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Federer, Henin are top seeds; Paes-Damm pair seeded five
P. Subramanyam
London: Defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland and Justine Henin of Belgium have been seeded top in the men’s and women’s sections respectively as the All England Lawn Tennis Club released its list of seeds for all events for the Wimbledon 2007 championships here on Wednesday. The Championships will be held here from June 25.
French Open champion and last year’s runner-up Rafael Nadal is seeded second, ahead of Andy Roddick. World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko is seeded sixth with Novak Djokovic and Fernando Gonzalez moving above him in the list.
India’s Leander Paes and Martin Damm (Czech) have been rated fifth in the doubles, while Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek (Czech) are seeded 11th.
The seedings:
Men: 1. Roger Federer (Sui), 2. Rafael Nadal (Esp), 3. Andy Roddick (USA), 4. Novak Djokovic (Srb), 5. Fernando Gonzalez (Chi), 6. Nikolay Davydenko (Rus), 7. Thomas Berdych (Cze), 8. Andy Muraay (GB), 9. James Blake (USA), 10. Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp), 11. Tommy Robredo (Esp), 12. Richard Gasquet (Fra), 13. Tommy Haas (Ger), 14. Mikhail Youzhny (Rus), 15. Ivan Ljubicic (Cro), 16. Lleyton Hewitt (Aus), 17. David Ferrer (Esp), 18. Mario Ancic (Cro), 19. Jarkko Nieminen (Fin), 20. Jonas Bjorkman (Swe), 21. Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp), 22. Dmitry Tursunov (Rus), 23. Guillermo Canas (Arg), 24. David Nalbandian (Arg), 25. Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg), 26. Carlos Moya (Esp), 27. Marat Safin (Rus), 28. Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger), 29. Robin Soderling (Swe), 30. Agustin Calleri (Arg), 31. Filippo Volandri (Ita), 32. Juan Monaco (Arg).
Women: 1. Justin Henin (Bel), 2. Maria Sharapova (Rus), 3. Jelena Jankovic (Srb), 4. Amelie Mauresmo (Fra), 5. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus), 6. Ana Ivanovic (Srb), 7. Serena Williams (USA), 8. Anna Chakvetadze (Rus), 9. Martina Hingis (Su i), 10. Daniela Hantuchova (Svk), 11. Nadia Petrova (Rus), 12. Elena Dementieva (Rus), 13. Dinara Safina (Rus), 14. Nicole Vaidisova (Cze), 15. Patty Schnyder (Sui), 16. Shahar Peer (Isr), 17. Tatiana Golovin (Fra), 18. Na Li (Chn), 19. Marion Bartoli (Fra), 20. Katarina Srebotnik (Slo), 21. Sybille Bammer (Aut), 22. Tathiana Garbin (Ita), 23. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Esp), 24. Venus Williams (USA), 25. Alona Bondarenko (Ukr), 26. Lucie Safarova (Cze), 27. Ai Sugiyama (Jpn), 28. Samantha Stosur (Aus), 29. Mara Santangelo (Ita), 30. Francesca Schiavone (Ita), 31. Olga Poutchkova (Rus), 32. Michaella Krajicek (Ned).
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