Final Queen's

In a production that began 126 years ago, Queen's has seen eight leading

men claim four titles. Some of the names may not be familiar now, but

all were idols in their day. Today, one of those stars, Britain's Andy

Murray, has the opportunity to eclipse the others and put his name

in lights for a record fifth time. Co-star in this drama is Milos

Raonic, his motivation? The chance to become only the second Canadian

and the first for nearly 90 years to win here.

The sub-plot sees both men coached by two award-winning directors -

Raonic by John McEnroe, and Murray by Ivan Lendl. The stage is set, the

cast are assembled. Only the plot remains unfinished.

So, who will take centre stage? Will it be Milos or can Andy secure top

billing above the magnificent seven? That is the big talking point here.

There is always a buzz around the grounds on finals day. Those lucky

enough to have a Centre Court ticket will enjoy what promises to be a

fascinating match-up. Another of the big talking points has been the

weather. After six days of rain and cloud, now everyone here is enjoying

the sunshine and, of course, the famous Queen's hospitality.

As for Murray, what an outstanding achievement it would be to move

ahead of McEnroe, Becker, Hewitt and Roddick by winning five titles here.

Andy Murray is on the brink of history. So today, one of the

greatest returners in the game ever is up against one of the biggest

servers. These two had a magnificent five-set thriller at the Australian

Open this year. Now they are set to go head-to-head for the Aegon

Championships. Looking forward to this. Two top

tenners head-to-head. Peter Fleming and John Lloyd are with me. This is

a great match-up, a contrast of styles, coaches in the corner, it

has got everything? It really is. I think first of all, the question is,

can either one of them really put enough returns of serve in play to

make this a really riveting match? Milos's serve is, it might be second

to none. He is right up there with Isner and Karlovic. As great a

returner as Andy is, it will be tough for him. What about the

history, the weight of history on Andy's shoulders? He covered it so

well at Wimbledon, but he loves the game, he knows the game, and he know

what is this would mean to move ahead of the great champions?

Exactly. Players love records. Sometimes they play - I always love

it when you see these tournaments where there will be someone at

Wimbledon, his record will be broken, I hope that person breaks my

record. Nonsense! When you get a record, you love a record. Andy

Murray would love to break this record. It would be a place in

history, someone may never do that again. Why not? When you look at who

has achieved it, it's a who's who of tennis. It shows how difficult it

is? McEnroe, Becker, Hewitt, Roddick, these are Roy Emmerson,

these are huge names in tennis. It's a British event as well. That is a

big deal for Andy. So, he's up for this. I think perhaps Raonic even

more so because, of course, he's never won a grass court tournament

and this is the first week he is playing with John McEnroe and he

likes having him around. He's been playing very well. We have got Andy

Murray, the defending champion, the number one seed, up against the

number three seed, Milos Raonic. Let's take a look at how the two got

through to this fascinating final. Andy Murray began the defence of his

crown against Nicolas Mahut, who had beaten him here before. Two tough

tie-breaks followed, but there was to be no shock this time. Milos

Raonic had to come from behind and come back the next day to see off

Nick Kyrgios. In Round Two, Murray held court with

a fellow Briton for the first time in a decade. However, Aljaz Bedene

was dispatched without too much fanfare. Imperial service was the

order of the day when Raonic faced lucky loser Jiri Vesely, but the

Czech's luck ran out. The quarterfinals saw Murray face

his heir-apparent in Kyle Edmund. He put up a real fight but the king of

Queen's was in no mood to abdicate just yet. An hour was needed for

Raonic to reach the last four, beating Roberto Bautista Agut. The

semifinal between Queen's winner Murray and Marin Cilic was a battle

royal, worthy of the Grand Slam Champions they are. The Scot came

away with the honours. Raonic had not been broken all week and that

continued as he lauded it over Australian Bernard Tomic to reach

the final. It was a comfortable win for the Canadian, who was served

notice that he is ready to rule. Both players have been out

practising. Andy, John, going through the ground shots. I'm sure

he will be hitting a lot of returns and getting a big serve at him. It

seems like a tight and well-oiled machine that team, doesn't it? It's

a good combination. Jamie Delgado has proved himself as a coach now.

You bring Lendl into it, he is brilliant out there. A great history

with Andy? A great history with Andy. It's a good combination. Jamie

will learn a lot from Ivan Lendl in this group. It's a tightly knit

group. They will do very well together. What about... As far as

Lendl goes, he can talk to Andy about the Grand Slams and the big

matches, as he did when he worked with him two years ago? Yes, I think

that because they have such a rich history together, it will be

interesting to see how that progresses, how they can go even

further because, of course, they did split up in circumstances where I

think one or the other had had enough. So what's changed that makes

it now fresh again? But there are very few players that understand

tactics and strategy the way Andy Murray does. He is... He is a

great... He is an expert at that. So in much the same way Boris brings a

bit extra to Djokovic, that is what Ivan is doing. He is saying a word

or two here or there that might help settle him, or might give him a

different perspective on something. I don't think... The way it might

have been five years ago, do that, do this - it is very much a team

thing. Andy sits down with his team with Ivan and with Jamie to watch a

lot of videos to learn what he needs to do against the players. Let's

hear from Jamie. John Inverdale caught up with him.

On occasions like this, are you nervous, excited, a combination? It

is excitement. The start of a grass-court season on a surface that

Andy loves. He's coming in with a lot of form. Are you a very good

actor? Watching you at the side of the court, you are not portraying

much emotions? You are living every single point. Ups and downs, as Andy

is on the court. On the side of the court, it is good for Andy to see a

bit of level-headedness, even though you will be living every point. You

are thinking about what he is not doing, and I do try and keep a bit

of a calmness to the proceedings on the side. Everybody is fascinated by

the relationship you have with Ivan. How would you describe it? Is he the

boss? What? He's been great since he come in. It was very clear we would

discuss things together and what he practices match tactics, match

analysis, that sort of stuff, and we have seen the things in the same

sort of way as well. It's working really well. In terms of preparing

for this match, a huge serve but a player who is getting better on the

grass with every year that goes by. How do you approach this tactically?

It is a tough one. This is one of the few matches that a lot of what

goes on is out of Andy's hands. Milos's serve, he is able to hit all

the spots, and he's included that big body serve this year as well.

From Andy's point of view, he will have to focus hard on his service

games. He will get chances. He is a good returner of the ball and he

will look to take charge of the second serve. That will be a huge

part of today's match. Has Andy mentioned winning a fifth title? It

hasn't been mentioned. He will be fully aware of it. He is trying to

focus on the match and the preparation of the match and the

tactics of the match. That is all we are trying to get into his head. Has

Ivan mentioned John McEnroe? Not in today's match, no. I saw a few

quotes from Andy yesterday talking about, it is Murray against Raonic,

but McEnroe has been discussed in the week from stories in the past,

but not so much today's match. Best of luck. Thank you. I'm sure it has

been discussed many times. It is interesting listening to Jamie how

it's moved on, watching the videos, the tactics, seeing where they are

serving, there is more to it, isn't there? Yes, you have to be

meticulous now in your preparation. I was talking to Jamie, he was

saying about the stats. The problem is, when you look at stats going

into a match from opponents coming up against Murray, they try

different things when they play Murray. You can say they might be

serving this way or that way. When they come up against Murray, they do

things differently because they have to go out of a certain zone. So it

is difficult to read that. He was saying about the Australian Open

last year, which was a close match, Raonic did serve a lot of body

serves which he talked about in that clip there and also against Tomic,

the first match he's played this week where the body serve came into

play. The rest of it has been ace, ace, ace, four corners, he used the

body serve against Tomic, so we will be seeing more of that against

Murray. Andy has been asked, how do you read serves? He said, it is

instinct. Exactly right. He has a great feel for it. It's a skill, I

suppose, but it's probably also just a talent. He sees the ball so well

and... Reacts probably quicker than most? Yeah. And has incredible

hand-eye co-ordination, better than maybe anybody in the game today. He

puts so many returns into play. That is perhaps the most important aspect

of this match-up, the second serve, as Jamie said, of Raonic. Andy, as

great as he is, is not going to win many points on Raonic's serve. Will

Raonic go bigger? Will he hit second serves at 120mph? Will he go bigger

with his ground strokes and make a few more errors? That is where the

match hinges. It will be fascinating. We have heard from

Jamie, let's hear from Andy Murray now.

