Roger Federer leads US Open 2012 field as top seed

World number one Roger Federer is the top seed of the 2012 US Open Tennis Championships, thanks to his title victory at the Cincinnati Masters tournament. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, the defending champion, is the second seed, followed by Andy Murray as the third seed. Spain’s Rafael Nadal pulled out of the tournament due to lingering knee injury.

Here are the top 32 seeds of the men’s singles event at the US Open 2012 tournament:

1.   Roger Federer (SUI)
2.   Novak Djokovic (SRB)
3.   Andy Murray (GBR)
4.   David Ferrer (ESP)
5.   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
6.   Tomas Berdych (CZE)
7.   Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
8.   Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

9.   John Isner (USA)
10.  Juan Monaco (ARG)
11.  Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
12.  Marin Cilic (CRO)
13.  Richard Gasquet (FRA)
14.  Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)
15.  Milos Raonic (CAN)
16.  Gilles Simon (FRA)
17.  Kei Nishikori (JAP)
18.  Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
19.  Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
20.  Andy Roddick (USA)
21.  Tommy Haas (GER)
22.  Florian Mayer (GER)
23.  Mardy Fish (USA)
24.  Marcel Granollers (ESP)
25.  Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
26.  Andreas Seppi (ITA)
27.  Sam Querrey (USA)
28.  Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
29.  Viktor Troicki (SRB)
30.  Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
31.  Julien Benneteau (FRA)
32.  Jeremy Chardy (FRA)

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