RICKY DIMON LOOKS @ THE U.S. OPEN TENNIS SEEDS NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND ROGER FEDERER LEAD THE WAY, NADAL EIGHTH SEED

Written by: Staff on 25th August 2015

RICKY DIMON LOOKS @ THE U.S. OPEN TENNIS SEEDS NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND ROGER FEDERER LEAD THE WAY, NADAL EIGHTH SEED

epa04889670 Rafael Nadal of Spain in action against Jeremy Chardy of France during their second round match in the Western and Southern Open at the Linder Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, USA, 19 August 2015. EPA/TANNEN MAURY |

U.S. Open seeds finalized: Djokovic and Federer lead the way, Nadal eighth

By Ricky Dimon

With the Western & Southern Open concluded, the seedings are set for the U.S. Open. David Ferrer is traveling to New York, so for now we can assume he is in the draw and thus can take a look at how the bracket might look.

This is how the seeds currently shape up, and the groups in which they will go into the proverbial sorting hat at Thursday’s draw ceremony:

1) Novak Djokovic

top of the draw, opposite from Roger Federer, will play 25-32 in third round, 13-16 in fourth round, and 5-8 in quarterfinals

2) Roger Federer

bottom of the draw, opposite from Djokovic, will play 25-32 in third round, 13-16 in fourth round, and 5-8 in quarterfinals

3-4

3) Andy Murray

4) Kei Nishikori

one on Djokovic’s side, one on Federer’s side, will play 25-32 in third round, 13-16 in fourth round, and 5-8 in quarterfinals

5-8

5) Stan Wawrinka

6) Tomas Berdych

7) David Ferrer

8) Rafael Nadal

will play 25-32 in third round, 9-12 in fourth round, and 1-4 in quarterfinals

9-12

9) Marin Cilic

10) Milos Raonic

11) Gilles Simon

12) Richard Gasquet

will play 17-24 in third round and 5-8 in fourth round

13-16

13) John Isner

14) David Goffin

15) Kevin Anderson

16) Gael Monfils

will play 17-24 in third round and 1-4 in quarterfinals

17-24

17) Grigor Dimitrov

18) Feliciano Lopez

19) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

20) Dominic Thiem

21) Ivo Karlovic

22) Viktor Troicki

23) Roberto Bautista Agut

24) Bernard Tomic

will play 9-17 in third round

25-32

25) Andreas Seppi

26) Tommy Robredo

27) Jeremy Chardy

28) Jack Sock

29) Philipp Kohlschreiber

30) Thomaz Bellucci

31) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez

32) Fabio Fognini

will play 1-8 in third round

Among the dangerous unfloaters in the field are Borna Coric, Nick Kyrgios, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Benoit Paire, Fernando Verdasco, Vasek Pospisil, Steve Johnson, Marcos Baghdatis, Jerzy Janowicz, and Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Based on the seedings, potential third-round showdowns include Nadal vs. Fognini, Federer vs. Seppi in a rematch of their Australian Open surprise, Monfils vs. Tsonga, Goffin vs. Thiem in a battle between doubles partners, and an all-Croat clash featuring Cilic–the defending champion–and a red-hot Karlovic.

Gasquet passed Isner in Cincinnati, leaving the 6’10” American as the 13th seed instead of the 12th. That means Isner will match up with a 1-4 seed in the fourth round instead of a 5-8 seed. Nobody wants to see his big serve on the other side of the net, so that could be bad news for Djokovic, Federer, Murray, or Nishikori. Of course, it may be even worse news for Isner.

If Ferrer ends up withdrawing prior to Thursday morning, Cilic would move up to No. 8, Isner to No. 12, Dimitrov to No. 16, Seppi to No. 24, and Leonard Mayer would snag the 32nd seed.

Ricky contributes to 10sballs.com and also maintains his own tennis website, The Grandstand.

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