No. 7 ranked Elena Dementieva of Russia is seeded No. 1 for the $700,000 WTA Open GDF Suez being played in Paris, France, February 8-10, 2010. After a 1st round bye, Dementieva will take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia who was a 1st round winner over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic.
The top seeds include:
- Elena Dementieva of Russia (Ranked No. 7).
- Flavia Pennetta of Italy (Ranked No. 12)
- Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium (Ranked No. 15)
- Francesca Schiavone of Italy (Ranked No. 18)
- Aravane Rezai of France (Ranked No. 21)
- Shahar Peer of Israel (Ranked No. 22)
- Virginie Razzano of France (Ranked No. 24)
- Elena Vesnina of the Ukraine (Ranked No. 29).
Updates:
Its already over for Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano at Coubertin. The number 7 seed at the Open GDF SUEZ got a beating in the first round from Switzerlands Patty Schnyder, stronger and victorious 6-3, 7-6 (3) in 1 hr. 30 min. of play
Yanina Wickamyer played in the Open GDF SUEZ as number three seed. And after an exemplary Fed Cup weekend, the young Belgian will do what it takes to go as far as possible and get a little closer to her objective: reach the Top 10.
After two Fed Cup victories this weekend against Parmentier and Coin, young Melanie Oudin pursues her French journey with a first victory at the Open GDF SUEZ over Sorana Cirstea. An effortless match in two sets (6-3, 6-0).
N°8 seed Elena Vesnina had a perfect start in the 2010 Open GDF SUEZ by defeating Romania’s Alexandra Dulgheru. The Russian player was very relaxed after her first-round match.
