Naomi Osaka, Cori Gauff and Serena Williams will all play in the main draw of the Internazionali d’Italia in Rome. The tournament will be staged from the 10th of May and it will mark the comeback to competitions of Serena Williams that has not been playing since she lost in the semi-finals at the Australian Open. The defending champion is Simona Halep that defeated Karolina Pliskova after the Czech retired in the final.
Here the latest entry list
1 Barty, Ashleigh (AUS)
2 Osaka, Naomi (JPN)
3 Halep, Simona (ROU)
4 Kenin, Sofia (USA)
5 Svitolina, Elina (UKR)
6 Andreescu, Bianca (CAN)
7 Sabalenka, Aryna (BLR)
8 Williams, Serena (USA)
9 Pliskova, Karolina (CZE)
10 Kvitova, Petra (CZE)
11 Bertens, Kiki (NED)
12 Bencic, Belinda (SUI)
13 Muguruza, Garbiñe (ESP)
14 Brady, Jennifer (USA)
15 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR)
16 Swiatek, Iga (POL)
17 Mertens, Elise (BEL)
18 Konta, Johanna (GBR)
19 Sakkari, Maria (GRE)
20 Vondrousova, Marketa (CZE)
21 Martic, Petra (CRO)
22 Muchova, Karolina (CZE)
23 Rybakina, Elena (KAZ)
24 Keys, Madison (USA)
25 Kerber, Angelique (GER)
26 Kontaveit, Anett (EST)
27 Jabeur, Ons (TUN)
28 Riske, Alison (USA)
29 Kudermetova, Veronika (RUS)
30 Putintseva, Yulia (KAZ)
31 Vekic, Donna (CRO)
32 Yastremska, Dayana (UKR)
33 Pegula, Jessica (USA)
34 Alexandrova, Ekaterina (RUS)
34 Zheng, Saisai (CHN) SR
35 Gauff, Cori (USA)
36 Kuznetsova, Svetlana (RUS)
37 Kasatkina, Daria (RUS)
38 Krejcikova, Barbora (CZE)
39 Anisimova, Amanda (USA)
40 Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia (RUS)
41 Zhang, Shuai (CHN)
Naomi Osaka in 2021
Currently ranked no.2, Osaka played her last match on the 31st of March when she was defeated by world no.19 Maria Sakkari 6-0 6-4 in the quarter in Miami (draw).
This season the Japanese has an overall 12-1 record. The Japanese clinched 1 title at the Australian Open.
Cori Gauff in 2021
Currently the world no.35 (career-high), Cori played her last match on the 9th of April when she was defeated by world no.25 Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Charleston (draw).
Presently, during this year Gauff has achieved a composed 14-7 record. Cori Gauff’s most significant achievement of the present year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Naomi Osaka and Cori Gauff faced off only on 2 occasions. Their current record is 1-1. The last time they played, Cori Gauff won 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne (Australian Open) in January 2020.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
Serena Williams in 2021
Now the world no.8, Serena played her last match on the 18th of February when she lost to world no.2 Naomi Osaka 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal of the Australian Open (draw).
At present, during this year the American has a 8-1 record. Serena Williams’s best performance of the present year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne and at the Australian Open.
