Williams sisters and Sharapova might meet early at Sony Open

Maria Sharapova will be the topseed after all as the organizers of the Sony Ericsson Open decided to use the rankings before Indian Wells. Yet last year they used the ones after the Pacific Life Open.

Maria Sharapova and The Williams sisters are all packed into the same explosive eighth of the draw announced Monday.
That means three of the biggest names in women's tennis are on a collision course by the fourth round.

The young Russian who is going to turn 20 on April 19th has a first round bye and then will either meet Chan, Yung-Jan from Taipei or Llagostera Vives, Nuria from Spain for a berth in the 3rd round. She has never played Chan before, but leads the H2H against Llagostera Vives 2-0.