Defending Champ Zvonareva Returns at WTA Memphis
Posted on February 14, 2005Russian Vera Zvonareva returns to defend her title this week at the Top 10-less "Regions Morgan Keegan Championships & The Cellular South Cup" in Memphis.
Memphis is the first WTA Tour event to break ground with a near-paragraph-length sponsor for 2005.
Joining the Russian among the seeds are Americans Amy Frazier, Meghann Shaughnessy and Mashona "Little Sis" Washington, Slovak Martina "Nurse, Hand Me a" Sucha, Russians Alina Jidkova and Evgenia Linetskaya, and Czech teen next-in-line Nicole Vaidisova.
Other notables in the field are wildcard Michaella Krajicek, the back-from-injury Chanda Rubin vs. (8) Linetskaya, Bulgarian comer Sesil Karatantcheva, and the vociferous Jamea "Action" Jackson.
In last year's final, the top-seeded Zvonareva outlasted No. 2 seed Lisa Raymond 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Three matches kicked off Sunday night in Memphis, with winners Karatantcheva (d. Noorlander), (WC) Katerina Bondarenko (d. (6) Jidkova in three), and Jackson (d. American countrywoman (2) Frazier in three).
The singles qualifying was also completed, with four onto the big dance in Angela Haynes (USA), Yuka Yoshida (JPN), Jennifer Hopkins (USA), and Katerina Bohmova.
On court Monday are Rubin vs. Linetskaya, Vaidisova vs. Lee-Waters, Irvin vs. Haynes, Washington vs. Spears, Sucha vs. Morigami, Beltrame vs. Osterloh, Brandi vs. Hopkins, and Craybas vs. Sromova.
Memphis is the first WTA Tour event to break ground with a near-paragraph-length sponsor for 2005.
Joining the Russian among the seeds are Americans Amy Frazier, Meghann Shaughnessy and Mashona "Little Sis" Washington, Slovak Martina "Nurse, Hand Me a" Sucha, Russians Alina Jidkova and Evgenia Linetskaya, and Czech teen next-in-line Nicole Vaidisova.
Other notables in the field are wildcard Michaella Krajicek, the back-from-injury Chanda Rubin vs. (8) Linetskaya, Bulgarian comer Sesil Karatantcheva, and the vociferous Jamea "Action" Jackson.
In last year's final, the top-seeded Zvonareva outlasted No. 2 seed Lisa Raymond 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Three matches kicked off Sunday night in Memphis, with winners Karatantcheva (d. Noorlander), (WC) Katerina Bondarenko (d. (6) Jidkova in three), and Jackson (d. American countrywoman (2) Frazier in three).
The singles qualifying was also completed, with four onto the big dance in Angela Haynes (USA), Yuka Yoshida (JPN), Jennifer Hopkins (USA), and Katerina Bohmova.
On court Monday are Rubin vs. Linetskaya, Vaidisova vs. Lee-Waters, Irvin vs. Haynes, Washington vs. Spears, Sucha vs. Morigami, Beltrame vs. Osterloh, Brandi vs. Hopkins, and Craybas vs. Sromova.