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about those two. Boris will be staying with us because soon the | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
players will be walking onto the Centre Court. Over the years we have | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
seen the giants of the game, as Eddie Butler describes. | :00:07. | :00:15. | |
There is no hiding place, simply giants on a postage stamp stage. | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
Every bead of sweat seen. The drop shot. Every blur other winner slowed | :00:21. | :00:32. | |
to slow motion. Two giants at full speed, at full stretch, stretch of | :00:33. | :00:40. | |
limb, every sound court, amplified in the amphitheatre. Two Giants | :00:41. | :00:49. | |
pushed in the pores, the held breath of silent Centre Court | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
concentration. Giants as a feuding couple, their place in the panty and | :00:55. | :01:03. | |
reinforced by their final. Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, McEnroe, Jimmy | :01:04. | :01:14. | |
Connors. The giants who bestrode their age, Fred Perry, Rod Laver, | :01:15. | :01:22. | |
the expressionless Bjorn Borg, the theatrical Boris Becker, the | :01:23. | :01:29. | |
undemonstrative Pete Sampras, the one Arthur Ashe, I will let my | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
racket do the talking, and how that racket spoke on his day. And in a | :01:35. | :01:47. | |
new century, the Federer Nadal final... The Andy Murray moment. | :01:48. | :01:57. | |
COMMENTATOR: The waiting is over! Giants adorned by the accessories of | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
their craft, punks modelling on the catwalk. 'S winners of their catgut | :02:03. | :02:11. | |
must have tight strong light sabres, two Giants heated to boiling point, | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
picked clean by the vulture of pressure. Exposed. There is no | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
hiding place. Two Giants soaring on the thermal, rising to the occasion. | :02:24. | :02:41. | |
Two Giants. One champion. SUE BARKER: It gets the hairs on the | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
back of the neck up. This tournament has such great tradition and | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
history. Yes, you really feel it. I'm standing next to one of the guys | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
who created so much history on this Centre Court. Well, I call it my | :02:56. | :03:03. | |
living room. Pete Sampras stole the keys! It is the place I love playing | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
my most important events and I will cherish it for ever. Whenever I come | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
back to the club, I feel I am 17, 18, nothing has changed. It is a | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
magical feeling down here, isn't it? There has been the excitement | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
growing, and obviously with it being the first match today starting at | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
two o'clock, everyone is in their seats early. We have an amazing | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
turnout in the royal box today, which Boris is a part of as well so | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
that brings even more expectation, excitement. Then players coming out | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
very shortly. It is such a magical day, but for the players now getting | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
ready, Andy knows all about it. Milos Raonic doesn't know, it is all | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
new. And it is slightly different getting ready not just for your | :03:56. | :03:58. | |
first Grand Slam final but for a final at Wimbledon and this is what | :03:59. | :04:06. | |
you dream of. Walking out in the All-England Club, playing for that | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
great trophy. There is Chrissie Evert in the royal box, and tennis | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
royalty there, Stefan Edberg. Everyone taking their seats. Someone | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
I shared three Wimbledon finals with. Here comes the Duke and | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
Duchess of Cambridge as well, making their way into the royal box. And | :04:24. | :04:30. | |
getting a big loud cheer. There is Andy with Jamie Delgado, making his | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
way back to the locker room I guess, just get the bag ready. Yes, | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
downstairs is the warm up area where they will have been getting the | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
early nerves out of their legs. The anticipation again, one last chat | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
with his coaches, then he will be making the walk along the corridor | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
with Raonic, following the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge onto the Centre | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
Court. Just like any other day! Just one coat allowed in the locker room, | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
so Carlos Moya is the one who has been in his corner this fortnight. | :05:08. | :05:15. | |
Yes, is -- as much as we love John, we should give Carlos a lot of | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
credit. These guys grounded Raonic over the last couple of years. The | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
question is always who gets all the credit, but at the end of the day it | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
is about the player. The player is picking his team. He knows his team, | :05:31. | :05:39. | |
everyone has different roles. If you have the last guy telling your man | :05:40. | :05:43. | |
what to do, you had better be right because there will be a fight | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
afterwards! We have seen the Duke and Duchess taking their place on | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
Centre Court, many famous faces, all of those enjoying the action | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
happening on Henman Hill. They certainly play their part. The scene | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
is set, but can Andy Murray win a second Wimbledon title and continue | :06:05. | :06:05. | |
his incredible sporting story? The crowd rose to Andy Murray, first | :06:06. | :06:29. | |
Wimbledon, first major. What a debut. | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
What a performance from the massive man from Dunblane! I'm going to try | :06:37. | :06:49. | |
this and it's not going to be easy. The support has been incredible so | :06:50. | :07:04. | |
thank you. The wait is over! SUE BARKER: It is the ever-changing | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
face, physique and emotions of Andy Murray over those years. Very much | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
so, we were reflecting on it that Andy was baby faced at 19, ended up | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
losing in five sets to Nalbandian. In the context of Boris, he had won | :07:20. | :07:26. | |
it twice by benzoate is unbelievable but he has come such a long way. The | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
biggest turning point was when you made him cry in 2012 after he lost | :07:32. | :07:38. | |
the final to Federer. This is the moment, this is when the nerves kick | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
in, the excitement and anticipation. Yes, this is when it sets in now, | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
you are about to make the traditional walk through the | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
All-England Club, through the members' area, past the royal box, | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
downstairs. Then you get told to wait for a few minutes before you go | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
out. It is the history and tradition of doing it, and it is when the | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
nerves set in. Even though your walk was shorter. I didn't have the | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
beautiful Ali and the history before me. But you still had to walk past | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
the trophy. Those moments took for ever, you're ready to go out, then | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
you had to wait until obviously everybody was ready for it. Those | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
are the moment afterwards that you cherish because it is | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
once-in-a-lifetime. This is what makes Wimbledon so special, moments | :08:36. | :08:42. | |
like this. Yes, led by the club coach, whose responsibility is | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
getting the players on Centre Court on time and it looks like he's doing | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
a good job today. Coming down the steps, going underneath the famous | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
Kipling quote, then out towards the doors of Centre Court. It is | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
something that Andy Murray has dealt with so well, all of the pressure | :09:03. | :09:08. | |
and expectation, hasn't he, Boris? That is the moment I was dreading, | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
the few seconds you have to wait. He didn't trip, everything is ready, | :09:13. | :09:14. | |
here we go. Wow! That was some welcome, wasn't | :09:15. | :09:55. | |
it? Although it is a very international crowd on Centre Court, | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
you just know that probably 80% of going to be behind Andy, is that | :10:02. | :10:05. | |
going to be a factor? I think it will be, if he can use that positive | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
energy, especially at the start of the match, he will have to try to | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
serve as well as he possibly can to get his teeth into the match. I love | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
the way Andy has gone about it, he has really stuck to his game plan. | :10:19. | :10:25. | |
When he was in trouble against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, he really used | :10:26. | :10:29. | |
the crowd. That is what John has been telling Milos to do, use the | :10:30. | :10:34. | |
crowd to fire himself up. His problem is that he gets to bottled | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
in, he does not use the crowd to his advantage, and John as one of the | :10:40. | :10:43. | |
experts of doing that. In the Federer match, but also the round of | :10:44. | :10:49. | |
16 match against Goffin, he was able to show a different character that | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
we have not seen from Raonic before, and that is the reason he is in the | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
final today. It is tough for all the family. It is definitely when you | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
are not able to do anything, it will be a nervous time for the whole | :11:05. | :11:07. | |
team. You are being generous to the Raonic team, saying they will have | :11:08. | :11:17. | |
20%. Probably 20, not 20%! It is an international crowd here. It is, but | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
this is the home tournament for Andy Murray, and over the years, with the | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
history and experience, I am sure the crowd will be massively behind | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
him. We don't get many days like this, Andy going through his final | :11:33. | :11:38. | |
preparations, his mum Judy is courtside, what a great job she has | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
done with both Andy and his brother, Jamie. They are coming out for the | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
coin toss, being done by an 11-year-old from tooting, he is | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
representing Jigsaw, which helps children and young people through | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
trauma, loss and bereavement. He said, I put my hand over my mouth | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
and started screaming when I was told I was doing the coin toss, I | :12:02. | :12:06. | |
was so exhilarated. This is your big moment, Youssef, do it well. Heads | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
has been called, it is heads. Very well done. Certainly a lot of spin | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
on that coin toss, he has done his job! So what would you do if you are | :12:17. | :12:23. | |
Andy Murray, would you make Milos server first? Possibly, I did that | :12:24. | :12:29. | |
