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been played at Queen's. It is woven into the very fabric of the club and

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the championship is now at its Superb performance from Andy

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Murray... For Andy Murray, it has been an exceptional 12 months.

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is no shame in losing to Roger Federer. I am going to try this, and

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he has won his first Grand Slam! he cap it off by lifting this

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impressive trophy for a third time? Good afternoon, welcome to the

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Queen's Club. The tournament boasts such a proud history. Today, it is

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final state. The weather has been awful this week. We have had rain

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every day. There is a brief shower passing through at the moment. They

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are not putting the covers on, but they are keeping an eye on the sky

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is -- the sky. It looks like they are going to put the covers on, so

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that means a longer delay. We hope we get this match on Court, because

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what a fitting final this is. Andy Murray looking for his third title

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at Queen's, against Marin Cilic. Hugely disappointing for the crowds

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all week. It has felt more like winter. It has been cold and windy -

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terrible for the players, but particularly for the spectators.

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Some of them cannot get tickets for Wimbledon and this is their chance

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to see top-class tennis in London. Here we are again. We are getting

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used to this. We certainly are. We were hoping for sunny weather.

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White-macro forecast is supposed to be good, isn't it? We just have to

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keep our fingers crossed. You have to feel for the players, they were

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just about to walk out onto court and now they are back to the

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players' lounge. I have not ever remember this many interruptions.

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The players have been very patient. The standard of play has been

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remarkable considering the court has been at times damp, there has been

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wind every day. I think the standard of play, we have had fantastic match

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considering how bad conditions have been. It has been remarkable,

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really. You have to feel for the tournament director. Yesterday it

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rained constantly. We only got ten minutes of tennis. He had to make

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the decision to play the semifinals simultaneously. It meant Lleyton

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Hewitt and Marin Cilic moved to court number one. Hewitt was not

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happy. He was very unhappy. I walk past last night and there were

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probably 100 spectators. There was a dead atmosphere, which is

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unfortunate for these guys, who played so well. There was nothing he

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could do. They could not have put Murray out there. There would have

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been chaos. They got the short straw. Today, we are looking forward

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not just to the final, but there is a special match called Rally Against

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Cancer for the Royal Marsden Hospital. It has been organised by

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Ross Hutchins, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's's lymphoma. It is

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going to be a one said shootout. It is winner takes it all. Tim Henman

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and Andy Murray take on Ivan Lendl and Tomas Berdych. There are Tim

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Henman and Andy Murray, probably talking tactics. It is a big match

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for Andy Murray this one. Tim Henman is saying, take over when you get

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the chance! What is the over-under on how many times Andy Murray is

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going to hate that guy in the guts with a ground stroke! I was talking

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to Ivan Lendl this morning. He said, if Andy Murray hates me, I

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will have him doing laps at seven o'clock tomorrow morning. He said he

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will be pulling out of Wimbledon because of fatigue if he goes

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anywhere near me. It is going to be a lot of fun out there. When Tim

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Henman arrived this morning I said, you are here early, and he said, I

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had to sort out grass court shoes. Prepared as ever! We will see some

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volleys today, won't we? Of course we will. Tim and Ivan Lendl can

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still hit the ball great. There will be some good tennis. Ivan has

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brought back his grasscourt choose from years ago, when he retired. He

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was trying to work out which was older, his shoes or Andy Murray -

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Andy Murray is three years older! They are probably illegal! It is

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going to be a lot of fun and it is raising money for an important

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cause. There is a host of comedians coming along and restaurants in as

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well -- Boris Johnson as well. That is the match later on this

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afternoon. Of course, it is weather permitting. We are hoping that the

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final will very soon. Andy Murray came through yesterday against

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. That hear his thoughts. -- lets hear his thoughts.

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I have come in here, not worried about getting the matches, just

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getting used to playing on grass. It was essential for me to get matches

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this week and I am glad to have got through to the final. How much of a

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springboard is that, is it a relief? It was important for me. I have had

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some tough matches. I played Nicolas Mahut and managed to get through,

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and I lost against him last year. It was important for me, if I wanted to

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do well at Wimbledon. I needed to get some matches through here. By

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getting to the final and getting five or six days practice for

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Wimbledon after the tournament, I should be ready. What about waiting,

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how do you keep focused and ready? You never know when you are going to

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be called out and then things change. It was tough for everybody

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involved. It was the same for me and Tsonga, but also the people coming

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to watch. There is no perfect solution. We had 45 minutes from

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when we were told we were going to change courts, and you just do your

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warm up and get ready to go. And the table football? I think that was in

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case of a weather cancellation. you won that match? Yes.You have

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got a great record against Marin Cilic. I have had some tough matches

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with him, I lost against him in the US Open last year. I managed to come

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through that one. He is playing very well. He has played a lot of matches

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lately. He is defending champion. If he plays well, he will be confident.

