The Polish Iga Swiatek22 years old and world No. 1, and the Kazakh Elena Rybakina24 and No. 4, makes up the magic square of current women’s tennis with the Australian Open champion, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (2), and the American Coco Gauff (3), current queen of the USA Open.
The four will meet again next week at the WTA 1000 in Dubai, where Swiatek will come to cement her lead. The Roland Garros champion added another historic event to her brilliant career with a historic hat trick at the WTA 1000 in Doha.
Third consecutive title for Swiatek in Qatar. No one has won three consecutive crowns at a WTA 1000 since Serena Williams chained in Miami from 2013 to 2015.
The Polish woman beat the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, which came with the Brisbane and Abu Dhabi trophies, last week, as an endorsement. Swiatek won 7-6 (8) and 6-2, in 2h.19′, although everyone was sold in the first set, 90 minutes of continuous match.
Number one hit the table again. Disappointed by his exit in the third round of the Australian Open, he opened his record of victories in 2024 with his 18th individual title.
In Dubai, debut of Swiatek (finalist in 2023 defeated by Barbora Krejcikova) before the American Sloane Stephens or the french Clara Burel. In the semis she will face Coco Gauff, who will be making her Belgian debut Elisa Mertens or the ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko.
Downstairs, Elena Rybakina has an appointment with Belarusian Victoria Azarenka or the Dutch Arantxa Rus. Should fight later on Aryna Sabalenkainitially paired with Croatian Donna Vekic or the china Xinyu Wang.
Source: La Verdad
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