Day 7 BBC Four: 22.00-02.00

:00:00. > :00:09.must be asking some kind of question.

:00:10. > :00:14.There was nothing wrong at the 1st shot but the question is simply

:00:15. > :00:21.isn't a corner? The goalkeeper feels it is not. Catlin takes and it turns

:00:22. > :00:24.away from the goalkeeper. How is that not a corner? To me that is a

:00:25. > :00:30.penalty stroke. He is taking Catlin 's back leg. Penalty corner. The

:00:31. > :00:42.original decision stands. I am sure people will get comments

:00:43. > :00:47.back to me, I think it should have been a penalty stroke, it seems that

:00:48. > :00:52.the back leg of Nick Catlin was taken. Swinging legs from 39-macro

:00:53. > :01:09.taking out Nick Catlin. -- Quico Cortes. Jackson, just

:01:10. > :01:15.behind, off a couple of British sticks, how did that not going?

:01:16. > :01:22.Barry Middleton got too much on it. Underneath, slide open hands across

:01:23. > :01:31.the goal. Iain Lewers, it is inches away. The head is on the post but he

:01:32. > :01:38.knows that has gone begging. Five minutes until the end of the third

:01:39. > :01:44.period. Henry Weir is nursing an injury just in front of us. We have

:01:45. > :01:48.already lost Harry Martin, we think he might be getting stitches. Henry

:01:49. > :01:59.Weir is showing signs of wear and tear. Great Britain with injury

:02:00. > :02:06.worries. Spain, move forward again. It is 1-1. Interesting third period

:02:07. > :02:22.and there is more to come. Spain hit the circle. Brought away. Sensibly

:02:23. > :02:26.and calmly, as far as Nick Catlin. David Alegre is in the circle,

:02:27. > :02:36.scampers out to meet it. Iain Lewers clears. Nick Catlin again. He has

:02:37. > :02:42.got nothing, he has got no support, running off the ball is bad for

:02:43. > :02:55.Great Britain at the moment. Dixon has been busy. Good take from Sam

:02:56. > :03:00.Ward who scored the goal for Great Britain. A Spanish player is down,

:03:01. > :03:04.David Alegre, he came through the back of some ward who collected

:03:05. > :03:12.that. I do not know what he is appealing for. Get up, man! David

:03:13. > :03:21.Alegre with a few words towards the umpire. Dixon, long pass down the

:03:22. > :03:31.right flank. Well judged by the Spanish defence, but Britain's

:03:32. > :03:36.pressure continues with David Ames. There is no surprise that this is

:03:37. > :03:39.cagey because Spain got themselves into a great position in the

:03:40. > :03:44.quarterfinals but know if they can get a win that they are likely to

:03:45. > :03:48.finish second and then miss Germany or Holland in the crossover which

:03:49. > :03:55.they will think it is vital when you see the other two teams in the

:03:56. > :04:02.quarters. Daniel Fox to Dixon, all the way back to Daniel Fox. Iain

:04:03. > :04:07.Lewers. Find some British space in the circle, towards Nick Catlin. He

:04:08. > :04:12.turns, the whistle is gone. Penalised for pushing back on that

:04:13. > :04:27.final line of defence. The Spanish goalkeeper, Quico Cortes?, is asking

:04:28. > :04:43.for a card. Splendid diving defence from Adam Dixon.

:04:44. > :04:51.Spain in no rush to head forward, they will happily stick it out in

:04:52. > :04:58.their 23. Nice little flick forwards, aimed for Pau Quemada. He

:04:59. > :05:04.is hassling the Great Britain backline. Barry Middleton trying to

:05:05. > :05:09.restore some calm. Well done. A little channel opened up and he is

:05:10. > :05:14.pushed off the ball and gets the free hit for Great Britain. It is

:05:15. > :05:19.amazing, you stand still and offer and suggest you're going somewhere,

:05:20. > :05:27.how the space opens up around you. Overhead, controlled by Spain. A

:05:28. > :05:57.little drop inside from Roc Oliva. The impact point against David

:05:58. > :06:02.Condon aren't given as a free hit, players turning and defending their

:06:03. > :06:06.lines. They are feeling as though David Condon turned into the running

:06:07. > :06:14.line of the Spanish forward. Harry Martin is back in the dugout. He has

:06:15. > :06:22.his hockey stick in his hand, ready to return if required. Meanwhile

:06:23. > :06:34.Spain have a free hit on the 23. The last 30 seconds of the quarter. No

:06:35. > :06:39.goals during this 15 minute segment. Barry Middleton keeping the danger

:06:40. > :06:42.clear. Flipped in towards the circle, goes behind and there will

:06:43. > :06:56.be no rush to restart here inside the final ten seconds. 15 minutes to

:06:57. > :07:11.come. The last 15 minute period should be live, the score at the

:07:12. > :07:16.moment is 1-1. We shall return for the all-important last part of the

:07:17. > :07:21.hockey. Welcome back to Copacabana Beach. We have been joined by

:07:22. > :07:26.celebrating Argentinian fans. I am not entirely sure what they are

:07:27. > :07:37.celebrating but they are having a lovely time. They have come not that

:07:38. > :07:50.far from Argentina. Rio is the best! I am going to walk away. We will

:07:51. > :07:53.show you the headlines from today. Gold for Glover and stunning in the

:07:54. > :08:00.women's pair on the rowing lake, once again, like they did four years

:08:01. > :08:05.ago. Thankfully they have gone away now. Also gold for the men's coxless

:08:06. > :08:15.four and we will be speaking to the rowers later. All of them will join

:08:16. > :08:19.us later. What an incredible silver medal for Bryony Page in the

:08:20. > :08:22.trampolining, only eight made the final and you put in an unbelievable

:08:23. > :08:30.performance and it was good enough for the silver medal. There has also

:08:31. > :08:44.been a silver medal this evening in the team dressage. Later on we will

:08:45. > :08:46.see the shot put and the 200m in the heptathlon, but Katarina

:08:47. > :08:50.Johnson-Thompson leads the way after a British record in the high jump

:08:51. > :09:01.and Jessica Ennis-Hill is third at the moment. And also team pursuit

:09:02. > :09:08.boys are into the final and you can see them go a little bit later on,

:09:09. > :09:13.at 10:40pm, they got there via a world record time. And from those

:09:14. > :09:17.headlines, let us get straight back to the hockey and our commentary

:09:18. > :09:23.team, last few crucial minutes for Team GB.

:09:24. > :09:32.1-1 inside the first minute of the final quarter. What would you like

:09:33. > :09:39.to see from Great Britain here? Bearing in mind that they need the

:09:40. > :09:43.three points. First five, you do what you have been doing, you are

:09:44. > :09:47.controlled, you try and fashion opportunities of the base of your

:09:48. > :09:53.normal tactics, the next five minutes, throw in an extra man,

:09:54. > :09:59.press forward and the last five, you go absolutely flat out. Into the

:10:00. > :10:07.circle, flicks across, scramble, Jackson was looking for a way

:10:08. > :10:11.through. He is getting some sort of touch on that in front of the

:10:12. > :10:20.Spanish goal. Harry Martin is back with his bandaged head. Great

:10:21. > :10:25.Britain surrender possession. How many times are Great Britain going

:10:26. > :10:31.to get balls into the circle? That has to be close to double digits.

:10:32. > :10:34.Here we see, across the face, up into the body of Sam Ward, as a

:10:35. > :10:41.player you have to get your right hand over it and keep it flat. Just

:10:42. > :10:45.a touch in front of Jackson, the interchange between players. David

:10:46. > :10:50.Ames in the centre. Great Britain, trips up over the ball and tries to

:10:51. > :10:57.recover, free hit for Spain. Danger is here, Spain. George Pinner needs

:10:58. > :11:00.to be alert. He will need to be even more alert because he will have to

:11:01. > :11:10.deal with this penalty corners that Spain had just been awarded. Xavi

:11:11. > :11:15.Lleonart was pivoting around. A little bit messy, gets it under

:11:16. > :11:27.control. David Ames steps in. Touched onto his shoe in the circle.

:11:28. > :11:35.We have been told that Harry Martin has had six stitches in the head

:11:36. > :11:48.wound that he suffered in that third period. Penalty corner to Spain.

:11:49. > :11:58.George Pinner gets down to his right hand side. Trying to drag it down

:11:59. > :12:14.through the right hand of George Pinner. Blocked.

:12:15. > :12:22.Nice crisp clean passing from the Spanish team. And nice little flick

:12:23. > :12:26.over the top as well as they head to the circle, and Ashley Jackson

:12:27. > :12:34.trying to clean things up for Great Britain. Harry Martin. Bouncing

:12:35. > :12:39.ball, down towards the Spanish 23 and they break forward again.

:12:40. > :12:45.Good cover from some ward, as it was moments ago from Ashley Jackson.

:12:46. > :12:51.Every player has to take responsibility, they have to cover

:12:52. > :13:01.the support run, block up the space, deny the early ball and the

:13:02. > :13:06.transfer. Harry Martin. Sam Ward. Some ward is quite lively. So much

:13:07. > :13:23.energy about the British team at the moment. Will they get the rewards?

:13:24. > :13:29.Sam Ward is not it about. Dan Fox calling for it on the left. Iain

:13:30. > :13:32.Lewers now. Feels like so far that the Spanish have only offered the

:13:33. > :13:37.left to Great Britain, very rarely have we seen it on the right. In the

:13:38. > :13:42.early games we have seen David Condon putting it out on his right

:13:43. > :13:51.foot. Flick from David Ames, Nick Catlin, off a Spanish deck and over.

:13:52. > :14:00.Nothing wrong with that, off his back foot. Just catches the back of

:14:01. > :14:08.the Spanish player. He has had so many bumps and bruises this evening.

:14:09. > :14:16.Jackson. Harry Martin. His cross is a good one. It came off the feet of

:14:17. > :14:23.Nick Catlin and has gone through, Quico Cortes, Nick Catlin on the far

:14:24. > :14:27.post is just upright. He is in exactly the right place, he gets

:14:28. > :14:34.smashed across, it has just hit his knee rather than his stick! He knows

:14:35. > :14:45.how close that is. Good interception from Ashley Jackson. Here is Nick

:14:46. > :14:49.Catlin at pace. If he can just make contact, you sense that things may

:14:50. > :14:58.change. The pass from Barry Middleton out to Iain Lewers. He has

:14:59. > :15:02.fired in, no touch, no gold. Sam Ward, you do what you did in the

:15:03. > :15:07.first half, you were there, go for everything. It is what you are

:15:08. > :15:12.renowned for, died been in the circle, any ball in front of the

:15:13. > :15:19.goalkeeper has to be yours. It is getting very physical out there now.

:15:20. > :15:33.Spanish fans glued to the action. You can't take your eyes off this 1,

:15:34. > :15:39.with 9 minutes to play. 1- 1. Fired forward, Mantell fires at all. It is

:15:40. > :15:42.just behind. A clever move in from box, he just gets that little

:15:43. > :15:46.thinking to create the space and takes the place of the clip -- hip

:15:47. > :15:53.with a clip it across the circle because he knew Cleghorn could drive

:15:54. > :16:01.it but still a little bit too much on it.

:16:02. > :16:09.Cleghorn putting pressure on the Spanish defenders as they try to

:16:10. > :16:13.unlock the Great Britain press. It is a nice turn from Iain Lewers

:16:14. > :16:20.aware that there was acres of space in front. He fires Latin. Fox clause

:16:21. > :16:29.at it. Possession for Great Britain. Fox to Dixon. Michael Watt Iain

:16:30. > :16:32.Lewers. Iain Lewers waits for his chance to cross. Down to the

:16:33. > :16:37.baseline and flicked in front. A turn for Catlin, can get a swing?

:16:38. > :16:42.Penalty corner. They will take that. Penalty corner for Great Britain.

:16:43. > :16:46.Smart from Iain Lewers. He knows that players will step in and as

:16:47. > :16:49.soon as that front-line player stepped, little knock under the arm

:16:50. > :16:53.to find Fox and Fox went across the goal and came off quarters into a

:16:54. > :16:59.foot to start with an Catlin was desperate the jumping around to get

:17:00. > :17:02.the shot away but doesn't find a 2nd shot for the corner. -- came off

:17:03. > :17:14.Cortes. Mark Gleghorne lined up alongside

:17:15. > :17:18.Ashley Jackson 2 is right and Simon Mantell 2 is left. Here we go. The

:17:19. > :17:30.Great Britain penalty corner. Jackson. It will be a 2nd penalty

:17:31. > :17:34.corner for GB. Barry Middleton has got in on this and Bosco Perez-Pla

:17:35. > :17:39.has read it absolutely perfectly. Number 5 steps out and sees

:17:40. > :17:42.Middleton and stepson blocks. Physically controlling that space

:17:43. > :17:48.and gives away an extra corner but if he hadn't that was a goal for

:17:49. > :17:54.Middleton. We are back to Iain Lewers.

:17:55. > :18:02.Jackson again, not a great shot. A 2nd opportunity Franglais corn

:18:03. > :18:09.pushed away. A missed trap on the edge of the circle. Ashley Jackson

:18:10. > :18:13.edges it with his own stick and goes behind the number 1 runner, which is

:18:14. > :18:25.why it is deemed an offence and an obstruction. 7 1/2 minutes to play.

:18:26. > :18:29.1 all. Great Britain need a goal. They need a goal and a lot of luck

:18:30. > :18:46.with the remaining Belgium/ New Zealand fixture.

:18:47. > :18:58.Lewis takes his time, back to Michael Hoare. Now all 11 outfield

:18:59. > :19:05.players are deep in the Spanish half.

:19:06. > :19:15.Getting closer. They are just making the Spanish run and Alex Casasayas

:19:16. > :19:26.is going to get tired. Alex Criville tart. -- he gets the touch.

:19:27. > :19:34.Held up by Barry Middleton. Barry Middleton 's turn. Great individual

:19:35. > :19:45.work from Barry Middleton. He appeals for a penalty corner. He is

:19:46. > :19:50.going to video. Power Kim Adah thought he had given him the

:19:51. > :19:58.advantage. I thought it was a corner because Barry Middleton took the

:19:59. > :20:06.impact in his back. -- Pau Quemada. A card has just been issued to the

:20:07. > :20:15.Spanish captain, Mbemba rather. He was getting verbal when he was not

:20:16. > :20:22.in a position to do so. -- Manel Terraza. Penalty corner has been

:20:23. > :20:27.awarded and we assume that Great Britain keep their video referral.

:20:28. > :20:36.This is brilliant for Great Britain but I felt the umpire considered the

:20:37. > :20:39.passage of play and it suggested that his actions said he had seen

:20:40. > :20:47.Middleton have a shot across play and deemed it to be an advantage

:20:48. > :20:50.which was why he did not give it. 6 minutes left in the match. Great

:20:51. > :21:02.Britain with another opportunity to edge ahead of Spain. Jackson and

:21:03. > :21:12.Gleghorn lined up. Simon Mantell in the vicinity as well. Got to get the

:21:13. > :21:19.trap right. Here we go. Jackson! Saved. Sticks everywhere but Spain

:21:20. > :21:23.get away with it. Simon Mantell Mr, it had come off the goalkeeper and

:21:24. > :21:38.he played it in and he clattered the goalkeeper 's leg glance. Keiko

:21:39. > :21:45.Cortes literally fell on that ball. Cortes was lucky. Mantell drove it

:21:46. > :21:56.into the keeper. Held up by Xavi Lee Clark. He steps up. -- Xavi

:21:57. > :22:07.Lleonart. Spain on a forward foray, good work. Pushed clear. Exceptional

:22:08. > :22:10.skill from Xavi Lleonart. We had 3 British players Rantamaki fashion

:22:11. > :22:15.that and in the end he pulled it back to his own legs and try to

:22:16. > :22:17.catch Great Britain unawares. That is a great take from Simon Mantell,

:22:18. > :22:33.bouncing ball dealt with cleanly. David Ames. Michael Hoare. David

:22:34. > :22:40.Ames again. A huge tactical call from Cruchley at some stage, does he

:22:41. > :22:43.go the win pulleys goalkeeper, who has been largely redundant? Does he

:22:44. > :22:46.believe he needs the win or rely on this drawer and New Zealand losing.

:22:47. > :22:56.1 point is enough if New Zealanders to Belgium.

:22:57. > :23:07.Mantell gets himself in a shooting position. No luck. It is just the

:23:08. > :23:12.most simple of skills that are just failing inside the circle for Great

:23:13. > :23:15.Britain. It is pretty crisp and proceeds but a bowl into the deep,

:23:16. > :23:25.unlike in the 1st half, it is just not being controlled. -- a ball into

:23:26. > :23:36.the deep. Under four minutes left in this match. Great Britain 1, Spain

:23:37. > :23:46.1. Jackson in the centre of midfield. Michael Hoare, Jackson

:23:47. > :23:54.again, Martin, showing the scars are back. 6 stitches under that head

:23:55. > :23:59.batch -- bandage. Jackson dictating play and telling poor to get up and

:24:00. > :24:03.disagree fundamentally. Jackson should be higher, what is the point

:24:04. > :24:08.of giving it to haw to eliminate in midfield. Jackson should be getting

:24:09. > :24:13.the ball higher. Fox moves forward. Hall on the left -- Michael Hoare on

:24:14. > :24:25.the left. Spain come away with the ball.