when I played, return of serve was my biggest strength, and if he can | :12:30. | :12:32. | |
break serve early in the first couple of games, it could open the | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
match wide open. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure Milos would have | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
wanted to serve first as well. A little bit of sunshine breaking | :12:43. | :12:46. | |
through, I am delighted to say. When we were up and Henman Hill, we had a | :12:47. | :12:51. | |
few spots of rain, but luckily the roof is open, and play is under way. | :12:52. | :12:57. | |
And, Boris, in this match, Milos just has to believe that he can win, | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
and that is so much easier said than done. If you show your opponent in a | :13:03. | :13:07. | |
major final but you are not sure, you are lacking in confidence, you | :13:08. | :13:11. | |
are not going to win anyway. It does not mean, just because you are | :13:12. | :13:15. | |
aggressive, you are going to win, but that is the first step in the | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
right direction. Obviously, you have to back it up with the right tennis, | :13:20. | :13:23. | |
but you have to be so mentally tough and believe at all times that you | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
are going to win, even though it does not look like it. And also, as | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
far as Milos is concerned, he has been coming in a lot, showing he is | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
moving forward so much better. Have you been impressed with his | :13:38. | :13:41. | |
serve-volley? Very much so, if you are coming in behind a 140 mph | :13:42. | :13:48. | |
serve, you might not think it is difficult, but was has impressed me, | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
his balance has been good for a big guy, his technique at the net has | :13:53. | :13:56. | |
improved, and he will reflect a lot on the final at Queen's. For a set | :13:57. | :14:03. | |
and a half, up 3-0, he played fantastic, and he will be saying to | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
himself, that worked well, that is what I have got to repeat, and I | :14:08. | :14:10. | |
think the biggest challenge is whether he can do it for three out | :14:11. | :14:14. | |
of five sets. He did it for a set and a half, then his level dropped, | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
Murray got better. So whether he can win through in five-setter is what | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
we are waiting to see. He said that about the Federer match, he | :14:25. | :14:27. | |
hesitated a little bit, let Federer back in, he said, I cannot do that, | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
I have to stay aggressive. After winning the first set, he took his | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
foot off the pedal, but Milos hunter, he could easily have gone | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
away during that fourth set, down 2-1, facing quite a lot of break | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
points, but he came up big in the fall set and played some of his best | :14:46. | :14:50. | |
tennis in the fifth. That is the thing with best of five, you cannot | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
be at your best all the time, and when you are on the losing side, you | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
have to pick your spot, when you relax, you cannot play 100% all the | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
time. Important is the beginning and then after each set, start fresh and | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
full of confidence. As far as Andy is concerned, he has got to take | :15:11. | :15:16. | |
risks as well. He knows there will be few opportunities, he has to | :15:17. | :15:20. | |
accept there will be as is flying past him, but when you get a look at | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
second serve, that is where he has got to be aggressive, get into the | :15:25. | :15:30. | |
baseline exchanges, try to exploit Raonic's lack of movement. He knows | :15:31. | :15:33. | |
he will have to play very, very well. And with the tag of favourite | :15:34. | :15:38. | |
now, not facing Djokovic of Federer, it is a different Grand Slam final. | :15:39. | :15:45. | |
It is a different situation, being the favourite, that is something new | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
for Andy, coping with that expectation, let's see how the match | :15:50. | :15:53. | |
starts. I am intrigued to see the first set, that could tell us a lot. | :15:54. | :15:59. | |
As far as Andy's game is concerned, he has so many shots, he can have | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
many plans. 100% right, he can come out and be aggressive at the start, | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
and if he is not feeling it, he is one of the best counter punches the | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
game has seen, he loves having a target as Milos is coming in but | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
does not have enough depth and width. There are a lot of options, I | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
think at the start he has to try to be aggressive himself, though, and | :16:25. | :16:27. | |
that doesn't mean coming into the net, but trying to dictate play, | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
leading Raonic get the first hit in. Jamie Hanley Ivan, who has got his | :16:33. | :16:42. | |
game face on! -- Jamie and. The has to be aggressive, Andy, he has to | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
try and get on the second serve. -- he has. One of the most impressive | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
things about Andy over the last three months is is consistency of | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
play, and it goes back to the clay-court season from Monte Carlo | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
onwards. He was in the final of Madrid, won Rome, Roland Garros, | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
Queen's. They have not been the peaks and rough that we have | :17:08. | :17:10. | |
sometimes seen in the past, and that level of consistency is important to | :17:11. | :17:14. | |
get off to a positive start and try to get Raonic on the blackboard. And | :17:15. | :17:17. | |
Milos is chasing history, pressure on him to be the first Canadian to | :17:18. | :17:25. | |
win a Grand Slam. That is a nice type of pressure, the first time for | :17:26. | :17:29. | |
him, and he would not look at it this way, he is really riding high, | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
his is a success story. He was dreaming as a little boy to win | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
Wimbledon, and for him to reach it at 25, at the right age, I don't | :17:39. | :17:45. | |
think physically he is struggling to match with the five sets. I think he | :17:46. | :17:50. | |
is in a perfect scenario to create history. He would become the first | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
non-European to win Wimbledon since you won in 2002! There have been a | :17:56. | :18:00. | |
few good Europeans, that is for sure, a lot of the same guys have | :18:01. | :18:05. | |
held up the trophy! As far as Milos is concerned, he has got all the | :18:06. | :18:08. | |
weapons, but it is about staying with Murray early on. The key is the | :18:09. | :18:15. | |
bread and butter, holding serve. He cannot lose serve early. Once Murray | :18:16. | :18:19. | |
gets the break, it will be difficult. For him, he has to hold | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
serve, get to the tie-breaker if he cannot break serve, take it from | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
there. We look at the head to head, it is 6-3 in favour of Murray, and | :18:29. | :18:36. | |
he won, much closer than the score suggested, as Tim said, at Queen's. | :18:37. | :18:40. | |
When you look at the head to head, Murray as won the last five, but | :18:41. | :18:44. | |
there are two ways to put pressure on the serve, and we think about | :18:45. | :18:49. | |
great returners, but with such a big weapon of a serve, if you are | :18:50. | :18:53. | |
continuously holding serve, your opponent thinks, if I lose it once, | :18:54. | :18:58. | |
that is the set over, so that has got to be, as late and nearly gets | :18:59. | :19:01. | |
one in the back from Raonic, that is what he has to focus on first and | :19:02. | :19:10. | |
foremost. -- Lleyton This final has got so much, the big server against | :19:11. | :19:13. | |
the great defender, the great returner, classic matches. It is a | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
great matchplay scenario, what we are used to, Agassi against even | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
easier rich, everyone loves the complete package of a tennis match, | :19:24. | :19:28. | |
and we have got that today. As far as Andy is concerned, he is much | :19:29. | :19:32. | |
better physically than when he won in 2013. He is better in every area, | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
he has the experience of that day playing in the Wimbledon final, | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
having not won, the enormous pressure, he has played in so many | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
slam finals, even after his back operation he is in great shape | :19:48. | :19:49. | |
physically. I think all those elements will come together and get | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
a second Wimbledon title. A winner, one name each. Andy. Murray. Murray. | :19:55. | :20:03. | |
Thank you for joining us, Tim and Lleyton make their way to the | :20:04. | :20:09. | |
commentary box, will this be another triumphant day for British port and | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
Andy Murray? Sit back in the company of Tim, Lleyton and Andrew Castle. | :20:15. | :20:20. | |
Thank you very much indeed, the roof opens so we have the proper | :20:21. | :20:23. | |
conclusion to the outdoor tournament. Spitting with rain | :20:24. | :20:28. | |
earlier today, but at the moment it is set fair, very nice to see a | :20:29. | :20:33. | |
little bit of blue sky above Milos Raonic, he won the toss, he is going | :20:34. | :20:38. | |
to serve. Andy Murray is one of the best returners in the game, he is | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
making Raonic weight in his first few minutes, so important, | :20:43. | :20:47. | |
particularly for Raonic, to settle down. Stalking around the baseline | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
in front of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Prime Minister, | :20:53. | :20:54. | |
president of all the tennis federations from around the world, | :20:55. | :20:57. | |
so many dignitaries. Here comes Murray. | :20:58. | :21:01. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Taking his time! | :21:02. | :21:10. | |
So here he goes, he wanted to serve first, a first Grand Slam final four | :21:11. | :21:18. | |
Milos Raonic. Watch this delivery. He is in the lead. A great statement | :21:19. | :21:59. | |
as well, first point, great return, looking to come forward. | :22:00. | :22:17. | |
Raonic has served at 140 mph in this tournament, that was against Roger | :22:18. | :22:24. | |
Federer, and the blood certainly causing around his system at the | :22:25. | :22:29. | |
moment, he has opened up with two 139 mph deliveries. | :22:30. | :23:23. | |
17 shots, number 16 caught the top of the net and just tested Raonic a | :23:24. | :23:44. | |
little bit there, stayed on his toes. | :23:45. | :23:58. | |
And that is some strong numbers, and excellent service game, a fine hold | :23:59. | :24:09. | |
to settle him down. That was OK. It was exactly what he was after, he | :24:10. | :24:14. | |
came out wanting to serve first. Andy Murray played a great first | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
point, and he responded. He is going to have to serve really well today, | :24:20. | :24:23. | |
but because Murray is such a good return, he will have to mix-up is | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
serve, he cannot get too predictable, even with that first | :24:29. | :24:34. | |
serve at that pace. Looking at Raonic's numbers, he serves 69% | :24:35. | :24:39. | |
first serves in the court in his first six rounds. Serving 140 mph | :24:40. | :24:47. | |
plus, making nearly seven out of ten - if those numbers stay like that, | :24:48. | :24:50. | |
that is when it can get difficult for Murray. | :24:51. | :26:45. | |
And there is the shot that has changed more than any other over the | :26:46. | :27:02. | |
years. The willingness to take it on, Tim. I think that's a technique | :27:03. | :27:11. | |
that Ivan Lendl has had an impact in, when the shoulder pulls off too | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
early, staying right through the shot and finding his target. | :27:16. | :27:36. | |
First serves every step of the way. There is Mac doing what he does | :27:37. | :27:50. | |
