Former champion Lleyton Hewitt [ Images ] and Belgium's David Goffin, the lucky loser who took a set off Roger Federer [ Images ] at the French Open [ Images ], have been given wild cards for this year's Wimbledon [ Images ] tennis championships.
Virginie Razzano, the Frenchwoman who beat Serena Williams [ Images ] in the first round in Paris, received one of the women's eight wild cards as did Kazakhstan qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova [ Images ], who reached the French quarter-finals after ousting champion Li Na [ Images ].
Australian Hewitt, now 31, won the men's title at Wimbledon in 2002.
Four low-ranked Britons received automatic entries to the men's and women's singles draws for the grass-court tournament which starts on June 25.
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