World No 1 Iga Swiatek has learned her path to winning her first Madrid Open title. Swiatek, 21, is the top-seeded player and has a first-round bye in Madrid. After a first-round bye, Swiatek will likely meet 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu in the Madrid second round.
In the Madrid third round, Swiatek is projected to meet 28th-seeded Bernarda Pera. In the round-of-16, Swiatek could meet No 23 seed Qinwen Zheng or 16th-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova. In the quarterfinal, Swiatek is projected to meet world No 7 Elena Rybakina – the Pole has twice lost to the Kazakh so far this year.
The projected semifinal in the top half of the Madrid draw is between Swiatek and third-seeded Jessica Pegula. In the Madrid final, Swiatek is projected to play against world No 2 Aryna Sabalenka.
ðµð± Iga ÅwiÄ tek’s potential path – WTA 1000 Madrid ð
R1: bye
R2: Raducanu/Q
R3: Maria/Pera
R4: Zheng/Alexandrova/Cornet
QF: Rybakina/Krejcikova/Andreescu
SF: Pegula/Azarenka/Kasatkina/Kudermetova/Potapova/Trevisan
F: Sabalenka/Jabeur/Garcia/Gauff/Sakkari/Kvitova/Samsonova/Haddad… pic.twitter.com/MlG9aBqylB — Z kortu – informacje tenisowe | Tennis news (@z_kortu) April 23, 2023
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