best. This will be interesting, does he go into the body like he did | :27:51. | :27:52. | |
against Federer a bit? He took a bit of that first serve. | :27:53. | :28:13. | |
Andy had a good hit at it as well, and Milos came up with a lucky | :28:14. | :28:15. | |
mis-hit volley. He hits from a peak of around about | :28:16. | :28:38. | |
3.8 metres or so, 40 or 50 centimetres higher the ball comes | :28:39. | :28:43. | |
down from compared to the Andy Murray delivery. | :28:44. | :29:26. | |
Well, he's looking a little pushy. The approach there wasn't good | :29:27. | :29:37. | |
enough, went straight back to him in the first volley and gave him | :29:38. | :29:42. | |
another shot. Andy Murray is not always interested in getting the | :29:43. | :29:48. | |
passing volley on the first ball, almost always interested in getting | :29:49. | :29:55. | |
the second shot. Now that was the body serve and Murray was ready. | :29:56. | :29:58. | |
That was an interesting confrontation. | :29:59. | :30:05. | |
These are rare moments against Raonic, or they can be. He has only | :30:06. | :30:15. | |
lost his serve on five occasions in 23 sets coming into this match. | :30:16. | :30:46. | |
That forehand! And what of the kicking Mule of the serve into the | :30:47. | :30:59. | |
corner as well. The first Israeli to ever win a Grand Slam, the man | :31:00. | :31:01. | |
clapping, big supporter. It has been a great response so far. | :31:02. | :31:41. | |
First mini question being asked at break point, second serve, gets it | :31:42. | :31:43. | |
back to his game point. Talked about all the different match | :31:44. | :32:17. | |
ups on the different tactics, I guess one we didn't talk about was | :32:18. | :32:22. | |
the straight knockout. Write down the middle! This is his delivery, | :32:23. | :32:30. | |
the fastest serve of the tournament, 144 against Federer. Most aces in | :32:31. | :32:34. | |
the tournament, 137 coming into this. Just show me, point out some | :32:35. | :32:40. | |
of the things on this delivery which are good. For starters, he's such a | :32:41. | :32:47. | |
big guy which makes it easy to hit it, but he has a good old toss. He | :32:48. | :32:52. | |
has the same ball toss for all of his serves as well so as a return it | :32:53. | :32:57. | |
is difficult to anticipate which spot he will hit. Good knee bend and | :32:58. | :33:02. | |
straight up, attacking the ball, hitting it at the highest point of | :33:03. | :33:08. | |
contact. 3.8 metres is where he makes contact most of the time. So | :33:09. | :33:12. | |
much power coming through your legs, but we know that in any sport, golf | :33:13. | :33:19. | |
for example, tension is a killer. If you are gripping the racket or the | :33:20. | :33:27. | |
golf club types, is not good. The wrist is ready to snap at the top, | :33:28. | :33:30. | |
generate so much power. Half an hour ago I didn't think we | :33:31. | :33:59. | |
would be talking about the sun causing problems. Now, certainly is. | :34:00. | :34:17. | |
The northern end of the court where Murray is playing from, there is | :34:18. | :34:22. | |
definitely a little bit of a breeze coming down the court. Murray taking | :34:23. | :34:29. | |
a lot of his first serve there, only 90 mph. | :34:30. | :35:00. | |
That's a smart shot, the change of pace backhand. He's a big guy, he | :35:01. | :35:08. | |
has got to bend a long way to get under the ball to try to hit | :35:09. | :35:11. | |
top-spin on it. Once again, Murray rolling the | :35:12. | :35:29. | |
serving with good strength, but not an enormous mileage per hour. He has | :35:30. | :35:32. | |
only missed one first serve so far. If you were going to talk about one | :35:33. | :36:01. | |
specific weakness in Murray's game, you would look towards the second | :36:02. | :36:06. | |
serve. I think it will be an interesting tactic that Murray wants | :36:07. | :36:14. | |
to keep his high percentage at 85% first serves so Raonic doesn't get a | :36:15. | :36:16. | |
look at the second serve. Tim is 100% right because that | :36:17. | :36:40. | |
semifinal in Australia earlier this year, from the start Milos tried to | :36:41. | :36:47. | |
use this big forehand return on Andy's second serve. That got into | :36:48. | :36:53. | |
the situation where he was two sets to one up. I think that's why Andy | :36:54. | :37:00. | |
is trying to take pace off and choose his spots, not giving him a | :37:01. | :37:01. | |
look at his second serves. Settling in nicely for this Men's | :37:02. | :37:20. | |
Singles final, just the single break point. To Andy Murray in Raonic's | :37:21. | :37:29. | |
last service game, well saved with a big second serve. Football | :37:30. | :37:33. | |
championships later this evening to look forward to, we have golf next | :37:34. | :37:36. | |
week. Love summer. It's also interesting that mindset | :37:37. | :38:51. | |
when Murray had of the break point in the last game, how he views that | :38:52. | :38:57. | |
because he can say, that's good, I'm creating opportunities, but on the | :38:58. | :39:01. | |
other side of the kind you can say, that is frustrating, I didn't take | :39:02. | :39:03. | |
my chance. Andy Murray has been most people's | :39:04. | :39:23. | |
pick since the beginning of the tournament, even more so when Novak | :39:24. | :39:27. | |
Djokovic went and in round three. Yours as well? Yeah, he was, and it | :39:28. | :39:36. | |
was a highly scientific reason... What was it? I will tell you what it | :39:37. | :39:40. | |
was, I texted Andy before the tournament to say, good luck and | :39:41. | :39:44. | |
have a great fortnight, and seven out of ten you do not get a reply, | :39:45. | :39:52. | |
he is a busy boy, but... He doesn't reply to you?! But he got back and | :39:53. | :39:56. | |
said, thanks, I have got a good feeling about this, with a little | :39:57. | :40:02. | |
fist pump. He never says things like that, and I thought, wow, he is in a | :40:03. | :40:06. | |
good place, he has been playing well, he fancies his chances. We | :40:07. | :40:11. | |
would all like to wish the very best, and if he wins, | :40:12. | :40:15. | |
congratulations, so what is his mobile number?! Becker and Edberg | :40:16. | :40:24. | |
there, 1988, 1989, 1990, they shed three finals, and there is a lot of | :40:25. | :40:30. | |
talking. Nicola Sturgeon as well, the First Minister of Scotland, the | :40:31. | :40:33. | |
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. Roy | :40:34. | :40:41. | |
Anderson, Neil Fraser, a couple of the Aussie greats. That is what | :40:42. | :40:46. | |
really makes this tournament so special, I think, the opportunity to | :40:47. | :40:50. | |
come out and play on one of the biggest stages in the sporting | :40:51. | :40:51. | |
world. If there is a time when the tennis | :40:52. | :42:54. | |
balls are going to be a little bit easier to return, on this enormous | :42:55. | :43:00. | |
Raonic Raonic, it will be the last game before they get changed, and | :43:01. | :43:06. | |
that is this game here. -- this enormous Raonic serve. | :43:07. | :43:19. | |
Well, both guys have had a really solid start to this match, only the | :43:20. | :43:25. | |
one half chance for Andy Murray, break point, receiving down the same | :43:26. | :43:27. | |
and that he is now. -- same end. That was the volley that he missed | :43:28. | :43:44. | |
out Queen's Club, just going behind his man. It was called in, but he | :43:45. | :43:50. | |
challenged it. Remember it's changed the momentum, because he was a set | :43:51. | :43:54. | |
and a break up in the final of Queen's against Murray. | :43:55. | :44:07. | |
Warming up! I wonder if we will see 150 today, we could do. | :44:08. | :44:22. | |
It is a way, Raonic trying to dance around his backhand to get the big | :44:23. | :45:06. | |
forehand into play. Oh boy, oh boy, that was a bit of a | :45:07. | :45:54. | |
bluff. He would love to have that one over again, the backhand went to | :45:55. | :46:00. | |
such a solid pass by Andy Murray, just over hitting that one, two | :46:01. | :46:07. | |
break points, he has ads second serves on both of them. -- he has | :46:08. | :46:09. | |
had. Oh, this time! | :46:10. | :46:47. | |
UMPIRE: New balls, please. 25 minutes played in this men's | :46:48. | :47:05. | |
singles final at Wimbledon, first break to Murray. Interesting tactic | :47:06. | :47:10. | |
from Raonic, both break points, the approach down the middle, trying to | :47:11. | :47:15. | |
give Murray no angle on the passing shot, but once Murray had missed the | :47:16. | :47:18. | |
first pass, there was no way he would miss the second one. Just | :47:19. | :47:23. | |
nothing on this. Went to the forehand wing, he still had a volley | :47:24. | :47:28. | |
but Miss hit it into the net. Andy was never going to miss that pass, | :47:29. | :47:34. | |
he was always going to make him come up with a volley. How nice it must | :47:35. | :47:39. | |
be for Andy Murray to see someone other than Federer or Djokovic down | :47:40. | :47:46. | |
the other end! 11 slam finals, number 11 without one of those pesky | :47:47. | :47:51. | |
guys. When Djokovic went out of the tournament, it was a real bombshell | :47:52. | :47:54. | |
for the event, but he must absolutely loved it. Everybody's | :47:55. | :48:00. | |
eyes lit up, let's be honest. Definitely, and you can see by his | :48:01. | :48:05. | |
reaction there, a break in the first set, normal circumstances, a long | :48:06. | :48:10. | |
way to go, good start, but he knows the importance of how few | :48:11. | :48:13. | |
opportunities he will potentially get on Raonic's serve. So to get | :48:14. | :48:22. | |
that out of the way is a huge start. Only the sixth time that Raonic has | :48:23. | :48:28. | |
been broken, of course, number seven of the championships. Is similar to | :48:29. | :48:35. | |
the semifinal against Tomas Berdych as well, with the record that he | :48:36. | :48:41. | |
has, Andy Murray is such a heavy favourite, to get up that early | :48:42. | :48:45. | |
break, if he can close out the first set, it makes it that much bigger a | :48:46. | :48:49. | |
task to come back and win three out of the last four sets. | :48:50. | :49:09. | |
It has happens down the same end, but is finally nice to have this | :49:10. | :49:13. | |
problem here in London, the sun! At this northern end, the sun... It | :49:14. | :49:48. | |
is about half past one, two o'clock, if you had a clock face, he will | :49:49. | :49:52. | |
have to move the ball a little bit left, throw it a little bit left, | :49:53. | :49:56. | |
you cannot get so much power on the ball. | :49:57. | :50:16. | |
First ace in the match, that is how will Murray is returning. -- how | :50:17. | :50:24. | |
well. Dusan and Vesna Raonic, both looking | :50:25. | :52:11. | |
down proudly, both engineers, escape the conflict in Montenegro to find | :52:12. | :52:16. | |
better job opportunities, give their children better opportunities in | :52:17. | :52:17. | |
life, and now look. As a been as trademark during this | :52:18. | :52:42. | |
grass court season, and here at Wimbledon, Raonic not going | :52:43. | :52:45. | |
anywhere. Remember the Federer match, from 2-0 down, 2-0 down | :52:46. | :52:50. | |
against David Goffin in the fourth round. | :52:51. | :53:15. | |
Andy was a bit frustrated with himself, after two relatively easy | :53:16. | :53:22. | |
backhands to get it back to deuce, but he realises how important it is | :53:23. | :53:26. | |
to consolidate that break towards the end of this first set. | :53:27. | :53:56. | |
It was a great response, wasn't it? We saw against Kyrgios, only six. | :53:57. | :54:02. | |
Was in the whole match, eight against Berdych, so to see him make | :54:03. | :54:07. | |
two in a row was a bit of a surprised. -- only six unforced | :54:08. | :54:13. | |
errors. You can see already how high the | :54:14. | :55:32. | |
second serve, the kick-serve gets up on Murray. He is trying to get | :55:33. | :55:37. | |
inside the baseline, he shanked it, couldn't hit it clean. Doing it much | :55:38. | :55:40. | |
better that time round. He's giving big Milos the runaround | :55:41. | :56:23. | |
here, isn't he? The delicate stuff, the spins, drop shots. It's a torrid | :56:24. | :56:34. | |
set now for Raonic, trying to hang in. | :56:35. | :57:04. | |
Riccardo Piatti, and Carlos Moya of there. Route number one. First ace. | :57:05. | :57:27. | |
When your biggest weapon is the serve, and it has taken 86 minutes | :57:28. | :57:36. | |
to get one past him! That is not Milos serving poorly, that is how | :57:37. | :57:40. | |
good Murray is making him play. Decent hold from 15-30 down. He will | :57:41. | :58:19. | |
be a little nervous here, Andy Murray, won't he? Nice rhythm but it | :58:20. | :58:25. | |
is 5-4, serving for it. He's certainly aware of the scoreline but | :58:26. | :58:29. | |
he's very good with his experience, going back to the process, whether | :58:30. | :58:34. | |
it is serving for the match or the sets, he has got to keep the | :58:35. | :58:39. | |
percentage hike, hit his spots and keep Raonic on the defensive, and | :58:40. | :58:44. | |
that's what he has done very well in the first set. He will look to close | :58:45. | :58:49. | |
it out. He has only missed his first serve on five occasions on this | :58:50. | :58:54. | |
first set. He hasn't put a foot wrong, he's given himself | :58:55. | :58:58. | |
