Jankovic Heads Portoroz; Petkovic Defends in Bad Gastein; WTA Previews
Banka Koper Slovania Open
Portoroz, Slovenia
Surface: hard
Seeds: Jelena Jankovic, Petra Kvitova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Sara Errani, Dominika Cibulkova, Vera Dushevina, Polona Hercog, Sofia Arvidsson
Floaters: Anna Chakvetadze
Notes: wildcards went to Slovenia’s Andreja Klepac and Katarina Srebotnik, and Austria’s Tamira Paszek; currently-injured world No. 1 Dinara Safina defeated Errani in last year’s final.
Nurnberger Gastein Ladies
Bad Gastein, Austria
Surface: red clay
Seeds: Andrea Petkovic, Timea Bacsinzsky, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Klara Zakopalova, Sybille Bammer, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Tathiana Garbin, Anastasija Sevastova
Floaters: Aliza Cornet, Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Notes: Tough opener for (2) Bacsinzsky against Groenefeld; last year Petkovic beat Ioana Raluca Olaru in the all-unseeded final.
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