FRENCH OPEN 2023: Defending champion Swiatek seeded 1st; Sabalenka 2nd; Gauff 6th
FILE - Iga Swiatek returns the ball to Lesia Tsurenko at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Play begins at the French Open on Sunday, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Andrew Medichini]
PARIS (AP) — The Associated Press takes a look at some of the women considered contenders at the 2023 French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament. Play begins on the red clay courts of Roland Garros on Sunday. The field is led by top-ranked Iga Swiatek. She is the defending champion. Seeded second is Aryna Sabalenka. She won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January. Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina is coming off a title on clay in Rome and is seeded fourth for the French Open. The top two American women are third-seeded Jessica Pegula and sixth-seeded Coco Gauff. Gauff was the runner-up in Paris as a teenager a year ago.
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FILE - Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka returns the ball to Sofia Kenin, of the United States, during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Play begins at the French Open on Sunday, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
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FILE - Jessica Pegula of the U.S. returns the ball to Russia's Veronika Kudermetova during their match at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Play begins at the French Open on Sunday, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
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