Day 3 Part 1 Queen's

Andy Murray in action, going for number five title at Queen's. Andy

Murray, the world number two against Nicolas Mahut, quite an intriguing

contest. What a swerve on that serve, evidence of how dangerous

this is for Andy Murray. Break point.

Oh, yes, that is in. Oh, boy, set point.

First set to Andy Murray, excellent match.

A magnificent game. Mahut breaks first.

Fantastic first round match from both players. The four time champion

has opened his account with a wonderful performance here.

SUE BARKER: the drive for a record five titles is still on for Andy

Murray as he came through a tough opener yesterday, saving set points

in both sets, the perfect welcome back gift for coach Ivan Lendl. The

weather is the perfect gift for fans arriving today. It is not that warm

but at least it is dry. Welcome to the Aegon Championships. It is a

drier day-to-day but some showers are forecast later in the day. I

spoke to tournament director who say they are only three and a half

matches behind schedule. Another wonderful schedule on today but it

does not feature Andy Murray, who has a day off and he will be back

tomorrow when the British number one will face the British number two.

And Aljaz Bedene is out on court late last night where he put out

Benoit Paire of France, a player ranked 30 for places above him. A

wonderful battle out in the twilight. He had a wonderful French

Open, getting through to the third-round where he lost to Novak

Djokovic but he booked himself a place on Centre Court to face Andy

Murray. Dan Evans is battling on Court

Number One against Paul-Henri Mathieu. He has had a number of set

points in that tie-break and he has taken it 10-8, Paul-Henri Mathieu

has taken that. Steve Johnson defeated Richard Gasquet and he

takes on Adrian Mannarino. We will join a match between Kyle Edmund and

Gilles Simon and this was a short time ago.

This could be a huge upset and he looks supremely confident during the

first set. He broke serve twice and broke Simon's served in the first

game of the second set but then had his broken. Are we in for another

British victory on Centre Court? Let's find out and join our

commentators, John Lloyd and Andrew Castells.

COMMENTATOR: he is a resilient competitor.

He was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon last year.

Simon has bounced his racket several times during the course of this

match. It is almost like he has to decide whether he wants to be part

of this thing or not. Devilish competitor. He has looked in this

first set at times, he was wandering around muttering and he looked like

he would rather be anywhere else. But he has done that before

anti-comes back. Fortunately for Kyle Edmund, he had that break in

the second set. He had a couple of chances to go up couple-mac- zero

and plays a couple of loose errors and a couple of deuces where he had

shots that weren't really on. He is sort of winning ugly, Simon, to get

back in this match at the moment. Evans very impressive, and a lot of

errors from Simon, you keep thinking he will tighten up his game at some

point and get a lot more balls in play. His coaches loving it. He has

been getting stick from Gilles Simon for quite a bit of the match. But he

has a good sense of humour about it. He always looks a bit dishevelled,

Simon, he was has this careworn, threadbare look about him. He does!

He has decided to give the rays are a break this year. 31 years of age.

Number 18 in the world, perennially, there or thereabouts. He hits the

ball in the right place, it is a much heavier ball than you think. He

is a man who looks to Michael Channing as his inspiration when he

was growing up. Chang showed me you don't have to be tall to be a great

player. You have to maximise what you have got.

Kyle Edmund back on serve now. 21 years old. He comes from Beverley in

the east riding of Yorkshire. Number 80 to what is highest, got into the

top hundred last year playing a challenger in California and won

semifinal there. That was a big milestone. The progress is steady.

He is known for that big, whipping forehand. He has had one today at 97

mph and that is a big weapon. His serve can be pretty dangerous as

well and his backhand is impressive today also. Goes from deep into the

baseline. It is not easy. That is an excellent hold off the

disappointment of losing that break. He has got back into this game. That

was one of his better holes for a while. Looked very confident.

He won three challengers last year, this has been a progression. He is

out of the challenger is now, on the cusp of getting out of that

second-tier. He won three challengers last year in Hong Kong.

New York also and when says -- Buenos Aires. And those challenges

are not easy to win. This year, he won challenger titles in Dallas and

Rome also. Also runner-up in Maui. That is my sort of challenger. Do

they have anything in the Maldives? LAUGHTER

That is the back and I was talking about. It is better. Taking

advantage of the Simon second set in the first set and running with the

big forehand to it, it is a good tactic, get his opponent off balance

right from the start. Let's see if he does it here.

This is the ATP Tour tournament of the year at this level, and ATP

World Tour 500 tournament. 30 to draw this year which we are thankful

for because it has come down in size from 56. Celeste matches in a 30 to

draw. Bos so less matches. Look at that selection, Roger Taylor

on the left-hand side. Three times semifinalist. Wonderful player. We

can see John Barrett, Mark Cox, and Jones.

It is a British day in the... What you call that box? The upmarket box?

It is the President's sweet. I have made it up but I have a recollection

it might be called that. It is the best ticket, that is for sure. Mark

Cox, that slice account he had on this surface, that didn't get up

very high. Roger Taylor wasn't bad either. Angela Mortimer and Anne

Jones, doesn't get much better than that.

Anne Jones, a world table tennis champion as well, amazing. Fred

Perry was as well. That is one of the better returns we

have seen from the Frenchman today. He has not been striking the ball as

well as he would have liked Andy has been a bit hesitant but that one, he

leaned into it. He got the second serve and Kyle Edmund needs a bit of

big serves now. It is looking like a dangerous game.

A bit casual there, did not bend low enough. He doesn't have a lot of the

little stuff yet. He has a lot of the big kit like this serve,

forehand, but the stuffy doesn't have, you can work on quite easily.

I don't know if you will ever have good touch but that stuff at the

back of the court, that can definitely come. That was a poor

game. He was set and a break up and now is for- two down. -- 4- two

down. He looks a little miserable but he

has got the break back and he has not really started playing well yet.

He does that, he you is you in into a trap and you think he doesn't want

to be out there but then all of a sudden, winners start going past.

His poor coach! He doesn't know what is going on!

Leon Smith, the British Davis Cup captain expressed surprise last

year, observing what happened last year in the Davis Cup quarterfinal.

Gilles Simon was picked ahead of Richard Gasquet to play Andy Murray.

Simon can make you play an awful lot worse than you should. He is a very

difficult fellow to play. That was a bit unlucky. Leon Smith

is pulling double duty today. He watched the first one and then he

has probably nipped off to see Dan Evans on the other court because

there are a few players coming into this reckoning for the Davis Cup

match. There are some openings, depending on whether Andy Murray

will play. Hopefully he will. The first hour of this match, it was

a lot better for Kyle Edmund than the second hour. We were over on the

red button with the first hour, it was good. As soon as we come over to

BBC Two... Really, this is not good, the last

few minutes, too many errors from Edmund. That game when he was 1-0

up, he had the momentum and he shouldn't make mistakes. Exactly,

this is a learning curve for him because the top-level very rarely,

do they play those sort of bunches of games where they play badly. They

may play a couple of points here and there but they get back and play

solidly. Kyle Edmund, that has been a group of about 15 minutes where

game went from extremely well to dropping to really poorly and you

cannot do that at this level. But he has played... That is Jones on the

right who looks after him, he is the son of Aled Jones. He has played a

fair amount of tall level tennis now, got his first ATP thousand

Masters in Miami. Then he shared the court would never Djokovic and did

not disgrace himself at all. He reached the second round of Roland

Garros as well. He is putting it in the bank. He is not a rookie but he

is still a long way off in terms of experience, a long way down. He has

to play challengers but now you are with the big guys, week in, week

out. You cannot afford big dips in your form during a match. You cannot

get away with it at this level like you can in challengers.

That is certainly what we were seeing in the first set. Forehand of

Kyle Edmund was really taking over a lot of the rallies but it has gone

off the boil a bit but that was much better. The one thing about playing

Gilles Simon, you always feel you have a chance against his service

games, he doesn't generally serves many aces.

