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“No good or bad draw” – Boris Becker disagrees with assessment about Coco Gauff getting an easier draw than Iga Swiatek at Paris Olympics 2024
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Boris Becker disagreed with journalist Jose Morgado’s opinion that Iga Swiatek was put on the tough side of the singles’ draw while Coco Gauff was given an easier matchup at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Swiatek will begin her campaign against Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu, meanwhile, Gauff faces Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in the first round.
Iga Swiatek enters the Paris Olympics singles competition as the No. 1 seed. Another reason she could be a favorite is her 2024 French Open triumph held at Roland Garros, where the Olympic tennis matches will take place. Meanwhile, Coco Gauff will be making her debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 20-year-old will also lead Team USA in the marquee event.
The draws for the women’s and men’s tennis competition at the 2024 Summer Games were unveiled on Thursday. Journalist Jose Morgado opined on X (formerly Twitter) that Swiatek’s campaign could be a “nightmare” as she might face tough opponents such as Diana Shnaider or Linda Noskova in the third round, Jelena Ostapenko or Danielle Collins in the quarterfinals and Elina Rybakina in the semifinals.
TrendingMoreover, Morgado believed that the No. 2 seed, Coco Gauff was given a relatively easy draw.
“Men’s draw looks balanced. Iga got a very tough draw… Noskova/Shnaider R3, Penko/Collins QFs, Rybakina SFs. An absolute nightmare… if this wasn’t Roland Garros and clay. Gauff with a dream draw,” Morgado wrote.
Six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker later disagreed with Morgado’s views, writing that there is no inherently good or bad draw. Becker believed that the difficulty depends on a player’s mindset and performance.
“The draw is what you make of it … There is no good or bad draw !” Becker wrote.
This will be Iga Swiatek’s second appearance at the Olympics. The 23-year-old was eliminated by Spain’s Paula Badosa in the second round at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Iga Swiatek will miss the mixed doubles competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics, while Coco Gauff to play in all the categories
Iga Swiatek is set to miss the mixed doubles competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is because the International Tennis Federation denied the main draw wildcard entry to Swiatek and Jan Zielinski. The news was recently shared by Polish journalist Dominik Senkowski on X.
“Yesterday, the Polish Tennis Association applied to the International Tennis Federation for a wild card for the pair of Iga Świątek – Jan Zieliński to the mixed doubles tournament at the Olympics. The federation rejected the application, citing the regulations, but without specific justification,” Senkowski wrote ( Translated form Polish).
Huber Hurckaz was going to be Swiatek’s partner in the mixed doubles category before Zielinski. However, the 27-year-old withdrew from the Summer Games as he was unable to recover from the knee injury he sustained during his campaign at Wimbledon 2024. Nevertheless, Iga Swiatek will be aiming for her first Olympic medal in the singles competition.
Gauff on the other hand, will partner with the World No. 11 Taylor Fritz for the mixed doubles event at the Olympics. She will play women’s doubles alongside Jessica Pegula.
Paris 2024 women’s draw: Iga Swiatek faces tricky path, Naomi Osaka vs Angelique Kerber R1
The women’s singles draw at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been revealed, and it may not be a smooth path Iga Swiatek has to take if she wants to take home a gold medal.
The world No 1, making her second Olympic appearance, is a heavy favourite for the title at Roland Garros, having lost just once on clay in 2024 – and winning the French Open four times in five years.
Swiatek’s early draw looks fairly safe, with an opening contest against Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu followed by a round two against Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska or French ace Dianne Parry.
However, things may get more complicated for the five-time major winner after that.
Her projected round three opponent is 15th seed Diana Shnaider, a three-time titleist on the WTA Tour this season who comes in after winning the WTA 250 in Budapest.
She could then face eighth seed Danielle Collins or 10th seed Jelena Ostapenko – who she has never beaten in four previous meetings – in the last eight.
However, potential semi-final opponent Elena Rybakina is now out of the draw due to illness, with Caroline Garcia becoming the 17th seed and moving to that spot.
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Home favourite Garcia will face Jaqueline Cristian in round one – and the winner will face either Naomi Osaka or Angelique Kerber, who contest a blockbuster clash.
Osaka and Kerber’s clash is perhaps the pick of the round one ties, with the two Grand Slam champions and former world No 1’s facing off in what is the latter’s final tournament.
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The highest player left in that second quarter is sixth seed Zheng Qinwen of China, who faces Daria Saville.
The bottom half of the draw is headlined by world No 2 and second seed Coco Gauff, who will be Team USA’s flagbearer at the opening ceremony on Friday.
Gauff has been handed a solid draw, with the American up against Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in round one, before a round two contest against Maria Lourdes Carle or Tatjana Maria.
Bianca Andreescu or 13th seed Donna Vekic are potential opponents in round three, before a projected quarter-final against seventh seed Maria Sakkari; the Greek starts her campaign versus Danka Kovinic.
Also in the bottom half of the draw is Italian No 1 and fourth seed Jasmine Paolini, who is projected to face Gauff in the last four.
The French Open and Wimbledon finalist begins versus Romania’s Ana Bogdan, though could then face a tricky round two against Magda Linette or Mirra Andreeva.
Also in this quarter of the draw are fifth seed Jessica Pegula and ninth seed – and Wimbledon champion – Barbora Krejcikova, who are set for a blockbuster round three clash.
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