Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Dates: October 13-19, 2008
Category: Tier II
Prize Money: $600,000
Draw: 28M/32Q/16D
Surface: Hard/Greenset

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Main draw - singles

JANKOVIC [1] v BYE
PETROVA v PENNETTA
SREBOTNIK v BACSINSZKY [WC]
DUSHEVINA [Q] v RADWANSKA [5]

ZVONAREVA [4] v BYE
MEDINA-GARRIGUES v LI
MAURESMO v AZARENKA
NICULESCU [Q] v CHAKVETADZE [7]

HANTUCHOVA [8] v KIRILENKO
WOZNIACKI v SCHIAVONE
A.BONDARENKO v CORNET
BYE v V.WILLIAMS [3]

SCHNYDER [6] v KVITOVA [Q]
ARVIDSSON [Q] v BAMMER
BARTOLI v SZAVAY
BYE v IVANOVIC [2]

im unsure about this draw. kirilenko played well against zvonareva in moscow, and we all know how daniela did against zvonareva. but its a new day and a new match. and daniela has a good record against kirilenko, so she definitely has chances against her. i just hope she can play confidently and does not give up.

hate the draw. Don't think she will beat Kirilenko. If she comes through that match, I think her chances are good for winning the second round match though. She beat Schiavone last week, and Wozniacki's form hasn't been good since US Open. Sure she won Japan Open, but didn't really beat anyone worth mentioning, and in Moscow she got a small leg injury and then retired with fever.

With the exception of Bacszinsky and the qualifiers, there really were no easy first round opponents. What's telling is that Daniela's own official website reported she was taking the week off. So those of us here knew more about Daniela's calendar than the folks running her official website did. That says a lot about how much Daniela and her management team care about the site.

With the exception of Bacszinsky and the qualifiers, there really were no easy first round opponents. What's telling is that Daniela's own official website reported she was taking the week off. So those of us here knew more about Daniela's calendar than the folks running her official website did. That says a lot about how much Daniela and her management team care about the site.

Danka lost this year to Bacsinszky indoors

I'll be there on friday so i hope Danka will be able to reach the QF's. She still showed some good signs in those indoors-tournaments compared to Bali, and in 2006 she reached the final here so i hope i'll see her.

Maria will be though but i think Danka has a chance to win this match.

only cause she was very sick that day, she was out for two weeks

my theory is still that they posted that piece of news before they knew that Peer withdrew from Zurich, so at the time they posted it, she was actually looking at having a week off. Though they could post a new piece of information that she is in.

It's a reasonable enough draw given the field. Kirilenko's won three tournaments this year but they all had weak fields and she's generally struggled against good players and has had a lot of 1st round losses this year. The concern is that all her matches against Daniela have been close and how much Daniela's affected by the loss to Zvonareva. I feel that as long as Daniela plays well she should win.

Daniela had a good win against Schiavone last week and I'd favour her to beat Schiavone again, but I think Wozniacki is the likely second round opponent as long as she's fit. Wozniacki beat Daniela at the Olympics and has had a lot of good wins this year, so she'd be a tough opponent.

The first couple of rounds are winnable but I can't see Daniela beating Venus if they were to play in the quarter-final. But getting to the quarter-final would be good for Daniela as she'd have had some nice wins. However, we have to take it one match at a time and hope for good performances from Daniela.

Wozniacki is still ill. To the Danish press she said she is only traveling to Zurich to avoid being fined, but she still has a fever and her thigh injury is still bothering her. So I stand by my first tought: 1st round will be much more difficult than 2nd round.

i know they made that rule cause a lot of people sign in and then don't show up, but
i think it's ridiculous to let a sick player travel to Zurich. The fact she travels to Zurich means these fines are very high , not just a few thousand dollar. Cause i would stay home if it was only 5.000 dollar, with the money she's making (and much more in the future when she's top 10)
it's nothing for her.