On January 15, 2022, Beijing time, the 2022 WTA ushered in two finals, one was the final of the WTA500 Sydney station, and the other was the final of the second WTA250 Adelaide. The women's singles final matchup at Sydney is 2021 French Open women's singles champion Kregitskova vs Bardoza.
Kregitskova won three consecutive matches in the opening tournament of the new season to reach the final, but in the semi-final stage, she lost seven consecutive sets in the opening and saved seven match points in the decider, and then reversed the 500-level competition for the first time in her career after narrowly defeating Kontawirt. It was Barbosa who competed with Kregitskova for the title, with Espanyol winning four consecutive games against top 50 players in a row for his third Women's Singles Final on the Tour.
In the final, Kregitskova made more mistakes most of the time, although after losing one set first, she pulled back a set in the second set, but the decider lost four consecutive points in seven sets, and finally lost the third set and lost the big score 1-2. In the end, Bardoza narrowly defeated No. 3 seed Kregitskova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4) to win three consecutive victories against the latter, and won all three career championships in the WTA championship. It was the second hard court title for the Spanish girl, who also won the WTA 1000 class indian wells last year.
At this time last year, Bardoza's world ranking was No.70 and Krejickova's No.65, and now the two are both in the top ten of the world and have contributed to a wonderful duel in the final of the WTA500 class. And Bardoza's career triple finals all won the cup, of which the WTA 1000 Indian Wells station and the WTA500 Sydney station were won by seven in the decider. So far, the Spanish girl has won 10 consecutive sevens.
In the final of the second leg of the WTA250 Adelaide, former US Open runner-up Case played against compatriot Risquez. In the first set, after the two sides exchanged their first serves, Keys won five consecutive sets to win the first set 6-1. In the second set, Keys opened with a 2-0 lead, and although Lisque's 3rd set stopped the decline of seven consecutive sets, it was also won after defusing four break points. After most of the game, It was still Keyes who took the initiative, and the break advantage was further extended in the 7th set, and finally the next set was 6-2.
In this way, Keys swept his compatriot Risk 6-1, 6-2 to achieve six consecutive wins against the latter, and also broke the nearly two-and-a-half-year championship drought. It was Case's first tour title since Cincinnati in 2019 and her sixth career singles title. After surviving a long period of hard-court events from January 2020 to October 2021, Case finally recovered from his current tournament and looked forward to his next appearance at the Australian Open after eliminating four Top 50 players in four consecutive games.
In addition, in the doubles match, WTA500 Sydney, Danilina/ Maya final defeated Heissen/Udwaldy 4-6, 7-5, 10-8. It was The second WTA doubles title of Danierina's career and the third for Maya. For both players, this is the highest level of doubles title they have won so far. WTA250 Adelaide: Hotaru/Makoto Ninomiya saved a match point in the final and ended up defeating Vandrosova/Martinkova 1-6, 7-6(4)/10-7. This is the third WTA doubles title of Hotaru's career and the fourth crown of Makoto Ninomiya.