Iga Świątek wraca do akcji. Trudne rywalki na drodze

Iga Świątek is back in action. Difficult rivals on the road The figure is to be drawn up: Iga Świątek starts competing on the earth courts. Queen Roland Garros will perform in the WTA indoor tournament in Stuttgart, which begins on Monday. On the way of the Polish vice-leader of the world ranking inconvenient rivals….

Iga Świątek is back in action. Difficult rivals on the road

The figure is to be drawn up:

Iga Świątek starts competing on the earth courts. Queen Roland Garros will perform in the WTA indoor tournament in Stuttgart, which begins on Monday. On the way of the Polish vice-leader of the world ranking inconvenient rivals.

The event in Germany seriously starts the Polish favorite part of the season on the earth courts in Europe, in which Iga Świątek is most successful. In Stuttgart, it was the best twice – in 2022 and 2023, each time beating the most seeded in this year’s edition of Belarusian Arina Sabalenko.

The 23-year-old Polish woman in the first round has a “free ticket” and the match of the 1/8 final will play on Wednesday or Thursday. Her rival will be selected by the 20th on the WTA list of Croatian Croatian Donna Vekić with a qualifying player.

In the quarter-finals on a collision course with coach Wim Fissette is Jelena Ostapenko. With Latvian, Polka has already lost five times and is still waiting for her first victory.

In the same half of the ladder there are also, among others, American Jessica Pegula seeded with a “three” and entering the world top 17-year-old Russian Mirra Andreyeva, who has won from Christmas this year twice.

Wśród jej potencjalnych rywalek w kolejnych rundach jest też Magdalena Fręch (28. WTA). Ona zacznie od pojedynku ze sklasyfikowaną na 37. pozycji w świecie Słowacką Rebeccą Sramkovą. Grały ze sobą już trzykrotnie, ale poprzednio… cztery i pół roku temu w kwalifikacjach US Open. Górą była 27-letnia obecnie Polka, podobnie jak w imprezie ITF w Trnawie i eliminacjach French Open 2018. Drugie półroczne 2024 to jednak najlepszy okres w karierze Sramkovej, która po raz pierwszy zawitała do czwartej dziesiątki rankingu tenisistek.