:00:41. > :00:44.set against the champion. A hard-fought tussle, but Stepanek
:00:45. > :00:51.sounds stronger at the end. -- stands stronger at the end. A long
:00:52. > :00:58.time for Andy Murray to dwell on what has just happened. And there it
:00:59. > :01:07.is. A quarterfinal place for the Stepanek, but Murray falls. So,
:01:08. > :01:15.there will be a new champion crowned this week. Could it be Thomas
:01:16. > :01:20.Berdych? Feliciano Lopez. A veteran on the tiller and dangerous the
:01:21. > :01:25.grass. Or could it be Dimitrov? A future star of the sport. Could he
:01:26. > :01:32.step up and secure his first title on this service. Or there is the
:01:33. > :01:40.top-seeded, Stan Wawrinka, who looked on top form yesterday. So,
:01:41. > :01:47.this is the order of play today: News just in both, Alexandr
:01:48. > :01:56.Dolgopolov who was due to play Dimitrov has been forced to withdraw
:01:57. > :02:10.after injuring his thigh in a doubles match yesterday. He arrived
:02:11. > :02:17.today without his tennis equipment, saying he was too injured to play.
:02:18. > :02:25.It was the -- it was not just Andy Murray who went out yesterday
:02:26. > :02:37.either. We saw Jo-Wilfried Tsonga go out as well. Matosevic beat him, due
:02:38. > :02:42.to face Wawrinka today. Today, Thomas Berdych will play. He was on
:02:43. > :02:46.court for over two hours yesterday. The former Wimbledon finalist will
:02:47. > :02:51.be second on Centre Court against Feliciano Lopez. And there he is,
:02:52. > :02:56.the left-hander, looking in good form here. Came through three
:02:57. > :03:01.tie-breaks yesterday. And have you got a World Cup fever yet? Stan
:03:02. > :03:06.Wawrinka is certainly has. Switzerland play their opening game
:03:07. > :03:10.on Sunday but he is getting in the mood here at the Queen's Club. We
:03:11. > :03:19.will hear from his coach later on today. He brought him onto the
:03:20. > :03:24.Australian Open champion. Quarterfinals is always a big day
:03:25. > :03:32.here no matter who is on the schedule. One of the most popular
:03:33. > :03:36.venues for tennis. Close to the players and some great matches to
:03:37. > :03:41.look forward to today. I am joined by Russell and John. Russell,
:03:42. > :03:47.injuries are always going to happen with the move from the clay to the
:03:48. > :03:53.grass. It happens and how good it is going to be to have an extra week
:03:54. > :03:57.next year between the Grand Slams? It will make a massive difference to
:03:58. > :04:03.the players we see at Queen's Club. I know those who make the phone
:04:04. > :04:08.calls and sign the contracts are hopeful that Jaco vitch will play a
:04:09. > :04:15.warm up tournament next year -- Novak Djokovic. It is not just the
:04:16. > :04:25.injury to Dolgopolov either. We hope that is just precautionary. Also we
:04:26. > :04:30.saw Matosevic four and rolled his ankle yesterday. There is no
:04:31. > :04:40.suggestion that he will have to pull out at the moment, but it would be a
:04:41. > :04:42.shame to lose people through injury. Dimitrov and Dolgopolov would have
:04:43. > :04:47.been probably the most interesting game of the day. You have to think
:04:48. > :04:57.of the bigger picture, knowing why they pull out, but this in it self
:04:58. > :05:04.is well paid and with good prospect. For Dimitrov, any time other than
:05:05. > :05:15.this time of year that -- before Grand Slams, they love a buy. But
:05:16. > :05:22.today, he would have rather played because it is better to get the
:05:23. > :05:28.gameplay in. When you look at it, we have a former Wimbledon champion, we
:05:29. > :05:33.have Stan Wawrinka and Dimitrov as well. Interesting matches and an
:05:34. > :05:40.interesting new champion to be found. Absolutely. Dimitrov to me is
:05:41. > :05:46.the real deal. It would not surprise me if he becomes a Wimbledon
:05:47. > :05:49.champion. Maybe this year, maybe one year too soon. I would be surprised
:05:50. > :05:53.though if he has not won a Grand Slam before the end of his career
:05:54. > :06:00.and I think Wimbledon will be his first one. He is absolutely suited
:06:01. > :06:12.to this surface and we are lucky to have him on the schedule. One player
:06:13. > :06:17.who is not on the schedule today is Andy Murray. He had eight set points
:06:18. > :06:21.in the first set and then in the second set, his body language
:06:22. > :06:33.indicated he had fallen apart. Radek Stepanek stepped-up, raised his
:06:34. > :06:37.game, and he is three. He is on court at the moment. Andy Murray, a
:06:38. > :06:45.lot of questions to be answered. Let's hear from him. He has been
:06:46. > :06:48.talking to John. When the last ball buries itself at the bottom of the
:06:49. > :06:55.net and you have lost, how do you feel now? Does losing still hurt as
:06:56. > :07:01.much? Yes, it does. Obviously some losses hurt more than others. But
:07:02. > :07:11.yes, as a competitor and unhappily, you want -- and athlete, you want to
:07:12. > :07:17.win each game. I watched the game in his box because we were doing an
:07:18. > :07:20.interview with his team and he was saying, I can't believe how fit
:07:21. > :07:24.these guys are. I don't think the public recognise how much
:07:25. > :07:32.athleticism is needed. You think they do? To be honest, I don't know.
:07:33. > :07:36.You would have to ask them. I know from my point of view how much work
:07:37. > :07:42.goes into getting yourself ready for matches. We obviously play a lot of
:07:43. > :07:48.tennis as well. I was saying in my press conference, it is getting the
:07:49. > :07:54.balance right between playing enough and making sure you get enough
:07:55. > :07:58.rest, because you want to feel 100% as often as possible during the
:07:59. > :08:04.year. If you do not let yourself recover, it is hard to do that. A
:08:05. > :08:09.lot of work goes into the game both on and off the court. In the gym,
:08:10. > :08:15.with the physiotherapy to put your body back together after long
:08:16. > :08:22.matches like I had in Paris. You mentioned Paris. Did you get here
:08:23. > :08:26.tired, a bit deflated, if you like? Obviously the semifinal didn't go
:08:27. > :08:29.exactly how I would have liked. I was very disappointed with the way I
:08:30. > :08:36.played in the match. So that was tough. But getting onto the grass
:08:37. > :08:44.was good for me. I played probably my best tennis on this surface. It
:08:45. > :08:47.is always fun to come back. I wouldn't say I was too deflated when
:08:48. > :08:52.I stepped on to deflated when I stepped onto the court. I just need
:08:53. > :08:57.to spend more time on the practice court to get used to the surface.
:08:58. > :09:00.You have ten days until you work out onto Centre Court as defending
:09:01. > :09:04.champion. Had you get the balance right between working on what you
:09:05. > :09:12.need to work on and just chilling out? I will take a couple of days
:09:13. > :09:16.rest now and then I will start practising on Sunday evening. We are
:09:17. > :09:22.playing a charity match here on Sunday and I will begin practising
:09:23. > :09:28.after that. To be honest, when I am here, I find it a lot easier to
:09:29. > :09:34.relax because I am at home. I can spend more time with my friends, I
:09:35. > :09:37.am in my own bed at home and in familiar surroundings. I feel
:09:38. > :09:43.comfortable for top reaction is not too much of an issue over the next
:09:44. > :09:46.few days. As a final point, talking about relaxing, I was horrified to
:09:47. > :09:52.hear you have never moaned the lawn. I give not aware of the therapeutic
:09:53. > :09:57.qualities of pushing a lawn mower? It makes the world seem a better
:09:58. > :10:02.place. Maybe I will give it a go next week and see. I just don't want
:10:03. > :10:06.to mess it up, to be honest. I don't want to ruin the lawn. It looks
:10:07. > :10:12.quite good at the moment and I'm sure I would mess it up. I don't
:10:13. > :10:19.find it that I repeat it! There is an DNA rather reflect his mood after
:10:20. > :10:24.his loss yesterday -- there is Andy in a rather reflective mood after
:10:25. > :10:26.his loss yesterday. You can vote on whether you think Murray will
:10:27. > :10:38.successfully defend his Wimbledon title online:
:10:39. > :10:46.That will be interesting, to see the result of that because a number of
:10:47. > :10:49.questions will be asked. It is one thing about getting yourself
:10:50. > :10:53.physically right, but you have to get yourself mentally right as well.
