So Williams bounded up the stairs that led to the edge of the friends box, embraced her little sister Serena and slapped hands with her clairvoyant father, who was doing a soft-shoe on top of a broadcast booth.
We've seen boxing embrace sub-heavyweight fighters for stretches in the past several decades, be it welterweight and middleweight in the 1980s or welterweight now, but if the sport can embrace men who are outweighed by female supermodels, it'll be a quantum leap for the range of quality match-ups they can enjoy.
Williams sat staring into the distance as Stosur climbed into her guest box to embrace her relatives and friends.
He later made his way to the players box to embrace his family, friends and extensive support team, including his coach, Ivan Lendl.
Williams, repeating "oh my God, oh my God, oh my God," to herself, then ran to her box to embrace her family and friends as Azarenka covered her face with a towel.
He climbed into the box to embrace his girlfriend, Kim Sears, and the rest of his team, as well as his dad, Willie, and, longest of all, his mum, Judy, perhaps the biggest influence on his interesting life.
A joyous Mauresmo, tears in her eyes, fell to her knees in her moment of triumph and then clambered up to the VIP box to embrace her coach Loic Courteau after beating the Belgian for the second time this year in a grand-slam final.
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When the stunned 15th seed rose to her feet, she celebrated by climbing to the players' box to embrace family and friends.
"As the 26-year-old Scot climbed up into the competitors' box to embrace his nearest and dearest, the Wimbledon trophy glistened in the sunshine below," writes Steven Howard.
