MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—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 organizers’ discretion but purely on rankings, nine-time Grand Slam winner Nadal was named Thursday 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

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Alright, time for some good Tennis.

Aw, too bad Serena William is not playing

9iceee , Sereena not playing , i put my money on women Venus or Clijsters while stosur , Zvonareva can pull a suprise, Men Nadal or Federer no suprise those two are far too better than the rest , cant wait for it to start

Good Times!

I really hope Venus gets a good tournament. Her pre tournament warm ups, she's been awful. Clijsters looking good 2 me. and then of course my Wozniacki.

For some reason, I really want Monfils to do well. Dude can play but looks too unserious 2 me.

Dunno who watched the MediBank Final, Li Na comes back from being 0-5 down to take first set, and goes on to beat Kim Clijsters 7-6, 6-3 to win the Sydney Open title. Great Match.

Suddenly, the Australian Open draw opens up a little

mystikal:

Good Times!

I really hope Venus gets a good tournament. Her pre tournament warm ups, she's been awful. Clijsters looking good 2 me. and then of course my Wozniacki.

For some reason, I really want Monfils to do well. Dude can play but looks too unserious 2 me.

Yeah, I like Monfils too. He is an entertainer and so likeable.

I wish Venus could fight like Serena; she seem to give up easily these days.

Should Nadal win, he will become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four slams.
Federer will be chasing his 5th Australian Open title.
Nadal and Fed are both in great form at the moment. Federer won the Qatar Open in Doha while Nadal defeated Federer at the Abu Dhabi Open.

Go fedex!!!!! Although it would be nice to ha someone new win a GS

Kim seems to be a good contender for the ladies but has an on n off switch. if she can keep it together, she's d most likely to win.

mystikal:

Dunno who watched the MediBank Final, Li Na comes back from being 0-5 down to take first set, and goes on to beat Kim Clijsters 7-6, 6-3 to win the Sydney Open title. Great Match.

Suddenly, the Australian Open draw opens up a little

it was a great match , i cant believe that someone can come up from 5-0 to beat clijsters , so many suprise awaiting in AO ,

mystikal:

Good Times!

I really hope Venus gets a good tournament. Her pre tournament warm ups, she's been awful. Clijsters looking good 2 me. and then of course my Wozniacki.

For some reason, I really want Monfils to do well. Dude can play but looks too unserious 2 me.

dont mind that guy hes still a kid ,

Monfils!. . . . . . . .Chop Knuckle

^^That was a huge scare for Monfils, two sets down. . .
23rd seed, Nikolay Davydenko fell to unseeded Florian Mayer 3 - 6, 6 - 4, 6 - 7, 4 - 6.

Victory for Roger Federer. He defeated Lukas Lacko 6 - 1, 6 - 1, 6 - 3 in a little over an hour.

day 1 all top seed won except davydenko ,

medjai:

^^That was a huge scare for Monfils, two sets down. . .
23rd seed, Nikolay Davydenko fell to unseeded Florian Mayer 3 - 6, 6 - 4, 6 - 7, 4 - 6.

Victory for Roger Federer. He defeated Lukas Lacko 6 - 1, 6 - 1, 6 - 3 in a little over an hour.

that guy is a joke , at the end of his career its trophies won that matter and not all these joke on the court ,i wish him  well in the tournament ,

E be like say Venus Williams dey find husband! Her outfit is just eye-popping

Clijsters looking really sharp vs Safina. She is playing like She needs to get somewhere ASAP.

6~0 6~0 win for Clijsters. She dey vex!

Clijsters victory is huge , wow 6-0 , 6-0 , i think safina need to go back to the drawing board , Ana Ivanovic is gone ,
Nalbadian and hewitt game is hot , 5th set still on

Nalbadian/ Hewitt game felt like a final. Nalbadian would be a much more dangerous player if he could shed some weight.

fredoooooo:

Clijsters victory is huge , wow 6-0 , 6-0 , i think safina need to go back to the drawing board , Ana Ivanovic is gone ,
Nalbadian and hewitt game is hot , 5th set still on

Dinara Safina was ranked no.1 sometime last year. It looks like she's totally lost it.

mystikal:

Nalbadian/ Hewitt game felt like a final. Nalbadian would be a much more dangerous player if he could shed some weight.

Hes a great player just that hes very prone to injury , thats why hes like that . i remember him in his prime time beating fed at the best ,

medjai:

Dinara Safina was ranked no.1 sometime last year. It looks like she's totally lost it.

Yes , Dinara was former world number 1(without winning a slam ), but she lost it due to injury . i only hope she get herself back on track

Women's top seed, Caroline Wozniacki made light work of Vania King winning 6 - 1, 6 - 0, in 58 minutes.

2nd round tie for Federer against Giles Simons. A very tricky tie. Federer has never defeated Simons.

medjai:

Women's top seed, Caroline Wozniacki made light work of Vania King winning 6 - 1, 6 - 0, in 58 minutes.

2nd round tie for Federer against Giles Simons. A very tricky tie. Federer has never defeated Simons.

wozniacki is in good shape but never met a formidable opponent,

federers game is so so tricky as you said 2- 1 federer now

Fed must go, Fed must go!
Fifth and final set, hope he loses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2-2 federer and simone , what a game

Federer should come out tops at the end. He knows how to win these games.

Wow! What a game. Federer leading 5 - 2

isnt tennis amazing? its not over to till its over and in the end it takes both skills n a lot of heart to win. verdasco n federer proved that today.

Austalian open is always the toughest for me to follow . . . dem folks down unber be playing at 3am in the morning.

The women's side is just warreva . . . but there are so many suitors on the men's side. I'm a staunch Federer fan, but I would like to see Monfils do well.

livin:

isnt tennis amazing? its not over to till its over and in the end it takes both skills n a lot of heart to win. verdasco n federer proved that today.

Tennis is a great sport .anything can happen just in a matter of second , Na li - Kim clijsteres is another example , clijsteres winning 5-0 first set only fo li na to come back and win the set then the game ,

fredoooooo:


Tennis is a great sport .anything can happen just in a matter of second , Na li - Kim clijsteres is another example , clijsteres winning 5-0 first set only fo li na to come back and win the set then the game ,

yeah wasn't that surprising? But Kim's problem unlike serena is consistency during a match. if not she shld have more GSs than she does.

livin:

yeah wasn't that surprising? But Kim's problem unlike serena is consistency during a match. if not she shld have more GSs than she does.

you are very correct about Clijsteres , theres no female player that can be compare to serenas mentality , and important match focus out there , Shes the best among them all ,

Zvonera d russian just defeated jovanovski from russia, wit a very powerful comeback after down 2-6, quite a thrillin open.I also saw Tsonga won his match earlier,