:10:54. > :10:58.You summed it up at the beginning when you talked about the extra week
:10:59. > :11:02.off. Andy Murray is going to have two days off now. When you do well
:11:03. > :11:08.at the French, you should have two or three days where you don't hit a
:11:09. > :11:15.tennis ball. He couldn't do that use here but he will be able to next
:11:16. > :11:21.year. Without the amount of matches he had at the French Open, there is
:11:22. > :11:26.no way he would have lost eight set points yesterday. You could see the
:11:27. > :11:33.Roland Garros fatigue. Particularly in the second set. It is
:11:34. > :11:39.understandable. Look at Rafael Nadal's result. Absolutely. It's not
:11:40. > :11:48.really that much to worry about though, is it? If you want to put a
:11:49. > :12:00.further spin on it, he is the only one of the top men to have won a
:12:01. > :12:07.match on grass this year. Rafael Nadal and Ernests Gulbis both lost
:12:08. > :12:11.and Novak Djokovic keeps being photographed in a slimming pool in I
:12:12. > :12:23.be there. One slight concern is that he is anxious about the quality of
:12:24. > :12:29.his returns. He returned really well initially but then let's let -- then
:12:30. > :12:34.let set points slip. There is also the concern that he has not beaten a
:12:35. > :12:39.top ten player since he beat Novak Djokovic chip in the Wimbledon
:12:40. > :12:46.final. I don't believe you will think he will worry about that? I
:12:47. > :12:49.don't think so. He is such a great grasscourt player. He is the best
:12:50. > :12:55.grasscourt player in the world when he plays well. Best of five sets is
:12:56. > :13:00.very different to best-of-3 sets. Best of five sets to beat Murray on
:13:01. > :13:07.grass, tough. His return is normally very good but also his serve, he was
:13:08. > :13:13.missing his first serve a lot, so both of those are a concern. The
:13:14. > :13:20.first match, he was in the low 70% higher with his first serve and
:13:21. > :13:24.yesterday, it went right down. He needs to get into the mid-60s and
:13:25. > :13:34.upwards, because his second serve is still vulnerable. As everyone has
:13:35. > :13:37.been saying, he was serving with an eight up our second serve when he
:13:38. > :13:46.won Wimbledon. So if others are not taking advantage it, carry on doing
:13:47. > :13:52.it. -- with an 80 mph second serve. Some people are saying, what is
:13:53. > :13:58.Amelie Mauresmo going to do now? It means there are things for her to
:13:59. > :14:04.work on full she won't have an enormous amount of time but I am
:14:05. > :14:09.sure those half hours will be in vulnerable -- invaluable in the
:14:10. > :14:12.run-up to Wimbledon. It is not just the advice of another former
:14:13. > :14:16.champion at the All-England Club, but somebody who had an excellent
:14:17. > :14:21.record on the grasscourt. By the end of her career, she was an
:14:22. > :14:27.exceptional volleyer and I wonder if we will see a pattern of him trying
:14:28. > :14:32.to be more attacking, coming to the net. Speaking to Pat Cash at the
:14:33. > :14:38.French Open, he thought that was a possibility because if he continues
:14:39. > :14:43.to be aggressive, with his wonderful natural shotmaking he has, that
:14:44. > :14:48.could be another way of making sure he comes out on top. Which is what
:14:49. > :14:56.is the lender wanted him to do, be more attacking. If you can get
:14:57. > :15:03.through the first and second round, it becomes a routine, you get into
:15:04. > :15:07.it. Absolutely. We all talk about what Andy Murray is going to do but
:15:08. > :15:10.I think, what if you are the opponent facing him, what do you
:15:11. > :15:17.have to do to beat him over five sets? To beat him over three hours,
:15:18. > :15:26.good luck. Not many people can do it. A superb athlete. It has been a
:15:27. > :15:33.busy day today and the LTA has made an important announcement. That's
:15:34. > :15:37.right. Bob Brett has been made director of player development,
:15:38. > :15:43.meaning that he will be working in the high-performance area, making
:15:44. > :15:48.sure that the LTA develop consistently a number of two
:15:49. > :15:55.professionals. He has worked with John, Boris Becker. Boris Becker won
:15:56. > :16:00.three Grand Slams with him and was number one in the world when Bob
:16:01. > :16:06.Brett was working with him. He has an impressive CV, as you can see.
:16:07. > :16:10.And now he will become an employee of the LTA and try to make sure that
:16:11. > :16:15.we have more top 100 players and I think one of the first things he
:16:16. > :16:22.will look at is the expensive network of high-performance centres
:16:23. > :16:27.which have not really delivered the results we would have hoped for. We
:16:28. > :16:33.just do not have the number of top 100 players that a country like
:16:34. > :16:37.France can point to. They get frustrated that they do not have any
:16:38. > :16:46.recent rail Grand Slam champions, but they often have 12 or 13 players
:16:47. > :16:54.in the top 100. We are very excited about this. Tell us about Bob. He is
:16:55. > :17:01.a great coach. Retail as well. He learned a lot of his stuff from
:17:02. > :17:04.Harry, who was about five that six, but scared the living daylights out
:17:05. > :17:15.of people because the respect and knowledge were there. Bob also
:17:16. > :17:22.learnt from Stan Nicholls, who Harry Hopman had helped him. I was with
:17:23. > :17:26.Bob for about five years and when I started working with him he said, I
:17:27. > :17:31.don't need your money. If you do not give me 110%, you are out the door
:17:32. > :17:39.full up I thought, do I want to work this hard? We were so happy when we
:17:40. > :17:48.won matches, because if you lost, you would be out on the court for
:17:49. > :17:52.four hours. We would joke that whichever of us one, we were happy,
:17:53. > :17:57.but any who lost, we were in trouble. He stays away from
:17:58. > :18:02.publicity, gets on with business, but they respect is there. If you
:18:03. > :18:08.have lost a match with him and have not done your best, watch out. This
:18:09. > :18:12.is a great appointment. It is something we have been crying out
:18:13. > :18:16.for four years. It is a great appointment. Thank you very much,
:18:17. > :18:20.guys. We will be hearing from the chief executive of the LTA are
:18:21. > :18:26.little later in the programme. Let's go to the tennis now. The first of
:18:27. > :18:36.the quarterfinals. Kevin Anderson has taken the first set against
:18:37. > :18:37.Radek Stepanek. Let's join our commentators Peter Fleming and
:18:38. > :18:59.Andrew Castle. certainly not go anywhere. He is a
:19:00. > :19:07.vastly experienced player who is being utterly outplayed at the
:19:08. > :19:25.moment, but he will not be going anywhere.
