Big guns stay cool in the heat

But Wimbledon's lesser lights struggle in London scorcher

With everyone "feeling hot, hot, hot" at the All England Club on Wednesday, it was little wonder Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams were eager to escape the Wimbledon furnace as quickly as possible.

Spectators sitting under the searing sun on Henman Hill were heard breaking out into the rock anthem that aptly summed up the hottest day of the year in London - with the mercury hitting 34 C.