Next Monday, local time, the Southwest Bank Open will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio. This is a WTA 1000 tournament, so the lineup is very luxurious. In the previous rounds, there were many famous players colliding, such as the replay of the women's singles gold medal in the first round of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Coco Gauff and Coco Gauff of Osaka Naomi PK 17 years old. E muguruza) and sloane stephens (sloane stephens).
The top eight seeds of Southwest Bank Open are Ashley Batty, Naomi Osaka, Arena Sabalenka, Elena Sveto Linna, karolina pliskova, Iga Sviatek, Bianca Andriescu and Gabin Muguruza.
Expected matches in the quarter-finals: Ashley Batty VS Gabriel Muguruza, Elena Svetorina VS Iga Sviatek, arianna Sabalenka VS carolina Pliskova, Naomi Osaka VS Bianca Andriescu.
Defending champion: victoria azarenka, who has repeatedly retired due to Naomi Osaka.
1/4 Zone: Ashley Buddy, the world's number one, returns to the arena.
This will be the first time that Australians have participated in the WTA Tour since winning Wimbledon last month. She lost to Sarah Ribes-Tolmo in the first round of the Tokyo Olympics, but ended her Olympic debut with a bronze medal in the mixed doubles.
As the top seed, Batty took a bye in the first round and faced the qualifiers in the second round. She may face defending champion Zarenka in the 16 round. The potential opponents in the quarterfinals are three Grand Slam champions: Babolat Crecco, Gabriel Muguruza and sloane stephens. In fact, if Stephens beats her qualifying opponent in the first round, she may face Muguruza in the second round. French Open champion Crecco Eva will play against San Jose finalist Daria Casakina in the first round. The Czechs have won 22 of the last 24 games.
Aspect 2: petra kvitova and madison keys prepare for the powerful opening match.
Elena Sveto, No.4 seed, and Iga Swiyatek, No.6 seed, are ahead of 2/4 zones. However, the earliest highlights in this area are concentrated in two games: Madison Keyes, the champion of the 20 19 tournament, will face petra kvitova, the seed of 1 1, and Angelique Korbel, the latest Wimbledon semi-finalist, will face Maria, the semi-finalist of the French Open. The winner will face Svetlina in the second round.
In the second round, Iga-Swiyatek may encounter an unstoppable Tunisia elder sister Ons Jabeur, who has eliminated Daria Kasakina and Bianca Andriescu in Montreal and entered the quarter-finals. She will play arnett Contavet in the first round in Cincinnati.
Zone 3/4: Ariana Sabalenka and Carolina Pliskova are looking forward to fighting again.
No.3 seed arianna Sabalenka and No.5 seed karolina pliskova are in Zone 3/4, and they may meet for the third time in a row-Pliskova beat Sabalenka 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in the thrilling Wimbledon semifinals, and they are scheduled to meet in the semifinals in Montreal this Saturday, local time, and may meet again in the quarterfinals in Cincinnati.
However, in order to enter the quarter-finals, both of them need to face some challenges. Pliskova may face you in the second round, Liya Pudingseva, and then face a familiar and frustrated opponent in the third round: Jessica Pegula. This American has been in good shape for the past 65,438+02 months. Montreal has just reached the quarter-finals of WTA 1000 for the fourth time, and has won all four games against Pliskova this season.
Arianna Sabalenka's opponent in the first game was the winner of the Spanish fierce woman Paula Badosa and the Croatian fierce woman petra martic. Elise Mertens, a Belarusian doubles partner, is a potential opponent in the previous 16 round, and another very dangerous opponent in this half is Elena Rybakina.
Former world number one Simone Halep is also in this half. This week in Montreal, Halep played his first game in three months after recovering from a calf tear, but lost to the hot Danielle Collins. In Cincinnati, she will take part in the competition as the seed of 12, and the first match will be against Polish player Magda Linet. She can face Pliskova in the third round.
Zone 4/4: Osaka Naomai and Cocogoff in the second round.
Naomi Osaka, ranked second in the world, returned to the Tour for the first time since she withdrew from the French Open in May local time. She sat in the quarter with No.7 seed Bianca Andriescu. After the first round of bye, Naomi Osaka may face 17-year-old local rookie Coco Goff in the second round. The young American player reached the seventh quarter-finals of this season in Montreal this week. In order to win the third match with Osaka, Goff must beat his opponent who came out of the qualifying round in the first round.
The biggest attraction of the first round in this respect is to repeat the gold medal battle between belinda bencic and Marketa Vondrousova in Tokyo Olympic Games. At that time, belinda bencic won the competition with scores of 7-5, 2-6 and 6-3, becoming the first female athlete to win an Olympic tennis gold medal for Switzerland.
Babolat Krecko (Barbolla Krecko) vs Daria Kasatkina.
Maria Sakari) vs angelique kerber.
Petra kvitova) to madison keys.
Ansa Bell versus arnett Contavet.
Simona halep) vs Magda Lent.
Johanna Conta vs carolina Muchova
Daniel Collins) vs Shelby Rogers.
Belinda bencic) vs Marketa Vondrousova.