Summary Quarter-finalist Garbine Muguruza on how to chill out during Wimbledon
LONDON (AFP) - Wimbledon sidelines on Monday, the seventh day of the 2015 championships at the All England Club:
Who s saying what
"Pretty much sounds like baloney to me."
- Maria Sharapova on reports that it takes her several months to trust people who join her backroom team.
"My dad wasn t OK with me being a waitress, obviously."
- Timea Bacsinszky on having to work in hotels and restaurants when she was out of the sport injured.
"We ll stick to tennis questions. Thank you."
- Press conference moderator after Caroline Wozniacki was asked if she had any thoughts on the ankle ligament injury suffered by her former boyfriend, golf star Rory McIlroy.
"Guess? I m not here to guess. I m here to work hard and play my game and try to stay focused. But guessing is not in my job description."
- Victoria Azarenka on her chances of beating Serena Williams in the quarter-finals.
"Like all the other days when I rest, just practice, go to home, watch a movie. Hannibal Lecter. "Silence of the Lambs" or something like this."
- Quarter-finalist Garbine Muguruza on how to chill out during Wimbledon
"My mom is just a 60s child and we all have nicknames. My real name is Colleen. I m named after my grandmother, who was Miss America."
- Coco Vandeweghe on her name, and her brothers Beau and Crash and sister Honnie.
"He is bad. But I love him. He kind of uses me. Whenever she comes home, he goes back to her. Kind of gets me excited."
- Serena Williams on her sister Venus s dog.
"I can t even tell you what the name of it was. I stole it from one of my sisters. It was fiction, and she went to Nantucket or something. I wasn t really paying attention, to be honest."
- Madison Keys gets stuck into a good book
"Nothing. You don t do anything."
- Keys on what goes on in her family home town of Bettendorf, Iowa.
Towel in the bag
- Agnieszka Radwanska celebrated her victory over Jelena Jankovic by making sure her official Wimbledon towels were tucked away before any ballboys pounced.
"I m taking that, I m stealing them!" she laughed, before waving farewell to the crowd.
The luxury souvenirs cost tennis-goers �29 ($45, 41 euros) a piece in the club shop.
Serena into Singapore finale
- Serena Williams has become the first woman to qualify for the eight-player, end-of-season WTA Championships from October 25-November 1 in Singapore. World number one Williams has won the last three editions.
Quiet, please
- Wimbledon will be observing the minute s silence on Tuesday at 11:30am (1030 GMT) to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the London bombings which killed 52 innocent people. Play on all courts, except Centre Court and Court One which begin in the afternoon, will start at 11:45am (1045 GMT) instead of 11:00am.
Royal Box watch
- The best seats on Centre Court had a Ryder Cup feel on Monday with Jamie Donaldson, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Paul McGinley, Ian Poulter, Sam Torrance and Lee Westwood in attendance. They were side by side with actresses Jenifer Hewitt and Emily Mortimer.
