Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Kim Clijsters Out of Wimbledon


Kim Clijsters, winner of two of the last three Grand Slam titles, had to withdraw from Wimbledon on Wednesday due to a right ankle injury suffered at 's-Hertogenbosch on Tuesday.

Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam Clijsters hasn't been to the final of - she is a three-time US Open champion, a one-time Australian Open champion and two-time runner-up at Roland Garros.

"I'm very, very disappointed to have to withdraw from Wimbledon after injuring my foot again at the tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch," Clijsters said. "At this moment I feel frustrated it has to happen now before one of my favorite tournaments. I've always enjoyed being a part of the Wimbledon atmosphere but I have no other choice now but to rest, recover and to not play tennis for a few weeks."

The seedings for Wimbledon were released for the first time earlier in the day but were revised following the Clijsters announcement. Here is the revised list (with nationality and ranking):

1. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN #1)
2. Vera Zvonareva (RUS #3)
3. Li Na (CHN #4)
4. Victoria Azarenka (BLR #5)
5. Maria Sharapova (RUS #6)
6. Francesca Schiavone (ITA #7)
7. Serena Williams (USA #26)
8. Petra Kvitova (CZE #8)
9. Marion Bartoli (FRA #9)
10. Samantha Stosur (AUS #10)
11. Andrea Petkovic (GER #11)
12. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #12)
13. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #13)
14. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS #14)
15. Jelena Jankovic (SRB #15)
16. Julia Goerges (GER #16)
17. Kaia Kanepi (EST #17)
18. Ana Ivanovic (SRB #18)
19. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL #19)
20. Peng Shuai (CHN #20)
21. Flavia Pennetta (ITA #21)
22. Shahar Peer (ISR #22)
23. Venus Williams (USA #33)
24. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK #23)
25. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK #25)
26. Maria Kirilenko (RUS #27)
27. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS #28)
28. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS #29)
29. Roberta Vinci (ITA #30)
30. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA #31)
31. Lucie Safarova (CZE #32)
32. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL #34)

Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam that sometimes deviates from the rankings when making the seeds. The only moves among this year's seeds are Serena Williams (ranked No.26 but seeded No.8) and Venus Williams (ranked No.33 but seeded No.23).


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