Wimbledon is just a few days away! The All England Club announced its seedings earlier today but I won't be writing my preview with predictions until later this week when the draw comes out. Which side of the draw players fall could make a big difference and it's my hope that we don't have matches like a Serena Williams-Justine Henin quarterfinal in Paris. Serena has GOT to play more and get her ranking to a realistic two or three in the world.
So, no surprise: four-time defending champion Roger Federer and top-ranked Justine Henin were seeded No. 1. Henin is gunning for the only slam she has never won while Federer will try and match Bjorn Borg's streak of five consecutive titles.
Rafael Nadal, last year's runner-up, was seeded second and deserves to be. Wimbledon can adjust its seedings and be different from world rankings in order to reflect a player's prowess on grass. Serena was not given a boost from her number seven ranking despite being a two-time champion. I think that's fair though since most of the players ranked above her are all strong on the turf: 2. Maria Sharapova (2004 Wimbledon winner), 3. Jelena Jankovic, winner of last week's warm-up in Birmingham and 4. defending champion Amelie Mauresmo.
The top 18 women are seeded according to their WTA ranking but three-time former champion Venus Williams was given a break by being seeded 24th, seven places above her ranking. Venus has reached ther final five times in all.

On the men's side, two-time finalist Andy Roddick was seeded third while fifth-ranked Novak Djokovic was moved up to the No. 4 seeding after winning in Estoril, Miami and Adelaide this year and losing to Nadal in the French Open semifinals.
Eleventh-ranked Tomas Berdych was seeded No. 7 while Marcos Baghdatis, who lost to Nadal in straight sets in last year's semifinals, was seeded at No. 10, six places above his ATP ranking. Lleyton Hewitt, the 2002 champion, was No. 16, three spots above his ranking.