:24:26. > :24:33.Cruchley continues to shout instructions to his team back at the

:24:34. > :24:37.moment George Pinner is remaining between his posts so no movement for

:24:38. > :24:41.pain at the moment. Maybe he will wait until the last 60 seconds or so

:24:42. > :24:44.or maybe he thinks he will take the point and hope things go in our

:24:45. > :24:50.favour in the New Zealand/ Belgium match later. I think that is what he

:24:51. > :24:54.is thinking. It looks to be composed. You have to say without

:24:55. > :24:57.Belgium played during the course of this tournament, a likely result is

:24:58. > :25:06.a Belgian win so a points may be enough. Great Britain have to

:25:07. > :25:11.continue to defend. To concede now, and Spain are dangerous. Xavi

:25:12. > :25:14.Lleonart looks dangerous in the mid-forward. Great Britain have to

:25:15. > :25:16.keep playing hockey, you cannot sit and allow this to minutes to just

:25:17. > :25:30.drift. Iain Lewers finds Jackson. Now we

:25:31. > :25:34.have to see Great Britain make a positive move forward, but

:25:35. > :25:39.unfortunately it is held up by Michael Hoare and Spain can take

:25:40. > :25:46.their time. The last 90 seconds of this match, David Alegre, the

:25:47. > :25:54.goal-scorer lift it up and runs into Henry Weir. Spain they well try and

:25:55. > :26:01.kill this game in the corners. They know a point is enough to mean that

:26:02. > :26:04.they miss the Netherlands in Germany and the crossovers. Great Britain

:26:05. > :26:09.may be fortunate that they are not pressing towards the goal, in terms

:26:10. > :26:15.of their draw. The final minute of the match. The final minutes of the

:26:16. > :26:24.pool Games as far as both sides are concerned. Spain in no rush to try

:26:25. > :26:28.and get across here, they are just counting the crosstown. Jackson

:26:29. > :26:33.thinks it's a Great Britain ball but it is a Spanish free hit. This same

:26:34. > :26:37.pattern continues, British sticks coming in. Now they get possession

:26:38. > :26:46.and they have 30 seconds to get the three points. They have gone

:26:47. > :26:52.backwards. This has got to cover most of the pitch this next pass

:26:53. > :26:54.from Iain Lewers. It finds the captain, Barry Middleton. Michael

:26:55. > :27:01.Hoare on the left and 15 seconds left on the crops -- clock. Henry

:27:02. > :27:07.Weir knocks it in and it is bobbling about. It is behind. Last five

:27:08. > :27:11.seconds. Jackson as stated in now. He hits the post, there was no touch

:27:12. > :27:19.on it anyway. The full-time hooter sounds. Great Britain has scraped a

:27:20. > :27:22.point and Spain already on their way to the quarterfinals, we know about

:27:23. > :27:28.that, and Great Britain at one point and now they have to wait for the

:27:29. > :27:32.results of the New Zealand/ Belgium match on the pitch one, which

:27:33. > :27:44.started a little while ago. The final score here on pitch to, Great

:27:45. > :27:47.Britain one, Spain one. What an interesting game of hockey

:27:48. > :27:52.that was on hearing the guys talk about the importance of that game

:27:53. > :27:56.with Belgium which from a Great Britain point of view New Zealand

:27:57. > :28:01.hast to lose or Belgium have to win and this is how it stands at the

:28:02. > :28:05.moment. 0-0. This is how the group stands. This gives New Zealand a

:28:06. > :28:08.point because at the moment they will get a point if they get a draw

:28:09. > :28:13.against Belgium. Great Britain have to finish in the top four in pool A

:28:14. > :28:17.in order to go through to the knockout stage. All eyes from the

:28:18. > :28:22.Great Britain point of view on New Zealand taking on Belgium, who are

:28:23. > :28:27.currently well clear at the top of the Paul. Let us get reaction to

:28:28. > :28:30.that draw between Britain and Spain. Rishi Persad and Mel Clewlow are at

:28:31. > :28:33.the side of the pitch. At least it is a point in the bag

:28:34. > :28:38.and it means that Great Britain have taken fourth spot on their own, but

:28:39. > :28:41.given the way things are going, in fairness, Belgium, New Zealand

:28:42. > :28:45.played well in spurts, they could get a point against Belgium who are

:28:46. > :28:48.already through and will top the group, it's difficult to call. It's

:28:49. > :28:53.a nightmare and any British fan at home will be refreshing social media

:28:54. > :29:01.for the next 45 minutes, myself included. The positives from the

:29:02. > :29:04.British perspective tonight is that they played a lot better and created

:29:05. > :29:06.a lot of chances but they couldn't the second goal on the board. You

:29:07. > :29:08.said there were positives tonight but there have been negative

:29:09. > :29:10.throughout the campaign. They started from the start against

:29:11. > :29:13.Belgium and tonight they were just not quite fluent. They did the

:29:14. > :29:18.basics right but they can be permitted to have enough. Is that

:29:19. > :29:21.fair? It is a confidence game. Nick Catlin had chances against the back

:29:22. > :29:27.post and when he plays well the team plays well and that is a given and a

:29:28. > :29:29.goal. Sometimes as a tournament progresses the pressure builds and

:29:30. > :29:34.builds and unfortunately they couldn't put the second goal on the

:29:35. > :29:38.board but they played a lot better. Say they do progress, are there

:29:39. > :29:42.things that can be identified that they can fix quickly enough or is it

:29:43. > :29:45.a case of just playing and hoping it fits together? I think tonight was

:29:46. > :29:50.probably the first, if you like, final. They had to train get three

:29:51. > :29:55.points on the board to guarantee the fourth spot and if they get through

:29:56. > :29:59.to the quarterfinals it is knockout again so when the pressure is on

:30:00. > :30:02.they play a lot better. We were trying grabber when word with Bobby

:30:03. > :30:05.Krejci becomes true but what are his thoughts at the moment? What canny

:30:06. > :30:10.to the guys in this uncertain position? There was not a lot you

:30:11. > :30:13.can say. You have to look at the positives and they have to get their

:30:14. > :30:16.second or third or fourth goal on the board and it is in the hands of

:30:17. > :30:23.Belgium as to whether Great Britain go forward. It will have these

:30:24. > :30:30.players just hoping and praying that it will go their way. Bobby, thank

:30:31. > :30:33.you for coming over. What's your reaction to the results? Very

:30:34. > :30:37.disappointed. I thought we dominated the game and had a lot of chances

:30:38. > :30:40.but we weren't good enough at putting the ball in the goal but a

:30:41. > :30:42.lot of good play and I'm disappointed with the result

:30:43. > :30:49.considering how much we dominated the game.

:30:50. > :30:55.As the tournament has progressed, you have got better. Without a

:30:56. > :31:01.doubt, hopefully it is not too late. We have to rely on other teams, that

:31:02. > :31:06.is not a good position to be in. But we have got better. Hopefully there

:31:07. > :31:10.will be another game or two weren't they can show that. We try to

:31:11. > :31:17.predict what you are saying to the guys, with the uncertainty, what is

:31:18. > :31:21.the mood like? It is obviously difficult. We have to recover. It is

:31:22. > :31:27.out of our hands. There is nothing we can do. If it does not work out,

:31:28. > :31:31.we have to take it on the chin. It was our play that left us in this

:31:32. > :31:36.situation. You guys normally have a routine, or will you break that

:31:37. > :31:40.routine to watch what is going on in the game between Belgium and New

:31:41. > :31:45.Zealand? We will do the routine as normal, I will find a dark room to

:31:46. > :31:51.lie down then. Thank you for coming and talking to us. We are keeping

:31:52. > :31:54.our fingers crossed for you. It has finished 1-1 between Great Britain

:31:55. > :31:59.and Spain and at the moment, everything is out of their hands,

:32:00. > :32:04.they have to wait and hope that Belgium can defeat New Zealand.

:32:05. > :32:08.Belgium have four out of four and hopefully they can make it a clean

:32:09. > :32:15.sweep. If you do not fancy lying down in a darkened room, you can

:32:16. > :32:18.continue to watch that game. It is on the BBC sport website and we will

:32:19. > :32:23.keep an eye on it. We will let you know how it works and hopefully get

:32:24. > :32:29.more reaction later. The key is that Belgium have to win and New Zealand

:32:30. > :32:35.have to lose and that will send Team GB through. Belgium just hit the

:32:36. > :32:41.post. That is available on the website. If you fancy a bit of track

:32:42. > :32:48.cycling, that is on BBC One, the team pursuit as the men for gold, in

:32:49. > :32:54.about ten minutes time. Bradley Wiggins eyeing up an eighth Olympic

:32:55. > :33:00.medal for him. Actually got a world record going into this final. It

:33:01. > :33:05.could be one of those races, may be an appointment to watch. I would

:33:06. > :33:09.never tell you to turn off BBC Four, but if you fancy that, I would

:33:10. > :33:16.direct you warmly to our brothers and sisters on BBC One. We have a

:33:17. > :33:19.little story for you here. I should probably tell you, normally if you

:33:20. > :33:25.turn on at this time of night, there is shrubbery around me and the waves

:33:26. > :33:30.crashing, we have moved slightly. We had the rugby boys on and hopefully

:33:31. > :33:35.we will have the rowers, our studio is down the beach, but those

:33:36. > :33:41.Argentinian fans who jumped on us rather abruptly, they have moved

:33:42. > :33:44.down here. They are outside the bar and they enjoying themselves. I

:33:45. > :33:47.think they have been enjoying themselves a little too much! It is

:33:48. > :33:56.the Olympics, they are on the beach, I am sure they can do what they

:33:57. > :34:03.like. We will show you more judo. The French guy, he was the flag

:34:04. > :34:09.bearer, he is a big unit, he won his semifinal, he is unbeaten. Quite

:34:10. > :34:21.some record and favourite for the gold medal as well. Let us show you

:34:22. > :34:38.him in his gold medal match. Here is the men's gold medal match. Will he

:34:39. > :34:40.become immortal. He is in the white. His opponent from Japan is number

:34:41. > :35:17.two in the world. That has been his career, so

:35:18. > :35:21.dramatic in fact that there is a documentary about Teddy Riner that

:35:22. > :35:34.was all about the build-up to this. What a picture that is. The roof has

:35:35. > :35:39.done well to hang on. The crowd just loving it and it has built to this,

:35:40. > :35:54.the record of the man in white, 87 contest since 2010 and he last lost

:35:55. > :36:00.he has won 19 titles. And one Olympic title, that is who we are

:36:01. > :36:04.talking about. There is still one better ever than Teddy Riner and he

:36:05. > :36:08.has a man to beat and this man wants to get into him. Htataisayoshi

:36:09. > :36:15.Harasawa from Japan, the number two seed. It is an Olympic final here in

:36:16. > :36:19.Rio, could we be in a better position to enjoy the best in the

:36:20. > :36:24.world against a man who would love to unseat him. Will he attack him

:36:25. > :36:30.early? Let us look, a penalty automatically, the referee will play

:36:31. > :36:33.a part. What does that do to his mindset? This is the first time they

:36:34. > :36:37.have met. That is what is amazing about this contest, they have never

:36:38. > :36:42.met and Htataisayoshi Harasawa comes out right away, ducks underneath the

:36:43. > :36:50.high grip of Teddy Riner and gets a penalty. Now has to settle himself.

:36:51. > :36:54.I think he will try and grow up. He could feel the danger straightaway

:36:55. > :36:59.from Teddy Riner. Teddy Riner means business. I think he will have to

:37:00. > :37:03.open up here. I do not think he will be able to come out here and play

:37:04. > :37:07.tactics. I think that this man will not be afraid. He has nothing to

:37:08. > :37:16.lose and I think he will throw him over. One of the reasons he is here

:37:17. > :37:20.is because they have never met, Teddy Riner has had a good look at

:37:21. > :37:24.him via the replay but has never been on the mat with them and that

:37:25. > :37:27.is what the Japanese selectors were hoping for and the French will have

:37:28. > :37:33.done everything to prepare their man. In the Olympic final in London

:37:34. > :37:36.where he won and before that he was a bronze medallist, he was

:37:37. > :37:40.defensive, he got there, the crowd did not like him, he was not at his

:37:41. > :37:46.best, but he does not necessarily have to be. I think he will have to

:37:47. > :37:51.be. He will feel the danger a little bit. He has come out with purpose.

:37:52. > :38:02.He has never met him before. That puts the edge to it as well. He is

:38:03. > :38:06.still in there and pushing forwards. Teddy Riner stepped out there. This

:38:07. > :38:15.could possibly be one of the penalties back against Teddy Riner.

:38:16. > :38:23.Wait for it. The 139 kilograms frame, 203 centimetre frame. He says

:38:24. > :38:28.he does go to seed the 2012 gold medal once again, it is kept in a

:38:29. > :38:32.bank vault, he goes to visit. I am sure he does, he might just have

:38:33. > :38:36.another one. I think that Htataisayoshi Harasawa is pushing

:38:37. > :38:41.him forward. We have not seen him pushing forwards. He has a really

:38:42. > :38:48.good stance, typical of the Japanese and he will not go over to that.

:38:49. > :38:57.Almost splits to get out of that. He knew it was coming, he was giving up

:38:58. > :39:02.some ground. The 24-year-old from Japan. There is still a long way to

:39:03. > :39:07.go and Teddy Riner, looking that little bit rattles, it is not going

:39:08. > :39:14.according to how he thought it might. The Japanese are renowned for

:39:15. > :39:21.their gripping. The Japanese is fighting him hard and temp one is

:39:22. > :39:32.snapping his grip off. Of course, -- Teddy Riner. It is too low to go

:39:33. > :39:36.into defensive mode. He has not came up against him before. It is a

:39:37. > :39:42.different factor. It is a critical factor in play here for both of

:39:43. > :39:46.these men. Teddy Riner, comes back into the middle. Look at the

:39:47. > :39:55.determination in his eyes. He has not been beaten since 2010. So once

:39:56. > :40:00.this and he is having to work for it as well. He has had to work for it,

:40:01. > :40:05.Htataisayoshi Harasawa wants that big arm over the top and Teddy Riner

:40:06. > :40:12.does not want to M. Snaps off and Htataisayoshi Harasawa is about the

:40:13. > :40:15.closest here, because by that, he realises, Teddy Riner, he is not

:40:16. > :40:20.going to come out and throw him, he will have to go somewhere else. He

:40:21. > :40:23.is going to have to play tactically. Htataisayoshi Harasawa has not

:40:24. > :40:27.attacked and he is in danger of getting another penalty here for not

:40:28. > :40:33.attacking. There is no danger, I do not think of him going over the top.

:40:34. > :40:38.You can never write off Teddy Riner. Coming up to one minute 51 seconds.

:40:39. > :40:46.Htataisayoshi Harasawa takes the arm over, he will have to attack. There

:40:47. > :40:50.he does. It is a different final, a tactical final and there is almost

:40:51. > :40:53.less than one minute remaining. Htataisayoshi Harasawa, his tactics

:40:54. > :40:59.have to change, the two penalties mean he would always find it hard,

:41:00. > :41:03.he knew that, it is harder now but he will still go. He is in an

:41:04. > :41:11.Olympic final, he is here for the gold medal. Can he get that? So

:41:12. > :41:14.strong in defence, Teddy Riner. That enormous frame, the Frenchman is all

:41:15. > :41:20.muscle, he comes over the top, brushes away, he is trying to come,

:41:21. > :41:27.Htataisayoshi Harasawa, but he cannot get a hold. A penalty against

:41:28. > :41:30.Teddy Riner. He is putting him under pressure, Htataisayoshi Harasawa. He

:41:31. > :41:35.is pushing forwards, he has gone out there, I think that will be a

:41:36. > :41:39.penalty. Could possibly be. I do not get that. Third penalty goes to

:41:40. > :41:45.Htataisayoshi Harasawa. It is wiped off. I did not understand that. I

:41:46. > :41:52.cannot understand why they should do it at this stage of the contest. 17

:41:53. > :41:56.seconds to go. This to decide at gold medal. Teddy Riner comes over

:41:57. > :42:00.the top of his man. He is wasting time. He cannot allow this to

:42:01. > :42:05.happen, Htataisayoshi Harasawa and he does. He has got eight seconds.

:42:06. > :42:11.Can he do something against the great Teddy Riner? It is under

:42:12. > :42:17.control, calm down. Let us go. Htataisayoshi Harasawa, can he do

:42:18. > :42:24.it? He is almost an immovable force. All hail the King! He lives on.

