S.Arvidsson, Swedish Tennis

In two weeks time the second Swedish womens event of the year will take place in Kristinehamn, already in the main draw are Sofia Arvidsson and Johanna Larsson. With four wildcard spots availilbe for the main draw, I'll be giving my opinions on who should recieve the wildcards.

1: Sandra Roma

Sandra is a very talented player, and this year she made her first womens final in Turkey. Last year Sandra reached the top 15 in the junior rankings, and won the US open girls doubles. A wilcard in Kristinehamn would give her a chance to try and improve her WTA ranking which she earned on monday.

2: Michaela Johansson

Michaela has had a diffucult 2009 so far, playing events in Australia. Despite some impressive victories over higher ranked players, Johansson has been inconsistant. The 21 year old, reached a career high ranking of 305 in March 2008. A wildcard here could help Michaela to kick start her season and get her ranking back in the top 400.

3: Hanna Nooni

Hanna has been in great form on the doubles court, however Hanna has only played one singles tournament in 2009 in which she made the quarter finals. A former top 200 singles player, Hanna could cause damage in the draw here if she can recapture her old form. A wildcard here could help Hanna to get her singles ranking higher than 551 in the world.

4: Anna Brazhnikova

Anna has been in great form in 2009, and has got her singles ranking down to 680, after reaching 4 singles quarter finals already. Last week Anna and partner Marta Sirotkina also impressivly won a $25.000 doubles event in Uzbekistan. A wildcard here could help Anna to continue her decent run of form and push for a place in the top 600.

Collector Swedish Open

Sofia Arvidsson and Caroline Wozniacki were in Bastad to check out the new WTA event, in the morning the girls practised at the venue. Then the girls met with the media, posing for photos and answering questions for interviews.

The tournament is new to this year's WTA tour, it is replacing the Stockholm tournament which was held in early August. The ATP tournament has won many awards for being the players favourite event, therefore expectations are high for the new Sony Ericsson WTA tournament.

Tournament Website: http://women.swedishopen.org/

Bartoli vs. Zvonareva

Tough match could go either way, Zvonareva in three sets.

Dokic vs. Safina

The run will continue, Dokic will have to play her best match yet, Dokic in three sets.

Australian Jelena Dokic run continued at the 2009 Australian Open with a 7-5, 5-7, 8-6 win over seeded Russian Alisa Kleybanova. Jelena edged a highly competitive first set before her younger opponent levelled after a set of entertaining tennis. The third set made gripping television as Dokic fought back from a break down, at 6-5 Dokic then rolled her ankle. She showed strength and fight and broke Kleybanova at 7-6 to take the win.

She now faces Russian Dinara Safina after she fought to beat France's Alize Cornet 7-5 in the third set, also through to the quarter finals are Elena Dementieva, Serena Williams, Carla Suarez Navarro, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Marion Bartoli and Vera Zvonareva.

Quarter Finals.

Vera Zvonareva vs. Marion Bartoli

Jelena Dokic vs. Dinara Safina

Suarez Navarro vs. Elena Dementieva

Serena Williams vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova