Melbourne: Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova topped the lists of seeded players at the Australian Open, with organisers sticking to world rankings.
Federer, the defending champion, is aiming for his 10th Grand Slam singles title and has been atop the men’s rankings since February 2004.
Sharapova moved to the top of the women’s seedings list at Melbourne Park after No.1 ranked Justine Henin-Hardenne withdrew from the tournament due to personal reasons.
Sharapova has only been seeded No. 1 once, when she won last year’s US Open.
“I don’t see it as putting any extra pressure on me,” Sharapova said.
“Whatever you are seeded you’ve just got to go out and play your matches.”
Seedings
Men
1. Roger Federer (Sui); 2. Rafael Nadal, (Spa); 3. Nikolay Davydenko (Rus); 4. Ivan Ljubicic (Cro); 5. James Blake (US); 6. Andy Roddick (US); 7. Tommy Robredo (Esp); 8. David Nalbandian (Arg); 9. Mario Ancic (Cro); 10. Fernando Gonzalez (Chi); 11. Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp); 12. Tommy Haas, (Ger); 13. Tomas Berdych (Cze Rep); 14. Novak Djokovic (Serb); 15. Andy Murray (GBR); 16. David Ferrer (Spa); 17. Jarkko Nieminen (Fin); 18. Richard Gasquet (Fra); 19. Lleyton Hewitt (Aus); 20. Radek Stepanek, (Cze Rep); 21. Dmitry Tursunov (Rus); 22. Dominik Hrbaty (Svk); 23. Robin Soderling (Swe); 24. Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa); 25. Mikhail Youzhny, (Rus); 26. Marat Safin (Rus); 27. Jose Acasuso (Arg); 28. Sebastien Grosjean (Fra); 29. Xavier Malisse (Bel); 30. Agustin Calleri (Arg); 31. Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui); 32. Nicolas Almagro (Esp)
Women
1. Maria Sharapova (Rus); 2. Amelie Mauresmo (Fra); 3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus); 4. Kim Clijsters (Bel); 5. Nadia Petrova (Rus); 6. Martina Hingis (Sui); 7. Elena Dementieva (Rus); 8. Patty Schnyder (Sui); 9. Dinara Safina (Rus); 10. Nicole Vaidisova (Cze Rep); 11. Jelena Jankovic (Ser); 12. Anna Chakvetadze (Rus); 13. Ana Ivanovic (Ser); 14. Francesca Schiavone (Ita); 15. Daniela Hantuchova (Svk); 16. Shahar Peer (Isr); 17. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger); 18. Marion Bartoli (Fra); 19. Li Na (Chn); 20. Tatiana Golovin (Fra); 21. Katarina Srebotnik (Svn); 22. Vera Zvonareva (Rus); 23. Ai Sugiyama (Jap); 24. Samantha Stosur (Aus); 25. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Esp); 26. Maria Kirilenko (Rus); 27. Mara Santangelo (Ita); 28. Flavia Pennetta (Ita); 29. Alona Bondarenko (Ukr); 30. Tathiana Garbin (Ita); 31. Zheng Jie (Chn); 32. Eleni Daniilidou (Gre).
