By: Chris Oddo                                                      Photo Credit: Mark Peterson/Corleve

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“I have not seen her.  I have spoken to her years ago, but, you know, she was all about Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.”  -- Martina Navratilova, when asked if she had spoken to Margaret Court recently. 

 

“When sometimes you are playing, the crowd, they start, Macarena or Macaroni, I don't like it really.” -- Ekaterina Makarova, on how she’s not warming up to the way non-Russians tend to joke about her name. 

 

“It crossed my mind very briefly, like a nanosecond.”  -- Serena Williams on the far-fetched possibility of playing Indian Wells this spring in order to get more matches in. 

 

“Hopefully I can be like Li Na for the men.” -- Kei Nishikori, on his role in the growth of Asian tennis. 

 

"I can yell back." -- Ivan Lendl, when asked by Patrick McEnroe if he could accept his charge Andy Murray screaming at his box. 

 

“Andy, we played last year, end of last year.  He kind of destroy me.” -- Kei Nishikori on his last meeting with Andy Murray. 

 

“My lefty serve is actually better than that.  Maybe I should have started serving lefty.” -- Serena Williams, on the poor serving that plagued her in her round of 16 loss to Ekaterina Makarova.

 

“He deals with pace well.  He can slice.  He moves well.  He was hitting a lot of winners out there.  He was dictating all the points from the back of the court, which is difficult against someone like Tsonga.” -- Andy Murray, on his opponent in the quarterfinals, Kei Nishikori.

 

“Let's face it. Even Serena needs match play.”-- Patrick McEnroe, via Twitter, on Serena Williams shocking round of 16 loss yesterday. 

 

“She only plays great tennis when she’s playing in front of 15,000 people.” – Chris Evert, Commenting on Sabine Lisicki’s love of the big stage.