Rome Masters: Top seed Iga Swiatek faces tricky route to final as Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur await in draw

08.05.2023 - 15:09 eurosport.com

Top seed Iga Swiatek could face Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters after the women’s singles draw was made on Sunday.

The event in the Italian capital is the last WTA 1000 tournament before the climax of the clay-court season at the French Open, and 18 of the world’s top 20 will compete.

Ad World No. 1 Swiatek, who has won the last two titles in Rome, will be looking to get back to winning ways after suffering defeat to world No.

2 Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday’s Madrid Open final. WTA MadridSabalenka defeats Swiatek with huge performance in Madrid Open finalYESTERDAY AT 19:31 The Pole faces a potentially tricky route to the final; one of two former Roland-Garros finalists will face her in the second round, Sara Errani or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, while seventh seed Rybakina could be her quarter-final opponent.

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Eurosport expert Mats Wilander believes fitness will be a key factor behind Iga Swiatek’s attempted French Open defence and could pave the way for “dangerous” duo Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka to win the singles title at Roland-Garros. Swiatek revealed last week she would take a couple of days off before preparing for the French Open, having been forced to retire in Rome due to injury. Ad The world No.

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