Samsonova defends Libéma Open title in strong field of participants

The field of participants in women’s singles at Libéma Open is graced by two former champions, a finalist and up-and-coming players.

At the top of the list is Ekaterina Alexandrova. The world number 20 won the title in 2022 and 2023. Last year’s champion Liudmila Samsonova (WTA-21) comes to Brabant to defend her title.

Elise Mertens (WTA-24) is the third top-30 player to choose Libéma Open. The Belgian number one will make her seventh appearance.

Finalist in 2023 Veronika Kudermetova (WTA-50) is present along with her sister Polina Kudermetova (WTA-57).

Other big names in action include Grand Slam finalists Danielle Collins (WTA-35) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (WTA-52).

Emerging players come in the form of Olga Danilovic (WTA-33), Anastasia Potapova (WTA-34), Elina Avanesyan (WTA-38) and Dayana Yastremska (WTA-45).

Dutch input comes from national number one Suzan Lamens (WTA-71).

The schedule consists of 32 players in total. The 22 directly admitted names will be supplemented later by four wildcards and six qualifiers.

The list of players:
Ekaterina Alexandrova (WTA-20)
Liudmila Samsonova (WTA-21)
Elise Mertens (WTA-24)
Magda Linette (WTA-32)
Olga Danilovic (WTA-33)
Anastasia Potapova (WTA-34)
Danielle Collins (WTA-35)
Xinyu Wang (WTA-43)
Lulu Sun (WTA-46)
Veronika Kudermetova (WTA-50)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (WTA-52)
Camila Osorio (WTA-55)
Polina Kudermetova (WTA-57)
Ann Li (WTA-59)
Kimberly Birrell (WTA-60)
Viktoriya Tomova (WTA-61)
Katerina Siniakova (WTA-62)
Eva Lys (WTA-63)
Anastasija Sevastova (WTA-65)
Anna Blinkova (WTA-67)
Suzan Lamens (WTA-71)