Pacific Life Open draw released!

The draw for the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells has been released and Maria is the #4 seed and has a bye in the 1st round and will play either Lilia Osterloh of the United States or a qualifier.    Maria has played Osterloh twice before and won both matches without dropping a set.

The 1st seed Maria can meet is #25 seed Eleni Daniilidou of Greece in the 3rd round.  Maria can meet #15 seed Alona Bondarenko of the Ukraine in the 4th round.  Last year's champion Daniela Hantuchova is Maria's projected opponent in the quarters and Maria is in #2 seed Svetlana Kusnetsova's half.  Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic round off the draw in the top half.

Indian Wells is a tier 1 event played on hardcourts and is the 1st event of the American hardcourt double with Miami being played in 2 weeks times.  Maria's best result was winning here 2 years ago and she reached the 4th round here last year.


source: mariasharapova.com