Semi-Finals

:00:39. > :00:49.SUE BARKER: Only four player Tremayne. To get to the final they

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:00:54. > :01:04.will make to display exceptional skills. It is a mouth-watering menu.

:01:04. > :01:04.

:01:04. > :01:13.There is a popular slice of American Pie. A surprise French

:01:13. > :01:18.fancy. For the first time ever, two portions of great British fare. A

:01:18. > :01:28.Scottish treat and some English nouvelle cuisine. Tennis does not

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:01:32. > :01:39.get tougher than this. Behind the scenes, what a menu!

:01:39. > :01:46.Have you had a nice lunch? I am thinking of going to get some of

:01:46. > :01:55.these crusty sand which is that you guys have been having. They have

:01:55. > :01:58.got a choice of about four dishes. All credit to the chef and his team.

:01:58. > :02:05.We're here for semi-finals day. What a difference from yesterday

:02:05. > :02:15.afternoon when it was rain all the way. Today, the forecast is a lot

:02:15. > :02:16.

:02:16. > :02:25.better. The sun is shining. It is trooping the Colour today. It is

:02:25. > :02:30.traditional on the Saturday of the Queen's Club Championship. Two

:02:30. > :02:40.former champions along with a rather unexpected last four match-

:02:40. > :02:43.

:02:43. > :02:53.up. We have got Roddick against Murray. That is the first match up.

:02:53. > :03:01.

:03:01. > :03:06.Then Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who served 25 aces. The weather forecast

:03:06. > :03:12.tomorrow is for heavy rain tomorrow. The tournament director has decided

:03:12. > :03:15.to move the tournament for two, so it will start at around midday. Get

:03:15. > :03:22.here early if you have tickets. We will let you know about our

:03:23. > :03:30.transmission times later in the afternoon. Pat Cash, John Lloyd,

:03:30. > :03:37.still with me. This first semi- final, Murray against Roddick.

:03:37. > :03:44.Defeat does heart. Andy Roddick heart Andy at Wimbledon. He had a

:03:44. > :03:48.good record going into that match a couple of years ago. You have to

:03:48. > :03:56.give credit to Roddick, he played one of the matches of his career.

:03:56. > :04:03.Then he went on to the final and it was so close. Roddick at his best

:04:03. > :04:09.takes a lot to beat. He was at his best that time. He is playing well

:04:09. > :04:17.this week as well. I was looking at the backhand to see if he is

:04:17. > :04:23.hitting it well. It is not really a weakness any more, he has improved

:04:23. > :04:27.it over the years. His volleying can be a bit hit-and-miss. He is

:04:27. > :04:34.fresh, he did not play the French Open, and he is ready to go. It

:04:34. > :04:44.makes a big difference. Against Murray, obviously, you've got to be

:04:44. > :04:51.

:04:51. > :04:59.ready. Two British men in the finals for the first time. In the

:05:00. > :05:08.second set against Mannarino, he had match points. A few of them

:05:08. > :05:13.were on his serve. He lost the tie- break, went off, smashed his

:05:13. > :05:23.racquet. The predictable thing was to think that he would come back

:05:23. > :05:26.

:05:27. > :05:35.and go downhill fast. But he came back. At 4-4, 15-40 on his serve.

:05:35. > :05:39.He played four brilliant points, held his nerve. He has pushed

:05:39. > :05:44.through all of the obstacles that have been put in his way this week.

:05:44. > :05:50.He has no experience at this level, really. He has done remarkably well.

:05:50. > :05:55.And being watched by the Prime Minister. It was packed. All you

:05:55. > :05:59.can do is to win matches. We wondered whether he would be

:05:59. > :06:02.affected by having a big win. He has gone on and consolidated.

:06:03. > :06:12.has had a bit of luck and he has taken it. He has taken the

:06:13. > :06:17.

:06:17. > :06:27.opportunity. Sam Querrey was not 100%. It is very easy to get tired

:06:27. > :06:37.

:06:37. > :06:45.out there. He won that match and had to back it up against his next

:06:45. > :06:55.opponent. He is guaranteed around �23,000. A which is great. It will

:06:55. > :06:55.

:06:55. > :07:02.pay a lot of bills. To get really tight in that second set was

:07:02. > :07:07.understandable. I thought he was gone and he was not, he hung around.

:07:07. > :07:12.It is to his credit. This means a lot him. He deserves his place out

:07:12. > :07:18.there. Absolutely. He delighted the fans on Court No. 1. At the same

:07:18. > :07:24.time, or on Centre Court, a surprise victory here. Jo-Wilfried

:07:24. > :07:31.Tsonga put out the reigning US Open, French Open and Wimbledon champion,

:07:31. > :07:36.Rafael Nadal. Rafa won the first set. By the end of it, the crowd

:07:36. > :07:43.just loved him. He is a real entertainer, very talented and

:07:43. > :07:53.immensely powerful stop he really engages with the crowd. Our real

:07:53. > :07:53.

:07:53. > :08:01.talent, Pat. He is. He was ready to take Rafa. Rafa, mentally, is very

:08:01. > :08:06.tired. Physically as well, he was chasing the shots. He was making

:08:06. > :08:11.errors that he never makes. Second serving on a big point, he hit the

:08:11. > :08:16.frame and it did not go for. He had quite a few double faults. He is

:08:16. > :08:26.just tired. To beat the No. 1 player in the world, he still has

:08:26. > :08:36.his forehand and backhand. Tsonga came out with 16 aces in the first

:08:36. > :08:37.

:08:37. > :08:40.set. When Rafa slowed down and made a few mistakes, Tsonga got

:08:40. > :08:47.confident and played some pretty spectacular stuff. Really fun to

:08:47. > :08:52.watch. This is the practice court today. Murray is out there early,

:08:52. > :08:57.first up. He is up against Andy Roddick, someone he knows very well.

:08:57. > :09:03.His winning record against Roddick is 63. He would have been very

:09:03. > :09:07.happy to have that day off yesterday. He wanted to get his

:09:07. > :09:14.ankle ready. James Ward getting ready, probably training with his

:09:14. > :09:20.cage fighter or something! Murray always looks relaxed. I agree. He

:09:20. > :09:26.would have been very happy when Marin Cilic said he could not play.

:09:26. > :09:30.The day of rest will have done him a lot of good. I agree with Pat

:09:30. > :09:35.about Rafa being a little bit tired. I think Andy is a little fatigued

:09:35. > :09:38.as well. He is fighting it. He really wants to win this tournament.

:09:38. > :09:48.You can see he looks a little bit tired. He will have a big battle

:09:48. > :09:52.

:09:52. > :10:00.today. He will have a tough match. There is James Ward and the Davis

:10:00. > :10:10.Cup coach, Leon Smith. There was no way Rafa was going to come out here

:10:10. > :10:13.in a semi-final and then to have another match. He would have been

:10:13. > :10:19.doubly exhausted on Monday, thinking, I only have a few days

:10:19. > :10:24.off, I just won the French Open. I do not think he was that

:10:24. > :10:28.disappointed. He did not like playing badly yesterday at all. I

:10:29. > :10:34.think it was probably the best thing for his Wimbledon chances.

:10:34. > :10:40.the turn of that second set, he just could not find anything, the

:10:40. > :10:47.batteries were flat. He is pretty much exhausted, making errors and

:10:47. > :10:51.stuff like that. I almost think that he was going to shake hands

:10:51. > :10:59.and walk off. The players are just about to leave

:10:59. > :11:06.the locker Room. Let us join John. There are a couple of outstanding

:11:06. > :11:10.matches to be sorted out in the Men's Doubles. The dressing room,

:11:10. > :11:17.which was heaving at the start of the week with players, is just

:11:17. > :11:27.about empty. After 125 years, I wonder if the camera can see it, we

:11:27. > :11:28.

:11:28. > :11:33.were talking about it being a great anniversary this week. They had

:11:33. > :11:38.ice-skating and athletics here. Andy Roddick has decided that he

:11:38. > :11:46.needs to go to the boy's room just before he goes out on to the court.

:11:46. > :11:50.He has been here so many times, a multiple winner here. I am not

:11:50. > :12:00.quite sure how long we will have to wait for him! When he comes back,

:12:00. > :12:05.we will have a quick word. It is a very nervous time! I hear

:12:05. > :12:08.they are ready now. Andy, you have been in this

:12:08. > :12:18.situation in this championship so many tears. Can you treat today

:12:18. > :12:19.

:12:19. > :12:24.like any other game? Of course not. I think we all get up for it. This

:12:24. > :12:27.tournament is important to both of us. It is going to be a good match.

:12:27. > :12:31.It is strange that you have not played each other for two years,

:12:31. > :12:35.given how high up the ranking should bother. I do not know how

:12:35. > :12:43.much that has to do with it. There will be a lot of surprises between

:12:43. > :12:52.the two of us. It will be a matter of who executes best. Coming down

:12:52. > :12:56.the stairs shortly will be Andy Murray. Here he comes. Only a week

:12:56. > :13:01.ago, he was playing a Grand Slam semi-final at Roland Garros against

:13:01. > :13:06.Rafael Nadal. Rafa was saying how tired he was yesterday, but you

:13:06. > :13:11.were lucky, you had a day off. was a good day of rest for the

:13:11. > :13:14.ankle. I feel good. Pundits are saying this is an opportunity for

:13:14. > :13:19.revenge for that Wimbledon semi- final a couple of years ago. Does

:13:19. > :13:24.that have any bearing on today? It is good preparation for

:13:24. > :13:29.Wimbledon. I am looking forward to it. Andy Murray, heading off to

:13:29. > :13:35.face Andy Roddick on Centre Court here at the Queen's Club in the

:13:35. > :13:40.first of today's semi-finals. He does not even look like he is

:13:40. > :13:47.fired up for a semi-final, but you know he must be. Before Davis Cup

:13:48. > :13:54.matches, you sometimes look at him and think, he is ready, isn't he?

:13:54. > :14:04.As soon as he hits that first ball, you think, yes, he is ready. Some

:14:04. > :14:13.

:14:13. > :14:17.of the criticisms... Here they come, just about to begin. A lot of the

:14:17. > :14:23.criticism has been the way he talks to his supporters, his box on the

:14:23. > :14:33.side of the court. What is your take on that? I have been on both

:14:33. > :14:33.

:14:33. > :14:39.sides. I had been very frustrated as a player, complaining about

:14:40. > :14:47.anything. Sometimes you shout at the ones that you love. That

:14:47. > :14:56.happens, you are just venting. you think it sometimes distracts

:14:56. > :15:03.them. Most people get mad on the court, unless you are Roger Federer.

:15:03. > :15:06.It is about whether it will help. When Andy Murray goes into these

:15:06. > :15:11.periods where he gets negative, I do not think he plays well

:15:11. > :15:17.afterwards. If he was playing well I do not think there would be a

:15:17. > :15:24.problem. In Grand Slams, I think he spends too much time doing that,

:15:24. > :15:28.ends up losing some sets. It has a ripple effect. By the time he gets

:15:28. > :15:35.to the semi-finals, it takes a bit out of you. That is what I think.

:15:35. > :15:45.More against the lesser players. Yes, he is always ready for the top

:15:45. > :16:02.

:16:02. > :16:05.UMPIRE: The way the chair is set up, I do not think there is room for

:16:05. > :16:15.you to go between the net post and the chair. You will have to go

:16:15. > :16:22.

:16:22. > :16:27.round the back. Any questions? You won the toss.

:16:27. > :16:35.SUE BARKER: He was saying that there was not room and they would

:16:35. > :16:39.have to walk around the back. I am wondering if they have moved things.

:16:39. > :16:44.With that out of the way, they will now crack on, get the match under

:16:44. > :16:50.way. They are both very tall. That is the way the game is going, isn't

:16:50. > :16:58.it? It is much more a power game than it used to be. There is no

:16:58. > :17:02.question about that. we take for granted the serve and the forehand,

:17:02. > :17:09.which is not as fears among weapon as it used to be. The back and is

:17:09. > :17:13.what I look for from Roddick. His passing shots on the back and side,

:17:13. > :17:19.he has passed remarkably well. That is where the majority of people

:17:19. > :17:24.will go at when they get chances. If he can pass on that, he will be

:17:24. > :17:28.tough to beat at Wimbledon. When he destroyed Verdasco

:17:28. > :17:38.yesterday, he was taking the ball so early, he really has his eye in

:17:38. > :17:39.

:17:39. > :17:45.on the grass. It is a big surprise, yes. He had some days on the grass

:17:45. > :17:55.to prepare. Having been out for a little bit, you would expect him to

:17:55. > :17:55.

:17:55. > :18:05.be a little bit rusty. He was fired up. When you are under pressure, it

:18:05. > :18:07.

:18:07. > :18:12.can be hard to pass, but he is doing it very well. At the back of

:18:12. > :18:22.Andy's mind might be, I need a bit of a holiday. Roddick is really

:18:22. > :18:22.

:18:22. > :18:26.fired up. He still believes that he can win Wimbledon. 30 titles. You

:18:26. > :18:30.saw four of them here. We were worried about the shoulder injury,

:18:30. > :18:40.but he has been serving well. has been serving brilliantly here.

:18:40. > :18:40.

:18:40. > :18:50.He is as fresh as a daisy but knows that he has to win matches if he is

:18:50. > :18:52.

:18:52. > :18:57.to win Wimbledon. He has played pressure points are very well this

:18:57. > :19:07.week. Because of his injuries, he needs matches. Anyway, here is

:19:07. > :19:14.Murray. His mum is here, making her first appearance of the week.

:19:14. > :19:18.Everyone is worried about the ankle but he says that is fine now.

:19:18. > :19:28.his ankle was that bad he would not be here. It is amazing how they can

:19:28. > :19:28.

:19:28. > :19:34.recover these days. Yes, just play through the injuries now.

:19:34. > :19:39.16 titles and only 24. A lot to go but everyone is saying, when will

:19:39. > :19:48.he win his first Grand Slam? He is in with a chance every time.

:19:48. > :19:51.think he is, absolutely. There are little things that he could fix up

:19:51. > :19:57.in his game. It is really his focus and his intensity and the little

:19:57. > :20:03.lapses that he has. They are the ones that you cannot get away with

:20:03. > :20:07.when you're playing the top guys. In grants lambs, he has played

:20:07. > :20:14.Federer twice. Who can beat him at his best apart from Rafa at his

:20:14. > :20:20.best? It looked like a poor performance against Djokovic. But

:20:20. > :20:25.look what Djokovic has done this year. He has played three Grand

:20:25. > :20:29.Slam finals against three of the hottest players on form. None of

:20:29. > :20:33.them have been bad performances but he needs a little bit. I agree with

:20:33. > :20:38.that. We were talking about the mental side. He has mentioned it in

:20:38. > :20:45.a couple of his press conferences. So he is acknowledging that. Which

:20:45. > :20:49.is good. The question is: Can he fix it in time? If he fixes it, I

:20:49. > :20:53.think he could win Wimbledon this year. He really is playing that

:20:53. > :21:01.well. It is the old thing that really separates him from the top

:21:01. > :21:05.guys, the mental side. I do not know what it is, it is as if he has

:21:05. > :21:08.doubts early on and by the time he gets there I think he is a little

:21:09. > :21:13.bit fatigued. He has got to cut out all that stuff right from the

:21:13. > :21:22.beginning, get on to business and save his energy for the big matches.

:21:22. > :21:29.It is draining. The great thing is that he has awareness of it. I

:21:29. > :21:35.focused on this in my career. It is aware of being when you are going

:21:35. > :21:40.into a bit of a slump. One Sue there, you go, or K, I am going to

:21:40. > :21:50.pick this up. Everybody goes into a slump for a point or two, apart

:21:50. > :21:58.

