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Iga Swiatek is and will be the tennis player to beat in the coming years. The Pole, despite her young age, has already been able to win four Slams, including three Roland Garros and the US Open. In 2023, Aryna Sabalenka was her main opponent, contending with her for the throne of the WTA ranking until the end, which ended up in the hands of the Pole for the second consecutive time.
This result was then determined by the WTA Finals, dominated by Swiatek.
Barbara Schett, former Austrian tennis player and Eurosport commentator, believes that the challenge between Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka will occur again in 2024.
Schett believes that the Belarusian tennis player will be the main rival of the Polish WTA No.1 also in 2024. “I think that Sabalenka, on hard courts, has to be a player who hits the ball extremely hard, who has a lot of pace, who can put pressure on Swiatek and who has an important serve.
Then there are Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff. I could put Jessica Pegula in the middle, we’ll see how she plays, but she’s capable of doing it. Maybe Karolina Muchova can do it, who maybe can also mix things up a bit, but who has a little more pace than Ons Jabeur,” she…