opportunities. You can see him going over his notes, he has done that | :58:59. | :59:02. | |
every single change of ends. When they sit down for the first time, | :59:03. | :59:07. | |
he's going over the exact game plan he and his coaching crew have worked | :59:08. | :59:13. | |
on over the last two days, once they knew Milos was going to be the | :59:14. | :59:23. | |
opponent in the final. At the Queen's Club he ended up getting on | :59:24. | :59:28. | |
top of him from a set down, but so far everything is going to plan. | :59:29. | :00:04. | |
For me it will be interesting to see how hard he hits his first serves | :00:05. | :00:12. | |
this day. His only four points away from closing down such an important | :00:13. | :00:17. | |
set. Does he try to get the cheap points or does he stick to the game | :00:18. | :00:19. | |
plan? And that's that! That's very tidy, | :00:20. | :02:24. | |
that's 41 minutes of first class play. At times from both, but it is | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
Murray who wins it with that single break of serve and 3- three, he goes | :02:30. | :02:45. | |
ahead. SUE BARKER: So Murray is in front. | :02:46. | :02:53. | |
We knew he would have few chances to break the serve of Raonic but never | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
doubt the returning skills of Andy Murray. He took his chance, got the | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
break of serve and he is in front and now saying, you try and break | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
me. I've never seen him look more determined, and here's one set up. | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
Every part of his game working so well today, and Milos at the moment | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
really struggling to match Murray. Murray is in the form of his life, | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
so much better than in 2013. Judy knows that as well, and he's been | :03:25. | :03:31. | |
sending messages to the crowd, and to his opponent that he is the man | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
out there today. He is just two sets away from another when the -- | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
another Wimbledon title. Afterwards Heather Watson will be taking part | :03:44. | :03:50. | |
in the mixed final. It is a big sporting day as well because coming | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
up this evening it is the final of the Euros, Portugal against France, | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
and Gary and the team will begin the at seven o'clock on BBC One. At the | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
moment, all eyes are on Murray and he is front. ANDREW CASTLE: Out on | :04:06. | :04:13. | |
Henman Hill they will be enjoying it, as soon as the gates open people | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
take their position. Looking at the tennis on the big screen alongside | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
Court Number One, which will have a roof over it in 2019, construction | :04:23. | :04:32. | |
under way comparatively soon. That's where Andy Murray was practising a | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
little bit earlier on. Now out on Centre Court in the sunshine, Raonic | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
serving. And this is a very important 15 minutes in this match. | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
Murray knows that if he can get a break of serve he can take his | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
opponent by the scruff of the neck. Yes, he will be pushing really hard | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
now, especially early on, the sun being an issue where Milos is. | :05:00. | :05:35. | |
It is an area of Raonic's game that has impressed me throughout the | :05:36. | :05:42. | |
tournament because he is a big man and sometimes you don't have the | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
hand skills in different areas but he did well to bump that approach | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
deep. What impresses me about Milos, he's | :05:52. | :06:06. | |
such a hard worker, he's always wanting to improve areas of his game | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
and that's why he's brought on Carlos Moya to bring another | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
dimension. He's brought on John McEnroe to help on the grass. He | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
wants to get better. Murray moving to cover that approach | :06:19. | :06:40. | |
shot before Raonic even hit the ball. | :06:41. | :08:30. | |
Desperate times now. Milos Raonic trying to be the first Canadian to | :08:31. | :08:45. | |
win a Grand Slam singles title. Eugenie Bouchard in 2014 was a | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
finalist of course, but feeling the pressure. | :08:52. | :09:11. | |
140 mph first serve, Murray got himself into the point. Meg so few | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
unforced errors in the whole tournament, he would be mighty | :09:18. | :09:19. | |
disappointed if he made one there. And that is what has really | :09:20. | :10:06. | |
improved, getting down for that low volley, that is not easy, Tim. | :10:07. | :10:11. | |
Certainly not, and that is where Murray was trying to make life | :10:12. | :10:14. | |
difficult for him, Raonic dealt with it well. | :10:15. | :10:42. | |
Lovely! Versatility from Milos Raonic, and what an important four | :10:43. | :10:49. | |
or five minutes that was, his coach standing up to applaud a great old, | :10:50. | :10:57. | |
he needed that. -- hold. Just the willingness to take a bit of pace | :10:58. | :11:14. | |
off, it certainly paid off, who had a peck at the serve. David Cameron | :11:15. | :11:23. | |
on the left, talking with Mary, not a bad player himself, left-handed. | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
He beat Nick Clegg the last three times he played him, and Boris | :11:29. | :11:36. | |
Johnson as well! Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, in | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
attendance behind the presidents of the club, the new mayor London, as | :11:42. | :11:47. | |
well as the Duke and Duchess. I think Raonic has to find a way to | :11:48. | :12:11. | |
get into some of Andy Murray's service games, he is getting through | :12:12. | :12:16. | |
them to easily at the moment. That will build pressure on the Raonic | :12:17. | :12:21. | |
service games. If he makes so many first serves, he will have to have a | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
go at the first server turn a little bit more. | :12:27. | :14:01. | |
We still haven't managed to work out why the end that Murray is serving | :14:02. | :14:09. | |
from is more worn out around and behind the baseline than the other | :14:10. | :14:16. | |
end. We spoke to the ground staff, they don't know either. | :14:17. | :14:54. | |
One area we felt that Raonic would be looking to have an impact as | :14:55. | :15:01. | |
Murray's second serve, and in 53 minutes, that is only the ten second | :15:02. | :15:08. | |
serve that Raonic has had a look at. -- tenth. Murray's first serve | :15:09. | :15:10. | |
percentage - 70. For the tournament, he has been | :15:11. | :15:33. | |
making six out of ten first serves, in this match seven out of ten. It | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
is the small margins, just not opening the door for Raonic to get a | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
break of serve and get involved in this match, it is certainly not | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
one-way traffic, but the dominant force out there at the moment is | :15:49. | :15:50. | |
Andy Murray. Murray has been able to win points | :15:51. | :16:08. | |
on Raonic's service game as well, so he hasn't been under too much | :16:09. | :16:11. | |
pressure, where sometimes the tension can build. You might end up | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
going for it a little bit too much on first serves. | :16:17. | :18:25. | |
So he keeps his nose in front in the second set, Raonic, but what he is | :18:26. | :18:32. | |
serving against, these Murray returns, the positions he takes up, | :18:33. | :18:36. | |
it is so, so difficult, and it exerts pressure. What you want when | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
you are returning, you want be returning with instinct, the first | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
serve at the top, one big step in and split, sync your weight on the | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
return, that way you can push up. Second serve, Lleyton Hewitt, you | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
will love this. I wasn't inside the baseline that far, especially on the | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
second serve. I don't think the camera gives it justice, how good a | :19:02. | :19:06. | |
hand you have got to have to be giving Milos Raonic a second serve | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
so many times into play by being a couple of feet inside the baseline. | :19:11. | :19:18. | |
And this one here, Lleyton, he hasn't played Milos Raonic's serve, | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
that is how well he is returning. The 72% is more impressive than the | :19:24. | :19:28. | |
73, because of the fact it is the final and because of his opponent. | :19:29. | :19:32. | |
Spot-on, and that makes it hard for Milos Raonic, because he cannot | :19:33. | :19:35. | |
practice against anyone who returns the ball is so often, only two guys | :19:36. | :19:41. | |
can do a - he would have to get Novak out to serve a few against | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
them. So many balls coming back that he is not used to playing. You could | :19:46. | :19:54. | |
get out there! Known to make some serve and volley as have nightmares! | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
Don't you shake your head, either! Sun breaks, second set. -- so no | :20:01. | :20:06. | |
breaks. UMPIRE: Mr Murray is challenging the | :20:07. | :21:24. | |
call on the left centre service line, the ball was called out. | :21:25. | :21:34. | |
Second serve, Mr Murray has two challenges remaining. | :21:35. | :22:00. | |
Well, Andy was just under no pressure on his service games at | :22:01. | :22:07. | |
all, it is all one-way traffic here. Not a great feeling when you feel | :22:08. | :22:10. | |
like you are spending the whole match serving because you'll serve | :22:11. | :22:21. | |
is under so much pressure. -- your serve. | :22:22. | :22:33. | |
That approach as hit the back of the baseline there, as you can see, it's | :22:34. | :22:44. | |
just props on Andy. When it does hit the line, it does check up a little | :22:45. | :22:47. | |
bit more, you have to be prepared for that. He will be happy it | :22:48. | :22:52. | |
happened at 40-0. Well, obviously, importantly keeps | :22:53. | :25:12. | |
his nose ahead, break point in the very first game of the second set | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
against daily Raonic delivery, he survived that one. His progress | :25:18. | :25:25. | |
continues, losing to Roger Federer previously, was not prepared for | :25:26. | :25:28. | |
that, according to Carlos Moya. Earlier this year, he was 2-1 up | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
against Andy Murray in the semifinal of the Australian Open, he was the | :25:34. | :25:37. | |
man of the moments down in Australia, won nine matches, | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
Brisbane as well. But Carlos Moya happy to say, look, it is all about | :25:42. | :25:45. | |
progression, rarely do you step in and win the first one where you have | :25:46. | :25:47. | |
a real shot. That is certainly what it has been | :25:48. | :25:56. | |
with Milos Raonic. He has tried to improve and bring people on board. | :25:57. | :26:00. | |
He pointed out early on that movement was one of the key areas. | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
That was the big difference down in Australia, in making that semifinal | :26:06. | :26:08. | |
and winning the Brisbane International couple of weeks | :26:09. | :26:11. | |
beforehand and beating Roger Federer. His movement around the | :26:12. | :26:15. | |
baseline was so much cleaner. He was able to get around and use his | :26:16. | :26:18. | |
forehand and hide the backhand which is sometimes a weakness of his. Not | :26:19. | :26:23. | |
surprisingly, his hero is the ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. I like | :26:24. | :26:33. | |
the fact that the losses continuing to look for these marginal gains. | :26:34. | :26:45. | |
Still windy. Andy Murray has had five first throw the ball up on | :26:46. | :26:49. | |
first serve and has just pulled so blustery wind and some sun to deal | :26:50. | :26:50. | |
with. Definitely a little bit breezy out | :26:51. | :27:26. | |
there. Looking at Raonic's serving performance for the tournament up | :27:27. | :27:33. | |
until this match, only two today were averaging seven a set. | :27:34. | :28:08. | |
Why would you want to run around that and get your big forehand into | :28:09. | :28:15. | |
