In second round action today 2 up-and-coming stars got a chance to show their potential, by both their games being tested by seeded players.

Czech youngster Nicole Vaidisova, currently still 15 years of age, had already shown great progress last year by winning two WTA tournaments in Vancouver and Tashkent.

She had already shown what she is capable of by defeating the experienced Maria Vento-Kabchi of Venezuela in 3 sets.

In her second round match against 31st seed Jelena Kostanic she started off in an overwhelming fashion taking the first by 6-0 within 16 minutes.

Her first serve proved to be very important in that 6-0 win, winning 91% of her points on it, Kostanic winning only 27% of the points on her first serve.

In the second set Kostanic gave more of a fight, being on equal terms at 5-5.At that point Vaidisova managed to break her opponent and serve out the match to set up a clash with world number 1 Lindsay Davenport, an even sterner test of the abilities of Vaidisova.

The other youngster, Michaëlla Krajicek, had an even tougher match, having to play last year’s semi-finalist Patty Schnyder.

Krajicek started off the match impressively, taking 3 straight games, to go up 3-0.

She then managed to hold on to the set, taking it 6-3, whilst hitting 12 winners and 7 unforced errors as opposed to Schnyder’s 9 winners and 9 unforced errors.

In the second set however, Schnyder started to assert her authority. One break was enough to take the set 6-3, to even the match at 1 set each. The last set was a cracker, taking 59 minutes alltogether.

Krajicek showed how much of a fighter she is, battling for every ball, never giving Schnyder a chance to lose concentration. Unfortunately for Krajicek Schnyder stayed focused enough to have a slight edge over Krajicek.

Krajicek also tried to pressurize Schnyder by advancing to the net regularly; this tactic however only resulted in a small amount of success, winning 12 out of 20 approaches she made to the net.

After swapping breaks at 3-3, Schnyder finally managed the winning break in the 9^th game and then finishing it off to take the final set 6-4.

Krajicek however, has shown in this match that if she continues to work hard on her game and maintains her fighting spirit, Dutch fans will have a lot to cheer about in the upcoming years.