LONDON – Eugenie Bouchard was the runner-up at Wimbledon last year, but she heads into this year’s tournament well down the seedings at No. 12 as a season marked by disappointing results continues.
The Westmount, Que., native, who insists she will play at the All England Club despite retiring with an abdominal injury Wednesday at Eastbourne, has just three wins since her quarter-final loss to Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open in January.
Five-time winner Serena Williams is the top seed on the women’s side, followed by defending champion Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Maria Sharapova, and Caroline Wozniacki. The rest of the top 10 are Lucie Safarova, Ana Ivanovic, Ekaterina Makarova, Carla Suarez Navarro, and Angelique Kerber.
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On the men’s side, two-time champion Rafael Nadal was seeded No. 10, his lowest seeding ever at the All England Club.
The seeding means Nadal could face top contenders as early as the fourth round, and one of the top four seeded players in the quarterfinals.
The All England Club stuck mainly to the rankings in its list of seedings for the grass-court Grand Slam, which starts Monday.
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