play when you can strike it that well? This is what he has got to | :28:16. | :28:22. | |
keep trying to do. He went for it, but just mis-hit it it. He has to | :28:23. | :28:26. | |
keep pressing and play on the edge if he's to get back this match. -- | :28:27. | :28:34. | |
if he is to get back into this match. | :28:35. | :29:12. | |
Disappointing from the royal box. You have got to be alert, catches | :29:13. | :29:15. | |
with matches! Who fumbled it? I think I will have | :29:16. | :29:38. | |
to check before I criticise. Probably Neil Fraser. He is sitting | :29:39. | :29:43. | |
a few rows back. And he is Australian. The Australians couldn't | :29:44. | :29:51. | |
catch a cold at the moment, could they? We are the number one test | :29:52. | :29:54. | |
team. They are changing the balls here, | :29:55. | :30:27. | |
50,000 of them used at the Championships. It goes up in the | :30:28. | :30:32. | |
royal box... Well, there are several there. Nicely done in the end. | :30:33. | :30:41. | |
Richard Baker. Good player. It was at this stage in the first | :30:42. | :31:20. | |
set that Andy Murray broke through. The only thing he will break if he | :31:21. | :31:22. | |
does that is his foot. He knew the importance of that first | :31:23. | :31:43. | |
point, trying to establish himself in the game. | :31:44. | :32:00. | |
New balls here as well. Second ball change of the match. | :32:01. | :32:42. | |
That is five feet inside the baseline, isn't it? | :32:43. | :32:56. | |
Now, that's how he got through Federer in the semifinal. As Pat | :32:57. | :33:04. | |
Cash was telling us beforehand, 137 miles an hour, rising into the body. | :33:05. | :33:28. | |
Serving and volleying behind this enormous delivery, and he is only | :33:29. | :33:34. | |
winning half the points when he comes in. He was walking through | :33:35. | :33:36. | |
that volley. Even though the server was 139 miles | :33:37. | :34:02. | |
an hour, it wasn't well-placed. Murray felt like he could have | :34:03. | :34:03. | |
blocked it back into play. Such a clever pass here. He's not | :34:04. | :34:48. | |
going for too much, trying to make sure he gets the ball at the feet | :34:49. | :34:51. | |
and if it comes back, ready to chase down the second ball. | :34:52. | :35:22. | |
That is magnificent. The artistry on the backhand side from Murray, and | :35:23. | :35:28. | |
he is really bashing on the door now. The first backhand was | :35:29. | :35:35. | |
delicious, and the second one also. Perfect placement on this, making | :35:36. | :35:42. | |
him stretch out enough. Gives himself another break point. | :35:43. | :36:21. | |
Did he say forehand that? Didn't do enough with it. Neither of them did. | :36:22. | :36:34. | |
Raonic would have been looking to do more with the approach shot that he | :36:35. | :36:38. | |
made Murray play. Murray not able to execute the past. -- the pass. | :36:39. | :38:07. | |
That is another big cold of serve for Raonic, who has not played | :38:08. | :38:15. | |
badly. Such is the power of his game and such are the array of skills | :38:16. | :38:20. | |
that he actually does bring, the sheer physical nature of his play | :38:21. | :38:24. | |
means he is four big hits from getting a break. It can happen | :38:25. | :38:29. | |
quickly. It certainly can, and that was when Murray was able to get the | :38:30. | :38:34. | |
advantage and get on top. Having had opportunities in that vital seventh | :38:35. | :38:37. | |
game and not taken them, you feel there was a bit of momentum with | :38:38. | :38:40. | |
Raonic. He will be looking to see whether he can get his first break | :38:41. | :38:45. | |
of serve. Always a band flow in a five set match. It is never | :38:46. | :38:51. | |
straightforward. You felt it was swinging in and the's favour. -- in | :38:52. | :39:05. | |
Andy's favour. Everyone has travelling videos these days -- | :39:06. | :39:14. | |
physios. We are not expecting any rain. Certainly nothing that would | :39:15. | :39:26. | |
mean bringing this 1000 tonne roof over for any length of time. | :39:27. | :39:54. | |
Good play by Raonic. Not only able to get the first serve back into | :39:55. | :40:02. | |
play, but also getting around and using his forehand to get on top of | :40:03. | :40:06. | |
the point. It is important to try and put some scoreboard pressure on | :40:07. | :40:10. | |
early in Andy Murray's service games. | :40:11. | :40:38. | |
It was the right tactic, but it didn't really look like he chose | :40:39. | :40:44. | |
where he wanted to go. Was he trying to go inside out, was he trying to | :40:45. | :40:48. | |
hook it down the line? He missed it by a long way. | :40:49. | :41:01. | |
Sometimes in this sport, especially grass court tennis, it is only one | :41:02. | :41:06. | |
or two points. That was one of the weaker second service by Murray, | :41:07. | :41:10. | |
middle of the box, straight to the forehand. | :41:11. | :41:23. | |
Turning to his right, Andy Murray, looking up at the players box, | :41:24. | :43:21. | |
perhaps asking for more vocal support? | :43:22. | :44:44. | |
It might not be the most significant point in the match but Murray is | :44:45. | :45:10. | |
always sending messages. He is chasing down every ball. | :45:11. | :45:18. | |
CHEERING That one has become a bit more | :45:19. | :45:30. | |
significant. Why around which did not take that out of the with his | :45:31. | :45:34. | |
overhead, his overhead is superb, I know it was a high lob on that point | :45:35. | :45:38. | |
but that is a little bit of good fortune. It was high enough to go | :45:39. | :45:40. | |
over. Oh, just wide. The arms come out. | :45:41. | :46:18. | |
Passing shot from Murray, asking a very difficult question and the long | :46:19. | :46:25. | |
arm of the law came out. Mills Raonic, just spreading, oh, and it's | :46:26. | :46:29. | |
caught the line. He's going to be so upset with that. Three millimetres | :46:30. | :46:30. | |
in. Replay the point. Jake Garner it from Florida in the | :46:31. | :46:43. | |
chair. The second Wimbledon final for him. | :46:44. | :46:51. | |
Not coming in on that. 147 mph, into the body, the quickest serve of the | :46:52. | :47:09. | |
tournament by far. And he still lost the point! Yeah! What a passing | :47:10. | :47:13. | |
shot. Oh, he has left it and it has fallen | :47:14. | :48:33. | |
in, has it? Milos is challenging but I think this might have caught the | :48:34. | :48:38. | |
line. It is tight. It was called in and it has caught the outside edge | :48:39. | :48:45. | |
and gives him another break point. UMPIRE: Advantage, Murray, Mr Ramage | :48:46. | :48:51. | |
has two challenges remaining. Please. Thank you. -- Mr Raonic. | :48:52. | :49:06. | |
CROWD GASPS And once again, 141 mph, fended off. | :49:07. | :49:19. | |
Incredible how cleanly Murray hits these returns. | :49:20. | :50:02. | |
APPLAUSE Well... What a hold of serve that | :50:03. | :50:18. | |
was from Raonic, superb. This was Allan Donald bowling to Mike | :50:19. | :50:20. | |
Atherton, if you remember that, there was a sequence in there that | :50:21. | :50:24. | |
was absolutely phenomenal, brilliant work from Milos Raonic to come | :50:25. | :50:27. | |
through that and he certainly was not expecting it. Listen to this, a | :50:28. | :50:33. | |
147 mph first serve, and Murray winning the point. Have a look at | :50:34. | :50:34. | |
this. That was absolutely stunning, that | :50:35. | :50:50. | |
he is able to do that and yet, not break serve, so we applaud Milos | :50:51. | :50:54. | |
Raonic for coming through the fire, there, and Andy gagged a bit, to be | :50:55. | :50:58. | |
honest, choked. Knew was a bit tight on some of the shots, the sliced | :50:59. | :51:03. | |
backhand, the miss it forehand, and he reflect on the matter that Raonic | :51:04. | :51:06. | |
came through against Federer in the semifinals, down 2-1, 5-4 in the | :51:07. | :51:12. | |
fourth set, Federer had 15-40 and he got himself out of trouble and then | :51:13. | :51:16. | |
choked in the next game. It is important Andy put that behind him, | :51:17. | :51:21. | |
that last game. He had his opportunities but he has got to get | :51:22. | :51:24. | |
up and down and continue to do a good job with his serve. | :51:25. | :51:33. | |
I must add mitt, I thought you were stretching it a bit, Andrew, at the | :51:34. | :51:40. | |
beginning of the match when you said maybe we could have 150. It might be | :51:41. | :51:45. | |
there, as the Deborah Joe Wardle is up and the excitement builds. 4-5, | :51:46. | :51:49. | |
second set. -- as the temperature warms up. | :51:50. | :52:03. | |
UMPIRE: Mr Murray is challenging the call on the right baseline. The ball | :52:04. | :52:10. | |
was called out. Lovely start for Milos Raonic if baseball has landed | :52:11. | :52:14. | |
deep. He looks a little disappointed, as his box just | :52:15. | :52:19. | |
indicates that it was likely to be called out and Hawk-Eye confirms it. | :52:20. | :52:23. | |
Mr Murray has won Challenger mining. My lost sticking to his game plan as | :52:24. | :52:28. | |
well, coming forward and asking questions. -- Milos. | :52:29. | :53:39. | |
Sometimes come you just want if Raonic could just drop one in short, | :53:40. | :53:46. | |
perhaps, to play something, move in behind it or something a little | :53:47. | :53:50. | |
different? At the moment, Murray is picking him off from the back of the | :53:51. | :53:51. | |
court. We spoke about it earlier, in the | :53:52. | :54:10. | |
first set, if Andy keeps on giving himself opportunities to break, how | :54:11. | :54:13. | |
positive can he stay that he is building pressure but not letting | :54:14. | :54:15. | |
the frustration of not always getting the break of serve? This is | :54:16. | :54:18. | |
the time where he's really had to block it out because in his mind, he | :54:19. | :54:23. | |
would be hoping to serve for a 2-0 lead. Doing really well in this game | :54:24. | :54:25. | |
now. UMPIRE: Let, first service. Oh, you're joking. That is superb. | :54:26. | :55:36. | |
Just lowering the racket head down on that one and using what spin | :55:37. | :55:42. | |
there was from Murray, just a little bit of top-spin to use. It is not | :55:43. | :55:51. | |
ten out of ten, that one. But it was a good time to make it on the first | :55:52. | :55:53. | |
point of the game. Perfect game, starting with that | :55:54. | :57:09. | |
delightful backhand volley and finishing with the high version. | :57:10. | :57:16. | |
That gives him something to work with at the beginning of the next | :57:17. | :57:20. | |
game. Finally, a comfortable hold. Half of his service games, he has | :57:21. | :57:26. | |
had break point against. Plus, we always got this has the potential to | :57:27. | :57:29. | |
have a couple of tie-breakers within the five sets. Now he has got | :57:30. | :57:35. | |
himself at least to that stage where it is a bit of a shoot-out. No one | :57:36. | :57:39. | |
wins more tie-breaks on tour than Milos Raonic, apart from John Isner. | :57:40. | :57:46. | |
Checking out the head to head with Murray and Raonic when they have | :57:47. | :57:54. | |
played tie-breaks, they have played five, and Raonic has won four. | :57:55. | :59:04. | |
It's good to be aggressive on second serve. But it's easier to drag it | :59:05. | :59:12. | |
down the line than trying to go off. Absolutely. There is a lot more | :59:13. | :59:14. | |
margin for error too. Andy misses this backhand passing | :59:15. | :59:44. | |
shot, only just. Raonic was a bit fortunate with the mis-hit return. | :59:45. | :00:05. | |
That is the right tactic and the right shot. Just couldn't quite find | :00:06. | :00:10. | |
the target. An 11th Grand Slam final four Andy | :00:11. | :01:27. | |
Murray. He has put himself into position so | :01:28. | :01:40. | |
many times. He has lost the last three. He could take a huge step | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
towards the title if he could win justice breaker. -- just this | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
breaker. Nice mis-hit. That is very poor from | :01:48. | :02:16. | |
Raonic, it has to be said. Raonic benefited from the mis-hit earlier | :02:17. | :02:22. | |
in Murray's last service game. Raonic did not deal well with the | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
approach. Buried it in the bottom of the net. Early mini-break for | :02:28. | :02:28. | |
Murray. Just too tough from Murray. | :02:29. | :02:53. | |
Stretches the big man. He knew how important it was to hold | :02:54. | :03:12. | |
onto that mini-break after being given a bit of a gift in the first | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
one, especially said against such a big server. | :03:16. | :03:41. | |
Two first serves, consolidate the break 3-0. He will be looking for | :03:42. | :03:48. | |
more mini-breaks here. Oh, you're joking, that is two! Oh, | :03:49. | :04:59. | |
boy, can he move. Surprised the world box have got on their feet for | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
that one. I would like to see that -- the royal box. Once again, Raonic | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
electing to hit the bounce smash, and Murray read him like a book. I | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
think he's got to let it bounce. Murray has did well to hit the log | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
