The favorites had a successful day at WTA Adelaide 2, qualifying for the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 event.

Bencic, Badosa, Kasatkina and Kudermetova in WTA Adelaide 2 quarters

Belinda Bencic (Olympic champion and No. 8 seed) beat Anna Kalinska in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. The game lasted one hour and 31 minutes.

Veronika Kudermetova (sixth seed) passed the qualification quarterfinals without playing: Kateryna Aleksandrova announced her withdrawal before the start of the match.

Beatrice Haddad Maia (11th seed) defeated Amanda Anisimov (a former student of Darren Cahill) in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. The game lasted almost two hours.

The Iberian Paula Badosa (ninth favorite) also had a good day: she defeated the experienced Kaya Kanepi with a score of 6-1, 7-5. The match lasted an hour and 24 minutes.

Finally, Daria Kasatkina (5th seed) beat Barbora Krejcikova (Grand Slam winner – Roland Garros 2021) in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5. The game lasted one hour and 32 minutes.

Results of the day at WTA Adelaide 2

Danielle Collins (10) – Jill Teichmann 6-3, 7-6(2)

Petra Kvitova – Qinwen Zheng 7-6(6) – Zheng ends her career

Belinda Bencic (8) – Anna Kalinska 6-3, 6-3

Beatrice Haddad Maia (11) – Amanda Anisimova 6-4, 7-5

Daria Kasatkina (5) – Barbora Krejchikova 6-2, 7-5

Paula Badosa (9) – Kaya Canepi 6-1, 7-5

Veronika Kudermetova – Kateryna Aleksandrova (absence of Aleksandrova)

Caroline Garcia (4) – Kateryna Sinyakova (to be held)

WTA Adelaide 2 quarter schedule

Belinda Bencic – Caroline Garcia / Kateryna Sinyakova

Daniel Collins – Veronika Kudermetova

Beatrice Haddad Maya – Paula Badosa

Petra Kvitova – Daria Kasatkina

We will remind you that the order of favorites was turned upside down after the removal of the first three favorites: Iga Svyatek, Ons Zhaber and Jessica Pegula.

WTA Adelaide 2 takes place from January 9 to 14 on hard, is part of the WTA 500 category, has a total prize pool of $780,637 and is crowned by Ashley Barty (now retired).