A host of sporting stars, Olympics movers-and-shakers and Wimbledon legends have been invited to occupy the best seats on Centre Court, but the loudest welcome was reserved for Tim Henman, a year after his retirement.

At 8am there were more than 5,000 people in Wimbledon’s new super-queue waiting for tickets for the middle Saturday. At the same time last year there less than than 3,000. Why the increase in numbers?

Anyone looking for tennis stars of the future should watch the Junior event that starts today. Names to watch among the boys are the two top seeds Bernard Tomic and Tsung-Hua Yang. Top girls’ seed is Melanie Oudin from the USA.

The men’s and women’s No. 2 seeds are in action today, so is Andy Murray, and his brother Jamie is up in the doubles. Number 1 men’s doubles, the Bryan brothers kick off the action at noon. Follow it all at the Championships.

Underscoring the unusually close rankings race at the top of the women’s game, a new generation of impatient contenders is champing at the bit. Several are still in contention as Wimbledon enters its second week.

Indian fans were out in force to support Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi in the first round of the mixed doubles. But the pair fell to Russians Igor Andreev and Maria Kirilenko in straight sets.

Victoria Azarenka, the No.16 seed, has made a splendid and speedy start to Wimbledon, winning both her matches in straight sets, but has kept a low profile. That could be set to change if the Belarussian keeps up her winning ways.

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Jelena Jankovic responds to being labelled a veteran at 23, Venus Williams talks about her ‘baby’ and Elena Dementieva explains why some many Russian players are doing well. Enjoy some of the best quotes from Day 6.

With a knee problem fading and good Wimbledon form behind him, Frenchman Richard Gasquet is eager to have the chance to knock out British number one Andy Murray in front of his home fans next week.

Second seed Jelena Jankovic is confident she will be fit to play in the fourth round despite suffering a leg injury in her three-set victory over Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki. “It’s very sore now but I don’t think there will be a problem,” she said.

Nine British girls and 11 boys will test themselves against the world’s best at this year’s Wimbledon Junior Championships. The LTA has invested heavily in their development and there are encouraging signs of progress being made.