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There were signs of Gambill's wayward temperament too when a line-call so displeased him that he tossed

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There were signs of Gambill's wayward temperament too when a line-call so displeased him that he tossed his spare ball in the general direction of the umpire, who promptly cited him for a code violation He apologised later. Yet despite his disturbed demeanour, Gambill toughed it out, and demonstrated his mental strength by saving no fewer than six set- points in the long tie-break that concluded the first set. But once it was his turn at 11-10, he needed no further encouragement to claim the set. Equally impressive was the instant drive to discourage any thought of a comeback by Goldstein, whom Gambill quickly broke in both the second and third sets, as the ground strokes increased both in ferocity and fluency.

"I was so focused out there, I think it was as good as it's ever been. In fact, I didn't even realise that the match was over!"The real test for Gambill will come this week when the pressure and the publicity of a Grand Slam tournament will probably hit him like a shock wave. John McEnroe, who is already considering Gambill for further Davis Cup action - the youngster has played twice before, against Italy - says: "I think Jan-Michael needs a bit more variety in his game." Meanwhile, McEnroe's former doubles partner, Peter Fleming, considers that while Gambill has made "steady progress, he's settled in the rankings between 40 and 60, he needs to climb higher". Tomorrow, when he faces ninth seed Thomas Enqvist, would be a good time to continue theascent to who knows where.. The longest one-day match in Wimbledon history finally produced a winner after five hours and one minute when a weary Mark Philippoussis, serving 44 aces, two short of the tournament record, earned the right to meet Tim Henman in tomorrow's fourth round by defeating Sjeng Schalken of Holland 4-6 6-3 6-7 7-6 20-18.

The longest one-day match in Wimbledon history finally produced a winner after five hours and one minute when a weary Mark Philippoussis, serving 44 aces, two short of the tournament record, earned the right to meet Tim Henman in tomorrow's fourth round by defeating Sjeng Schalken of Holland 4-6 6-3 6-7 7-6 20-18. Henman, who was on and off court in one hour 47 minutes, far less than the fifth set of that marathon, beat Hicham Arazi, the Moroccan left-hander, with expected ease, 6-3 6-3 6-3 and will be cheered by the draining contest faced by his next opponent. "I hope he's a bit tired," Henman said, but the Australian announced he was off for a massage and will practise tomorrow. "Then I'm going to be ready to go," he warned.Philippoussis showed new maturity by the way he fought off Schalken's tigerish attempt to expel the 10th seed. Thirteen times in that fifth set the 6ft 4in Australian served to stay in the tournament and he never offered the Dutchman so much as a break point.Henman had gone into his third-round match by stressing that he was the favourite and he was stating the obvious.

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