When you wake up on the morning of a final, does it feel different, do

you think it is a final, or is it just a game? I think it always feels

a bit different. Not so much when I wake up, just when you get into the

courts because there is no-one else around in the locker room and no-one

else practising and it is quieter, maybe more intense, maybe more of an

intense atmosphere in the locker room. I have played a lot of finals

throughout my career. I know how to deal with it. When people talk about

your game, they think about your return of serve being so fantastic,

lovely dinks at the net, but over the last couple of matches here your

serve has been a powerhouse. How important is that to you and how

much work have you been doing on it? It is very important. It was a shot

that worked very well for me on the clay. I was getting a lot of free

points on my serve and also the second serve as well. Serving kind

of 10 or 15mph faster on the second serve than this time last year. That

makes a big difference because you are able to control more of the

points that way. It puts more pressure on your opponents and,

yeah, I will need to serve well in the final if I want to win. Milos

Raonic, that is one big server against another bigger server, what

game can we expect? He does have a big serve. One of the best or the

biggest serves in the game just now. Obviously, on the grass, it is even

harder to return because the speed of the court makes it tougher. I

always enjoyed returning big servers, it is not easy. But a

strength of mine has been getting the ball back in play on the return

game and I will need to do that very well against Milos because he

doesn't give you chances otherwise. It could be a big day today? Yes, I

mean trying to win here for the fifth time would be a big

achievement for me. That was something that motivated me, after a

tough loss at the French Open, to come here and hopefully I can play a

good match. He could certainly bounce back from

the French Open final defeat and this is his journey through the

tournament starting in 2005 and winning for the first time in 2009.

There is a worrying pattern that he only wins in odd years! But we are

hoping that he plays well in this final today. Let's look at him in

2005 and we can see how he has changed over the years. This was him

against Taylor Dent. It is moving all over the place, here he is. And

there is Judy. We are not going to show this bit! He will not thank us

for this! This was when he got the cramp against Thomas Johansson. It

shows how he has emerged and how he has changed over the years. Look at

how thin his legs are as a 17-year-old. He learned from that.

I'm not going to do that again, and he is now a giant, so big and

strong. You could see he could hardly pick up the trophy! He is now

launching it in the air he has done so much in the gym. He comes in as

defending champion. You want to play well before a big championship. No

question about it. The good news for Andy is that he is playing well and

I'm sure he is comfortable with his game and he knows he has another

week to go to get into top form but any time you can win a tournament,

it helps with your confidence and self belief so he will be motivated,

no question. A shot of Alistair McGowan, a big tennis fan. This is a

ticket that everybody wants because everybody loves to see Andy Murray

playing and he has given us so much over the years will stop this match

is not easy. It is not easy. And we are talking about the server which

is one of the big things but the other thing he has to be careful of,

if you had a backcourt game and you took up the service and you played

first to 11, he will win 90 out of 100 against Raonic but if you play

someone with weaker ground strokes, one of your thought is to not make

mistakes when you get the chance on the baseline because his serve is so

big. That is the wrong thing to say, you still have to be aggressive

because if you push, Raonic can take over with the forehand. What has

been so impressive with Raonic since John McEnroe had helped him is where

he is coming into the net from, anywhere near the service box, even

three or four feet past, he is coming in. In the past he would

hesitate. He has to do that to have a chance of beating Andy Murray. And

resort Sebastian Coe there as well. It is interesting, he will not have

that many chances, Murray, and he has to take them. Look, it's not as

though, when he gets to a tie-break, he folds. He might have to win two

Kyle Briggs today and I'm sure he is willing to do that. -- two

tie-breaks. Although Raonic's ground strokes have improved immensely that

he is still up against it against Murray from the back of the court. I

think makes serve will be few and far between. -- breaks of serve.

Murray squandered his challenges yesterday and he can't do that

again. He is looking very relaxed. Normally you are protected away from

people but he is signing a few autographs and getting ready. He has

not had his serve broken this week but I believe Murray will break it

at least once, a bold addiction! Or we will have quite a few tie-breaks.

-- a bold prediction. And he might have to take chances on the second

serve, not to give Murray anything to hit and I am sure John McEnroe

has been giving him plenty of advice and still encouraging him to come

forward because he believes he can win Wimbledon and do well on this

surface. He was a semifinalist last year so he has proved himself all

stop on grass his game should work superbly. He has all of the assets.

When he gets to that aggressive mode and take chances, he will take care

of business on his side of the court, he has to be aggressive when

he gets a chance and I think he has the attack the Andy Murray serve.

Cameron Austin, aged ten, has been a patient at the Royal Marsden said he

was two under half the completed treatment and is delighted to be hit

with all his family who love tennis Ulster would you please welcome,

accompanied by the mascot, Cameron, Milos Raonic! APPLAUSE

Lewis, aged seven, is a huge fan of tennis, he was a mascot for the

Aegon Championships last year whilst still undergoing treatment at the

Royal Marsden. He is now back to full health and more enthusiastic

for tennis than ever. Accompanied by mascot Lewis, please welcome Andy

Murray! APPLAUSE That was wonderful to see them

coming on with the young boys representing the Royal Marsden,

which Andy has been a big supporter of over the years. It is such a big

moment for them. It is so wonderful and I love the introduction, and the

got second-class! It was good the way they did that. It was special.

We almost ready now, Peter. Everybody is taking their seat. We

have not had many finals between two players in the top ten and two who

have done so well at Wimbledon. These are people who will be going

deep into the tournament. That is the hope and one aspect we have not

talked about is Raonic's nerve. He has lost a few big matches in the

past when he appeared a little unsettled and was not sure about how

he wanted to play and appeared to not be at his best. This week,

having started with John McEnroe, I know his camp would say that the

first-round match against Kyrgios, that was really important because

they did not want to start off with a loss, that relationship on a

downer. I am sure that may loss would love to top this week off with

a win -- may loss -- Milos Raonic. Big guys on the grass court don't

move as well and I suppose that is a part of his game, Milos. That is his

weakest part of the game. When he is defending on the baseline, he

lumbers over and does not get their too well and even though he beat

Tomic comfortably, there were a few occasions when he had to hit half

volleys and move quickly and he didn't and got caught out. Andy

Murray is the master of those sort of low angles and dipping bowls and

that is something he has to work on with John McEnroe. It is obviously

not easy to change that but to get that bit quicker and defend a bit

better and cover the net a bit better will be his main aims. I was

looking at the head-to-head between Lendl and McEnroe, it is 19 to Lendl

and 14 to McEnroe. I wondered who would get that box, they have all

been sitting in that one, a bit of superstition! But John has had to

move down the other end so Lendl has won that battle. We talk about the

movement, coming forward is what McEnroe has been brought in four and

he has done it well so far. That is part of why he has been brought in.

Specifically just prior to the grass court season. And I think John

thinks that his greatest contribution might be between the

ears, in the way that Milos approaches grass court matches and

uses different tactics at certain times. John is absolutely right that

Milos does not like to defend, perhaps not as agile as some of the

great players and two or three years ago, there might have been a

question whether Andy would have exploited that very well. You need

to attack someone who does not move well to really show his

vulnerability. A few years ago and he might have just played the ball

back and not hurt him but now he is a lot more aggressive. We can hear

from Milos now. You are a professional tennis players that it

is your job but when you wake up on the morning of a pilot, I energised

and excited as with other days? -- of a final. Yes, because that is

verbatim even if you are a king and you have played a lot of tennis, you

have to leave it all out there. -- that is the feeling. You are a bit

more eager and forgiving to yourself to put it all out there. And given

that you are playing Andy Murray and a British crowd tomorrow at Queen's

Club, does it add a bit of extra something? For sure, it presents

something but it is about dealing with myself first and then dealing

with Andy. The rest is out of my control and I have to put my best

tennis forward and find a way to win. We were talking to Andy about

his serve which he said he has done a lot of work on and now his

percentages are much better. Yours are extraordinary on your serve.

Could tomorrow almost be won and lost on the return of serve as a

consequence? I will try to get as many looks as I can on his and I am

sure he will be there trying to make me feel as uncomfortable as possible

on mind and making the play as much as possible. The server will be very

important, but the serve and return as always, the start of the points

tend to be the most important and it will be on who can get ahead in

those situations. I have to ask, everybody is asking you, you are

almost tired of it already but having McEnroe in your corner, how

much of a difference as it made? It has been a very positive influence,

he has really helped me out and brought some different things to

light and we have worked on things. I have been quite good at

implementing them and I think more successfully through each match so

it is about putting it to good use. And when you implement them, does he

say well done or you could have done better? He is very positive with his

feedback, people don't expect that but he is very positive when it

comes to that but he will also find something he thinks you can continue

to do better. I was watching his matches and

seeing where he was attacking from, that kind of shot, maybe in the past

he would have stayed back but he comes back and finishes it out and a

lot of times on the backhand slice he has approached compositions you

would not have seen him doing. This one, from that position, that is a

heck of an approach. Will he get away with it against Murray? He has

to try it. If he is too predictable he has no chance against Murray. He

covered the open court where that ball was likely to go so I think we

can see that different from McEnroe. He is stepping forward a lot more. I

love these approaches, if you are going to approach that deep, you

have to hit a very good passing shot. And somebody so used to

playing from the back of the court, to be balanced and ready with the

split step. Exactly right and the more he hit approaches, the better

he will get at timing his split step. The first match against

Kyrgios, he mistimed a few of those and against Tomic he was getting

better. Some positive movement for Raonic. And as far as Andy Murray is

concerned, he has got to serve well because he had to hold his serve

because he will not get many chances against Milos. Absolutely right, we

have been talking about the Raonic served and how Murray can break but

he has to take care of business on his side. Sometimes you can lose

concentration on that and he cannot do that because one break of serve

down against Raonic can sometimes mean the end of the set.

