Wednesday, June 18, 2003
All-Williams final a Wimbledon possibility
The Associated Press
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Serena Williams, right, could hook up with her sister Venus in the womens singles final at Wimbledon.
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WIMBLEDON, England - After an all-Belgian French Open final broke the streak, Wimbledon could be another all-in-the family affair.
Serena and Venus Williams were placed on opposite sides of the Wimbledon women's draw Tuesday, meaning the sisters might face each other in yet another Grand Slam final. Defending men's champion Lleyton Hewitt got a break when his likely second-round opponent, former winner Richard Krajicek, withdrew with an injury to his right elbow just hours after the draw for the tournament, which begins Monday.
"You can't read too much into the draw," said Hewitt, the top seed. "Out of the four Grand Slams, Wimbledon is probably the one that opens up the most."
Andre Agassi, seeded second, will open against British wild card Jamie Delgado and could face No. 18 Marat Safin or big-serving Mark Philippoussis in the fourth round.
Top-seeded Serena Williams, who won Wimbledon last year, and older sister Venus, the 2000 and '01 champion, have met in four of the last five Grand Slam women's championship matches. The one they didn't reach was at Roland Garros a month ago when Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Kim Clijsters.
Serena Williams plays 66th-ranked American Jill Craybas in the first round and could meet No. 8 Jennifer Capriati in the quarters and No. 3 Henin-Hardenne in the semis. Henin-Hardenne beat Serena in the French Open semifinals and No. 2 Clijsters in the final.
Venus Williams, seeded fourth, faces a qualifier in the first round. In the fourth round she could meet 18-year-old Russian Vera Zvonareva, who beat her at the French. Venus could face No. 5 Lindsay Davenport in the quarters and Clijsters in the semis.
Agassi's potential quarterfinal and semifinal opponents are clay-court experts, No. 7 Guillermo Coria and No. 3 Juan Carlos Ferrero, the French Open champion.
Krajicek's withdrawal gives Hewitt an easier path, though he could meet hard-serving Taylor Dent in the third round. Hewitt is projected to meet fifth-seeded Andy Roddick in the quarters and No. 4 Roger Federer in the semis.
Hewitt, who will play a qualifier in the first round Monday, is looking forward to playing the first match on Centre Court.
"It's going to be a special moment," Hewitt said.
Wimbledon Draw (wc-wild card)
Men
Lleyton Hewitt (1), Australia, vs. Qualifier
Richard Krajicek, Netherlands, vs. Qualifier
Taylor Dent, United States, vs. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia
Max Mirnyi, Belarus, vs. Vince Spadea (31), United States
Fernando Gonzalez (19), Chile, vs. Jurgen Melzer, Austria
Qualifier vs. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden
Irakli Labadze, Georgia, vs. Justin Gimelstob, United States
Robby Ginepri, United States, vs. Arnaud Clement (15), France
Paradorn Srichaphan (12), Thailand, vs. Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia
Olivier Mutis, France, vs. Franco Squillari, Argentina
Rafael Nadal-Parera, Spain, vs. Mario Ancic, Croatia
wc-Lee Childs, Britain, vs. Albert Costa (24), Spain
Tommy Robredo (25), Spain, vs. Jose Acasuso, Argentina
Brian Vahaly, United States, vs. Filippo Volandri, Italy
Alexander Waske, Germany, vs. Greg Rusedski, Britain
Davide Sanguinetti, Italy, vs. Andy Roddick (5), United States
Roger Federer (4), Switzerland, vs. Lee Hyung-taik, South Korea
Stefan Koubek, Austria, vs. Christophe Rochus, Belgium
Jan-Michael Gambill, United States, vs. Magnus Norman, Sweden
Mardy Fish, United States, vs. Gaston Gaudio (29), Argentina
Agustin Calleri (23), Argentina, vs. Adrian Voinea, Romania
Flavio Saretta, Brazil, vs. wc-Alan Mackin, Britain
Feliciano Lopez, Spain, vs. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia
Karol Beck, Slovakia, vs. Mikhail Youzhny (16), Russia
Rainer Schuettler (9), Germany, vs. Michel Kratochvil, Switzerland
Andreas Vinciguerra, Sweden, vs. Fabrice Santoro, France
Fernando Vicente, Spain, vs. Todd Martin, United States
John van Lottum, Netherlands, vs. Gustavo Kuerten (17), Brazil
Juan Ignacio Chela (32), Argentina, vs. Tomas Behrend, Germany
Qualifier vs. Albert Portas, Spain
Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, vs. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador
wc-Arvind Parmar, Britain, vs. Sjeng Schalken (8), Netherlands
David Nalbandian (6), Argentina, vs. Vladimir Voltchkov, Belarus
Andre Sa, Brazil, vs. Mariano Puerta, Argentina
Qualifier vs. Qualifier
Karol Kucera, Slovakia, vs. Wayne Ferreira (28), South Africa
Martin Verkerk (21), Netherlands, vs. Qualifier
Qualifier vs. Nicolas Kiefer, Germany
David Sanchez, Spain, vs. Qualifier
Alex Corretja, Spain, vs. Tim Henman (10), Britain
Sebastien Grosjean (13), France, vs. Thomas Enqvist, Sweden
Alberto Martin, Spain, vs. Wayne Arthurs, Australia
Qualifier vs. Marc Rosset, Switzerland
Qualifier vs. Felix Mantilla (22), Spain
James Blake (26), United States, vs. Qualifier
