Top-level women’s tennis returns with force in a WTA 1000 Montreal 2023 that guarantees fun for all fans and in which it seems difficult to make forecasts given the prevailing equality. Iga Swiatek starts as a great favourite, but Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina choose to overshadow her, while Paula Badosa returns to the slopes.
A week full of incentives for women’s tennis that is coming up in the WTA 1000 Montreal 2023with impressive confrontations from the initial bars of an event in which a relay could take place at the top of the classification. Every Swiatek seeks to adapt quickly to the hard court and keep at bay the aspirations of sorpasso in the ranking by part of Aryna Sabalenka. It will be very interesting to see what players like Elena Rybakina in Ons Jabeurwhile there is a great interest in the Spanish fans to check what state of form he is in Paula Badosa. We break down the picture in depth.
Analysis of the draw at the WTA 1000 Montreal 2023
1st Quadrant
Potential rivals of Iga Swiatek: Bye – Pliskova/Zhu – Muchova – Sakkari/Haddad-Maia – Pegula/Gauff – Sabalenka
Potential rivals of Maria Sakkari: Bye – Svitolina – Haddad-Maia/Badosa – Swiatek – Pegula/Gauff – Sabalenka
Impressive duels that can take place from the initial bars of the tournament, with players like Svitolina and Muchova capable of breaking all the forecasts. It will not be easy for Swiatek, who will require his best tennis to advance and defend number 1. The return of Badosa deserves a special mention, who will face off against Leylah Fernández to start.
2nd Quadrant
Potential rivals of Jessica Pegula: Bye – Noskova/Pera – Keys/Venus – Gauff/Vondrousova – Swiatek – Sabalenka
Cori Gauff Potential Rivals: Bye – Marino – Vondrousova/Wozniacki – Swiatek – Sabalenka
Old legends loom large in the path of the two Americans, close friends who could meet in the quarterfinals. Teens like Keys, Vondrousova and veterans Venus and Wozniacki could avoid it, although they should impose their favoritism and meet in that attractive third-to-last round duel.
3rd Quadrant
Potential rivals of Caroline Garcia: Bye – Bouzkova – Kasatkina – Rybakina/Azarenka – Sabalenka – Swiatek
Potential rivals of Elena Rybakina: Bye – Ostapenko/Brady – Azarenka/Linette – Sabalenka – Swiatek
Anything can happen in a quadrant marked by players with a clear offensive cut, in which Kasatkina is the exception. On days of inspiration, women like Ostapenko or Azarenka can prevent the two seeds from asserting their status and face each other in a quarterfinal that would be very attractive.
4th Quadrant
Potential rivals of Petra Kvitova: Bye – Andreescu – Bencic – Sabalenka/Samsonova – Rybakina – Swiatek
Potential rivals of Aryna Sabalenka: Bye – Martic – Samsonova/Zheng – Kvitova – Rybakina – Swiatek
The Belarusian seems to be the great beneficiary of the draw, having avoided disturbing names and having the option to progress in her hand. None of the tennis players who may cross her path seem to be real threats to her hegemony if she is able to play at a good level, not even Kvitova.
2023-08-04 22:22:43
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