These aren't easy matches? They are very unsettling matches. Murray will

play a match in a style that he doesn't like to play. So how he

reacts to that will be important. Does he implode and give a game or

two away against Raonic? Certainly doesn't want to do that. I don't see

that happening. But it has happened in the past. He needs to stay cool,

focus on his serve and then, as John said, hopefully get a bonus and

break. Murray leads the head-to-head by three. Raonic won three of their

first four meetings. Murray has won the last three. John is on his way

to join Andrew Castle. Good afternoon, Andy.

ANDREW CASTLE: Thank you, Sue. And we setting in for a

best-of-three-set final. The drive for five, as Sue has been saying,

something that Lendl never managed. Murray going for title number five

at Queen's Club. And serving first. 12-shot rally to open u. -- up. They

won't be all as long as that, especially on the Raonic serve.

JOHN LLOYD: There's been a big improvement on that backhand slice,

also where he is coming in from as well. A lot more bite on that ball,

fading away. It was a beautiful approach shot.

ANDREW CASTLE: They haven't left anything in the locker room in any

sense here. Driving the ball, Raonic playing his cards pretty early here.

He's been to the net when he could. He covered the Murray cross-court

pass off the forehand side, with his wingspan. He's done his homework.

I can't tell what he is muttering about.

JOHN LLOYD: He is in feisty mood already. The first three serves went

in and he went 40-0 up. Now he's missed three first serves and it's

deuce. Doesn't like his service rhythm? I don't know.

UMPIRE: Game, Murray. An intense start from both players.

As we were saying, Milos Raonic hasn't lost his serve this week. He

has had seven break-points against them. He's saved them all. He's won

47 service games in a row, which is remarkable. This is where he serves

when he is break-point down. Out wide on the left, the break-points

tend to fall on the left-hand side, so he's gone out wide. Only one on

the line into the body on the left. On the right, again body. Just goes

for big power on the break-points. This may or may not be relevant.

When you are playing against the big players, you change things up. It is

the sort of thing coaches will have a quick peek at.

Have a listen to this serve. If one comes out of the middle. Have a

quick listen to this. We will try and crank the volume up a bit here.

That is frightening. That is quite something, isn't it? It's the same

sort of crack off the strings that Tiger Woods used to get off the

metal woods when he was back in the trees and in his pomp. Yeah. Have

another listen. Could chop a tree down with that

service motion, couldn't you? It is such a powerful thing.

Look at the knee bend on this one. Just launches himself up there. It

is a very nice... It is not as rhythmical as an Isner serve. It

looks a bit strange at the beginning. The end result is, that

snap that he has on there, the wrist motion is amazing. Knee bend as

well. Fergus Murphy, the Irishman in the

chair. It wasn't a great volley, John, the

last one. After this forehand, which did the damage, the point should

have been over. That was rank - admittedly it is a dramatic sight to

see Murray go over there and keep in the point. It was Raonic's fault,

really. Yeah. That looked way out.

UMPIRE: Game, Murray. No challenge.

The ball was out, but he didn't challenge that one. When you are

that far down in the game, sometimes it feels like, let's get on with it.

Exactly. If this had been 30-40, he would have queried this one. 40-0

down, it was well out. Andy Murray versus Milos Raonic, number one seed

versus number three seed, after Stanislas Wawrinka went out in the

first round. This was the final that was likely. It's looked on the cards

all week, this one. Raonic lost the one set to Nick Kyrgios after a

rain-delayed start. They have done well to get this final on. They have

had enough breaks in the weather over the first two or three days,

but it's not been bad after that. Andy Murray, world number two, first

achieved in 2009 now, after his first Wimbledon semifinal. Remember

the loss to Andy Roddick? Kevin Spacey there... Was that him? He is

a big tennis fan. You come into a draw like this and you don't like -

there is Kevin Spacey, looking ready for this big match. He is a big

tennis fan. Not sure if he plays. He loves coming to watch the matches.

Lord Coe up there as well. It has been a busy time for him. Yes. With

the Olympics commencing on Friday August 5th. It remains to be seen

whether the Russians will be there or not. Yes. I know we will be minus

one Russian at Wimbledon, Maria Sharapova.

That is such a lovely feeling, when you are playing against a big server

- now you know, as a returner, that if you win one of the next two

points you are 15-30. Building to the break of serve.

What a point! I could not see any way Murray could lose this point,

from this forehand. I thought that point was over. What a forehand this

is. That was do or die, he had to hit a winner from there. He was gone

on the next shot. 85mph, about to go down 0-30, that was big.

With that one forehand swipe down the line, the whole complexion of

the game changed. Too good. That is a tough ball. I

actually thought, when he came in, Raonic had come in from too far and

it was not a great first passing shot from Murray but Raonic did not

do enough. You give Murray two chances to pass you, it's going to

happen. You have to put it away or hit something very deep.

That is that of the serve. -- body serve. He used it a lot in the

Australian Open and it is a tactic we will see a lot today.

APPLAUSE Raonic with the hang time and from

zero have to -- 0- 15, a good hold. John is saying, not in a million

years would I have tried this! No! And for Murray, not a bad game for

him, at least he was in the service game for the first time, he got to

30-30 and made a lot of returns. APPLAUSE

The magician. Isn't it interesting to see what Raonic is taking out on

court? He is taking McEnroe's tactics on court. I know it's

obvious but it's fun because Mac was such an intelligent player. I think

McEnroe, in his mind, sitting at courtside, even though he lost that

point, he would have said, do that another ten times, keep doing that,

you will win more than you will lose. He has to keep putting that

kind of pressure on him. He is such a gentle giant, Milos

Raonic, so softly spoken. 25 years of age, originally from Montenegro,

he came to Canada when he was just three years of age, his mum and dad

took up positions as engineers and saw their future out of Montenegro

which is an area with so much political conflict and strife. What

a decision as far as their boy's future. 2011 newcomer of the year on

tour, that was when he won San Jose, the same tournament five years

previously that Murray had opened his tournament winning account with.

It is a great position to take on an inspirational character like McEnroe

and for John himself it has to be great. He is looking at his natural

resources and thinking, I can add to that, and this guy can win

Wimbledon. I agree, a good decision for both. Johnny Mac has been

waiting for an opportunity in some ways, there were rumours about

Kyrgios and perhaps Murray, we don't know how close either of those ever

were. But I think McEnroe is feeling that he can help out a lot with

certain players and Raonic is one of them. Milos was telling me that he

can't keep Mac of the fact is caught! He did 80 hours in the first

few days! -- off the practice court. This was Pete Sampras's Forte. He

loved doing that, Sampras. Highest temperatures we have had all

week, 21, 20 two Celsius. 7000 people in the house, mainly in that

stand, publicly available tickets, 700 available to the private members

club. That stand will be coming down next week. It looks like a pretty

normal court afterwards, it looks quite little. It doesn't look little

now, it looks pact and colourful and wonderful.

APPLAUSE Come off it! What a fantastic point

from both players. Lovely forehand from Raonic but you hit an angle and

you create an angle but you still have to hit a shot like that to win

the point and that was a ridiculous forehand.

He had a chance to come in on that backhand which he has been coming in

on from that area of the court that he elected to stay back, Raonic.

John, neither player has lost a point on first serve, no break

points so far and yet, not necessarily entirely serve

dominated, a lot of good tennis which is good after the semifinal

with Raonic and Tomic being a bit of a disappointment. Murray against

Cilic was better but this is keenly fought. You will not get long

rallies with Raonic but this is quality, both players at their best

right from the beginning. Short games but seven games of high-class

tennis from two of the best grass court players in the world and it is

fascinating. Great to see Kim here. And baby Sophia is here also she is

so beautiful it is ridiculous! Four months old and being looked after.

