Semi-Finals Part 1 Queen's

It is factory for Feliciano Lopez. The Number 10 seed is through. That

is a great when for Feliciano Lopez. -- great win. That will back up that

great win against Andy Murray. He defeats Kevin Anderson. Another

upset. Radek Stepanek takes down the bigger man. That he finishes with a

flourish. One of the brightest talents in the game, moving through

at the expense of James Ward, who was gallant and competitive but not

good enough. And that is it. Stanislas Wawrinka dismisses him in

straight sets to set up a glorious semifinal. The top seed in

Australia. He marches through in straight sets. It has not been the

best start at the Queen's Club and we had the first rain this morning

but I am pleased to say we are due to start on time and it is semifinal

day on a cracking day of sport with to start on time and it is semifinal

day on a rugby this morning all the way through to the football tonight.

And it is also here on BBC One. Here is the semifinal line-up this

afternoon. We have got Stanislas Wawrinka, the top seed, the

Australian Open champion, against Grigor Dimitrov. He is a champion in

waiting, it would appear. Then Feliciano Lopez, 32 years old,

against Radek Stepanek, and even older 35. He has beaten Andy Murray.

The weather has affected raptors but I'm pleased to say that both

Stanislas Wawrinka and Grigor Dimitrov have got there is out of

the way before the rain came down. Here is Stanislas Wawrinka, looking

relaxed. In tremendous form. And Grigor Dimitrov, he has been going

up the right things every year. New coach, new training regime and this

is what he does every day to get ready. And we will be watching him

very soon on Centre Court. ready. And we will be watching him

Dimitrov against Stanislas Wawrinka. ready. And we will be watching him

We are at the Queen's Club and what that place this to mention that

those from Tennessee have been given awards in the birthday Honours list.

Congratulations to ball Hopkins, will be you. Inventor of the

Hawk-Eye technology. -- OBE. On Godfrey, MBE. And congratulations to

Barbara Slater from the BBC, she was a big part of the coverage for many

years and she is the director of BBC sport. Well done to all of those.

You missed out again? We did miss that letter. You have got one? MBE.

Yes. That was eight years ago. You must keep it secret? You cannot tell

anybody for about three months. You must have been going mad? I told my

mother. Looking forward to today, this weather, this was not

particularly forecast but it certainly will change the court? We

do not have Andy Murray but we have got phenomenal grass court matches,

three grass court experts. And got phenomenal grass court matches,

who is trying to find his way there, Stanislas Wawrinka, who could

who is trying to find his way there, potentially be fabulous. The other

three players look like they were born to play on grass, Feliciano

three players look like they were Dimitrov. If you look at Stanislas

Wawrinka, who came here after very disappointing clay court season

after Monte Carlo. He needed those matches and he has been getting

better. After Monte Carlo, just winning one match. Great to play

this after losing to Feliciano Lopez in the French Open. But when he gets

into the tournament, he plays his way into top form. At Wimbledon he

has done nothing, he's primed to do so but getting these matches here

has been huge for him and he benefited from the draw earlier on.

That did not serve his purpose at all. But Baghdatis might have given

them a very hard time. He is in the tournament and he should be the

favourite to win. When you look at his record and what he has done, you

can only look at the last 18 months. He has become a very different

player, he made that rate through and he is the potential grand slam

winner, he achieved that in Australia. He did, sometimes I think

that the coaches get too much credit but in this case, Magnus Norman, as

with Ivan Lendl, he deserves all of that because he turned Stanislas

Wawrinka from a very good player and dangerous, top 20, average top ten,

into this grand slam winner. He would not have one that grand slam

without Magnus Norman in his corner. I do not think he still believes

that he is the grand slam winner, around the court he still does not

have that order. Maybe another great run here, perhaps he will start

believing that he is a very good player. It must be a shock to the

system, you are launched into this, overtaking Roger Federer, becoming

the Swiss number one. Where does the leaf and understanding in the game

and looking in the mirror, do you see the champion or top 20, I do not

know where that comes from. But what John was saying about Magnus Norman,

they got together in a small tournament in Portugal last year and

in the first round, he lost the first set and he was just nowhere.

But he managed to grind that victory. Working with Magnus for

just two weeks at that point and he did win that match without playing

well but he just carved his way through the rest of the tournament.

He said, that was the moment. You never know when things will click.

When you have somebody in the camp that does respect you and gets the

job done, what a wonderful feeling that is, especially at this stage.

When you talk about being the grand slam champion, having to adjust and

the amount of tension, Stanislas Wawrinka does not seek out

attention, he is a tennis player. Set for life. He has been rewarded

for his achievements. Hopefully he will settle in and of a very good

Wimbledon. And his backhand is the best. -- and have a very good

Wimbledon. Also, his serving. Stanislas Wawrinka, coming out

first, the top seed. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the

Australian Open champion and the number one seed, Stanislas Wawrinka.

And what a very good moment for the mascot coming on. Helping the

champion onto the court. Wonderful moment for him. These muskets are

very big tennis fans. Here comes Ryan with Grigor Dimitrov. Both have

been suffering with leukaemia but they are now in remission, which is

great news. Hopefully they are enjoying today. Getting onto Centre

Court with the stars. They could be going well into the second week at

Wimbledon! Absolutely right. I love Ryan's are! He is going to stay

there! They could offer some coaching advice! They need some good

news and I am sure there is a lot more ahead. Turning attention to

Grigor Dimitrov. That is just enjoy these pictures, we talk about the

backhand of Stanislas Wawrinka, who could take the entire game from

Grigor Dimitrov. Absolutely, Stanislas Wawrinka in the press

conference talking about Grigor Dimitrov and he said the game was

tailor-made for the grass. Absolutely right, he just sort of

floats. He makes it look easy, but he always has an extra second before

hitting the ball, it is crafted beautifully. He glides around the

court. He is a joy to watch. I hope that he wins a grand slam before

long because he would be the crossover star without question

because he does get what it is like off court. He just needs the grand

slam title. He will become a superstar. We have been spoiled for

choice at the top of the game. With superstar is a no hard to deliver

interviews and everything else. Let us listen. After the coin toss, we

shall do some pictures with the kids. You will serve? Have a good

match. All right. Stanislas Wawrinka will be serving. No! Staring at each

other. Big smile! And another photograph. Grigor Dimitrov knew

just where those cameras where! Which is where he is. That is it,

brilliant. Enjoy the rest of the day.

We were talking earlier about watching him doing his warm up and

his coach, he said yesterday just how tough Roger was in his practice

session. He is courtside. Roger is here. Before we talk about Grigor

Dimitrov, what impact will the weather change have? Not much, the

covers were not of four along, it looks pretty pure. No impact. The

studio has been talking about Grigor Dimitrov as one of those players

people have been talking about for a very long time and it seems, at

last, that promise is coming to fruition. How far is he? About 25%

into his development, the profile we have tried to create around him,

where he came from and what I thought was missing, but was a lot.

