Tennis stars suffer over US travel fears

ANDY RODDICK may be the bookies’ favourite and Andre Agassi the sentimental choice, but the two players can expect scant support from their compatriots at Wimbledon this year.

Americans are staying away again, according to local tradespeople, because they are worried about travelling.

David Hellier, who has run a T-shirt stall along Wimbledon Park road leading to the All England Club for more than a decade, said American trade had plunged last year after the September 11 attacks and was still down following the Iraq war.