Defending champion Novak Djokovic was named as the highest seed at Wimbledon on Wednesday as he seeks a twentieth Grand Slam title, whereas Roger Federer and Serena Williams start the seventh-seeded grass-court event subsequent week.
Top-ranked Ashleigh Barty has been seeded first within the girls’s class. The Australian has not performed since retiring from his second spherical match on the French Open as a result of an higher leg harm.
The draw is Friday and the event begins on Monday.
Eighth-ranked Federer is seeded seventh as quantity three Rafael Nadal sits out of Wimbledon to relaxation and recuperate after shedding to Djokovic within the French Open semi-finals.
Daniil Medvedev is seeded second, adopted by Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem, though the Austrian retired from a match in Mallorca on Tuesday as a result of wrist ache.
Defending champion Simona Halep is seeded second forward of Aryna Sabalenka and Elina Svitolina. No. 2 Naomi Osaka isn’t enjoying.
At Roland Garros, Djokovic earned his nineteenth Grand Slam title, one wanting the file co-held by Federer and Nadal.
Federer, an eight-time file champion on the All England Club, mentioned earlier this 12 months that he can be prepared for Wimbledon as he returned from two knee surgical procedures.
But the 39-year-old Swiss nice has not been in high kind, pulling out of the French Open after a grueling third-round match and failing to achieve the Halle Open quarter-finals for the primary time final week.
Federer was near a ninth Wimbledon title within the 2019 remaining, scoring two championship factors earlier than ultimately shedding to Djokovic in a fifth-set tiebreaker. It was Djokovic’s fifth Wimbledon title.
The 39-year-old Williams’ newest bid for a file twenty fourth Grand Slam title ended with a fourth-round loss on the French Open. His most up-to-date main title got here in early 2017.
Wimbledon was canceled final 12 months for the primary time since 1945 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
