Wild card Cavaday gets dream draw against seventh seed Venus

13 April 2012

Britain's Naomi Cavaday, a wild card, was handed a glamour first-round tie against defending women's champion Venus Williams, the seventh seed.

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, winner of the French Open at Roland Garros and current
world number one, is the top seed and faces Rossana De Los Rio of Paraguay in
the first round at SW19.

Cavaday: Set to face seventh seed Venus at Wimbledon



Former champion Serena Williams is also in the top half of the women's draw and
could set up a semi-final showdown with Ivanovic.

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