Geneva Open: Men's Highlights and Paris gets ready for French Open
Casper Ruud has made his way to the Geneva Clay finals by defeating Reilly Opelka 7-6 (2), 7-5 in the semi-finals.
JOAO SOUSA (POR) in actionThe other finalist against whom Ruud will be fighting for the title is Joao Sousa, who was a runner in the same tournament seven years ago. Richard Gasquet lost to Sousa in yesterday's semi-finals 6-2, 6-2 allowing Sousa to qualify for the finals. Though Gasquet was in great form, after defeating the world's no. 2 Medvedev, he couldn't succeed against Sousa. Gasquet had conquered the world's top two after almost 17 years since he last defeated Roger Federer in 2005.
Ruud, while commenting on his battle for the final, said, "He (Reilly Opelka) is a similar age to myself, and it will be another battle against him, and hopefully it will be a good one."
It will be an exciting battle for the final as it is just before the French Open and would indicate if Casper Rudd can take his recent form to the French Open. Joao Sousa, the veteran player in the men's circuit, is having a resurgence, and a win could make him a serious contender for the rest of the season.
Preview and sneak view of Women's rank and preparation for the French Open
With the French Open approaching, 32 women have been seeded to compete for the grand slam title. The 32 players in their order of seed are herein below:
1 Iga Świątek (Poland)
2 Barbora Krejčíková (Czechia)
3 Paula Badosa (Spain)
4 Maria Sakkari (Greece)
5 Anett Kontaveit (Estonia)
6 Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
7 Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
8 Karolína Plíšková (Czechia)
9 Danielle Collins (USA)
10 Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain)
11 Jessica Pegula (USA)
12 Emma Raducanu (Great Britain)
13 Jeļena Ostapenko (Latvia)
14 Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
15 Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
16 Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
17 Leylah Fernandez (Canada)
18 Coco Gauff (USA)
19 Simona Halep (Romania)
20 Daria Kasatkina (Russia)
21 Angelique Kerber (Germany)
22 Madison Keys (USA)
23 Jil Teichmann (Switzerland)
24 Tamara Zidanšek (Slovenia)
25 Ludmilla Samsonova (Russia)
26 Sorana Cîrstea (Romania)
27 Amanda Anisimova (USA)
28 Camila Giorgi (Italy)
29 Veronika Kudermetova (Russia)
30 Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia)
31 Elise Mertens (Belgium)
32 Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)
The objective of seeding is to ensure that top players do not compete with each other in the early rounds. The aim is to make them defeat the weaker players and see each other in the finals. Although many times the non-seeded players have also ended up winning the title. Barbora Krejcikova, who now holds world rank no. 3, held the non-seeded 33rd position in the last year's Roland-Garros, where she won the finals by defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.