so high to give himself the opportunity to get back in the | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
rally, but Raonic then has to do more with the smash. | :05:22. | :06:04. | |
He hasn't put a foot wrong in this tie-breaks so far, going up 5-1 at | :06:05. | :06:10. | |
the 10th of tents. The point before, to get up that double mini-break, | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
the effort he put in at the back of the court to stay in the rally, keep | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
asking the question is, that is why you do all the hard work in the | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
preseason and the start of the year. He is physically so tough to break | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
down out there right now. It pays off on the biggest stage. That is a | :06:28. | :06:34. | |
rare sight. The next couple of minutes could | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
determine this Wimbledon final. Deep second serve. He went for it, | :06:40. | :08:56. | |
and he's taken a down step towards a second Wimbledon title here. Two | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
sets up, 6-4, 7-6 after an hour and 47. Just one more will do the trick. | :09:04. | :09:17. | |
SUE BARKER: so, two sets up. Murray not happy, but he should be happy | :09:18. | :09:20. | |
when he looks at the scoreboard because that was this an sessional | :09:21. | :09:23. | |
tie-break. We were worried when Tim was telling us he had only won one | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
out of five tie-breaks in previous matches, but this was a whole new | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
Andy Murray. Raonic certainly will not want to look back at that first | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
point in the tie-break. That really was a bad miss. But Murray took it. | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
He went 3-0 up and then got better and better. He has looked like a | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
brick wall at the back of the court. Nothing has got past him. He is | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
swatting back these serves of over 140 mph. Murray has never looked | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
more focused, and he's focused on winning his second Wimbledon title. | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
He is now just one set away. What a different feeling that must be | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
former loss Raonic now, knowing he has got to win in five. Three long | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
sets for the Canadian, but just one set for Andy Murray to claim a | :10:09. | :10:14. | |
second Wimbledon title. And Judy is happy too. And our old rising on | :10:15. | :10:26. | |
Henman Hill as well, watching the British number one take it to have | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
an zero to lead. We have Heather Watson coming up later on Centre | :10:32. | :10:33. | |
Court for the Mixed Doubles final hole and a big day of sport because | :10:34. | :10:41. | |
the Euro final, Portugal versus France, is at seven o'clock on BBC | :10:42. | :10:42. | |
One. And more tennis next week, the | :10:43. | :10:53. | |
quarterfinal of the Davis Cup, Serbia against Great Britain, no | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
Novak Djokovic and we will find out if Andy Murray will play soon after | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
the final. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the quarterfinal of the | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
Davis Cup but here, Murray is in charge, 2-0 up in sets and one away | :11:05. | :11:12. | |
from a second title. ANDREW CASTLE: And Mills Raonic has not had a break | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
point yet. The tie-break was all Murray, and he had the chances in | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
that set. Just in case we start celebrating a bit too early, Bridges | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
Richter here, in the sunshine, let me just say that Raonic, for the | :11:27. | :11:29. | |
first time in his career in this tournament, in the fourth round, | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
came from two sets down to beat David Goffin. So that gives you a | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
sense of invincibility when you do that, and against Federer, he was | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
two sets to one down as well, so a long way to go. Various people have | :11:44. | :11:50. | |
popped out and they will pop back in again, no doubt. Ivan Lendl. He has | :11:51. | :11:57. | |
gone out, and Benedict Cumberbatch, there, with his wife, Sophie, baby | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
Chris Bourne last year, at home, giving mum and dad an afternoon off. | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
-- Chris, born last year. David Cameron, there, the Prime Minister | :12:10. | :12:12. | |
with Mary, his mum. Yes, that's right, that's Mary. It is a good | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
royal box today. Lily James, the actress. Also in the royal box this | :12:18. | :12:26. | |
afternoon. 41 matches stray, once upon a time, yawn ball, there, with | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
his wife Patricia. -- matches straight. | :12:32. | :12:38. | |
A nice selection of watches up there today. Milos just taking a couple of | :12:39. | :12:48. | |
minutes away, here. Just a reminder on the Davis Cup, by the way, next | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
week, Friday, Saturday and Sunday across BBC TV and radio, no Viktor | :12:54. | :12:57. | |
Troicki which is also crucial, the number two Serbian. The British | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
Davis Cup team have already left and they will be in Belgrade by now, | :13:03. | :13:05. | |
getting ready for the clay-court tie. I don't think Leon Smith, the | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
captain, for a moment think that Andy Murray will be there. What with | :13:11. | :13:16. | |
the Olympics and the US Open build-up as well, I think he is | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
probably expecting Andy Murray to pull out, which would be a shame. | :13:21. | :13:28. | |
The Canadians lost this year to France under the captaincy of | :13:29. | :13:32. | |
Yannick Budd, playing in Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean. That was a great | :13:33. | :13:35. | |
shout from Yannick Noah, a nice part of the world to go and play your | :13:36. | :13:41. | |
home tie! They will have a world group play-off match, Canada, in | :13:42. | :13:44. | |
September. Lleyton Hewitt, captain of the Australian Davis Cup team | :13:45. | :13:48. | |
pulled up how was your year, what do you play next? We went down to the | :13:49. | :13:51. | |
US in the first round, playing on a temporary grass court, in pretty | :13:52. | :13:56. | |
much the home of Australian tennis for so many years, but we are | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
waiting until September now to play in the play-offs. Obviously, we were | :14:01. | :14:05. | |
disappointed to get knocked out but we did not have our best team | :14:06. | :14:07. | |
either, which made it slightly tougher. | :14:08. | :14:37. | |
Murray, making his feelings felt, there, about how long Raonic what of | :14:38. | :14:45. | |
the court, for -- was off the court for. The first double faults of the | :14:46. | :14:50. | |
match for Murray, only his seventh of the tournament. | :14:51. | :15:27. | |
By which, it was good. Replay the point. -- UMPIRE: Correction, it was | :15:28. | :15:37. | |
good, replay the point. Murray fortunate coming year, 0-15 down and | :15:38. | :15:40. | |
Raonic came up with a great crosscourt forehand to drag him out | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
of play. Got called out by the line judge but a quick overall from Jake | :15:46. | :15:46. | |
Garner, in the chair. -- overrule. APPLAUSE | :15:47. | :16:13. | |
It was a fairly lengthy delay in between sets, when Milos went and | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
looked like he'd changed shorts and shirt as well. But I think he's just | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
trying to regroup and focus. He knows if he goes down an early break | :16:25. | :16:28. | |
in this third set, then the final could be over. | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
APPLAUSE When you leave the court, you are | :16:34. | :16:41. | |
escorted by one of the officials. But changing clothing? I think 2-0 | :16:42. | :16:49. | |
down in sets, he was probably trying to look to break up the rhythm | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
little bit. Just pop up to Wimbledon Common and have a little look | :16:54. | :16:54. | |
around! Ma'am was very happy to say earlier | :16:55. | :17:52. | |
in the build-up to the final that his dad was never a coach, just a | :17:53. | :17:54. | |
ball machine fella. -- his ma'am. The final of the Australian Open for | :17:55. | :18:24. | |
the fifth time earlier this year, losing to Novak Djokovic, Andy | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
Murray, and his first final of the French Open recently at Roland | :18:29. | :18:31. | |
Garros, there are four majors every year in our sport. He got up there | :18:32. | :18:34. | |
but lost to Novak once again. It has been quite some time since | :18:35. | :18:46. | |
Murray, despite being so close, so many times, has actually captured | :18:47. | :18:50. | |
one of these championships. No Canadian has ever won grand slam | :18:51. | :18:52. | |
singles title. -- a grand slam. Again, great retrieving from Murray | :18:53. | :19:31. | |
but there's no way that Raonic should be losing that point. | :19:32. | :19:37. | |
Opportunities to put the ball away and down 0-15, he's immediately | :19:38. | :19:39. | |
under pressure. Two really good responses here by | :19:40. | :21:19. | |
Milos Raonic. Down 0-15, and trouble in a rally from the baseline, looked | :21:20. | :21:22. | |
to come in, the next two points. A big change of pace on the first | :21:23. | :21:37. | |
serve, only 107, kick-serve out wide, serve-volley. | :21:38. | :21:53. | |
APPLAUSE UMPIRE: New balls, please. | :21:54. | :22:04. | |
New tennis balls, and therefore, a new tennis racket or a new string | :22:05. | :22:13. | |
anywhere, for Milos Raonic. They are installed at 68 Fahrenheit, exactly, | :22:14. | :22:16. | |
the tennis balls that are coming out now. -- they are stored. The used | :22:17. | :22:21. | |
once, some of them are sold at the ground and some of them go to clubs. | :22:22. | :22:27. | |
If Raonic has been serving with them, you might want to try to | :22:28. | :22:34. | |
negotiate. The new mayor of London, there. | :22:35. | :22:58. | |
It's funny, Andy Murray turned around after winning that point | :22:59. | :24:13. | |
because he heard a roar from Milos Raonic, screaming at himself. So | :24:14. | :24:20. | |
accustomed to the big Canadian showing no emotion out there, that's | :24:21. | :24:23. | |
the second time today he's been really frustrated that he hasn't | :24:24. | :24:25. | |
been able to keep an easy ball in play. | :24:26. | :24:45. | |
Over two hours of play in this Wimbledon final. I don't know | :24:46. | :25:56. | |
whether John McEnroe, who is coaching Milos Raonic, or a least | :25:57. | :26:00. | |
coaching, I suspect that will go on, but I don't know whether he will | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
have access to what they show here. Murray's first serve placement here, | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
gents, points won are in the yellow. He has won 100% of the points. | :26:12. | :26:15. | |
Either brilliant coaching, or just great tactics. Out wide on the deuce | :26:16. | :26:22. | |
caught, 100% when he goes out wide. Saronic's forehand against the | :26:23. | :26:25. | |
Murray first serve, totally ineffectual today. Raonic is just | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
trying to take a big swing from the side as well. So he is not catching | :26:31. | :26:39. | |
it as cleanly as he probably hoped. Down the outside, that is Andy | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
Murray's go to serve. Used it against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and hit | :26:45. | :26:48. | |
it perfectly against Tomas Berdych, and he has continued today. Tim, 86% | :26:49. | :26:55. | |
first serve points won. It has been an efficient performance, as well as | :26:56. | :26:59. | |
some highlights from Andy Murray. It certainly has. He has delivered in | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
the key departments. Winners to unforeseen errors, 27 winners, just | :27:06. | :27:12. | |
seven unforced errors. I think if you were trying to build a game plan | :27:13. | :27:15. | |
against Murray, I think you have got to force him to serve in the other | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
direction. You have to cover the one at the middle to make him hit up 34 | :27:21. | :27:23. | |
