Can Maria Sharapova go deep for us at the US Open?
The seeds are in and just like every other Grand Slam tournament, we’re rooting for Maria Sharapova to avoid yet another early round exit.
That’s right, the seeds for the 2010 U.S. Open are in and Caroline Wozniacki will quickly get to prove whether she’s a deserving top seed or whether she’s Dinara Safina 2.0.
You see, the 20-year-old had the misfortune of seeing the name of a certain Maria Sharapova drawn to the top half of her quarter, setting up a possible fourth-round matchup and she knows that the entire male population, except maybe for her dad, will be rooting against her.
On the bottom, Li Na and 2004 champion 
Svetlana Kuznetsova are scheduled for a fourth-rounder of their own.
The bottom half of the left side is wide open for Jelena Jankovic. For what is anyone’s guess. No. 15-seed Yanina Wickmayer has been mired in a slump this summer, but a return to the semis at Flushing Meadows isn’t out of the question.
Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonareva is perched at the bottom of the quarter and a potential crying jag in the form of young American Coco Vandeweghe sits in round two.
Melanie Oudin couldn’t have asked for a better draw. The struggling teen gets a qualifier in round one and then another winnable match against either a qualifier or No. 117 Sophie Ferguson in the second.
This is the most wide open of the quarters, which has to come as a relief to Venus Williams, who’s only advanced past the quarters once since 2002.
Could Kim Clijsters get knocked off before the quarters? Sure. Is it likely? Not with this draw. Sam Stosur and Elena Dementieva round out the top half of the quarter. Coincidentally, both falling stars of women’s tennis — Ana Ivanovic and Dinara Safina — are in the quarter.
But I would sure love to see Sharapova a little longer in this tournament this time, long enough to keep me interested in this tournament anyway.
Who will win the 2010 US Open? BetUS.com has the odds.
Roger Federer +250
Rafael Nadal +250
Andy Murray +350
Novak Djokovic +900
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