Quarter-Finals Queen's

, there is no way that Andy Murray can fail to win this. Not with Andy

Roddick here. That is phenomenal. You are both wrong, Rafa Nadal is

the best player in the world. End of. Murray with the crowd behind

him will be unstoppable. He will win it again. OK, so his Rafa Nadal.

He is desperate to win again. Big deal, my boy Andy Roddick has won

this four times. Count them... Enough of this, who is it going to

be? What about James Ward?! Andrew Cassell says one of me is enough!

thought three was bad and then there was a 4th on! I argue with

myself most mornings. Plenty to argue about because we're having an

argument with the weather. The covers are on the court so there

was no immediate chance of playing right now. We have been told now

the weather team that it is going to be unsettled this afternoon and

there should be a dry period coming up very shortly. After that, we

could get the odd shower so it is going to be another frustrating day.

As soon as that tend is deflated, in about 45 minutes the players

will be on. Fernando Verdasco, up against Andy Roddick and it was the

four-times champion who has never lost in the quarter-finals at these

championships. And then Marin Cilic against Andy Murray. That's another

tough one. And Rafa Nadal against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. We have six of

the top eight players through. And James Ward, or Sam Querrey. You

might have been watching that on the Red Button last night. The

winner will be 4th on. They will restart the match as soon as play

gets under way on Court No. 1. We will be alive to see the completion

of that. I will not give the score a way so you will have a choice of

either James Ward and Sam Querrey or if you want to watch Fernando

Verdasco and Andy Roddick, that is on the Red Button. You will not

talk about James Ward. We have plenty to come. I was arguing with

myself but they have all looked good but who has impressed the

most? I thought Andy Roddick. I liked the way he has played. And

for me, he has the freshness. He looks so eager out there. I have

been very impressed with his serve but I love his backhand passing

shots. He is moving well. Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray have played

well but there is fatigue. It would not be human if not. For me, Andy

Roddick, fresh as a daisy and he is really up for this. You heard what

he said after beating Lopez in the first round, he was hungry and he

wanted matches. Fitness against freshness. His mind is fully

engaged. He has had two good matches already. Andy Roddick will

be delighted with his grass-court season. And against Fernando

Verdasco, you would favour him on this court? He is dangerous. He has

not had a great year. But he loves the big stage, he is flashy, he

loves being out of. I don't think Andy Roddick will win this easily.

Rafa Nadal said last night, after that tough one, that he was

fatigued. It did not show, he raced through the last few sets? He got

into the third set and up to his pace. He had to get the job done

and he rattled through the third set. It was like a highlights show.

He just let rip. His movement was good. He was digging from a very

deep place. Can we used the word knackered? He is just walking on

instinct. Double-faulting. He missed that couple of forehands. It

was not the player we know. It was a good effort to come here and win

matches but I do not know how much you really wants to be here until

later on and he is so competitive, he will hang in. Andy Murray, he

was good and he said the ankle was feeling as good as it has felt so

far. I thought he played superbly. There was a little wobble at the

start. Once he got that focus, we saw that all-round player. The

genius that he has, I loved it. But I am not sure if his tank is full.

It is just below and he is really fighting hard to stay in these

matches. Doing well so far. No matter what happens, he has played

enough tennis and he hopes he went -- I hope he wins. But he looks

like he will need a rest. If it does not happen, he has played

enough matches to be a big threat at Wimbledon. He had a good clay-

court season. Semi-finals a two big tournaments. The Masters 1000

series. He should have beaten Djokovic in Rome. Some wonderful

runs at the semi-finals in France. He played a very good match. He had

chances. He certainly did and defeat had a set, who knows what

might have happened. But it was an excellent run, another Grand Slam

semi-final at we know everything about Andy Murray now. What you'll

find out in the next three weeks is if he has it appear. We all hope so.

What about Marin Cilic? He seems to be coming back? He had that win

against and he at the US Open and if you look at those other matches,

it is 5 - 1. This is his favourite serve. He is only 22. It feels like

he has been out forever. 15 years old, dangerous, big serve, big

backhand. It'll be tough. I think so as well. The same thing, we look

at these numbers. All the facts. 22 years old. We were writing him off.

He has been quite consistent, he is just one match short here or there.

He is ready to ignite. 22, you are allowed ups and downs. He will be a

factor in three or four years. We're going to go to that match

from yesterday, James Ward and Sam Querrey. It will be one of those

frustrating days so please send us e-mails. Keep us entertained. And

any messages for the players because if we get some rain delays,

we will go behind the scenes. We will meet some of the officials,

journalists and players. Do send us all of your thoughts. Any issues

that you might have. Out here, it is getting drier. People beginning

to take their seats. Certainly looking more promising that it was

half an hour ago and certainly brighter. It's a wonderful social

occasion. They are looking more settled in the bar! These are the

members seats and if you don't get in there quick, someone else will.

You have to stay there. And this is a terrific order of play. Once the

tent has deflated, it's about 45 minutes until the start of life

play. We have so much to bring you, and we will start with Britain's No.

2, James Ward, he is up against the defending champion, p1 macro.

Centre Court last night. The defending champion took the first

set and we joined at the start of start to add up. He needs to

control himself a little bit. Not turned out to be a great drop-shot.

The racquet had just turned in his hand. He could not miss it. James

Ward had not anticipated that. It would have to be a very good shot

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fault. That is particularly bad. And this is the early break that

has to be avoided for James Ward. Otherwise, it's a very long way

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0 - 30. That big first serve came That was a correction from the

umpire. We have been told at first serve from Sam Querrey was good,

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just by 1 mm. You could have happy with that. That is the one

that you analyse afterwards. You have to make your opponent played

on a shop like that. -- shot like things that make the difference

when there is a difference in rankings. Those different spheres

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of the tennis world. It is all Ward. You can just see that motion.

That was a good ball toss. Just in front nicely, arching and reaching

up. Good snap on the ball. That is is mixing it all round. Some body

serves. He has those bases and Extem. Not giving Sam Querrey the

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same pattern. The second serve, not from James Ward. And that second

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shot, not really on to go for the already this week. And at this time

of the evening, they were some moisture appearing on the grass. --

Sam Querrey. James Ward is creating half chances. But she has to turn

into full chances. -- which he has second serve down. Rightly punished

by James Ward. Yes, that was 84 mph. There was some cake on the ball.

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James Ward dealt with that fairly Mannarino, who came through against

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doing the important thing. Keeping his nose in front. This is after

that based on the second serve from James Ward. Sam Querrey looked over

to his coaching section and smiled slightly. It looked to me like,

what is this fellow doing here, serving aces? He does not know who

James Ward really is. He does not expect someone of his ranking to be

this cooler air. And the light is fading. It is about 8:30pm now. And

the James Ward can take this into the third set... Sam Querrey

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30. He is being handed some chances, James Ward. Sam Querrey, that was a

poor forehand. He really rushed That was... The overhead was not

favourite side. What a chance. made a great return of serve.

Brought it back into play. Just a took advantage. I like the way that

he is certain to block a lot of these first serves and get the ball

Ward! There is a roar for the Englishman. And from most of those

inside this evening, they see that the defending champion has been

broken. Some wonderful returns from James Ward. Just digging that ball

back. Sam Querrey, guilty in that game of some really loose forehands.

He knows he is in for the match, not at the races at the moment.

Well, well. This has turned around. The flag is flying high for the

British number two. The feeling has turned around with that one breaks.