Specific? Single child from a country with no players developing

or pushing them. Going out of different academies and countries,

no legitimate structure around his talent and he needs to be led very

hard. He knows what is required of him physically. I looked at his

young body, there were some issues, I had to turn him into a senior

profile and understand what I had to turn him into a senior

commitment was with every ball. What is it worth? He has been getting

commitment was with every ball. What schooled in the game of tennis and

what he can do. And how much talent do you need? How many tours? Just

understanding the game. When you say young body and making it mature, are

we talking about working young body and making it mature, are

or the court? Is a lot of young body and making it mature, are

properly, using your assets. And at certain times. But then the physical

side, he did cram a lot into three matches. He has to get stronger,

physically. That is very typical of Andy Murray, five years ago, looking

at him now. Once you get that stronger body, and he has just

started, he will great -- get a great physique. Building more

confidence in what he can do, stability wise. You did work with

Gael Monfils, he had a reputation, is he different? Yes, different

character, and then there are different skill sets, but different

characters. This kid came to me very different skill sets, but different

strong and I said, what you want to be? Honestly. And when he said he

wanted to be the best in the world, that means you are prepared to

wanted to be the best in the world, cannibal, and that will mean there

are a lot of doors to open and he has wanted to do that. It has

are a lot of doors to open and he the policy, once he has bought into

the good product. And can he be? Down the track, for sure. Everybody

has been waiting for him to do things and he has been winning some

tournaments, second round, second week in a major Championship. As

long as his commitment is there, every day. When we watch games like

this, looking at Jose Mourinho on the bench at Chelsea, writing notes.

You just watch. Do you have the bench at Chelsea, writing notes.

that mentally stories those key moments and then analyses them? Hard

is that the brief work? I can tell you every point. -- how does that.

There are times when I will have myself with a microphone, nobody can

see that, but I will record things. When you watch the match, you can be

in the moment and you might see something and I do like to talk to

myself. I am not not so! Or maybe I am. And then I will Murray that

vision up. You might have been excited. When you look at the

vision, he perhaps made the right decision. You can Murray that. It is

a right information at the right time. Fascinating. Yesterday, that

walkover, was that a blessing in disguise? That was good training for

me. I would rather play the match, to be honest. The more matches you

can play on the grass at the Queen's Club in front of this crowd, but

it's important when looking towards Wimbledon. Just get out there. I

pushed him very hard. It was tougher than any match, he was pushed to

some extremes. And he had some challenges on the court. Piggy. Very

interesting from Roger. His fourth semifinal of the year. Interesting,

he says that 25% is where he is. Long way to go! He talks about the

talent and he is right, when you have as much talent as Grigor

Dimitrov, it is about using the right shots at the right time. In

the era we were in, winning two different Grand Slams, he should

have won another six or seven because he often picked the wrong

shot. There was too much choice. As Roger said, Grigor Dimitrov is just

trying to pick the right shot at the right time. But is learning the

game. Everybody has to arrive at that and if you do not know what the

gamers, your own pupil will not. It was like what we were talking about

yesterday. It is about learning the game. Some people will say, I have

the coaching certificate, but for that true understanding, you must be

like a Formula One car. This is what Grigor Dimitrov really is. Tiny,

fine shinning. Interesting, his coach used to coach Grigor Dimitrov,

so he is coaching his former pupil. We will set back and enjoy this. The

first semifinal of the AEGON Championships.

This dataset, we're ready for the first semifinal. And very

interesting. Stanislas Wawrinka is a very new man, this surface has not

been his best but this is relative. Since he did linkup with Magnus

Norman, he just changed a few things and he has really kicked into the

top ten. Grigor Dimitrov, 25% of his potential! He has made steady

progress every year. Perhaps he does have a very long way to go. He is a

formidable opponent for the number one seed, Stanislas Wawrinka. And he

did serve well yesterday against 54 and -- against Matosevic. And he

will serve to start this semifinal. Well... That was not the start he

was hoping for. OK, enough of that serve and volley

stuff. He did not face one single break point yesterday against

Matosevic. That was some achievement. He has not been broken

yet. The sun has returned. It is cooler

today in that breeze. Grigor Dimitrov attempting larger

slice, all and was called for, I would guess. And he misheard that.

Looking at just how impressive he has been, Stanislas Wawrinka.

Serving, particularly. The only player left in the Championship who

has not been broken. All week. You could say that is the area that

Stanislas Wawrinka has improved the most end. Over the last year. He was

used to throwing some bad service games with unforced errors.

But was a late call, but it was a good one. -- that was.

Both players looking at these in their opening service games. -- at

ease. Stanislas Wawrinka, the number one

seed, he is playing the wildcard, after his late exit during the

French Open. Ominous signs for Grigor Dimitrov,

Stanislas Wawrinka is firing pretty hard, pretty early. This is an

illustration of how that hard, pretty early. This is an

he could completely break that volley. Grigor Dimitrov has said

that he must keep his return low. Pretty quickfire. Just over one

minute to come through that one. This is very late in his career, he

had that one short spell inside the top ten back in 2008 and then he

drifted away. And he is inside the top four players, number three in

the world. And he says that those changes he has made under Magnus

Norman are not big, perhaps his forehand, most of all. Just

Norman are not big, perhaps his slightly. And that has made the

world of difference. Little changes can make a very big difference to

his standing. Let us face it, he was a great player already. And

certainly, technically, there was not much to change.

certainly, technically, there was already had that great backhand. And

just about that great forehand as well. But micro-if you make just a

little change, with your approach to each match, with respect live, and

how you can think on the court, each match, with respect live, and

there is Magnus Norman... What a great coach he has become. This

wrong with Stanislas Wawrinka has been golden. He did start to have

just a little slump on the clay and that has culminated in that first

round exit in the French Open. He lost to Lopez. People do not talk

about this vertigo concept. You will go just so high in the rankings and

achieve so much, and it becomes uncomfortable. Expectations become

greater. People treat you differently.

It does take time to become accustomed to the new environment

and a lot of players do not. They just drop back down. OK, this feels

better again! This is not a conscious thing. It is subconscious.

Everybody would like to stay at the top.

It takes a special breed to say, I am better than everybody. How many

people think like that? A good serving from Gregory

Demetrios. -- Grigor Dimitrov. Different conditions to get used to

today, there is a heaviness in the air and there was heavy rain last

night and this morning. APPLAUSE. I think the crowd were

urging Grigor Dimitrov to win that point after that return, but

Stanislas Wawrinka is slowly imposing himself.

That was an ambitious attempt to say the least.

Is there to be something here for Grigor Dimitrov?