:19:26. > :19:33.Stepanek has already had as many highlights in this site as he had in
:19:34. > :19:35.the first one. It was 29 minutes long, one player in it. He didn't
:19:36. > :19:38.really do very the first one. It was 29 minutes
:19:39. > :19:43.long, one player in it. much run. -- very much wrong. No, he was just
:19:44. > :20:04.overrun. That is good work from Radek
:20:05. > :20:13.Stepanek and sees a vastly experienced sportsmen in there. He
:20:14. > :20:14.does have other sporting friends in there as well, not just better
:20:15. > :20:40.check. -- not just Petr Cech. It is strange how many times that
:20:41. > :20:46.happens. At the end of a one-sided first set, if anything goes against
:20:47. > :20:55.the person who had the hold, you can see a real change of momentum. Break
:20:56. > :21:02.point, Stepanek. Well, how about that? He went off the court at the
:21:03. > :21:10.end of the first set, bought himself a little bit of time, and he has
:21:11. > :21:13.come back and broken serve. We will have a match here. It looked for the
:21:14. > :21:23.first set as if we were not going to. That is what experience will do
:21:24. > :21:27.for you. Stepanek, I am sure, having lost the first set in a heartbeat
:21:28. > :21:34.said, right, let's do something to change things up. I am going off
:21:35. > :21:35.court, make him think. Perhaps it has settled Stepanek a little bit as
:21:36. > :21:55.well. This shot landed on the baseline
:21:56. > :21:58.full is top that aided Stepanek no end because Anderson really
:21:59. > :22:25.struggled with the return. Kevin Anderson lost in the fourth
:22:26. > :22:30.round of the recent French Open and was the fourth round at the
:22:31. > :22:32.Australian Open as well. Radek Stepanek got into the third round of
:22:33. > :22:57.the French Open. Interesting, Anderson barely missed
:22:58. > :23:04.a ball in September one and now seems to have gone off the boil
:23:05. > :24:00.completely. -- missed a ball in set number one.
:24:01. > :24:08.Well, the first 29 minutes of this match were all about Kevin Anderson.
:24:09. > :24:14.Last ten or 11 minutes have been all Stepanek. There has been a change
:24:15. > :24:19.here, which makes it an interesting match. Good news. When you are
:24:20. > :24:23.playing somebody who is six foot eight, as Kevin Anderson is, you are
:24:24. > :24:28.dealing with not just a big serve but also the variation in height
:24:29. > :24:33.that you are dealing with when you try to return it. You will often
:24:34. > :24:38.play a rising ball. This is the kick on the left-hand side, that is what
:24:39. > :24:44.it's like trying to receive it. A real kick up there and also a 30 mph
:24:45. > :24:55.variation between an average kick-serve and a flat one as well.
:24:56. > :24:59.The kick-serve is especially so if you can make it move laterally of
:25:00. > :25:08.the court. Not many players can do that. It is like John is now. He can
:25:09. > :25:11.kick it laterally of the court as well as getting a great angle
:25:12. > :25:22.because of his court. Virtually unreturnable. Stepanek has been able
:25:23. > :25:28.to break the serve just the once, so he is quickly up free love.
:25:29. > :25:29.Spectators are making their way in after probably quite an expensive
:25:30. > :25:55.lunch. You can see the rising ball from
:25:56. > :26:02.that low angle on the -- on the Anderson serve. Stepanek just
:26:03. > :26:05.getting onto it. I am very impressed with him. Just beating Murray
:26:06. > :26:08.yesterday and today, turning it around after the first set, very
:26:09. > :26:52.impressed. A confident overall by Fergus
:26:53. > :27:05.Murphy. Let's see if he was right. I am surprised he didn't say I told
:27:06. > :28:46.you so. It was silently. He finished the first set with his
:28:47. > :29:51.seventh ace. That was number eight and he is now in the set.
:29:52. > :29:52.1-1, they played in Madrid on the clay, Kevin Anderson winning that
:29:53. > :31:01.from one set down. This is like a different match than
:31:02. > :31:05.the first set. It is, and Anderson with the responsibility to really be
:31:06. > :31:07.the aggressor, it seems. Perhaps hitting the ball harder than he is
:31:08. > :31:37.confident at doing right now. Stepanek, 35, lives in Monte Carlo.
:31:38. > :31:43.He snapped Andy Murray's winning streak in the match yesterday. He
:31:44. > :31:48.knows his way around the pro circuit, does Radek Stepanek. His
:31:49. > :31:57.coach, Peter Corder, how do they get together? Radek Stepanek was a
:31:58. > :32:05.double specialist. He was 23 years old, ranked about 250, 300 in the
:32:06. > :32:10.world in singles. It was probably looking like he wasn't going to last
:32:11. > :32:15.very long on the tour, and Peter Corder, they were talking, and he
:32:16. > :32:19.said, if you do everything that I say, I guarantee you, you will be in
:32:20. > :32:26.the top 70 in the world in singles within one year. And Radek Stepanek
:32:27. > :32:31.did. He did. He went on to be in the top ten in the world. He was a
:32:32. > :32:40.top-10 player when Kevin Anderson was at the University of, learning
:32:41. > :32:46.his trade. One of the best college players back in the day. It took him
:32:47. > :32:52.a little while to adjust to the rigours of the main tour. A lot of
:32:53. > :32:56.times, the guys that go to school, play tennis in the United States at
:32:57. > :33:00.university, they don't quite believe that they are actually good enough
:33:01. > :33:03.to mix it with the very best, and as soon as they gain that belief, they
:33:04. > :33:18.really shoot up the rankings. John Isner, another example of a guy
:33:19. > :33:24.who went to university and wasn't ready to turn pro at 18. Steve
:33:25. > :33:31.Johnson, the current American number two, I believe. He is coming into
:33:32. > :33:39.his own now and looking like a very fine prospect. , big guys, Anderson,
:33:40. > :33:41.John Isner, they take longer to grow into their bodies and develop their
:33:42. > :34:45.games. That was the 40-0 change from
:34:46. > :34:49.Anderson. He doesn't serve and volley macro. It is a rarity. He is
:34:50. > :35:09.more comfortable on the baseline. His father thought the game would be
:35:10. > :35:15.played from the back of the court. He was teaching him as a teenager.
:35:16. > :35:20.They learned from the back of the court. Movement and ground strokes
:35:21. > :35:27.is the way that the game is moving, do not rely on the net, be solid at
:35:28. > :35:29.the back, be flexible, full of agility. Great foresight from Mr
:35:30. > :35:54.Anderson. And other very positive thing he got
:35:55. > :35:56.from American University, that was his wife, Kelsey, she is on the golf
:35:57. > :37:05.team. will crawl back to the baseline.
:37:06. > :37:11.Nicely controlled. It is when you see the big distance between the
:37:12. > :37:57.feet, that is what a giraffe looks like when it goes over! Ouch!
:37:58. > :38:06.Let us take a look at the players from the Czech Republic, number six,
:38:07. > :38:13.Tomas Berdych, Radek Stepanek, they have got five players in the top
:38:14. > :38:19.100. Radek Stepanek is still there, still supporting Tomas Berdych, more
:38:20. > :38:26.than ably in the Davis cup. They are the two time defending champions of
:38:27. > :38:31.that tournament. The South Africans have disappeared off the cliff when
:38:32. > :38:42.it comes to the rankings. Yes, Kevin Anderson, the only one that is
:38:43. > :38:52.remotely close to the top 100. Wreck the first is that 502. It is amazing
:38:53. > :39:02.what happened to South African tennis after the great years. It
:39:03. > :39:12.must be in upheaval with all of the political changes. There is the
:39:13. > :39:37.Anderson camper. Neville Godwin has played a big role. A former player.
:39:38. > :39:47.I am not sure about the political upheaval, I'm sure tennis as part of
:39:48. > :39:53.the culture. It is such a sporting nation. A great climate. Maybe it
:39:54. > :39:58.was just coincidental. It goes in cycles all over the world. If you
:39:59. > :40:04.look at how many great tennis players Argentina once had. That
:40:05. > :40:10.waned. What about Sweden? In Sweden, they all played golf. That was the
:40:11. > :40:16.game to play when you were young. And they were very welcoming in the
:40:17. > :40:25.clubs, had proper teachers, that is the key to everything.
:40:26. > :40:33.I am not sure I entirely agree with that, that great teachers are the
:40:34. > :40:45.key to everything. Charismatic teachers? We all remember our first
:40:46. > :40:51.teacher! Our best teachers! They get too excited, creating excitement and
:40:52. > :41:02.an environment of fun and learning. We are in agreement!
