Week #28 preview: Palermo, Prague

Palermo (ITA), International, $220,000
WTA #15 Flavia Pennetta and WTA #21 Patty Schnyder lead the field in this International tournament. Young talents Alize Cornet and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Bastad champion Maria Jose Martinez and Argentinian Gisela Dulko are also among the favourites, while local players such as Sara Errani, Tathiana Garbin or Roberta Vinci should be also taken into account.

Prague (CZE), International, $220,000
No top-25 players are drawn in this International event in Prague. Italian Francesca Schiavone, Austrian Sybille Bammer, Spanish Carla Suarez and Ukranian Alona Bondarenko are among the favourites, although local players such as Iveta Benesova, Petra Kvitova, Lucie Hradecka and Nicole Vaidisova will count on the crowd support.