Iga Swiatek and Qinwen Zheng are scheduled to face each other in the second round of the 2022 WTA San Diego Open on October 13.
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Swiatek entered the Ostrava Open as the clear favorite to add to her tally of seven tournament victories this season, having won the title at the US Open. And she got to the final with relative ease, losing only one set in the semifinals to Ekaterina Alexandrova. Iga Swiatek appeared to be following the script in the title-decider against Barbora Krejcikova, but was stunned by her Czech opponent. That would have been a minor blip on Swiatek’s radar, as he will enter this tournament as a favorite, and will be a 1/3 favorite against the lucky loser Qinwen. Swiatek will need to be cautious here, as Qinwen was the only player to take a set off her during her victorious French Open campaign.
Qinwen Zheng is ranked 28th in the world, so she shouldn’t have been playing in the qualifiers in the first place, but if she did, a second qualifying defeat to Maria Osorio would have been a shock. After all, Qinwen was a 1/5 favorite entering the match. Despite two withdrawals, including Elena Rybakina, whom she replaced in her first round match against Garbine Muguruza, the Chinese player made it to the main draw. She raced out to a 5-0 lead against Muguruza in the opener before the Spaniard, too, retired due to a gastrointestinal illness. Now facing Swiatek, Qinwen will look to learn as much as she can from her encounter with the number one at the French Open.
Iga Swiatek and Qinwen Zheng are scheduled to face each other in the second round of the 2022 WTA San Diego Open on Thursday, October 13. The competition’s main draw is set to commence on October 10, 2022 and conclude on October 16, 2022.
The WTA San Diego Open 2022 will have five rounds of action excluding the qualifiers. These are the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. The competition’s main draw is set to commence on October 10, 2022 and conclude on October 16, 2022.
| Date | Competition Stage |
|---|---|
| October 10 | Round of 32 |
| October 11 | Round of 32 |
| October 12 | Round of 16 |
| October 13 | Round of 16/Quarter-finals |
| October 14 | Quarter-finals |
| October 15 | Semi-finals |
| October 16 | Final |
| Player | Seed |
|---|---|
| Iga Swiatek | 1 |
| Paula Badosa | 2 |
| Aryna Sabalenka | 3 |
| Jessica Pegula | 4 |
| Maria Sakkari (wildcard) | 5 |
| Coco Gauff | 6 |
| Caroline Garcia | 7 |
| Daria Kasatkina | 8 |
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