The best tournament of the week is the womens premier 5 WTA event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The tournament which is the equivalent of a mens masters series event will be played on hardcourt. Also there is a field of 64.
Top 8 seeds:
1. Caroline Wozniacki (#3 in the world rankings)
2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (#4)
3. Venus Williams (#5)
4. Victoria Azarenka (#6)
5. Elena Dementieva (#7)
6. Jelena Jankovic (#8)
7. Agnieszka Radwanska (#9)
8. Na Li (#10)
Other notables in the field: Sam Stosur, Flavia Pennetta, Marion Bartoli, Vera Zvonareva, Yanina Wickmayer, Francesca Schiavone, Nadia Petrova, Jie Zheng, and Shahar Peer. Some of the omissions that are not playing this week are Serena Williams and Dinara Safina who both are injured. I'm not sure why Henin or Clijsters is not playing. Ivanovic just plain sucks and probably doesn't have the confidence to get destroyed again at a tournament. Keep doing photo shoots Ana, that will surely help your game.
The Open 13 tournament in Marseille, France is a hardcourt tournament with a solid field.
Top 4 seeds:
1. Robin Soderling (#8)
2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (#9)
3. Gael Monfils (#13)
4. Tommy Robredo (#15)
Other notables playing this week: The return of Gilles Simon from injury, Mikhail Youzhny who will probably pull out with an injury, because he's a poosay., Marcos Baghdatis, and Julien Benneteau.
This week in Buenos Aires, Argentina is the Copa Telmex event, which is played on red clay. The field is filled with clay courters and features BFF's David Ferrer, and Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Top 4 seeds:
1. David Ferrer (#18)
2. Juan Carlos Ferrero (#22)
3. Nicolas Almagro (#26)
4. Juan Monaco (#27)
Other notables playing in the event: Albert Montanes, Igor Andreev, Victor Hanescu, and David Nalbandian returning from his hip injury.
The Regions Keegan Championships & The Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee is a joint event with both the men and women playing their tournaments at the same venue.
Top 4 mens seeds:
1. Andy Roddick (#7)
2. Fernando Verdasco (#11)
3. Radek Stepanek (#14)
4. Tommy Haas (#17)
other notables: Tomas Berdych, John Isner, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Sam Querrey, "Dr. Ivo" Ivo Karlovic, Ernests Gulbis (probably picking up toothless prostitutes on the streets of Memphis), and James Blake who plays Roddick in the first round. Better get a parachute James, because your free fall into obscurity continues.
Top 4 womens seeds:
1. Maria Sharapova (#16)
2. Melanie Oudin (#53)
3. Kaia Kanepi (#61)
4. Lucie Hradecka (#64)
Other notables: Petra Kvitova, Kristina Barrois, and a host of players who played last week in Midland like last weeks champion Elena Baltacha, Nicole Vaidisova, Marta Domachowska, Vania King, Sofia Arvidsson, Lilia Osterloh, Kathrin Woerle, Arantxa Rus, Laura Granville, Madison Brengle, and Anne Keothavong among a few more.
Hopefully Sharapova is using this tournament for a confidence booster. There is really no excuse for her not to be playing in Dubai with the other elite. This is a glorified ITF tournament, and if she doesn't come out the champion she will have even more embarrassment to deal with, other than her early exit from Melbourne.
The Copa BBVA-Colsanitas is a womens clay court tournament in Bogota, Colombia.
Top 4 seeds:
1. Gisela Dulko (#35)
2. Carla Suarez Navarro (#42)
3. Sara Errani (#45)
4. Polona Hercog (#63)
Other notables: There aren't any notables in this tournament. Just a bunch of dirt-rat chicks with long Spanish names, or long eastern european names.
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