Djokovic, Barty are Wimbledon high seeds, Federer, Serena seventh

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 will start the grass-court event subsequent week seeded seventh.
Top-ranked Ashleigh Barty is seeded first on the ladies’s facet. The Australian hasn’t performed since retiring from her second-round match on the French Open because of the flareup of an upper-leg damage.
The draw is Friday and the event begins Monday.
Eighth-ranked Federer has the seventh seed as a result of third-ranked Rafael Nadal is sitting out Wimbledon to relaxation and get better after his loss to Djokovic within the French Open semifinal.
Daniil Medvedev is the second seed, adopted by Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem, though the Austrian retired from a match in Mallorca on Tuesday due to wrist ache.
Defending champion Simona Halep is seeded second, forward of Aryna Sabalenka and Elina Svitolina. Second-ranked Naomi Osaka just isn’t enjoying.
At Roland Garros, Djokovic earned his nineteenth Grand Slam title to depart him one in need of the file co-held by Federer and Nadal.
Federer, a file eight-time champion on the All England Club, stated earlier this 12 months that he would construct as much as Wimbledon as he returned from two surgical procedures on his knee.
But the 39-year-old Swiss nice hasn’t been in high type, pulling out of the French Open after a grueling third-round match and failing final week to succeed in the Halle Open quarterfinals for the primary time.
Federer was tantalizingly near a ninth Wimbledon title within the 2019 last, holding two championship factors earlier than finally dropping to Djokovic in a fifth-set tiebreaker. It was Djokovic’s fifth Wimbledon title.
The 39-year-old Williams’ newest bid for a record-tying twenty fourth Grand Slam title resulted in a fourth-round loss on the French Open. Her most up-to-date main title got here in early 2017.
Wimbledon was canceled final 12 months for the primary time since 1945 due to the coronavirus pandemic.