:21:58. > :22:03.from Rafa. You have to acknowledge it and say, let's fire up. You are

:22:03. > :22:09.aware of it in the game and then you can fix it. That is what he

:22:09. > :22:13.needs to do, as opposed to letting it go three, four, five games.

:22:14. > :22:22.We're just about ready to go. John Lloyd will be heading off to the

:22:22. > :22:32.commentary box. On the red button there is the qualifying of the

:22:32. > :22:32.

:22:32. > :22:35.British MotoGP. John Lloyd is on his wake. We are

:22:35. > :22:40.ready for this first semi-final here that the Aegon Championships.

:22:40. > :22:50.Let us join Andrew Castle. A much better day, weather wise. We're all

:22:50. > :22:53.

:22:53. > :22:56.Yes, there is certainly much more broken cloud cover here today. It

:22:56. > :23:03.is a difficult day to dress for because the direct sunlight is very

:23:03. > :23:11.warm. Hopefully we will see good conditions for tennis, not too

:23:11. > :23:21.breezy. These two are the winners of five of the last championships

:23:21. > :23:25.

:23:25. > :23:35.here. Roddick, of course, a four- time champion. A real challenge for

:23:35. > :23:58.

:23:58. > :24:08.125 years of Queen's Club, celebrating that this year. This is

:24:08. > :24:16.

:24:16. > :24:26.a real celebration of the best in The final was scheduled for 2pm

:24:26. > :24:28.

:24:28. > :24:38.tomorrow. Sorry, 2:30pm tomorrow. It has been changed to NIMBY. Semi-

:24:38. > :24:38.

:24:38. > :25:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:25:44. > :25:54.That is just a bit worried. -- wide. If you control the ball, you

:25:54. > :26:15.

:26:15. > :26:25.control your opponent. Murray has a The coaching team for Andy Roddick

:26:25. > :26:33.

:26:33. > :26:43.He has coached some of the best. If you can deal with McEnroe you can

:26:43. > :26:56.

:26:56. > :27:05.UMPIRE: Game, Murray. Very tidy. There is Kimberly,

:27:05. > :27:13.enjoying a bit of sunshine. She is looking for a job, so if anybody

:27:13. > :27:23.has a job for Kimberly I am sure she would delighted to send her

:27:23. > :27:23.

:27:23. > :28:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:28:06. > :28:16.Roddick on a grass court looks to serve above 70% with his first

:28:16. > :28:23.

:28:23. > :28:28.serves. He does not always go flat It is a bit nasty when you hit a

:28:28. > :28:38.serve like this and it comes back for a clean winner. Roddick was not

:28:38. > :28:38.

:28:38. > :29:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:29:30. > :29:38.Andy Roddick will not win the majority of those encounters.

:29:38. > :29:42.sort of five shots and you give Andy Murray as the favourite, and

:29:42. > :29:52.Andy Roddick will want to do damage early on and he has not been able

:29:52. > :30:18.

:30:18. > :30:22.to in those rallies because Murray A classic illustration of the

:30:22. > :30:27.difficulties for Andy Roddick. When he first came out on tour, he had a

:30:27. > :30:34.big serve. Now, it is still a big delivery but the guys are quick

:30:34. > :30:39.these days and the courts are slower, must be a! It is the way

:30:39. > :30:45.the ball reacts against the grass also. It looks like a match for

:30:45. > :30:50.Murray, this. Roddick used to bully his opponents in essence and they

:30:51. > :31:00.were scared of him. The serve came at them and they never got into

:31:01. > :31:01.

:31:01. > :31:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:31:51. > :31:58.games with return of serve. But now, Another good rally and Roddick and

:31:58. > :32:02.really having to go for big shots, and he is going to have to do this

:32:02. > :32:10.and takes some chances. artillery is on the forehand side

:32:10. > :32:20.from the back of the court that get the job done. The forehand, he gets

:32:20. > :32:20.

:32:20. > :33:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:33:43. > :33:49.It is a stand-out Championship, this. It sits very nicely on its

:33:49. > :33:58.own. Of course, Wimbledon is around the corner, but it has real history.

:33:58. > :34:03.Defending champion Sam Querrey. Andy Murray, in 2009, he did not

:34:03. > :34:07.even lose a set and was not taken to a tie-breaker, he was

:34:07. > :34:13.magnificent. Rafael Nadal played that magnificent final against

:34:14. > :34:19.Roger Federer. In fact, looking back at the history, six players

:34:19. > :34:26.have done the Queen's and Wimbledon double. John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors,

:34:26. > :34:31.Boris Becker in 1985, Pete Sampras a couple of times, Lleyton Hewitt

:34:31. > :34:37.and Rafael Nadal. Andy Roddick has been so close to the double on a

:34:37. > :34:40.couple of occasions. In 2004, he won here and lost the final at

:34:40. > :34:48.Wimbledon two Roger Federer, and the same thing happened in 2005.

:34:48. > :34:58.Get in touch with us this afternoon or tomorrow, any questions or any

:34:58. > :35:00.

:35:00. > :35:05.statements will be very gratefully received. Murray in control here. A

:35:05. > :35:12.reminder that tomorrow, the final has been moved from 2:30pm back to

:35:12. > :35:17.my day. So if you are getting here, traffic can be bad arriving here

:35:17. > :35:25.and it public transport is not always reliable. It is a 12 o'clock

:35:25. > :35:35.start tomorrow, that has changed. We will confirm our broadcast plans

:35:35. > :36:14.

:36:14. > :36:19.That net slice backhand from Andy Roddick, he has had a lot of

:36:19. > :36:23.success with that this week. It has been staying very low. But when he

:36:23. > :36:30.hit it here to Murray, Murray's slice backhand is superb and he

:36:30. > :36:40.does not mind that. So far, it has not been much use to him, but every

:36:40. > :36:43.

:36:43. > :36:49.days yet. -- believe days. Murray looks like he has got all day long

:36:49. > :36:55.to pick these returns, he is seeing the ball so well. The serve may not

:36:55. > :36:58.have been wide enough, but how good is that?! That is the second Andy

:36:58. > :37:08.Roddick has seen disappear past him, this is very dangerous for Roddick,

:37:08. > :37:16.

:37:17. > :37:20.I think Roddick's serve and volley twice this game, I think that was

:37:20. > :37:25.just after that first service game where his first serves are coming

:37:25. > :37:35.back easily. He had to already do something different to show Murray

:37:35. > :38:03.

:38:04. > :38:11.That was a nice pass to chip off forehands from Roddick. -- a nice

:38:11. > :38:20.passage of forehands. That was nice and wide. He is having to play big

:38:20. > :38:30.shot just to get ahead in this game, just to try and hold serve -- some

:38:30. > :38:43.

:38:43. > :38:53.Getting on for 15 minutes and Roddick is finally under way with

:38:53. > :38:53.

:38:53. > :39:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:39:43. > :39:47.that serve that he had to work hard Magician, gorgeous! It is this

:39:47. > :39:57.court awareness again and the ability to pull off the shot. But

:39:57. > :40:02.

:40:02. > :40:07.you have to imagine it, deep to the We might start talking about how he

:40:07. > :40:11.does not want to waste his best tennis here! Peaking too early!

:40:11. > :40:21.Wimbledon is to close for this. Total control at the moment, but

:40:21. > :40:21.

:40:21. > :42:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:42:06. > :42:13.Murray first came here as a teenager and made a massive

:42:13. > :42:18.impression in 2005. Was it that long ago? He played Taylor Dent on

:42:18. > :42:22.this court he was 30th in the world and Murray beat him fairly

:42:22. > :42:27.convincingly. Then he lost to Thomas Johansson in the third set

:42:27. > :42:31.and he went over like a sack of potatoes. He was just a boy and it

:42:31. > :42:37.was taking such a toll on him emotionally and physically, he

:42:37. > :42:42.collapsed and the far corner. Think of the work he has done to arrive

:42:42. > :42:47.here. He is the finished article from a tennis point of view. When

:42:47. > :42:56.it comes to winning and -- winning potentially major championships.

:42:56. > :43:06.They have all played their part, that is the team. And that is the

:43:06. > :43:11.

:43:11. > :43:17.boss. And that is his boss, sort of, maybe. He makes his own decisions.

:43:17. > :43:21.He is a man achieving so much and he deserves big credit for it. He

:43:21. > :43:25.does not always looked like he is having a brilliant laugh, but it is

:43:25. > :43:30.not about that as a professional tennis player, it is about winning

:43:30. > :43:33.matches and he has won a lot. So has this man here. Roddick will

:43:33. > :43:43.have to think his way through this match because he has a stubborn

:43:43. > :43:43.

:43:43. > :44:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:44:56. > :45:06.opponent today who is not missing a If you get a chance during the

:45:06. > :45:18.

:45:18. > :45:22.baseline rally to listen in, listen . And that is three clean winners

:45:22. > :45:32.on that return of serve when Roddick has gone wide. He is

:45:32. > :45:53.

:45:53. > :45:57.This is quite an exhibition from Andy Murray in the semi-finals of

:45:58. > :46:06.this AEGON Championships. I think we can probably call this in the

:46:06. > :46:11.zone. That is exactly right. He may not break every time but he is

:46:11. > :46:19.playing any shot he sees fit. And he has half an hour, seemingly, on

:46:19. > :46:23.each. The pressure on Roddick, his first serve he has to almost hit

:46:23. > :46:33.lines to win. He has to aim for targets by the line to win this

:46:33. > :46:43.

:46:43. > :46:48.He fancied that! There was a time in a final when Roddick was playing

:46:48. > :46:54.Federer and he did this. He bounced one into the ground and Federer

:46:54. > :47:04.smashed straight past him. Roddick shook Federer's hand and said, well

:47:04. > :47:21.

:47:21. > :47:25.Murray was 24 last month, Roddick is 28 and a veteran of the tour.

:47:25. > :47:31.Roddick is coming into this tournament, he did not win a match

:47:31. > :47:41.since beating Don Isner in Indian Wells in March. So this has been

:47:41. > :47:41.

:47:41. > :48:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:48:33. > :48:40.fabulous preparation for Wimbledon How early did he take that passing

:48:41. > :48:46.shot?! It is an absolute delight to watch. And by taking it early, he

:48:46. > :48:51.created the angle. And he did not give Roddick a chance to get close

:48:51. > :49:01.enough into the net. That was the problem, Roddick coming in from

:49:01. > :49:08.

:49:08. > :49:12.today close to the baseline. -- These long rallies, when the

:49:12. > :49:19.rallies have gone over eight strokes in this match, Murray has

:49:19. > :49:29.won seven of the eight. And two Hawk-Eye for that. -- thank you 2

:49:29. > :49:57.

:49:57. > :50:04.Later on, the British number two James Ward is in action in his own

:50:04. > :50:08.town. He is playing Jo Wilfried- Tsonga. I am going to ask Tom Boyd

:50:08. > :50:16.to get his coaching hat on and say if you were sitting with Roddick

:50:16. > :50:21.now, giving his undoubted skills, what can you say? -- John Lloyd.

:50:21. > :50:26.Roddick is a good tactician. He will be aware of what is going on

:50:26. > :50:31.and he has tried something that is not working. I think he will try to

:50:32. > :50:36.take more chances now. He has got to do that. What can he do? He will

:50:36. > :50:41.have to mix up the serve and volley, try and keep Murray off balance,

:50:41. > :50:45.and in the rallies, he will have to take the ball on quicker and hope

:50:45. > :50:50.Murray will miss some passing shots. Have to be honest, that is not

:50:50. > :50:55.really his game, that is the problem. -- to be problems -- to be

:50:55. > :50:59.honest. If they had statistics cannot would that help them? If for

:51:00. > :51:04.some players, because some do not think much out of the court. But

:51:04. > :51:08.Roddick does and he will know at the moment he is getting a lesson

:51:08. > :51:13.and he will not like. He will try everything to muscle his way into

:51:13. > :51:19.this match and cause problems. At the moment, he is just bouncing off

:51:19. > :51:25.Andy Murray. Nice new balls to serve with nowt there are quite

:51:25. > :51:32.fast. This is becoming a bit annoying commit each change. --

:51:32. > :51:37.this is becoming a bit annoying now, each change. Each new guest. But

:51:37. > :51:43.they pay the bills, that lot! think the players are too fussy

:51:43. > :51:53.about this. Play! A you practice all day long with people walking

:51:53. > :52:02.

:52:02. > :52:07.past and get used to it, it is what It is not as good the ladies

:52:07. > :52:17.present here today are just wearing jeans or anything! You have to move

:52:17. > :52:28.

:52:28. > :52:33.carefully, there are a lot of high Andy Roddick showing more anger --

:52:33. > :52:43.showing more angle than we are used to this week with his short socks.

:52:43. > :52:56.

:52:56. > :53:00.A little self defence from Murray on the return! Andy real

:53:00. > :53:10.illustration of a sweet feel and nice hands, look at this! Do not

:53:10. > :53:21.

:53:21. > :53:26.-- and the real illustration. A That is a very good hold from

:53:26. > :53:31.Roddick. It is only one break, that is the way he will look at it and

:53:31. > :53:41.Murray has to serve for the set. He could serve a double fault, Roddick

:53:41. > :53:51.

:53:51. > :53:56.will be thinking he is trying to Just testing the position of the

:53:56. > :54:05.sun in relation to the ball toss at the beginning of the game, it is in

:54:05. > :54:10.his way. Made a big difference! Has not been in a final since the

:54:10. > :54:17.Australian Open in January. So he will be very eager to get this

:54:17. > :54:21.first set under his belt. This is the area where Roddick has to do

:54:21. > :54:25.something where he gets his second serve, because the first serve of

:54:25. > :54:35.Murray has been brilliant. He has to do some damage on the second

:54:35. > :54:49.

:54:49. > :54:52.No chance on that. That approach shot is to slow. You cannot give

:54:52. > :55:02.Murray this amount of time to prepare on the passing shot. You

:55:02. > :55:02.

:55:02. > :55:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:55:57. > :56:02.can see the slice, and that floats. That had a lot offside spin on it

:56:02. > :56:07.and as it clears his pace, at this been takes more effect. So at the

:56:07. > :56:17.end, just wide. Worth a cheque because Murray will be thinking the

:56:17. > :56:23.

:56:23. > :56:32.set is about to be over -- worth Ace Number 10! Murray is in

:56:32. > :56:38.complete control of his game in this match. Almost perfection.

:56:38. > :56:45.BARKER: Murray looking magnificent, and we are at Queen's, celebrating

:56:45. > :56:50.120 -- 150 years, and is similar sum -- and a similar celebration

:56:50. > :56:54.for Wimbledon are coming up. There is nothing quite it, whether you

:56:54. > :57:00.are there in person, the smell of it all were fit you are watching it

:57:00. > :57:05.on television. -- the smell of it or whether you are watching it.

:57:05. > :57:12.is the one everybody knows, it is the biggest tournament in the world.

:57:12. > :57:16.If you are a Wimbledon champion, you are a member for life. I have

:57:16. > :57:21.always felt there was something special, it was for a place I

:57:21. > :57:25.wanted to be part of and hopefully one day win. Be speak to the

:57:25. > :57:32.majority of players and they would say if there was one tournament to

:57:32. > :57:39.win, which would it be? It would be Wimbledon. So many great champions,

:57:39. > :57:49.great memories, and you will be able to see that on Sunday 19th

:57:49. > :57:51.

