The WTA 1000 tournament in Rome in 2023 was one of the surprises: only two favorites among the top ten reached the round of 16.

Iga SvyatekPhoto: Andrew Medichini/AP/Profimedia

Svyatek and Rybakina, the only top 10 favorites to reach the last eight at the WTA Rome

Of the top ten favorites of the Foro Italico race, only three remained in the competition: Iga Svyatek (1), Olena Rybakina (7) and Darya Kasatkina (8).

Eliminated: Aryna Sabalenka (2), Jessica Pegula (3), Ons Jabert (4), Caroline Garcia (5), Coco Gauf (6), Maria Sakkari (9) and Barbora Krejcikova (10).

WTA Rome, eighth, all matches will be played on Monday

Madison Keys (23 WTA) – Angelina Kalinina (47 WTA

Qinwen Zheng (21 WTA) – Xiu Wang (75 WTA)

Camila Osorio (100 WTA) – Beatriz Haddad Maia (15 WTA)

Marie Buzkova (38 WTA) – Veronika Kudermetova (12 WTA)

Marketa Vondrousova (70 WTA) – Olena Rybakina (favorite 7)

Paula Badosa (35 WTA) – Karolina Mukhova (52 WTA)

Iga Sviatek (favorite 1) – Donna Vekic (24 WTA)

Watch women’s singles matches live on Digisport channels.

WTA Rome takes place from May 9 to 20 on the clay in the Foro Italico complex. His total prize money is $3,572,618 and is in the “WTA 1000” category. Iga Svyatek became the champion of the last two competitions.