:42:25. > :42:33.Olympic champion for the second time. The crowd do not love it. But

:42:34. > :42:37.that is how it has played out. That guy did very well. It is the first

:42:38. > :42:43.time we have seen Teddy Riner actually in a fight. He was in a

:42:44. > :42:50.fight, he was backed up, I thought definitely do she rose to one,

:42:51. > :42:56.definitely one of them was a bit premature, with Htataisayoshi

:42:57. > :42:59.Harasawa, but Teddy Riner definitely ahead and definitely just about

:43:00. > :43:06.edged it. It was very close. Not got the crowd wanted, but the crowd are

:43:07. > :43:12.not out there. They do not have to do it. He is a two-time Olympic

:43:13. > :43:24.champion. Let us look at him. The great champion that he is. Teddy

:43:25. > :43:32.Riner has done it. Back-to-back Olympic gold medals. It was attached

:43:33. > :43:40.anti climatic. But that is the sport and he has dominated in all sorts of

:43:41. > :43:47.ways. He can toss the coach into the crowd. 73% of 88 bout since he last

:43:48. > :43:50.lot. That was never going to be one. Sometimes you have to come and win

:43:51. > :43:57.the match. That is what Teddy Riner did. I do not want anyone to say

:43:58. > :44:01.anything different. Teddy Riner is over the top or something is

:44:02. > :44:06.happening. He came here, he is the one, he is the target, everyone is

:44:07. > :44:09.out to beat him, they will do anything, but Teddy Riner has won

:44:10. > :44:15.the gold medal and won his second Olympic title.

:44:16. > :44:24.He certainly knows how to celebrate. I hope you have enjoyed the judo. We

:44:25. > :44:28.showed you as much of it as you possibly can. We have not had the

:44:29. > :44:33.same sort of British success that we had in 2012, remember Jimmy Gibbons?

:44:34. > :44:39.Teddy Riner has done the business, a trickle or there with his name

:44:40. > :44:46.emblazoned in gold and he is away to get his gold medal. He is a big man.

:44:47. > :44:50.Six foot eight and there is confirmation of how it finally

:44:51. > :44:58.finished. Hisayoshi Harasawa gets the silver medal. Rafael Silva and

:44:59. > :45:06.bronze medal position and Teddy Riner taking the gold. It is Day

:45:07. > :45:11.number seven of the Olympic Games. Earlier you may have seen us talking

:45:12. > :45:15.to some of the rugby sevens guys. We snuck into the BBC One studio and we

:45:16. > :45:20.will grab a word with the rowers later, all six of them, the women's

:45:21. > :45:26.pairs and the coxless fours. We are not going to be quite so salubrious

:45:27. > :45:29.by that, we are going to do it here, on this little rig overlooking

:45:30. > :45:32.Copacabana beach but we would love to get some questions for them so if

:45:33. > :45:36.you have anything, and does not have to be the normal stuff, they will do

:45:37. > :45:41.that elsewhere, we would like to put as many questions to them as we

:45:42. > :45:44.possibly can, maybe something about inspiration or about what got them

:45:45. > :45:56.into rowing in the first place or something about the celebrations and

:45:57. > :46:00.what they will be doing over the next few days. All six of them will

:46:01. > :46:01.be with us and we will do that for you on a day when they have made

:46:02. > :46:17.quite a few headlines. Helen Glover and held Heather

:46:18. > :46:21.Stanning got gold in the women's pair. This lot managed to get the

:46:22. > :46:28.fifth successive gold for the men's four. An amazing silver for Bryony

:46:29. > :46:33.Page on the trampoline. We got a text message from the former Arsenal

:46:34. > :46:37.footballer saying, I love BBC Four, I love the Olympics, I'm off to

:46:38. > :46:49.order a trampoline. That, my friends, is inspiration. There will

:46:50. > :46:54.be plenty more later. We will be talking about dressage and the

:46:55. > :46:59.heptathlon with Katarina Thompson -- Katarina Johnson Thompson and

:47:00. > :47:02.Jessica Ennis Hill. Katarina Johnson Thompson is currently the gold medal

:47:03. > :47:12.spot with Jessica Ennis Hill in third and they go in the shot put on

:47:13. > :47:18.the 200 metres later. The dressage, a silver in the team dressage event

:47:19. > :47:28.forward Team GB. They are the best dressed Olympians, they? Team

:47:29. > :47:34.pursuit broke the world record to get into the final. You can switch

:47:35. > :47:37.over to BBC One to see them go in that gold-medal match, to see if

:47:38. > :47:42.they can not only break the world record but also get the gold. It

:47:43. > :47:46.will be tense. They are taking on Australia over on BBC One right now.

:47:47. > :47:58.Bradley Wiggins could win yet another Olympic medal. In the hockey

:47:59. > :48:03.bad news for Team GB. New Zealand have scored against Belgium.

:48:04. > :48:08.Remember we were telling you earlier that from a Team GB perspective, for

:48:09. > :48:13.them to qualify out of pool A, they needed Belgium to beat New Zealand.

:48:14. > :48:16.But well clear at the top pool A New Zealand are in fourth and that will

:48:17. > :48:26.secure fourth place on qualification and sent Team GB home early. The

:48:27. > :48:31.cycling is over on BBC One and here on BBC Four we will get the row was

:48:32. > :48:36.out later on but we will go to live tennis now. Early on Andy Murray had

:48:37. > :48:42.this biting our fingernails because he took it right to the wire in the

:48:43. > :48:46.singles, eventually getting the better of his American opponent in

:48:47. > :48:49.the quarterfinals. Steve Johnson was the man, big serving American, he

:48:50. > :48:54.took it to a deciding set despite the fact that Marine on the --

:48:55. > :49:01.Murray won the first set 6-1. He had to win it on a tie-break just as in

:49:02. > :49:07.his match the other day. He is now in the semifinals but we will now

:49:08. > :49:14.join them in the mixed doubles with Andy Murray against Heather Johnson.

:49:15. > :49:20.Andy Murray got the silver medal in 2012 in addition to the one he won

:49:21. > :49:28.in the singles, that was with Laura Robson. Heather Watson won Wimbledon

:49:29. > :49:41.in the mixed double so there is a bit of pedigree there. They are

:49:42. > :49:49.taking on the Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna. We join

:49:50. > :49:52.them in the second set. The Indians broke Heather Watson a

:49:53. > :49:58.couple of times in the second set, targeting that serve. So far in set

:49:59. > :50:15.number to its Evelyn Stevens. An outstanding beginning to this

:50:16. > :50:33.match, just gone off the boil is a bit.

:50:34. > :50:39.That was so slow coming back to Murray, probably too slow. He lost

:50:40. > :50:53.balance party will be disappointed on just about favourite shop these

:50:54. > :51:03.days, the crosscourt double hander. Mirza holds serve and now it is Andy

:51:04. > :51:15.Murray. So far he is the only player to be unbroken.

:51:16. > :51:25.He might have enjoyed that. He was on court for two and a quarter hours

:51:26. > :51:36.against Steve Johnson which is mentally as fatiguing as it is

:51:37. > :51:42.physically. If these first two sets are shared, if Watson and Murray win

:51:43. > :51:45.this, it is a match tie-break to win it, the first ten points, that takes

:51:46. > :52:01.the place of the traditional set. Bopanna is 26 years of age,

:52:02. > :52:39.runner-up, former runner-up to the US open doubles.

:52:40. > :52:47.Just a little hesitant. This is where we expect the Murray serve to

:52:48. > :53:14.really fire. Another great return from Sania

:53:15. > :53:42.Mirza, but here is break point on the Murray serve.

:53:43. > :53:50.Sensational play. The first by Mirza, directing that over Watson

:53:51. > :53:57.and then the finish from Bopanna and would you believe it, the Andy

:53:58. > :54:01.Murray serve broken. They must've felt vulnerable there when they saw

:54:02. > :54:11.Bertagna lining that up. It's not looking good for the Brits. -- when

:54:12. > :54:15.they saw Bopanna lining that up. These two got the quarterfinal just

:54:16. > :54:17.one match to take them there. They beat sandstones and John Peers of

:54:18. > :54:41.Australia in Saint -- straight sets. Incidentally on the Stadium court,

:54:42. > :54:47.the Centre Court, Angelique Kerber has just won. She beat Madison Keys

:54:48. > :54:54.6-37- five. She is the number two seed through and she will play an

:54:55. > :54:56.unseeded Puerto Rico. Monica Puig has already got the first ever medal

:54:57. > :55:12.for Puerto Rico in tennis. Murray looks around for Watson to

:55:13. > :55:34.see if he should challenge. It's a bit late now.

:55:35. > :55:40.Of course, if you weren't with us earlier, Murray will play Kei

:55:41. > :55:46.Nishikori in the semifinal of the singles tomorrow. He won a

:55:47. > :55:53.nailbiter, seven sticks in the third against Gael Monfils. -- 7-6 in the

:55:54. > :55:58.third against Gael Monfils. A late call and it will be challenged. The

:55:59. > :56:08.first challenge of this set. Murray closest to it but sometimes

:56:09. > :56:12.it doesn't give you the best perspective. It could not have been

:56:13. > :56:38.closer to being out. Maybe it didn't hit the screen.

:56:39. > :56:39.We've seen it on TV. I think is getting the information that the

:56:40. > :56:58.ball was in. Yes. They confirm in the challenge that

:56:59. > :57:05.the ball is touching my three millimetres. Murray is taking a leaf

:57:06. > :57:08.out of the Steve Johnson but because don't know if you saw it early on

:57:09. > :57:13.but in the singles match between Andy Murray and Steve Johnson,

:57:14. > :57:16.Johnson wanted Hawk-Eye switched off because he said it had made a

:57:17. > :57:22.definite mistake, which is what Andy Murray is saying here. Ladies and

:57:23. > :57:27.gentlemen, the challenge can not be shown on the screen but it is

:57:28. > :57:44.confirmed that the ball is in. But not according to Andy.

:57:45. > :57:50.It was exactly the same thing in the singles, where one of Murray 's

:57:51. > :57:58.serves seemed to just get the line. It was confirmed that it did but

:57:59. > :58:02.Johnson was absolutely adamant that it was wrong and that Hawk-Eye was

:58:03. > :58:09.wrong and he spent a long time trying to get it changed. At one

:58:10. > :58:12.point he was warned for language. But he eventually got out of his

:58:13. > :58:34.system and very nearly beat Andy Murray.

:58:35. > :58:42.Mirza has returned extraordinarily well and Watson is under the cosh

:58:43. > :59:08.here. What can they do to rescue this?

:59:09. > :59:22.Maybe she saw Mirza at the corner of her I make a move and it had to be

:59:23. > :59:23.extra special. So, another break here would surely be very nearly the

:59:24. > :59:54.end of the British hopes. 15-13. She thought Murray was going

:59:55. > :59:55.to make the move to help Watson, but that time the return was not up to

:59:56. > :00:18.her usual standard. Both of them missing out. The

:00:19. > :00:58.British players getting away with it at the moment.

:00:59. > :01:13.Well played Heather Watson! That is the pressures shot. He has been

:01:14. > :01:43.poaching all the time. Leaving out for a Mirza. Watson did so well.

:01:44. > :01:56.Not great returning that time. And Watson holes and it is for- three.

:01:57. > :02:41.-- 4-3. What can they conjure up here? Andy

:02:42. > :02:44.is obviously not recognised doubles player but he knows a thing or two

:02:45. > :02:55.about game! -- about the game. So, this is the key one now, Mirza

:02:56. > :03:15.to serve. The returning has not been up to the

:03:16. > :03:53.normal Andy Murray standard. That is great. Murray is

:03:54. > :04:00.challenging, but you could see that the ball definitely got the line.

:04:01. > :04:22.Some effort from Sanyo Meera Syal there. -- Mirza.

:04:23. > :04:28.She was obviously feeling wary of the Murray return. Coming in like a

:04:29. > :04:52.panther for the kill. Disappointing from Heather. And

:04:53. > :05:26.Sania Mirza and Bopanna, one game away from the semifinal.

:05:27. > :05:51.Once again, they had a cool mind, this time Sania Mirza took no

:05:52. > :06:41.notice. A fantastic little half volley from

:06:42. > :06:47.Andy Murray, one of the shots of the match. He holes with some comfort

:06:48. > :07:04.but what can they do on the Bopanna serve? Perfect shot. Is it going to

:07:05. > :07:08.be a significant one? Well, Andy Murray is under the cosh -- was

:07:09. > :07:18.under the cosh against Steve Johnson. Murray somehow found a way

:07:19. > :07:22.to win as he often does in this kind of situation, can he and Heather dig

:07:23. > :07:31.themselves out of this, one game away from going out of this Olympic

:07:32. > :07:35.competition. They were surprise contestants, they were the second

:07:36. > :07:42.alternate but only got in after the Romanians decided they could not

:07:43. > :07:47.continue. They have made the most of it so far but maybe the journey is

:07:48. > :08:09.about to end, Bopanna serving for the match.

:08:10. > :09:05.They are sending Watson Heather and further. -- everywhere.

:09:06. > :09:14.Did well there are. Just got out of his way to make it difficult for

:09:15. > :09:43.Watson. Two match point for India. Sania Mirza making the move across,

:09:44. > :10:02.giving the room. Match point, but this time to the Murray return.

:10:03. > :10:19.Well played Andy Murray. They stay alive.

:10:20. > :10:36.Now what can Heather Watson expect here? This enormous serve. Certainly

:10:37. > :10:56.not holding back. Match point number three.

:10:57. > :11:07.Has he got it? They are challenging. He was not giving her much of an

:11:08. > :11:19.option. They are moving to the chair as if they believe their challenge

:11:20. > :11:25.is out and it is. Well it was tough going at the end but they have done

:11:26. > :11:29.enough. A spirited challenge from Murray and Watson but in the end it

:11:30. > :11:36.is the number four seeds to justify that seeding. And Rohan Bopanna and

:11:37. > :11:40.Sania Mirza make it through to the semi-finals. They are one match away

:11:41. > :11:53.from a medal. Disappointment in the mixed doubles.

:11:54. > :11:58.Andy Murray and Heather Watson. Worth pointing out as we did there

:11:59. > :12:01.that Andy Murray is still involved in the singles after winning his

:12:02. > :12:05.quarterfinal today, another one of those games for him where he managed

:12:06. > :12:10.to come from behind and win it in a tie-break and he is through to the

:12:11. > :12:14.semi-finals. The defending champion will take on Kei Nishikori in the

:12:15. > :12:21.last four. When we came on air down here, around seven o'clock your

:12:22. > :12:26.time, we were in the midst of some rather dramatic Babington in the

:12:27. > :12:29.men's doubles competition. We had to leave it to see if there was going

:12:30. > :12:34.to be a medal in the skeet shooting but we will rejoin it, because it

:12:35. > :12:39.was an amazing finish, Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis were

:12:40. > :12:50.taking on the third seeds from South Korea, Kim Gi-jung and Kim Sa-rang.

:12:51. > :12:53.We will join our commentator. We will see if Chris Langridge and

:12:54. > :12:59.Marcus Ellis can get the better of Kim Gi-jung and Kim Sa-rang.

:13:00. > :13:30.Nice tight net shot from Alice. -- Marcus Ellis.

:13:31. > :13:47.It is about not getting too far ahead of yourself, one point of the

:13:48. > :13:57.team that goes obviously for both tapes. Staying in the moment, one

:13:58. > :14:32.shot at a time a lot of Babington to be played here. -- badminton.

:14:33. > :14:39.You can see what he is trying to do, he does not want to lift to the

:14:40. > :14:44.forehand side of the smash but from this side the drift is carrying it

:14:45. > :14:46.from left to right and you saw exactly what happened, the shuttle

:14:47. > :15:25.just launched right and landed wide. Scoreboard parity. Nothing between

:15:26. > :16:20.both teams. Their matches equating to the match

:16:21. > :16:21.time of their previous round, the British duo, they've been on court

:16:22. > :17:21.now for 68 minutes. Kim Gi-jung just clipping that as it

:17:22. > :17:25.came ran towards Kim Sa-rang and the umpires saw it. He's a very good

:17:26. > :17:43.umpire, very firm. The players know exactly where they are at.

:17:44. > :17:49.Well, nice change of scenery. Like the idea but not the execution.

:17:50. > :17:52.Click service good because it keeps these two bit more honest and it

:17:53. > :18:04.means they will not close the net down quite so quickly return. But

:18:05. > :18:08.still they are two points shy. Of course, we have seen matches where

:18:09. > :18:11.there has been a bit of performance anxiety, what with the Olympic

:18:12. > :18:15.medals that they are all vying for, you can make some players rather

:18:16. > :18:21.tense, of course. That happens, it is par for the course at times but

:18:22. > :18:29.it is about bringing your best. An ideal performance day in your mind

:18:30. > :18:51.of calmness and focus. Great return from Kim, Kim Gi-jung.

:18:52. > :18:55.Brilliant. It all stems from a brilliant return from Chris

:18:56. > :19:05.Langridge. Quick to pounce. It was right in this slot.

:19:06. > :20:08.The dominance over head is starting to creep back into the Games of

:20:09. > :20:15.these two Koreans, looking very strong at the top. You would imagine

:20:16. > :20:27.there would be a reluctance to lift in the English camp. The raw power

:20:28. > :20:32.of the younger of the two British players, the man from Huddersfield,

:20:33. > :20:45.he is a powerful unit. He resides in central buttons, Marcus Ellis.

:20:46. > :21:14.All these various pronunciations, I can barely speak English now!