:57:51. > :57:59.Looking forward to the start of the Championships, Rafael Nadal it

:57:59. > :58:04.there to defend. -- Rafael Nadal is there to defend. The final tomorrow

:58:04. > :58:14.is at 12 o'clock, it has been moved because of the weather. This is a

:58:14. > :58:24.

:58:24. > :58:30.That is the same thing. He has just got so much time on the ball. It is

:58:30. > :58:35.long way to come in, it is not close enough to the net. You see

:58:35. > :58:39.where he is, Andy Roddick, only at the service line. Got to get in

:58:39. > :58:49.closer. Unfortunately, he is not getting many short balls to attack

:58:49. > :59:20.

:59:20. > :59:30.A better area of the court to approach from, there, for Roddick.

:59:30. > :59:33.

:59:33. > :59:43.He has more of a chance there, get On a day like today, Murray will

:59:43. > :59:53.

:59:54. > :00:03.expect to get three out of four Roddick is attempting to claw his

:00:04. > :00:07.

:00:07. > :00:17.way into this match somehow. Murray is immaculate, he is in his own. --

:00:17. > :00:22.

:00:22. > :00:29.That puts the pressure on Roddick, he tries to go for a big second

:00:29. > :00:37.serve and a double fault happens. That is the pressure that Murray is

:00:37. > :00:47.putting on him right now. First double fault of the match. Two

:00:47. > :01:14.

:01:14. > :01:24.You know, this is an absolute Morling, isn't it? -- mauling.

:01:24. > :01:49.

:01:49. > :01:59.Enjoyed these next few minutes. -- So somebody had to leave the arena

:01:59. > :01:59.

:01:59. > :02:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:02:40. > :02:46.That is the best sliced backhand he has hit today, Roddick. You can see

:02:46. > :02:56.this one. Look at the side spin. Look how much spin he put on that

:02:56. > :02:56.

:02:56. > :04:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:04:06. > :04:16.Mrs Roddick thinking that he is getting into this rally. A very

:04:16. > :04:26.good forehand and a total wrong- foot from Murray. -- this is

:04:26. > :04:52.

:04:52. > :05:02.I mean, he has to take that ball gone. He missed it. He has to go

:05:02. > :05:22.

:05:22. > :05:28.for those type of shots. -- Take It is not just an amazing service

:05:28. > :05:35.display, it is the control. He is putting the ball in every aspect of

:05:35. > :05:45.the game wherever he wants to. This is a magnificent Murray performance.

:05:45. > :05:45.

:05:45. > :07:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:07:12. > :07:22.Three excellent serves in this game That girl almost took the serve

:07:22. > :07:42.

:07:42. > :07:52.from Andy Roddick there. Find Let us compare the service. The

:07:52. > :07:57.

:07:57. > :08:01.average first serve speed 120 mph. I would expect the served to be a

:08:01. > :08:04.little faster than that. He is trying to direct it at the Murray

:08:04. > :08:14.forehand. Murray has been able to read that. It is not quite wide

:08:14. > :08:24.enough. Murray's is virtually identical. You would expect Roddick

:08:24. > :08:25.

:08:25. > :08:35.would be a lot faster. You can CVAs Sia Soliola and the variation. --

:08:35. > :09:05.

:09:05. > :09:08.I think that one, that is the shot. He let the ball come in and play

:09:08. > :09:18.here. If he moved just a couple of feet over, he could swing a

:09:18. > :09:31.

:09:31. > :09:41.Beautifully done! Nice 1-2 punch. He looks so relaxed on the serve,

:09:41. > :10:02.

:10:02. > :10:07.looks like he is putting no effort even the great players can

:10:07. > :10:17.sometimes lose their concentration. The main thing is to keep his mind

:10:17. > :10:49.

:10:49. > :10:58.No future coming down the middle on a short ball. Murray picks them off.

:10:58. > :11:03.I like the way that Murray does not wait for the ball to come to him.

:11:03. > :11:07.He gives Roddick almost no time to get his net placement. He is taking

:11:07. > :11:17.it on the rise, and he has got gaps on the other side of Roddick which

:11:17. > :11:50.

:11:50. > :12:00.The ball just checked on the line You're joking! That is a fantastic

:12:00. > :12:01.

:12:01. > :12:05.shot right there. The pace he has been dealing with in this shot.

:12:05. > :12:15.Roddick is expecting a ball to come floating back to him so that he can

:12:15. > :12:15.

:12:15. > :13:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:13:39. > :13:46.get a nice hit. Very few people they wrongly three men who can deal

:13:46. > :13:56.with Murray when he is in this sort of form, and they are the three

:13:56. > :14:08.

:14:08. > :14:18.guys above him in the rankings - After only 48 minutes, Murray is

:14:18. > :14:22.

:14:22. > :14:25.one set and two breaks up. SUE BARKER: A master class from

:14:25. > :14:29.Murray at the moment. The overwhelming favourite in the

:14:29. > :14:32.second semi-final is this man, Jo- Wilfried Tsonga from France. He is

:14:32. > :14:38.very athletic and powerful and he loves playing here at the Queen's

:14:38. > :14:44.Club. Just a few years ago, it was here that he broke into the world's

:14:44. > :14:52.top 100 for the first time. He is number 19 in the world. He is up

:14:52. > :15:02.against James Ward of Great Britain who is ranked number 216. He has

:15:02. > :15:04.

:15:04. > :15:08.had a sensational tournament. A wildcard into the draw. He has had

:15:08. > :15:18.one giant-killing match after another. Will the fairy-tale

:15:18. > :15:24.

:15:24. > :15:34.continue? Will it be an all-British Ward and Tsonga later on. It is one

:15:34. > :15:34.

:15:34. > :16:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:16:58. > :17:08.It just keeps getting better, doesn't it? You think the level

:17:08. > :17:08.

:17:08. > :18:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:18:31. > :18:35.might drop a bit from the Murray How aggressive, how he stepped

:18:35. > :18:39.inside the baseline to take the forehand. Once again, giving

:18:39. > :18:49.Roddick no chance to get ready to move for the next ball. The winner

:18:49. > :18:56.

:18:56. > :19:03.is already past him, he is taking Just outstanding tennis today from

:19:03. > :19:07.Andy Murray. It has been an exhibition of world-class shot-

:19:07. > :19:17.making and expertise. It has been fabulous. I hope he smiles at the

:19:17. > :19:18.

:19:18. > :19:28.end of this one! He has been so focused on the ball and the wind.

:19:28. > :19:28.

:19:28. > :20:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:20:21. > :20:31.People were worried about Marin This is frightening. Talk about

:20:31. > :21:02.

:21:02. > :21:08.Which side will he choose to hit a I am shocked that he missed that.

:21:09. > :21:18.When you get into the zone like this, you feel like you can play

:21:19. > :21:32.

:21:32. > :21:36.He has been hitting passing shots very close to the baseline. That

:21:36. > :21:46.one is about six feet behind the baseline and he still hits a clean

:21:46. > :21:46.

:21:46. > :22:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:22:38. > :22:48.On that one he was almost too early. He has been anticipating the served

:22:48. > :23:08.

:23:08. > :23:18.Murray is doing to Roddy to Dave what Roddick did to Verdasco on

:23:18. > :23:29.

:23:29. > :23:38.It is a shame it had to end that way. Superb performance from Andy

:23:38. > :23:44.Murray. That is one Briton through to the final of these championships.

:23:44. > :23:49.I feel like clapping myself. This is the culmination of so much

:23:49. > :23:53.harder work, it does not just happened. He has turned himself

:23:53. > :24:03.into an unbelievably good player. We all know that he wants to win

:24:03. > :24:08.

:24:08. > :24:13.and he is certainly capable of it. Magnificent from Roddick, this week.

:24:14. > :24:21.Roddick has had a great tournament, but he came up against someone

:24:21. > :24:27.today. We talk about what a genius Federer is, but Murray today was

:24:27. > :24:31.like that. I look forward to hearing what Andy Murray has to say.

:24:31. > :24:34.On behalf of everyone at the Queen's Club today and millions

:24:34. > :24:40.watching on TV, thank you very much. It was an absolute master class,

:24:40. > :24:46.just brilliant. Thank you. seemed to be in complete control

:24:46. > :24:51.from the moment you walk on the court. I got off to a good start.

:24:51. > :25:00.Andy's one of the toughest guys on the tour to break. It was just one

:25:00. > :25:06.of those days. I hardly missed a ball. It what did he say to you in

:25:06. > :25:13.that final game when you hit that blistering weather pattern? I think

:25:13. > :25:16.he just said, keep its social! I have played Andy many times and

:25:16. > :25:23.have had some great matches with him. If we play in a couple of

:25:23. > :25:30.weeks' time at Wimbledon I am sure it will be a lot more competitive.

:25:30. > :25:38.Is the basis of your technique against the big hitters to slice

:25:38. > :25:43.the ball? The ball is actually a lot quicker. It was staying a lot

:25:43. > :25:47.lower. He came into the net quite a lot and I hit many passing shots

:25:47. > :25:50.today as well. It is something you think about when you go out on the

:25:50. > :25:53.court but sometimes you have to adjust because every match is

:25:53. > :26:02.different. Did you imagine that the whole thing would be done and

:26:02. > :26:06.dusted in just about an hour? at all. I'll take it, for sure. It

:26:06. > :26:15.is nice to get off the court quickly. I have played a lot of

:26:15. > :26:18.tennis likely. It will be nice to watch for a change. I am sure James

:26:18. > :26:25.Ward and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are in the Changing Room at the moment. If

:26:25. > :26:30.you were in Janes', for the final, what would you advise him? I am not

:26:30. > :26:35.going to give in tips on TV! You obviously have to try and go for it,

:26:35. > :26:42.do not come out on the court thinking, great, I am in the semi-

:26:42. > :26:45.finals. I am sure of the crowd are behind him that definitely helps.

:26:45. > :26:49.Let's hope you can continue to play like you just played for the next

:26:49. > :26:57.three weeks. Andy Murray in the final tomorrow

:26:57. > :27:01.and absolutely brilliant today. SUE BARKER: That performance

:27:01. > :27:08.deserves a standing ovation. It is possibly the best we have ever seen

:27:08. > :27:14.Andy Murray play. Right from the start, the timing was on and he

:27:14. > :27:17.outmanoeuvred, out-thought, outplayed a Grand Slam champion.

:27:17. > :27:20.Well done to Andy Murray, he is through to the final. He was the

:27:20. > :27:25.champion two years ago and he might be the overwhelming favourite,

:27:26. > :27:34.whoever he plays in tomorrow's final. Remember, that is at midday

:27:34. > :27:43.now, not 2:30pm. So Murray is through now, what can James Ward

:27:43. > :27:48.do? He has thrilled the crowd here, beating Stanislas Wawrinka at. He

:27:48. > :27:52.had a tough match against Adrian Mannarino. Now he is facing a much

:27:53. > :27:57.tougher prospect in Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He beat the world number

:27:57. > :28:00.one on that court last night. First of all, James Ward, a massive

:28:00. > :28:06.moment, but what I liked in his interview yesterday was he said, I

:28:06. > :28:09.am glad I will be back on Centre Court. He enjoyed the experience

:28:09. > :28:14.and he wants to be back there. That is good that he does not feel like

:28:14. > :28:20.he will be intimidated. As we have been saying, he has passed a lot of

:28:20. > :28:24.tests this week. There have been occasions where there has been a

:28:24. > :28:28.crisis and he has come through it. For someone with not much

:28:28. > :28:38.experience at this level, you look to see whether they can pass those

:28:38. > :28:41.types of tests. He did that yesterday. he lost the first eight

:28:41. > :28:46.points and we were thinking he was gone. But he has come through it,

:28:46. > :28:53.so why should he be scared today? Someone was calling him Jamie on

:28:53. > :28:56.the court. No-one has ever heard of him. They are supporting him. They

:28:56. > :29:04.got behind him and they made a big difference yesterday, the crowd.

:29:05. > :29:09.Remember, he played four matches last week. He has won matches this

:29:09. > :29:18.weekend he is getting his attention, why should he not enjoy it? He is a

:29:18. > :29:23.good player, it is not a miracle The final tomorrow has been brought

:29:23. > :29:27.forward to 12 o'clock and we will be live on BBC1 for the start of

:29:27. > :29:34.that final. Andy Murray versus either James Ward or Jo-Wilfried

:29:34. > :29:42.Tsonga. We talk about James Ward he has done well. He was 3 hundred/1

:29:42. > :29:49.to win. He is now 20/1. I still wouldn't have it. He has got to

:29:49. > :29:54.beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and then mur e- Andy Murray. I have to say

:29:54. > :30:04.the pace of the ball on the centre court was a lot faster than between

:30:04. > :30:09.Andy Murray and the other player. It looked different. It was awesome

:30:09. > :30:15.and Tsonga is such an athlete. He was diving all over the place and

:30:16. > :30:20.he got the crowd on side. Well he loves grass and he is a great

:30:20. > :30:29.entertainer. I think this surface suits him. He is a big shot-maker

:30:29. > :30:36.and he is an entertainer. But this is a big point. This us with at 0-

:30:36. > :30:44.30 and a possibly a set and two break. Look at this, come on, it

:30:44. > :30:50.was better than that. We were commentating on him at the French

:30:50. > :30:57.Open. There is another left hander. Even Rafael Nadal could not believe

:30:57. > :31:06.it. At the French Open, Tsonga played a great match and lost a two

:31:06. > :31:11.set lead to Wawrinka. Now I can hand live to John Inverdale waiting

:31:11. > :31:16.for two players. Andy Murray is still on the court doing interviews.

:31:16. > :31:20.Andy Roddick is in the changing rooms and coming out from the door

:31:20. > :31:27.is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga from France. The man who beat Rafael Nadal last

:31:27. > :31:33.night. Just the 25aces last night. Your kefb will be key? Yes of

:31:33. > :31:39.course it is one of best weapons, so I will troo to use it a lot.

:31:39. > :31:45.There hasn't been an all-British final here since 1931, will you let

:31:46. > :31:55.James win? Sorry can you repeat that. The best of luck, Jo. After

:31:55. > :32:00.him, I can see Max Mirnyi, who is hovering. Oh! He would have been

:32:00. > :32:03.out of semi finals. James, that is relaxed. Max almost fell down the

:32:03. > :32:08.stairs. A week ago you couldn't have thought you would be here

:32:08. > :32:13.today. No of course not. It has been a great week for me and just

:32:13. > :32:18.pleased to be here today on semi finals day. Do you just go for it?

:32:18. > :32:26.Yes rbgt, I i got to this stage from playing the way I normally do.

:32:26. > :32:35.Well seize the moment as they say. The best of luck from all of us.

:32:36. > :32:42.is bang in the big time and poor old Maxmphy was -- Max Mirnyi was

:32:42. > :32:46.nearly out of tournament with this. Drama, more twisted ankles. We have

:32:46. > :32:52.seen enough of them with Andy Murray's. There has been a few

:32:52. > :32:58.injuries. Watching James Ward yesterday, he does mix it up well

:32:59. > :33:02.and he is thinking out there. he will mix it up in certain types

:33:02. > :33:12.of game. His first serve has been his key. He has served April

:33:12. > :33:18.yapbltly. And his two-handed backhand is a great weapon. -- he

:33:18. > :33:25.has served brilliantly. He has been coming in and he has played very

:33:25. > :33:30.well. James you were talking about yesterday and seven match points he

:33:30. > :33:37.had. And he did so well, because to drop that opening service game in

:33:37. > :33:40.the last set, it shows a lot of grit that he didn't fold. Yes it

:33:40. > :33:44.was interesting that Andy Murray after he has beaten Andy Roddick

:33:44. > :33:49.was talking about how the crowd can make a difference. If they get

:33:49. > :33:53.behind James and they like the romance, the son of a London cabbie,

:33:53. > :34:03.who I spoke to last night by the way, he was nervous. He didn't work

:34:03. > :34:03.

