Serena seeded two at French Open
PARIS, France (Reuters) -- Serena Williams has been pushed up the seedings by French Open organizers from her world ranking of seven to number two behind Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne.
Amelie Mauresmo, who would have expected to be second seed after the withdrawal of Kim Clijsters, drops to third to accommodate the 2002 champion. Venus Williams is fourth.
Wimbledon and Australian Open champion Roger Federer of Switzerland is the men's top seed while U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick is number two.
Argentine Guillermo Coria is third and champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain fourth as the men's seedings follow the ATP world rankings.
The Williams sisters have been elevated under a policy women's tennis organizers use to protect the seedings of players who have dropped in the rankings because of injury.
Venus was moved from her then-world ranking of 11 -- she has since improved to ninth -- to number three seed at the Australian Open earlier this year.
The sisters missed the second half of last season through injury and Serena made a winning comeback from an eight-month injury layoff in April.
She made her return to tennis after knee surgery on March 26 in Miami and successfully defended her title at the NASDAQ-100 Open.
The grand slam event begins on Monday.
