A complicated drawing for the LuckyLoser

The 17-year-old Austrian is the sensation of this early 2026 season. Under the wing of Francesca Schiavone, she’s been training in Italy at the Roland Garros champion’s academy since 2023. She’s a slightly vintage and spectacular player who uses an ultra-powerful one-handed backhand. Francesca and her team are in the process of building a WTA monster! We thought she’d be most comfortable on clay, but not at all: it really looks like she loves fast courts, and that’s all the better for us. First appearance here.Lilli Tagger has won ten of her last twelve matches at all levels, and holds a 13–4 record this season. We saw at Indian Wells that playing her first WTA 1000 of her career didn’t unsettle her at all.

The Porsche Team player is a survivor! Ella Seidel comes in today with Lucky Loser status, taken back into the draw at the last minute after Maya Joint’s withdrawal. Her qualifying run was marked by a blatant lack of composure in the final round against Rebeka Masarova. Although she managed to take the second set, Ella totally fell apart in the money time of the decider, losing 1–6, 7–5, 5–7. This scenario confirms her current struggles to close tight matches, a trend that also shows up in her stats, where she’s converting only 43.3% of her break points this season. She gets an unexpected second chance, but steps on court carrying the mental weight of a very fresh defeat.

Now, not sure that will be enough against the rising Austrian star! No pre-match stat shows any leak the German could exploit. Lilli does everything better.