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He beat Berdych and Hewitt back-to-back. What does the U.S.

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Open tell you about what could be exploited in this game? Every player

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goes through matches where they are serving for the match, or there are

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big leads and they do not get them. It is part of the sport. Sometimes,

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you get nervous, other times you don't. The U.S. Open is huge. That

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was probably why I got a little bit nervous that day. How close to match

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fitness do you feel? I feel good. I have played five days in a row, so

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it has been a lot for my first week back, but my body has held up fairly

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well. I have been pleased with how it has gone. I have had a good

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week's practice. I am doing all of the rights rehab and exercise for my

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back, so I should be in good shape. To win would be a great launchpad,

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wouldn't it? It would be, but I have also played well here in the past

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and not done so well at Wimbledon. I have also played badly here and done

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really well at Wimbledon. There is no real reason for that, so long as

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this week, I give it my best shot in the final. It would be great to win

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the event. If not, it has been a very productive week for me.

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Interesting point that Andy Murray makes, but it doesn't really matter

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if you win here. This year is different, because he has had the

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month away and he has needed the matches. He has had them. Whether he

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wins or loses makes no difference at all to his chances at Wimbledon. I

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was impressed with his match against Nicolas Mahut. He had not played in

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a month or so and he came out and looked so imposing. There was almost

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an aura around him. He looked fit and strong and was moving well, and

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was hitting the ball sharply. Whatever he did in that of time it

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served him well. He has had a couple of times where he has wobbled, once

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against Benjamin Becker. Yesterday there was a moment when he was a set

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down as three points down. I think he took his foot off the gas.

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Against Tsonga, it can be a big storm to weather. For the first

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set, Tsonga was serving at 70% and Murray was just hanging in there,

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and then he got a chance and took it. I think when he was down a set,

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it was more to do with Tsonga's brilliance. I think you did well to

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get through it. Let's enjoy the little bit laps it is a goal --

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lackadaisical. He could have done a lot more, he was sure working --

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break points against Murray's serve. And hundred and 24 mph! -- 124 mph!

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excellent to get a return. It is all French man. Were you looking across

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court? He certainly was.Fifth break the instinct to get in quickly dash

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he had to cover so much court, and what a volley! He knew that Tsonga

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would be looking for the drop shot. He threw the depth in and this is

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Murray, with a break of serve, had woken up? This is a consolidation of

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what he has achieved in the set so point from Tsonga. Just enough

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behind that volley to take it out. think Tsonga will even go upstairs

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to see if he can correct the correction, so it will be a first

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serve, even though it was a second serve that was incorrectly called.

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Those are the rules. In the past, he would have had that crosscourt

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nicely but he went for something big, and that set him up to finish

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the rally with a crosscourt forehand, much more aggressive.

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French Open, it was the first Grand Slam he had missed since 2007 when

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he had the wrist injury he got in Hamburg. It just made him think

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about not taking all this for granted. I think he really missed

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the game, even though it was only three and a half weeks with his back

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injury, he missed it. He is playing this is unlucky. -- he slipped.

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Murray is looking to put this a way former Reagan that deciding set and

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it looks like he will be in the final. -- to breaks up for Murray in

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of Ivan Lendl. If you have someone in your camp who has won titles,

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including grand slams, only Jimmy Connors has more titles than that,

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109. That is Ivan Lendl's wife, Samantha. No, not that one! That is

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the physiotherapist. Ivan Lendl's he would have been an excellent

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athlete in the hurdles. Murray will not be thinking this match is over.

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But at 5-1, he would have to be enjoying himself with this

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and chill it both went through to the final, -- Cilic went through to

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the final. Both winners of the was not going Andy Murray's way

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earlier, but he has maintained his 48 minutes of tennis that we were

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not sure we would get today, but it was worth waiting for. Andy Murray

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Andy Murray is in the final at Queen's Club. This was last night.