Something about the energy of the crowd. He will feet off that.

a combination. A great effort from James Ward here but for some

Querrey, the experienced player, who has been around a lot longer at

this level, he looks like he is comfortably comfortable --

reasonably comfortable, and then he plays two games way he loses his

focus, and when you are playing against somebody ranked lower than

you, he is playing a British player with the crowd support, you cannot

give them a chance to get into the match. He has lost his

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concentration, and now he is in a do with his arm, but the first

service, the first point was that 120, and this last one has been at

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chance for Querrey. Ward has not was good placement. Well, a big

What a moment, this is where he shows us if he can handle the

pressure, the tension, the noise rally. It is the serve that James

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Saunders round generally. But he And he is. Might as well. Very

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this into a third, Querrey is still stretching out there darn. -- that

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A lovely touch. And more roaring from James Ward, met by the

And there it is! I think Querrey might stop here, you know. I think

you might be right. He is saying something. Instant call for the

trainer. Disappointing signs for Querrey, but positive signs of

encouragement for James Ward. SUE BARKER: One set all and looking

at the umpire, the decision was made they would not be able to

finish the match because of bad light.

So it was an inspired performance from James Ward and the defending

champion, his form has dipped. He is in trouble with an injury as

well. That was last night, and this is today. It is looking a lot

brighter, with a bit of sunshine over the club, and the court is

ready for play. Centre Court. And on Court Number One. Because of the

weather forecast earlier about the showers that Todd due -- that a

review, there have been a few changes to the line-up. So, in

Centre Court, or it will start with Andy Roddick the four time champion

up against Fernando Verdasco, but the second match will be Rafa Nadal

against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. It means that Court 1, James Ward and

Sam Querrey, they will start in a moment, but the Andy Murray match

has been moved to Court Number One. His quarter-final against Marin

Cilic. There might be some question marks about that, but Rafael Nadal

is the world number one and I suppose you have to give him a bit

of credit, and he will be on Centre Court. We will move a few cameras

here, so whatever you want to watch, you can follow it on the red button

or on BBC Two. Certainly at the moment if you want to watch Andy

Roddick, that match will start on the red button, because we will now

head over to Court Number One. They say the players will be on court in

Let's get some comments on the decision. In some ways, Andy Murray,

the crowd will not be that happy he has been moved away from Centre

Court. It is going to be a test. We had a situation in the French Open

when Djokovic was playing del Potro and they were forced on and it

didn't look like they were going to get the main court so they were put

on another court and the crowd left, they poured out, because that was

the match they wanted to see. They broke through the barriers to see

the match they wanted. I don't think that will happen here.

all those tickets are sold anyway. Exactly. You couldn't do that in

the French, but they did anyway. It is simply a decision, and you can

agree with it or not. What are you going to do? Are you going to put

Roddick and Verdasco over there? Roddick and Verdasco were prepared

to play at 12:30pm, so they got here the same as Querrey and Ward

did to start their match, and it is unfair to say to them they will

play later because they have eaten and they should be first. So the

choice is Nadal or Murray. And it is tricky. So is Nadal popular --

more popular than Murray? He is the top seed, world number one, but the

bottom line is the matches need to be played today. They do. And they

are experienced. They are not amateurs. They have seen the

weather forecast for the next few days. They have got to get these

matches through so they have thought about it and it was a tough

decision and I agree with you, the respect for Nadal, number one, have

they have got to do that. A few people here might get upset, but...

It will all be explained by Chris Kermode. They will explain it to

the players. Nobody will cause a fuss over this. Going back to James

Ward, you were calling that match last night and you were not so sure

they should have come off, they could have played on. I think the

referee said he thought there was only 10 minutes' play. But I

thought there was at least another half an hour left. It would have

helped James because Sam Querrey, his arm was definitely hurting him.

He was rolling his serve in at about 118 instead of 130. James had

the momentum going. It is a pity he had to stop from his point of view,

and Querrey wanted to stop, so the referee had to make that decision.

They didn't think they could finish the set in the allotted time. But I

think they might have some of it in but the decision was right.

players didn't rush last night. Nadal rushed last word. As the

moisture settles, it gets slippery. -- Nadal rushed last night. Querrey

would have gone straight into see the physio because if it is an

elbow or whatever else was hurting him, he needs to serve well. That

is his weapon. The pressure is on him. He's playing somebody who is

200 something in the world. And the best computer total was the best

ever that he had last year. That is at the top of his list and they

count all the tournaments and this is the top one. You feel that sort

of pressure. James, of course, did well last year at Eastbourne, and

he has got a title to defend. There is a last -- there is a lot to

defend. What a massive win that would be for him. Back-to-back! We

have seen in the past where players have snuck out a good win on grass

but what followed it up. Andy Murray mention that that after

James Ward's winner, let's hope he can carry it on and not get excited

about that result. Well, he has played well, and he is close. This

is a shoot-out on grass. The way he's serving, he has got to fancy

his chances. Here they come. This is terrific news for everyone to

see play under way. They got here earlier. Some fantastic matches. So

many of the top seeds through to the quarter-finals and Andy Roddick

is a very popular player here as well and this is going to be a very

fascinating match against Fernando Verdasco. Let's talk about Verdasco.

He is very dangerous on all surfaces. He is a shot maker. In

the past, there were questions about the physical side because he

tended to get tired and mentally he wasn't great. But with Agassi, he

got better. He went down to Las Vegas, and he trained with a legend,

and he committed himself to changing his, sort of, being around

the court. And whether he really wanted to make the break through to

the top echelons of the game. And he has done. He was in the semi-

finals of a Grand Slam. He has not had a great year this year, but he

is bubbling on the surface, and if he gets a run going, he is another

one of these players you do not want in your draw. And he is

playing well. He has been in a couple of finals this year as well,

Verdasco. Roddick has got the long- sleeved vest on. A very cold

conditions again. Apart from keeping warm, you want to keep your

body fresh, injury-free, and these cold conditions could hurt. I have

to say, it was cold until the sun came out and there is a real warmth

in that summer, so he might want to pop that off because he is not a

man that does not sweat! Some of the crowd, some of them still have

got jackets on, so, I don't know, maybe a little bit of cloud cover

on its way. A difficult day to dress for. It is. It is fine but if

you are sitting in the studio. What is he doing? He heard you, and drew.

Verdasco, he likes to take his stuff off as well. He posed for the

male cancer awareness thing in 2008. He was not only topless, he was

entirely without clothes. That made him popular in lots of different

circles! Hopefully, he won't have to put that vest back on, because

with a little bit of sun, it is great to see and I am hearing the

players on Court Number One, they have been called, so they will be

leaving the locker room shortly. We will get to that resumption of the

Sam Querrey and James Ward match. For the moment, we will stay with

this one. Roddick has an incredible record here. This is his 8th

quarter-final. And he has never lost at the quarter-final stage

here. Three semi-finals. And this one, it could be the most crucial

Queen's Club he has ever had, simply because his year has not

been good. He had a terribly tough draw, and he has played very well.

I love to see that. He plays so well on this surface and you want

him to have a good Wimbledon, and if he lost the first round here, he

would have struggled at Wimbledon. Whatever happens here, he has

enough matches under his belt to be a threat. He is very happy to talk

positively about winning another Grand Slam title. As John is saying,

this preparation at Queen's is very important for him. After winning

the US Open in 2003, he was expected by the Americans to go

ahead and win lots more Grand Slams. He was world number one at the time

but then Federer arrived. And that is tough. Then at Rafa Nadal.

now Djokovic and Murray. Roddick is the opponent for Verdasco. This guy

finished number nine in the world. That is quality and testament to

the field that Chris Kermode has put together. People like Verdasco,

he can live and the draw up. He has side issues with the ball toss when

the issue gets tight in a match. Just watch out for that. Every

player gets nerves and stuff like that. A couple of very good

victories. Nicolas Mahut, we saw him for hours at Wimbledon last

year, but a very accomplished grass player but he blew him away.

Nalbandian, not the player he once was, but a very comfortable victory.

Yes, a finalist at victory. So, Verdasco coming into this 15-4 as

well. This could be a fabulous match. We have seen some fabulous

tennis already and some of the standard, some of these points have

been fabulous. I was just going to say that Roddick had a 30 shot

rallies the other day. On a grass court! The nature of the game has

changed so much. This kind of surface might favour of Verdasco

because the forehand, it is an absolute rocker. We have had an e-

mail in. If the balls were quicker, would we see more serve-volleying

coming back into the game or has that style gone for ever? If the

faster courts came in all the Grand Slams, the answer is that 15 years

down the road, yes we would but if it change today at Wimbledon, than

no because the other Grand Slams are still medium pace and the

French is slightly slower. If they change them all round, absolutely.

