The grass has arrived! :yahoo:

Here's the draw for Birmingham...

(1)SHARAPOVA, Maria vs BYE
FORETZ, Stephanie vs QUALIFIER
DANIILIDOU, Eleni vs KEOTHAVONG, Anne
WASHINGTON, Mashona vs (13)LI, Na

(12)SANTANGELO, Mara vs LAINE, Emma
VESNINA, Elena vs RAZZANO, Virginie
GAJDOSOVA, Jarmila vs YUAN, Meng
BYE vs (5)SUGIYAMA, Ai

(4)LIKHOVTSEVA, Elena vs BYE
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
RAYMOND, Lisa vs MORIGAMI, Akiko
QUALIFIER vs (15)STOSUR, Samantha

(10)KOUKALOVA, Klara vs JACKSON, Jamea
SOUTH, Melanie vs BORWELL, Sarah
PENG, Shuai vs QUALIFIER
BYE vs (8)JANKOVIC, Jelena

(6)BARTOLI, Marion vs BYE
QUALIFIER vs SCHRUFF, Julia
MORITA, Ayumi vs O'BRIEN, Katie
QUALIFIER vs (9)ARVIDSSON, Sofia

(14)MIRZA, Sania vs BONDARENKO, Alona
PERRY, Shenay vs CRAYBAS, Jill
CAMERIN, Maria Elen vs BRANDI, Kristina
BYE vs (3)HANTUCHOVA, Daniela

(7)CHAKVETADZE, Anna vs BYE
QUALIFIER vs NAKAMURA, Aiko
MOLIK, Alicia vs ZVONAREVA, Vera
SUCHA, Martina vs (11)CASTANO, Catalina

(16)GRANVILLE, Laura vs YAN, Zi
SFAR, Selima vs PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana
SERRA ZANETTI, Anton vs VENTO-KABCHI, Maria
BYE vs (2)SCHIAVONE, Francesca

Maria playing Birmingham? Heaven forbid! roflmao

li na, could cause a stir in Sharapova's draw. Great season on the clay, and it will be intresting how she transfers her game over to the grass. She's a great player on any surface i feel.

Hantuchova should have a good run, and hopefully Molik can regain some form :D

Go Ayumi(my mum's first name) :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

ACHOOOO!!!!!

I will happen to be in the Midlands next week, so will catch some of this tournament! :)

Good showing re: players from Asian nations. Agreed re: Chinese players particularly, hope to see them play.

I think that Martina Navratilova might be playing too, in the doubles, though could be wrong..