Georgian top seed Anna Tatishvili hold the first match in this new season on December 31 and her rival is No.5 seed of the world German Angelique Kerber. As far as you know Anna is one of the cities of Australia in Brisbane and will play in the main draw of the tournament.
Prize money of Brisbane International 2013 is a million USD and for going through the first stage player gains 60 ranking points. So, it would be good if the rival of Tatishvili was a weaker player, but Georgian player was not lucky in the ballot.
As far as you know, Georgian and German tennis players have played twice against each other and both times they played draws. In 2009 in Slovenian Portorozh Tatishvili beat her 6:3, 6:2 and in Spain German played took an revenge over Georgian- 6:3, 7:6 (7:5). In case of victory Anna will gain 60 points and in 1/8 final she will play against Australia Olivia Rogovska or one of the winners of qualification and will fight for 120 points.
As far as you know, Tatishvili has 1140 points now and she is No.51 seed of the world according to WTA ranking.