So who is playing the 5th Grand Slam then, has there been an official entry list? Most of the top twenty seem to be entered :D

Serena's down to play so will hopefully turn up regardless of her "cold", considering that it's practically happening in her back garden :lol:

Since it's mandatory I guess the entry list is simply everyone!

Only injured players will miss it I would have thought.

Was it mandatory or not last year? I can't remember.

Oh i cant wait for Miami :D

Bad news is that Elena D aint playing :(

Whens the draw out?

I see Mauresmo has pulled out. Is this the start of the annual 'i'm injured' phrase by any player? :rolleyes:

who's next to pull out then? i say sharapova ;)

http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/globa...miami_draws.pdf

Maria v Venus in round 3, and the winner will likely face Serena!

That sucks :angry:

I love Maria-Venus in round 3 :yahoo:

But Serena next round :angry:

Get her Vee :devil:

That is deeply disappointing. They're not even just in the same quarter--only one of Sharapova, Serena or Venus will come out of the R16. Pfeh.

Here's the rundown on all the projected R16 matches:

Sharapova/Venus v Serena/Safarova?
Schnyder/Bartoli v Vaidisova
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Kuznetsova v Peer
Ivanovic v Hingis
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Jankovic v Golovin/Chakvetadze
Li v Clijsters
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Henin v Hantuchova/Zvonareva
Safina v Petrova

Not sure what to make of it yet. We do have a potential Serena/Venus v Hingis semi, which can be interesting, and Henin facing any of those ladies in the final should be also. A shame about Mauresmo, but it's not as though she had appendicitis on purpose. =P

Thats a bit of a disaster for the organisers! Iam sure they would have preferred them on oppsoite sides of the draw! And not playing each other until the semi's!

OMG, Henin v Hantuchova in R16 too?

I hate this draw :(

This is going to be great :devil: :D

Just looked at Venus's draw :D

Poor Kirilenko roflmao

It would have been nicer to have some blockbuster 1/4s, but Maria-Venus will really liven up the start of the tournament :D

Maria better start panicking, she does not wanna play Venus if her serve is misfiring :devil:

I'm sick of these Venus-Serena rnd of 16's though :(

I know, it's too early, one sister will be gone by the 1/4s :(

Maria is working on her serve as we type roflmao

It looks like we might be doomed to one last anticlimactic Henin v Clijsters semi, as well. Sigh. A Jankovic v Clijsters QF could be cracking, however, given their marathon Sydney final.

Hingis must be pleased that Jankovic and Hantuchova aren't in her quarter, having lost twice to each player this year already. Not that Ivanovic, Kuznetsova or Peer are a walk in the park either. I also see Vaidisova has a potential rematch with Serena for another intriguing QF.

She'd better, or its another early exit for Ms Ego-maniac roflmao

I really wanted a Serena-Venus final, or at least a semi between them :(

Its been this way since Miami 2 years ago :rolleyes:

Its upsetting they are drawn so early, but we have a realistic chance of seeing the sisters play each other again, and thats cause for celebration :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Yeah, that would be great :D

I wish Mary and lindsay were here :(

Even if Lindsay rarely made it to miami anyway roflmao

I know, it's strange how they end up so close to one another in the tournaments they've both played :huh:

Anyway, can't wait for these match-ups :D

I know :(

Well if Linds were playing she'd be heading into Miami as the IW champ :rolleyes:

Aint that the truth :(

The only time there's no belgians, and lIndsay is up the duff :rolleyes: roflmao

and what makes you so certain that venus/serena will even get that far? :P

err no. i reckon kuznetsova would have beaten her :P or maybe hingis again, like last year :D

You should be more concerned if Hingis gets that far, based on her last couple of tourny's :P

ah but she has got to round 3 :P

Both William sisters have this year :D

Ivanovic will beat Hingis in the 4th round :D

And Lindsay in shape, would have killed Sveta and Martina, I mean, look what Hantuchova did :P

Dammit Lindsay roflmao

no, she'll get another tokyo beating again :devil:
but me don't think ivanovic will make it that far

ooh hingis only has to win two matches, and she gets more points :clap:

yeah. they've played three tournaments, that's why :lol:

Dont be so sure, Ivanovic gave Hingis a beating on an outdoor american hardcourt.....

odds are in her favour :D

And Serena has eclipsed all of hingis's wins this year, with just one tourny :D

no, she just played the best match of her life, she'll never do it again

interestingly, if venus doesn't play again this season, she'll go the whole year unbeaten :lol:

That was indoors ;)

The last time Ana played Marti on outdoor hardcourts, well, Hingis was thrashed :D roflmao

no :P

coz hingis has won 14 matches, serena's won about 10 :P

So dl... we meet again... only this time in the 3rd round! B)

hardcourts, smardcourts
what happened the last time hingis played davenport on a hardcourt? :D

Only this time............. maria's game has as much energy as a dead cabage :P roflmao

Hi s_j btw :D