On Monday, the 2022 Gijon Open's opening round will pit the 162nd-ranked Dominic Thiem against 62nd-ranked Joao Sousa.
While Thiem’s days of winning championships with relative ease are long gone as he recovers from wrist injury troubles, the Austrian would still like to have something to show for his efforts this year. particularly in recent years. Thiem has now started to win a few matches after beginning the year with a record of seven straight first-round losses. He played at Bastad and Gstaad, winning five of the seven games he played, and then went on to Kitzbuhel to play in another quarterfinal. Soon after, he made it to the third round of the Winston-Salem Open, and on the Challenger circuit, he advanced to the final in Rennes
Sousa may have won a few Davis Cup singles matches recently, but he is currently on a three-match losing streak on the ATP tour. This includes losses to Botic van de Zandschulp, Stan Wawrinka, and Cameron Norrie. The Portuguese golfer has a 13-19 win-loss record overall this season, which has lowered his position in the world rankings to 62nd.
Dominic Thiem and Joao Sousa are scheduled to face each other in the round of 32 of the 2022 ATP Gijon Open on Monday, October 10. The tournament is scheduled to begin on October 10 and end on October 16.
The ATP Gijon Open 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 |
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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 |
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Andrey Rublev | 1 |
Pablo Carreno Busta | 2 |
Roberto Bautista Agut | 3 |
Francisco Cerundolo | 4 |
Tommy Paul | 5 |
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 6 |
Sebastian Baez | 7 |
Albert Ramos-Vinolas | 8 |
Round | ATP ranking points | Prize Money (USD) |
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Winner | 250 | 93,090 |
Runner-up | 150 | 54,300 |
Semi-finals | 90 | 31,925 |
Quarter-finals | 45 | 18,495 |
Round of 16 | 20 | 10,740 |
First round | 0 | 6,565 |
The 2022 ATP Gijon Open can be live streamed on demand on Tennis TV.