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Show C12 TheSalt Lake Tribune Sunday, June 30, 2002 SPORTS/WEATHER Wimbledon Morrison Last Americanto Fall THEY’RE A HIT with [American tennis],” he said. “There’s a great group of young guys [who] are up and coming and doing well. People are getting a little impatient. You've got Andy [Roddick] and James [Blake] and Robby Ginepri and } Fish, myself, Taylor Dent, and all those guys are right on the verge of cracking the top 100. “Whenwedo that, then no one will be @ Continued from C-1 talking about that anymore.” Oh, for a Jimmy Connors quote about joining fellow Americans Andy Roddick now. ‘The fact is, Roddick is arguably the seeds only legitimate hopeful to win a major championship among the young Americans, but after an impressive rookie year, Roddick has had disappointing and Taylor Dent, who bowed out Friday. Other Americans among the top 32 — No.3 Agassi, No.6 Sampras, No. 26 Todd Martin and No. 29 James Blake lost in second-round matches earlierin the week It is, in fact, the worst showing by the top 16 seeds at a Grand Slam event in the Open era, with only two — top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt and No. 4 Tim Henman — still playing. But it has been the uncere- monious exits of the American contingent that has received the mostattention, though Morrison, for one, did not seem results in the Grand Slams this year with a second-round loss at the Australian and a first-round loss at the French before losingin straight sets in the third- round here to Greg Rusedski. “It's surprising,” Roddick said of the Americans’ Wimbledon showing, “but I don’t know if thataffects the overallstate of American tennis.” Six of the top 16 seeds on the women’s overly concerned “I didn’t even knowuntil this morning when someone said to me, ‘You're the last American,’”he said. “It was unfortunate what happened to the Americans this week in this tournament, butI didn’t feel any unduepressure.” Morrison, a lucky loser at Wimbledon — meaning he lost in qualifying but side have failed to reach the fourth round, but only one — No. 13 Meghann Shaughnessy — is an American. No.1 Venus Williams, No.2 Serena Williams, No.3 Jennifer Capriati, No.4 Monica Seles, No. 16 Lisa Raymond and qualifier Laura Granville still remain. made the main draw as the highestranked qualifier when a main-draw player (American Tommy Haas) with- Venus Williams, Raymond and Seles won their matches Saturday, though all taking three sets to deit. So desperate was the men’s situation drew — was ranked 98th coming into the tournament and was pleased with his showing. might consider slipping over to the men’s draw to help her nation. reason to be optimistic as well. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong thoughtfully, “it’s so hard for meto get by nowadays.” But Morrison said American fans have that Venus Williams was asked if she “I don't know,” said Williams, WIMBLEDON NOTES HEWITT, HENMAN, VENUS ADVANCE No.4 seed Tim Henman, aided by a controver- wassitting on the opposite side of the court, over= tuled the decision and called the ball out. Henman cameback to win the tiebreaker 10-8 sial decision in a tiebreaker, beat Wayne Ferreira in foursets to reach the fourth round at Wimble- ai easily wonthefourth set to close out the don along with No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt. Henman, who has reachedthe semifinals three "ate Ferreira harshly criticized Dias’s deci- of the pastfour years, won 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 7-6 (108), 6-1 on Centre Court before a capacity crowd of about 14,000. Whilethe 27-year-old Briton needed two tiebreakers to beat Ferreira, Hewitt breezed past world No. 95 Julian Knowle of Austria 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. Hewitt and Henman are the only men left amongthe top 17 seeds after the first week of the two-week Grand Siam tournament. In women'splay, top seed Venus Williams and No. 4 Monica Seles rallied to win their third-round matchesafterlosing thefirst set. Williams, who's seeking third straight championship,beat No. 110 Maureen Drake of Canada 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. Seles defeated No,27 seed Ai Sugiyama 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, and No. 6 Justine Henin ousted qualifier Myriam Casanovain straight sets. Thekeypoint in Henman’s match occurred with Ferreira leading 4-1 in the third-settiebreaker, Ferfeira mishit a forehand that appeared to land on thesideline andit was ruled good by the line official. But chair umpire Jorge Diasof Portugal, who Leah Hogsten/TheSalt Lake Tribune Katherine Leeper,left, Megan Hudson, center, and Brittany Card celebrate their St. Louis team’s win in the finals at the Junior Olympic Girls Volleyball Championships on Saturday at the South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy. St. Louis defeated a team from Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. ant thinkit’s shocking,”Ferreira said. “There’s Nothing | can do aboutit now, but if he had any decency he would comearound and apologize.” LOB SHOTS Feliciano Lopez fought off seven match points while winninghis first two matches at Wimbledon. On Saturday, he didn't need to save any while beating Rainer Schuettler ot Germany,the 17th seed, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-4. If he beats Andre Sain the next round, he'll be the first Spaniard since Manuel Orantesin 1972to reach the quarterfinals. - Ukrainian-born Elena Baltacha,the last British womanin the draw,lost her third-round match Satutdayto Elena Likhovtseva 6-4, 7-6 (2)... . British bookmakers WilliamHill are offering 10-1 oddsthat local hopes Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski will meet in the final. Henman is the 3-4 secondfavorite behind Lleyton Hewitt, list@d at — Combined News Services TheSaltLakeTribuone WEATHER REPD 1 Temperatures today's highs / tonight's lows. ‘ anaes Loss. Kebrns/Wv ¢ 98/70/s Tooele 97/70/s oe PR © Bernat ovelOrela‘aagovet Boss { ee “Sao ‘ codaCity 94/57/s @ 1 105/76 elon NP . 100/59/s bi 9/8 SALT LAKE/BANIS CO. ONTLOGR Record high for widely separated oa Bountiful Grian Head... 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