[delnisfernan]

Wozniacki has a tough road to win her first slam. That top quarter/half is loaded!

TA

[Nosmas]

Stosur/Bartoli?

How is Sam doing now? I don't recall hearing anything about her in a while.

[Switiespils]

Stosur/Bartoli?

How is Sam doing now? I don't recall hearing anything about her in a while.

Sam never plays well in Australia and sucked it up big time at both warm-up events so far. She admitted emotions got the best of her earlier this week when she lost to Franny so don't expect her to do much damage at the AO. I personally find her streakiness maddening.

[Lunims]

Zvonareva will have to go through Dulgheru, Hradecka, Kanepi, and Serena just to get to the quarters. I don't think she could possibly have a harder draw.

I suppose it's possible she may luck out, though. Kanepi and Serena could both win the tournament or lose to a nobody.

[Ngwkgczx]

Zvonareva will have to go through Dulgheru, Hradecka, Kanepi, and Serena just to get to the quarters. I don't think she could possibly have a harder draw.

I suppose it's possible she may luck out, though. Kanepi and Serena could both win the tournament or lose to a nobody.

I'm still on the fence with regards to Serena and what she will do here, but I think Kanepi is more appropriately associated with the lose to a nobody. It's a slam and although injured I don't think Serena will go down that easily, unless it's one of the TOP players.

I think Bepa will do okay as well in the early rounds, lots of players can't live up to the hype when it come to the slams, I think they do better when their names are not called to much prior, then you have the upsets. Pressure is a terrible thing.

Foxy

[Lunims]

I'm still on the fence with regards to Serena and what she will do here, but I think Kanepi is more appropriately associated with the lose to a nobody. It's a slam and although injured I don't think Serena will go down that easily, unless it's one of the TOP players.

I think Bepa will do okay as well in the early rounds, lots of players can't live up to the hype when it come to the slams, I think they do better when their names are not called to much prior, then you have the upsets. Pressure is a terrible thing.

Foxy

Serena certainly won't go down easily. I only consider her a question mark because I was watching the match when she jammed her knee and twisted her ankle. I think she's the kind of player who could limp through a win or two before being forced to withdraw. Also, I think Zahlovova Strycova and Cibulkova are terrible opponents to have when your movement isn't up to par.

[inownsuipsy]

As much as I love Kaia, I have watched her game for far too long to assume that she's a lock for a R16 match-up with Serena. She's got a top 8 seed in her way first (granted it is Bepa but still) plus some dangerous floaters in her section too.

That being said, I really hope she makes it and takes out Serena once she does.

The Aussie is the only Slam that Kaia has not reached the 1/4s. Which is a little funny, because you would think with that big serve and those huge groundies she would perform better here than the French.

I think Bepa's in the kind of a funk that will lend itself to not lasting long here. Which probably means she'll knock out everyone in her half of the draw.

[sEe]

Some of the first rounds are insane!

I really hope I can watch Razzano v. Bartoli for the drama.

[beneitpedro]

On the bottom half, I am very excited for a Serena/Kanepi R16.

As much as I love Kaia, I have watched her game for far too long to assume that she's a lock for a R16 match-up with Serena. She's got a top 8 seed in her way first (granted it is Bepa but still) plus some dangerous floaters in her section too.

That being said, I really hope she makes it and takes out Serena once she does.

[inownsuipsy]

Last year's final is a potential R16 match this go round. Somebody's losing a whole lot of ranking points.

On the bottom half, I am very excited for a Serena/Kanepi R16.

[inownsuipsy]

We will have seeds colored shortly. Qualifiers will be added upon completion of the Qualifying event.

[addisonnicogel]

Last year's final is a potential R16 match this go round. Somebody's losing a whole lot of ranking points.

On the bottom half, I am very excited for a Serena/Kanepi R16.

Also, you can have a Wozniacki/Li AO SF rematch in QF.

