WIMBLEDON, England — Defending champion Rafael Nadal and top-ranked women's player Dinara Safina were seeded No. 1 for Wimbledon today.

There were no big surprises when the All England Club announced the seedings for the grass-court Grand Slam tournament, which opens Monday. The draw will be released Friday.

Wimbledon stuck closely to the world rankings in determining the seeding lists for the two-week tournament.

The top six spots in the men's list follow the rankings — headed by Nadal. Five-time champion Roger Federer is No. 2, with Andy Murray at No. 3. Murray won his first grass-court title at Queen's Club on Sunday, becoming the first Briton to win the tournament since Bunny Austin in 1938, who then went on to become the last British men's finalist at Wimbledon.

They are followed by No. 4 Novak Djokovic, No. 5 Juan Martin Del Porto and No. 6 Andy Roddick. Eighth-ranked Fernando Verdasco is seeded No. 7 ahead of Gilles Simon.

Among the women, Safina of Russia is followed by Serena Williams and defending champion Venus Williams.

RICHMOND, Va. — Danica Patrick's likely free agency at the end of the IndyCar Series will make her a hot commodity among teams in the open-wheel series and NASCAR.Any announcement about her next move, however, will have to wait until October.The IndyCar Series season finishes Oct. 10 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and she said Tuesday on a conference call that her main focus until then will be on winning as many races as she can and finishing as high in the driver's point standings as possible.Patrick became the only woman ever to win a major open-wheel race last season in Japan, and she is in the final year of her three-year contract with Andretti-Green Racing.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A group opposing Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Games took its case to International Olympic Committee headquarters.Three activists from the No Games Chicago organization Tuesday sought a meeting with IOC president Jacques Rogge and a chance to address more than 90 IOC members at a key meeting Wednesday for Chicago's bid campaign.IOC spokesman Mark Adams rejected their demand to sit in on a 90-minute session at the Olympic Museum today when Chicago bid leaders will present their case.