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!