Great draw in Zurich

By Pierre Cantin
Date: 13/10/2001

The draw for the tournament in Zurich was released and Jelena has to be thrilled as she has the best draw out of any seed in my opinion.

Jelena will be the #4 seed at the Swisscom Challenge. After a first round bye, Jelena will probably play against Chanda Rubin who should have no problems against Montolio. Of course Chanda Rubin is a very good player but she has the perfect style of play for Jelena to play against so I don't expect any problems. The third round would probably be against Anke Huber, nothing easy but considering the strenght of the tournament it is fortunate.

In the semis, Jelena would maybe face Hingis but that is far from sure as Hingis just lost because of an injury in Filderstadt and could very well not play in Zurich. Other semis possibile opponents could be Tauziat, Maleeva or Tulyaganova.. So let's hope Jelena can reach the final where she would probably face Davenport or Capriati..

(1) Martina Hingis (SWI) vs BYE
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (ESP) vs Q
WC-Lina Krasnoroutskaya (RUS) vs Iroda Tulyaganova (UZB)
Magdalena Maleeva (BUL) vs Nathalie Tauziat (FRA)
(4) Jelena Dokic (AUS) vs BYE
Angeles Montolio (ESP) vs Chanda Rubin (USA)
Lisa Raymond (USA) vs Q
Anke Huber (GER) vs (8) Silvia Farina-Elia (ITA)

(6) Meghannn Shaughnessy (USA) vs Barbara Schett (AUT)
Magui Serna (ESP) vs Q
Anna Kournikova (RUS) vs Amanda Coetzer (RSA)
(3) Lindsay Davenport (USA) vs BYE

(7) Elena Dementieva (RUS) vs Sandrine Testud (FRA)
Q vs Q
Nadia Petrova (RUS) vs WC-Patty Schnyder (SWI)
(2) Jennifer Capriati (USA) vs BYE