Venus Hopes to Rebound at WTA Hansol Korea Open


Posted on September 24, 2007

Venus Williams competes for the first time since losing to eventual champion Justine Henin at the US Open, appearing as the top seed this week at the Hansol Korea Open.


Joining Williams among the seeds are Beijing champ Agnes Szavay, Japan's Ai Sugiyama, Russian Maria Kirilenko, Greece's Eleni Daniilidou, Germany's Martina Muller, and Japan's Aiko Nakamura and Akiko Morigami.

Judging by William's high standards and the low quality of the field, anything less than a title could be a failure by the former No. 1-ranked American. Williams opens against a qualifier, than faces the winner of Aussie Casey Dellacqua and Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn.

Ahsha Rolle is the lone other American joining Williams in the draw out of the main draw acceptances.

Wildcards for the event went to Koreans Sung-Hee Han, So-Jung Kim, and Ye-Ra Lee.

Daniilidou is the defending champion, last year as an unseeded player upending the No. 4-seeded Sugiyama 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(3).
Rankings
ATP - Feb 06 WTA - Feb 06
1 Novak Djokovic1 Victoria Azarenka
2 Rafael Nadal2 Petra Kvitova
3 Roger Federer3 Maria Sharapova
4 Andy Murray4 Caroline Wozniacki
5 David Ferrer5 Samantha Stosur
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6 Agnieszka Radwanska
7 Tomas Berdych7 Marion Bartoli
8 Mardy Fish8 Vera Zvonareva
9 Janko Tipsarevic9 Na Li
10 Juan Martin Del Potro10 Andrea Petkovic
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