Took after the mum! Exactly! Happy father's date, and the! -- happy

Father's Day, Andy. Apparently she sleeps great. Again, mum. I said,

don't think that is going to last for ever! May be the second will be

a horror! A horror! Nicely described! Here we go, new tennis

balls, as if Raonic needs help on his delivery.

APPLAUSE Battle is joined in this game. That

was that change up serve that Raonic hits very well, the kicker, but you

have to hit it extremely well because Murray handled it perhaps

better than anybody else apart from Novak Djokovic. Key moment. A little

less than half an hour played. It didn't last long. That is just

fantastic serving, 133. It is where you have to just not get frustrated,

easy to say that when you are not on the court but when you can't touch

it, you have to accept it is going to happen and one chance you may

have, you might only get one chance in the set and you have to take it

against Raonic. 36 career titles for Andy Murray

over the years, his most recent in Rome, the Italian Open. It's not

called that any more but it's always been the Italian Open in my mind. He

didn't drop a set. And then the French Open final, a spectacular

clay-court season. He lost three matches and won 18. He only lost two

Djokovic twice and Nadal once. Highly strung today. He hates losing

baseline rallies. He hates that. That was - he felt he was in control

of that rally up until that backhand, running Raonic around.

He will use that backhand quite a bit today.

Nicely handled from Raonic. He's come out with real clarity, he is

playing with purpose, and now it is his turn to get 15-30, still yet to

see a break-point. That was there for the taking. That

was an opportunity there. Mac knows that, 15-30, that wasn't a

particularly good approach shot. He had so many options there.

There is no question, Murray wants this very, very badly. Why not?

Going for five, nobody has ever done it before. Playing in front of

everybody. Staying at home with everybody, it is different than

being on the road as well. He wants to get this job done. He has played

a great tournament. I get the feeling that until he breaks

through, he be a bit wound up today. He knows the challenge up against

him. He is very wary of it. Raonic on his day, on this surface,

sometimes it is not in your hands, that is the problem. What wants to

be in that position. When you are serving against somebody who has the

sort of delivery that Raonic has, the pressure is on you even more to

hold because you know the break is going to come, it is a blue moon to

break serve. I think the benefits we are seeing with the quality of this

match, it almost stems from the first rounds that they both had.

They both came into the draw and they would not have been happy with

their first round draws, Murray against Mahut, Raonic against

Kyrgios, and there was no playing themselves

in in those two first rounds, they had to come out of the starting gate

fast, that is what they have done, and they have continued with that

form. Justin Bieber once Instagrammed her

and she became even more famous than she was before!

Murray doing his job very well there, not giving Raonic a ball that

was short enough for him to come in, keep pushing him back, force him to

go for a big forehand from way back deep into the court, that is what he

wants to do. So easy to get frustrated playing

against him. 5-5.

Good pick-up. He is moving better at the net,

Raonic, this week. He is moving better in this match than he has

done throughout the course of his other ones here.

Ricardo Piatti is with John McEnroe on this training unit. He is superb

technically. Never says boo to a goose, but he's been up on his feet

there saying, "Come on, Milos, right here!" That is interesting.

That was a beautiful rally there from Andy Murray.

The first three ground strokes there from Raonic were so deep and Murray

just, again, kept his depth and then, eventually, forced the error.

Ricardo Piatti on the left. It looked like he got to this with

enough time. He didn't have the feel. It was a stretch. But he only,

if he had got that anywhere over the net, it was a winner. Murray was way

off court. He should have made that. That is a rare error from Murray. At

this stage of the set. This is when normally he is rock solid and that

one... So Wimbledon starting a week

tomorrow. Eastbourne next week for the women's tennis, and after

Wimbledon this year, you can enjoy Great Britain versus Serbia in the

Davis Cup. That could be Murray versus Novak Djokovic, of course.

That is a quarterfinal this year. Murray playing his part already in

the 2016 campaign. They beat Japan, did GB, under the captaincy of Leon

Smith. Played a tough old match against Kei Nishikori, unbeaten in

singles last year. 8-0. Andy Murray. To matters in hand, an excellent 40

minutes of play. Both players have a lot to be pleased with at this

point. It's a quality match. You are not going to get that many long

rallies, that is not the way it is going to happen with Raonic on

court. It is a match of quality. Very few errors at all. It is just

quality. Depth. Big serving. Quick movements. Good passing shots. I

think it's an excellent first set. Looks like we will be in a

tie-breaker, surprise surprise. Not there yet. That happens when you

play Raonic. UMPIRE: Time.

You have to be sharp if you get into a tie-breaker, it could come down to

one point. The President of the Lawn Tennis

Association, a tennis fan. Doing a lot of good things with the LTA.

They do need a new performance director, though.

I don't know why he didn't hit a forehand on that shot, to be honest.

He had plenty of time. UMPIRE: 6-6. Tie-break. Both players

have received one additional challenge. They have played four

tie-breaks before with Raonic winning three of them including one

at the Australian Open this year. Big servers like tie-breaks but

big-time players do as well and Murray is certainly one of them.

APPLAUSE Beautifully done. Good anticipation

from Raonic. And he is covering the crosscourt forehand. That is what I

meant, he came in and he moved slightly early and that was the

percentage where Murray tends to go, on that crosscourt forehand. A very

good first point. Another excellent point. That was

awkward and look how he got his racket out in front and created the

angle with the oft forehand volley. It looked for a moment like he might

hit a backhand but he changed -- off forehand.

What a start this is. Three perfect points played by Raonic.

APPLAUSE That is a good recovery with two

good points in a row. At this stage against Raonic, it Murray had lost

one of those serves, going down double break point, you almost feel

there is no way back but he has kept himself in it with two excellent

points. I'm not sure what he did wrong. He

did well to get his racket on the ball in the first place and perhaps

he anticipated he was going down the line with the forehand but there

wasn't much he could do about it. So animated, he is pacing around the

place, Raonic. He can't wait to play. Much more expressive this

week, in interviews as well as on court. It is quite a prospect.

For it to go that high up in the air, Murray would have thought that

was going over. Once again, still only down a mini-break but it is a

big gap, three points and the first thing to do is win the first of your

two. One step at a time. APPLAUSE

Superb! What a quality rally from both players.

Lovely chip from Raonic, the half-volley and he finishes it off,

that was superb, what a pick-up. Mr Raonic is challenging the call. I

am amazed he has done that. Change up with a big kick when he has been

having success on the first serve. He is nervous and understandably.

Mr Raonic has three challenges remaining.

APPLAUSE What other serve -- what

-- what a serve that was. This was not easy, quite deep in the court

and coming at him quite flat. He kept his eye on the ball very well.

Murray's three straight points snapped and it is a set point.

And that's it! Raonic finishes it off with a forehand pass. McEnroe's

man has one said lead and we have an excellent match on our hands here.

-- one set lead. Disappointment for Murray, letting some of that

frustration out. The drive for five is still on but some distance to

run. SUE BARKER: I have been watching alongside Peter Fleming,

such quality in the tie-break. It was fantastic and if ever there was

an illustration of what John McEnroe is trying to get Raonic to do it was

in the first few points of the tie-break with Raonic coming forward

persistently and hitting some fine volleys. He got tentative on one at

5-4 when he hit eight seconds and stayed back but all in all, I would

say that man has to be thrilled. -- hit a second serve. And no break

points at all in that, he is serving so well, Raonic, not giving Murray a

chance. He missed quite an easy passing shot at 15-30 in one game

when he might have had a couple break points but other than that, no

joy at all. But he is certainly not out of it, there is a long way to go

but with Raonic winning the first set, his confidence has the have

grown and he must be feeling good about himself. What can Murray do?

He has do hang in there and wait for one of those chances when he misses

a couple of serves? I think so, players always come down a little

bit after a set and a half, the serving power or accuracy will weigh

in at some point. He has to make sure that he takes advantage at any

opportunities -- the accuracy will wane. But Raonic has not lost his

serve all week so he might not get many chances. And he is serving so

well in this match but Murray is such a great match player and

competitor, you would feel he will up it somehow. We shall see! We will

be watching. ANDREW CASTLE: Raonic to open up in

the second set and out first again, prowling the baseline, Murray

muttering, unhappy, tetchy. If he does break through, he is ready to

explode. But from the word go he has looked highly strung, tightly wound.

JOHN LLOYD: He was saying good advice about something. He was

saying it in that way which means he does not mean it at all. It was

sarcastic, he is venting and looking at his bench to say, you messed that

up, not me! It is just the way he goes around

things, it is just what he does. In some matches, this is what he does.

And yet he wins a whole load of them. He certainly does.

