Osaka, Medvedev named top seeds for Canadian events

Issued on: 02/08/2021 – 18:52

Montreal (AFP)

World quantity twos Naomi Osaka and Daniil Medvedev have been named prime seeds for subsequent week’s WTA and ATP tournaments in Canada, organizers introduced on Monday.

Japanese star Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, would be the prime seed for the ladies’s occasion in Montreal whereas Russian Medvedev, who misplaced to Rafael Nadal in final yr’s Canadian remaining, tops the lineup for the ATP Masters Toronto match.

Seedings for the US Open hardcourt tuneup occasions observe Monday’s newest rankings, with Nadal because the second seed, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas third and Olympic champion Alexander Zverev of Germany seeded fourth.

“It is particularly spectacular this yr with the Olympic Video games and restrictions as a result of Covid-19 pandemic that the highest gamers might be coming to Toronto,” Toronto match director Karl Hale mentioned.

At Montreal, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus would be the second seed whereas defending champion Bianca Andreescu of Canada is seeded fourth. Romanian Simona Halep, the 2016 and 2018 Canadian winner who’s a wilcard entrant, was seeded ninth.

Tokyo Olympic champion Belinda Bencic, the 2015 Canada winner, might be seeded eleventh.

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