Nadal and Wozniacki get top billing

Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki will carry top seedings into next week's Australian Open, reflecting their No. 1 rankings in men's and women's tennis.

Updated on: Jan 14, 2011, 24:21:19 IST

Agencies | By HT Correspondent, Melbourne

Prefer HTon Google

Share via

Copy link

Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki will carry top seedings into next week's Australian Open, reflecting their No. 1 rankings in men's and women's tennis.

With seedings no longer done on organisers' discretion but purely on rankings, nine-time Grand Slam winner Nadal was named today as leading the men's seedings from close rival Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Sweden's Robin Soderling.

Wozniacki heads the women's seedings from Vera Zvonareva, Kim Clijsters and Venus Williams.

Spain has three players among the top-10 men's seeds: Nadal, David Ferrer at No. 7 and Fernando Verdasco at No. 9. Andy Murray of Britain comes in at No. 5 and Andy Roddick of the United States - one of four seeded Americans - at No. 8.

Women’s fifth-seed Samantha Stosur is the lone Australian in the top-16 list while not a single men’s player made the cut for this year’s Australian Open.

Stay updated with the latest scores, results, and headlines from us sports, wwe, football, tennis, hockey, and other sports. Follow live action, big tournaments, and top players across all major leagues on sports by Hindustan Times.