It is wide. Now this is a man who faced not a single break point

yesterday against Matosevic. Grigor Dimitrov has two break points.

Very good work. Rubinho and with that single-handed backhand.

Stanislas Wawrinka is still up to the task. Still break point. Watch

out! Just could not quite get enough on

that shot. Stanislas Wawrinka saves it. They have just done himself and

Miss chief in the process. -- may have just -- mistress. He may have

jammed himself in the foot. -- mischief. Grigor Dimitrov is so

graceful. He does as well on grass as anyone in the game.

At full stretch, perfect balance, somehow managed to control that

shot. It forced Stanislas Wawrinka to half-volley. Going to have to

face break point again. They are powerful movers, Rafa Nadal, Andy

Murray, they are examples of that. The more graceful ones, like Roger

Federer Canberra -- Roger Federer, Stephane Edinburg... -- Stefan

Edberg. Finally! Finally put away by

Stanislas Wawrinka! He did an nice job of keeping the ball low,

Stanislas Wawrinka that is, up job of keeping the ball low,

the very last. Pop it up and see you.

Once again, to return a powerful first serve

right in at the body. It would have flummoxed a lot of players, I am

sure. For a fourth time, break point, Grigor Dimitrov. Well, not

the Stanislas Wawrinka off yesterday or previous matches. He has been

broken and Grigor Dimitrov has the edge in this first set. Looking

good, he could blame the ankle injury that he appeared to

good, he could blame the ankle suffered, but he was moving well at

was. He was so dominant in his serve. You would want to test the

outside of the ankle. We only show you that again, because he seems OK

afterwards. That would have been a scary moment. He probably felt a

little bit of pain and in that instance after you have that

problem, you do not know, you do not know, you hope, please do not be

bad, you walk it off a little bit, then you think you are OK.

bad, you walk it off a little bit, been broken for the first time in

this Championship. Tweeting away. He is playing a video game! Grigor

Dimitrov. The players have to wait a little bit longer for everyone to

settle in. Maria Sharapova is not here today, we are told. He is

without his better half. APPLAUSE. On the touch. Maria

Sharapova has better things to do, get ready for her assault on

Wimbledon herself. How she would like to get around the court the way

that Grigor Dimitrov doors. -- does. APPLAUSE. He has got a lot of touch,

finesse... APPLAUSE. It is really the

athleticism that allows him to stand above the rest on this surface. He

makes it look very easy to remain in great balance, but trust me, it is

not. That lovely free backhand doing the damage. A comfortable place for

Stanislas Wawrinka. APPLAUSE. Again, not much on the

server from Grigor Dimitrov for Stanislas Wawrinka. They played

doubles these two this week. They won their match. Then they lost to

their next one against Daniel Nestor and his partner.

They played doubles together before, they just fancied it. Daniel

Nestor was on the tour when I was coming up. But defence of work by a

Grigor Dimitrov pays off, you can hear him scuffing around -- that

defensive work. He is falling all over the place,

but no problem. Marvellous stuff, Grigor Dimitrov is rampant at the

moment. This is a clinic! It cannot get

better than that. Easy enough to save one of the break points. There

it is, double break for Grigor Dimitrov. On his way to his first

set. I don't think we could have predicted that, Stanislas Wawrinka

has been outclassed and outplayed at the moment. He certainly is. Last

point. If you watched this last point, see how Stanislas Wawrinka

approaches the net. You can see that there is still, perhaps, an area of

the game that he could improve upon. Grigor Dimitrov has been superb.

Now, Stanislas Wawrinka comes in, takes a split step, fine, but look,

where is he? Hello! Down the line pass, you have to guard against it.

Or at least make the opponent hit the line. At that time, Stanislas

Wawrinka took a chance and guessed that Grigor Dimitrov would hit it

Wawrinka took a chance and guessed across the court and that will not

cut it. Always nice to see those Lopez has that as well. Radek

Stepanek also has that. Grigor Dimitrov with new balls is serving

for this first set. A challenge from Stanislas Wawrinka. It is worth a

challenge, why not? Very nearly finished with. A good challenge.

challenge, why not? Very nearly course it was. Put your hands on

your hips all you course it was. Put your hands on

Dimitrov, it is out. APPLAUSE. He was doing that once too

often. He has been very successful with the drop shot so far, but that

time, that was not the situation for him. He has that insurance of a

double break but he would not want to give one of them back. I had a

very interesting chat with Roger, the coach of Grigor Dimitrov before

Now that Stanislas Wawrinka APPLAUSE. Beautiful.

Now that Stanislas Wawrinka set, perhaps, has been written off

already, he is starting to find a little rhythm. Trying to get one of

these breaks back. Grigor Dimitrov has sailed through

this set. He is still prone to the odd double fault from time to time.

APPLAUSE. Nothing seen off the break points.

It is a first set point for Grigor Dimitrov.

And there it is. Grigor Dimitrov takes the first set emphatically

against the number one seed, six games to two. The sun is shining

here at Queen's Club. Wimbledon is not far away. Here they come, so

much pressure, so much expectation. It is the title that all the players

want to win. These guys are friends off the court, but once they step

out there forget it. Hugely exciting. Still gives you goose

bumps. It is the greatest cod in the world. What happens at Wimbledon is

in credible -- court. Wimbledon gets ready to go away:

Monday. Andy Murray will be getting ready to go. We will be at

Eastbourne next week as the ladies prepare for the Championship.

The sun is beginning to come out and we are set for a fascinating

afternoon of tennis. Some nice preparation for Wimbledon

as we see a welcome bit of blue sky. Stanislas Wawrinka has not found his

way of doing things. He does different things every year. He has

played on clay before. He likes to mix it up a little bit. Or he does

not know what he is doing, one of the two. He is not a creature of

habit in his preparation for Wimbledon. Should he win it one

year, then he will probably repeat that the following year. He is up

against it here. APPLAUSE. There we go, that is a

nice play. What have we here? Bright sunshine!

I did not even think to bring my sunglasses today. A good start to

the second set. Seating is for Wimbledon will be held early next

week and Stanislas Wawrinka is probably going to suffer because of

the grass court adjustments that Wimbledon make and he will not be in

the top four. It makes things a little bit more tricky. He has shown

here this week and on some limited outings that he can do it.

Historically, Wimbledon is his weakest game, relatively.

