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been played at Queen's. It is woven into the very fabric of the club and | :00:45. | :00:55. | |
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the championship is now at its Superb performance from Andy | :01:30. | :01:40. | |
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Murray... For Andy Murray, it has been an exceptional 12 months. | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
is no shame in losing to Roger Federer. I am going to try this, and | :01:45. | :01:55. | |
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he has won his first Grand Slam! he cap it off by lifting this | :02:12. | :02:21. | |
impressive trophy for a third time? Good afternoon, welcome to the | :02:21. | :02:27. | |
Queen's Club. The tournament boasts such a proud history. Today, it is | :02:27. | :02:34. | |
final state. The weather has been awful this week. We have had rain | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
every day. There is a brief shower passing through at the moment. They | :02:40. | :02:50. | |
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are not putting the covers on, but they are keeping an eye on the sky | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
is -- the sky. It looks like they are going to put the covers on, so | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
that means a longer delay. We hope we get this match on Court, because | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
what a fitting final this is. Andy Murray looking for his third title | :03:06. | :03:13. | |
at Queen's, against Marin Cilic. Hugely disappointing for the crowds | :03:13. | :03:23. | |
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all week. It has felt more like winter. It has been cold and windy - | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
terrible for the players, but particularly for the spectators. | :03:26. | :03:32. | |
Some of them cannot get tickets for Wimbledon and this is their chance | :03:32. | :03:39. | |
to see top-class tennis in London. Here we are again. We are getting | :03:39. | :03:49. | |
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used to this. We certainly are. We were hoping for sunny weather. | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
White-macro forecast is supposed to be good, isn't it? We just have to | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
keep our fingers crossed. You have to feel for the players, they were | :03:57. | :04:07. | |
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just about to walk out onto court and now they are back to the | :04:08. | :04:14. | |
players' lounge. I have not ever remember this many interruptions. | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
The players have been very patient. The standard of play has been | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
remarkable considering the court has been at times damp, there has been | :04:21. | :04:29. | |
wind every day. I think the standard of play, we have had fantastic match | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
considering how bad conditions have been. It has been remarkable, | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
really. You have to feel for the tournament director. Yesterday it | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
rained constantly. We only got ten minutes of tennis. He had to make | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
the decision to play the semifinals simultaneously. It meant Lleyton | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
Hewitt and Marin Cilic moved to court number one. Hewitt was not | :04:51. | :05:00. | |
happy. He was very unhappy. I walk past last night and there were | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
probably 100 spectators. There was a dead atmosphere, which is | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
unfortunate for these guys, who played so well. There was nothing he | :05:06. | :05:13. | |
could do. They could not have put Murray out there. There would have | :05:13. | :05:22. | |
been chaos. They got the short straw. Today, we are looking forward | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
not just to the final, but there is a special match called Rally Against | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
Cancer for the Royal Marsden Hospital. It has been organised by | :05:32. | :05:42. | |
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Ross Hutchins, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's's lymphoma. It is | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
going to be a one said shootout. It is winner takes it all. Tim Henman | :05:47. | :05:57. | |
and Andy Murray take on Ivan Lendl and Tomas Berdych. There are Tim | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
Henman and Andy Murray, probably talking tactics. It is a big match | :06:01. | :06:09. | |
for Andy Murray this one. Tim Henman is saying, take over when you get | :06:09. | :06:18. | |
the chance! What is the over-under on how many times Andy Murray is | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
going to hate that guy in the guts with a ground stroke! I was talking | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
