Melbourne, Australia) – With guaranteed place for the main chave doing the Australian Open, Beatriz Haddad Maia also signed up for tournaments in the first two weeks of the season. The number 1 in Brazil and 82nd in the world will start the year in Melbourne, competing in one of the city’s simultaneous WTA 250, then move on to Sydney, where she will try to qualify for a WTA 500.
Bia is five players away from entering straight into the range of one of the 250 WTAs in the first week of the season. The entry list, which is combined for both tournaments, finished in 77th place Clara Burel. Among the main actors who will be present at these events are Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Naomi Osaka, Jessica Pegula, Emma Raducanu, Simona Halep, Elise Mertens and Daria Kasatkina, but they and the other entries will be split into two keys.
The Sydney WTA 500 will take place January 10-15. The main draw will feature eight of the top 10 players, including world number 1 Ashleigh Barty, as well as Garbiñe Muguruza, Barbora Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari, Anett Kontaveit, Paula Badosa, Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur. Other top players such as Sofia Kenin, Angelique Kerber, Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep and Belinda Bencic are also on the list. The last to register directly was the Canadian Leylah Fernandez, 24th in the world.
And even the quali that Bia will play will have strong names like former top 10 Daria Kasatkina, Jelena Ostapenko, Madison Keys, Carolina Garcia and Andrea Petkovic, as well as other experienced players like Danielle Collins, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Alizér Cornet and Ajla. Tomljanovic. After ending her participation in Sydney, the Brazilian will return to Melbourne for the home stretch of the preparation for the Australian Open. The first Grand Slam of 2022 begins on January 17.
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