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Wimbledon Glance Posted: Sunday July 04, 1999 04:14 PM
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- A brief look at what happened Sunday on the 13th day of the Wimbledon tennis championships: Weather -- Warm and cloudy, with a brief shower. High temperature was 22 Celsius (71 Fahrenheit). Attendance -- 30,802, a record for the second Sunday. Last year on the 13th day it was 28,065, which was also the previous record for that day. The total attendance was 457,069, an increase of 32,071 over last year and an all-time record. Previous all-time record was 436,531 in 1997 (14 days) and 424,998 in 1998 (13 days). Seeded winners -- Men: No. 1 Pete Sampras against No. 4 Andre Agassi. Seeded winners -- Women: No. 3 Lindsay Davenport against No. 2 Steffi Graf. Stat of the Day -- Lindsay Davenport won both the singles and doubles titles without dropping a set. Quote of the Day -- "He walked on water today." -- Andre Agassi about Pete Sampras.
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