Take that at the start of the game. Simon hit a filthy little forehand

down the line, and that is pure luck. Love it. From a British point

of view, of course. You are joking. That was a huge

point. That has caused a bit of a murmur. This one, he could... He

will make that 99 times out of 100. Someone to run the other side of the

court. Calmly done after the disappointment

of the previous point. That has been called good by the

lines person and I tell you what, they have had a change of crew here

and the first crew had one of those sessions... Perhaps it was time for

lunch but they missed several calls. And this call is spot on. Sharp as a

tack. UMPIRE: Mr Simon with one challenge

remaining. And that is the way he has turned it

round. He is a wily old bird, Gilles Simon,

he absolutely look out of it. But not a bit of it. 12 career titles

and a high of world number six, you just don't go away. A wonderful

Davis Cup record as well. He gave Murray everything we all expected in

a four set match here last year. He is a really tough guy to get through

and it looks like he is doing virtually nothing. He does. He soaks

it all up. Have a quick look at this. Where they are hitting the

ball, the rally hit point comparison. Kyle Edmund is inside

the baseline trying to make it happen. He does not want to be

defending. Contrast that with ill Simon who against anybody, have this

exact pattern. One in ten balls will hit inside, he is not interested in

that, what is interesting is hanging around the baseline or hitting the

ball from way back at making it difficult for an opponent and then

accelerating. He is a wonderful player to watch. He feeds off

people's pace. He has got that very good timing on the ball and short

swings and he can't throw that right back at you. He moves well. He is an

orthodox, nasty to play against. Andy Murray has always said he is a

tough opponent. He is just awkward, sometimes you look when he wanders

around and his second serve looked so poor and you think, how can he be

ranked this high? Because he is nasty to play against and doesn't

look good on the court but he is. We just lost the great sportsman, the

great ambassador, Muhammad Ali. The weather is looking good for now,

temperature 18 or 19 Celsius today. A bit of a gust of wind suggesting

worse weather to come possibly, we hope not. Supposed to be about ten

or 11 mph, it feels firmer than that from the south west. Some fairly

sizeable showers later. It feels a bit more autumnal than

summary. LAUGHTER

That sort of typical Simon point, he just seemed so casual, it looks like

it was definitely Kyle Edmund's point and he just rolls over. What

sort of technique was that? But he wins the point.

Just wide, he might have a look at that. UMPIRE: Mr Simon challenging a

call. Right underneath the linesman's knows. He didn't feel he

could overrule the linesman. Did it just slipped wide? Yes, it did.

This is a good start from Kyle Eastmond. -- Edmund. Needs to more

on the sign second serve. Impose yourself a bit. Simon, to me, miss

hitting, hitting a lot of shortfalls. This match is winnable.

Simon nowhere near his best. A chance for a nice gal for Kyle

Edmund. It is a one set shooter now. They will be looking forward to the

next match, Milos Raonic, against Nick Kyrgios. One set all. John

McEnroe will be here. Coaching Milos Raonic. Kyrgios, another

21-year-old, like Kyle here. That is the forehand, what you want to see

on the second serve. Get around it. Just sitting there. Gets around,

setting up. Then he can hit the big forehand. That second serve is so

vulnerable. Those areas, in the corners,

defending, absolutely need to be worked on. Already topped 100, going

up nicely through the ranks, some people think he can be top 30, but

not without and hands at the moment. That is the end of that opportunity.

It was that pushy forehand. Not a bad bounce, but even if it was, you

have to adjust. Things to work on. If he does, can look ahead to a

fruitful career at this level. Quite difficult to soft and hands. Not

easy. -- Yes, come on. Here we go. Simon is

where you want him, terribly irritated, wonderful anticipation,

that is a point Kyle Edmund should have one. Exactly. Danger here, 0-

30. That is away, see how quickly it happens against the serve,

world-class player. This is obviously what he has to work on.

Top-class players very rarely play three bed weights in a row. Just

does not happen. -- play three bad points in a row.

Father and son, nothing after these courts for millennia. -- looking

after. What a great job they have done. Great Court.

This would be issued for use for Kyle Edmund, if he can somehow get

himself out of this game from 0- 40. Putting in a next step to the

volley, not just reaching a hand-out to it.

Good effort. Really good effort. Well done. Critic uncivil coming

forward on big forehand. That is five straight points for Kyle

Edmund. The man drafted into the British Davis Cup number two

position for the final last year against Belgium in front of a huge

crowd. Davis Cup final one of the big occasions in our sport.

Acquitted himself very well winning the first two sets against David

Goffin, before running out of energy. Others have made their debut

in the Davis Cup final. The Frenchman losing after being two

sets up, I thought he would never play again. Brent

-- we have some rain coming, unfortunately. We had an hour, 30 of

action. So much more to look forward to. Get that net down, fixed out

later on. They did that yesterday, missing a torrential downpour.

Getting the covers on just-in-time. Would have taken another hour to

drive the court. It is coming from the south and South West will stop

getting rid of all the equipment. Throwing it anywhere. They cost a

lot of money, Graham! We will build him for it if it breaks. They don't

want to be caught. -- we will bill him. Don't want any water to get

under the covers, like yesterday. They are ready, as and when.

He normally times it right. His old man is in the corner, saying I would

not have gone on. Of course not, you mess that up. Dave is in the corner.

I trained him as best I could, sorry! Dave is retired. He spends a

bit of time down in the West Country, a couple of vintage

motorcycles. One of them, a classic, he said, I had never heard of it. A

staff of 25 on the site of Queen's Club during the tournament, a bit

less at other times. Grass is a ridiculous surface will stop in the

old days, you were on record, John is saying the All-England Club

itself should not be played on grass, so. And difficult to maintain

for such a small amount of time. Remember, the grass was different in

those days. I am giving myself a bit of a break. Not mean walking

backwards? The grass in the old days, it was lower bouncing, we had

those fast serving players, no rallies. In comparison with now, not

even in the same league. Now it is like hard court. You can still only

play on them for a few months. It is a luxury surface. So many clubs

getting rid of it, it does not make sense stop it is fun to play on

them, good on the body unless you go slipping and sliding. I then run

that fast anymore, does not work. Tom Barnes there. Favoured by the

umpire's chair, talking to the head groundsman. The 80 see the visor. --

ATP supervisor. Saw active service with the US Armed Forces in Vietnam.

He has some very interesting stories. The order of play for later

on, impressive. We have Murray and Stanislas Wawrinka. After this

match, Milos Raonic against Nick Kyrgios. I was sitting courtside for

the first six, eight games, you cannot believe how hard they were

getting the ball. John McEnroe sitting in the box, he was amazed.

They were both something it. The ground strokes, unbelievable. The

crowd, they did not know how to react will stop the pace was

ridiculous. Really long game that row Anic .co break. -- row

Milos Raonic got to break. Marin Cilic against Janko Tipsarevic. He

had a tremendous win against Grigor Dimitrov. Yet again to fire this

year. I'm willing into play well, get up the rankings. 36 now, better

than that. A big win, the inventive Saric has not won to -- very much

since coming back with that protective ranking. He will be in

the Davis Cup thoughts. Serbia against Great Britain, on clay in

Serbia. I think it is on clay. We don't know whether Novak Djokovic

will play. Andy Murray certainly does. You can see it across the BBC.

Looking forward to that. Quite a surface change. Once again, to go

straight back onto clay after the grass. Eastbourne next week. The

great venue, Devonshire Park. I love the sound of the flagpoles,

slapping against the mask of the seagulls. -- against the mast, the

sound of the seagulls. Simon will certainly have something to think

about heading back to the locker room. Peter Fleming and I want to

talk about the tennis and the weather. Looking up to the skies, we

have the app, with the radar, going either side of Queen's Club. Very

little falling on the court, which is why the grand staff decided not

to cover it. That is a good move, once you cover it, a lot of

moisture, and the court gets wetter. Interesting, could have played for

the last five minutes stop the rain has not started, they expected it.

It is right here, pitch black. A little bit grey. We were having a

conversation with John Lloyd earlier, we used to play in the

rain, putting socks over the shoes. Very different game now, Dan the

more genteel one we play. I hated playing on the wet, I'm like a

giraffe. I was terrible. I needed the dry conditions for better

footing. Maybe I was born, no, not the wrong time. I would not make the

Futures Tour. Wonderful contrast between these two, Simon getting

everything back, Kyle has the weapons. He has really improved over

the last six months, one year. So much more effective at taking the

ball early, coming into the net, being the aggressor. The backhand

becoming a very solid shot. Hitting a lot of winners with it. His team,

everybody should be really excited at the improvements. That is the

thing, not afraid to come forward. He did seem a little

one-dimensional. Like all the players, you have two add to your

game. You do. You cannot sit back, the top players setting the bar so

high. Unless you can defend like Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic. Yes,

you will struggle. Kyle still has a cute challenges in that part of the

game. He's crazy if he stays back and allows people to come at him.

The attacking style play, it is a lot more difficult to perfect, then

just ground strokes after ground stroke, which they have done since

they were this five. -- this high. 30 years as proficient as he is,

very impressive. The forehand is the big weapon. The back and not doing

too bad. Really improving that. The works, trains with Andy Murray,

spending time with Andy Murray. That can only be a good thing, to see how

the players train and believe, going forward in matches. Also the work

ethic. Kyle has never been afraid of hard work. Inset number two, he lost

his way. I don't know whether that was physical or mental. His level of

play dropped. I remember talking to someone in his team. Six months ago.