:41:03. > :41:43.Stepanek is two point from this set. -- point macros.
:41:44. > :41:50.It is important to make the distinction, Andrew, a lot of people
:41:51. > :41:57.think that this game is rocket science, and it is anything but. No,
:41:58. > :41:59.it is doing the simple things well and smiling while you are doing it
:42:00. > :42:13.while you are young. Poorer teachers, poor coaches, they
:42:14. > :42:42.make what they are teaching and coaching complicated.
:42:43. > :42:51.Kevin Anderson needs to get back to making things simple. It away from
:42:52. > :42:58.that, set number one was sublime from his perspective. -- got away
:42:59. > :43:07.from that. Everything in working order. Labouring to the little bit
:43:08. > :43:14.more. But, of course, should he hold serve here, still has one more
:43:15. > :43:15.chance to get back into this second set and the pressure will revert to
:43:16. > :43:44.Radek Stepanek. The next match on this Centre Court,
:43:45. > :43:59.Feliciano Lopez and Tomas Berdych. The third match of the day will be
:44:00. > :44:39.Stan Wawrinka against Matosevic. Lopez and Tomas Berdych up next.
:44:40. > :44:51.That is two pretty poor errors at the beginning of this game. The
:44:52. > :45:01.chance to get back into the set. Two back ands, a double slice. -- two
:45:02. > :45:08.backhands. Wow. That time come he just threw
:45:09. > :46:47.caution to the wind. The big forehand down the line, the
:46:48. > :46:52.return winner at the-40. What a return from that risk that he took,
:46:53. > :47:03.because here it is Anderson with a break point.
:47:04. > :47:17.Oh, no! Absolutely had it! Just flipped off the top of the net, the
:47:18. > :47:24.top-spin helped it to go along. He hit it so hard, his margin for error
:47:25. > :47:25.was negligible. He had about three, four inches, three, four inch
:47:26. > :47:50.window. After this, straight to Petr Cech.
:47:51. > :49:13.Go on, son! Again, I think Anderson would have
:49:14. > :49:18.done better if he blocked this from the line and dumped it at
:49:19. > :49:20.Stepanek's feed and then make himself very large, which he can
:49:21. > :49:50.certainly do well. -- feet. A little bit of artistry from Radek
:49:51. > :49:56.Stepanek. The drop shot, long combination, and it worked very
:49:57. > :50:04.nicely, even though Anderson is six foot eight. It is a set all, we have
:50:05. > :50:08.got a match here! Here they come. So much pressure and expectation. It is
:50:09. > :50:14.the title that all of the players want to win. A lot of these players
:50:15. > :50:21.are friends of the court, but the second they step out there, forget
:50:22. > :50:29.it. A hugely exciting moment this. Centre Court still gives you goose
:50:30. > :50:35.bumps. It is amazing. What happens at Wimbledon is absolutely
:50:36. > :50:43.incredible. Wimbledon 2014, it is anyone's game. Starts June 23 across
:50:44. > :50:50.the BBC. Coming fast, not much long to wait. Will Andy Murray be the
:50:51. > :50:58.champion again? You can vote. But he successfully defend his title? --
:50:59. > :51:02.will he successfully defend the? The full terms and conditions are on the
:51:03. > :51:07.website, the vote will be closing very soon. Just under ten minutes
:51:08. > :51:12.time to get the vote in and we will give you the result then. Vote
:51:13. > :51:17.whether you believe that Andy Murray well when Wimbledon or not? One
:51:18. > :51:22.Sethi will decide the second semifinalist, because if you are
:51:23. > :51:27.joining us, Alexandr Dolgopolov has been forced to withdraw, so Grigor
:51:28. > :51:31.Dimitrov has a bye through to the semifinals. Will it be Stepanek or
:51:32. > :51:38.Anderson? Let's return to Peter and Andrew.
:51:39. > :51:54.It is never bad to have Anderson in a semifinal or to have step on it in
:51:55. > :52:03.a semifinal. -- or to have Stepanek in a semifinal.
:52:04. > :52:15.Radek Stepanek is serving. This packed house will be disappointed in
:52:16. > :52:21.not seeing Dimitrov today, because he is not only a great up and coming
:52:22. > :52:28.player, but also, a crass expert. He is a graceful move out there. --
:52:29. > :52:41.grass expert. Just a final word on Dimitrov, he
:52:42. > :52:45.was asked at the beginning of this week if he could win Wimbledon this
:52:46. > :52:52.year? He said yes. Straightforward. It would not surprise me if I saw
:52:53. > :52:58.him winning Wimbledon. It would not be amazing to me. This year? It
:52:59. > :52:59.would not be impossible to think it would happen if the results went in
:53:00. > :53:30.his way. Stranger things have happened, but
:53:31. > :53:35.that would be a surprise! It would be a surprise, but it wouldn't be
:53:36. > :53:37.shocking! It would be wonderful to see him get a run, it would be
:53:38. > :54:04.exciting. Anderson is in on a wing and a
:54:05. > :54:09.prayer. Not the ball to come in on. A very straightforward pass for
:54:10. > :54:19.Radek Stepanek. Yikes! Anderson now, he is in danger of falling down
:54:20. > :54:22.on a break year, early in the third, and the way that Radek Stepanek has
:54:23. > :56:08.been playing... A tall mountain to climb.
:56:09. > :56:16.These new balls just coming to the court a little bear. Anderson laid
:56:17. > :56:25.off a slice forehand. How many guys are hitting a slice forehand this
:56:26. > :56:42.time? Stepanek, pesky, that is a good word for him.
:56:43. > :56:55.Come on! That is worthy of a celebration.
:56:56. > :57:04.Stepanek, 29 minutes, got hammered in the first set. Went for a bit of
:57:05. > :57:08.a break and has come back and is really playing perfect tennis and he
:57:09. > :57:12.is backing up the victory over Andy Murray yesterday with the sort of
:57:13. > :57:20.tennis that keeps him in the limelight. This guy was paying a
:57:21. > :57:23.challenger in the Czech Republic last week. It is on clay! He is so
:57:24. > :57:27.comfortable on the grass, he rocks up and is beating everybody. He
:57:28. > :57:33.beats the Wimbledon champion a week after paying a challenger on clay at
:57:34. > :58:04.home! He does it his own way, doesn't he?
:58:05. > :58:20.He is the reigning US Open doubles champion with Leander Paes. He is
:58:21. > :58:24.capable of some very fine serve volley when he needs it. He is a
:58:25. > :58:47.strategist. This is the sort of pattern that
:58:48. > :58:54.Anderson needs to generate a few more times. A lot of top-spin
:58:55. > :00:48.creating the off angle. doesn't look like it should be a
:00:49. > :01:01.Western, but it is. He has hit it so consistently over the last few days.
:01:02. > :01:06.He doesn't overplay it, does he? That is a good point. Very few
:01:07. > :01:26.players use the grip that Stepanek uses. It is old school. It didn't
:01:27. > :02:05.hurt egg bird -- Edberg, did it? No, absolutely.
:02:06. > :02:25.He has been successful with a number of drop shot to one. A fabulous
:02:26. > :02:34.serve. Kevin Anderson decided to go to the American University route of
:02:35. > :02:38.training. I am amazed that more people do not take advantage of that
:02:39. > :02:48.from the United Kingdom. You get a chance to see a part of the world,
:02:49. > :02:51.culturally and socially, you get an education and you get to practice
:02:52. > :02:56.and play against some of the best players in the world. It is normally
:02:57. > :03:04.pretty much free of charge as well if you are on a scholarship. It sure
:03:05. > :03:09.is. A number of players have fallen into the belief though that if it is
:03:10. > :03:15.so great, why didn't rough around the dial do it? Why didn't Novak
:03:16. > :03:24.Djokovic? Of course, if you are that Bogosian talent, perhaps -- if you
:03:25. > :03:28.are that precocious age talent, you can seamlessly make your way into
:03:29. > :03:37.the pro game, but if you are anybody else, you need the help to get
:03:38. > :03:43.yourself to mature and grow. There are very few players like Sampras
:03:44. > :03:49.and Becker who can come out and make an impact. Very, very few. In some
:03:50. > :03:55.ways, they are poor examples for others to follow. Exactly, and that
:03:56. > :04:03.is where the advisers need to say, what are you thinking? Get a grip!
