Quotes of the day

I feel incredible. I won my first Slam last year at the US Open, but Wimbledon has always been so special to people back home. I raised my game when I needed to. I am kind of speechless right now. I mean, I just got on a roll. I played incredibly well. I was seeing the ball like a football. I felt like I couldn't miss from the baseline. Lleyton Hewitt explains the reasons for his emphatic straight-sets semi-final victory over Tim Henman yesterday.

We have so much fun playing together but we have been taking it more seriously than in the past. It helps us to play better in the singles. Serena Williams is enjoying partnering her sister, Venus, in the women's doubles – and it is hard to dispute her claim that it helps their singles game.

I take pride in my sport and in my performance and I am appalled that anyone would think that we would not be trying. Venus Williams dismisses all talk of collusion between her and her sister, Serena, ahead of their meeting in the women's singles final today.

If you look at all the players like [Martina] Hingis, the Russian girl [Anna Kournikova] and all girls that came out [on tour], where they should be flourishing now they are not. They are beginning to taper off. Venus and Serena will improve a lot more. I think that is because of all that rest, the time to go to different places, to go to Disneyland and go visit relatives in Michigan. So now they have their life and when they need to play they are ready to play. Richard Williams, the out-spoken father of Venus and Serena, points out how his parental skills have produced two daughters who are dominating the women's game.