Aces
Agnes Szavay, who was last week’s champion in Palermo, is blogging for the WTA Tour this week. (Agnes Szavay’s Bad Gastein Blog)
Patty Schnyder paid a visit to the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital yesterday at Stanford. (Schnyder Visits Children At Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital)
Net Cords
Rain halted play on Tuesday at the Gastein Ladies tournament in Austria. (Rain hits Bad Gastein)
Faults
None today!
Top Results on Tuesday
Bank of the West Classic First Round
(8) Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 6-4 6-2
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 3-6 7-5 6-4
(Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) d. Julia Vakulenko (UKR) 3-6 6-3 6-2
Gastein Ladies First Round
(4) Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU) 6-2 4-6 7-5
(7) Karin Knapp (ITA) d. (WC) Eva Hoch (AUT) 6-2 6-3
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) leads (3) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 6-4 2-6 1-0
Stars on Court Today
Stanford: Tu vs. Bammer, Peng vs. Hantuchova, Kirilenko vs. Srebotnik, Osterloh vs. Bartoli
Bad Gastein: Schiavone vs. Gagliardi, Meusburger vs. Loit, Groenefeld vs. Vinci
