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Don't get ahead of yourself?

Above what on Wednesday was the smouldering ruins of this year’s draw, there was a pall, but it was cloud, Wimbledon's permanent canopy, which duly became rain. No single-digit seeds upset, nor was there significant injury, and the only default was a variation on a theme, Frenchman Michael Llodra abandoning his singles campaign to concentrate on doubles. The big names survived, and the long names, also Li Na.

The honour of the courts was restored. Again, Tomic was helpful on this matter, offering an explanation for the rash of stumbles and tumbles. Pros played mostly in the middle of the court, he said, and so when drawn wide are liable to find themselves on a lusher and more slippery surface. That is, the grass is always greener on the outside.

Tomic and Stosur, the remaining Australians, both won comprehensively, in back to back matches on a court that became a temporary Australian enclave, as if London needs another.

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For Stosur and Tomic, it now gets harder, of course. Tomic has Frenchman Richard Gasquet and Stosur gets in-form German Sabine Lisicki. But unlike so many others in this wobbliest of Wimbledons, the Australian pair have kept their feet and their footholds in the tournament.

Now they must keep their heads. “The players that I think don’t get too ahead of themselves, but focus on their matches, have the best chance of winning,” said Tomic. “I think a lot of people were happy when Nadal lost. I think Roger was very happy. I think he got ahead of himself - then things turned around.”