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Murray seeded fourth for Wimbledon
21:45, Jun 15 2011
Andy Murray has been handed the fourth seeding for Wimbledon as expected after the All England Club elected to adhere to the top-five world rankings.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal is therefore the top seed for the men's draw ahead of Novak Djokovic, with six-time winner Roger Federer third on the list.
Returning women's champion Serena Williams is the eighth seed despite her world ranking dropping to 26 following her long lay-off due to injury and illness. World number one Caroline Wozniacki is the women's top seed.
Murray's seeding ensures he will not play any of the top four before the semi-finals as he aims to claim his breakthrough grand slam success on home turf.
Nadal's top billing, meanwhile, has meant that Federer will not be the top seed for the first time since his maiden Wimbledon success in 2003. Nadal had been the first seed in 2009, but he was forced to withdraw on the eve of the tournament due to injury, while last year the All England Club named Federer as top seed despite being ranked behind Nadal.
Organisers have only made subtle changes from the world rankings this time around with last year's beaten finalist Tomas Berdych the sixth seed, up one place from his world mark, while Andy Roddick is two places higher at eighth.
Men's seedings: 1 Rafael Nadal, 2 Novak Djokovic, 3 Roger Federer, 4 Andy Murray, 5 R Soderling, 6 Tomas Berdych, 7 David Ferrer, 8 Andy Roddick, 9 Gael Monfils, 10 Mardy Fish, 11 Jurgen Melzer, 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 13 Viktor Troicki, 14 Stanislas Wawrinka, 15 Gilles Simon, 16 Nicolas Almagro, 17 Richard Gasquet, 18 Mikhail Youzhny, 19 Michael Llodra, 20 Florian Mayer, 21 Fernando Verdasco, 22 Alexandr Dolgoplov, 23 Janko Tipsarevic, 24 Juan Martin Del Potro, 25 Juan Ignacio Chela, 26 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 27 Marin Cilic, 28 David Nalbandian, 29 Nikolay Davydenko, 30 Thomaz Bellucci, 31 Milos Raonic, 32 Marcos Baghdatis.
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