Womens Main Draw.

[Maeby Fünke]

Serena Williams USA (1) v Michelle Larcher De Brito POR
Anna Chakvetadze RUS v Andrea Petkovic GER
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA v Ayumi Morita JPN
Dominika Cibulkova SVK v Lucie Safarova CZE (25)
Daniela Hantuchova SVK (24) v Vania King USA
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE v Elena Vesnina RUS
Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU v Alize Cornet FRA
Anastasia Pivovarova RUS v Maria Sharapova RUS (16)

Na Li CHN (9) v Chanelle Scheepers RSA
Mariana Duque Marino COL v Kurumi Nara JPN
Anne Keothavong GBR v Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Akgul Amanmuradova UZB v Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (19)
Sara Errani ITA (32) v Julie Coin FRA
Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP v Olga Govortsova BLR
Alberta Brianti ITA v Jill Craybas USA
Melinda Czink HUN v Agnieszka Radwanska POL (7)

Caroline Wozniacki DEN (3) v Tathiana Garbin ITA
Arantxa Rus NED v Kai-Chen Chang TPE
Sybille Bammer AUT v Roberta Vinci ITA
Iveta Benesova CZE v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS (29)
Jie Zheng CHN (23) v Pauline Parmentier FRA
Sorana Cirstea ROU v Petra Kvitova CZE
Bojana Jovanovski SRB v Casey Dellacqua AUS
Mirjana Lucic CRO v Vuvuzela Azarenka BLR (14)

Flavia Pennetta ITA (10) v Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Monica Niculescu ROU v Gisela Dulko ARG
Klara Zakopalova CZE v Yvonne Meusburger AUT
Magdalena Rybarikova SVK v Aravane Rezai FRA (18)
Alexandra Dulgheru ROU (31) v Kimiko Date Krumm JPN
Romina Sarina Oprandi ITA v Heather Watson GBR
Timea Bacsinszky SUI v Edina Gallovits ROU
Kaia Kanepi EST v Samantha Stosur AUS (6)

Kim Clijsters BEL (8) v Maria Elena Camerin ITA
Karolina Sprem CRO v Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA
Shenay Perry USA v Anastasiya Yakimova BLR
Stefanie Voegele SUI v Maria Kirilenko RUS (27)
Justine Henin BEL (17) v Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Kristina Barrois GER v Mariya Koryttseva UKR
Yung-Jan Chan TPE v Patty Schnyder SUI
Tatjana Malek GER v Nadia Petrova RUS (12)

Yanina Wickmayer BEL (15) v Alison Riske USA
Stephanie Dubois CAN v Kirsten Flipkens BEL
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA v Andrea Hlavackova CZE
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP v Vera Zvonareva RUS (21)
Alona Bondarenko UKR (28) v Katie O'Brien GBR
Lucie Hradecka CZE v Varvara Lepchenko USA
Eleni Daniilidou GRE v Aleksandra Wozniak CAN
Laura Robson GBR v Jelena Jankovic SRB (4)

Francesca Schiavone ITA (5) v Vera Dushevina RUS
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL v Anna Lapushchenkova RUS
Regina Kulikova RUS v Melanie South GBR
Polona Hercog SLO v Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ (30)
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR (34) v Greta Arn HUN
Zuzana Kucova SVK v Alicia Molik AUS
Petra Martic CRO v Elena Baltacha GBR
Julia Goerges GER v Marion Bartoli FRA (11)

Shahar Peer ISR (13) v Ana Ivanovic SRB
Sania Mirza IND v Angelique Kerber GER
Renata Voracova CZE v Jarmila Groth AUS
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER v Melanie Oudin USA (33)
Alisa Kleybanova RUS (26) v Sandra Zahlavova CZE
Sofia Arvidsson SWE v Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Ekaterina Makarova RUS v Agnes Szavay HUN
Rossana De Los Rios PAR v Venus Williams USA (2)

[leelee]

I don't like this draw. I have to root for Serena the entire 1st week.

[The Chloe]

Seriously. There is a lot of gross up there.

[janie]

Why? There's Petkovic, there's Little Ayumi, and there's Lucie to root for there.

Poor Mirjana, worked so hard only to land the in-form Vuvuzela. Oh, well, she'll at least get a nice paycheck for the first time in years.

