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Nadal, Safina head seeds’ list
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal was named Wimbledon top seed on Wednesday ahead of five-time winner Roger Federer.
Wimbledon officials employ a unique seeding system where they take into account previous results at the grasscourt championships and there was a strong case for Federer to be named top seed because he has contested the last six finals.
But the committee opted to stick to the world rankings with Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin del Potro and Andy Roddick completing the top six. Russia’s Marat Safin was the main beneficiary after being bumped up from his world ranking of 23rd to 15th seed following his unexpected run to the semifinals 12 months ago.
Former women’s champion Maria Sharapova has also been boosted up to 24th seed despite being ranked 59th. The women’s top 16 seedings have stuck rigidly to the world rankings with Dinara Safina, Serena Williams and Venus Williams heading the field.
In men’s doubles, French Open champion Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy have been seeded third, while Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles follow a spot behind. The Bryan twins, Bob and Mike have the top billing. Sania Mirza, who has not been seeded in singles play, will play the doubles in the company of Chia-Jung Chuang as the 15th seed.
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