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Nadal, Swiatek seeded 1st in singles at Australian Open

Defending champion Rafael Nadal is the top men’s seed in the absence of injured world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, with nine-time winner Novak Djokovic seeded fourth ahead of Thursday’s draw for the Australian Open

By Associated Press
Spain's Rafael Nadal gestures in the team box after compatriot Jessica Bouzas Maneiro defeated Australia's Olivia Godecki in their Group D match at the United Cup tennis event in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Rafael Nadal is the top men's seed in the absence of injured world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, with nine-time winner Novak Djokovic seeded fourth ahead of Thursday's draw for the Australian Open.

Alcaraz withdrew from this year's first Grand Slam tournament earlier this week with a hamstring injury. Nadal is No. 2 in the ATP rankings.

No.1-ranked Iga Swiatek was named the women's top seed on Wednesday as she looks to add the Australian Open title to the French and U.S. Open titles she already holds.

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Seeded singles players for the Australian Open:

Men=

  1. Rafael Nadal

  2. Casper Ruud

  3. Stefanos Tsitsipas

  4. Novak Djokovic

  1. Andrey Rublev

  2. Felix Auger-Aliassime

  3. Daniil Medvedev

  4. Taylor Fritz

  5. Holger Rune

  1. Hubert Hurkacz

  2. Cameron Norrie

  3. Alexander Zverev

  4. Matteo Berrettini

  5. Pablo Carreno Busta

  1. Jannik Sinner

  2. Frances Tiafoe

  3. Marin Cilic

  4. Lorenzo Musetti

  5. Karen Khachanov

  1. Nick Kyrgios

  2. Denis Shapovalov

  3. Borna Coric

  4. Alex de Minaur

  5. Diego Schwartzman

  1. Roberto Bautista Agut

  2. Daniel Evans

  3. Miomir Kecmanovic

  4. Grigor Dimitrov

  5. Francisco Cerundolo

  1. Sebastian Korda

  2. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

  3. Yoshihito Nishioka

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Women=

  1. Iga Swiatek

  2. Ons Jabeur

  3. Jessica Pegula

  4. Caroline Garcia

  5. Aryna Sabalenka

  1. Maria Sakkari

  2. Coco Gauff

  3. Daria Kasatkina

  4. Veronika Kudermetova

  5. Madison Keys

  1. Paula Badosa

  2. Belinda Bencic

  3. Danielle Collins

  4. Beatriz Haddad Maia

  5. Petra Kvitova

16.. Anett Kontaveit

  1. Jelena Ostapenko

  2. Liudmila Samsonova

  3. Ekaterina Alexandrova

  4. Barbora Krejcikova

  1. Martina Trevisan

  2. Elena Rybakina

  3. Zhang Shuai

  4. Victoria Azarenka

  5. Marie Bouzkova

  1. Elise Mertens

  2. Irina-Camelia Begu

  3. Amanda Anisimova

  4. Zheng Qinwen

  5. Karolina Pliskova

  1. Kaia Kanepi

  2. Jil Teichmann

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