Murray Unhappy at Wimbledon Seeding

Andy Murray has criticized his 12th seeding for Wimbledon, which gets under way at the All England Club on Monday. The Scot was seeded eighth last year before withdrawing with a wrist injury.

The 21 year-old Murray is 11th in the current world rankings but world No25 Marcos Baghdatis and No19 Tomas Berdych have been moved above him in the seedings with world No10 Stanislas Wawrinka dropping down. Baghdatis, of Cyprus, reached the semi-finals in 2006 and was a quarter-finalist last year, while Berdych reached the quarter-finals 12 months ago after winning the grass-court event at Halle."I feel like I am one of the top grass-court players in the world, but because I missed Wimbledon I am going to lose out because of it, which I think is a little bit tough," Murray said. "I personally think it should just be done on the rankings, which is much easier."

None the less, reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2006 remains Murray's best result on grass. The British No1 will still miss the top seeds in the early rounds but is well aware of the dangerous players lurking in Friday's draw.

"If you look at the Australian Open, I played against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round, which seemed like a decent draw, and the guy ends up making the final," added Murray, who has declared himself fit after pulling out of his quarter-final in the Artois Championships last week with a bruised thumb. "Nowadays there are so many guys who can play well, like Ernests Gulbis, who had a great run at the French Open, so you have just got to try to concentrate on each match. You kind of know what is going on around you, but you try not to look too far ahead."

Defending champion Roger Federer, seeking a sixth straight title, is the top seed in the men's singles. Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, winner of the French Open at Roland Garros and world No1, is top seed in the women's event.