Federer and Davenport top seeds

SWITZERLAND’S Roger Federer and the USA’s Lindsay Davenport head the seedings for the Australian Open tournament, which begins in Melbourne next week.

Defending champion Federer will be looking to repeat his form of last year when he sealed his second Grand Slam by sweeping aside Marat Safin with a commanding straight-sets win.

He went on to win Wimbledon and the US Open as he secured 11 tournaments to finish the year with a win-loss record of 74-6 and as world number one for the first time.