According to Opta, the main favourite for the tournament is current world number one Iga Swiatek from Poland, with a 17% chance of winning. In second place is Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakina (4th WTA ranking) with a 9% chance. The top three is completed by Belarusian Arina Sabalenka, whose probability of winning is 7%.
Let us recall that on August 26, Iga Swiatek began her 118th week at the top of the world rankings, which allowed her to overtake the seven-time winner of Grand Slam tournaments, the Belgian Justine Henin (117 weeks) and take the eighth place in history.
- Swiatek has moved up to eighth place in history in terms of time spent on the top row of the WTA rankings.
Source: Sport
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