Of course, Wimbledon, perhaps fraught with more danger in the

early rounds than most of the slams, if not all, simply because the

service is... Players are not as used to the surface -- surface. Some

guys will come out and serve well. It will put pressure on the top guys

in the opening rounds. Once they find their feet, and get a great

shot, they have a good chance of making it through to the

quarterfinals and the semi-finals. Stanislas Wawrinka set it up as

little bit more for him. It was put away beautifully though. Yes. -- a

little bit more. He could not have hit those any

better than that. There was no reason for Stanislas

Wawrinka to flirt with the sideline in that situation. It was mental

air. -- there. APPLAUSE. Early on in his career,

people were talking about the backhand as being a relative

weakness, but if he starts to spray those sorts of winners more often,

watch out! 97 mph is the official speed for that backhand we have

seen. Tremendous! Wonderful athleticism

from Grigor Dimitrov. Give me just a moment while I can

recreate that! I will get my chin off the floor! That was

spellbinding. Not this time. He is getting to most

things. Well, Stanislas Wawrinka has to work just so hard, he has not had

to do that this week. Despite the acrobatics of Grigor

Dimitrov, Stanislas Wawrinka is holding. This is what the crowd came

for. A lot of people would have expected to see Andy Murray. But you

will still get entertained by these players. Let us look at this again.

Grigor Dimitrov puts in a lot of returns into play. Spectacular. He

is demanding. He almost did the splits, there! One of those

photographers has got that meant. -- moment. That will be worth some

money! He might have to stretch after that

one! You could do that when you were 23? I can do that right now!

The winner will play the winner of the second semifinal, Feliciano

Lopez against Radek Stepanek. Grigor Dimitrov, he has set up his

serving. That does not always come off. Yes,

I mean, we talk about being six feet behind the baseline. That is asking

a lot! Beautiful stuff, the last game.

Grigor Dimitrov, rather ugly playwright here to give Stanislas

Wawrinka two break points. -- play, right here.

Still one more left for the Swiss player.

He piled that into one of the officials.

To reflect recovery. -- traffic. -- terrific. There are some very dark

clouds above my head. That was long. Great work from

Grigor Dimitrov. Two different break points, saved.

He will not be pleased with how he find himself in that 15-40 position,

he donated three points in a row. But Grigor Dimitrov did extremely

well. Grigor Dimitrov just having a look.

This is the way that Stanislas Wawrinka was playing yesterday

against Matosevic. It is the nature of grass court

tennis. Much less so than it was 40 years ago. Back then, if you lost

concentration for just 45 seconds, this set was virtually over. And the

tennis courts are just so good, and the players, there is a lot, well,

there is more work to be done to break serve. Often, rallies have

been extended. Compare

these players. Symmetry. Yes, very similar style. I would say that

Stanislas Wawrinka, his grip is just slightly stronger. Therefore, he

might be just a little bit more secure. On serve, Grigor Dimitrov...

There is this salvo of serves. And an apology from Grigor Dimitrov.

This is a pretty good illustration of the difference between these men

on this surface. We didn't get see Stanislas Wawrinka slipping

awkwardly. When Grigor Dimitrov slept, he looked like he meant it!

-- slipped. Roger, he admitted that he does sit there and chats away to

himself. The first sign of madness! But his player is looking good here,

despite having to come from behind to keep up with Stanislas Wawrinka.

And you can see just how windy it is out there, now.

-- honed. Stanislas Wawrinka, he looked like you might want to

challenge that service call. He was called long and Hawk-Eye shows that

he, in fact, should have. There were a couple of times in this

match when the players should have challenged. It might be expensive.

This is facing the exit door for Stanislas Wawrinka, here.

And that was a late call. So, Stanislas Wawrinka will challenge

that. And, again, we will go to Hawk-Eye to settle this. Was that

out? Stanislas Wawrinka is sitting down. He knows that it was the

break. And Grigor Dimitrov is moving towards the final.

Well, Stanislas Wawrinka, he has lived so strong in this

championship. Today, he has not been at his very best but Grigor Dimitrov

has been looking pretty good. Grigor Dimitrov has been looking great, a

lot of things that do not seem spectacular are very important on

this surface. He puts a lot of balls back into play. Come on, let us play

some tennis on your serve. Well, that was after the shot was called

wide. But Grigor Dimitrov was in the position to get himself back into

that rally. Just putting the balls into play and covering the court.

Those are incredibly important assets to have on this surface. So,

Grigor Dimitrov, one set to the good and he has the break.

Grigor Dimitrov might want to rapidly close this. There is some

weather coming in. Stanislas Wawrinka is showing... I

am done with that! That was done with a smile. He will administer

this violation smiling as well. He did not want to. But, in the end, he

had to. I will take that and just enjoy this!

We do not encourage that sort of behaviour!

Grigor Dimitrov is flying. Stanislas Wawrinka has got the air of a beaten

man. There, it will never play again.

The bad news is that the next time Grigor Dimitrov is serving, they

will be relatively new balls. So, Stanislas Wawrinka will ask

Grigor Dimitrov to serve for it. He has the air of somebody who

he can come back into this, Stanislas Wawrinka. He has to give

it a shot. Let us go back to Stanislas Wawrinka and that rage. We

have seen quite a lot of that. We have seen him chucking it. Have some

of that! I have not done enough damage, so I will crack on.

Sometimes, you just cannot stop! I am not finished. Now, this... I am

not even sorry! He is sorry that he was forced to smile, that is all!

Sometimes you just want to continue. The crowd caught him out!

That will make a lovely present for somebody! Still drive. Grigor

Dimitrov is serving for his place in the final.

-- dry. And that is an area of improvement. That forehand return.

No doubt, he will be working on that next week.

And there he is. Straightforward, in the end. Grigor Dimitrov is through.

And the number one seed, the Australian Open champion, has a

smile but he is out. Very comfortable win in the end, for

Grigor Dimitrov. It certainly was. He had one day off yesterday. He had

no problems whatsoever. It shows that this is still a specialist

service. And this man is quite special on it. And Stanislas

Wawrinka, coming here, into this match. Without having been broken.

Yesterday, not one single break point against Matosevic. But

Stanislas Wawrinka is of. Wimbledon is next for him. Safely through is

Grigor Dimitrov. Straight sets, onto the final. He is talking to John.

The microphone is working! I am told it is. That was a great match, well

played, your first grass court final? It does feel good. And to be

beating such a player as Stanislas Wawrinka, I was nervous on the court

in the first four games but I was just trying to be very positive

coming into the match. These matches before Wimbledon. My ultimate goal

was to win the final here. That is in front of me, one match left to

go. I am just very excited to be as relaxed as possible and play good

tennis. Does it add to something, eating the grand slam champion? It

is always did have this on your resume. But I know that Stanislas

Wawrinka is not a mediocre player, he is a player that has prevented

everyone that he is good and he is a friend of mine. All respect to him.

He won the grand slam and he has been performing very well. This will

not put him down, I am sure he will be dangerous in the upcoming weeks

and for the rest of the year. We spoke to your coach before and you

thought you were not 25% to becoming the player you want to be. 26% now?

Yes, it all adds up but the ultimate goal is doing your homework, and I

am just excited at the moment, we are having a very good year so far

and we will not take this for granted. And we will add up as many

things as possible and eventually I will become a better player. Do you

care who you will be playing in the final? I'm just glad to be here.

