In Brief

TENNIS

Federer, Serena Williams top seeds at Wimbledon

Roger Federer was the No. 1 seed for Wimbledon ahead of Rafael Nadal, in a reverse of their world rankings.

Federer, the defending champion and six-time Wimbledon winner, received the top seed Wednesday, even though Nadal recently supplanted him as No. 1 in the world rankings.

Nadal moved into the top spot after winning the French Open, while Federer slipped to No. 2 after losing in the quarterfinals in Paris.

Wimbledon uses its discretion to seed players based on their grass-court record. Three-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick was seeded No. 5, two spots above his ranking.

The draw will be Friday, with the two-week Grand Slam tournament starting Monday.

There were no surprises in the women’s seedings, with Serena Williams at No. 1 and sister Venus at No. 2.

Also: Top-seeded Justine Henin advanced to the quarterfinals of the Unicef Open in her first grass-court tournament in three years. Henin defeated Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-3, 6-3 in their second-round match in Den Bosch, Netherlands.

On the men’s side, defending champion Benjamin Becker of Germany defeated Henri Kontinen of Finland, 6-2, 6-1.

French Open finalist Samantha Stosur and fifth-seeded Kim Clijsters reached the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne International with contrasting performances in Eastbourne, England.

Stosur outlasted Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, needing three match points to close out the match. Clijsters, who won the Eastbourne title in 2005, needed 38 minutes to sweep aside Czech player Lucie Safarova 6-1, 6-0 in the Wimbledon tuneup.

The Cowboys Tennis Classic, scheduled for July 10 at Cowboys Stadium, was called off. A tersely worded statement from Cowboys Stadium officials said “a future date has not been set and all tickets will be refunded.”

Last month, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced the event to be held six days after Wimbledon at his $1.2 billion stadium. It was to host two best-of-3 matches, featuring Serena Williams against Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick against John Isner.

MISCELLANEOUS

Armstrong stands 21st in Tour of Switzerland

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong finished in the main pack in the fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland and is in 21st place overall, 30 seconds behind leader Tony Martin of Germany.

Germany’s Marcus Burghardt won the stage following a long breakaway, launching an attack over the final stretch of the 107-mile, rain-soaked stage from Wettingen to Frutigen.

Martin retained the overall lead, one second ahead of Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara.

Also: UNLV football coach Bobby Hauck completed his staff by hiring Brent Guy as the Rebels’ linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator

Guy spent last season as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Louisville, following four seasons as Utah State’s coach.

Henderson resident Kelly Gonzalez was named one of eight umpires for the College World Series, which begins Saturday in Omaha, Neb.

Kelly is an umpire in the Pac-10, Mountain West and Western Athletic conferences. The eight-team tournament runs through June 30.

Germany’s Peter Knopp led qualifying in the United States Bowling Congress Senior Masters at the South Point. Knopp had a 15-game pinfall of 3,296, with Roger Kossert of Lithia, Florida, second at 3,290.

The field of 297 was pared to 64 for double-elimination match play beginning today.

Hockey Hall of Famer Cam Neely was named the president of the Boston Bruins.

The team’s former star forward was promoted from his position as Bruins vice president. Neely fills a role that had been vacant since Harry Sinden stepped down in 2006 after 17 years as president.