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As the match progressed, Murray got better and better. Plot away to

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finish. Hooked his place in his third title at Queen's. That was

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last night. This is today. We're looking forward to the final between

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Andy Murray and Marin Cilic. Not too many umbrellas, but the covers are

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still on. Marin Cilic is the defending champion, who won it in

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controversial circumstances a year ago when his competitor was

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disqualified for injuring a lines person. Everyone is being patient,

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or trying to be patient. Waiting for a plea to get underway. -- play.

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Happy Father's Day to you both. you look after? I was. I got a very

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route card but I put on Twitter. I got a book of war poetry by Wilfred

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Owen. I got some toffee which says chewy on the outside. My son came

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in. He said it was Father's Day. My son said that his presence was my

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present. Very quick thinking! It is not Father's Day in the US. I have

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already missed that! I would have accepted cash instead of the

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present! I feel for the organisers of the tournament. The forecast

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looked quite good for today. There is obviously just enough moisture in

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the air to affect the court surface. It is about atmospheric conditions.

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They can't be right. We have become experts on this week! Chris Kermode

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really got away with it yesterday by swapping one of the semifinals to

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court on and putting Andy Murray on Centre Court. -- on Court One. That

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was the right decision. I think we will get away with this today. The

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people who are really nervous will be the likes of Michael McIntyre,

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Jonathan Ross and Sir Richard Branson. They will be getting more

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and more uptight. It is not that far away from Wimbledon, but at least

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they have the roof. That starts a week on Monday. A week on Sunday, we

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have a special programme coming up. Andy Murray, we are proud of you.

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This is a first for Dunblane. Murray and his brother came to the

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school. So did I. They are really good in the house. Then we take them

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out and the disgraced themselves. The worst thing that would happen

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for Andy Murray would be if he got his teeth veneered and started

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behaving like a superstar. It is not about fame or financial rewards. He

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just wants to play tennis. We have known each other since we were 11

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years old. It is nice to see the evolution of the person you have

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known all your life. People say I always look calm. Inside was a

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different story. I am going to drivers and it not be easy. To come

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so close to not be able to do it, you just wanted to hug him. I felt

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protective of him because I knew what he would be going through.

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is a joy to be around. He is hilarious. So few people get to see

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that side of him. You only have nine minutes left! Outside of tennis, we

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talk about the PlayStation a lot. The turning point was without doubt

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winning the gold medal in the Olympics. Pressure is part of the

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business. He has proved himself time and time again. Having won the US

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Open, the press in Britain will focus on Wimbledon. That programme

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is a week on Sunday at 10:25pm on BBC One. It also features this man.

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Wellcome, Tim. I feel very underdressed! What a great view this

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is. The covers are coming off. Well done to the team. Hopefully the

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players will be appearing soon. You have very much taken Andy Murray

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under your wing because you know all the pressures coming his way.

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known him for a long time. I have seen him come up through the junior

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game and I have heard a lot of what the coaches were saying about this

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young kid that had a great feel for the game. He had a few issues about

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his attitude and his temperament at times. We have been able to see his

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phenomenal talent develop. At this time of year, I know what he is

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going through. I have always felt a little protective of him. I would

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not necessarily say he listens to ever think that I say, but I have

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always enjoyed his company. When you are in a social environment or on

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the practice court, you get to see a different side to him. He is relaxed

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and has a good sense of humour. When he is out there playing his matches,

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it is business. You were practising with Ivan Lendl as well? I wanted a

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boost to my confidence! He is brilliant. He still hit the ball

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great. Were both hit it OK, it is when we have to run that the

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problems start! Fingers crossed that the weather does improve because we

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look forward to getting out there and later. You said you practised

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once last month with Greg and once with Andy. Talk us through this.

