defending champion Iga Swiatek had a very big pitfall on her way, Elena Rybakina who was promised to her in the semifinals. But the Kazakh, 4th in the world, withdrew Saturday before her third....
In the men's draw, the first matches allowed Holger Rune (6th) to brilliantly confirm his status as an outsider against the big favorites Carlos Alcaraz (N.1) and Novak Djokovic (3rd), whom he could only face in the final.