The world tennis number one Rafael Nadal was installed as the top men's seed for the US Open starting on Tuesday as the Spaniard bids to complete a career grand slam.
While Nadal chases his first US Open crown, Swiss Roger Federer, a finalist at Flushing Meadows the last six years lifting the title five times, is seeded second.
Serb Novak Djokovic is seeded third and Briton Andy Murray, the 2008 US Open runner-up, fourth.
Defending champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina has pulled out of the tournament as he recovers from surgery on a right wrist injury that has ruled him out for almost the whole season.
Andy Roddick, the 2003 US Open champion is the top American and seeded ninth.
