Top-women in action this week
Many of the top ladies are playing this week at the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin. The top-seed is Justine Henin, who is playing for the first time since her quarterfinal loss to Serena Williams in Miami. Henin will face qualifier Yung-Jan Chan in the second round.
Also playing this week is the aforementioned Serena Williams, who just happens to be in the same quarter as Henin. That would be a very interesting quarterfinal match, because Henin has dominated Williams on clay, winning four of their five matches. Williams will face Italian Francesca Schiavone in the second round.
Joining Henin and Williams this week are Ana Ivanovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Jelena Jankovic, Anna Chakvetadze, Elena Dementieva, Marion Bartoli, and more.
The ladies are already in action this morning, and Academy student Sabine Lisicki won her opening round match over 14th-seeded Shahar Peer. Lisicki, who is now ranked #102 in the world, upset the 18th ranked player in the world 7-5, 6-1 and will now face either Sybille Bammer or Michaella Krajicek in the second round. Lisicki made a big splash earlier this year when she reached the fourth round at Miami, beating Anna Chakvetadze in the process.
Other winners this morning include: Nadia Petrova, Kaia Kanepi, Alona Bondarenko, Caroline Wozniacki, Lucie Safarova, and Agnes Szavay.
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