Skimpy Nike dresses are the talk of the steamie at SW19. Andy Murray revealed all yesterday, about how happy he is not to have to reveal all, unlike the painfully short shorts of the John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl era. "I've never had too many issues with the shortness or sort of any of my shorts or anything like that," said the World No 2. Perhaps talking about the fashion diasters of the past can provide some light relief in his chats with the undemonstrative Czech in his corner.
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Caroline Wozniacki certainly won't be reading this diary. She prefers not to find out what the newspapers have to say about her. Probably a wise move, after her defeat yesterday by Svetlana Kuznetsova. "If I read everything that was written about me the last 15 years, I think by now I probably would have jumped over a cliff," she said. "I would rather not."
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Cryptic message in the press room, which basically means a security alert is under way, and knowing glances and nudges are exchanged all round. "Could the secretary please come to the ticket resale office?" the announcement reads. After a couple of minutes on tenterhooks, everyone is relieved to hear that "the secretary is no longer required". Perhaps such code names and secret squirrel behaviour was required because Bond girl Gemma Arterton was on Her Majesty's Secret Service in the Royal Box yesterday. Alas, 007 was not spotted in SW19 but there definitely was a queue.
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One last one on Marcus Willis, courtesy of Andy Murray's fitness trainer Matt Little, from a trip to Livorno when he was 14. Called for his doubles match, Willis's partner looked on incredulous as he eventually turned up late and totally drenched. Apparently one of the boys had dared him to swim out to one of the buoys.
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Small victory for the common people as one of your diarists thumbed their nose at the All England Club by ignoring their stuffy dress code and getting access whilst wearing trainers underneath their suit. That skillset used by making your way into the Garage at an early age always comes in handy.
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More lurid revelations about the top players' misuse of free All England Club towels emerge. After Novak Djokovic, yesterday it was the turn of Frenchman Richard Gasquet to admit that he stuffs them in his bag too, even though he brings his own white one to use on court. "With the white towel, it's more dry," he said. "It may be stupid, but I do it."
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