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Semi-finalist of Wimbledon 2009, fifth racket of the world, Russian Elena Dementieva will not compete at the third Grand Slam tournament of the season, Wimbledon. The reason for this decision was the injury suffered by the athlete during the recent French Open tennis championship. It was health problems that did not allow Dementieva to reach the final of Roland Garros 2010. The Russian woman was unable to finish the match with Italian Francesca Schiavone, who eventually won the championship title.
According to the official website of Wimbledon, the six-time winner of this tournament, the second racket of the world, Swiss Roger Federer, received the first seed at the upcoming grass Grand Slam. Following Federer and the leader of the ATP world ranking, Spaniard Rafael Nadal, seeding numbers in the men's tournament were assigned respectively to Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Andy Murray (Great Britain), Andy Roddick (USA), Robin Soderling (Sweden) and Nikolay Davydenko (Russia). Of the remaining Russians, Mikhail Youzhny, who received the 13th number, was seeded.
The Williams sisters from the USA are the first in the women's tournament. The younger Serena topped the list of participants in the competition, and the older Venus was second. Of the Russian representatives, Nadezhda Petrova is seeded 12th, Maria Sharapova is 16th, Svetlana Kuznetsova is 19th, Dinara Safina is 20th, Vera Zvonareva is 21st, Alisa Kleybanova is 26th, 27th - Maria Kirilenko, 29th - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Meanwhile, at the tournament in Eastbourne, last year's Roland Garros champion Svetlana Kuznetsova emerged victorious in the Russian derby against Alisa Kleybanova - 4:6, 7:5, 6:2. Ekaterina Makarova sensationally beat Italian Flavia Pennetta - 7:6 (7: 5), 6:1, and Nadezhda Petrova barely prevailed over the Croatian Carolina Sprem - 2:6, 7:5, 7:6 (7:4).
In the Dutch town of 's-Hertogenbosch, the fight between Russian Maria Kirilenko and Belgian Kirsten Flipkens ended early. Having lost the first set - 3:6, in the second with the score 3:3 Kirilenko refused to continue the fight, citing injury.
A luge congress will be held in Sochi
The 58th International Luge Congress, which is held every four years, will open in the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympics on Friday. The leaders of FIL, as well as the president of this organization, Joseph Fendt, have already arrived in Sochi to participate in this event. In total, one hundred representatives of the federation from 35 countries are expected to arrive.
The FIL reporting and election congress had never been held before either in Russia or in the USSR. As part of the event, it is planned to visit the construction sites of the Sochi 2014 Olympic facilities. Working meetings will be held, as well as elections for the president of this organization for the next four years. The only candidate for the presidency is the current head of FIL, Josef Fendt, who has led the organization since 1994.