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What They Said

Murray mortified by Mum
Andy Murray has a lot to thank his mother for - Judy Murray has overseen his career and helped nurture him into one of the world's best tennis players. However, the British No. 1 has put his foot down over his mother's ogling of one of his rivals. Mrs Murray has made no secret of her admiration of Feliciano Lopez, or 'Deliciano' as Judy likes to call him. But Murray has decided enough is enough. "I think it's about time she stopped with that nonsense," Murray quipped. "It makes me want to throw up - it's disgusting."

Showing Dad the red card
While Murray was having problems with his mum, it was Marion Bartoli's dad who was the subject of the player's contempt on Saturday. With the 2007 finalist having dropped the opening set against Flavia Pennetta, Bartoli banished her father and coach, Walter, from the court. At the end of the first set, a clearly irritable Bartoli gestured to her father to leave the court. It clearly did the trick, as the world No. 9 battled back to claim a 5-7 6-4 9-7 victory, to earn a fourth-round clash against defending champion Serena Williams. "It was just a matter of a hard first set and not feeling well - I needed to get the frustration out," Bartoli said after her match.

Solving the riddle
For two sets, Rafael Nadal couldn't break Gilles Muller. Muller, who is one of only three men to have beaten the Spaniard at Wimbledon (back in 2005), was serving out of his skin. The world No. 95 was unlucky to have lost the opening two sets on tiebreaks, but when Nadal finally found a breakthrough, the floodgates opened and Nadal raced through the final set 6-0 in just half-an-hour.

Smashed to smithereens
Faced with dropping the second set in his match against Marcos Baghdatis, Novak Djokovic lost his rag. Djokovic, who has been in imperious form in 2011, looked rattled after the Cypriot won an exchange at the net. The world No. 2 lost his cool, and pummelled his racket into the ground in frustration. But it was not enough - the stroppy Serb banged the ground again, and again... At the third attempt, the racket was in no fit state to be used. "Racket abuse," claimed the umpire. No kidding.

Just too good
You wouldn't see Roger Federer smashing his racket like that. Even having squandered two match points, the six-time Wimbledon champion could afford a wry smile as an injured David Nalbandian produced an outrageous drop shot to save a third match point.

Roger Federer did his best impression of a cricketer when he met Sachin Tendulkar © Getty Images

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Making an effort
While Djokovic was doing his best John McEnroe impression, former Wimbledon semi-finalist Baghdatis was endearing himself to the crowd on Centre Court with a whole box of tricks. After a well-timed half-volley that Lionel Messi would have been proud of, Baghdatis then chased down a drop shot, narrowly avoided the netpost before jogging into Djokovic's half of the court.

Don't forget your racket
With Djokovic serving for the match, Baghdatis managed to skid in get his racket on what looked like an almost-certain winner from Djokovic. But in his desperation to get back to the middle of the baseline, the Cypriot left his racket behind. As he scrambled back to the centre of the court, Djokovic mercilessly hit the winner to the very spot where Baghdatis had been stranded.

Pocket money
Laura Robson may be twenty grand better off after her second-round appearance, but she won't be allowed to spend a penny. Robson gave Maria Sharapova a scare before the 2004 champion prevailed in two sets. But despite picking up £20,125 prize money, Robson confirmed her father Andrew will continue to control the purse strings. "If anyone wants to talk to my dad about that, that's fine with me," Robson said.

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