Russian No. 1 tennis player among women Maria Sharapova will start Wimbledon against Yung-Jan Chan of China.

Svetlana Kuznetsova seeded the fifth will meet Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus in the first round.

The women`s draw for Russian players:

Dushevina - Bacsinszky
Poutchkova (30) - Vesnina
Pavlyuchenkova - Hantuchova
Likhovtseva - Camerin
Rodionova - Molik
Chakvetadze (8) - Kerber
Shvedova - Mirza
Petrova (11) - King
Kuznetsova (5) - Vakulenko
Bardina - Mattek
Dementieva (12) - Dechy
Safina (13) - Bondarenko

Kudryavtseva - V. Williams (23)

Kirilenko - Cornet

Bychkova - Bremond

Sharapova (2) - Chan
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