Wimbledon Top Seed

For tennis fanatics worldwide, mark June 23 to July 6, 2008. The Wimbledon Championships opens on June 23 and hopefully will end on July 6. Who will be the 2008 Men's Singles Champion? Women's Singles Champion? The Wimbledon seeding has been announced and here are the top seed in both men's and women's division.

Men's Singles Division

No. 1 Roger Federer
No. 2 Rafael Nadal
No. 3 Novak Djokovic
No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko

No. 5 David Ferrer
No. 6 Andy Roddick
No. 7 David Nalbandian
No. 8 Richard Gasquet
No. 9 James Blake
No. 10 Marcos Baghdatis

Women's Singles Division

No.1 Ana Ivanovic
No.2 Jelena Jankovic
No.3 Maria Sharapova
No 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova
No.5 Elena Dementieva
No.6 Serena Williams
No.7 Venus Williams
No.8 Anna Chakvetadze
No.9 Dinara Safina
No.10 Daniela Hantuchova

Will Roger Federer and Venus Williams retain the cup in their division? Will the women top seed Ivanovic shine? Only one thing to do then. Watch Wimbledon LIVE. You can actually watch the games on your PC by getting an online subscription service and watch actual and live video coverages of the whole event - eight courts simultaneously or the option to just watch the world feed. Missing a game is not a problem. You can download the games that you missed and even access the archive for past matches. Visit MediaZone for more info. This is the next best thing to being actually at Wimbledon.

I love Tennis!

Of all the sports, I love tennis best. When I was in my teens, the leading tennis players of that time were the likes of Björn Borg, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, John Newcombe, Stan Smith, John McEnroe, and Jimmy Connors. These tennis players have become living icons of the sports. These players are in the roster of Wimbledon Champions. Tennis then was an elitist game. From the moment I saw Chris Evert play the championship at Wimbledon in her cutesy skirt and ruffled bloomers, I have obsessed on playing the game.

Wimbledon is the oldest major tennis championship in the world. There are other major international tennis tournaments like the Australian Open, French Open and US open. Suffice it to say that no tennis player of international caliber would hang his racket until he has had the chance at Wimbledon. Held from late June to mid July, the first ever tournament was under the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in 1877. From a lone event of Men's Singles, the tournament has gradually progressed to include, Ladies' Singles, Gentlemen's Doubles, Ladies' Doubles and Mixed Doubles. There is also a tournament for the Youth – Boys' Singles, Girls' Singles, Boys' Doubles and Girls' Doubles – are also held. A wheelchair tennis tournament is also held at Wimbledon. I bet you didn't know that! Special wheelchairs are used for this event.

My dream of playing tennis eventually came true. My first coach was my husband. He lasted 30 minutes and said I should just pay someone to teach me. I did! That was eons ago. Now I play singles on a regular basis. I just love the power, speed and grace utilized when playing. I have more dreams to pursue but first I have to get Wimbledon tickets. Watching the Wimbledon live is just in the offing!