The trouble is, I think it has effected him for the last two or

three points. It will not make him lose the match but it has carried

through. When Djokovic vents a bit, the next point he is right back to

business again. I think that game, he almost threw it away because he

was still annoyed at himself for losing the first. It doesn't mean he

can't win this match but if it was against Djokovic, as an example, you

cannot afford to give up point away let alone a game. That is the point.

And people say, you are not supporting Murray, you're having a

go at him. No, all I'm saying is, is that the difference between Djokovic

and Murray? Is it the mental side? He is a great player and he wins a

lot of matches but where is that difference between him and Djokovic?

Two years ago he beat him a couple of times in finals but he hasn't

done since in the majors. This is a dangerous moment now. Yes.

He has one player who is unbelievably charged up and the

other is mentally a bit flat. Seven straight points to Raonic.

It's this sort of point, where you look at it, no-one talks much about

Raonic's ground strokes. That was a well-rounded point there. He hit

seven or eight shots there and ran Murray all round the place and

finished it off with that beautiful forehand to create the easy volley.

He is playing extremely well. This is excellent tennis right now

from the Canadian. Sometimes you have to say too good at the moment.

If he can keep this up, he is right in the zone as they say now, where

that ball looks like a football to him and he can't miss. Murray has to

dig in and somehow hold this serve. UMPIRE: Time violation, warning Mr

Murray. Really? He stepped to the line and he is ready to serve.

Pointless. That's the rules, I suppose.

And it's the first break of serve. You can't say he's not good for it.

First break-points and he's taken them and it's a bit of a flat time

for Murray. That time call was a silly time. I love fast play, I

don't like it when players go over. If a match is going at a good pace

and someone goes over it once or twice, don't bother with it. Only if

it gets consistent, for me. That was a bad time for that call. Just get

on with it. Whatever. UMPIRE: Mr Raonic challenging the

call on the left service line, the ball was called out.

It was good. UMPIRE: First serve.

This is an awesome performance so far. Can he keep this up? Well, at

the moment, he's brilliant. He hasn't missed a first serve in this

set because they played a let the only time that he did miss that

first serve, so that doesn't count. Fantastic play from Raonic, who has

backed up the break of serve with a hold. 3-0.

UMPIRE: New balls, please. He has taken out his game plan. He

looks like he is playing with more purpose than I have ever seen him

play. When you think he is a semifinalist at Wimbledon in the

past. He was a semifinalist at the Australian Open. Playing the

opponent that he is playing now. He was two sets to one up and his

abductor went - that is part of the game. Great moments for him. This

could be an unbelievable year. It is amazing to watch. When you look at

Raonic and you think of mainly one thing - the serve. You think, the

second thing you think of - predictable. He is becoming

unpredictable, which is what is so good. He is coming in at different

times. His variation is good. He is stepping round to hit that

inside-out forehand. He is slicing the ball coming in. He is giving

different targets to Murray. He is not scared of Murray from the

baseline. It is early days yet. If he continues like this, what a

message this is sending out to the rest of the crowd. If your game plan

is wrong, or has failures in it, and faults, as long as you are doing it

with purpose, it is like driving badly. Do something, don't dawdle

around. He is not dawdling in any way. No. I like the purpose he is

playing with. I agree. I know why he is not winning. It is not an odd

year! 2009, '11, '13, '15, all belonging

to Murray. He beat Anderson last year. This one he is going to have

to come back from a set and a break. Nice passing shot. A bit unfortunate

for Raonic that the net cord slowed that ball up a bit. But still, a

good passing shot. UMPIRE: Game, Murray.

SUE BARKER: We are staying with the tennis here on BBC One. Songs of

Praise is now on BBC Two. We are staying with the tennis here on One.

Murray looks more composed again now, after winning that game. He's

settled again. UMPIRE: Mr Raonic is challenging the

call. That looked good from here. You have had your eyes done. I

thought it was good. You have had your eyes done. Look at that.

The trouble is, Murray has another chance to get back in. He had that

little lull in concentration. He lost his serve. Raonic played well.

Is he going to have another chance? Nicely-constructed point there. Good

approach. This is too good. 121mph serve into

the body. That is bigger than a lot of players' first serve. That is a

second serve! 30-30 in the second set, aiming for his first tournament

win off a hard-court against Murray, 7,000 people here. Yeah. Tremendous

play. UMPIRE: Mr Murray is challenging the

call. Deuce.

CHEERING CROWD: Come on, Andy!

UMPIRE: Advantage Murray. It is the eighth break-point of the

week against the Raonic serve. Nobody has managed to win one yet.

55 service games in a row, unless my maths is wrong. It took that little

moment of inspiration there to get the break from one of the finest

returners the game has ever seen. He is back in the match. It looked like

he had settled down, he had a bit of a reaction at the end of the first

set. Yeah. SUE BARKER: He certainly is back in

it. A great match here on Centre Court and we are staying with it

here on BBC One. If you are expecting Songs Of Praise, that is

now on BBC Two but we are staying with the tennis on BBC One. JOHN

LLOYD: It is a funny old game when you think he was that close to being

4-1. That is why we love this game, it can turn so quickly. The man who

is coaching Raonic once missed a volley by a centimetre and it cost

of a French Open against Ivan Lendl. It would have completed his set of

Grand Slam championships. No, he never won the Australian. He wanted

to beat Lendl so badly but he didn't. And if you talk to him about

it now, he still gives you a bit of a look! 1984.

The forehand has been awesome today from Raonic.

The body language has changed ever so slightly! Concentration is there

now. Oh yes. The little tics a touch of the hat, Rakip adjustment, ready.

-- racket. I thought he was going to make that.

He has got a set of wheels on him! Speedy Gonzalez at the back of the

court and Raonic sort of shoved that one through. He played his man in

there, Raonic. He would not have liked 0- 30.

He has lost his rhythm a bit on the first serves in this game.

He needs to get that back pretty quick because Murray is handling his

second serve, even in the mid 120s he is getting them back well.

CHEERING He doesn't have that shot. Just

keeps on making him play, Murray. This one, his eyes were not level

with the ball, he did not bend low enough. No.

Mr Murray is challenging the call, the ball was called in.

I think the speed gun but that one wrong, 125 mph. It was about 145.

It's amazing, isn't it? One moment he looked like he wanted to get on

the Underground and get out of it and the next, just 100% the Andy

Murray we have come to a door over the years. It is staggering, one

backhand volley by half an inch missed and Raonic is in the driving

seat. He misses it and the whole thing has flipped. It happens so

quickly but really because Murray re-engaged. He had mentally lost it

for a bit and he suddenly got back but more than that, the shots he has

had to hit. Raonic now is pressing, to me. For a set and the first three

or four games it looked like he felt he could not miss and he was

dominating but once Murray got that break, it was like his whole

confidence dissipated. It does appear that Murray needs a crisis in

order to fully motivate at times. Playing the major championships as

well, look at the French Open, the first two rounds, he made it to the

final but lost it but his first two matches, not there at all. Two set

down against Stepanek and 2-1 down in the next match. He is never

beaten, he hates losing and that is a good thing. Absolutely.

A set and 3-0 down 15 minutes ago, 4-3 up with a break now. He is just

getting warmed up. I tell you who else he beat of the

French Open along the way, some of the biggest servers of all time

after those two difficult matches. Karlovic.

APPLAUSE He is having a great time now.

Loving it, absolutely loving it. He is in the trenches now, he has dug

in. Andy Love is a target as well, this one, he dips it not quite low

enough but just there, no doubt he was going to win that point.

He is eye to eye with the enemy now, just a few yards away, so engaged

with the contest. Just sit back and enjoy it.

Slightly raised eyebrows, where has this guy been?

He missed it but keep watching because this is kind of a special

vein of form from Andy Murray. It's amazing, now Raonic is

struggling for aces in the last three games. Murray is absolutely

plugged in. This is quite something. Intense, looking to beat the

opponent, just beat them one on one, if there was nobody else here he

would be playing the same way. He is into it.

That was too good. If Murray can keep engaging in rallies like that,

he will win more of those type of points. That was a heck of a

backhand from Raonic. If you had to pick one match in

which Murray played better than any other, that would be so hard because

he's played so many unbelievable matches over time. If I had to pick

it, I would say sets three and four versus Novak Djokovic, semifinal,

French, last year, down two sets and he just threw everything, just like

we have seen in the last few minutes there, there is this wonderful

elevation of standard and this bringing from deep that I just, I

think is fantastic. You can wait a lot of years to see another player

in Britain like this. It is a rare thing to see. He's that good. Some

people criticise us when we criticise him. Other people say we

adore him too much. I'm telling you the way I feel about him now, as the

finished product he is unreal. When he is like this. I agree with you,

against the Djokovic - there is Kevin Spacey. He's picked a good

final to come. That Djokovic match? That Djokovic match, I agree with

you, when you look t at -- at those two sets, it looked like who could

ever beat him. For those two sets, he played tennis that was

mind-boggling there. It was a joy to watch. The problem is, against

Djokovic, he will do it for four-and-a-half hours. I agree with

you, some of the tennis is, well... This match here, on this one, to

come back from where he's come back from against a player that was

playing one of the best sets, or matches he's probably ever played,

it's been staggering to get back into this match.

