Rafa Nadal tumbles to 10th for Wimbledon seeding; Andy Murray third

Andy Murray will be the No 3 seed at Wimbledon while Rafael Nadal has dropped to 10th, it was announced on Wednesday.

Murray is gunning for his second Wimbledon title at the All England Club after becoming the tournament’s first British men’s singles champion since 1936 two years ago.

The Scot will be keen to steer clear of Nadal in Friday’s draw, however, given the Spaniard could meet any of the top four seeds as early as the quarter-finals.

Nadal was seeded second at Wimbledon last year but a lack of form and fitness has seen the Spaniard tumble down the ATP rankings.

World No 1 Novak Djokovic, who beat Nadal in the French Open quarter-finals three weeks ago, is seeded first while Roger Federer, bidding for a record eighth singles title in SW19, is second.

Stan Wawrinka, fresh from securing his second grand slam title in Paris, completes the men’s top four.

2015 WIMBLEDON MEN’S SINGLES SEEDS

1: Novak Djokovic

2: Roger Federer

3: Andy Muray

4: Stan Wawrinka

5: Kei Nishikori

6: Tomas Berdych

7: Milos Raonic

8: David Ferrer

9: Marin Cilic

10: Rafael Nadal

11: Grigor Dimitrov

12: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

13: Gilles Simon

14: Kevin Anderson

15: Feliciano Lopez

16: David Goffin

17: John Isner

18: Gael Monfils

19: Tommy Robredo

20: Roberto Bautista Agut

21: Richard Gasquet

22: Viktor Troicki

23: Ivo Karlovic

24: Leonardo Mayer

25: Andreas Seppi

26: Nick Kyrgios

27: Bernard Tomic

28: Pablo Cuevas

29: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez

30: Fabio Fognini

31: Jack Sock

32: Dominic Thiem

Rafa Nadal tumbles to 10th for Wimbledon seeding; Andy Murray third

Wimbledon announced the seeding for the 2015 tournament on Wednesday, with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer 1 and 2, Andy Murray third and Rafael Nadal all the way down at 10.