Iga Swiatek handed nightmarish French Open draw; lands in Aryna Sabalenka’s half

The Pole, who has failed to succeed in a WTA closing since profitable the title in Paris final 12 months, and is seeded No. 5 on the Roland Garros this 12 months – the bottom at a Slam for the reason that 2022 Australian Open – will open her marketing campaign in opposition to Rebecca Sramkova, earlier than establishing a possible second-round conflict with former US Open champion Emma Raducanu. Swiatek’s projected third-round opponent is No. 12 seed Rybakina, and within the fourth spherical is No. 21 seed Jelena Ostapenko. Each personal a 6-0 file in opposition to the previous world No. 1. And her potential quarterfinal opponent may very well be No. 4 seed Paolini, who not too long ago gained the WTA 1000 in Rome.

Sabalenka, who discovered herself in the identical half of the draw as Swiatek, was additionally handed a difficult draw. Staring her marketing campaign in opposition to Kamilla Rakhimova, the Belarusian may face both the No. 27 seed Leylah Fernandez, Danielle Collins, or Olga Danilovic within the third spherical. She additionally has the No. 8 seed Zheng Qinwen, in the identical quarter. The Chinese language defeated Sabalenka in Rome final week.

Coco Gauff, the finalist in Madrid and Rome, has Australian Open champion and No. 7 seed Madison Keys in the identical quarter, whereas No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula and No. 6 seed Mirra Andreeva head the third quarter.

The principle draw of French Open 2025 will start on Could 25 in Paris.