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Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships, London, England, Jun. 23-July 6, Grand Slam The Championsips, Wimbledon 2008
June 23-July 6
London, England
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships, London, England, Jun. 23-July 6, Grand Slam
Wimbledon Draws Promise Fireworks
By Ken Miller, Lawn Tennis Correspondent, Posted: Friday, June 20, 2008 1:35pm CST USA
Venus Williams, Roger Federer, Wimbledon Singles Draws 2008
Venus Williams and Roger Federer
LONDON, England (lawntennismag.com)—The ladies' and gentlemen's Wimbledon singles draws were completed this morning and both layout a foundation for two weeks of grasscourt fireworks at Wimbledon.

Ladies' defending champion and four time Wimbledon winner Venus Williams of the USA received a kind road as she could only face her sister and 2003 Wimbledon champion Serena Williams or world number one and French Open champion Ana Ivanovic of Serbia in the final.

Venus Williams, the 7th seed, could face 2nd

Gentlemen's defending champion and top seeded Roger Federer of Switzerland has won Wimbledon the last five years.

seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the quarterfinals and either French Open finalist Dinara Safina of Russia or Australian Open champion and 3rd seeded Maria Sharapova of Russia in the semifinals.

1999 Wimbledon champion Lindsay Davenport could meet Sharapova in the quarterfinals.

Gentlemen's defending champion and top seeded Roger Federer of Switzerland has won Wimbledon the last five years. Federer is tied with Bjorn Borg of Sweden as the winner of the most consecutive gentlemen's singles titles in the open era.

Federer has also won a record 59 grasscourt matches in a row.

Only a few weeks ago in the French Open final however, Federer was handed one of his worst defeats ever by 2nd seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain who has won his last 15 matches in a row.

Federer lost 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 but rebounded to win the title in Halle, Germany last week without dropping serve once throughout the week.

In the semifinals, Federer could meet 3rd seeded and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia while Nadal could meet 4th seeded Nikolay Daveydenko of Russia.

Ladies' Draw | Gentlemen's Draw

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