Wimbledon: First pics from Champions Dinner (social media)

Judy Murray and Marion Bartoli pose at the Champion's dinner. Marion went for a short grayish dress, high heels, instead of the white gown she tried out this afternoon. 

Cinderella? #WimbledonBall pic.twitter.com/9P4tr1lLh9
— judy murray (@judmoo) July 7, 2013

Ivan Lendl in full smile mode with "Wimblemum" Judy Murray

Ladies' Doubles champions China's Su-Wei Hsieh and Shuai Peng

Rod Laver and Paul McNamee looking dapper.

Brazil's Bruno Soares, finalist in Mixed Doubles.

Mixed Doubles Champion Kristina Mladenovic with her brother

Andy Murray holds the yrophy aloft at the Champions Dinner...the 77 year wait is over pic.twitter.com/FbknN7Indz
— Paul McNamee (@PaulFMcNamee) July 7, 2013

All cleaned up for the @wimbledon champions ball. We're jetting back home to Miami this morning for some R&R. ✈ http://t.co/oyOhineJBM
— Bob Bryan (@Bryanbros) July 8, 2013

Images via McNamee and Judy Murray's Twitter; Bruno Soares's Instagram 

WIMBLEDON: Kate and Will watch Federer's quarters match

Will and Kate arrive at the royal box (Photo: Matthias Hangst/AELTC)

The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge are in Wimbledon watching the quarterfinals match between Roger Federer and Mikhail Youzhny. Prince William and Kate Middleton were given a loud ovation as they took their seats in the Royal Box ahead of the match. 

Last week, Prince Charles returned to Wimbledon for the first time since 1970, and got to watch Roger Federer defeat Fabio Fognini. Kate's sister Pippa Middleton has also been at the All England Club during the Championships. 

The Duchess is wearing the same Alexander McQueen's dress (Photo: Matthias Hangst/AELTC)

Next on Centre Court, Will and Kate will cheer for Britain's Andy Murray who is set to play against Spain's David Ferrer. They were also in Wimbledon last year to applaud Britain's number 1 tennis player.

Tennis legends couple Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf are also at Centre Court to check out Today's matches. England football manager Roy Hodgson, Rod Laver and Richard Krajicek are some other guests attending Federer's match.

Richard Krajicek and Rod Laver watch Federer (Photo: Matthias Hangst/AELTC)

Roy Hodgson chats in the Royal Box ( Photo: Matthias Hangst/AELTC)

Two Wimbledon Champions, Agassi and Graf (Photo: Thomas Lovelock/AELTC)

All images via Wimbledon's Facebook and Twitter

Roland Garros: Excitement grows as players practice in Paris

Roland Garros 2012 is just around the corner, and the word in Paris is practice, practice, practice. The motivation and excitement around the second Grand Slam of the year is so high, making us believe that players DO know the meaning of the Nike ad, which says: "Think training's hard? Try losing."

Yep, nobody wants to lose and the competition is tight! Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka are battling for the top positions in the WTA ranking. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have a competition of their own for the Tennis nº 2 ATP position, even if their goal actually is to leapfrog Novak Djokovic. On the other hand, the Serbian is competing with himself for the "Novak Slam". He could become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win four consecutive slams in a row, if he takes the title at Roland Garros. 

The stakes are high but everyone is having fun, as you can see from the photos and videos shot in the lovely city of Paris (Credits: All by FFT/Roland Garros, except for Federer's photo with the poster, which is from his FB page).