Roddick Loses Visor and Rolls, Sets Up Meeting with Srichaphan

ATP REVIEW/PREVIEW
The top seeds advanced Friday without any hiccups in (4)Federer (d. Fish), (5)Roddick (d. (25)Robredo), (8)Schalken (d. Hanuescu), (9)Schuettler (d. T.Martin in a trademark TM five-set marathon), and (12)Srichaphan (d. Nadal in straights). "It is a great feeling to be in the last 16 at Wimbledon for the first time," Schuettler said after wearing down Martin. "I always feel confident on grass and this just shows that I am playing better and better each year." Yeah, the Masters-Houston organizers are thrilled. Watch out for the Thai Srichaphan, who next plays Andy Roddick, and last year at Wimbledon ushered out Andre Agassi. P-Dorn has split two meetings with A-Rod. Unseeded winners were Bjorkman (d. Gimelstob easily), Mirnyi (d. Karlovic in battle of the big men), and Lopez (d. Saretta). In doubles, unseeded American comers Erlich/Ram beat (12)Cermak/Friedl.

Seeds in action on Saturday are (2)Agassi vs. (27)El Aynaoui, (10)Henman vs. (Q)Soderling, (6)Nalbandian vs. Kucera, (35)Stepanek vs. Philippoussis, (3)Ferrero vs. Sargsian, (30)Nieminen vs. O.Rochus, (11)Novak vs. Popp, and (13)Grosjean vs. (Q)Moodie. "He gives me a hard time every time," Agassi says of El Aynaoui. "He's a talented player. The guy's, you know, a great player to watch and tough player to play against. You know, I look forward to it. It's going to be a good opportunity to sort of feel his game on the grass, you know, see how it goes there. But we've always had good matches and entertaining ones."

WTA REVIEW/PREVIEW
Only one seeded upset on the women's side Friday at Wimbledon, with (27)Farina Elia ousting a tentative (7)Rubin in straight sets. Other winners were (2)Clijsters (d. Reeves), (4)Venus (d. Petrova), (5)Davenport (d. Black), (13)Sugiyama (d. Dechy), and (16)Zvonareva (d. Tulyaganova), all snoozers, all without dropping a set. Winners in all-unseeded matches were Asagoe (d. Schiavone) and Suarez (d. Matevzic in three). In doubles, unseeded Sequera/Washington upset (11)Gagliardi/Shaughnessy.

Seeds in action on Saturday are (8)Capriati vs. Morigami, (11)Jelena "I Need a Coach" Dokic vs. Maria "Orgasmo" Sharapova, (1)Serena vs. (28)Granville, (3)Henin-Hardenne vs. Molik, (33)Kuznetsova vs. Loit, (10)Myskina vs. (18)Martinez, (15)Dementieva vs. Kapros, and (23)Raymond vs. Pierce.

TOUR NOTES, QUOTES, AND BARBS
If Brad Gilbert is telling Andy Roddick to not wear visors because he doesn't look intimidating, how is Brad looking Friday wearing that dumb-ass black Mettalica floppy hat? Brad's been wearing the floppy hat in ode to former Bolletieri standout Lars Ulrich, who lives near brad in the No-Cal area...American Sunitha Rao is the top seed in the Wimbledon girls singles...Venus Williams and Monica Seles will represent the U.S. in the next round of Fed Cup July 19-20 in Washington versus Italy; Serena dropped off the team for undisclosed reasons...Can ESPN commentator and U.S. Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe blow more smoke up Andy Roddick's ass on-air?...Family combos in doubles at Wimbledon includes the Bryan brothers, the Lapentti brothers, the Williams sisters, and Wayne and Cara Black...There are only two grasscourts in Ecuador...Why does Mattress Mac insist on doing the Texas-redneck voiceovers for his ATP Tennis Masters Cup-Houston commercials?...ESPN's tennis coverage on Friday was followed by "K-9 Nation"...James Blake admits he is his own worst enemy on court and has a problem getting down on himself when he is behind in a match, but doesn't think therapy is the answer: "I think they might screw me up more than I could screw myself up."...Serena likes watching Andy Roddick: "Andy Roddick has an amazing personality. I'm not one to watch men's tennis, but I get excited when I see him playing because he's exciting to watch. His antics on the court, you know, he fights, he says 'Come on,' he screams, does wild stuff. I think it all boils down to personalities."...ATP Player Council member Todd Martin is a company man when it comes to the Lleyton Hewitt incident: "It is disappointing that he (Hewitt) finds it necessary to sue the ATP because, essentially, he's suing his fellow players."...Bud Collins is picking Tim Henman to go all the way, a sign for you wagerers to lay your money on his opponent...Andre Agassi has praise for former coach Brad Gilbert's ability to not shut up: "Brad came in and taught me how to play the game. Taught me to start thinking for myself out there. He just always had a lot of information to give. I quickly realized my ability to process it was going to be more important than anything for the teamwork to work because his insights were going to come whether you're ready to hear it or not. So that's sort of the good part of it."...James Blake missed the ATP player meeting last week: "I found out at the last minute. I didn't know about the meeting until the last minute, and I'd already secured tickets to the Eminem concert, so I couldn't really go back on those."...Todd Martin is taking his low ranking into consideration when putting together his summer schedule: "I'm playing Washington first and then I'll get on my hands and knees and beg a little bit for wildcards in Canada and Cincinnati."...TM also pegs the heavy balls as more issue of slowing the game at Wimbledon than the slowed grasscourts...From a distance, Mary Pierce looks like Anna Nicole Smith …Max Mirnyi caused quite a stir from the BBC with his sleeveless shirt: "Well, it's not really up to me. I'm being represented by Nike for the last six or seven years. This is what they choose for me to wear. I'm being loyal and a good client of theirs. I just do what I'm told. I like the feel of it. I guess since the Wimbledon committee has approved this outfit, it should be fine. I hope that more people like it."...Saturday is "People's Saturday" at Wimbledon…WEATHER: Should be a nice day at the Championships…STAT OF THE DAY: Andy Roddick has only serve-and-volleyed three times in three matches this week.