Tennis: Wimbledon draws announced

Unseeded Kim Clijsters who will retire after US Open, begins against fellow former world number one Jelena Jankovic

LONDON: Number one seed Novak Djokovic will start his campaign against former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero as draws for the upcoming Wimbledon were announced yesterday. Roger Federer, who has lost in the quarter-finals in the last two years, takes on Albert Ramos. Rafael Nadal will face Thomaz Belluci and Andy Murray faces wily Russian Nikolay Davydenko in his opener. In the women’s draw, top-seed Maria Sharapova begins against Australia’s Russian-born Anastasia Rodionova. Unseeded Kim Clijsters, who will retire after the US Open, begins against fellow former world number one Jelena Jankovic.

Published In The Express Tribune, June 23^rd, 2012.