Wimbledon sets up a Serena-Venus final

WIMBLEDON, England -- After an all-Belgian French Open final broke the streak, Wimbledon could be another all-in-the family affair.

Serena and Venus Williams were placed on opposite sides of the Wimbledon women's draw Tuesday, meaning the sisters might face each other in yet another Grand Slam final.

Defending men's champion Lleyton Hewitt got a break when his likely second-round opponent, former winner Richard Krajicek, withdrew with a right elbow injury just hours after the draw for the tournament that begins Monday.

"You can't read too much into the draw," said Hewitt, the top seed. "Out of the four Grand Slams, Wimbledon is probably the one that opens up the most."

Andre Agassi, seeded second, will open against British wild card Jamie Delgado, and could face No. 18 Marat Safin or big-serving Mark Philippoussis in the fourth round.

Serena Williams, who won Wimbledon for the first time last year, and older sister Venus, the 2000 and '01 champion, have met in four of the last five Grand Slam championship matches.

The one they didn't reach was the last -- at Roland Garros a month ago when Justine Henin-Hardenne beat fellow Belgium Kim Clijsters in a history making French Open final.

The sisters will have to get past the Belgian stars to reach the Wimbledon final.

Serena Williams plays 66th-ranked American Jill Craybas in the first round and could meet No. 8 Jennifer Capriati in the quarters and No. 3 Henin-Hardenne in the semis. Henin-Hardenne beat Serena in the French Open semifinals and Clijsters in the final.

Henin-Hardenne opens against Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine while, in the bottom half of the draw, the second-seeded Clijsters plays Rossana Neffa-De Los Rios in the first round.

Venus Williams, seeded fourth, faces a qualifier in first round. In the fourth round she could meet 18-year-old Russian Vera Zvonareva, who beat her at the French. Venus could face No. 5 Lindsay Davenport in the quarters and Clijsters in the semis.

Agassi's potential quarterfinal and semifinal opponents are clay-court experts, No. 7 Guillermo Coria and No. 3 Juan Carlos Ferrero, the French Open champion.

Krajicek's withdrawal gives Hewitt an easier path, though he could meet hard-serving American Taylor Dent in the third round. Hewitt is projected to meet fifth-seeded Andy Roddick in the quarters and No. 4 Roger Federer in the semis.

Hewitt, who will play a qualifier in the first round Monday, is looking forward to playing the first match on Centre Court.

"It's going to be a special moment," Hewitt said. "Making that walk last year on that final Sunday was really something I'd dreamed about. If there's one place I'd like to walk into again as defending champion, it's here."

Other players who have withdrawn from Wimbledon include former champion Goran Ivanisevic, Monica Seles, Anna Kournikova, former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson, 1998 French Open winner Carlos Moya and Tommy Haas.

Roddick, a contender after winning the Queen's Club tournament last week, drew 89th-ranked Davide Sanguinetti in the first round.

Roddick could then face Britain's Greg Rusedski in the second round. Rusedski is another big server and grass court specialist. Roddick beat Rusedski in three sets at Queen's.

"Roddick and I are favorites for our first round matches at Wimbledon and it would be quite interesting because the score is one-all," Rusedski said. "I have to do something a little different to get by him."