Murray seeded ahead of Federer and Nadal?
Yup! It's all to do with the way the world rankings are worked out.
Even Ferrer is seeded higher than Nadal, even though Nadal beat him in the French Open Last week.
The world rankings are based on the cumulative points won in the previous 12 months. As Nadal was out of the US Open and the Australian Open due to a combination of injury and illness his ranking fell. He had a disastrous Wimbledon last year. The chances are that by the end of Wimbledon this year he will rise to either 2 or 3. I think that if Murray meets Nadal in the semis and loses he remains as second in the rankings with Nadal as third if Nadal loses in the final but drops to third with Nadal as second if Nadal wins the final. Of course Federer is likely to meet Nadal in the quarter finals and Federer will need to win that, the semi and the final to avoid dropping in the rankings.
Current rankings with points:
1 Djokovic 11,830 2012 Wimbledon points 720
2 Murray 8,560 2012 Wimbledon points 1,200
3 Federer 7,740 2012 Wimbledon points 2,000
4 Ferrer 7,220 2012 Wimbledon points 360
5 Nadal 6,895 2012 Wimbledon points 45
Points given:
Lose in first round 10
Lose in second round 45
Lose in third round 90
Lose in fourth round 180
Lose at quarter final 360
Lose at semifinal 720
Lose at final 1200
Champion 2000