Federer, Safina seeded No. 1 for US Open

The U.S. Tennis Association announced the tournament seedings here on Tuesday with Roger Federer and Dinara Safina as seeded No. 1 for the U.S. Open.

Both ATA and WTA rankings followed USTA to annouce these two names. Safina heads the women's field ahead of second-ranked Serena Williams. Safina is 0-3 in Grand Slam tournament finals, while Williams is the defending champion at Flushing Meadows and has won 11 major championships.

Two-time U.S. Open winner Venus Williams is seeded No. 3, followed by Elena Dementieva (deh-ment-YAY-vah) and Jelena Jankovic (YEH-leh-nah JANK-oh-vich).

Five-time defending champion Federer is followed by Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic (JOKE-oh-vich) and 2003 champion Andy Roddick.

The draw is on Thursday and the play will begin from Monday.

Banned Martina Hingis to Join Strictly Come Dancing

Former Wimbledon champion Martina Hingis who has been banned from tennis playing during 2007 Wimbledon tournament for testing positive for the drug test. She has been banned for two years but the lady moved on to become one of the contestant in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Show's producer have choosen, 29 year old, Martina Hingis because of her popular and controversial image in the market. She has made history in the tennis sport through her achievements like five grand slam titles and more. After being annouced as the part of show, Martina said: “ It’s behind me, this is a new challenge. I want to show my fans and people different side of mine apart from running round the tennis court."