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Quotes of the day

Tuesday 24 June 2003 00:00 BST
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* Ivo Who?
Whispering fans around centre court

* I saw him play last weekend and he didn't do anything special. So I was pretty prepared to win.
Ivo Karlovic reflects on knocking out Lleyton Hewitt

* I'm sure this one is not going to go away by the end of the week.
Hewitt on his defeat

* I'm sure he'll get over it.
Kim Clijsters on boyfriend Hewitt's early exit

* It's a tough draw for both of us, probably worthy of a quarter-final, but that's the way it goes.
Andy Roddick on his second-round match with Greg Rusedski

* I was just a bit tight playing at Wimbledon but, after I got going, I felt at home.
Briton Lee Childs after knocking out the No.33 seed Nikolay Davydenko

* Back home [in Croatia] this will be a big story.
Ivo Karlovic

* I'd like to see a serve and volley player win and that guy is Henman.
Tennis legend Ilie Nastase on Henman's Wimbledon chances

* I wanted it to be really eye-catching.
Venus Williams on her first-day outfit

* Sure I'm defending champion. But at the end of the day I'd be disappointed losing in the Wimbledon first round any time.
Hewitt

STATS OF THE DAY

119 The speed, in miles per hour, of Ivo Karlovic's second serve on match point which secured his famous victory over Lleyton Hewitt.

0 The number of shirt sleeves a male competitor is required to wear at this year's Championships - the first time sleeveless shirts have been permitted.

80 The number of years that the tradition of curtseying to the Royal Box at Wimbledon - which has been scrapped this year - was upheld. The tradition began in 1922 when Leslie Godfree and Algie Kingscote walked on to centre court and instinctively bowed to the Royal Box.

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