Mauresmo, Serena Headline Walking Wounded at WTA Linz


Posted on October 25, 2004

Recent former No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo will test her injured thigh, and Serena Williams her injured knee this week at the WTA stop in Linz, a Tier II event on the WTA calendar.

Also seeded are Vera "The Crying Game" Zvonareva, Nadia Petrova, Ai Sugiyama, Patty "Handshake" Schnyder, Karolina "The Spreminator" Sprem, and Elena "Lena" Bovina.

The top four seeds receive byes, with (8) Spreminator vs. American Meghann Shaughnessy in the first round, and a potential all-Russian in the second round in (5) Petrova vs. Elena Likhovtseva.

Sugiyama (2003) is the lone returning champ in the field.

On court Monday are Bartoli vs. Panova, Bovina vs. Kostanic, and Likhovtseva vs. Sybille "Whammer" Bammer.
Rankings
ATP - Feb 06 WTA - Feb 06
1 Novak Djokovic1 Victoria Azarenka
2 Rafael Nadal2 Petra Kvitova
3 Roger Federer3 Maria Sharapova
4 Andy Murray4 Caroline Wozniacki
5 David Ferrer5 Samantha Stosur
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6 Agnieszka Radwanska
7 Tomas Berdych7 Marion Bartoli
8 Mardy Fish8 Vera Zvonareva
9 Janko Tipsarevic9 Na Li
10 Juan Martin Del Potro10 Andrea Petkovic
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