Australian Open 2011 Women's Draw

Caroline Wozniacki DEN (1) v Gisela Dulko ARG
Tamira Paszek AUT v Vania King USA
Lucie Hradecka CZE v Alberta Brianti ITA
Angelique Kerber GER v Dominika Cibulkova SVK (29)

Yanina Wickmayer BEL (21) v Jarmila Groth AUS
Polona Hercog SLO Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Qualifier v Laura Pous-Tio ESP
Tathiana Garbin ITA v Marion Bartoli FRA (15)

Justine Henin BEL (11) v Qualifier
Qualifier v Elena Baltacha GBR
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA v Qualifier
Alison Riske USA v Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (23)

Tsvetana Pironkova BUL (32) v Pauline Parmentier FRA
Timea Bacsinszky SUI v Monica Niculescu ROU
Rebecca Marino CAN v Junri Namigata JPN
Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP v Francesca Schiavone ITA (6)

Henin is taking this quarter, though I wish Schiavone could give us another surprise. If there's a wildcard, look for hard-hitting homegirl Jarmila Groth to do some damage.

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Venus Williams USA (4) v Sara Errani ITA
Sandra Zahlavova CZE v Renata Voracova CZE
Qualifier v Qualifier
Jill Craybas USA v Andrea Petkovic GER (30)

Kaia Kanepi EST (20) v Magdalena Rybarikova SVK
Julia Goerges GER v Edina Gallovits - Hall ROU
Elena Vesnina RUS v Virginie Razzano FRA
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA v Maria Sharapova RUS (14)

Na Li CHN (9) v Sofia Arvidsson SWE
Evgeniya Rodina RUS v Olivia Rogowska AUS
Zuzana Ondraskova CZE v Jelena Dokic AUS
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE v Aravane Rezai FRA (17)

Daniela Hantuchova SVK (28) v Regina Kulikova RUS
Karolina Sprem CRO v Chanelle Scheepers RSA
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT v Andrea Hlavackova CZE
Qualifier v Victoria Azarenka BLR (8)

I like Li in this quarter. She got as far as the semifinals last year and she'll be fresh off a confident win in Sydney. She'll play Kanepi in the quarterfinals.

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Jelena Jankovic SRB (7) v Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR v Shuai Peng CHN
Caroline Garcia FRAv Varvara Lepchenko USA
Ayumi Morita JPN v Alexandra Dulgheru ROU (27)

Alisa Kleybanova RUS (24) v Qualifier
Qualifier v Simona Halep ROU
Sophie Ferguson AUS v Qualifier
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN v Agnieszka Radwanska POL (12)

Nadia Petrova RUS (13) v Ksenia Pervak RUS
Alicia Molik AUS v Roberta Vinci ITA
Patty Schnyder SUI v Qualifier
Ekaterina Makarova RUS v Ana Ivanovic SRB (19)

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP (26) v Greta Arn HUN
Qualifier v Alize Cornet FRA
Christina McHale USA v Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Dinara Safina RUS v Kim Clijsters BEL (3)

Clijsters has a chance to avenge last year's shocking loss to Petrova in the fourth round, but I have a sneaking suspicion they won't both make it that far. Jankovic couldn't have asked for a better section. I call this for Clijsters, but wouldn't at all be surprised if a wildcard like Peng slips through. Especially after witnessing Clijsters meltdown in the Sydney final.

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Samantha Stosur AUS (5) v Lauren Davis USA
Maria Elena Camerin ITA v Vera Dushevina RUS
Olga Govortsova BLR v Anna Chakvetadze RUS
Sally Peers AUS v Petra Kvitova CZE (25)

Flavia Pennetta ITA (22) v Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP v Johanna Larsson SWE
Sorana Cirstea ROU v Jana Lucic CRO
Mathilde Johansson FRA v Shahar Peer ISR (10)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS (16) v Kirsten Flipkens BEL
Akgul Amanmuradova UZB v Kristina Barrois GER
Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP v Iveta Benesova CZE
Romina Oprandi ITA v Maria Kirilenko RUS (18)

Lucie Safarova CZE (31) v Shuai Zhang CHN
Klara Zakopalova CZE v Melanie Oudin USA
Bojana Jovanovski SRB v Kai-Chen Chang TPE
Sybille Bammer AUT v Vera Zvonareva RUS (2)

I see a quarterfinal between Kvitova and Zvonareva with the young Czech making her second Slam semifinal.