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ATPWorldTour.com takes a look at the news and talking points at Wimbledon on the second Wednesday.

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Royal Presence At SW19
A week on from HRH The Prince of Wales’ visit to the All England Club, HRH The Duke & HRH The Duchess of Cambridge were guests in the Royal Box on Wednesday to witness the men’s quarter-final action. They first watched Roger Federer in a ruthless dismissal of Mikhail Youzhny and afterwards met the six-time Wimbledon champion.

"Royals coming out, I think it's inspiring believe it or not," said Federer. "It's great for the event. It's great for Wimbledon. It's great for the club. It's great for the players. I did meet them. I met Kate for the first time. William I've met again after Australia. They were very nice, very friendly. I was very happy to meet them. Had a bit of a chat. What exactly, it's not so important I don't think. But it was a nice conversation."

Youzhny Looks For Inspiration
Youzhny won only five games in his quarter-final defeat to Federer on Wednesday, falling to a 0-14 record against the Swiss. At one point, the Russian was seen calling out to Andre Agassi in the Royal Box for inspiration. Two other former champions, Richard Krajicek and Rod Laver were also in attendance.

"I think he was talking to Agassi," said Federer. "That's what Andre told me afterwards. I did see him afterwards. It's nice to see some legends coming back to follow us.

"Anyway, just jokes. Mikhail is a great guy. He's always a great fight out there. You could see it with his outbursts, trying to get some energy going and just getting pumped up a bit. Then at times when things are not going so well, he takes it easy, too, which is great to see. We got along very well. It was pretty funny, him speaking to the Royal Box, I thought."

Murray Mania Grips The Queue
Some hardy fans queued for almost 100 hours to watch Andy Murray compete against David Ferrer on Centre Court in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Five hundred tickets were available on the gate on Wednesday morning, with fans arriving in the queue as early as 8pm on Saturday evening, before Murray had even finished his third-round match with Marcos Baghdatis.

Roof Construction Disrupts Perry’s Ashes
The Telegraph revealed on Wednesday that during the construction of the Centre Court roof, Fred Perry’s ashes had to be moved into air-conditioned storage in the Wimbledon museum. The 1936 champion’s ashes are beneath his statue near Gate 5, but were temporarily moved in 2008.

"'When the roof project came to be planned, it was realised that we were going to need four exceedingly large cranes and Fred was lying right where one of those cranes had to go,' said Ashley Jones, commercial manager at Wimbledon.

"'The club approached his family and they agreed to allow him to be removed from the ground and put into the museum’s air conditioned storage.'"

Murray As Mayweather?
Asked in his BBC Sport column to liken the Top 4 players to stars from the boxing world, past or present, World No. 4 Murray responded: "I'd say Roger Federer would be like Sugar Ray Leonard, renowned for his style. Rafael Nadal would be like Manny Pacquiao; ferocious, powerful and relentless. Novak Djokovic would be like Roberto Duran; as tough and versatile as they come. I'll pick Floyd Mayweather for myself; he's my favourite boxer to watch."

Who We Saw
The Royal Box on Centre Court was a who’s who of royalty, sportsmen and celebrities on Wednesday. Joining The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Agassi, Krajicek and Laver were other former players Jonas Bjorkman, Peter Fleming, Tim Henman, Todd Martin, Mark Philippoussis, Ion Tiriac and Pam Shriver on her 50th birthday. England football manager Roy Hodgson also enjoyed the action, as did television personalities Des Lynam and Sir Michael Parkinson.