[Unjucky]

I saw her draw and thought "She owes somebody a muffin basket."

Pironkova has been playing terrible tennis since Wimbledon, and Pennetta hasn't been playing well either, and is seeded to lose to Peer. Venus' most likely path to the QF is scrub-scrub-scrub-Peer.

[attishina]

Wow, our own Nostradamus!

[HondasMenFox]

TOP HALF
Caroline Wozniacki DEN (1) v Chelsey Gullickson USA
Kai-Chen Chang TPE v Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Anne Keothavong GBR v Yung-Jan Chan TPE
Qualifier v Lucie Safarova CZE (26)

Aravane Rezai FRA (18) v Magdalena Rybarikova SVK
Beatrice Capra USA v Karolina Sprem CRO
Qualifier v Iveta Benesova CZE
Jarmila Groth AUS v Maria Sharapova RUS (14)

Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (11) v Kimiko Date Krumm JPN
Regina Kulikova RUS v Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Yvonne Meusburger AUT v Jill Craybas USA
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE v Maria Kirilenko RUS (23)

Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ (30) v Qualifier
Anna Chakvetadze RUS v Urszula Radwanska POL
Dominika Cibulkova SVK v Stefanie Voegele SUI
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR v Na Li CHN (8)

Jelena Jankovic SRB (4) v Simona Halep ROU
Alicia Molik AUS v Qualifier
Chanelle Scheepers RSA v Qualifier
Alize Cornet FRA v Kaia Kanepi EST (31)

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP (22) v Jamie Hampton USA
Kirsten Flipkens BEL v Patty Schnyder SUI
Romina Oprandi ITA v Julia Goerges GER
Alla Kudryavtseva RUS v Yanina Wickmayer BEL (15)

Agnieszka Radwanska POL (9) v Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP
Shuai Peng CHN vShelby Rogers USA
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA v Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Andrea Petkovic GER v Nadia Petrova RUS (17)

Alexandra Dulgheru ROU (25) v Julie Coin FRA
Sofia Arvidsson SWE v Sorana Cirstea ROU
Coco Vandeweghe USA v Sabine Lisicki GER
Qualifier v Vera Zvonareva RUS (7)


BOTTOM HALF
Francesca Schiavone ITA (6) v Ayumi Morita JPN
Qualifier v Sophie Ferguson AUS
Melanie Oudin USA v Qualifier
Vera Dushevina RUS v Alona Bondarenko UKR (29)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS (20) v Kristina Barrois GER
Qualifier v Qualifier
Gisela Dulko ARG v Angelique Kerber GER
Qualifier v Victoria Azarenka BLR (10)

Shahar Peer ISR (16) v Jelena Kostanic Tosic CRO
Pauline Parmentier FRA v Alberta Brianti ITA
Agnes Szavay HUN v Sandra Zahlavova CZE
Qualifier v Flavia Pennetta ITA (19)

Tsvetana Pironkova BUL (32) v Renata Voracova CZE
Polona Hercog SLO v Qualifier
Qualifier v Ksenia Pervak RUS
Roberta Vinci ITA v Venus Williams USA (3)

Samantha Stosur AUS (5) v Elena Vesnina RUS
Bojana Jovanovski SRB v Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Sara Errani ITA v Tathiana Garbin ITA
Johanna Larsson SWE v Alisa Kleybanova RUS (28)

Daniela Hantuchova SVK (24) v Dinara Safina RUS
Vania King USA v Christina McHale USA
Qualifier v Sybille Bammer AUT
Olga Govortsova BLR v Elena Dementieva RUS (12)

Marion Bartoli FRA (13) v Edina Gallovits ROU
Virginie Razzano FRA v Klara Zakopalova CZE
Ana Ivanovic SRB v Ekaterina Makarova RUS
Timea Bacsinszky SUI v Jie Zheng CHN (21)

Petra Kvitova CZE (27) v Lucie Hradecka CZE
Elena Baltacha GBR v Petra Martic CRO
Qualifier v Aleksandra Wozniak CAN
Greta Arn HUN v Kim Clijsters BEL (2)

[kilibry]

The bottom half will be a little tougher to come through, but for once, it seems the draw is fairly balanced.