:21:15. > :21:20.Frustration etched all over the body lying which of the Koreans as well

:21:21. > :21:23.they might. That was a little frustrating from their perspective.

:21:24. > :21:28.Delight in the English camp as a consequence. The is the telling

:21:29. > :21:29.power of Marcus Ellis that just bobbles that won the right side for

:21:30. > :21:46.him. Can they get to the gaming tailor

:21:47. > :22:15.make this a 4-point lead. They are 10-7 now, Alison language.

:22:16. > :22:23.Superb. Superb from Alison language. They delight as they head into the

:22:24. > :22:33.mid-game interval with a 4-point lead. Despondency in the Korean

:22:34. > :23:27.camp, albeit temporarily, I'm sure. They are up against it now.

:23:28. > :23:33.It is a 4-point deficit that these two in black thing, as third seeds,

:23:34. > :23:40.and heralded the strongest UN this group by their ranking of number

:23:41. > :23:46.three. It say 4-point game that they have to try and retrieve. Otherwise

:23:47. > :23:49.it opens up problems for them, perhaps been trying to get through

:23:50. > :23:55.the group. Two teams come through from this group of four. These two

:23:56. > :24:00.have had a win already. The British duo haven't. A big opportunity for

:24:01. > :24:08.Alison language, if, and it is a big if, if they can hold on. 11-7 they

:24:09. > :24:51.lead. A list serving in the deciding game.

:24:52. > :25:02.They absolutely pummelled the shuttles at this level. It's been a

:25:03. > :25:10.highly octaves match. High tempo. Again the telling power of Ellis

:25:11. > :26:17.seals the point. Well, that is what the coach spoke

:26:18. > :26:20.of. Very litter up, changing the pace underlines, everything. They

:26:21. > :26:27.did so there, but look how up for it the Koreans are now. They are so

:26:28. > :26:57.good in the front these two. Nibbling away at the deficit.

:26:58. > :27:24.Well, the call came and rightly so. Just spilt wide by millimetres.

:27:25. > :27:29.Thunderous, bone-crushing power from Ellis, backing up all of the

:27:30. > :27:43.subtleties that language displayed there. Look at this from this angle.

:27:44. > :27:54.What have you it is! -- what have you it is. Four men having to bring

:27:55. > :28:03.their best to the court to have two contain the pairing on the opposite

:28:04. > :28:14.side of the net. 14-11. Language serving.

:28:15. > :28:23.-- Langridge serving. Kim Sa-rang is normally so adept and quick and

:28:24. > :28:33.agile. They can blow a little hot and cold. They four point lead, six

:28:34. > :28:34.points away from scalping the Koreans for the second time this

:28:35. > :29:08.year. Five points between them now and the

:29:09. > :29:37.question on everyone's lips around court one is, is this retrievable?

:29:38. > :29:45.At the moment these two have been coming off better in the close-knit

:29:46. > :29:49.exchanges. You feel that the Koreans at any point could just force the

:29:50. > :29:53.play and have their way as a consequence, but it is about them

:29:54. > :30:04.gelling their Games together simultaneously. And they have not

:30:05. > :30:10.done so. There is frustration etched on everyone's faces now. It is a

:30:11. > :30:14.5-point game. The underdogs are ranked 22nd in the world and these

:30:15. > :30:20.two are ranked third. This would be a really, really good win. Given the

:30:21. > :30:29.situation here in Rio at the Olympic venue. A huge opportunity. A huge

:30:30. > :30:30.opportunity for the Britons to come through group two and this win would

:30:31. > :30:42.really help. Brilliant. They are absolutely

:30:43. > :30:49.wired. Surely now with a 6-point lead. That is quite a collision. But

:30:50. > :30:53.we saw in the opening game, the Koreans, how good they are at

:30:54. > :30:56.fighting back from this kind of predicament, ever dangerous. Cannot

:30:57. > :31:05.take anything for granted against them. Marcus Ellis to serve.

:31:06. > :31:16.They know that that just might be the final straw. Push-up, say the

:31:17. > :32:13.coaching team. Just a little reassurance from one

:32:14. > :32:34.to the other. We can do this. Wow! What drama, he almost made

:32:35. > :32:39.that, incredibly, off a dead neck caught. Such a good effort, let us

:32:40. > :32:46.hope they did not hit his head. Let us see it again. Incredible. Almost

:32:47. > :32:51.made it. Not for lack of trying, that is for sure, he took evasive

:32:52. > :33:01.action but really good work from Chris Langridge. Just gives you an

:33:02. > :33:09.indication of how badly these two want this match, they will give

:33:10. > :33:26.whatever it takes. Are you OK, suggests the umpire.

:33:27. > :33:31.Still a 5-point lead, still just two points away from taking out the

:33:32. > :33:56.third seeds, the seeds in group C. Six match point opportunities,

:33:57. > :34:19.surely one of these favours Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis.

:34:20. > :34:29.Well, definitely, I think they want to challenge, don't you? This was so

:34:30. > :34:40.close, you could see from their body language, 20-14, let us take a look.

:34:41. > :34:48.Oh well! Just as well we have the electronic review. They will still

:34:49. > :34:55.have five more opportunities to put this match to bed, should that be

:34:56. > :35:00.wide. Judging from that, I think it was a shade wide, I think they will

:35:01. > :35:07.have to regroup, but time will tell. We will see what happens when it

:35:08. > :35:11.does go upstairs. Yes. The instant review proving that it was indeed

:35:12. > :35:41.out, so the challenge, unsuccessful. So, Kim Gi-jung, how brave are the

:35:42. > :35:46.Koreans feeling right now? Five more match point to Marcus Ellis and

:35:47. > :36:08.Chris Langridge after 87 minutes played out here.

:36:09. > :36:15.Immaculate work from the Koreans, the third seed with their never say

:36:16. > :36:27.die attitude but there is a slight despondency about their body

:36:28. > :36:28.language. So, two match point have come and gone. Still four to play

:36:29. > :37:18.with. Just snatched it wide, it was a well

:37:19. > :37:29.engineered point, using the court really well, playing the width.

:37:30. > :37:36.Catch your breath. So, can they snatch it on their fifth match

:37:37. > :37:45.point? Remember, they were 20-14 up here. Four match point have been

:37:46. > :37:52.saved by the valiant third seeds. There it is! Chris Langridge and

:37:53. > :38:01.Marcus Ellis delight the British fans. The union Jacks waving in the

:38:02. > :38:05.background, they have come through and their fifth match point

:38:06. > :38:14.opportunity, a 90 minute match remarkably, an hour and a half,

:38:15. > :38:19.quite remarkable, 17-21, 20 5-23, 21, 18. What a performance to oust

:38:20. > :38:28.the third seeds. This was how they did it. Ellis with the final shot --

:38:29. > :38:32.Marcus Ellis. They worked so tirelessly all year, they beat these

:38:33. > :38:39.very opponents at the All-England open and now they have that feat.

:38:40. > :38:49.Delight for Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge. They now have a win

:38:50. > :38:54.finally in group C. They worked so tirelessly last night but came out

:38:55. > :38:58.the wrong side after 67 minutes against their opponents but now they

:38:59. > :39:09.have a win. They have yet to play the Polish duo, but you would hope

:39:10. > :39:14.they would come through that one, but there are only three ranking

:39:15. > :39:23.spots between the two teams there. The polls are ever dangerous. That

:39:24. > :39:53.will bode well for the chances for qualifying, you would imagine.

:39:54. > :40:01.What a performance. They play again tomorrow in the badminton. Look at

:40:02. > :40:11.this on our balcony, we only have six gold medallist, can we have a

:40:12. > :40:21.round of applause? We have got lots of questions to ask you. BBC for

:40:22. > :40:26.viewers have been loving the rowing. Let us speak to you first, you have

:40:27. > :40:36.done it again, unbeaten for 4000 raises. Was there ever a point in

:40:37. > :40:41.the race, what was the pressure like at the start? When you have got that

:40:42. > :40:46.much credibility and everyone is wondering how to get the better of

:40:47. > :40:50.you, do you feel on occasions, you have won it before you started? No

:40:51. > :40:56.way. Even though people can assume that we feel we have got it done,

:40:57. > :41:01.that does not occur to us. Being favourites does not spring to mind

:41:02. > :41:05.when we talk about the next race, it is always about doing the race and

:41:06. > :41:13.not thinking about what came before. What are you saying to each other in

:41:14. > :41:21.the boat? Do you say well done? Not swearing! After London, I kept

:41:22. > :41:29.saying sorry because I knocked Helen's glasses off her head. It was

:41:30. > :41:36.more congratulatory. It was a good job you did not wear microphones!

:41:37. > :41:41.You are the crew, history is on your shoulders and for the last five

:41:42. > :41:46.Olympic Games, the men's four have won gold medals, does that cross

:41:47. > :41:51.your mind in the build-up? In the run-up, we were trying to distance

:41:52. > :41:56.ourselves from it. Obviously it is a legacy we desperately want to be

:41:57. > :41:59.part of, but we wanted to focus on our processes and make sure we could

:42:00. > :42:06.get the win and thinking about the past glories of Steve Redgrave and

:42:07. > :42:10.Matthew Pinsent would not help us on the day but now we can bask in it

:42:11. > :42:15.and accept the fact that we are part of that legacy. I was running past

:42:16. > :42:19.the television celebrating when you won, which one of you was lying on

:42:20. > :42:29.the floor for ten minutes. That was me. Did you not have any oxygen

:42:30. > :42:35.left? My oxygen level was not high at that stage. I am asthmatic and I

:42:36. > :42:39.could not stand up and breathe at the same time. I could not make the

:42:40. > :42:44.short walk to the media bid for the medal ceremony, I had to take a

:42:45. > :42:49.moment. I had enough adrenaline to get me there. I am fine now. It took

:42:50. > :42:53.ten minutes of lying down and breathing. It shows you the effort

:42:54. > :42:58.that goes into winning a gold medal. From your perspective, what is it

:42:59. > :43:10.like now? Is it relief, have you had a moment to consider

:43:11. > :43:15.what you have achieved? It is a huge relief. Four years in the making, I

:43:16. > :43:18.was disappointed with the London result. The last four years I have

:43:19. > :43:23.put a lot then. I have not had a chance to reflect. We have all been

:43:24. > :43:30.named as there is for the race tomorrow. We will be up at five

:43:31. > :43:40.o'clock, normal routine. The moment has not really sunk in. What are you

:43:41. > :43:48.going to do? Once it is over and you can have a rest, what is the plan?

:43:49. > :43:53.We are on the beach in Copacabana, what else to do? Go down, have a few

:43:54. > :43:58.cocktails, enjoy yourself. This place is amazing, we were here

:43:59. > :44:03.couple of years ago as a testing bit of training, to soak up the

:44:04. > :44:07.atmosphere and this place is like nowhere else. I am looking forward

:44:08. > :44:11.to actually been able to enjoy it and not worry about training the

:44:12. > :44:16.next day or worrying about what is coming up, just take our minds away

:44:17. > :44:21.from rowing and enjoy life for a change. See the other's sports of

:44:22. > :44:25.course, support Team GB, we feel a part of this big team, it is a cool

:44:26. > :44:30.thing to be a part of and we could enjoy the second week and support

:44:31. > :44:40.the rest of our team. People are asking questions about your coach,

:44:41. > :44:46.the record is ridiculous. He has got a pretty outstanding record. He is a

:44:47. > :44:52.funny bloke. When you turn up and join the team, you expect these

:44:53. > :44:59.constant pearls of wisdom from this mythical coach. He just says things

:45:00. > :45:10.like, not too bad today! Sometimes he will tell you to just pool less

:45:11. > :45:13.hard! He has got a really great touch for those day-to-day, little

:45:14. > :45:18.pieces of advice to keep everything in balance. He has a great sense of

:45:19. > :45:21.it and he is always looking forward, he never rests on his laurels and is

:45:22. > :45:27.a great believer in looking to the next one and the next one and

:45:28. > :45:38.keeping you looking forward. He is a great coach, really.

:45:39. > :45:48.Karabakh Yutu? What is the future. What is that face about? It is

:45:49. > :45:53.something we have talked about more today than ever before. We have

:45:54. > :45:56.enjoyed everything and it has been a dream come true working with Helen

:45:57. > :46:01.and Robin. Am I ready to stop that dream? I can't answer that right

:46:02. > :46:04.now. We're in that place, you know what, enjoy what we worked so hard

:46:05. > :46:09.for and make the most of our time here and we will go home and take

:46:10. > :46:14.stock and make a decision then. You have a big day coming up in a few

:46:15. > :46:19.weeks, don't you? I am getting married in less than a month. Ever

:46:20. > :46:22.mentioned it as we crossed the line and I haven't planned anything but

:46:23. > :46:29.my mum has planned loads of things but I am going to have to go and

:46:30. > :46:34.sort out what I am doing. Will you incorporate the medals into the

:46:35. > :46:42.dress somehow? I love the idea. Romilly won't but thanks for that.

:46:43. > :46:49.Forgive the question, do awkwardly have two invite everybody in the GB

:46:50. > :46:57.rowing team? That's awkward. I've been checking my post every day!

:46:58. > :47:01.It's an intimate wedding. Loads of the girls are coming and post-Rio it

:47:02. > :47:05.will be a great chance for everyone to relax and be friends outside of

:47:06. > :47:08.being team-mates that is what we are. On half of the teams spend

:47:09. > :47:12.loads of time away on the training camp together and we looking forward

:47:13. > :47:16.to chilling out outside of rowing. Thank you for answering so many of

:47:17. > :47:20.our viewers questions. Can we get big round of applause. I know you

:47:21. > :47:26.have had plenty of that day and it is only the BBC clapping you. It has

:47:27. > :47:29.been brilliant to watch and so many people watch today and said they

:47:30. > :47:33.have been inspired to get into rowing or another sport and that is

:47:34. > :47:37.what the Olympics is all about. Congratulations on the gold medal

:47:38. > :47:43.and hopefully we will see you again soon at some stage, once you finish

:47:44. > :47:50.celebrating. Enjoy yourselves. These are the headlines. I think this lot

:47:51. > :47:55.might just feature. We will get to them in a minute.

:47:56. > :48:01.First up the team pursuit take gold in a third world record and an eight

:48:02. > :48:10.Olympic medal for Bradley Wiggins, who is now the most decorated

:48:11. > :48:15.British human ever. And gold as well for the two we were just talking to,

:48:16. > :48:19.handling -- Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, just like they did four

:48:20. > :48:23.years ago. It seems like ages ago now. It was hours ago this morning,

:48:24. > :48:30.here in the afternoon in the UK, but they have done it again, the Golden

:48:31. > :48:35.girls. Here is confirmation of our fantastic falls as well. The men's

:48:36. > :48:40.four, for this fifth Olympics on the trot, those boys we'd just spoke to

:48:41. > :48:47.as well delivered, they talked about the pressure but they lived up to

:48:48. > :48:51.it. There was also an amazing silver medal for brainy page on the

:48:52. > :48:55.trampoline. Look at the tears, look what it meant to her. She felt she

:48:56. > :49:01.didn't have a chance for a medal but she produced and believable routine

:49:02. > :49:09.and she will leave with the silver. -- Briony page. There was also a

:49:10. > :49:17.silver for Team GB in the dressage which was just a few hours ago. We

:49:18. > :49:26.are talking and showing you earlier some footage from the hockey when

:49:27. > :49:31.Team GB drew with Spain 1-1. If you've been following it through the

:49:32. > :49:37.day, it is a really tough pool and they have to to get through to the

:49:38. > :49:45.top four to get into the next stage. They needed Belgium to beat New

:49:46. > :49:51.Zealand. We can show you some action from that game earlier on. Team GB

:49:52. > :50:03.have to seek Belgium beat New Zealand to make it through. New

:50:04. > :50:09.Zealand 's first penalty corner and would sit there. It is a beauty from

:50:10. > :50:15.Childs. It was the lay-off at the top of the circle and they have

:50:16. > :50:23.scored the goal. Simon Child with the little magic round, and at the

:50:24. > :50:26.top, let's have a look. Pretending to have, look at the angle of that

:50:27. > :50:35.shot. Closer than having the inside back foot. I think if we were to be

:50:36. > :50:40.fair, I think that little penalty corner variation was invented by the

:50:41. > :50:52.Germans quite a few years ago, but it has been perfected by New Zealand

:50:53. > :50:58.here today. Woods of flows quickly. He still goes forward and it is goal

:50:59. > :51:07.number two. It was Nick Wilson. He was in the right place, and they get

:51:08. > :51:12.another one. They give some high-fives and the Kiwis are

:51:13. > :51:20.delirious in the stands. A well constructive goal, a field goal.

:51:21. > :51:24.Through the air, it was a list trap originally but it left the space

:51:25. > :51:36.open and in the back of the net and New Zealand now lead 2-0. Will he

:51:37. > :51:43.have a go himself? Some progress in there. Can they get the shot away?

:51:44. > :51:50.Yes, number three for New Zealand. What a goal! It was denied a couple

:51:51. > :51:57.of minutes ago. And who would believe, through what's going up and

:51:58. > :52:03.injecting another player into their attacking line-up for New Zealand,

:52:04. > :52:14.and here is the past. And Hugo Engels gets the ball, another shot.

