THE most unpredictable Wimbledon in living memory has given an unexpected boost to this month's Olympic tennis tournament in Atlanta - even without newly-crowned men's champion Richard Krajicek.
The likes of Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Monica Seles had already pledged to compete at the Games, but their performances at the All-England Club have suddenly raised the event's profile.
Four of the top seven men in the rankings - Sampras, Agassi, Goran Ivanisevic and Yevgeny Kafelnikov - will be on duty in Atlanta, hoping to atone for personal disappointments which played a part in Krajicek becoming only the second unseeded singles champion in Wimbledon history
The Dutchman, whose straight sets victory over MaliVai Washington elevated him back into the world's top 10, was not Included in his country's three-man team.
Steffi Graf heads an impressive women's field in which all top 10 players have indicated they will be in action and doing their best to stop the remarkable German who already has an Olympic gold medal to her credit from Seoul in 1988.
