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Sania-Elena seeded fourth at Wimbledon

June 15, 2011 19:39 IST

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza [ Images ] and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina, runners-up at the French Open [ Images ] earlier this month, have been seeded fourth in the women's doubles at Wimbledon [ Images ], which gets underway on Monday.

Sania, partnering Elena, made it to her maiden Grand Slam women's doubles final at Ronald Garros on June 2 but failed to win the summit clash.

The Indian duo of Leander Paes [ Images ] and Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] are seeded third in the men's doubles, while compatriot Rohan Bopanna [ Images ] and his Pakistani partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi [ Images ], who picked their second ATP title at Halle, Germany [ Images ], last week, are seeded fourth in the grass-court tournament.

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World number one and defending champion Rafael Nadal [ Images ] was handed the top billing in the men's singles while Serbian Novak Djokovic [ Images ], who lost to Roger Federer [ Images ] of Switzerland [ Images ] in the semi-finals in Paris to see his 41-match winning streak snapped, is the second seed.

The 29-year-old Federer, who has 16 Grand Slam titles, including six at Wimbledon, is seeded third.

Denmark's world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki [ Images ] is the women's top seed, while Belgium's Kim Clijsters [ Images ] and Vera Zvonareva [ Images ] are the second and third seeds respectively.

French Open champion Li Na [ Images ] of China is seeded fourth.

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