Saturday in review at Wimbledon

Published: Sunday, June 26 2005 12:00 a.m. MDT

WIMBLEDON, England — A brief look at Wimbledon on Saturday:

Weather: Cloudy and cool. High temperature of 70, down to 50s in the evening.

Attendance: 38,837. Last year's Day 6: 32,746, when all play was rained out.

Men's Seeded Winners: No. 1 Roger Federer, No. 2 Andy Roddick, No. 9 Sebastien Grosjean, No. 12 Thomas Johansson, No. 15 Guillermo Coria, No. 18 David Nalbandian, No. 23 Juan Carlos Ferrero, No. 27 Richard Gasquet, No. 31 Mikhail Youzhny.

Men's Seeded Losers: No. 25 Nicolas Kiefer to No. 1 Roger Federer, No. 28 Jiri Novak to Max Mirnyi.

Women's Seeded Winners: No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, No. 2 Maria Sharapova, No. 8 Nadia Petrova, No. 12 Mary Pierce, No. 14 Venus Williams, No. 15 Kim Clijsters, No. 16 Nathalie Dechy, No. 26 Flavia Pennetta.

Women's Seeded Losers: No. 4 Serena Williams to Jill Craybas, No. 20 Daniela Hantuchova to No. 14 Venus Williams, No. 19 Ana Ivanovic to No. 12 Mary Pierce, No. 30 Dinara Safina to No. 1 Lindsay Davenport.

Stat of the Day: 18. Number of Grand Slam tournaments Serena Williams had played in since the last time she lost as early as the third round (1999 French Open).

Quote of the Day: "A beautiful shot. I hit it, and once I looked, it was already on the other side of the net." — Roger Federer, describing one of his backhands.

Sunday: No matches scheduled.

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