:34:03. > :34:08.last night. He norm Arm works 8.30 to -- normally works 8.30 to 4am.

:34:08. > :34:13.But he said he needs to be rested to watch his boy. If he embraces

:34:13. > :34:18.the stage, there is no reason why he can't win two or three service

:34:18. > :34:23.games and make a set close. Make a match close and you can win.

:34:24. > :34:30.feel that the first few games might be key. And we hope that he settles

:34:30. > :34:34.in?. Yes I look at it like if there were a couple of boxes, he has got

:34:34. > :34:40.the punch's chance. If he lands a couple of blows, you never know and

:34:40. > :34:48.Tsonga, great player that he is, but he can pwh a -- be a bit up and

:34:48. > :34:58.down. So we will see. The machine is on and the challenge system is

:34:58. > :35:02.

:35:02. > :35:11.on. Heads or tails? Heads? Heads. Serve. You have got to love him.

:35:11. > :35:16.Wait until he starts calling the score in a dramatic way. We will

:35:16. > :35:21.see what John Inverdale has got for us. Chris Kermode is the tournament

:35:21. > :35:26.director who has had a torrid few days. At the moment blue skies and

:35:26. > :35:35.the sun is beating down. But it has rained a lot and the forecast for

:35:35. > :35:38.form is wretched. Grim I think is the word. It looks very bad from 3

:35:38. > :35:42.o'clock, as a result we have made the decision to move the final to

:35:42. > :35:47.12 o'clock, gives us the best chance for everyone to watch the

:35:47. > :35:54.tennis tomorrow. Also the fine of Queens is a great corporate

:35:54. > :35:59.occasion. Are you telling them to keep the chicken on hold until half

:35:59. > :36:05.past 2. One will have lunch until after the final. Sunday is not a

:36:05. > :36:09.corporate day and 90% of the crowd are ticket purchasers. We have got

:36:09. > :36:13.Jo-Wilfried Tsonga behind you, who won that match with Rafael Nadal.

:36:13. > :36:20.Having lost the first set. But tell us about the phone call you had

:36:20. > :36:28.late last night. I am sure people will say it is fantastic. Rafael

:36:29. > :36:34.Nadal lost to Jo. It was an epic three-setter and he had to go off

:36:34. > :36:37.and catch a flight. I got a call from Farnborough airport just to

:36:37. > :36:41.thank us for what we had done and said how he had let us down. There

:36:42. > :36:49.was no way he did that. His performance was astonishing from

:36:49. > :36:52.what he did in Paris. I think it was all psychological, once he got

:36:52. > :37:02.broken and lost that second set, the wheel fell off and he didn't

:37:02. > :37:06.have anything left to give. He is the world No 1 on and off court?

:37:06. > :37:12.Yes, I think I should be running his fan club. I think he is one of

:37:12. > :37:15.the greatest players on and off the court. Well done of having a

:37:15. > :37:21.tournament that gets two British men into the final. Well if we get

:37:22. > :37:26.two, that is the first ever. 1931 I'm told. Just before you time.

:37:26. > :37:33.knew you would know and I wouldn't. Just worth repeating. Midday

:37:33. > :37:43.tomorrow, live coverage on BBC1 of Andy Murray against... Against? Who

:37:43. > :37:47.

:37:47. > :37:51.Sue. Rafah, a great champion. is typical. He thought he maybe let

:37:51. > :37:58.people down. But what a lot of nonsense. He just got tired and

:37:58. > :38:03.credit to Tsonga. But it was a great effort That point where

:38:03. > :38:06.Tsonga did that dive would have given Rafael Nadal the lead. Plenty

:38:06. > :38:12.people would have struggled to make it through to Friday. But he didn't

:38:12. > :38:15.and he stayed engaged. But what we have got with Tsonga is an

:38:15. > :38:20.explosive opponent for James Ward. James was disappointed that he

:38:20. > :38:25.wasn't playing with his own old practice partner from smain, Rafael

:38:25. > :38:31.Nadal. He was honoured to hit with him a few time when he was based in

:38:31. > :38:35.Spain. He had four years there. was disappointed that he wasn't

:38:35. > :38:40.playing Rafael Nadal. That is possibly a once in a lifetime

:38:40. > :38:44.opportunity. So he will have to make do with Jo. But it is such a

:38:44. > :38:51.difference looking at the career, difference looking at the career,

:38:51. > :38:57.prize money. $20,000 and he has been around the world. He is up

:38:57. > :39:01.there with, if it was down to air miles, he would be the world No 1,

:39:01. > :39:07.James. I like the reaction when he mentioned how much he had made. He

:39:07. > :39:16.didn't realise and his eyes, there was the twinkle. 23,000 guaranteed.

:39:16. > :39:23.Very happy about that. He has got a lot to thank Chris Kermode to --

:39:23. > :39:29.for. The wild card. And he will rocket up the rankings. He will get

:39:29. > :39:34.to about 176. He is 216 at the moment. Possibly inside the top 50

:39:34. > :39:41.if he wins today. But it is a big if. This guy is so athletic and

:39:41. > :39:46.powerful and he will be on a high after winning against Rafael Nadal.

:39:46. > :39:50.He has got the game. We said that since he got to the final of

:39:50. > :39:55.Australian and beat Rafael Nadal. We expected him to win Grand Slams,

:39:55. > :40:00.but he has not been able to sustain the talent he has over a long

:40:01. > :40:05.period. But he had a lot of injuries. But if he gets it

:40:05. > :40:08.together there is no reason why we can't win slams. He has got

:40:09. > :40:13.everything in the game. He is a joy to watch. He is one of most

:40:13. > :40:21.exciting players I have seen. was an unfortunate boxing analogy

:40:22. > :40:26.you made about trading blows with him. They call him Ali. He floats

:40:26. > :40:36.around the court and then pulls the trigger and it is all over. He has

:40:36. > :40:38.

:40:38. > :40:46.also the wide serve. That was responsible for the ac e -- ac es

:40:46. > :40:50.against Rafael Nadal. He is a gent and brings surely too much weight

:40:51. > :40:55.of shot tot court in this one. But when you approach these matches, if

:40:55. > :40:59.you're the underdog, you take it one step at a time. Try to avoid

:40:59. > :41:02.the crowd. Don't just concentrate, the court is the same size, as

:41:02. > :41:09.every court you have played on. Just play your opponent and take it

:41:09. > :41:13.one point at a time. And you never know it might be 4-4. Tsonga was

:41:13. > :41:19.playing off the pace of Rafael Nadal that he won't get today.

:41:19. > :41:25.probably has never seen Ward play. So you know that is a difference.

:41:25. > :41:29.Ward will have seen Tsonga very times. He doesn't know James Ward.

:41:29. > :41:33.And so sometimes players time a time to get the feel of their

:41:33. > :41:39.opponents. He would never have seen him play probably until this week.

:41:39. > :41:44.This guy has got every shot in the book. James Ward, he hits very flat,

:41:44. > :41:50.is it -- it is a different style. Yes his backhand is the shot. He

:41:50. > :41:55.will sometimes run around forehands and play his backhand. If you get

:41:55. > :42:01.more top spin on the forehand he has got to make 70% of first serves.

:42:01. > :42:07.If he serves second serves he will get the treatment. There is the

:42:07. > :42:14.trainer in the blue shirt and his coach as well. There is Leon Smith,

:42:14. > :42:21.the Davis Cup captain. He is loving it. He was captain of the team that

:42:21. > :42:26.beat Tunisia. Luxembourg coming up in July. He has got Murray and Ward

:42:26. > :42:31.he must be happy. Beginning to look like a strong team. Just wishivity

:42:31. > :42:35.was on grass. It is a shame they're in the group they are. We're ready

:42:35. > :42:45.for the second semi final, Andy Murray is already into that final.

:42:45. > :42:50.

:42:50. > :43:00.I is Ward against Tsonga and let's join our commentators, Pat Cash is

:43:00. > :43:00.

:43:00. > :45:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:45:07. > :45:17.That is just what he wants. Some Just long. The perfect day for

:45:17. > :45:26.

:45:26. > :45:36.tennis really. Sunny, a little bit A good service game from Tsonga.

:45:36. > :45:36.

:45:36. > :45:43.But enough to encourage James Ward. Obviously Tsonga is the favourite

:45:43. > :45:48.in a task a bit hearter for James Ward than those he has faced

:45:48. > :45:54.already. -- a bit harder. But he was not favoured in the other

:45:54. > :45:59.matches. But Tsonga it fit, he is in form and he is the slayer of

:45:59. > :46:07.Rafael Nadal. He is at ease on the grass as well. Perhaps Wawrinka

:46:07. > :46:17.wasn't. He has had a couple of opportunities and he has taken them.

:46:17. > :46:26.

:46:26. > :46:36.He too has quite a serve. It is important to serve well and get a

:46:36. > :46:49.

:46:49. > :46:59.He is not inexperienced on the big occasions. He mainly plays the

:46:59. > :47:30.

:47:30. > :47:40.A bit of a mishit from son ga, it was floating, moving in the air and

:47:40. > :47:40.

:47:40. > :49:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:49:27. > :49:32.James just didn't quite get his... So the break arrives to a muted

:49:32. > :49:40.response on centre court. They just want to get on the board, when

:49:40. > :49:45.you're out here. A big occasion and nervous. Just a couple of nervous

:49:45. > :49:55.errors coming in. But he will settle down quickly. A reminder

:49:55. > :50:22.

:50:22. > :50:32.that the final has been switched to Not by much. Those coming along

:50:32. > :50:40.

:50:40. > :50:46.tomorrow, the gates open at 10 He set that up quite nicely. A good

:50:46. > :50:56.deep, hard ground strokes, forcing Tsonga to mishit the ball in the

:50:56. > :50:56.

:50:56. > :51:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:51:48. > :51:52.Tsonga will try to use his forehand Brutal from Tsonga. Mentioning how

:51:52. > :51:58.important it is the support of crowd here to lift James Ward. But

:51:58. > :52:03.it is a catch-22 situation. They need something to feed off from

:52:03. > :52:08.James Ward. Tsonga is up and firing quickly. Well he is experienced. He

:52:09. > :52:16.knows and he has been there, we all have been in the position of James

:52:17. > :52:22.Ward. A young guy on a big court, a big match and obviously a little

:52:22. > :52:26.nervous and Tsonga's taking advantage of that. Well James is

:52:26. > :52:29.not exactly young, but inexperienced shall we say at this

:52:29. > :52:38.level and Tsonga has done the right thing, other than the first couple

:52:38. > :52:43.of points in his first game. He has just made Ward play everything. And

:52:43. > :52:50.the thing you try and do when you're playing these big games, you

:52:50. > :52:54.believe you have to play better than you really do. We see James

:52:54. > :52:58.has gone for a couple of shots that he believed he needed to go for the

:52:59. > :53:07.winner. That is OK to start off like that. Now he needs to settle

:53:07. > :53:12.down and make a few good balls and get the feel. So he had a go at

:53:12. > :53:22.really attacking. It has not settled down. So time to play a bit

:53:22. > :53:43.

:53:43. > :53:53.safer. Or do that. That is nice. A He was going for the drop shot and

:53:53. > :53:53.

:53:53. > :54:53.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:54:53. > :55:03.Take that! Not the quickest, but Well done. There we are, a game on

:55:03. > :55:04.

:55:04. > :55:12.the board to settle the nerves, get the crowd behind him. Big serves

:55:12. > :55:22.too. Four really big serves. Continuing his good serving that he

:55:22. > :55:22.

:55:22. > :56:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:56:34. > :56:44.That was a good return. That ball was there to be hit. Didn't have a

:56:44. > :57:07.

:57:07. > :57:11.lot of accuracy on it. Just enough A smile from Tsonga and a

:57:11. > :57:21.respectful silence after the double fault before the applause to

:57:21. > :57:29.

:57:29. > :57:39.There it goes. After a couple of enforced errors, always nice to

:57:39. > :57:55.

:57:55. > :58:02.have that, those muscles to power This is the good and the bad of Jo-

:58:02. > :58:12.Wilfried Tsonga. A couple of points, he has got the shots and then a

:58:12. > :58:41.

:58:41. > :58:48.They have all the flair and the shots. But it is fair to say shot

:58:48. > :58:58.selection and sometimes mental attitude is a weak part these

:58:58. > :59:04.

:59:04. > :59:14.French players. Unlucky. A tickle off the net. The chance to break

:59:14. > :59:19.

:59:19. > :59:28.disappears. Tsonga keeps himself A great buzz around this Centre

:59:28. > :59:32.Court after that game with Murray steam rolling Roddick. This is a

:59:33. > :59:38.great match, this one. It would be great if Tsonga were to go through

:59:38. > :59:48.to the final as well. And good weather, for once. It has been a

:59:48. > :59:51.

:59:51. > :59:59.grim week. It would be a terrific final. Of course, it is a little

:59:59. > :00:09.earlier tomorrow. Tsonga likes the crowd to get involved. The crowd

:00:09. > :00:13.

:00:13. > :00:18.cannot help but getting -- but get involved when Tsonga is around.

:00:18. > :00:22.When he got level yesterday, against Nadal, the winners just

:00:22. > :00:32.came one after the other. James Ward has to keep himself in

:00:32. > :01:11.

:01:11. > :01:17.Lovely stuff! A better fortune for James Ward. The craft was there, as

:01:17. > :01:27.well as the lot. He hit the right shot. He moved quickly up to that.

:01:27. > :01:27.

:01:27. > :02:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:02:41. > :02:51.The power game of Tsonga. It is A good hold. Still giving himself

:02:51. > :02:52.

:02:52. > :02:58.that chance to come into this sector. He is settling down nicely.

:02:58. > :03:08.He has certainly played plenty of tennis. A tough match yesterday. He

:03:08. > :03:18.must have a flat patch after that. He finished off the last set and

:03:18. > :03:40.

:03:40. > :03:46.then came on to player player he The finishing touch. He has had his

:03:46. > :03:56.wrist a little bit. He has it strapped up. He is shaking that out

:03:56. > :04:23.

:04:23. > :04:33.Returning some of these serves of song -- of Tsonga's is not going to

:04:33. > :04:59.

:04:59. > :05:09.Not a lot that Ward can do when Tsonga is serving that way. He

:05:09. > :05:16.played Mannarino yesterday to get through to this match, Ward. He is

:05:16. > :05:21.not exactly a huge server. This is definitely a step up in pace. Sam

:05:21. > :05:28.Querrey, of course, he beat, who has a huge serve. He has an arm

:05:28. > :05:38.injury so he was not serving hard. It is fair to say that it will take

:05:38. > :05:48.James a little bit of time to get his eye in one song -- on Tsonga's

:05:48. > :06:07.

:06:07. > :06:17.There is James Ward senior. Apologies for misleading you

:06:17. > :06:37.

:06:37. > :06:47.He is definitely a cage fighter, you can tell that a mile away. He

:06:47. > :07:13.

:07:13. > :07:20.A fantastic game from Ward. Again, he is making Tsonga work for this

:07:20. > :07:30.first set. One slip from Tsonga, he will be back in this set, James

:07:30. > :07:30.

:07:30. > :08:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:08:59. > :09:07.A her lover, -- however, the Tsonga Just a few doubts entering the mind

:09:07. > :09:17.of Tsonga now. He did not get his feet quite in the right position

:09:17. > :09:47.

