Beatriz Haddad Maia and Ana Bogdan will face each other in the quarterfinal of the 2022 WTA Slovenia Open on September 16.
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The second seed Beatriz Haddad Maia advanced to the Slovenia Open quarterfinals by defeating Spain’s Cristina Bucşa in straight sets on Thursday. The World No. 18 dominated the first set, breaking the Spaniard twice to lead by one set. Bucșa broke first in the second to take a 2-4 lead. However, the left-handed Brazilian battled back to win the final four games and win the match 6-1, 6-4. Haddad Maia won 78% of his first serve points and saved 6 of his 7 breakpoints. She also had a number of break opportunities, but she only converted 4 of 13. In Slovenia, she also won her first round match in straight sets, defeating Clara Tauson 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.
Ana Bogdan advanced to the tournament’s quarterfinals with her second straight three-set victory. The Romanian, ranked 65th in the world, had won the first round of the tournament 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 over eighth seed Ajla Tomljanovic. She defeated local favorite Tamara Zidansek in three rounds on Thursday. Bogdan easily won the first set, but lost a hard-fought second set tiebreak. In the third set, the Romanian raced to a 4-0 lead. Zidansek came back with a break, but Bogdan regained the two-break lead in the next game and then served out the match for a 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 victory. This year, she reached one WTA final, finishing runner-up in Warsaw.
Beatriz Haddad Maia and Ana Bogdan are scheduled to face each other in the quarterfinal of the 2022 WTA Slovenia Open on Friday, September 16. The tournament is scheduled to begin on September 12 and end on September 18.
The 2022 WTA Slovenia Open is scheduled to commence on September 12 and go on until September 18 this year. The tournament will have five rounds of play excluding the qualifiers. These are the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals.
| Stage of competition | Date |
|---|---|
| Round of 32 | September 12-13 |
| Round of 16 | September 14-15 |
| Quarter-finals | September 16 |
| Semi-finals | September 17 |
| Final | September 18 |
| Player | Seed |
|---|---|
| Emma Raducanu | 1 |
| Beatriz Haddad Maia | 2 |
| Elena Rybakina | 3 |
| Martina Trevisan | 4 |
| Ekaterina Alexandrova | 5 |
| Alize Cornet | 6 |
| Bernarda Pera (Withdrew) | 7 |
| Ajla Tomljanovic | 8 |
| Country | Where to watch |
|---|---|
| Australia | beIN Sports |
| Canada | TSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports |
| India | Voot/Sports18 |
| UK | Amazon Prime Video |
| US | Tennis Channel |
