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WIMBLEDON NOTEBOOK
LONDON. July 7 (AFP/AP): Professional players love their tennis -- but do they love anything else?
A steward at Wimbledon was overheard telling his daughter: "Never marry a tennis player because love means nothing to •‘®406 r/^AUn"t apply to Home players as Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski recently got married.
And look what that did for their tennis.
WHO ARE YOU?
Tim Henman went out in the fourth round here and the British number one's entourage is already suffering the knock-on effects.
Now his coach David Felgate can't get in to the All-England Club.
Felgate found his way into the press centre was barred by an over-keen security guard, determined to keep out anyone with incorrect passes.
"What? I can't get in now?" asked a frustrated Felgate.
Thankfully the mistake was spotted, and Felgate was eventually allowed through.
GOOD EXCUSE
Alexander Popp, the pride of Germany, had a novel excuse for his straight-sets quarterfinal defeat to Pat Rafter --namely, all the attention he has been receiving from the media on account of his English mother.
"Everybody was going crazy,” Popp moaned. "I don't really know why.
"I've had a good tournament here but TH probably be 60 or 70 in the world. Everybody was behaving like I was number one now."
British attention remains focused on the 23-year-old as he has not explicitly ruled out playing Davis Cup for Britain.
GIVE ME FIVE
Nine-times singles cham-
pion Martina Navratilova, whose quest for a recordequalling 20th Wimbledon title ended with a women's doubles defeat to the Williams sisters, says it's time the women played five sets.
Navratilova says five-set manlT^A^ tl^m-jp -- pprt|cu:i larly hu-> more experienced ones -- the chance to treat the first set as little more than a warmup
"For women, if you are not completely ready, you lose the first set." she said.
Then have one bad game in the second set. and you're fighting for your life. For years I've wished that the women could play three-of-five set matches for those reasons."
Then maybe they'd deserve equal prize money.
MATCH HEADLINES
The Williams sisters hogged the headlines in Friday's British newspapers.
Their Thursday match didn't live up to expectations — an impossibility, perhaps, when two sisters who ve grown up together have to play each other in a high-pressured semifinal at tennis' most famous venue.
The headlines were mixed. Some focused on the emotional struggle between siblings. Others weighed in over suggestions that Venus' victory was arranged by her father.' Richard.
"Family power struggle won by the Serener Williams." said The Daily Telegraph.
"Venus rises in Williams family affair." said The Guardian.
“These girls weren't faking it." The Sun headline said.
"Put it this way." said The Sun. "If it was a put-up job ... then the Williams sisters are not only outstanding tennis players, they are bloody good actresses, too."
POWER BALL
Mark Philippou ssis J knocked out in the quarterfi-j nals by Andre Agassi, has thel fastest serve this year at Wim-I bledon: 137 mph (219 kph). Hei is followed by Britain's Gregl Rusedski (134/214). American Taylor .Dent, Swede Thomas Johansson and Pete Sampras (133/213). Philtppoussis leads! with 154 aces in five matches! 44 more than anyone else. I
Venus has clocked the fastest serve for women (1 19 190) fol; lowed by sister Serena (116/185)' Close behind are Jennifier Capriati (112/179 and Lindsay Davenpor (111/177). Serena leads with 4£ aces in six matches followed by Davenport with 45.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
History will be on the side ol the Woodies in their doubles fl] nal on Saturday against Pau Haarhuls and Sandon Stolle.
Todd Woodbridge and Marl Woodforde have won 59 titles playing together. Haarhuis and Stolle have 0. The Woodies hard 10 Grand Slam titles. The oppo-l sition 0. The Woodies have wod Wimbledon five times and are! 49-4 here. Haarhuis and Stolid are 5-0 at Wimbledon but. oil course, have never won it.
FOR JOHN |
John Oakley covered Wim-I bledon for 52 straight years —J mainly for Britain's national news agency, the Press Associa-j tion. His death 18 months ago. I while playing a very compeli-1 tive game of table tennis at 71-shocked his friends.
On Thursday the Lawn Ten g nls Association honoured his*, memory with a brief ceremony^ in the press area at the new MU-| lennium building with his wifel Pat and sons Mark and David attending.
A photograph of Oakley will! hang permanently outside thel Press Association office. j