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Serena Williams named 2015 US Open women's top seed

Xinhua, August 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

The USTA has announced that world No. 1 and three-time defending US Open champion Serena Williams has been named the top seed in women's singles at the 2015 US Open.

This is the fourth time that Serena Williams has been the No. 1 seed at the US Open. Following Williams will be No. 2 seed Simona Halep, of Romania, a 2014 French Open finalist; No. 3 and 2006 US Open champion Maria Sharapova,of Russia; No. 4 and 2014 US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki,of Denmark; No. 5 Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014; and No. 6 Lucie Safarova, of the Czech Republic, this year's French Open finalist.

The 2015 US Open will be played Aug. 31-Sept. 13 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Endi