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Kleybanova, Six Of Top 50 In Women's Field

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Alisa Kleybanova© Getty ImagesAlisa Kleybanova ranked as high at World No. 20 in February 2011.

World No. 24 Alisa Kleybanova headlines the Estoril Open women's field, which includes six players ranked inside the Top 50.

Kleybanova will face competition for the clay-court title from World No. 30 Jarmila Groth, World No. 34 Klara Zakopalova, No. 38-ranked Anastasija Sevastova, No. 43 Bethanie Mattek-Sands and 2006 titlist and World No. 45 Jie Zheng.

Kleybanova, lost to Petra Cetkovska on her tournament debut in 2008, while Groth advanced to the semi-finals last year (l. to Parra Santonja). Zakapalova will be making her fifth visit to Portugal, hoping to better her run to the 2008 semi-finals (l. to Kirilenko).

Zheng beat her compatriot Na Li 6-7(5), 7-5 retired in the 2006 title match, which marked the first all-Chinese final in WTA history. World No. 53 Greta Arn, who captured the 2007 title over Victoria Azarenka 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(3), Elena Vesnina and Jelena Dokic will also compete at the WTA International series tournament.

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