At

5ft 3in and dubbed ‘the Pocket Rocket’, Dominika Cibulkova needs no reminding about her height.

But Wimbledon chiefs gave her one by pairing her with probably the tallest security guard they could find to accompany her to Court 8 for her fourth round showdown against Su-Wei Hsieh.

At closer to 7ft than he was to Cibulkova, he towered over the Slovakian and attracted as much attention as the world No.33 due to their little and large mismatch.