Champion Novak Djokovic and French Open winner Maria Sharapova were named as top seeds for Wimbledon as the grass court Grand Slam mostly followed the rankings to draw up the list for the championships that begin on Monday.In the men's side, Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray completed the top four while defending women's champion Petra Kvitova was seeded fourth.
Serena Williams was seeded sixth but her sister Venus, champion five times, will be the one most feared as her No55 ranking kept her out of the seeds.
Rising talent Bernard Tomic was the main beneficiary of Wimbledon's policy to take grasscourt form into consideration and the Australian was bumped up to 20th seed from his world ranking of 27. Three-time runner-up Andy Roddick squeezed into the seedings following the withdrawal of world No15 Gael Monfils of France through injury.
REUTERS