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is the best I have played in five years and Andy said I was rubbish. I

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was a bit disappointed! I don't really play that much tennis any

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more, but I have not played on a grass court for a long time. These

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courts are incredible. It was incredible and I enjoyed it. If Andy

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goes on to win the tour lament, I think that was the foundation that

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was laid -- win the tournament. ask Andy Murray about that and he

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said, he volleys well. He has never been great at dishing out the

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compliments. I suppose that one is better than none. It is amazing how

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I go to the gym fairly regularly and feel like I am in good shape. I can

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ride a bike and run on the treadmill. We only played for an

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hour on the court just hitting it up and down and did some sliced

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backhand drills. I was absolutely cooked. Exhausted. Then he went on

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to play for another hour. You kind of forget the physical demands on

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these top players. It puts it in perspective of why it was a good

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decision for him not to go to Paris. If his back wasn't right, you just

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can't compete. He has to go into the French Open believing he can win

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seven matches, not just a couple. It was tough for him to miss Roland

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Garros, but it is important to be in good shape for this and Wimbledon.

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You are playing with Andy Murray up against Ivan Lendl and Tomas

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Berdych. Will that be a grudge match between Ivan Lendl and Andy Murray?

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There are some bets being placed about how many times they can hit

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each other. I think there will be a lot of target practice. I will speak

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to Tomas Berdych politely and ask him not to hit it at me because

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nobody hit it harder than him. Nobody quite knows how the match

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will unfold. I think there will definitely be a competitive element

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to it. At the end of the day, for the rally against cancer and for

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Ross Hutchins, it will be a brilliant day. I am looking forward

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to that. And I am looking forward to the celebrities getting out on the

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they are both in your team. I have not seen Michael played just yet.

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Plenty of time for that. What about the final? Can I get your thoughts?

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Everyone is thinking that this belongs to Andy Murray, but Marin

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Cilic is great as well. I played against Cilic several years ago. He

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has been a great player for a long time. He won the turn lament last

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year, but it was different circumstances. I expect he would

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like to really go out and earnest today. He has given Andy some

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problems in the past. I have not done any research. The statistics

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are 8-1 to Andy Murray. They have had some close matches. Andy beat

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him last year. I know you are in demand for everyone. As always, when

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it is raining! Me the best team when! Talking of Marin Cilic, here

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is the defending champion. You like it here. Nine matches unbeaten.

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liking it more and more after each day. I am enjoying my time on the

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court. I am looking forward to the final. Given the unusual

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circumstances of the final last year, is it nice for you to have a

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chance to go out and win it? Even to be in the final again is a great

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thing for me. I am playing well. It shows that it is not surprising I

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was in the last final. I have had some tough matches this week. Tomas

:51:17.:51:27.
:51:27.:51:34.

Berdych -- it is a challenge to play him. He will be motivated by playing

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at home, Andy Murray. I will take some positives from the final.

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made a brief appearance yesterday for ten minutes before his match was

:51:47.:51:57.
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moved to court on. -- court on. -- Court One. Can I have your thoughts

:52:05.:52:13.

about Cilic she. He is one of those guys who flattered to deceive a

:52:13.:52:21.

little. I am not sure what has held him back. He was in the top ten

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several years ago. Did not manage to stay there for long. There was the

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match at the US Open for he was thumping Andy Murray and then fell

:52:30.:52:36.

to pieces. I guess there are questions about his temperament.

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When he has had an opportunity to really blast into the upper echelons

:52:40.:52:45.

of the game, he has not taken those opportunities. Today is a challenge

:52:45.:52:52.

for him. Andy Murray is a very difficult match up. The serve of

:52:52.:53:00.

Cilic, whilst it is not dominant, such as Tsonga or Tomas Berdych, it

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is what he wins points from. Andy Murray is one of the best returners

:53:06.:53:14.

in the game. It is a big test for Cilic. Can he hold serve regularly?

:53:14.:53:21.

We are hoping the players will be on the courts and. Some famous faces in

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the crowd and some of them will get to play later. Sir Richard. How good

:53:29.:53:39.
:53:39.:53:40.

are you? I love playing. I have played for a long time. I have

:53:40.:53:46.

enjoyed celebrity matches before. It is an honour to be invited to play.

:53:46.:53:52.

What is your best weapon and what is your weakest point? I am a good

:53:52.:54:02.
:54:02.:54:06.

negotiator. I have brought some tickets along for the judge. I am an

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average tennis player. I thoroughly enjoy the game. Do you use one hand

:54:14.:54:23.

or two hands for backhand? On hand. Old school. You have a tennis school

:54:23.:54:30.

on your island. Last year, we had Djokovic and John McEnroe. This

:54:30.:54:37.

year, we have medal coming. Just do some namedropping! -- we have Rafael

:54:37.:54:47.
:54:47.:54:49.

