Craybas, who didn't get to her hotel until 1am on Tuesday after playing in a charity event in Newport, Rhode Island, found out during her travels that she had received the ninth seed after two seeded players were forced to withdraw.
"I called to see who I was playing, and [a tournament official] said, `Oh, by the way, you're seeded,'" said the 66th-ranked Craybas, who was originally scheduled to play second-seeded Patty Schnyder. "It's always nice to be seeded. That way, you don't play a seeded player in the first round."
Davenport mulling comeback
Three-time major champion Lindsay Davenport is considering a comeback after being off the pro tour since the end of last year while awaiting the birth of her first child.
"I hope so," she said on Tuesday on a conference call from her Laguna Beach home. "I haven't made any final decisions. It's a small goal I'm working towards."
A comeback is alluring in part because Davenport would like to play in next year's Beijing Olympics. She won a gold medal in singles at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
"The thing that intrigues me is the Olympics and trying to go back as a mother," she said.
Davenport gave birth to son Jagger on June 10 -- two days after her 31st birthday.
She'll play her first match since September on Saturday in World Team Tennis, a doubles.
Her son was born three weeks early due to unspecified complications, although he is healthy. She said Jagger's name "has nothing to do with the Rolling Stones"; she and husband Jonathan Leach just wanted an unusual name.
Davenport plans to bring her son, husband, nanny and other family members to the weekend team match in Sacramento.
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