Murray seeded fourth for US Open

Murray was a beaten finalist at Flushing Meadow in 2008

Andy Murray has been seeded fourth for next week's US Open.

Murray, 23, is in good form after beating Roger Federer in the Toronto Masters final and reaching the quarter-finals in Cincinnati last week.

World number one Rafael Nadal is top seed as he seeks to win the only Grand Slam title to have eluded him so far.

Five-time champion Federer is the second seed, ahead of Novak Djokovik, with Andy Roddick at nine the highest-ranked American at Flushing Meadows.

Reigning champion Juan Martin del Potro, who beat Federer in the 2009 final, is unable to defend his title because of a persistent wrist injury.

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Apart from Murray, the only other British man hoping to play at Flushing Meadow is Alex Bogdanovic, who faces American Blake Strode in the first round of the qualifying tournament.

The seedings for the women's competition will be announced on Wednesday, with the singles draws set to take place on Thursday.

World number one Serena Williams will be absent from the draw after failing to recover from a foot injury.

Three British women are competing in qualifying - former US Open junior semi-finalist Laura Robson faces a tough first-round test against former world number four Jelena Dokic.

Katie O'Brien takes on Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko and Naomi Cavaday plays American Julia Cohen.

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US Open 2010 men's singles seeding:

1 R Nadal (Spn)
2 R Federer (Swi)
3 N Djokovic (Ser)
4 A Murray (GB)
5 R Soderling (Swe)
6 N Davydenko (Rus)
7 T Berdych (Cze)
8 F Verdasco (Spn)
9 A Roddick (US)
10 D Ferrer (Spn)
11 M Cilic (Cro)
12 M Youzhny (Rus)
13 J Melzer (Aus)
14 N Almagro (Spn)
15 I Ljubicic (Cro)
16 M Baghdatis (Cyp)
17 G Monfils (Fr)
18 J Isner (US)
19 M Fish (US)
20 S Querrey (US)
21 A Montanes (Spn)
22 J-C Ferrero (Spn)
23 F Lopez (Spn)
24 E Gulbis (Lat)
25 S Wawrinka (Swi)
26 T Bellucci (Brz)
27 F Gonzalez (Chl)
28 R Stepanek (Cze)
29 P Kohlschreiber (Ger)
30 J Monaco (Arg)
31 D Nalbandian (Arg)
32 L Hewitt (Aus)

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