Nadal coming. They can have five days where they can have a good

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time. It is interesting that we keep talking about player numbers in

:54:59.:55:05.

sport in this country. At this time of year, Wimbledon inspires people

:55:05.:55:09.

for a short time. I know you are trying to do something to get people

:55:09.:55:14.

to play tennis in this country. There is a couple of things we are

:55:14.:55:20.

trying to do. We are opening up our clubs, so anyone who wants to go

:55:20.:55:26.

over the next three weeks without having to pay can learn how to play

:55:26.:55:33.

tennis. The other thing which I have had a passion for is to try to push

:55:33.:55:40.

handicapped tennis in. You have a handicap system in golf, but not in

:55:40.:55:47.

tennis. That means you can only play people of your standard. We are

:55:47.:55:53.

giving people some points so that they can play on a level playing

:55:53.:55:59.

field. As a result, a lot more people can play. Lovely to talk to

:55:59.:56:09.

you. We will look out for that one-handed backhand later. It was

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lovely to see people enjoying tennis on our way to Queen's Club this

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morning. That was before the rain. It is dry and we have heard that the

:56:21.:56:27.

players will come out in two minutes' time. The line judges and

:56:27.:56:32.

ball boys and ball girls are making their way out just now. It looks

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like we are all go for the final of the AEGON Championships. It has been

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a long wait, I'll long week of watching the weather. But we have a

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really good final to look forward to. Peter is still with me. Top a

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little about Andy Murray. He has all the matches behind him that he wants

:56:52.:57:00.

now. For players, it is about the title and the trophy. Absolutely.

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Every title is important only to. Especially this one. Andy Murray

:57:05.:57:15.
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lives ten minutes down the road. It is important for him to win this. I

:57:18.:57:28.

don't think anybody could imagine that he will give less than 100%

:57:28.:57:34.

today. People want the wind. Here saying he has had some wobbles but

:57:34.:57:42.

that is because he has missed the matches. In tennis, to not compete

:57:42.:57:49.

for a whole month, you get nervous when the games get tight. Exactly.

:57:49.:57:56.

And it's not because he has chosen to work on training, there was a

:57:56.:58:00.

period they are pretty did not lift a finger. You come back and timing

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is a little off and you change surface and, you know, you don't

:58:08.:58:11.

know if you will react the same way when you come back as you did before

:58:11.:58:17.

you stopped. I am sure he will feel a lot more comfortable than last

:58:17.:58:24.

week. Whatever happens today, to have a week just to practice and

:58:24.:58:34.
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fine tune before Wimbledon? Exactly. I am sure he will be so. I am sure

:58:40.:58:43.

his back is stiff and sore. It will take a few days where he does

:58:43.:58:48.

nothing at all. Then he will get back into it and ensure he does not

:58:49.:58:58.
:58:59.:59:04.

overwork himself. There is Marin Cilic with a keen tennis player who

:59:04.:59:14.
:59:14.:59:25.

is 11 years old. His name is Oliver. Well done to him. A big cheer for

:59:25.:59:34.

Andy Murray. Such support here this week. He is being led out by George

:59:34.:59:43.

Jackson, an eight-year-old who loves his tennis as well. Proud moment for

:59:43.:59:53.
:59:53.:59:57.

him to be with his hero. And immoral -- Andy Murray idolised Andre Agassi

:59:57.:00:07.

when he was this age. I don't know if I had a great idle. I liked Stan

:00:07.:00:16.

Smith. Andy Murray is looking around. He is staring up at the sky

:00:16.:00:22.

because there is a very dark cloud heading over Queen's Club. It's not

:00:22.:00:28.

ideal. It's not great for the players. But, you know, we have to

:00:28.:00:36.

try to play this. They want to get the tournament finished. It is not

:00:36.:00:46.
:00:46.:00:51.

bad. The conditions are a lot more benign. Can we have a picture with

:00:51.:01:00.

the kids? We will have a picture after that as well. If you have to

:01:00.:01:05.

challenge, please say something. If it is raining, just wait, do not

:01:05.:01:15.
:01:15.:01:18.

leave immediately. Any questions? That is it. Go to both sides for the

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mantelpiece of those two young hope we get continuous play. We have

:01:41.:01:46.

seen far too many umbrellas this week. This is certainly not tennis

:01:46.:01:50.

weather, or June weather. Let's hope the summer arrives in time for

:01:50.:02:00.
:02:00.:02:04.

