The primary draw begins on Tuesday (Could 7), whereas the ultimate shall be performed on Saturday (Could 18).
Emma Raducanu, Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki (Pictures through X)
The Madrid Open has ended and the tennis fraternity’s focus has shifted to the Rome Open. Within the 81st version of the WTA occasion, eighteen gamers from the highest 20 are anticipated to take part.
The primary draw begins on Tuesday (Could 7), whereas the ultimate shall be performed on Saturday (Could 18) on the Foro Italico courtroom. Sadly, Grand Slam singles champions Emma Raducanu, Caroline Wozniacki, and Simona Halep didn’t obtain the wild playing cards to enter the primary draw.
The 2021 US Open champion has deliberate to play within the WTA 500 occasion Internationaux de Strasbourg, which begins on Could 19. Halep, however, was anticipated to play within the WTA 125 event Trophee Clarins, however she injured her knee throughout a apply session. The event will begin on Could fifteenth and Halep would hope to get well utterly earlier than it.
The previous World No.1 made her comeback to tennis at this 12 months’s Miami Open following her doping suspension. She additionally reached the ultimate in Rome 3 times and received the trophy in 2020 by beating Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova.
Elena Rybakina is the defending champion in Rome
In ladies’s tennis, Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina will enter the Rome Open to defend her title and in addition will purpose to carry her fourth title of the season. Final 12 months, the World No.4 received the event after Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina retired throughout the closing.
Iga Swiatek lifted the title in 2021 and 2022 by beating Karolina Pliskova and Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur respectively. Swiatek will even be coming into the event to win back-to-back titles on clay.
The present World No.1 is on the alternative aspect of the draw to Rybakina, who might face World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka within the semifinals. Swiatek can lock horns with World No.3 Coco Gauff might the identical stage.
Sabalenka met Rybakina on this 12 months’s Madrid Open semifinal, defeating her to achieve the ultimate, however misplaced the title to Swiatek. If Swiatek wins the event, she’s going to grow to be the sixth lady within the Open Period to bag the title 3 times. She’s going to be a part of the listing which has names like Chris Evert, Gabriela Sabatini, Conchita Martínez, Serena Williams, and Maria Sharapova.
In males’s tennis, it was Russia’s Daniil Medvedev who received the title with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Holger Rune final 12 months. In 2022, Novak Djokovic was the winner. The World No.1 shall be coming into the event after lacking the Barcelona and Madrid Open.
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