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| Eariler today, the draw for the French Open was released and here it is:
Sharapova (1) vs. Rodina
Q vs. Brengle
Q vs. Sanchez O
Muller vs. Knapp (32)
Kirilenko (21) vs. Camerin
Q vs. Santangelo
Q vs. Sprem
Bondarenko K vs. Safina (13)
Zvonareva (11) vs. Foretz
Olaru vs. Cohen-Aloro
Q vs. Amanmuradova
Wozniak vs. Bammer (20)
Sugiyama (31) vs. Kudryavtseva
Govortsova vs. Fedak
Domachowska vs. De Los Rios
Dushevina vs. Dementieva (7)
Kuznetsova (4) vs. Nakamura
King vs. Huck
Kleybanova vs. Tanasugarn
Rezai vs. Petrova (25)
Schiavone (18) vs. Craybas
Mamic vs. Krajicek
Cirstea vs. Kremer
Gallovits vs. Azarenka (16)
Szavay (12) vs. Morita
Lisicki vs. Vesnina
Kvitova vs. Morigami
Stosura vs. Peer (17)
Medina Garrigues (29) vs. Q
Chan vs. Pironkova
Kanepi vs. Yuan
Llagostera Vives (6) Chakvetadze
Williams V (8) vs.Obziler
Dubois vs. Q
Q vs. Salerni
Perebiynis vs. Pennetta (26)
Mauresmo (22) vs. Savchuk
Q vs. Parmentier
Ditty vs. Dechy
Dellacqua vs. Bartoli (9)
Radwanska A (14) vs. Koryttseva
Bremond vs. Q
Errani vs. Dulko
Vakulenko vs. Cornet (19)
Cibulkova (28) vs. Kerber
Sequera vs. Osterloh
Garbin vs. Erakovic
Q vs. Jankovic (3)
Williams S (5) vs. Harkleroad
Johansson Ma vs. Pin
Makarova vs. Castano
Ruano Pascual vs. Srebotnik (27)
Razzano (24) vs. Zakopalova
Yan vs. Loit
Pszek vs. Bacsinszky
Bychkova vs. Schnyder (10)
Vaidisova (15) vs. Q
Rodionova vs. Peng
Voskoboeva vs. Fedossova
Cvetkova vs. Bondarenko A (23)
Wozniacki (30) vs. Meusburger
Q vs. Hsieh
Kloesel vs. Safarova
Arvidsson vs. Ivanovic (2)
Interesting draw with the hotties spread out for the most part. First of all Masha`s section looks pretty favorable early on, but could get much tougher in the round of 16 against either Makiri or Dinara Safina. Both ladies has been playing well lately and are very familar with Masha`s game. Since i mentioned Makiri, it looks very likely that she and Dinara Safina could meet up in the third round. Ana`s section in the lower half of the draw looks pretty favorable as well, although i think that she could get a tough match from the very cute Caroline. It`ll be interesting to see if she can rediscover the good form that she showed in going to the finals last year, which i hope will happen. Also i see that Alona and Nikki are in the same section together. I think that they could meet up in the third round, provided if Nikki can somehow get it together, with the winner of that match likely meeting Ana in the round of 16. A little higher in the lower half of the draw, i see that Jelena and Domi are in the same section and could meet up in the third round. I think that will be an interesting match to watch. Of course they have to take care of business in their early matches first. Meanwhile a lot of the hopes of France is on Alize, who has a very tough section with Gisela Dulko and Aggie there. However i think that she has a chance to get through with it. Alize obviously is coming in with a lot of confidence after the great run to the finals in Rome last week. So it`ll be very interesting to see how she will respond to all of the new found attention. Flavia`s portion looks good early on, but could very tough aftewards with a likely third round match against Venus Williams. However as has been said eariler, Venus is very vulenable on the red clay. So Flavia has a good chance should they meet up. She just needs to rediscover the good form she showed eariler this year. Also Anna`s section looks a little tougher than a lot of people think, starting with the first round match against clay court specialist Nuria Llagostera Vives. However i think that she has a chance of doing well there, especially with her good run in Rome last week. Meanwhile Vera Z has a favorable looking section early on, but could get much tougher if she meets up with Sybille Bammer in the third round. Also Ashley didn`t get any favors from the draw as she has Serena Williams in the first round.  Now that just isn`t right since Ashley is just coming back after the layoff from the ovary surgery. In fact it`s downright brutal  Hopefully she can give a good effort. We only got one all hotties matchup in the first round and it`s between Elena and Sabrine. Now that is quite a sexy matchup.  Hopefully we`ll get a nice competitive match between them. So that`s the story with the ladies` draw at Roland Garros. I really hope that all of our favorite hotties will do well over there. I have to admit that i`m very torn between wanting Masha to win the French Open to complete the career Grand Slam and wanting Ana to win her first Grand Slam title in Roland Garros. It should be fun to watch. BTW i`m sure you`re wondering why Dani wasn`t mentioned. Yesterday she officially withdrew from the French Open due to her heel injury. It wasn`t a surprise that Dani decided to withdraw. In fact i think that she`s doing the right thing in doing so to give herself more time to heal. Hopefully she can come back strong in the grass court season.
Anyway here are a couple of pics of Masha practicing yesterday along with some pics from her press conference eariler today.
 
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