Indian Wells: A Look at the Women's Draw

View the draw HERE.

With Venus and Serena taking their annual pass on Indian Wells and the last 8 years worth of champions not seeded within the top 8 players - this thing could get pretty whacky before the first weekend is over.

Since the top 32 seeds all enjoy 1st round byes I immediately looked to see where wildcard Justine Henin (with no WTA ranking yet) was placed. It turns out that she got a great draw. First she'll play someone I've never heard of (Rybarikova) and then 31 Dulko in the 2nd round. That would set her up for a 3rd round encounter with 5 Agnieszka Radwanska. Um, look for a deep run from Justine.

Next I looked for #41 Melanie Oudin. A few weeks ago I made a prediction that she would be seeded for the French Open and with a good couple rounds here and in Miami it could happen. She opens against Vinci with a 2nd round match against 2-time champ Daniela Hantuchova. Hey, one match gets me closer to a successful prediction. I'm sticking with it!

Last I looked at the seeded projections for the quarterfinals and after I had a good laugh I plotted a more realistic look. Take a gander. Ok, I know I know - I have a soft spot for Jelena Jankovic. Sue me.

Projected Seeded Quarterfinals:

1 Svetlana Kuznetsova vs 6 Jelena Jankovic

3 Victoria Azarenka vs 8 Samantha Stosur

5 Agnieszka Radwanska vs 4 Elena Dementieva

7 Li Na vs 2 Caroline Wozniacki

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Yea right - it'll more likely look like this:

14 Kim Clijsters vs 6 Jelena Jankovic

13 Yanina Wickmayer vs 12 Vera Zvonareva

w/c Justine Henin vs 4 Elena Dementieva

10 Maria Sharapova vs 2 Caroline Wozniacki

It's gonna be that crazy. Anyone else feeling a Kim/Justine final?

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