San Diego “WTA 500”
# World leader Iga Schwiontek (Poland), exonerated from the first round, played in the second round against rising star of China Qinwen Zheng (28th WTA), whose “US Open” upset our Alon Ostapenko.
• Jen didn’t make it through the qualifiers, but made it into the main event as a lucky underdog. For health reasons, the Chinese woman hesitated to take advantage of this opportunity, but in the end she decided to start with a bandaged ankle. Fighting the cold, Šviontek played the final of the Czech tournament on Sundaybut her nose is still running in San Diego.
→ The start of the match was delayed due to light splashes. The audience sang congratulations on the Chinese woman’s 20th birthday, which was October 8th. After the first game, a rain break was announced, so the tennis players left. After less than an hour, the game may continue. In the eighth match of the match, the Chinese woman earned a break point and lost the next three games – 4: 4. In the ninth match, Jena hit across the field (break point), but then Svyontek made an irresistible shot – 5: 4. In the first set 6: 4.
→ → At the start of the second set, Šviontek slipped on the word “San Diego” and fell, although special attention was paid to the lines and markings of the field before the game to prevent humidity caused by rain. In the ninth game, Šviontek called for an argument the main referee, who descended from his heights and approached the superstar with a towel in his hand (the Polish woman needed to clean the slippery areas of the pitch). After the mentioned break, Šviontek took the initiative and earned five break points, but Jena ultimately held the serve – 4: 5. In his serving match, Šviontek was leading 15-40 (two set points) and also lost in the next match – 4: 6.
→ → → In the third game of the decisive set, Jena did not keep the serve (2: 1) and remained at zero in the next set – 3: 1. Šviontek won two breaks (4: 1) and also triumphed in the remaining matches – 6: 1.
Well, that escalated quickly 🍺@iga_swiatek recover in the third set to take victory number 61 this season!
Face the winner of Andreescu-Gauff in #SanDiegoOperto last eight pic.twitter.com/xembNoj5Er
– wta (@WTA) October 13, 2022
We too, @iga_swiatek ☁️🤷♀️@iga_swiatek | #SanDiegoOperto pic.twitter.com/iDMj86IKqo
– wta (@WTA) October 13, 2022
• This is the penultimate tournament in the fight for the WTA Finals, which will take place in the Texan city of Fort Worth in early November. Seven participants are almost already determined: officially qualified Iga Schwiontek (Poland), Onsa Jabert Tunisia) and Jessica Pegula (USA), while Coco Goff (USA), Caroline Garcia (France), neutral Daria Kasatkina and neutral can be more or less certain Arina Sabalenka. The most realistic candidates for the last ticket are neutral Veronika Kudermetova (12th WTA) and Greek Maria Sakari (7th WTA).
• Many tennis players hold a theoretical hope of qualifying for the final tournament, including world number 17 Alon Ostapenko (Latvia), which next week has to win first place in Guadalajara “WTA 1000”.
The information will be updated …
Romanian “WTA 250”
# Tennis players who do not compete for the WTA final tournament participate in this competition, so the interest of tennis fans is relatively small. At the same time, it is the last major European women’s tennis tournament of the year, apart from the “Billie Jean King Cup”, which takes place from 8 to 13 and will take place in Glasgow in November.
Quarter-finals on Friday
| # 62 Anna Bondar (Hungary) – # 48 Anastasia Potapova (neutral) | |
| # 74 Jules Niemeyer (Germany) – # 78 Jasmine Paolini (Italy) | |
| # 45 Anhelina Kalinin (Ukraine) – # 138 Anna Blinkova (neutral) | |
| # 59 Xiju Wan (China) – # 75 Nuria Parisas (Spain) |
Resources used:
San Diego – wtatennis.com
Romania – wtatennis.com