The whole style of play would change. But then everyone would

complain about how everybody is serving aces! That happened with

Sampras. He never lost his serve. Everybody said, slow the balls down,

slow the court down, and that was boring. And that cost Henman a

Championship! I suppose would it favour Roddick if they quickened it

up? It would probably favour Federer, I guess, as well. Federer

has got so much it doesn't matter. With Roddick, his big strength was

he used to bully players, not just first strike on the forehand. Now,

a lot of players dig that serve back, and get him in the rallies.

He is not used to that. Roddick is best with five and under shots.

That is where he wanted to be so the quicker the grass courts, that

would be better for Andy Roddick. This weather is perfect for him as

well because he came into this with a long-term shoulder injury. This

isn't ideal to come in with the cold, so he will be happy this has

dried out. It is now a lovely summer's day and an hour ago, it

was horrendous. Changeable conditions. Seven matches for a

Grand Slam over two weeks, you have to deal with a lot and we have been

blessed with the weather in the UK tennis season. How long have we

got? You are the sage of weather, Sue, how long have we got? I would

probably say an hour and a half. No idea! When you think about Roddick,

and everybody talks about the 2008 final about Rafter and Roger, but

his final, the final that he played, maybe not the class of tennis but

the drama was just as intense. is one of those things. He is a

great student of the game. In his eyes, he will win a Wimbledon title

and if he doesn't, he will always think of that backhand volley he

missed that would have won him the match. That was the key shot. He

has won a US Open to be number one in the world, so he doesn't have

much to cry about, but that was the one that he should have got.

saved a match point in the semi- final against Nalbandian. So you

give-and-take. He was always so gracious in defeat, though. Walking

on to Centre Court to do this interviews, interviewing the loser

is a horrible thing to do because I have been in that position and the

last thing you want to do is give an interview but he was always so

gracious in defeat and congratulating his opponent.

have been very lucky with men's tennis. We have got very good

examples with Federer and Nadal. Andy Roddick is another one. He

gets the responsibility of being a great tennis player. He has been

fabulous with the media and fans. He tries hard all the time and he

is a great advert for the game. For me, he was just one or two Grand

Slams short of being a great crossover star. He is a big name

but to be the great start that I think he has the personality when

he could have gone to another level, he needs to win another couple

Grand Slams. There is still time. Plate is underweight at Queen's

Club at the AEGON Championships, but the order of play has changed

from this morning because we will be keeping an eye on Court Number

One. The resumption of play between James Ward and Sam Querrey. One set

all, unfinished last night, so that is certainly no surprise they are

on Court Number One. The second match on Court Number One will be

Andy Murray's match. He is taking on Marin Cilic from Croatia. That

will be the second match on Court Number One. So, we are going to

keep you up-to-date obviously with everything that is happening either

on the red button or BBC Two. The players still have six minutes

warm-up, and the Coin toss, so let's return to Centre Court. For

the next few minutes, we can join our commentators. Pat Cash and

champion, Roddick. We are simply delighted to have some tennis. We

will keep an eye on the weather but at the moment the sunshine is

coming down. Andy Roddick has lost one layer, and he is about ready to

go. I have Pat Cash alongside me. Andy Roddick seems to have shaken

off his last in his game. He looks in fine fettle. He is. I have been

impressed the way he has played the last couple of matches. He has got

better all the time. You know, he is vastly experienced on grass. He

has an won plenty of matches. It is the serve and the forehand, he is a

danger. The thing you want to look out for his the forehand. -- the

backhand. It should be an interesting match. Verdasco, a

vivid Spanish splash of orange to to the backhand and try to get

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call. The first challenge of the match. He was quite quick with it.

It might have caught a little bit of the line. A very, very little

Verdasco. Off to that flying start. Nice and comfortable. Beautiful

ground strokes. Very good all-round player, Fernando Verdasco. The

Grand Slam semi-finalist. He has been able to match that with the

best. People like Rafa Nadal. Andy Roddick will have to have a good

think about what he can do with that serve once he gets the ball

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untroubled so far with his serve. Yesterday he had won it registered

at 144 mph. It is amazing he can do this serve for this amount of time

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in his career. Not as quick but it many double faults. One early on.

Looking up into the direction of first couple of games going with

serve. If you want to continue watching this match live on Centre

Court, you can on the Red Button. Here on BBC Two, we will head over

to court number one. We had this unprecedented situation where we're

going to keep an eye on everything that is happening. There are two

British players scheduled over on Court No. 1. James Ward against Sam

Querrey. Then Andy Murray will be second. On the Red Button, Pat Cash

and Andrew Cotter will be following that. And over commentators for

this match over on Court No. 1, they have moved here! Technology at

its finest. They will be commentating from the studio. We

can go straight over. The warm-up more comfortable than the French

Open. We had little box there just over the court. So, we will settle

in for this match. James Ward, what an opportunity. Bearing in mind all

the points and the money and the glory this year, so far he has

played in the qualifiers, he lost in Sydney in the first round. He

went to Singapore then he played in Australia, challenges, then Croatia,

he played that day was cup-tied very well, then Saadi of will,

Colombia, Florida, Georgia, Italy and now here for he has a lot of

air miles. And only $19,000. That gives you an idea of how hard you

must work. He is sleeping around and ready, against the defending

champion, Sam Querrey. Slightly around. -- all the cameras. And

later on, Andy Murray will be on this court, with his quarter-final

match. This is the third round, they will play their second singles

later on and the winner will play round of Nottingham last week.

Total prize money this year, served in. This is nowhere near as

fast as he can normally Sir. -- putting them away is quite another

thing. It's very well saying he has just rolling that in, but if he is

getting it in, it still comes down at around 115. And James Ward isn't

experienced enough at this level. But that was three quarters at best

from Sam Querrey. This is good news for James Ward but he has to do the

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points. Both of these players get backhand. Two hands. Mid-court, he

will actually run around with his match between the defending

champion and the British player is the quarter-final against Adrian

Mannarino. That will have surprised a lot of people, that he got

the right, the big stand and nothing on the left side but

straight ahead, Centre Court. That Fernando Verdasco at the moment.

You can watch that on the Red Button. Andy Roddick is one break

up and about to make it 3 - 1 by the ball as flat as these players

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do in the modern game. Not much finished last night, John Lloyd

thought they had some time left and Sam Querrey did not look like he

wanted to play. He isn't exactly fired up particularly, here.

Certainly a feeling that he isn't all right. He certainly looked like

he hit the serve harder in that game and in the first. Maybe we

will see that he was awarded, he had the trainer out a few times but

at the top of the show, what we said is important. Perhaps in

normal circumstances, he might perhaps not have played. With

Wimbledon coming up. He is the defending champion and was to

defend his crown. He has a lot of points here. Players get ranked

with the 18 best tournaments. And for Sam Querrey, this is the best

and that he had last year in terms of points. He also won three other

titles, he had a career year. The question is, does he think about

that when defending points? James Ward made the quarter final at

Eastbourne next week so those points will drop off the computer

at the end of next week. And that will negatively affect the ranking.

But he has pretty much replaced those points now. He will be

greatly relieved. He has a huge is a London cab driver. And they

have sacrificed a great deal. He went over to Alicante and Ferrero

has an academy there. It was not always easy keeping going for James

Ward. But he is a good member of the tour. He isn't one of the elite,

rallies going on. Just get the chance and bang! Take it! It is a

different pace. It isn't the manner in which there playing. Oh! If the

ball goes anywhere near their wingspan, they just take a good old

swipe at it. Luckily, James Ward has served so well. He has to keep

up for matches later on. Andy Murray will be in action against

Marin Cilic after this. Later on, both of these players will play in

a quarter-final. The winner of this will play Adrian Mannarino. Andy

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Roddick and Fernando Verdasco Sam Querrey, he won a total of it.

