Week #42 preview: Moscow, Luxembourg

Moscow (RUS), International, $1,000,000
The Premier event in Moscow now takes place the week right before the Sony Ericsson WTA Championships. Due to this fact, some of the best Russian players such as Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova will be absent. But, on the other hand the tournament will present a very interesting fight for the last place for the Championships between Vera Zvonareva, Jelena Jankovic, Agnieszka Radwanska and Flavia Pennetta.

Luxembourg (LUX), International, $220,000
WTA #6 Caroline Wozniacki and US Open champion Kim Clijsters lead the field in the last International event of the season. Other candidates for the title include last week champion in Linz Yanina Wickmayer, Slovak Daniela Hantuchova, Spanish Anabel Medina, and youngster Sabine Lisicki. Furthermore, the tournament will define the final places for the Tournament of Champions in Bali.