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Wimbledon at a glance Friday
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) – A brief look at Wimbledon on Friday:
Weather: Mostly sunny. High temperature of 82.
Attendance: 39,821. Last year’s Day 5: 37,242.
Men’s seeded winners: No. 1 Roger Federer, No. 6 Lleyton Hewitt, No. 13 Tomas Berdych, No. 14 Radek Stepanek, No. 28 Fernando Verdasco.
Men’s seeded losers: No. 4 David Nalbandian to Verdasco, No. 8 James Blake to Max Mirnyi, No. 19 Tommy Haas to Berdych, No. 24 Juan Carlos Ferrero to Stepanek.
Women’s seeded winners: No. 2 Kim Clijsters, No. 3 Justine Henin-Hardenne, No. 10 Nicole Vaidisova, No. 15 Daniela Hantuchova, No. 18 Ai Sugiyama, No. 27 Li Na.
Women’s seeded losers: No. 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova to Na, No. 12 Martina Hingis to Sugiyama, No. 21 Katarina Srebotnik to Hantuchova, No. 30 Anna Chakvetadze to Henin-Hardenne, No. 31 Gisela Dulko to Severine Bremond.
On court Saturday: Andre Agassi vs. Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick vs. Andy Murray.
Stat of the Day: 0-9, 8-0 – Blake’s career record in five-set matches, followed by Berdych’s.
Quote of the Day: “Now anyone can go out there and bite you.” – 1997 champion Hingis, on the depth in women’s tennis.
AP-ES-06-30-06 1743EDT
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