That isn't much for somebody ranked in the top 30. He did not what --

win any match until Memphis in February. By then, Australia has

taken place. He beat Tipsarevic and Verdasco. And he is coming of the

second-round performance at the French Open. No real highlights.

Not a particularly good year. Jim Courier was here at the early part

to watch him play. As a this minute, he has just below the pecking order

for the Davis Cup. You have got Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish.

They're all of them at the moment. He would be knocking on the door

but I would imagine not perhaps in the real thoughts of Jim Courier at

the moment. Unless he does well in the next few weeks. He played

against Colombia. That was the Davis Cup for the US. That was on

clay. He lost his match in straight sets last year. James Ward earlier

this year won a match against Tunisia for Great Britain. The

drop shots. His favourite surface is clay. I think grass is his best

surface. He won that challenge on clay in Sarasota? That was last

players on clay at whatever level Querrey. He is down 30 - 15. The

chance to get back to 30 - 30. On with his experience, you would

think at this stage of a crucial match, against a very inexperienced

player at this level, he would be using his presence and getting a

attitude is good. He has a few good shouts. He directs that at his new

fitness trainer a lot of times. He is building up brownie points,

there. The third-round match. James Ward, British player, against the

around by the tournament committee. They decided to put this one over

here, even though they played their first two sets last night on Centre

Court. That is for Andy Roddick is right now. And if you do get

seasick the swinging camera, we apologise. It is just that we have

had to do this temporary set up. well done, James Ward. He is

getting the returns back into the court. He has not had enough

success yet in this game. But maybe he will. He has two accused get

that ball back into play. -- he has 30. The final set. Potential

quarter-final. The draw has opened the picture. But James Ward got

that back into play. And here is a and he could be into the quarter-

final. Let us briefly go over to Centre Court. Andy Roddick has to

breaks of serve, he has broke in the third game and then the 5th

game. He has taken the ball early and is looking superb form and is

just two points from taking the opening set against Fernando

Verdasco. You can follow this match live on the Red Button. Set point.

He has been stepping in, just hitting those returns really early.

Putting the pressure on to the times champion. Andy Roddick takes

the opening game. That match is live on the Red Button. Let's head

back to court number one. To see if James Ward can hold serve after

the James Ward plate, it looked like he was a player who was an

experienced campaigner, he got the balls back and made his opponent

play. But Sam Querrey, who has a pedigree, is playing just like he

isn't thinking about it. It is racquet, that isn't the way a

professional who is engaged does. His body language is poor. James

Ward is racing towards the finish line! I cannot tell you what this

Unlucky for some. At the moment, looking like it is unlucky for him.

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Not having the most fun he has ever serve. Now there is a question for

because of the weather and we have had a more startling news, Marin

Cilic, who was due to play Andy Murray in the quarter-finals, has

pulled out of the tournament because of an injury. So, that

match will not be played on Court No. 1. Andy Murray is through to

the semi-finals and he will be back on court tomorrow. Thank you very

much. Thomaz Bellucci, who lost in three sets to Marin Cilic will be

very cross about that! This is the delicious prospect for Andy Murray.

This is the biggest game in James Ward's career, right now. And Sam

Querrey looks like he isn't into it. But he could swing from the hip.

That is what he can do. And James did, that was one heck of a passing

shot. All those matches in this London cab driver. He is taking his

time. He will not rush. Just reset. Get the target in his mind. Word is

line! It is easy from here... Just that little drop shot. He played

himself into trouble, here. wasn't the drop shot at all from

Sam Querrey. Unfortunately, he just that. That helps the cause! Breeze,

take your time, is match point. -- bit cautious on some of those

backhands. He got the ball back but perhaps could have done a bit more

damage. Just a little bit nervous ball back into play. In the

previous few Kate in the set he has finals on the retirement a few

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quarter final at Queen's Club. It is the biggest result of his life.

It is the biggest tournament of his life, and we are pleased for him.

The tournament has lost its defending champion, the American

Sam Querrey. But a British player through, and well done to him. He

will have been thinking about that all night. And Paul Sam Querrey

cannot get off they court quickly enough -- poor. He played a very

experienced third set there from someone who does not have much

experience at this level. Congratulations, what a win. It's

his reward for a decent season. He has stayed just outside the top 200.

It is possible to beat nine podded later on. He is through to the

quarter-finals and John Inverdale You have beaten two players in the

world's top 30. It has been unbelievable. The best wins of my

career so far. We were talking on Sunday about the rigours of being

on the tour playing in front of 10 people and you have a couple of

1000 people here cheering for you. This is unbelievable. On Centre

last night it was a great atmosphere and it was a shame we

had to stop but people have come out again today and I want to thank

them. My serve help me out but I felt that I played well right from

the back. Quarter-final. Yes, and playing Mannarino later on. I will

prepare and get ready for that one. What do you do between now and

then? Just go and shower and eat and then there are a couple of

matches on Centre and I will be on. The great thing about tennis

tournaments is to be involved at the weekend approaches, and you are.

It I can take a win today, would be great. You never know, I am looking

forward to playing again on Centre and hopefully the weather will hold

SUE BARKER: A terrific performance and what a way to finish it off.

This is the match point and a reaction. You could tell that he

was very tense in that last game but he came through it. What a win

that is, through to the quarter- finals. The first time we have had

two British players through to the quarter-finals since 2001. And Andy

Murray is through to the semi- finals after his opponent, Marin

Cilic, pulled out. Let us go back to John Inverdale wife on Court One.

We have the coach and the cage fighting partner. We have been

trying to work on conditioning and especially on his mind game,

especially, through the exercising, making it tough for him, so that he

gets stronger in his body and his mind. Do you wrestle each other?

Sometimes I do making wrestle. It is part of the mental conditioning.

In terms of physique, if this was a boxing competition it would be a

catch weight contest because he is very tall and you are much more

stocky. What chance has he got? has not got much of it was for real,

but it is any for conditioning. Because she could kill him? If I

wanted to! I could kill you as well! We will come on to that

later! How encourage have you been by what has happened over the last

three days. James played very good tennis over the last couple of

weeks. I think he has improved mentally and that is one of the

most important things. His tennis has been great and I hope he is

going to keep on like this. much of all of this is about

momentum, how you keep that going? That is up to him. He likes to play

here at home in London, third replete he is going to stay like

that for the rest of the crass season. When he was serving for the

match that had a break point, how were you feeling? You get a little

bit of stomach ache, but that is the way it goes. I was pretty sure

he was going to make it because lately his serve is much better, so

I was not that tight. By last word must go to the man himself. How

much do you own both of these guys? I Kent any sake thanks now, we're

in the middle of the tournament, so no celebrations so far. A lot of

hard work. Hopefully, look for to this afternoon and hopefully the

run can continue. Thanks to all of SUE BARKER: It is a tremendous sex

story. We have had two amazing stories in the last 10 minutes

because James Ward has put out the defending champion and Andy Murray

is through to the semi-finals. There is an rather large cloud

above us so we may have rain. We will head over to Centre Court to

see Andy Roddick. He has taken the first set 6 - 2 and is up a break

in the second. He is looking in great form and that is live on the

red button and we will be joining it shortly. Let us get further

reaction. John Inverdale was very brave to challenge Diego. The he

almost bit of a little bit more than he could chew! We have to be

positive about everything to do with James Ward from now on. A lot

of credit has to go to his coach who he has been with for some time.

What approach -- impressed me was how he approach that match. We have

had British players getting close and not being able to get across

the finish line. Completely. I understand the mentality he was

talking about. Fighting is like tennis, is one on one, is making

the most of your opponent's weakness, is considering your

strength so maximising them. I have always thought that to fighting was

the one on one sport and I think it is a real bonus having somebody

like that in the camp because it sharpens the mind as well. James is

not ranked 900 in the world, he is just outside the top 200. That is a

fine tennis player. If anybody is out there is just outside the top

200 and what they do go think they are pretty good. He has is wildcard

at Wimbledon to look forward to. One other person he should thank

his Chris Kermode who gave him a wildcard into the straw in the

first place. -- into the draw. you look at who has been through to

the quarter-finals, and he has got Mannarino. We all hope it does not

rain, but I think it will be better if he does play today because it

will not give him too much time to think about what he has just done.

