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“That’s why I beat you so many times.” – Chris Evert, when her commentating partner Pam Shriver spoke of disliking clay courts.
“Horrible calls against Nalbandian & Dolgopolov, a scoring screw-up in Ivanovic/King. I haven't seen judging this inept since Night Court.” – James LaRosa, Tennis Channel Blogger, via Twitter
“You know, every year and every tournament it's a bit same story for me. I play better and better every match. – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, on his confidence level after three rounds in Melbourne.
“I played with the same racquet for like four months. Just let the strings get less and less tension – what did I care?” Pam Shriver, waxing nostalgic about the old days while commentating, when Svetlana Kuznetsova suddenly decided to change strings in the middle of a game.
“Vera Zvonareva goes down. Takes solace in being the only person born after 1950 to be named Vera.” – Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated, Via Twitter, commenting on Vera Zvonareva’s 3rd round loss to fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova
"Hopefully I won't have to have a Skype baby." – Bob Bryan, whose wife Michelle is expecting a child later this month, to reporters.
“That kicker’s nasty, huh?” Chris Fowler of ESPN, on a Milos Raonic second serve that nearly took Lleyton Hewitt’s head off in the first set of their match last night.
“It's hard question. Yeah, many person is ask this question. I don't know, yeah.” – Zheng Jie, when asked why there are no Chinese men doing well on tour by the media.
“ I'm not getting naked for anybody, except my girlfriend.” – Novak Djokovic, when probed by the media about the possibility of him posing scantily clad for magazines.
“I think either my ball was not going fast enough or she was extremely fast. I don't know what was going on.” – Marion Bartoli, on her lack of punch against Zheng Jie in their 3rd round match.