[Knizzle]

Kim Clijsters (BEL)
BYE

Yoon Jeong Cho (KOR)
Emilie Loit (FRA)

Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
Maria Sharapova (RUS)

BYE
Nadia Petrova (RUS)

Silvia Farina Elia (ITA)
BYE

Shinobu Asagoe (JPN)
--- Qualifier--- (USA)

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
Magui Serna (ESP)

BYE
Jelena Dokic (YUG)

Chanda Rubin (USA)
BYE

Janette Husarova (SVK)
Rita Grande (ITA)

Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
Mary Pierce (FRA)

BYE
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
BYE

Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (ESP)
--- Qualifier--- (USA)

Marion Bartoli (FRA)
--- Qualifier--- (USA)

BYE
Conchita Martinez (ESP)

Magdalena Maleeva (BUL)
BYE

Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)
Akiko Morigami (JPN)

Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Cara Black (ZIM)

BYE
Elena Dementieva (RUS)

Alexandra Stevenson (USA)
BYE

Viktoriya Kutuzova (RUS)
Lina Krasnoroutskaya (RUS)

Virginie Razzano (FRA)
Saori Obata (JPN)

BYE
Ai Sugiyama (JPN)

Amanda Coetzer (RSA)
BYE

--- Qualifier--- (USA)
Angela Haynes (USA)

Tina Pisnik (SLO)
Fabiola Zuluaga (COL)

BYE
Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)

Elena Bovina (RUS)
BYE

Paola Suarez (ARG)
Alicia Molik (AUS)

Barbara Schett (AUT)
Amy Frazier (USA)

BYE
Lindsay Davenport (USA)

 

[Knizzle]

Kim Clijsters (BEL)
BYE

Yoon Jeong Cho (KOR)
Emilie Loit (FRA)

Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
Maria Sharapova (RUS)

BYE
Nadia Petrova (RUS)

Silvia Farina Elia (ITA)
BYE

Shinobu Asagoe (JPN)
--- Qualifier--- (USA)

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
Magui Serna (ESP)

BYE
Jelena Dokic (YUG)

Chanda Rubin (USA)
BYE

Janette Husarova (SVK)
Rita Grande (ITA)

Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
Mary Pierce (FRA)

BYE
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
BYE

Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (ESP)
--- Qualifier--- (USA)

Marion Bartoli (FRA)
--- Qualifier--- (USA)

BYE
Conchita Martinez (ESP)

Magdalena Maleeva (BUL)
BYE

Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)
Akiko Morigami (JPN)

Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Cara Black (ZIM)

BYE
Elena Dementieva (RUS)

Alexandra Stevenson (USA)
BYE

Viktoriya Kutuzova (RUS)
Lina Krasnoroutskaya (RUS)

Virginie Razzano (FRA)
Saori Obata (JPN)

BYE
Ai Sugiyama (JPN)

Amanda Coetzer (RSA)
BYE

--- Qualifier--- (USA)
Angela Haynes (USA)

Tina Pisnik (SLO)
Fabiola Zuluaga (COL)

BYE
Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)

Elena Bovina (RUS)
BYE

Paola Suarez (ARG)
Alicia Molik (AUS)

Barbara Schett (AUT)
Amy Frazier (USA)

BYE
Lindsay Davenport (USA)

This field is rather weak.

 

[selesfan1]

For a tier 2 it is weak but, overall it is not weak

 

[RYNJ]

compared to past years its weak

 

[RYNJ]

heres the TV Coverage in USA

WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Tue Aug 05 12:00pm PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Tue Aug 05 07:30pm PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Wed Aug 06 03:00am PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Wed Aug 06 05:00am PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Wed Aug 06 12:00pm PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Wed Aug 06 07:30pm PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Thu Aug 07 03:00am PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Thu Aug 07 05:00am PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Thu Aug 07 12:00pm PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Thu Aug 07 07:30pm PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Fri Aug 08 03:00am PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Early Rounds"
TENNIS, Fri Aug 08 05:00am PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Semifinal"
ESPN2, Sat Aug 09 07:00pm PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Final"
ESPN, Sun Aug 10 01:00pm PDT

• WTA Tennis - "JPMorgan Chase Open, Final"
ESPNHD, Sun Aug 10 01:00pm PDT

 

["Topaz"]

Yup, not too impressive. No offence to the other players, I think Kim can just bag this one.

 

[JasonW]

it would be nice to watch to the early rounds, but I don't get teh tennis channel

 

[wtn_amanda]

Molik

 

[SJW]

i thought LA was a Tier I not a Tier II...i guess i was mistaken

there are too many byes in that draw.....when Alex gets a bye you know uve over done it

 

[Knizzle]

i thought LA was a Tier I not a Tier II...i guess i was mistaken

there are too many byes in that draw.....when Alex gets a bye you know uve over done it

I predict that "bye" beats Alex 6-2, 6-3.

 

[i heart backhand]

LMAO... I :heart: Knizzle.

Maybe we'll see a good effort from Shaughnessy here. I'm dying for her to play some quality tennis.

 

[Rocketta]

i thought LA was a Tier I not a Tier II...i guess i was mistaken

there are too many byes in that draw.....when Alex gets a bye you know uve over done it

don't you mean when Conchita Martinez gets a bye on hard courts there are just too many damn byes.

 

[SanTaureau Fan]

Last time I checked Martinez is 14 in the world.

 

[MartinaI]

Looks a very easy draw for Kim, could be an interesting meeting with Petrova or Sharapova though.

 

[Rocketta]

Last time I checked Martinez is 14 in the world.

and its still hard court and there still should be enough ranked people ahead of her if there were only 4 byes.

 

[SanTaureau Fan]

Ranking has nothing to do with surface. Thomas Muster was still a top seed at the US Open even if he had most of his points on clay.

Anyway it's a 48 players draw instead of 28. Yes, there are more bye, but it's because the draw is large. She still has 5 matches to go if she wants to win the tournement, like a 28 players draw.

 

[Rocketta]

Ranking has nothing to do with surface. Thomas Muster was still a top seed at the US Open even if he had most of his points on clay.

Anyway it's a 48 players draw instead of 28. Yes, there are more bye, but it's because the draw is large. She still has 5 matches to go if she wants to win the tournement, like a 28 players draw.

yeah i understand that.

 

[SJW]

I predict that "bye" beats Alex 6-2, 6-3.

wow Alex will put up a lil resistance?!

one of these days Alex will suprise me and win something........actually, nahhhhhh

 

[liuxuan]

Its a decent draw for a tier II, however, Manhaten Beach used to be almost as strong as Miami or pre 2002 Indian Wells.

oh well, i guess itll be three in a row for Kim, in straights sets i bet too.

 

[RYNJ]

LOL,

Alexandra Stevenson defeats BYE 0-6, 0-5 ret ahahaha