US OPEN: See full list of female players released by USTA

The USTA announced today the list of seeds for the last Grand Slam event of the year, the US Open.

Here is the full list:

(1) Serena Williams (USA #1)

(2) Angelique Kerber (GER #2) 

(3) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #3) 

(4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #4)

(5) Simona Halep (ROU #5)

(6) Venus Williams (USA #6)

(7) Roberta Vinci (ITA #8) 

(8) Madison Keys (USA #9)

(9) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #10) 

(10) Karolina Pliskova (CZE #11)

(11) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP #12)

(12) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK #13) 

(13) Johanna Konta (GBR #14)

(14) Petra Kvitova (CZE #15) 

(15) Timea Bacsinszky (SUI #16) 

(16) Samantha Stosur (AUS #17)

(17) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS #18)

(18) Barbora Strycova (CZE #19)

(19) Elena Vesnina (RUS #20)

(20) Kiki Bertens (NED #21)

(21) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU #22)

(22) Elina Svitolina (UKR #23) 

(23) Daria Kasatkina (RUS #24)

(24) Sloane Stephens (USA #25)

(25) Belinda Bencic (SUI #26) 

(26) Caroline Garcia (FRA #27)

(27) Laura Siegemund (GER #28)

(28) Sara Errani (ITA #29)

(29) Coco Vandeweghe (USA #30) 

(30) Ana Ivanovic (SRB #31) 

(31) Misaki Doi (JPN #32)

(32) Timea Babos (HUN #33)

There are a couple of dangerous floaters among those who missed the rankings cutoff. 

Caroline Wozniacki, finalist in 2009 and 2014, will be unseeded, as well as Eugenie Bouchard. 

Monica Puig just barely missed the cutoff at No.34. 

She defeated two reigning Grand Slam champions – Garbiñe Muguruza and Angelique Kerber.

She also defeated two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova en route to the Olympic gold medal in Rio.

There’s a pair of big names absent as well, as Flavia Pennetta’s retirement means she won’t be back to defend her title.

And Victoria Azarenka, who would have been the No.7 seed, won’t be participating in this year’s tournament after announcing her pregnancy.

The singles draws for the 2016 US Open will be revealed on Friday, August 26, with main draw action starting on Monday, August 29.

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