January 15, 2009
The draw for the first Grand Slam of the decade at the Australian Open in Melbourne has been released and Maria is seeded #14 and will face Maria Kirilenko in the 1st round. Maria has played Kirilenko 3 times before and leads the series 2-1, the last meeting was in Miami in 2006 which Maria won in 3 sets. This match will be played on Monday.
The 1st seed Maria can meet is #23 seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia in the 3rd round. #2 seed Dinara Safina could be a possible opponent in the 4th round. The 8th seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia is the player seeded to go through to the quarters. In the semis, #3 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, #5 seed Elena Dementieva, #15 seed Kim Clijsters or Justine Henin could be possible opponents in the semis. The Williams sisters round off the draw in the top half.
Click here for the full draw.
Maria didn't play here last year as she was recovering from shoulder surgery but in her last appearance in 2008 she won.
Resources : http://www.mariasharapova.com/
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