This is a tremendous court to be on. And whoever it is, it will not be

easy. Both have a tremendous amount of experience, especially on grass.

It will not be a walk in the park, I will have to bring 100% tomorrow,

motivated as always. Congratulations. Well done indeed.

What a display he had. His career is getting better and better. That was

a thumping over the top seed, the world number three, and coming up

next, Feliciano Lopez, the three times Wimbledon quarterfinalist,

against Radek Stepanek. The tournament continues at the Queen's

Club. But Maria Sharapova was not here to watch Grigor Dimitrov

today, she was practising at the Queen's Club. Sorry, Wimbledon. But

the Edgbaston tournament continues and Anna Ivanovich is through to the

final. And the final tomorrow, so that is what is happening. But the

wait is almost over, England get their World Cup campaign underway.

England. Our nation. Throughout the land. History framed and put on the

walls. Memories and reminders. Of glory. England are the world

champions. The immortals. They buy diet with grace. And they were faced

by the greatest. Since then it has been far from simple. The

wilderness, but they remained consistent. Celebration and hope

extinguished. To his left. You have to say that is

magnificent. When the fires To his left. You have to say that is

bright test, they were aloof. But ended in tears and despair. England

bright test, they were aloof. But the new light emerged. Redemption

gained in small doses. Calamity. the new light emerged. Redemption

Never far away. He has been beaten! the new light emerged. Redemption

It is read. Again, not again? The familiar refrain. Surely that was

in? Now, there is a new gallery of heroes carrying the hope and

expectation of the nation. To hang on walls. New memories and reminders

of glory. Perhaps... England against Ed Leigh, live tonight on BBC One.

England hoping for revenge on the team that knocked them out of Euro

2012. Tomorrow we have the final but also the rally taking place at

Edgbaston and Eastbourne. Played in memory of Elena Baltacha, who died

last month. She has battled illness through her career, she battled on

and off court. James Bridge went as big husband about her legacy. The

shrug went to big husband about her legacy. The

It was horrendous, we never big husband about her legacy. The

she would wake up. I do not realise just how handicapped she was. Round

two. Round three of any tournament. And backward go.

two. Round three of any tournament. taking tablets for her

two. Round three of any tournament. he had to do every morning and

evening, but also for her back he had to do every morning and

ankles. She made top 50 he had to do every morning and

years in a row. But it was very tough to put in all of the work

years in a row. But it was very was just not able to do that. To

think watching managed to achieve with Roger was carrying in terms of

the condition is quite phenomenal. -- with what she was carrying. We

had about three weeks in the eight years together when she had that

run, and she did really well. But as a rule, and I have never said this,

I have never made a point of this and interviews, no excuse, that was

our life, wake up, can you move? It was horrendous. Can you remember

much of the day that she was told she had never cancer? She got the

diagnosis, she was very shocked. Very upset. And I remember the time

when we both got that. I was beside myself. -- liver cancer. It was very

fickle. -- fickle. -- difficult. I have never experienced strength in a

human being, lots of human people go through horrible things but she was

30 years old and she just retired and she had so many amazing things

at her feet, so many amazing things. When you play tennis, it is in

Portland to have quick hands. Here is how you can practice at home. One

of biggest supporters is Judy Murray, her Federation cup captain.

She is also patron of her Academy in Ipswich, it was her new project. And

a passion. She was so popular and well liked and respected through the

world of tennis and you can see that today. For us, we want to do

whatever we can to make sure she is remembered and has a legacy and this

academy that was so dear to her heart survives and thrives. For as

long as we are around to help with that. For the last three years,

since the time she spent setting this up, she has been so passionate

about this and it is such a shame she is not here to witness how

amazing today is. The biggest memory, I suppose, which I know it's

very important for her, was the Olympic year. She was just so proud

of this. She bothered. And we keep this in the office. We have had on

display as well. -- she bought this. She was like a little girl, she was

having so much fun. Elena Baltacha, heartbreaking to watch that and

think that one year ago, heartbreaking to watch that and

think that one we are joint by a good friend of hers, a busy man, but

one year ago, she was training for Wimbledon, getting ready for all --.

This is a tragic story, you almost watch that and you do know -- do not

know what to say. It happened so fast, she is such a lovely person

and so successful in her own right and what she was setting up in

Ipswich. What she has achieved with problems liver issues. It is

staggering just how successful she was. -- and her liver issues. They

were an amazing couple, and all of a sudden, she is not with us. He

wanted to help her legacy. To inspire youngsters to take up tennis

from any background. Any of ringing. And that is what the match tomorrow

is all about and you are taking part? I am not sure about that part

of it but this will be a very special day. Every player will be

thinking about her the whole match, she will be watching down on us and

smiling and we will hope she is feeling that we are playing in her

memory. The family will also be watching and it will be very

emotional. I know it is going to cause a lot of tingles in the body

and some moments when you do not know how to feel. Something special

and something we will try our hardest with to show how special she

was to the tennis world. Everybody wants to get involved, everybody

loved her. Ross against Andy. And you have those Wimbledon champions?

This is brilliant, the defending champions on the same court, playing

doubles with each other for a lot of the time and other phenomenal

players, Heather Watson and players like that. And hopefully other

female champions will, as well. We have an amazing line up and it is a

question of just showcasing tennis at its finest. That is what you

wanted, she enjoyed tennis, we saw those pictures at the Olympics, she

played with a smile on her face. She mastered the art of overcoming

adversity to be a successful player. We will cover that match on the Red

Button. John, she was such a battler on and off the court? As Julie said,

she kept so many things quiet and to think there was hardly ever any time

when she was 100%, even before she was diagnosed with cancer,

physically she could never train as hard as she wanted to and she still

made top 50. Where would she have gone? She had the determination, but

physically, she was just handicapped by all of these problems. I did not

know her that well but everybody has got behind her since all of this

happened and they find out that she was ill. She has a tremendous

reputation, a lovely lady. Everybody will get the kind the Academy.

Moving on, you are busy because you are still playing on the tour, the

tournament director, in charge of this very big event. It has been

fascinating. It has been a challenge but one that I have really enjoyed,

every day has different opportunities to make sure the

tournament goes on the right direction. The toughest part was the

former director leaving this in such a very good place, winning awards

for the best tournament and so on. To keep

for the best tournament and so on. To that high level and make sure we

keep striving to improve was difficult but I think we have done a

very good job and hopefully everyone at home and in the crowd and the

players have enjoyed this. I have. Irony have had the time of my life.

Play was able to get under way, so they are smiling again.

People say that I bring the good weather, but it is pure fortune. I

am very pleased. What more do you want? This beautiful club, you have

tennis, amazing players, beautiful weather, the best of British summer.

