CRI听力:U.S.Open Seeds Announced

The seeding for the U.S. Open has been announced.

As expected, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are the top seeds in the men's and women's singles events.

Roger Federer is seeded second.

Andy Murray is seeded third, despite being last year's runner up at Fushing Meadows.

Behind him is Japan's Kei Nishikori in fourth.

Spaniard Rafael Nadal is seeded eighth after being forced to miss last year's US Open because of injury.

"It is great to be back. When you miss a tournament like I missed it last year, it's tough. Missing big events are tough moments because a tennis career is not that long, so every time you cannot play in a big event is an opportunity lost. So it's great to be back, good feelings being back to New York. I enjoy a lot this city, I feel comfortable in this city, I feel comfortable in the U.S. Open. I hope to be ready for the action next week."

Defending champion Marin Cilic is seeded ninth.

China's Zhang Ze is the only man from China with a shot at making the US Open.

He'll have to make it through the singles qualifiers this weekend.

On the women's side, seeded 2nd behind Serena Williams is Romanian Simona Halep.

Maria Sharapova is seeded 3rd, while last year's runner-up Caroline Wozniacki, is fourth.

Rounding off the women's top-five is Petra Kvitova.

Nine Chinese women will try to make it through the singles qualifiers, including Duan Ying-Ying and Lin Zhu.

The US Open gets underway on Monday.