Doubtful Nadal named top seed
Rafa Nadal given top seeding in men's championship at Wimbledon
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Wednesday, 17, Jun 2009 10:34
World number one and defending champion Rafael Nadal has been made the top seed for this year's Wimbledon Championships, despite doubts over his fitness.
The Spaniard has arrived in London hoping to step up his training regime in preparation for the start of next week's first round on Monday, after being diagnosed with tendonitis in both knees earlier this month.
Nevertheless, Nadal has been given top billing at the tournament, with Roger Federer and Great British hope Andy Murray completing the top three.
The rest of the seedings run in order of world rankings, meaning Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro are seeded fourth and fifth with four-time Queen's Club champion Andy Roddick seeded sixth.
This year's runner-up at the newly renamed Aegon Championships, won by Murray, was American James Blake, and he is seeded 18th in line with his world ranking.
Other notable players in the top 32 include the only man ever to beat Nadal at the French Open, Robin Soderling (13), former world number one Marat Safin (15) and big-serving grass-court specialist Ivo Karlovic (23).