Putting them all together with some great players and managers, you

could not ask for much more. We will wish you well, still 1 day

to go, and good luck with the rally, as well.

We are ready for our 2nd semi-final comment comes Radek Stepanek.

He has had such a wonderful tournament here, 35 years old, a

great career in the Davis Cup and many big occasion is. Former world

number 8, as well, so he certainly knows his way around the tennis

court, and he is finding his best form here this week.

And here comes Feliciano Lopez. We saw him thoroughly enjoying his

walk down with Grigor Dimitrov. Both Ryan and Max walking out with

players have suffered from leukaemia.

players have suffered from Feliciano Lopez, that wonderful

served, big left-handed serve. He has won so many points on the grass

this week and he will be hoping to do more of the same. A very tricky

customer defaces today, Radek Stepanek.

Grigor Dimitrov is through combat who will he meet?

John, it is a fascinating match, this. Not the semifinal we would

have expected, but this is intriguing.

This is almost an old-fashioned 2 grasscourt players that play almost

old-fashioned tennis in some ways. Serve and volley. Not every ball,

but they know how to play on grass Serve and volley. Not every ball,

so well. They come in, create angles, they chip well. I think this

will be a fascinating match. It will be a really good match between 2

experts on this surface. This is a lovely touch for the mascots, young

Ryan there is having such a wonderful time.

Let's see if we can listen in. Too late!

Another lovely picture, as well. We will hear from Feliciano Lopez in a

moment. You know these guys really well, you have probably got to know

them even better this week. Stepanek has had a wonderful week,

he knocked out Andy Murray which was probably not great for the

tournament, but he is always tricky, isn't he?

He is a fantastic grasscourt player, I have played him many times on the

He is a fantastic grasscourt player, double scored and he has a

phenomenal return. He takes the ball so LA, hits it

clean as a He takes the ball so LA, hits it

is so interesting about this matchup, it is the contrast 1 of the

best left-handed serves, in Lopez, and the best returners come in

Lopez. As John said, it is pure grasscourt tennis. John was a master

of it when he was playing on the grass and there is an artist to

playing on the grass. You neutralise this slice and hit from the

playing on the grass. You neutralise find points and the net. You do not

get to see it often these days, so it is nice when they do come

especially playing each other on such a big occasion as today. A

fascinating matchup. Yesterday, Feliciano Lopez defeated

Tomas Berdych, and after the match he spoke to John.

You have been playing on grass for more than ten years now. Is it a

very different challenge to what it was a decade ago?

I think it was more difficult ten years ago when it was my first time

at Wimbledon and I didn't know how tough it is to play on grass. But I

was lucky that, since the very beginning, I have felt comfortable

on the grass. I reached the fourth round the first year I played.

You came to my house ten or 12 years ago. We were both younger then.

It is true! I find it easier now, but from one Wimbledon to another,

it is one year without playing on grass. The first week is always

tough. Now after a few days it is getting

better. When you come here at -- out of the

blue, effectively, when you go from the red to the green, how difficult

is that for you and your style of play?

Funny it is a bit easier than for the rest of the players, because my

game is a specific game that I have. I have a few things I have to

do and I go on the court and try to do.

have. I have a few things I have to do and I go on the Players from the

baseline have to adjust more because they can play in a different way

than I do. For me it is easier because I have a few things I know I

have to do, so I go there and try to do them.

Your serve has been fantastic this week. When you serve a big serve and

you get an ace, you get a buzz of power, if you like. When you play a

shot like you played on the last but one shot in that match, that

fantastic drop volley at the net, what kind of feeling does that give

you? The feeling is great, but to be

honest I did not know what to do. I get a very good serve and I was

expecting him to miss the return. When the ball was on play after the

return, I did not know what to do, so in the last minute I played this

volley, that was fantastic, but I was surprised I made it because it

was very close to my body. I made it, so the feeling was great, but

the next time I will try to maybe run forward a little bit faster than

be more aggressive with the ball. Feliciano Lopez, he will have many

supporters courtside today, but Radek Stepanek yesterday only had

one supporter, Petr Cech. John has gone now to see who is in his

layer's box today. Not many, as you can see. I have

found a gentleman who has told me he is Radek Stepanek's cousin's best

friend. Thomas. Is that an advantage, having you in

the box for him? I think so, because when Radek has

supporters it does lift the player, and if he is feeling good he will

perform well. Better check has been in this box

all week, is he not able to be here today?

He is a bit tied up, but then three has a lot of supporters and they

will be here for Wimbledon. In fact, the first time Radek's parents were

here was at Wimbledon. At the age of 34 that is the first

time they have seen him play? Goodness me! It was. It was

disappointing because I think ten three was carrying an injury. But he

has done very well, you has reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and

is playing better than ever. Here's the current US Open doubles

champion. Why do his parents live? They are in

Prague. If he got to the final tomorrow

would they come over? Very unlikely. But for Wimbledon

they will make an exception, Wimbledon is very special,

obviously. But Radek is a classic serve and

volley, he is old school. He will not find many people that play the

classic serve and volley game. Ten three has still got it, as you saw,

this is his favourite service. -- Radek has still got it. The last

couple of years have been tremendous for him.

Not only did the Czech Republic win the Davis Cup for the first time in

30 years, they defended it, as well. In the last time, when Thomas

Birbeck -- Tomas Berdych was injured, they won 5-0.

I think everyone at Queen's Club this week has taken Radek to their

hearts. Will this might be live on television in the Czech Republic, do

you think, or will his parents have to watch it on the internet?

There will be some screaming, I am sure. They will be able to follow

it. -- there will be some screaming. He is the year of the Czech

Republic. After they won the Davis Cup, Ivan Lendl was the last person

30 years ago when it was Czechoslovakia. After he achieved

that, in Prague itself, that was a tremendous achievement. He is in the

hearts of many people at the moment. But the way he plays, his matches

are always interesting to watch. It is not the old baseline. He plays a

very interesting game. And he is such a pleasure to watch. We looking

forward to this match in mislead between ten three and Feliciano

Lopez. Thank you for talking to us, lovely

to meet you. Let's go back to the team.

I think it is filling up, we have moved into the front row.

A fascinating matchup, Grigor Dimitrov awaits, and boy was he in

amazing form earlier today defeating Stan Wawrinka.

Will it be Lopez or Stepanek? Stan Wawrinka.

Let's join our commentators, John Lloyd and Andrew Castle.

Thank you very much indeed. Overcast, little bit of rain, but

hopefully we will be able to get through this match without having to

pause for the weather. Actually very nice conditions for tennis, a steady

wind coming from the direction of Heathrow.

