French Open 2015: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic win in Paris

“You fight, you fight, and then you are reaching the mountain, but you go back and you are again down. Then you fought, you go up. It’s tough. You are there and go again. So when you arrive there, you think about how is going from there to here. So you keep going for one metre more. You need just one metre more.” Francesca Schiavone on her marathon win over Svetlana Kuznetsova, the third longest women’s singles match at Roland Garros.

“Obviously she has given me trouble in the past and she gave me trouble again today. So that kind of sucks.” Fifth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki after her loss to Julia Goerges.

“I had Korean barbeque last night and it was delicious, and I have French toast for breakfast ever morning.” Sloane Stephens details the highlights of he stay in Paris away from the court.

“Maybe in a couple of years I’ll look back and I’ll be like Maria where she felt like, what was it, an ice skating cow or hippo or something.” Madison Keys is struggling for the famous Sharapova description of herself as “a cow on ice” when playing on clay.

“If I decide to play, I hope that one of the two tournaments can grant me a wildcard. I will be very thankful. I will be grateful for that. If not, I will play doubles, I guess. Maybe. Or qualies. Sign up for qualies.” Novak Djokovic sets hearts fluttering at grass-court warm-ups Queen’s and Halle.

“In the world of sport, in the world of football, in the world of tennis, politics, around the world, we need people who are fair and who are ready to work in a good way, being honest. If there are some people that are not being honest with the rest of the people, then they don’t deserve to be where they are. So if that’s what happened on that case with some people of Fifa, it is great news that these people will not be there again.” Rafael Nadal talking about corruption claims made against football’s world governing body, Fifa.

“He’s Australian, they have got everything out there, he is used to it all!” Jamie Murray reacts to doubles partner John Peers’ claim not to have any phobias at all.