Men's Final

:00:35. > :00:42.Coming up this morning, the men's final, Rafael Nadal versus Stan

:00:43. > :00:44.Wawrinka. Nadal is chasing his 14th grand slam title, and Wawrinka his

:00:45. > :01:59.first. It is a match of contrasts. That was fun, wasn't it, John and

:02:00. > :02:02.Andrew. This is a sport of numbers, and the numbers don't really add up

:02:03. > :02:14.for Stan at the moment. He hasn't won a set. But before everyone says

:02:15. > :02:27.it is Nadal's, Wawrinka had lost 14 in a row to Novak Djokovic, but he

:02:28. > :02:32.goes into thinking he can win. If he gets one of the first two sets, he

:02:33. > :02:38.is in the match. Otherwise, he is going to get done. And he has been

:02:39. > :02:43.improving solidly over the last two years, and it looks like he has the

:02:44. > :02:48.belief. I think Magnus Norman, his coach, if there was ever a time

:02:49. > :02:53.coach needed to work really hard, it is now. He has to convince his

:02:54. > :03:04.player that he hasn't won a set, but he can do it. It is his first grand

:03:05. > :03:08.slam final. If he can open up and be free and flowing with the way he is

:03:09. > :03:13.playing, he has a shop today. The first set is crucial. If he can win

:03:14. > :03:21.it, that psychological block, we have a good match ahead of us. It

:03:22. > :03:30.reminds me of that great quote from 1980, nobody beats a player 17 times

:03:31. > :03:39.in a row! And Roger did the same thing with Federer. Brilliant first

:03:40. > :03:44.serves, loads of aces, winners from the back of the court, and push

:03:45. > :03:50.Nadal around the court, all of which is very difficult to do. But he is

:03:51. > :03:57.human, and it is possible to beat him. It is just a match. We will

:03:58. > :04:05.talk more about the blister little later. Not so good first thing in

:04:06. > :04:08.the morning! Finish your breakfast. Everyone has an opinion on this

:04:09. > :04:15.final, so let's hear from two of the legends of the game. In a moment,

:04:16. > :04:17.Rod Laver, but first, the man whose record Rafa is trying to equal, Pete

:04:18. > :04:27.Sampras. I think he is incredible. I saw him

:04:28. > :04:31.play live for the first time last night, and the movement that he has

:04:32. > :04:38.is incredible. He is able to adjust his shots on the run, and I have

:04:39. > :04:42.never seen anything like it. He is tough, mentally tough. He has the

:04:43. > :04:50.whole package. I think he is looking beyond 14. He could get 17 or 18

:04:51. > :05:01.majors. I am a fan. He is a great player. He hits a heavy ball, and he

:05:02. > :05:06.serves well. He does everything. I think Nadal is probably going to

:05:07. > :05:13.pull it off, but Wawrinka is a class act. The way he played was

:05:14. > :05:22.tremendous. He has stepped up and not ship, and he will be part of the

:05:23. > :05:26.top four. He is talented and hits the ball well, but I'm not sure he

:05:27. > :05:31.has the firepower from the back court. He is dealing with Rafa, he

:05:32. > :05:40.is dealing with his nerves. He needs to settle down and work his way into

:05:41. > :05:44.the match. But he is off against a tough guy on good form, the TV is

:05:45. > :05:49.able to come in a little, put some pressure on... But I think Rafa is

:05:50. > :05:56.playing too well. A few moments ago, Pete was on the

:05:57. > :06:01.Centre Court. The person who is going to present the trophy brings

:06:02. > :06:08.it on to court. Yesterday, Chris Evert presented it to Li Na. Pete

:06:09. > :06:13.Sampras won the Australian Open twice, and seven Wimbledon crowns,

:06:14. > :06:19.64 career titles, an incredible career that he has had. When he

:06:20. > :06:23.retired, he kept away from the game, but he is playing more now, playing

:06:24. > :06:29.exhibitions, enjoying the tennis and coming back to the grand slams. It

:06:30. > :06:33.is interesting that he said in the interview he had never seen Rafa

:06:34. > :06:39.live will stop I think he has only been to Wimbledon once.

:06:40. > :06:51.That is the record that Rafa is trying to equal. Look at the age of

:06:52. > :06:58.the winners there. Interesting that Rafa has 66 days on federal. It is

:06:59. > :07:03.remarkable considering he has had a lot of time off with injuries. He

:07:04. > :07:08.pulled out of this tournament last year, and we didn't think we would

:07:09. > :07:12.ever see him again. It was talked about legitimately as a possibility.

:07:13. > :07:20.And then he won just about everything last year. He has won 11

:07:21. > :07:26.of the last 15 tournaments. What I think is going to happen with

:07:27. > :07:32.Nadal, and how wonderful to see Pete Sampras acknowledging his enthusiasm

:07:33. > :07:35.for the game, that is great. I love to hear that from former players. It

:07:36. > :07:39.takes a while for some former players to get to that point. But

:07:40. > :07:45.what is likely to happen here is that he is likely to win this match,

:07:46. > :07:50.and then the French, and he could be coming into Wimbledon looking to

:07:51. > :07:55.complete this non-calendar grand slam, which hasn't been done since

:07:56. > :08:01.Rod Laver. I think we're looking at that level of dominance now. It is

:08:02. > :08:11.up to Djokovic and possibly Murray to try to stop him. And interesting

:08:12. > :08:16.saying that the record was supposed to be set for a long time, but two

:08:17. > :08:21.people have broken it. Who knows how many Rafa can win. Even in previous

:08:22. > :08:26.years, with his knees, and now we are not even talking about them. We

:08:27. > :08:32.thought he would have a very early career ending because of them, but

:08:33. > :08:35.now he doesn't even where strapping. And he was talking about the

:08:36. > :08:41.difficulty this time last year of playing so much on hard courts. Then

:08:42. > :08:46.he won Indian Wells, and he was up and running. I think the match

:08:47. > :08:52.against Federer probably alerted people to the fact that Federer, I

:08:53. > :08:58.just don't think he can compete now with Nadal and Djokovic on a regular

:08:59. > :09:14.basis. He might get lucky and steal a win, but it is difficult to see

:09:15. > :09:18.beyond Nadal and Djokovic now. He is just an animal down the other end,

:09:19. > :09:25.Nadal, such a formidable opponent, and a good bloke, too. Even more

:09:26. > :09:29.reasons to despise him! And I think it is particularly Rafa that have

:09:30. > :09:33.made the likes of Djokovic and Murray take their training so

:09:34. > :09:37.seriously. The physical side of the game now is almost greater than the

:09:38. > :09:42.technical side. They have to be able to last five sets at that level.

:09:43. > :09:45.Yes, and the match is that they put themselves through, and 24-hour is

:09:46. > :09:51.later they have to do it again in some cases, and they could just

:09:52. > :09:54.carry on for ever. The fitness level, and Stan Wawrinka, his

:09:55. > :10:04.fitness level has gone up huge leaps. He has won six matches from

:10:05. > :10:11.being two sets to love down. And you are anticipating him going to sets

:10:12. > :10:18.down in this one as well? Well... To comeback against Djokovic, mentally

:10:19. > :10:25.as well as physically, it is mental as well. And a lot of talk about the

:10:26. > :10:32.blister, a gruesome image coming up right now. There it is, and that was

:10:33. > :10:39.in the match against Federer. He doesn't even flinch. He is a hard

:10:40. > :10:43.man. But this is so painful. We'll have all had blisters, and you have

:10:44. > :10:52.had a blister in this spot, and it is the worst. I am a whimper. To

:10:53. > :10:57.hold the racket in the palm of the hand like that with a blister like

:10:58. > :11:03.that and not look like it even her, this bloke is unbelievable. I don't

:11:04. > :11:09.think it is going to affect him for the final, because he has had two

:11:10. > :11:13.days rest. That new skin that you put on, it is miracle stuff.

:11:14. > :11:18.Everything is so professional now. It literally just covers the

:11:19. > :11:21.blister. They started with a bigger plaster on the palm of the hand, but

:11:22. > :11:25.they found that the racket was taking it off, so they have done

:11:26. > :11:29.just a little one so it isn't in contact with the grip quite so much.

:11:30. > :11:36.But if it does fall off, you have all the medical information. Raffa

:11:37. > :11:40.is not even sure exactly how many times he can have the train on

:11:41. > :11:43.court, but he is allowed one medical time-out, and then the trainer a

:11:44. > :11:50.couple of times to read dress the blister. So if it pops off, he is

:11:51. > :11:57.going to end at doing himself. After three treatments, yes. I'm sure he

:11:58. > :12:02.can cope. He has other people to do stuff like that. He says it affect

:12:03. > :12:06.him a little on the serve, but when we talk about Roger Federer, and the

:12:07. > :12:12.points that he played after that treatment of the blister. There is

:12:13. > :12:18.no sign of it affecting him at all. It was the dimmer trough match where

:12:19. > :12:30.he served eight double faults, he was worried about the racket coming

:12:31. > :12:32.out of his hand on the serve. Full you cannot go into his forehand.

:12:33. > :12:37.you cannot go into If you are coming on the net, you

:12:38. > :12:41.have to go to his forehand. How do you construct a game plan? Let's

:12:42. > :12:52.hear from Rafa about his opponent and his blister.

:12:53. > :12:59.We are making the tapes smaller, so there is a little more risk that it

:13:00. > :13:03.can go, and I don't know how many times I can change it within the

:13:04. > :13:10.match. To change the tape I need a trainer. I don't know how the rules

:13:11. > :13:15.are. It is a little more risky. But it is not a problem any more for a

:13:16. > :13:22.normal life, it is not painful. The problem is to play tennis.

:13:23. > :13:27.I saw him play against Novak, and against Tomas Berdych. I am happy

:13:28. > :13:34.for him that he is in the final. He deserves it. He is playing better

:13:35. > :13:42.and better every year. He is hitting the ball very strong from the

:13:43. > :13:50.baseline, very quick. So he is very difficult to play against today. I

:13:51. > :13:56.know it will be a tough match, but if I'm able to play my best, I think

:13:57. > :14:01.I want not have chances, because he is coming to this match with a lot

:14:02. > :14:04.of victories. A lot of victories including a

:14:05. > :14:09.victory against Novak Djokovic, which has given him that belief.

:14:10. > :14:12.When you beat someone as good as that, with such a great record at

:14:13. > :14:19.the Australian Open, that is a boost.

:14:20. > :14:22.That was when he really arrived. That match when he beat Novak

:14:23. > :14:27.Djokovic in a grand slam after losing that epic last year, it was

:14:28. > :14:31.almost like something that proved to him what he can do. That is what

:14:32. > :14:36.Magnus Norman will be going on about before the finals, look what you did

:14:37. > :14:40.against Djokovic. You can do the same against Rafa Nadal. Novak

:14:41. > :14:48.Djokovic made some errors in that match. But for Wawrinka to come

:14:49. > :14:53.through on 9-7, that is key. And having lost 14 matches in a row to

:14:54. > :14:59.the same opponent, including last year when they went the distance. It

:15:00. > :15:04.just shows that you don't have to be 18 or 19 years of age to finally get

:15:05. > :15:07.the best out of your game. What we are seeing more and more is people

:15:08. > :15:12.managing their game and achieving their greatest success later on. He

:15:13. > :15:17.is a great example, and knows how to get the best out of himself now. So

:15:18. > :15:24.this is just another match, his 36th slam. So, let's hear from Stan, the

:15:25. > :15:30.man who was improved so much over the last few years.

:15:31. > :15:36.A lot has changed for you over the last year. Here you are 12 months on

:15:37. > :15:41.in the final after losing to Djokovic June the 4th round last

:15:42. > :15:46.year. How you feeling different? I feel great, really happy to be here.

:15:47. > :15:54.I took a lot of confidence from last year. I made my first semifinal in

:15:55. > :16:00.the US Open, first Masters in London, so I knew that I was playing

:16:01. > :16:08.really good tennis, and my level is there physically. And again, I took

:16:09. > :16:14.the chance, and to play Novak here was brilliant, and I was lucky at

:16:15. > :16:21.the end, and to play Tomas is never easy, he is a tough player.