Conversely experienced members of the ATP Tour going against each

other year. I think we will see match the slice backhand, although

for some a dying art, is still extremely viable -- valuable. These

guys have great control of the tennis ball and they are quite

old-fashioned players. Lopez, 32 years old, the

left-hander. He lives in Madrid now. 29th in the world, a high of

number 15 back in 2012. He has won three titles, including Eastbourne

on the grass lass there. Three times a quarterfinalist at the

Championships in Wimbledon. He is a man of vast experience in this

surface and actually Wimbledon has given him his best Grand Slam

results. In 2005 he lost to Lleyton Hewitt. In the 2008 Wimbledon

quarterfinal he lost outcome in 2011 feet lost to Andy Murray. He is a

player of pedigree on this very specialist service. His success is

in no small part due to that incredible service motion. Even when

he is 100 years old he will be delivering this comic is a thing of

simple beauty. -- delivering this. It is a thing of simple beauty.

Radek Stepanek from the Czech Republic, this Davis Cup start from

that country. Tomas Berdych is obviously the big player, but what a

fantastic supporting role Stepanek has played. To have won a match in

the Davis Cup two years in a row to win the whole thing is really a very

high achievement indeed. It is probably the toughest thing in

tennis next to winning a Grand Slam singles, I would imagine, in terms

of the pressure, and he has done it. For him to have won the Davis Cup

last two years back-to-back is remarkable, and he was the star of

the shore in many of the matches. He is just a warrior, he plays week in,

week out, singles and doubles. He is always there or thereabouts in these

events comedy takes every match seriously and he is an old school

sort of player. I think he is great to watch on grass.

His best performance at Wimbledon, as I was telling you about

His best performance at Wimbledon, Lopez, was a quarterfinal at

Wimbledon in 2006. He beat David Ferrer 11-9 that year, lost to Jonas

Bjorkman comedy was exhausted by the time he got there. -- he lost to

Jonas Bjorkman, who then got thumped by Roger Federer. That was that

year. Probably the undercard match, if you like, this, yet I think this

will probably provide the most entertaining tennis of the day. I

hope you can stay with us for this semifinal. Grigor Dimitrov awaits in

the semifinal, semifinal. Grigor Dimitrov awaits in

talent. The winner of this please him.

talent. The winner of this please Lopez to commence, see what you

think of this service motion. There is no time to take the racket

back on grass court against a first serve like this. The amount of times

you just somehow got his racket to the ball and nudged it back into

play. Hold on!

That is just brilliant from both players. That was gorgeous to watch.

This slice backhand is unbelievable. To even go for this shot was

tremendous. He just flipped that over his head. Wonderful. A few more

of those points, please. I think there will be plenty more

where that came from. A measure of the versatility of

Radek Stepanek is that yet Julie went home to the Czech Republic

after the French Open. -- he actually went home. And he played a

challenge on clay! He just likes playing, doesn't he?

He just likes playing the game, this is key. He made the semifinal.

And what a doubles player, too. Reigning US Open in doubles

champions. But out of this tournament, GB

Murray is the last bit standing, with an Australian, John Peers. They

are playing later on. We have seen the mix-up there. Serve

folly now and again but he has also quite content to get that first

service in accurate areas then coming there on the second ball.

That is one of the slower thing-10-macros you will see. -- one

of the slower aces. Actually almost perfect tennis

weather, a bit of a breeze, slightly more than they would like, it could

maybe be a few degrees of in temperature, but no sun. Players do

not like serving in the sun, they like it when it is cloudy.

There is that short backswing to that inside the baseline on the

rise. It just shortens up the swing in there, just uses the pace of the

serve and directs it down the line. the first point against serve, and

now there is another. Just a sniff of a break.

That was a pity therefore Stepanek, because years normally very good

with that drop volley and he was in a commanding position. That is three

great returns in a row, but really that got folly was way too high over

the net. He did not let the ball dying like he normally does.

Feliciano had plenty of time to get on and roll it crosscourt forehand.

Safe from Lopez. This is a delight, watching both

players. It is the way their tennis mixes together, quite fascinating.

The backhand slice from Lopez staying low, Stepanek electing to go

deep. He had a look at it coming in, then he backed off... Years one of

the more intelligent players you will ever see. -- he is one.

the opportunity to come in. He elected to go this time, he thought

if he was quick enough, but you could see his position on the

court, he did not get quick enough to the net. And that lovely

backhand. Feliciano Lopez, early days but he

will be concerned that he is not getting as many free points on his

serve, which he has been all week. At the moment, Radek Stepanek has

been picking the direction very Very good approach from Feliciano

Lopez. The backhand slice, low and steep, he did well to get down on

the volley. And in anticipation for that natural volley, to

instinctively know which way to move. They covered the right shots

at the net. Well, he faced 30-40. But he comes through the game,

Feliciano Lopez. Serving his 55th ace of the week. Along the way.

Feliciano Lopez, victory over Lleyton Hewitt. That really got him

going. Let us look at his backhand slice. He is going a fair amount

over to the forehand side but it is accuracy, when he gets that top

spin, it can go anywhere. That one of the net, I am not quite sure!

Hawk-Eye might have got that one slightly wrong.

Hawk-Eye might have got that one slice is nothing you can attack?

Exactly. He uses that so well. It is a great shot. He punches that

through. Some players have that backhand slice. They never really

get that punch going through the court. It just sits there and when

Rafa Nadal first came onto the grass, that was his problem, you

would try to hit that a lot, you have to learn that shot because you

are out of position a lot more on grass and Rafael Nadal,

are out of position a lot more on seemed to just sit a little bit. But

he has worked on that and his backhand slice is almost as good as

anybody's. Both of these players have that shot. And Radek Stepanek

is just as good as well. Such an antidote to the players who just go

out there and back every ball on to both sides. We can see some art

being choreographed. Almost like and Dan 's routine. Very old-fashioned,

I am enjoying it. -- like a dance routine.

Even though Radek Stepanek lost that service game, he had a chance at

15-30, he will be happy and he will feel that he is in this match with

the return of serve because he made a lot of excellent returns on that

last service game. Even though he did not get the break, that will be

counted as a good game, to play that one.

The first shadows of the day indicate that the sun has come out

and the wind has picked up. No delays today, just some rain before

the matches began. You might say that a good dousing

for those who made their way earlier! Including me. Lovely day in

prospect for this second semifinal at the Queen's Club.

Radek Stepanek came in, he had a chance on the backhand but he did

not quite get a hold of that so he will be treated -- he retreated back

to the baseline and Feliciano Lopez finishes that point. He really is

statuesque. And human tames his posture all of the time. That was no

good. -- and he maintains. He has good strength, good leg strength,

you feel that he could pay for as long as he wants because his game is

just so simple. That is what everybody strives for, simple games

that you can rely on. This is ready quite a throwback of a

match, being played in front of one of the oldest sport pavilions in the

world. I was looking at the honour board and it was from 1855, Oxford

and Cambridge, doubles. And one of them for Cambridge. 1855! It really

does have tremendous history, this place. Many of the major sports went

from here, which was the first multisport complex anywhere in the

world. Football went to Wembley, rugby went to Twickenham. They still

did athletics around the outside of the grounds. And if you fly into

Heathrow and looked down at this little piece, this little oasis, it

is a very heavily populated area. There are a lot of property

developers salivating! But they cannot have it! It remains a

tremendous sports ground. The members will appreciate this. This

type of contest. The President's box. About middle -- Pippa Middleton

was here earlier this week, right next to Maria Sharapova.

