January 16, 2009
Maria will open up proceedings on Rod Laver Arena on Monday. Maria will play her 1st round match at the first Grand Slam of the year at the Australian Open in Melbourne against Maria Kirilenko of Russia.
The two have played each other 3 times before and Maria leads the series 2-1. The two matches Maria won were in Los Angeles in 2005 and Miami in 2006. The other match in Beijing in 2005, Maria had to retire at the beginning of the 2nd set as she was injured.
The match will begin at 11.00 local time (1.00CET, 19.00ET & 16.00 PT).
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