Andy Murray seeded first for Wimbledon; Roger Federer fourth

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By Paul Prenderville

Andy Murray won a second Wimbledon title last year and will head to the All-England Club as the top seed for the first time in his career

Defending champion Andy Murray will head to Wimbledon as the top seed with Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal making up the top four.

The Scot claimed a memorable second title at the All England Club last year by beating Milos Raonic but he faces an uphill battle for Grand Slam title number four after a 2017 that has seen him battling form and fitness concerns.

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The world No 1, who pulled out of a warm-up at Hurlingham on Tuesday, has just one title to his name this year and suffered a first round exit
when he was beaten at Queens by world No 90 Jordan Thompson, his ninth defeat of the season so far.

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But Murray will call on a formidable record at Wimbledon having reached at least the quarter-final stage in each of the last nine years, and with he will hope the form he showed in reaching the French Open semi-final continues for this year's Championships.

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The draw takes place on Friday and with Djokovic, Federer and Nadal rounding out the top four men's single seeds. Wednesday's announcement means the four biggest names in the game will be kept apart until the last four.

Nadal and Federer are the form horses this year, both men having won a Grand Slam, two Masters titles and a 500 event so far and it is the Swiss maestro who is the favourite with the bookmakers.