‘Bellissima Giorgi’ is

And then there were none. The relentless bloodbath in the women’s singles continued yesterday as the last remaining top-ten seed, Karolina Pliskova, was summarily removed. New and intriguing names were pushed forward by their supporters, and none as lustily than the excitable fan club of Camila Giorgi, writes Aidan Smith.

“Brava! … Boom, boom! … Ah Camila!” The cries

Tof a gaggle of young Italian men for their favourite boomed round Court 12 whenever she returned to her chair near them. In the blazing hot sunshine it was like being on a beach on the Adriatic Riviera and listening to the local volleyballers voice their approval at a pretty girl happening past.

When the 26-year-old smashed home a forehand to beat Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-4, the shout was “Bellissima!”

Giorgi doesn’t give much away during matches. She

he crack All England Club unit which enforces the World Cup ban – no TVS showing games, no casual chatter about the Raheem Sterling conundrum – should have a quieter week, at least until Sunday’s final were the Three Lions to get there, but they may find themselves re-deployed to root out another Wimbledon bugbear: the deliberate cough from the stands. Novak Djokovic complained about this after his match against Kyle Edmund, saying that a much rowdier crowd than he’d experienced here before was letting rip with rasping expectora-