:52:15. > :52:22.Goal, it is in. What a smashing shot from the circle. As quick as

:52:23. > :52:25.lightning. So, comfortable win for New Zealand

:52:26. > :52:29.in the end and here is the confirmation of the four that go

:52:30. > :52:31.through. Great Britain just miss out and New Zealand and Australia go

:52:32. > :52:38.through to the knockout phase of this Olympic hockey competition.

:52:39. > :52:42.Over on BBC One a little bit later you can see the next two events in

:52:43. > :52:46.the women's heptathlon. Katarina Johnson Thompson is in gold medal

:52:47. > :52:50.position at the moment and Jessica Ennis-Hill, the Olympic and world

:52:51. > :52:55.champion in third but it is so tight between the top few. It is the shot

:52:56. > :52:58.but followed by the 200 metres, the next two disciplines in that

:52:59. > :53:03.heptathlon. I shouldn't call it a women's heptathlon the men compete

:53:04. > :53:09.in the decathlon. Two women are doing very well in the competition

:53:10. > :53:14.at the moment. Now we will go to a team event. I know our viewers on

:53:15. > :53:20.BBC Four have been enjoying table tennis action. We're into the team

:53:21. > :53:25.events now. The singles medals were mostly won by the dominant Chinese

:53:26. > :53:39.but this is Team GB taking on the French in the preliminaries to this.

:53:40. > :53:45.This is Liam Pitchford taking on Simon Gauzy. We will go over to our

:53:46. > :53:52.commentators. This could not be closer. Pitchford

:53:53. > :53:58.has come back and take on the second game 11-7. Locked together now.

:53:59. > :54:07.Pitchford has a chance to go ahead. The first to three Games wins. The

:54:08. > :54:12.best of five in this team competition. The first three matches

:54:13. > :54:15.wins and there are four singles and doubles. Two singles than a double

:54:16. > :54:20.and then two more singles. It is the battle of the number one players,

:54:21. > :54:32.Liam Pitchford is ranked number eight in the world and Simon Gauzy

:54:33. > :54:46.17. Liam Pitchford has a chance once more to take this third game.

:54:47. > :54:56.He could not have tried more but that is impeccable defence from

:54:57. > :55:00.Simon Gauzy. It really is. This is a captivating match with both men

:55:01. > :55:03.relishing the opportunity to represent their respective nations

:55:04. > :55:08.and Liam Pitchford is hunting down this difficult opponent.

:55:09. > :55:16.Right off the edge. Fortunate, but he will take it. Liam Pitchford has

:55:17. > :55:22.had one of those before, so having saved two game points it is game

:55:23. > :55:38.point for France now. Simon Gauzy is the number one.

:55:39. > :55:45.That was extraordinary defence but he couldn't take advantage of it

:55:46. > :55:49.because it was 12-12. I thought he would still that back. Simon Gauzy

:55:50. > :56:09.has incredible hand skills. He is a top 20 player and highly skilled.

:56:10. > :56:28.Yes, he has got it. And that is tough for Pitchford to take, and it

:56:29. > :56:35.might be significant in the end. Two game points, but he wasn't able to

:56:36. > :56:39.make it count, and it is Gauzy who takes a 2-1 lead. You could see a

:56:40. > :56:43.terrific redirection from Liam Pitchford but a couple of edge balls

:56:44. > :56:47.at critical times the whole momentum can just shift around in table

:56:48. > :56:51.tennis, it is as subtle as that. There is so little between these

:56:52. > :56:54.guys in terms of skill but Pitchford, if he is to come through

:56:55. > :57:01.this one, will have to bring his very best. Alan Cooke there, the

:57:02. > :57:09.team coach, who is giving him plenty of words of encouragement. Much

:57:10. > :57:19.better on serve from Liam Pitchford. But in the end Gauzy showing

:57:20. > :57:23.phenomenal recuperation powers. When he gets over the table out that

:57:24. > :57:27.there is any one winner of the point, he really is so dangerous. He

:57:28. > :57:36.is so quick and very deceptive with his skill set. He is a very

:57:37. > :57:41.difficult man to read. Gauzy ranks 17 which is a career high for him.

:57:42. > :57:47.Pitchford is 48 but he was as high as 39 in April of this year. It is

:57:48. > :57:56.Gauzy who went in as the favourite. If he wins this game he wins the

:57:57. > :58:05.match and gives France 1-0 lead. A great response from the Brit.

:58:06. > :58:19.The side that has been getting most of the traffic is his backhand.

:58:20. > :58:29.Pitchford is directing a lot that way. Pitchford has started each game

:58:30. > :58:35.well, but he, as you can see, he has only won one of the three Games so

:58:36. > :58:41.far. He just edges back in each of the Games. That is a significant

:58:42. > :58:46.lead. Four successive points for Liam Pitchford. This is what he did

:58:47. > :58:49.in the second game when he snatched the game. If you get a decent lead

:58:50. > :58:55.like this it could prove really fruitful at the back end of it. He

:58:56. > :59:21.needs a little bit of luck as well. As he gets on top of the rally he is

:59:22. > :59:24.very difficult to shake off. He is, especially on the forehand side. He

:59:25. > :59:27.is very compact and strongest swings but he rifled the racquet head

:59:28. > :59:38.through the ball with effect. Bullying.

:59:39. > :59:47.Here we go again. Four points adrift. Now just one point adrift.

:59:48. > :59:51.He is strong in various core positions, this man, even when he

:59:52. > :59:55.has backed away from the table with the vicious racquet head speed, Liam

:59:56. > :00:00.can't let down his guard at all. A little indecisive there though. A

:00:01. > :00:01.great serve from Pitchford, loaded with spin, just meandering all over

:00:02. > :00:35.the place, that one. He says sorry, but he will take it.

:00:36. > :00:45.He shaped it with his body and then faded on the other way. Simon Gauzy

:00:46. > :00:51.unable to get a read on that one. Great return, changing the point of

:00:52. > :01:05.attack. He is right back in this game.

:01:06. > :01:13.It is a great time for both countries in table tennis, Great

:01:14. > :01:19.Britain on getting the bronze medal in the team event in the world, with

:01:20. > :01:23.Sam Walker, Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford and the France doing --

:01:24. > :01:29.France doing the best they have done for a number of years. They were

:01:30. > :01:35.13th in Tokyo, they are on the up and so too are the British team.

:01:36. > :01:38.This is why it is such an intriguing confrontation. All of the respective

:01:39. > :01:45.team countries, there are players have all gone up in their ranking,

:01:46. > :01:55.quite a lot. Which makes for a great watch.

:01:56. > :02:04.Gauzy on level terms having been four points adrift. The two players

:02:05. > :02:08.are warming up but they are not courtside cheering and getting

:02:09. > :02:11.emotional, that would be distracting for their upcoming match, good for

:02:12. > :02:24.them to get away, it is just the doubles players that are left to

:02:25. > :02:30.contribute. There are four match tables here and just behind the

:02:31. > :02:44.backdrop, another 16 practice tables.

:02:45. > :02:51.Good work from Pitchford. His role is to stay as tight to the table as

:02:52. > :02:55.he can, I can count on one hand the number of points he has won when he

:02:56. > :03:03.has backed away, it is all about retaining that position. Certainly

:03:04. > :03:10.did there and here are two game points. Now, can he take advantage,

:03:11. > :03:23.the last game he had two game points. He ended up at the wrong end

:03:24. > :03:32.of the game. But not this time. Excellent work from Liam Pitchford.

:03:33. > :03:40.And it is two games apiece. This one will go to a deciding game. Each of

:03:41. > :03:47.the games that Liam has won, he has won quickly. A six minute game,

:03:48. > :03:52.11-8, whenever he gets a decent start and it needs to be quite an

:03:53. > :03:56.emphatic lead, he comes out on top of the game, but because Gauzy is so

:03:57. > :03:59.dangerous, if they are level pegging, you feel the Frenchman is

:04:00. > :04:05.favourite because his ranking is up there and he has a little bit more

:04:06. > :04:18.experience. So there are the stats on game

:04:19. > :04:22.number four, pretty much level pegging, Pitchford game, serving it

:04:23. > :04:28.seems more effectively, certainly, Gauzy did not seem to have as good a

:04:29. > :04:34.read as he has done. I like it when he gets the fast long serve going.

:04:35. > :04:39.He backs Gauzy away from the table. You do not want to overexpose any

:04:40. > :04:48.one type of serve, you want to keep the variation.

:04:49. > :04:54.Here we go them, with the decider. This time it is not Pitchford who

:04:55. > :05:31.gets off to the lead. Stay patient, when the ball came

:05:32. > :05:35.back. He loses so few of those points when he is over the table.

:05:36. > :05:46.Changing the direction of attack as well.

:05:47. > :05:54.Great play from Pitchford once he sensed he was ahead in the rally.

:05:55. > :05:59.This is so good to watch, both players bedded in so well, both have

:06:00. > :06:11.two games age and it is unfolding dramatically. -- two games each. Not

:06:12. > :06:15.quite. He was on his favourite shot, he is getting confirmation that it

:06:16. > :06:31.was the right shot, not quite the execution.

:06:32. > :06:38.The return was loaded, wasn't it? Vicious racquet head speed, carving

:06:39. > :06:42.up the back of the ball, at work like speed, art out onto Liam's half

:06:43. > :07:11.very quickly. Really solid play. So, time-out

:07:12. > :07:16.called. And this time it has been Gauzy who has been consistently

:07:17. > :07:20.effective from the off, starting strongly, you can see, putting a

:07:21. > :07:25.little bit more top bond to ensure that working hard, keeping the angle

:07:26. > :07:29.in the knees so he can get the brush and security around the shapes and

:07:30. > :07:35.balls he is hitting. Three point lead for the Frenchman, it will be a

:07:36. > :07:46.difficult ask for Pitchford to turn this around.

:07:47. > :07:59.Tantalisingly close. I think he was trying to say get it over at the

:08:00. > :08:02.backhand of Gauzy. He offers a lot of those thunderous forehands and

:08:03. > :08:05.Liam has to keep him honest and get him over on the backhand side. They

:08:06. > :08:19.switch ends. Little bit of luck and a four point

:08:20. > :08:50.cushion. Great defence but again, Gauzy

:08:51. > :08:53.stayed calm when the ball kept coming back. Absolutely, I thought

:08:54. > :08:58.Pitchford was about to turn it around with a big backhand, but

:08:59. > :09:04.Gauzy, solid, nothing fancy, he knows this is a momentous part of

:09:05. > :09:15.the match, right here. Not that time. And you can see why Pitchford

:09:16. > :09:19.is desperate to direct most of the traffic to the backhand. Not nearly

:09:20. > :09:30.as dangerous as the forehand of the Frenchman. Time running out. For the

:09:31. > :09:42.rearguard action, behind-the-scenes, Paul Drinkhall is on next. It is all

:09:43. > :09:46.rushing away from Pitchford now, France are two points away from

:09:47. > :10:12.getting the lead. Well played. The spirit is still

:10:13. > :10:24.strong. It is a huge ask to come back from this.

:10:25. > :10:32.He did well there, it was short and I thought he might get caught up,

:10:33. > :10:41.but not a bit of it. He got over that really well. Six match points.

:10:42. > :10:56.Not quite. He wanted to finish in a flurry, didn't he?

:10:57. > :11:09.Well played. Too strong in the end. Super match and Liam Pitchford,

:11:10. > :11:14.twice coming back from a game deficit but in the end he could not

:11:15. > :11:19.make it count and Simon Gauzy, the French number one gives France in

:11:20. > :11:23.the lead. There was a valent performance Rob Liam Pitchford but

:11:24. > :11:29.in the end there was just a little bit too much undulation in his

:11:30. > :11:33.performance compare to the Frenchman who ran about last game very well --

:11:34. > :11:45.it was a valiant performance from Liam Pitchford. As he raised his

:11:46. > :11:53.fist... Yes. Well, it went according to form. Not that Pitchford will see

:11:54. > :11:59.it that way, having got so close, but in the end Gauzy turning it on

:12:00. > :12:03.in that fifth game. Confirmation, so little between them, just the three

:12:04. > :12:08.solitary points between the winner and loser, it was so close all the

:12:09. > :12:23.way. As we anticipate our second match. Remember, it is first to

:12:24. > :12:27.three, first to three matches. And now we are going to get the battle

:12:28. > :12:30.of the number two is between Paul Drinkhall who got to the fourth

:12:31. > :12:36.round in the singles event, fantastic for him and Emmanuel

:12:37. > :12:50.Lebesson from France. Yes, giving himself a hard time

:12:51. > :13:01.there but he did not play properly at all. That is a wonderful action

:13:02. > :13:09.shot. So, here we go with match number two, Paul Drinkhall here.

:13:10. > :13:15.From Middlesbrough. 26 years of age, ranked 58th in the world and that is

:13:16. > :13:25.Emmanuel Lebesson from France, 28 years of age, ranked at number 30.

:13:26. > :13:28.Lives in Paris. Another member of the team that finished fifth in

:13:29. > :13:34.Kuala Lumpur earlier this year in the World Championships. In the team

:13:35. > :13:41.event, lost to Pitchford, who we have just seen.

:13:42. > :13:48.Let us see if Paul Drinkhall can keep the form he had in the singles

:13:49. > :13:54.through to the team event here. I am just trying to remember whether he

:13:55. > :13:57.played any left hander is because Emmanuel Lebesson is a lefty and I

:13:58. > :14:18.cannot recall. Drinkhall is ranked 58, his best

:14:19. > :14:26.ranking was in January last year, five times the national champion. He

:14:27. > :14:35.has been at his very best here in Rio. Another member of the team that

:14:36. > :14:41.got to the bronze medal in the World Championships earlier this year.

:14:42. > :15:00.Great Britain's first medal since 1983. I tell a lie, he did play a

:15:01. > :15:18.left-hander stop he beat a talented man 4-1. Quite a character as well.

:15:19. > :15:26.Just a reminder that the noise you are hearing is from the match on an

:15:27. > :15:37.adjacent court where Brazil are playing career. -- Coria. The

:15:38. > :15:40.players in the first match did not find it distracting, I think

:15:41. > :15:47.Drinkhall has all the experience and he will block it out.

:15:48. > :15:53.These matches are partitioned off some F1 team get excited on an

:15:54. > :15:59.adjacent table the noise just purrs across and contaminate the arena

:16:00. > :16:02.adjacent, but these guys are so why are doing and focused on what they

:16:03. > :16:06.are doing it will have no affect on the outcome of the match, unless it

:16:07. > :16:13.becomes rioters, which it sometimes does when the Brazilians are

:16:14. > :16:18.playing. There is quite a following for their players who have even had

:16:19. > :16:28.selfies with the crowd and waving and doing Mexican waves around the

:16:29. > :16:32.table. Lebesson failed to qualify from London four years ago and then

:16:33. > :16:38.thought about retirement. He said that by his own admission he didn't

:16:39. > :16:44.really fancy it and he was having nights out and only his family were

:16:45. > :16:50.really urging him on anti-credits them with his new-found

:16:51. > :16:55.perseverance. Here we go, it will be Lebesson to begin. Once again the

:16:56. > :17:31.first three, the best of five Games. It always seems to take a few points

:17:32. > :17:33.just to settle to the swing of the right hand -- my left hand, because

:17:34. > :17:55.a righty will play fewer of them. That is well played. Great reactions

:17:56. > :17:59.from Drinkhall, he has astonishingly quick reactions. He was very alert

:18:00. > :18:01.there, it was terrific defence. Idiot -- it meandered into the body

:18:02. > :18:15.of the big, tall left-hander. Lebesson is just a fraction under

:18:16. > :18:21.six foot, but taller than Drinkhall, who is five foot nine, but immensely

:18:22. > :18:23.powerful. Yes, he has got a stout frame, very strong core, heavy

:18:24. > :18:39.limbs. Yes, lovely whipped forehand across.

:18:40. > :18:43.It had that sort of raking look of the Chinese players, it was

:18:44. > :18:49.viciously struck that one. How low he was when he played the shot.

:18:50. > :18:52.Strong legs. Drinkhall has strong legs. He also stays very low to the

:18:53. > :19:03.table. Yes, these guys live in that coiled

:19:04. > :19:08.position, with so much angling nannies, they are almost walking at

:19:09. > :19:14.half height as they are coiled behind the table. Well played. A

:19:15. > :19:50.super angle. Screams of adulation from the

:19:51. > :19:53.Brazilian supporters alongside. They have brought out the best in Paul

:19:54. > :19:56.Drinkhall there, you thought they were cheering for them. It was a

:19:57. > :20:17.terrific backhand return. Oh, lucky, twice. That is what they

:20:18. > :20:23.call double happiness, the death net cord and be edge bought

:20:24. > :20:26.simultaneously. Right now Paul Drinkhall will take anything. Well

:20:27. > :20:37.played. Really sharp. We'll look of concern in the eyes of

:20:38. > :20:47.Emmanuel Lebesson now. Eight game points for Paul

:20:48. > :21:07.Drinkhall. Well played. It doesn't look as

:21:08. > :21:21.though it will be significant. Six points in a row.