out wide. To try and get him to move away from | :27:24. | :27:29. | |
those go to serves. Gutsy play from Raonic, because it | :27:30. | :28:56. | |
is easy when you see passing shots keep going by you, to give up on | :28:57. | :29:00. | |
that tactic. But he still has to have the belief to move forward. | :29:01. | :29:26. | |
Andy Murray doing so well. Another big serve, trying to get it back in | :29:27. | :29:33. | |
play. Raonic had to play a high backhand volley. He couldn't do | :29:34. | :29:35. | |
enough with it. Not to be this time for Murray. It | :29:36. | :30:02. | |
is unbelievable. It is the return, the fact that Raonic is coming back. | :30:03. | :30:07. | |
He knows it. That is really good from him, | :30:08. | :30:50. | |
because with a missed forehand volley, under pressure, to lose his | :30:51. | :30:57. | |
serve and potentially his shot at Wimbledon, but he came out with some | :30:58. | :31:01. | |
great serving, sticking with what he does best. | :31:02. | :31:11. | |
He served 537 first serves in this championship, Raonic, and he has | :31:12. | :31:20. | |
come to the net behind 173. Murray 398, and he has come in twice. | :31:21. | :31:33. | |
Raonic wins the first point of the Murray game again. Let's see if he | :31:34. | :31:39. | |
is edging and looking for the swinging serve on this point. It is | :31:40. | :31:46. | |
the one we just showed for that Andy Murray has had so much success with | :31:47. | :31:47. | |
today. Would you believe it? There you go. | :31:48. | :32:09. | |
First time he has got the serve down the middle and lost the point. | :32:10. | :32:45. | |
Good serve from Murray but again, Raonic has got to head over that | :32:46. | :32:53. | |
where little bit. The coach knows this is a moment | :32:54. | :33:31. | |
now. Right out of the middle. Big forehand return, but only 82 miles | :33:32. | :33:33. | |
an hour on that second serve. It is the first break point that | :33:34. | :33:52. | |
Raonic has had this match. This is the second. Milos was looking for | :33:53. | :33:59. | |
the one out wide. He got a bit lucky. He was too far ahead of the | :34:00. | :34:01. | |
ball. You can almost sense the tension in | :34:02. | :34:37. | |
the crowd. He played him back in, Raonic. Great | :34:38. | :35:12. | |
pass. He has got the crowd fired up and | :35:13. | :35:32. | |
now he wants his box to fire up. UMPIRE: Game, Murray. Well, unless | :35:33. | :36:03. | |
they get that pom-poms out, what are they supposed to do? He's just | :36:04. | :36:11. | |
needing something from that, isn't he? Any sort of communication. Is | :36:12. | :36:15. | |
that what happens, is that a habit? Or is that something he needs or is | :36:16. | :36:21. | |
useful to him at this point? Well, he is using it the right way. That | :36:22. | :36:26. | |
was a massive game. He could feel the pressure. It is really game on | :36:27. | :36:32. | |
again in this third set. He is trying to draw everything out of the | :36:33. | :36:40. | |
crowd. He is as positive as can be at the moment. But he knows he is | :36:41. | :36:47. | |
possibly only a breakaway from turning this match. You used to know | :36:48. | :36:57. | |
-- you used to let your player box no. | :36:58. | :37:20. | |
That is how good Andy Murray's hands are, able still to fight it off. The | :37:21. | :39:02. | |
change-up is normally a slower delivery. That one, he just pushed | :39:03. | :39:05. | |
through a bit quicker. That hold of serve was really worthy | :39:06. | :39:45. | |
of respect after the disappointment of the game before. | :39:46. | :40:40. | |
A really good first serve, a cheap point after the double faults. | :40:41. | :41:58. | |
Two hours and 21 minutes played and Raonic cannot break this Andy Murray | :41:59. | :42:47. | |
serve. Two sets to love to Andy Murray, congratulations to Gordon | :42:48. | :42:50. | |
Reid, British success already today in the wheelchair singles end, the | :42:51. | :42:54. | |
first time they have taken place in this particular discipline, he has | :42:55. | :42:58. | |
beaten Stefan Olsson. Amazing story, the wheelchair tennis players, | :42:59. | :43:03. | |
wonderful to know. He lost the use of his legs ten years ago through | :43:04. | :43:07. | |
transfers myelitis and this year, has won the Austrian open and the | :43:08. | :43:11. | |
first wobbled in championship. Jordanne Whiley, another great | :43:12. | :43:15. | |
story, the top seeds have won the ladies wheelchair doubles, she and | :43:16. | :43:20. | |
Yui Kamiji. And in the juniors, Alex De Minaur, one of yours, an | :43:21. | :43:25. | |
Australian? Yes, a young 17-year-old, went down in a very | :43:26. | :43:29. | |
tight match today, 6-3 in the third. He has had a really good week, | :43:30. | :43:33. | |
though. His first junior grand slam final. The 1973 champion, there. | :43:34. | :43:41. | |
That was the year of the boycott, 13 of the top 16 did not play. Dinesh | :43:42. | :43:55. | |
Belova 's of Canada, the victory in the junior boys. There is Stan, such | :43:56. | :44:01. | |
memories of him leaping over the net on this court. | :44:02. | :44:33. | |
APPLAUSE How many times have we seen quick | :44:34. | :45:56. | |
service returned just as quick? It about hand eye coordination and that | :45:57. | :45:59. | |
man is, whisper it, six points away. APPLAUSE | :46:00. | :46:58. | |
Well, it never got up high enough to hit it on the bounce overhead this | :46:59. | :47:02. | |
time. Great defence again. This is the one. Milos has a good look at | :47:03. | :47:06. | |
it... He comes through again. He has done | :47:07. | :47:23. | |
himself proud in this final, no matter what happens. | :47:24. | :47:34. | |
There was a couple of clutch ground strokes by him at 30-30, a great | :47:35. | :47:41. | |
backhand down the line, and then had the courage to back himself again | :47:42. | :47:47. | |
with a big forehand approach. Must be on a commercial break on American | :47:48. | :47:48. | |
TV. John McEnroe silent, into it. Six aces apiece, and that against | :47:49. | :49:37. | |
one of the biggest serves of all time. John Isner, Karlovic, Raonic, | :49:38. | :49:43. | |
these are amazing deliveries. Dad up in the players box and | :49:44. | :50:45. | |
father-in-law, Nigel Sears, as well as his mother-in-law. Understanding | :50:46. | :50:50. | |
the importance of this situation and it is remarkable that Murray has | :50:51. | :50:54. | |
been able to make that many returns and get his racket on that many of | :50:55. | :51:01. | |
these Raonic serves. The anticipation is so remarkable that | :51:02. | :51:04. | |
Raonic is hitting fewer aces than Murray. I find that extraordinary. | :51:05. | :51:10. | |
It is a cue Millard of pressure, isn't it? It is both their | :51:11. | :51:16. | |
strengths, the Raonic serve against the Murray return. Throughout the | :51:17. | :51:20. | |
day, so far, the Murray return has come up trumps. He has been able to | :51:21. | :51:25. | |
build that pressure. Now we are really going to see how Milos holds | :51:26. | :51:31. | |
up, serving to stay in the championship. Bears the speed | :51:32. | :51:36. | |
element of how quickly Murray picks up the ball. It's also the | :51:37. | :51:40. | |
technique. Short swings, keeping the racket out in front. Firm wrist, | :51:41. | :51:45. | |
using the pace of Raonic when he can get his racket on the ball. And | :51:46. | :51:53. | |
serving first in this third set. That gives him an opportunity to | :51:54. | :51:59. | |
break the Championships. -- for the Championships. | :52:00. | :52:27. | |
A hold to love, just when he needed it. Extending this final. | :52:28. | :54:26. | |
Carlos Moedas, -- Carlos Moya, urging his player to believe coming | :54:27. | :54:39. | |
year, to try to break serve, to give himself an opportunity to serve the | :54:40. | :54:40. | |
third set. Exquisite touch after two hours and | :54:41. | :56:58. | |
35 minutes. Raonic once again, very clean game last time. We have got so | :56:59. | :57:06. | |
many statistics in front of us, aces, double faults, break point | :57:07. | :57:10. | |
opportunities. I always feel with Murray will should have a drop shot | :57:11. | :57:15. | |
start. I think that was his first drop shot of the match, which is | :57:16. | :57:21. | |
unusual for him. It just feels pretty good when you are 40-0 up to | :57:22. | :57:30. | |
try that out. Five gold medals for Steven Redgrave. Milos Raonic will | :57:31. | :57:41. | |
be in Rio as well. The Games commencing on the fifth. Andy Murray | :57:42. | :57:49. | |
will be down there with Jamie Murray, and Milos to serve. Is this | :57:50. | :57:55. | |
the last game of the championship in the men's? Both boxes on their feet. | :57:56. | :00:03. | |
Raonic was throwing absolutely everything into this game, as he | :00:04. | :00:09. | |
showed. The previous point hitting a massive second serve ace, putting it | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
all out there at the moment. Here we go again then. Murray won | :00:15. | :01:29. | |
the tie-break victory away from Wimbledon, the second title against | :01:30. | :01:41. | |
Raonic. He needs to win it to keep the final alive. | :01:42. | :02:12. | |
Murray got off to a great start in the second set tie-break, got the | :02:13. | :02:23. | |
early mini-break. Onto the first point in his own serve, now will | :02:24. | :02:30. | |
look to do the same on Raonic's serve. | :02:31. | :02:45. | |
Andy Murray loves a target on the backhand side. The approach was | :02:46. | :02:55. | |
deep, but Murray is just licking his lips at those ones. 15 backhand | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
winners, as the breeze gets up. We need a dust devil here on Centre | :03:01. | :03:02. | |
Court. How good were those two points? Is | :03:03. | :03:43. | |
the biggest server in the world at the moment, and able to find a way. | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
His defensive skills are amazing. Andy Murray is having a lovely time | :03:47. | :04:53. | |
now! Dictating on the forehand side, surging to another Wimbledon title | :04:54. | :05:05. | |
surely now. 5-0. Yes, do it now. Don't worry about your own serve, | :05:06. | :05:14. | |
says Jamie Delgado. Raonic to serve two. | :05:15. | :06:02. | |
Changing ends after six points, and for the second tie-breaker in a row, | :06:03. | :06:11. | |
the second set in a row, it is 5-1 as they change. Even in such a | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
dominant position, he would like that shot back again. I can count on | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
one hand how many times he has missed that in a match. | :06:23. | :07:42. | |
UMPIRE: Let, first service. All good things worth waiting for. | :07:43. | :08:12. | |
It is pretty clear where Murray would like to hit this first serve. | :08:13. | :08:46. | |
He's there! Straight sets against! Wimbledon champion again, the | :08:47. | :09:18. | |
supreme performance, a first-class tournament. Andy Murray defeats | :09:19. | :09:27. | |
Milos Raonic, whose improvement has been a delight to watch. But it is | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
Murray's time in the sunshine of Centre Court once again. | :09:33. | :09:43. | |
Certainly a victory for teamwork, friends, family, coaches, all play a | :09:44. | :10:23. | |
part but it is T Murray, and he's the boss. And now it comes out. -- | :10:24. | :10:32. | |
Team Murray. A lifetime ambition realised in 2013. And he's backed it | :10:33. | :10:39. | |
up again, three years later, and again, he had to wait, three grand | :10:40. | :10:43. | |
slam finals have come and gone between that last victory and now. | :10:44. | :10:49. | |
And I get the feeling that Milos Raonic will be back, Tim? He's | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
certainly well, it's been a fantastic Coleman on the grass for | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
both of these players but you can see from Murray's reaction at the | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
end, the build-up of the pressure of those grand slam final losses, the | :11:01. | :11:06. | |
month on grass, and finally, getting the job done for his second | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
Wimbledon title. What does it feel like to watch that? It's amazing. It | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
gives you goose bumps sitting year now. So impressive, not just the | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
match today, he didn't put but wrong, he played his game plan. You | :11:21. | :11:27. | |
did that! Yeah! How he bounced back in that quarter final against | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, too, after dropping two sets, fighting it off | :11:32. | :11:38. | |
early in the fifth. It's a product. SUE BARKER: Ladies and gentlemen, it | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
is time now for the trophy presentation for the men's signals | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
-- singles. These were mum to God his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
President of the all England lawn tennis club, along with chairman | :11:53. | :11:55. | |
Philip Brooke and the president of the Lawn Tennis Association. | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
APPLAUSE A quick congratulations to the 250 | :12:00. | :12:12. | |
