World No. 1 Iga Swiatek takes on native wildcard Danielle Collins within the second spherical of the Cincinnati Open, a WTA 1000 Masters occasion, on Wednesday.
The conflict is scheduled to be the second match on Center Court on the third day of this 12 months’s version.
When and the place to observe?
The Cincinnati Open second-round conflict between Iga Swiatek and Danielle Collins will probably be reside streamed on WTA TV from 9:45PM IST on August 16.
Top seed Swiatek involves Cincinnati after a three-set loss to eventual champion Jessica Pegula within the semifinals of the Canadian Open on Saturday. The Pole was awarded a bye within the opening spherical in Cincinnati.
On the opposite hand, former Australian Open runner-up Collins, given a wildcard, knocked out former French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 6-1 within the first spherical.
This would be the second assembly in as many weeks between Swiatek and Collins. In the Canadian Open quarterfinals, the Pole was put underneath stress however managed to triumph 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Head-to-head file
Played: 4 |Swiatek: 3 | Collins: 1
Swiatek and Collins have confronted one another 4 occasions with their Canadian Open twin being the newest one. Their first assembly befell within the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 occasion in Adelaide in 2021 the place Collins was compelled to retire whereas trailing 2-6, 0-3.
In their subsequent match, Collins overpowered Swiatek, profitable final 12 months’s Australian Open semifinal 6-4, 6-1.
Their third assembly occurred within the spherical of 16 in Doha earlier this season the place Swiatek triumphed 6-0, 6-1.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com