Whattheysay

“As a defending champion in 1979, my first match was on Centre Court, next one was on Court One, then Court Two, I ended up on Court Four. This has been going on for a long time. The top guys never see the outside courts. It needs to change.”

on Wimbledon scheduling

Martina Navratilova,

“Fair or not, that’s Wimbledon and they can do whatever they want.”

on the court placings controversy

Goran Ivanisevic,

“It’s beautiful to be all ages.”

Venus Williams,

her 37 years

“The same umpire gave my coach a warning last year for telling me, ‘ vamos, vamos’.”

angry that her quarterfinal opponent Garbine Muguruza was not warned for coaching

Svetlana Kuznetsova,

“Not really. Maybe I was very small, or also I was watching more her sister playing the Grand Slam finals.”

Jelena Ostapenko,

struggling to recall any of Venus Williams’ five Wimbledon titles. Ostapenko is 17 years younger than the American

“Impressive. If you look at Andy walking around, he looks pretty sore.”

2002 champion, on how stiff-legged Andy Murray plays through pain

Lleyton Hewitt,

“Roger (Federer) and Rafael Nadal, if they had bad blood, would it make their rivalry any less special?”

1989 French Open winner, on whether tennis could do with more bitter grudges between players

Michael Chang,

“No. When I decided to have a family, tennis was in the past.”

who has just had her second child, on whether she would join old rival Serena Williams in a post-baby comeback

Justine Henin,

shrugging off