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Favourites lined up for opening day

Roger Federer, Tim Henman and Andy Murray are all scheduled to be in action on day one of Wimbledon on Monday - weather permitting.

The outlook for SW19 is not encouraging, with heavy rain forecast, although that could work in Murray's favour as he tries to recover from a wrist injury.

The British number one is scheduled to be third on court one against Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti, following Andy Roddick's match with fellow American Justin Gimelstob and top seed Justine Henin's opener against Jorgelina Cravero of Argentina.

Federer will begin his quest for a fifth consecutive title - equalling Bjorn Borg's modern-day record - in the first match on Centre Court against Teimuraz Gabashvili.

That will be followed by Henman's clash with Spain's Carlos Moya, with Britain's Anne Keothavong then facing her daunting match with third seed Jelena Jankovic.

Britain's Naomi Cavaday is also in action against former champion Martina Hingis on court two, while Josh Goodall and Jamie Baker are also scheduled to play their first-round matches again Feliciano Lopez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin respectively.

Lee Childs will take on fellow qualifier Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan and Katie O'Brien faces Sandra Kloesel of Germany.

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