The dispute of the Masters 1,000 and the WTA 1,000 in Rome is leaving us with two very different tournaments depending on the men’s and women’s draw. While in the men’s tournament surprises continue to occur, such as the elimination of the current champion Daniil Medvedev, in the women’s tournament the big favorites dominate with an iron fist at the top of the draw, as demonstrated by the passage to the semifinals of Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff, first and third favorite respectively.
Swiatek, recent champion of the Madrid Open, proved intractable against the American Madison Keys, whom she beat 6-1 and 6-3 after an hour and a quarter of the match. A match in which the world number one knew how to suffer, saving the ten break points that she faced against and converting four of the six that she had in her favor to win the match.
In the semifinals Swiatek will face the American Coco Gauff, third favorite for the title, who after her comeback against Paula Badosa on Monday this Tuesday also went from less to more to beat the Chinese Qinwen Zheng by 7-6 (4) and 6- 1 after one hour and 48 minutes of the game. A Gauff who only gave Zheng one break option to the rest but who took advantage of four of the eight she had in her favor to close a semifinal between two of the best tennis players in the world.
This Wednesday it will be decided who are the other two tennis players who will play in the women’s semifinals. In the first round of the Center Court (1:00 p.m.) the world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka will face the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, while Victoria Azarenka and Danielle Collins will open the night session of the Center Court (19:00) to define the last semi-finalist of a WTA 1,000 in Rome in which, for the moment, the favorites do not fail.
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2024-05-15 06:02:20
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