[leelee]

I like all 6 players in Ree's section, but none of them have any chance of beating her.

Mariabot and Micaela Carolina Larchero de Screamo need to be disposed.

[Traveling Man]

Wertheim's seed report. I hate this draw.

SI.com's Jon Wertheim breaks down the men's and women's seeds at Wimbledon. Read on for the top first-round matchups, dark horses to watch and his predicted winners.
Top 16 seeds

1. Serena Williams: The defending champion and favorite until proven otherwise. Her sister might catch her on an off-day. Serena may, unfortunately, develop a minor sickness or injury, but otherwise it's hard to envision her not winning.

2. Venus Williams: Simply a different, and better, player on grass than on other surfaces. She also benefits from being on the opposite side of the draw as her sister.

3. Caroline Wozniacki: A good, if not a great, Dane. It's hard to imagine her living up to her seeding, though, especially if her ankle injury lingers. There are also a lot of dangerous players in her quadrant.

4. Jelena Jankovic: Yammerin' Jank is always intriguing and amusing; but has trouble keeping it together for the duration of a Grand Slam event. She lost at Wimbledon last year to Melanie Oudin and is coming off a deflating loss in the French semis. While she's unlikely to lose, Jankovic will have to deal with distractions in her first round match against Laura Robson.

5. Francesca Schiavone: Still adjusting to seeing her name as a fifth seed. Obviously riding a wave of confidence after Paris. But one imagines she's playing on fumes at this point.

6. Sam Stosur: One the more compelling storylines: how will Stosur fare after such a bittersweet French Open? Her game would seem to go well with grass and she's beaten the sport's best lately. But is she still, to use the voguish tennis term, "gutted" from failing to take the trophy in Paris? Sure can't complain about her draw.

7. Agnieszka Radwanska: A-Rad is to be praised for her consistency and cunning play, but it's not a recipe for winning a fast-court major. She might reach her seeding and the quarters but that's about it.

8. Kim Clijsters: After missing the French (and bombing in Australia), KC is suddenly at a mini-crossroads. Possible fourth-rounder against Justine Henin could highlight the second Monday.

9. Na Li: An up-and-down player, she's blessed with a kind draw. Plus she won a tune-up event. Easy to see her making some noise as she did in Australia, but she is, alas, in Serena's quadrant.

10. Flavia Pennetta: Our second donna in the top 10. Not a great track record on grass, but she can't complain about her draw.

11. Marion Bartoli: Former finalist is always an intriguing player, capable of pushing the best players and losing to inferiors ones. Hard to see Bartoli beating Venus. Easy to see her in the second week, though.

12. Nadia Petrova: One keeps waiting for her results to catch up to her power and athleticism. She has a hard time stringing together good wins. Plus she's in the Henin-Clijsters section.

13. Shahar Peer: The good news: she's found her game again. The bad news: she'll need to go through three former No.1s, including Venus, just to get to the second week.

14. Victoria Azarenka: After a dismal stretch this spring, the media darling has shown signs of life on grass. I'm intrigued by her first match against Mirjana Lucic.

15. Yanina Wickmayer: Athletic Belgian gets a rematch against Pittsburgh's Alison Riske in round one.
16. Maria Sharapova: Former winner (2004) is a shard of her former self. But you can count on her to fight like hell and she'll be a most unpleasant match-up for a higher seed, including Serena, who she might play in a tantalizing fourth rounder.

Seeds 17-32

17. Justine Henin: Allegedly, the chance to finally win Wimbledon was a major factor in her comeback decision. Well, it's show time.

18. Aravane Rezai: Hard-hitting Frenchwoman can cement a fine spring with a strong result on grass.

19. Svetlana Kuznetsova: An erratic Russian whose game is currently in the loo, but she still has the potential to be dangerous.

20. Dinara Safina: Another erratic Russian whose game is currently in the loo, but she, too, has the potential to be dangerous.

23. Jie Zheng: Not a lot of momentum here, but she's made a habit of lasting late in majors.

26. Alisa Kleybanova: When her fitness catches up to her ball-striking she's a top 10 player.

30. Yaroslava Shvedova: No real track record on grass, but dangerous on athleticism alone.

Dark horse nation

Kimiko Date Krumm: The ultimate unretirer. Any player older than we are gets automatic mention. Alas, she starts against seeded Alex Dulgheru (31).

