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.