:16:22. > :16:26.He is so cool and calm, isn't he? He doesn't show a huge amount of

:16:27. > :16:33.emotion out there. He doesn't, but you can see the confidence. You can

:16:34. > :16:40.see it now on court. And Pete Sampras said he didn't think he had

:16:41. > :16:43.enough firepower. Who does? His one-handed backhand, where there is

:16:44. > :16:51.going to be a lot of focus, I think he will combat that better than

:16:52. > :16:58.Fedorov. -- Roger Federer. I think it will be tough, but that is that

:16:59. > :17:03.where the weakness could be. He is going to have a lot of adrenaline,

:17:04. > :17:06.as well. In the US Open quarterfinal, and the French, we

:17:07. > :17:11.noticed how much power there was in the serve. He drives the ball, and

:17:12. > :17:17.federal wanted to flatten it out against Nadal, it didn't quite

:17:18. > :17:22.work. Wawrinka will undoubtedly have been told that he has to flatten it

:17:23. > :17:26.out by his coach. I know it is a grand slam final, but he has nothing

:17:27. > :17:34.to use, facing arguably the greatest player of all time. So he can go for

:17:35. > :17:41.it. If it was one set, it would be better, best-of-3 better, and over

:17:42. > :17:45.five sets, it is hard to see him having a victory, but just enjoy

:17:46. > :17:49.himself, but concentrate. If he wins the first set, who knows? We're

:17:50. > :17:57.still waiting for the players to come out. They are running a little

:17:58. > :18:01.late. Still looking forward to that. We have seen some amazing champions

:18:02. > :18:09.there, Margaret Court, Rod Laver. So many of them are there, waiting for

:18:10. > :18:14.this final. This is one of the most popular tournaments, a great way to

:18:15. > :18:18.start the year. It is lovely weather, 70 degrees, perfect

:18:19. > :18:23.conditions for tennis. This is a big moment for Stan. You have your first

:18:24. > :18:30.grand slam final, a whole different feeling. There is a contrast between

:18:31. > :18:37.the air and the lack of noise and the smell of the newly glued down

:18:38. > :18:42.carpet in there, and the smell of the paint. It all gets painted

:18:43. > :18:47.before. And then you come out onto the court, and you just take a whole

:18:48. > :18:49.load of new senses. So this is a different thing for Wawrinka now,

:18:50. > :18:56.but personally I think he will handle it well. And it is the empty

:18:57. > :19:00.locker room, normally it is not easy but suddenly it is quiet. It can be

:19:01. > :19:07.scary for a lot of people, their first grand slam. We saw that

:19:08. > :19:13.yesterday with Dominika Cibulkova. She will learn from her expedience.

:19:14. > :19:18.We will see how Stan handles this. Huge pressure on Rafa, and he is

:19:19. > :19:24.chasing records. He has so much to make from this, going for his 14th

:19:25. > :19:28.grand slam title. He is desperate to overtake Roger Federer, and with

:19:29. > :19:33.just 66 days separating them, he could well go over that. So let's go

:19:34. > :19:53.over to Melbourne and wait for the introductions.

:19:54. > :19:56.And in the tunnel, from Spain, Rafael Nadal.

:19:57. > :20:18.APPLAUSE SUE BARKER: A big cheer for Rafa.

:20:19. > :20:23.They thought he would possibly quit the game last year. They just love

:20:24. > :20:32.him down there. This court really does suit him. It does, but I think

:20:33. > :20:41.the crowd might slightly favour Wawrinka. They love the underdog in

:20:42. > :20:45.Australia. And they want a match. They know the odds are fully in

:20:46. > :20:54.favour of Rafa, and they want to see a good contest. He doesn't lack of

:20:55. > :21:00.physical strength himself, Stan Wawrinka. He is wider than he looks

:21:01. > :21:05.on-screen. He can certainly trade from the back of the court over the

:21:06. > :21:10.first hour, but what Nadal does is he wears you down, not just with the

:21:11. > :21:18.shots, but the tremendous will to win that he has. How is Wawrinka

:21:19. > :21:25.going to do this? You can't see a winner of other graphic here. But

:21:26. > :21:33.that is why we watch sport. Absolutely. And this court really

:21:34. > :21:37.suits Rafa Nadal. Hard court don't always suit him, he is at home on

:21:38. > :21:45.clay, but this is a high bouncing court, and he has incredible top

:21:46. > :21:52.spin shot. Can Stan get over the backhand? Can he still attack when

:21:53. > :22:00.the ball is bouncing that high? That was the key against Fedorov. He

:22:01. > :22:07.couldn't get in -- enough depth on it when it was bouncing that high.

:22:08. > :22:11.Game over. Wawrinka has got a big first serve, and he has to keep that

:22:12. > :22:15.backhand, when it is pulled out wide and deep, he has to get it back to

:22:16. > :22:23.the baseline, and if not, it will be destroyed. And this is clever, stand

:22:24. > :22:29.taking his time because he knows that Rafa takes his time. We could

:22:30. > :22:36.be here until nine o'clock in the morning. Look at all these things

:22:37. > :22:40.that he does these little things that he does, it is almost weird.

:22:41. > :22:41.But he doesn't go up until he is ready.

:22:42. > :23:31.APPLAUSE Any questions? Who is going to call

:23:32. > :23:37.it. Rafa! You can call it. Hence for him? And it is tales. You receive?

:23:38. > :23:57.Have a good match. And off he goes. That was hard work,

:23:58. > :24:03.wasn't it. Nobody wanted to call it. That is so funny. All of the umpires

:24:04. > :24:17.know how Rafa likes to go about his business. It is wonderful, all these

:24:18. > :24:23.different superstitions. Rafa has to do the bottles, the shoelaces, the

:24:24. > :24:32.tape now on the blister. He has a thousand things to think about. The

:24:33. > :24:39.temperature there, 81 Fahrenheit, it is supposed to come down to 70. Rafa

:24:40. > :24:47.has so many things that he likes to do a certain way, and he walks on

:24:48. > :24:52.court with his own racket. I look back in the old days, and think of

:24:53. > :24:56.someone like Jimmy Connors. He would have gone round in the changeover

:24:57. > :25:07.and kicked the bottles, just to irritate him. But you have a go at

:25:08. > :25:13.Rafa, and Stan would never do that. Tomas Berdych had a go at him in

:25:14. > :25:17.Madrid once, and you get munched about 15 times in a row, and instead

:25:18. > :25:21.of picking up five or six games, you pick up two.

:25:22. > :25:26.In this tournament, he has been warned about time violation, having

:25:27. > :25:29.to hurry up between the points, and we saw Roger Federer getting upset

:25:30. > :25:34.about grunting, which we have never seen before. So Rafa has had his

:25:35. > :25:41.little problems with the umpires here. What a record this is. 27

:25:42. > :25:48.years of age, and he has achieved so much. If he wins today, he could

:25:49. > :25:57.join two of the greats, Roy Emerson and Rod Laver, as the only three men

:25:58. > :26:09.to win all four Grand Slams twice. It just shows how difficult it is to

:26:10. > :26:12.achieve it. He found a way to beat Federer, and then Djokovic started

:26:13. > :26:18.coming and we thought he was going to dominate, Nadal went back to the

:26:19. > :26:22.drawing board, worked on his serve again, and now he is back on top. It

:26:23. > :26:26.is almost like he loves these challenges coming at him. The more

:26:27. > :26:31.that people raise the bar, he goes back and does it again. He is 27, he

:26:32. > :26:41.could do this for another five years. Ed Bird is working with

:26:42. > :26:49.federal, -- Stefan Edberg is working with Roger Federer, Murray has

:26:50. > :26:56.brought in Ivan Lendl, Djokovic working with Boris Becker. And he

:26:57. > :27:02.still has a uncle Tony. He is sticking with that, and it is pretty

:27:03. > :27:07.successful so far. And the key is the injuries. If it is 14 Grand

:27:08. > :27:13.Slams today for Rafa, will he be fit enough to carry an? The French is

:27:14. > :27:18.almost a given. He has only lost one match there since he started playing

:27:19. > :27:21.it. Wimbledon is not a favourite for his knees. He has had a couple of

:27:22. > :27:26.years there where it hasn't worked for him. But you have to see him

:27:27. > :27:32.winning more than three Grand Slams as long as he stays fit. I think he

:27:33. > :27:43.could win three this year. The French is a given. If he wins this

:27:44. > :27:49.today, he only needs one of the US Open and Wimbledon to get three this

:27:50. > :27:58.year. And Magnus Norman, Stan's decision to go with him. The only

:27:59. > :28:07.match that Rafa lost at the last open was with robins ogling, and

:28:08. > :28:14.Magnus Norman was coaching him -- Robin Soderling. I think he has got

:28:15. > :28:18.into Stan's head to say, this is what you have to do to compete with

:28:19. > :28:23.these top players. You have to have the belief that you can do it. He

:28:24. > :28:29.believes that he belongs with the top guys, and before with Wawrinka,

:28:30. > :28:34.you knew he was capable of a big upset here and there, but not really

:28:35. > :28:39.to win a grand slam. But now you have to put him in that mix that he

:28:40. > :28:45.could win a slam. If you look at him now, he has a shot now. He is that

:28:46. > :28:50.good. Whatever happens here in the final,

:28:51. > :28:53.he will go up to world number five, and Murray is going down to possibly

:28:54. > :29:04.seven. That will make things more difficult for him. You need to be in

:29:05. > :29:09.the top four seeds, because otherwise you have to win two or

:29:10. > :29:18.three very big matches to get a Grand Slam. Yes, if you ended up

:29:19. > :29:23.with Wawrinka in the quarterfinals, Djokovic in the semi, Nadal in the

:29:24. > :29:34.final, that would be a very difficult Grand Slam. And we saw

:29:35. > :29:36.Federer, do you think he will be attacking more trying to keep the

:29:37. > :29:41.points short now that he is getting older? You don't want to get too

:29:42. > :29:47.involved with long rallies and defensive against Rafa. If he says

:29:48. > :29:51.his best tennis is ahead of him, who am I to argue? But realistically,

:29:52. > :29:56.you have to say for Federer, Wimbledon is his shot. If he doesn't

:29:57. > :30:01.win Wimbledon, it is tough to see him winning another Grand Slam in

:30:02. > :30:05.singles. But the stand here today, will he have to attack against

:30:06. > :30:11.Rafa? Will he keep the points short? That is one part of his game

:30:12. > :30:16.he has improved, the defensive play. We have to see, when he is pulled

:30:17. > :30:21.out wide, can he get that ball back with enough punch on it to stop Rafa

:30:22. > :30:25.taking over the point? Magnus Norman has helped his defensive play, but I

:30:26. > :30:29.do think he has the power from the back to cause Rafa some problems

:30:30. > :30:35.today, and his first serve is a big weapon. His second serve as well,

:30:36. > :30:40.another key, he thumps it, and he is not scared of going for a second

:30:41. > :30:46.serve over 100 mph on big points, and he serves a very few double

:30:47. > :30:52.points. -- double faults. So Rafa might be able less to get on top of

:30:53. > :31:02.his serve. If he could just unleash what he has got, we could have a

:31:03. > :31:08.very good final. Only one break point against Thomas Burdick. OK, we

:31:09. > :31:11.are ready for the final. If you want to contact us, there are many ways.

:31:12. > :31:18.Through the website. Or on Twitter or Facebook. Let us

:31:19. > :31:41.enjoy this final with John and Andy. Playing against Stanislas Wawrinka,

:31:42. > :31:46.he has never lost to him. Can he make any impact? In his first grand

:31:47. > :31:50.slam final. Swiss number one tomorrow. But will he be the

:31:51. > :34:29.Australian open champion? That is a good sign for Stanislas

:34:30. > :34:34.Wawrinka, dealing with that forehand from Rafael Nadal. That is a shot we

:34:35. > :34:37.have been talking about. He got a hold of that one and penetrated that

:34:38. > :35:10.back. That is a good, settling start for

:35:11. > :35:17.the Swiss player. And as a change at the beginning of the final, the best

:35:18. > :35:23.of five sets and the role of honour... The men's doubles... The

:35:24. > :35:34.Swedish combination in their third Friday together. They beat the South

:35:35. > :35:36.African, United States combination. That is a first grand slam win for

:35:37. > :35:47.both of them. Congratulations to Li Na, defeating

:35:48. > :36:10.Dominika Cibulkova yesterday. Rafael Nadal, the 2009 champion and

:36:11. > :36:14.a finalist in 2012, looking to become only the third man to win

:36:15. > :36:19.each of the grand slam is on two occasions. -- Grand Slams. An

:36:20. > :37:37.amazing record at stake. Just another part of his game, he

:37:38. > :37:41.has improved that so much. You first serve, added pace, variety. Always

:37:42. > :38:25.looking to improve. Foreground Slam championships in the

:38:26. > :38:31.year. Australian, French, and then Wimbledon at the end of July. The

:38:32. > :38:37.first week of July. And when he won the US Open in 2010 to complete that

:38:38. > :38:58.set, it was his serve that everybody noticed the most. So difficult to

:38:59. > :39:36.make those adjustments, but he does. He was not messing around with that

:39:37. > :39:40.one! That was a big forehand. Excellent second serve and then

:39:41. > :39:45.Rafael Nadal thinks he is back on that point and then that big

:39:46. > :39:49.forehand takes over. In a lot of pace on both sides. We talk about

:39:50. > :39:55.the backhand with Stanislas Wawrinka but actually hits more winners on

:39:56. > :40:24.his forehand. The best one handed backhand in this game. That had to,

:40:25. > :40:36.he had better put on last year, ever try, ever fail, no matter, try

:40:37. > :40:43.again, fail better. -- tattoo. That is a weird one! We are definitely

:40:44. > :40:47.seeing the tactics that he has come onto this court with and it is

:40:48. > :40:52.working. He will have talked about this over and over again with Magnus

:40:53. > :40:56.Norman, just go for it. I want to see inside the baseline. You cannot

:40:57. > :41:13.win from the back of the court so trust that.