:04:04. > :04:52.But that is a long and in-depth conversation. It really is.
:04:53. > :05:00.That it injures -- interesting, Anderson was so on every serve in
:05:01. > :05:12.the first set and now he is really struggling.
:05:13. > :05:25.There we go. That is a pretty good illustration of how important
:05:26. > :05:29.confidence is. If you are feeling confident, your movements flow. If
:05:30. > :05:47.something doesn't Bill Wright, your movements become more stilted. -- if
:05:48. > :05:49.something doesn't feel right. We have got bottles being emptied,
:05:50. > :06:46.helicopters going overhead! Just a little cloud cover here
:06:47. > :06:52.today. They suggested it might be the hottest day of the year so far.
:06:53. > :06:58.Only, I think, if the sun comes out from behind the clouds. But a very
:06:59. > :07:06.nice day for tennis. Just a warm westerly breeze. Yes, that cloud
:07:07. > :08:10.cover is welcome relief for the players.
:08:11. > :08:15.Stepanek has found his rhythm now, hasn't he? Sauntering along the
:08:16. > :08:22.baseline. Very comfortable in his movements. He is a great example to
:08:23. > :08:27.watch, he really is. He is never extravagant with his shotmaking.
:08:28. > :08:37.Place the percentages. Asks difficult questions of an opponent.
:08:38. > :08:45.Because he is such a great athlete, that allows him to remain balanced.
:08:46. > :08:46.To remain relaxed. He doesn't have the panic because he cannot cover
:08:47. > :09:11.the court properly. You don't immediately look at him
:09:12. > :09:15.and think, a great athlete, but if somebody looks like they are not
:09:16. > :09:35.really moving when they are, that is a sign of a great athlete.
:09:36. > :09:41.Very difficult to stay active at an advanced age unless you are a great
:09:42. > :10:07.athlete. That was in. And that may well be
:10:08. > :10:14.good enough for the match. Certainly he wouldn't lose too many matches
:10:15. > :10:28.from two breaks up on a two -- on any service, let alone here. He was
:10:29. > :10:31.a semifinalist here back in 2005, losing to Roddick. The year before
:10:32. > :10:39.that he was a quarterfinalist, so very comfortable here. Lost in the
:10:40. > :10:46.third round of the French Open to Ernst August recently he is turning
:10:47. > :10:52.into a handful. Kevin Anderson will be very disappointed, because after
:10:53. > :10:59.the first set, it seemed there was only one winner of this match. And
:11:00. > :11:06.the first set was only 28 minutes or something. A breeze. But Stepanek
:11:07. > :11:13.took a comfort break, went off the court, but clearly had a little time
:11:14. > :11:22.to gather his thoughts and came out with a renewed resolve. Stan
:11:23. > :11:26.Wawrinka, the Australian Open champion and world number three, and
:11:27. > :11:31.the Swiss number one ahead of Roger Federer at the moment, is in action
:11:32. > :11:46.later on today. Tomas Berdych chit is next. -- Tomas Berdych. An
:11:47. > :11:50.honourable mention must also go to Jamie Pearce and his doubles partner
:11:51. > :11:56.as they beat the Bryan brothers yesterday -- Jamie Murray and Jamie
:11:57. > :11:58.Pearce, as they beat the Bryan brothers yesterday and that does not
:11:59. > :12:12.happen very often in doubles. The Bryan brothers are now 36 years
:12:13. > :12:21.old, having arguably the best year they have ever had. They are
:12:22. > :12:30.evergreen. Ten times world champions. Is that all?
:12:31. > :12:35.One of them has 198 doubles titles and the other one 100. How many did
:12:36. > :13:02.you win? 66. You carried your partner well. Of
:13:03. > :15:17.course. And because he took the speed of
:15:18. > :16:40.this smash, he totally caught Anderson moving the wrong way.
:16:41. > :16:48.So impressive from Radek Stepanek to get through a match like this if, in
:16:49. > :16:53.fact, that is what he does, by winning one of the next two service
:16:54. > :16:58.games. He is playing against an opponent in Anderson who has had a
:16:59. > :17:09.career-high of 18. Stepanek himself has improved his ranking this year
:17:10. > :17:13.by three spot to 42. He is making life very difficult for his
:17:14. > :17:22.opponents. He has always done that. He has always been awkward to play
:17:23. > :17:26.against full yes, he has done it with solid percentage tennis. We
:17:27. > :17:32.know he serves as well as most anyone, mixes in the serve and
:17:33. > :17:38.volley is, but he has also been sound of the ground. Taking the ball
:17:39. > :17:47.early on a lot of occasions. Probe and attack at Anderson when given
:17:48. > :17:57.the opportunity. Taking several balls out of the air. Catching his
:17:58. > :18:10.tall opponent of balance and of God. -- off balance and off guard. So,
:18:11. > :18:45.potentially be final game. Stepanek serves for a place in the semifinal.
:18:46. > :19:08.I think Anderson made an error in the last that. He has probably -- in
:19:09. > :19:10.the first set. He has probably lost some confidence and pushed it too
:19:11. > :19:45.far. That is fabulous work from Stepanek
:19:46. > :19:49.again. Soaking up the pressure. If he had kept the ball in play that
:19:50. > :19:54.little bit longer, he might have been able to create a few more
:19:55. > :20:25.opportunities, but he has been the one making the errors first.
:20:26. > :20:35.Way too many errors full top way too many errors. Perhaps the best moves
:20:36. > :20:43.at the neck made in this match was to go off for that small comfort
:20:44. > :20:48.break. -- perhaps the best move Stepanek made in this match was to
:20:49. > :20:58.go off for that small comfort rape. That is magnificent! -- comfort
:20:59. > :21:05.rake. From one set down, he defeats Kevin Anderson. Another upset.
:21:06. > :21:11.Stepanek, as he has done in the past, takes out the bigger man. He
:21:12. > :21:14.will be thrilled with that performance because certainly after
:21:15. > :21:21.half an hour it tires though he was out. And boy did he play superb
:21:22. > :21:28.tennis in the end. He is giving it to Shara Pope waved to all four
:21:29. > :21:38.corners. -- he is giving it the full Maria Shara Pope wave. Quite an old
:21:39. > :21:50.finished -- and old-fashioned style player in some ways. Next on court
:21:51. > :21:58.we will soak Tomas Berdych and Feliciano Lopez. They always say one
:21:59. > :22:02.of the hardest things to do is to back a big victory with another one
:22:03. > :22:08.but you have done it and from one set down as well? I think Kevin
:22:09. > :22:13.played a perfect game of tennis for half an hour and I had no chance. I
:22:14. > :22:18.had to hang in there. It is always tough when you play the first set
:22:19. > :22:23.like that and then to back it up again. I was fighting. I got an
:22:24. > :22:28.early break in the second set. That was important for the rest of the
:22:29. > :22:35.match. I found my rhythm and kept up under pressure. If you look at your
:22:36. > :22:48.box over there, there were no family or friends, just Petr Cech. Is that
:22:49. > :22:55.the future, do you think, for tennis players? I would like to correct
:22:56. > :23:02.you. You were right that there were no family, but Peter -- Petr Cech is
:23:03. > :23:08.my best friend. I am really grateful that he came to support me. Just to
:23:09. > :23:14.have him in the box and by my side, as a top sportsmen, it makes me very
:23:15. > :23:24.grateful. What can he give to you as a top sportsmen in an individual
:23:25. > :23:30.sport? I think we all go through difficult times, thinking difficult
:23:31. > :23:37.things, and he has been throughout these matches, playing the Champions
:23:38. > :23:43.League, so I cannot imagine the pressure of penalties during the
:23:44. > :23:47.goal at that time, so we talk about our sports from different views and
:23:48. > :23:54.we try to find the small things which can help us. It is very hard
:23:55. > :24:00.for anyone to interview you and not mention the fact that you are 35
:24:01. > :24:06.now, the second oldest man in the well's top 50 and yet you are almost
:24:07. > :24:10.playing as well as you have ever played. People are applauding. We
:24:11. > :24:21.like people getting older in this country. I will correct you again. I
:24:22. > :24:28.am 49th youngest in the top 50! You know, I am still enjoying this like
:24:29. > :24:37.a kid. I still have the enjoyment and until I know I can't play tennis
:24:38. > :24:43.with my heart, I will be here. You will be here tomorrow, that is the
:24:44. > :24:51.shore. Radek Stepanek, everybody. Winning another match at the Queen's
:24:52. > :24:55.Club, becoming a bit of a favourite. He will face the winner of the next
:24:56. > :25:00.match, Feliciano Lopez and Tomas Berdych. That is what is coming up.