Alison Riske. I'm intrigued by the little-known American wild card.

Andrea Petkovic: Not shy about admitting that grass is not her best surface, but she could be dangerous with her big serve.

Tamarine Tanasugarn: She not only has the most experience on grass (her first round match will be her 100th main draw on the surface, with Venus second at 75), but also has more main draw wins on it than any active player. Plus, she has done well at Wimbledon (QF in 2008; fourth round six times) and is 27-13 there as opposed to 30-39 at the other slams.
Eleni Daniilidou: Anyone who wins their last round of qualifying 6-0, 6-0 gets mention. Plus, we love the hair.

First round matches to watch

Shahar Peer v. Ana Ivanovic: Not often that a player who was No.1 two years ago starts a 128-draw tournament as an underdog.

Serena v. Michelle Larcher De Brito: The defending champ versus the closest thing tennis has to vuvuzelas.

Azarenka v. Lucic: Lucic reached the late rounds in 1999 ... when Azarenka was nine.

Yanina Wickmayer v. Alison Riske: Can the American beat the same top 15 player twice in two weeks? (The winner likely gets Melanie Oudin.)

Laura Robson v. Jelena Jankovic: Lots of drama.

Blue-plate upset special: Anna-Lena Groenefeld over Dinara Safina.

Doubles winners
Venus Williams-Serena Williams

Semifinals

Henin vs. Venus Williams
Serena Williams vs. Stosur

Finals

Serena vs. Venus

Champion

Serena Williams

[janie]

Really going out on a limb with those picks, isn't he.

[janie]

Jun 18, 2010 19:30:38 GMT -5 @leelee said:

I like all 6 players in Ree's section, but none of them have any chance of beating her.

Ah, okay, I thought you meant you didn't like them. I can't root for Serena; Serena is the LA Lakers of women's tennis for me. I'd even root for Shriekapova against Serena, with the proviso that she must then lose badly in the following round.

Except of course I'd root for Serena over Bollettieri Teen Screamo, so mine is a weak hate.

[janie]

On second thought, could not root for Maria over Serena because that would be too big a sensation.

[Wagasi]

Franny could be douched out in the first round

A Hantu-Cake final is the only remotely acceptable outcome. Oh Bimbleton.

[leelee]

Vuvuzela Azarenka BLR (14)

heh

I hadn't seen her play in a while, but in the Eastbourne SF. Eww. Her shriek is even longer now.

[R. Black]

Jun 18, 2010 21:09:08 GMT -5 Wagasi said:

Franny could be douched out in the first round

A Hantu-Cake final is the only remotely acceptable outcome. Oh Bimbleton.

Annoyed that St.Kim and Justine are in the same part of the draw. Otherwise IDC.

There's nobody to stop Venus until the semi-final.

I have the feeling Silliams won't reach the final. Maybe Tammy can beat her, hum.

[lexpretend]

Jun 18, 2010 19:30:38 GMT -5 @leelee said:

I like all 6 players in Ree's section, but none of them have any chance of beating her.

Mariabot and Micaela Carolina Larchero de Screamo need to be disposed.

I agree with this post. Luckily, what's sad about the first bit is what's heartening about the second bit, in that the silver lining to Silliams' existence is that she'll dispose of the Shrieks and Screamos of the world as well as Petkorazzi/Tammy/Chak Attack.

Reports on Lucic from qualifying have been really promising...and if she has any excellence left in her this is the kind of place it'll show...and the previous week's tournament winners are always vulnerable. I haven't seen Vuvuzenka play this week though, I don't know if I'm reaching too much, but a Lucic win wouldn't be completely shocking to me.

Lulz, Lurch got the kindest possible draw. Hlavackova's a Slam debutante, right? The only one alongside La Push, Watson and Lurch herself?

I like Justine being in Kim's section. I don't have to raise my hopes and I can just expect her to lose in another tight third set. Honestly, she might even lose to Nadezhda.

Other possible 1R upsets - in-form Kanepi over Stosur? Voegele over ~MaKiRi~, definitely. Riske over Wickmayer again, and I assume Fran is still in party mode so the lucky beneficiary is La Douche. Safina's drawn ALG. Does Peer hate grass enough to lose to BAG? Probably not.