:41:14. > :41:25.Well, here's not nervous or he is disguising it very well! And no

:41:26. > :41:31.signs of grand slam final first time jitters. He has taken to this court

:41:32. > :41:37.very confidently. Absolutely right, he is enjoying himself and he is

:41:38. > :41:43.vastly experienced, he just has not been to any grand slam final. He has

:41:44. > :41:48.done semifinals before. Super Saturday, in the United States. Part

:41:49. > :41:53.of a very big show on many times. But he has settled down. He will

:41:54. > :41:59.need a very high first serve percentage and when they are at the

:42:00. > :42:02.back of the court, it seems very clear that Stanislas Wawrinka has to

:42:03. > :42:09.drive through. Very difficult over five sets to do that consistently.

:42:10. > :42:13.But I like the sign, good things so far, very early, is Stanislas

:42:14. > :42:17.Wawrinka, he does need that high percentage of first serves but he

:42:18. > :42:22.has the ability to go for that first serve because he does not worry that

:42:23. > :42:26.Rafael Nadal will get onto his second serve because he belts that

:42:27. > :42:32.over 100 miles per hour. The other thing we saw Rafael Nadal doing was

:42:33. > :42:36.trying to look that back height, normally a good shot, back into

:42:37. > :42:38.play, but that works unless your opponent takes the ball on the

:42:39. > :42:44.right, just like Stanislas Wawrinka did, whacking that for the winner.

:42:45. > :42:51.He has to get within four feet of the baseline and keep that? That is

:42:52. > :42:52.right. This is what we have noticed that the beginning. Sunday night in

:42:53. > :43:20.Melbourne, grand slam final. Very rarely do you see Rafael Nadal

:43:21. > :43:25.tactically doing something that bad! His opponent was already inside the

:43:26. > :43:27.court. Look at how high he hit that drop shot? He got that one totally

:43:28. > :43:38.wrong. Not easy on the hard court. It is

:43:39. > :43:44.not like crass and the ball dies a little bit. It has to be almost

:43:45. > :44:27.perfect, especially with how quickly the players are these days.

:44:28. > :44:38.You might have been aware of 68 macro... Stanislas Wawrinka looking

:44:39. > :44:48.to run around that forehand. -- Toni Nadal. Odds on everybody to win. He

:44:49. > :44:50.is nervous. He has to go out there and do it. He is tight at the

:44:51. > :45:18.moment. And 15,000 spectators in the Rod

:45:19. > :45:25.Laver Arena are seeing a very good effort. He is the one who has two

:45:26. > :45:30.break points first. If Rafael Nadal was trying to drop volley? If he

:45:31. > :46:17.was, he did not get that right, either.

:46:18. > :46:39.You can see that extra acceleration on that forehand, he just got that

:46:40. > :46:47.ball across the court with so much pace. What a start! He looks like

:46:48. > :46:52.the effective one from the back of the court so far. He is driving it

:46:53. > :47:27.through, it is working and he has got the break.

:47:28. > :47:36.Not getting many first serves in at the moment. This is a game where he

:47:37. > :47:44.could use a free point or two. Rafael Nadal will make him play. But

:47:45. > :47:49.I agree with you, he would love that percentage to be up, obviously, but

:47:50. > :47:53.again, Magnus Norman is saying, go for it on the first serve because

:47:54. > :47:58.the second is just so good, try to get some free points or get into a

:47:59. > :48:07.position where you can dominate the next shot.

:48:08. > :48:21.First base for the match. -- ace. Number 63 for the tournament. But a

:48:22. > :48:26.massive server of those but a very fine location server, he has to use

:48:27. > :48:28.that one wide on the outside as well. And that was on its way,

:48:29. > :48:40.wasn't it? ! He loves these, on the right and on

:48:41. > :48:48.the left, out there. Lancelot. -- loves that. And there is control.

:48:49. > :48:52.That is using the service box, brilliant serving. We said he could

:48:53. > :48:58.use some help and he has responded, everything going his way. Early

:48:59. > :49:05.days. I like the way he is moving in behind that as well, he did not need

:49:06. > :49:12.to serve-volley. Giving Rafael Nadal different looks at the moment. And

:49:13. > :49:26.there he is! Rafael Nadal not liking what he is seeing. That is a

:49:27. > :49:28.brilliant game, 40-15, he had that question and instead of the serve

:49:29. > :49:34.you favourite in the middle, Heathrow is one wide and serve and

:49:35. > :49:39.volley. What this means for the return is you cannot predict what

:49:40. > :49:43.the server is doing, he is keeping Rafael Nadal thinking, using both

:49:44. > :49:48.sides of the box. Perhaps into the body as well and this is the

:49:49. > :49:52.contest, rather like in baseball between the pitcher and the batter.

:49:53. > :49:58.This is the battle in tennis. They have gone through that game plan and

:49:59. > :50:03.it is all right saying that but you must execute it and so far he is

:50:04. > :50:09.executing that perfectly and Rafael Nadal is raffled. Early days,

:50:10. > :50:17.obviously, but at the moment he has got the firepower to put Rafael

:50:18. > :50:21.Nadal, get him off balance. And Rafael Nadal is resorting to coming

:50:22. > :50:28.in a couple of times when he did not want to and he hit a couple of poor

:50:29. > :50:34.volleys. And he has got the comfort of that break. We shall see

:50:35. > :50:36.Stanislas Wawrinka going for a couple of big shots on the return,

:50:37. > :51:59.if he gets any opportunity, as well. That was a solid overhead from

:52:00. > :52:07.Rafael Nadal. One of the best in the game, Rafael Nadal. And we know that

:52:08. > :53:01.is one of the best shots in the game.

:53:02. > :53:17.Well, that was just stunning. Half volley. That kept Rafael Nadal

:53:18. > :54:10.defending. And then, his trademark backhand down the line.

:54:11. > :54:18.He made that volley looked very easy and it was not. Good approach shot.

:54:19. > :54:26.That was a nice height but to just snap but the way for the clean

:54:27. > :55:53.winner on such a big point... -- snap that away.

:55:54. > :56:01.Rafael Nadal escapes to stay in this set. Saving the break point. The

:56:02. > :56:08.sort of start we were looking for? Yes. Stanislas Wawrinka has settled

:56:09. > :56:13.down. Rafael Nadal really has not but knows he is in the contest. He

:56:14. > :56:21.will no button that anyone that he was playing against a man who was a

:56:22. > :56:26.real threat. You don't make a grand slam final if you do not know what

:56:27. > :56:36.you are doing. Stanislas Wawrinka has settled and that is a worry.

:56:37. > :56:45.He wants his towel in little bit quicker. -- a little bit. Naturally

:56:46. > :57:02.keyed up. Well, that is three backhand

:57:03. > :57:08.volleys, serve and volleys. He has not lost any point when he has got

:57:09. > :57:10.his first serve into play. And this is deep into the first set. That

:57:11. > :57:50.does count. Are you kidding? ! But was just

:57:51. > :57:55.immense. Rafael Nadal looked like he had this point but then, the paste

:57:56. > :57:59.this man possesses, Stanislas Wawrinka, from positions where he

:58:00. > :58:19.looks in trouble, he can just explode on the ball.

:58:20. > :58:28.The success rate amongst the men on challenges that this tournament has

:58:29. > :58:35.been around about one quarter. You have to throw in that they sometimes

:58:36. > :58:45.do that to get a little break. That was a nice time to hit that at 40-0.

:58:46. > :58:52.Women tend to challenge less. And a little bit more successfully. Read

:58:53. > :58:53.into that whatever you will. Sociologists, feel free to get in

:58:54. > :59:52.touch! Stanislas Wawrinka maintains his

:59:53. > :59:56.break. The last game with the older tennis balls. Rafael Nadal will have

:59:57. > :00:00.to serve to stay in that first set. On those challenges, men challenge

:00:01. > :00:05.more because they think they are right more! But they are actually

:00:06. > :00:09.wrong war at the time. Which will come as no surprise to some of our

:00:10. > :00:15.viewers! That is a lovely start from Stanislas Wawrinka. 28 years old,

:00:16. > :00:29.ranked eighth place in the world at the moment. If he wins today, he

:00:30. > :00:34.goes all the way up to number three in the world, which speaks volumes

:00:35. > :00:37.for how consistent he has been. While many people haven't seen him

:00:38. > :00:44.play too many matches, he has been very consistent. A loss would take

:00:45. > :00:53.him to number five in the world. Whatever happens, the 12 years, ,

:00:54. > :00:55.the first time in 12 years, tomorrow morning, Roger Federer will not be

:00:56. > :01:13.the Swiss number one. We have seen some good Swiss players

:01:14. > :01:20.over time, Mark Rosso, who won when Wawrinka was just ten years of age.

:01:21. > :03:27.And of course Martina Hingis, the only Grand Slam champion.

:03:28. > :03:38.That's the way to follow up from a double fault, get an a sin. -- an

:03:39. > :04:07.ace in. This interesting game now. He has

:04:08. > :04:17.never won a set. This is the moment of truth. A new racket for Nadal.

:04:18. > :04:26.First receiving game on a new set of balls. Everyone has a different way

:04:27. > :04:31.of doing it. 12 times, he has faced Nadal, and he hasn't won a single

:04:32. > :05:03.set. He has been close, in China and in London.

:05:04. > :05:11.It is so difficult to actually play the ball rather than the man in

:05:12. > :05:31.situations such as this, especially when the man is Nadal.

:05:32. > :05:38.That was a brilliant forehand, a very good second serve, as well. He

:05:39. > :05:43.couldn't have hit that much better, right on the line. Now, this is a

:05:44. > :06:27.big test here. Unlucky! Great defensive play from

:06:28. > :06:34.Nadal, but he got lucky with that net cord. That slowed the ball up

:06:35. > :07:05.and enabled Nadal to get on the attack.

:07:06. > :07:15.He has been using the wide one, serving out so well, Wawrinka. He

:07:16. > :07:18.has missed a couple this game, need to still go for that, or switch it

:07:19. > :07:42.up, go down the middle. It is a huge second serve again. I

:07:43. > :08:17.think Nadal thought that was going out. He built and that second serve.

:08:18. > :08:26.That is extraordinary. Nadal had fought his way to three break point

:08:27. > :08:32.against a nervous opponent, and then has failed to get the ball back into

:08:33. > :08:35.play, and this is rare indeed to see Nadal like this. Heavy, heavy duty

:08:36. > :09:19.serving. From Wawrinka. Amazing! Five straight points for

:09:20. > :09:29.Wawrinka. He is playing Nadal for the 13th time, and wins a set. Can

:09:30. > :09:34.he win the three? What a psychological boost. It huge passage

:09:35. > :09:42.of play, that last five minutes or so. Plenty of adrenaline in that

:09:43. > :09:48.last serve. Ace number three came at the right time, that's for sure.

