Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus returns the ball during his match against Robin Soderling of Sweden at the ABN AMRO tennis tournament in Rotterdam February 19, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)
Marcos Baghdatis and Tomas Berdych have benefited from Wimbledon’s unique seedings policy this year after strong showings in 2007.
The seedings for next week’s grasscourt grand slam, released by the All England Club in London yesterday, have Cypriot Baghdatis seeded 10th compared to a world ranking of 25.
Czech Berdych is seeded 11th despite an ATP ranking of 19.
Baghdatis reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon last year where he lost to Novak Djokovic in a five-set marathon. Berdych also reached the last eight, losing to Rafael Nadal.