Top Wimbledon billing for Murray

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 Andy Murray won Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016.



Defending champion Andy Murray's indifferent form of late did not prevent him being named top seed for Wimbledon for the first time yesterday.

The 30-year-old Scot and world No. 1 — who suffered a shock first-round defeat at the hands of journeyman Australian Jordan Thompson at last week's Queen's tournament — will not face any of his fellow members of the ‘Big Four' until the semifinals.

Novak Djokovic, whose form has also taken a turn for the worse; Roger Federer, fresh from winning at Halle; and Rafael Nadal, re-invigorated after triumphing at the French Open, are seeded in the top four meaning it is the first time since Wimbledon in 2014 the quartet are the top four seeds at a Grand Slam.

Djokovic — a two-time Wimbledon champion — and seven-time champion Federer both benefit from Wimbledon organizers habit of not sticking blindly to the world rankings.

Djokovic is raised to second seed despite being No. 4 in the world and the Swiss master is promoted to third seed from a global ranking of five with second-ranked Nadal dropping down to fourth seed.

World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic, Marin Cilic, Dominic Thiem, Kei Nishikori and Alexander Zverev round out the top 10 in the seedings.

The women's draw sees world No. 1 and last year's beaten finalist Angelique Kerber of Germany top the seedings with Romania's French Open finalist Simona Halep, Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina rounding up the top four.

Defending champion Serena Williams is absent as she awaits giving birth to her first child.

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