UMPIRE: Mr Raonic is challenging the call. Right service line, the ball

was called in. That's away. It's one set all. That

seemed unlikely some minutes ago. Now, it looks like only one result.

Still a set to play, so nothing to be taken for granted. Murray has

switched his engines on and Raonic must now respond. One set all.

SUE BARKER: What a match. So many twists and turns already. What a

start this final is to our summer of tennis on the BBC. We head to

Eastbourne next week, as some of the best women players in the world

battle it out for the Aegon International. From June 27th, it is

Wimbledon and what a Championships it should be. Can Andy Murray repeat

his winning feat of 2013? After Wimbledon, Great Britain continue

their defence of their title with a quarterfinal tie against Serbia in

Belgrade. It could be Djokovic versus Murray in that one. Also, if

you want to get the latest tennis news sent straight to your phone,

you can download the BBC Sport app and set up tennis news alerts.

England's cricketers return to one-day international against Sri

Lanka on Tuesday. Back to this final. A few points here and there

can turn a match around. We have had outstanding tennis, thrilling drama,

what a final. We have still got another set to come.

ANDREW CASTLE: It is something to look forward to when Murray turns it

around like this and the intensity goes up. News of his brother, who is

world number one at the moment in the men's doubles. Quarterfinal this

week, they lost him and his partner. The final of the men's doubles here,

Chris Guccione and Andre Sa are in the final against Pierre-Hugues

Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, who I think they have to be considered the

best doubles team in the world right now, the Bryans narrowly ahead of

them in the rankings. That is the doubles. They are the number two

team at the moment. You should see them. They are wonderful players.

Jamie Murray, number one in the world. Andy was quick to say, he got

there before I did! JOHN LLOYD: He did say that. Not

competitive at all, is he? It is an extraordinary return from a little

town called Dunblane. Staggering. Quite staggering, really.

The youngest son has just been escorted away, a quick loo break and

ready to play this third set. Gives everyone a chance to stretch their

legs here. We have had some great finals here. I must say, this is

right up there for the first two sets, in terms of the quality and

variation. I know we have seen a lot of aces, but still, the points have

been magnificent. Boris Becker in 1985 for sheer star

power, that was something. What did he say, if he wins Wimbledon, I'm

going to... Some comment. He went back-to-back tournaments. It was the

most amazing of upsets. Lovely presentation the other day,

yesterday, to the guys who have won this Championship on four occasions,

and wonderful to see Roy Emmerson here, one of the great Australian

players. Roy was one of the greats. Loved Queen's Club. He used to

practice on the indoor courts and he would play for a week to get in

practice before he went on the grass to get the rhythm and he would play

two or three hours in the morning, and in the afternoons he would play

five sets and he would wear out all the practice partners, so he would

have to keep getting new ones in every day. Bjorn Borg used to play

the entire Swedish Davis Cup team over five sets and beat them!

Novak Djokovic doesn't play the tournament. Everybody has different

theories about what to do to warm up for Wimbledon. Andy Murray likes

playing here and it hasn't done him too badly, has it?

The tournament has been played under leaden skies all week. Steven Farrow

and Charlotte Stone deserve some credit for keeping everybody's mood

nice and placid. There's been a lot of waiting around at times.

UMPIRE: Seats please. Time. The weather has cleared enough to

get the tournament through at the right time. Fingers crossed, and

touch wood, we haven't had too many slips either. They normally happen

at the back of the court. UMPIRE: Raonic to serve.

Rounds of drinks in. People just settling. Milos's

girlfriend is making her way to her seat. She is late coming in. Andy,

don't have a go at her! It won't surprise you to know that

she is a model. And a very successful one, too. Also Canadian.

Six tennis balls in play. Where are the other two? They can get stuck

between the back awning and the front of the stand.

It will be a good trick if he serves all those! He's got big enough hands

to do it. Murray upped his intensity in the

third set against Kyle Edmund. And also against Marin Cilic. This is

the moment. What a return of serve. You get the

feeling now with Raonic and Murray, you feel that Murray is going to get

his racquet on these serves now. For a while, you didn't feel that. There

were aces coming after aces. I'm not saying he is not going to serve some

more, but Murray seems to be reading it now.

Not getting as many first serves in as he was.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Oh! How good is that? 24 shots! And

he finishes with a drop shot. SUE BARKER: We can't go anywhere, we

are staying with the tennis here on BBC One. If you are tuned in to

watch The Gorilla That Talks To People that is now on BBC Two. The

tennis will be on BBC One. ANDREW CASTLE: Koko is great by the way but

you can record back and stay here. He is putting down the hammer, just

as he did at the beginning of those other third sets I was mentioning.

The second one of those in the tramlines.

New balls please. In the first game where Murray broke Raonic in this

deciding set, six points played, Raonic made two first serves and won

both of those. Koko the gorilla, that is on BBC Two now but we are

staying with this tennis. But when he misses his first serve, Murray is

all over it. He has to get back on a holding track here.

It is just staggering the way this has changed around and it all stems

from the fact, obviously when Raonic lost that service game, the first in

the tournament, just some doubts crept into his mind. He is not

picking the spots as well on his serve any more and Murray is all

over everything. It is amazing how it has changed round. That one he

missed but he is getting his racket on almost every ball, such different

from the first set and a bit when the aces were flowing and Murray was

frustrated. A lot of this has to be psychological.

Murray is certainly upping his intensity, his footwork is superb.

The Raonic serve, this is from the first set. The green areas, this is

Raonic's first serve placement and he was making a lot of them. The

green lines are within 50 centimetres of the service lines.

Since then, this is how it has changed, 92%, you see how it has

gone down. Some of that is because Andy Murray is picking some of them

up or is there no particular reason? When he lost that first service

game, finally, I think his confidence went a little bit. He has

just lost that rhythm and believe that he could snap them away like he

was. The rhythm is not there as much and Murray is picking them up a lot

more. It has changed around so quickly. Do players and their

coaches use these sort of statistics now? There seem to be loaded

available. This will be looked at. I am sure McEnroe, if Raonic loses

this, or even if he wins, I am sure there will be a discussion on this

and they will show some of the stats and where the serve dipped and why

it happened. Mentally, why did it go? Did you lose your confidence?

You can't do that, particularly against someone like Andy Murray.

APPLAUSE A little flamboyant at the end! A

little pose, get the camera ready, look at that! Beautiful!

Backhands generally look better than forehands on film.

From the baseline, we saw some big winners from Raonic for a set and a

bit, he was pouncing on forehands but again, he can't seem to put

Murray away in these rallies, it has all changed around so quickly.

Remarkable, really. Murray has won night of the last 11

games after being set down and 3-0 with a break. One missed volley by

about a centimetre from Milos Raonic which would have given him a hold

but he went on to lose that game and all changed. And that was a

challenge. That is how big Hawk-Eye is.

Raonic still in touch here. We talked about the Battle of the super

coaches, we can overplay these things but Lendl and McEnroe were

not just two ordinarily players, they were pretty special to have

around. And the tail end of Connors as they were coming up, he was still

producing great tennis, it was a wonderful generation. We talk about

the big four now but they were great matches to watch and it was at a

time when TV was not saturated with coverage so when you did see these

matches it was a special occasion. I suppose they were a bit younger than

you, you would have been coming on at about the same time? McEnroe and

Lendl, that was in the latter stages, I played them both but not

very successfully! But they were great players. Both of them were

amazing, McEnroe, to me... You played him in a Davis Cup final?

Yes, again, not very well, he gave me a bit of a dusting. But he was

great and just to watch him play, coming up through the ranks and some

of the great tennis of all time. Lendl was more of a terminator.

Exactly! To McEnroe's genius. I was more of a McEnroe man at that time.

Nobody got to know Ivan Lendl till later.

Good serving there from Murray as well. Looks very comfortable.

How his game has changed! Can you remember when he didn't want to take

that ball on? He wanted to rally and soak up pressure. Now he brutalises

the ball! Pat Cash in the background.

UMPIRE: Game, Murray. Another man who knew his way around

a grass court. Murray, after a couple of hours of play here,

closing in on a fifth title. UMPIRE: Murray leads 4-2.

Nobody has won a fifth title here. It is an extraordinary record.

