• Wimbledon avoids row with former champion after mixed signals
• Williams has slipped to 449th in rankings as a result of pregnancy
Serena Williams, who is rebuilding her career the hard way at 36 after the difficult birth of her first child last September, will almost certainly be seeded at Wimbledon, despite extraordinary confusion at the All England Club on Tuesday.
The American is guaranteed a place in the main draw of a grand slam through her protected ranking but, according to the ambiguous rules of the Women’s Tennis Association, it was not clear if she could be seeded among the top 32, which affords the best players protection in the early rounds of a tournament.
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