Wimbledon's second week starts with the pressure mounting for the reducing number of surviving players and no let-up at all for those who write about their deeds.
Andy Murray is the last British survivor in the men's singles and does not lack for advice from all quarters on how to deal with the renowned service power of his opponent today Ivo Karlovic to decide a quarter final place.
The Daily Mail's version of a scene-setter for the Murray-Karlovic match is that Murray must trump the king of aces in Karlovic and will be facing a "serving storm."
Playing Karlovic is a huge mental challenge
Mike Dickson reported: "Murray, who counts his return of serve among his top attributes, has won all five of their matches. However the tie-break count over their meetings is only 4-3 in his favour so it is easy to see how he could get into trouble were his concentration to slip, as it has briefly done in his second and third rounds."
Murray is trying to reach the quarter-finals in a Grand Slam tournament for the 18th time in a row
His former coach Brad Gilbert said: "Playing Karlovic is a huge mental challenge. I was coaching Andy when they played each other back in 2007... part of the challenge is that you have to accept that some of his serves are unreturnable and not let get that to you too much."
In The Times, Barry Flatman quoted Murray as saying: "I'll need to be very sharp on my returns, just try and find a way to get as many of his serves back in play as possible and then see what happens. Obviously it's going to be a very, very tricky match."
In the Daily Telegraph, Simon Briggs says that Murray was fascinated by a match in Halle two weeks ago when Karlovic broke the ATP record by hitting 45 aces in a single contest.
Murray happened to see the match, and said of it: "They were pretty amazing numbers and everyone was talking about it."
Meanwhile, as Wimbledon starts its second week, it is also time to reflect that both Britain's Heather Watson and James Ward had ground-breaking experiences at The Championships and will return eager for more next year.
Watson said of her match against the top seed Serena Williams: "That was the best atmosphere I've ever played in anywhere. Thr crowd were so loud. To the point of where it hurt my ears.
"It is all positive. I had so many people cheering for me. I really thrive in environments like that.I love playing on the big stages and with lots of people backing me."