:09:47. > :09:52.The power and the grace of Tsonga. They are miscible forehands. He

:09:52. > :10:02.wanted to go for the outbreak winner, but in this circumstance he

:10:02. > :10:12.was a little tight. He went for the placement with a top spin, knew he

:10:12. > :10:45.

:10:45. > :10:51.On the brink of this first set. There are tears. Tsonga finished

:10:51. > :10:59.with a flourish. He ultimately had the class and he goes one set to

:10:59. > :11:09.the good. A good save from Tsonga there. James Ward, obviously a bit

:11:09. > :11:11.

:11:11. > :11:16.of a slow start. A bit nervous, of course. That serve has been so

:11:16. > :11:26.effective for a Tsonga. He was not sure where Ward was. He looked up

:11:26. > :11:28.

:11:28. > :11:33.to see that Ward was there. He could not do much more than to pat

:11:33. > :11:43.it back to Tsonga. Just that one game from James Ward

:11:43. > :11:44.

:11:44. > :11:54.where it dropped and the Tsonga was able to pounds. -- and Tsonga was

:11:54. > :12:02.

:12:03. > :12:12.Watch his head when it comes around. There is no such thing as watching

:12:13. > :12:20.

:12:20. > :12:27.the contact these days because they He gets his whole body right around.

:12:27. > :12:37.That is a big follow-through there. He has long, skinny arms. That is a

:12:37. > :12:43.

:12:43. > :12:53.Just a reminder, Andy Murray is safely through. And how! He

:12:53. > :13:02.

:13:02. > :13:12.Tomorrow's final has been moved to 12 o'clock. Andy Murray to play

:13:12. > :13:24.

:13:24. > :13:34.either Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or or That is not a very nice returned

:13:34. > :13:43.

:13:43. > :13:49.there. He is just trying to get Tsonga feels that what he has to do

:13:49. > :13:59.is just get the ball back into play. He is confident that he will win

:13:59. > :14:10.

:14:10. > :14:18.A lovely forehand. The fit work, getting around quickly. Again, the

:14:18. > :14:28.good serve and the floating sort of return. The body leaning forward

:14:28. > :14:42.

:14:42. > :14:52.and slightly to the side. He was Tsonga, looking to strike right at

:14:52. > :14:55.

:14:55. > :15:05.A break point which, if converted, could take this match very quickly

:15:05. > :15:30.

:15:30. > :15:40.Well played, the big serve doing the damage again. Some terrific

:15:40. > :15:54.

:15:54. > :16:04.The net cord, providing the perfect drop shot. Another break point Mike

:16:04. > :16:05.

:16:05. > :16:15.Ford Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Ward State won over the top of the net in the

:16:15. > :16:32.

:16:32. > :16:42.first set. The even themselves out A few misfires from the racquet of

:16:42. > :17:11.

:17:11. > :17:21.Tsonga. He caught the top edge Nice volley. This one is low. A

:17:21. > :17:42.

:17:42. > :17:49.A big kick-off the line with the serve, but Tsonga is consoling a

:17:49. > :17:59.ball girl. She ran out as fast as she could to give the towel to

:17:59. > :18:08.

:18:08. > :18:18.Tsonga. She put the brakes on and Everybody is on the floor at the

:18:18. > :18:37.

:18:37. > :18:47.Important hold for James Ward. He is still hopeful, they are as well.

:18:47. > :18:51.

:18:51. > :19:01.That was a big hole for him there. He has been chasing Tsonga. The way

:19:01. > :19:08.

:19:08. > :19:11.he has been serving, it is no easy The hope for James Ward is that,

:19:11. > :19:15.even if he should lose here today, he takes the encouragement of the

:19:15. > :19:25.way he has played into the tournament to come and the years to

:19:25. > :19:36.

:19:36. > :19:46.Ward is serving at 75%, which is exactly what he needs to be.

:19:46. > :20:00.

:20:00. > :20:09.exactly the same as Tsonga at the That is a few double faults. Just

:20:09. > :20:19.to put it into perspective, Murray was at that Mark and even higher.

:20:19. > :20:35.

:20:35. > :20:41.He is not going to lose many Again, with each Tsonga service in,

:20:41. > :20:51.Ward is giving himself chances. is hoping to get his racquet on the

:20:51. > :21:19.

:21:19. > :21:29.ball. Tsonga has given him an Ohm dear! He is trying to hand Ward

:21:29. > :21:50.

:21:50. > :22:00.this. Give the home crowd something Tsonga misses a sitter. James Ward

:22:00. > :22:01.

:22:01. > :22:08.breaks. He is going into his bag for something. That is about as bad

:22:08. > :22:16.again as anybody could possibly play from Tsonga. Sometimes you

:22:16. > :22:26.need a bit of luck, and that is what James Ward has had this week.

:22:26. > :22:35.

:22:35. > :22:45.The good thing about Ward's weakness is that he has been able

:22:45. > :22:45.

:22:45. > :23:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:23:25. > :23:35.to capitalise when he has had a bit That is what Ward does not want to

:23:35. > :24:11.

:24:11. > :24:21.That is great movement from Tsonga. Tsonga trying to estimate low over

:24:21. > :24:21.

:24:21. > :25:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:25:03. > :25:13.Now there is noise around Centre Court and a bit of a bounce in the

:25:13. > :25:13.

:25:13. > :25:18.step of James Ward. The encouraging thing here is that he has continued

:25:18. > :25:22.to serve well. Now he has got the break, the way he has been serving,

:25:22. > :25:27.you would fancy him to get through and win this set. It is easier said

:25:27. > :25:37.than done, of course. Tsonga is confident once he gets into the

:25:37. > :25:41.

:25:41. > :25:51.rallies. Scot is serving well. Tsonga has tended to just but the

:25:51. > :25:58.

:25:59. > :26:02.ball back. He is chopping at the ball, trying to float it back.

:26:02. > :26:06.Sometimes Tsonga, brilliant though he is, can disappear for a stretch.

:26:06. > :26:14.It always gives an opponent hope. James Ward has taken advantage of

:26:14. > :26:24.that in this set. He has played solid tennis up until that game,

:26:24. > :26:54.

:26:54. > :27:04.Again, when he is good he is very, very good, Tsonga. I think he has

:27:04. > :27:37.

:27:37. > :27:47.As long as Ward can keep his serve ticking over, there is a fighting

:27:47. > :27:47.

:27:47. > :28:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:28:55. > :29:05.We have seen plenty of his forehand, but that was an impressive backhand

:29:05. > :29:42.

:29:42. > :29:52.A challenge from Tsonga. UMPIRE: Tsonga is challenging the call.

:29:52. > :29:59.

:29:59. > :30:09.Two millimetres out we're told. One millimetre being the minimum that

:30:09. > :30:23.

:30:23. > :30:33.Again he keeps that serve moving along. Keeps moving ahead in this

:30:33. > :30:38.second set. I think what else also second set. I think what else also

:30:38. > :30:46.it is interesting to realise how good, or how tough this circuit is,

:30:46. > :30:54.the men's circuit. I remember James Ward here ranking 160 something.

:30:54. > :30:59.After this week he will move up to 160ish. Against a player in the,

:30:59. > :31:04.160ish. Against a player in the, just outside the top ten. Showed

:31:04. > :31:10.the level, the standard, the depth of men's tennis is extraordinary

:31:10. > :31:16.now. There is so many good players. One of the reasons for that is with

:31:16. > :31:25.all the courts slowing down and the balls are a bit slower, the

:31:25. > :31:31.racquets, all the players are playing a power-type of game.

:31:31. > :31:38.They're much more even in general. Players all the way through to 600

:31:38. > :31:43.in the world. If he were to go out here, it would be 176ish. A lot of

:31:43. > :31:53.points to defend. Did very well at Eastbourne. This time last year. So

:31:53. > :32:10.

:32:10. > :32:20.a lot of points to defend from this Why not have a go at that? The

:32:20. > :32:56.

:32:56. > :33:04.He is motoring through some service Chalks another one up. Ace No 9.

:33:04. > :33:09.Not quite as big as yesterday's against Rafael Nadal. But 16 in the

:33:09. > :33:19.first set. He went a bit mad. He took over a minute for that game.

:33:19. > :33:43.

:33:43. > :33:48.So just slowing the pace slightly. Oh yes. A little cry from Tsonga.

:33:48. > :33:53.terrific serve into the body. Tsonga's just getting himself out

:33:53. > :34:03.of position. Ward had set the point out nicely, but he is very good,

:34:03. > :34:18.

:34:18. > :34:28.Is this Tsonga's moment to hit back? Good footwork there. That was

:34:28. > :34:58.

:34:58. > :35:08.That is good play. Didn't give it away, James Ward, waited for Tsonga

:35:08. > :35:44.

:35:44. > :35:53.And again. These are the moments Again. Asking the question. Not a

:35:53. > :36:03.great volley, but it was close to the line. A bit of side spin on it.

:36:03. > :36:03.

:36:03. > :37:00.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:37:00. > :37:05.He asked Tsonga the question - can What a good point. It was an

:37:05. > :37:10.awkward little forehand again. The serve set the point up and nice

:37:10. > :37:20.inside out sliced forehand and that can be very effective on a grass

:37:20. > :37:20.

:37:20. > :38:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:38:06. > :38:15.That is long. A good forehand, backhand sorry. Ward felt that was

:38:16. > :38:36.

:38:36. > :38:46.the time to press. Just overhit a Yes, again responding well to the

:38:46. > :38:49.

:38:49. > :38:59.pressure. Well Tsonga's quite tense out there. He's really finding this

:38:59. > :39:16.

:39:16. > :39:26.Again just a few too many unforced errors and another chance, another

:39:26. > :39:56.

:39:56. > :40:02.A big relief there from Tsonga. You could see that was, this match was

:40:02. > :40:09.starting to get a little awkward for him. And more aggressive off

:40:09. > :40:15.the return and once he has the point he has Ward on the run, a

:40:15. > :40:21.couple of big forehands and then in he comes. He imposes himself very

:40:21. > :40:26.well when he plays aggressively, Tsonga. So in the battle to decide

:40:26. > :40:30.who plays Andy Murray, it is still Tsonga with the upper hand. That

:40:30. > :40:34.final tomorrow, well there is a big front of rain coming in tomorrow

:40:34. > :40:39.afternoon. So they have shifted the final and it will start at 12

:40:39. > :40:46.o'clock. Gates open at 10 o'clock if you're lucky enough to be

:40:46. > :40:52.becoming -- to be coming along. didn't know they have a lunch I

:40:53. > :40:57.said to Chris Kermode, I have got lunch, mate. Can't you organise

:40:57. > :41:02.your tournament around by lunch? You know, he wasn't very

:41:03. > :41:07.sympathetic. But they need to get the matches out of the way. Players

:41:08. > :41:12.have other tournaments to play. If it is a washout. Then people will

:41:12. > :41:22.be likely, well they have got work on Monday. These people? No they

:41:22. > :41:22.

:41:22. > :41:32.don't. Not these people. Tsonga heading for a new weapon of

:41:32. > :41:42.

:41:42. > :41:46.Not sure why they put the plastic bag for racquets that have purely

:41:46. > :41:56.polyester string. Maybe he has half gut. The gut will be affected by

:41:56. > :41:58.

:41:58. > :42:08.the temperatures. That is why they put it in plastic bags. It is a new

:42:08. > :42:43.

:42:43. > :42:51.Just flying off the racquet a Catch it, it's heading for the.

:42:51. > :43:01.Bringing rain. Oh he's dropped it! Dropped it, get out! Get in the

:43:01. > :43:28.

:43:28. > :43:36.The odd double fault coming. Not Well he mixes up the double faults

:43:36. > :43:45.with a hat load of aces as well. Well James Ward has to believe that

:43:45. > :43:49.he has broken before and if he can do so again. Well that was pretty

:43:49. > :43:57.much gifted to him by Tsonga. So he is hoping for another slip in

:43:58. > :44:07.concentration, which does happen with him. He will be red e ready to

:44:08. > :44:44.

:44:44. > :44:54.pounce. -- he will be ready to Tsonga's getting faired up for this

:44:54. > :45:23.

:45:23. > :45:29.That is long from Tsonga. A fair amount of success with the drop

:45:29. > :45:39.shot. Sorry to butt in there. But the drop shot has been an effective

:45:39. > :45:50.

:45:50. > :46:00.shot for Ward. It had spin on it He looks to be unruffled by losing

:46:00. > :46:32.

:46:32. > :46:39.his last service game. Get back in A very precious hold for James Ward.

:46:39. > :46:45.Of course now Tsonga will have to serve to stay in this second set.

:46:45. > :46:53.He can occasionally go missing in action. James Ward is giving

:46:53. > :46:56.himself every chance in this match. But to... It is so important to be

:46:56. > :47:01.consistent with your first serve and you have to back it up well. As

:47:01. > :47:06.we have said, it's becoming a little awkward match for Tsonga.

:47:06. > :47:11.All the pressure is on him, now that Ward's settled down. He was a

:47:11. > :47:15.little nervey to start the first set. But he will have, all the

:47:15. > :47:22.pressure is on Tsonga to get through this. You can see how much

:47:22. > :47:30.that meant to him to break back in that set. There is Jim Ward his

:47:30. > :47:35.father. The unmistakable Jim Ward. Proud moments in his support team.

:47:35. > :47:41.They travel with him, as he grafts around the challenger circuit. But

:47:41. > :47:51.this is a rare if Ied air and great times for James card ward -- rare

:47:51. > :48:08.

:48:08. > :48:18.if Ied air and great times for As long as Tsonga keeps booming

:48:18. > :48:43.

:48:43. > :48:52.down these first serves, very Just over a minute that game.

:48:53. > :49:00.has done that a few times. It can be a bit boring if it goes on for

:49:00. > :49:04.game after game. But it is a great skill to be able to have that

:49:04. > :49:14.fantastic technique and strength. Now the pressure swings back to

:49:14. > :49:43.

:49:43. > :49:53.Just sometimes the shot selection decision-making from Tsonga is

:49:53. > :50:04.

:50:04. > :50:10.We haven't seen a lot of those rifling returns. We saw a few

:50:11. > :50:20.yesterday against Rafael Nadal. The ball just came off his racquet

:50:20. > :50:30.fantastically well for a period of time. Ward's been keeping him

:50:30. > :50:30.

:50:30. > :51:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:51:15. > :51:22.At the least he knows he is going to have a tie-break in this second

:51:22. > :51:27.set. Who knows will what happen there. He had a mighty tie-break

:51:27. > :51:35.yesterday. Shiegtly different. Against Mannarino, I suppose he has

:51:35. > :51:40.nothing else to lose either, but it was a winnable match. And he was...

:51:40. > :51:46.Well Mannarino did beat Del Potro along the way. So he deserved his

:51:46. > :51:52.spot. In the quarter finals. But I think he would feel better looking

:51:52. > :51:58.at the draw in a quarter final match to see Mannarino than to see

:51:58. > :52:04.Del pot ro. He was a little tight in that tie-breaker, Ward. In the

:52:04. > :52:08.second set. And despite making a few unforced error, he looked like

:52:08. > :52:14.he was going to crumble, but he didn't. In the third set that is.

:52:14. > :52:20.So he will be used to the pressure now. Whatever happens again, he has

:52:20. > :52:24.shown that he has not been overawed by the challenge today and he has

:52:24. > :52:33.shown that he can belong in this company. Tsonga now serves once

:52:34. > :52:43.again to stay in this set to try and force a tie-break. And doesn't

:52:44. > :53:16.

:53:16. > :53:22.A complete mishit. Apologies. A lot of players unsettled by this sliced

:53:22. > :53:32.shot this week. It is coming off the clay where the ball is not

:53:32. > :53:53.

