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Qualifying begins: 26 June

The Draw: 30 June

Pre-event Press Conferences: 1 & 2 July

Order of Play: 2 July

Championships begin: 3 July

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Wednesday, 12 July 2017 21:10 PM BST
Second Wednesday's Quotes of the Day
Roger Federer among those on good form in front of the world's media on Day 9 READ MORE

Highlights from the interview rooms on Day 9 of The Championships...

Watch out Wimbledon, Roger Federer is coming to get you:
"I'm playing very well. I'm rested. I'm fresh. I'm confident, too. Then great things do happen."

And Milos Raonic confirms that's the case:
"Let's see if he can do it again. Let's see if he can do it again. He kept doing it."

Andy Murray says if he loses his No.1 ranking, he aims to reclaim top spot as quickly as possible:
"I haven't played well enough this year to deserve to stay there for much longer... Obviously I would rather be ranked No.1 than 2, 3 or 4. You know, I go away now and try and find a way to get back there. Hopefully I can do that."

Gilles Muller believes the men's draw is still wide open:
"I think anybody still in the draw has a big chance. Just two more matches to go. I think [Cilic is] able to beat Querrey just as much as Sam is able to beat Cilic. Then the final, anything can happen."

Sam Querrey says his parents are still undecided about a trip to south-west London:
"They were actually in Europe for a couple weeks, flew home a week before the tournament started. But they might come back now. I talked to my dad. I think they're going to look at some flights and probably head over."

I talked to my dad. I think they're going to look at some flights and probably head over

- Sam Querrey

Marin Cilic reveals that experts' backing has boosted his self-belief:
"A lot of players around, even ex-players, when they were looking before the tournament started, that they were seeing me as a player that could go quite deep. That gave me a little bit more belief, a little bit more confidence that, you know, players and people around are also seeing that I'm in a great form, that I'm able to do great things."

Novak Djokovic insists he did everything he could to be fit to face Tomas Berdych:
"I spent probably about two hours, two-and-a-half hours today on the table in between the warm-up and match, trying to do everything I possibly could to make me fit. But it wasn't to be."

...and describes his disappointment in having to retire:
"[It's] hard to swallow, when you have to retire, especially when you're playing well. I was playing really well, I thought, probably the best tennis I've played in the last 10 months or so."

A bemused Berdych responds to a journalist who suggests that if he were Italian his name would be up in lights:
"I'm not aware of any stadium or any statue with my name in Czech Republic. All nations are very different. What else I can say?"

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