Andy Murray seeded second for the US Open

Andy Murray has been seeded second for the US Open as Rafael Nadal and Karolina Pliskova headline the final major of the year.

The Scot has been spending weeks recovering from the hip problem that ruined his Wimbledon chances.

Murray pulled out of the Masters events in Montreal and Cincinnati and lost his world No 1 ranking to Nadal, but has travelled to New York and the signs appear positive.

He will be match-rusty and expectations must be tempered at an event that has been his weakest Grand Slam since he won his first title in 2012.

The men's tour is currently beset with injuries to high-profile players with last year's winner Stan Wawrinka, two-time champion Novak Djokovic, 2014 runner-up Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic all missing.

As the top seeds, two-time former champion Nadal and last year's finalist Pliskova will be placed at the opposite end of the draw to Murray and Simona Halep and cannot meet their closest rivals before the final.

Roger Federer is seeded three and back in New York after missing the tournament a year ago through injury, while the highly-rated Alexander Zverev is fourth seed.

Pliskova is the top seed at a major for the first time after claiming the No 1 spot at Wimbledon. The Czech is the fourth different women's top seed at Flushing Meadows in the past eight years with British No 1 and Wimbledon semi-finalist Konta seeded seventh.

The men's and women's singles draws will be made on Friday at 5pm BST, with the tournament starting on Monday, August 28.

Men's seeds
1. Rafael Nadal
2. Andy Murray
3. Roger Federer
4. Alexander Zverev
5. Marin Cilic
6. Dominic Thiem
7. Grigor Dimitrov
8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
9. David Goffin
10. John Isner

Women's Seeds
1. Karolina Pliskova
2. Simona Halep
3. Garbiñe Muguruza
4. Elina Svitolina
5. Caroline Wozniacki
6. Angelique Kerber
7. Johanna Konta
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova
9. Venus Williams
10. Agnieszka Radwanska

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