The appearance of troubled part-time Aussie
Jelena Dokic, before the former Top 5er withdrew from the event with injury, was one of the bigger news stories for this week's Moorilla
Hobart International, which features no Top 10 players on the WTA Rankings.
Instead Italian
Flavia Pennetta will try and bolster interest as the top seed, joined by Swiss
Patty Schnyder, Russian
Anna Chakvetadze, China's
Jie Zheng, Hungarian
Agnes Szavay, Canuck
Aleksandra Wozniak, the Ukraine's "Leave Me"
Alona Bondarenko, and Thai temptress
Tamarine Tanasugarn.
Aussie fans will get a look at the potential next generation of women's hopefuls with wildcards allotted to Sally Peers, Olivia Rogowska and
Jessica Moore.
The top-seeded Pennetta will be tested in her opener, drawn against Israeli No. 1
Shahar Peer.
