US Open 2021 Seeds: Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Ashleigh Barty, and Aryna Sabalenka Lead the Power-Packed Field

Despite the absence of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Venus, and Serena Williams, the US Open 2021 story will continue. Indeed, it will still be a star-studded contest with Novak Djokovic, Ashleigh Barty, and Naomi Osaka in the player’s field. For many, the fight to fulfill the dream of becoming a Grand Slam champion will resume again.

The main event will open curtains on August 30, 2021, with 100% fans’ capacity in the Flushing Meadows, New York. Moreover, 32 seeded players in the men’s and women’s circuits will receive a bye to the second round. So, let’s find out who are those 32 fine players.

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Top 32 Seeds Men: US Open 2021

Unsurprisingly, the Serbian World No.1 Novak Djokovic will be the top seed at the US Open. This year, he has a golden opportunity to become the first player in 50 years to win The Grand Slam.

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 07: Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts his men’s singles semi-final match against Kei Nishikori of Japan on Day Twelve of the 2018 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 7, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

After him, the Australian Open 2021 finalist and Canadian Open winner Daniil Medvedev will be the second seed. Not to forget that he would be defending his 2019 US Open final points this year.

Following the Russian, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and German Alexander Zverev are the subsequent two seeds. They also have been in a Grand Slam final before but would want to taste the glory this time.

Here’s the 32 male tennis players‘ projected seed list for US Open 2021.

Novak Djokovic
Daniil Medvedev
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Alexander Zverev
Andrey Rublev
Matteo Berrettini
Denis Shapovalov
Casper Ruud
Pablo Carreno Busta
Hubert Hurkacz
Diego Schwartzman
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Jannik Sinner
Alex de Minaur
Grigor Dimitrov
Cristian Garin
Gael Monfils
Roberto Bautista Agut
John Isner
Lorenzo Sonego
Aslan Karatsev
Reilly Opelka
Ugo Humbert
Daniel Evans
Karen Khachanov
Cameron Norrie
David Goffin
Fabio Fognini
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Milos Raonic
Marin Cilic
Alexander Bublik

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Top 32 Seeds Women: US Open 2021

The newly-crowned Wimbledon champion Ashleigh Barty will take the top seed spot in the women’s draw in New York. Although she hasn’t ever reached the quarterfinals in US Open, she would want to change that this year.

Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – July 10, 2021 Australia’s Ashleigh Barty poses as she celebrates with the trophy after winning her final match against Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova Pool via REUTERS/Jed Leicester

Afterward, the Madrid Open winner Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus will take the second seed. She, too, will look forward to making a breakthrough into the Grand Slam winners list.

Next, in third and fourth place, the defending champion Naomi Osaka and reigning Wimbledon finalist Karlina Pliskova will fix themselves. Unquestionably, they both are two of the best players to watch out for in New York.

Notably, 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu, 2016 winner Angelique Kerber, and three-time runner up Victoria Azarenka will also have a seed.

Here’s the 32 women’s projected seed list for US Open 2021.

Ashleigh Barty
Aryna Sabalenka
Naomi Osaka
Karolina Pliskova
Elina Svitolina
Bianca Andreescu
Iga Swiatek
Barbora Krejcikova
Garbine Muguruza
Petra Kvitova
Belinda Bencic
Simona Halep
Jennifer Brady
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Elise Mertens
Angelique Kerber
Maria Sakkari
Victoria Azarenka
Elena Rybakina
Ons Jabeur
Coco Gauff
Karolina Muchova
Jessica Pegula
Paula Badosa
Daria Kasatkina
Danielle Collins
Jelena Ostapenko
Anett Kontaveit
Veronika Kudermetova
Petra Martic
Yulia Putintseva
Ekatarina Alexandrova

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