:21:22. > :21:29.Wonderful. Is it coincidence that he is playing his best table tennis now

:21:30. > :21:32.when the game is virtually over. It is a bit like the last player,

:21:33. > :21:34.French flamboyance coming to the fore at the end of this opening

:21:35. > :21:51.game. Well played, Paul Drinkhall. A perfect start for him. Paul, of

:21:52. > :21:57.course, who won the mixed in the Commonwealth Games a couple of years

:21:58. > :21:58.ago, with his wife, Jo. She is expecting their second child in

:21:59. > :22:09.September. Plenty of work to be done here to

:22:10. > :22:15.try and counter what has been going on.

:22:16. > :22:22.Paul Drinkhall played some really solid table tennis then, didn't he?

:22:23. > :22:25.Nothing to imaginative, but very solid and frugal in error and that

:22:26. > :22:31.run of six consecutive points really sort of put the frighteners on

:22:32. > :22:37.Emmanuel Lebesson, who is ranked for higher. There is 28 places between

:22:38. > :22:42.on the world ranking list at the moment with Lebesson ranked 30th.

:22:43. > :22:46.Drink is far more effective behind his serve in that game. Still a lot

:22:47. > :22:50.of table tennis to be played but that is what is great about this

:22:51. > :22:55.team format because it is a race to three Games, rather than in the

:22:56. > :22:59.singles, individual event, which was a race to four and this is a punchy

:23:00. > :23:04.format and players do not have the wriggle room to turn the matches

:23:05. > :23:07.around. Paul Drinkhall did not drop a point behind his serve in the

:23:08. > :23:17.opening game. Let's see if he can keep that going here.

:23:18. > :23:35.So confident. He stood tall on that one got right over it.

:23:36. > :23:43.This is very impressive. Drinkhall won the test event for the table

:23:44. > :23:47.tennis in Rio late last year, but he was the only non-South American to

:23:48. > :23:52.take part, but maybe it was significant, because he has played

:23:53. > :23:57.super table tennis so far in this competition. That is immaculate from

:23:58. > :24:03.Paul Drinkhall. Voracious racquet head speed and are really confident

:24:04. > :24:17.start to the second game. Building well on the momentum he has created.

:24:18. > :24:22.Looking down at his bat as if to say, is there a hole in it? I

:24:23. > :25:00.thought the same thing! That 3-point lead has gone. Showing

:25:01. > :25:04.a lot of character now, Emmanuel Lebesson, just riding out the storm.

:25:05. > :25:14.Perhaps Drinkhall is blowing a little cooler.

:25:15. > :25:57.The backhand flick is a treat for Paul Drinkhall at the moment.

:25:58. > :26:18.Well, the lead has evaporated and now the French have gone ahead.

:26:19. > :26:26.He went for the big, long serve and nowhere near. This is a fairly

:26:27. > :26:45.dramatic turnaround in the second game.

:26:46. > :26:51.It is certainly dangerous when he gets around the backhand, is

:26:52. > :26:55.Lebesson, but he has been a bit inconsistent so far. You can tell

:26:56. > :27:02.the intent is there and if he starts finding some of those forehands,

:27:03. > :27:34.Drinkhall could be in trouble. What a shot. Vicious pace.

:27:35. > :27:44.What a huge shot. Thunderous power off that right-hand side. Drinkhall

:27:45. > :27:49.had to move away from the table in response. Here's in a purple patch

:27:50. > :28:00.right now, from 3-0 down he has won eight out of the last ten points. He

:28:01. > :28:04.looks unstoppable. Yes, when he's on the front foot and beforehand is

:28:05. > :28:07.firing, you can't stay with him, it's almost impossible, but for

:28:08. > :28:11.Drinkhall, he has to think about depth and width and variation on his

:28:12. > :28:22.shots. He needs to get some quality into the rally early. It is almost

:28:23. > :28:24.like he is going to go wide to do it Lebesson forehand to expose his back

:28:25. > :28:38.a bit because he's running around almost everything at the moment.

:28:39. > :28:55.He is a bit like Ding Ning, the women's champion.

:28:56. > :29:21.Well done, very quickly in there, Drinkhall, see the opportunity.

:29:22. > :29:32.To go. -- two saved and two more to go. I can't imagine him trying to

:29:33. > :29:49.play it safe here. He didn't have too. That patch in

:29:50. > :29:54.the middle of the game where he really caught fire made the

:29:55. > :29:58.difference and he has levelled up at 1-1. It really did shift the

:29:59. > :30:02.momentum, didn't it? That forehand, once you started firing with that

:30:03. > :30:06.one his confidence ignited to a new level and what is interesting as

:30:07. > :30:09.well, as you mentioned in the game prior, Paul Drinkhall had lost a

:30:10. > :30:15.point behind his own serve in this time he lost six behind his own

:30:16. > :30:18.serve. That is a significant shift but Emmanuel Lebesson, when he gets

:30:19. > :30:28.on the front foot, can play some really commanding table tennis and

:30:29. > :30:31.he has had a stratospheric rises ranking from 60 odd a few months ago

:30:32. > :30:35.and now he is up to 30 in the world and that is how he has done it, that

:30:36. > :30:38.forehand just puts the fear of God into his opponents. France have a

:30:39. > :30:42.rich history and table tennis but it seemed to have gone away and

:30:43. > :30:47.suddenly they are coming back. They were 19th in Moscow in the world in

:30:48. > :30:53.2010, all the way up to fifth place in Kuala Lumpur earlier this year.

:30:54. > :31:07.You can see why. At the age of 28, Lebesson's ranking has improved over

:31:08. > :31:13.30 spots. He has talent to burn, this fellow. They are encouraging

:31:14. > :31:22.each other, jostling up the rankings together, as a unit, the French

:31:23. > :31:24.team. So there will be new confidence in Lebesson but can

:31:25. > :32:02.Drinkhall put a dent in that? Drinkhall will be disappointed with

:32:03. > :32:32.that. The momentum moving further and further the French way.

:32:33. > :32:37.They missed that big forehand, that will encourage Paul Drinkhall,

:32:38. > :32:55.nothing between them now on the scoreline.

:32:56. > :33:10.Again he got across that first forehand, so impressively. He has

:33:11. > :33:14.got very deep, menacing eyes, Emmanuel Lebesson. He has a

:33:15. > :33:23.frowning, grimace, it is quite scary. He had a chance there.

:33:24. > :33:54.Nowhere near as effective on that side, as he is on the forehand.

:33:55. > :34:01.Great defence from Lebesson. Drinkhall was on top of the rally

:34:02. > :34:05.but could not make it count. I like the tactics of Paul Drinkhall. He

:34:06. > :34:18.had the opportunity to smash it into the space.

:34:19. > :34:29.Well done. Super reactions off a big shot on the forehand from Drinkhall.

:34:30. > :34:33.That was wonderful reflexes from Emmanuel Lebesson who has not looked

:34:34. > :34:41.back, seemingly, since he took the second game, just prior. Time-out

:34:42. > :34:48.called by Alan Cooke. Just to try and slow down the momentum. Maybe

:34:49. > :34:53.there are few things he wants to say specifically to Drinkhall. I am sure

:34:54. > :34:58.he has spotted something. He is a very astute tactician and this is

:34:59. > :35:03.when the coach earned his corn. They are quite a young side, the British

:35:04. > :35:09.pack, as are the French, and these men of experience at the side of the

:35:10. > :35:18.court sometimes pick up on these little snippets of experience.

:35:19. > :35:27.Lost in the second round of the singles did Lebesson to a Romanian.

:35:28. > :35:32.But he has great pedigree, runner-up in the men's doubles with Tristan

:35:33. > :35:36.Flore. We have not seen him yet, but we will do in the doubles. The

:35:37. > :35:41.French have to have him and I would think that Lebesson might be

:35:42. > :35:43.alongside him. The runner-up in the men's doubles in the Qatar open a

:35:44. > :36:21.few years ago. -- Open. Amazing defence from Lebesson and

:36:22. > :36:24.then the attack, frighteningly good. Astonishing turnarounds, the pace

:36:25. > :36:28.that he injected was thunderous, look how quickly he gets that hand

:36:29. > :36:35.through, the back shoulder becoming the front shoulder quickly. And you

:36:36. > :36:42.feel if we are too seriously contest this match, Great Britain have to

:36:43. > :36:46.really win this singles. Race to three rubbers, three wins and if

:36:47. > :37:27.they go 2-0 down it is a difficult ask on the doubles players.

:37:28. > :37:41.Good work from Drinkhall. Sticking with them as much as he can, but it

:37:42. > :37:45.is a very tricky task. He has already generated a run of four

:37:46. > :37:53.consecutive points, has Lebesson, in this game. That is good from Paul

:37:54. > :38:00.Drinkhall, really good response to a positive point, just what he needed,

:38:01. > :38:13.an opportunity to let out a roar. Attempt to contain this man.

:38:14. > :38:20.Well played, Paul Drinkhall. He is showing some spirit. I was just

:38:21. > :38:24.thinking the same, it is about letting out his personality, he has

:38:25. > :38:28.to take ownership and it is difficult to do when this man is

:38:29. > :38:39.flashing forehands at you. Another time-out called, there is one

:38:40. > :38:43.time-out in each match. The British have had there is an here is the

:38:44. > :38:50.French one, three successive points for Drinkhall. Again, it was the

:38:51. > :38:54.intervention of the coaches, Emmanuel Lebesson did not need

:38:55. > :39:06.convincing, he turned around and the coach was gesturing.

:39:07. > :39:15.Alan Cooke's call for the time-out worked. Let us see if the French get

:39:16. > :39:45.the same reward. Just one point between them.

:39:46. > :39:51.Great attack, stayed right down on that one. To four successive points

:39:52. > :40:17.now. Did not read the serve. Even the

:40:18. > :40:21.coach getting particularly animated and emotional because he understands

:40:22. > :40:34.the gravitas of this moment, critical game for both teams. Well,

:40:35. > :40:37.it was not to be. So close. Here are two game points. That is for

:40:38. > :41:04.Lebesson. Took the bull by the horns there,

:41:05. > :41:09.racing on that return and Lebesson stops the momentum of Drinkhall in

:41:10. > :41:16.its tracks and takes the game 11-8 and it is 2-1 now for the French. A

:41:17. > :41:20.mirror image of the second game, that score as well and you feel that

:41:21. > :41:25.Paul is chasing the attack from the French player and it is hard to

:41:26. > :41:30.manufacture a comeback when he has been so with dictatorial. It is so

:41:31. > :41:35.hard to see Drinkhall get an end on these points. You can imagine it

:41:36. > :41:42.will get faster and faster now he is 2-1 up. He has got the bolster of

:41:43. > :41:52.the lead and he can be a bit more imaginative as a consequence. Swing

:41:53. > :41:55.with even more abandoned, Drinkhall has to win this game to keep his

:41:56. > :41:58.match afloat. Drinkhall made quite a statement and his family did when

:41:59. > :42:03.they sent him to China at the age of 11 to see how it is done. He liked

:42:04. > :42:11.it so much he had a Chinese culture for the best part of a decade after

:42:12. > :42:23.that. It shows how table tennis has dominated his life. Look at the

:42:24. > :42:29.speed. Unsuccessful that time. See if you can get a good start to game

:42:30. > :42:33.number four. You know how tough it is going to be. Lebesson, confidence

:42:34. > :43:09.on a high, so much talent. And you have to take your hat off to

:43:10. > :43:14.Emmanuel Lebesson, because he has done really well, having lost that

:43:15. > :43:16.opening game, 11-4, to have the courage of his conviction and to not

:43:17. > :43:34.forehand on. -- turn. Fantastic. What a timely response from Paul

:43:35. > :43:48.Drinkhall, he rarely fails with this, so strong mentally.

:43:49. > :43:54.Stern look at the table as if it might have been something erratic

:43:55. > :44:06.there. It is almost as if Paul Drinkhall

:44:07. > :44:09.has had a stern talking to himself, because he has come out here with

:44:10. > :44:14.the real insistence about the way he has played the last three points and

:44:15. > :44:18.it is a run of three fought the British player. -- for the British

:44:19. > :44:38.player. It is a bad miss from Lebesson, it

:44:39. > :45:11.was the right shot. Even in his fourth-round defeat,

:45:12. > :45:21.Drinkhall showed a lot of character. He won the next two consecutive

:45:22. > :45:24.Games at that stage. It is so psychological at this stage and

:45:25. > :45:39.Drinkhall has to keep aggressive and in his face.

:45:40. > :45:47.Let us see if Lebesson can do something on serve. Drinkhall is

:45:48. > :45:54.100% in this game on the Lebesson serve, he hasn't dropped a point.

:45:55. > :46:33.That run comes to an end. The top-spinner does the job for the

:46:34. > :46:37.Frenchman. It is all tied up at six. To give you a sense of perspective,

:46:38. > :46:42.Paul Drinkhall has been as high as 33 in the world and we said that in

:46:43. > :46:45.the last programme but Lebesson is currently ranked at 30th so he is

:46:46. > :46:53.playing career high tennis right now. Drinkhall will have to bring a

:46:54. > :46:58.ten out of ten performance to turn this one around, and he knows it.

:46:59. > :47:07.What a super shot that was. Brave as well. If Lebesson had got that

:47:08. > :47:21.across the table, the point was his. Lebesson is just so good at getting

:47:22. > :47:22.his forehand into play and making the area for Drinkhall so small to

:47:23. > :47:44.find his backhand. A rather steely look from Lebesson.

:47:45. > :48:22.Drinkhall did acknowledge his luck. So, a couple of bits of fortune for

:48:23. > :48:23.Paul Drinkhall. He's two points away from taking this one into a deciding

:48:24. > :48:45.game. Oh, magnificent! So far back but so

:48:46. > :48:49.accurate. So refreshing to see him come out on one of these big

:48:50. > :48:50.forehand exchanges on the right side as well. Having the last laugh

:48:51. > :49:10.there. Three-game points. He has done it. Well, he has turned

:49:11. > :49:16.it around. The momentum so firmly with Emmanuel Lebesson that wrinkle

:49:17. > :49:22.has levelled up. It is two Games each. He was playing his best to

:49:23. > :49:28.table tennis of the match in the latter part of that game. Yes, he

:49:29. > :49:34.really was. He was talking up around his forehand in a sort of Lebesson

:49:35. > :49:39.-esque kind of way, almost answering the question in a timely fashion and

:49:40. > :49:45.really getting on the front foot and taking -- dictating the player

:49:46. > :49:49.taking time away from Lebesson. Lebesson likes Tapie cuts around

:49:50. > :49:54.that time and Drinkhall leads to rush and reduce that time. He did so

:49:55. > :50:00.effectively there. He showed good character and some quite excellent

:50:01. > :50:01.players well. For the second successive rubber, we are going into

:50:02. > :50:28.a decider. Lebesson just winning a couple of

:50:29. > :50:42.points on his serve. Here we go then. Pitchford couldn't come out on

:50:43. > :50:51.top in his match. Can drink all go in here against Lebesson? A perfect

:50:52. > :51:36.start. It teetered on top of the net and

:51:37. > :51:40.thought about wriggling over. He is getting all the luck at the moment,

:51:41. > :51:41.not playing outstanding table tennis but the luck is going firmly in 's

:51:42. > :52:11.way. He is getting increasingly fired up

:52:12. > :52:12.as well and letting Lebesson know how much he is enjoying this

:52:13. > :52:31.particular passage of play. He is like a child at Christmas,

:52:32. > :52:36.Drinkhall, right now. He is so excited, this is a terrific response

:52:37. > :52:37.from him. Alan Cooke is on his feet and really showing mental fortitude

:52:38. > :52:57.against this very tricky opponent. Yet again he got the trouble in

:52:58. > :53:03.there. Brinkley is getting all the luck and he is taking advantage of

:53:04. > :53:11.it. They change round with the Frenchman knotted a great frame of

:53:12. > :53:17.mind. Just a flick of the net. A great run of fortune. It really is,

:53:18. > :53:19.it's a game of millimetres and things like that can just swivel

:53:20. > :53:51.matches on their axis. The faces tell it all. This one

:53:52. > :53:55.looks as though it will make it 1-1. Paul could have done more with that.

:53:56. > :54:15.It didn't have quite enough on it and it allowed Lebesson in.

:54:16. > :54:21.Well, we haven't seen much of that forehand in recent points but it

:54:22. > :54:22.really fires there. Is that a platform for him to come back into

:54:23. > :55:03.this final deciding game? That is unbelievable. It is quite

:55:04. > :55:12.cool in that regard, it's quite something. Point after point where

:55:13. > :55:15.the luck is going the British way. They say it evens out, but not in

:55:16. > :55:28.the individual match, it doesn't. Yes, I look of despair. A little

:55:29. > :55:33.extra snap of the forehand of Paul Drinkhall they got it done. Three

:55:34. > :55:59.points away from a significant win. Liam Pitchford looks like he is

:56:00. > :56:05.reeling in the discomfort of his loss earlier, but he will be back. I

:56:06. > :56:21.didn't see the kitchen sink across but I think it might have.

:56:22. > :57:22.A bad miss. Set up for him there. And Drinkhall is two points away.

