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 [ Images ], 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 [ Images ] of Switzerland [ Images ].

A victory over Sprem of Croatia [ Images ], 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 [ Images ], also the reigning Australian Open [ Images ] and Wimbledon [ Images ] champion, is the top seed while Maria Sharapova [ Images ], Elena Dementieva [ Images ], Nadia Petrova [ Images ], and Svetlana Kuznetsova [ Images ] 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 [ Images ] (Czech Republic)
10. Lindsay Davenport [ Images ] (U.S.)
11. Anastasia Myskina [ Images ] (Russia)
12. Dinara Safina [ Images ] (Russia)
13. Mary Pierce [ Images ] (France)
14. Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
15. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany [ Images ])
16. Ana Ivanovic [ Images ] (Serbia)
17. Daniela Hantuchova [ Images ] (Slovakia)
18. Flavia Pennetta [ Images ] (Italy)
19. Jelena Jankovic [ Images ] (Serbia)
20. Maria Kirilenko (Russia)
21. Shahar Peer (Israel)
22. Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia)
23. Anna Chakvetadze [ Images ] (Russia)
24. Li Na [ Images ] (China)
25. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain)
26. Marion Bartoli [ Images ] (France)
27. Tatiana Golovin [ Images ] (France)
28. Ai Sugiyama [ Images ] (Japan [ Images ])
29. Zheng Jie [ Images ] (China)
30. Venus Williams [ Images ] (U.S.)
31. Nathalie Dechy [ Images ] (France)
32. Elena Likhovtseva (Russia)