Na Li will begin in New Haven on Wednesday with a second round clash against Maria Kirilenko of Russia

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French Open champion Na Li will make a start to her WTA New Haven Open campaign on Wednesday, and she’ll be looking to get things underway with a confident victory. She’s the second seed here, and will be aspiring to put together a run of results that will prepare her for the U.S Open.

Her first match will be against world No. 26 Maria Kirilenko. Kirilenko’s hasn’t been playing badly this season, but she’s capable of making improvements on her 16-16 match record for 2011. She performed well in her first round dismissal of Sara Errani (7-5, 7-5), and appears to be well positioned to cause Li some difficulty.

Li and Kirilenko haven’t met competitively since 2009, though Li seems to be the likely victor, given her 3-1 head to head record against the Russian. Despite this, Kirilenko stands an outside chance of progressing to the last eight, and this could develop into an exciting matchup.

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