LONDON— For a tennis reporter to write about Center Court at
Wimbledon is a bit like an art critic writing about
Michelangelo's statue of David. It has been done often and well.
What more is there to address when it comes to the sport's best
address?  And yet as you sit there on a Wednesday afternoon,
cradled in various hues of green and watching Richard Krajicek
lose to Wayne Ferreira, the power of the place seeps into you
again.  The other three Grand Slam events have changed beyond
recognition in the last 75 years. The Australian and United
States Open have changed venue and surface altogether. The
French Open has made a land grab of its own, expanding at a
steady clip and ripping down and revamping half of its center
court just last year to create more space for amenities and
losing some of its aura in the process.  Wimbledon, too, has
bowed to the loaded word that is progress, demolishing one of
the most atmospheric spots in any sport, the No. 1 Court, in
1996 and replacing it with a circular, separate s