Saying his diet was not the best. He may take a leaf out of Novak is

MacBook, try to become a bit more disciplined in how he eats. That may

allow him, even if his mentally, stay sharper. -- take a leaf out of

Novak is Mac book. That was a crucial game, every game

is vital. He played a few loose points to go down to 0-40. You are

thinking he has lost it. He dug deep, played five really good points

in a row. Beautiful forehand. His forehand... Whether that be. It will

continue to improve, big shots, up with Kyrgios' forehand, Raonic. May

not be Federer or Nadal, but very good. This is his game point. Such a

big thing, knowing the rain was beginning to fall, the umbrella

theme going up, that will give Simon a lot to think about. The missed

opportunities. Not so happy sitting in the locker room. They have put

the net up already, players will be making their way back out in five or

six minutes. Very different feel in the locker room. More important for

Kyle Dan Simon. Simon has been there, done it a thousand times. He

gets to for- four, 5-5, third set tie-break, not going to phase in.

For Kyle, to know he does held serve, puts him on a proper footing.

He knows he can start this set again. Never easy coming out,

knowing you have two breaks serve first. Dan Evans is playing against

Henry Matteo -- Matthieu. Good to see him back.

It is a journey for tennis players, some have more of a roller-coaster

than others. Dan struggled with motivation, who knows what this and

a lot of pitfalls can be out there waiting for you as a player. He's on

roll, confident, ego, motivated, fit and playing well. Absolutely. Kallio

spatter Bedene with a big victory yesterday

as well. He's at a career-high ranking. Huge serve. Not played a

lot on grass, you would think he would adjust well. Very graceful,

tall, six foot five, on the clay slides around beautifully. With

great balance. I thought he made just to the grass well. Did not see

the match. Certainly he must've played well. He is up in the 60s.

Becoming a top player. Winning the third and final set, real battle for

him, match point at 5-4 in the third. Wonderful victory for him. He

is involved in a quest to play Davis Cup for Great Britain. The ITF says

he is on -- illegible because of three

matches he played for Slovenia. Because he put in the application

before the change to rules, that is the appeal. He has huge support from

the lawn tennis Federation. Good luck to him, I don't know the ins

and outs of tennis politics, who would want to? He would be a welcome

addition. At the French Open, winning a couple of rounds, facing

Djokovic. I don't know who was the first major play you played on a

major stage, when you go out against the world number one on a major

stage, you realise this is what I have to do. How far ahead they are.

Exactly. Is he going to be a top five player? Probably not. They do

not grow on trees. Who is to say he cannot be a top 20 player, top 30?

That is a heck of an achievement. As far as British players are

concerned. Kyle Edmund, one of the few. We have always said where are

they, so many of them, Andy Murray going to Spain, and going to

America. He is British-based, coming through the British system, the Lawn

Tennis Association producing a top player. It is difficult to have a

centralised programme. To create a lots of competition. So the cream

will rise to the top. Kyle has done well to come through. Hopefully, the

base will widen, and we will see a few more coming through. At least it

gives them some sort of hope. They had Bisham Abbey, the tennis centre.

There is a tennis restructure going on. Everybody saying it looks

positive, the way the LTA is changing, trying to get more people

playing the game. Let's face it, that is the role they should have.

Grow the game of tennis. If the pool of players is much wider, look at

France was that they have so many millions of people playing tennis,

but of course some are going to come through. The base is pretty narrow

in this country. The more people you can have playing at any level, the

talented kids will come through. Even during the French Open, looking

at the drop, littered with French players. They were saying, they

would give those away to have one Andy Murray 's top to have a grand

slam champion. It is being remembered as a grand slam champion.

Yes, exactly. The grass is always greener. The whole question, how do

you create a player? Is the developed or born? It is a tough

one. Unless you have the Midas touch. Do not bother. It has to be a

bit of both, the likes of Djokovic or Andy Murray, when situations get

tough, they are the most incredible match players. Where do you learn

that? Instinct, and desire within you. There are some environments,

Andy and Jamie's mother, highly competitive player. She was tough.

They learned that just by being around her. It is hard to legislate

for that. One in a million. To try and say, OK we are going to create

that. I don't think it works, do you? I don't. We were talking about

the young players coming through, the Next generation, Nishikori,

Milos Raonic. They could still make it. Almost the younger ones, Kyle

Edmund's age, and younger. Coric, Taylor Fritz. Kyrgios. It requires

something extra. I remember when McEnroe first burst on the scene, 18

years old. We were sitting in a restaurant, the players' restaurant

in Wimbledon. He had just gone through to the third round. Playing

Carl Myler. Good solid German player. Third round. Someone said,

you are playing Kyle Myler. 18, wet behind the years, just qualifying.

He said, if I am losing to Carl Myler, I am quitting the game. I was

ranked 45 in the world. Carl Myler was 60. I wouldn't be so keen on

playing him. He drilled him. It requires that perspective on the

world that not many people have. Kyrgios looks as if he might. A

three minute warm up. While they do. More news to bring you today. The

Wimbledon wildcard is have been announced, or some of them. This is

for the Men's Singles. Dustin Brown, what a match he had

against Rafa Nadal last year. The won dementias the tournament. Just

before the wildcards were announced. They have given him the wildcard

after last year's performance, real crowd pleaser. Highly entertaining

player, go and watch him if you get the chance. Radek Stepanek took

Murray to five sets at the French Open. 37 years of age. In the

quarterfinals in 2006. Nobody will want to meet him in the first round.

37, incredibly athletic. The two British players rewarded with the

wildcard. As for the ladies. is is Laura Robson back from a top

injury -- a wrist injury. Katie Swan, another talented young Briton,

they have all been given the wildcards. That is the story. Peter

and I will sit back and enjoy this one. What is the weather looking

like, Peter? Oh, beautiful! OK, we believe you. Let's hope we can

complete this one. COMMENTATOR: Yes, we have a bit of blue sky. That is a

little bit over to the right. That has been over the top of us. It is

exactly going according to plan, as far as the forecast is concerned.

Heavy showers later on. It has been bubbling up since 8:30am. Gorgeous

it was, outside, a bit more cloudy now. We hope to blue this match, and

Krygios and Raonic to play a decider. In the present of John

McEnroe, who was the subject of some chat just a few minutes ago. 23

minutes in the last played here. The court surface hasn't taken on

any moisture today, so with a bit of luck they will be able to keep their

feet. Kyle Edmund has been on the ground once. I tell you what, he

would do some doughnuts out there, Jeremy Clarkson, if we let him. A

very keen tennis player. One of the worst tennis players I have ever

seen, but really, really keen. He does what all tennis players ought

to do, don't pick their partners very well. He was playing against

Rachel Johnson, Boris Johnson for success to the other day, and she

plays particularly well, especially on the forehand side. Does he do

anything right, a forehand, a Serb, anything? I saw less footwork from

Jeremy Clarkson Darren any other player I have seen at any time. When

the ball came to him, he found the middle of the bat. Just decided not

to move ever. Just doesn't move to it. Moments later, having concluded

the match, he was pulling on a cigarette and having something or

other to drink afterwards. He looked just happy, calm and relaxed. Nice

to see the new Top Gear's ratings. Dear oh dear, what politics he has

been involved in, but he loves the game and good to see him here. Jose

Mourinho last year, alongside a mere Begovic, who used to play for Yeovil

town. That was the big move he made when he was playing for Yeovil town

at Ipswich. Of course now with Chelsea. A lot of faces. Nick

Matthew is here today, former three-time world open Squash

championship a another man from Yorkshire today,

Kyle Edmund, playing Gilles Simon. Disappointing for Simon not to have

broken in the previous game. He would have thought about that during

the break. He had all of those break points against Edmund, and didn't

take them. Kyle Edmund was running round that

forehand, which is what he has to do on that second serve. Really half

the time it is sitting in the middle of the box, just waiting to be

really attacked. Let's see if he can get around this one.

Therein lies the problem with that tactic, though. If you don't do

enough with it, and you run round into the tramlines, you are

vulnerable for the next backhand down the line. You have too much

court to cover, which is what happened in that case.

That was a very bad double fault, and he was moaning earlier in this

match about a number of things. One of them seemed to be the ball toss

not going quite where he wanted it to. This could be an interesting

second serve. Amazing, three sloppy points in a row. 0- 40 down on the

previous service game, Kyle Edmund, and managed to hold. And now... That

is a bit I'm not sure that came off the

middle. I don't think so either. Ended up with a good angled forehand

but it did not hit the middle of the strings. With one of those old

wooden rackets, it would have hit the handle. He has got a good

attitude, his coach, hasn't he? Smiles a lot of time, he has a lot

of stick coming at him but he doesn't care.

