Uncertain status of top-ranked Novak Djokovic did not stop the organizers of the Australian open from registering as the top seed for the Grand Slam tournaments begin next Monday at Melbourne Park.
As expected, the home-grown talent and top-ranked ash monastery by seeding No.
1 in the lottery single woman when the list was released on Tuesday.
Defending champion Naomi Osaka seeded 13th.
Djokovic won a court battle to compete at the Australian Open but still face deportation because he had not been vaccinated against Covid-19.
He was level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal with 20 Grand Slam Singles titles respectively.
A 10th Win Australian Open on January 30 in the men’s final will give him the all-time record.
Federer did not play in Melbourne as he continued his recovery from right knee surgery.
Daniil Medvedev, who beat Djokovic in the US Open final last year to prevent the Serb from capturing the annual Grand Slam, is seeded second, followed by Alexander Zverev at No.
3, Stefanos Tsitsipas at No.
4 and Andrey Rublev in 5.
Nadal is seeded sixth, followed by Matteo Berrettini.
Felix Auger-aliassion located at No.
9 and Denis Shapovalov 14.
The pair combined to win the ATP for the Canada Cup last Sunday.
Taylor Fritz led the contingent of American men at No.
20, followed by John Isner at 22 and Reilly Opelka at 23.
Alex de Minaur is the only Australian man among seeded players, taking the position of 32nd and last.
The 25-year-old Barty has two Grand Slam singles titles – the French Open in 2019 and Wimbledon last year – but he really wants to win majors at home.
No Australian woman to win a title here since Chris O’Neill in 1978.
Done at Melbourne Park best Barty was in 2020, when she lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Sofia Kenin.
He reached the quarter-finals last year.
Barty won the Adelaide International title last weekend while Sabalenka going to start contrast, losing in the first round of both events tune-up pre-Australia.
Garbiñe muguruza will be seeded No.
3, Barbora Krejcikova No.
4 and Maria Sakkari fifth.
Kenin, Australian Open champion in 2020, is featured with above No.
11.