to Ivan Lendl this morning. He said, if Andy Murray hates me, I | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
will have him doing laps at seven o'clock tomorrow morning. He said he | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
will be pulling out of Wimbledon because of fatigue if he goes | :06:36. | :06:43. | |
anywhere near me. It is going to be a lot of fun out there. When Tim | :06:43. | :06:50. | |
Henman arrived this morning I said, you are here early, and he said, I | :06:50. | :06:56. | |
had to sort out grass court shoes. Prepared as ever! We will see some | :06:56. | :07:06. | |
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volleys today, won't we? Of course we will. Tim and Ivan Lendl can | :07:08. | :07:16. | |
still hit the ball great. There will be some good tennis. Ivan has | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
brought back his grasscourt choose from years ago, when he retired. He | :07:21. | :07:30. | |
was trying to work out which was older, his shoes or Andy Murray - | :07:30. | :07:38. | |
Andy Murray is three years older! They are probably illegal! It is | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
going to be a lot of fun and it is raising money for an important | :07:41. | :07:48. | |
cause. There is a host of comedians coming along and restaurants in as | :07:48. | :07:58. | |
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well -- Boris Johnson as well. That is the match later on this | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
afternoon. Of course, it is weather permitting. We are hoping that the | :08:06. | :08:13. | |
final will very soon. Andy Murray came through yesterday against | :08:13. | :08:23. | |
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. That hear his thoughts. -- lets hear his thoughts. | :08:24. | :08:31. | |
I have come in here, not worried about getting the matches, just | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
getting used to playing on grass. It was essential for me to get matches | :08:35. | :08:41. | |
this week and I am glad to have got through to the final. How much of a | :08:41. | :08:49. | |
springboard is that, is it a relief? It was important for me. I have had | :08:49. | :08:56. | |
some tough matches. I played Nicolas Mahut and managed to get through, | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
and I lost against him last year. It was important for me, if I wanted to | :09:00. | :09:07. | |
do well at Wimbledon. I needed to get some matches through here. By | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
getting to the final and getting five or six days practice for | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
Wimbledon after the tournament, I should be ready. What about waiting, | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
how do you keep focused and ready? You never know when you are going to | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
be called out and then things change. It was tough for everybody | :09:26. | :09:33. | |
involved. It was the same for me and Tsonga, but also the people coming | :09:33. | :09:41. | |
to watch. There is no perfect solution. We had 45 minutes from | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
when we were told we were going to change courts, and you just do your | :09:46. | :09:56. | |
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warm up and get ready to go. And the table football? I think that was in | :10:07. | :10:14. | |
case of a weather cancellation. you won that match? Yes.You have | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
got a great record against Marin Cilic. I have had some tough matches | :10:19. | :10:25. | |
with him, I lost against him in the US Open last year. I managed to come | :10:25. | :10:31. | |
through that one. He is playing very well. He has played a lot of matches | :10:31. | :10:39. | |
lately. He is defending champion. If he plays well, he will be confident. | :10:39. | :10:48. | |
He beat Berdych and Hewitt back-to-back. What does the U.S. | :10:48. | :10:56. | |
Open tell you about what could be exploited in this game? Every player | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
goes through matches where they are serving for the match, or there are | :11:00. | :11:06. | |
big leads and they do not get them. It is part of the sport. Sometimes, | :11:06. | :11:14. | |
you get nervous, other times you don't. The U.S. Open is huge. That | :11:14. | :11:19. | |
was probably why I got a little bit nervous that day. How close to match | :11:19. | :11:28. | |
fitness do you feel? I feel good. I have played five days in a row, so | :11:28. | :11:35. | |
it has been a lot for my first week back, but my body has held up fairly | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
well. I have been pleased with how it has gone. I have had a good | :11:39. | :11:45. | |
week's practice. I am doing all of the rights rehab and exercise for my | :11:45. | :11:55. | |
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back, so I should be in good shape. To win would be a great launchpad, | :11:56. | :12:02. | |
wouldn't it? It would be, but I have also played well here in the past | :12:02. | :12:06. | |
and not done so well at Wimbledon. I have also played badly here and done | :12:06. | :12:12. | |
