Tennis
Wozniacki top seed at US Open
2010-08-24 20:24
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New York - Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark was seeded No 1 at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time on Tuesday, receiving the top spot at the US Open because Serena Williams pulled out with a foot injury.
Wozniacki, ranked No 2 behind Williams by the WTA is the first woman since 2003 to be seeded No.1 at the US Open without already having won a major championship.
Defending champion Kim Clijsters was seeded No 2 by the US Tennis Association, which stuck strictly to the rankings in determining the seedings.
Venus Williams, the 2000 and 2001 US Open champion, is No 3, followed by 2008 runner-up Jelena Jankovic and French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur.
Two other past US Open champions who were seeded are No 11 Svetlana Kuznetsova and No 14 Maria Sharapova.
Serena Williams, Venus's younger sister, withdrew last week, saying she was recovering from surgery to repair cuts on her right foot.
The men's seedings were announced on Monday, with Rafael Nadal at No 1, and Roger Federer at No 2. The 2009 men's champion, Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, withdrew on Saturday because he wasn't ready to compete after having an operation on his right wrist in May.
The announcement of the women's seedings was delayed a day because Sunday's final at the Rogers Cup in Montreal was rained out.
Wozniacki wound up winning Monday's final for her third title of 2010.
The draw for the US Open is on Thursday, and play begins on Monday.
US Open seeds:
Women:
1. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark
2. Kim Clijsters, Belgium
3. Venus Williams, United States
4. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia
5. Samantha Stosur, Australia
6. Francesca Schiavone, Italy
7. Vera Zvonareva, Russia
8. Li Na, China
9. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland
10. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus
11. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia
12. Elena Dementieva, Russia
13. Marion Bartoli, France
14. Maria Sharapova, Russia
15. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium
16. Shahar Peer, Israel
17. Nadia Petrova, Russia
18. Aravane Rezai, France
19. Flavia Pennetta, Italy
20. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia
21. Zheng Jie, China
22. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain
23. Maria Kirilenko, Russia
24. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovak Republic
25. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania
26. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic
27. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic
28. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia
29. Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine
30. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan
31. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia
32. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria
Men:
1. Rafael Nadal, Spain
2. Roger Federer, Switzerland
3. Novak Djokovic, Serbia
4. Andy Murray, Great Britain
5. Robin Soderling, Sweden
6. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia
7. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic
8. Fernando Verdasco, Spain
9. Andy Roddick, United States
10. David Ferrer, Spain
11. Marin Cilic, Croatia
12. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia
13. Jurgen Melzer, Austria
14. Nicolas Almagro, Spain
15. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia
16. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus
17. Gael Monfils, France
18. John Isner, United States
19. Mardy Fish, United States
20. Sam Querrey, United States
21. Albert Montanes, Spain
22. Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain
23. Feliciano Lopez, Spain
24. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia
25. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland
26. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil
27. Fernando Gonzalez, Chile
28. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic
29. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany
30. Juan Monaco, Argentina
31. David Nalbandian, Argentina
32. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia