The Royal Box is reserved for members of the Royal Family - represented on Day 5 by the Earl of St Andrews, the son of The All England Club’s former President, HRH The Duke of Kent, accompanied by his daughter Lady Amelia Windsor - as well as luminaries from all walks of life who are a source of inspiration and positive contributors to society.

Several of Chairman Ian Hewitt’s guests had a particular affinity with celestial gatherings.

Most obviously, scientist and ‘Sky at Night’ presenter Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, who is not just an expert in eyeing tiny orbs that dart across the sky - useful when Stefanos Tsitsipas's forehand is on song - but also the author of a book called Am I Made of Stardust?, which sounds like required reading for brilliant young players reaching peak form.

Hola Carlos Alcaraz!

On top of the customary three-match programme, Dr Aderin-Pocock might have described the thrilling addition of Andy Murray’s unfinished match against Tsitsipas as a veritable ‘apparition’ - the technical term, apparently, for the unexpected appearance of a comet still blazing its trail.

To be honest, it was tennis star-gazers’ delight to observe Murray and his old Fab Four/Five foes, Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka on the same court within a few hours.

Then there was starmaker supreme The Rt Hon The Lord Lloyd Webber, whose many musical compositions for theatre have not only won multiple Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony awards, but propelled their performers into the nation’s heart.

And saxophonist and broadcaster YolanDa Brown, who was awarded an OBE this year for services to music, music education and broadcasting, and a touchstone for any players tempted to add a bit of improv to their game on the grass.

Wimbledon champions often refer to Centre Court as their living room. Today, it boasted an imaginary music system in the presence of Simon Le Bon, the very sighting of whom gets all those catchy Duran Duran tunes spinning around your head.

There was Andy ‘Hungry Like the Wolf’ Murray… followed by ‘Her name is Iga and she dances on the grass’.

Monitoring the competitive dynamics with an expert athlete's eye were nine-time Ladies’ Singles Champion Martina Navratilova and the 1998 Gentlemen’s Doubles Champions Paul Haarhuis and Jacco Eltingh, as well as golfers Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood, and Judith Barnard Lee, Ladies' Captain, Royal Wimbledon Golf Club.

Amid tennis dignatories from the LTA, USTA and Tennis Australia, TV personalities enjoyed lunch, afternoon tea and a drink at the Clubhouse, including chef Marcus Wareing and actor and comedian Alexander Armstrong.

In the nicest possible way, Armstrong, the host of BBC One’s quiz Pointless, must have approached his day at Wimbledon with a brain reset. In Pointless, zero points is the optimum score while Alcaraz, Muller, Murray, Tsitsipas, Swiatek, Martic, Wawrinka and Djokovic were in the business of point accumulation.

For efficiency on that score, look no further than John Feaver. Until 1997, the former British No.1 and Manager of the Last 8 Club held the record for serving the most aces (42) in a single Wimbledon match, achieved against John Newcombe in 1974.

Other influential invitees included Andrew Georgiou, President of Sport, Discovery channel, and Burke Magnus, President, Programming & Original Content, ESPN, in recognition of the importance of television in broadcasting the daily history-creating storylines from the All England Club.

Also present on this, the hottest day so far of The Championships were: Nicholas Bitel, Trustee of the Wimbledon Foundation, CEO of the London Marathon and Chair of the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency; Andy Roe, Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade; Sir Ronald Hampel, All England Club Vice-President, who was knighted in 1995 for services to the chemical industry and Tom Ilube, Chairman of the Rugby Football Union.

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