Aga is going to play Safina tomorrow in Stuttgart. Azarenka, Wozniacki, Lisicki are out, I guess winning on the green dirt is not the same as on red! And in Fez, Marta Domachowska, after winning two rounds, lost today to Ekaterina Makarova. No suprise here, but I guess it is good Marta finally broke out of that loosing streak!
Agnieszka never played Dinara, so it is going to be the test for both. Dinara being number 1, and Aga facing the higher ranked opponent, after not so good start of the season- in theory no pressure for Agnieszka! I am looking forward to those matches. It seems, that Aga is always facing Williams sisters, Kuzy, or some unpredictable players in the draw. She is not playing too many matches with those versatile players which make game more interesting and not so powerful and one-dimensional! I think it maybe interesting match if both will bring their A game to the court tomorrow!
It will be interesting to see, which of the young talents with that powerful, fast shotmaking will be able to adjust their game to the clay surface. So far Vica, Caro, Sabine and even Pavlyuchenkova in Fez lost to opponents which they should be bitting. Is clay more demanding and require more experience/patience/variety for the young guns to handle it? Or is it just pure luck? It seems veterans are back, with Jankovic, Dementieva, Safina, Kuzniecova, Penneta, even Bartoli winning. In that sense, even Aga is more clay court player (after winning the Istanbul last year, defeating Dementieva in the final). Cannot wait for that match tomorrow!
Go Aga!

Poland advanced to World Group II by defeating Japan 3-2! I am so happy for them. It was quite a thriller with Ula loosing two rubbers and everything falling on the doubles team Jans Rosolska, but after exciting three set match the girls sealed the deal and now we officially made tennis history! Aga put on a solid performance, which gives good impresion just before the start of the marathon to RG!
Now I am waiting for the Stuttgart matches to start. With Fed Cup weekend I will have to wait a little longer, since so many players need travel and some rests, that Azarenka/Navarro match will have to be the highlight of the day.
The draw in Stuttgart is packed with some interesting competition: of course my favorite, two Polish girls - one Canadian Pole, Radwanska - Wozniak. Then some first round encounters to watch: Wozniacki/Benesova, Cornet/Hantuchova, Lisicki/ Schnyder, Zheng/Petrova, Dementieva/Groenefeld. I expect the first mentioned to come on top, but than again I just predicted wrong with Sarah yesterday, ha ha!
Ula Radwanska is going to Fes this week, playing against Klara Zakopalova. Is clay in Marocco going to suit better Ula's taste than the one on her home soil in Gdynia ? (she said she dislikes clay alltogether which is surprising for the former junior Rolland Garros 2007 doubles champion!)

It has been a while since I started this blog and I was not in a mood to write, but was doing a lot of reading.
So I am starting the new chapter, which I think will be very exciting period in tennis, especially WTA. Over the weekend the Fed Cup ties are played. Poland is tied 1-1 after the first day, with Aga winning with Morigami and Ula loosing to Sugiyama. And then one after another the the European Clay tournaments are rolling right into Rolland Garros. I am especially happy about new tournament in Warsaw, my hometown. Currently, there is no top 10 in the list of players participating, but the names of those who do are going to make this one very interesting! (and by then, 16-23 May, some of those players maybe top ten!) Just look at the list: Radwanskie Aga and Ula, Wozniacki and Wozniak, Lisicki, Zheng, Bondarenko sisters, Czink, Errani, Garbin, Peer, Gallovits, Dokic, Vaidisova, Gavortsova, Mayr....who needs top ten players with the lineup like that!
http://www.warsawopen.com.pl/

Right after the weekend it will be very interesting to see how the Stuttgart draws are going to unveil the state of the game. The players list includes a lot of recent breakthrough stars (Azarenka, Wozniacki, Lisicki) as well as established or forgotten favorites (Agi!) One interesting development: wild card into qualifiers was given to currently 572 on WTA Sarah Gronert and she just defeated Anika Beck of Germany 61 75. I won't be surprised if she will make it into the main draw, given how easy her part of the qualies looks (sorry ladies, no offense) So while many fans are wondering how Safina, Jankovic, Ivanovic are going to perform, and if Dementieva, Kuzniecova and Petrova are going to have a good clay season, and if Dokic will return to good form, or even how Kim is going to make a difference, somehow I have the feeling that it is going to be the season of big changes, with some major developments in women tennis. I just hope that Radwanska sisters will be the part of that change!