Nadal, Ivanovic Top Seeds in US Open

Spain's Rafael Nadal and Serbian's Ana Ivanovic have been named
no.1 seeds in the men's and women's sections respectively, for
the upcoming US Open championship. This is the first time Nadal
is going into a grand slam tournament as the top seed.

Former world no.1 and reigning US Open champion Roger Federer is
seeded second, while Australian Open winner Djokovic is third,
followed by David Ferrer and Nikolay Davydenko, the fourth and
fifth seeds respectively.

In the women's section, Ivanovic is followed by Jelena Jankovic,
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Serena Williams and Elena Dementieva, in
that order. Venus Williams is seeded seventh.

Jankovic is new Women's world no.1

Jelena Jankovic is the new women's world no.1 player. She had switched
places with the current French Open champion and world no.1 Ana Ivanovic.

Jankovic had actually got at least four chances in the past two months to
ascend to the top spot. But she squandered them all, losing to low ranked
opponents in the earlier rounds of those tournaments.

Jelena is competing in the Olympic women's tennis event, while Ana had
withdrawn due to a nagging thumb injury.

Ana Ivanovic Withdraws from Olympics

Women's world no.1 and top seed Ana Ivanovic withdrew from Beijing
Olympics citing a thumb injury she suffered during last month's WTA
Rogers Cup in Montreal. She said that her thumb still hurts, and even
though she can now hold the racket, there is no way she could hit the
tennis ball hard. She expressed hope that she'll be OK by the time the US
Open begins in Flushing Meadows, NY, on August 25.

Ana Ivanovic was slated to meet Mariya Koryttseva in her first round
match on Monday.

Venus in Quarter Finals

Eight seed Venus Williams had booked a place in the QF
of the Australian Open after a hard fought victory over
former junior Wimbledon champion, Marta Domachowska.
The American came back twice from a break down in the
first set to take home the match 6-4, 6-4, in straight sets.
Venus now plays fourth seed Ana Ivanovic in the last eight.