Friday's passing shots

Author:
Bryan Armen Graham
Publish date:
Jun 24, 2011

A look back at Day 5 at the All England Club in photos, links, tweets and more.

Photo of the Day

Actor Rupert Grint (of Harry Potter renown) chats with All England Club vice chairman Philip Brook in the Royal Box on Centre Court (from SI.com's Best Shots from Day 5 at Wimbledon).

SW19 Clicks

Why the Second Monday of Wimbledon is the coolest day in tennis ... Boris Becker's latest defeat on grass ... Andy Murray's latest dispatch for BBC Sport ... Novak Djokovic's squirrel-taming efforts continue ... Meet Eddie Seward, Wimbledon's "grass whisperer" ... News flash: Grunting in tennis is nothing new.

The Tweet Beat

"''Bad Teacher '' is a funny movie !Just watched it in the cinema!wooh"

--Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, channeling her inner Leonard Malton, 6:56 p.m. ET

"Its funny when people like justin gimelstob talks [expletive] without knowing me at all.he did not learn what respect means as a kid.. "

--Spain's Feliciano Lopez, responding to comments by ESPN's Justin Gimelstob after Friday's win over Andy Roddick, 3:40 p.m. ET

"Bieber gets pushed down in New York. be careful son"

--American Vince Spadea, on the teen pop star's fragrance scuffle, 1:00 a.m. ET

Go Figure

1 ... Number of unforced errors committed by top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki in her second-round win over France's Virginie Razzano.

7-0 ... Career record of Andy Roddick against Feliciano Lopez before Friday's third-round clash, where the Spaniard turned the tables with a straight-sets upset.

16 ... Consecutive victories at Wimbledon by Serena Williams, who faces Maria Kirilenko on Saturday in a third-round match.

Must-See Video

Andy Murray brought the Centre Court crowd to its feet Friday with a flashy between-the-legs winner against Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic. (Though John McEnroe was considerably less impressed.)