Aug24

Caroline Wozniacki to be no.1 seed at US Open 2011

by Wojtek Kolan
Caroline Wozniacki, Kim Clisters, Latest Tennis News, Maria Sharapova, Vera Zvonareva, WTA Tour 1 comment

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark will be the top seed at this years US Open. The Dane, who was a 2009 finalist at this event, is yet to win a grand slam. Vera Zvonareva, last years runner-up, was named as no.2 seed. Last year’s champion Clisters was forced to pull out of the event due to an injury. Maria Sharapova, 2006 winner, will be seeded as no.3.

The three time champion Serena Williams will be seeded 28th. Although some wanted her to have a higher seeding, the USTA decided against and the only thing that they considerer was the current ranking.

 

This year’s US Open women’s seeds:

1. Caroline Wozniacki
2. Vera Zvonareva
3. Maria Sharapova
4. Victoria Azarenka
5. Petra Kvitova
6. Na Li, China
7. Francesca Schiavone
8. Marion Bartoli
9. Samantha Stosur
10. Andrea Petkovic
11. Jelena Jankovic
12. Agnieszka Radwanska
13. Shuai Peng, China
14. Dominika Cibulkova
15. Svetlana Kuznetsova
16. Ana Ivanovic
17. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
18. Roberta Vinci
19. Julia Goerges
20. Yanina Wickmayer
21. Daniela Hantuchova
22. Sabine Lisicki
23. Shahar Peer
24. Nadia Petrova
25. Maria Kirilenko
26. Flavia Pennetta
27. Lucie Safarova
28. Serena Williams
29. Jarmila Gajdosova
30. Anabel Medina Garrigues
31. Kaia Kanepi
32. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez

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1 Comment

  1. Omer says:
    February 23, 2012 at 11:10 am

    haahha i’m sure she’ll be one because right now, her dad keeps exposing her to tennis games. we watched the match between nadal and djokovich a while ago and she keeps swinging her arms while watching the game.thanks for being the FC lainy.

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