Quotes of the day

I don't want to go out like this. I would rather have been on a show court, but a tennis court is still the same dimension. Seven-times singles champion Pete Sampras after his five-set defeat by George Bastl on Court Two, the traditional graveyard of champions.

When you struggle all year you just can't expect to come in and click like you used to. Players are not as intimidated by my name any more. Sampras explains that his aura and mystique has disappeared.

There is no question whether I will return or not. I will be back. Sampras promises he is not abnadon the event on this year's low

I knew my game was improving match by match. I felt I would have some sort of a chance. Bastl on his surprise win.

Whatever I did, it was wrong. Second seed Marat Safin on his defeat by the Belgian Olivier Rochus.

I knew Marat sometimes gets nervous so I knew I had to play every point and that maybe some games he will give me because he will get crazy. Rochus reveals his winning plan.

There was nothing about my game today that pleased me. Serena Williams, like Safin, is a harsh critic, but at least she advanced to the final 32 with a 6-3, 6-3 stroll over Francesca Schiavone.