Aug 15, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Serena Williams of the USA celebrates winning a point in her semi final match against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland (not pictured) during the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at the Aviva Centre. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports
(Reuters) - World number ones Serena Williams, aiming to complete the first calendar-year grand slam in 27 years, and Novak Djokovic have been named the top seeds for the U.S. Open championships starting on Monday in New York.
Williams, winner of the last three U.S. women's singles crowns at Flushing Meadows, is followed on the seeding list by number two Simona Halep of Romania, a 2014 French Open finalist.
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