Guillaume Issner, Media365, published on Saturday January 01, 2022 at 5:45 p.m.
Three WTA tournaments are scheduled for the first week of competition for this new year. That of Adelaide, category WTA 500, and two others in Melbourne classified WTA 250.
Women’s tennis is back for a new season, with this WTA 500 from Adelaide. The queen of the circuit Ashleigh Barty, world number 1, and her pursuer Aryna Sabalenka (n ° 2) are at the rendezvous of the event which will serve as their preparation for the Australian Open. The Australian, winner of the 2020 edition, and the Belarusian are directly qualified for the second round. Maria Sakkari and Paula Badosa, seeded n ° 3 and n ° 4 respectively, will try to get rid of Tamara Zidansek and Victoria Azarenka at the start, while Emma Raducanu, a surprise winner of the last US Open, gave up the tournament to get away from it all. recover from the coronavirus. Chloé Paquet, ranked 119th in the WTA, is the only French representative. The draw reserved the Slovenian Kaja Juvan for the opening.
ADELAIDE 1 (Australia, WTA 500, outdoor hard, € 618,617)
Title holder: Iga Swiatek (POL)
1st round
Barty (AUS, n ° 1) – Bye
Gauff (USA) – Q
Watson (GBR) – Tomljanovic (AUS)
Q –Kenin (USA, n ° 6)
Badosa (ESP, n ° 4) – Azarenka (BIE)
Hon (AUS, WC) – Kvitova (RTC)
Alexandrova (RUS) – Fernandez (CAN)
Q – Swiatek (POL, n°5)
Rybakina (KAZ, n ° 7) – Sanders (WC, AUS)
Q – Q
Q – Rogers (USA)
Zidansek (SLO) – Sakkari (GRE, n ° 3)
Svitolina (UKR, n ° 8) – Gasanova (RUS)
Doi (JAP) – Kucova (SLQ)
Juvan (SLO) – Paquet (FRA)
Bye – Sabalenka (BIE, n ° 2)
MELBOURNE 1 (Australia, WTA 250, hard outside)
1st edition
Table to come …
MELBOURNE 2 (Australia, WTA 250, hard outside)
1st edition
Table to come …
