Parks on clay is surprising!

Yesterday on Court 7, Viktorija Golubic dispatched Udvardy 6-0 6-2 in just over an hour. The 33-year-old from Zurich, coached by Robert Orlik, capped off a perfect day for Swiss Tennis with Bencic, Teichmann and Bandecchi all qualifying. A right-hander with a one-handed backhand, she has built her entire career on clay with two WTA titles on this surface. Her profile, with a sliced backhand and changes of pace, naturally generates angles that are difficult for baseline players to read. Her performance yesterday was the clearest of all the Swiss players this Sunday.

Alycia Parks, 24 years old, WTA No. 47, coached by her father, beat Fernandez yesterday 6-4 6-4 with her usual power from the baseline. But her 2026 clay season before this match was frankly modest: second round in Charleston, losing to Jovic, first round in Rome. No notable results on clay this season before that win yesterday. Reaching R2 here in 2025 by beating Muchova remains her best result on clay in a Grand Slam. She comes in with the confidence of a solid victory but without any real rhythm on this surface.