Wimbledon – the story of day six

The highest-ranked women continued to find it tough going but Angelique Kerber, Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska found an extra gear to avoid danger and reach the fourth round.

Marcus Willis scored a stunning doubles win with Jay Clarke and Jamie Murray’s partnership with Martina Hingis is off to a strong start.

Diary

Pat Cash is having a big impact on Coco Vandeweghe’s bid for glory – and also in her press conferences.

The 1987 champion is coaching 24th seed Vandeweghe, who has yet to drop a set at this year’s championships after breezing into round four with a 6-2 6-4 win over fellow American Alison Riske.

As Vandeweghe began taking questions afterwards, her phone rang and it was apparently Cash.

But when she answered it seemed the Australian had inadvertently called his player’s number – or as Vandeweghe succinctly put it, “he butt-dialled me”.

Spaniard Garbine Muguruza is renting a house close to Wimbledon, as so many of the top players do for the fortnight, and she has already found out it has a sensitive smoke alarm.

The former Wimbledon runner-up posted on Twitter a video of herself and her team, including the 1994 champion Conchita Martinez, in the house as the alarm blared.

“Every time I come to Wimbledon, a lot of things happen in that house,” Muguruza said.

“But I love red meat. We were doing nice steaks. I think I did a lot of steaks. It was so much smoke that the fire alarm was under where you cook. Why do you put a fire alarm there?.

“Then it was like this for 20 minutes. We didn’t know what to do until someone touched a button or something, then it went off.

“I felt scared. I’m like, ‘Are they (the fire brigade) going to come just because of steak?”

Asked if she was the cook, Muguruza said: “I always cook. I love it. It relaxes me.”

Quote of the day

“As far as what motivates me to do that, it’s prize money. That’s what motivates me to do that.” – Sam Querrey likes tennis but is brutally honest when asked what drives him to fine-tune his game.

Picture of the day

Is it ET on the front of Elliott’s bike, or is it Andre Agassi?

(PA.31981835 – John Walton/PA Wire/PA Images)

Tweet of the day

Match of the day (Monday)

Roger Federer versus Grigor Dimitrov: the master against the artisanal Bulgarian formerly known as ‘Baby Fed’. That nickname hung heavily on Dimitrov’s shoulders for years and has been relaxed by the media and fans since it became clear his career would not hit the stratospheric heights that Federer has reached. Take the 26-year-old on his own merits and Dimitrov has lots going for him. He plays a stylish game, has hoisted himself out of a career slump and, yes, he could well trouble the 18-time grand slam champion while he looks still for his own first major.