Australian fans are No.1
British No.1 Anne Keothavong believes local fans are not as supportive as their Australian counterparts..

Keothavong was one of nine home players to lose in the Wimbledon first round, a dismal record that has prompted another inquest into the state of British tennis.

"I've been fortunate enough to witness everything at all the Grand Slams, and definitely in Australia they get really behind their players - and they make a lot of noise," said Keothavong. 

"I think players do appreciate that but I guess in England everyone is a little more reserved. They're probably out to criticise their own players rather than get behind them, rather than giving them all the help they can."

Andy Murray and wildcard Elena Baltacha were the only locals to make it to the second round.

French Open Champion Kuznetsova surprised at scheduling
Svetlana Kuznetsova is the French Open champion, but Wimbledon has not put her on the major showcourts so far this year. Typically, she doesn’t allow it to bother her.

"I'm fine to put me wherever they want to put me," she said. "They don't have to put me Centre Court. But with the schedule, this is little bit weird thing. If you look at the schedule, it's not about only me. It's about Dinara plays on court No.2, Venus plays on court No.1, and girls who's not very high seeded they play Centre.

“I respect them. They're great players, for sure. But this is what's weird for me, what's their strategy was of the plan of making the schedule. This is what surprised me a little bit.

"But, you know, in Wimbledon you have to expect anything. So this is Wimbledon. That's why it's special for everybody. It's special for me, as well. That's why I like it, because it's unpredictable."

Ivanovic returns to the adidas team
When Ana Ivanovic started working with Craig Kardon, she thought she needed a one-on-one coach instead of the adidas team that she had been working with. But now she’s back with the adidas team and feels like she’s made the right decision.

”I thought at that moment that a different way of thinking will help me to refresh my game”, she explained her move of last autumn.

“I also thought that having a regular coach will also be better for me, especially since someone else would be able to help me against adidas players. After all, Sven could not work with me every day and every match.”

"Yes, I've been back with adidas program last couple of weeks. Seeing Sven [Groenefeld], it's really good," she said. "I think from all the coaches, he knows my game the best. We spend couple years working together. We went through a lot together, so he knows not only my game but also he can tell in my face expression how I'm feeling.

“It really feels good to have someone in the crowd that I can look to and, you know, he can just, you know, be supportive. It already means a lot to me, and it makes me calm.”

 
Troicki really is allergic to grass
Ivan Lendl once said that grass is for cows only. Viktor Troicki has a different problem.

“I am allergic to grass”, admitted the Serbian player who fell to Andy Murray in the third round of Wimbledon. “Here and on all other grass tournament. Simply there is something in air that bothers me.”

Of course, the problem is not that serious, but it is not that easy for No.30 seed to breathe in London. He has enough opportunities, though, to get used to grass, since his base is in Halle, the host of the only ATP grass court tournament outside of Britain.

Murray receives some royal correspondence
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is not known for her love of tennis. The last time she attended The Championships was in 1977, when Virginia Wade became the last British winner there.

But someone must have whispered in the royal ear and mentioned a certain lanky Scot who is doing rather well. So she sent him a letter congratulating him on winning, well, Queen’s. Murray revealed the Royal good wishes on Twitter.

"I will definitely hold on to it," he said. "She said well done at Queen's and she hopes I do well."

A Palace spokesperson confirmed she wrote to Murray, saying, "The Queen sent a private message congratulating him on becoming the first Briton to win the tournament at Queen's in 71 years."

Williams swaps her racquet for a pen
Serena Williams has never been content “only” to play tennis, win majors and be number one in the world. There’s been fashion, acting and now there’s script writing.

"I'm writing my script. You'll be excited to know I wrote three parts already," she said after her second round win at Wimbledon. "I call it 'my treatment,' so I'm working on my treatment now. It's definitely for TV. I don't know how good I would be at writing a movie. But I just love to write. Hopefully it will be good. It's a mixture between some of my favourite shows, like Desperate Housewives, and Sex and the City, and actually Family Guy (an animated TV show). It's kind of those put together in one, if you can imagine.

"I have my agent with William Morris Agency. This is a real blessing. What I was told to do is just kind of write down my ideas. See, I've always been a writer, like a storyteller writer, not exactly a script writer. That's what I was told to do, just write my story, you know, just the first episode, just to get them the idea. And then I would turn it in and someone will put it into treatment format. So that way they'll put it into a script, but it would be my writing."

Graf’s relives her Roland Garros memories
Steffi Graf’s return to Roland Garros brought back nice memories for the former world No.1. Her romance with Andre Agassi started on the Paris clay 10 years ago.

“I will never forget it”, said the German who retired two months later. “Andre and I were on a thousand tournaments at the same time, but had never spoken. That happened for the first time that spring in Miami when we shared the court in practice. The same happened in Roland Garros and everything started there.”

Her career finished unexpectedly quickly.

“I felt so tired from so much travel. I already knew that one day, when my career is finished, I would like to live relaxed life and be an ordinary mother. My biggest trophy nowadays is to watch [my son] Jaden Gil playing baseball with his father at the weekends. I have never been at a tournament since I finished my career until now.”

Graf was in Paris to hand a trophy to the women’s champion.

“I felt very sorry for Dinara Safina, because she suffered so much during whole final. I have been in similar situation very often. No one can escape pressure. I tried to think about things that were pleasant, like being on vacations on the beach. Sometimes that worked, sometimes no.”