:53:53. > :54:03.doing that. Right on the top of the Again Tsonga steps up the pace and

:54:03. > :54:09.

:54:09. > :54:15.It is not quite the lottery of a penalty shoot out but it comes down

:54:15. > :54:21.to the tiniest of slips. Or a bit of brilliance at times. So good

:54:21. > :54:31.first serves here and no enforced errors. That is probably the call

:54:31. > :55:08.

:55:08. > :55:14.for Ward at this stage. Yes, nice Well ripping that tape off his

:55:14. > :55:20.hands again, Tsonga. This a what he started going for when he started

:55:20. > :55:30.to double-fault earlier. The tape, maybe the band aid was coming lose.

:55:30. > :55:40.-- loose. A poor double fault. Oh almost got it over. So nearly great

:55:40. > :55:44.

:55:44. > :55:51.defensive work from Ward. He has that mini-break. He said he felt

:55:51. > :56:01.unmistakibly tighter in that tie- break with man Rae know. Here he is

:56:01. > :56:14.

:56:14. > :56:24.Ooh didn't need to go for so much! From that position he could have

:56:24. > :56:56.

:56:56. > :57:05.Oh eventually he does it. Great play from both men. The defence

:57:05. > :57:11.from Tsonga, the power on the forehand there of James Ward.

:57:11. > :57:21.he is another easing back. And look at Tsonga's efforts to try and get

:57:21. > :57:46.

:57:46. > :57:56.the ball back. He gets knocked down, He was a little, Tsonga deciding to

:57:56. > :57:58.

:57:58. > :58:08.make sure he got the ball over the net there. Slowed it down. 79Mimp.

:58:08. > :58:18.-- 79mph. A very slow serve. A bit of Yips with second serves under

:58:18. > :58:18.

:58:18. > :59:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:59:37. > :59:41.Good serving! Tsonga doing his best to get the ball back in play, he is

:59:41. > :59:51.tight and pushing the ball, and that return bounced twice before it

:59:51. > :59:58.

:59:58. > :00:08.Nice to have that serve to get you out of trouble. But still, whoever

:00:08. > :00:22.

:00:22. > :00:29.Come on, says Tsonga! So he will have the set point. And for match

:00:30. > :00:39.point. -- and the match point. wonder why he resorted to English

:00:40. > :00:40.

:00:41. > :00:50.for, come on?! So James Ward, his hopes in this Championship hanging

:00:51. > :01:08.

:01:08. > :01:17.by a thread. He serve, but match Still, he lives! Great depth on

:01:17. > :01:23.that backhand. Right back down the middle, there is a dry and brown

:01:23. > :01:29.patch of grass bit hit and it skidded on to Tsonga a bit quicker

:01:29. > :01:34.than he fought. It stayed low, went through quickly. He might be tight

:01:34. > :01:39.and nervous but I am sure he is loving every minute of this, James

:01:39. > :01:49.Ward, it is where any tennis player would want to be, in the fight and

:01:49. > :02:02.

:02:02. > :02:10.And now, he will have set point. James Ward with a raw! And the

:02:10. > :02:19.crowd again respond. They are living for dream a long with him. -

:02:19. > :02:25.- of the dream. Tsonga is also enjoying it, in spite of himself.

:02:26. > :02:31.do not think he is enjoying it, actually! Back nice easy forehand

:02:31. > :02:41.passing shot, it goes straight at him at the net. It is the only way

:02:41. > :02:52.

:02:52. > :02:56.The call is going to be challenged. He sounded quite confident. This

:02:56. > :03:06.will put pressure on the second serve of Tsonga. It has been a bit

:03:06. > :03:07.

:03:07. > :03:17.shaky today. Is it was long. -- it was long. What a second serve, that

:03:17. > :03:18.

:03:18. > :03:23.is from Tsonga! Back takes some nerve, doesn't it? The crowd

:03:23. > :03:29.willing a double fault against you. And they have been a few coming,

:03:29. > :03:32.but to come up with that down the middle fooled everybody. You stick

:03:32. > :03:42.day, he was the entertainer pleasing the crowd and today he is

:03:42. > :04:00.

:04:00. > :04:10.the villain of the piece -- Tsonga will have his chance again.

:04:10. > :04:10.

:04:10. > :04:53.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:04:53. > :05:00.We are taking to another match It is wide! And Tsonga takes it. He

:05:00. > :05:07.takes his place in the final. And he rudely awakened James Ward from

:05:07. > :05:11.this marvellous dream. A sign of appreciation for the challenge

:05:11. > :05:19.James Ward has given up today, and an appreciation from the crowd for

:05:19. > :05:29.James Ward and for Tsonga, who does his stance of celebration. -- the

:05:29. > :05:29.

:05:29. > :05:38.dance. It is Tsonga's victory, but this has been for a large part, the

:05:38. > :05:45.tournament of James Ward. All good things must end, for this has been

:05:45. > :05:50.a great Championship for James Ward. The ride is over for now. Tsonga

:05:50. > :05:55.through to face, after beating the British number two, the British

:05:55. > :06:05.number one, Andy Murray, in tomorrow's final. And we can hear

:06:05. > :06:15.from the man who has taken us on a We will talk to the winner in a

:06:15. > :06:18.

:06:18. > :06:24.moment, but what a fantastic week you have had, James Ward. Obviously,

:06:24. > :06:28.it has been a fantastic week for me. My best so far. And I just had to

:06:28. > :06:33.build on it from here. How much did you enjoy playing on the big stage

:06:33. > :06:38.like this in front of these people? He be it is great, and also been at

:06:38. > :06:46.home, everyone is on your side and it does help. So thank you for your

:06:46. > :06:53.support this week, you guys have been great. This time last week,

:06:53. > :06:58.realistically, what target had you set yourself? Playing well in the

:06:58. > :07:03.first round really. And obviously, as I went winning matches, I

:07:03. > :07:06.started to believe a bit more. It is about confidence and I will take

:07:07. > :07:11.that on to Eastbourne next week. Her this been the best week of your

:07:11. > :07:15.tennis life? A of course, it is obvious with the players I have

:07:15. > :07:20.beaten, and I just missed out this week. But it happens and I look

:07:20. > :07:30.forward from here. We hope there are more like this, congratulations.

:07:30. > :07:36.James Ward, a semi-finalist at Queen's this year! SUE BARKER: If

:07:36. > :07:39.he has a lot to be proud of, he will go up to 176 in the world

:07:39. > :07:45.rankings and will be heading down to the south coast, Eastbourne, up

:07:45. > :07:50.where he has a special exemption into the draw. He will face Janko

:07:50. > :07:55.Tipsarevic, he has got a lot to be proud of here at Queen's, through

:07:55. > :08:00.to the semi-finals. But he was up against an extremely tough

:08:00. > :08:05.competitor in Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or. He had a couple of chances in the

:08:05. > :08:13.tie-break, but it was not to be. And so we look forward to Tsonga,

:08:13. > :08:17.who put out Rafael Nadal yesterday, up against Andy Murray in the final.

:08:17. > :08:22.And he will be getting used to signing a few of these, James Ward.

:08:22. > :08:28.He has been a big hit with the British crowd and the British fans.

:08:28. > :08:33.And he has been on many of the front pages. So James Ward making

:08:33. > :08:39.his way to the locker room, and let's hear now from the winner of

:08:39. > :08:43.this semi-final, Jo Wilfried-Tsonga is with John that.

:08:43. > :08:51.congratulations. In the second set, were you a bit worried? Yes come

:08:51. > :08:55.back a little bit. I was stiff and he played well. -- yes, a little

:08:55. > :09:04.bit. He broke me on one occasion, then I came backhand just happy to

:09:04. > :09:11.win in two sets because with the crowd with him... It was difficult!

:09:12. > :09:17.A everybody likes you but you have just beaten a British player! You

:09:17. > :09:22.have that wonderful smile and that Jean your personality that we all

:09:22. > :09:31.love, don't we? -- and that great personality. We all love watching

:09:31. > :09:37.him. But we will not allow you to beat Andy Murray Tomorrow! Anyway,

:09:37. > :09:42.I will do my best! For the moment of course, he is a better player

:09:42. > :09:49.than me. But tomorrow, I hope I will be better than him! Of course!

:09:49. > :09:55.For even if you do not want! We are going to put a picture on the big

:09:55. > :10:01.screen switches of you with no clothes on. Calm down, everybody! I

:10:01. > :10:09.am hoping... If it is not there, it is on television, which is of no

:10:09. > :10:12.use to anybody here. A shame! But you have done a Cosmopolitan

:10:12. > :10:21.magazine photo-shoot with no clothes on in Monte Carlo, can you

:10:21. > :10:29.explain? It was for charity. And of course, I did it because it was

:10:29. > :10:34.important for some children who are sick. And that is it, at now I am

:10:34. > :10:40.free. I am in the final. Do you think naked tennis might happen one

:10:40. > :10:46.day? It depends if the crowd like that or not. Do you like that?

:10:46. > :10:51.he is playing to the crowd even now! Please, it is only 4 o'clock

:10:51. > :10:56.in the afternoon! Later! Congratulations, good luck against

:10:56. > :11:02.Andy Murray tomorrow. Great to see him, as ever, Jo Wilfried-Tsonga,

:11:02. > :11:06.fantastic! Thank you very much! BARKER: He may not have all the

:11:06. > :11:12.fans on his side tomorrow but he has won over a lot of people this

:11:12. > :11:18.week. If they have not seen him already, he is very popular. Just

:11:18. > :11:21.doing an interview for Radio 5 at the moment. But absolutely terrific

:11:21. > :11:28.from Jo Wilfried-Tsonga. Took a different match from yesterday when

:11:28. > :11:33.he put out Rafael Nadal in three sets. He was expected to win but he

:11:33. > :11:40.had a wobble in the second set. But he came through and will now face

:11:40. > :11:45.Andy Murray and the final, at the new time tomorrow of 12 o'clock.

:11:45. > :11:51.Not to 30 pm, as advertised. And we will be live on BBC One for that

:11:51. > :11:56.final -- not at 2:30pm. Monte Carlo looked very good in that picture, I

:11:57. > :12:03.thought! It is terrific. And I know you have both modelled. You did

:12:03. > :12:09.something similar. And nobody wants to see that picture! That was for a

:12:09. > :12:14.magazine, Male Cancer awareness, which is what he did it fork. His

:12:14. > :12:21.naked tennis going to catch on? Do you want to see me naked? When he

:12:21. > :12:27.was asked, the crowd said yes in a very high pitched way. There was a

:12:27. > :12:33.crowd of girls very much. He is a popular guy and he has thighs just

:12:33. > :12:39.like John Lloyd! But if you do have a physique like that, it is

:12:39. > :12:45.probably not embarrassing! It would be rude not to show it off!

:12:46. > :12:54.were a page 7 on a red top a few years back. In the day we * * mad I

:12:54. > :13:01.had short on. And a gold medallion, I remember! The charity was me, it

:13:01. > :13:09.was my charity. I did it for money, it was very naughty! I had a gold

:13:09. > :13:15.medallion, like Simon Khan or! was in at the moment. Was it here,

:13:15. > :13:19.the gold medallion? Where else would it be? That was not an easy

:13:19. > :13:24.second set for Jo Wilfried-Tsonga. He got through because strains was

:13:24. > :13:30.nervous. But he held his nerve and the second set. -- because James

:13:30. > :13:35.was nervous. James Ward, it is difficult on grass, it is a flat

:13:35. > :13:40.ball, it comes at you with a big serve, and he relished the occasion.

:13:40. > :13:47.Again, he has come through another test. He could have faded away, but

:13:47. > :13:52.he took on up Tsonga and love the occasion. And he almost won it. It

:13:52. > :13:56.has been a great week! So many lessons. He has got through big

:13:56. > :13:59.matches and bigger opponents that he is not used to. If he could do

:13:59. > :14:04.anything in the tie-break differently it was that second

:14:04. > :14:09.serve from Tsonga. Instead of letting the ball come, go forward

:14:09. > :14:13.and smother it before the ball place you can make you have to play

:14:13. > :14:19.it. Moments like that of the difference between a top 20 or 30

:14:19. > :14:23.player like Tsonga and the guys who challenge. But he should take

:14:23. > :14:28.confidence. He is going to Eastbourne next week, special

:14:28. > :14:33.exemption because he could not take his place in qualifying. And he did

:14:33. > :14:37.well last year. If he can follow this up, Nottingham last week,

:14:37. > :14:43.Eastbourne next, if he follows that up with points, et you can get

:14:43. > :14:49.close to that 120. Because then you get into the major events

:14:49. > :14:53.automatically without having to get a wildcard. You get into the Grand

:14:53. > :14:58.Slam matches. And into some of the tour events, and all the qualifiers.

:14:58. > :15:02.I hope he will do this now wants this ranking takes place. There is

:15:02. > :15:07.a six-week break before the tournament entries, so hopefully he

:15:07. > :15:11.will play qualifiers rather than going back to challengers. He has

:15:11. > :15:17.been in those long enough now and it is time to play in the main draw

:15:17. > :15:23.offence. He has aimed for the bigger tournaments. He did the

:15:23. > :15:30.Australian Open, so he is trying, so he is ambitious. Back is how you

:15:30. > :15:34.should be, you have to set high targets -- that is. You have to. It

:15:34. > :15:38.is an apprenticeship. You do not want to get stuck in those

:15:38. > :15:42.challengers too long because it becomes part of you and you get

:15:42. > :15:47.used to smaller crowds and your friends. Some players have been

:15:47. > :15:52.there for 10 years. I think the mentality of James Ward is to get

:15:52. > :15:58.out of it. And he is aiming for a highs, and he needs to keep doing

:15:58. > :16:03.that. He has got a feel for it now, continues. I as far as Tsonga is

:16:03. > :16:09.concerned, he will come out with no pressure as he did against Rafael

:16:09. > :16:17.Nadal. He has already said he is a better player than him. You said

:16:17. > :16:22.how many times have they played and I said five, and you said? Andy

:16:22. > :16:27.Murray, 4-1! That is right, you have watched a lot of tennis!

:16:27. > :16:33.They've played in the Wimbledon quarter-finals and Tsonga won the

:16:33. > :16:38.first set, Murray won the second and motored through the rest stalls

:16:38. > :16:43.-- motored through the rest. Murray has won the last time -- the last

:16:43. > :16:48.three times they played and his favourite for me to beat Tsonga.

:16:48. > :16:55.That is to Marat at 12 o'clock, but we saw sad news today at Queen's --

:16:55. > :17:00.that is tomorrow. The death of Kurt Nielsen, who died at the age of 80.

:17:00. > :17:05.He was the Men's Singles runner up at the All-England Club in 1953 and

:17:05. > :17:13.1955 and is the only Danish man to have reached a Grand Slam English

:17:13. > :17:18.final. That is sad news today. But we still have a bit of time left on

:17:18. > :17:22.BBC One and tomorrow, we have a special guest, Stefan Edberg we had

:17:22. > :17:26.on Day One, but tomorrow involved in the presentation is former

:17:26. > :17:31.champion Boris Becker. He won it four times and had magical moments

:17:31. > :17:41.at Wimbledon. We can live some of the great moment now of Boris

:17:41. > :17:51.