We have never seen this before with Gilles Simon. 31 years of age. These

things tend to happen to the older tennis player, as it happens to the

older golfers as well. A touch of the nerves. Yes, he can't toss the

ball at all. That's big hitting from Kyle Edmund,

and he takes an important lead in this deciding set. Coach Ryan Jones

delighted with that. He took that forehand on. Just fair, four or five

shots in a row, that rally, where Simon just hit the ball mid-court.

No authority in his ground strokes, no-confidence, just hoping that Kyle

Edmund was going to miss, rather than doing something.

That is a good shot there. For someone who has been struggling,

like he has, to go for this shot. He tried to use that forehand. He

thought he had done enough, but that was just such good balance from

Simon. Just perfect. What a 15 minutes or so worth of

play this has been for Kyle Edmund. It would be an important victory for

him if he could get over the finish line. A long way to go. A big point

here. Yes, that was the shout from the support camp.

That's the way. Great hold. The British number three, Kyle Edmund,

behind Andy Murray and Aljaz Bedene. He has moved up since then, a

regular member of the top hundred now. Good job, a break-up. Now, we

have been talking about the yips, the nerves on serve, you look for a

nice consistent ball toss. I think that would have been illustrated by

the second serve contact points piled Kyle Edmund on the left and

the right. Everyone goes about it in a different way but that looks very

consistent to me. Yes, well grouped. If you look like Gilles Simon, it

looks like a bunch of spaghetti on the left-hand side, which is

probably what his left arm feels like. If you ever go to do clinics

with club players, they always say that is the most difficult thing,

throwing the ball toss. You think that pros have got it down. Still

practising it now. He has been playing this game fronted years and

he still can't get it right. It is not about getting it right so, it is

about a nervous twitch. He is flipping it, not just placing the

ball up. What you just saw there was the closest thing to panic you will

see on Gilles Simon's face on a tennis court, and it is an awful,

awful feeling. You just want the ground to swallow you up. Over, he

has done it again. I hesitate to even draw attention, but you have

to. To be honest, in the last five or six years there has been

something of that but it has been more often on the women's tour. If

you look back at Ana Ivanovic. Medvedev. Exactly. Further back than

that, Anna Kournikova, were literally the ball toss was going

all over the place was almost catching it. I haven't seen it on

the men's tour, that I can think of, like that. UMPIRE: Simon is

challenging the call. It leads to a real fog. But I have been there. You

feel a commendation of embarrassment, you make bad

decisions like challenging calls when you shouldn't. You literally

want to walk off, and you can't. The problem is, that is the only part of

the game that you are in total control of, the serve. Everything

else you have to react, and he can't even throw the ball up into the air

now. This is a worry. Apart from this match. And everyone tries to

help you and there is no way out, you just have to go out there and do

it yourself. And then you do it a thousand times, and you get a set

point on the thousand first, it hits again, and you never know when it is

going to surface. The rest of the game now is completely wiped out. Of

course. Because of the mental fog. They go. Still has to get the job

done here. He is in great shape. He came strolling in there. He has

been handed a gift, but he has still got to finish it. We are certainly

focusing on Gilles Simon, with good reason here, but Kyle Edmund is on

the verge of an important victory for him. It is a big court. He has

played in the Davis Cup finals, so he has been in the situations want

or twice before. He played Novak Djokovic in Miami this year. That

was superb. He has won matches at slam level already. He has not won

one at Wimbledon yet. He is away. Yes, that was a forehand

that said get me off this court as quickly as possible.

Done yet. APPLAUSE A big win for Kyle Edmund. 6-1 in

the decider against Gilles Simon, a world-class player with a

world-class dose of the yips, I'm afraid. I haven't seen a set like

that for a long time, to watch someone disintegrate like that

through a technical issue. The last one I can remember, and this is a

wonderful win, don't take anything away from Kyle Edmund, but the last

time I can remember someone with the trouble in the men's side was Novak

Djokovic, when he changed his service motion and was serving

double faults left, right and centre. That what they fabulous win.

It really is, and he plays the winner of the evidence- Mathieu

match, another British French encounter taking place, into a

second set breaker. 21 years of age, Kyle Edmund, I wonder how long we

will see a 31-year-old who has made an awful lot of money in the

tournament. Not sure how much longer he will want to go through that but

he will have to deal with that. But Kyle Edmund, his progression

continues. Victories left right and centre last year, the same thing

this year, climbing into the top hundred and staying there. He is in

the 80s in the rankings. Maybe top 50 would be the goal this year. He

said to me yesterday it is about step-by-step. His progress has been

one step at a time. He doesn't leap up, he tends to be consistent. If

you can consistently beat people in the top 20 of the world, you are

going to fly up the rankings. Kyle Edmund, a British victory to begin

our programme. On Centre Court, Kyrgios and Raonic to go but let's

speak to Kyle Edmund. Kyle, many congratulations. That must feel

good. Absolutely. It is the first time I have played on this court.

You get asked lots of questions, what is it like to play in Britain,

and it is just the home support I really like. Yes, it is something

you never get to experience throughout the whole year because

you are playing abroad, but it is nice to come here, and the support I

got was really good, so thank you. Obviously a fantastic start for you

today, came out playing really well from the start. Gilles played well

and then the rain came. What were you saying to your coach when he

went off the court? Just more of the same. I thought in the back end of

the second set, I had a bit of a mental lapse. I played a sloppy game

to get broken. So it was just trying to concentrate on what I was doing

so forth. I really got my game on court and took my game to

him so I was you did some training in the off-season with Andy Murray,

didn't you? How much an impact is he on your tennis? It has been great to

train with him the last three seasons I have spent with him. So I

have been very fortunate to do that. He put in the work. It is good for

me to see. If I want to get to the top of the game, that is what I need

to do. He seems all right with me. Mini graduations. A terrific

performance by Kyle Edmund. A semifinalist last year, holding his

nerve when it mattered, and not being distracted by the problems

Simon was having down the other end. It is a 3-set victory and through to

the second round here at a major tournament, and that is going to

improve not only his bank balance but his ranking, as well. Well done

to Kyle Edmund. First of all, let's address Gilles Simon. We can

identify it. Everybody knows how difficult it becomes when the left

arm can't get the ball up in the right place. Yes, and who knows why

that happens. But when it does, and it happens badly, as it certainly

did to Gilles there, it is debilitating, and it saps all of

your confidence, all of your self belief. Knowing the way he is, the

sort of personality he is, I have a feeling that he will address that,

and overcome it pretty quickly. That will be the hope. Because if he

still has those issues come Wimbledon, yes, that is going to be

difficult. It is just a horrible feeling, isn't it, and there is

nothing you can do. As John was saying, it is the one shot you have

full control of, and most of the time the serve is something that

will set up the point. And we take it for granted that the ball toss is

such an easy thing, just like throwing something in the bin. It is

or is going to be right. But it has to be perfect, because if it isn't,

then you adjust your service swing, and then all kinds of things can go

wrong. As you say, especially in today's game, the first serve is so

important in setting up the next shot. And suddenly, if you have to

roll in the serve, just to make sure it goes in, then you are ceding the

advantage. Just allowing the return to attack you. That is what happened

today in the third set. Kyle Edmund, we talked about it, too one up he

came back in the third set and didn't put a foot wrong after that.

He really did a great job of closing it out. In the second set, he did

lose his way badly. It looked like, where is he going? He played well so

well the 11 or 12 games and then disappeared. That's ten minute break

at the start of the third was incredibly beneficial for him. That

when will help his bank balance, his ranking. I meant to put the ranking

before the bank balance! They are both pretty nice! But most

importantly, that will help his self-confidence, because, let's face

it, to become a top player, perhaps the most difficult obstacle to

overcome is just that self belief thing. Am I actually good enough to

beat these guys? These guys were my heroes growing up. How do I fit in

there? You beat a top 20 player, know what -- no matter what the

circumstances are, it really does help you grow that much more

quickly. We can see match point again and the celebration as well.

