FILE: Women's players to watch out for at the French Open

Record ID: 1814296

  • Title: FILE: Women's players to watch out for at the French Open
  • Date: 20th May 2024
  • Summary: MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MARCH 18, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ZHENG HOLDING A PUPPY ZHENG NAOMI OSAKA MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (FILE - JANUARY 12, 2024) (REUTERS) FOUR-TIMES GRAND SLAM CHAMPION AND WORLD NUMBER 134, NAOMI OSAKA, RETURNING SERVE AND PLAYING POINT JABEUR SERVING AND OSAKA RETURNING OSAKA PLAYING POINT JABEUR SERVING AND PLAYING POINT VARIOUS
  • Embargoed: 3rd June 2024 11:46
  • Keywords: Aryna Sabalenka Caroline Garcia Coco Gauff Elena Rybakina French Open Grand Slam Iga Swiatek Maria Sakkari Naomi Osaka Paris Qinwen Zheng Roland Garros Tennis
  • Location: VARIOUS
  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Europe,Sport,Tennis
  • Reuters ID: LVA00B064907052024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: World number one Iga Swiatek enters the French Open as the favourite off the back of some sparkling form and her own triumphant history on the clay at Roland Garros.
    The Pole defeated world number two Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets earlier this month to win her third Italian Open title, and extend her unbeaten run on the surface to 12 matches.
    The three-time winner and defending champion will face stiff competition from Sabalenka, who will be desperate to avenge her final defeats in Rome and Madrid this season.
    Other contenders include U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff, and world number four Elena Rybakina, who has already claimed three titles this season.
    Former world number one Naomi Osaka, who returned to action in January after a 15-month maternity break, is back to try and turn around her struggles in Paris.
    The four-times Grand Slam champion has never made it to a final on clay and has failed to advance beyond the third round at Roland Garros.
    French hopes will rest with world number 23 Caroline Garcia, whose best result at the tournament was a quarter-final back in 2017.
    (Production: Henry Rounce)
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