Quotes of the day

I didn't consider Steffi a grasscourt player. She never really came in and never served and volleyed.
Venus Williams seems not to have noticed Steffi Graf's has seven Wimbledon titles as part of her 22 Grand Slam tournaments. Williams has won four.

I know what it takes to win here. I have a lot going for me with that.
Venus knows she is the only remaining winner of the women's singles.

It was tough conditions, you want to get on and off as soon as possible.
Lleyton Hewitt certainly did that against Mikhail Youzhny yesterday. He continued his run of not losing a set.

I beat him at Queen's two weeks ago, but it was a tight match. He's an all-court player, he can play from the baseline but he can come in as well, and I'm not that surprised to see him in the quarter-finals.
Hewitt gives a run-down of his next opponent, the Dutchman Sjeng Schalken.

We're not here to change anything: politicians and governments do that.
Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi answers criticism back home for having an Israeli partner, Amir Hadad, in the doubles.

There are some people who want to make headlines out of this, say bad things. I see only positives that two guys from different nationalities can play together. We are good friends, and I think we're going to keep playing together in the future.
Hadad on his unique partnership.