Toronto: Full Draw | Game series Swiatek’s predicted quarter-final opponent in her first hard-court tournament of the summer is No.8 seed Garbiñe Muguruza, but their loaded four also includes unbeaten Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka. Williams, playing her first match on hard court in 18 months, opens against a qualifier and could face the winner of the first round match between Azarenka and 12th seed Belinda Bencic. Also present in Swiatek’s section is 13th seed and home favorite Leylah Fernandez, who declared she was fully fit for Friday’s draw ceremony after a leg injury suffered at Roland Garros ruled her out of Wimbledon. He also opens against a qualifier and could be Swiatek’s opponent in the third round. At the end of the quarter, Muguruza will face either four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka or Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi in her first match of the summer season on hard courts. The Spaniard has pulled out of this week’s event in San Jose with an injury. Draw, dates, prize money and everything you need to know about Toronto There are actually nine big winners in the first half in total. In the second quarter, Czech No. 14 Karolina Pliskova and 2021 Roland Garros champion Barbora Krejcikova will clash to start, while 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu is the No. 11’s first foe of No. 11, Daria Kasatkina. No. 3 Maria Sakkari, who is a potential semifinal foe for Swiatek along with No. 5 Ons Jabeur, opens against the winner of the All-American first-round match between 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens and the 2020 Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin. .
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In the bottom half of the draw, Estonian No. 2 Anett Kontaveit opens against the winner of the match between Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann and wild card Venus Williams. Williams played her first match of the summer this week at the Citi Open in Washington, where she lost in the 1st round to Canada’s Rebecca Marino. Three editions: Marino dominates Venus Williams’ return to singles Other highlights of the second half include a Round 1 match between No.9 Emma Radaucanu and defending champion Camila Giorgi of Italy, and a potential second-round meeting between No.10 Coco Gauff and Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina. Both face qualifiers ahead of them. Nine of the Top 10 in this week’s rankings are participating in the sixth WTA 1000 event of the season. World No.9 Danielle Collins is the only omission. He retired last week with an ongoing neck injury. Main draw play at Sobeys Stadium begins on Monday, August 8.
