Sania Mirza [Images] was on Thursday handed a relatively easy first round outing as she was drawn to play 50th ranked Karolina Sprem at the US Open, starting on Monday.

The 19-year old Indian featured in the bottom quarter of the women's singles draw which also featured second seed Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium and the seventh seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland [Images].

A victory over Sprem of Croatia, who has a best ever ranking of 11, could see Sania, world ranked 44, play 14th seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy [Images].

French world number one Amelie Mauresmo, also the reigning Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, is the top seed while Maria Sharapova [Images], Elena Dementieva, Nadia Petrova, and Svetlana Kuznetsova have been seeded three to six in that order.

Following is a list of the women's singles seeds for the US Open:

1. Amelie Mauresmo (France [Images])
2. Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium)
3. Maria Sharapova (Russia [Images])
4. Elena Dementieva (Russia)
5. Nadia Petrova (Russia)
6. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)
7. Patty Schnyder (Switzerland)
8. Martina Hingis [Images] (Switzerland)
9. Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic)
10. Lindsay Davenport [Images] (U.S.)
11. Anastasia Myskina [Images] (Russia)
12. Dinara Safina (Russia)
13. Mary Pierce (France)
14. Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
15. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany [Images])
16. Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)
17. Daniela Hantuchova [Images] (Slovakia)
18. Flavia Pennetta (Italy)
19. Jelena Jankovic (Serbia)
20. Maria Kirilenko (Russia)
21. Shahar Peer (Israel)
22. Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia)
23. Anna Chakvetadze [Images] (Russia)
24. Li Na (China)
25. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain)
26. Marion Bartoli (France)
27. Tatiana Golovin [Images] (France)
28. Ai Sugiyama (Japan [Images])
29. Zheng Jie (China)
30. Venus Williams [Images] (U.S.)
31. Nathalie Dechy (France)
32. Elena Likhovtseva (Russia)

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