


The draw for the 4th and final Grand Slam of the year at the US Open has been released and Maria is the #29 seed and will play Tsevtana Pironkova of Bulgaria in the 1st round. They have played once before in Istanbul in 2007 on clay and Maria won in straight sets. This match will be played on Monday or Tuesday.
If Maria can win that match she will play either Polana Hercog of Slovenia or Christina McHale of Australia in the 2nd round. The first seed Maria can meet is #4 seed Elena Dementieva of Russia in the 3rd round.
Maria didn't play the US Open last year due to her having to withdraw because of her shoulder injury. Maria has played the US Open 5 times before and of course her best performance was winning here in 2006.
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Свой первый матч в Торонто Маша сыграет сегодня ночью против Нади Петровой.
Пожелаем Маши удачи!
The newSony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings have been released today and Maria has moved up 12 spots to #49 following her semi-final appearance in Los Angeles. Maria has 1170 points.
In the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships which is just points for 2009, Maria is now #34 with 1170 points.