Predix:

4R:

S.Williams d. Sharapova
Li d. Radwanska
Wozniacki d. Lucic
Rezai d. Date-Krumm
Clijsters d. Henin
Jankovic d. Zvonareva
Bartoli d. Kulikova
V.Williams d. Groth

QF:

S.Williams d. Li
Rezai d. Wozniacki
Jankovic d. Clijsters
V.Williams d. Bartoli

SF:

S.Williams d. Rezai
V.Williams d. Jankovic (1 and 1, probably)

F: Silliams

[jon]

You can bet on Makarova leading Queen Vee 63 53 and then following the SEWTA playbook for a 63 57 61 defeat.

[janie]

Dinara Safina withdraws due to injury

Dinara Safina has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to a low back injury. As she was seeded 20 her position in the draw is taken by Melanie Oudin who will be listed as the 33rd seed. Oudin's place in the draw is taken by a lucky loser Stephanie Dubois of Canada.

[DBBN]

Maria Martinez Sanchez has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to a knee injury. As she was seeded 22 her position in the draw is taken by Kateryna Bondarenko who will be listed as the 34th seed. Bondarenko's place in the draw is taken by a lucky loser Anastasia Pivovarova of Russia.

[DBBN]

SEWTA has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to a communal brain injury. Their positions in the draw are taken by The Tennis Cult, who will be listed as awesome.

||SF|| Burley def. Chole
Janie def. TennisShack

||F|| Janie def. Burley

[DBBN]

||R16|| S. Williams def. Sharapova
A. Radwanska def. Kuznetsova
Azarenka def. Wozniacki
Stosur def. Pennetta
Henin def. Clijsters
Jankovic def. Riske
Molik def. Kulikova
V. Williams def. Peer

||QF|| S. Williams def. A. Radwanska
Stosur def. Azarenka
Henin def. Jankovic
V. Williams def. Molik

||SF|| S. Williams def. Stosur
Henin def. V. Williams

||F|| S. Williams def. Henin

[Wagasi]

R16:
Ree-Dani
Sweater-Radwanska
Sunshine-Vuvuzela
Flav-Pusheru
Ste. Kim-Nadezhda
Wickmayer-Hradecka
Shvedova-Cake
BAG-Makarova

QF:
Ree-Sweater
Sunshine-Flav
Ste.Kim-Wickmayer
Cake-BAG

SF:
Ree-Sunshine
Ste.Kim-Cake

F:
Apathy d. Pimpleton

[The Chloe]

Jun 19, 2010 13:56:35 GMT -5 DBBN said:

SEWTA has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to a communal brain injury. Their positions in the draw are taken by The Tennis Cult, who will be listed as awesome.

||SF|| Burley def. Chole
Janie def. TennisShack

||F|| Janie def. Burley

I will not lose to Burley. I will roofie his beverage pre-match and be victorious.

[lexpretend]

Ugh @ how the draw reshuffle means BELIEVE will probably defend her points.

[Traveling Man]

Jun 19, 2010 22:56:55 GMT -5 The Chloe said:

Jun 19, 2010 13:56:35 GMT -5 DBBN said:

SEWTA has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to a communal brain injury. Their positions in the draw are taken by The Tennis Cult, who will be listed as awesome.

||SF|| Burley def. Chole
Janie def. TennisShack

||F|| Janie def. Burley

I will not lose to Burley. I will roofie his beverage pre-match and be victorious.

[1991]I did not lose to anyone - I skipped Wimbledon because I hate grass and decided it wasn't worth the effort after winning the Aussie and French titles. [/1991]

[Edna Krabappel]

You're pregnant with Donald Trump's baby.

[Traveling Man]

I'd prefer Yonex giving me $1 million for keeping my #1 ranking over being a Wimblemum.

[The Chloe]

Yeah, Monika blows.

[DBBN]

[Iorix]

1/8
Serena d. Sharapova
Li d. Radwanska
Azarenka d. Wozniacki
Stosur d. Pennetta

Clijsters d. Henin
Jankovic d. Zvonareva
Shvedova d. Bartoli
Venus d. Ivanovic

QF
Serena d. Li
Azarenka d. Stosur
Clijsters d. Jankovic
Venus d. Shvedova

SF
Serena d. Azarenka
Venus d. Clijsters

F
Serena d. Venus