WTA Sydney Tennis Classic 2022: Women’s Singles Draw Preview, Analysis and Prediction
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Ash Barty, Garbine Muguruza, Barbora Krejcikova - Top 3 seeds of the WTA Sydney Tennis Classic 2022
The WTA Sydney Tennis Classic 2022 will be the final WTA-500 event in the build-up to the 2022 Australian Open that will begin from the 17th of January in Melbourne. The tournament will run in parallel to a WTA-250 event in Adelaide that will be the second tour event of the week before the Slam.
Tournament Details:
- Tournament: WTA Sydney Tennis Classic 2022
- Date: January 10 – 15, 2021
- Number of Entrants: 30 (Singles), 16 (Doubles)
- Venue: NSW Tennis Center, Sydney
- Surface: Hard Court
- Prize Money: $703,580
Top Seeds at the WTA Adelaide International 2 2022
- Ash Barty
- Garbine Muguruza
- Barbora Krejcikova
- Anett Kontaveit
- Paula Badosa
- Ons Jabeur
- Sofia Kenin
- Elena Rybakina
Women’s Singles Draw Analysis and Prediction
Top Half
Having already won the WTA-500 in Adelaide, World No. 1 Ash Barty aims for a second consecutive title and will start in the 2nd round by the virtue of a bye. She will take on the winner between Priscilla Hon and Jaqueline Cristian. Jessica Pegula starts against Caroline Garcia while Emma Raducanu will take on 9th seeded Elena Rybakina.
4th seeded Anett Kontaveit will take on Shuai Zhang with the winner set to take on the clash from the two qualifiers. Petra Kvitova will start against Arantxa Rus while 7th seeded Ons Jabeur starts against Astra Sharma with Petra and Ons the favourites to clash in the next round.
First Semi-Final Prediction: Ash Barty vs Anett Kontaveit
Bottom Half
2nd seeded Garbine Muguruza gets a bye in the first round and is likely to meet Ekaterina Alexandrova who will start against one of the qualifiers. Elise Mertens will also start against a qualifier while 9th seeded Sofia Kenin will start against Daria Kasatkina.
3rd seeded Barbora Krejcikova will take on Belinda Bencic in the first round and their winner will clash with one of the two qualifiers who are yet to be confirmed. Local girl Ajla Tomljanovic will also start against a qualifier and is likely to meet 5th seeded Paula Badosa who starts against Jelena Ostapenko.
Second Semi-Final Prediction: Garbine Muguruza vs Paula Badosa
Semi-Finals
Barty and Kontaveit could meet for the 4th time on the Tour with Barty currently leading the H2H 2-1. Both the hardcourt meetings have been won by the Australian and she will be the favourite this time as well, but Kontaveit has enough credits to her name that she can certainly win against the odds but it might be difficult this time.
The two Spaniards could potentially meet for the 2nd time after having played the semi-final at the 2021 WTA Finals where Muguruza won in straight-sets on her way to lifting the trophy. While Muguruza will start her season in Sydney, Badosa comes from a first round defeat to Victoria Azarenka in Adelaide and will be looking for good wins before she reaches the Slam.
Final Prediction: Ash Barty vs Garbine Muguruza
WTA Sydney Tennis Classic Finals:
In what could be their 5th Tour meeting, the 2-time Grand Slam champions could play out a sensational final as both have been great on hardcourts. Given Barty won a final in Melbourne against Muguruza in the 2021 season, she would like for another win while Muguruza would certainly like to rain on the parade of World No. 1 who is the biggest favourite for the upcoming Slam.
Champion: Ash Barty
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