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Tennis: Wimbledon - Court circular

DEEDS OF THE SEEDS

Thursday 25 June 1998 23:02 BST
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Men's

singles

Holder:

Pete Sampras (United States)

1 SAMPRAS

Enqvist next for defending champ in R3

OUT

2 RIOS

Defeat in five sets by Spain's Clavet

3 KORDA

Easy win over Dewulf sees him into R3

INJ

4 RUSEDSKI

Ankle injury forces him out in R2

OUT

5 MOYA

Lost to Arazi in R3

6 RAFTER

Sweden's Nydahl up next for Pat

OUT

7 KAFELNIKOV

Beaten in four sets in R1 by Philippoussis

OUT

8 PIOLINE

Lost five-set R1 marathon to Rosset

9 KRAJICEK

Pescariu of Romania is R3 opponent

OUT

10 CORRETJA

Surprise R1 defeat by Gimelstob

11 BJORKMAN

Beat Italy's

Pescosolido in R2

12 HENMAN

Moves into R3 after four sets with qualifier

OUT

13 AGASSI

Beaten by Haas, the new Becker, in r3

14 IVANISEVIC

Tough test of Medvedev awaits in R3

OUT

15 KUCERA

Shocked by Belarus qualifier Voltchkov

16 MANTILLA

Meets French qualifier Grosjean in R3

Women's

singles

Holder:

Martina Hingis (Switzerland)

1 HINGIS

Beat Makarova of Russia in R2

2 DAVENPORT

Venezualan Vento is next in R3

3 NOVOTNA

Eastbourne champ cruises into R3

4 GRAF

German to face Zvereva in R3

5 SANCHEZ

Through into R2 after losing first set

6 SELES

Only dropped two games on way to R3

7 WILLIAMS

American joins sister Serena in R2

8 MARTINEZ

Beat Boogert, of the Netherlands, in R2

OUT

9 COETZER

Defeat in R2 by Japan's Sawamatsu

10 SPIRLEA

Germany's Rittner is next opponent

OUT

11 PIERCE

Shock defeat in first round by Tartakova

INJ

12 KOURNIKOVA

Thumb injury forces her out before start

13 SCHNYDER

Overcame Sukova to move into R2

14 TESTUD

Beat Dutch challenge to move into R3

15 VAN ROOST

Reached R3 at expense of Miller

16 TAUZIAT

Majoli next up after tough three-setter

YESTERDAY'S STATS

8,500 The number of pounds one punter has bet on Sampras and Hingis to win the singles.

2,600 Number of tennis balls used during the Wimbledon fortnight.

330 The umpires and line judges employed for the fortnight.

5,100 The amount in pounds collected for charity from Wednesday's resold tickets.

LATEST ODDS

singles: Ev Sampras; 7-1 Krajicek; 12-1 Ivanisevic, Rafter; 14-1 Bjorkman; 16-1 Korda, Philippoussis.

Women's singles: 5-6 Hingis; 5-1 Graf; 7-1 Seles, Novotna

1-5 Sampras v Enqvist 100-30

11-8 Grosjean v Mantilla 8-15

11-10 Woodforde v Stoltenberg 4-6

7-2 Bracciali v Philippoussis 1-6

1-3 Korda v Golmard 9-4

(Odds supplied by Ladbrokes)

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