Brisbane: Raonic Exacts Revenge over Federer, as Australian Open Seeds are set

Raonic reverses 2015 Final loss, beating Federer for the Brisbane International.

Wawrinka goes 3 on the trot in Chennai, overcoming Borna Coric in straight sets.

WTA’s wacky new year lingers on, as Brisbane runner-up Angelique Kerber, withdraws from Sydney.

 

2016 AO Seedings:

Women-

(1) Serena Williams (USA #1)
(2) Simona Halep (ROU #2)
(3) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #3)
(4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #4)
(5) Maria Sharapova (RUS #5)
(6) Petra Kvitova (CZE #6)
(7) Angelique Kerber (GER #7)
(8) Venus Williams (USA #10)
(9) Karolina Pliskova (CZE #11)
(10) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP #12)
(11) Timea Bacsinszky (SUI #13)
(12) Belinda Bencic (SUI #14)
(13) Roberta Vinci (ITA #15)
(14) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #16)
(15) Madison Keys (USA #17)
(16) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN #18)

(17) Sara Errani (ITA #19)
(18) Elina Svitolina (UKR #20)
(19) Jelena Jankovic (SRB #21)
(20) Ana Ivanovic (SRB #22)
(21) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS #23)
(22) Andrea Petkovic (GER #24)
(23) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #25)
(24) Sloane Stephens (USA #26)
(25) Samantha Stosur (AUS #27)
(26) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS #28)
(27) Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK #29)
(28) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA #30)
(29) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU #31)
(30) Sabine Lisicki (GER #32)
(31) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR #33)
(32) Caroline Garcia (FRA #34)

** Flavia Pennetta (ITA #8) and Lucie Safarova (CZE #9) would have been seeded but are not competing at the Australian Open due to retirement (Pennetta) and bacterial infection (Safarova).– WTATour.com

Men-

1. Djokovic
2. Murray
3. Federer
4. Wawrinka
5. Nadal
6. Berdych
7. Nishikori
8. Ferrer
9. Tsonga
10. Isner
11. Anderson
12. Cilic
13. Raonic
14. Simon
15. Goffin
16. Tomic
17. Paire
18. Lopez
19. Thiem
20. Fognini
21. Troicki
22. Karlovic
23. Monfils
24. Bautista-Agut
25. Sock
26. Garcia-Lopez
27. Dimitrov
28. Seppi
29. Kyrgios
30. Chardy
31. Johnson
32. Sousa

• Richard Gasqut would’ve been ranked and seeded 9th for the Australian Open, but pulled due to a back injury. Britain’s Kyle Edmund took his place instead.