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What They Said

Take a bow
Andy Murray blazed past Richard Gasquet to book his place in the quarter-finals for a fourth consecutive year. With Prince William and his new wife Kate in the Royal Box, Murray produced an impromptu bow in the direction of the Royal Box. "If I'd known they were coming I would have shaved," Murray admitted after meeting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. "I said 'sorry I'm a bit sweaty'."

Curve ball
Murray produced his best performance yet to steam past Gasquet, but the Scot also had a little luck on his side. Forced out wide by an exquisite Gasquet backhand, Murray unleashed a blistering return, which curved round the netpost and landed on the line. The linejudge called the ball out, but Murray challenged the call to great effect - Hawkeye showed the ball had landed plum on the line.

An unusual Royal wave
With both Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro taking medical timeouts during their four-hour clash, the crowd on Centre Court took to entertaining themselves. A Mexican wave soon broken out, and to the delight of the fans, the Duke and Duchess both joined in the fun.

Mikhail Youzhny gave it everything in his defeat to Roger Federer © Getty Images

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A-Tomic bomb blazes on
Bernard Tomic's astonishing run continued. Having seen off big guns Nikolay Davydenko and Robin Soderling, the Australian teenager, who had to come through three rounds of qualifying, beat former semi-finalist Xavier Malisse in straight sets to become the youngest Wimbledon quarter-finalist since Boris Becker in 1986. Becker went on to win the title...

French ace
Serving for the first set against defending champion Serena Williams, Marion Bartoli was forced to save three break-back points. It was now or never for Bartoli - if Williams had won the first set you suspect there would have been no way back for Bartoli. And what better way to clinch the set than to send a blistering ace down the middle. Serena was rooted to the spot as she watched it fizz past.

Lightning does strike twice
For the second successive year, Venus Williams was undone by the little-known Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova. Coming into the tournament, the world No. 33 had won just four matches all season - including a six-match losing streak on the clay, but not only did she repeat an unlikely upset - she did it in identical fashion - claiming a 6-2 6-3 victory.

Crazy in love
Laura Robson's Wimbledon campaign may be over for another year, but the British teenager had more important things on her mind at the All England Club on Monday. Having heard that Beyonce was due to make an appearance following her performance at Glastonbury, Robson made plans to ensure a chance meeting."Devastated," Robson wrote on her Twitter page. "We befriended a security guard and had it all set up to meet Beyonce but she's not coming anymore! Bad times."

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