Maria will play her first match against Francesca Schiavone of Italy at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Friday.

Here is the schedule:
Stadium 1 - 11.00 AM local time start (2.00 PM ET and 8.00 PM CET)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs. Steve Johnson (USA)
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) (13) vs. Christina McHale (USA)
James Blake (USA) vs. Robin Haase (NED)
Maria Sharapova (RUS) (2) vs. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

Maria has played the 32-year-old three times before and leads the series 3-0, here are the matches they have played against each other:
Tokyo 2007 R2: Maria won 4-6 7-5 6-1
Birmingham 2007 R3: Maria won 6-1 6-3
Tokyo 2009 R1: Maria won 7-5 2-6 6-1