That is the belief. You talk about the confidence he will have. He will

now believe he can go out, particularly on this surface, where

he has got the weapons, you can pull off another big upset. Let's not

forget coming into this match he was one in seven on grass. So, yes, it

is a well timed win, shall we say. It is so good for him. To have next

Dan Evans or Paul-Henri Mathieu, it is a huge opportunity to improve the

balance and the points again. Yes. You look down the draw as a player,

you think would final is a semi-points, and this is a good

thing. Usually you would have to be the seed to reach that stage. He has

done that. It is not a bad draw, to be honest with you. It is a good

draw for everybody. The winner of Evans and Mathieu, that is a great

draw too. But it puts a bit of pressure on all concerned. And also,

the next match coming up on court is one that was not completed

yesterday. Nick Kyrgios against Milos Raonic, and Raonic has John

McEnroe as his coach, courtside. They are back here today for a one

set aside, because bad light stopped play, and it was honours even after

two hard-fought sets. COMMENTATOR: What a cracker we have in store here

for the Centre Court crowd, this man Nick Kyrgios, the Australian, young

firebrand, against the Australian, Milos Raonic. Really looking forward

to this match. John McEnroe is in the team of Milos Raonic. Raonic to

serve. Ready, play. 15-0. The break points in the match both so far

squandered by Raonic. So it is a tie-break in this first set.

There it is for Krygios. Raonic has lost just four points on his serve

in that first set, and he loses the set.

That is wide. It is wide and it's wasted again by Raonic.

OK, that's the best big point that Raonic has played today. We are

getting to the point where we start to think of how much light there is

remaining. There it is. Ladies and gentlemen, due to bad light, play

suspended. It was a late finish last night. Delighted to say there is

blue sky around the Queen's Club at the moment to allow them to complete

this match. Nick Kyrgios, both players on court. You were in the

box calling that one. We are going to get used to seeing this one a

lot. The future of the game. Especially on this surface. On most

surfaces really. They are, as you say, beyond the big

four, they are two guys knocking on the door. To make personalities.

Kyrgios such a big match player. He seems like a loose cannon, that he

has something, the X Factor, which allows him to play really well on

the big occasions. Always a danger. We saw him at Wimbledon, both

playing well at Wimbledon. Raonic with the big serve, 30 does have

things he needs to work on. One thing that John could help him the

most with, moving around the court. When he gets from point a, to point

the committee gets their athletically, but changing

directions, not his forte. He needs to become more disciplined with his

lips that. -- with his split step. John has three weeks, what does he

try to address? If you do too much, drive the go crazy. Cannot think of

that too many changes out there. Needs the basic game in place. All

about moving forward, coming forward, winning points at the net.

Finishing them. Returning serve, the backhand return, his backhand has

improved in the last six months, such a better shot than it was.

Still looks tentative on the return. Is that why he brought McEnroe in?

To be more aggressive around the court? Ostensibly, to help him come

forward. No question about that. He wants to learn that. Other things

that are probably more important that should be addressed first.

Movement. You cannot do that in three weeks? Yes, sometimes it is a

matter, taking a split step. This is when you do it. So often he hits the

ball and runs. If someone hits behind him, he's dead in the water.

All very well for Rafa to do that, he can change directions on a dime.

This guy is a tanker, does not change directions easily. That size

giving him the huge serve, only losing four out of 39 firsts serve

points yesterday. He is a six foot five version of Pete Sampras. Not

this man, Raonic? Who is that, Woody Allen or someone. You rate is serve

like Sampras? Yes, his body moves much the way Sampras used to.

Amazing serve. The slice, the kicker, the flat one, 140 five. It

is a bomb. What will Mac tell him coming out here? You have to get out

of the blocks quick? John McEnroe, he had a skill for making his

doubles partners play well. In tight situations, you would think they

would be arguing, but that never happened. He had a good feel for

saying the right thing to calm his people down. I am sure he had a

quiet word with Milos to help him relax. He did mess up the few

opportunities in the first set and a half, because he was a little tight.

First match, he wants to impress Junior. Missing a feud because of

that. Towards the end of the second set he started to come good. Let's

talk a bit about Nick Kyrgios. Everybody talks about how

unpredictable and volatile fees. Incredible talent, he has the big

weapons as well. Great serve. Really solid ground strokes, and moves very

well. Big guy, six foot four, gets around the court well. His

personality both AIDS in and hurts him a little bit. He has this self

belief and almost arrogance, allowing him to play against anybody

and compete head to head. And yet, he chunters away, that works against

them. We have seen him ahead, with evil people, this is Nick Kyrgios

with tennis kids, a tennis initiative just before the

tournament started. A chance for them to meet their heroes. Nick

Kyrgios, they will be looking up to him, he makes you want to play

tennis. Exciting to watch, different. Some things, maybe you

should not have done that, said things about people, umpires, ball

boys at the French Open. In some ways, that is part of his DNA. You

never know what will happen next. That is fun to watch a guy like

that. He has a lot of charm, as well. Not this brazen guy, that some

people like to portray. When he is out on the court, in press

conferences, not when he shines the most. Nick just about ready, Milos

putting some of those big serves down. We will see how fast Peter

Kenyon down to the commentary. Could be a long wait where Andrew Cotter.

COMMENTATOR: We will hear from him in a moment. Only Andrew

-- Peter Fleming can refer to John McEnroe as Woody Allen. He was

getting a bit more animated last night, when the first set went to a

tie-break. Kyrgios winning it after winning any four points on the

Raonic serve in the set. Both these players used to finding themselves

in tie-break. Kyrgios with the first set on the tie-break, Raonic taking

the second. Here they are in the decider, Kyrgios Irving. -- serving.

Yesterday, at the start of the match, Kyrgios, in his first two

service games, a bit shaky. And again. The problem for Raonic,

when he gets a break point, you have not converted many up to now. -- he

has not. We talked about Raonic's splits that, moving up to the net.

That time licking solid, perfect passing shot. Would have landed

right on the line. I am impressed with the way Raonic

has hit is ground strokes, they've yesterday and today. The better

player from the back of the court, just not converting. Not converting

break points when he has had them. Kyrgios just about keeping pace with

Raonic in the ace count. 14-12. What a great second serve. Raonic

had no time to get out of the way. Hold for Kyrgios, to get the

deciding set under way. That is his elder brother, with the

bald head. His agent alongside him. Nick Kyrgios always something to say

on court. Barking away to his box there. Suncream is important!

Beautifully done. Now, you see, that was not opt for movement from

Raonic. The split step was miles late, still moving when Kyrgios hit

the ball. Not actually on the ground. Soon enough to move to the

ball. Up in the air, you can't go anywhere up in the air.

On the previous point, having a conversation yesterday about some

players having a natural instinct how to come to the net. It can be

improved upon. That is something that McEnroe will look to do with

Raonic. Absolutely. A bit of bother, 15-30.

In fact if he helps him with nothing else in these next three weeks, he

will have done him a huge favour, just impressing upon him the

importance of getting a more important split step, executing it

properly. He will have improved this guy a tonne.

Honours even at the start of this deciding set. The winner of this one

playing Jiri Vesely for the Czech Republic, a lucky loser having lost

in the first round. Raonic trying to play at his own speed yesterday,

keep Kyrgios waiting. Kyrgios has a lot of fast switching, like Andre

Agassi, does not like to hang around. Andy Roddick, another guy

really quick. Little talking to, from Raonic, to

himself. Still a few unforced errors from

both players at the moment. Typical approach shot to try and execute

well, from that position. Crosscourt approach, meaning you have to get

very quickly to the other side of the court.

That is a perfect example of the power of intimidation. Did not put a

lot on the approach shot. It is deep because on grass the bounce is not

always perfect. The guy hitting the passing shots not that thrilled to

be in that position. We talked about the scarcity of

break points completed by Raonic, just the one. That was converted

from nine. This is his tent. -- 10th. Unfortunately for Raonic, that

was the result of times yesterday on break point, failing to put the

break point, failing to put the returning to play.

Fees it out well, survives another break points care. -- sees.

That was the failing of Raonic yesterday, we talked about all the

break point opportunities we have. Unable to take his first opportunity

to day. We were always mentioning yesterday during the match, almost

as if Kyrgios is becoming a very deep layer for Raonic. They have met

five times, Raonic taking the first two, but the last three have gone to

Kyrgios. Whether it is the style of play, they are chalk and cheese,

pace of play, personalities, can get into your head. And a few occasions

he got under Raonic's in. Raonic likes to be even tempered. Perhaps

internalise with his emotions, a little too much. One of the things

that Johnny McEnroe was talking and mulling over. Easy comfortable and

willing getting into the guide's face. How best to deal with a

personality like that. John McEnroe thinks the cameras are for him, but

it is for David O'Leary, sitting behind him. Get out of the way,

John. In the deciding set, for use latecomers. There he is. -- for use

latecomers. Nick Kyrgios taking it upon himself to ask people to sit

down. Have a word. That seat, that will do. As you

would be, coming back from the hospitality tents. Denis

That is unnecessary. That sort of error is born out of under

confidence in his ability to cover the net. He tries to hit winners,

rather than say I am going to put it the, put you in an awkward position,

you are not going to pass me. That is the way Stefan Edberg would've

played that. Not trying to play a winner.

