Monday, 15 July 2019 03:47 AM BST
Quotes of the Fortnight

 

Yeah, I'm crying but I'm happy, you know?    

- Marcos Baghdatis on saying goodbye

One of the biggest souls of the tour, playing with the crowd, just beautiful tennis to watch. He inspired me a lot as a kid. I always saw his achievements. Made me want to work hard and to stay humble    

- Stefanos Tsitsipas on Marcos Baghdatis

 

EVERYBODY SAYS, ‘ENJOY THE JOURNEY, IT’S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT’. AND YOU ARE LIKE, ‘WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?’ IT’S PAINFUL, IT’S MISERABLE, HOW DO YOU ENJOY THAT? AND APPARENTLY, YOU CAN    

- Viktoria Azarenka on life as a tennis pro

 

I'm not sure if I want to reach 37. There are other things I want to do in life than just chase a yellow ball    

- Barbora Strycova on how much more tennis she will play

 

Last week was rough. In Eastbourne, kind of like an older town, wasn't much there for me [smiling]    

- 6ft 11in Reilly Opelka on being too tall for most beds

 

It's going to be a tough, tough, tough one to beat. They both take it seriously. But I feel like it's going to be just a pleasure for people to watch. It's going to be historic. So I'll be definitely watching, as well    

- Victoria Azarenka on Andy Murray and Serena Williams 

It's great for me because I get to sit here and just look. My thing is just to stay focused and not look like I'm daydreaming. But it's nice because I love him having all the attention. It's so good. It's such a relief    

- Serena Williams on doing press conferences with Andy Murray

 

I think I'll be watching the cricket    

- Ashleigh Barty on the Rafael Nadal-Nick Kyrgios match

 

I wouldn't say Andy cries all the time    

- Dan Evans sets the record straight on Andy's emotions 

 

Let's be honest. As tennis players, even if you're Roger and if you're Rafa, we are all a bunch of losers many times throughout the year. You get over it.    

- Milos Raonic on dealing with defeats

 

Some of the celebrities that tweeted me I didn't even know followed tennis    

- Cori Gauff on the reaction she caused

I was terrible at 15. Couldn't be on a court for longer than an hour and a half. I would walk away    

- Roger Federer compares himself with Cori Gauff

 

I wish I could get married more often. Maybe we'll have to renew our vows because it's worked out well having that on the horizon    

- Alison Riske on her forthcoming wedding

 

I was missing a shot because it's in my face. I was like, This is not happening. I just needed to get it out of the way, put the business bun up    

- Serena Williams on troublesome hair

 

I had planned to be in Ibiza right now. We had everything organized already. My friends, six of them, are all there. Well, it feels better to be here in London    

- Roberto Bautista Agut on his stag do

 

I say that I have no idea how you play snooker. But I appreciate him. He's been in Romania a few times. I met him. Also I have a snooker ball signed from him. That's why I follow him    

- Simona Halep on why she follows snooker player Mark Selby

I'm very sure that was the best match of my life    

- Simona Halep on the ladies' final

 

For her to come out today and watch, it was surreal, because I am literally in that same place, and she is out watching me, and she has no idea that she is part of the reason why I am here    

- Andy Lapthorne on meeting Venus Williams as a child

The day I stop fighting for equality and for people that look like you and me, will be the day I'm in my grave    

- Serena Williams on her campaigning off court

 

I'm going to be working my butt off to win the US Open. I hope everybody else is, too. Then we can put on another show. I don't think ESPN has put on wheelchair tennis yet. ESPN, you're up next    

- Dylan Alcott on his next target

 

We just won Wimbledon for Colombia … it's huge for our country. I hope everybody enjoys    

- Juan Sebastian Cabal on winning the men's doubles

 

 

I'M VERY SURE THAT WAS THE BEST MATCH OF MY LIFE    

- Simona Halep

It was probably the most demanding, mentally most demanding, match I was ever part of    

- Novak Djokovic