:57:23. > :57:24.Having engineered a comeback as well, that is doubly frustrating for

:57:25. > :57:43.Emmanuel Lebesson. Having absolutely no luck. Four

:57:44. > :58:02.match points for Paul Drinkhall of Great Britain.

:58:03. > :58:12.Terrific play. Some fightback from Paul Drinkhall. He had to work like

:58:13. > :58:18.a Trojan. He has come through. 42 minutes it took, from 2-1 down. He

:58:19. > :58:19.has run three Games to two so it is one rubber each for France and Great

:58:20. > :58:32.Britain. And we shall be back to rejoin the

:58:33. > :58:36.table tennis very shortly for the next match in that series of Great

:58:37. > :58:40.Britain taking on France, which is the doubles, so we will be back for

:58:41. > :58:44.that later on. We have been sat there watching the action with you

:58:45. > :58:47.lot for a while. We have moved back to the beach-side studio. Thank you

:58:48. > :58:52.for all of the texts and tweets about having the row was on tonight

:58:53. > :59:01.and the questions we put our gold medallists and also the Team GB

:59:02. > :59:03.rugby players and we had four of the seven men with us and we were

:59:04. > :59:07.allowed in the BBC One studious about. Regular viewers. Is he there?

:59:08. > :59:11.He's gone! Antony Worrall Thompson is back on the circuit training and

:59:12. > :59:15.wearing a different top. He had a red top on tonight. I looked around

:59:16. > :59:19.five minutes ago and he was there, maybe he knows where I want him on

:59:20. > :59:23.BBC Four. We will try and get him again before the end of the Games. I

:59:24. > :59:27.will read at your texts and tweets as well and on a day that has

:59:28. > :59:35.provided more medals are more moments, these are the headlines.

:59:36. > :59:40.Gold in the men's team pursuit for Great Britain, a world record as

:59:41. > :59:42.well, fifth gold for Bradley Wiggins, the most decorated Britain

:59:43. > :59:51.in Olympic history. We spoke to them earlier, Helen

:59:52. > :59:53.Glover and Heather Stanning, their 40th straight win in the women's

:59:54. > :00:03.pairs and their second Olympic gold. The men's four weren't bad either,

:00:04. > :00:10.fifth straight gold at Olympic Games for these boats. The coach Jurgen

:00:11. > :00:18.Grobler has now had a gold medal winning crew in every games since

:00:19. > :00:25.1972. Today it was that lot. Silver medal in the trampolining for

:00:26. > :00:26.Sheffield University biology graduate Bryony Page. Wonderful

:00:27. > :00:39.performance on the trampoline. Silver in the team dressage as well,

:00:40. > :00:44.the individuals coming case you are wondering, with hard questions, take

:00:45. > :00:46.place on Monday. They won gold in team dressage in London 2012, today

:00:47. > :00:56.they had to settle for silver. Here's a reminder of what's

:00:57. > :01:00.happening on BBC One. I wouldn't be too surprised if we haven't got many

:01:01. > :01:12.viewers on BBC Four because athletics is on. We're only being

:01:13. > :01:20.honest! Jessica Ennis-Hill... Currently, they are taking part in

:01:21. > :01:25.shot put. 200 metres tonight as well, four events on the first day,

:01:26. > :01:28.three to come tomorrow. Katarina Johnson-Thompson is in gold medal

:01:29. > :01:34.position, the reigning Olympic and world champion in third. A bit of

:01:35. > :01:38.tennis as well, we don't often see Rafa Nadal playing doubles. Is

:01:39. > :01:51.against Marc Lopez of Spain, they are taking on a Romanian pair. In

:01:52. > :01:54.the men's doubles gold medal match. Thank you to all of you staying up

:01:55. > :02:00.late. Donna Barker says you have a busy day tomorrow. I'm going for

:02:01. > :02:04.matchsticks to take the night. Somebody loves the trampolining,

:02:05. > :02:07.commentary was so good, I may need to lie down outside, think I'm

:02:08. > :02:12.seeing shooting stars. Craig says, how could anybody go to red when

:02:13. > :02:17.Jess and cat are on the brink of history? Don't flag up the fact they

:02:18. > :02:22.are one BBC One! -- Jess Andrews Kat. Supermarket tweet says this

:02:23. > :02:29.week has ruined me, I'm currently working on three hours sleep per

:02:30. > :02:41.night, and lots of Harrett though. Other sugary sweets are available.

:02:42. > :02:44.Join the club. -- lots opted not still was as exciting as ten golds,

:02:45. > :03:04.talking about Bryony Page, making trampoline history. Paula says...

:03:05. > :03:09.This is about hitting inspired. I said you might be watching and

:03:10. > :03:20.thinking four years down the line I could do trampolining. I was meaning

:03:21. > :03:25.somebody who is right of age and ready to produce the goods. Paula

:03:26. > :03:31.said, I wish I could get inspired but I'm 37, I might be slightly over

:03:32. > :03:43.the hill when it comes to Olympic trampolining. . Don't do yourself

:03:44. > :03:45.down. Liz says, listen, I enjoyed travelling in. Good evening by the

:03:46. > :03:49.way. Don't get me wrong coming four years I will be 49 and I'll be

:03:50. > :03:52.honest, it would be obscene. I think you are right, Liz, it might be a

:03:53. > :03:55.step too far! Thank you for those. BBC Rio 2016 is where you will find

:03:56. > :03:57.us. Here until 2am. If you want to watch Jessica Ennis-Hill and

:03:58. > :04:00.Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the women's heptathlon it's on BBC One.

:04:01. > :04:04.Here, we'll take you back to the table tennis.

:04:05. > :04:14.Doubles is just about to start. The nominated pair, ordering gold,

:04:15. > :04:17.obviously flushed with success, flushed with confidence. They've

:04:18. > :04:29.chosen to pitch him in again. He'll play with Sam Walker. The French,

:04:30. > :04:36.they are going with their doubles player Tristan Flore, alongside, as

:04:37. > :04:39.you can see, Emmanuel Lebesson. Interesting that the two guys who

:04:40. > :04:47.have just played singles have been pitched in for the doubles. Walker

:04:48. > :04:58.ranked 131, 21 years of age. From Mansfield.

:04:59. > :05:05.He, too, plays in Germany. A member of the British team that got the

:05:06. > :05:16.bronze medal in the World Championships in Kuala Lumpur.

:05:17. > :05:22.Amazing we got bronze medal, they were 25th in Tokyo in 2014, it shows

:05:23. > :05:27.the measure of the advance. They've improved out of sight, the British

:05:28. > :05:31.team. Heady times for British table tennis. They've been sending up the

:05:32. > :05:38.rankings. The French have done exactly the same. In mirror like

:05:39. > :05:46.fashion. They've really romped up their rankings. You would hardly

:05:47. > :05:53.think Paul Drinkhall need to practice. He is taking his time.

:05:54. > :05:59.Walker onto the table for the first time. Doubles has an entirely

:06:00. > :06:03.different with them, you have to get into the table, then out of the

:06:04. > :06:08.table, to allow the opponent to get involved. It's like a traffic jam at

:06:09. > :06:12.times when it gets really hectic. Always makes a good watch. If you

:06:13. > :06:19.don't know your table tennis, its alternate shots. The player who has

:06:20. > :06:25.made the shot has to make way. The advantage of the men in blue and

:06:26. > :06:30.red, the French, Emmanuel Lebesson is a left-hander. If you have left

:06:31. > :06:34.and right, they can get to the middle and don't get the congestion

:06:35. > :06:42.two right-handers might have as they come in and out of the table. The

:06:43. > :07:00.umpire from Libya, the man in charge. His assistant from

:07:01. > :07:03.Australia. Here we go, then. Match number three. One rather apiece at

:07:04. > :07:31.the moment. -- one rubber. Terrific start for Sam Walker. Very

:07:32. > :07:32.much the youngster. Flore the youngster for the French. Both 21

:07:33. > :07:47.years of age. It really does come down to that,

:07:48. > :07:49.both men fresh on the table, the doubles players. It'll be

:07:50. > :08:26.interesting to see how they get on. Excellent return. The French in the

:08:27. > :08:31.ascendancy early on here. Lebesson on serve. Super return. Read that

:08:32. > :08:35.perfectly. Meaney he struck the ball so well back where the server had

:08:36. > :08:44.been. Tough for the second man to get in quickly there. Same again.

:08:45. > :08:50.He's buoyed by the confidence of his singles when, Paul Drinkhall, 3-2

:08:51. > :08:57.just prior. Couple of tremendous forehand flick returns.

:08:58. > :09:07.It's put the frighteners on the French belittle, three in a row for

:09:08. > :09:14.the British team. -- on the French a little. Walker in as well. There is

:09:15. > :09:27.an evident dynamic energy in the red-shirted Giro. -- duo. Can Flore

:09:28. > :09:41.have better luck on the server? Super little flick. From Drinkhall.

:09:42. > :10:04.That's five points in a row. -- can he have better luck on serve?

:10:05. > :10:09.We now know who the winner of the match will play in the quarterfinal.

:10:10. > :10:23.It'll be China, who beat Nigeria 3-0. China have won both the the

:10:24. > :10:30.Olympics since this event. It's kind of rough on the oldest man in the

:10:31. > :10:35.tournament, 40-something years. What a tournament he's had, the first

:10:36. > :10:44.African quarterfinalist in the men's singles, such a strong athlete. They

:10:45. > :10:46.were denied today. By the might of the great Wall of China, as they

:10:47. > :10:59.say. He produced this one that does

:11:00. > :11:27.deceive Drinkhall. Consoling words from Drinkhall. The

:11:28. > :11:33.average shot from Walker... Not there. Really good short play from

:11:34. > :11:37.Sam Walker, very nice soft hands. Made Emmanuel Lebesson reach up the

:11:38. > :11:44.table, unable to do much with that. Four gain points for Great Britain.

:11:45. > :11:49.Good team work, the short return from Walker, the big finish from

:11:50. > :11:57.Drinkhall and Great Britain are ahead in the tie. Ahead in this

:11:58. > :12:01.match. You have to take your shirt off to the way Drinkhall has

:12:02. > :12:04.captained the team and help the younger player Sam Walker along,

:12:05. > :12:08.he's done a really good job. As you said, there were a few little words

:12:09. > :12:14.of wisdom, help, and of course a couple of really brilliant returns

:12:15. > :12:18.of the forehand side early in the game that really got the energy

:12:19. > :12:23.going in the English camp. Very well played. That around of five

:12:24. > :12:33.consecutive points in the middle of the game in the end decided it.

:12:34. > :12:44.The French only manufacturing three points on their own serve. I think

:12:45. > :12:48.only one for Lebesson. It's almost like he doesn't quite have the room

:12:49. > :12:55.to be swinging with such abandon, he needs more time on the ball,

:12:56. > :13:03.Emmanuel Lebesson. At least British fans hope that. Let's hope he won't

:13:04. > :13:09.ignite. Wonderful super slow Mo action.

:13:10. > :13:18.Into game number two. I think it'll be Sam Walker to serve to Emmanuel

:13:19. > :13:58.Lebesson. Fantastic shot from Walker right in

:13:59. > :14:00.the corner. Drinkhall set it up. But some finish. Forehand frenzy from

:14:01. > :14:13.both. Drinkhall's been so outstanding off

:14:14. > :14:17.that side. Varying the attack lines as well. Hitting the forehand with

:14:18. > :14:28.real purpose. They'll have to replay the point

:14:29. > :14:35.anyway. The score suggesting he saw the let

:14:36. > :14:43.as well. We had the ball gone? -- where as

:14:44. > :15:10.the ball gone? It is hard from here to see whether

:15:11. > :15:36.that kissed the net or not. Lebesson quickly and with that

:15:37. > :15:42.backhand flip. The serve has to go diagonally of course. They can be

:15:43. > :15:57.less expansive in that regard. A decent return from Walker. He will

:15:58. > :16:10.be a little surprised at the success it had. Sam Walker settled far

:16:11. > :16:44.faster than his opponent, Flore. They are the newcomers to the table.

:16:45. > :16:54.A 2-point cushion for Walker and Drinkhall. Walker did well, he

:16:55. > :16:56.injected enough pace to tie up Flore into the body and he could not

:16:57. > :17:13.release his racquet head. Drinkhall has been outstanding with

:17:14. > :17:19.his return quality here. So difficult for the French to get a

:17:20. > :17:20.read on him. He has been spiking it down the line, crosscourt, venomous

:17:21. > :17:26.pace. Just as I say that, a swing and a

:17:27. > :17:49.miss. Looking good. Three points away from

:17:50. > :18:12.a two again cushion. Didn't Walker do so well.

:18:13. > :18:18.Off-balance but somehow landed that down the table. Drinkhall with the

:18:19. > :18:24.finish. Look at that, he was way off balance. There is good team energy

:18:25. > :18:30.in the British camp right now. Good bonding between the two of them. It

:18:31. > :18:32.is a tough dynamic for young Sam Walker. He had to come to the table

:18:33. > :18:54.ready and he has done. That was an excellent return from

:18:55. > :19:08.Walker. It gives Great Britain four in points for a two game lead here.

:19:09. > :19:19.So impressive. The French are not able to have anything of any

:19:20. > :19:25.consistency or substance and Great Britain have cruised to a two game

:19:26. > :19:31.lead. Mirroring the score in the opening game. An emphatic showing

:19:32. > :19:36.from these two. I am so impressed with Sam Walker's ability to stay

:19:37. > :19:42.with Drinkhall who has ignited some amazing forehand returns to give the

:19:43. > :19:48.team some energy and confidence. Walker has risen to that along with

:19:49. > :19:53.Drinkhall. It is so easy in doubles that one plays well and the other

:19:54. > :19:57.does not come with you, but in this example they are both playing

:19:58. > :20:04.spirited table tennis. You will see from the stats that Flore and

:20:05. > :20:12.Lebesson are struggling again on serve. It is testament to this man,

:20:13. > :20:26.his forehand return has been outstanding.

:20:27. > :20:35.Walker as well. Lebesson getting no joy at all. His wrist hyperextended

:20:36. > :21:36.around the ball. I love that slow Mo angle.

:21:37. > :21:47.Suddenly the luck is not going Great Britain's way. Now, Lebesson on

:21:48. > :21:57.serve. Can he have more success here? The last game is so often

:21:58. > :22:01.always the trickiest to win when you have got that emphatic league and

:22:02. > :22:07.the surge of expectation comes on the British men. They are utterly

:22:08. > :22:19.respectful of how dangerous the French can be.

:22:20. > :22:46.That is five consecutive points for the French.

:22:47. > :22:50.It has suddenly all drifted away and a huge lead has been built up by the

:22:51. > :23:04.French. That was wonderful from Walker. Look

:23:05. > :23:08.where he was. He got a lot of acceleration on the back and despite

:23:09. > :23:24.being all that way back. Very effective.

:23:25. > :23:29.I think it went the wrong side of the white line in the centre of the

:23:30. > :23:41.table. It has to go diagonally. Suddenly the Brits are coming back.

:23:42. > :23:43.Three successive points to counter the sixth in a row that the French

:23:44. > :24:20.had. Make that four. The second bounce was almost kissing

:24:21. > :24:30.the paint on the backline. Difficult for some Walker to dig this one out.

:24:31. > :24:34.A couple of very important point for the French and the league is back up

:24:35. > :25:24.to four. Another one of the end of the table

:25:25. > :25:27.and an old-fashioned look from Lebesson as if to say, not again. It

:25:28. > :25:56.was dipping down onto the edge. I think the French had a let. They

:25:57. > :25:59.stopped play. Very strange. Two gain points have been saved. Two Mauro to

:26:00. > :26:20.save. -- Mauro. What a key point of this is and

:26:21. > :26:27.time-out has been called. Presumably by the French. I am astonished at

:26:28. > :26:32.how well the British team have stifled and contained the forehand

:26:33. > :26:38.of Lebesson. They have changed the attack line so much that he has had

:26:39. > :26:44.so little rhythm to get on that fearsome forehand that was so

:26:45. > :26:50.effective in the singles. The ball is being placed on awkward parts of

:26:51. > :26:55.the table that he is not able to concoct anything that potent so far.

:26:56. > :27:01.But he is a man of talent and I would not write him off quite yet.

:27:02. > :27:31.Three-game points have come and gone. Can the French finish it here?

:27:32. > :27:43.A super return from Lebesson. The last thing that Drinkhall was

:27:44. > :27:51.expecting. The French are on their way. Still training 2-1. It was a

:27:52. > :28:04.moment of brilliance from Lebesson. A terrific backhand. Really awkward.

:28:05. > :28:10.With balls like that you need to dictate back to them with spin.

:28:11. > :28:22.Drinkhall was unable to contain that one. But it was all about the start.

:28:23. > :28:26.They wriggled away to quite an expensive league. There was no

:28:27. > :28:36.pegging back from the British duo in the end. The hullabaloo on the

:28:37. > :28:43.adjacent table has just can't write down now the Brazilians have been

:28:44. > :28:52.and gone. They lost to Korea 3-0. The energy has dissipated a little

:28:53. > :28:56.and things have calmed down. Korea will play Sweden. They beat USA.

