Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Federer, Ivanovic No. 1 seeds for Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England - Five-time champion Roger Federer and top-ranked Ana Ivanovic were seeded No. 1 for Wimbledon on Wednesday.

There were no big surprises when the All England Club announced the seedings for the grass-court Grand Slam, which begins Monday.

Federer is aiming for his sixth straight Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam championship. Ivanovic looks at add to her French Open title.


Wimbledon stuck closely to the world rankings, particularly among the women, in determining the seeding for the two-week tournament. The top seven spots in the men’s list followed the rankings.

Federer is followed by No. 2 Rafael Nadal, runner-up at Wimbledon the past two years, and No. 3 Novak Djokovic, the Australian Open champion. Next is No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko, No. 5 David Ferrer, No. 6 and two-time finalist Andy Roddick and No. 7 David Nalbandian.

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