Preview before the tournament
1# Jelena Dokic, who seems to in a slump has a first round bye and will either play young French girl Tatiana Golovin or Anastasia Myskina, who tries everything at the moment to win matches.
6# Mervana Jugic-Salkic will play injured Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova or Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi - if she and Jelena can win their first matches, both will set up a meeting in the Quaterfinals.
4# Martina "Bitch" Hingis, who reached the final in Stanford last week, will play against Rossana Neffa-de los Rios or Eleni Daniilidou.
5# Ai Sugiyama, who lost surprisingly early last week will play either the hot Maria Kirilenko or Serena Williams, who was seeded last week.
8# Jennifer Capriati is the only seed who has to play its first round match - and she got a difficult one. Maria Sharapova, fresh from her semifinal finish in Stanford, beating 1# Dokic there, is a tough oponment. Her second round opponment would be more difficult with the back-to-back winner Amelie Mauresmo or her former doubles partner Monica Seles.
3# Jie Zheng, who also lost early last week will play last weeks semifinalist Vera Zvonareva or Iveta Benesova.
7# Paola Suarez, who is going to be tournament director for three weeks, will open against either Lubomira Kurhajcova or Petra Mandula.
2# Venus Williams, who won the title from Forest Hills last week will play Chanda Rubin or Nathalie Dechy in her second round.
