Although the struggles in Stuttgart have been going on since Saturday – these were qualifications – the main tournament starts on Monday, April 14. For the first match of Iga Świątek, however, you will have to wait a little longer, because she has a free fate with the two runner -up in the first round, as well as the other three at the highest placed players. The Polish tennis player in the first match will face the Croatian: Donna Vekić (20. WTA) or Jana Fett (153. WTA).
But a return just before the start of the tournament in Stuttgart. It almost doesn't happen
In Stuttgart, during the WTA 500 event, there will be a defender of the title ago, i.e. Elena Rybakina, who this time decided not to come to the German city. Kazaszka competed last week in Australia during the play-offs Billie Jean King Cup.
Marta Kostjuk took part in the same struggles, except that in Radom. The Ukrainian tennis player and the team won the competition with Polish women and Swiss and won the promotion to the September finals of BJK Cup, which will take place in Shenzhen. 25. A tennis player of the world a year ago in Stuttgart reached the final in which she had to recognize the superiority of Rybakina.
In the first round of this year's edition she was to face Mirra Andrejew. She had, because on Monday she informed about the withdrawal from the party. Kostjuk in an official announcement noted that this is the result of an injury she got during the struggle in Radom. She apologized to the fans and thanked for support. So there was a very rare situation that the tournament would run out of last year's winner and finalist.
The withdrawal of another player opens up a chance for “Lucky Looserka” – a happy loss from qualifications. In this way, Ella Seidel has already got into the main tournament. The German tennis player benefited from the withdrawal of Danielle Collins. Tennis fans can certainly regret the absence of Marta Kostjuk, because her potential clash with Mirra Andrejew was to be the biggest hit of the first round of the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart.