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Serena Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam winner

Wimbledon 2018 Venue: All England Club Dates: 2-15 July Starts: 11:30 BST Coverage: Live across BBC TV, BBC Radio and the BBC Sport website with further coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.

It "would not be fair" for seven-time champion Serena Williams to be seeded for this year's Wimbledon, says world number 32 Dominika Cibulkova.

Should Williams - who is 183rd in the rankings as she returns after the birth of her first child - be seeded, Cibulkova is likely to miss out.

Williams, 36, says players returning from pregnancy should have protected seedings as well as protected rankings.

Cibulkova, 29, said: "I don't think it's the right thing to do."

She added: "I think it's just not fair. I have tried and I should be seeded. If they put her in front of me then I will lose my spot that I am supposed to have.

"I was a former number four, and it's also like why should I not be seeded if I have the right to be?"

The decision on seeding will be announced at 10:00 BST on Wednesday.

American Williams has played only three tournaments in the past 12 months, having given birth to a daughter in September.

The All England Club usually follows the WTA ranking list, but reserves the right to make a change if it "is necessary to produce a balanced draw".

Slovakia's Cibulkova has twice reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.