WTA Guadalajara 2022: Women’s Singles Draw Preview, Analysis, and Prediction for Abierto Zapopan
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Emma Raducanu, Madison Keys, Sara Sorribes Tormo - Top 3 seeds at the WTA Guadalajara 2022
The WTA Guadalajara 2022 will be the first WTA tournament of the season in Mexico. It will be held in Guadalajara and will be the third edition of the tournament and second as the WTA-250 category with the 2021 edition being the first when the tournament was upgraded to the WTA-250 level. Sara Sorribes Tormo is the defending champion at the tournament this year.
Tournament Details:
- Tournament: WTA Guadalajara 2022
- Date: February 21 – 27
- Number of Entrants: 28 (Singles), 16 (Doubles)
- Venue: Panamerican Tennis Center, Guadalajara
- Surface: Hardcourt
- Prize Money: $239,477
- Defending Champion: Sara Sorribes Tormo
Top Seeds at the WTA Guadalajara 2022
- Emma Raducanu
- Madison Keys
- Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Camila Osorio
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Sloane Stephens
- Misaki Doi
- Qinwen Zheng
Women’s Singles Draw Analysis and Prediction
Top Half
Top-seeded Emma Raducanu starts against Daria Saville with the winner set to take on Lin Zhu who awaits a qualifier. Chloe Paquet also starts against a qualifier and so does 6th seeded Sloane Stephens with the two players favourite to meet in the second round.
4th seeded Camila Osorio takes on Viktoriya Tomova in the first round with Camila favourite to move into the next round and meet one of the two qualifiers who will take on each other in the first round. Panna Udvardy will take on Xinyu Wang in the first round with the winner set to take on the winner from the clash between 8th seeded Qinwen Zheng and Anna Kalinskaya.
First Semi-Final Prediction: Emma Raducanu vs Camila Osorio
Bottom Half
7th seeded Misaki Doi starts against Marie Bouzkova with the winner set to take Catherine McNally who awaits a qualifier in the first round. Magdalena Frech begins against Renata Zarazua with the winner set to take on the winner from the clash between Katie Volynets and defending champion and the third seeded Sara Sorribes Tormo.
2nd seeded Madison Keys will take on Harmony Tan in the first round with the winner set to meet the victorious player from the clash between Qiang Wang and Lauren Davis. Lesia Tsurenko starts against Anastasia Potapova with the winner set to take on the winner from the clash between 5th seeded Nuria Parrizas Diaz and Anna Schmiedlova.
Second Semi-Final Prediction: Sara Sorribes Tormo vs Madison keys
Semifinals
Emma and Camila are yet to meet on the Tour yet and with ample talent in the two youngsters, it could well be one of the good matches of the week in Mexico. Sara and Madison have met just once, way back in 2018 at the Madrid Open played on Clay. Keys has had a great run in the season so far and looks likely to take down the defending champion.
WTA Guadalajara 2022 Final: Emma Raducanu vs Madison Keys
Final
Keys and Raducanu have yet not met on the Tour so far and it could be the first meeting between them. While Emma has certainly the talent to do big things, her consistency issues might just turn the tide in the favour of Keys who comes from a title in Adeliade and a semi-final run at the 2022 Australian Open and should be able to claim the title in Mexico.
Champion: Madison Keys
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