[eI7iqNot]

Except for the Jarka and Maria first round, I think the draw is pretty good. I see Caro/Maria/Jelena out on top and Vika/Venus on bottom.

[warrgazur]

Oh, a first round Zuzana d Oudin is indeed possible.

[OixKKcj1]

Or Robson/Oudin!

I see Venus' favorite people, Pironkova and Pennetta, could be waiting for her in the 3rd and 4th round.

[MilenaMKB]

Or Robson/Oudin!

The prude vs. the patriot?

[warrgazur]

Or Robson/Oudin!

I see Venus' favorite people, Pironkova and Pennetta, could be waiting for her in the 3rd and 4th round.

A real reason to wear the new shoes.

[HondasMenFox]

I agree with the balance comments - I think this is about as balanced a draw as we have had at the USO in some time. Makes me even more excited about the tournament.

[aspinswramymn]

Or Robson/Oudin!

I see Venus' favorite people, Pironkova and Pennetta, could be waiting for her in the 3rd and 4th round.

DAMNITSTRAIGHTTOHELL!!!!!!!, that heifer Bonk Bonk-ova's only gotta wait now until Roland Garros to complete her Defeating Venus Williams Grand Slam set.

[qwerty1]

Or Robson/Oudin!

I see Venus' favorite people, Pironkova and Pennetta, could be waiting for her in the 3rd and 4th round.

Go Laura!

Vika got a similar draw with a bunch of players who recently beat her. Dulko (this year's French), Patiofurniture (who just makes me nervous) and Franny (who knocked her out of last year's USO).

I would LOVE a Venus-Vika quarterfinal. It would be a massive hotmess of awesome.

But really, aside from Saint Kim and Venus being on the same side, it's really balanced.

[clomoll]

Yeah, balanced draw.

Still, not loving that Venus has Pennetta AND Prinkova on her side so early D:

[aspinswramymn]

Some other IMO really interesting 1st Round matchups:

Rezai v Rybarikova.
Kuz v Kimiko. (.)
Bethanie v Garrigues (!)
Jankovis v Halep.
K. Bondarenko v Na Li. (Not enough hysterical smilies in the world.)
Cornet v Kanepi.
Flipkens v Wacky.
Wickmayer v Kudryavtseva.
Petkovic v Petrova.
Dushevina v A. Bondarenko.
Dulko v Kerber.
Szavay v Zahlavova
Razzano v Zakopalova
Ivanovic v Makarova

and......drum roll please.......

ARN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VS. KIMMIE, BABY!!!!!!!!!!

[aspinswramymn]

Yeah, balanced draw.

Still, not loving that Venus has Pennetta AND Prinkova on her side so early D:

Not looking forward to the Pironkova/Pennetta R16 match, eh?

[HondasMenFox]

Some other IMO really interesting 1st Round matchups:

Cornet v Kanepi.

Looking at Kaia's draw, I think she's got a good chance to be playing much much deeper than the first round. She's healthy, I can see her easily matching her Wimbledon result.

[warrgazur]

Not looking forward to the Pironkova/Pennetta R16 match, eh?

I'm not sure Pironkova will get past Vinci.

[Dastyh]

Flavia just gave Woz a walkover by withdrawing with what ESPN says is a foot injury.

CaroWozniacki

Flavia withdrew from the tournament, so we don't play today! I have semis tomorrow!

http://twitter.com/CaroWozniacki

[Unjucky]

Or Robson/Oudin!

I see Venus' favorite people, Pironkova and Pennetta, could be waiting for her in the 3rd and 4th round.

DAMNITSTRAIGHTTOHELL!!!!!!!, that heifer Bonk Bonk-ova's only gotta wait now until Roland Garros to complete her Defeating Venus Williams Grand Slam set.

Yeah, balanced draw.

Still, not loving that Venus has Pennetta AND Prinkova on her side so early D:

Not looking forward to the Pironkova/Pennetta R16 match, eh?

I saw her draw and thought "She owes somebody a muffin basket."

Pironkova has been playing terrible tennis since Wimbledon, and Pennetta hasn't been playing well either, and is seeded to lose to Peer. Venus' most likely path to the QF is scrub-scrub-scrub-Peer.

[hoarrimilsora]

'Pova v Groth is not a gimmie for Maria. She better come prepared.