News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Aug. 20, 2014: Tennis player Novak Djokovic does his best to strike a pose like Usain Bolt for photographers outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, as he arrived for his taping on the Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday August 19, 2014, in New York City.
Djokovic who has taken the top seed at the US Open men’s singles tournament next week
Djokovic, who won the US Open men’s singles title in 2011, is in town for the 2014 Open. He has appeared in the last four US Open singles finals. The 2014 Wimbledon champion has posted a 39-6 record so far in 2014 and will now look to become the first player since Federer (2004-09) to reach five consecutive US Open finals.
The singles draws for the 2014 US Open will be revealed live during an official draw ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 21, at 12 p.m. ET at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The draw will be streamed live on USOpen.org.
The full list of seeds for this year’s men’s singles draw are:
1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia
2. Roger Federer, Switzerland
3. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland
4. David Ferrer, Spain
5. Milos Raonic, Canada
6. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic
7. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria
8. Andy Murray, Great Britain
9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France
10. Kei Nishikori, Japan
11. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia
12. Richard Gasquet, France
13. John Isner, United States
14. Marin Cilic, Croatia
15. Fabio Fognini, Italy
16. Tommy Robredo, Spain
17. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain
18. Kevin Anderson, South Africa
19. Feliciano Lopez, Spain
20. Gael Monfils, France
21. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia
22. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany
23. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina
24. Julien Benneteau, France
25. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia
26. Gilles Simon, France
27. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia
28. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain
29. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic
30. Jeremy Chardy, France
31. Fernando Verdasco, Spain
32. Joao Sousa, Portugal
(Photo: Hayden Roger Celestin)
