Preview before the tournament
1# Jelena Dokic overcame her slump and won in Los Angeles by beating Lubomira Kurhajcova who ended the tournament winner run of Amelie Mauresmo (Olympics, Stanford). She will either play Chanda Rubin or Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi, who beat her earlier on hardcourts.
6# Paola Suarez, who lost early last week, will play Forest Hills finalist Katarina Srebotnik or slumping Petra Mandula.
4# Martina Hingis, who lost also very early last week, will either play semifinalist from Cincinatti, Maggie Maleeva or Iveta Benesova. Maleeva vs Benesova should be an interesting one as both are former doubles partner.
5# Mervana Jugic-Salkic will open against either Vera Zvonareva or Monica Seles.
8# Amelie Mauresmo, first time seeded in this big event plays against countrywoman Tatiana Golovin. She is probably the biggest favourite, winning two titles and reaching semis last week.
Jennifer Capriati, this week unseeded opens against another talented player Maria Kirilenko, who had fantastic matches at Wimbledon and the Olympics.
3# Jie Zheng will either play Eleni Daniilidou or Serena Williams in the second round.
7# Maureen Drake will face her last weeks opponment in the final of Cincinatti again here. Can Karolina get revenge?
Virag Nemeth will take on surprising LA semifinalist Rossana Neffa-de los Rios.
2# Venus Williams, who lost to Kurhajcova last week plays definitly one Russian - either Sharapova or Kuznetsova.
