World No. 1 Iga Swiatek takes on Karolina Muchova within the spherical of 16 of the Canadian Open, a WTA 1000 Masters occasion, in Montreal on Thursday.
The conflict, a rematch of this yr’s French Open remaining, is scheduled to be the primary match on Court Central on the fourth day of this yr’s version.
When and the place to look at?
The Canadian Open third spherical conflict between Iga Swiatek and Karolina Muchova will likely be dwell streamed on WTA TV from 10PM IST on August 10.
Swiatek twice got here again from a break down within the third set to beat Czech Republic’s Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in an exhilarating remaining at Roland-Garros. The 22-year-old Pole clinched her second French Open title in a row.
Since the summit conflict in Paris, Muchova has not had a lot match observe. She exited Wimbledon within the opening spherical and in addition suffered a second-round loss at Poland Open, the place Swiatek received the title.
However, in Montreal, the 14th-seeded Czech has defeated two robust opponents in Anastasia Potapova and Sorana Cirstea in straight units.
On the opposite hand, high seed Swiatek obtained a bye within the opening spherical and needed to battle arduous to beat Karolina Pliskova, Muchova’s, 7-6(8), 6-2.
Head-to-head document
Played: 2 |Swiatek: 1 | Muchova: 1
Swiatek and Muchova have confronted one another twice. Before they met on this yr’s French Open remaining, their first battle passed off in 2019 within the spherical of 32 in Prague the place Muchova got here from a set all the way down to win 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Muchova is seeking to attain the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 occasion for under the fourth time in her profession. A loss for Swiatek in opposition to the Czech would offer Aryna Sabalenka to be the brand new World No. 1 by successful the title in Montreal.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com