Wimbledon day 8: Who said what

Key quotes from the eighth day of Wimbledon at the All England Club on Monday:

"First time on this court, five sets against an absolute legend of the game. I grew up five minutes from here, coming to watch matches on this court. It's unbelievable."

-- British wildcard Arthur Fery reflects on his incredible road to the quarter-finals after beating Grigor Dimitrov.

"I'm finding it harder. That's the reality of it. Look, at the end of the day, I've got no other option, right? I'm not going to say, 'I've had enough, I'm hanging up the racquets'. It's fresh now. It hurts like hell. But I'll get back up. I just want it to happen to keep giving me that hope. If not, this is a tough, tough sport to play with no hope."

-- Australian fifth seed Alex De Minaur struggles to find motivation after his fourth round exit against Flavio Cobolli, extending his wait to reach a first Grand Slam semi-final.

"Last year I had problems. This year I have problems. I hope that my dad find the right solution for the next one. My grandfather help us to find a solution for tonight, but we found solution for all the week, I hope. An Italian family give us all the house here in Wimbledon, so it's really cool. I will say thanks to them when I see them."

-- Italy's Flavio Cobolli had to seek new accommodation after the French Open finalist exceeded his expectations with a run to the quarter-finals.

"I've done a lot of very deep work on understanding myself on a very basic human level, understanding where my worth is coming from. It's not coming from being a tennis player. For sure different things happen in life. I can go back into old habits. But I worked really hard not to do it."

-- Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, into the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time, on her journey of self-discovery.

"You could dream about it. It's not everyone plays a quarter-final. I think it's been a while definitely. This is my fourth time fourth round here. Never played a quarter-finals. So yeah, I was thinking maybe this is my chance. Who knows, my last chance. Maybe not, maybe yes. But, yeah, I'm over 30 now. To eventually get it done, play a quarter-finals, is something amazing."

-- Elise Mertens' Wimbledon dream comes true after the 30-year-old Belgian reached the last eight for the first time.

"There are so many positives. One I think is how I've handled pressure. I mean, there's pressure every week, right? Of course, the more you want to win, I think the more kind of like pressure goes along with that. I'm happy with how I faced it head on. I think I kept cool when I needed to control my emotions."

-- Alexandra Eala, the first woman from the Philippines to reach the last 16 at a Grand Slam, was upbeat despite her exit against Jasmine Paolini.

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