Krajicek Re-Injures Elbow

ATP REVIEW/PREVIEW
Tragedy struck Tuesday in 's-Hertogenbosch as former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek re-injured his elbow in a loss to Olivier Mutis and was forced to withdraw from next week's Championships at the All-England Club. "I miss a lot of timing on my serve at the moment," said Krajicek, who also saw his teenage cousin go out in the first round on the women's side at the Dutch event in her WTA debut. "I've had this problem for 6-7 months. I missed some serves completely. The problem is that I can't serve too much because of my elbow. I can't be as professional as I want to be, that's hurting me. My body doesn't allow it, that's frustrating." French runner-up Martin Verkerk sufferer a heinous grasscourt loss in his career debut on the lawns, blowing three match points in falling to Lars Burgmuller 7-6 in the third. In another potential Wimbledon withdrawal, Nicolas Kiefer retired during his match with an adductor strain in his right leg. Seeds advancing Tuesday were (1)Novak (d. Melzer), (5)Grosjean (d. (Q)Petzscher), and (7)Clement (d. (WC)Hemmes, Jr.), while (8)Acasuso was upset by Dutchman John van Lottum. Featured today on the Dutch lawns are "Everybody Loves" Raemon Sluiter vs. (2)Srichaphan, C.Rochus vs. (3)Schalken, and (6)Robredo vs. Carlsen.
Unseeded Jonas Bjorkman began his title defense in Nottingham by pasting No. 2 seed Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-0, and was joined among the upset-minded by Greg Rusedski, who ousted No. 3 Jarkko Nieminen. Two seeds advanced in (1)El Aynaoui (d. Waske) and (7)Dent (d. Vahaly). Matches of interest today in Nottingham are Rusedski vs. O.Rochus, (WC)Parmar vs. Bjorkman, Voltchkov vs. (WC)Bogdanovic, Arazi vs. (6)Mirnyi, (1)El Aynaoui vs. Arthurs, and (8)Dent vs. (Q)Zimonjic.

WTA REVIEW/PREVIEW
The only thing exciting in 's-Hertogenbosch Tuesday on the women's side was asking people to try and pronounce the name of the city. The two seeds in action advanced in (3)Mauresmo (d. Bartoli in three) and (5)Petrova (d. Widjaja in three), while the Clijsters vs. Black match was postponed due to darkness -- bet the Tuesday ticketholders dug that. Today's matches feature some A-list clientele in Clijsters vs. Black, Sanchez Lorenzo vs. Henin-Hardenne, Mauresmo vs. Rittner, Callens vs. Dementieva, Petrova vs. Cohen-Aloro, Weingartner vs. Cervanova, Barna vs. Tulyaganova, and Pisnik vs. Srebotnik.
In Eastbourne, unseeded Amanda Coetzer gave (5)Myskina a grasscourt lesson, while qualifier Saori Obata continued Jelena Dokic's losing ways with a 6-3, 6-1 upset. Seeds advancing were (7)Sugiyama (d. (WC)Keothavong), and (8)Maleeva (d. Raymond in three). Today's matches are Hantuchova vs. Stevenson (Hantuchova leads head-to-head 5-2), Tanasugarn vs. Rubin, Amy "Down Goes" Frazier vs. Jennifer "Pudge" Capriati (Jen leads 5-0), Davenport vs. Farina Elia (Lindsey leads 5-0), Sugiyama vs. Dechy, Martinez vs. Coetzer, Likhovtseva vs. Maleeva, and Obata vs. Pistolesi.

ATP TOP 10 WINNING PERCENTAGE
No new faces among the Top 10 after the French, save for Lleyton Hewitt getting pushed down the ranks among winning percentage leaders (minimum 20 matches, through Tuesday, June 16, 2003):
1. Agassi, Andre (USA) 34 .882
2. Ferrero, Juan Carlos (ESP) 40-7 .851
3. Hewitt, Lleyton (AUS) 25-5 .833
4. Federer, Roger (SUI) 43-0 .827
5. Moya, Carlos (ESP) 36-11 .766
6. Coria, Guillermo (ARG) 32-10 .762
7. Roddick, Andy (USA) 30-11 .732
8. Kuerten, Gustavo (BRA) 25-11 .694
9. Gaudio, Gaston (ARG) 30-14 .682
10. Mantilla, Felix (ESP) 25-12 .676

TENNIS-X MEN'S BOTTOM 10 RANKINGS
Listed below are the Bottom 10 worst winning percentages on the men's tour in 2003. Andre Sa's win this week in Nottingham is not enough to push him out of the top spot, while Lars Burgsmuller and Kenneth Carlsen exit the Top 10 (minimum 11 matches, through yesterday):
1. Sa, Andre (BRA) 2-14 .125
2. Krajan, Zeljko (CRO) 2-10 .167
3. Waske, Alexander (GER) 2-10 .167
4. Enqvist, Thomas (SWE) 4-17 .191
5. Mamiit, Cecil (USA) 3-10 .231
6. Gimelstob, Justin (USA) 4-10 .286
7T. Beck, Karol (SVK) 5-12 .294
7T. Labadze, Irakli (GEO) 5-12 .294
9T. Ferrer, David (ESP) 7-15 .318
9T. Voinea, Adrian (ROM) 7-15 .318

WIMBLEDON MEN'S QUALIFYING LOSERS
Seeds outed in the first round of men's qualifying at Wimbledon were (22)Varlet (l. to Economidis), (2)Vliegen (l. to Guzman), (29)Charpentier (l. to Pescosolido), (17)Stoliarov (l. to Brit wildcard Lewis), (5)Thomann (l. to Luxa), (21)George "I Beat Pete Last Year, Fame is So Fleeting" Bastl (l. to Hajek), (27)Gamonal (l. to Niemeyer), (24)Taino (l. to Simoni), (11)Mirandi (l. to Tabara), (12)Luczak (l. to Mahut), (31)Goldstein (l. to Levy), (32)Kutsenko (l. to Ram), (15)Knowle (l. to Salzenstein), and (28)A.Kim (l. to Azzaro).

TOUR NOTES, QUOTES, AND BARBS
Amy "Down Goes" Frazier was 3-10 career at Eastbourne entering the event this year...After his first round match at the Ordina Open (from which he ironically lost, then pulled out of Wimbledon with injury), Richard Krajicek was presented the Comeback of the Year Award from the 2002 ATP Awards. ATP Executive Vice President Europe Zeljko Franulovic and Ordina Open tournament Director Marcel Hunze presented the award on centre court...Wimbledon withdrawals thus far include Anna Kournikova, Monica Seles, Mariana Diaz-Olivia, Anne Kremer, Tatiana Panova, Tommy Haas, Thomas Johansson, Goran Ivanisevic, Marcelo Rios, Richard Krajicek, and Carlos Moya...Will Goran hang it up with multiple injuries and no Wimbledon for at least for another year? And now that he is visibly fat and out of shape?...Marat Safin enters Wimbledon with no match experience since April when he injured his wrist at Valencia, and has since been training in Moscow with his wrist reportedly still bothering him, according to Russian tennis federation head Shamil Tarpishchev...Has Jelena Dokic lost every match since a few weeks back when her dad told the media he never wanted to talk to her again?