Paris 2024 Olympics, women’s singles draw: Swiatek faces Begu in first round, Kerber takes on Osaka in farewell tournament
Top seed and World No. 1 Iga Swiatek begins her Paris Olympics campaign with a first-round clash against Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu, as per the draw announced on Friday.
Germany’s Angelique Kerber, who won silver medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016, faces Japan’s Naomi Osaka in the opening round. Kerber is set to retire from the sport after the Summer Games.
Second seed Coco Gauff, who is USA’s female flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony, takes on Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in the first round.
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Third-seeded Kazakh Elena Rybakina, who finished fourth in Tokyo, has a first-round match against Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian.
Projected quarterfinals – Swiatek vs eighth-seeded American Danielle Collins, Rybakina vs sixth-seeded Chinese Qinwen Zheng, fifth-seeded American Jessica Pegula vs fourth-seeded Italian Jasmine Paolini and Gauff vs seventh-seeded Greek Maria Sakkari.
Tennis events in Paris Olympics will be held at Roland-Garros, the venue where Swiatek has won four French Open titles, from July 27 to August 4.
First-round matches to watch out
Naomi Osaka (JPN) vs Angelique Kerber (GER)
[2] Coco Gauff (USA) vs Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) vs [15] Diana Shnaider
[10] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs Camila Osorio (COL)
[8] Danielle Collins (USA) vs Laura Siegemund (GER)
[16] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) vs Karolina Muchova (CZE)
[6] Qinwen Zheng (CHN) vs Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Mirra Andreeva vs Magda Linette (POL)
Bianca Andreescu (CAN) vs Clara Tauson (DEN)