Kuerten and Hingis the favourites for Oz Open

History has been made with Gustavo Kuerten becoming the first Brazilian number one seed at a Grand Slam.

Thu, 11 Jan, 2001 - 07:51

History has been made with Gustavo Kuerten becoming the first Brazilian number one seed at a Grand Slam.

Kuerten reached world number one at the end of last year and is now seeded to play US Open champion Marat Safin in the final of the Australian Open, although the Russian is struggling to be fit with an elbow injury.

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