Users
in X reported errors in the practice schedule of the
Rome Open, including
former world No. 1
Ashleigh Barty, despite it being over two years since her
retirement. Unfortunately, fans cannot get excited about the Australian's
return, as it is an organizational error.
However,
it caught attention on social media that on Sunday, May 5th, there was a
scheduled training session for Barty on Court 9 at the Foro Italico.
Supposedly, the 3-times Grand Slam champion was going to train for an hour with
the local young player Jennifer Ruggeri, who will play in the qualifying
rounds.
Barty
has been retired since 2022 and participated in the Rome Open three times,
without significant results, as her best performance was in 2021 when she
reached the quarterfinals. On that occasion, Barty was leading the match
against the 17-year-old
Coco Gauff 6-4, 2-1, but had to retire due to an injury
to her right arm.
Barty
is not the only error found in the practice schedule. For example, the 2013
finalist
Victoria Azarenka appears with the flag of the United States. A
similar case with
Cameron Norrie, who also appears with the American flag in
the schedule for his training session with Yannik Hanfmann.
Another
curious error appears on Court 5, where
Yulia Putintseva is scheduled to train
with
Polina Kudermetova, when in reality, it is her older sister Veronika
Kudermetova, considering that Polina is enrolled this week in the ITF W60
Trnava 3 in Slovakia.