ball boys and ball girls who trained so hard and went through a rigorous | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
selection process to earn their place at the Championships. And the | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
best of the best were on court here today. They get quicker and fitter | :12:23. | :12:35. | |
and faster each year. Lets go and eat, let's go! Lets go and eat, | :12:36. | :12:37. | |
let's go! Let's go Andy, first, please show your appreciation | :12:38. | :12:50. | |
for the Charun fire, -- chair umpire, Jake Garner. ANDREW CASTLE: | :12:51. | :12:57. | |
A second Wimbledon final for Jake Garner in the chair, five US Opens | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
as well, a good job by the man from Florida. SUE BARKER: And next, the | :13:02. | :13:09. | |
Championships referee, Andrew Jarrett. Andrew Jarrett had plenty | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
to deal with, people's Sunday for the first time since 2004, and a bit | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
of catching up to do in the second week. And now, to the runner-up, | :13:21. | :13:40. | |
Milos Raonic! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE After two semifinal losses at this | :13:41. | :13:47. | |
level, a final. He beat Federer and came back against coffin. He earned | :13:48. | :13:48. | |
his place but Murray was too good. And the Wimbledon champion of 2016, | :13:49. | :14:02. | |
Andy Murray! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Well, now, a word with the | :14:03. | :14:48. | |
runner-up, Milos Raonic, with Sue Barker stop Milos, you threw | :14:49. | :14:54. | |
everything at him but he faced a Murray on a mission today. Yeah, | :14:55. | :15:00. | |
it's a difficult challenge, as it is and Andy has been playing great and | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
he deserves to be winning here for a second time. APPLAUSE | :15:05. | :15:06. | |
Congratulations to him. This one's going to staying. I'm | :15:07. | :15:22. | |
going to make sure, as these courts are green, that I do everything I | :15:23. | :15:26. | |
can to be back here for another chance. APPLAUSE | :15:27. | :15:37. | |
We know you will, Milos. You have had a wonderful tournament, beating | :15:38. | :15:40. | |
Roger Federer, got so much positive moments to look back on. Yeah, it's | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
been a phenomenal two weeks at this tournament, a phenomenal week just | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
before that at Queen's as well. So I keep plugging away, every single | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
day, I tried to get better, to give myself the chances and I'm going to | :15:56. | :15:58. | |
be continuing to do the same because there's nothing I want more than to | :15:59. | :16:02. | |
be back here. I know you are very much part of a team as well. Would | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
you like to say a few words to your team? Thank you to my team, everyone | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
is and not here, especially my family. We have dealt with a lot and | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
I'm not always the easiest deal with but I'm sure everyone is happy and | :16:17. | :16:20. | |
proud in these moments. We are going to try to make them better and try | :16:21. | :16:25. | |
to keep improving. You know, I love them all very much. We know we will | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
see you in many more Wimbledon finals. Congratulations on a great | :16:30. | :16:32. | |
tournament, Mills Raonic! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :16:33. | :16:42. | |
-- Milos Raonic. Canada, so proud of their man but here comes:'s Andy | :16:43. | :16:45. | |
Murray, again the Wimbledon champion! You are hugging that | :16:46. | :16:52. | |
trophy. Feel good? Yeah, obviously... LAUGHTER | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
The most important tournament for me every year. We've had some great | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
moments here and also some tough losses and obviously, the winds feel | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
extra special because of the tough losses. So yeah, I'm proud to have | :17:07. | :17:09. | |
my hands on the trophy again. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :17:10. | :17:17. | |
I said Milos was throwing everything at you. Serving over 140 mph, coming | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
in at you and you had to be at your best and you were. Yeah, I played | :17:24. | :17:27. | |
really good stuff today but Milos has had a great few weeks on the | :17:28. | :17:31. | |
grass and had some unbelievable wins. His match against Roger in the | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
semifinals, I don't know how many people that are here today were | :17:36. | :17:38. | |
watching that but it was a great, great match. APPLAUSE | :17:39. | :17:46. | |
He is one of the harder workers out there, like he said, he's always | :17:47. | :17:50. | |
trying to improve and get better and each time I play against him, he's | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
made big improvements. He also has an extremely nice team as well, | :17:56. | :18:01. | |
Carlos, Ricardo and John as well, part of his team. Physical trainers | :18:02. | :18:07. | |
and physios as well, they are always extremely nice and very polite and | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
well mannered. LAUGHTER It's true! It is not always the | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
case. Yeah, sorry about the day but great job in the last few weeks! | :18:19. | :18:22. | |
LAUGHTER I know John will like to hear that | :18:23. | :18:25. | |
but what about your team? Ivan doesn't give much away when he's | :18:26. | :18:31. | |
watching, does he? He's just lucky! LAUGHTER | :18:32. | :18:35. | |
APPLAUSE I mean, a big thank you to all of my | :18:36. | :18:48. | |
team for the hard work they have put into helping me get here, and also | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
my family as well, who are watching up there. I love all of you. Thank | :18:53. | :19:00. | |
you. One last question, it was so emotional in 2013 after being the | :19:01. | :19:03. | |
first British man to win in 77 years. Do you think you can enjoy | :19:04. | :19:07. | |
this one a little more? I'm going to make sure I do. Last time, I was so | :19:08. | :19:12. | |
relieved, I felt I was very nervous today but so much stress and | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
pressure, I did not get the chance to enjoy it as much so I'll make | :19:17. | :19:19. | |
sure I enjoy this one tonight, Pichot. What about this crowd and | :19:20. | :19:29. | |
the crowd on the Hill? How much do they play a part? Just a huge thank | :19:30. | :19:32. | |
you to everyone that came out to support, amazing. CHEERING | :19:33. | :19:36. | |
An amazing atmosphere, lots of ex-players and legends watching as | :19:37. | :19:39. | |
well. It's a pleasure to play in front of you, and the Prime Minister | :19:40. | :19:40. | |
as well, here! APPLAUSE You know, I think playing in a | :19:41. | :19:55. | |
Wimbledon finalist but I would not like to be Prime Minister, it's an | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
impossible job! LAUGHTER Thanks, everyone, for coming out and | :20:01. | :20:04. | |
I will see you again next year. Thank you. Well done, Andy Murray, | :20:05. | :20:08. | |
so much to be proud of in British sport. The Wimbledon champion, Andy | :20:09. | :20:10. | |
Murray! And now, Richard Lewis, the chief | :20:11. | :20:24. | |
executive, will take both players around Centre Court, fall of the | :20:25. | :20:27. | |
photo opportunities that will find their way into the newspapers | :20:28. | :20:34. | |
tomorrow. -- for all of. Members of the public in all four corners of | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
this wonderful stadium, in graded in 1922 and has seen so many changes in | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
itself, with the atmosphere. -- inaugurated in. Fabulous once again | :20:46. | :20:48. | |
and for a British victory, Tim Henman, that was 77 years in the | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
making last time. This felt different. It felt like he was going | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
to do it but he had to get the job done. Very much so and the way this | :20:57. | :21:00. | |
tournament has evolved, Djokovic obviously going out in the other | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
half of the draw, there was a lot of focus and expectation, as ever, an | :21:06. | :21:08. | |
Andy, but whatever has been thrown at him, he's dealt with it so well | :21:09. | :21:13. | |
and you can see the relief when he finally got over the finish line | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
again. I think it is very telling when he talks about how in 2013, he | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
did not really enjoy the victory and I really hope that he savours this | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
one because it is so special. It is incredible how hard he works, what | :21:27. | :21:32. | |
he puts into his game. He is reaping the fruits of his labour. He is | :21:33. | :21:40. | |
certainly an example, isn't he, both in work ethic and now the demeanour, | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
so comfortable, with the spotlight on him. And the ability to perform | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
under pressure that comes with training and effort and what a year | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
for both of them, as they became parents for the first time, and just | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
five months after that happy event, a different, another wonderful thing | :22:01. | :22:09. | |
in their lives. Milos Raonic, nice words in this speech but just as at | :22:10. | :22:13. | |
Queen's, he sees Murray beat him in the end. | :22:14. | :22:19. | |
And Andy Murray takes the cup around Centre Court. It used to be the | :22:20. | :22:27. | |
Field Up, but William Renshaw took it home because the won it three | :22:28. | :22:31. | |
times in a row and now the Challenge Cup as well and now they take a | :22:32. | :22:35. | |
three quarters size replica. It does not live to far-away from here. You | :22:36. | :22:40. | |
can pop into the trophy room and say, "That is what I won". For the | :22:41. | :22:48. | |
record, and it's not about money, a 5% increase in prize money this | :22:49. | :22:52. | |
year, ?2 million to the winner, ?1 million to the runner-up. Something | :22:53. | :23:03. | |
of a change in the complexion of the sport at the moment, with no Rafa | :23:04. | :23:07. | |
Nadal here, who has delivered so much pain to Andy Murray in the | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
past. A bad wrist has captain out of the game. Roger Federer, playing | :23:12. | :23:15. | |
well but not getting any younger and one wonders how many more times Andy | :23:16. | :23:20. | |
Murray will be in this position, potentially many more. That will be | :23:21. | :23:28. | |
his decision, whether he plays in the Davis Cup against Serbia, the | :23:29. | :23:36. | |
tie that you can see on BBC from Friday. We hope you can join us for | :23:37. | :23:37. | |
that. Lest we forget, the Mixed Doubles | :23:38. | :23:57. | |
with British interest coming up here on Centre Court which will be a | :23:58. | :24:01. | |
wonderful way for us to say goodbye to the Championships, as we say | :24:02. | :24:04. | |
goodbye to the champion, Andy Murray. A command performance, a | :24:05. | :24:15. | |
commanding performance in all ways. Straight sets, for Andy Murray. | :24:16. | :24:28. | |
And the moment of triumph! He kept us waiting a little bit. It was not | :24:29. | :24:36. | |
like the last game against Nomura Djokovic in 2013, where one felt | :24:37. | :24:40. | |
that it could all turn round on him. -- against Novak Djokovic. But when | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
he became favourite for the tournament, when Djokovic went out, | :24:47. | :24:53. | |
the pressure on his own shoulders certainly did not diminish the man. | :24:54. | :24:57. | |
In fact, he got stronger as the tournament went on. Think back to | :24:58. | :25:00. | |
Wednesday evening and that glorious match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | :25:01. | :25:07. | |
that he won 6-1 in the third set and the desire he showed them. Anyway, | :25:08. | :25:11. | |
this is achievement in action. Well done, everybody. What an appointment | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
Ivan Lendl was, the Sunday before Wimbledon. | :25:16. | :25:30. | |
Murray, the champion once again at Wimbledon. Superb. SUE BARKER: Thank | :25:31. | :25:44. | |
you, and shortly we will be looking back at the crucial moment. Heather | :25:45. | :25:51. | |
Watson and her partner will be bidding to win the Mixed Doubles | :25:52. | :25:56. | |
final so lots more to come from Wimbledon, and there will be | :25:57. | :26:04. | |
coverage of the euro 2016 final between France and Portugal. So the | :26:05. | :26:05. |