Israel's
Anna Smashnova leads the star-challenged field this week at the WTA stop in Budapest, joined by seeds
Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, Italian
Roberta Vinci, Croatian
Jelena Kostanic, Italian Antonella Serra "Nevada" Zanetti, Argentine Mariana Diaz-Oliva, Slovak Martina "Nurse, Hand Me a" Sucha, and Czech "Oh!"
Zuzana Ondraskova.
In last year's final No. 8 seed
Jelena Jankovic defeated Sucha 7-6(4), 6-3.
On court Monday on the dirt in Budapest are Cervanova vs. Schruff, Kostanic vs. Loit, Bychkova vs. Chladkova, Castano vs. Vinci, and Diaz-Oliva vs. Parra Santonja.