Let him get on with it now, focus, and get on and win the quarter-

finals. A lot of people saying that Mannarino is a very talented, up

and coming player. He is. This time last year he was no way near top

100 but he has picked up. He has played his way through the ranks.

She is heading in exactly the right direction. He is into all the right

tournaments. It is a great test. A left-hander. He says his Polly is

his best shot. He is very mobile around the court. He is coming in

with confidence but it is a major advantage if they play today. When

you have played a set and you have won it, you were on a high, go and

play. You do not want to think about it too much and what the

prospects are. The other big news is Andy Murray going through. I'm

not sure he would be too disappointed. It is not nice to go

out on Court One in these conditions. I Pinkie would be very

happy with that. He has played enough matches now. Him getting to

the French Open semi-finals, that is unknown territory for him. I

know he has been in Grand Slam finals, but not with such a short

gap coming to another tournament. Nadal has done it before, but he's

used to it. Andy Murray has done well to win a couple of round here

but to have her day off, I think he will enjoy that. He had the match

where he was two sets down and a break and had to win in the 5th. So

you're not going to play the 6 1/2 ft tall Croatian! Excellent. I had

no idea about Marin Cilic. It is a big shock. I saw him walking around

yesterday and he seemed fine and nice and relaxed but that was

before his match with Thomas Bellucci so perhaps we heard

something. He has been a great supporter of this event and I'm

sure he will not pull out unless there was a very good reason.

happened because going from clay to grass, everybody is tired. We were

just about to it go out to see the Roddick match, but down comes the

rain. I did say that cloud was looming edge ahead. It is right

over Queen's Club at the moment. The groundsmen will have to be

quick to get the neck down. -- at the net. It will not be ideal for

Andy Roddick, who was racing through this match. They are not

far from completing it. It is an unbelievably quick match. He is

asking for another show it. Talking to his people at the side. He has a

great team around him who have been there for a while. They are a very

experienced bunch in his team. It is an impressive scoreline against

Verdasco. That is how well he is playing. Looking at him right now,

you would say no one wants to play him at Wimbledon, the way he is

playing. He is on top form. I have not seen Roddick this intense for

while, there is something about him. He knows that time is not on his

side. Not many guys have eight years between winning Grand Slams.

That was his last one, the US Open. At the end of what is a glorious

career, the least he could up one is one of these Grand Slams and

he's aiming to win another. -- could have won. Roddick is not

bowled by any standards but he has been around for a number of years

now -- not hold. -- old. But he looks back to his best. He looks in

great shape. There is the journey down, press that button! It was not

working the other day. He is a super guy. I did not used to like

umpires! They did not like me either! The rain is coming down

here and sadly there is no play on the Centre Court. This is the news

that is just in. That was the winning point by James Ward to put

him through to the quarter-finals at the Queen's Club, putting out

the defending champion, who defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in the

last round. He will be over all the newspapers tomorrow. A tremendous

story. He has an Argentinian cage fighter who gets him super-fit and

I think terror fighting into training a little bit harder than

he wants to! So, well done to Jane Back to James Ward. We talk so much

about British players. This could inspire a lot more below James Ward.

We have talked about how British tennis needs to move up. Perhaps

the fact the one of their own has done this will encourage others.

think so. Also it shows that it is possible and that there is no magic

age way you have got to make it. Ward has been around for quite a

while now. I'm sure other British players who of around that age

where people have said perhaps your time is past, they will look at

this. We cannot go overboard, we have to see what happened in the

rest of the year, but I felt the way that he handled that last set,

there was a lot of maturity in his game. Querry was the one making

errors. He was taking time between points and getting himself back in

the mode, not rushing. It is a big step up for him now. It should give

the other players some encouragement. He took advantage of

the situation because it was obvious that Querry was injured and

was not serving at the full pace, but you still have to win the last

one. He saw what Querry did in the last game, he stuck around. He

almost played his way back in. James concluded that match in the

manner you were expecting to be able to do because of some of the

places he has been based here. Croatia, Davis Cup, Sarajevo, he

has been everywhere and he is used to playing out matches. When you

are a lower ranked guy you want conditions. You want the court

change, you want an overnight, you want wind and rain, anything to

equalise. These conditions are a great equaliser and that is why the

British players can ambush guys like these. The bottom line is that

in one year James what is probably not going to be a top 100 player. I

salute his effort but nothing in particular is going to change. He

will remain what he is, which is an excellent professional who is

getting a little bit of recognition and some reward. Let us not lose

perspective. You talk about the places that they go to. That is the

other side of tennis way you see the top 10 or 20 can pick and

choose what they go but you have to scrape around and find whatever

point you can way you can. What can happen is that you can become a

Challenger player and it becomes for some players, quite frankly,

comfortable. They are not earning a lot of money but they are having a

good life. They are seeing the world, meeting a lot of nice people.

You get this group together and it is sort of comfortable. Do want

that you want to see of the ones that are trying to break out of

that. Everyone says that they are but some of them like that comfort.

For Ward this is a chance to get out of that area. I hope that he

will start playing qualifying in all the main events and not play

the challengers. He does do quite a lot cut that. Yes, but make it all

the time. He will get in the qualifiers now and he has to go for

the big guns. The rain is getting heavier. People scurrying for cover.

There is a strong wind as well said that might blow it away. We are

quite high up in this cardboard box! It news that little bit when

the wind blows. I remember speaking to Lleyton Hewitt and he said if

you do not get out of those challenges her leap you often stuck

in there for a long time. -- Burghley, you often stark. You can

get stuck and sometimes you have to accept that the sure level. If you

are in challengers regularly you will probably between 140 and 250

in the world. These guys, if you see them played life, you see how

good they are, so it is worthy of respect. But to push on to the next

level is a hard thing to do. James is 24, he has to make the most of

his time in the sun. We are certainly looking forward to the

weather brightening up and I am sure we are all looking forward to

this. There is nothing like it, when you look at it. Whether you

are there in person, the smell of it, or when you watch it on

television. It is the one that everybody knows, even people that

don't know tennis No Wimbledon. you're a Wimbledon champion, you

are remembered for life. I have always felt there was something

special, was a place have wanted to be part of and competing. You speak

to the majority of the players and they would say if there was one

tournament they would want to win it would be Wimbledon. You will not

want to win this a special documentary. -- and Miss. -- mss

We had an e-mail asking him what the greatest champions that have

never won Wimbledon. You tried to take one of mine! And then Pat Cash

came in with a few others. I will go first. Ivan Lendl. Fair enough.

I am going to go straight back with that the Lander. Jim Courier. --

We did come up with Andy Roddick and Pat Rafter. And Pat Cash came

up with Gonzalez. I have to check. And Cramer. In the we need to look

in the book. For the women, the main one is Monica Seles. We can

think of a few other names but that one would be out there. We made all

these lists yesterday and we were having a big debate about it.

he looks that up, what is your favourite memory of Wimbledon?

gosh! Just one of them. The obvious one is the John McEnroe and Bjorn

Borg match. For me, was two players, was in my era, I watch that and

could not believe what was happening. You watch it still, and

it will never age. It is not as fast as today but the drama of it

will never go. Did you get an answer? No, I need a bit longer.

But the case for Jim Courier. He was in the Pete Sampras era.

moved onto favourite memories of Wimbledon. I think for me the

special atmosphere was the final with Rafter on that third Monday.

was stuck in a studio at another television channel at a golf

tournament. We turned up all the monitors and I was watching it in

silence. It was so emotional to watch it. I guess Rafter is coming

back 10 years on from that and this year his returning to Wimbledon.

