WIMBLEDON, England -- Wimbledon misses Goran Ivanisevic. All three of them.
The tournament misses his big serves, multiple playing personalities and ability to turn a championship match into a personal psychodrama.
But a new Goran may be on the rise even as the old Goran sits at home nursing a bum shoulder and ruing his inability to defend his title.
The new kid on the scuffed lawns is Mario Ancic, a baby-faced 18-year-old from Ivanisevic's hometown of Split, Croatia.
Ancic looks a little like Ivanisevic and plays a lot like him, too. Moreover, he considers Ivanisevic not just an idol, but also an unofficial older brother.
So yesterday, Ancic, a qualifier, provided the perfect antidote to Wimbledon's save-the-stars, 32-seeded draw that was producing tennis for insomniacs.
He walked on to Centre Court for the first time and blew the whole artfully constructed tournament apart, unloading on No. 7 Roger Federer of Switzerland, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
Ancic served like Ivanisevic. Smacked ground strokes like Ivanisevic. And ultimately won a little like Ivanisevic, throwing a tennis ball deep into the seats.
Just don't call Ancic "Goran Jr."
"Everybody knows that I'm a different person," Ancic said. "Since I grew up they were talking that I am second Goran. But Goran says one best sentence that describes everything: Next Goran will be his son, next Ivanisevic. I'm Mario. I think everybody knows me like that."
Goodbye, Goran. Hello, Mario.
There's no telling how far this kid could go. He might flame out in the next round against Jan Vacek. Or he just might keep advancing.
Big-serving teens without much of a pro pedigree are feared commodities at Wimbledon.
Whatever Ancic's future, he at least scored the tournament's first big upset and broke a logjam.
A couple of minutes later, Brazil's Flavio Saretta dumped the reigning Australian Open champion, No. 8 seed Thomas Johansson of Sweden, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 12-10.
Form did prevail when No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia routed Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1.
But it was Ancic who provided Wimbledon with its first spark.
"I knew I could play," Ancic said in a bass voice eerily like Ivanisevic's. "I'm young. I believe in myself, and I just go out there and try to do my best."
Ancic is at that stage of his career where he doesn't care who he plays. He just wants matches and doesn't worry about reputations.
Ancic was a finalist at the junior Wimbledon in 2000. He also is guided by Bob Brett, who coached Ivanisevic and Boris Becker for spells.
Brett didn't just work on Ancic's game -- he got him to stop cursing and tossing rackets. Brett even knew when Ancic was cursing in Croatian.
"I had to do push-ups for every word," Ancic said, adding he became stronger and more clever through the experience.
Ancic also became inspired last year when Ivanisevic won Wimbledon.
Ancic said people in Croatia were so happy, they were throwing things from houses "crash, boom, bam."
There are no celebrations for Ancic, at least not yet.
Federer came into this tournament with a big reputation as the man who ousted seven-time winner Pete Sampras in last year's fourth round.
He left a first-round loser for the second straight Grand Slam event.
"I'm terribly down right now," Federer said. "I expected much more than coming in here and losing in straight sets."
Federer said he had trouble figuring out Ancic's serve and reading his toss.
"I knew he was young, but I didn't know much more," he said. "I tried to get some information from other players."
Ancic called Ivanisevic to get a scouting report on Federer: keep away from the forehand and make sure to blast the second serve.
He followed Ivanisevic's rules.
Last year, the three Gorans won the title.
This year, one Mario just shook up Wimbledon.
(Results, 2D)