PHOTO OF THE DAY Andy Roddick of the United States leaps to return a shot to Sweden's Thomas Johansson. Roddick upset Johansson 7-6 (7-1), 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (3). GRAND SLAM SNIPPETS Slumping U.S. Open champion Marat Safin is trying almost everything to recover his game, including cutting his hair short. "Maybe now I can be faster on the court. I don't know. I was trying to change something. Maybe it will change my game." Safin, who reached the third round after Daniel Nestor retired injured in the third set, tried to laugh at his poor season. "What can you celebrate this year? That I got injured? I haven't won one tournament for six months?" Nine-time Grand Slam winner Monica Seles, who pulled out of Wimbledon with an injured foot, has been watching the grass court action from her home in Sarasota, Fla., while she prepares for her return to the game. "It's been a tough one for me to miss," Seles said Wednesday. "I've missed a lot of my favorite tournaments and it's been hard watching it on TV." Seles first left the French Open in May because of her injury and said she wanted to be ready to play Wimbledon, the only Grand Slam she has not won. "I'm missing two Grand Slams; I haven't done that in ages in my career." Bjorn Borg's famous pinstripe tennis shirt is again seen prowling Wimbledon's grasscourt baselines this year. But this time it is the women donning the famous Fila attire. Jelena Dokic was dubbed "the Borg-ette" at the French Open earlier this month when she started wearing the distinctive shirt and shorts, a line named "Settanta," which means Seventies in Italian. She has scrapped the shorts in favor of a plain white skirt for Wimbledon and has been joined by fourth seed Jennifer Capriati. "They wanted to bring out the Bjorn Borg thing again and it looks good," says Dokic. "He was an icon and I'm happy to wear the outfit." The Swede was Wimbledon champion five years running from 1976-80. Free to watch Olympic champion Cathy Freeman, the Australian aboriginal who lit the Sydney Olympic flame, made her third trip to Wimbledon on Wednesday and sat in the Royal Box. It was much better than her last visit to Centre Court. "The second time I came was in the first round to see Pat Rafter play and I fell off my seat," she said. "But apart from that embarrassment, it was nice to support my countryman." The Olympic 400-meter champion is in the midst of a nearly year-long break from track and field. Dressed in khaki trousers, a matching blazer and a green blouse, she sipped a glass of red wine and took in the tennis. "Here I am, drinking red wine, a social butterfly," she said. "My first impression of Wimbledon was being overawed. I remember watching as a little girl on TV all the time and thinking this was the big time for international tennis. "It's kind of a cross between a museum and a time machine." Freeman, who plans to return to training in November and will skip the world championships this summer in Edmonton, has been studying Italian and doing volunteer work. "I'm endeavoring to spend more time with my family, with my friends, be at home with my cats and try to be a good wife," she said. Freeman is also working in support of Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympics, partly because her great-great grandfather was from China and because she believes the games will improve human rights in China. "People will want to work toward healing with the international spotlight on them," she said. "It's amazing how people band together and feel so proud and forget about their differences. People forget about the black and white issues." Freeman watched Serena Williams defeat Barbara Rittner and American teen-ager Andy Roddick beat Thomas Johansson. Roddick caught her eye. "I particularly thought the American guy Roddick had a bit of attitude right from the start. He's got something else." ON THE LAWN New coach: The former coach of Pete Sampras is out of prison and helping American tennis player Alexandra Stevenson. Stevenson, 20, defeated Tathiana Garbin 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in Tuesday's first-round match and said she has been taking coaching tips from Pete Fischer, a former Los Angeles pediatrician who pleaded guilty in 1997 to molesting young patients. In 1999, Stevenson became the first woman qualifier to ever reach the Wimbledon semifinals. Fischer, who coached Stevenson as a young child and also coached seven-time Wimbledon champion Sampras during his early years, was released from prison several months ago. "Well, he's out," Stevenson said. "I've seen him. He's a good friend of mine and he always will be." Concerned friend: The sudden illness of Davenport's doubles partner and close friend, 23 year-old Corina Morariu, was a great shock. Morariu began treatment for a rare form of the leukemia in May. "It's something that changes everybody's life around her, even friends, family. I've certainly never had anybody that close to me that's had to fight something like that, especially so young." Davenport said the illness had made her change the focus of her life away from tennis. At the grass-court tournament in Eastbourne last week Davenport claimed victory wearing a silver "C" on a chain around her neck in tribute to her friend. "I've tried to look at my career now as the second part and have a much happier outlook about things, not so down when things don't go your way." Davenport will face Australian Alicia Molik on Thursday. OVERHEARD PETE SAMPRAS On his five-set match against Barry Cowan: "I was in a dogfight out there. It wasn't until the fifth set that I could smell the kill." ANDY RODDICK On showing his credential to Wimbledon officials: "I get stopped everywhere. I guess they think I'm trying to sneak into the locker rooms." JENNIFER CAPRIATI On winning matches: "My desire has gotten greater. I like the taste of success."