Quotes of the day - Saturday 27 June 2009

Ana Ivanovic “It looks so easy when he steps on the court. It looks so easy, doesn't it? And I think he's such a great champion. I mean, I was so thrilled for him when he won French Open. I actually had little tears in my eyes when he was doing the speech.” Ana Ivanovic, just another victim of the Roger Federer effect. Tissues at the ready if the Swiss man triumphs at Wimbledon again to break Pete Sampras’ Grand Slam record. “That's a good idea. You know, I was thinking maybe I could, like, totally get a permanent one. So maybe you'll see me with one that's just not tape, that's neoprene and Velcro and all that good stuff. So you never know.” Venus Williams getting a little too attached to that mysterious leg strapping of hers. “Usually they don't pronounce it correctly. It's taken them so long to get it right. I don't even try to tell them any more.” Melanie Oudin forced to live with the perils of being an American national with a French surname. “If you're not hundred percent fit, then he's gonna make you run like a horse.” In that case Radek Stepanek will surely be doing all he can and more to make a full recovery for his fourth round match against Lleyton ‘The jockey’ Hewitt after having to apply heavy strapping to his ankle during his victory over David Ferrer. “Yeah, it's a good ticket, I guess. If you're a tennis fan, that's one ‑‑ even if you don't get on Centre, your grounds pass will do just fine on that day.” Andy Roddick becomes an honorary member of the Wimbledon marketing team after talking up the second Monday of the Championships. “Well, it's definitely still a great day.” Svetlana Kuznetsova content with the consolation of her birthday celebrations after crashing out to Sabine Lisicki.