Serb
Jelena Jankovic is the only Top 20 player in residence this week at the WTA stop in Seoul, joined by seeds
Nicole Vaidisova,
Tatiana Golovin,
Gisela Dulko,
Ai Sugiyama, Vera Douchevina,
Shinobu Asagoe, and
Marion Bartoli.
Wildcards went to Koreans Kyung-Mi Chang and So-Jung Kim.
Missing is world No. 1
Maria Sharapova, who last year won the title with a 1-and-1 shellacking of
Marta Domachowska in the final.
Scheduled for Monday is Bartoli vs. Tanasugarn, Spears vs. Douchevina, Shaughnessy vs. Panova, and Washington vs. Diaz-Oliva.