Murray awaits Australian Open draw

10th January, 2008

Andy Murray will find out on Friday who his first-round openent is in the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam event of the year. The first match will be played on the 14th Janurary in Melbourne, and the young Scot will be looking for success after his fourth career title at the Qatar Open last week.

Murray has been seeded ninth, with defending champion Roger Federer the top seed, while Rafael Nadal is second with Novak Djokovic third. For the women’s competition, Belgian Justine Henin is the women's top seed, while 2007 champion Serena Williams is ranked seventh. All seedings for the Australian Open are based on ATP and WTA world rankings.

Australian Open seedings:

Men's:

  1. Roger Federer (SUI)
  2. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
  3. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
  4. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
  5. David Ferrer (ESP)
  6. Andy Roddick (USA)
  7. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
  8. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
  9. Andy Murray (GBR)
  10. David Nalbandian (ARG)
  11. Tommy Robredo (ESP)
  12. James Blake (USA)
  13. Tomas Berdych (CZE)
  14. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
  15. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
  16. Carlos Moya (ESP)
  17. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
  18. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
  19. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
  20. Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
  21. Juan Monaco (ARG)
  22. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
  23. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
  24. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
  25. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
  26. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
  27. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
  28. Gilles Simon (FRA)
  29. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
  30. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)

Women's:

  1. Justine Henin (BEL)
  2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
  3. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
  4. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
  5. Maria Sharapova (RUS)
  6. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
  7. Serena Williams (USA)
  8. Venus Williams (USA)
  9. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
  10. Marion Bartoli (FRA)
  11. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
  12. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)
  13. Tatiana Golovin (FRA)
  14. Nadia Petrova (RUS)
  15. Patty Schnyder (SUI)
  16. Dinara Safina (RUS)
  17. Shahar Peer (ISR)
  18. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)
  19. Sybille Bammer (AUT)
  20. Agnes Szavay (HUN)
  21. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
  22. Lucie Safarova (CZE)
  23. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
  24. Li Na (CHN)
  25. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
  26. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
  27. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
  28. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
  29. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
  30. Virginie Razzano (FRA)
  31. Sania Mirza (IND)
  32. Julia Vakulenko (UKR) .
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