Waving flags and grinning through facepaint, it seemed to be lost on the 7,400 queuing tennis fans that there were just 500 "gold-dust" tickets on offer to gain access to Wimbledon's sacred Centre Court on Tuesday.
Daily results
Daily results
Get all the results from every match played at Wimbledon.
Order of Play
Order of Play
Every day we'll be bringing you the order of play for Wimbledon. Click on the sections below to see who'll be facing who in 2008.
Ashes to return to free-to-air
Ashes series has been put on the list of events whose broadcasting rights should not be given to satellite channels.
Federer wins incredible final
Federer held his nerve in an amazing fifth set to seal a remarkable 5-7 7-6 7-6 3-6 16-14 victory on Centre Court as Roddick's brave resistance was finally broken.
Sport round-up
Federer wins Wimbledon and Serena Williams takes the women's title. Check out all the weekend's sporting action.
Fans applaud Murray
The good news for British tennis is that Andy Murray has probably not yet hit his peak. We talk to fans who say their hero will be back with a vengeance next year.
Ashes to return to free-to-air Ashes series has been put on the list of events whose broadcasting rights should not be given to satellite channels.