WTA Malaysian Open 2010: Main draw & OOP unveiled

The main draw for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Malaysian Open 2010 was held on Saturday afternoon and was attended by Elena Dementieva and Ekaterina Ivanova.

Both Zheng Jie and Li Na are placed in the opposite sides of the draw; setting up a potential all-Chinese final between the two.

Check out the complete Main Draw Singles and OOP below.

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And here's the Doubles Main Draw.

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Too bad many players did not turn up at this tournament, which includes crowd-puller at the recent Asia/Oceania Fed Cup Kimiko Date-Krumm, Sania Mirza, Sabine Lisicki and Jelena Dokic.

(Image by Carbon Media)

Czink, Molik, Voskoboeva, Kai-Chen, Yan Zi, Lertcheewakarn visit to the Kassim Chin Humanity Foundation

Melinda Czink, Alicia Molik, Galina Voskoboeva, Chang Kai-Chen, Yan Zi and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn took time out to visit to the Kassim Chin Humanity Foundation this morning.

Melinda Czink hands out Mandarin oranges and a red packet to the children.

Alicia Molik with the children from the Kassim Chin Humanity Foundation.

The players were greeted by more than 60 children from the Foundation.

Malaysian Open 2010's 5th seed Czink said, “We players, lead a privileged life and it is great and necessary for us to give back to the kids who are not as privileged. It helps put things into perspective and I hope we can try and motivate and encourage them through this visit today. It is important for them to know that they can achieve what they want through hard work and perseverance.”

Interacting with the kids, Molik said, “These small gifts that we have are great. It obviously means a lot to them and it is great to see the smile on their faces. If I would bring a gift from Australia, I would bring Vegemite, which is something traditional to Australia”.

Thanks to Carbon Media for the press release.

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