Rafael Nadal will be the top seed in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career, in next week's US...

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Rafael Nadal [Images] and Ana Ivanovic, both ranked world number one, were named on Tuesday as the top seeds for the US Open which begins at Flushing Meadows on Monday. It is the first time that Spaniard Nadal, who replaced Roger Federer [Images]...
Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt will miss next week's US Open after having an operation on his injured hip. Hewitt has been troubled by the injury all year, but managed to compete in three Grand Slam events, as well as the Beijing...
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The Flushing Meadows event will mark the first Grand Slam outing for Nadal as the number one seed, after he recently deposed Roger Federer as the world number one. Federer is seeded two with Novak Djokovic just behind, followed by David Ferrer...