By Alex Perry BBC Sport Online at Wimbledon

Spectators watching Serena Williams' fourth round meeting with Chanda Rubin could have got a whiff of a rumour that was doing the rounds at Wimbledon on Monday.

The suggestion is that Serena likes to wear the same pair of socks for the duration of the tournament.

It's not clear whether she washes them in between matches, but if she goes all the way to the final that will probably become apparent.

At least for those in the first few rows.

A Swiss radio journalist was animatedly watching Michel Kratochvil's match with Tim Henman in the adjacent commentary box to BBC Sport Online.

He took every opportunity to practice his English, and was only silenced when confronted with a camera shot of an ageing gentleman in the crowd with a large chin.

"Who is that?" he asked in bemusement, and seemed unimpressed by the response.

"WHO THE HELL IS JIMMY HILL?" he bellowed.

Dinner talk

Amir Hadad and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, the Israeli/Pakistani doubles duo have been getting plenty of attention.

Most of it has centred on their groundbreaking cross-cultural partnership, as they disregard the differences between their nations.

After losing in the third round, they fielded plenty of questions about the politics of their partnership, but they batted them away with the skill they had shown on court.

But one journalist was clearly not happy with these responses and wanted to know what the pair talked about over dinner if it was not politics.

"What do you speak about, sex or what?" asked the journalist.

"He's got his girlfriend here," replied Qureshi, "so probably."