Marion Bartoli, 2007's Wimbledon finalist, will make her debut on grass at DFS Classic, hoping to find her best footing on the slick lawns of the Edgbaston Priory Club.Last year at Wimbledon, she made a breakthrough to the final, on the way beating Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic, Shahar Peer and others, but losing to Venus William in the final.
This week the No. 10 ranked frenchwoman will, has a bye in the first round, and in the second round will play either Chinese Yuan Meng or Czech Petra Cetkovska.Bartoli's biggest competitor will be Nicole Vaidisova, the No. 3 seeded, who was being replaced for Dinara Safina because she was forced to withdraw due to a low back injury.
After a first round bye, the Czech teenager will kick off her campaign against one of two talented Frenchwomen, either Nathalie Dechy or Severine Bremond.
This is the 27th year Birmingham has been a Sony Ericsson WTA Tour stop, after its inaugural staging in 1982. Former champions at the event include Billie Jean King, Pam Shriver, Martina Navratilova, Nathalie Tauziat, Lisa Raymond, Jelena Dokic, Magdalena Maleeva (2003), Maria Sharapova (2004, 2005), Vera Zvonareva (2006) and Jelena Jankovic (2007).
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