really well at Wimbledon. There is no real reason for that, so long as | :12:12. | :12:20. | |
this week, I give it my best shot in the final. It would be great to win | :12:20. | :12:30. | |
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the event. If not, it has been a very productive week for me. | :12:31. | :12:36. | |
Interesting point that Andy Murray makes, but it doesn't really matter | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
if you win here. This year is different, because he has had the | :12:40. | :12:46. | |
month away and he has needed the matches. He has had them. Whether he | :12:46. | :12:52. | |
wins or loses makes no difference at all to his chances at Wimbledon. I | :12:52. | :12:58. | |
was impressed with his match against Nicolas Mahut. He had not played in | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
a month or so and he came out and looked so imposing. There was almost | :13:03. | :13:10. | |
an aura around him. He looked fit and strong and was moving well, and | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
was hitting the ball sharply. Whatever he did in that of time it | :13:16. | :13:26. | |
served him well. He has had a couple of times where he has wobbled, once | :13:26. | :13:34. | |
against Benjamin Becker. Yesterday there was a moment when he was a set | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
down as three points down. I think he took his foot off the gas. | :13:38. | :13:48. | |
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Against Tsonga, it can be a big storm to weather. For the first | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
set, Tsonga was serving at 70% and Murray was just hanging in there, | :13:53. | :14:00. | |
and then he got a chance and took it. I think when he was down a set, | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
it was more to do with Tsonga's brilliance. I think you did well to | :14:05. | :14:15. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds | :14:15. | :15:18. | |
get through it. Let's enjoy the little bit laps it is a goal -- | :15:18. | :15:27. | |
lackadaisical. He could have done a lot more, he was sure working -- | :15:27. | :15:37. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds | :15:37. | :17:15. | |
break points against Murray's serve. And hundred and 24 mph! -- 124 mph! | :17:15. | :17:25. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds | :17:25. | :19:04. | |
excellent to get a return. It is all French man. Were you looking across | :19:04. | :19:14. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds | :19:14. | :21:09. | |
court? He certainly was.Fifth break the instinct to get in quickly dash | :21:09. | :21:17. | |
he had to cover so much court, and what a volley! He knew that Tsonga | :21:17. | :21:21. | |
would be looking for the drop shot. He threw the depth in and this is | :21:21. | :21:31. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds | :21:32. | :24:37. | |
Murray, with a break of serve, had woken up? This is a consolidation of | :24:37. | :24:47. | |
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what he has achieved in the set so point from Tsonga. Just enough | :25:26. | :25:36. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds | :25:36. | :26:23. | |
behind that volley to take it out. think Tsonga will even go upstairs | :26:23. | :26:29. | |
to see if he can correct the correction, so it will be a first | :26:29. | :26:37. | |
serve, even though it was a second serve that was incorrectly called. | :26:38. | :26:47. | |
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Those are the rules. In the past, he would have had that crosscourt | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
nicely but he went for something big, and that set him up to finish | :27:00. | :27:06. | |
the rally with a crosscourt forehand, much more aggressive. | :27:06. | :27:16. | |
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French Open, it was the first Grand Slam he had missed since 2007 when | :27:26. | :27:32. | |
he had the wrist injury he got in Hamburg. It just made him think | :27:32. | :27:38. | |
about not taking all this for granted. I think he really missed | :27:38. | :27:42. | |
the game, even though it was only three and a half weeks with his back | :27:42. | :27:52. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds | :27:52. | :28:34. | |
injury, he missed it. He is playing this is unlucky. -- he slipped. | :28:34. | :28:44. | |
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Murray is looking to put this a way former Reagan that deciding set and | :29:07. | :29:14. | |
it looks like he will be in the final. -- to breaks up for Murray in | :29:14. | :29:24. | |
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of Ivan Lendl. If you have someone in your camp who has won titles, | :29:53. | :29:56. | |
including grand slams, only Jimmy Connors has more titles than that, | :29:56. | :30:06. | |
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109. That is Ivan Lendl's wife, Samantha. No, not that one! That is | :30:12. | :30:22. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds | :30:22. | :32:56. | |
the physiotherapist. Ivan Lendl's he would have been an excellent | :32:56. | :33:06. | |
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athlete in the hurdles. Murray will not be thinking this match is over. | :33:08. | :33:13. | |
