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Dementieva Seeded No 1 at WTA Open GDF Suez

Filed under: Tournament Seeds - 10 Feb 2010

Elena Dementieva photoNo. 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:

  1. Elena Dementieva of Russia (Ranked No. 7).
  2. Flavia Pennetta of Italy (Ranked No. 12)
  3. Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium (Ranked No. 15)
  4. Francesca Schiavone of Italy (Ranked No. 18)
  5. Aravane Rezai of France (Ranked No. 21)

Whatever Happened To Golovin?

Filed under: Off court news - 23 Nov 2009

Titiana Golovin photoWhat has happened to French tennis star, Titiana Golovin? After turning pro in 2002, Golovin had a top 30 season in 2005 and 2006, and a top 20 season in 2007. She won two WTA Tour singles titles in 2007, and was ranked as high as No. 12 in the world on February 4, 2008. Then she disappeared from tennis the Spring of 2008. For those wondering what happened to this up-and-coming 21-year-old tennis star, here’s the scoop.