This week Nadal will continue his rehabilitation in South America, where he will be top seed at this week's Brazil Open in Sao Paulo.
Federer and Nadal will next head to Doha for the opening tournament of the ATP Tour schedule, while world No. 8 Soderling will be top seed for the Chennai Open in India.
The Tar Heels who enter at No. 1 in the RPI should have an easier time getting through the first weekend of the tournament than they did last year, when they were the only top-eight national seed to be knocked out in the regional round.
Maybe Monsanto should be required to take a more active role in protecting their patent and be required to irradiate all of the seed that they sell as a commodity to prevent the genes from being illicitly replicated.
Perhaps Brigham Young or Mississippi State, each a No. 8 seed in 2008, will be this year's Villanova.
But there should be frustration that the Knicks are in this low-seed, uphill position.
An electrical field removes any ions present, so the rate of seed growth should be equivalent to that in nature with no cosmic rays around.
While in Decorah, the President will be at the Seed Savers Exchange to discuss ways to grow the economy, strengthen the middle class and accelerate hiring.
His opponent in the final on Sunday will be Chinese top seed Lin Dan who squeezed past world number two Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia 15-9 10-15 17-14.
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Sharapova's semifinal opponent will be countrywoman Maria Kirilenko, after the 13th seed upset in-form world No. 8 Petra Kvitova with a 4-6 6-4 6-3 win.
Monsanto holds such a dominant position in some parts of the seed business, it would be a likely focus of any future government action.
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Lerner claims to have been acting as a seed investor in the hope that other investors would be attracted to the hedge funds and Lerner could share in generated fees.
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The loss could be costly to Georgetown's chances at a No. 1 seed in the NCAAs.
The Jayhawks (26-5, 14-4 Big 12) will still be the No. 1 seed for next week's conference tournament in Kansas City.
North Carolina State's loss at Florida State meant the Tar Heels would be the No. 3 seed but could still tie Duke for second in the standings.
Now that NECTAR has been launched, the next step will be to establish a seed fund with regional donors like the BAHGAT Group in Egypt to cover the initial phase of the project.
Miami became the first ACC team to be denied a top seed after winning both the regular season and the conference tournament in the ACC.
The Australian's opponent in the semi-finals will be Roger Federer who came through easily against the ninth seed Tommy Haas .
But one man who won't be on court is fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro after he was sent crashing out in the second round by Tobias Kamke.
The volume of cottonseed garbage during the 1800s became so problematic that a number of states passed laws to regulate its disposal.16 But while the bolls and leaves were still trash, in the early 1900s the seed began to move up the value chain to be used as fertilizer and animal feed.
However, if you want to pick an upset in the first round, picking a 3 or 4-seed to lose might be your best bet. 18 percent of first round games have been won by 13 and 14-seeds.
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But while destiny seems to be on her side at Flushing Meadows, Clijsters will be all too aware that world number eight Zvonareva - who earlier upset top seed Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets - has beaten her in their two most recent meetings.
The Louisville Cardinals will begin the 2013 NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed in the competition, but that is not the only achievement the team should be proud about.
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Australians mingled with the home crowd in front of the big screen, awaiting what most anticipated would be a routine win for the top seed.
It would be far more cost-effective to support local farmers in their breeding and evaluation of selected varieties already in community seed banks.
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