The tournament runs from April 10 to 12 and Poland will be locking horns with Ukraine and Switzerland. Last year, Poland was defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Italy. She has shifted her focus to the clay swing, which started with the Charleston Open in South Carolina. Swiatek is not playing in the tournament. Iga Swiatek is the defending champion in Madrid, Rome, and Paris Iga Swiatek is expected to end her trophy drought on the clay swing, for she, without a shadow of a doubt, is the best player on the red dirt in the WTA tour at present. Last year, except for the Stuttgart Open and the Paris Olympics, Swiatek won all the tournaments she played on clay.