Federer Arrives, Clijsters/Sugiyama Win Wimbledon Women's Doubles Title

ATP REVIEW/PREVIEW
Switzerland's Roger Federer won his first career major at Wimbledon on Sunday in his first slam final, beating Mark Philippoussis 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3). It was the first victory by a Swiss man in a Grand Slam final. If you didn't watch it and you're getting the news here for the first time, you need to free up your schedule. Fed cried, help up the trophy, Flipper choked some volleys, looked forelorned, people are strawberries and cream, good stuff. The Swiss restore the world order on grass after last year Lleyton Hewitt won the title over David Nalbandian without hitting a volley winner. This week the tour sputters with two Euro dirt events and the should-be-a-Challenger stop in Newport (see tournament reviews), briefly delaying the brutally hot arrival of the U.S. summer hardcourt circuit.

Seeds in action today in Gstaad include Sargsian vs. (3)Novak, Dupuis vs. (6)Davydenko, (5)Chela vs. Sa, and (4)Gaudio vs. Vliegen. Seeds in action today on the grass in Newport are Morrison vs. (7)Gimelstob, (4)Ginepri vs. (WC)Amritraj, and (8)Melzer vs. Thomann. Seeds on court in Bastad are (4)Youzhny vs. O.Rochus, (6)Lapentti vs. Horna, and (8)A.Martin vs. Mutis.

WTA REVIEW/PREVIEW
In the women's doubles final at Wimbledon, (2)Clijsters/Sugiyama beat back (1)Ruano Pascual/Suarez 6-4, 6-4 in a replay of last month's French Open final. Ruano Pascual/Suarez also lost in last year's Wimbledon final to the Williams sisters. In the mixed doubles final, Martina Navratilova teamed with Leander Paes to win her record-tying 20th Wimbledon title (tying Billie Jean King with 20 overall), beating Andy Ram and Anastassia Rodionova 6-3, 6-3. "I can't think, I can't talk," Navratilova said, speaking on Centre Court. "I feel like Roger Federer a few hours ago."

This week the women are in Palermo (see tournament review).

MULTIPLE TITLE WINNERS AT WIMBLEDON -- WOMEN (OPEN ERA)
9--Martina Navratilova (1990,'87-82,'79-78)
7--Steffi Graf (1996-95,'93-91,'89-88)
4--Billie-Jean King (1975,'73-72,'68)
3--Chris Evert-Lloyd (1981,'76,'74)
2--Evonne Cawley-Goolagong (1980,'71)
2--Venus Williams (2001-00)
2--Serena Williams (2003-02)

TOUR NOTES, QUOTES, AND BARBS
Alex Corretja and former coach Javier Duarte had been together 16 years until they split last week...Murphy Jensen is still on medication for the virus-related heart problem he contracted early this year...Ricci "Itti" Bitti, president of the ITF, loves the irony of the ATP boycott situation: "We were excluded in 1989-90 by the player organization, or however you want to call the ATP, and what is surprising is that the people who excluded us are now asking for our help. People forget this and it is important to remind people that we did not want to be excluded at the time. I have only one word for their request -- unrealistic." The ATP have threatened to arrange alternative events to the grand slams...Roger Federer's Wimbledon title is the biggest Swiss men's win since Marc Rosset won Olympic gold in 1992...Friends and fans celebrated Federer's win at the Old Boys' tennis club in Federer's home town of Basel in northern Switzerland, where at the end of the match the bar announced beers on the house for everyone...Federer's father Robert remained at the family home in the Basel region for the Wimbledon final, telling the SonntagsBlick: "I have to keep an eye on the house."...Russia named Anastasia Myskina, Elena Dementieva, Vera Zvonareva and Elena Bovina for the Fed Cup quarterfinal tie against Slovenia in Portoroz on July 19-20...Martina Navratilova's 58 grand slam titles is second only to Margaret Court's 62...Magnus Norman, in Bastad this week, has lost his last eight matches...This week's Swedish Open was first held in 1947, and previous winners include Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander, Magnus Gustafsson and Magnus Norman...According to The Guardian, John McEnroe will commit 3-4 weeks to help the British tennis program get out of the crapper this year. "John McEnroe has a special place in the sport, so who better to inspire people like [Alex] Bogdanovic?" said David Felgate, the LTA's performance director. We guess it's not Tim Henman.