• Most Popular
  • Most Shared
Hungarian world champion and three-time Olympic silver medallist Laszlo Cseh (front) and Zsuzsanna Jakabos swim as they test their new Arena swimming suits in Budapest May 27, 2009. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

Pictures of the year: Sports

A look at the year's best sports photos.   Slideshow 

    Women's first round draw at Australian Open

    MELBOURNE
    Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:18pm EST

    MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Revised draw including qualifiers for the women's first round at the Australian Open (prefix denotes seeding):

    Sports

    1-Justine Henin (Belgium) v Aiko Nakamura (Japan)

    Monique Adamczak (Australia) v Olga Poutchkova (Russia) Maret Ani (Estonia) v Angelique Kerber (Germany) Emilie Loit (France) v 25-Francesca Schiavone (Italy)

    19-Sybille Bammer (Austria) v Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand)

    Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) v Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic)

    Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine) v Aravane Rezai (France)

    Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (France) v 13-Tatiana Golovin (France)

    11-Elena Dementieva (Russia) v Tzipora Obziler (Israel)

    Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) v Petra Cetkovska (Czech Republic)

    Jessica Moore (Australia) v Julie Ditty (United States)

    Renata Voracova (Czech Republic) v 17-Shahar Peer (Israel)

    32-Julia Vakulenko (Ukraine) v Elena Vesnina (Russia)

    Jill Craybas (U.S.) v Chan Yung-jan (Taiwan)

    Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) v Sara Errani (Italy)

    Jelena Kostanic Tosic (Croatia) v 5-Maria Sharapova (Russia)

    3-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) v Tamira Paszek (Austria)

    Stephanie Dubois (Canada) v Edina Gallovits (Romania)

    Flavia Pennetta (Italy) v Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)

    Ashley Harkleroad (U.S.) v 30-Virginie Razzano (France)

    18-Amelie Mauresmo (France) v Tatiana Poutchek (Belarus)

    Yaroslava Shvedova (Russia) v Tatjana Malek (Germany)

    Casey Dellacqua (Australia) v Karin Knapp (Italy)

    Lilia Osterloh (U.S.) v 15-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland)

    12-Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic) v Ioana Raluca Olaru (Romania)

    Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) v Alicia Molik (Australia)

    Madison Brengle (U.S.) v Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukraine)

    Ai Sugiyama (Japan) v 23-Vera Zvonareva (Russia)

    26-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) v Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan)

    Sandra Kloesel (Germany) v Julia Schruff (Germany)

    Eketerina Ivanova (Russia) v Yuan Meng (China)

    Jarmila Gajdosova (Australia) v 7-Serena Williams (U.S.)

    8-Venus Williams (U.S.) v Zi Yan (China)

    Camille Pin (France) v Monica Niculescu (Romania)

    Sophie Ferguson (Australia) v Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland)

    Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbekistan) v 31-Sania Mirza (India)

    24-Li Na (China) v Severine Bremond (France)

    Maria Elena Camerin (Italy) v Christina Wheeler (Australia)

    Mathilde Johansson (France) v Marta Domachowska (Poland)

    Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) v 10-Marion Bartoli (France)

    16-Dinara Safina (Russia) v Sabine Lisicki (Germany)

    Maria Emilia Salerni (Argentina) v Mariya Koryttseva (Ukraine)

    Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Gisela Dulko (Argentina)

    Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) v 21-Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine)

    28-Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) v Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain)

    Angelikka Bachmann (Germany) v Anastasia Rodionova (Australia)

    Tathiana Garbin (Italy) v Eleni Daniilidou (Greece)

    Sorana Cirstea (Romania) v 4-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)

    6-Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) v Andrea Petkovic (Germany)

    Peng Shuai (China) v Alisa Kleybanova (Russia)

    Akiko Morigami (Japan) v Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands)

    Meilen Tu (U.S.) v 27-Maria Kirilenko (Russia)

    22-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) v Catalina Castano (Colombia)

    Roberta Vinci (Italy) v Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain)

    Alize Cornet (France) v Clarisa Fernandez (Argentina)

    Vania King (U.S.) v 9-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia)

    14-Nadia Petrova (Russia) v Nicole Pratt (Australia)

    Evgenia Linetskaya (Israel) v Anne Kremer (Luxembourg)

    Laura Granville (U.S.) v Yvonne Meusburger (Austria)

    Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) v 20-Agnes Szavay (Hungary)

    29-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) v Olga Savchuk (Ukraine)

    Martina Mueller (Germany) v Pauline Parmentier (France)

    Olga Govortsova (Belarus) v Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria)

    Nathalie Dechy (France) v 2-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)

    (Compiled by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by John O'Brien)



    More from Reuters

    Photo

    Microsoft loses Word appeal, will adjust program

    SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it will tweak its Word application to remove a feature judged to be a breach of patent, ensuring that it will be able to continue selling one of its most widely used programs.

    Malaysians participate in computer attack and defence hacking competition during The 3rd Annual Hack-In-The-Box Security Conference 2004 in Kuala Lumpur on October 6, 2004. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad
    Commentary:

    Year of the breach

    Data security breaches are nasty business and should be avoided at all costs, writes Kevin Prince, a chief technology officer at Perimeter e-Security. Here's a look at the biggest breaches and blunders of 2009.  Commentary 

    Soldiers look on as U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks to soldiers at F.O.B. Warrior in Kirkuk, Iraq December 11, 2009.  REUTERS/Justin Sullivan/Pool

    Are you pregnant? Sir! No, Sir!

    There are some 115,000 U.S. troops in Iraq -- and one commander wants to make sure his soldiers don't multiply.  Full Article