Sargis Sargsian, Armenia, vs. wc-Alex Bogdanovic, Britain
Nicolas Escude, France, vs. Qualifier
Jean-Rene Lisnard, France, vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero (3), Spain
Guillermo Coria (7), Argentina, vs. Olivier Rochus, Belgium
wc-Richard Bloomfield, Britain, vs. Anthony Dupuis, France
Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, vs. Julien Boutter, France
Qualifier vs. Jarkko Nieminen (30), Finland
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (20), Russia, vs. Raemon Sluiter, Netherlands
Hicham Arazi, Morocco, vs. Alexander Popp, Germany
David Ferrer, Spain, vs. Martin Lee, Britain
Luis Horna, Peru, vs. Jiri Novak (11), Czech Republic
Xavier Malisse (14), Belgium, vs. Qualifier
Mariano Zabaleta, Argentina, vs. Mark Philippoussis, Australia
Scott Draper, Australia, vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France
Qualifier vs. Marat Safin (18), Russia
Younes El Aynaoui (27), Morocco, vs. wc-Mark Hilton, Britain
Zeljko Krajan, Croatia, vs. Nicolas Massu, Chile
Lars Burgsmuller, Germany, vs. Albert Montanes, Spain
wc-Jamie Delgado, Britain, vs. Andre Agassi (2), United States
Women
Serena Williams (1), United States, vs. Jill Craybas, United States
Els Callens, Belgium, vs. Barbara Rittner, Germany
Qualifier vs. Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukraine
Alina Jidkova, Russia, vs. Laura Granville (28), United States
Meghann Shaughnessy (19), United States, vs. Qualifier
Gala Leon Garcia, Spain, vs. Qualifier
Qualifier vs. Zuzana Ondraskova, Czech Republic
Angelika Roesch, Germany, vs. Elena Dementieva (15), Russia
Anastasia Myskina (10), Russia, vs. Henrieta Nagyova, Slovakia
Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russia, vs. wc-Julie Pullin, Britain
Barbara Schett, Austria, vs. Marta Marrero, Spain
Qualifier vs. Conchita Martinez (18), Spain
Tamarine Tanasugarn (32), Thailand, vs. Akiko Morigami, Japan
Karolina Sprem, Croatia, vs. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic
Marissa Irvin, United States, vs. Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian, Switzerland
Myriam Casanova, Switzerland, vs. Jennifer Capriati (8), United States
Justine Henin (3), Belgium, vs. Julia Vakulenko, Ukraine
wc-Corina Morariu, United States, vs. Flavia Pennetta, Italy
Dinara Safina, Russia, vs. Alicia Molik, Australia
Lindsay Lee-Waters, United States, vs. Elena Likhovtseva (31), Russia
Lisa Raymond (23), United States, vs. Stephanie Foretz, France
wc-Jane O'Donoghue, Britain, vs. Marlene Weingartner, Germany
Mary Pierce, France, vs. Ansley Cargill, United States
Jelena Kostanic, Croatia, vs. Eleni Daniilidou (14), Greece
Jelena Dokic (11), Serbia-Montenegro, vs. wc-Elena Baltacha, Britain
Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Switzerland, vs. Stephanie Cohen Aloro, France
wc-Maria Sharapova, Russia, vs. Ashley Harkleroad, United States
Saori Obata, Japan, vs. Elena Bovina (21), Russia
Alexandra Stevenson (26), United States, vs. Emilie Loit, France
Qualifier vs. Maria Elena Camerin, Italy
Cristina Torrens Valero, Spain, vs. Cho Yoon-jeong, South Korea
Qualifier vs. Amelie Mauresmo (6), France
Lindsay Davenport (5), United States, vs. wc-Samantha Stosur, Australia
Rita Grande, Italy, vs. Patricia Wartusch, Austria
Cara Black, Zimbabwe, vs. Sandra Kleinova, Czech Republic
Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, vs. Denisa Chladkova (30), Czech Republic
Amanda Coetzer (17), South Africa, vs. Dally Randriantefy, Madagascar
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, vs. Francesca Schiavone, Italy
Qualifier vs. Shinobu Asagoe, Japan
Marion Bartoli, France, vs. Daniela Hantuchova (9), Slovakia
Vera Zvonareva (16), Russia, vs. Evie Dominikovic, Australia
Conchita Martinez Granados, Spain, vs. Antonella Serra Zanetti, Italy
Qualifier vs. Iroda Tulyaganova, Uzbekistan
Petra Mandula, Hungary, vs. Patty Schnyder (20), Switzerland
Nadia Petrova (29), Russia, vs. Tathiana Garbin, Italy
Evgenia Koulikovskaya, Russia, vs. Angelique Widjaja, Indonesia
wc-Anne Keothavong, Britain, vs. Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia
Qualifier vs. Venus Williams (4), United States
Chanda Rubin (7), United States, vs. Iva Majoli, Croatia
Silvija Talaja, Croatia, vs. Amy Frazier, United States
Nicole Pratt, Australia, vs. Qualifier
Maria Sanchez Lorenzo, Spain, vs. Silvia Farina Elia (27), Italy
Magui Serna (24), Spain, vs. Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain
Tina Pisnik, Slovenia, vs. Maja Matevzic, Slovenia
Paola Suarez, Argentina, vs. Sarah Taylor, United States
Anca Barna, Germany, vs. Magdalena Maleeva (12), Bulgaria
Ai Sugiyama (13), Japan, vs. wc-Lucie Ahl, Britain
Ludmila Cervanova, Slovakia, vs. Qualifier
Daja Bedanova, Czech Republic, vs. Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus
Janette Husarova, Slovakia, vs. Nathalie Dechy (22), France
Anna Smashnova (25), Israel, vs. Samantha Reeves, United States
Fabiola Zuluaga, Colombia, vs. Clarisa Fernandez, Argentina
Virginie Razzano, France, vs. Anastassia Rodionova, Russia
Rossana Neffa-de los Rios, Paraguay, vs. Kim Clijsters (2), Belgium
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