Badosa and Muguruza will sign to measure themselves in Rome’s semifinals

Paula Badosa begin as the second seed in WTA 1000 Rome, from May 8 to 15, as happened at the Mutua Madrid Open, where number 1, the Polish, was revoked at the last minute Iga Swiatekto compete with For Italicothe last serious test before facing Roland Garros.

The 24-year-old from Girona will drop to third place in the rankings on Monday, behind the injured Czech Barbora Krejcikovawith the aim of recovering after defeat against Simona Halep is already in the second round of the WTA 1000 in Madrid, where he will not ‘defend’ the semifinals.

You can identify your first victim in the Magic Box, the Russian Veronika Kudermetovaalthough he must first beat a player from the previous stage.

Badosa’s path will continue with the Russians Anatona Pavlyuchenkovathe czech Karolina Pliskova and a semi-final against Garbiñe Muguruzaif he beat a rival from ‘qualy’ in the second round, the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, Madrid finalist, in the round of 16 and the Greek Maria Sakkari in the quarterfinals.

the student of Conchita Martinez, Coming off a shoulder injury and a resounding dismissal against Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, she needed a shot.

Also wants a draw Sarah Sorribes measure yourself again in Japanese Naomi Osaka, which he dropped to the ground again this week. If Valencian repeats, in the second round he will face the British Emma Raducanu or the canadian Bianca Andreescuwho stars in another fascinating first-round duel.

The hypothetical eighth of Rome

Iga Swiatek (Pol/1) -Victoria Azarenka (Blr/16)
Emma Raducanu (Rum/10) -Anett Kontaveit (Est/5)
Aryna Sabalenka (Blr/3) -Jessica Pegula (USA/13)
Belinda Bencic (Sui/12) -Danielle Collins (USA/7)
Garbiñe Muguruza (Esp/8) -Ons Jabeur (Tun/9)
Coco Gauff (USA/15) -Maria Sakkari (Gre/4)
Karolina Pliskova (Che/6) -Jelena Ostapenko (Let/11)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus/14) -Paula Badosa (Esp/2)