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Defending champion Andy Murray will be the number three seed at Wimbledon, it was announced yesterday.
The 27-year-old Scot returns to the All England Club having become a first British winner since 1936 when he beat Novak Djokovic.
Under the Wimbledon weighting for grass-court tournaments, it is the Serbian world number one, winner three years ago, who takes top ranking at the 2014 Championships.
French Open champion Rafael Nadal — Wimbledon winner in 2008 and 2010 — is seeded second, with Roger Federer, who will be out to claim an eighth singles title at SW19, fourth.
The women’s seedings directly follow world rankings and so US player Serena Williams, the five-time Wimbledon champion, is number one.
China’s Li Na is second, with Simona Halep of Romania third and Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska fourth.
2014 French Open winner Maria Sharapova, champion at Wimbledon 10 years ago as a teenager, is seeded five.
Murray continued his return from back surgery with a run to the semi-finals of the French Open, where he was comprehensively beaten by Nadal.
The Spaniard will again be in the same half of the Wimbledon draw, which takes place on Friday, as the British number one should they both progress to the latter stages.
