But Drogba's side is only among the third-seeded teams for the tournament in South Africa.
Timo Boll, the fifth-seeded German who is the world's top non-Chinese player, has profited from this.
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The Final Four has only seen three teams seeded lower than eight in its history.
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The Pioneers (14-4) advance to play top-seeded Syracuse in next Saturday's semifinals in Philadelphia.
Safin, seeded third this year, lost to Thomas Johansson in the 2002 Australian Open final.
Now the sixth-seeded Rangers face the No. 4 Bruins, with Game 1 on Thursday at Boston.
Meanwhile, Jankovic won an epic semifinal against fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva on Saturday night.
And fast or the second-seeded Knicks will spend the rest of this series playing catch-up.
All that time, it is working with parents to develop a business, seeded by FXB.
In Monday's other second-round clashes, Serena's fourth-seeded older sister Venus beat Russia's Vera Zvonareva 7-5 6-3.
Ty Lawson scored 26 points and Andre Iguodala had 19 for the third-seeded Nuggets.
If they drop to eighth place they will start the playoffs against the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins.
With his victory, seventh-seeded Roddick has now reached the Australian Open semifinals four times.
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Iran has seeded Southern Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank with millions of missiles.
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Australia's Sam Stosur is the fifth seed, with four-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams seeded sixth.
And complete surprises like the 8th seeded Memphis Grizzlies upsetting the heralded San Antonio Spurs.
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Upsets are exciting for the fans but devastating to those top seeded teams that are overtaken.
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They were downright fabulous against third-seeded Florida, never seriously threatened after scoring the first 13 points.
Bridgestone , the game's official tire sponsor, has already seeded two commercials on its site.
The Great Danes fell to top-seeded Connecticut after leading by 12 points in the second half.
But New Mexico lost to 14th-seeded Harvard in the second round of this year's NCAAs.
That much was evident in the Orange's win against top-seeded Indiana on Thursday night.
He reduces peeled and seeded tomatoes, adds sauteed onions, then blends and strains the mixture.
Errani, seeded No. 8, fell to 0-26 against opponents ranked in the top five.
Eighth-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic also advanced, beating Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-2.
In the regional semifinals in Los Angeles on Thursday, the Explorers will meet ninth-seeded Wichita State.
Ali Farokhmanesh's late three that sealed ninth-seeded Northern Iowa upset of top-seed Kansas in 2010.
Beginning next season, the top-seeded teams will host the first two games against the wild cards.
Second-seeded Duke (27-5) opens Friday against the 15th-seeded Great Danes (24-10) in the Midwest Regional.
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