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Top seeds at the US Open will look to avoid some of the early carnage of recent grand slams as the tournament gets underway in New York.
But Australian Open champion Madison Keys is already out, with the American and sixth seed stunned by Mexican player Renata Zarazua in a three-hour epic on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev is already out, losing to Benjamin Bonzi in the first round just as he did at last month’s Wimbledon.
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have shared the last seven grand slams between them and and would play a third grand slam final in a row if they meet this fortnight. Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka is the top seed in the women’s draw, with Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek returning to second seed.
Follow the progress of the top players at Wimbledon with our seed tracker here:
Men’s seeds
3, Alexander Zverev
4. Taylor Fritz
5. Jack Draper
6. Ben Shelton
7. Novak Djokovic
8. Alex de Minaur
9. Karen Khachanov
10. Lorenzo Musetti
11. Holger Rune
12. Casper Ruud
13. Daniil Medvedev – knocked out first round by Benjamin Bonzi, 3-6 5-7 7-6(5) 6-0 4-6
14. Tommy Paul
15. Andrey Rublev
16. Jakub Mensik
17. Frances Tiafoe
18. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
19. Francisco Cerúndolo
20. Jirí Lehecka
21. Tomás Machác
22. Ugo Humbert – knocked out first round by Adam Walton, 4-6 6-7 7-5 1-6
23. Alexander Bublik
24. Flavio Cobolli
25. Félix Auger-Aliassime
26. Stefanos Tsitsipas
27. Denis Shapovalov
28. Alex Michelsen
29. Tallon Griekspoor – knocked out first round by Adrian Mannarino, 5-7 4-6 0-6
30. Brandon Nakashima
31. Gabriel Diallo
32. Luciano Darderi
Women’s seeds
2. Coco Gauff
3. Iga Swiatek
4. Jessica Pegula
5. Mirra Andreeva
6. Madison Keys – knocked out first round by Renata Zarazúa, 7-6 6-7 5-7
7. Jasmine Paolini
8. Amanda Anisimova
9. Elena Rybakina
10. Emma Navarro
11. Karolína Muchová
12. Elina Svitolina
13. Ekaterina Alexandrova
14. Clara Tauson – knocked out first round by Alexandra Eala, 3-6 6-2 6-7(11)
15. Daria Kasatkina
16. Belinda Bencic
17. Liudmila Samsonova
18. Beatriz Haddad Maia
19. Elise Mertens
20. Diana Shnaider
21. Linda Nosková
22. Victoria Mboko – knocked out first round by Barbora Krejcikova, 3-6 3-6
23. Naomi Osaka
24. Veronika Kudermetova – knocked out first round by Janice Tjen, 4-6 6-4 4-6
25. Jelena Ostapenko
26. Sofia Kenin
27. Marta Kostyuk
28. Magdalena Frech
29. Anna Kalinskaya
30. Dayana Yastremska – knocked out first round by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 7-6 6-7 4-6
31. Leylah Fernandez
32. McCartney Kessler