Only a handful of days until her first match of 2011. I know that once I see that first draw I'll get blindly optimistic about Alize's prospects. C'mon Alize, have a good year.
(1) Maria Sharapova (RUS) v Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) v Renata Voracova (CZE)
Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) v Greta Arn (HUN)
Tamira Paszek (AUT) v (8)Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
(4)Julia Goerges (GER) v Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) Sandra Zahlavova (CZE) v Alize Cornet (FRA)
Anne Keothavong (GBR) v Edina Gallovits (ROU)
(wc)Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) v (6)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
(5)Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) v Romina Oprandi (ITA)
Qualifier v Qualifier
Johanna Larsson (SWE) v Shuai Peng (CHN)
(wc)Sacha Jones (NZL) v (3)Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
(7)Elena Vesnina (RUS) v (wc)Marina Erakovic (NZL)
Simona Halep (ROU) v Ayumi Morita (JPN)
Qualifier v Qualifier
Dinara Safina (RUS) v (2)Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)