Five Grand Slam winners headline the Hastings Direct International Championships this week in Eastbourne, England on the lawns the week before Wimbledon in current No. 1
Amelie Mauresmo, former No. 1s
Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne, US Open winner
Svetlana Kuznetsova and French Open champ
Anastasia Myskina.
Other seeds are Italy's
Francesca Schiavone, German Anna-Lena Groenefeld, and Slovak
Daniela Hantuchova.
In last year's final the No. 7-seeded Clijsters rolled Russian qualifier Vera Douchevina 7-5, 6-0.
On court Monday in Eastbourne are Sugiyama vs. Srebotnik, Hantuchova vs. Likhovtseva, Dechy vs. Peer, Schiavone vs. O'Brien, and Ruutel vs. Morigami.