But at 5-1, he would have to be enjoying himself with this | :33:13. | :33:23. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds | :33:23. | :36:18. | |
and chill it both went through to the final, -- Cilic went through to | :36:18. | :36:28. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds | :36:28. | :37:38. | |
the final. Both winners of the was not going Andy Murray's way | :37:38. | :37:48. | |
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earlier, but he has maintained his 48 minutes of tennis that we were | :38:15. | :38:20. | |
not sure we would get today, but it was worth waiting for. Andy Murray | :38:20. | :38:30. | |
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Andy Murray is in the final at Queen's Club. This was last night. | :38:40. | :38:44. | |
As the match progressed, Murray got better and better. Plot away to | :38:44. | :38:51. | |
finish. Hooked his place in his third title at Queen's. That was | :38:51. | :38:56. | |
last night. This is today. We're looking forward to the final between | :38:56. | :39:01. | |
Andy Murray and Marin Cilic. Not too many umbrellas, but the covers are | :39:01. | :39:10. | |
still on. Marin Cilic is the defending champion, who won it in | :39:10. | :39:15. | |
controversial circumstances a year ago when his competitor was | :39:15. | :39:22. | |
disqualified for injuring a lines person. Everyone is being patient, | :39:22. | :39:32. | |
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or trying to be patient. Waiting for a plea to get underway. -- play. | :39:33. | :39:43. | |
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Happy Father's Day to you both. you look after? I was. I got a very | :39:43. | :39:47. | |
route card but I put on Twitter. I got a book of war poetry by Wilfred | :39:47. | :39:56. | |
Owen. I got some toffee which says chewy on the outside. My son came | :39:56. | :40:04. | |
in. He said it was Father's Day. My son said that his presence was my | :40:04. | :40:14. | |
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present. Very quick thinking! It is not Father's Day in the US. I have | :40:18. | :40:23. | |
already missed that! I would have accepted cash instead of the | :40:23. | :40:31. | |
present! I feel for the organisers of the tournament. The forecast | :40:31. | :40:41. | |
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looked quite good for today. There is obviously just enough moisture in | :40:43. | :40:50. | |
the air to affect the court surface. It is about atmospheric conditions. | :40:50. | :40:56. | |
They can't be right. We have become experts on this week! Chris Kermode | :40:56. | :41:02. | |
really got away with it yesterday by swapping one of the semifinals to | :41:03. | :41:12. | |
court on and putting Andy Murray on Centre Court. -- on Court One. That | :41:12. | :41:18. | |
was the right decision. I think we will get away with this today. The | :41:18. | :41:22. | |
people who are really nervous will be the likes of Michael McIntyre, | :41:22. | :41:27. | |
Jonathan Ross and Sir Richard Branson. They will be getting more | :41:27. | :41:33. | |
and more uptight. It is not that far away from Wimbledon, but at least | :41:33. | :41:39. | |
they have the roof. That starts a week on Monday. A week on Sunday, we | :41:40. | :41:49. | |
have a special programme coming up. Andy Murray, we are proud of you. | :41:49. | :41:56. | |
This is a first for Dunblane. Murray and his brother came to the | :41:56. | :42:04. | |
school. So did I. They are really good in the house. Then we take them | :42:04. | :42:10. | |
out and the disgraced themselves. The worst thing that would happen | :42:10. | :42:13. | |
for Andy Murray would be if he got his teeth veneered and started | :42:13. | :42:19. | |
behaving like a superstar. It is not about fame or financial rewards. He | :42:20. | :42:27. | |
just wants to play tennis. We have known each other since we were 11 | :42:27. | :42:31. | |
years old. It is nice to see the evolution of the person you have | :42:31. | :42:38. | |
known all your life. People say I always look calm. Inside was a | :42:38. | :42:46. | |
different story. I am going to drivers and it not be easy. To come | :42:46. | :42:52. | |
so close to not be able to do it, you just wanted to hug him. I felt | :42:52. | :42:58. | |
protective of him because I knew what he would be going through. | :42:58. | :43:03. | |
is a joy to be around. He is hilarious. So few people get to see | :43:03. | :43:13. | |
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that side of him. You only have nine minutes left! Outside of tennis, we | :43:15. | :43:20. | |
talk about the PlayStation a lot. The turning point was without doubt | :43:20. | :43:28. | |
winning the gold medal in the Olympics. Pressure is part of the | :43:28. | :43:34. | |
business. He has proved himself time and time again. Having won the US | :43:35. | :43:44. | |
Open, the press in Britain will focus on Wimbledon. That programme | :43:44. | :43:49. | |
is a week on Sunday at 10:25pm on BBC One. It also features this man. | :43:49. | :43:59. | |
Wellcome, Tim. I feel very underdressed! What a great view this | :43:59. | :44:05. | |
is. The covers are coming off. Well done to the team. Hopefully the | :44:05. | :44:15. | |
