Lindsay Davenport is wasting no time in her return to the WTA Tour, winning
Bali last week and appearing unseeded this week at the China Open in
Beijing.
Davenport opens against a qualifier and then could face No. 8 seed
Eleni Daniilidou who she defeated last week.
Beijing is also the return for another former No. 1 in
Amelie Mauresmo, who briefly dropped out of the Top 10 after missing the
US Open with injury.
US Open champ
Justine Henin withdrew from the event with illness.
Order of seeding for the event is
Svetlana Kuznetsova,
Jelena Jankovic, Mauresmo,
Elena Dementieva,
Martina Hingis,
Agnes Szavay,
Anabel Medina Garrigues, and Daniilidou.
Wildcards went to China's
Zi Yan and
Tiantian Sun, who opens against Hingis.
Kuznetsova will attempt to defend her title from last year when she beat the top-seeded Mauresmo 6-4, 6-0.
