Tennis: Wimbledon: Quotes of the day
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Your support makes all the difference."It was a great honour to play first on No 1. It was very similar to Centre Court - very hard, no bad bounces - and I'm delighted to have won." Tim Henman after his 7-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Daniel Nestor.
"This is a dream come true, getting through the first round of Wimbledon. After winning this match, I was almost as happy as when I won the French Open." Iva Majoli after her 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory over Argentina's Mariana Diaz Oliva.
"I feel a little bit relieved that it's over." Richard Krajiceck after making a winning start to the defence of his Wimbledon title by beating Germany's Marcello Craca 7-6, 6-2, 6-4.
"This is the 12th year I've lined up here. Usually I'd only come on the Saturday but I wanted to make sure I could get tickets for Court One - you could call me a tennis addict." Frances Burgess, aged 37, from Oxford, who pitched her igloo tent on the footpath at the main entrance to Wimbledon at 8pm on Friday to ensure she could get a seat for the opening of Court One.
"Who, me?" John McEnroe, after being introduced to the capacity crowd on Court One as a man of "golden touch and fiery temperament".
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