- 20 Avg 2013, 20:54
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Serena Williams has won eight titles in 2013, including her 16th career Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros, and she now comes to New York looking to defend her US Open title and win her fifth overall women’s singles crown.
There is no player more dangerous in the women’s game than a hungry Serena, who enters the US Open after a three-set loss to Victoria Azarenka in the Cincinnati final – and the two could be poised to meet in the women’s final in New York for the second year in a row.
Serena is the No. 1 seed for the 2013 US Open and will be placed on the opposite side of the draw from No. 2 Victoria Azarenka, the Australian Open champion and last year’s top seed. As the winner of the 2013 Emirates Airline US Open Series Bonus Challenge, Serena will be competing for an extra $1 million in prize money at the US Open. If she wins the tournament, she will take home $3.6 million, which would be the single largest payout in tennis history.
Serena is seeded No. 1 at the US Open for just the second time in her career and for the first time since 2002, when she won the title.
Right behind Serena and Azarenka is No. 3 seed and 2006 US Open champion Maria Sharapova, who enters the tournament having played just one match since Wimbledon due to a hip injury. Rounding out the Top 10 are No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 5 Sara Errani, No. 6 Li Na, No. 7 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 8 Petra Kvitova, No. 9 Angelique Kerber and No. 10 Jelena Jankovic.
Marion Bartoli is currently ranked No. 7 but announced her retirement from professional tennis last week in Cincinnati, moving each lower-ranked player up one seed.
Nine of the 10 top seeds were also seeded in the Top 10 last year, with the exception of Jankovic, who was No. 30. 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur, the No. 7 seed last year, is No. 12 for 2013.
Behind Serena, a pair of young Americans earned their first-ever seeds at the US Open this year, with Sloane Stephens coming in at No. 16 and Jamie Hampton seeded at No. 24, the first time in her career that Hampton has been seeded at a major.
The US Open seeds follow the WTA rankings as of Monday, Aug. 19.
The 2013 US Open women’s seeds are as follows:
1. Serena Williams, United States
2. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus
3. Maria Sharapova, Russia
4. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland
5. Sara Errani, Italy
6. Li Na, China
7. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark
8. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic
9. Angelique Kerber, Germany
10. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia
11. Roberta Vinci, Italy
12. Samantha Stosur, Australia
13. Kristen Flipkins, Belgium
14. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia
15. Maria Kirilenko, Russia
16. Sloane Stephens, United States
17. Sabine Lisicki, Germany
18. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovak Republic
19. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain
20. Sorana Cirstea, Romania
21. Nadia Petrova, Russia
22. Simona Halep, Romania
23. Elena Vesnina, Russia
24. Jamie Hampton, United States
25. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia
26. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia
27. Alize Cornet, France
28. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia
29. Mona Barthel, Germany
30. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovak Republic
31. Laura Robson, Great Britain
32. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic
There is no player more dangerous in the women’s game than a hungry Serena, who enters the US Open after a three-set loss to Victoria Azarenka in the Cincinnati final – and the two could be poised to meet in the women’s final in New York for the second year in a row.
Serena is the No. 1 seed for the 2013 US Open and will be placed on the opposite side of the draw from No. 2 Victoria Azarenka, the Australian Open champion and last year’s top seed. As the winner of the 2013 Emirates Airline US Open Series Bonus Challenge, Serena will be competing for an extra $1 million in prize money at the US Open. If she wins the tournament, she will take home $3.6 million, which would be the single largest payout in tennis history.
Serena is seeded No. 1 at the US Open for just the second time in her career and for the first time since 2002, when she won the title.
Right behind Serena and Azarenka is No. 3 seed and 2006 US Open champion Maria Sharapova, who enters the tournament having played just one match since Wimbledon due to a hip injury. Rounding out the Top 10 are No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 5 Sara Errani, No. 6 Li Na, No. 7 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 8 Petra Kvitova, No. 9 Angelique Kerber and No. 10 Jelena Jankovic.
Marion Bartoli is currently ranked No. 7 but announced her retirement from professional tennis last week in Cincinnati, moving each lower-ranked player up one seed.
Nine of the 10 top seeds were also seeded in the Top 10 last year, with the exception of Jankovic, who was No. 30. 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur, the No. 7 seed last year, is No. 12 for 2013.
Behind Serena, a pair of young Americans earned their first-ever seeds at the US Open this year, with Sloane Stephens coming in at No. 16 and Jamie Hampton seeded at No. 24, the first time in her career that Hampton has been seeded at a major.
The US Open seeds follow the WTA rankings as of Monday, Aug. 19.
The 2013 US Open women’s seeds are as follows:
1. Serena Williams, United States
2. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus
3. Maria Sharapova, Russia
4. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland
5. Sara Errani, Italy
6. Li Na, China
7. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark
8. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic
9. Angelique Kerber, Germany
10. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia
11. Roberta Vinci, Italy
12. Samantha Stosur, Australia
13. Kristen Flipkins, Belgium
14. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia
15. Maria Kirilenko, Russia
16. Sloane Stephens, United States
17. Sabine Lisicki, Germany
18. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovak Republic
19. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain
20. Sorana Cirstea, Romania
21. Nadia Petrova, Russia
22. Simona Halep, Romania
23. Elena Vesnina, Russia
24. Jamie Hampton, United States
25. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia
26. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia
27. Alize Cornet, France
28. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia
29. Mona Barthel, Germany
30. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovak Republic
31. Laura Robson, Great Britain
32. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic
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