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Former women鈥檚 tennis world number one Tracy Austin has admitted she is 鈥渁n offender鈥� when it comes to 鈥榗ollecting鈥� towels from Wimbledon. Top players are becoming known for taking home the official towels from the tournament as mementos.

Tracy said: 鈥淣ovak Djokovic has talked about leaving half a suitcase for the towels that he takes, and he has won over $100 million! It鈥檚 such a commodity in the sport, you need an authentic Wimbledon towel.鈥�

The tournament only gets back a quarter of the 6,000 towels that they produce each year, with players such as Venus Williams admitting owning towels dating back as far as 1997. In an effort to halt a new generation of towel connoisseurs, juniors are now only given plain white towels when they ask for another one.

鈥淵ou鈥檝e got a little bit of Wimbledon back in your home 鈥� and that鈥檚 what鈥檚 so special,鈥� added the former grand slam winner.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Monday 4 July 2016.