In this photo provided by LOCOG, Amelia Hempleman-Adams poses with the Olympic Flame on top of a London Eye pod on the Torch Relay leg through London, Sunday July 22, 2012. Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics will be held Friday July 27. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Lewis Whyld)
In this photo provided by LOCOG, Amelia Hempleman-Adams poses with the Olympic Flame on top of a London Eye pod on the Torch Relay leg through London, Sunday July 22, 2012. Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics will be held Friday July 27. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Lewis Whyld)
In this photo provided by LOCOG, Marlon Devonish carries the Olympic Flame at Crystal Palace stadium on the Torch Relay leg between Bromley and Croydon in London on Monday July 23, 2012. The opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics are scheduled for Friday, July 27. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Ben Birchall)
In this photo provided by LOCOG, Doreen Lawrence, mother of slain teenager Stephen Lawrence, carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Lewisham, London on Monday July 23, 2012. The opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics are scheduled for Friday, July 27. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Gareth Fuller)
In this photo provided by LOCOG, Amelia Hempleman-Adams poses with the Olympic Flame on top of a London Eye pod on the Torch Relay leg through London. Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics will be held Friday July 27. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Lewis Whyld)
In this photo provided by LOCOG, Amelia Hempleman-Adams poses with the Olympic Flame on top of a London Eye pod on the Torch Relay leg through London. Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics will be held Friday July 27. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Lewis Whyld)
LONDON (AP) ? The Olympic flame has boldly gone to Wimbledon.
Actor Patrick Stewart, best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," took a turn on the torch relay Monday.
Before he did, tennis stars Andy Murray and Venus Williams posed with the flame on Center Court at Wimbledon in southwest London.
Murray said his preparations for the Olympic games have left him little time to dwell on his Wimbledon defeat to Roger Federer just over two weeks ago.
"You don't look back, you try and look forward," he said. "I'm sure the atmosphere is going to be great and I'll need all the support I can get."
The flame was also scheduled to pass through the set of the long-running British soap opera "EastEnders."
The torch relay is on its final leg of a 70-day journey, touring the neighborhoods of host city London before being taken to the Olympic Stadium for Friday's opening ceremony.
On Sunday, the torch made a spectacular visit, traveling on the London Eye over the British capital.
The torch has visited the Channel Islands, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland and gone past national landmarks like Stonehenge and Mount Snowdon.
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