Hopefully we will catch up with him. Personal memories of walking on the

Wimbledon crass to play the Championships. -- grass. You were

not allowed to touch the stuff as a kid and a walking on the court.

me, when people ask you about Wimbledon, they say what makes it

special? For me, was driving up there the first day, and seeing the

queues around the block. It does not happen at any other Grand Slam.

Never has done, never will. And when you used to play, just

thinking about that, even if you were playing a Mixed Doubles, you

thought, some of those people maybe he just to watch me. It was that

feeling that this is the ultimate in tennis. I remember getting my

competitor's badge and I was thrilled about it. I got scheduled

on Centre Court as a teenager again someone who was a great champion.

It was my first match on Centre Court! I was terrified. I crawled

on to the Centre Court and I thought I have got to curtsy, I

could end up in a heap on the floor. I managed to get away with it. I

got whipped but came back and won it in three sets. She was on her

comeback. But she beat her at Wimbledon, put it there! From then

on, I loved it. It does dictate hate you queue that court, if you

have a good experience poor not. -- or not. The Court three is in

action this year and it used to be caught six, but they have stuck it

One my best memories is talking -- is listening to you talking about

how you used to hunger -- hang out the ladies' changing room window to

watch Bjorn Borg walk past. Yes! Everyone went mad. He was like a

rock star. The first rock star of tennis. And I have never seen

anything like it. He changed tennis, he is responsible for its change.

Remember how he looked? On television, his look, if it wasn't

tennis on all sorts of different channels all year round, he came on

with his eyes close together, his head band, his hair... He just

looked amazing. Everyone would copy the style in the junior tournaments,

and they looked foolish because there was only one Bjorn Borg.

Absolutely. We will reminisce a little bit more. The big story here,

though, James Ward is through to the quarter-finals and Andy Murray

is through to the semi-finals. We promised you a look behind the

scenes. Let's see where John Inverdale is.

We are in the players' area. Everyone is hanging around, waiting

for it to stop raining. I can welcome you to this edition of

Friday afternoon's Lewis men. We have Mike from the Daily men, Neil

from the Mirror, Steve from the sun, and Ivan Ljubicic to represent

common sense. We might be talking for hours here. As a fierce critic

of the LTA over the years, I give you Andy Murray in the semi-finals,

James Ward in the quarter-finals, Heather Watson's ranking going

through the roof, 11 -- Oliver Golding didn't disgrace himself, so

it is three cheers for the LTA. swallow doesn't make a summer. I

don't want to be too negative about the LTA, there are a good people.

But I think we have to wait for more than just one tournament

before we completely late off them. So, what is it that is still

getting your goat about the way tennis in this country is run?

suppose a bit of a clue it is the LTA has had pretty much half-a-

billion pounds from Wimbledon alone over the last 20 years and we have

one men's play in the top 100, now we have two as of this week with

Heather. Let's not get this wrong, we are absolutely delighted to see

Heather Watson coming through and James Ward has done extremely well.

For those of us sitting around here, apart from Ivan Ljubicic, it makes

our jobs far more enjoyable to travel around, lucky as we are, to

do that, and cover British success rather than a broken record of what

has gone wrong. But I do think it there is a way to go. Neil, where

do you sit on the LTE a debate? can be selective. This week has

been good. But Wimbledon last year when not one English person won a

match. Apart from Andy Murray. That is what we are looking at. We have

a long way to go and not one British man in the top 200 is not a

good stat. Steve? The point that Mike makes, there are some good

people's -- people, and they are making some progress. The stats

don't say that. They need to wait another five years for some more

young people to come through. We want a bit of success and we want

to see these British guys doing well. We are on the cusp. Ivan

Ljubicic, will I will come to you in a second. You must think, when

are these guys gonna move on? But it is so easy to throw stones and

it is difficult come up with a solution. If you were doing a three.

Make hit list, what would they be? This could turn into a big

discussion. To put it in its proper context, people have to remember,

tennis, one of its great strengths, it is a truly international game.

In Wimbledon, you will see people from 80 different nations playing.

It is extremely hard to produce good tennis players. When we have

this discussion, in fairness, it is not easy. I mean, I suppose,

speaking in broad terms, the penny is slowly dropping. Many of us that

believe the way to rebuild the game is from the bottom up rather than

what we have seen in recent years, which has from the top down,

bringing him, I suppose, if you like and it's to university,

bringing in the best professors and lecturers went the students are not

of high calibre, so what you need to do is get the talent in from the

bottom, then bring in the best because it is no instant fix and

anybody who says there is is simply not being fair. So you want to see

it built from the bottom up. From your experience of travelling

around the world and going to so many different countries, is it

your perception that as a basic rule, the more people that play the

game, the more likely you are to have people that are successful at

the top? The errors no question. The more young kids, the because we

have to get a champion. -- that is no question. There are not many

federations in the world that have a project that works and bring in

top players regularly, which is I guess only the French federation

that can be proud. Even Australia is struggling. The US federation is

struggling. All the big federations are having the same problems.

can you explain, because in this country for a month's the public

focuses on tennis and for the rest of the months of the year, it

exists if Andy Murray is doing well. But for the next week, at East --

Eastbourne and Wimbledon, they will see all these Eastern European

players and they will say, how or. Can you explain? There is no

project behind it. There is no how. There is a piece of paper. It is

very complicated and we are doing well, Croatia, and Serbia, where

tennis is phenomenal because of Ivanovic, Jankovic, Djokovic. It

just goes in periods. And we are physically strong, which helps, of

course. We are a great athletes. It has to be something to do with

mentality. I think kids in our countries when they do sports, they

go all the way. You just commit yourself 100% and hope for the best.

You mentioned Djokovic. Horror you guys lucky to be reporting on and

I'll we lucky to be showing and watching the golden period of men's

tennis? You can hark back to McEnroe, but do you think Federer,

Djokovic, Nadal, are they the best? Of the way Djokovic has come on, he

has really come on. He has brought himself up to Federer level. He had

a great winning streak. We had the great final four at the French

opening. -- French Open. Those four players will make the final four of

Wimbledon, I think. Is Andy Murray unlucky he is the 4th best players

at this time? There is an element of that. If he had been around 10

years ago, when there was a window of opportunity between the demise

of Pete Sampras and before Roger Federer, I am absolutely sure that

by now Andy Murray would have probably pocketed three, possibly

four, Grand Slams, but you cannot choose your era, and it seems

Federer is a rejuvenated. I am not convinced he can content for too

much longer, but right now, he is in the picture. You have got

Djokovic, who will not lose unless he is playing Federer or and Adel.

And no doubt is this phenomenon. -- and Nadal. He is unbeatable on clay.

And when he is totally fit, he rarely loses when he is in full

health. You mentioned Murray might have won a Grand Slam. From a

Croatian point of view, when Ivanisevic won, what impact it that

have won tennis? I am thinking about the impact on Britain.

have a lot of kids playing. Since 2005, we won the Davis Cup, and

tennis also them, like, kids started playing tennis, shops had

lots of rackets, clothes, so it was a great time. The thing is, it is

not like Murray wins, you will have a lot of hundred great players. You

have to wait for it. What Goran Ivanisevic did for Croatia in 2001,

it is something that will not be forgotten. In these historical

moments, you remember where you were and what you're doing. From

iTablet point of view. If Murray was to win Wimbledon, we have had

endless hype of World Cups, but if he was to win, how do you think the

sun, the Mirror would cope with something like that? We would

celebrated. Although we are not has begun tennis as the other papers,

we champion the British talent -- we are not as big on tennis as. It

would be huge, it would be front page, back page... Massive interest.

Like you said, we will -- we have been here before with Cricket and

Football. It would be a fantastic story. It has been 75 years now? It

would be a huge story. Murray is a big star already. He has the

crossover appeal. I actually think he is getting better and better.

