WTA in Toronto, Cincinnati Masters: August 13-19 Options

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Henin and Kuznetsova rejoin the tour in Toronto, where Ivanovic hopes to retain her title. Anna C and Patty Schnyder return from a week off. The Rogers has a larger draw than most other US Open warmups, but it also has a lot of absent names. No Venus and Serena. No Sharapova.

As far as the draw goes, I'd bet that Shahar Peer (faces Krajicek in first round) and Bartoli (could face Kirilenko again, this time in the second round) are cursing their luck. Ivanovic's path is not easy, especially if she has to fight hard in the LA final. She's on Henin's side of the draw. Anna C and Jelena are in each other's quarter.

In Federer and Safin's favorite stop on the ATP Tour , Ohio, a lot of the same players from Montreal will contend. Isner has a wild card. But he also has a bad draw that puts him near Stepanek and defending champ Roddick. Federer could exact some sweet same-time-next-year revenge on Andy Murray -- if Murray even makes it past Baghdatis in the first round.

This time at least, Djokovic is on Federer's half of the draw. Nadal's quarter is stuffed with players -- Blake, Youzhny, Gonzalez -- who have owned him on hard courts. But all of them are either underperforming or have already peaked. He's either going to reverse head-to-head trends or he's going to serve as a confidence builder.