Paul McNamee overlooks world number one Swiatek for upcoming French Open

Former Australian tennis player Paul McNamee has snubbed the world number one Iga Swiatek from the potential finalist list of the upcoming French Open. The second Grand Slam of the year will begin on Sunday where players from all over the world will participate to battle for the ultimate prize.

McNamee, who won four Grand Slams in his career in the doubles category, in a post on his official account on the social media platform X—previously known as Twitter—shared an interesting lineup of finalists for the Roland Garros where he snubbed the reigning world number one Swiatek in favour of world number two Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka and Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko. “With Roland Garros about to start, on the beautiful terre battu in the heart of Springtime in Paris, here are my finals matchups : Men’s: Djokovic v Alcaraz Women’s: Ostapenko v Sabalenka. To all players, play well, and may the best man/woman win. See you in Paris,” he wrote.

Swiatek is coming into the event as a strong favourite. She has been crowned champion thrice at Roland Garros and will defend her back-to-back titles this year. Swiatek has been in fabulous form in the 2024 season, having already lifted the Qatar Open, Indian Wells, Madrid Open, and Rome Open.