How much mature he is, and how much better he is with interviews, with

everybody, his public. Heat is improving -- he is improving all

the time. In tennis terms, he is middle-aged but he is relatively

young. And he is getting better. People are getting to see more and

more of what Andy Murray is about. One last thing. Women's tennis. The

Williams sisters. If Serena Williams, having barely picked up a

tennis racket, was to win Wimbledon in three weeks' time, is that a

good or that thing? It is certainly not a good thing. There is quite a

lot of embarrassment potential. I think you'll find she has been

practising hard. She would have not come over here unless she was clear

in her own mind she actually had a chance. Grass gives her the chance

because she is so good on it and some of the other players are up on

shore. She will that at the Field and think there is a great

opportunity for her. -- the other players are unsure. Will the

women's game hope she will get beaten early so that embarrassment

doesn't happen? I guess so. But she is still a name. Multiple Grand

Slam winner and a character. And sometimes they need a bit of that.

In Paris, the women's... It wasn't character like that may boost it

but it could is embarrassing. think it is a good and a bad side

to it. As you say, the women's game, the Williams sisters are of the

stars. Either of those including Sharapova, if they won, if people

want to read about that. One must point about this, Mealamu Lucic she

is a fantastic story. We may remember her from a decade ago but

now she is on her way back. Give us an insight into her story. It is

beautiful to see a playing high level tennis again. I personally

thought she was over. I did not hear from her in about three years'

time. All of a sudden, I got a call from her sister and she was back on

track. It is a great story. I saw her last here and I didn't like

what I saw. I thought, this is going to be a struggle. But I am

extremely happy for her and extremely happy she is playing good

tennis again. She loves grass, and I am sure she is doing well this

week. In Wimbledon, she can do a great result. Another fascinating

piece in the women's jigsaw. Thank you, guys. That's it from me. Back

It was pretty special last year and we will be there live with the BBC

at the end of the year. There are two qualifiers already. To see

tennis in November in the UK, and the very best of the tennis, the

same tournament director as here. It is a tremendous event. Let us

get your reaction to what was being discussed there, particularly about

the Williams sisters. I agreed that it would be an embarrassment for

the game River player cannot play for whole year and then come back

and win a Grand Slam. I agree. Obviously the LTA are not going to

say that. They want her to come back and they want her to be the

big Four's that she is because she is a crossover staff. -- force. But

they would rather she did not win it, because if she does come back

and win it with no practice, then the depth of women's tennis is not

good. Ought his seat -- fought his she just such a great player that

we are discounting that? Only once in the last 12 years has it been

someone other than one of the Williams sister that has won it. We

are talking about two pretty different players here. They are

fabulous on the grass. For it to be an embarrassment, is it that bit

strong? An embarrassment for the women's game, not for Serena

Williams. She probably look at the French and thought, nobody is

coming through here, I could come back and win it. We have seen so

many great rivalries, and that is what has been lacking. With Kim

Clijsters injured and Justine Henin going out, does not look great on

the rest of the tour. But there are plenty of entertaining women's

matches. It is very much overshadowed by the men's game at

the moment. It is an era that is quite amazing. Do women do have

crossover stars. They have Maria Sharapova. She is favourite to win

Wimbledon. It is great that she is coming back. And the Williams

sisters. It paid state bit and played longer, we would be happy. -

- if they stayed fit. But at the moment, they have all been injured

so much that you do not get to see them. You have another golden era.

I thought the era of Bjorn Borg, McEnroe, Connors, Ivan Lendl, was

not bad. It is all relative. You always think the era when you are

is the best. And everyone compares home McEnroe we do against Nadal or

Bjorn Borg against Federer. It is difficult to compare that. Or you

can say is that with in that era you have witness some great matches

and been treated to some great tennis. You can tell when somebody

is a little bit special. In another era there was Becker, Edberg, Jim

Courier, Andre Agassi. There are always three or four great players

at the top of the game. At the moment, I think Federer and Nadal

are fantastic. We are going to look back and say that is a little bit

different because of those two. Djokovic and Murray are trying to

climb into that category. To watch and it dhal and Federer play is an

absolute privilege. -- Nadal. Another topic was away that the

British players are doing well. At least it is going in the right

direction. This has been a good week, a good last couple of weeks.

Mike Dixon was saying that he believes that you have to start

from the bottom and I think we have come through a period where we have

concentrated a little bit more on the top downwards. Sometimes there

are a bunch of players that perhaps do not have to ability to make that

break through and perhaps you need to know that and focus your

attention right at the bottom and start with all the coaches and the

money right at the bottom level. were talking about whether it would

make any difference it at Andy Murray won Wimbledon, to British

tennis overall. When Henman and Greg Rusedski were just emerging,

if they had won a Slam, would it have made a difference? I contend

that it would not because come October, tennis does not get a

look-in. It is in the consciousness for one month each year. It would

be fantastic for Andy Murray, but, ultimately, would it make any

difference? I don't think it would. Andy Murray has been in three

finals, Henman was in six semi- finals, and it did not make any

difference in terms of participation. Tennis is not play

by that many people in this country. I hope the weather will make a

difference very soon. It does look a little bit brighter. We were

promised that the shower would go over but at the moment the rain is

coming down so we are still waiting for this match to resume. Andy

Roddick is a set and a break up against Fernando Verdasco. And

Rafael Nadal is due to play Jo- Wilfried Songa. The more that this

rain comes down, do more likely it is that James court will find

himself back on Court One. -- James Ward. Let us go back to John

We have gone up into the second half here with Paul Newman from the

Independent, a Russian player who has just won the doubles at Roland

Garros and Roland Fraser, at the players fixer here. He organises

theatre tickets and what else? Everything, restaurant reservations,

hotels, information about London, European travel occasionally. And a

few other things as well. What sort of things might they be? Well, a

few years ago they gave me burnt nickname of dixit Fraser and I had

to try to live up to it. The main thing is theatre reservations and

restaurant reservations. They have been requests for players wives as

well. It is spur of the moment, and if we can do something with an

immediate result, I do not always get two or three days advance

notice to arrange things. He sorted my hotel room a couple of days ago.

Wednesday night was a busy night in London and my booking ran out so he

was called in places and got me a hotel room. When you're on the tour,

we were talking about this to James Ward earlier on, when he was

playing on the Challenger Tour. You do have a lot of downtime, you

cannot practise for 16 hours each day. How much do you try, if you

are in Paris or Rome or wherever, how much you try to live the life

of the city? You certainly have your priorities and for most of us

our priority is to get the best preparation we can for the

tournament and rest. A lot of the time you do not want go out and did

the sightseeing prior to your match of the night before. However, we

have our favourite places and on a day like today, I knew was going to

be raining, and died went and visited Handley's. Having a couple

of kids at home, I am sure I ball, way over the nice gift for them.

Being in London, there are so many things to do. What is your

favourite place to go and play? Australia. It is far away, takes a

couple of days to get there, but once you are there, the people are

fantastic, the weather normally is beautiful. A you go surfing, do you

live the Australian life? physically. You hang around, I see

people, a lot of friends there. You cannot engage yourself in physical

activity is that a potentially dangerous for your body. It is

interesting having two guys from Eastern Europe because you have

been in the newspaper industry for many years and one of the

criticisms levelled up modern day sports stars is that whereas in the

old days they had so much life and so many stories to tell, the

criticism levelled up modern stars is that they are one dimensional.

Do you find that? But I think it is difficult because the players have

to be so fit these days. They demand that sport placed on people

these days. If you look at football matches from previous times they

seem so much slower. The demand but are placed on players physically

means that it is more difficult for them. Do you feel that there are

not many mavericks on the tour? think came back to that issue, back

then it was probably less competitive and it was a way of

life, the way people were playing the tour. There were five or six

countries competing and they became one big family and shed their of

time together. Now it has become much more specialised and people

know they have the best chances in certain tournaments and it has

become so much more professional. How do you guys feel when players

who were playing 20 or 30 years ago start offering substantial

criticisms of your game and the game today? For me, sounds a little

awkward. I think that every next generation is going to be better.

It is just natural but things are improving, things are developing. I

know that in 10 or 15 years we bull her players who are better,

physically or in terms of tennis, better than Federer or Nadal today.

