MOSCOW, August 31 (RIA Novosti) - Top-seeded Russian tennis super star Maria Sharapova is expected to win her first match at the US Open against Dally Randriantefy of Madagascar Wednesday.

Four other Russian tennis players will also compete in day three of the US Open.

Vera Douchevina (33th) and Nadia Petrova (9th) will play their Women's Singles second round matches against unseeded Shahar Peer (Israel) and Aiko Nakamura (Japan), respectively.

Ekaterina Bychkova, the sensational winner of the first round match against last year's US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, will play against Ivana Lisjak of Croatia.

Maria Kirilenko faces a difficult match against tenth seeded Venus Williams, winner of Wimbledon 2005 and former No. 1 in the ATP world rankings.