Players do love records. He will be so eager to get this.

To make that return from that serve and Raonic doesn't want to be

playing too many of those types of volleys. Did well there, though.

Murray leads 4-3. SUE BARKER: Murray is still up a

break in this final set. Some news from elsewhere. Experience triumphed

over youth in Halle where Florian Mayer beat Alexander Zverev to win

the title. Madison Keys won the title at

Edgbaston this afternoon. She will move into the top ten for the first

time next week. She will be playing at Eastbourne next week. Murray

still has some work to do. ANDREW CASTLE: Indeed. The task

coming here was to win the title, but it was to find some form on the

grass courts ahead of the Championships at Wimbledon and the

first match played him into some real form. It was a tough one

against Nicolas Mahut, who won in Holland, actually only on Monday.

He's upped his game and he's timed his effort superbly this week.

UMPIRE: Seats, please. Time. Djokovic remains his greater

challenge, of course. We will get to see if we see that match at

Wimbledon. Murray still has to hold serve a couple of times.

JOHN LLOYD: So good. He's improved that shot so much. So much more

aggressive. That set himself up for the top-spin volley. The drive

top-spin volley. He's got a lovely rhythm on his

serve now. Variation. A lot of the power in

this last game, with the serves and the big forehands, and there is the

feel that he has. He's got it all. 119mph that second serve and Murray

took it on the rise as if it wasn't even there. Again, that is the speed

of a lot of players' first serve. Two chances at tennis history here.

At this venerable old Queen's Club. Match-points.

He finished the Davis Cup with a lob like that. That's right.

He is not an easy person to get over with a top-spin lob. He has a great

jump on him. Ace number 14, Raonic has saved two

match-points in this game. A courageous effort.

The backhand drive brings another match-point, a third.

And that's it! Five Championships at Queen's Club for Andy Murray. More

tennis history! So much achieved in the game, but to

win in front of these fans for a fifth time is certainly another

feather in his cap. And to break Milos Raonic on a grass court four

times in one match... Raonic will reflect on the fact he was a set and

a break up and he missed a volley by one centimetre. Those are the

margins at this level. He played an excellent tournament

and hadn't lost his serve coming into this but end up losing it four

times in two sets. Amazing and full credit to Murray for turning that

around, he looks to be out of it mentally. But we have seen it

before. Deserved congratulations from his team. Lendl has gone

already! The week started with that big news that Ivan Lendl was back

with Andy Murray, the man who was alongside him for so many of the

great triumphs and they have found winning form straightaway. Jamie

Delgado has been very humble in his acceptance of the shape of the team

now but he looks well set for what is ahead.

A shame it finished with that. I know what was coming afterwards, it

was going to be a lob! The third time in a row, he would have kept

going with that tactic until he made it. A fine performance, really. It

looked like he was out, it really did. Number nine in the world, Milos

Raonic, he is sixth in the race which means he has had the sixth

best year of anybody since January. He has done a lot before and he will

be a handful for somebody at Wimbledon where he has had a

semifinal appearance. Excellent tournament from Raonic to.

Everything is getting ready on the court with the presentation party

making their way onto this hallowed grass. And one of the biggest

trophies in tennis is being wheeled out by a couple of people. A tiny

bit of a scrum as everybody gets organised. Quite narrow walkways at

this club, certainly not a purpose-built arena. They slot this

rather wonderful setting around the court and they make it happen and

when it all disappears, it looks so very different but it has been a

fine tournament once again. We have seen some good tennis despite some

heavy conditions and quite a lot of interruptions. And for the fifth

time, Andy Murray will lift this trophy.

Ladies and gentlemen, we would now like to present the Aegon

Championships trophy. The presentation party, Stephen Parra,

the tournament director. -- Stephen Farrow.

The group CEO of Aegon. The president of the opiate. The

chairman of the Queen's Club -- president of the LTA.

First of all, our runner-up, to receive a Magnum of Melhuish and

champagne -- Moet Chandon. Our runner-up, Milos Raonic! APPLAUSE

SUE BARKER: Me lots, congratulations on playing your part and a fabulous

final -- Milos. APPLAUSE I think when Andy turned it around

in that second set, where do you serve against somebody like him? You

try to go through him! Maybe I can go through his stomach! But

congratulations to him for winning this tournament for a fifth time, I

am sure it not -- it's not nearly as special as your first Father's Day

so happy Father's Day as well. APPLAUSE

At least I hope it's not as special! And happy Father's Day to obviously

my own and the many fathers on my team and everybody here that I'm

sure is enjoying the day and some good tennis. Back home it a lot of

fun to play here, it is the first time playing Sunday on grass and

hopefully I can have a rematch in a couple of Sundays. We would

certainly like that! APPLAUSE You said after Paris you came here

and wanted to play forward and more attacking, John McEnroe in your

corner, you did not win but you must be pleased with how you are playing.

I'm feeling pretty good out here. It's good progress that I've made

this week, improving every day and I gave it my all today. It wasn't

enough but hopefully I can keep making progress in this next time

that I have and play my best come a fortnight. We wish you all the best

for that and congratulations again, Milos Raonic!

And now, ladies and gentlemen, we would like to present to the winner

at Jeroboam of champagne, and of course the Aegon Championships

trophy, to our Aegon Championships champion, five time Andy Murray!

I guess you get the trophy in a minute! Standing at the back

watching those last few points, everybody was saying, how does he do

it? I didn't have the answer so how do you do it? What? Turn it around!

I guessed on a few serves to get one of the breaks back and after that I

started to gain a bit of confidence and I was seeing the serve a bit

better but it's not always up to me. Milos serves unbelievably well, a

huge serve, very powerful and sometimes it is just too good when

he hit the line but as the match goes on you start to get a bit more

of a feel for the speed and I got a few good returns in at the end. How

good did it feel, the last set and a half? It was great, obviously coming

out trying to win for the fifth time I was really motivated. It was

frustrating when you are down a set and a break but I started to return

well and my serve worked very well for the last couple of sets and I

played some good stuff. You mentioned a fifth title, going ahead

of the likes of John McEnroe, Boris Becker, leading to it, Andy Roddick,

Roy Emerson, the first five-time winner -- Lleyton Hewitt. Obviously

this tournament has loads of history, it is a great event and

they always have unbelievable crowds from the beginning of the event. But

the field every year is extremely strong. It is a pleasure obviously

to play in front of someone like John, normally it in the commentary

box telling us what we should be doing! -- he is in. He is obviously

a great player and any time you can do something a bit better than

somebody like him is an amazing feeling! LAUGHTER

I'm certainly not comparing myself to him, I'm aware he had achieved a

lot more than him but to win here for a fifth time, it means a lot to

me. He is smiling, don't worry! Ivan, I'm not sure if he was happy

or not! He doesn't give much away. It was nice of him to stick around!

LAUGHTER I don't really know where he was off

to! Obviously a good first week back together! And big thanks to all of

my team and my family, it means a lot to win here so thank you for

your support and help. And happy Father's Day. Thank you very much.

Congratulations, the Aegon Championships champion for the fifth

time, Andy Murray! ANDREW CASTLE: The fifth time he has

raised the trophy above his head here at Queen's Club. Four breaks of

serve against Milos Raonic in two sets, so much for Andy Murray to be

proud of here. He doesn't drink too much of that, maybe he will allow

himself something. He took five days off after the French Open. Straight

into the tournament here and another victory. It is a remarkable set of

achievements which he is putting together and he is having the career

we thought might be possible but perhaps not even in his wildest

dreams did he imagine he would win the Davis Cup, Olympic gold, US

Open, Wimbledon and to complete the set of being in all of these major

championships finals, Australia, France, Wimbledon and the US. It is

extraordinary and there is more to come. He will be at the Olympics in

Rio and there is that Davis Cup tie against Serbia after Wimbledon as

well so great times for Andy Murray. A second title this year after

winning in Rome am one of the most prestigious clay-court titles, when

he did not lose a set and beat Djokovic. A great year. I have said

it before and I will say it again, we are lucky to have him. He knows

how to dig deep and compete and when he concentrates 100% there is only

one man who can match him and you know who that is. We will see if

that is the Wimbledon final. Those championships get underway, and it

is likely from what we have seen. Look how long that goes back. The

likes of Doherty. Spencer Gore on there as well. Many replicas were

given out to the four-time winners who were here yesterday. Lovely to

see Roy Emerson and of course McEnroe as well. Lleyton Hewitt.

Hard to look further than Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic for the

potential championship match at Wimbledon. It was very funny that

even Lendl was not there! He was just up and away -- Ivan Lendl.

Probably something as simple as needing to go and spend a penny! But

it was big news this week, Lendl coming back and that is another

story line to this great sport that we all enjoy so much.