:17:51. > :17:56.It was July the 7th 1985. And a glorious afternoon at Wimbledon,

:17:56. > :18:02.Boris Becker walked on to Centre Court for a German teenager and

:18:02. > :18:10.walked off in a global superstar! He was just 17 and he was about to

:18:10. > :18:19.change not just his sport but his life forever. It is like going to

:18:19. > :18:24.church. It is a great tennis court. Becker later compared winning his

:18:24. > :18:29.first Wimbledon to Hillary scaling Everest or Neil Armstrong walking

:18:29. > :18:35.on the moon. He was certainly unprepared for the day that 20

:18:35. > :18:40.years ago took him out of this world and into another. Something

:18:40. > :18:45.changed. You look the same and speak the same but people look at

:18:45. > :18:53.you in a different way. They stare at you. It became at times a very

:18:53. > :18:59.lonely place, headline news. Boris is dating a Black girl. How racist

:18:59. > :19:05.can you be? I was going, throw me more, I can take another punch, I

:19:05. > :19:10.can go another round! Boris Becker has a daughter, guess where she was

:19:10. > :19:20.produced? Learned from this experience. It made me the man I am

:19:20. > :19:29.

:19:29. > :19:33.I was born and raised in a small town of 10,000 people. I call at my

:19:33. > :19:38.home, the place I was born and raised. But I do not have

:19:38. > :19:47.sentimentality about it. I go home once or twice a year to visit my

:19:47. > :19:53.mother on a special occasion like her birthday, but that is really it.

:19:54. > :20:00.I am right -- right behind me is my first school. From my first played

:20:00. > :20:09.under my 4th great. It is a little dark in here. I came here last 20

:20:09. > :20:14.years ago. It has not changed much. It good and happy childhood. I come

:20:14. > :20:20.from a sports background, I had a local tennis club and my father was

:20:20. > :20:29.very active in that. When I was three or four, I was given a record

:20:29. > :20:34.by my father. It was wouldn't and the court it in half because it was

:20:34. > :20:40.too long and heavy -- it was wouldn't have. My sister became my

:20:40. > :20:44.first teacher and she taught me the ABC of tennis when I was three

:20:44. > :20:52.years old. That is the gymnasium where we played basketball and

:20:52. > :21:00.football, and that was my most comfortable place. It is amazing.

:21:00. > :21:10.Every Sunday morning, at 10 o'clock or earlier, I went with a few

:21:10. > :21:17.

:21:17. > :21:24.others to Church. Amazing. It has not changed one bit. When used in,

:21:24. > :21:34.you have to go there. I went a few times. -- when you committed a sin.

:21:34. > :21:38.

:21:38. > :21:45.I went to confessed to the priest. -- to confess. From this tight-knit

:21:45. > :21:55.Catholic family came a superstar. His father died six years ago, his

:21:55. > :22:10.

:22:10. > :22:20.mother recently celebrated her 70th I was a normal teenager, I played

:22:20. > :22:33.

:22:33. > :22:40.football and I played tennis, I was My sister, her daughter, we behaved

:22:40. > :22:48.most of the time. But she had to be after us to check whether we had

:22:48. > :22:54.done our homework. But most of the time, we did behave. I mean, what

:22:54. > :23:03.were hour options? I am standing next to her! When I was around nine

:23:03. > :23:08.or 10 years old, I became the best of that age group. And I was 14 or

:23:08. > :23:14.15 it when I became good enough to play around the men's tour. And it

:23:14. > :23:19.was pretty obvious that next step would be me becoming somewhat

:23:19. > :23:25.professional. And then a management agency started coming around the

:23:25. > :23:29.home. It was a year-and-a-half or two years before he won Wimbledon

:23:29. > :23:36.that I had a Romanian colleague that was the coach of the German

:23:36. > :23:42.junior team, and he told me that he has prospects. Looking at him, and

:23:42. > :23:49.looking at the desire he had not only in his eyes but also in his

:23:49. > :23:54.physique, I realised that probably he was a younger guy that wanted it

:23:54. > :24:00.more than the others. Another Romanian completed the team. Now,

:24:00. > :24:04.he was ready to take on the tennis world. In 1985, I played him in

:24:04. > :24:09.Milan and he was moaning about a lot of calls and complaining more

:24:09. > :24:12.than I thought I did even at that age and so I said to him, I

:24:12. > :24:22.remember, you have got to win something before you start

:24:22. > :24:26.

:24:26. > :24:31.Queen's Club 1985, you came here young and ended up winning the

:24:31. > :24:37.tournament. -- he came here. Nobody gave him a chance and he took the

:24:37. > :24:43.place by storm and went about it in a naive but fun way. That is the

:24:43. > :24:48.beautiful thing about youth, you are really innocent and you do not

:24:48. > :24:58.think about that it is the Queen's Club tournament. You just go and

:24:58. > :25:02.you ask for two balls and throw them up and down. It is that simple.

:25:02. > :25:10.Despite winning the final at Queen's, he remained unseeded for

:25:10. > :25:14.the Wimbledon Championships one week later. What is more, no

:25:14. > :25:21.teenager had won the title for more than half-a-century. But he knew

:25:21. > :25:25.there was something in the air. Everyone was in awe when I walked

:25:25. > :25:34.towards the courts and when I practised. Everyone stood and

:25:34. > :25:40.watched me play. And that was really different to before Queen's.

:25:40. > :25:47.His toughest test came in the third round against the 7th seed player.

:25:47. > :25:52.Magnificent! And Becker turning to applaud his opponent. He was

:25:52. > :25:58.supposed to beat me, he was seeded, and he almost did. He nearly twice

:25:58. > :26:08.won the match in the 5th set. But for some reason, I was able to pull

:26:08. > :26:10.

:26:10. > :26:14.It did not faze me much afterwards. I fought, that was close. But it

:26:14. > :26:20.did not occur to me I was not supposed to beat him, I was not

:26:20. > :26:24.supposed to be in the 4th round at 17. That particular match was a

:26:24. > :26:28.turning point and it proved it to him he could go all the way. With

:26:28. > :26:36.that and Queen's, he was afraid of nothing. There is a man here who

:26:36. > :26:40.has put �10,000 on new to win it. Maybe that is too much! He will win

:26:40. > :26:47.�180,000 if you win. He does not get nervous, he just hits the ball

:26:47. > :26:52.and wins. And he is the youngest semi-finalist ever. He is, and he

:26:52. > :26:58.is a master of the German understatement, he says, I am a

:26:58. > :27:04.little bit proud. Now, only one man stood in his way. I was excited and

:27:04. > :27:10.happy to be in the final, looking forward to playing. Physically, I

:27:10. > :27:18.was not 100%. I was not that nervous. Just before the match, I

:27:18. > :27:28.realised, I am playing now in the Wimbledon final! So now they called

:27:28. > :27:33.

:27:33. > :27:39.time! And I go out... To see some of the pictures now, how confident

:27:39. > :27:44.I was, I cannot believe it was me. I was hot, but I was ready for it.

:27:44. > :27:49.I still fought his opponent, given the Wellcome experience he had had,

:27:49. > :27:59.he had beaten me and Jimmy Connors, that this was his best opportunity

:27:59. > :28:04.

:28:04. > :28:08.And it was a close match. But it was amazing that Boris showed so

:28:08. > :28:18.much belief in himself. And he was so physically intimidating at such

:28:18. > :28:21.

:28:21. > :28:25.The way he just drove around the court, and the power he displayed,

:28:25. > :28:35.and the pace he had on his serve. It seemed like he actually believed

:28:35. > :28:38.

:28:38. > :28:42.The break up in the 4th set. All Becker had to do was hold his nerve.

:28:42. > :28:48.Even though you tell yourself -- even though you tell yourself, one

:28:48. > :28:53.more service game, you are trembling, like this. Even I was

:28:53. > :29:02.trembling. And I was so nervous, I could hardly walk! Fear, I doubt

:29:02. > :29:08.if... -- fear, and doubt... It you have got to do it, you have been

:29:08. > :29:18.playing for 3 1/2 hours, concentrate! And then I said,

:29:18. > :29:18.

:29:18. > :29:28.please, somehow give me the first I knew that something changed. I

:29:28. > :29:36.walked to the net, I shook his hand. And poor Kevin with the shoulders

:29:36. > :29:41.down, and I looked around to my box and I saw Gunter and my parents.

:29:41. > :29:46.They were ecstatic. They were hugging each other and just going

:29:46. > :29:53.nuts. I was just smiling at them. But what that look, with their

:29:53. > :30:00.reaction, I knew I am a different man. It's a different situation. I

:30:00. > :30:04.quite didn't know yet what it was. He was born that day in Wimbledon

:30:04. > :30:14.and the German people they don't understand even today, but he was

:30:14. > :30:21.

:30:21. > :30:29.adopted by the Germans only after Boris Becker was now a German brand

:30:29. > :30:35.name to rival Volkswagon. And a victory home-coming removed any

:30:35. > :30:42.lingering doubt his life had changed. So welcome to the town

:30:42. > :30:46.hall. This is the balcony where Boris Becker saluted to the crowds

:30:46. > :30:51.in 1985 after his first Wimbledon win. Everything was overcrowded

:30:51. > :30:59.with thousands of people shouting to him and I think it was after the

:30:59. > :31:05.30 years war the biggest event the town had. This is fairly empty now.

:31:05. > :31:10.But then this whole place was covered with more than 30,000

:31:10. > :31:18.people. I don't know how they fit in here, but they did. Just have a

:31:18. > :31:23.lilt picture. That is the tree. That is the Christmas tree here. So

:31:23. > :31:28.it was just a couple of days after I won Wimbledon. Everything went

:31:28. > :31:35.upside down. I wanted piece and -- peace and quiet. But my father

:31:35. > :31:41.organised it without telling me. I couldn't let him stand in the rain.

:31:41. > :31:45.Said I will do it once but I won't do it again. But he den it again

:31:45. > :31:53.the next year exactly the same. Then we had a bit of an argument.

:31:53. > :32:00.Only football teams had received this kind of Edu laigs in Germany,

:32:00. > :32:04.but heefs an individual standing -- he was standing at the centre of a

:32:04. > :32:09.media storm. There is no one that had to take on as much attention

:32:09. > :32:14.from the press and the people. There was such high expectations.

:32:14. > :32:18.remember the ratings on television at 4 o'clock in the morning, when

:32:18. > :32:23.he used to play in the US were bigger than the news at 8 o'clock

:32:23. > :32:28.in the evening. So he was the megastar that Germany wanted.

:32:28. > :32:33.you have won a tennis tournament, maybe you may be the youngest. But

:32:33. > :32:36.you look the same, you speak the same. But people look at you in a

:32:36. > :32:40.different way. They stare at you. When you talk to them, they don't

:32:40. > :32:45.listen what you have to say, because they have their own concept

:32:45. > :32:50.of you. This is scary at times. Because you know it is almost like

:32:50. > :33:00.a train that left the station and it goes with enormous speed. There

:33:00. > :33:09.

:33:09. > :33:15.is nothing that can change that SPEAKS IN GERMAN.. She was sad. She

:33:15. > :33:20.was sad that I wasn't home any more. I was travelling, tournament after

:33:20. > :33:27.tournament. Week after week. And yes they were happy, that I was

:33:27. > :33:37.successful. But she was sad that she lost her son. It was never the

:33:37. > :33:43.

:33:43. > :33:50.1986, a year older, but probably not much wiser. And still champion,

:33:50. > :33:56.riding on a crest of youthful exuberance. Boris Becker, twice a

:33:56. > :33:59.singles champion at Wimbledon and not yet 19 years of age. 1987.

:33:59. > :34:06.About to say goodbye to those teenage years. Beaten in the first

:34:06. > :34:16.week at Wimbledon, but discovering perspective. I didn't lose a war,

:34:16. > :34:21.

:34:21. > :34:31.nobody died, I lost a tennis match. 1988. Back in the final, but this

:34:31. > :34:33.

:34:33. > :34:39.time second best. Beaten by his great rival, Stephane Edberg.

:34:39. > :34:46.just wanted to touch it. Just to know how it feel like. You have

:34:46. > :34:50.forgotten already? I have been too many moments since then. 1989 and a

:34:50. > :34:59.second of three consecutive finals against Edberg. On top this time

:34:59. > :35:05.for his third title. Game, set and match, Becker. In this his most

:35:05. > :35:10.successful year he would take the US Open crown. Boris Becker and

:35:10. > :35:14.Steffi Graf were the goaden couple of Germany and international --

:35:14. > :35:17.golden couple of Germany and international sport. The Berlin

:35:17. > :35:21.Wall was coming down and the German people wanted Becker to put the

:35:21. > :35:26.country back together. Being a tennis player was not enoughment he

:35:26. > :35:31.was the first national hero since the war. Surely it was his duty to

:35:31. > :35:36.be the symbol of reunification. was never comfortable when people

:35:36. > :35:41.tried to put me in a position I didn't believe in. Germany tried it.

:35:41. > :35:48.At the time. I was the new symbol of Germany and if you work a

:35:48. > :35:57.certain amount it is worth, very political, towards the right-wing

:35:57. > :36:02.faction of our country that was the Government at the time. I said no.

:36:02. > :36:08.I'm not playing here for Germany or any count ri. I'm playing for

:36:08. > :36:13.myself. Becker turned down the role of ambassador for the Berlin

:36:13. > :36:17.Olympic bid. He refused to be used as a political figurehead. That is

:36:17. > :36:25.an enormous power you have. That people watch you and stair at you

:36:25. > :36:31.and regardless what you say, they like it. Being a person that always

:36:31. > :36:35.read a lot and wanted to know a lot about the world's affairs, I quite

:36:36. > :36:41.didn't understand the following some of the leaders in our history

:36:41. > :36:47.had. On a very small scale, I did understand all of a sudden.

:36:47. > :36:53.Wherever he went, he was trapped by his nationality. Don't mention the

:36:53. > :37:01.war? Everyone did. The first question was Mr Becker, why you

:37:01. > :37:07.think that the Australian calls you boom boom or Panzer? The guy said,

:37:07. > :37:11.listen, I believe it has something to do with the war. First I'm not

:37:11. > :37:16.Mr Becker, my mother called me Boris, I look the name. Call me

:37:16. > :37:21.Boris. My father was too young for that war. I don't identify myself

:37:21. > :37:28.with that period of time. I think the way I behaved then and the way

:37:28. > :37:32.I have felt comfortable in this country, maybe in your language,

:37:32. > :37:37.taught them a thing or two about how other Germans can be too.

:37:37. > :37:44.and off court, 1991 was the year that changed Becker's life. From

:37:45. > :37:51.the high of winning the Australian Open and becoming world No 1.

:37:51. > :38:01.Here. To the low of a humiliating defeat by Michael Stick on centre

:38:01. > :38:02.

:38:02. > :38:08.court. After I reached No 1, soul- wise I was empty and I needed some

:38:08. > :38:16.TLC as the Americans say. So I was looking for someone who could

:38:16. > :38:21.provide that. And I met Barbara. Barbara and Boris found themselves

:38:21. > :38:26.at the centre of a storm when they went public with their relationship.

:38:26. > :38:32.Death threats. Hate mail. The country turned on their golden boy.

:38:32. > :38:42.If you look back, you have to laugh about it. At the time, we cried. It

:38:42. > :38:42.

:38:42. > :38:47.is just unthinkable of how rude and how... Insensitive people can be.

:38:47. > :38:53.Especially about you, you're talk about the colour of one's skin. How

:38:54. > :38:59.unimportant is that? Yet though, in 1992 in Germany, that became

:38:59. > :39:02.headline news. Boris is dating a black girl. How racist can you be?

