Belinda Bencic and Donna Vekic will take on each other in the quarterfinal of the 2022 WTA Tallinn Open on Friday, September 30.
Belinda Bencic appeared to be on track for a straightforward victory over Katie Boulter as she attempted to build on her opening-round 6-0, 6-2 demolition of local wildcard Elena Malygina. Instead, she had to fight back after falling behind by a break in the deciding set to defeat the British player, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3. She is one of the athletes scrambling for points to guarantee her spot in the WTA Finals. The world number 14 has the advantage of having played in an incredible 17 quarterfinals since the 2021 season began, but has a 6-11 win-loss record in those contests (3-8 on hard courts).
After overcoming in-form Zhang Shuai, 6-2, 6-4, Donna Vekic ought to be ecstatic. This is the best ranking victory for Vekic since she defeated Aryna Sabalenka at the Tokyo Olympics. She had lost her previous four encounters with the seasoned player, but she ended the run with 41 winners and eight aces. The Croat has had a difficult season thus far, going without a victory until April. In the one WTA quarterfinal she has played this year, she was defeated by Sorana Cirstea in Birmingham. She has only advanced to one semifinal in the previous three years, which led to an indoor championship in Courmayeur in October 2021.
Belinda Bencic and Donna Vekic are scheduled to face each other in the quarterfinal of the 2022 Tallinn Open on Friday, September 30. 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 |