They are not here Paula Badosawho announced a few hours before the draw of a stress fracture in a vertebra that will keep him off the slopes for between two and three months, and he’s not even a former champion like Garbine Muguruzaready to extend his sabbatical period until next season, but women’s tennis is experiencing an explosive moment at the international level, due to the quality and power of the candidates for a Roland Garros that cannot rely on the two most famous Spaniards of the latter.
The other Spanish tennis players who had direct access, waiting to see if Aliona Bolsova joined them in qualifying, they suddenly found themselves in an elusive draw. the cantabrian Cristina Bucsa and the Barcelona-bred Swiss Rebeka Masarova will start against the last stars of the final in Paris, the Polish Iga Swiatek and the American Coco Gauffrespectively.
Sarah Sorribeswho is returning from a long injury, will start against the French Clara Burel. Nuria Parrizas wait for a ‘worthy one’
this will be the polish Iga Swiatek, world number 1 and two-time champion of Roland Garros, taking on the responsibility of reaffirming the laurels. However, he had some warnings that there would be serious trouble down the road. He experienced some physical discomfort that kept him out of the semifinals in Rome against one of his main rivals, the Kazakh Elena Rybakinalater champion of Rome.
Previously, the current queen of Wimbledon had made the final in Madrid, where she reigned supreme Aryna Sabalenkataking revenge from the final in Stuttgart against swiatek.
It’s the magic trio of the WTA Tour, not for nothing Sabalenka won the Australian Open against Rybakina.
The American will knock on the door Jessica Pegula, the Tunisian Ounce JabeurThe Greek Maria Sakkari or one Barbora Krejcikova, champion in 2021. Although the three great ones have a punch.
According to the hype, Swiatek and Rybakina, who will open against a ‘qualy’, will collide in the ‘semis’ as they both go through the upper part of the box. Sabalenka will have to be careful with her entry against the Ukrainian Martha Kostyuk.
Hypothetical round of 16
Iga Swiatek (Pol/1)-Barbora Krejcikova (Che/13)
Veronika Kudermetova (Russian/11)-Coco Gauff (USA/6)
Elena Rybakina (Kaz/4)-Beatriz Haddad-Maia (Bra/14)
Petra Kvitova (Che/10)-Ons Jabeur (Tun/7)
Maria Sakkari (Gre/8)-Belinda Bencic (Sui/12)
Lyudmila Samsonova (Russia/15)-Jessica Pegula (USA/3)
Source: La Verdad
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