At the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati, the world number one Iga Swiatek left the scene in the semifinals, defeated by Coco Gauff in three sets.At the US Open 2023, the defending champion of the American Slam will have to regain her physical and psychological shape in time to defend the tournament from the onslaught of her rivals.And in Flushing Meadows there will be at least five rivals who will be able to put the no.1 of the WTA ranking in difficulty.Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur and also Marketa Vondrousova.
All Slam winners or Grand Slam finalists, and who are comfortable on the US hard-courts.Coco comes from the victory in Cincinnati, where she showed excellent psycho-physical shape. Sabalenka and Rybakina will have to work off some physical problems, but on hard-courts they are both dangerous, especially with service and forehand.
As demonstrated by the final between the two in Melbourne at the beginning of the year.Ons Jabeur knows well how to reach a final in New York: what the 3-time Grand Slam finalist lacks and one last mental step, that nastiness needed to win a Grand Slam, which allows you to keep the pressure at bay, as has not happened in the recent Wimbledon Finals…
