The women's bracket has been drawn. Here is a brief breakdown.
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1 Serena Williams vs 7 Agnieszka Radwanska - First Quarter Projection
SW's path: 3R: 25 Lucie Safarova 4R: 16 Maria Sharapova/24 D Hantuchova
AR's path: 3R: 32 Sara Errani 4R: 9 Li Na/19 Svetlana Kuznetsova
Thoughts:
A Serena/Maria 4R match would be awesome.
Svetlana looks like a big name but she has been a non-factor all year.
Not a big prediction but an all-Williams final seems a near sure bet.
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3 Caroline Wozniacki vs 6 Samantha Stosur - Second Quarter Projection
CW's path: 3R: 29 A Pavlyuchenkova 4R: 14 Victoria Azarenka/23 Zheng Jie
SS's path: 3R: 31 Alexandra Dulgheru 4R: 10 Flavia Pennetta/18 Aravane Rezai
Thoughts: This is Stosur's quarter. End of story.
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4 Jelena Jankovic vs 8 Kim Clijsters - Third Quarter Projection
JJ's path: 3R: 28 A Bondarenko 4R: 15 Y Wickmayer/21 V Zvonareva
KC's path: 3R: 27 Maria Kirilenko 4R: 12 Nadia Petrova/17 Justine Henin
Thoughts:
Immediately all eyes are focused on a Kim/Justine 4th round encounter.
The winner of that match could very well be the semifinalist here.
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2 Venus Williams vs 5 Francesca Schiavone - Fourth Quarter Projection
VW's path: 3R: A Kleybanova 4R: 13 Shahar Peer/20 Dinara Safina
FS's path: 3R: 30 Y Schvedova 4R: 11 Marion Bartoli/22 MJM Sanchez
Thoughts:
Mmm let's see, Venus on grass - Kleybanova is her only (small) threat.
Sure Dinara is in there but she is a shadow of her former self.
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Photo: Wimbledon Hawk - aeltc
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