Flavia Pennetta seals top seeding at Palermo

The 12th edition of the WTA $220,000 Internazionali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo takes place from July 13 to 19 at the outdoor claycourts of Palermo, Italy. It’s just fitting that the country’s highest ranked female tennis player Flavia Pennetta sealed the top seeding in this event. Her compatriot, defending singles champ Sara Errani, is the fifth seed.

Here are the top eight seeds of the singles event: Flavia Pennetta [ITA](1), Patty Schnyder [SUI](2), Alize Cornet [FRA](3), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [RUS](4), Sara Errani [ITA](5), Ekaterina Makarova [RUS](6), Aravane Rezai [FRA](7) and Gisela Dulko [ARG](8)

Prize Money: $37,000 (singles), $11,000 (doubles)