He thought he was going to kill off the service came briskly, but

Kyrgios coming back into the fight. Great defensive work from Raonic.

Not even the quick hands of Kyrgios can save that one.

lob over this guy, so he can move better side to side, absolute

nightmare to play. Absolutely vicious swerving serve. White flies

up for another one. Great surfing, to close it out for

Kyrgios. The match is following the pattern. Beautiful conditions. The

sun is a rare and welcome sight at Queen's Club. The first two days

have been pretty grim. First time we have had a prolonged period of play

in. Summer Rae's forecast is pretty good now. Still impossible to pick a

winner here. A pretty nice place to be when the sun is shining. A great

venue. We mentioned how often it has been voted the tournament of the

year when it was a 250 event. Now a 500 event. Attracting a good feel.

Losing the Dell -- Nadal, Richard Gasquet before the

tournament. The way the tour is, you have to play a certain number event.

Certain players entering because they have two Fairfield the quota.

And because they have table tennis in the players' Lounge. Just waiting

again. How would you know that? Because I've been by people like you

with the requisite pass to get in there.

That's a good catch. A dreadful throw. She has just had shoulder

surgery, I think. UMPIRE: Game, Raonic. Raonic finding

his first serve largely in that game again, which is almost unreturnable.

Is he a big Yankees fan, McEnroe? He's a New York fan.

So in this deciding set... It is a tie-break as well, so a little bit

of money on that. The crowd are enjoying it today. JC,

Clarky. That's got to be his son to his right isn't it? It's his

spitting image. Yes, he said, semi confidently. Yes, that is definitely

his son. I'm going to stick my neck out there. Talk about irascible

personalities. Oh, hello! Two tickets for the guns show. We were

talking yesterday about how McEnroe I think would have loved to, I'm

sure he loves coaching runnish as well, but he wee have loved to have

been able to work with the likes of Kyrgios, as I'm sure he sees a

little bit of himself in him. If Kyrgios doesn't really believe, he

said recently, in supercoaches. He has done a bit himself with Lleyton

Hewitt, but McEnroe-Kyrgios, what a team. Perhaps, yes. Or perhaps too

much for everyone. Perhaps if Kyrgios and McEnroe

spent, say, a week together they might spontaneously combust or

something. Now you're talking! That forehand

cross-court was hit well. Not a lot of room.

That volley was hit with a good amount of pace. Skippeded it right

through the court surface. Ppeded it right through the court surface.

-- skidded it through the court surface.

Fooled Raonic, fooled Kyrgios with that serve. Because it bounds off

the court with the kick-spin, it's very difficult to time and to strike

in the middle of strings. A Raonic special leads us to four

games apiece. Kyrgios is keen to get on with

things. I haven't seen him fidgeting away.

That was Ed burg-like. Such is the precarious nature of tennis scoring,

Kyrgios very close to the edge here. Raonic's serve to come.

Well, a rare double fault brings us to two break points for Raonic. It

may as well be match points. What has happened to Nick Kyrgios?!

Two successive double faults. An angry waft of the racket and Raonic

in a minute will serve for a place in the second round. And Kyrgios has

disappeared. The first double fault appeared to be rather tentative. He

rolled it into the net. I guess his way of dealing with that is OK, on

the second one I'm going to go for it. And that also failed to

materialise. So he's got his work cut out for him right now. But that

came out of a clear blue sky, because he had been serving welling.

We thought we were heading for a tie-break and ak and suddenly he's

in a... Yeah, but I think that the pressure of the moment actually

impacted him. Those couple of approach shots that Raonic played

that forced Kyrgios to hit passing shots, neither of which he executed,

put him in a hole at 15-30 and just didn't deal with it well. Nick

Kyrgios has not managed to fashion one break point in the Raonic serve.

Milos Raonic is serving for a place in the second round.

UMPIRE: The ball is called out. I think this is pretty clearly out.

He's thinking, well, I've got some challenges, got some time, play at

my pace, slow things down, take a moment.

UMPIRE: Mr Raonic has two challenges remaining.

Kyrgios, it's all or bust here. Something that he is better than

most at. He gets moment of inspiration.

Plays with his opponents slightly. He is shaking his head slightly,

Kyrgios. You think it's the last flicker of a dying man and then back

to life he comes. Absolutely. He seems to do it naturally. It's a

skill he's learned. He is good at putting opponents off.

This match has gone a little bit mad. No break points for Kyrgios

until this point, and now two of them.

UMPIRE: Mr Kyrgios, the ball is called in. He's got no hope with

this one. UMPIRE: The call stands. And one

break point disappears. That's the way to respond to such

danger. UMPIRE: Mr Kyrgios has two

challenges remaining. Kyrgios moved early on that one,

trying to guess. UMPIRE: Advantage Raonic. Just over

a couple of hours, two days. Match Point Milos Raonic.

Milos Raonic, the number three seed, is through to the second round. A

match which disappeared from Nick Kyrgios in that deciding set, but

Milos Raonic, it has taken him two days but he is safely through to

round two. We'll see more of his big serving. Job done, coach happy. As

happy as he can be. Milos Raonic is through to play Jiri Vesely of the

Czech Republic in the second round. In not quite the way we expect that

deciding set to unfold. It changed in that moment. That service game

from Nick Kyrgios. No question, I think that Milos Raonic should be

pleased with how he grafted that break in the final set, because he

didn't really do a lot apart from hit a couple of approach shots to

the net that were decent, forcing errors out of Kyrgios. And then

Kyrgios didn't quite answer the bell the way he would like, with a couple

of double faults. But that's how matches are won on this surface so

often. If Raonic can gain the self belief that he can win matches in

that fashion, then what an imposing opponent he will be over the next

three or four weeks. Kyrgios is Leifing but Milos Raonic is getting

ready for us to have a word with him. Raonic taking the second and

it's decider today 26-4, 6-4. He plays Jiri Vesely of the Czech

Republic. Let's get the thoughts of Milos Raonic, who is talking to

Andrew castle. Congratulations. Nice to get back on the grass? It is.

It's fun to be back here. This is my second year at Queen's. Nick Kyrgios

a tough man to play but it sharpened you up. Yeah, it's a great way to

start a tournament. There's many challenges ahead of me. My focus is

on doubles. And holding serve from 15-40 in the last game, no wonder

you are smiling. That always helps. I was serving pretty well all the

way through. I knew I could find my way. We heard John McEnroe, always

vocal as a player, in the commentary box and as a coach. Did you hear

him? You couldn't miss him. How much have you practised with him here so

far? Has he let anybody else practise with you? No, he's been on

the court the whole time. I was hoping to hit some but he wants to

keep playing. It's a lot of fun and he is very competitive. It's

obviously benefitting me as well. And what did he say overnight, when

it was one set all, overnight with Nick here. Was there any specific

advice, apart from win? I think that was the main word. The second thing

was really to keep going after my game and don't get passed down the

line. OK. You've got to play a leftie now, so finally you can use

John for some practise properly. Vesely, have you played him before?

I played him on clay at the French Open two years ago. It's going to be

a difficult match. He's been playing well, had some good wins, so I will

have to play well. Good talking to you, Milos. Congratulations, Milos

Raonic. STUDIO: So little between those two.

Double faults so costly for Nick Kyrgios. But what a wonderful

performance, particularly from Milos Raonic, and coach McEnroe will with

delighted. That's the way to start, and come through a tough match, John

Lloyd. That was a tricky one wasn't it? Very tricky. It throws

everything into chaos with the practise and matches. If he lost

first round today, do they go the tournament next week? He knew that

Kyrgios would be tough, and it was, but to come through that? Those two,

do they hit the ball hard? Hard? Staggering. And Raonic is dangerous.

If he can keep this level up for five sets and improve on a couple of

things, he's picked a good one there. The split step and moving in

and finishing points on the volley, he does have a game. He has never

believed, although he has done well at Wimbledon, believed head could

win at Wimbledon. That's why you have someone like McEnroe in your

Connor, a Grand Slam champion, and it will give him the confidence.

Players do suffer from self doubts, even the top ones, but someone who

has never won a slam before, you want to be going into a tournament

like this and to Wimbledon where you've got to belief you can win it

with. Or don't even play. Raonic is level. He's got in it with. Or don't

even play. Raonic is level. He's got to win he -- he's got to believe he

can win a tournament like Wimbledon, and there is no reason he can't.

With someone like McEnroe focusing the right way, he is dangerous. He's

gone up the rankings. Even McEnroe believes he can win Wimbledon. When

you look at Djokovic and Murray you think wow, that's tough. But we've

been talking about Raonic for a few years now. You think he now has the

belief that he can break through? Yeah, he's got weapons, obviously,

we can see how hard he can play. It is the subtle things here and there.