:09:49. > :09:53.More winners, double the winners. That is not something that we didn't

:09:54. > :09:56.expect. We knew we had to go for that, but if you look at the

:09:57. > :10:01.unforced error is, he has only made one more than Nadal. He has really

:10:02. > :10:07.proved that, while still going for the big winners, he has cut down on

:10:08. > :10:10.the errors. How did he get away with not making the first serve on that

:10:11. > :10:17.break point, and still winning the game? It has been so rare in the

:10:18. > :10:24.last few years to see a first-time winner at Grand Slam level. It is so

:10:25. > :10:30.difficult to do. It is tournament number 36, the 36th major

:10:31. > :10:35.championship, for Wawrinka. I am so glad he has settled, for his sake

:10:36. > :10:43.and for everybody watching, as well. So money times, people have been

:10:44. > :10:44.overawed. It is a long time since Nadal is a 19-year-old won the

:10:45. > :11:01.French Open. You conceive the dominance of the

:11:02. > :11:07.big four players. Only Juan Martin Del Potro has managed to break the

:11:08. > :11:17.stranglehold. He wasn't able to beat Rafa Nadal. Murray broke through

:11:18. > :11:27.wide -- by winning the US Open and Wimbledon last year.

:11:28. > :12:10.Well, you can't say that first set was against the run of play. He

:12:11. > :12:14.absolutely deserved it. He plays an exciting brand of tennis, as well.

:12:15. > :12:19.The variety was there and the power. He came in, he serve more lead,

:12:20. > :13:08.attacked the ball on the rise. Even Wawrinka raises his eyebrows at

:13:09. > :13:12.the sheer quality of that rally. Nadal looked to be in control, but

:13:13. > :13:19.that is the problem against Wawrinka. He can, even falling

:13:20. > :13:24.backwards, find enough pace off the forehand and the backhand to drive

:13:25. > :13:28.through. He can do what federal can't off that backhand side up

:13:29. > :13:31.high, he has the pace to drive Nadal back even when he looks like he is

:13:32. > :13:49.in trouble. I don't think that was swept that

:13:50. > :14:04.they were clearing up there. I think Serra one or two birds in here.

:14:05. > :14:11.Well, he is throwing down the message to Nadal here that if you

:14:12. > :14:16.hit anything that has not enough pace or depth, this is what I am

:14:17. > :14:21.going to do to you. This had a lot of height on, but not enough pace,

:14:22. > :14:26.and that excellent footwork from Wawrinka to get round the ball, he

:14:27. > :14:51.can hit that either way. Nadal is just not picking these shots.

:14:52. > :15:01.That was the sort of look sane, keep going, nothing you can do. He won't

:15:02. > :15:08.keep that up. That is the message that they will be giving at the

:15:09. > :15:10.moment, what they will be thinking. He can't do it over five set, just

:15:11. > :15:30.hang on. That is incredible. Unbelievable.

:15:31. > :15:38.Wawrinka, after 40 minutes here, is in control. A set and a break. It

:15:39. > :15:46.has been a dominant performance, and here is evidence of the ball

:15:47. > :15:52.slightly up high. Normally only double hand is confined this sort of

:15:53. > :16:00.angle, but somehow he can do it. It is just amazing. No take back at

:16:01. > :16:05.all. He is playing a brand of tennis at the moment that is out of this

:16:06. > :16:10.world. We talk about Djokovic's return, Andy Murray's return. At the

:16:11. > :16:15.moment, this guy is surpassing them with what he is doing and the way he

:16:16. > :16:20.is attacking the ball. It is marvellous to watch. And Nadal at

:16:21. > :16:25.the moment is in a position where quite frankly he doesn't know what

:16:26. > :16:27.to do. Well, we know what he will do, he will hang in there and make

:16:28. > :16:50.it tough on every point. 217 kilometres per hour. His fastest

:16:51. > :17:34.was 221. Round about 137 miles an hour.

:17:35. > :17:41.That is an area where he is very confident, that serve. If he goes

:17:42. > :17:47.for the second serve, I can't think of many better second servers than

:17:48. > :17:55.Wawrinka. He goes through the court, so deep and so hard. It is okayed to

:17:56. > :17:58.do that at 40-0, just giving it a different look. It keeps Nadal

:17:59. > :19:03.guessing, even though he lost that point.

:19:04. > :19:13.Just a well thought out match that he is playing so far. He has done

:19:14. > :19:20.his homework. He took on the coach Magnus Norman,

:19:21. > :19:25.former French Open finalist, took him on ahead of a tournament in

:19:26. > :19:31.Portugal last year, just on a trial basis to see how they went. It has

:19:32. > :19:51.really worked out, hasn't it? ! Look at that, Nadal has only one won 17%

:19:52. > :19:55.on his second serve. He wins the baseline contests behind his second

:19:56. > :20:13.serve against most people, but he's not winning these.

:20:14. > :20:21.The net backhand, he is so confident, even though he missed

:20:22. > :20:27.that one, he is not afraid to go back to Nadal's forehand. Going up

:20:28. > :21:30.against perhaps the best shot in the game, the Nadal forehand.

:21:31. > :21:38.That is what we were talking about, John. How many times over the course

:21:39. > :21:42.of a year, do we see someone going on to Nadal's forehand with

:21:43. > :22:55.impunity? That shows you how confident he is.

:22:56. > :23:07.Oh, it looks like that is lower back. That is unusual. It takes a

:23:08. > :23:37.lot to have Nadal showing pain. Did I see some strapping under there?

:23:38. > :23:48.And again. We have to keep a nigh on Nadal here. It is very unusual for

:23:49. > :23:53.him to show his opponent, too. Pain is pain, but he is not one who would

:23:54. > :23:59.normally bluff that, because he wouldn't want to let his opponent

:24:00. > :24:08.know he was in pain. He didn't want to talk about the blister.

:24:09. > :24:15.I tell you what, he also slowed his first serve down there a lot. We

:24:16. > :24:18.will have to keep an eye on that, too. I don't know if that was

:24:19. > :24:38.deliberate. Yes, he has slowed it down again.

:24:39. > :24:45.Those two first serves were way down on speed. It might have been my

:24:46. > :24:49.imagination, but it looks like the ball toss was in a different place

:24:50. > :24:55.as well, it wasn't one that required him to arches back. Here comes the

:24:56. > :25:09.trainer. I don't like the way he is shaking his head there.

:25:10. > :25:15.Yes, they are taking a medical time-out. And he is going to go off

:25:16. > :25:28.court to take it. Well, I don't think this is anything

:25:29. > :25:32.that anybody knew about apart from the trainers and the medical team,

:25:33. > :25:40.who will have been prepared for this. But for the purposes of

:25:41. > :25:45.modesty, I think, he is allowed to go and take his time at off the

:25:46. > :25:48.court. He just wasted about a minute they're going back to the chair,

:25:49. > :25:55.because they will have already started the clock. I don't think he

:25:56. > :26:00.has announced it. They will escort him after the changing rooms, to a

:26:01. > :26:04.treatment area, probably a little bit closer.

:26:05. > :26:11.UMPIRE: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Nadal has left the court to receive

:26:12. > :26:24.a medical time-out. He was treated on a medical time-out

:26:25. > :26:26.for the blister two days ago against Roger Federer. But this doesn't look

:26:27. > :26:33.like the blister. Can you tell me what is the

:26:34. > :26:49.problem? I'm not sure that's the case, as he

:26:50. > :26:57.talks to the umpire. Stan Wawrinka looks a little bit cross. UMPIRE: I

:26:58. > :26:59.am not supposed to tell you. He doesn't have the right to know

:27:00. > :27:08.that. SUE BARKER: You also think, he is

:27:09. > :27:16.gone off to be diagnosed, and maybe the supervisor will tell him now.

:27:17. > :27:22.Let's see whether or not in fact the umpire was right. I'm sure he is, he

:27:23. > :27:27.doesn't have to give a medical diagnosis to an opponent, especially

:27:28. > :27:30.once someone has gone off court. Normally it is visual and you can

:27:31. > :27:32.see what the problem is, but I don't think he has the right to know that

:27:33. > :27:41.information. SUE BARKER: If Wawrinka doesn't know

:27:42. > :27:47.what is wrong, he might be wondering why he would go off court for the

:27:48. > :27:52.blister. He is flying at the moment, and he doesn't want this break in

:27:53. > :28:01.his routine. Every match, you have to tell me

:28:02. > :28:06.why. I ask and you tell me. Can I just leave the court just like

:28:07. > :28:21.that? It is between him and the physio. No, you have to tell me why.

:28:22. > :28:30.It is very interesting, Sue. I am not going to ask, no. I have a

:28:31. > :28:36.choice. You can fight about this, or you can accept it. I think you need

:28:37. > :28:46.to accept it. Every other match, when an opponent asks why the physio

:28:47. > :28:50.is here, they tell them. Call him and get him now here, gets Stefan

:28:51. > :28:55.here now. That is tricky. Stephan can't come

:28:56. > :28:58.out to tell him what is wrong, because he legally has to be there

:28:59. > :29:02.to make sure that nothing happens between Rafa and the trainer while

:29:03. > :29:09.they are not on court and in full view of everyone. And he can't be

:29:10. > :29:17.everywhere. What Stan Wawrinka really needs now

:29:18. > :29:20.is to maintain his composure. It is annoying when an opponent takes a

:29:21. > :29:22.time-out that may or may not be tactical. And here comes when

:29:23. > :29:36.McEwan. He told me that he is not going to

:29:37. > :29:39.tell me. I want to know why he has the physio. Why he doesn't want to

:29:40. > :30:16.tell me. SUE BARKER: You do wonder what

:30:17. > :30:24.Magnus Norman will be wanting to Telstar. Don't get so fired up,

:30:25. > :30:28.don't lose your concentration. He is going out now, and he is going to

:30:29. > :30:34.complain if Raffa is not back in 30 seconds. The 30 seconds has been

:30:35. > :30:39.called. And Raffa may have a couple of things that he wants to do at the

:30:40. > :30:45.net. He is going to be over the 30 seconds now. He won't make it back

:30:46. > :30:53.on court in time. There is no way. He is still not back.

:30:54. > :31:02.It is over the time. The main thing for Stanislas Wawrinka is to

:31:03. > :31:06.maintain his composure in this very excitable atmosphere, he feels a

:31:07. > :31:10.little bit crossed that he has had his adrenaline stopped in its tracks

:31:11. > :31:17.but I have no doubt that Rafael Nadal was entitled to his treatment.

:31:18. > :31:35.He is over 30 seconds. Why have you not done anything? Look, this is way

:31:36. > :31:45.over the time. Way over. He is not even rushing to get ready. This is

:31:46. > :31:46.where the problem comes. UMPIRE: ready for play, ladies and

:31:47. > :33:16.gentlemen. It will be interesting to see the

:33:17. > :33:22.service speed again. He was definitely struggling before the

:33:23. > :33:25.injury time-out. C if he gets his speed up again. Dash-macro let us

:33:26. > :33:43.see. -- let us see. This is not looking

:33:44. > :33:51.good. I think we shall see a retirement if we are not careful. I

:33:52. > :33:53.know that Rafael Nadal would go to the end of the earth, if he was

:33:54. > :34:20.able. It was as if he said, it was his

:34:21. > :34:27.back. I did not think that Stanislas Wawrinka copyright to hear anyone

:34:28. > :34:39.else's medical diagnosis. But it has become all very obvious now. -- have

:34:40. > :34:43.the right. Well, this is terrible. We have been talking about his

:34:44. > :34:48.bluster but out of the blue, something we did not know anything

:34:49. > :34:52.about... Did it happen during the match or just leaning into this

:34:53. > :34:59.match? It looked like a spasm in his back. They can wear off. Or is it a

:35:00. > :35:09.displaced red? I think you may stop this at the end of this game. --

:35:10. > :35:19.rib. He is close to tears. This is awful. You just work so hard. He

:35:20. > :35:50.will be very confused in his mind. That is good. Is he walking directly

:35:51. > :35:59.to the net? Not yet. Good. Hanging in, perhaps waiting for his

:36:00. > :36:04.anti-inflammatory to just kick in. Something in his cartilage area,

:36:05. > :36:26.that can be incredibly painful. His pelvis or would ever? We will see.

:36:27. > :36:38.-- whatever. His lower back. Back spasm, possibly? Both of these

:36:39. > :36:52.players have benefited from opponents pulling out. During the

:36:53. > :36:53.course of this tournament. Bernard Tomic pulled out after the first

:36:54. > :37:19.set. To see this in a real showcase for

:37:20. > :37:52.tennis, the final, is a real shame. And all that talk about records with

:37:53. > :37:59.Rafael Nadal, this is perfectly natural, all of that has been

:38:00. > :38:05.predicated by everybody in the game on if he stays fit. He has had so

:38:06. > :38:09.many problems over the years. But never a back problem, not that I can

:38:10. > :38:17.think of. This is just so sad to see. That is a problem with an

:38:18. > :38:27.individual sport, any injury, you cannot put any subject in, nothing

:38:28. > :38:32.you can do. -- a substitute. There is no point in going on. The only

:38:33. > :38:35.reason is perhaps his medication might kick in? But at the moment,

:38:36. > :39:07.this is just torture to watch. The worry was that it was some

:39:08. > :39:12.specific moment you could identify. Because after that slapped forehand

:39:13. > :40:22.into the net, a huge amount of rotation through his trunk.

