Wednesday's second round of the 2022 WTA Granby Open will feature Daria Saville, the 73rd-ranked player in the world, taking on Katherine Sebov.
Saville has maintained a strong playing style throughout the entire season, and this has led to the highest increase in rating for any player on the circuit. The Australian, who was rated 627th in the world in February, has moved up to 73rd right now and might potentially crack the top 50 if things kept going well in this contest. Well, they certainly seem to have kept up that pace as Daria Saville defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova by scores of 6-3, 6-3 in little over an hour and a half. Saville did struggle with her serve, faced 10 break points, twice dropped her serve, but still managed to break her opponent five times to secure the victory. The Australian had previously been to the Washington Open semifinal before losing in the opening round in an ITF event in the Bronx. Here, she faces off against a player whose highest-ever ranking is 192nd in the world, and she is much favoured to win.
When Xinyu Wang defeated Katherine Sebov in the first set of their first-round match, it seemed as though the Chinese player had lost the match. But Sebov wasn’t through, and he deftly flipped the script to seal the victory. Despite only competing in one WTA tournament this year, Sebov, who is now outside the top 300, has been a fixture on the ITF circuit this year. She had lost in the opening round of the Canadian Open in a hard-fought three-setter to Yulia Putintseva. Sebov won her first WTA match of the year by defeating Wang 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 in this match. She will now aim for a similar performance.
Daria Saville and Katherine Sebov are scheduled to face one another in the second round of the 2022 Granby Open on Wednesday, August 24. The tournament is scheduled to run from August 21 till August 27.
The 2022 Granby 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 women’s. The tournament is scheduled to commence on August 21 and conclude on August 27 this year.
Competition Stage | Date |
Round of 64 | August 22 , 23 |
Round of 32 | August 23 , 24 |
Round of 16 | August 24 |
Quarter-finals | August 25 |
Semi-finals | August 26 |
Finals | August 27 |
Player | Seed |
Daria Kasatkina | 1 |
Alison Van Uytvanck | 2 |
Jasmine Paolini | 3 |
Anna Bondár | 4 |
Nuria Párrizas Díaz | 5 |
Lucia Bronzetti | 6 |
Kaja Juvan | 7 |
Tereza Martincová | 8 |
Country | Where to watch |
Australia | beIN Sports |
Canada | TSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports |
India | Voot/Sports18 |
UK | Amazon Prime Video |
US | Tennis Channel |