The organizers of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Rome made the draw for the main draw, and the players from Romania found out their first opponents at the Foro Italico.
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Sorana Cîrstea, Ana Bogdan and Irina Begu found out their opponents from WTA Rome
Serial head no. 28 in Rome, Sorana Cîrstea she is accepted directly into the second round and will play against the winner of the American Taylor Townsend (59 WTA) and a player from the qualifiers.
Ana Bogdan (63 WTA) will give in the first round over Leylah Fernandez (34 WTA). If she passes the US Open 2021 finalist, our athlete will face the Czech Marketa Vondrousova (favorite 6) in the second round. If she reaches the third round, Ana could face Sorana Cîrstea.
Irina Begu (161 WTA) will duel in the inaugural round with a player coming from the qualifiers. If she prevails, the Kazakh Elena Rybakina (favorite 4 – the titular champion from Foro Italico) will get in her way.
It can also reach the main table Jaqueline Cristian (68 WTA – the main favorite in the qualifications), who will meet the American Hailey Baptiste (106 WTA) in the first round of the qualifications.
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How the quarters at the WTA Rome could look, if the favorites respect their status:
Iga Swiatek (1) – Marketa Vondrousova (6)
Coco Gauff (3) – Qinwen Zheng (7)
Maria Sakkari (5) – Elena Rybakina (4)
Ons Jabeur (8) – Aryna Sabalenka (2).
WTA Rome, main draw
The last champions of the Foro Italico
2023 – Elena Rybakina
2022 – Iga Swiatek
2021 – Iga Swiatek
2020 – Simona Halep
2019 – Karolina Pliskova
2018 – Elina Svitolina (final with Simona Halep)
2017 – Elina Svitolina (final with Simona Halep)
2016 – Serena Williams
2015 – Maria Sharapova etc.
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To know:
- The Italian competition founded in 1930 was won three times by a Romanian athlete: Ilie Năstase, the 1970 and 1973 editions, and Simona Halep, 2020.
- They have also contested finals: Ilie Năstase (1974, defeated by Bjorn Borg), Virginia Ruzici (1978, 1980, 1981) and Simona Halep (2017, 2018, defeated in both cases by Elina Svitolina).
WTA Rome takes place between May 7-19 on the clay in the Foro Italico complex. It has total prize money worth $5,509,771 and is part of the “WTA 1000” category. The titular champion is Kazakh Elena Rybakina.
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