Yanina Wickmayer shot into the limelight in the year 2009 when she reached the semis at US Open and cracked into top 30 rankings. The Belgian has won 3 WTA titles so far and has 28-21 win loss record this year. Her best performance this year came at Bad Gastein, where she lost to Alize cornet in the final. She also reached the semis of Paris Indoors and Stanford Open earlier this season.

Her opponent - Casey Dellacqua is a new comer on the tour and is currently ranked No. 106 in the world. She possess 20-16 win loss record this year and has failed to progress beyond second round in most of the tournaments she has played in.

Both the players have met twice before and Wickmayer has won each of them. Last time they met at Hobart this year, where Wickmayer won 6-1, 6-1.