Kuzy, Stick Girl Top Seeds at WTA New Haven
Posted on August 20, 2007The top players are resting the week before the US Open, but Top 10ers Svetlana Kuznetsova and Daniela Hantuchova are looking for some last minute match practice this week at the Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven, Conn.
Also among the seeds are France's Marion Bartoli, Russian Dinara Safina, Swiss Patty Schnyder, Russian Elena Dementieva, Austria's Sybille Bammer, and the Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko.
The Top 4 seeds receive byes, but some early-round encounters of interest exist in (7) Bammer vs. American Meghann Shaughnessy, and (4) Safina vs. American wildcard Vania King, (8) Bondarenko vs. Sania Mirza, and (2) Hantuchova vs. Aussie Sam Stosur in a potential second-rounders.
Wildcards for the event went to King and fellow American Ashley "Pebbles" Harkleroad.
In last year's final, second-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne beat No. 7 Lindsay Davenport who retired with a right shoulder strain.
Also among the seeds are France's Marion Bartoli, Russian Dinara Safina, Swiss Patty Schnyder, Russian Elena Dementieva, Austria's Sybille Bammer, and the Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko.
The Top 4 seeds receive byes, but some early-round encounters of interest exist in (7) Bammer vs. American Meghann Shaughnessy, and (4) Safina vs. American wildcard Vania King, (8) Bondarenko vs. Sania Mirza, and (2) Hantuchova vs. Aussie Sam Stosur in a potential second-rounders.
Wildcards for the event went to King and fellow American Ashley "Pebbles" Harkleroad.
In last year's final, second-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne beat No. 7 Lindsay Davenport who retired with a right shoulder strain.