Thursday, June 19, 2008

Ivanovic, Federer top Wimbledon seeds

Ivanovic, Federer top Wimbledon seeds
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON -- Five-time champion Roger Federer of Switzerland and new top-ranked woman Ana Ivanovic of Serbia were installed as the No. 1-seeded players for Wimbledon on Wednesday.

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

Wimbledon stuck closely to the world rankings, particularly among the women, in determining the seeding lists for the two-week tournament.

The top seven spots in the men's list follow the rankings -- headed by Federer, who is going for his sixth straight Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam championship.

Next up is No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain, runner-up at Wimbledon the past two years, and No. 3 Novak Djokovic of Serbia, the Australian Open champion. They are followed by No. 4 Russian Nikolay Davydenko, No. 5 David Ferrer of Spain, No. 6 and two-time finalist Andy Roddick of the U.S., and No. 7 David Nalbandian of Argentina.

Richard Gasquet and James Blake swap spots, with the Frenchman at No. 8 ahead of the American at No. 9.

The biggest change involves Marcos Baghdatis, who is seeded at No. 10 -- 15 spots above his world ranking.

The Cypriot player reached the semifinals in 2006 and the quarters last year.

Among the women, Wimbledon kept to the rankings all the way through the first 20 seeded players.

The list is headed by Ivanovic, who won the French Open for her first Grand Slam title and took over as No. 1.

She is followed by fellow Serb Jelena Jankovic at No. 2, former champion Maria Sharapova of Russia at No. 3, No. 4 Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 5 Elena Dementieva, also of Russia, No. 6 and two-time winner Serena Williams of the U.S., and defending champion and four-time winner Venus Williams at No. 7.

The draw for the tournament will be held Friday.





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