Australian open seeds announced

Andy Murray has been seeded fourth for the men’s singles at the Australian Open.

With the seedings following the respective ATP and WTA Tour rankings for men and women, world number one Rafael Nadal has been named top seed for the first Grand Slam of the year, which begins in Melbourne on Monday.

It is the first time in four years that Roger Federer, the world number two and second seed, has not been on top of the draw.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic is seeded third behind Nadal and Federer, who is seeking a 14th Grand Slam title, while 2008 runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is the fifth seed following the withdrawal of Russia’s world number five Nikolay Davydenko.

Jankovic, who withdrew from a team exhibition event in Hong Kong last week due to illness, leads three-time champion Serena Williams, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, Ana Ivanovic, Venus Williams, Vera Zvonareva and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the top eight.