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Wimbledon starts today

AFP, London
World number one and top seed Roger Federer opens the defence of his Wimbledon title here on Monday determined to play down expectations that he has the game and grace to emulate legendary seven-time winner Pete Sampras.
Ever since Federer finally converted raw potential into historic silverware at the All England Club last year, comparisons have been made with the American who serve-and-volleyed his way to 14 Grand Slam titles before calling it quits last year.
"I'm maybe the most natural ball-striker, but just for me, my game feels natural," said the Swiss 22-year-old who has since added the Australian Open and Masters Cup to take his career singles titles tally to 17.
"I feel like I'm living the game when I'm out there. I feel when a guy is going to hit the ball, I know exactly with the angles and spins, I just feel that I've got that figured out. And that is just a huge advantage."
Federer, who opens his Wimbledon campaign against British wildcard Alex Bogdanovic, has the grace and elegance on court which has spectators, exhausted by the slam-bang of the world's baseliners, swooning.
After years of knocking on the door, last year's 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 6-4 final triumph over mark Philippo-ussis came as a relief.
"I proved it to everybody," Federer said. "It was a big relief because there was pressure from all the sides and also from myself.
"In the end when I held the trophy up it was very tough with the emotions.
"It took me a long time because I was rather crazy when I was young," added Federer who has built up a 17-match winning run on grass stretching back to his shock first rounddefeat to Croatia's Mario Ancic in 2001.
"I was using too much energy with all the negative thoughts and all of it would make me very tired at the end of a tournament. I would get to the quarters or the semis and I was very tired already and I couldn't imagine myself playing two or three weeks in a row.
"But that Wimbledon victory was such a dream. Now it still gets me all emotional inside."
Federer, however, has his work cut out if he is to feel really at home in the pantheon of the greats.
Sampras was a seven-time winner, Bjorn Borg five while John McEnroe and Boris Becker lifted the famous trophy on three occasions.
This year, he is seeded to face US Open winner Andy Roddick in the final with the American 21-year-old fresh from a successful defence of his Queen's Club where he fired down more world record setting service howitzers.
"I felt I was playing really good tennis last year," said Roddick who has former Andre Agassi coach, Brad Gilbert in his corner.
"Now I feel that it's not surpris-
ing if I'm playing that well whereas, last year at Wimbledon, I was kind of like: OK, I'm playing great, let's keep going. This year I might go in and I could be playing badly but still think that I could pull it together."
Roddick was beaten in the semifinals by Federer last year but was in awesome form at Queen's where he set a new record for the world's fastest serve timed at 246.2 kph.
Roddick, who faces Taiwan qualifier Yeu-Tzuoo Wang in his opener, also put out 2002 Wimbledon champion and triple Queen's champion Lleyton Hewitt in the semi-finals.
"I don't try for the record serves, they just happen, " said the American.
Britain's Tim Henman, four times a semi-finalist and seeded five this year, could be the biggest threat to a Federer-Roddick showdown on July 4 as he tries to become the first home men's winner since Fred Perry in 1936.
"At this time of year, there are so many opinions out there and the fact is there is very few I am worried about or interested in," said the 29-year-old Henman.
"I am pretty good at taking care
of the things I can control and all these exteriors things which are out of my control are really not worth worrying about.”
Henman, who could run into Philippoussis in the fourth round, became the first British man in 41 years to reach the last four of the French Open last month but then had a disastrous opening to his grass court season losing to Karol Beck of Slovakia in the first round at Queen's.
With Andre Agassi, the 1992 winner, not playing because of a hip injury, the crowd's sympathy vote will be with Goran Ivanisevic who won in 2001 but has been unable to return since because of a series of injuries.
The Croatian opens up against Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.
Whatever happens, the tournament will be the end of the road for Ivanisevic.
Hewitt, seeded seven, has the disadvantage of being lumped into Federer's quarter of the draw while third seed Guillermo Coria, who had never won a match on grass until the Hertogenbosch event last week, has been given a kind draw and could face fellow clay court devotee Juan Carlos Ferrero in the quarter-finals.