Aus Open: Federer seeded 6th as Nadal gets top billing

Melbourne: Seedings announced on Wednesday for the Australian Open, starting in Melbourne on January 13.

Men: 1. Rafael Nadal (ESP), 2. Novak Djokovic (SRB), 3, David Ferrer (ESP), 4. Andy Murray (GBR), Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG), 6. Roger Federer (SUI), 7. Tomas Berdych (CZE), 8. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI), 9. Richard Gasquet (FRA), 10. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA), 11, Milos Raonic (CAN), 12. Tommy Haas (GER), 13. Nicolas Almagro (ESP), 14. John Isner (USA), 15. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS), 16. Fabio Fognini (ITA), 17. Kei Nishikori (JPN), 18. Tommy Robredo (ESP), 19, Gilles Simon (FRA), 20. Kevin Anderson (RSA), 21. Jerzy Janowicz (POL), 22. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER), 23. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL), 24. Ernests Gulbis (LAT), 25. Andreas Seppi (ITA), 26. Gael Monfils (FRA), 27. Feliciano Lopez (ESP), 28. Benoit Paire (FRA), 29. Vasek Pospisil (CAN), 30. Jeremy Chardy (FRA), 31. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS), 32. Fernando Verdasco (ESP). Women: 1. Serena Williams (USA), 2. Victoria Azarenka (BLR), 3. Maria Sharapova (RUS), 4. Li Na (CHN), 5. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL), 6. Petra Kvitova (CZE), 7. Sara Errani (ITA), 8. Jelena Jankovic (SRB), 9. Angelique Kerber (GER), 10. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN), 11. Simona Halep (ROM), 12. Roberta Vinci (ITA), 13. Sloane Stephens (USA), 14. Ana Ivanovic (SRB), 15. Sabine Lisicki (GER), 16. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP), 17. Samantha Stosur (AUS), 18. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL), 19. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS), 20. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK), 21. Sorana Cirstea (ROM), 22. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS), 23. Elena Vesnina (RUS), 24. Kaia Kanepi (EST), 25. Alize Cornet (FRA), 26. Lucie Safarova (CZE), 27. Jamie Hampton (USA), 28. Flavia Pennetta (ITA), 29. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS), 30. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN), 31. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK), 32. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK).