5/11/2009

Week #19 preview: Madrid

Madrid (ESP), Premier, $3,600,000
The new tournament in Madrid is the most important tournament on the way to Roland Garros and one of the four biggest Premier event, mandatory for all players and ATP/WTA combined. The tournament is held in a new tennis complex called La Caja Magica. Russians Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova, finalists in Stuttgart and Rome in the last two weeks, will be the main favourites. But one must never forget about Serena and Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic, Elena Dementieva and young talent Victoria Azarenka.

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