The draw of Rome has been released . Lucie will face in the first round Francesca Schiavone (#17).
FULL DRAW (pdf)

Order of play

Stadio Pietrangeli (from 13.00hrs)
1. Sugiyama vs. Zvonareva
2. Safarova vs. Schiavone

Head-to-head : 1-0 for Lucie - Australian Open 2007 (she won 6/3 6/3)

EDIT : Lucie lost in 2 sets 6/4 7/5 vs. Francesca Schiavone :-(. Her next tournament will be Roland Garros, starting may 26 .

Unfortunately Lucie lost her 2nd Round Match against French Marion Bartoli 0-6 3-6.

In the first set, the unforced errors were too many for Lucka but in the 2nd Set it went better.

Lucka´s next tournament will be Rome, starting next Monday.

Tuesday 06th May 2008
Steffi Graf Stadium - 1st Match at 12 noon
Lucie Safarova vs. Marion Bartoli

After Fed Cup Lucie made the decision to change her Coach. She is working now together with David Kunst, he coached Klara Zakapalova before. They are working together since one week.

Lucie won her first Round Match at the tier I Event in Berlin (GER). She beat French Virginie Razzano 6:4 7:5.
The whole match over Lucie had 15 Chances to Break Virginie. Razzano had only 3. In the 2nd Set at 5:4 for Lucka virginie got the only break to come back to 5:5, but Lucie broke her again and could hold her serve.

In the 2nd Round Lucie will face another French Player, Marion Bartoli [8]. Bartoli had a bye in the first Round. Lucie and Marion played once against each other. At the US Open 2007 when Bartoli beat Lucie 4:6 6:3 6:2.

Monday 04th May 2008
2nd Match after 11 a.m. - Court 2
Lucie Safarova vs. Virginie Razzano

The Draw for the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin has been made.
Lucie is in the half of the buttom draw.
She will face Virginie Razzano (FRA) in the first Round.
Lucie and Virginie played once against each other, that was 2006 in Montreal. Lucie won that Match 7-6 6-4.