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Serena Williams was ranked 25th for Wimbledon after the All England Club gave the champion seven-fold discretionary promotion.
Williams is currently ranked 183rd in the world after returning to the tour in March after the birth of her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, in September 2017.
When Williams left the tour during her pregnancy, she was ranked # 1 in the world – she won the Australian Open in her first quarter – but seeding a player is not protected during maternity leave.
She returned to tennis in early March at Indian Wells and having missed most of the season on clay, she reached the last 16 games at Roland Garros, where she was not ranked, before withdraw because of an injury. She will be ranked at Wimbledon only one place lower than Maria Sharapova, that she was to play in the fourth round at Roland Garros when she retired with a pectoral injury.
The All England Club usually follows the latest ranking list, but according to tournament rules can make a change if deemed "necessary to produce a balanced draw". Dominika Cibulkova, ranked No. 32 in the world, will be the favorite and she expressed her dissatisfaction with the idea of not being crowned in anticipation of the Williams promotion Tuesday.
"Why should not I be titled if I have the right to be?" Cibulkova asked after losing to Angelique Kerber in Eastbourne. "I do not think it's the right thing to do, I think it's not fair, I've tried it and I should be sowing it."
In an interview with Good Morning America released on Tuesday, Williams, however, emphasized his belief that the rules should be amended to reflect women's right to return to tennis as a job at the same level as their departure, as in the following year. other areas of life.
Sowing of single men
1 FEDERER, Roger (SUI)
2 NADAL, Rafael (ESP)
3 CILIC, Marin (CRO)
4 ZVEREV, Alexandre (GER)
5 DEL POTRO, Juan Martin (ARG)
6 DIMITROV, Grigor (BUL)
7 THIEM, Dominica (AUT)
8 ANDERSON, Kevin (RSA)
9 ISNER, John (United States)
10 GOFFIN, David (BEL)
11 QUERREY, Sam (United States)
12 DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB)
13 RAONIC, Milos (CAN)
14 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto (ESP)
15 SCHWARTZMAN, Diego (ARG)
16 KYRGIOS, Nick (AUS)
17 CORIC, Borna (CRO)
18 POUILLE, Lucas (FRA)
19 SOCK, Jack (United States)
20 FOGNINI, Fabio (ITA)
21 CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo (ESP)
22 EDMUND, Kyle (GBR)
23 MANNARINO, Adrian (FRA)
24 GASQUET, Richard (FRA)
25 NISHIKORI, Kei (JPN)
26 CHUNG, Hyeon (KOR)
27 KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp (GER)
28 SHAPOVALOV, Denis (CAN)
29 DZUMHUR, Damir (BIH)
30 KRAJINOVIC, Filip (SRB)
31 CECCHINATO, Marco (ITA)
32 VERDASCO, Fernando (ESP)
Sowing of singles ladies
1 HALEP, Simona (ROU)
2 WOZNIACKI, Caroline (DEN)
3 MUGURUZA, Garbiñe (ESP)
4 STEPHENS, Sloane (United States)
5 SVITOLINA, Elina (UKR)
6 GARCIA, Caroline (FRA)
7 PLISKOVA, Karolina (CZE)
8 KVITOVA, Petra (CZE)
9 WILLIAMS, Venus (United States)
10 KEYS, Madison (United States)
11 KERBER, Angelique (GER)
12 OSTAPENKO, Jelena (LAT)
13 GOERGES, Julia (GER)
14 KASATKINA, Daria (RUS)
15 MERTENS, Elise (BEL)
16 VANDEWEGHE, Coco (United States)
17 BARTY, Ashleigh (AUS)
18 OSAKA, Naomi (JPN)
19 RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena (SVK)
20 BERTENS, Kiki (NED)
21 SEVASTOVA, Anastasija (LAT)
22 KONTA, Johanna (GBR)
23 STRYCOVA, Barbora (CZE)
24 SHARAPOVA, Maria (RUS)
25 WILLIAMS, Serena (United States)
26 GAVRILOVA, Daria (AUS)
27 SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla (ESP)
28 KONTAVEIT, Anett (EST)
29 BUZARNESCU, Mihaela (ROU)
30 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia (RUS)
31 ZHANG, Shuai (CHN)
32 RADWANSKA, Agnieszka (POL)
"Unfortunately, in the 90s they changed the rule whereas if you were hurt [and] then you come back, you lose your seeding, "she said." But they never took into account the women who left the No. 1 because of a pregnancy. And not left for an injury, but to have a good life and not give up the tennis, but to return. "
In the men's draw, the champion, Roger Federer, is seeded No. 1, despite losing the first place in the world rankings of Rafael Nadal earlier this week. Nadal is ranked second, while No. 1 Briton Kyle Edmund is 22nd.
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