Kimiko Date Krumm and Shahar Peer return to winners circle once again..

Kimiko Date Krumm has put herself into the talk in what is now becoming the year of the comeback in women's tennis. Date Krumm who was retired for 12 years, and surprisingly decided to play tennis again on the WTA tour last year. Her comeback is at a peak now, winning this weeks tournament in Seoul, South Korea. Date-Krumm upset Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain to claim the championship. My pick to win the tournament Alisa Kleybanova only made it to the 2nd round. She was a victim to Date-Krumm's unexpected hot streak.

Shahar Peer made it 2 tournament victories in a row, by defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the Tashkent Open in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Peer now has won the last 2 weeks, and seems to be hitting the same form she showed a couple years ago when she was a top 15 player. The weak fields she had to face in both tournaments didn't hurt in her taking both crowns. Still it is very difficult to win on the WTA tournament, and winning 2 in a row is a great accomplishment. I had predicted a Shvedova over Peer in the final. I was a little off. Shvedova reached the semifinals but fell to Amanmuradova. Peer did make the final, so i wasn't that far off.

On the mens side there was 2 tournaments. A clay court tournament in Bucharest, Romania and a indoor carpet tournament in Metz, France.

The clay tournament in Bucharest saw 2 clay court specialists work their way to the finals. Argentine, Juan Monaco and Spaniard Albert Montanes squared off for the championship. Montanes was able to claim victory after a tough, gritty, hard-fought match. My prediction to win the tournment Nicolas Almagro fell in the 2nd round.

It took Gael Monfils 3 sets to beat Philipp Kohlschreiber and claim the tournament championship in Metz, France. Along with Monfils victory the tournament featured the comeback of Richard Gasquet off suspension of cocaine use. (allegedly) Gasquet made a nice run to the semifinals, where he lost to Monfils. My pick to win Paul-Henri Mathieu made it to the semifinals as well, but lost to Kohlschreiber.