:25:01. > :25:08.Disappointing news earlier when Alexandr Dolgopolov had to pull out
:25:09. > :25:13.because of a thigh strain. Grigor Dimitrov is automatically through to
:25:14. > :25:19.the final four. We were certainly looking forward to that game. Stan
:25:20. > :25:26.Wawrinka will be playing Matosevic. He came through against Tsonga
:25:27. > :25:33.yesterday. The question we were asking earlier, we asked you to get
:25:34. > :25:39.in touch, was whether you think Andy Murray can win Wimbledon again this
:25:40. > :25:48.year? The result is in and 79% say no. Only 21% say yes. Andy has
:25:49. > :25:58.joined John and I in the studio. That is interesting. Of course he
:25:59. > :26:01.can! I think everyone is putting a lot of emphasis on what happened
:26:02. > :26:08.yesterday. But it will be a whole new tournament? I don't think that
:26:09. > :26:12.result yesterday had any bearing on Wimbledon at all. As soon as he has
:26:13. > :26:19.the best match out of the way, he will elevate and be absolutely
:26:20. > :26:25.ready. He came in here with a run from the French Open which had made
:26:26. > :26:31.him weary physically and mentally. There is no question that coming
:26:32. > :26:36.back from a successful French Open, semi-finals onwards, you are going
:26:37. > :26:40.to be tired. You saw that here. He is in great shape. He will be fine.
:26:41. > :26:43.This will have no bearing on his Wimbledon performance. I think it is
:26:44. > :26:45.difficult This will have no bearing on his
:26:46. > :26:47.Wimbledon performance. I think not to be affected by 79% thinking no
:26:48. > :26:50.but when you Wimbledon performance. I think not
:26:51. > :26:54.to be affected by 79% lick at Rafael Nadal going out in his tournament,
:26:55. > :27:01.Federated taking three sets to go through. -- Roger Federer taking
:27:02. > :27:09.three sets to go through. Absolutely. Imagine how Novak
:27:10. > :27:14.Djokovic is feeling at the moment, having the dream of all four Grand
:27:15. > :27:20.Slams taken away from him by the horrible Rafael Nadal again. Next
:27:21. > :27:27.year will be easier, with a longer time between the play of the French
:27:28. > :27:33.and the grass here. Earlier today, the announcement was made that Bob
:27:34. > :27:41.Brett has been appointed as the new head of player development of the
:27:42. > :27:48.LTA. We spoke to the LTA's Chief Executive earlier. I was lucky
:27:49. > :27:53.enough to work with Bob for seven years in Canada and I saw what he
:27:54. > :27:57.delivered there. We have also seen him get a real understanding of
:27:58. > :28:01.great British tennis over the last 60 days and I felt really
:28:02. > :28:06.comfortable that with his track record and experience, he could make
:28:07. > :28:15.a difference. Did you plan to get him out into the community or sat
:28:16. > :28:19.behind a debt? -- behind a desk? Bob does not want to be behind a desk.
:28:20. > :28:26.He wants to be as close to a court as possible. I see him spending an
:28:27. > :28:30.awful lot of time nearly caught at the International training centre
:28:31. > :28:35.but also around Great Britain helping other coaches and players
:28:36. > :28:39.exceed expectations. What are his thoughts at the moment? There are
:28:40. > :28:45.currently two dozen high-performance centres. Do you get the impression
:28:46. > :28:49.he thinks that is too many? He wants to make sure that we are optimising
:28:50. > :28:52.the network. If that means the network should be smaller or stay
:28:53. > :28:56.the same, that will be decided down the road. It is about making sure
:28:57. > :29:01.that we as an organisation work more effectively in partnership with
:29:02. > :29:06.those high-performance centres. That unity will add value to help those
:29:07. > :29:09.players and coaches. A final thought. One of the ideas you
:29:10. > :29:14.mentioned earlier was the possibility of introducing some sort
:29:15. > :29:20.of mental toughness testing into teenagers. You are clearly looking
:29:21. > :29:24.to do things in a different way. It is amazing. You say something and it
:29:25. > :29:31.gets baked. It was a nice day at -- and nice thing, the idea of thinking
:29:32. > :29:36.outside the box. Andy Murray has mental toughness. These are immense
:29:37. > :29:41.moments, when he won Wimbledon last year, and you have got to be tough.
:29:42. > :29:46.These are immense moments. We want to help other youngsters get there.
:29:47. > :29:53.Whether they are 12 of the Dean or 17 years of age. You have got to be
:29:54. > :29:57.tough to succeed in this sport. Your coach is not bear on court helping
:29:58. > :30:05.you. When you are down a set and you might need down 3-4, you have got to
:30:06. > :30:08.be able to dig deep and have that mental toughness and we need to find
:30:09. > :30:20.ways to help those kids in that regard. And interesting view. Now,
:30:21. > :30:29.we can hear from more from one of her semifinalists, Grigor Dimitrov.
:30:30. > :30:33.When you prepare for a match and it doesn't take place, is a deflated or
:30:34. > :30:43.are you happy to get the afternoon of? Considering I am working with
:30:44. > :30:51.one of the toughest coaches, it is never an easy afternoon off. I have
:30:52. > :30:59.already spend 90 minutes on the court. For mental preparation, it is
:31:00. > :31:05.a great feeling, so, a bit unfortunate, but happy to go
:31:06. > :31:09.through. How much do you think you owe this tennis tournament? We heard
:31:10. > :31:17.from a former tournament director gave you a wildcard a few years
:31:18. > :31:23.ago, do you regard this as the launch pad of your career, this
:31:24. > :31:27.tournament? I would say yes. I feel like part of his family. Chris is
:31:28. > :31:32.the one that actually gave me the first wildcard. Honestly, I owe a
:31:33. > :31:39.lot to him for actually believing in me, coming out here, I am sure I
:31:40. > :31:43.haven't disappointed him into many ways so far, but it feels really
:31:44. > :31:47.good. It honestly feels really good. I made my first semifinal out
:31:48. > :31:52.here, here I am in the semifinals again, I'm just really excited and
:31:53. > :31:58.with what he has done for the tournament throughout the years, it
:31:59. > :32:02.has been a cement of success. It is one of the best events of the year.
