The fourth is with Murray

Brit Andy Murray has been named as the fourth seed for the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York.

British star seeded behind Djokovic, Nadal and Federer

Andy Murray has been named as the fourth seed for the US Open which starts on Monday. Organisers have stuck with the ATP world rankings for their seeding list, meaning Murray, a winner of the Cincinnati Masters at the weekend, is at number four. World nuumber one Novak Djokovic tops the list with defending champion Rafael Nadal second. Roger Federer is at three. Murray, runner-up in New York in 2008, cannot now meet any of the top three until the semi-finals at the earliest. The recent Montreal finalist, Mardy Fish, is the highest-ranked American at number eight. The draw takes place at 1700 BST on Thursday. Men's seeds: 1 Novak Djokovic (Srb)
2 Rafael Nadal (Spa)
3 Roger Federer (Swi)
4 Andy Murray (Gbr)
5 David Ferrer (Spa)
6 Robin Soderling (Swe)
7 Gael Monfils (Fra)
8 Mardy Fish (USA)
9 Tomas Berdych (Cze)
10 Nicolas Almagro (Spa)
11 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra)
12 Gilles Simon (Fra)
13 Richard Gasquet (Fra)
14 Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi)
15 Viktor Troicki (Srb)
16 Mikhail Youzhny (Rus)
17 Jurgen Melzer (Aut)
18 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg)
19 Fernando Verdasco (Spa)
20 Janko Tipsarevic (Srb)
21 Andy Roddick (USA)
22 Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr)
23 Radek Stepanek (Cze)
24 Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg)
25 Feliciano Lopez (Spa)
26 Florian Mayer (Ger)
27 Marin Cilic (Cro)
28 John Isner (USA)
29 Michael Llodra (Fra)
30 Ivan Ljubicic (Cro)
31 Marcel Granollers (Spa)
32 Ivan Dodig (Cro)