When the concentration was there for Andy Murray, there was only one

player in it. Against Kyle Edmund, who did himself proud of this week

with that victory over Gilles Simon. The same thing against Mahut. He

came through that match. And that is the big East stand that will be

reconstructed over the next week or so. Just showing the trophy to them.

6000 people up in that enormous public stand.

It was suggested by some earlier this week that he wasn't appreciated

quite as much as he ought to be. I can't imagine why that would be

anybody's thought. Sports Personality of the Year on two

occasions and I think one of the most adored sportsmen in Great

Britain now, of any generation. He is right up there. You can put him

with any of our greats over the years. The likes of Nick Faldo and

Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore even. The pantheon of great Scottish

sports people, there can only be the one man at the top. Ten Grand Slam

finals and a word for the girls who have done such a good job, and for

the staff who have made this all possible.

It just so happens that we have the greatest tennis tournament in the

world here, and before we get to that, our next tennis is from

Eastbourne here on the BBC. That starts on Tuesday, 1.00pm on BBC

Two. And it is June 27th, the kick-off date, be there, all roads

lead to Wimbledon! What a great reaction. You simply

cannot give more. It's in! This is remarkable tennis! The waiting is

over! That is way too good. I don't believe it! It's in! She's done it!

The Queen of Centre Court. Unbelievable tennis. She will be

walking on water next. # Just for a minute

# The silver forked sky # Lit you up like a star

# That I will follow. # Only a week on Monday to wait.

Seeing the tennis that we have experienced here, John and Peter,

it's whet the appetite, to show what we are going to be looking forward

to? What a match. It was a perfect contrast. I love the way they both

played. They were so aggressive. They wanted it so badly, both

players. We saw everything out there today. We saw some big serving, the

returns, the movement, the passion, Murray was up and then down, then

up. Raonic kept it the same level the whole way, but we saw the

potential there, you know, could he go one step further at Wimbledon?

McEnroe believes he can. If he can play like that set and a half and

keep it going for a bit longer, he could be a big threat. We were

watching up here, and we said Murray has this knack, he doesn't want to

lose, he finds a way to turn it around. He mentioned out there, "I

guessed right on a couple of serves." He's done it three matches

in a row. The quarters and the semis, he really raised his game.

Today he had to do it. Or rather down a set and a break. And then,

suddenly, broke serve four times in a row, or four out of five times. He

was incredible. OK, fine, he probably, if not has the best

return, certainly tied with Novak in that regard, and yet couldn't get a

sniff on a ball for a set and a half, could he? As you say, he sort

of dug deep and figured it out. Let's show the turning point. It was

in the second set, he was down a set. He was down 3-1. This volley

from Raonic, that really could have given him the game point. He was

40-30 up. Look how close... It shows the difference - he could have been

4-1 up and going home. Without Hawk-Eye he would have been down

4-1. That is what Murray does to break serve. It is a lot of mind

games as well. Exactly. He was so down and he was having a go at his

bench, then he re-engaged and then the next minute, he was magical. It

was like Raonic couldn't find a way past him after that. That is

set-point and that was when Murray started to take control, and he kept

that motivation going? Yes, it is really hard to quantify momentum in

a tennis match. Yet, you know when it's changing and when Raonic lost

that game, when he missed that volley by a quarter of an inch, he

lost the momentum and then he perhaps became a little more

conservative with his serving targets, didn't hit the line quite

as often, didn't come into the net as often towards the end of the

match either. That is something that perhaps his camp will discuss over

the next week, just, come on, just because you drop your serve once,

doesn't mean that you change your whole style of play. It is hard. His

natural style is to play from the back. Exactly. So you tend to revert

to what you know best. He's got to try and forget that. I agree with

Peter. That is the thing, after they have calmed down a bit, Mac will be

on about that. You bullied Murray - and I mean that in a good sense - he

was on top of him, he was charging and going after everything. He loses

one break, and it was psychologically, I haven't lost my

serve the whole week and slight doubts came in. Then he didn't go

for the corners, wasn't aggressive coming in and the thing flipped

around. You can't do that. With Wimbledon coming up, it will be five

sets, you will be having lots of ebbs and flows. You have to keep

that level up higher. We saw the fist pump when he won that second

serve and he wanted to keep that momentum going and he did. Raonic -

he wasn't missing those balls earlier on. Exactly. That was the

point. Murray, you never thought after that that rain rape was going

to serve aces. -- that that Murray was going to serve aces. Then it

became one-way traffic after that. You feel once the rally is under

way, that Murray was the favourite? No question about it. If you want to

oversimplify it, the one huge weapon that Milos Raonic has... That was

too good. Murray is too quick around the back of the court, too much feel

and can do too much with the ball for Raonic to think he can win

enough points to put him into trouble. Really, if you oversimplify

it, the one weapon that Raonic has that no-one else can do, is he

scares opponents to death, he really does. You think, I have no say in

the matter and yet if he becomes just more conservative, he allows

himself to rally more, he loses that, he loses that. So it's almost

a case of when push comes to shove you have to butt heads with these

top guys and then maybe you can breakthrough. It was wonderful from

a set and a breakdown, he won eight out of the next nine games and he

was producing one magical point after another. And the way he

constructs his points as well, moving people out of position, it is

beautiful to watch. When he plays like this, you look at it and you

go, well, how does he lose a match? Only because there is a certain

Novak Djokovic around. When he is in this type of form, he is brilliant.

He's got the first serve that was, the last set and a half was huge. He

was hitting corners every one. The return of serve is ridiculous. Then

he moves opponents around and he has this different feel, with this

different touch, the drop shots, and when he plays like this, I can't see

how anybody can beat him, apart from Djokovic. Raonic has got to say to

himself, for a set and a half, I was there, I have got to continue that,

I have to keep believing in it? Absolutely right. He was awesome. He

really was. He would be a threat to anybody in the world for that set

and a half. Those are the sorts of conversations they will have over

the next week or so, to say, "Keep going, just keep going, don't

question anything." Commit to the tactics and do it. If you lose,

fine. Ivan Lendl left, job done, isn't it? It has been a wonderful

final here today. It has been a very interesting week here. We have had

rain, rain, and more rain. John Inverdale looks back at the week.

There is a joke doing the rounds at the moment, a Scotsman goes into a

bar, the Englishman, Irishman and Welshman would be there too but they

are away at the Euros! Just about every other summer, the only thing

we have been able to rely on across the sporting landscape is this most

remarkable of Scots. It may be the summer of Sturridge or Bale or Eddie

Jones, but at Queen's, as so often in the past, it's been Andy Murray

who has stolen the show. Grass court tennis is different, less time to

think, less time to react. Fresh from reaching the final on the clay

at Roland Garros, the first British man to do that in 79 years, Andy has

been chasing a fifth title at Queen's, diving like Becker and

moving like Jagger. On some levels, it has been a

familiar Queen's, big men hitting big serves. Why don't we cut to the

chase and go to the tie-break? Rain and more rain, slips and tumbles.

But there's been the unexpected, too, a first all British

quarterfinal in the Open era and the return of the Mac. It was too big a

gig for the ultimate ringmaster to turn down. Where are we as we leave

Queen's? Djokovic appears impregnable and then there is Andy.

Whatever happens at the Euros, people try to put him down, but he

is the greatest sportsman of this generation. This fifth triumph at

Queen's was a mouth-watering starter for the main course to come.

Thanks, John. It certainly was. He's proved himself yet again here at

Queen's, winning his fifth title. Let's remind you he first won it in

2009. He couldn't lift it he wasn't strong enough to do that. Over the

years, he's got better and better and just keeps improving,

physically, mentally and technically. He always finds a way

to get better. You could see he got that cramp at the beginning, and now

he is one of the strongest players out there. Now he attacks the ball a

lot more. He was more of a counter-puncher. His serve has

improved a lot. Versatility. He is a man mountain. When I mentioned to

him, the likes of who had won four titles, he's made history. He has.

He is, he is a great player. He still has four or five years to make

his mark, to win more majors. Can he do it? That is a big question. He's

in an era with at least one of the greatest players of all time. So I

think he is up for the challenge. He's brought Ivan back to see if he

can't push that extra level up. He certainly keeps pushing and Ivan

Lendl now in his corner, who knows what will happen? Thank you very

much. What a wonderful final it has been here at the Queen's Club today,

Andy Murray has made history, becoming the first to win this title

five times. And we have only got just over a week to go until

Wimbledon. We will be at Eastbourne starting on Tuesday at 1.00pm on BBC

Two. Today, Andy Murray, he proved he is the ultimate king of Queen's.

Bye-bye.