Djokovic, Murray seeded 1st and 2nd at Wimbledon

I have gone there every year as a fan for the last five years or so and it is great to think I will now be playing on the courts recognised as being some of being the best in the world.

“I was joking around with my team that they’ve got to extend the locker room for the legends”.

Stan Wawrinka – Stan Wawrinka is always a guy to keep an eye on given his improvement in grand slams and the fact he’s still treated like a long shot to win. The seeding announcement confirms that the pair can not meet at the All-England Club until a potentially record-equalling eighth slam final between them.

Nishikori could struggle at Wimbledon if he plays Cilic or Raonic on this surface because if they have a good serving day, they could trouble him and they can move well on the grass, however, Nishikori is a good returner and retrieves a lot of balls.

FILE – In this June 5, 2016, file photo, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic holds the trophy after winning the final of the French Open tennis tournament against Britain’s Andy Murray in four sets 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. Second-best ranked Serbian player Viktor Troicki managed to collect second win of the tournament in same number of days as he successfully got through French challenge Lucas Pouille in a two sets battle.

Golfer Rory McIlroy has announced he will not be travelling to Rio because of concerns regarding the Zika virus but Djokovic has no intention to withdraw from the Games. Federer has won the Wimbledon seven times in his career and reached the final each of the last two seasons.

It means Djokovic and Murray will be in separate halves of the draw when it is made on Friday.

“I’m still planning to go to the Olympics”, Djokovic said when asked about the withdrawal of other high-profile athletes, including the Irish golfer, Rory McIlroy, who pulled out on Wednesday morning. With John McEnroe as a new coach or consultant, Raonic could improve his game much the way Boris Becker has with Djokovic, Stefan Edberg did with Federer, and Ivan Lendl did for Murray. Konta is seeded 17th.

On the women’s side, it will be defending Wimbledon champion Serena Williams in the top spot as she continues her quest to earn her 22nd career Grand Slam title.

Evert also picked out twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and fellow American Madison Keys as major threats at the year’s third grand slam.

But Williams’ historic bid came to stunning end in the US Open semi-finals when she was beaten by 300-1 outsider Roberta Vinci.

That defeat was Kyrgios’ only grass court match since the French Open, but the lack of match practice shouldn’t impede his chances of once again going deep at Wimbledon, the scene of his biggest Grand Slam breakthrough.

The 32-year-old added: “I’m feeling great about Wimbledon, it’s my favourite grand slam by far, even if I’ve had better results from the US Open”.