WIMBLEDON
Date: 22 June - 5 July
Coverage: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC HD, Red Button, website streaming (UK only) and text commentary, 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC iPlayer To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 20 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 20 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 20 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Men's seeds:
1. Rafael Nadal (Spa)
2. Roger Federer (Swi)
3. Andy Murray (GB)
4. Novak Djokovic (Srb)
5. Juan Martin del Potro (Arg)
6. Andy Roddick (USA)
7. Fernando Verdasco (Spa)
8. Gilles Simon (Fra)
9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra)
10. Fernando Gonzalez (Chl)
11. Marin Cilic (Cro)
12. Nikolay Davydenko (Rus)
13. Robin Soderling (Swe)
14. Gael Monfils (Fra)
15. Marat Safin (Rus)
16. Tommy Robredo (Spa)
17. David Ferrer (Spa)
18. James Blake (USA)
19. Rainer Schuettler (Ger)
20. Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi)
21. Tomas Berdych (Cze)
22. Feliciano Lopez (Spa)
23. Ivo Karlovic (Cro)
24. Radek Stepanek (Cze)
25. Dmitry Tursunov (Rus)
26. Jurgen Melzer (Aut)
27. Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger)
28. Mardy Fish (USA)
29. Igor Andreev (Rus)
30. Viktor Troicki (Srb)
31. Victor Hanescu (Rom)
32. Albert Montanes (Spa)
Women's seeds:
1. Dinara Safina (Rus)
2. Serena Williams (USA)
3. Venus Williams (USA)
4. Elena Dementieva (Rus)
5. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus)
6. Jelena Jankovic (Srb)
7. Vera Zvonareva (Rus)
8. Victoria Azarenka (Bls)
9. Caroline Wozniacki (Den)
10. Nadia Petrova, (Rus)
11. Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol)
12. Marion Bartoli (Fra)
13. Ana Ivanovic (Srb)
14. Dominika Cibulkova (Svk)
15. Flavia Pennetta (Ita)
16. Zheng Jie (Chi)
17 Amelie Mauresmo (France)
18. Samantha Stosur (Aus)
19. Na Li (Chi)
20. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa)
21. Patty Schnyder (Swi)
22. Alize Cornet (Fra)
23. Aleksandra Wozniak (Can)
24. Maria Sharapova (Rus)
25. Kaia Kanepi (Est)
26. Virginie Razzano (Fra)
27. Alisa Kleybanova (Rus)
28. Sorana Cirstea (Rom)
29. Sybille Bammer (Aut)
30. Agnes Szavay (Hun)
31. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus)
32. Anna Chakvetadze (Rus)
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Originally Posted by BBC Sport Murray seeded third for Wimbledon
Britain's Andy Murray has been confirmed as the number three seed for Wimbledon, which starts on Monday.
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The 22-year-old Scot is seeded in line with his world ranking of three, behind defending champion Rafael Nadal and five-time champion Roger Federer.
World number one Dinara Safina, who has never been past the third round at Wimbledon, heads the women's seedings.
Five-time and defending champion Venus Williams is the number three seed, with her sister Serena at number two.
Bjorn Borg, who won five successive Wimbledon titles from 1976, has backed Murray to end Britain's long wait for a men's champion in the near future.
"He is ready to win a Grand Slam tournament and is one of my favourites to win Wimbledon," said the Swede.
"He has no weaknesses, he can play on all kinds of surfaces and I was very impressed what he did on the clay court surface. He was hitting the ball extremely well.
"Andy Murray seems to find himself on the court and knows how to behave, focus and play his game.
"He has matured a lot as a person over the last year and as a tennis player. If you compare him now to a few years ago he is a completely different player on the court."
Borg, 53, added: "If he does not win Wimbledon this year, then he has a good chance in the years to come.
"One day, eventually, Andy Murray will win Wimbledon." |
ftL. Hope he never wins it. >_>
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Originally Posted by BBC Sport Nadal completes Wimbledon warm-up
Rafael Nadal looks on course to defend his Wimbledon title after coming through a three-hour practice session at the All England Club on Tuesday.
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The world number one was forced to withdraw from Queen's Club last week with knee trouble and underwent intense rehabilitation in Barcelona.
But fears that the Spaniard might miss Wimbledon receded after he trained at the Aorangi Park practice courts.
Nadal, 23, will play at an exhibition tournament in London on Friday.
"It would be a good test for me to see how the knee is doing," Nadal said of the Hurlingham Club event earlier this week.
Meanwhile, five-time champion Bjorn Borg has raised doubts over Nadal's ability to retain his Wimbledon title.
"Nadal is always a dangerous player because he is the best in the world - but what happened in Paris and then the injury, I am picking Andy Murray or Roger Federer," said the Swede.
"For Nadal to win five in a row (at the French Open) was a big goal this year. I am sure he was very, very disappointed when he went home after Paris.
"That defeat took him many, many days to get over. Nadal is saying he has got an injury, but he has to be fit at Wimbledon if he wants to go all the way, and I do not think he will go all the way this year."
Nadal has been suffering ongoing problems with both knees and after his shock fourth-round defeat at the French Open he travelled to Barcelona to undergo tests.
He was diagnosed with tendonitis in both quadricep tendons as well as a small amount of fluid on the kneecaps.
The Spaniard, who beat great rival Roger Federer in a classic final in 2008, promised to give "200%" in his efforts to be fit for this year's Wimbledon, which begins on Monday 22 June.
But he added: "I will not go out and play on any court, let alone Centre Court at Wimbledon, if I am not 100%."
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Great news. Would't be Wimbledon without the Champion there to defend.