No Top 10 players in residence this week as the Europeans hold court in Cincinnati, where Swiss
Patty Schnyder heads the field at the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open.
Also among the seeds are Russian
Vera Zvonareva, Serb
Jelena Jankovic, Slovak
Daniela Hantuchova, Frenchwoman
Marion Bartoli, Japan's
Ai Sugiyama, German Anna-Lena Groenefeld, and Czech
Kveta Peschke.
The funds were apparently lacking this year in Cincinnati to attract a top player such as
Lindsay Davenport, who in last year's final defeated Zvonareva.
Chanda Rubin also attempts her comeback from injury, facing fellow American
Laura Granville in her opener.
On court Monday are Dekmeijere vs. Mattek, Nakamura vs. Spears, Fedak vs. Peer, Kirkland vs. Brandi, Rubin vs. Granville, Luzhanska vs. Avants, Haynes or Ospina vs. Salerni, Peschke vs. Panova, Jidkova vs. Cho, and Bammer vs. Uberoi.
