Five Slam Winners Headline Lawn Play at WTA Eastbourne


Posted on June 19, 2006

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.
Rankings
ATP - May 20 WTA - May 20
1 Novak Djokovic1 Serena Williams
2 Andy Murray2 Maria Sharapova
3 Roger Federer3 Victoria Azarenka
4 Rafael Nadal4 Agnieszka Radwanska
5 David Ferrer5 Sara Errani
6 Tomas Berdych6 Na Li
7 Juan Martin Del Potro7 Petra Kvitova
8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga8 Angelique Kerber
9 Richard Gasquet9 Samantha Stosur
10 Janko Tipsarevic10 Caroline Wozniacki
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