[inownsuipsy]

Bottom Half

Vera Zvonareva RUS (7) v Alexandra Dulgheru ROU
Evgeniya Rodina RUS v Lucie Hradecka CZE
Ekaterina Makarova RUS v Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Johanna Larsson SWE v Kaia Kanepi EST (25)

Dominika Cibulkova SVK (17) v Magdalena Rybarikova SVK
Rebecca Marino CAN v Greta Arn HUN
Iryna Bremond FRA v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE
Tamira Paszek AUT v Serena Williams USA (12)

Sabine Lisicki GER (14) v Qualifier
Shahar Peer ISR v Isabella Holland AUS
Sloane Stephens USA v Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP
Chanelle Scheepers RSA v Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (18)

Angelique Kerber GER (30) v Bojana Bobusic AUS
Stephanie Dubois CAN v Elena Vesnina RUS
Mandy Minella LUX v Qualifier
Gisela Dulko ARG v Maria Sharapova RUS (4)

Samantha Stosur AUS (6) v Sorana Cirstea ROU
Qualifier v Urszula Radwanska POL
Qualifier v Sara Errani ITA
Qualifier v Nadia Petrova RUS (29)

Roberta Vinci ITA (23) v Alexandra Cadantu ROU
Madison Keys USA v Jie Zheng CHN
Jelena Dokic AUS v Anna Chakvetadze RUS
Virginie Razzano FRA v Marion Bartoli FRA (9)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS (15) v Klara Zakopalova CZE
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR v Vania King USA
Kristina Barrois GER v Michaella Krajicek NED
Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP v Ana Ivanovic SRB (21)

Maria Kirilenko RUS (27) v Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Shuai Zhang CHN v Aleksandra Wozniak CAN
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU v Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Vera Dushevina RUS v Petra Kvitova CZE (2)

[Switiespils]

Caro/Clijsters and Vika in top half, Sharapova, Serena, Petra in the bottom half.

[CuittisIL]

Last year's final is a potential R16 match this go round. Somebody's losing a whole lot of ranking points.

On the bottom half, I am very excited for a Serena/Kanepi R16.

That would be tasty!

[FelixQY]

Also, you can have a Wozniacki/Li AO SF rematch in QF.

And Clijsters/Li rematch

[inownsuipsy]

TOP HALF
Caroline Wozniacki DEN (1) v Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Ashleigh Barty AUS v Anna Tatishvili GEO
Pauline Parmentier FRA v Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Alize Cornet FRA v Monica Niculescu ROU (31)

Lucie Safarova CZE (24) v Christina McHale USA
Qualifier v Marina Erakovic NZL
Qualifier vPetra Martic CRO
Qualifier v Jelena Jankovic SRB (13)

Kim Clijsters BEL (11) v Qualifier
Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA v Elena Baltacha GBR
Arantxa Rus NED v Lesia Tsurenko UKR
Qualifier v Daniela Hantuchova SVK (20)

Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP (26) v Eva Birnerova CZE
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT v Olga Govortsova BLR
Sofia Arvidsson SWE v Olivia Rogowska AUS
Ksenia Pervak KAZ v Na Li CHN (5)


Victoria Azarenka BLR(3) v Heather Watson GBR
Casey Dellacqua AUS v Bojana Jovanovski SRB
Anne Keothavong GBR v Mona Barthel GER
Ayumi Morita JPN v (32)Petra Cetkovska CZE

Flavia Pennetta ITA (19) v Qualifier
Alberta Brianti ITA v Irina Falconi USA
Iveta Benesova CZE v Mathilde Johansson FRA
Aravane Rezai FRA v Shuai Peng CHN (16)

Francesca Schiavone ITA (10) v Laura Pous-Tio ESP
Anastasiya Yakimova BLR v Romina Oprandi ITA
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN v Eleni Daniilidou GRE
Polona Hercog SLO v Julia Goerges GER (22)

Yanina Wickmayer BEL (28) v Galina Voskoboeva KAZ
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL v Sania Mirza IND
Qualifier v Simona Halep ROU
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA v Agnieszka Radwanska POL (8)

[Intockatt]

This draw is much more righteous, especially the 1st and 3rd quarters. I'm excited to see how this will play out.