia. Kitinov turned pro in 1992 and retired in 2003. A doubles specialist, he won three titles during his career on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 38 in November 1999.
Gastão José Ministro Elias is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP World Tour. He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings. In October 2016, he reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 57 to become the second-highest-ranked Portuguese player, after João Sousa.
Predrag Samardžiski is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for Samsunspor of the TBL.
Scott Melville, is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Predrag Ranđelović is a Macedonian football player who plays for GAIS in Sweden and played for the Macedonian national football team between 2012 and 2013.
Rusevski is a Macedonian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Predrag Pajić is a Macedonian professional basketball Shooting guard who currently plays for Kožuv in the Macedonian First League.
Vasko Mladenov is a professional Bulgarian tennis player.
Tomislav Jotovski is a Macedonian tennis player.
The 2020 ATP Tour is the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2020 tennis season. The 2020 ATP Tour calendar is composed of the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Finals, the ATP Tour Masters 1000, the ATP Cup, the ATP Tour 500 series, the ATP Tour 250 series, and the Davis Cup. Also included in the 2020 calendar are the tennis events at the Next Generation ATP Finals, and the Laver Cup, neither of which distribute ranking points. Several tournaments were suspended or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Tokyo Summer Olympics. On 17 June 2020, ATP issued the revised calendar for Tour resumption.
