Yet another qualifier for Serena?
Serena Williams could potentially reach the second week of The Championships by only playing qualifiers, the dreamers and hustlers with three-digit rankings who had to win three matches to make it to the main draw.
After beating Italy's Giulia Gatto-Monticone (ranked No.161) on Tuesday, the American takes on Slovenia's Kaja Juvan (ranked No.133) on Thursday, with the possibility of a third-round match on Saturday with Russia's Varvara Flink (ranked No.141).
But Williams can't expect to play such lowly-ranked opponents all the way to what would be a 24th Grand Slam singles title, as she is projected to run into Germany's Angelique Kerber, the woman who beat her in last summer's final, in the fourth round.
Federer's Swiss roll against the British
It is getting on for 20 years since Roger Federer - who plays British wild card Jay Clarke in the second round - last lost to a Briton at Wimbledon. That was to Tim Henman in the quarter-finals of the 2001 Championships, a round after the Swiss had ejected Pete Sampras from the draw, and when Clarke was a toddler (he was two years old at the time).
Since then, Federer has won six matches against British men, including a second round encounter with Henman in 2006, and a 2012 final and 2015 semi-final against Andy Murray.
In fact, Federer has only dropped one set to the British in the past 18 years, which was the opening set of the final with Murray. If almost any other player had roughed up the locals in this way, they would have risked becoming very unpopular in these parts.
But Federer is as loved as ever. He could beat seven British men in a row to win Wimbledon and it wouldn't change how Londoners feel about him.
Murray could be moving better than his doubles partner
Forget Andy Murray's metal hip for a moment; the British public has a new obsession - a Frenchman's quadricep.
There is some concern about the fitness of Murray's doubles partner with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, feeling some pain on the eve of The Championships, and losing in straight sets in the first round of the singles to South Africa's Kevin Anderson.
Murray and Herbert play Romania's Marius Copil and France's Ugo Humbert in the opening round.
Underarm serves
Just as Rafael Nadal's signature shot is his whippy, topspin forehand, Nick Kyrgios' is now the underarm serve. It seems almost certain that Kyrgios will hit an underarm serve against Nadal in their second-round match.
Kyrgios did so against Nadal when they played at a hard court tournament in Mexico earlier in the season, a contest the Australian won, and he also served underarm in his opening match against fellow Australian Jordan Thompson on Tuesday.
Kvitova close to realising her "dream"
Should Petra Kvitova go on to win the Venus Rosewater Dish next Saturday, for what would be her first Grand Slam title since she was violently attacked in her home in December 2016, it might come with an elevation in status.
Depending on how some of the other leading women progress on the grass, the Czech could become the No.1 for the first time, replacing Australia's Ashleigh Barty at the top of the standings. Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014, plays France's Kristina Mladenovic for a place in the third round.
According to Kvitova's coach, Jiri Vanek, "becoming number one would be Petra's dream", but they don't discuss it, as they don't want to add to the pressure on her.
