Wimbledon will resume play today

WIMBLEDON, England -- When action resumes today at the All England Club after the middle Sunday's traditional day of rest, it will be Jill Craybas facing Venus Williams for a spot in the quarterfinals, instead of another Williams vs. Williams meeting at a major.

The other women's round-of-16 matchups include No. 1 Lindsay Davenport vs. four-time major finalist Kim Clijsters, defending champion Maria Sharapova vs. No. 16 Nathalie Dechy, and No. 6 Elena Dementieva vs. No. 9 Anastasia Myskina in a rematch of the 2004 French Open final.

As good as top-ranked Roger Federer is, his streak of reaching the second week at tennis' four biggest tournaments extends only to last year's French Open. But on grass, and at Wimbledon, he looks and feels rather invincible.

He's won 32 matches in a row on the surface, 17 at the All England Club. Asked whether anything less than a third straight Wimbledon title, something accomplished only by Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras in the past 60 years, would be OK with him, Federer's answer was direct:

"No, probably not. I wouldn't be satisfied," he said. "For me, only the win would be satisfying this year, the way I've been playing."

Today, he'll face past French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero. Other fourth-round matchups include No. 2 Andy Roddick vs. 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria, and 2002 Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt vs. No. 24 Taylor Dent.

Roddick, who lost to Federer in the Wimbledon final last year and the semifinals in 2003, sounded more thrilled than his rival did about making it to Week 2.

"It's definitely always a big relief to kind of get through the first couple of rounds, be alive come the second week. That's where the big matches start happening. You know, a lot of it is about survival," Roddick said.

"Mission accomplished for the first week. Now it's time to get down to business."