US Open seeds announced

1. Rafael Nadal, Spain

2. Roger Federer*, Switzerland

3. Novak Djokovic, Serbia

4. David Ferrer, Spain

5. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia

6. Andy Murray, Great Britain

7. David Nalbandian, Argentina

8. Andy Roddick, U.S.

9. James Blake, U.S.

10. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland

11. Fernando Gonzalez, Chile

12. Richard Gasquet, France

13. Fernando Verdasco, Spain

14. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia

15. Tommy Robredo, Spain

16. Gilles Simon, France

17. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina

18. Nicolas Almagro, Spain

19. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France

20. Nicolas Kiefer, Germany

21. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia

22. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic

23. Igor Andreev, Russia

24. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France

25. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany

26. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia

27. Feliciano Lopez, Spain

28. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic

29. Juan Monaco, Argentina

30. Marin Cilic, Croatia

31. Andreas Seppi, Italy

32. Gael Monfils, France

NOTE: 27th-ranked Mario Ancic has already withdrawn due to mono

* Roger Federer was last seeded second at the 2004 Australian Open, which he won