Sport360's Reem Abulleil is stationed at Wimbledon throughout the tournament and each day will be providing an alternative outlook on the happenings at SW19.
Eugenie Bouchard and twin sister Beatrice were named after Prince Andrew’s daughters.
So you can imagine the Canadian’s excitement when she got to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Wimbledon.
Getting ready to walk onto Court 1 for her quarter-final with Angelique Kerber, Bouchard got a quick glimpse of William and Kate, who were in the Royal Box to catch Andy Murray play Grigor Dimitrov.
“When we walked out, all these security guards rushed over to us and were like ‘nobody move, move your bags to the side, there’s some Royals coming through’.
We’re like, okay,” said Bouchard. “So we were just waiting, and then suddenly William and Kate walk by to go on Centre Court. I was a little bit in awe. That was my Royal sighting of the day.
"It was funny, because we actually walked to our court late because Kate and William had to use that hallway. So it’s funny how Wimbledon does it.”
Take a bow
On Centre Court, Murray had just lost to Dimitrov and they both remembered to bow to the Royals on their way out.
He may have just seen his title defence end abruptly, but Murray made sure to remind Dimitrov they had to bow before leaving the court.
“We spoke about it before the match and we were given the instructions to bow. It used to be a tradition, but now it’s only if there’s royalty in there,” said Murray.
“I made sure to remind him when we were walking off the court, because it was the first time he’s been in the semis of a slam.”