:40:23. > :40:30.When Rafael Nadal at that time off after Wimbledon and came back last

:40:31. > :40:33.year, one of the first things he was talking about at the press

:40:34. > :40:38.conference was that he had been away for so long and in South America,

:40:39. > :40:44.clay court, he was talking about the hard court and the wear and tear

:40:45. > :40:48.that his body injuries. But it is the way that he plays. He has been

:40:49. > :41:03.doing this since he was ten years old, incredibly physical.

:41:04. > :41:14.He is obviously trying to just go for broke on the first ground stroke

:41:15. > :41:21.that he has, which is not his game. The shortest route whatever way to

:41:22. > :41:23.winning or losing the point. There is a bit more of a break at the end

:41:24. > :42:09.of the set. A couple of minutes. So, Stanislas Wawrinka keeping his

:42:10. > :42:15.concentration. He has two set points. And it has dawned on the

:42:16. > :42:27.crowd and everybody else that Rafael Nadal has got a major issue, here.

:42:28. > :42:34.Some sort of injury to his back and treatment to follow. In the middle

:42:35. > :42:36.of the second set. Rafael Nadal has come back and he has got no power at

:42:37. > :43:21.all. As a sportsman, you are programmed

:43:22. > :43:27.to compete and focus everything on achieving that goal. And suddenly,

:43:28. > :43:34.when you are not able to do even the basics... It is a confusing

:43:35. > :43:40.situation, he will not know whether to retire or to just hang in. He is

:43:41. > :44:26.well aware of the audience and people watching.

:44:27. > :44:36.Such focus on gaming victory. You can sacrifice pretty much everything

:44:37. > :44:42.in order to achieve that goal and everything that you do, you train

:44:43. > :44:45.and commit, everything you eat, when you go to bed, your first thought

:44:46. > :44:49.whenever you wake up, before and during the tournament and that is

:44:50. > :44:52.why this emotion comes out. Everything has been committed and

:44:53. > :45:02.suddenly it has all been ripped away. He is such a competitor. This

:45:03. > :45:06.is killing him, not to be able to go out and play in the way that he

:45:07. > :45:13.wants to play in the final. What is going through his mind? It is just

:45:14. > :45:20.an awful situation. And Stanislas Wawrinka has just lost the chance to

:45:21. > :45:26.go to set up, he will just be thinking, keep it going. Don't take

:45:27. > :45:33.quite so many risks but then Rafael Nadal hits a couple of winners and

:45:34. > :45:36.you think, is he coming back at me? The crowd trying to get behind him

:45:37. > :45:41.but with all of the things that Magnus Norman did with their

:45:42. > :45:48.planning, this is one scenario they did not talk about. And that adds to

:45:49. > :45:53.this. Just do the business when your opponent is injured. And

:45:54. > :45:57.concentrate. Easier said than done when you can see the person not

:45:58. > :46:10.moving hardly. It gives you a different mindset.

:46:11. > :46:18.Stanislas Wawrinka is thinking to himself, I about to achieve my

:46:19. > :46:24.ambition, here. All about concentration, for him.

:46:25. > :46:31.Do I not quite go for as much on the ground stroke? Make him play? Change

:46:32. > :46:41.the game, sadly. And then Rafael Nadal hits to forehand winners. --

:46:42. > :47:26.two. He is going to stop, I think. Yes.

:47:27. > :47:34.Hold on... Maybe not. No, he is going to carry on. I am sure that

:47:35. > :47:41.Stanislas Wawrinka would have accepted his hand in retirement to

:47:42. > :47:48.take this Championship. But it is a shame, tragedy is too strong a word

:47:49. > :47:53.but it is just a shame. He has talked about it so money times, the

:47:54. > :48:01.strain that hard courts take on his body. Clay is easier. It is softer.

:48:02. > :48:06.But this is the emotion and the wear and tear, only 27 years of age and

:48:07. > :48:12.he has taken extended leave before due to injury. And he has only been

:48:13. > :48:17.back on most exactly one year. If this is a back spasm, that is fine,

:48:18. > :48:23.if it is his ribs, that is different. Or perhaps it is

:48:24. > :48:44.something longer standing? I have no idea. His father and his cousin. The

:48:45. > :48:47.estimate macro his forearm and his elbows union. That is just what you

:48:48. > :49:13.want. -- that is his forearm. The crowd appreciate him for

:49:14. > :49:16.carrying on because they know he is a warrior. This is not faking or

:49:17. > :49:33.anything like that. And that was habit kicking in, his

:49:34. > :49:39.trademark sprinting. He did not forget to do that. He is conditioned

:49:40. > :49:56.to scrap on the court. 90 mph. Nothing there. But if he can

:49:57. > :51:20.hold on... Every ball that drops out or into

:51:21. > :51:26.the net from Rafael Nadal, Stanislas Wawrinka is thinking, that is one

:51:27. > :51:37.step closer. He is surely so excited.

:51:38. > :51:44.There is no room for any sympathy at this level. Stanislas Wawrinka is

:51:45. > :51:51.looking to get this job done and he will do anything to get closer to

:51:52. > :52:02.the finishing line. Not the way to win this, but...

:52:03. > :52:07.But even in the circumstances, it may not be that easy to close it

:52:08. > :52:41.out. That is the best point he has played

:52:42. > :53:11.since the injury. He did not serve Eiger but it did

:53:12. > :53:16.look like he moved out on those last few rallies. This is a big game for

:53:17. > :53:18.Stanislas Wawrinka, it is not good for his concentration either. --

:53:19. > :56:01.serve bigger. Penny for your thoughts? Stanislas

:56:02. > :56:07.Wawrinka. He had a chance to go one break-up and with an ailing opponent

:56:08. > :56:18.but perhaps Rafael Nadal has relaxed a little bit, his body has.

:56:19. > :56:28.This sport is littered with examples of people being injured and playing

:56:29. > :56:29.well enough to win. Beware the injured ulcer in that particular

:56:30. > :56:55.sport. -- golfer. It takes about 30 minutes for things

:56:56. > :57:02.to ease off and painkillers to kick in, I'd ever he has taken, probably

:57:03. > :57:14.something simple, like either proven, to relax those muscles. --

:57:15. > :57:22.Ibuprofen. Or maybe something stronger, I do not know what they

:57:23. > :57:28.are allowed. We have made that point. It is not easy to put away

:57:29. > :57:32.your injured opponent because you forget to play your own game and you

:57:33. > :57:38.cannot take the risk and go close to the line in case you make a mistake.

:57:39. > :57:46.All of a sudden, the errors are flowing from Stanislas Wawrinka.

:57:47. > :57:47.Before, he was immaculate. And he is guilty of thinking ahead, which is

:57:48. > :58:04.very easy to do in this position. If it does not go your way against

:58:05. > :58:11.an injured opponent, you start getting cross. Argue bluffing? You

:58:12. > :58:19.don't look bad to me. That sort of scenario. -- are you bluffing? But

:58:20. > :58:34.we are not suggesting that Rafael Nadal is thinking, of course. -- is

:58:35. > :58:49.bluffing. His Leicester will probably go in a moment as well! --

:58:50. > :58:57.blister. So many ailments. It looks like a postage stamp to Stanislas

:58:58. > :59:01.Wawrinka. He knows he just has to get it over the net. And it is so

:59:02. > :59:10.difficult. Nine unforced errors already in this set. Amazing. It

:59:11. > :59:15.shows you just how much of this game is in the mind. Because that is all

:59:16. > :59:19.this is. There is no way that Stanislas Wawrinka should be down

:59:20. > :59:24.three love, not with Rafael Nadal serving at half pace but he has

:59:25. > :59:28.mentally looked ahead and he's so what he was about to achieve. And

:59:29. > :59:34.his game has dropped. Dropped dramatically, also. Fabulous first

:59:35. > :59:39.set, Stanislas Wawrinka with the single break of serve. And coming

:59:40. > :59:44.back to win five straight points and take the set was tremendous stuff.

:59:45. > :59:49.The second set, Rafael Nadal got injured, back spasm or something

:59:50. > :59:55.else, but he is back in the third set and is moving better, you are

:59:56. > :00:00.right. Stanislas Wawrinka, before he got injured he was up by that

:00:01. > :00:04.break. It was a brand of tennis that we have not seen for a long time,

:00:05. > :00:08.the way he was playing and after that, it was a matter of just

:00:09. > :00:13.getting the job done. Because Rafael Nadal was at half pace, but it has

:00:14. > :00:16.changed around and Stanislas Wawrinka has got to get his mind

:00:17. > :00:23.back. This is the one scenario they would not have prepared for. With

:00:24. > :00:26.Magnus Norman. By the way, if your opponent is injured, this is what

:00:27. > :00:32.you do. It just does not factor into any game plan. This is unknown

:00:33. > :00:36.territory for Stanislas Wawrinka. His first grand slam final, against

:00:37. > :01:09.one of the all-time greats, and he is injured. He can see the finishing

:01:10. > :01:13.post and he has frozen a little bit. That's what he's got to do. Nadal is

:01:14. > :01:29.taking chances now. Go back to the beginning, just hit

:01:30. > :01:34.the ball. Not worry about whether he is going to get to a ball, or miss

:01:35. > :01:37.it, just go for it. Easy for us to say that. But you have to press the

:01:38. > :02:08.reset button. The Rinker didn't move on that one

:02:09. > :02:18.at all, just sort of stabbed at it -- Wawrinka didn't move. Serving his

:02:19. > :02:29.way out of whatever little trouble there was there.

:02:30. > :02:37.One of the questions we did ask was how he would treat his first grand

:02:38. > :02:42.slam final. Would he settle quicker than Dominika Cibulkova was able to

:02:43. > :04:12.do yesterday? He certainly didn't embarrass himself.

:04:13. > :04:19.Nadal now is playing higher risk tennis than he normally does. He is

:04:20. > :04:22.going for shots that he perhaps normally wouldn't go for a clean

:04:23. > :04:29.winner on, but they are coming off at the moment. Serve speed has

:04:30. > :04:32.picked up as he has adjusted to these different circumstances, and

:04:33. > :04:58.perhaps the medication has taken effect.

:04:59. > :05:14.I don't know how long this match is going to last, but a number of you

:05:15. > :05:28.have Dean into. #bbctennis, The best way to get in touch. I think given

:05:29. > :05:33.the physical condition that Rafael Nadal appears to be in now, this

:05:34. > :05:40.would be amazing if he could come back, although he has done it in the

:05:41. > :05:43.past. Is it impossible or not? His first serve speed has picked up a

:05:44. > :05:51.little, probably three quarters speed now. If he can carry on

:05:52. > :05:55.serving like that, a big weapon of his having basically been

:05:56. > :06:02.neutralised, it would be the greatest performance. But having

:06:03. > :06:07.said that, Wawrinka has dropped a level, which is understandable,

:06:08. > :06:11.considering the circumstances. You lose your concentration, focus and

:06:12. > :06:20.rhythm. You know how tightly wound up he was during the first medical

:06:21. > :06:23.break. He was livid when Nadal left court, he demanded to know what was

:06:24. > :06:29.wrong and the umpire wouldn't tell him.

:06:30. > :06:40.A bit of fire in those Swiss eyes, wasn't the? You thought maybe he

:06:41. > :06:43.might lose his concentration. But it was also good from a point that he

:06:44. > :06:50.was showing that he believes he belongs. He wasn't about to be

:06:51. > :06:55.intimidated by one of the greats. He was prepared to say, what is going

:06:56. > :06:58.on here, I have a right to know. Perhaps other players wouldn't have

:06:59. > :07:19.dared to say anything in those circumstances.

:07:20. > :07:30.That forehand of Wawrinka there, he didn't really go for it like he was

:07:31. > :07:36.doing earlier on. He didn't really do anything on it. Earlier on, those

:07:37. > :07:39.shots, he was hitting the clear winners. He was full of adrenaline

:07:40. > :08:04.earlier on, wasn't he? That was supposed to be the injury

:08:05. > :08:46.that he was worried about, the blister.

