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[Vibhu batra]

As you all are aware that the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony is on 27th July. Tennis competition is starting from 28th July, 2012 at SW 19, Wimbledon.



I had posted the tentative schedule of the tennis competition a few days back. For all of you, who missed it, here is the link.







The singles competition will have 64 players competing for the Gold. Here is the full list of players that will be competing for the prestigious Gold Medal at London 2012 Olympics.




As its a 64 players draw, so, seedings have been given to only the top 16 players. The seedings have been given as per the rankings announced by ATP & WTA on 23rd July, 2012.





Here is the Mens seedings : (based on ATP rankings announced on 23rd July, 2012)



1. Roger Federer



2. Novak Djokovic


3. Andy Murray (thou, Murray is 4th ranked, but as Nadal has withdrawn because of knee problem, Murray has been given the 3rd seeding).


4. David Ferrer



5. Jo Wil-fried Tsonga


6. Tomas Berdych



7. Janko Tipsarevic



8. Juan Martin Del Potro


9. Juan Monaco


10. John Isner


11. Nicolas Almargo


12. Gilles Simon


13. Marin Cilic


14. Fernando Verdasco


15. Kei Nishikori


16. Richard Gasquet

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Here is the females seedings for London 2012 Olympics (based on WTA Rankings on 23rd July, 2012)

• Viktoria Azarenka
• Agnieszka Radwanska
• Maria Sharapova
• Serena Williams
• Samantha Stosur
• Petra Kvitova
• Angelique Kerber
• Caroline Wozniacki
• Sara Errani
• Li Na (has been seeded 10th, thou, she's 11th ranked as Marion Bartoli will be missing London Olympics)
• Ana Ivanovic
• Dominika Cibulkova
• Vera Zvonareva
• Maria Kirilenko
• Sabine Lisicki (thou, ranked 17th, seeded 15th as the 16th ranked Kaia Kanepa will be missing London 2012)
• Nadia Petrova (thou ranked 19th has been seeded 16th as the 18th ranked Petkovic will be missing OLympics)

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Please be informed that the draw for both Ladies & Mens singles competition will be announced on Thursday, July 26th, 2012 at about 11 BST or 10 am GMT, be rest assured as & when the draw will be out, we will the first to publish it here .

For ATP & WTA Singles points that players can gain from London Olympics 2012, see this post -----



http://www.rogerfede...-olympics-2012/

For knowing about ATP Tennis ranking scenario post London Olympics 2012, see this post -------------


http://www.rogerfede...-olympics-2012/

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Pre-draw speeches underway at Wimbledon... Olympic draw starting soon.

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Women's doubles draw is up first - only 31 teams because Bondarenko sisters have withdrawn due to Alona's injury




Williams - Williams in other half from top seeds raymond-huber. Start v. Cirstea-halep.

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Latest news about Mens doubles :::::::::;



Federer/wawrinka in bryan-bryan quadrant



IN the quarter-finals, Federer & Wawrinka will play the bryan bros....





Men's dubs:


No1 Bryan bros vs Belucci/Sa,


No2 Llodra/Tsonga vs Nalbandian/Schwank &



defending champs Fed/Wawrinka vs Nishikori/Soeda

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Latest News about women's singles :::::::::



Big 1st rnd draws for Williams sisters in singles:


Serena WIlliams vs Jankovic ( a re-match of 2008 US Open)



and Venus WIlliams vs Sara Errani






other 1st round matches ------

No1 Azarenka vs Begu,


No2 Radwanksa vs Goerges,



No3 Sharapova vs Peer

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Now, mens singles Draw Time ::::::::::: (stay tuned, all details coming up in 3 mins)

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1st round mens singles ::::::::



No1 Federer vs Falla,


No2 Djokovic vs Fognini,



No3 Murray vs Wawrinka,



No4 Ferrer vs Pospisil

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One more thing I can confirm : Federer to play 7th seeded Tipsarevic in Quarters



Djokovic to play the 5th seeded Tsonga in Q.F.

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So, the mens semi-final will be between:



1st seed Roger Federer (or the one who beats 1st seed) vs 4th Seeded David Ferrer (or the one who beats 4th seed)



& 2nd seed (or the one who beats 2nd seed) Novak Djokovic vs the 3rd seeded Andy Murray (or the one who beats 3rd seed)

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Andy Murray's opponents



R1 : Wawrinka



R2: Devvarman



R3: Gasquet



QF: Berdych



SF: Djokovic



& final : Federer




The toughest draw is for Murray, no doubts about that

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Here is the entire bottom-half for you all, sorry for the low resolution pic --------

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THe possible 5 opponents of Roger Federer :::::::




1st round vs Falla.


R 2 vs Benneteau,


R 3 vs Isner,


QF vs Tipsarevic,


& semi-final vs Ferrer...

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Djokovic & Ferrer opponents coming up in 5 minutes... stay tuned

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Novak DJokovic opponents



R 1: Fognini




R 2: Andy Roddick



R3: Cilic


QF : Tsonga



SF : Andy Murray

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David Ferrer opponents :::



R1 : Pospisil


R2 : kohlschreiber

R3: Stepanek/Tomic/Nalbandian

QF : Del potro


SF : Roger Federer

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Now, here is the pic of the Top Half draw of Mens singles :::::

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& here is the Bottom half of the Mens draw for all of you --------------

[mbthecool19]

The Olympics always have witnessed upsets in Men's Tennis , many a times favorites not winning Medals . Other than the fact that it will be played on Wimbledon Grass I don't think Wimbledon The Tournament itself and Olympics Men's Tennis will have many similarities . Specially since Best of 3 and Best of 5 sets are completely different predicament as well as playing for your self and playing for your country . The Grass is supposed to play a bit faster in the Olympics than it did in Wimbledon , that will definitely help the guys with big serves .
Federer's draw is manageable . A shorter draw and Best of 3 is always tough but I'm sure Fed will be focused and Bring home Gold