Anett Kontaveit and Xiyu Wang are scheduled to face each other in the round of 32 of the 2022 Tallinn Open on Tuesday, September 27.
Anett Kontaveit has had a mediocre year in 2022 due to serious form issues caused by long Covid. After a strong start with a title run in St. Petersburg and a runner-up finish in Qatar, the Estonian fell out of rhythm after the Stuttgart Open due to the virus. Since then, the 26-year-old has only won more than two tournaments in a week once, at the Hamburg European Open, where she reached the finals. Kontaveit then lost in the quarterfinals of the Czech Open, in the first round of the Canadian Open, and in the first round of the US Open. In the previous one, she was defeated in three sets by Serena Williams.
Xiyu Wang will begin her Tallinn Open campaign with a record of 38-21 and a career-best singles ranking of #58. It’s impressive considering she started the year outside the top 130. Three ITF finals and a runner-up finish in the Valencia Challenger are among her career highlights. The 21-year-old has picked up the pace beautifully in recent weeks, beginning with a semifinal run in the Citi Open (as a qualifier) and continuing with a quarterfinal finish in Granby and a round three appearance in the US Open. Wang defeated some well-known names in these events, including Victoria Azarenka, Tatjana Maria, Donna Vekic, and Maria Sakkari.
Anett Kontaveit and Xiyu Wang are scheduled to face each other in the round of 32 of the 2022 Tallinn Open on Tuesday, September 27. The tournament is scheduled to begin on September 19 and end on October 2.
The 2022 Tallinn Open is scheduled to commence on September 26 and go on until October 2 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 |
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Round of 32 | September 26-27 |
Round of 16 | September 28 |
Quarter-finals | September 30 |
Semi-finals | October 1 |
Final | October 2 |
Player | Seed |
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Anett Kontaveit | 1 |
Belina Bencic | 2 |
Beatriz Haddad Maia | 3 |
Madison Keys | 4 |
Jelena Ostapenko | 5 |
Mirjam Bjorklund | 6 |
Barbora Krejčíková | 7 |
Ysaline Bonaventure | 8 |
Country | Where to watch |
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Australia | beIN Sports |
Canada | TSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports |
India | Voot/Sports18 |
UK | Amazon Prime Video |
US | Tennis Channel |