Wimbledon. It is amazing, you do not see Andy Murray dwarfed very often.

:02:04.:02:11.

Amazing, but Cilic is quite a bit taller. In the women's game, the

:02:11.:02:21.
:02:21.:02:25.

average height is five foot 11. was it in your day? About five foot

:02:25.:02:31.

three? It is a totally different game and a totally different

:02:31.:02:36.

physique that you need. Who is your money on? Andy Murray, surprise,

:02:36.:02:43.

surprise. Time for us to sit back and enjoy it. Let's handover to the

:02:43.:02:53.
:02:53.:02:58.

finally got on to court just after six o'clock in the evening and lost

:02:58.:03:04.

the first set. It was 3-3 in the second set, 15-40 on his own serve

:03:04.:03:10.

against Tsonga. Not for one moment did he think about giving it away.

:03:10.:03:16.

He turned the momentum around and eventually won in three sets to get

:03:16.:03:21.

the much played. Marin Cilic was getting rid of Lleyton Hewitt on

:03:21.:03:26.

Court one. We have the defending champion in the final, against the

:03:26.:03:36.
:03:36.:03:40.

man who has won it in the arduous recently. -- in the odd years

:03:40.:03:46.

recently. He is a very quiet world number 12, if you know what I mean.

:03:46.:03:52.

He just goes about his business. He is a retiring person. Only 24, but

:03:52.:03:58.

he has been around for so long, you tend to think he is 27 or 28. He is

:03:58.:04:04.

still improving, even though he was number nine in 2010. I was speaking

:04:04.:04:09.

with his coach last year. He said that he listened to too many people

:04:09.:04:14.

and suffered a drop in confidence and ranking as a result of that. He

:04:14.:04:24.
:04:24.:04:29.

is regaining ranking at the top of the game. The head groundsman,

:04:29.:04:37.

looking on anxiously. I have a feeling that the team are about to

:04:37.:04:47.

come on. There is normally a staff of eight. Perhaps all of them are

:04:47.:04:57.
:04:57.:05:05.

going to pull the cover over in a few minutes' time. I think the

:05:05.:05:13.

groundsman has this exception of family members on the team. -- has a

:05:13.:05:20.

number of family members on the team. Even if this is only a

:05:20.:05:25.

warm-up, this is useful for the players. There are always nerves.

:05:25.:05:35.
:05:35.:05:37.

You want to win, don't you? In 2005, he played here and then

:05:37.:05:47.
:05:47.:05:50.

Wimbledon afterwords, where he lost. He has had a good year. The match

:05:50.:05:55.

against Nicolas Mahut, his first match this week, was a useful one,

:05:55.:05:59.

against a Frenchman who really does know the art of playing on a grass

:05:59.:06:09.
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court. Murray came through that, but he lost to the same man last year.

:06:11.:06:15.

He has been looking like a champion all week. He has played with such

:06:15.:06:20.

alertness and enthusiasm. It was only when he was a set down to

:06:20.:06:23.

Tsonga that you thought it might not be enough, but he came through the

:06:23.:06:28.

match. That is our potential Wimbledon champion. I do not know

:06:28.:06:34.

whether I would put him favourite, I don't know. With the sort of form he

:06:34.:06:41.

has cut, favourite, what do you think? He is certainly right up

:06:41.:06:49.

there. I would marginally make Djokovic the slight favourite, but I

:06:49.:06:53.

think Murray would be a close second. Certainly, this week will

:06:53.:06:58.

have done him a world of good, given the matches he has got under his

:06:58.:07:08.
:07:08.:07:08.

belt. He is still not sure, he keeps looking at the weather. I do not

:07:08.:07:16.

think he is keen to be out here. These sort of conditions are tough.

:07:16.:07:26.
:07:26.:07:33.