:32:03. > :32:06.Without wishing to embarrass you, we do bits of filming around here
:32:07. > :32:10.behind the scenes, talking to the ball girl is, as they all say, they
:32:11. > :32:15.almost faint, not as because of the heat, but we mention your name and
:32:16. > :32:23.they pass out in droves, and all of the staff here think, what a great
:32:24. > :32:26.guy, they love to deal with you, and if you make a request, they say yes,
:32:27. > :32:29.we will do anything for you, how important is it for you not to be Mr
:32:30. > :32:33.nice gay from a professional point of view, but to feel that that is
:32:34. > :32:45.the responsibilities of a professional top player are? Well, I
:32:46. > :32:47.am the way that am! I have fun. It is a very positive thing. Everyone
:32:48. > :32:50.deserves the right amount of attention and of course, if there is
:32:51. > :32:56.anything I can do, there is something, it shouldn't be out
:32:57. > :33:00.there, but obviously, when I am playing, I am trying to focus on
:33:01. > :33:05.what is the most important thing, but when I am of the court, I try to
:33:06. > :33:10.give as much as I can within the frame and to keep that focus that
:33:11. > :33:16.you have. It is not the easiest thing to do. But you just have to do
:33:17. > :33:21.what you have to do, and it is part of your job. Keep doing it, good
:33:22. > :33:26.luck tomorrow on the cord with a tennis kit in your hand. He
:33:27. > :33:34.certainly get it. A great player on the court, but also off the court.
:33:35. > :33:38.Never turns down an autograph. He is very nice to the fans. An important
:33:39. > :33:49.factor in selling the game. Who was the first autograph you ever got?
:33:50. > :33:54.Della macro probably John Newcombe. Your first point of contact with
:33:55. > :34:00.whoever it is that you look up to, it is very important. He does get
:34:01. > :34:04.it. You are right. The ball girl is, he could have said anything and they
:34:05. > :34:08.would have said yes, he is absolutely right! You can do no
:34:09. > :34:12.wrong! I like the way that he plays the game. We have not seen one like
:34:13. > :34:16.this before. Him and Dolgopolov would've been fantastic, but next
:34:17. > :34:23.year. He has got this new coaching regime, saying what a tough customer
:34:24. > :34:29.he will be from his coaching, he has to get physical to be able to
:34:30. > :34:34.approach the top guys that set the standard in tennis. The top four set
:34:35. > :34:42.the bar, you have to be a great attacking player, you have to have
:34:43. > :34:46.these weapons in the play, if you are not fit mentally also, the way
:34:47. > :34:49.that they defend, the athleticism of the top four, Dimitrov has two work
:34:50. > :34:53.hard to get up there, and he has improved. You have to make sure you
:34:54. > :34:57.do not have any debts. There was a disappointing dip at the French
:34:58. > :35:06.Open. Those are these things that Roger Rashid will work on. The top
:35:07. > :35:13.four players, they very rarely have those performances in majors. The
:35:14. > :35:20.average age of the top 100 is 28, 29 years old. He is 23. Stamina takes a
:35:21. > :35:26.long time to work on. You can work on physical strength. Look at the
:35:27. > :35:31.way he whips the racket through. He is a tough guy. He is full of Mick
:35:32. > :35:36.is now on the court. But stamina takes time to get into your system.
:35:37. > :35:40.He would be at his best in two, three years time. Just watch him
:35:41. > :35:44.hitting the ball, it is quite something. Watching him practice can
:35:45. > :35:49.be as thrilling as watching him playing. The manner in which he
:35:50. > :35:53.strikes the ball. Players are remembered for Grand Slams and he
:35:54. > :36:01.needs to find the best of five sets, physical and mental, those dips, you
:36:02. > :36:05.cannot have. It would be happy at the top four weren't around! And
:36:06. > :36:10.they will not be around forever, IT is the next generation. Add perhaps
:36:11. > :36:16.Dolgopolov. Hearing from Michael Downey, the chief executive of the
:36:17. > :36:20.Lawn Tennis Association, interesting appointment in Bob Brett, we think
:36:21. > :36:28.that will shake things up and for the better. It is not cynicism,
:36:29. > :36:34.forgive it, but I have heard it all before. We have heard it all before
:36:35. > :36:39.and this is what we love to do in tennis, playing it, it brought us
:36:40. > :36:44.all in in the first place. The joy of it. With love and affection for
:36:45. > :36:48.the game, this is a great appointment. Bob Brett is a great
:36:49. > :36:54.appointment. He will not be afraid to make tough decisions and it will
:36:55. > :37:00.all be about elite players and maybe not rewarding as many as they were,
:37:01. > :37:03.keeping the ones that are actually good... It is not about punishing
:37:04. > :37:08.people, the coaches you put with your best players from the ages of
:37:09. > :37:13.nine, ten, 11, 12, they have to have knowledge, charisma, technical
:37:14. > :37:17.expertise. You have got to have good coaches for the players. You cannot
:37:18. > :37:21.blame generation after generation for having some failure or a
:37:22. > :37:24.hardness of character, that is not the case. We have had many coaches
:37:25. > :37:28.that are kind-hearted, wonderful people that have not known a thing
:37:29. > :37:33.about the game at the level that they are trying to a mad for their
:37:34. > :37:35.pupils. That is absolutely key. Optimising resources is what Michael
:37:36. > :37:41.Downey was talking about. I loved hearing that. Some of that is all
:37:42. > :37:45.about staffing these wonderful places with people that have the
:37:46. > :37:49.knowledge, and if you say that, people pointed the finger at you and
:37:50. > :37:55.say, you're not backing the game. I am! The whole point of it is to the
:37:56. > :38:00.game. It will Downey and Bob Brett, this is great, fingers crossed we
:38:01. > :38:06.will not lose another group of talented players. Andy Murray got it
:38:07. > :38:10.because at the age of 15, he was already technically unbelievably
:38:11. > :38:14.sound, some of it is a gift, but a lot of it is because he was taught
:38:15. > :38:18.perfectly. It is about finding people with talent from all over the
:38:19. > :38:23.country and the nurturing them through so they have the right
:38:24. > :38:27.coaches that understand what it takes to be a world number one. That
:38:28. > :38:34.continuity of care, so they are not chopped from one coach to another.
:38:35. > :38:39.The clubs and the counties need to be strong again, because that is the
:38:40. > :38:43.lifeblood of the game here, that is for people start. This is an area to
:38:44. > :38:47.look at. By the way, the new president of the lawn tennis club,
:38:48. > :38:52.Cathy, I love her also, so be staffing up there excellent! Talking
:38:53. > :38:57.of the coaches and will have the best, he has made a difference,
:38:58. > :39:04.Magnus Norman, he made a difference with Stan Wawrinka, let's hear from
:39:05. > :39:08.the man himself. I don't think a tennis coach's job has ever been
:39:09. > :39:12.subject to such scrutiny in this country as at the moment because of
:39:13. > :39:20.Andy Murray and his new coach, so you are a great person to ask, as a
:39:21. > :39:26.coach, what do you do? It depends what a day is. At this level with
:39:27. > :39:31.these types of guys, you can only do small things. You cannot teach them
:39:32. > :39:35.to play in a certain way. It is more about mental things. You can keep
:39:36. > :39:39.them, you can get some confidence, that is why all of the top players
:39:40. > :39:44.are bringing in former players because they have been there
:39:45. > :39:49.themselves. It is more about the small things. In the way that Jose
:39:50. > :39:53.Mourinho, Arsene Wenger, they can be outstanding managers, not having
:39:54. > :40:01.played at the top level themselves, is that a vital factor in being a
:40:02. > :40:05.top tennis coach? Not really, but at this level, it is important that the
:40:06. > :40:09.coaches a bit fearless when they need to be out there. They can
:40:10. > :40:17.relate to the feelings of the player under pressure, the pressure they
:40:18. > :40:20.are feeling, so it is a bit of an advantage, but it is not necessary.
