LINZ, Austria — Looking casual and relaxed, Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova and German Mona Barthel were on hand for the draw ceremony of this year’s Generali Ladies Linz tournament on Sunday. Participating with them were tournament director Sandra Reichel, tournament ambassador Barbara Schett and Radisson hotel manager Peter Haidvogl, where the draw ceremony took place.
Hantuchova has been handed a tough first round opponent in the form of No. 5 seed Julia Goerges, while Barthel lucked out in receiving world No. 60 Kiki Bertens.
Other notable first round matchups include No. 1 seed Victoria Azarenka against Arantxa Rus, No. 2 seed Ana Ivanovic against Monica Niculescu, Sorana Cirstea against Petra Martic, No. 8 seed Sabine Lisicki against wildcard Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, No. 3 seed Dominika Cibulkova against Anna Tatishvili, and wildcard Andrea Petkovic against Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.
Check out the draw ceremony photo gallery below by our photographer Rick Gleijm who is in Linz all week.
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