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Last Updated: Saturday, 28 June, 2003, 20:20 GMT 21:20 UK
Wimbledon diary: day six
By Caroline Cheese, Mark Jolly and Alex Perry
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

Jonny Wilkinson (bottom right) in the crowd at Wimbledon England rugby team-mate Lawrence Dallaglio (top left)
Jonny Wilkinson was one of a host of stars at Wimbledon

Sir Bobby's a stayer

People's Saturday at Wimbledon saw the stars out in force in the Royal Box.

Usually populated by anonymous posh people with double-barrelled surnames, a few more familiar faces enjoyed a day in the comfy seats on Saturday.

The sports world was represented by three of the England rugby union team, including Jonny Wilkinson, former footballers Gary Lineker and Alan Hansen and golfer Retief Goosen.

Impressionist Alistair McGowan, ballet dancer Darcy Bussell and comedian Ronnie Barker were entertainment's lucky seat-holders.

But while most guests appeared to nip off at regular intervals to enjoy the hospitality, Sir Bobby Robson proved to be the most dedicated to tennis.

The Newcastle boss sat through matches featuring Andre Agassi and Jennifer Capriati, before taking a quick break just as British boy Tim Henman took to the court.


Fame at last

David Nalbandian admitted last year that his Wimbledon final appearance would be big news in Argentina.

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I don't know what got into me there - I probably won't do that again until 2010
Confirmed baseliner Andre Agassi on a serve-volley moment of madness against Younes El Aynaoui

Little did he know the size of the impact it would make.

In his home town near Cordoba, Nalbandian has a bus stop, a hot dog stand and a roundabout named after him.

It is almost worth hoping that the Argentine beats Tim Henman in the next round just to see how his countrymen might honour their hero should he win the thing.


Child's play

Andre Agassi has revealed one of the down sides of starting a family.

Agassi and wife Steffi Graf have one child, with another on the way, and the American said he appreciated facing father-of-two Younes El Aynaoui on Saturday on a level playing field.

"You don't have as much time or rest, sometimes the things that do make the difference," he said.

"There's not too many guys that can play that get less sleep than I do. Younes is probably one of them."


Camera shy

Four years ago, all eyes were on Jelena Dokic when she beat then world number one Martina Hingis at the age of 16.

But she had to take second place to another 16-year-old, Maria Sharapova, when they met on Saturday.

Of 29 photographers on Court One, 28 of them had their cameras trained on Sharapova for the entire match.

Dokic, obviously not envious in any way, said: "I beat one of the greatest in the game. That's a little bit different."



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