Nadal seeded lowly 10th at Wimbledon
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TWO-TIME champion Rafael Nadal was seeded No. 10 for Wimbledon yesterday, his lowest seeding ever at the All England Club in London.
The seeding means Nadal could face top contenders as early as the fourth round, and one of the top four seeded players in the quarterfinals.
The All England Club stuck mainly to the rankings in its list of seedings for the grasscourt grand slam, which starts on Monday.
Defending champion and top-ranked Novak Djokovic is seeded No. 1, with five-time winner and top-ranked Serena Williams No. 1 among the women.
Nadal, who won Wimbledon in 2008 and 2010, has slipped to 10th in the rankings after injuries and poor results.
The Spaniard lost in the first round of Queen’s Club last week, after winning on grass in Stuttgart the previous week.
Nadal’s previous lowest seeding at Wimbledon was No. 5 in 2013. Other than that, he’s always been among the four, except when he was unseeded in his first appearance at Wimbledon in 2003.
Until 2002, the All England Club had its own seeding committee and used its discretion to seed players outside the rankings. Since then, it has used a “surface-based system” in agreement with the ATP that reflects grasscourt results, and doesn’t veer much from the rankings.
Djokovic is followed in the men’s seedings by seven-time champion Roger Federer, 2013 winner Andy Murray, French Open champion Stan Wawrinka, and Kei Nishikori. Rounding out the top 10 are Tomas Berdych, Milos Raonic, David Ferrer, Marin Cilic and Nadal.
Wimbledon stuck strictly to the WTA rankings for the women’s seedings.
Following Williams in the top 5 are defending champion Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Maria Sharapova, and Caroline Wozniacki. The rest of the top 10 are Lucie Safarova, Ana Ivanovic, Ekaterina Makarova, Carla Suarez Navarro, and Angelique Kerber.
Last year’s losing finalist, Eugenie Bouchard, is only at No. 12 after a season marked by early round losses.
The draw will be tomorrow.
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