Sharapova, Azarenka head Bank of the West field

Maria Sharapova

Victoria Azarenka

   Former world
No. 1s Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka headline the Bank of the West Classic, July 31-
Aug. 6 at Stanford's Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
   Also featured are Garbine Muguruza, last year's French Open champion, and local favorite CiCi Bellis, 18. For more information, go to bankofthewestclassic.com.

BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC

Acceptance list (as of June 19; with world rankings)

Garbine Muguruza, Spain, 14
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 17
Madison Keys, United States, 18
Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 28
Coco Vandeweghe, United States, 30
Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 34
Timea Babos, Hungary, 38
Alize Cornet, France, 39
Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 40
CiCi Bellis, United States, 42
Alison Riske, United States, 45
Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 46
Misaki Doi, Japan, 52
Qiang Wang, China, 55
Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, 60
Naomi Osaka, Japan, 61
Natalia Vikhlyantseva, Russia, 65
Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 67
Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 73
Magda Linette, Poland, 75
Maria Sharapova (wild card), Russia, 179
Victoria Azarenka (wild card), Belarus, no ranking