:08:47. > :08:54.More tennis on the BBC starting next Friday, BBC Three, 7pm, Great

:08:55. > :09:02.Britain versus the United States from a clay court in San Diego. It

:09:03. > :09:05.is the Davis Cup world group. Kyle Edmund very likely to play British

:09:06. > :09:36.number two singles, the 19-year-old from Yorkshire.

:09:37. > :09:44.Some momentum now for Wawrinka, five point two in a row. -- five points

:09:45. > :10:13.in a row. That was a match -player's second

:10:14. > :10:19.serve. The speed has picked up, so as you say, maybe the pills are

:10:20. > :10:20.starting to kick in. If he can win this set, perhaps he might be back

:10:21. > :10:46.to almost 100%. But even if you were 150%, you

:10:47. > :11:53.couldn't get to that. It really is a glorious one-handed backhand.

:11:54. > :12:04.Real frustration. Mental gymnastics for Wawrinka as he tries to achieve

:12:05. > :12:07.this lifetime ambition against a clearly injured opponent who has

:12:08. > :12:13.taken a medical time-out, but he can't put him away. Nadal doesn't

:12:14. > :12:17.know what it is to quit. I was expecting him to retire at the end

:12:18. > :12:21.of the second set or slightly before, but he is hanging in. The

:12:22. > :12:28.best painkiller is adrenaline, and maybe has cut got a little bit of

:12:29. > :12:37.it. He just has such a tremendous survival instinct.

:12:38. > :12:42.Davis Cup next week. Andy Murray? If he plays all three matches, I think

:12:43. > :12:46.it is a very close match. It could well come down to the doubles, and

:12:47. > :12:53.if Andy plays in the doubles and plays all three, he has a shot. The

:12:54. > :13:09.big men going for the United States, the Bryans. If Murray doesn't play,

:13:10. > :13:12.they could win it all. Nadal was 17 when he played in the Davis Cup

:13:13. > :13:19.final for Spain at Seville against the United States. A team led by

:13:20. > :14:33.Andy Roddick. 27,000 people watching.

:14:34. > :16:03.We did not expect to see Nadal serving for the set, that is for

:16:04. > :16:24.sure. A brilliant way to start the game there from Wawrinka.

:16:25. > :16:32.He is seriously wound up. Tightly coiled spring. His coach on the

:16:33. > :16:43.right there. Definitely had that one on his

:16:44. > :18:22.racket. Magnus Norman on the right there,

:18:23. > :18:57.formal world number two, he has been in the heat of battle.

:18:58. > :20:26.He wasn't missing that shot for a set and a half.

:20:27. > :20:32.APPLAUSE .

:20:33. > :20:41.Amazing, isn't it? One person against another, in every regard,

:20:42. > :20:46.physically as well as mentally. I have no idea of what is going to

:20:47. > :20:53.happen next. Nadal clearly injured, taking a lot of treatment, and Stan

:20:54. > :21:01.Wawrinka, if he was allowed his coach on court, it would be a major

:21:02. > :21:05.help right now. But he's not. In the women's game, you are, but he has to

:21:06. > :21:12.do it all himself. Australia Day, and we will see a

:21:13. > :21:14.Swiss or a Spanish victory from the centre of Melbourne. A fascinating

:21:15. > :21:26.contest. SUE BARKER: Fascinating and

:21:27. > :21:31.dramatic. Physically demanding for Nadal, mentally demanding for

:21:32. > :21:37.Wawrinka. This was 2-0 in the second set, and we very rarely see this

:21:38. > :21:42.from Rafael Nadal, the world number one, in agony. At the next change of

:21:43. > :21:48.ends after this, he left the court for treatment from the trainer that

:21:49. > :21:53.is on court, and we have heard that uncle Toni has been having a chat

:21:54. > :21:57.with the trainer as well. We thought he was going to be down and out,

:21:58. > :22:02.because he lost that second set comfortably, but whether it is the

:22:03. > :22:08.treatment, the painkillers, but Nadal has found some form again. He

:22:09. > :22:14.is moving better, serving harder. There is always this fear in tennis,

:22:15. > :22:18.beware the wounded warrior. You fear for Stan Wawrinka, who was playing

:22:19. > :22:21.the best tennis of his life, thinking he had done everything he

:22:22. > :22:26.needed to do and that ran for would pull out, maybe withdraw from the

:22:27. > :22:33.match, or just not find his form, but he certainly has. He is such a

:22:34. > :22:38.fighter, Rafael Nadal. You never give up, no matter what pain you are

:22:39. > :22:41.in. He has found a way back into this match, and it is going to be a

:22:42. > :22:47.dramatic, thrilling finish to this final. It is anybody's final. You

:22:48. > :22:54.feel for both of them in different ways. Physically for Rafa, mentally

:22:55. > :23:00.for Stan. What a final we have got. So, into the fourth set we go, a

:23:01. > :23:04.fourth set we could not possibly have expected here. The first couple

:23:05. > :23:10.of games are going to be interesting. Watch the movement of

:23:11. > :23:12.Nadal, but watch the movement of Wawrinka, as well. He needs to get

:23:13. > :23:33.some life back into those legs. He certainly doesn't look so forlorn

:23:34. > :23:59.any more. You can imagine Wawrinka just at

:24:00. > :24:04.that change over there. It is difficult to be logical in these

:24:05. > :24:09.circumstances, but he would have taken two sets to one up before the

:24:10. > :24:12.start. It is getting back to that mindset he was in in the early part

:24:13. > :24:15.of the game, before all this happened. Easy to say, but he has

:24:16. > :25:02.lost his rhythm. A fabulous game from the Swiss

:25:03. > :25:07.number two at the moment. He will be the Swiss number one tomorrow when

:25:08. > :25:15.the rankings come out. If he were to win this, he would be world number

:25:16. > :25:20.three. Andy Murray heads down to number five. Federal will be number

:25:21. > :25:27.eight, a lowly ranking for the great man. He won't fancy that for too

:25:28. > :25:28.long. He just loves playing. He says he will be around until the next

:25:29. > :25:46.Olympics. It matters being in the top four

:25:47. > :25:49.going into a Grand Slam championship. You want to be in the

:25:50. > :28:04.top four seeds. That tremendous ball striking that

:28:05. > :28:09.we have seen. It is just the pace he can get there, he takes it early. He

:28:10. > :28:14.had to hit a winner from that position, but he has the pace to do

:28:15. > :28:18.that from any position on the court. You know he trusts his forehand, he

:28:19. > :28:38.has got a great backhand, but he is still running round it.

:28:39. > :28:49.It is only three foot high, but it feels like about 30 feet in a

:28:50. > :28:53.situation like this. Wawrinka just thinking about that Grand Slam

:28:54. > :29:00.victory, but you can't, you have to just play each ball.

:29:01. > :29:58.Well, he has got his pace back on his serve.

:29:59. > :30:10.If he goes to 90% physically, the records show that the only set he

:30:11. > :30:20.has lost his opponent to date, today, the only time in 12 contests.

:30:21. > :30:59.He know he has got the sky. He knows he can do this. -- this guy.

:31:00. > :31:10.By contrast, Stanislas Wawrinka knows that even if Rafael Nadal

:31:11. > :31:14.still has one league, he will still be getting around the court and

:31:15. > :32:22.trying to make something happen. -- leg.

:32:23. > :32:33.Forehand volley. It was by his ankles, followed by the backhand

:32:34. > :32:45.volley. We do not see many of those these days. Sunday morning in the

:32:46. > :32:50.UK, Sunday evening in Melbourne, the first Grand Slam final of 2014.

:32:51. > :32:54.There was only one player in this for one and a half sets. That was

:32:55. > :33:03.Stanislas Wawrinka, and he will climb to world number five if he

:33:04. > :33:07.loses and number three if he wins. He is the real thing. But in the

:33:08. > :33:13.second set, and what will make headlines, is an injury to Rafael

:33:14. > :33:22.Nadal and it looked like he sustained that missing this forehand

:33:23. > :33:25.into the net. And since then, it is difficult to put your finger on

:33:26. > :33:29.exactly what has happened. We do not have any diagnosis, but we think he

:33:30. > :33:34.has struggled with his concentration and Rafael Nadal manage to win the

:33:35. > :33:38.third set and that is how we find ourselves where we are. Every time

:33:39. > :33:45.Stanislas Wawrinka looks like surging ahead to defeat his ailing

:33:46. > :33:51.opponent, Rafael Nadal just escapes, like he did in the first service

:33:52. > :33:55.game in this fourth set. Andy Moore that he can hang in, the more

:33:56. > :34:05.difficult it is for Stanislas Wawrinka. It is certainly

:34:06. > :34:46.interesting, not for the reasons we thought, entirely.

:34:47. > :34:55.-- and the more. This is where a coach would make a huge difference.

:34:56. > :34:59.If they were allowed onto the court, and a time-out could be

:35:00. > :35:01.taken, like with some American sports. In tennis, it is fundamental

:35:02. > :35:34.to the game, you are on your own. That is too late? He did not hit

:35:35. > :35:43.another ball. That is right. UMPIRE: The ball was called in. The

:35:44. > :37:09.ball was out. Another game on the board for Rafael

:37:10. > :37:16.Nadal and Stanislas Wawrinka frustrated once again. If he could

:37:17. > :37:21.wind the clock back by just one hour, two when Rafael Nadal was

:37:22. > :37:25.clearly injured and he thought it was going to happen. It wouldn't

:37:26. > :37:42.surprise me if he thought he was going to default. It looked like it.

:37:43. > :37:52.He is playing a little bit better this set, but he is not the same

:37:53. > :37:57.player he was. He is playing with something to lose. Victory was

:37:58. > :37:59.within his grasp and it has been taken away. Coming into this match,

:38:00. > :38:12.he had nothing to lose. It is very hard to play with freedom

:38:13. > :38:13.in a situation like this, if you are in front, against an ailing

:38:14. > :39:26.opponent. A relatively straightforward hold in

:39:27. > :39:36.the end from 0-15. Stanislas Wawrinka. I wonder if he is going to

:39:37. > :39:44.gain tennis immortality today. That is what winning a Grand Slam

:39:45. > :39:50.Championship means. Swiss mother, German father. I do not think his

:39:51. > :40:02.daughter is here, she is about to be three years old. It would have been

:40:03. > :40:09.a long way to come. He has an older brother and two younger sisters. The

:40:10. > :40:13.people the cameras are focusing on is Magnus Norman, a former

:40:14. > :40:24.world-class player, semifinalist here. What would he say to his man?

:40:25. > :40:29.I would say, play your game and go for the ball like earlier on, do not

:40:30. > :40:35.hold back, keep going for it and when he starts to steer the ball

:40:36. > :40:38.like in the third set, he was starting to make mistakes and he was

:40:39. > :40:44.letting Rafael Nadal dictate. He got to hear by dictating the play that

:40:45. > :40:46.he has to get out into that mould, do not look at your opponent, just

:40:47. > :41:30.play your own game. That is one of the errors he has

:41:31. > :41:36.proved -- improved, but defensive backhand, nice and steep, that

:41:37. > :41:41.enabled him to get back into the point to let him use that amazing

:41:42. > :41:57.ball striking ability he has. He is moving better.

:41:58. > :42:09.He got himself set up. And then he missed the easier ball. That was a

:42:10. > :43:05.great opportunity to be 0-30. Rod Laver.

:43:06. > :43:15.He has picked up the pace from the back of the court. He missed a

:43:16. > :43:21.second serve return at 15-40 the last time Rafael Nadal served.

:43:22. > :43:34.Trying to get himself going. Here is a chance.

:43:35. > :43:49.And he has nicked it this time. Bravo, Stanislas Wawrinka.

:43:50. > :43:58.Pulling the trigger on his forehand down the line. There was not much

:43:59. > :44:03.margin, taking the risk and he is two games away from a grand slam

:44:04. > :45:45.chairmanship. Can he hold his nerve? -- Championship.

:45:46. > :45:56.Well, the resilience of Rafael Nadal. Every time, he just does not

:45:57. > :46:07.know what it is like to lose without giving and Hannah %. As simple as

:46:08. > :46:22.that. -- 100%. More frustration for the Swiss player.

:46:23. > :46:33.That is it. Four straight points, putting Rafael Nadal away, while

:46:34. > :46:41.winning the Grand Slam? Which is hardest? He has to look, surely this

:46:42. > :46:47.is for him? If he did not win this, that would be a body blow, despite

:46:48. > :46:53.the tremendous after-effect. If he cannot win from here, he is beat.

