Murray seeded fourth for Australian Open
Andy Murray: Fourth seed at Australian Open
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Thursday, 15, Jan 2009 06:14
Andy Murray has been seeded fourth for the Australian Open, a competition many bookmakers put him down as favourite to win.
The 21-year-old Scot is seeded behind the world's top three players Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
Just one man from the world's top 32 is absent from the seedings; world number five Nikolay Davydenko who is out with a heel injury.
In the women's draw Serbia's Jelena Jankovic is seeded first in a draw missing only shoulder surgery victim Maria Sharapova and China's Li Na, who is out with a knee injury.
The men's draw could yet receive another casualty however after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, last year's finalist in Melbourne, pulled out of the Sydney International with a back injury.
Murray is bidding for his first-ever grand slam title in the first major contest of the season. The British number one has already defended his title at the Qatar Open, beating Roger Federer on the way to victory.
Australian Open seedingsMen's draw
1 Rafael Nadal (Spain)
2 Roger Federer (Switzerland)
3 Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
4 Andy Murray (Britain)
5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France)
6 Gilles Simon (France)
7 Andy Roddick (US)
8 Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina)
9 James Blake (US)
10 David Nalbandian (Argentina)
11 David Ferrer (Spain)
12 Gael Monfils (France)
13 Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)
14 Fernando Verdasco (Spain)
15 Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)
16 Robin Soderling (Germany)
17 Nicolas Almagro (Spain)
18 Igor Andreev (Russia)
19 Marin Cilic (Croatia)
20 Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)
21 Tommy Robredo (Spain)
22 Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic)
23 Mardy Fish (US)
24 Richard Gasquet (France)
25 Ivo Karlovic (Croatia)
26 Marat Safin (Russia)
27 Feliciano Lopez (Spain)
28 Paul-Henri Mathieu (France)
29 Dmitry Tursunov (Russia)
30 Rainer Schuettler (Germany)
31 Jurgen Melzer (Austria)
32 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany)
Women's draw
1 Jelena Jankovic (Serbia)
2 Serena Williams (US)
3 Dinara Safina (Russia)
4 Elena Dementieva (Russia)
5 Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)
6 Venus Williams (US)
7 Vera Zvonareva (Russia)
8 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)
9 Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)
10 Nadia Petrova (Russia)
11 Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
12 Flavia Pennetta (Italy)
13 Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
14 Patty Schnyder (Switzerland)
15 Alize Cornet (France)
16 Marion Bartoli (France)
17 Anna Chakvetadze (Russia)
18 Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)
19 Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia)
20 Amelie Mauresmo (France)
21 Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain)
22 Zheng Jie (China)
23 Agnes Szavay (Hungary)
24 Sybille Bammer (Austria)
25 Kaia Kanepi (Estonia)
26 Ai Sugiyama (Japan)
27 Maria Kirilenko (Russia)
28 Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
29 Alisa Kleybanova (Russia)
30 Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada)
31 Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine)
32 Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand)