In the first round of 2022 Croatia open Marco Cecchinato of Italy will face Mili Poljicak of Croatia on Monday.
Mili Poljicak had a few notable accomplishments this year amidst a string of dismal performances, which essentially earned him a main-draw wildcard in his hometown ATP event in Umag. It will be intriguing to see how he does on this significant occasion considering that he has never even participated in a qualifying round at this level. The Croatian adolescent established himself in Challenger competitions before losing to players like Kilian Feldbausch and Michael Zheng to place second to Filip Misolic in the same week in Zagreb a few months ago. He then won the Boys’ Wimbledon championships.
When Marco Cecchinato returned from his injury break at the beginning of the season and lost 11 straight games across all levels, he was in a lot worse position than he is now. The former French Open semifinalist didn’t earn his first victory of the year until the ATP Geneva qualifying rounds in May. During his career-best season in 2018, the former world #16 won the title in Umag. He enters this match with a 3-2 record in first-round matches here, with the most recent one finishing in a convincing victory over Aljaz Bedene in 2021.
Marco Cecchinato and Mili Poljicak will take on each other on Monday July 25 in the first round of the 2022 Croatia open. The competition is scheduled to commence on July 25 and conclude on July 31 this year.
Player | Seed |
Carlos Alcaraz | 1 |
Jannick Sinner | 2 |
Holger Rune | 3 |
Sebastian Baez | 4 |
Alex Molcan | 5 |
Daniel Altmaier | 6 |
Fabio Fognini | 7 |
Lorenzo Musetti | 8 |
The Croatia Open 2022 will have five rounds of play, not including the qualifiers. There are the first round, round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final, and final. Here is the schedule for each stage of the ATP 250 competition.
Competition stage | Dates |
First round | July 25 and 26 |
Round of 16 | July 27 and 28 |
Quarter-final | July 29 |
Semi-final | July 30 |
Final | July 31 |
Here is a list of broadcasters covering the 2022 Croatia Open