Coco Goufff PO thanks to performances in the finals of “Tysiczników” in Madrid and Rome became the runner -up of the WTA ranking at the expense of Iga Swiątek, which fell to the fifth position. Thanks to this, the 21-year-old had a privileged situation in the draw of Roland Garros, and on Thursday she learned his results.
Coco Gauff has overtook iga Świątek in the WTA ranking and is already benefit from it. “Favorite”
The American daily “USA Today” described them as “beneficial”, even describing Gauff “the biggest winner of the draw”. “He is still looking for the second title of the Great Slam after winning the US Open 2023. Considering how the ladder has arranged, this year's French Open tournament will start as a pretty solid favorite to the finals” – we read.
This is, among other things, because as a runner -up in the list only in the match for the title can face Aryna Sabalena, the leader of the ranking. And also from Świątek, because “almost all other main candidates for the title were in another half of the ladder.”
Coco Goufff cannot complain about the draw of Roland Garros ladder
In earlier phases at Goufff may wait, among others Anna Kalinska (30. She only returned to the tournament in Strasbourg (there she immediately lost to Magda Linette).
In the quarter-finals of the 21-year-old, the most difficult may be with Madison Keys (7. WTA), and in the semi-final with Mirrra Andriejew (6. WTA) or Jessica Pegul (3. WTA). However, the 18-year-old Gauffa played in Madrid and Rome, while Pegula “feels much better on hard courts than on the French surface.”
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And with whom Coco Guff will play Roland Garros at the beginning? It will be Australian tennis player Olivia Gadecki (93. WTA).