:28:57. > :29:03.China beat Nigeria. Sam Walker, who has played so well,

:29:04. > :29:52.we'll start us off. Good start for the French. He's got

:29:53. > :29:54.that look in his eyes, Lebesson, hasn't he? He's a man on a mission.

:29:55. > :30:43.Vocally they are loud. Seemed almost eight Amy for

:30:44. > :30:51.Drinkhall. -- a gimme. What a fantastic shot. Lightning quick. He

:30:52. > :31:01.took it so early in the bounce, on it like a flash, totally committed.

:31:02. > :31:06.You feel Paul Drinkhall will need to ignite some of those serious

:31:07. > :31:13.forehand returns we saw in the opening game that were so effective.

:31:14. > :31:17.Lebesson becoming more and more of a factor in the match. The high ranked

:31:18. > :31:25.players will have to step up and take ownership.

:31:26. > :31:46.More encouragement for Walker from Drinkhall. Flore with the mistake.

:31:47. > :31:50.Again. You have to take your hat off to Sam Walker, who's been brilliant.

:31:51. > :32:07.Couple of excellent backhand returns. Winning both points of the

:32:08. > :32:22.Lebesson serve. Flore responding in kind.

:32:23. > :32:45.Well played, Walker again at drawing the mistake. Flore will be losing a

:32:46. > :32:46.little bit of confidence now. Those are the types of returns he was

:32:47. > :33:04.making in the opening game. Has he hit the top? I think he hit

:33:05. > :33:09.the side. The point was awarded to the British team. Let's see it

:33:10. > :33:13.again. Yeah, it hit the side of the table rather than the top edge. It

:33:14. > :33:32.has to kiss the paint to be awarded to him, and it didn't.

:33:33. > :33:37.A couple of subtle things happening, Paul Drinkhall hasn't been as solid

:33:38. > :33:43.and effective as he was in the opening game all two. And Lebesson

:33:44. > :33:51.has suddenly sparked an interest, it spells danger for the men in red.

:33:52. > :34:01.Brilliant. Saw the move across. Nothing the French could do about

:34:02. > :34:07.that. Well played, Sam Walker. He's been in fine fettle of late, Young

:34:08. > :34:08.Sam Walker, playing very solidly. Seems like certainly he was going to

:34:09. > :34:23.go across with that. Well done, took them both wide and

:34:24. > :34:28.away from the table stop thoroughly deserved point for the French. Three

:34:29. > :35:09.points away from taking this one into a deciding game.

:35:10. > :35:16.It was there for Drinkhall, but it didn't happen for him. Three-game

:35:17. > :35:43.points for France to level up at two apiece.

:35:44. > :36:15.Again, great teamwork. Lebesson again was the crucial factor. They

:36:16. > :36:20.have levelled up, two games each, the momentum firmly with the French

:36:21. > :36:23.here. It really is, it's been subtle, Sam Walker played an

:36:24. > :36:30.excellent game. Drinkhall as well but not as creative as he had been.

:36:31. > :36:38.The French just getting their way somehow. That big, low forehand from

:36:39. > :36:53.Lebesson making the difference on that final point. Momentum with the

:36:54. > :36:57.French. Can the Brits counter it? Drinkhall did so well to come back

:36:58. > :37:01.and beat Lebesson in the previous match, can he fought him again?

:37:02. > :37:04.Perhaps psychologically he's fatigued. We didn't see the

:37:05. > :37:08.brilliance from Drinkhall that we did in the opening game, it's a

:37:09. > :37:12.telling factor, compounded with the fact that Lebesson combined better

:37:13. > :37:19.and the venomous forehand, those micro factors that can swivel the

:37:20. > :37:23.match. Sam Walker said it was very solid. Can Drinkhall join the party

:37:24. > :37:28.and elevate that level to how he performed earlier? It's a tough ask

:37:29. > :37:33.but they'll have to do something special here and here is the

:37:34. > :37:40.momentum bubble the French have built. All three matches have gone

:37:41. > :37:52.to a deciding game. Tristan Flore to begin the deciding

:37:53. > :38:20.game. It's not going the Brits' way at the

:38:21. > :38:32.moment, the French are firmly on top. That man, Lebesson, playing the

:38:33. > :38:36.best of the four. He is becoming increasingly dangerous and

:38:37. > :38:40.threatening, isn't he? Alan Cox, I think, spotting that. It's a

:38:41. > :38:45.momentum stopper. Maybe seeing what they can do to counter Lebesson.

:38:46. > :38:49.What's interesting, in the singles it was Lebesson's forehand that was

:38:50. > :38:53.the key. You saw the damage the backhand can do. It'll be

:38:54. > :39:09.interesting to see, trying to listen in here ... "Pushing back" is one

:39:10. > :39:20.phrase I could hear from it. Tricky scoreline.

:39:21. > :39:32.Staying positive. No blame, no regrets. Let's see what we can do.

:39:33. > :39:34.Sounds like a song, doesn't it? LAUGHTER

:39:35. > :39:42.It's a French song, too. Will it be the French who triumph

:39:43. > :40:08.here? What clever play from the French.

:40:09. > :40:12.How did they wriggle out of jail there? That was incredible, I

:40:13. > :40:22.thought Paul Drinkhall had it on a plate. Managed to turn it around.

:40:23. > :40:25.Both of them pushed wide. Paul Drinkhall unable to do anything

:40:26. > :40:30.about it. They are becoming increasingly animated as well. Even

:40:31. > :40:34.Simon Gauzy away from the table is jumping for joy every point they

:40:35. > :40:44.win. Five successive points, surely it's going to be crucial. This is

:40:45. > :40:49.going to be so tough to haul back to neutral now. Especially with the

:40:50. > :40:52.French winning the last two games as well. It's a giant as of Drinkhall

:40:53. > :41:08.and Walker now. How often it is in the sport we

:41:09. > :41:14.cover most, when it goes to five sets the team two up, levels up at

:41:15. > :41:19.two all commuting the momentum will go with the other team, no it's the

:41:20. > :41:21.team that won the first two set that mostly win. It's hard to sustain. So

:41:22. > :41:39.far so good for the French. 5-point cushion. He was the magic

:41:40. > :41:50.man in the first two games, Drinkhall. He needs some now. Well

:41:51. > :41:55.played, it's a great start. Hit the top of the net, an apology from

:41:56. > :42:00.Drinkhall. It was a timely forehand, spiked down the line. He'd been

:42:01. > :42:04.returning so well earlier, can he get back to that form right here? No

:42:05. > :42:39.touch off the net from him. Well played, Sam Walker. Had to be

:42:40. > :42:43.an outright winner. They were both pushed so wide. He's been

:42:44. > :42:45.rock-solid, he's kind of done his role really well, he's the lowest

:42:46. > :42:55.ranked player on the table. He's been so dependable. Can Drinkhall

:42:56. > :42:59.lignite and bring something special? Like you say, the dangerous

:43:00. > :43:01.forehands didn't need it. The backhand now is on fire from

:43:02. > :43:19.Lebesson. A very brave, fast long serve. From

:43:20. > :43:28.Paul Drinkhall. Flushing forehand from Lebesson, but what a reply, Sam

:43:29. > :43:32.Walker. A little towel down. Tantalisingly close for the French.

:43:33. > :43:48.That's a great shot. Didn't he get his legs around that

:43:49. > :43:57.very well to secure it? It wasn't easy, short up the table. Had to

:43:58. > :43:58.really get up to this ball. Giant strides forward for Drinkhall. It's

:43:59. > :44:09.the power that he has. Coming back at them. A little bit

:44:10. > :45:03.more anxiety in the French camp now. So frustrating. But here is match

:45:04. > :45:12.point. There are four match points for Flore and Lebesson.

:45:13. > :45:25.And they have got it. Well played Flore at the end. A terrific battle.

:45:26. > :45:29.The Brits will have been excused for thinking things were going their

:45:30. > :45:37.way. They were not counting their chickens, but they looked good. But

:45:38. > :45:44.a spirited fightback from Tristan Florey and Emanuel Lebesson. The

:45:45. > :45:53.French will hit the front once more. They lead 2-1. The table tennis does

:45:54. > :45:59.not stop there. We will return to that. We are here and two o'clock.

:46:00. > :46:09.It is approaching ten o'clock here in Rio. There has been quite a lot

:46:10. > :46:16.to keep up to date with. You are the days seven Rio de Janeiro Olympic

:46:17. > :46:20.headlines. Gold in the men's team pursuit and another one for Bradley

:46:21. > :46:26.Wiggins. That is fine for him in total. Eight medals overall, he is

:46:27. > :46:37.the most decorated Olympian in British history. A fourth straight

:46:38. > :46:49.victory and a second Olympic title for Helen Glover and Heather

:46:50. > :47:01.Stanning. Simply untouchable today. The men's coxless four take the

:47:02. > :47:06.fifth straight gold. Amazing silver for Bryony Page in the trampoline

:47:07. > :47:11.final. She made the last eight and put in a stunning performance and it

:47:12. > :47:18.was good enough for second place and a silver medal. Also silver in the

:47:19. > :47:23.team dressage. These were the bunch that won the gold four years in

:47:24. > :47:30.London. Silver this time around and it is the individual on Monday to

:47:31. > :47:36.look forward to. And in the last few moments Spain have won the first

:47:37. > :47:40.gold medal tennis medal of the Olympic Games. Rafael Nadal and Mark

:47:41. > :47:47.Lopez. Look what it means to Rafael Nadal. He was a singles winner in

:47:48. > :47:53.2008. But Lopez and Rafael Nadal have done the business for Spain. Do

:47:54. > :48:01.not listen to anybody who tells you tennis does not matter in the

:48:02. > :48:05.Olympic Games. Over on BBC One at the moment it is another session in

:48:06. > :48:13.the athletics. Quite a few people mentioning this. Not many in the

:48:14. > :48:18.crowd tonight, maybe 20% full. Speak to the locals and they will say it

:48:19. > :48:24.is transport, logistics and a lack of interest where football is king.

:48:25. > :48:30.Also the cost, ?25 for tonight and ?60 minimum for tomorrow. That is a

:48:31. > :48:36.lot of money in a country where the economy is struggling. That is live

:48:37. > :48:41.on BBC One right now. The heptathlete are out just now.

:48:42. > :48:49.Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson going a little bit

:48:50. > :48:57.later on. Somebody said, I have got BBC One on the TV and watching the

:48:58. > :49:01.table tennis on my PC. We have let you down on Antony Worrall Thompson,

:49:02. > :49:11.but we can deliver on the table tennis. Let's get back to the

:49:12. > :49:20.ping-pong. Over to you. Thanks, Dan. The

:49:21. > :49:25.doubles give France a 2-1 advantage and now we have two more singles for

:49:26. > :49:33.you. First it is Tristan Flore taking on the British number one,

:49:34. > :49:45.Liam Pitchford. On form Pitchford is 48 and Flore is 66.

:49:46. > :49:52.On form it should be a chance for Britain to level up at two apiece.

:49:53. > :50:00.No one is counting any chickens at the moment. There is a big weight of

:50:01. > :50:09.expectation on Liam Pitchford. It is the first team to three matches that

:50:10. > :50:14.wins the tide. Yes, if Liam Pitchford loses this and Flore comes

:50:15. > :50:16.out on top, the French are through to the last eight and Britain are

:50:17. > :50:35.out. But obviously that win and his part

:50:36. > :50:38.in the latter stages of that win would have given Flore a lot of

:50:39. > :50:56.confidence. Liam Pitchford lost in his first game to

:50:57. > :51:03.Simon Gauzy, that he will want to redeem himself, that we will be

:51:04. > :51:10.shown. Flore missed a year with a shoulder problem and came back in

:51:11. > :51:13.January 2014 and later on he had to come out with hip surgery. He said

:51:14. > :51:18.the less he played, the less he wanted to play. Somehow he has

:51:19. > :51:22.turned it around and has got his ranking back up and here he is in

:51:23. > :51:27.Rio in the Olympics and playing pretty well. How often do you hear

:51:28. > :51:33.that when a player steps away from the game he gets more hungry. For

:51:34. > :51:40.him he said he didn't miss it that much. It is quite astonishing that

:51:41. > :51:44.he is back at that ranking of 66 in the world. He is obviously a very

:51:45. > :51:57.talented campaigner to get right back up there so quickly. Liam

:51:58. > :51:59.Pitchford was a junior. He has to deliver here if Britain are to go

:52:00. > :52:23.through. Flore to start us off. A terrific start. It is a funky,

:52:24. > :52:31.idiosyncratic service. Quite flamboyant, a very high ball toss.

:52:32. > :52:46.So big it was out of camera shot, but it did not fool Liam Pitchford.

:52:47. > :53:05.A couple of reverse service from Liam Pitchford. They normally draw

:53:06. > :53:06.across it from right to left and that was the opposite from

:53:07. > :53:22.left-to-right. A wonderful rally. That will give

:53:23. > :53:29.Flore even more confidence to come out on top. Look how low he was

:53:30. > :53:40.there. Astonishing talent this man has.

:53:41. > :53:49.Just a little hesitant there and Pitchford is off to a lead. It looks

:53:50. > :53:53.like he is one of these players that Pitchford is going to have two win

:53:54. > :54:08.the first game against. A short serve from Pitchford,

:54:09. > :54:47.effective, changing it up. It must really take some timing of

:54:48. > :54:58.that very high ball toss. As the ball descends it gathers pace.

:54:59. > :55:11.The battle of the backhand flicks and the French coming out on top.

:55:12. > :55:21.But not that time. Terrific redirection from Liam Pitchford and

:55:22. > :55:40.timely as well. Wrestling for supremacy in this opening game.

:55:41. > :55:58.It is that time of night where we waved goodbye to the live action on

:55:59. > :56:03.BBC Four. The table tennis continues for you over on the Red Button. That

:56:04. > :56:09.is if you want to watch that into the wee, small hours. Our time has

:56:10. > :56:14.come to an end on Copacabana Beach. We point you towards BBC One, there

:56:15. > :56:19.is swimming on tonight and we go right through to four o'clock. There

:56:20. > :56:25.is also all the athletics for the next few hours. The heptathlete and

:56:26. > :56:30.continues with Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Just

:56:31. > :56:37.the 200 metres today. Four events today and three tomorrow. What day

:56:38. > :56:43.is it? We are currently on date number seven and it is that time of

:56:44. > :56:48.night where we like to say, what shall we be talking about outside of

:56:49. > :56:53.Team GB? We do not want to dominate the talk by our homeland. These are

:56:54. > :57:07.things we selected today that you need to chat to your family about.

:57:08. > :57:12.First, bronze in the skeet shooting. A sixth consecutive Olympic medal

:57:13. > :57:18.going all the way back to 1996. The first Olympian to get a medal on

:57:19. > :57:26.five different continents. All roads lead to the podium. That was a

:57:27. > :57:31.terrible pun. In silver position, a day of ups and downs for the Irish

:57:32. > :57:37.in Rio. The first ever rowing medal for the O'Donovan brothers and they

:57:38. > :57:42.didn't have enjoyed it. The first ever medal at these games as well

:57:43. > :57:47.for the Irish. But huge despair for the men's hockey side. They had to

:57:48. > :57:58.win against Argentina to go through to the knockout phase and they were

:57:59. > :58:04.defeated by 3-2. And in gold medal spot, Sweden who sort of team USA in

:58:05. > :58:07.the women's football quarterfinal. The world champions and the Olympic

:58:08. > :58:16.champions have never failed to get to the semifinal of the tournament

:58:17. > :58:22.in the Olympics. The captain who has over 200 caps said they had been

:58:23. > :58:28.beaten by a bunch of cowards, but the cowards are into the semifinal.

:58:29. > :58:32.Switch over to BBC One if you want more spot. Loads of live athletics

:58:33. > :58:37.for you and swimming coming up a little bit later. Greg Rutherford is

:58:38. > :58:44.going in the preliminary qualification for the long jump. At

:58:45. > :58:47.Super Saturday four years ago Rutherford, Mo Farah and Jessica

:58:48. > :58:55.Ennis-Hill all won gold within 45 minutes. Could that happen again

:58:56. > :58:59.tomorrow? He has already had two no jumps. It is important to get one

:59:00. > :59:08.down and get into the final, Mr Rutherford. We have not got much

:59:09. > :59:14.banter tonight, but this is one. Dave has produced the goods after

:59:15. > :59:20.briny page one the trampolining silver. He says, love the

:59:21. > :59:26.trampolining on BBC Four, but thought her performance was a bit up

:59:27. > :59:33.and down to be honest! Dave, you have excelled yourself. More of that

:59:34. > :59:40.tomorrow. Hopefully you will join us tomorrow. Joe said, there is nothing

:59:41. > :59:45.quite like standing on your own in the living room applauding with

:59:46. > :59:49.tears flowing down your face. For her tonight it was all about the

:59:50. > :59:54.performance of the men's team pursuit and one man in particular,

:59:55. > :00:00.Bradley Wiggins. He is now five gold medals to the good with a world

:00:01. > :00:05.record today. Eight Olympic medals in total. No Britain has ever won

:00:06. > :00:16.more. Good night from all of us on BBC Four.