Guadalajara Open 2022: Women’s Singles Draw Preview and Prediction
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Paula Badosa, Aryna Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula - Top 3 seeds at the Guadalajara Open 2022
The Guadalajara Open 2022 will be the 1st ever edition of the tournament and will be the biggest event ever to be held in Mexico barring the 2021 WTA Finals. The tournament is created after WTA held it’s ground to not conduct any event in Asia following the case of Peng Shuai.
Tournament Details:
- Tournament: Guadalajara Open 2022
- Date: 17th – 23rd October
- Number of Entrants: 56 (Singles), 28 (Doubles)
- Venue: Panamerican Tennis Center
- Surface: Hard Court
- Prize Money: $2,527,250
- Defending champion: N/A
Top Seeds at the Guadalajara Open 2022
- Paula Badosa
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Jessica Pegula
- Maria Sakkari
- Coco Gauff
- Caroline Garcia
- Daria Kasatkina
- Veronika Kudermetova
Top Half
Top-seed Paula Badosa gets a first round bye and can expect a big clash with Victoria Azarenka in the second round as the Belarusian takes on Shuai Zhang in round 1. Ajla Tomljanovic kicks off her campaign with a match against Fernanda Contreta Gomez and the Australian is likely to meet Madison Keys who takes on the tricky opponent Magda Linette.
Beatriz Haddad Maia and Katerina Siniakova will be another big round 1 match with the winner to take on the victor from the match between French Open semi-finalist Martina Trevisan and Shelby Rogers. 5th seeded Coco Gauff gets a bye and is likely to start against Anastasia Potapova in the second round.
3rd seeded Jessica Pegula has a bye in the first round but will have a big encounter in round 2 with the winner of the match between Elena Rybakina and Karolina Pliskova. Bianca Andreescu takes on Jil Teichmann with the Canadian looking certain for a second round match with Petra Kvitova who starts against Bernarda Pera.
A thrilling clash between Leylah Fernandez and Belinda Bencic has been fixed in the first round with the winner likely to meet Sloane Stephens. 6th seeded Caroline Garcia completes the half with a first round bye and a possible clash with Ann Li in the second round.
1st Semi-Final Prediction: Coco Gauff vs Jessica Pegula
Bottom Half
8th seeded Veronika Kudermetova is likely to meet Donna Vekic following her first round bye whereas Jelena Ostapenko, also with a bye, could set an encounter with Eugenie Bouchard provided the Canadian can defeat her yet to be known opponent who’ll come through the qualifiers.
Danielle Collins and Yulia Putintseva both await their round 1 opponents but look certain for a round 2 encounter. Marta Kostyuk and Aliaksandra Sasnovich go head-to-head in the first round with the winner gifted a second round meeting with 4th seeded Maria Sakkari who gets a bye.
7th seeded Daria Kasatkina is likely to take on Alize Cornet having received a bye in the first round. Anna Kalinskaya meets 9th seeded Barbora Krejcikova with the Czech looking the favourite. Elsewhere, Kaia Kanepi takes on Liudmila Samsonova with the winner set to take on 2nd seeded Aryna Sabalenka.
2nd Semi-Final Prediction: Jelena Ostapenko vs Daria Kasatkina
Semi-Final
Pegula and Gauff, the usual doubles partner, have met only once in singles with the win going to Pegula earlier this season. With both players in great form, this could well be the potential final.
On the other hand, Ostapenko and Kasatkina have met 6 times with the Latvian leading 4-2. However with Kasatkina’s better form this season, the Russian could well close the gap if she plays to her strength.
Guadalajara Open 2022 Final: Jessica Pegula vs Daria Kasatkina
Final
Pegula and Kasatkina have met just once on the Tour with the win going in the American’s favour. Kasatkina, despite her better moments, looks the second favourite for this clash and Pegula, unlucky on couple of instances this season, could eventually get her due and take the big title home.
Champion: Jessica Pegula
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