Wimbledon on your desktop

Wimbledon fans will be able to watch from the comfort of their desks this year. A new website will show every shot played on Centre and No 1 Courts when the tournament starts on Monday.

The online shot tracker service means users will be able to monitor stars such as Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova who have sent ticket prices soaring to record highs.

The website uses the same "hawkeye" cameras as the umpires to create a three-dimensional view of the court, showing the path of every shot played. Tournament organisers hope it will help tennis fans unable to get to a TV set or to the ground.

Those who want to see the tennis in person may have to pay a heavy price.

Touts are cashing in on the new wave of glamorous names who will battle it out at the All England Club. Instead of paying £79 to see the men's final officially, those who go

to other outlets may have to pay up to £1,750 for a Centre Court seat.

Many tickets are debentures, which give the original purchaser the right to sell them. But police are preparing to clamp down on black market street sellers.

The mark-ups are being fuelled by the chance that Swiss men's champion Roger Federer could take on 19-year-old Spanish heart-throb Nadal, who recently won the French Open. Sharapova defending the women's title and a bid by 48-year-old Martina Navratilova to win a record 21st title are also major draws.

Even for the first day, a ticket that originally cost £32 is being sold through internet agencies for £600.