Men's day five round-up

"I'm not looking forward to my ice bath later."
Taylor Dent after beating Nicolas Almagro.

"My impression of South Americans is if you fight one, you're fighting the whole clan. So South Americans are kind of off limits, I think."
Dent again on which players he wouldn't like to face in a fight.

"It just fell off at the end. I think I was running really fast and really hard. It just fell off. It didn't fall apart. God forbid."
After an earring falls off in her first-round match, Serena Williams suffers another wardrobe malfunction when her necklace comes a cropper.

"My donation's going to be embarrassing."
Serena on her promise to donate $100 to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort for every ace she serves at the US Open. She's managed seven so far.

"It's sort of water off a duck's back."
Lleyton Hewitt on whether he worries what other people think about his behaviour on court.

"Oh, I'm upbeat. I just haven't gotten interesting questions yet. Sorry, guys."
Maria Sharapova on why she seemed a little downbeat in her post-match news conference.

"Yes, he actually gifted me a car after I won the junior Wimbledon doubles"
India's Sania Mirza on whether she had met cricket star Sachin Tendulkar.