Spaniard Rafael Nadal has criticised Wimbledon’s unique seedings formula, which could hinder his chances of a third title when the tournament starts on Monday. Wimbledon will announce the seedings on Wednesday (today) when it is likely world number two Nadal could find himself seeded third behind defending champion Novak Djokovic and eight-time champion Roger Federer, who is currently third in the world rankings. “Wimbledon is the only tournament of the year that doesn’t follow the ranking,” the 33-year-old Nadal told Spanish TV station #Vamos on Tuesday. If everyone did it, I think it would be appropriate or correct,” Nadal told #Vamos. The women’s seedings follow the WTA ranking list but can be tweaked to produce “a balanced draw”.

Source: Punch June 26, 2019 04:52 UTC