Pan Pacific Open draw: Eala gets Stojsavljevic, Rybakina waits in the top half
Elena Rybakina, the world No 1 and only top-10 player in the field, heads the Pan Pacific Open draw in Tokyo starting on Monday. Alex Eala opens against British wildcard Mika Stojsavljevic, the lowest-ranked player in the field.
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O quadro do WTA 500 de Tóquio agora tem forma. Elena Rybakina está no topo da chave do Pan Pacific Open, Maja Chwalinska segura a outra metade, e Alex Eala recebeu uma primeira missão bem diferente.
O Ariake Coliseum, com suas quadras duras ao ar livre, recebe o evento de segunda-feira, 26 de outubro, a domingo, 1 de novembro. É a 52ª edição e o último torneio WTA 500 do calendário de 2026.
Belinda Bencic volta para defender a coroa que conquistou em 2025, quando bateu Linda Noskova na final.
Seis jogadoras desistiram: Jessica Pegula, Elina Svitolina, Iga Swiatek, Marta Kostyuk, Iva Jovic e Anna Kalinskaya.
Vinte e oito jogadoras compõem a chave, oito delas cabeças de chave — Rybakina, Chwalinska, Diana Shnaider, Bencic, Elise Mertens, Sorana Cirstea, Naomi Osaka e Eala. As quatro primeiras cabeças de chave folgam na primeira rodada.
Rybakina, número 1 do ranking e única top 10 presente, estreia na segunda rodada contra Maria Sakkari ou uma classificada. Projeta-se uma quartas de final com a quinta cabeça de chave Mertens e depois uma semifinal contra a quarta cabeça de chave Bencic.
Bencic abre contra Ann Li ou Ekaterina Alexandrova, com a sexta cabeça de chave Cirstea como possível adversária nas oitavas de final.
Na parte de baixo, a segunda cabeça de chave Chwalinska — campeã em Wuhan na semana passada — enfrenta Wang Xinyu ou uma classificada e pode encontrar a sétima cabeça de chave Osaka ou Jasmine Paolini, que não é cabeça de chave, nas quartas de final. Osaka e Paolini jogam uma contra a outra no duelo de destaque da primeira rodada; a vencedora pega a convidada Mia Pohankova ou uma classificada. Quem sobreviver àquele quadrante tem projeção de enfrentar a terceira cabeça de chave Shnaider ou a oitava cabeça de chave Eala na semifinal.
Shnaider começa contra Nikola Bartunkova ou uma classificada. Eala estreia contra Mika Stojsavljevic, uma convidada britânica com ranking abaixo de todas as outras jogadoras da chave, e depois pode pegar Talia Gibson ou uma classificada antes de uma possível quartas de final com Shnaider — que a venceu no Ningbo Open nesta semana.
Nenhuma outra classificada para as WTA Finals está competindo em Ningbo ou em Tóquio.
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