A distant memory at Wimbledon - rain - greets early-morning arrivals on Tuesday, and the extreme heat of earlier in the tournament is - for the moment at least - gone
No, it is not someone with an exceptionally favourable pitch for her tent. An attendant waits patiently beneath the covers for the rain to stop
The rain catches many by surprise and improvisation is needed. The absorbency of the tabloid is something that has been tested across the land in emergency situations for years
Rufus the Wimbledon hawk sounds like a player from the Dons' 1988 FA Cup-winning side but he is in fact a bird of prey used to scare away pesky pigeons from his domain on the hallowed Centre Court
Accept no imitations. Just to prove he is who he says he is, Rufus the hawk has his very own ID badge, but prefers not to wear it around his neck
The rain does not dampen the spirits of the traditionally plucky hordes in Wimbledon Park queuing for tickets
And we're off: Williams the elder is stretched to the limit by Tsvetana Pironkova as her bid to steer the good ship Venus into another Wimbledon semi-final looks in trouble
Pironkova takes the first set and, boy, doesn't she look pleased? It's difficult to think of a tennis player looking more miserable...
...unless her name is Tara Moore of Great Britain, in action against Eugenie Bouchard during their girls' singles match
Still, at least double Wimbledon champion Evonne Goolagong-Cawley has something to smile about as she watches from the stands.
'ello Vera - Miss Zvonareva looks as if she's seen a ghost but it's a different kind of spirit that sees her level her match with Kim Clijsters at a set-all
Clijsters contemplates throwing in the towel but decides to dry her face with it instead
Tsvetana Pironkova keeps her eye on the ball, blissfully unaware that someone has attached a comedy false beard to the side of her head
Let's hear it for the boy. Britain's Oliver Golding on his way to a straight-sets victory over Juan Sebastian Gomez in the boys' tournament
John Major, sporting a natty coalition tie, checks for flying pigs after being told of the British win
Pironkova is all smiles as she shocks five-times champion Venus, winning in straight-sets. The last time Bulgaria got this much exposure at Wimbledon, Great Uncle was in his Wombling heyday
Venus is well and truly put in the shade as the prospect of another all-Williams final is ended by Pironkova
Save all your kisses for me: It's bye-bye, baby, bye-bye for Kim Clijsters as Vera Zvonareva sets up a semi-final clash with Pironkova
Andy Murray shows Wayne Rooney how it should be done as takes to the practice courts ahead of Wednesday's quarter-final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Murray is in jovial mood - until he catches sight of someone else hitting the ball a little too sweetly in practice...
...yes, it's his old mucker Rafael Nadal, who Murray is seeded to face in the semi-finals. The Spaniard has a secret weapon for his quarter-final with Robin Soderling - he's going to play him with one finger
Laura Robson shows her delight at beating Krista Hardebeck in the girls' singles. Either that or she's just spotted Marat Safin in the canteen
Sister is doing it for herself: After Venus' shock exit, Serena serves up a straight-sets win over Li Na to reach the semi-finals
She will play unseeded Czech Petra Kvitova, who saved five match points before completing a remarkable comeback on Court One against Estonia's Kaia Kanepi, who had led 4-0 and 5-2 in the final set
Andy Murray chats with his grandfather, Roy Erskine, after practice, wondering whether baldness is hereditary
Grace Jones does her best not to draw attention to herself as she wanders around Wimbledon, just squeezing out John Major as the biggest A-lister of the day
Late in the day on Court 2 and the crowd are treated to the return of Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis in the Ladies Invitational doubles against British duo Sam Smith and Anne Hobbs
Kournikova and Hingis won two Australian Open doubles titles together in their playing days and were delighted to be reunited and claim a 6-2 6-4 win
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