There will be two tournaments taking place on the women’s circuit next week: the WTA 500 in Berlin and the WTA 250 in Birmingham. The Ecotrans Ladies Open will be able to count on a respectable roster despite the absence of Iga Swiatek.
The Pole preferred to take a few more days waiting to make her debut on grass in 2024 after winning the Roland Garros. Coco Gauff will therefore lead the seeding and awaits one of the two in the second round Beatriz Haddad Maia and Ekaterina Alexandrova.
However, they are in the same quarter-final as him Hon Jabeur And Angelique Kerberin the main draw thanks to a precious wild card. Jessica Pegula And Qinwen Zheng – immediately grappling with Naomi Osaka – they close the upper part of the board.
WTA Berlin – Draw: Gauff, Rybakina and Sabalenka on the court. Two Italians at the start in Birmingham
The dream of all fans is to witness a semi-final between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakinawho can become even more devastating on grass thanks to their offensive game.
On the road of the Belarusian they appear Marta Kostyuk and the reigning champion of Wimbledon Marketa Vondrousova; on that of the naturalized Kazakh tennis player Liudmila Samsonova, Maria Sakkari And Victoria Azarenka.
The draw of the WTA 500 tournament in Berlin
Two Italian players present at the WTA 250 event in Birmingham: Elisabetta Cocciaretto And Lucia Bronzetti. The draw was not so kind to Cocciaretto, fresh from the first round of 16 reached in a Slam in Paris.
The Italian will face the number one seed in the first round Jelena Ostapenko and is located in the same portion of the board as Sloane Stephens, Marie Bouzkova, Katie Boulter and Elise Mertens. Bronzetti will try, for his part, to overcome the competition of Magdalena Frech to give yourself a challenge with Anastasia Potapova.
