The main draw for the Proximus Diamond Games, a Tier II $600,000 tournament that will be played in Antwerp, Belgium has been released and Patty Schnyder is seeded 5th for this tournament. In the 1st round Patty will play local favorite, wildcard Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium. Patty will Play Kirsten for the first time. In the 2nd round Patty will play either Tatiana Golovin of France or Katarina Srebotnik from France. In the quarters Patty might have to face the no. 4 seed of the tournament #4 seed Russian Elena Dementieva, Semis possible meeting with the Belgium sweet heart and the second seed Kim Clijsters and Finals possibility of Amelie Mauresmo, the French second seed or Nadia Petrova of Russia.

The top 5 seeds playing in this tournament are Amelie Mauresmo, Kim Clijsters, Nadia Petrova, Elena Dementieva and Patty Schnyder. Other notable names in the draw include the rising Serb teen Ana Ivanovic and young russians Dinara Safina and Anna Chakvetadze.

Last year Patty reached the quarters and there are 49 points to defend.

Patty will play her 1st round match on either Monday or Tuesday.

stay tuned for Patty’s match updates….