MIAMI, Fla. (www.sonyericssonopen.com) – The 2008 Sony Ericsson Open held its draw ceremony for this year’s tournament. World No. 1 Justine Henin is seeded No. 1 in this year’s tournament and will have a first-round bye. Henin finds herself on the same side of the draw as defending Sony Ericsson Open champ Serena Williams and defending Wimbledon champion Venus Williams. Henin lost in an exciting final last year to Serena. On the other side of the women’s draw Lindsay Davenport continues her comeback after giving birth less than a year ago. Posing a threat to Davenport in the bottom half of the draw are Jelena Jankovic and Amelie Mauresmo.

On the men’s side of the draw, World No. 1 Roger Federer has both Andy Roddick and Nikolay Davydenko on his side of the draw. On the other side of the men’s draw, defending Sony Ericsson Open champ Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and James Blake will battle it out for a spot in the finals.

On Friday, March 28 Venus Williams will take center court at 7:00 pm and face the winner of Jill Craybas and Marta Domachowska. On Saturday, March 29, Federer will take over center court and face the winner of Gael Monfils and John Isner.

Tickets to the Sony Ericsson Open are on sale now and can be purchased by phone (305-442-3367) or via internet at www.sonyericssonopen.com. An amazing 12 days of tennis conclude with the women’s final on Saturday, April 5 and the men’s final on Sunday, April 6.

ABOUT THE SONY ERICSSON OPEN: The 2008 Sony Ericsson Open will be played March 26- April 6 at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. The 12-day combined event, founded by Butch Buchholz in 1985, is owned by IMG. The Sony Ericsson Open is one of nine ATP Masters Series events on the ATP calendar, a top tier event on the Sony Ericsson WTA TOUR calendar, and features the top men's and women's tennis players in the world.  In 2007, Novak Djokovic defeated Guillermo Canas for his first Sony Ericsson Open title, while Serena Williams defeated Justine Henin to win her fourth title in Miami. For ticket information, call (305) 442-3367 or visit the website at http://www.SonyEricssonOpen.com.

ABOUT SONY ERICSSON: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications was established as a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in October 2001, with global corporate functions located in London. The company serves the worldwide communications market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories and PC-cards, and it has R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China, India and America. Sony Ericsson is the title sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association, and works with the Association to promote the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in over 80 cities during the year. For more information, please visit www.sonyericsson.com.