Tennis: Kuerten gets top spot at French Open

Reigning champion Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil will be top men's seed at the French Open tennis tournament, which begins next week.

Seedings at the $US10 million ($23.71 million) event are based on the ATP's rolling 52-week ranking system. That means that the 24-year-old Brazilian is top, followed by Russia's Marat Safin. Andre Agassi, winner of the French Open in 1999, is seeded third, Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero, fourth and Pete Sampras, fifth.