The again I think it is the mental side, the belief in his side. Johnny

McEnroe wouldn't have taken him on if he didn't think he couldn't win

Wimbledon. He believes he can win it. I think it was a masterpiece to

pick him. Absolutely. A really good choice. McEnroe, as we know, will

not be shy in coming forward with his views as such. That was a

tricky, he got himself into trouble in that last game, but when you've

got a serve like that, technically how beautiful is that serve of

Raonic? It is a marvellous serve. The great servers, the Samprases,

the Ivanisevics, the motion is so fluid, and they serve 140 miles an

hour every serve. You are watching at 15-40 and you are thinking, hold

on a minute, but they don't doubt they are still going to win from

15-40. They know the chances is if they get a point, they can pick the

corners on vital points and they do it, by and large, all the time. How

many times with did we see Sampras on a serve and then he will throw in

a serve at 120 miles an hour. We do have the battle of the giants. There

he is, 6 foot 10, John Isner up against 6 foot 6 Del Potro.

Wonderful to see some blue sky overhead as well. Hopefully that

will stay for some time. I believe John Inverdale has a special guest

with him. I do. You are talking about the giants of tennis. I have a

giant of broadcasting here. Jeremy Clarkson, how are you? I'm very

well, how are you. You are a big tennis fan aren't you? I love it.

You were watching Kyrgios. Two huge men are going to hit the ball hard

over the next hour-and-a-half. Are you a fan of the beauty and the

subtlety of the game, or do you like the brutality? Brutality?. I like

all of it. You see a ball drop over the nets and you think there is no

way you can get that back and they are there! It is a fantastic game to

watch close up, life. Are you a Murray fan? His mum was in the

papers today saying she didn't think he had the claim and adulation he

deserves. Would you go along with that? I think he does it on purpose.

I admire the way he doesn't court tumble opinion. He plays his game,

brilliantly. Did well against Djokovic for the first set at least,

and then he doesn't do that smiley PR Instagramy thing. That's to be

applauded really. And in mark contrast to Lewis Hamilton. Exactly.

There's Lewis posing every 15 minutes in some new idiotic outfit

he's bought, and peace and love, brother. You think, oh come on,

Lewis, just drive your car fast and ram each other off the track, that's

what we want to see. So if you had the deciding vote in Sports

Personality of the Year and Lewis Hamilton was world champion and Andy

Murray had won, who would get your vote? Oh, God, could it be neither?!

I wish we had longer to talk about the referendum and something like

television... I spent the last 24 hours talking about that. It is

extraordinary. It has captivated the imagination more than sport. It is

amazing. Tell us what you're doing in your new venture? We are getting

the films back from the edit and they are looking extremely good...

If you say so yourself! We've got a name for it, it has a theme tune. We

are extremely pleased. And the name is? The Grand Tour. And what's in

the frame to be a potential theme tune then? We are having it

specially done. Are you? It's the same crew as before, the same

producer, same everything, but it is just a fresh start, a few little

changes here and there, keep the IP lawyers happy. And away we go. No,

it's great. Everyone is extremely happy. Tell me, I was talking to one

of the players here earlier on who was saying, coming to grass gives

them renewed enthusiasm, because they've been on the clay circuit for

months on end. He said by the nature of the sport, the repetitive job,

doing the same thing over and over again, you can get a bit jaded. And

coming to a new environment, a new surface, reinvigorates them for a

few months. Do you ever get tired getting behind the wheel of a car

and thinking, here we go again? No, the now we've started with Amazon,

ostensibly it is the same thing, we are wearing the same clothes and

holding the same bat, it is different, because you are playing

to an Amazon audience. It is not different, and yet it is. We are all

completely invigorated. We look forward to going to work every day.

Given that the world hangs on every word that you utter, who wins wibble

dob this year? No idea. Djokovic properly. Seems to be winning with

everything else, and that is great. I love watch him. A great, great

player. Unless you were talking about women's tennis and I have no

idea. Who will win this year? I think Garbine Muguruza. Thaw.

STUDIO: Always sets on the fence, Jeremy. Interesting views there

about that. What about views on this match here? Battle of the giants.

Big servers here. Wonderful to see Del Potro bat. He's been off the

tour with a wrist injury. Right-handed it is the left wrist

but it is the double handed backhander that's been affected. It

is such a pity when you see Del Potro. I'm convinced he would have

won more Grand Slams without these injuries. He was brilliant in the US

Open. You looked at him then and thought, he is going to be the guy

or in the top three or four, and it's been injury after injury. This

wrist injury, and can he get back to where he was? Unlikely, but he is

still a threat. I'm so pleased he is out here playing, because he's just

been unlucky. You worry whether the body will hold out for him. Exactly.

If you look back at some of the wonderful matches. Djokovic, the

semifinal back in 2013, that five-setter, it was one of the best

ever. And the Olympics when he played that ridiculous match that

went on forever. He is a classy player. You feel sorry for someone

who's had the luck he's had. Hopefully he'll have some success in

his career. He deserves it. He certainly does, and these are nice

guys. I love interviewing John Isner. He has done so well. He has

got a great game. He beat Federer on a clay court on a match in

Switzerland. He's got a big serve and a big forehand. I would put his

serve in the top four or five of all time I have ever seen. It is a

motorist weapon. He worked a lot last year with Justin, but they've

finished now. I think his game improved a lot. Justin worked with

him a lot on strategy, the physicality of the game. He is a

tough player. I would guarantee you that we are not going to see many

rallies in this match, but we will see some two players that on their

day are dangerous. These are two what you would call floaters coming

up. Either one could do well here and at Wimbledon. Beth nice guys.

You ul think with John Isner he should do better, but his ground

strokes, he can't win easy matches. The problem is when he gets these

Grand Slams he is always playing seven sixes in the fifth and fourth

or whatever. By the time he's in the third or fourth round he is

exhausted. Movement is key on grass and when

you are so tall it is a long way to move and turn on grass. There are

advantages and disadvantages. With the serve, it should be illegal, it

is like serving with somebody on a ladder. But then those subtle

movements on grass he struggles and he does not defend very well. His

game is to try and get into that area upfront as quick as he can. If

the rallies go any length of time, he struggles with his movement. I

know he won a wonderful match at Wimbledon, but he does not embrace

grass, he likes clay. Yes, because he gets a bit more time. But still

when you look at that serve, he should always get to a tie-break in

almost every set with that serve because it is one of the truly great

shots in the game today of all time. The second serve is frightening.

That was the one that made Tim Henman retired. He played him in

Washington and the second serve was going over his head and he said, I

have had enough! Good luck to those calling the service lies today if he

is hitting them that hard. You are heading to the commentary box to

join Andrew Castle. That will not be the last. Number

seven seed serving here to Juan Martin Del Potro.

He has got an unbelievable wingspan, an incredible forehand. That is what

took him to the USA big title in 2009. It has been a long time since

we have been able to say that. When you are as tall as this, it is

pretty hazardous. That is not even read it. The slippery bit.

That is a bad one down from John Isner. Had a chance to get into the

net and a possible 30-30. The transition from the back to the

front is always what John has tried to work on.

Of all the tall guys, Juan Martin Del Potro amazes me more than any

other. The standard of his movement and the quality of it and the

ability to recover from the wings, the forehand and backhand side,

always marked him out as the best of the tall players.

And perhaps not surprising that team moved so well, he grew up on the

clay courts of Buenos Aires and Clay requires you to construct the

rallies and to hit ten, 12, 15 shots, and tests your technique like

no other surface. It gives you a technical base that is so solid and

can transfer to every surface. Only in service game. It must make

him feel so uncomfortable. Six foot ten. It starts throwing down in your

mind about when the ball is slightly wide. Do I feel like I am going to

fall? You lose all your balance around the net and everything gets

affected when that happens. Excellent technique on the backhand

volley. That was a dipping ground stroke. He did well there.

While the players change and, let's update you on what happened earlier

today involving two British players. Not good news for Dan Evans on Court

Number One. He had chances. The first two sets were split with a

tie-break, but he eventually lost and then three in the third set. A

real puzzle out on Court Number One, but that ends in disappointment for

Dan Adams. Kyle Edmund pulled off a wonderful upset on Centre Court up

against world number 18 who had all sorts of problems on his serve. He

lost confidence, there were false and double faults and Kyle Edmund

took advantage and pulled off a massive win against one of the top

players in the world. So Kyle Edmund is through to the next round. That

was earlier today. Sue, thank you very much. These are

issues that the company sent out, the ones with the pimples on. They

know what the rules and regulations are, otherwise you could end up with

football studs. There have to be regulations, otherwise they would

rip up the court. These two players here are playing in the first round

match. The spectators are down at core level and getting an idea of

how huge these guys are. They are not your regular Club players. The

corporates are all in and enjoying themselves with a good lunch. But

the umbrellas are going up. We are expecting heavy showers here later

today, but they have held off so far.

