Who can take advantage of the absence of elite tennis players?

The French Open is fast approaching. The main part of the second grand slam of the season will begin on May 31. This is where the attention of most of the elite tennis players will be focused, and so there is an opportunity for the players of the “second tier”.

The number one seed for the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open will be Serena Williams. For the American star and former world number one, this will be only the second tournament this season that she will play on clay.

On the other side of the line-up we will find Croatian tennis player Petra Martic. The representative of the third ten of the WTA ranking presented excellent performances in Rome, where she finished just before the gates of the final with Karolina Pliskova.

The number three seed will be the 17-year-old Cori Gauff. Although already one of the world’s top players, she has only one WTA title to her name. Now she has a chance to win her second trophy.

Other favourites could include Daria Kasatkina, Amanda Anisimova, Qiang Wang or Caroline Garcia. However, we can also look forward to the Czech representative.

Only Kateřina Siniaková will represent the Czech Republic, who has not been doing well in recent months. She will face Clara Tauson in the opening round of the tournament, and if successful, she could face Williams.

The winner of the tournament will receive about 600 thousand crowns and will add 280 points to the WTA ranking. You will be able to watch the matches on O2 TV Tennis.

Source:: Livesport