Wimbledon is the only major to retain independence on seedings, and that has sprung a surprise in this year’s listings – Federer is seeded Number One, and Nadal as Number Two.
I personally think this is great. Out with the generic all-surfaces use of the ATP rankings and in with some individuality. Of COURSE Roger is number one on grass right now. He is defending Wimbledon and comes off a final in Halle while Rafa has only played 3 matches on the surface in the last year.
But grass is not played all that often these days, hence the need to factor other surface performance into the equation, and a one-two ranking for our two favourites is entirely appropriate in my mind.
Draw tomorrow, can’t wait to see how the matches fall!
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