Week #9 preview: Monterrey

Monterrey (MEX), International, $220,000
One of the new tournaments this season, Monterrey is the second stop of WTA Tour in Mexico, although this event is played on hard surface. There is no clear favourite for the title, but many candidates such as Polish Agnieszka Radwanska, French Marion Bartoli, Italian Flavia Pennetta, Chinese Jie Zheng and Na Li, Czech Iveta Benesova and Lucie Safarova, Russian Maria Kirilenko, Israeli Shahar Peer or Hungarian Agnes Szavay.