SERENA'S Big Announcement Tomorrow

[Grossefavourite]

Wimbledon: 'Not fair' to seed Serena Williams says Dominika Cibulkova.

It "would not be fair" for seven-time champion Serena Williams to be seeded for Wimbledon, says world number 32 Dominika Cibulkova.

The 29-year-old will not be seeded if the ex-world number one - currently 183rd in the rankings - is seeded.

Williams, 36, has called for players returning from pregnancy to have protected seedings as well as protected rankings.

But Slovakia's Cibulkova said: "I don't think it's the right thing to do."

She added: "I think it's just not fair. I have tried and I should be seeded. If they put her in front of me then I will lose my spot that I am supposed to have.

"I was a former number four, and it's also like why should I not be seeded if I have the right to be?"

The decision on seeding will be announced at 10:00 BST on Wednesday.

Williams has played only three tournaments in the past 12 months, having given birth to a baby girl in September.

The All England Club usually follows the WTA ranking list, but reserves the right to make a change if it "is necessary to produce a balanced draw".

Cibulkova has twice reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

[PeterSkan]

Sweet justice will have an unseeded Serena meeting Cib in Round 1 and dispatching her 6-0 6-0

[Pyotr]

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What’s the big deal? Leave her unseeded. #ed_op#b#ed_cl#What about the other girl who has worked so hard to be seeded only to get bumped because Serena decided to have a baby?#ed_op#/b#ed_cl# This seems like a PR thing for these events now. Yawn.

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[rex]

Nice tweet:

https://twitter.com/serenawilliams/stat ... 3534395393

[Grossefavourite]

<font color=brown>@ <b>rex</b>:</font>
 
I saw that. Very nice but Nadal is favorite, and Novak might just be second favorite. On the women's side, Serena's chances just improved with seeding and injury to Kvitova. Garbine says she's ready to defend but I doubt that.

[PeterSkan]

I am waiting for that before submitting my Skan team.
If Serena is not seeded, that makes it easier to select any ladies to fill my other 2 WTA spots.
Please, don't seed her as long as you give me Serena vs Pova match-up in R1.

ummm ... we don't go by seedings, remember. She shoudn't appear in the rankings list when you set up the table, even though she's now being seeded 25th.

[rex]

#ed_op#font color="brown"#ed_cl#@ #ed_op#b#ed_cl#Grossefavourite#ed_op#/b#ed_cl#:#ed_op#/font#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#&nbsp;#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#i#ed_cl#Nadal is not the favorite for Wimby, Roger is, per consensus bookies (and my pick) and he is also the favorite for the USO. Says a lot for him at age 37 to be the favorite for those events. #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#I'm not picking Serena for Wimby, for she has no match play, tho' she was playing well at the French ere she had to withdraw due to injury. My girl Petra K. remains flaky. She can lose to anyone in the early rounds, gifting herself out of competition. Seen it far too often in her career up to this point.&nbsp; No court discipline, like Venus...... So, my women's favorite for Wimby is no one. #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#However, for NYC Serena's playing at least one warm-up (San Jose at this point) in addition to maybe playing either the Rogers or Cincy, which will then give me a clue about her chances, for then she'll have match play. After such, doing well, she's my pick for NYC. #ed_op#/i#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#