:46:54. > :46:59.Disconsolate, really. That is putting it mildly. The last person

:47:00. > :47:06.to beat the top two seeds in a men's grand slam was at the French Open in

:47:07. > :47:18.1993, and all that time ago, 20 years. Beating Pete Sampras in the

:47:19. > :47:26.final. It is a very rare thing indeed. And he was very good with

:47:27. > :47:28.the lead. But the more you look at this and the longer it goes, you

:47:29. > :48:04.wonder. Back on serve in the fourth set.

:48:05. > :48:22.After a break of serve for Rafael Nadal.

:48:23. > :48:33.If anybody knows how hard it is to win Grand Slams, it is Rafael Nadal.

:48:34. > :48:36.Looking for number 14 in terms of victories. That will tie him with

:48:37. > :48:51.Pete Sampras. His first was the French Open

:48:52. > :49:25.victory in 2005, 19 years of age, just. On his debut.

:49:26. > :49:40.That is just fantastic ball striking. Admirable control on the

:49:41. > :49:45.backhand side. Just laying his rest a little bit and going down the

:49:46. > :49:53.backhand side, leaving Rafael Nadal scampering. If Stanislas Wawrinka

:49:54. > :50:03.could break you, he would be serving for the match. -- for the tie. That

:50:04. > :50:08.was an excellent forehand from Stanislas Wawrinka. He was pulled

:50:09. > :50:13.out of his position. He did not go for the winner but he kept that

:50:14. > :50:18.Dipper and even if Rafael Nadal got that ball back, it would have left

:50:19. > :50:22.him with an almost impossible shot. Excellent forehand across the court.

:50:23. > :50:28.Rafael Nadal clearly hampered by going global, here. Yes. He did not

:50:29. > :50:49.fancy getting down there and coming back again.

:50:50. > :51:02.That is it! Three in a row! Oh, and new balls! You could see the way he

:51:03. > :51:28.thumped his head! This is when he really helps

:51:29. > :51:31.himself! -- belts. Okay... It would be worth it to win the trophy. Big

:51:32. > :52:22.moment. Test of character coming up. How about that? ! What a second

:52:23. > :52:26.serve. Serving for the Australian Open. Yes, he has some adrenaline in

:52:27. > :53:05.there. He thinks it is gone. Stanislas

:53:06. > :53:35.Wawrinka, one point away. And that is it, Stanislas Wawrinka

:53:36. > :53:38.elevates himself to Grand Slam chaplain. He has won the Australian

:53:39. > :53:58.Open. -- champion. And the record books will not say

:53:59. > :54:05.opponent injured. It will just say Stanislas Wawrinka. Congratulations

:54:06. > :54:19.to him, magnificent, the third Swiss player to win a major.

:54:20. > :54:26.A big part of the story on the Sunday evening in Melbourne,

:54:27. > :54:31.however, has been Rafael Nadal and the injury. He will have to explain

:54:32. > :54:36.that and it will be the last thing he feels like doing. But in the

:54:37. > :54:41.middle, or early middle part, the second set, there was clearly some

:54:42. > :54:47.malfunction on his back and he took a medical time-out and Stanislas

:54:48. > :54:51.Wawrinka was not happy about that but it was such a great shame. It

:54:52. > :54:59.certainly had a great impact on the course of the match and everyone

:55:00. > :55:06.else will have noticed that the injury affected that but that is a

:55:07. > :55:12.chat for another day. Magnus Norman. The Swiss Davis cup captain, he is

:55:13. > :55:20.there for everyone of his matches. And Roger Federer. His mother,

:55:21. > :55:23.Isabel. Even his little daughter will know something special has

:55:24. > :55:35.happened. She is almost three years old. Two younger sisters. I am

:55:36. > :55:43.sitting with a finalist myself and what a moment this is to go up a

:55:44. > :55:48.level like this? A lifetime's work? And an ambition realised? You will

:55:49. > :55:53.notice how respectful he was, he did not do the normal real celebration

:55:54. > :55:58.because he was respecting Rafael Nadal. Knowing that he had been

:55:59. > :56:04.injured. And I thought that was a real statement of this man, that

:56:05. > :56:09.Stanislas Wawrinka is. And until the injury, he was playing tennis that

:56:10. > :56:20.was from a different planet. It was staggering. And I hope it is not

:56:21. > :56:24.like wondering what might have been but he was beating him fair and

:56:25. > :56:29.square in a way that I have not seen many players do. The first man in 20

:56:30. > :56:34.years to beat both top seeds any Grand Slam final. This is just an

:56:35. > :56:41.amazing achievement. They would not squeeze that to heart! Coming into

:56:42. > :56:45.this, I thought the year would be dominated by the Dell, Djokovic and

:56:46. > :56:51.Mali. I thought Stanislas Wawrinka would be top ten. But not as a grand

:56:52. > :56:58.slam. But he is multiple. Absolutely. World number three.

:56:59. > :57:08.Imagine the confidence he will play with. -- Rafael Nadal and Andy

:57:09. > :57:11.Murray. Some of those numbers are very difficult to read into because

:57:12. > :57:17.of the match having so much drama. SUE BARKER: Well, what a much we

:57:18. > :57:24.enjoyed. We look forward to this next week. If you want to join us,

:57:25. > :57:28.live from San Diego, great and returns for this tough draw against

:57:29. > :57:33.the United States on clay. So much expected of Andy Murray. Coverage

:57:34. > :57:39.starts at seven o'clock on Friday on BBC Three and that will continue

:57:40. > :57:47.over on BBC Two. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Davis Cup. Back to this

:57:48. > :57:53.match and what a mental battle Stanislas Wawrinka has overcome

:57:54. > :57:57.because he had so many break point chances and he seldom slipping

:57:58. > :58:02.away? When he got broken by Rafael Nadal in the fourth set, if not, is

:58:03. > :58:06.he ever going to win that? But he read gripped and refocused and had a

:58:07. > :58:10.tremendous couple of games to finish but how nice to see him talking to

:58:11. > :58:13.Rafael Nadal because he knows just how disappointed he is that he could

:58:14. > :58:20.not give this is all. You cannot take anything away from him? No,

:58:21. > :58:24.Cossey had to get the job done and playing against an injured opponent,

:58:25. > :58:28.especially when it is Rafael Nadal or another legend, but is not easy

:58:29. > :58:31.so he deserves all of the credit and nothing should be taken away from

:58:32. > :58:37.him at all but there is no question that the final was negatively

:58:38. > :58:42.affected by that. I had a feeling that Rafael Nadal was going to come

:58:43. > :58:47.back and win and it was just too bad for him. We await the medical

:58:48. > :58:52.prognosis and we hope it does not take away from this game. Hopefully

:58:53. > :58:56.just a back spasm and nothing worse but we have seen this so many times

:58:57. > :59:03.for him, just how frustrating it is for him as he chases records, read

:59:04. > :59:09.some press, 14 Grand Slams. Not today for Rafael Nadal. But as far

:59:10. > :59:13.as he is concerned, you just fear for him and you saw him in tears in

:59:14. > :59:16.that second set, because he loves to give his all and he is a real

:59:17. > :59:21.warrior and he was not able to give his best and we were talking about

:59:22. > :59:25.him potentially overtaking Roger Federer but you are right, we hope

:59:26. > :59:29.that this back injury is just something short-term. And we hope

:59:30. > :59:35.that his trainer and his uncle, if it was serious, they would have

:59:36. > :59:39.pulled him off. Because you do not want to sustain an injury that goes

:59:40. > :59:51.on for months? Absolutely, he is remarkable. Everything getting

:59:52. > :59:58.set... 15,000 spectators still here for the prize-giving ceremony. No

:59:59. > :00:01.doubt commercials on the television in Australia, and they will be

:00:02. > :00:10.waiting to get the nod to begin the ceremony. This is exactly what Nadal

:00:11. > :00:16.doesn't need, to be on his feet like this. But not to take anything away

:00:17. > :00:22.from Wawrinka, who looks a champion. Did you expect him to win a slam

:00:23. > :00:28.this year? SUE BARKER: To be honest, no. He has been improving all the

:00:29. > :00:35.time. He raised the level of his game. Debate Djokovic and Nadal, he

:00:36. > :00:38.deserves everything that comes his way now. A Grand Slam champion,

:00:39. > :00:54.well-deserved. Everything in place. Ladies and

:00:55. > :01:02.gentlemen, tennis has a new Grand Slam champion, but tonight it is

:01:03. > :01:08.true to say there were two great champions on court, Rafael Nadal and

:01:09. > :01:14.Stan Wawrinka. APPLAUSE

:01:15. > :01:25.What a match, and what a fortnight. We're joined tonight by the

:01:26. > :01:36.President of tennis Australia, Kevin Healy, Pete Sampras, 20 years after

:01:37. > :01:44.he won his first Australian Open. The CEO of Kia motors. And may I say

:01:45. > :01:49.that when Pete won it, it was Australia Day that day, as well.

:01:50. > :01:55.Pete, great to have you back. The tournament director and chief

:01:56. > :02:03.executive, and tournament referee Wayne McEwan are also here tonight.

:02:04. > :02:14.Kia have been a wonderful sponsor, and I would like to invite Mr Tomaso

:02:15. > :02:24.to say a few words. I do believe both of you have all of

:02:25. > :02:35.the qualities of a champions throughout this tournament. I also

:02:36. > :02:41.thank everyone at tennis Australia, the tournament owners there and the

:02:42. > :02:43.volunteers for their hard work to make this year's event successful.

:02:44. > :03:23.APPLAUSE APPLAUSE

:03:24. > :03:29.I invite the president of tennis Australia, Mr Stephen Healy.

:03:30. > :03:36.Good evening everyone, and happy Australia Day. What a fortnight of

:03:37. > :03:42.tennis we have had. I would like to thank our fantastic sponsors, and

:03:43. > :03:47.all of our commercial partners. We thank you for your support. These

:03:48. > :03:50.incredible facilities are the very best in the world, and we thank the

:03:51. > :04:04.Victorian government for their constant support. Thank you to our

:04:05. > :04:10.tournament team led by our CEO Craig Talay, referee Wayne McEwan, and the

:04:11. > :04:15.team that come together and are so fantastic in the course of the

:04:16. > :04:21.fortnight and the year. And to you, the fans, all around the world, who

:04:22. > :04:24.have tuned in in over 200 countries and the 643,280 people who have come

:04:25. > :04:30.through the gate, thank you for your support.

:04:31. > :04:40.And to the players, Rafa, your courage and adversity is inspiring.

:04:41. > :04:50.You are a fantastic role model and an ambassador for the sport.

:04:51. > :04:54.APPLAUSE And to stand, your first Grand Slam

:04:55. > :04:59.title, we are delighted that it will be here.

:05:00. > :05:03.You will be number three in the world tomorrow, and he is the first

:05:04. > :05:04.player in 20 years to beat the number one and number two seed.

:05:05. > :05:15.Congratulations. Can I now call upon the umpire for

:05:16. > :05:28.tonight, Carlos Ramos, to come forward.

:05:29. > :05:37.Congratulations, Carlos. His third Australian Open and sixth Grand Slam

:05:38. > :05:46.is tournament umpire. Steve touched on Rafa's courage

:05:47. > :05:46.tonight. Not here last year, he won two majors, got back to world number

:05:47. > :05:53.one, and I often say you learn more two majors, got back to world number

:05:54. > :06:01.his back then when in the middle of victory. We have learned more gain

:06:02. > :06:04.about you tonight, Rafa. To present the trophy, Mr Pete Sampras. Rafael

:06:05. > :06:37.Nadal. APPLAUSE

:06:38. > :06:45.CHEERING. Good evening everybody. The first

:06:46. > :06:51.thing I want to say, and they need to say is many thanks to Stan. You

:06:52. > :06:59.really deserve it, and I'm very happy for you. We have a great

:07:00. > :07:01.relationship. You really deserve it today, so many congratulations and

:07:02. > :07:12.all the best. APPLAUSE

:07:13. > :07:18.The second thing, I want to say many thanks to the organisation, all the

:07:19. > :07:23.ball boys, everybody who makes possible this great event.

:07:24. > :07:29.All of the sponsors, especially the main sponsor Kia, who is my

:07:30. > :07:40.sponsor, so many thanks here for supporting tennis.

