The Pacific Life Open - The WTA Draw

(1)SHARAPOVA, Maria vs BYE
ARVIDSSON, Sofia vs KRAJICEK, Michaella
CHAN, Yung-Jan vs DECHY, Nathalie
BYE vs (31) PENNETTA, Flavia

Sharapova vs Pennetta isn’t a given here. I think Sharapova will beat the winner of Krajicek/Arvidsson with Krajicek possibly giving her a bit more fight if she can hold herself together. I’ve never seen Arvidsson play so I can’t comment on her abilities.
Nathalie Dechy when she’s on can play very well. I pick her over Chan but a Pennetta/Dechy is a pick ‘em in my book.
I’ll go out on a limb and say it’s Sharapova vs Dechy here with Sharapova winning their match.



(22) ZHENG, Jie vs BYE
QUALIFIER vs LOIT, Emilie
CRAYBAS, Jill vs CAMERIN, Maria Elena
BYE vs (16)ZVONAREVA, Vera

Jill Craybas vs Bepa – pick ‘em
Loit vs Zheng - Zheng

Unless of course Bepa comes to play. Bepa vs Zheng for the chance to play Sharapova. Sharapova vs Bepa goes to

Sharapova


(12)LI, Na vs BYE
RUANO PASCUAL, Virginia vs PRATT, Nicole
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
BYE vs (23)BONDARENKO, Alona

Li vs Pratt
Bondarenko vs a Qualifier
I’m still surprised Bondarenko is a seed here. Kind of a weak section. No one from this section will beat Jankovic.

Li

(28)MULLER, Martina vs BYE
QUALIFIER vs TU, Meilen
PERRY, Shenay vs QUALIFIER
BYE vs (7)JANKOVIC, Jelena

Muller vs Tu - Tu
Perry vs Jankovic – Jankovic

Jankovic


(3)HINGIS, Martina vs BYE
(WC)WOZNIACKI, Caroline vs GAJDOSOVA, Jarmila
(WC)(GEO)TATISHVILI, Anna vs QUALIFIER
BYE vs (32)VINCI, Roberta

I’ve never seen Wozniacki play but all I’ve heard has been good. I pick her over Ms Gajdosova but I’m not ready to pick her over Hingis.
Roberta Vinci should win her second round match and should beat Ms Geotatishvili. But she won’t beat Martina.

Hingis

(18)SCHIAVONE, Francesca vs BYE
FEDAK, Yuliana vs SUCHA, Martina
BRANDI, Kristina vs KANEPI, Kaia
BYE vs (14)HANTUCHOVA, Daniela

Schiavone vs Hantuchova

Hantuchova

(11)PEER, Sharhar vs BYE
SUN, Tiantian vs SPREM, Karolina
JIDKOVA, Alina vs RADWANSKA, Agnieszka
BYE vs (19)SAFAROVA, Lucie

Peer vs Safarova – It’ll be a fight but…

Peer

(25)KIRIELENKO, Maria vs BYE
BIRNEROVA, Eva vs DOMINGUEZ LINO, Lourdes
LUCIC, Mirjana vsQUALIFIER
BYE vs (8)CHAKVETADZE, Anna

MariaK vs AnnaC

Chakvetadze
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(5)DEMENTIEVA, Elena vs BYE
LAINE, Emma vs BAMMER, Sybille
HARKLEROAD, Ashley vs BARDINA, Vasilisa
BYE vs (30)PENG, Shuai

Elena vs Bammer – Elena
Harkleroad vs Peng – Peng

Dementieva vs Peng

Dementieva

(24)MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabe vs BYE
REZAI, Aravane vs MOLIK, Alicia
QUALIFIER vs KING, Vania
BYE vs (10) IVANOVIC, Ana

Molik vs Medina Garrigues – Molik
Vania vs AnaI – Ana

Ivanovic vs Molik – Tough match

Molik

(13)GOLOVIN, Tatiana vs BYE
QUALIFIER vs NAKAMURA, Aiko
TANASUGARN, Tamarine vs QUALIFIER
BYE vs (21)STOSUR, Samantha

Golovin vs Stosur

Stosur

(27)BREMOND, Severine vs BYE
GRANVILLE, Laura vs PIN, Camille
WOZNIAK, Aleksandra vs DULKO, Gisela
BYE vs (4)PETROVA, Nadia

Bremond vs Pin – Bremond
Dulko vs Nadia - Nadia

Bremond vs Nadia

Petrova

(6)VAIDISOVA, Nicole vs BYE
MATTEK, Bethanie vs SCHULTZ-MCCARTHY, Brenda
YAKIMOVA, Anastasiya vs ROLLE, Ahsha
BYE vs (29)SHAUGHNESSY, Meghann

Vaidisova vs Mattek - Vaidisova
Rolle vs Shaughnessy – Shaughnessy

Vaidisova vs Shaughnessy

Vaidisova

(17)BARTOLI, Marion vs BYE
PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana vs QUALIFIER
DOMACHOWSKA, Marta vs CASTANO, Catalina
BYE vs (9)SAFINA, Dinara

Bartoli vs Pironkova – Bartoli
Castano vs Safina – Safina (depends)

Bartoli vs Safina

Safina

(16)SUGIYAMA, Ai vs BYE
(FRA)RAZZANO, Virginie vs QUALIFIER
BENESOVA, Iveta vs BYCHKOVA, Ekaterina
BYE vs(20) GARBIN, Tathiana

Another fairly weak section. I don’t think Sugiyama will make it through. By default I pick

Garbin


(26)POUTCHKOVA, Ola vs BYE
LIKHOVTSEVA, Elena vs MORIGAMI, Akiko
OSTERLOH, Lilia vs OPRANDI, Romina
BYE vs (2)KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana

They’re giving this section to Sveta

Kuznetsova

A weak field and a decent draw. This event is Sharapova’s to lose.