TENNIS in DEPTH.

Gisela Dulko, the new darling of Wimbledon after her second-round victory over Maria Sharapova, could face a sterner test on No 3 court today when she comes up against Nadia Petrova, the No 10 seed.

The Russian was a quarter-finalist last year and is made of teak-tough stuff. The glamorous Dulko can be sure of vociferous support from the Wimbledon faithful, though.

Roger Federer is the biggest draw in the men’s singles, getting his third-round match against Philipp Kohlschreiber underway at 1pm on Centre Court.

The world No 2 has looked a class above in his first two matches and his German opponent should not cause him too many problems, especially as his second-round tie with Ivo Minar went to 8-6 in an energy-sapping fifth set.

Novak Djokovic continues his campaign in the tea-time slot on the show court against the brilliantly-named American, Mardy Fish.

The Serbian was taken to four sets by Julien Benneteau in the first round but made easy meat of Simon Greul to set up this match with the No 28 seed.

Serena Williams will hope to follow in her sister’s footsteps when she gets the day’s play started at noon on Court 2 against Roberta Vinci. Venus, the reigning champion, cruised past Kateryna Bondarenko in straight sets yesterday despite heavy strapping on her dodgy knee.

The Williams siblings will be in action together later on when they meet Sabine Lisicki and Aleksandra Wozniak in the women’s doubles.

Also appearing in the doubles are British pair Laura Robson and Georgie Stoop who face a tough task against the No 16 seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amelie Mauresmo.

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