:39:02. > :39:09.Eventually Germany accepted the couple. And they even became a

:39:09. > :39:13.symbol for a new racial tolerance in the country. They married in

:39:13. > :39:18.December 1993. Barbara was pregnant with their first child, Noah. For

:39:18. > :39:24.Becker, it was a return to the scene of his home-coming parade

:39:24. > :39:30.eight years earlier. Here is the so-called mirror room. The best

:39:30. > :39:36.room here in the town hall. And the room where Boris Becker married, it

:39:36. > :39:41.was the best room to mary. Once my dad told the mayor that I want to

:39:41. > :39:48.get married, the mayor told the world. So we had more or less the

:39:48. > :39:53.same amount of people... For my wedding. Becker was now an

:39:53. > :39:58.establishment figure. A husband, a father, and a man for whom tennis

:39:58. > :40:07.was become less important. In 1995, he would play in his last Wimbledon

:40:07. > :40:12.final. Losing to the new king of centre court, Pete Sampras. The

:40:12. > :40:19.following year, hi won his final Grand Slam in Australia. And in

:40:19. > :40:25.1999 after 49 tournament wins and six Grand Slams, his career came

:40:25. > :40:30.full circle. It is the end of 15 wonderful years at Wimbledon for

:40:30. > :40:36.Boris Becker. Three times the winner. Four times the runner up.

:40:36. > :40:40.But thank you Boris Becker. For many memories. It is hard to be in

:40:40. > :40:47.a situation where you, everything comes to you and it's like living

:40:47. > :40:54.in a bubble. It is not the real world, but it is your real word.

:40:54. > :41:01.Then you're out of limelight. And then you feel sort of an emptiness.

:41:01. > :41:06.An emotional maelstrom enveloped Becker as he left Wimbledon. His

:41:06. > :41:10.father had died and hadn't been there to witness it. As if that

:41:10. > :41:18.wasn't enough. His relationship with Barbara was on the rocks. And

:41:18. > :41:23.she was seven months pregnant. had my problems with my marriage

:41:23. > :41:28.already for a while. After the match was over. Then we went into

:41:28. > :41:33.the old discussions and arguing about this and ma that. She got

:41:33. > :41:37.irritateded and got more emotional and I said I think you had beber

:41:37. > :41:45.rer the go to hospital. Said if that is what you want to do, I know

:41:45. > :41:49.where you are. There I was. 10 o'clock at night, I'm on the

:41:49. > :41:54.balcony, I was feeling pity for myself. This is what I have

:41:54. > :41:58.accomplished on my last day. My wife's gone. My son's somewhere.

:41:58. > :42:04.I'm in this God damn hotel room by myself again. I don't deserve this.

:42:04. > :42:10.I was in a rage, I was in fury. I said, I have got to do something.

:42:10. > :42:20.Just that moment I went to the city and went to the restaurant by

:42:20. > :42:22.

:42:23. > :42:30.myself. And the last oddered -- order 11 o'clock. This woman walks

:42:30. > :42:37.across the room and I notice here her -- her and we have eye contact.

:42:38. > :42:45.She goes to the bathroom. And I follow her. And there we talk a bit.

:42:45. > :42:55.You know one thing leads to another. Eight month later... I got the fax

:42:55. > :43:01.in my office in Munich. A short one. But pretty clear that, remember I

:43:01. > :43:08.don't get the exact words, but more or less the same of, remember our

:43:08. > :43:15.encounter eight month ago? The result is now eight months old.

:43:15. > :43:20.Please call me. Now imagine that situation? You're living in your,

:43:20. > :43:26.in Germany, everything is in order, supposedly in order and you read

:43:26. > :43:35.the fax and then the back of your head, the wheels are starting to

:43:35. > :43:45.churn. And hmm eight month ago? Oh my God! Don't, don't, don't... It

:43:45. > :43:46.

:43:46. > :43:54.can't be. I can't happen. Six years on the jet setting executive that

:43:54. > :43:58.is the Becker of today is a father of Anna, conceived on the night the

:43:58. > :44:03.star fell to earth. See the situation now. As a big chance for

:44:03. > :44:08.me. I can tell you now that I do love my daughter. I didn't think it

:44:08. > :44:11.was possible five years ago. I believe in ten years time, she is

:44:11. > :44:17.going to be one of my best friends and sles going to tell me a thing

:44:17. > :44:23.or two about women that I didn't know until she is grown up.

:44:23. > :44:33.turn of the century threatened to be the biggest turning point in

:44:33. > :44:33.

:44:33. > :44:37.Becker's life with a paternity suit and he was accused of fraud and tax

:44:37. > :44:41.irregularities. The German authorities were demanding ten

:44:41. > :44:46.million marks in back tax and a three-year jail term. I was like a

:44:46. > :44:51.boxer in the corner, going, throw me more, I can take another punch.

:44:51. > :44:57.Sure what are you going to do stkph at that moment, when they did the

:44:57. > :45:03.tax, I was at my weakest. I was going through my divorce. I had

:45:03. > :45:07.another child. My public image was down the toilet. Now is the time to

:45:07. > :45:15.take Boris Becker. A substantial fine but no jail term meant he

:45:15. > :45:23.could continue to rebuild his life as a broad caster. His love affair

:45:23. > :45:29.with the British public endaurs. -- endures. He is cast as a German

:45:29. > :45:33.ambassador without the politics. Over the past two decades the

:45:33. > :45:41.superstar has become common currency. But Boris Becker got

:45:41. > :45:49.there first. And he survived. honestly say that my house is

:45:49. > :45:54.intact again. There is order. And I have definitely... Learned from my

:45:54. > :45:58.mistakes! Wow it is some story. Boris will be with us at Wimbledon

:45:58. > :46:03.and he will be mere tomorrow. It is incredible what he has to go

:46:03. > :46:07.through. He had to grow up quick. They talk about the Wimbledon title

:46:07. > :46:11.at 17. That was the point that his life changed. But he has been the

:46:11. > :46:17.architect of a lot of change since then. He admits things. He talks

:46:17. > :46:20.openly about things. He tries to make aye amends. He is more

:46:20. > :46:27.sensitive than people imagine. I think it is fantastic. I'm looking

:46:27. > :46:31.forward to seeing him he is a good guy. And he is good fun. Who knows

:46:32. > :46:38.what turbulent waters are ahead, but he has been through a few.

:46:38. > :46:41.of the most surprising things, is his mother saying she lost her son,

:46:41. > :46:47.she wanted him to be a solicitor and stay at home. That was sad. You

:46:47. > :46:52.could see it in her eyes. She was proud of what he achieved, but she

:46:52. > :46:55.did lose her son and you could see the sadness. She stayed in Germany.

:46:55. > :47:00.While we were watching that, because the matches finished

:47:00. > :47:05.quickly here today. In the second semi final, Britain's No 2, James

:47:05. > :47:15.Ward put a strong defence against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, ranked 1 in the

:47:15. > :47:16.

:47:16. > :47:19.world. But it was the Frenchman who world. But it was the Frenchman who

:47:19. > :47:24.won it. This is match point. Jo- Wilfried Tsonga put out Rafael

:47:24. > :47:33.Nadal yesterday. He is through to the final. His second final of the

:47:34. > :47:37.year. Tsonga through to face Andy Murray, who, well, he destroyed the

:47:37. > :47:45.four-time champion here and former Grand Slam champion, Andy Roddick.

:47:45. > :47:52.It was 6-3, 6-1. It was the best tennis we have seen Andy Murray

:47:52. > :47:58.play. After the match, he spoke to John Inverdale. On behalf of

:47:59. > :48:07.everyone here, and millions watching, thanks for a master class.

:48:07. > :48:12.Thank you. APPLAUSE. You seem to be in control from the moment you

:48:12. > :48:18.walked on the court. Yeah, well I got off to a good start. Andy is

:48:18. > :48:24.one of toughest guys to break and I got an early start. That helped. It

:48:24. > :48:29.was one of those days, I hardly missed a ball. It doesn't happen --

:48:29. > :48:37.happen too often. What did he say after the game. I think he said,

:48:37. > :48:42.keep it social! Everything that touched my racquet was going in.

:48:42. > :48:49.But I played Andy many times. So I am sure if we play in calm of weeks

:48:49. > :48:54.at Wimbledon it will be more come fetetive. -- competitive. Is your

:48:54. > :48:58.basis against the big hitter to slow the ball koun and -- down and

:48:58. > :49:03.frustrate them and they have to create the pace? Both of us sliced

:49:03. > :49:08.a lot. The ball is quicker, because it was warm today. The ball was

:49:08. > :49:13.staying lower. Both of us sliced the ball. He came into the net a

:49:13. > :49:17.lot. I hit many passing shots. This is something you think about, but

:49:17. > :49:22.sometimes you have to adjust, because each match is different.

:49:22. > :49:28.you match it would be done and dusted in about an hour? No. Not at

:49:28. > :49:33.all. I will take it that is for sure. It is nice to get off the

:49:33. > :49:38.court quickly. I played a lot of tennis lately and look forward to

:49:38. > :49:41.watching another Briton in the semis for a change. Lovely to see

:49:42. > :49:47.him smile again. Andy Murray is through to final. That is tomorrow

:49:47. > :49:51.at 12 o'clock. Not 2.30, because of the weather forecast. You can see

:49:51. > :49:54.it live here on BBC1. Also news about the women's tournament in

:49:54. > :50:03.Edgebaston. That has also been brought forward. So that final will

:50:03. > :50:08.now be played at 10 o'clock in the morning. That singles final is

:50:08. > :50:12.tomorrow. But there is a doubles event taking place and in recent

:50:12. > :50:15.years the double have been dominated by twin tpwrs America.

:50:15. > :50:24.They have been seven times world champions and they have been

:50:24. > :50:31.talking to John. The life of Bryans, Bob and Mikement or is it Mike and

:50:31. > :50:36.Bob? They have won 07 tour tiets and are the No -- 71 tour titles

:50:36. > :50:42.and are the No 1 in the world. So where do you take them for a chat?

:50:42. > :50:45.The pub. Was there ever a likelihood of unwith of you being a

:50:45. > :50:53.tennis player and one being a scientist? I don't think so. We

:50:53. > :50:58.have the same D dem. A. We both love -- we have the same DNA and we

:50:58. > :51:04.both love tennis. My dad had a tennis club and maybe they tricked

:51:04. > :51:10.us into following this path. Atfully stage did either of you

:51:10. > :51:15.think as teenagers, I hate this game? I thought my hate my brother,

:51:15. > :51:25.but I never thought I hate this game. My dad did a good job. He

:51:25. > :51:33.made it fun. Took us to pro matches and we had idols like Andrey Agassi.

:51:33. > :51:38.We played golf after. We set our goals and never wanted to put down

:51:38. > :51:43.the racquet since. What age were you when you set the goals?

:51:43. > :51:50.played our first tournament at aged six. We were in full swing at a

:51:50. > :51:59.young age. Did you play doubles at six? Yes we played singles and

:51:59. > :52:03.doubles. Ever ji January 1st we put our goals on the refraidge rate --

:52:03. > :52:09.refrigerator. There was always a goal. We worked hard to knock them

:52:10. > :52:18.down. Were you wing aged six? first our first tournament aged six.

:52:18. > :52:22.We met in the final of the singles and we won the doubles. It was a

:52:22. > :52:27.novice tournament. How many times have you faced each other in a

:52:27. > :52:31.singles match? Probably, we have met in the finals of maybe over 100

:52:31. > :52:37.tournaments. But our parents didn't let us play against each other,

:52:37. > :52:43.until we were 17. They didn't want us to butt heads and one gin to

:52:43. > :52:48.dominate. So you -- twin to dominate. Then you might lose

:52:48. > :52:53.interest. You can't win if you're in the bedroom. That is why we're

:52:53. > :52:58.playing doubles together. We don't hate each other. When I you did

:52:58. > :53:03.play singles who won? I took t. have got to see the record. We're

:53:03. > :53:09.pretty even. Probably played 20 times and it is 10-10. We have met

:53:09. > :53:15.in mixed doubles since. I got you in the Wimbledon final. I have got

:53:15. > :53:21.you in the US Open. We're one complete player. He has got the big

:53:21. > :53:28.serve. I have got the good return. When you were young, you imagined

:53:28. > :53:33.what life as a tennis player would be like. Is it like that? Yes it is

:53:33. > :53:41.a great life. My parents are smart. We went to see Agassi play when we

:53:41. > :53:46.were ten. We wanted to be like him. You read agasy's book and he talks

:53:46. > :53:51.about the turmoil and how they were times when he was hating the game.

:53:51. > :53:55.There is pressure. There is money and points on the line each week.

:53:55. > :54:02.We put a lot of pressure on ourselves and each other to play

:54:02. > :54:10.well. We expect to be No 1. That takes winning a lot of matches and

:54:10. > :54:18.not letting up. At any time. When it is, you won a tur nominate --

:54:18. > :54:24.tournament you want to party, but you have got to keep it tight and

:54:24. > :54:27.stay focused. For 13 years we have sacrificed, we don't go out often.

:54:27. > :54:34.We're always training and on the road. We have been to Europe for

:54:34. > :54:37.two months straight now. So we have got to back your bags and become

:54:38. > :54:42.road warriors. Having had tennis ingrained in you, can you conceive

:54:42. > :54:47.of a life after tennis without tennis maybe? We're going to try to

:54:47. > :54:54.milk this as long as we can. I talked to players that retire early

:54:54. > :54:59.and they get bored and they want to come back. You get that adrenaline

:54:59. > :55:05.from wins and the highs and the lows. Like Mike said players go

:55:05. > :55:09.home and they're dead and don't have that thrill of the win. So

:55:09. > :55:14.we're going to take their advice and keep going as long as we can.

:55:14. > :55:21.We're 33, we can see the finish line, one last sprint and milk it.

:55:21. > :55:31.One last sprint and a lot more of bumping chests. Whose idea was

:55:31. > :55:35.that? Which started that move in college. We wanted to get all of

:55:35. > :55:41.our college team mates excited. And for some reason, we jumped up in

:55:41. > :55:46.the air and met chests. It was on the front cover of the Stan Ford

:55:46. > :55:51.Daily News. It was called the Bryan bump. Now it is our signature move

:55:51. > :55:56.and we have been doing it for 13 years. We have bruised chests by

:55:56. > :56:04.now. We took a lot of heat on the tour. A lot of veteran guys were

:56:05. > :56:11.kind of grumbling, these cocky twins, thumping chests. I remember

:56:11. > :56:17.marving nols wanted to fight us. -- Mark Noels wanted to fight United.

:56:17. > :56:22.Now we have their respect and they say go for it. They have done so

:56:22. > :56:27.much to raise the profile of doubles and they are winning their

:56:27. > :56:35.semi final. Tomorrow it is the fine at 12 o'clock. That is the new time.

:56:35. > :56:40.Coming up in a moment, the Canadian gran Prix qualifying on BBC1. And

:56:40. > :56:46.tomorrow it is the race itself from 5 o'clock here on BBC1 and on the

:56:46. > :56:55.red button. Still on motor sport the British Grand Prix, the MotoGP

:56:55. > :57:02.is tomorrow on BBC Two from 12 .30. Murray against Tsonga. Since I

:57:02. > :57:06.can't convince you to do a chest bump. We will do a chest bump. I

:57:07. > :57:12.just can't reach you from here. Murray in straight sets. If he

:57:12. > :57:16.place anything like that. He has going to beat him. Tsonga's

:57:16. > :57:21.dangerous, but Andy Murray in straight sets. Murray will win, but

:57:21. > :57:29.I don't think it will be as quick as today. Less than an hour.

:57:29. > :57:34.mury to win. Thank you. It is an earlier time. It will be noon here

:57:34. > :57:38.on BBC1. We know Tsonga is a great entertainer and he loves playing

:57:38. > :57:42.here on this centre court at the Queen's Club. But no one loves it