It has been like this whole week, so is nothing new. There is the

:07:33.:07:37.

sponsor's umbrella. They have signed up to British tennis for a lengthy

:07:37.:07:45.

amount of time. There is Andy Murray's mother. She does not go to

:07:45.:07:54.

all of his tournament any more. She really knows the game. She has got

:07:54.:07:59.

to be out watching the women as well, going out to tournament 's,

:07:59.:08:06.

doing the circuit. She is talking to her future daughter-in-law. Are we

:08:06.:08:16.
:08:16.:08:16.

ratcheting up the pressure on Andy Murray? Come on, Andy! Whenever you

:08:16.:08:20.

see him wearing one of these almost spray on shirts, you think, you

:08:20.:08:30.
:08:30.:08:36.

remember when he turned up in 2005? He was willowy. He had such a busy

:08:36.:08:46.
:08:46.:08:47.

week back then. He fell over in the corner in a heap. To make him have

:08:47.:08:56.

cramps now, you have got to work them hard. I think in Florida, with

:08:56.:09:05.

his match against David Ferrer, I think David Ferrer had the cramp,

:09:05.:09:13.

which shows Murray's fitness. looks like it might be on hold. The

:09:13.:09:23.
:09:23.:09:23.

rain is just spitting. You look at it, you think, why cant they play?

:09:23.:09:31.

Shall we do our umbrella thing? Fight me an interesting umbrella! --

:09:31.:09:37.

find me. A Queen's Club umbrella is �25, I think that is quite

:09:37.:09:47.
:09:47.:10:08.

impressive. Very snazzy.There is also adds of celebrity spotting

:10:08.:10:13.

going on today. The President's room, absolutely full on the top

:10:13.:10:23.
:10:23.:10:30.

tier. There is the East stand, very open and exposed. That is the more

:10:30.:10:36.

traditional bin liner covering, isn't it? Oh, that one is going to

:10:36.:10:46.
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take off! Well, this has been the story of the whole week. It has just

:10:48.:10:53.

been difficult. Once again, the standard of play, considering the

:10:53.:10:57.

conditions this week, has been phenomenal. Some of the tennis

:10:57.:11:05.

yesterday, with the Tsonga-Murray match, was breathtaking. When you

:11:05.:11:11.

think they had been waiting so long, it was class tennis. And Mahut

:11:11.:11:17.

-Murray, the first round was exceptional. Del Potro has played

:11:17.:11:22.

well, Cilic has been phenomenal, Lleyton Hewitt has been outstanding.

:11:22.:11:28.

It has been a credit to the players, getting out here. It is a big prize,

:11:28.:11:36.

winning Queen's, they have gone out in dodgy conditions. They could have

:11:36.:11:39.

eased off a little bit and no one would have said too much about it,

:11:39.:11:45.

but they have gone at it 110%, and we have been rewarded with excellent

:11:46.:11:52.

matches. It is a multisports complex. There is plenty you can do

:11:52.:12:02.
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indoors. Do you remember the wooden courts? The roof was no good, it

:12:04.:12:14.
:12:14.:12:15.

used to leak in the winter. You could slip. We got kicked off once

:12:15.:12:21.

in a semi final of the nationals I club members -- by club members who

:12:22.:12:30.

had booked the court. Cannot play your national tournament when we

:12:30.:12:40.
:12:40.:12:44.

have the men's doubles! That is the referee on the right, he has 25

:12:44.:12:54.
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sports. Let's have a listen. I think we can hang fire a little bit. They

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Club, and five miles south of here you will find Wimbledon. The

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Championship is very close. Sue, tell us a little bit about it.

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show you. They have taken the net down and I suspect the cover will

:15:32.:15:39.

come over in a moment as well. Still a light breeze about. There is no

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shower about to descend but there is drizzle. They are off to the men's

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changing room. The corridors here are quite narrow and people do tend

:15:52.:16:02.
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to get wedged in! We will just have to be patient and wait for Andy

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Murray to win his third championship here at Queen's Club. Marin Cilic,

:16:11.:16:15.

looking to make a successful defence. It is an attractive match,

:16:15.:16:25.
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this afternoon. Not sure what the delay is on getting the court

:16:28.:16:35.

covered. It is not looking good for tennis in the immediate near future.

:16:35.:16:38.

We are going to take a break from coverage and then we will be back to

:16:38.:16:46.

let you know what is happening. We have so much to look forward to, not

:16:46.:16:50.

only the men's singles but also the Rally Against Cancer, a lovely

:16:50.:16:59.

doubles match with a host of celebrities. I feel so sorry for

:16:59.:17:03.

these people who have arrived today expecting to see tennis, and hoping

:17:03.:17:11.

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