Sydney - New number one players Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic line up as top seeds for the first time when the Australian Open begins on Monday.

Nadal, practising privately this week at Melbourne as is Jankovic, opens against Belgian Christophe Rochus as the Spaniard tops a Grand Slam draw for the second time since dethroning Roger Federer from the lead spot last August.

Jankovic, who holds a narrow points margin over Serena Williams, opens with Austrian Yvonne Meusburger.

Melbourne - Stanislas Wawrinka will bid for his first career win over Roger Federer when he plays his Olympic co-gold medalist for the title at the AAMI Classic on Saturday after defeating Fernando Gonzalez 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (1-7), 6-4.

The 16th-ranked Swiss ended a run of five straight victories in their series for the Chilean, the losing 2007 Australian Open finalist to Federer.

Melbourne  - Women's draw made on Friday for the 15.5- million-dollar Australian Open.

<# Jelena Jankovic, 1, Serbia v Yvonne Meusburger, Australia

Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium v Rossana De Los Rios, Paraguay

Nathalie Dechy, France v qualifier

Qualifier v Ai Sugiyama, Japan

Sybille Bammer, Austria v Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic

Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic v Marina Erakovic, New Zealand

Qualifier v Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria

Melbourne  - Men's draw made Friday for the 15.5-million- dollar Australian Open.

<# Rafael Nadal, 1, Spain v Christophe Rochus, Belgium

Florent Serra, France v Roko Karanusic, Croatia

Eduardo Schwank, Argentina v Tommy Haas, Germany

Qualifier v Dmitry Tursunov, Russia

Richard Gasquet, France v Diego Junqueira, Argentina

Vince Spadea, US v Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan

Guillermo Canas, Argentina v Nicolas Kiefer, Germany

Sydney  - 2008 Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga remained flat on his back in bed on Friday after withdrawing from an ATP quarter-final, his hopes of playing the Grand Slam starting Monday looking grim.

Doctors say the Frenchman, who lost the January 2008 title match to Novak Djokovic, said he is suffering form a bulging disc and will need to remain in bed for several days.

Ruhpolding, Germany  - Norway led from start to finish as Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and his team-mates ended a 12-month biathlon World Cup men's relay rot on Thursday.

Emil Hegle Svendsen, Alexander Os, Halvard Hanevold and Bjoerndalen won the 4x7.5 kilometres event in 1 hour 24 minutes 54.0 seconds. It was Norway's third win in a row in Ruhpolding but they had not topped a relay podium since the 2008 edition of the race.