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players will be appearing soon. You have very much taken Andy Murray | :44:16. | :44:21. | |
under your wing because you know all the pressures coming his way. | :44:21. | :44:26. | |
known him for a long time. I have seen him come up through the junior | :44:26. | :44:31. | |
game and I have heard a lot of what the coaches were saying about this | :44:31. | :44:37. | |
young kid that had a great feel for the game. He had a few issues about | :44:37. | :44:43. | |
his attitude and his temperament at times. We have been able to see his | :44:43. | :44:50. | |
phenomenal talent develop. At this time of year, I know what he is | :44:50. | :44:57. | |
going through. I have always felt a little protective of him. I would | :44:57. | :45:01. | |
not necessarily say he listens to ever think that I say, but I have | :45:01. | :45:07. | |
always enjoyed his company. When you are in a social environment or on | :45:07. | :45:12. | |
the practice court, you get to see a different side to him. He is relaxed | :45:12. | :45:16. | |
and has a good sense of humour. When he is out there playing his matches, | :45:16. | :45:25. | |
it is business. You were practising with Ivan Lendl as well? I wanted a | :45:25. | :45:31. | |
boost to my confidence! He is brilliant. He still hit the ball | :45:31. | :45:37. | |
great. Were both hit it OK, it is when we have to run that the | :45:37. | :45:43. | |
problems start! Fingers crossed that the weather does improve because we | :45:43. | :45:48. | |
look forward to getting out there and later. You said you practised | :45:48. | :45:56. | |
once last month with Greg and once with Andy. Talk us through this. | :45:56. | :46:02. | |
is the best I have played in five years and Andy said I was rubbish. I | :46:02. | :46:06. | |
was a bit disappointed! I don't really play that much tennis any | :46:06. | :46:11. | |
more, but I have not played on a grass court for a long time. These | :46:11. | :46:16. | |
courts are incredible. It was incredible and I enjoyed it. If Andy | :46:16. | :46:21. | |
goes on to win the tour lament, I think that was the foundation that | :46:21. | :46:31. | |
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was laid -- win the tournament. ask Andy Murray about that and he | :46:33. | :46:41. | |
said, he volleys well. He has never been great at dishing out the | :46:41. | :46:47. | |
compliments. I suppose that one is better than none. It is amazing how | :46:47. | :46:53. | |
I go to the gym fairly regularly and feel like I am in good shape. I can | :46:53. | :46:57. | |
ride a bike and run on the treadmill. We only played for an | :46:57. | :47:04. | |
hour on the court just hitting it up and down and did some sliced | :47:04. | :47:12. | |
backhand drills. I was absolutely cooked. Exhausted. Then he went on | :47:12. | :47:19. | |
to play for another hour. You kind of forget the physical demands on | :47:19. | :47:23. | |
these top players. It puts it in perspective of why it was a good | :47:23. | :47:28. | |
decision for him not to go to Paris. If his back wasn't right, you just | :47:28. | :47:37. | |
can't compete. He has to go into the French Open believing he can win | :47:37. | :47:42. | |
seven matches, not just a couple. It was tough for him to miss Roland | :47:42. | :47:50. | |
Garros, but it is important to be in good shape for this and Wimbledon. | :47:50. | :47:56. | |
You are playing with Andy Murray up against Ivan Lendl and Tomas | :47:56. | :48:03. | |
Berdych. Will that be a grudge match between Ivan Lendl and Andy Murray? | :48:03. | :48:08. | |
There are some bets being placed about how many times they can hit | :48:08. | :48:12. | |
each other. I think there will be a lot of target practice. I will speak | :48:12. | :48:18. | |
to Tomas Berdych politely and ask him not to hit it at me because | :48:18. | :48:21. | |
nobody hit it harder than him. Nobody quite knows how the match | :48:21. | :48:26. | |
will unfold. I think there will definitely be a competitive element | :48:26. | :48:32. | |
to it. At the end of the day, for the rally against cancer and for | :48:32. | :48:36. | |
Ross Hutchins, it will be a brilliant day. I am looking forward | :48:36. | :48:41. | |
to that. And I am looking forward to the celebrities getting out on the | :48:41. | :48:51. | |
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they are both in your team. I have not seen Michael played just yet. | :49:08. | :49:18. | |
Plenty of time for that. What about the final? Can I get your thoughts? | :49:18. | :49:25. | |
Everyone is thinking that this belongs to Andy Murray, but Marin | :49:25. | :49:33. | |
Cilic is great as well. I played against Cilic several years ago. He | :49:33. | :49:38. | |
has been a great player for a long time. He won the turn lament last | :49:39. | :49:44. | |
year, but it was different circumstances. I expect he would | :49:44. | :49:49. | |
like to really go out and earnest today. He has given Andy some | :49:49. | :49:59. | |
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problems in the past. I have not done any research. The statistics | :49:59. | :50:08. | |
are 8-1 to Andy Murray. They have had some close matches. Andy beat | :50:08. | :50:16. | |
him last year. I know you are in demand for everyone. As always, when | :50:16. | :50:26. | |