It has to come. A long time ago, we thought that nobody can be better

than Pete Sampras, and a few years later a Roger proved himself the

better player. In tennis terms, McEnroe in his pomp, and Federer in

his prime, how can you compare them? You cannot. They are

different personalities. Tennis is more professional, sport is more

professional. You really cannot lose time or energy playing with

the crowd of with the linesman or with the chair umpire. You just

cannot afford that. This is probably why people are saying

there are no personalities. We have a lot of personalities in the

locker rooms and in the players' area, is just that on the court to

cannot afford to lose focus and lose your momentum. Can I ask both

of you this, because it is perhaps easier for you to answer this

question, because the Andy Murray is of this book on not want to

answer this question honestly, for fear of showing some kind of

weakness. When you are playing Federer or Nadal, how difficult is

it? What other charges that you face? Two different players. For me,

against Nadal, but most difficult thing is the first couple of games

because he has rotations and spins that he has that nobody else has so

it takes time to adjust to that. After that, I would always prefer

to play Nadal than Roger. With Roger, I always feel that whatever

I do he has an answer. With him, you never know what he is going to

come up with. We've Rafa, you know more or less, but most the time it

is so good that you cannot match it. With Roger, I remember in 2005, we

played almost every week, he would come up with something new. Serve-

and-volley and the next matches were played long and high balls.

For him, you do not know what to It is funny, Ivan Ljubicic said he

prefers to play Nadal, but for me it is the other way around. If you

play Roger, it is an exciting video game, and when or lose, you admire

the guy because a lot of the shots he plays are not in the tennis book.

With Rafael Nadal, you know it is going to be a physical game and

whether you win or lose, it is going to be boring, because he is

going to run you down. Totally to make different players, and it

requires a different set of skills to beat them on any given day. I

have never beaten Rafa Nadal. I've been fortunate twice against Roger.

On any day, I'd still prefer to play Roger. Do you run out of

superlatives to describe them? think it you do. The thing is they

are so different, that is the best thing. Federer is just for me to

watch is fantastic. It is elegance, the beauty of the way he plays.

With Nadal, there is an excitement about him. It is true all around

world, there is a ripple of excitement whenever he walks out on

to court. You can never run out of superlatives about them because

they are so great. Your phone went off a minute ago. That could be

Rafael Nadal demanding something. You didn't answer it. It has been

diverted, somebody is helping me out. Do Roger or Rafael Nadal get

better treatment? We have given everybody the best treatment. We

always will. Everyone, we want everyone to think everything was

amazing. The concierge helped, the set up help, we wanted to be as

move for everybody. You are setting up an academy in Belarus which, it

is one of those nations, we expect an avalanche of players from

Belarus in the next couple of years. What are you doing, what is the

objective? With the support of the local government, we have built and

opened in March the Max Mirnyi Sports Centre, and we have as a

core product, the tennis. We have tennis tensed that introduce kids

from 5-Tavern years old -- 5-10 years old to tennis. This is

something that we have introduced in Belarus and no other club has

this sort of programme in place. We are getting a lot of people wishing

to participate in different kinds of sport. We provide courses of

yoga, fitness, aerobics, Sports dancing, table tennis, but Lycos

said, tennis is the main product and we hope to grow it. -- but it

like I said. We had to bring more youngsters into the game so in 10

years' time, we hope to have more players. Sue Barker might want to

talk about this later on, the cost of tennis. It is one of those

things that puts things off. Is it like that in Croatia? That is

always one of the accusations that are levelled at the game.

Absolutely. It is difficult to get simple things, to buy a racket and

get a court but more than that, as soon as kids are playing better,

and here they have to start to travel around a world, Europe, that

is where it becomes really difficult. And you haven't got

Wimbledon paying millions of pounds into the association. Even for

professionals, we have a lot of expenses ourselves. It is an

expensive thing to do and of course, Max and I and a few other players

are fortunate to make money and to be able to pay the expenses but

there is so many kids, unfortunately, great talents, that

cannot afford to do the sport. Sue, four grumpy but wise old man.

I was only directing it at you, John. It is interesting talking

about and we were discussing when they were discussing, I met

yesterday with a guy who introduced urban tennis, which is taking it

out onto the streets, giving kids rackets to play tricks. Once you

get the feel of the ball, takes them to record, get them falling in

love with tennis. But you make the point that you need athletes to

take it up. I am thinking about the Croatians, the Belarus. Our

athletes get taken into football, rugby, cricket. You imagine. Matt

Dawson. Wouldn't it be nice, for instance, if an athlete of that

calibre... Imagine if one of them played tennis. I am sure they had a

chance when they were younger, but rugby is a dominant sport. Surely,

in this country, what is unforgivable is that some of these

kids haven't maximised their talent or haven't worked with people that

know how to do it. That is the key, that is where we have gone wrong.

We have got to have some of the best people we can working with

kids. I'm not talking up foreign talent. I'm talking about top-level

tennis, and people that have been let go. France keeps everybody in

the game. If I have to. My finger at one era, that is something that

could be improved. -- if I have to point my finger at one area.

the weather, it is looking brighter. In the meantime, let's look back to

a final. The 2008 Wimbledon final. Where will we join it? We will join

it for some of the great moments, so sit back, and enjoy Roger and

Rafa Nadal with us. It was an epic struggle. What it

came down to was focus and It is the best match I have ever

seen. The quality of the tennis and the nature of the match with the

rain delays and the length of the match, it would get my vote.

couldn't believe it. There was a moment when I thought, this match

is never going to end. Both of them I guess my match with Bjorn Borg is

not going to be seen a whole lot! The -- they are the two best

match and we have seen on a tennis We were hoping the players would be

walking out at 2pm, no right now, because this was when it was

supposed to stop... I am reasonably hopeful for a decent amount of

play... We have got some good news to bring you... It is looking

brighter. Well, this will get a big brighter. Well, this will get a big

cheer. I would put it in the top 2%

favoured experiences. I became a fan of tennis again, this beautiful

sport with so much drama, so much up-and-down, and I said, I am happy

to be here. It was my first experience on the

other side of the fence, and you could feel the tension. I have

played in a few time matches, but it is so much easier playing than

watching. I anticipated a great match, but I

didn't think a classic would take a break. -- take place.

If your chosen profession is tennis and if you happen to be a Wimbledon

champion and if you walk into a Wimbledon room, it all adds up to

the word awe. There won't be much of a conversation, not much eye

contact because both of these men know how important the final is.

You have to deal with your inner demons. They have emotions, they

have expectations, they have butterflies in their stomach. Once

they're on the court, they feel more comfortable. They are waiting

for the match, and those 15 minutes before, it is the hardest part for

the players. The 2008 Wimbledon If you can keep your head when all

about you on losing theirs and blaming it on you... If you can

trust yourself when all men doubt you... And make allowance for their

doubting, too. If you can wait and not be tired by waiting... Do not

give way to hating. And do not look too good 0 talk to why is. -- talk

to why he's. If you can dream, and not make dreams, you're a master.

If you can think and not make thoughts your aim. If you can meet

with Triumph and Disaster... And treat with these two impostors just

the same... If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue or walk

with kings and not lose the common touch... If neither flows nor

loving friends can hurt you... If all man come with you but none too

much... If you can feel the unforgiving with 60 seconds long

distance running, yours is the curse and everything that is in it.

And which is more, you will be a Both players have pressure. Nadal

has a lot of pressure because he was so close last year. Seeing

Bjorn Borg in the Royal Box was great because either player could

really be in tune with what Bjorn Borg had accomplished. Lodger was

five in a row so he was trying to beat Bjorn's record. And Nadal was

trying to win the French and Wimbledon those same year.

UMPIRE: First set, Roger Federer to CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

Seen Federer at work is just so beautiful and sublime because he is

an elegant player. Nadal has that power and skill and determination

so to see them, both different players but equally matched, is

That break of serve it is. First blood to the Spaniard in his