US Open: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are top two seeds

Reigning Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic has been seeded No1 for the US Open with the five times winner, Roger Federer, seeded second. Britain’s Andy Murray is seeded eighth.

Should both Federer and Djokovic reach the final of the year’s final grand slam tournament, they would compete in a mouth-watering rematch of this year’s Wimbledon final, a five-set thriller won by Djokovic.

Djokovic has reached the US Open final for the past four years at Flushing Meadows, winning the title in 2011. Federer is seeded at the US Open for a 14th consecutive year, tying Ivan Lendl for the second longest streak in the Open era with only Jimmy Connors (18) ahead of them.

Rafael Nadal, the reigning US Open champion, has withdrawn from the tournament because an injured right wrist.

Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland has been seeded third with Spaniard David Ferrer fourth and big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic fifth. Czech Tomas Berdych is the sixth seed, Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov seventh and Murray, the 2012 US Open champion, eighth.

The seeds for the women’s tournament will be announced on Wednesday, with the draw to be conducted on Thursday.