Murray seeded fifth for Open

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Murray seeded fifth for Open

Murray: fifth seed

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Andy Murray has been seeded fifth for the Australian Open which begins in Melbourne next week.

Roger Federer is top seed for the men's draw with Serena Williams heading the list in the women's event. The seedings are largely based on current world rankings.

Williams has won the Australian title each odd-numbered year since 2003, beating Dinara Safina in straight sets in last year's final.

Safina is seeded second this year, followed by French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki, Olympic champion Elena Dementieva and Venus Williams.

Organisers resisted giving former world number one Justine Henin a seeding for her first Grand Slam event back from retirement.

The 27-year-old, who won seven singles majors before quitting in May 2008, made her tour comeback last week at the Brisbane International, where she lost in the final to fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters.

Clijsters, who won the US Open in September in only her third tournament back from more than two years in retirement, is seeded 15th for the Australian Open.

Rafael Nadal, who beat Federer in a classic Melbourne final last year, is seeded second, followed by 2008 Australian champion Novak Djokovic, US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and Murray.

Men's seeds

1 (SUI) Roger Federer, 2 (ESP) Rafael Nadal, 3 (SRB) Novak Djokovic, 4 (ARG) Juan Martin del Potro, 5 (GBR) Andy Murray, 6 (RUS) Nikolay Davydenko, 7 (USA) Andy Roddick, 8 (SWE) Robin Soderling, 9 (ESP) Fernando Verdasco, 10 (FRA) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 11 (CHI) Fernando Gonzalez, 12 (FRA) Gael Monfils, 13 (CZE) Radek Stepanek, 14 (CRO) Marin Cilic, 15 (FRA) Gilles Simon, 16 (ESP) Tommy Robredo.

Women's seeds

1 (USA) Serena Williams, 2 (RUS) Dinara Safina, 3 (RUS) Svetlana Kuznetsova, 4 (DEN) Caroline Wozniacki, 5 (RUS) Elena Dementieva, 6 (USA) Venus Williams, 7 (BLR) Victoria Azarenka, 8 (SRB) Jelena Jankovic, 9 (RUS) Vera Zvonareva, 10 (POL) Agnieszka Radwanska, 11 (FRA) Marion Bartoli, 12 (ITA) Flavia Pennetta, 13 (AUS) Samantha Stosur, 14 (RUS) Maria Sharapova, 15 (BEL) Kim Clijsters, 16 (CHN) Na Li.

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Tshewang Yeden says...

It doesnt realy matter for Murray...If he is Realy to win a Grandslam than no wonder he will beat all the top four guys. As he said already ranking doesnt matter...I truly support him...he has that capability of beating every top guys and has a preety good record...I am supporting Andy Murray though i am a huge fan of Rafa....Common Andy...Go Murray with the slam in hand and show to the world that u r worth of it...gud luck..

Posted 15:55 14th January 2010

Chris Penny says...

I wonder if Murray will regret his decision not to defend his title at the start of the year. Simply turning up and winning a couple of matches would have allowed him to keep his number 4 ranking. Now he will find himself in a 1/4 of the Aussie with one of the other big 4. If he had been seeded 4 and managed to avoid Del Potro in his section of the draw, he could possibly have had an easy route to the semi finals. He may well beat who ever is in his section (and hopefully win the title), but I just feel he is making life harder for himself than he needs to. Come on Murray!!

Posted 13:36 14th January 2010
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