At the 2022 WTA Cincinnati Open, Barbora Krejcikova and Veronika Kudermetova will square off on Monday in the opening round.
In February, Barbora Krejcikova was ranked No. 2 in the world, but her form quickly deteriorated due to a persistent injury to her right arm. She has now slipped down to position #19 in the WTA singles rankings as a result of her recovery-related absence from the circuit and the ensuing loss of momentum. Barbora finished in the top three in the Sydney 500 earlier in the season when she was at her peak, and she later advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. In any of her future events, she was unable to win more than two matches after that. Krejcikova lost to players like Marta Kostyuk, Nao Hibino, Xiyu Wang, Anastasia Potapova, Diane Parry, and. She lost to Karolina Pliskova in the opening match of her most recent tournament, the Canadian Open. The 26-year-old is not completely lacking in confidence, though; this season, she won the doubles events at Wimbledon and the Australian Open. She can easily find herself on a resurgent route if she puts in a little effort to improve her fitness.
Veronika Kudermetova is currently ranked 18th in the world, which is a career high for her, and it appears that she is only getting started. Her record so far this year is 28-15, and she’s placed second in three singles finals—the Melbourne 250, Dubai Championships, and Istanbul Cup. In addition, the 25-year-old Russian participated in the late rounds of the French Open, Indian Wells Open, Libema Open, Bett1Open, and most recently, WTA San Jose. Kudermetova has skillfully eliminated some noteworthy competitors during these competitions, including Naomi Osaka, Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka, Belinda Bencic, and Garbine Muguruza. Even though Krejcikova did lose to Ajla Tomljanovic in Toronto’s first round last week, she shouldn’t present Veronika with too many challenges.
Barbora Krejcikova and Veronika Kudermetova are scheduled to face one another in the Opening round of the 2022 Cincinnati Open on Monday, August 15. The tournament is scheduled to run from August 14 till August 21.
The 2022 Cincinnati Open will see six rounds of action excluding the qualifiers. These include the round of 64, round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final for both men’s and women’s. The tournament is scheduled to commence on August 14 and conclude on August 21 this year.
Competition Stage | Date |
Round of 64 | August 14 , 16 |
Round of 32 | August 16 , 17 |
Round of 16 | August 18 |
Quarter-finals | August 19 |
Semi-finals | August 20 |
Finals | August 21 |
Player | Seed |
Iga Swiatek | 1 |
Anett Kontaveit | 2 |
Paula Badosa | 3 |
Maria Sakkari | 4 |
Ons Jabeur | 5 |
Aryna Sabalenka | 6 |
Jessica Pegula | 7 |
Garbine Muguruza | 8 |
Country | Where to watch |
Australia | beIN Sports |
Canada | TSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports |
India | Voot/Sports18 |
UK | Amazon Prime Video |
US | Tennis Channel |