The American insists that the only kind of hunting she does is with a tennis ball. To actually kill any feathery friends would be `too mean,' she said.

Stevenson, who graduated from high school on May 28th, is new to the professional tour. In fact, she won't definitely say she is a professional yet, as she has not officially notified Stella Sampras, sister of Pete Sampras and coach at UCLA, the college she was planning on attending in the autumn.

``I want to go(to college) later on in my career, maybe when I'm 30 or 35, but not right now,'' said Stevenson. ``The 18-year-old has a refreshingly bubbly out-look on life, almost reminiscent of a young Jennifer Capriati. Stevenson claims she enjoys the lifestyle of a tennis player. ``I'm very excited I get to go to new cities I've never been to, and I think it's a great life,'' she said.

There is time for shopping during the tournament, but not sightseeing. ``I bought a pair of shoes, like Spice Girl shoes, and a really cool green dress in Wimbledon village, but I haven't gone into London because I'm focusing,'' claimed the young American. Wimbledon has been in the sights of Stevenson since she was nine, when she made the decision she would win here at the age of 19. When the American drives her mum's car these days, she uses a key-chain with letters spelling `Wimbledon' to remind her of the goal.

In case you're wondering, Wayne Arthurs is the iron man of Wimbledon. Wayne who, you say?

Wayne Arthurs, the No. 163ranked qualifier from Australia, who in three matches played at this year's Wimbledon has yet to lose a service game.

``That's right -- I refuse to be broken -- it's my goal,'' said Arthurs, who has lost his serve twice in doubles, but not as yet in singles. Arthurs upset No. 14 seeded Tommy Haas of Germany 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) in the third round Saturday. He opened his Wimbledon with an astonishing 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (12-10), 7-6 (7-4) victory over Vincenzo Santopadre of Italy. In the second round, he worked his `no service' loss magic again with a 7-5, 7-6 (9-7), 7-5 win over Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador. Arthurs said, ``My parents are up in the air, they're here as well and they're going nuts. It's unbelievable.''

Kicking about the tour for the last seven or so years, Arthurs was ranked as low as No 1100 in the world about 18 months ago. This is his first Wimbledon and only his third career Grand Slam, despite having attempted to qualify at 19 Grand Slam events in his career. To improvehis singles promise, Arthurs decided to go the lonely and tough road of the Challengers a couple of years ago, taking to places like Thailand to earn ranking points. Despite his failure to succeed on the circuit, Arthurs claims retirement has never been an option, even when he was suffering from an elbow injury. Next on his list of opponents is reigning French Open champ Andre Agassi. Trying to keep his clean slate of not having his serve broken against Agassi will be a near impossible chore -- the American's trademark shot is his service return, after all.

Arthurs is considered such an unlikely player to keep going in the draw that he admits colleagues are sharing friendly wages on him, saying, ``five or six guys are putting money on me after every match in the locker room. I think it was like 9 to 4 today.''