Superb. Difficult shot from Feliciano Lopez. You can see how low

he stayed there, Feliciano Lopez, on that second passing shot. That was

really deep, he had good footwork to get back quickly. Using those legs,

good rotation. Some trouble for Radek Stepanek.

That really did not go through the court very much. Plenty of time for

Feliciano Lopez. There are two break points.

That was not caught. So... Was this a break? This is a key moment. And

this is where Hawk-Eye comes into it. Without Hawk-Eye, that would be

break of serve to Feliciano Lopez, and that would not be right.

Hawk-Eye has changed the game. The umpire might have got involved. That

would be very tough to overrule. On grass, there is no mark. It is very

dicey. I am sure they are glad that Hawk-Eye has come in.

John Lloyd, wrote -- right from the word go, you may not have seen him,

but you have been wondering about this serve? Seven miles per hour

less in speed than in his previous match. Is this tactical? Ward is

there a shoulder problem? It is definitely slower. -- or is there.

And yet, he serves an ace on the break point. There is not as much

light as there are normally is. -- bite.

That is good! Well, Feliciano Lopez was looking at the bench and they

gave him the sign that this was good. If it is not, this will give

them a very nasty scare. That is fine. They were right.

That was surprising. It just kept on him a little bit. But that was a

ball that you would expect him to make. -- dipped.. He was trying to

be just a little bit too cute with that ball.

Not much you can do about that. Once again, in the serve, if you do not

get the accuracy right, the pace was decent but it came back at him just

so quickly. Excellent return of serve and another break point.

He keeps that ball in play. Difficult position. He gives himself

one more chance to hit that passing shot. He just knew that Feliciano

Lopez would have to hit that volley. Feliciano Lopez once that volley.

That went deep, taking his chances. All away with that, there are. That

was not a good volley from Radek Stepanek. He would have put that one

away and gave Lopez a chance. A good sneak attack from Radek Stepanek. He

knows when to sneak into the net. Five break points. Five break points

saved and a really -- Michael real momentum builder for Radek Stepanek.

Lopez now at three all. It was a score his football team would have

taken last night. 5-1 losing to Holland! He must have been shocked.

The goalkeeper is a good friend of Lopez. Not any more! He will disown

him. That is unplayable, it really is. What a fabulous approach. How do

you get that back? You have to dig it up. Look at the way it stays low,

it is fading away, how can you pass from there? It is impossible.

APPLAUSE. A classy volley there. A good return from Radek Stepanek to

jab that back. I think we heard that! Some body

armour back their! -- back there. APPLAUSE. Yes. That is seven

interesting games to open up this second semifinal at Queen's Club. We

are just days away from Wimbledon. Andy Murray will defend his title.

Andy Murray found three tough to handle this week. That is hardly a

crisis for him, especially after Roland Garros. -- Radek Stepanek.

That man standing up was a good player. It is not necessary to be a

former player to be a fine coach. Absolutely not necessary, but there

are occasions when someone, particularly a Grand Slam champion,

coaching and other grand slam champion, will ensure that they

benefit from knowing what will happen. Little things that might

help, it certainly helps. It is the likes of Stefan Ed Berg with Roger

Federer. -- Stefan Edberg. They would really know what they are

talking about. APPLAUSE. A comfortable hold there.

To get to 40-0, he has not had to do anything. Lopez is off on the serve.

Ten seconds. He did not really do too much there. We talk about

Wimbledon in relation to this tournament, it sets strongly by

itself, partly to do with the date and partly to do with the staging

and the good courts, but the Wimbledon wildcard have been

announced and the full draw will be available next Friday for Wimbledon

-- wildcards. The seeds will be announced on Wednesday. The rankings

on Monday, so after this tournament, the rankings will be announced on

Monday, plus all the points on grass in the previous year, plus three

quarters of points from last year's grass courts events. He is sneaking

up high, but he knows he is by the cameras, it is Roger Rasheed. Do you

like the fact that the seedings are not done straight off the rankings?

For brass, it is the correct thing to do. They have a computerised

system -- grass. They have a way of working out previous matches and I

think it is their a way to do it. Andy Murray will probably go to

number three, because he will not have to play a top four. He could

possibly play Stanislas Wawrinka who could drop down.

Just one last point on that. One last point on the computer model had

Novak Djokovic as top seed, Rafa Nadal number two, Andy Murray at

number three. He is excellent at volleying, Radek

Stepanek. His technique is so good. APPLAUSE. When you sneak in on those

ground structures, you are looking for your opponent stretching and you

have to time it right, so that you are in the blind spot and they do

not know you're coming in to chip a ball, possibly high, and you need

the instinct to know that and Radek Stepanek certainly doors. -- does.

A big gust of wind in the middle of that point. Left to right as we are

going down the court and as he played the drop shot it faded away

with the wind, but he is so quick and so perceptive of changing

conditions on court, even though he missed that, he has showed

tremendous awareness of the playing conditions.

First time we have seen that tactic, chipping and charging on the

serve. Straight down the middle can be so effective, because which way

do you go on the past? Anything available to you. -- pass will stop

Lopez has got two points from the set.

He took off like an absolute sprinter after the backhand, but

when he realised he was in trouble, he backed up. He did not quite have

the touch to get it over the head of Radek Stepanek.

That is a find -- a fine hold from deuce and under pressure. Almost

three quarters of an deuce and under pressure. Almost

here, second semifinal and Grigor Dimitrov awaits in the final. He is

so watchable and he is still improving and he is still only 23.

That is for tomorrow. That is about the size we need now,

John! We would be able to see it coming. Just about!

He looks relatively comfortable, but you have to be aware, that the wind

is swirling a little bit, not too deep, but you need to keep your feet

moving, and that is not easy. That is very strong, a very strong hold

after three quarters of an hour, 6-5, still no breaks, the Spaniard

with a narrow lead. No doubt these two are going to be a

factor in the Wimbledon draw, the very top names on the top four or

top eight will know exactly worth Radek Stepanek and Lopez are. This

is an interesting semifinal. 2pm tomorrow for the final with Grigor

Dimitrov, nothing to choose between these two at the moment. We have

come to the end of our programme here, but we will show you the

conclusion of this match over on BBC Two, so if you want to continue

watching, switch