I was only saying a couple of days ago that there seems to be so much strength in depth in the top 50 at the moment that you just don't seem to get many easy draws. I think this just highlights it. In a week where there is 3 ATP events on to get a draw like this is pretty tough going.
This is a very nasty draw for Andy - it seems all the decent "floaters" ended up in the top eighth of the draw. Other seeds have a much easier time of it: Verdasco plays a qualifier in the first round, followed by the winner of the battle of the wildcards - Lejnieks v Kuryavdstev.