Australian Open 2010 - Women's Draw

The 2010 Australian Open Women's Singles Draw has been completed. There will be no Williams sisters showdown as Serena Williams may meet sister Venus in the semifinals. Kim Clijsters, the 2009 US Open champion is in the opposite side of the draw and can only meet Serena in the finals. Here are the potential fourth round match-ups for seeds.

TOP Half - Quadrant 1:

#1 Serena Williams vs #13 Samantha Stosur
#7 Victoria Azarenka vs # 9 Vera Zvonareva

TOP Half - Quadrant 2:

#4 Caroline Wozniacki vs #16 Na Li
#6 Venus Williams vs #10 Agnieszka Radwanska

BOTTOM Half - Quadrant 1:

#3 Svetalana Kuznetsova vs #15 Kim Clijsters
#5 Elena Dementieva vs #12 Flavia Pennetta

BOTTOM Half - Quadrant 2:

#2 Dinara Safina vs #14 Maria Sharapova
#8 Jelena Jankovic vs #11 Marion Bartoli

Some observations:

* Serena's quadrant has the highest rank average amongst top 16 players. It has 3 top 10 players, the same as the Wozniacki-Venus Williams quadrant.
* Former #1 and 2004 Australian Open champion Justine Henin may meet #5 Dementieva in the second round if both advance beyond the first round.
* The two best Russian performers - Safina and Sharapova may meet in the fourth round. Safina was a finalist last year, while Sharapova was a finalist in 2007 and a winner in 2008.
* Henin and Clijsters may meet in the quarterfinals.
* The fourth round match-up of Kuznetsova and Clijsters is a battle between last year's French Open champion and US Open champion.
* Will Aussie #1 Stosur beat a Williams sisters in a 4th round match like what Alicia Molik did in the 2005 Australian Open?
* For Jelena Dokic to do a repeat quarterfinal run, she will have to beat #27 Alisa Kleybanova in the first round, the winner of the Dementieva-Henin match in the third round, and potentially #12 Flavia Pennetta in the fourth round.
* For Alicia Molik to reach the fourth round and have another match with #6 Venus Williams, she will have to beat #17 Francesca Schiavone in the second round, and #10 Radwanska in the third round.
* If world #16 Yanina Wickmayer qualifies - she may face Stosur in the first round. A win by Wickmayer may make the tournament organizers wish that she should have been given a direct wildcard into the main draw.