Welcome to Strasbourg, France! As final preparations are made for the second major of the year, Roland Garros, many doubles teams head to the nearby city of Strasbourg, also in France to make sure they're ready to step it up on the big stage. Again, they are competing in this tournament again and this time are the first seeds, Natalie Grandin and Vladimira Uhlirova, have played together regularly this year, some of the others top teams in the Strasbourg draw, also in action are second seeds Olga Govortsova and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, as well as fourth seeds Timea Babos and Su-Wei Hsieh, the third seeds are Mandy Minella and Pauline Parmentier. One darkhorse team could be Kai-Chen Chang and Chia-Jung Chuang, who are an excellent doubles team and also Monique Adamczak and Stephanie Bengson, Bengson made the third round of the Australian Open with Tyra Calderwood. With these teams and twelve more in action, competition in Strasbourg should be exciting as the French Open looms. Vote now as the Internationaux de Strasbourg kicks off!
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[B][U]Previous Finals:[/U][/B]
[B]2011:[/B] Angelique Kerber GER/Katarzyna Piter POL beat Mirjana Lucic CRO/Mashona Washington USA | [B]6-3 6-4[/B]
The Favorites:
Top Half:Timea Babos HUN/Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [4]
Bottom Half:Mandy Minella LUX/Pauline Parmentier FRA [3]
Quarterfinals:
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [1] vs Kai-Chen Chang TPE/Chia-Jung Chuang TPE Timea Babos HUN/Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [4] vs Sloane Stephens USA/Jasmin Woehr GER
Monique Adamczak AUS/Stephanie Bengson AUS vs Mandy Minella LUX/Pauline Parmentier FRA [3]
Alberta Brianti ITA/Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA vs Olga Govortsova BLR/Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL [2]
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