The seeds for Wimbledon have been set.  Here is a listing, keep in mind that Wimbledon not only takes into account current ranking, but also the last couple years’ of results on grass:

It’s hard to make predictions before the actual draw comes out, but there are a couple of things to note:

- Tomas Berdych, who currently holds the number 11 ranking, is seeded 7th.  This is huge for him, because once he reaches the round of 16, instead of playing someone ranked 1-8, he’ll get someone from the 9-16 range.  The opposite holds true for Tommy Robredo, ranked 7th but seeded 11th will now have to face a top 8 player should he make it to the round of 16.

- Lleyton Hewitt caught himself a pretty large break as well.  Currently ranked 19th, he secured the 16th seed.  He must be excited, because if he was seeded one spot lower he might have faced someone like Roger Federer (or anyone else in the top 16) in the third round, now he will have someone ranked in the 17-32 category.

-The Women’s seeds held a bit truer to their rankings.  Take a look at the top 13 seeds though, there are an amazing 6 Russians amongst them (Sharapova, Kuznetsova, Chakvedatze, Petrova, Dementiava & Safina).  That is staggering.  I guess it would be an understatement to say the Russian Fed Cup team has decent depth.  So here is a prayer than Serena and Venus keep their verbal commitment with regards to playing the Fed Cup tie in Stowe, VT vs. Russia, because otherwise the hometown girls could be in some trouble. 

-Just for kicks, here is my super-early finals prediction: Federer over Roddick (again), and Justine over Serena.  These are subject to extreme change (as it could be these matchups might happen earlier in the tournament depending on the draw).

-One more note.  I watched approximately 3 minutes and 42 seconds of “Age of Love” starring Mark Philippoussis.  Not exactly my cup of tea, to say the least.  But all in all I think its a good thing for tennis.  Tennis is not exactly tearing it up in the TV ratings category, so maybe something like this could help that out.  Who knows, but that thought is a silver lining for me.

Here are some links:

ESPN Page 2 article on “Age of Love”

Coria’s case against drug company has started

Interesting article from Steve Tignor on Andy Roddick

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