Highlights of Friday's play at the $9.6 million Wimbledon tennis championships:

Weather - Sunny and hot. Afternoon temperature on Centre Court reached a record high of 1061/2 degrees since the start of the Open era of tennis. The previous record was 106 in 1976.Attendance - 32,236. On last year's fifth day, attendance was 34,579.

Results - Men's singles: No. 2 Pete Sampras, No. 4 Goran Ivanisevic, No. 6 Yevgeny Kafelnikov and No. 14 Todd Martin advanced.

Women's singles: No. 2 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, No. 3 Conchita Martinez, No. 8 Gabriela Sabatini and No. 9 Anke Huber advanced.

Upsets: Petra Kamstra defeated No. 14 Naoka Sawamatsu.

Stat of the day - Greg Rusedski served 36 aces in a four-set victory over Olivier Delaitre.

Quote of the Day - "In '92 I served 209 aces and I lost in the final. So, I would rather hit one ace all tournament and win this tournament." - Goran Ivanisevic.

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