it is raining! Me the best team when! Talking of Marin Cilic, here | :50:26. | :50:36. | |
is the defending champion. You like it here. Nine matches unbeaten. | :50:36. | :50:40. | |
liking it more and more after each day. I am enjoying my time on the | :50:40. | :50:47. | |
court. I am looking forward to the final. Given the unusual | :50:47. | :50:50. | |
circumstances of the final last year, is it nice for you to have a | :50:50. | :50:59. | |
chance to go out and win it? Even to be in the final again is a great | :50:59. | :51:09. | |
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thing for me. I am playing well. It shows that it is not surprising I | :51:11. | :51:17. | |
was in the last final. I have had some tough matches this week. Tomas | :51:17. | :51:27. | |
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Berdych -- it is a challenge to play him. He will be motivated by playing | :51:35. | :51:41. | |
at home, Andy Murray. I will take some positives from the final. | :51:41. | :51:47. | |
made a brief appearance yesterday for ten minutes before his match was | :51:47. | :51:57. | |
:51:57. | :52:05. | ||
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 | :52:21. | :52:27. | |
several years ago. Did not manage to stay there for long. There was the | :52:27. | :52:30. | |
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. | :52:36. | :52:40. | |
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 | :53:00. | :53:06. | |
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 | :53:21. | :53:29. | |
the crowd and some of them will get to play later. Sir Richard. How good | :53:29. | :53:39. | |
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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. | |
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negotiator. I have brought some tickets along for the judge. I am an | :54:06. | :54:14. | |
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 | :54:49. | :54:59. | |
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 | :56:09. | :56:15. | |
lovely to see people enjoying tennis on our way to Queen's Club this | :56:15. | :56:21. | |
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 | :56:32. | :56:37. | |
like we are all go for the final of the AEGON Championships. It has been | :56:37. | :56:43. | |
a long wait, I'll long week of watching the weather. But we have a | :56:43. | :56:48. | |
really good final to look forward to. Peter is still with me. Top a | :56:48. | :56:52. | |
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. | :57:00. | :57:05. | |
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 | :58:00. | :58:08. | |
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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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leave immediately. Any questions? That is it. Go to both sides for the | :01:18. | :01:28. | |
:01:28. | :01:40. | ||
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. | |
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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. | |
:06:09. | :06:11. | ||
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. | |
:10:46. | :10:48. | ||
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. | |
:12:54. | :13:10. | ||
sports. Let's have a listen. I think we can hang fire a little bit. They | :13:10. | :13:20. | |
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Club, and five miles south of here you will find Wimbledon. The | :13:45. | :13:53. | |
Championship is very close. Sue, tell us a little bit about it. | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
Wimbledon, one of the highlights of the summer. This year, the BBC is | :13:57. | :14:02. | |
bringing you more of the action than ever before. I will be here each day | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
on BBC television with live matches, expert analysis and big-name | :14:07. | :14:13. | |
interviews. With extended hours on BBC Two, there is even more to enjoy | :14:13. | :14:19. | |
on and off court. We are bringing life play from up to ten courts, so | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
whether watching on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or connected | :14:23. | :14:28. | |
TV, we will take you straight to the heart of the action in just a few | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
simple clicks. You can keep up-to-date with live text | :14:32. | :14:40. | |
commentaries and the latest scores on our BBC sport mobile app. We will | :14:41. | :14:48. | |
have match, Terry on the radio, -- we will have match commentary on the | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
radio, plus the chance to get involved throughout the fortnight | :14:51. | :15:01. | |
via the BBC Sport Facebook page, and on our website, with exclusive | :15:01. | :15:07. | |
behind-the-scenes access. For more information, go to the BBC Wimbledon | :15:07. | :15:17. | |
:15:17. | :15:32. | ||
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 | :15:39. | :15:48. | |
shower about to descend but there is drizzle. They are off to the men's | :15:48. | :15:52. | |
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 | :16:04. | :16:11. | |
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. | |
:16:25. | :16:28. | ||
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. |