The reigning Roland Garros champion leads a stacked women’s draw, which also features rivals Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina.
The unscripted nature of sports is part of the appeal, the beauty even. It’s also why nothing dates faster than sports futurology. And the reason why, of the 100 sports bettors to open an account today, 98 will be net-negative within a few months. We can predict and project, but who knows what will happen?
With that disclaimer out of the way … is there a world in which Iga Świątek doesn’t win Roland Garros? She has taken the title three of the last four years, sometimes playing her exquisite game, and—more distressingly for the 127 main draw colleagues—sometimes claiming the title by. She is ranked No.1. She has won 14 of 15 matches on clay, two of them over her rival No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka.
We’ll take her against the field. Except if she doesn’t win. In which case we didn’t take her at all.Who else is old enough to remember when a handful of male players could emerge from a major as No.1 but the women’s side had a clear-cut favorite? Świątek has one clay court loss this year to Elena Rybakina, another contender . She is the two-time defending champ. She is the top seed. She has risen to the challenge of rivals.
Rybakina will look to advance beyond the French Open quarterfinals for the first time in her career. / Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sportspoints from 2023. But she is a former finalist in Paris, can play on clay, remains a lefty and knows she is capable of winning seven matches at one event.A fine, fun, athletic and versatile player, who is getting better at closing matches. But still—even under a new coach—remains a mystery.
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