:40:21. > :40:24.After a match, how much the Uber rate people? Amat to you encourage
:40:25. > :40:30.people? How much is it about telling them what they want to hear, or is
:40:31. > :40:35.it about telling them not to do that? -- how much do you rate
:40:36. > :40:40.people? It is about being honest. If you do not feel something is wrong
:40:41. > :40:47.or right, you have to say it. I can only speak for myself. I do not need
:40:48. > :40:53.to be, I do not need to be a coach, I do it because I like it. I try to
:40:54. > :40:56.be honest with my players and that is what you need to be. Will a macro
:40:57. > :41:00.some people do not like the truth. That is one of the toughest things.
:41:01. > :41:05.I like my player, I like Stan a lot, he has become a good friend of mine.
:41:06. > :41:10.Sometimes when he is not doing things right, it is my job to tell
:41:11. > :41:15.him. That is the tough thing with this job. Some people take it
:41:16. > :41:20.correctly, sometimes have a hard time taking it, but you have to be
:41:21. > :41:27.honest. Is trust a big thing between both parties? Yes, you get
:41:28. > :41:33.appointed, in my case, Stan believed a lot that I can help his career,
:41:34. > :41:39.and we worked really hard and listened to what we have to say,
:41:40. > :41:43.anti-trust what I have to say and I trust in Stan and in his abilities.
:41:44. > :41:48.You need to trust each other. How much do you play every point? Are
:41:49. > :41:56.you watching it in a dispassionate way or in your stomach, is every
:41:57. > :41:59.ball that goes long, you go, oh, no! You try to be calm. You try to look
:42:00. > :42:04.at the game, you cannot be too passionate. It is difficult in big
:42:05. > :42:10.tournaments and with a big point to not be there all the time, but you
:42:11. > :42:19.have to step aside, step out of the court and look at the game and to
:42:20. > :42:21.progress. I saw Goran Ivanisevic interviewed about his Richard
:42:22. > :42:25.Shoebridge Marin Cilic and he said that we speak about tennis with
:42:26. > :42:33.three minutes per day and the rest of the time we talk about any thing
:42:34. > :42:41.to do with any thing but tennis. -- about his relationship with Marin
:42:42. > :42:44.Cilic. The players go crazy if you speak about tennis all of the time,
:42:45. > :42:49.so you have to be specific in the advice that you give. He cannot
:42:50. > :42:52.about tennis all the time because it will not work. We speak about tennis
:42:53. > :42:59.when we practice, we speak before and after the game, but then you
:43:00. > :43:05.leave it to the players to relax and be motivated also. Thank you. He
:43:06. > :43:11.speaks so well. A trivet relationship between the player and
:43:12. > :43:15.the coach. -- tricky relationship. Yes, he says about the tough part,
:43:16. > :43:19.saying things the player doesn't want to hear, that is the tough
:43:20. > :43:23.part, but if the players want to improve, sometimes they need a kick
:43:24. > :43:27.up the backside, and somebody like Magnus Norman, he is quiet, but when
:43:28. > :43:37.there is a point to put across, he would do it, and he is respected
:43:38. > :43:40.because he has the knowledge and he gets results. It is a strange
:43:41. > :43:52.relationship, because you employ them to keep your... You employ them
:43:53. > :44:02.and they do what you ask them. Look at this! The jacket of the day! He
:44:03. > :44:12.has got Jen Lee dodgers on there! He has won a bet! I hope there was a
:44:13. > :44:17.bet on it! We will spot him in the crowd, that is for sure! What about
:44:18. > :44:21.Tomas Berdych and Feliciano Lopez? This is the match that could be
:44:22. > :44:35.really tight also? Villa macro very methodical, he goes around, he
:44:36. > :44:42.considers the way to attack. Lopez, he doesn't lose his serve too much.
:44:43. > :44:47.A tie-break in the third set! Lopez came through the tie-break sets
:44:48. > :44:55.today with no breaks in serve and a lefty has a good advantage also. The
:44:56. > :44:58.game is perfectly suited to grass. He had 18 break points yesterday
:44:59. > :45:03.before converting. He did not like those statistics, but he is tough on
:45:04. > :45:09.grass. You have to give slight favourite to Tomas Berdych, but it
:45:10. > :45:12.would not surprise me, tie-breakers are around. Thank you. A special
:45:13. > :45:19.guest star after this, Chris commode, the president of the ATP,
:45:20. > :45:27.the men's tour, any questions, contact the team. -- Chris Kermode.
:45:28. > :45:33.We would put those questions to this man. We are ready for the second
:45:34. > :45:41.quarterfinal of the day, Feliciano Lopez against Tomas Berdych, and we
:45:42. > :45:52.have John alongside Andrew Cotter. A tough one to call. The Lisandro
:45:53. > :46:00.Lopez, a very difficult serve to deal with. May well be heading for
:46:01. > :46:05.the tie-break. -- Feliciano Lopez, a very difficult serve to deal with.
:46:06. > :46:13.We are settled in, ready for the second quarterfinal. The winner will
:46:14. > :46:18.play Radek Stepanek after his victory over Kevin Anderson. Tomas
:46:19. > :47:30.Berdych will get is underway. -- get us.
:47:31. > :47:58.Not too many of those yesterday. His serve was very impressive.
:47:59. > :48:05.Lopez will have to hope that Tomas Berdych doesn't land too many first
:48:06. > :48:24.serves, because if he does, he invariably will win the point.
:48:25. > :48:33.Nice, solid hold to get Tomas Berdych underway. As we were
:48:34. > :48:38.watching that match yesterday, there was a curious one, because Tomas
:48:39. > :48:42.Berdych was so strong in his own serve, he could not convert the
:48:43. > :48:49.break points, 18 of them. But he will have to deal with a much that
:48:50. > :48:53.server, firstly, in Feliciano Lopez. Lopez has served so well in this
:48:54. > :49:00.tournament. He has always played well on grass, and the lefty serve,
:49:01. > :49:03.this surface is tailor-made for him, so he is dangerous on this court. A
:49:04. > :49:19.beautiful motion. Every inch of Tomas Berdych will be
:49:20. > :50:02.stretched. And impressive return. Two fabulous
:50:03. > :50:09.returns in this game already. It shows that with a serve like that,
:50:10. > :50:15.if you do not get the accuracy right, he gets a full swing on the
:50:16. > :50:27.ball. That ball wasn't quite wide enough. A very good return of serve.
:50:28. > :50:32.It is the variation. The first time on the backhand side, he had the
:50:33. > :50:33.traditional, wide serve, and that went straight into the body.
:50:34. > :51:22.Different looks all of the time. Every single first serve landed from
:51:23. > :51:57.Lopez. An intriguing match. A bit casual, Lopez, Tomas Berdych
:51:58. > :52:04.should have made that volley. Casual when he came in here. Had so much
:52:05. > :52:11.time. Didn't really go for that. Fully into the ".He should not have
:52:12. > :53:44.done that. That's macro fully into the open court.
:53:45. > :53:53.The ground strokes from Tomas Berdych, zipping solo. He did well,
:53:54. > :54:00.Tomas Berdych, because zero -30 down, staring at three break points.
:54:01. > :54:05.24 shots. Most of the time, he was hitting the rally in terms of the
:54:06. > :54:26.pace. Tomas Berdych had to dig up a lot of the forehands.
:54:27. > :54:32.Tomas Berdych has really been broken in this Championship, James
:54:33. > :54:36.Duckworth managed to take the second set of their match. Two break points
:54:37. > :56:34.for Feliciano Lopez. you can get through service with
:56:35. > :56:37.Tomas Berdych we do not get your racket to the ball. Missed that by a
:56:38. > :57:46.long way. Did well there, Lopez, to hang in
:57:47. > :57:52.there with that rally, right from the start. That first service, he
:57:53. > :57:57.pushed it back to get back into the court. A very good forehand at full
:57:58. > :58:11.stretch to stay in the rally, making his opponent play one more shot. A
:58:12. > :58:16.third chance for a Lopez to break. -- for Lopez. Trying to loop it