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Iga Swiatek needs to pull himself together in Miami.

After the emotions of the Indian Wells tournament, it’s already time for the second WTA 1000 of the season, the Miami tournament. Carlos Alcaraz (in the ATP Masters 1000) and Elena Rybakina won in Indian Wells, and the WTA Tour seems to be getting more and more interesting.

The victories of Aryna Sabalenka in Melbourne and Rybakina in Indian Wells all but made it clear that World number one Iga Swiatek’s dominance is increasingly fragileand there is also a great balance in the women’s circuit.

Lots of interesting young players and a tournament that promises to be very balanced. The number one Iga Swiatek will face, after the bye of the first round, the winner between Katerina Siniakova and Liu, while in the third round she could fall on Martina Trevisan, or Danka Kovinic.

A fairly complicated draw for Iga, who will probably find his nightmare Elena Rybakina. The Kazakh has beaten the Pole twice out of two in this 2023 season and the two could meet face to face in the quarter-finals.

Iga must find herself and regain her good feelings if she wants to keep her role as sovereign on the WTA Tour. In 2023, the Pole has alternated between moments of great tennis, like in Doha, and great disappointments, like in Melbourne and the BNP Paribas Open.

The cuts, after the triumph at the US Open 2022, have gradually multiplied. Opponents begin to find countermeasures to the tennis Iga plays, taking the court, and gagging his power.

She will need tactical intelligence and countermeasures to once again be the ruler we admired in 2022.

The other challenges in Miami.

On her way, Elena Rybakina will have to beat Paula Badosa and Daria Kasatkina before falling on Iga.

The favorites for a possible semi-final match are the Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff. A rather complicated schedule before the final. The challenge between the Grand Slam champions in the first round, the challenge between Emma Raducanu and Bianca Andreescu is intriguing, the winner would instead face the Greek Maria Sakkari.

Interesting start also for Aryna Sabalenka who will face the winner of the match between Sloane Stephens and Shelby Rogers.

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