:07:41. > :07:49.Greg, thank you very much for everything. You are the best

:07:50. > :07:54.director in the WorldCom you make the players feel at home, and thank

:07:55. > :07:55.you very much for all the players for making us feel unbelievable

:07:56. > :08:16.every year we play here. My team who are always with me, I

:08:17. > :08:19.tried hard, and thank you for everybody who has supported me,

:08:20. > :08:28.without them I wouldn't be back where I am today.

:08:29. > :08:36.APPLAUSE And to all the crowd, it has been an

:08:37. > :08:43.emotional two weeks. I am sorry to finish this way. I tried very, very

:08:44. > :08:59.hard. CHEERING.

:09:00. > :09:17.Thank you. Last year was a very tough moment, and when I had the

:09:18. > :09:23.chance to be playing here this year, it was one of the most emotional

:09:24. > :09:30.tournaments in my career. Thank you very much for the support, more than

:09:31. > :09:31.ever. I enjoyed it very much. Just thank you very much, and see you in

:09:32. > :09:49.12 months. Thank you, Rafa. Well, as Stephen

:09:50. > :09:55.said a moment ago, Stan is the first man since so go Bruguera to beat

:09:56. > :10:01.number one and number two, but also the first man ever to beat Novak and

:10:02. > :10:05.Rafa in a Grand Slam. He did it the hard way. He is the world number

:10:06. > :10:08.three from tomorrow, but far more importantly than that, he is a Grand

:10:09. > :11:05.Slam champion. Stan Wawrinka! First, Rafa, I am sorry for you, I

:11:06. > :11:10.hope your back is going to be fine. You are a great guy, a good friend

:11:11. > :11:13.and an amazing champion. It is always a pleasure to play against

:11:14. > :11:21.you and to play with you, so well done for your comeback.

:11:22. > :11:22.Congratulations to the team also, you are always really nice with

:11:23. > :11:42.everybody, well done. I would also like the sponsors for

:11:43. > :11:47.making it all possible. -- like to thank the sponsors. I am really to

:11:48. > :11:53.come back every year here. I'm enjoying very much to play here in

:11:54. > :12:00.front of you. Last year I had a crazy match, I lost it, I was crying

:12:01. > :12:05.after the match. But in one year, a lot has happened, and I still don't

:12:06. > :12:09.know if I'm dreaming or not, but we will see tomorrow morning!

:12:10. > :12:17.APPLAUSE CHEERING.

:12:18. > :12:24.I would also like to say thank you to Craig. I think Rafa told you

:12:25. > :12:27.everything, this is the best tournament, and you make all the

:12:28. > :12:33.players really happy, we enjoy to come back here. And it is again for

:12:34. > :12:50.me and amazing Grand Slam to play. Then I would like to congratulate my

:12:51. > :12:55.team, and say thank you a lot. Magnus, working since one year,

:12:56. > :13:03.first semifinal, the winner of a Grand Slam, I only dream about that.

:13:04. > :13:11.Severin has been many years with me, always helping me a lot. Also my

:13:12. > :13:22.manager, my parents are here, many friends. Missing a few people, my

:13:23. > :13:29.physio Stephan, and a special hello to my beautiful wife and daughter. I

:13:30. > :13:37.will come back in two days, so if you can be weight, it will be nice.

:13:38. > :13:45.-- if you can wait. And last, I want to say many thanks

:13:46. > :13:50.to all the people here. Every match I play I get amazing support. It is

:13:51. > :13:56.great, you are helping a lot, all of the tough part in the last two

:13:57. > :14:00.weeks, it was always a big support, so thank you very much to you all,

:14:01. > :14:09.and see you in 12 months! APPLAUSE

:14:10. > :14:22.Ladies and gentlemen, are champion, Stan, and champion Rafa. Craig.

:14:23. > :14:32.SUE BARKER: Two great champions there, and the Stan Wawrinka, he is

:14:33. > :14:35.wondering if it is a dream. He probably won't remember the

:14:36. > :14:39.presentation or what is going to happen in the next few minutes for a

:14:40. > :14:43.while. It would all go by in a blur. He has done everything to deserve

:14:44. > :14:49.this. Isn't it nice to see Pete Sampras talking to Rafa. He has been

:14:50. > :14:55.on the receiving end of some losses, particularly his massive

:14:56. > :14:59.rivalry with Andre Agassi. Rafa was trying to match his 14 Grand Slams,

:15:00. > :15:03.and used all think that will happen, because the next is the French Open.

:15:04. > :15:11.And wonderful moments the Stan Wawrinka. John Lloyd, at the end, he

:15:12. > :15:17.held his nerve. He re-focused, he forgot what had happened with Rafa,

:15:18. > :15:20.and held his nerve at the end. Yes, as Andrew and I was saying, this is

:15:21. > :15:26.the one scenario they wouldn't have planned for. You are up 2-0 against

:15:27. > :15:32.a great opponent, and he gets injured, and how do you react? It

:15:33. > :15:37.took him a while to adjust again to go back to the game that took him

:15:38. > :15:40.there, which was being aggressive. He was a bit hesitant, watching what

:15:41. > :15:46.Rafa was doing, lost his concentration, and Rafa almost came

:15:47. > :15:51.back. But credit to Wawrinka who pulled the match out in his fourth

:15:52. > :15:55.set. What a beautiful trophy that is, and what a painful moment this

:15:56. > :16:00.must be for Rafa to have to still be out there trying to smile. He didn't

:16:01. > :16:04.mention his injury, and you expect nothing less from Rafa. Many people

:16:05. > :16:09.would have quit, but he doesn't do that.

:16:10. > :16:14.You are not programmed to quit as a professional individual athlete. It

:16:15. > :16:20.is a bit like boxing, Andy always likes to use the boxing analogy. It

:16:21. > :16:25.is one-on-one out there, man on man, and you are programmed to fight, and

:16:26. > :16:29.Nadal did today. He has nothing to be afraid of, quite the reverse. I

:16:30. > :16:33.know a lot of people who would have said that they couldn't do it, but

:16:34. > :16:38.when it comes to feeling sorry for him it is difficult. He has stuffed

:16:39. > :16:44.so many opponents over the years. I just hope that he is back, and soon.

:16:45. > :16:49.When Rafa gets injured, he tends to be out for a while, so I hope this

:16:50. > :16:54.is just a spasm. Yes, you hope that by carrying on with that match, it

:16:55. > :16:58.hasn't made things worse. But you just have to say congratulations to

:16:59. > :17:02.Stan Wawrinka. Rafa goes off, he will have to do his press conference

:17:03. > :17:08.and have a little chat with Uncle Toni about everything. Although Stan

:17:09. > :17:11.started incredibly well, you kept feeling that Rafa was going to up

:17:12. > :17:18.the level of play, and he just didn't. And still signing

:17:19. > :17:21.autographs. How classy is that? It makes me think the injury is no more

:17:22. > :17:27.than a spasm, that he is still out there. Let's hope so. He deserved

:17:28. > :17:35.the lead, and he deserves to win this. There is no asterisk against

:17:36. > :17:39.his win here. There shouldn't be. For a set and a break, he was by far

:17:40. > :17:46.the better player, before Rafa got injured. Djokovic perhaps at times

:17:47. > :17:51.his plays that well against Nadal, but to demolish him from the back of

:17:52. > :17:56.the court and take away all of his strengths, going up against his

:17:57. > :18:00.forehand, not afraid of it. He was hitting winners all over the place.

:18:01. > :18:04.It was some of the best tennis I have ever seen. Djokovic goes

:18:05. > :18:09.against him physically and out runs him. The drinker has the power and

:18:10. > :18:18.an explosiveness in his game that no one else has -- Stan Wawrinka. Great

:18:19. > :18:21.scenes on Centre Court, but you see Rafa going off there in tears, and

:18:22. > :18:24.you feel he is that emotional because he wasn't able to give

:18:25. > :18:31.everything today. That is what he does. He wasn't able to give

:18:32. > :18:35.everything. Rafa is a great champion, and if he loses a match,

:18:36. > :18:40.he is prepared for that. But you can see the disappointment. He has

:18:41. > :18:44.worked so hard, and you know and he knows that he wasn't able to go at

:18:45. > :18:51.it 100 cent, and that is what is crushing him more than anything

:18:52. > :18:56.else. He wasn't able to play his best, and that is why he is sad. It

:18:57. > :19:03.is a pretty exclusive club, people who've beaten Rafael Nadal in a

:19:04. > :19:09.Grand Slam final. Federer, Djokovic, and now Stanislas Wawrinka. Plenty

:19:10. > :19:14.of people expected a Grand Slam victory from him, but I didn't, not

:19:15. > :19:19.with Murray around. But he is number three in the world now. Yes, number

:19:20. > :19:24.three, grand slam champion, and if you are joining a slate, we can show

:19:25. > :19:29.you what happened. It was all Wawrinka at the start. We can show

:19:30. > :19:38.you just how dominant he was, and how tense Rafa was. Whether the

:19:39. > :19:42.injury was there or not, you can't take anything away from Stan. I

:19:43. > :19:47.think for the first set, he was fine. He was just getting

:19:48. > :19:52.demolished. Wawrinka was just outplaying him. It was sad it

:19:53. > :20:01.happened when it did. For a set and a break, I have never seen tennis

:20:02. > :20:11.like that. He has a vast experience, Wawrinka. He hasn't turned up at 17

:20:12. > :20:14.like Boris Becker to win. This is a guy who has earned his way there,

:20:15. > :20:19.and worked his way their stage by stage, and that is why I'm not

:20:20. > :20:22.surprised that he finished the job off eventually, although it wasn't

:20:23. > :20:26.easy. We saw Stan take the first set and a

:20:27. > :20:31.break of serve up in the second, but then it all changed. It changed

:20:32. > :20:35.after this point, when you see Rafa, which we so rarely see in a match,

:20:36. > :20:45.very rarely showing any sign of injury. We just don't see this

:20:46. > :20:50.often. He must've hurt something and felt something. Does he have tape

:20:51. > :20:54.under there? It looks like he does. It is very rare that you play this

:20:55. > :20:58.matches, six matches and a seventh, without anything towards the end of

:20:59. > :21:03.the week. You think about the way he trains, it is ferocious. He may have

:21:04. > :21:07.to really think about how years going about his training. I'm sure

:21:08. > :21:13.he has, totally professional at all times. He says he is going to limit

:21:14. > :21:18.his hard court outings, and perhaps that is all he can do. Will he be as

:21:19. > :21:23.effective if he can't train as hard? We saw some brutal treatment

:21:24. > :21:28.out there, and maybe some painkillers, because he certainly

:21:29. > :21:36.upped his game, and rattled Rever Inca -- Wawrinka. And this third set

:21:37. > :21:41.was just incredible, you thought Rafa was down and out, and that is

:21:42. > :21:45.what makes him such a great fighter. But it just wasn't to be enough.

:21:46. > :21:50.Although he did get a break and he won the third set, Stan Wawrinka

:21:51. > :21:54.just had so many break point chances, you felt that he was going

:21:55. > :22:01.to take them at some point, and here he did. It is really confusing

:22:02. > :22:07.playing against somebody who is injured. You have to go back and hit

:22:08. > :22:15.the ball. And then serving for it, what a moment. And this is a point

:22:16. > :22:20.he will never tire of watching. Quite a muted response initially.

:22:21. > :22:25.That was respect for what happened with Nadal. That was very classy. He

:22:26. > :22:32.didn't fall on the floor and go crazy or anything. Very classy. What

:22:33. > :22:37.is he saying there? I would have beat in you whether you had a bad

:22:38. > :22:43.back or not? ! That is just conjecture, and the way it is. He is

:22:44. > :22:47.still a history maker, Nadal, but what a moment to raise a Grand Slam

:22:48. > :22:53.trophy like that, and this is such an elevation for him. What a

:22:54. > :22:58.fascinating year it sets up. Yes, up to world number three, and Murray

:22:59. > :23:02.moves down to number six. I think we are going to hear a lot more about

:23:03. > :23:07.Stan Wawrinka, a new grand slam champion.

:23:08. > :23:10.Guys, thank you very much. What a dramatic final that we have seen

:23:11. > :23:16.there today. Rafael Nadal against Stan Wawrinka, he overcome the

:23:17. > :23:23.occasion, and injured opponent, a rejuvenated Rafa, and he overcome

:23:24. > :23:26.the mall. Stan is a grand slam champion, and well-deserved. From

:23:27. > :23:28.all of us here, goodbye.