ANDY Roddick kept the flag flying for the United States at Wimbledon with a 6-3 6-4 7-6 third-round victory over Spain's Fernando Verdasco today (AEST).

PATTY Schnyder's forthcoming autobiography will include a big secret that tops the tales of her bizarre relationship with her ex-coach, which includes allegations of brainwashing.

ROGER Federer barely had his feathers ruffled in a 6-1 6-4 7-6 win over Marat Safin in the third round at Wimbledon today (AEST), dispelling any pre-match notions that it could be a close encounter.

Defending champion Roger Federer is in awesome form as he powers past Marat Safin 6-1 6-4 7-6 at Wimbledon.

TWO-time champion Serena Williams raced into the last 16 at Wimbledon, claiming she is running into form just at the right time.

MARTINA Hingis perished on Wimbledon's graveyard of champions, eliminated by unseeded American Laura Granville today (AEST).

AUSTRALIAN Open finalist, Chile's Fernando Gonzalez became the biggest casualty at this year's Wimbledon, dumped out of the tournament by Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic today (AEST).

DEFENDING champion Amelie Mauresmo overcame a first-game blip to stroll into the third round at Wimbledon today (AEST), defeating Austria's Yvonne Meusburger 6-1 6-2.

MARIA Sharapova advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-0 6-3 victory over France's Sabine Bremond today (AEST).

WAYNE Arthurs produced the "best and worst" shots of his life in a shock straight-sets win over Spain's Tommy Robredo, the No.11 seed, in Wimbledon's second round overnight.

PAKISTAN'S Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi saw his dreams of Wimbledon history ruthlessly crushed by former world No.1 Marat Safin overnight.

AUSTRALIA'S only woman left in the singles draw at Wimbledon, Nicole Pratt, bowed out in a 6-3 6-2 second-round loss to big-hitting Czech No.14 seed Nicole Vaidisova overnight.

AUSTRALIAN in Wimbledon action tonight (AEST), the fifth day of the tournament:

INDIA'S Sania Mirza, a Muslim, hopes her decision to renew a doubles partnership with Israel's Shahar Peer at Wimbledon does not stir up another religious storm.

WAYNE Arthurs was presented with a wheelchair by a couple of Aussie "mates" today (AEST), after rolling back the years to prolong his Wimbledon swansong.

JUSTINE Henin's bid to win Wimbledon for the first time remains on course as she advanced to the fourth round with a crushing victory over Elena Vesnina overnight.

WAYNE Arthurs has revealed he will consider reversing his decision to retire from professional tennis if he reaches the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

Q. How do you feel about your performance? Were you happy with today? ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I think it was okay. I was pretty pleased with my performance. I think it was solid. I was very concentrated on my own

Q. How soon in a match do you know you're going to have a big day serving? ANDY RODDICK: It just depends. Today I felt like I had to work into it a little bit. I'm just guessing here because