Wednesday will be the first opportunity to see Iga Swiatek in action, since she parted ways with Wim Fissette and headed to Mallorca to get the counsel of Francisco Roig and … Rafa Nadal himself.
You can only think this will be good for her – a big step out of the too-protective bubble she has found refuge in for so many years, with advice from an absolute legend.
Already there’s a bit of a tweak on her serve; she now says she didn’t like the modified motion she had been using. The challenge is to play an actual match (against a scrappy opponent) with the old and new muscle memory fighting for prominence.
(Stuttgart and Rouen are six hours ahead of EDT)
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Indoor Clay
Dates: April 13 – 19, 2026
Prize Money: $1,206,446
Draws: S28 – D16
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Centre Court (12:30 p.m. start – 6:30 a.m. EDT)
1. [5] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) vs. [Q] Zeynep Sonmez (TUR)
2. [Q] Alycia Parks (USA) vs. [WC] Noma Noha Akague (GER)
3. [6] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) vs. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) (not before 5 p.m.)
4. [3] Iga Swiatek (POL) vs. Laura Siegemund (GER) (not before 6:30 p.m.)
5. [4] Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs. Eva Lys (GER)
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Court 1
1. [3] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) vs. Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Quinn Gleason (USA)
2. [2] Ellen Perez (AUS) / Demi Schuurs (NED) vs. Eri Hozumi (JPN) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE)
3. Linda Noskova (CZE) vs. Zhang Shuai (CHN) (not before 3 p.m.)
4. [4] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) vs Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Fanny Stollar (HUN)
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Open CapFinances Rouen Métropole
Location: Rouen, France
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Indoor Clay
Dates: April 13 – 19, 2026
Prize Money: $283,347
Draws: S32 – D16
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Centre Court (11:30 a.m. start – 5:30 a.m. EDT)
1. Anna Bondar (HUN) vs. [LL] Harmony Tan (FRA)
2. [9] Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) vs. Tatjana Maria (GER)
3. [2] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) vs. [WC] Fiona Ferro (FRA)
4. [1] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) vs Caty McNally (USA) (not before 5:30 p.m.)
5. [3] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) vs Katie Boulter (GBR) (not before 7:30 p.m.)
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Court 1
1. Lilli Tagger (AUT) vs. Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR)
2. [5] Ann Li (USA) vs. Kamilla Rakhimova (UZB)
3. Moboko Kobori (JPN) / Peangtarm Plipuech (THA) vs. Feng Shuo (CHN) / Nika Radisic (CLO) (not before 3 p.m.)
4. [4] Jesika Maleckova / Miriam Skoch (CZE) vs. Isabelle Haverlag (NED) / Maia Lumsden (GBR)
5. Magali Kempen (BEL) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) vs. Estelle Cascino (FRA) / Nicole Fossa Huergo (ARG)
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