Sue Barker mentioned Dan Evans losing a close match. I was looking

down the Wimbledon wild card lists expecting to see Dan's name, but

this year he is a direct acceptance. I was going to say it is a

consolation he got a wildcard, but he is inside the top 100. It is

great for his confidence to have made it on his own without help. He

has had a good year. I think cameraman just put those

sprinkles on. I think it is cheating. Oh, no, fair enough. How

could it in the integrity of this fine body of men and women who man

the cameras to bring you these pictures. This looks like a

reasonably quick piece of work from the ground staff. The membership I

certainly moving as quick as they have done today as well. Do you

drink your drink first and save that first and then your wife second? It

was a bit of a false alarm earlier on in the Kyle Edmund match. It is

not raining very hard now, it is just a slight drizzle. Again they

are waiting. There is a gentleman again. Sue Barker ensures me that it

is a garment. A poncho. What do they call those things? A poncho. I

thought it was a bit of clingfilm. REFEREE: We are leaving the court

for a couple of minutes to see what the weather is going to do. Nobody

likes this. John is has already slipped two times. He is not a huge

fan of the grass court and he is probably thinking, no more rain,

please. Do you remember bigmouth Billy base, that fish that you

mounted on a piece of wood and it sang. John Isner looks like he has

got that on his hat. Wimbledon wild card Liam Brady. He was really close

to winning the second round match. It was a rerun of the Wimbledon

junior final a few years ago. Dustin Brown who beat Rafael Nadal having

qualified last year. What a performance to beat him in the

second round. Radek Stepanek who twice has had the honour of playing

a fifth and decisive match in the Davis Cup for the Czech Republic in

the Davis Cup final. He is a great competitor. Recently in the French

Open he was two sets up on Andy Murray and he did the right thing

and lost the next three. James Ward has lost in the first round here. He

has been the Davis Cup storewide. People forgot about him a little bit

during the Davis Cup win last year, but he won that match against John

Isner that quite conceivably was the start of us winning it. If he had

lost that match, it would have come down to the fifth match and it would

have been him against Donald Young, which would have been a 50-50 match.

But once he won that, we ended up winning the Davis Cup and James Ward

pulled off an amazing result. These are the Women's Singles wildcards.

Marina Malik over one the ITF 50 K and is 27 years of age. That must

have been an agreement in place before the tournament. Tara Moore is

playing extremely well. Katie Swan is American -based. She is a real

talent and a great girl. We wish her the very best in her first senior

Wimbledon. She received a grant from a charity called Tennis First Dustup

Tara played well in Nottingham. We were talking about Del Potro, but

Laura Robson has had a terrible wrist problem and what a talent she

is. Hopefully she will get more confidence. She had to go back to

the lower ranked events and she is prepared for it and she is ready for

it and I hope that wrist is 100% and psychologically she can get back to

the way she was playing because she was a talent. I have got a horrible

feeling, and I do not want to say this, but you have to ask at the age

of 29 for Rafael Nadal with a wrist injury, you have to wonder. If you

pull out of the French, and Wimbledon, it is a very serious

injury. I hope we have not seen the last of Rafael Nadal. Arguably one

of the most glamorous figures in the game. His injury is ongoing. Juan

Martin Del Potro has had surgery, three on the left wrist and one on

the right. It is really tough to come back from that surgery. Good

luck to Laura Robson. You can get through it. I remember Jimmy Connors

was out for about six months with his wrist injury and he came back.

He had that great run at the US Open at the age of 39 and he made it

back. Who was that? Jimmy Connors. I know he had wrist surgery, I do not

know exactly what it was, but he was out for a number of months and came

back. You can do it. It depends on the surgery. Of course. I have had

two surgeries this year and I want to thank the doctors. Do not ever

get on a hover board. Believe me, that will never happen. You can go

down like a tonne of bricks like I did. Here we go. Number one. The

second one was a little bit more worrying because he is coming in for

the split step which is where he needs to be. That movement is not

good and that will beg his confidence a bit. It looks like

everything is going back again, we are getting the net up. There were a

few spots, so it will not have got any dryer. I am sure John Isner is

concerned about this. It is not easy on the grass. Let's top tennis,

Maria Sharapova banned for two years for a doping offence for taking

meldonium. She took it for ten years under her own admission and in

January when it became a substance listed under banned substances, it

was banned on January one, all the warnings went out and yet she

carried on taking it. As to why, who knows? That does not matter, it is

in your system, so it is a positive doping test. I believe the ITF were

looking for a four-year ban. She has appealed her two-year ban to the

Court of Arbitration for Sport. Whether or not a lesson that will be

up to them. These things do not tend to happen very quickly. A very

important figure in the game, a great revenue generator and the

woman who has won four Grand Slams. If I can offer a personal opinion,

John, it is all very well talking about Sharapova and her revenue and

what a glamorous figure she is, and she certainly is, and is positive

for the game, but what about all the people she has beaten? People who

have been denied the opportunity of glory and she has had a positive

test. I always think about the people in athletics the same way.

What about the lives that would have changed from pure and clean and

honest athletes, a lot of them British over the years? What do you

say? I think the ban is absolutely justified. She had the chances, she

did not read the e-mails. Supposedly her group behind her did not warn

her. But at this level with the multi million dollars in this sport

and somebody of that stardom, it is tough to believe she did not know

about it. It seems extraordinary to me. The rule is the rule and it

sends out an amazing message to anybody who would be thinking about

anything like that in the future. I think you have got to, if somebody

gets found guilty, a top player or whatever, you have to impose the

strictest punishment. Only illegal since January. She got caught up in

that somehow. What on earth was somebody thinking in that team? You

would have thought heads would have rolled. She is one of the most

professional athlete I have ever witnessed in terms of training and

preparation. I find it inconceivable that a mistake was made. What an

oversight. Amazing. She is the most commercially endorsed female athlete

in ten of the last 11 years. Serena Williams overtook this year with

this pending I guess. And you have got the companies who are going to

go forward and partner her still despite this. I think they have got

something to answer for as well. That is one of the big talking

points whilst we have a moment. Ten is coming up under quite night

skies in a few minutes. This is what we have got coming up.

We extend the British tennis season on the BBC. The Davis Cup is a

quarterfinal and Britain are in defence of the Crown. Who knows

whether Novak Djokovic will play or not. Andy Murray has told me he is

keen to play. Unless something changes, but we hope it does not.

Kyle Edmund is pretty sure to fill one of the spots.

Stephen Farrar, the tournament director here, is a solicitor has

been representing one of our other players, but the ITF are having

nothing of it and he will make a very big difference going forward.

He and Edmund with the double skies are still a formidable team. But

Kyle Edmund with someone else is not the same sort of team. Especially

not on clay. You have to think that sometimes Andy Murray will not be

playing some of these matches. I am not a lawyer, but I am not sure they

got the ruling right on that one. He played the three dead rubbers and I

think he deserves a spot and I hope it gets reversed. He has got a

British passport and there are international laws around this,

restraint of trade. All of this has been looked at. In the middle of the

night he had to get up and call in. It is a tough one for him and he is

playing well and he is doing OK and he has got his British passport and

he is delighted to be here, so it is not the end of the world.

Fergus Murphy is in the middle there. He is quite a handy tennis

player himself. He looks in good shape. He has been working on his

fitness. He has been taking care of the input, John, trying to eat well.

Look at that, that is a fine athlete. You can see Del Potro at

the back. He is not convinced. He is sliding his foot. That is the

problem. Grass is fun and great to watch, but any moisture in it is

nasty. We have got to get big John and Ferguson in the same shot. No,

he has walked away. He looks even bigger now! Fergus is a figure of

authority, though. Here we go, go back. Oh! Did you ever mark out all

your children got? UMPIRE: Seats quickly, please.

We are going to get cracking straightaway. No warm up at all.

That was close. Water challenge? You might at this

stage, 30-30. It is always worth taking the chance on the challenge.

Picking up your messages on Twitter and various other bits and bobs on

social media, certainly we appreciate it. Somebody was

suggesting, a horrible tanking from Simon against Kyle Edmund, who could

not have cared less. I don't think that is accurate, to be honest with

you. Having real trouble with the ball post in that match and Kyle was

good enough to take advantage but his concentration rather fell apart.

He could not get the ball up in the air to serve it properly. But you

still got to win the points and Kyle Edmund didn't get too involved with

what was going on on the other side of the net, you just took our

business on his side of the court. It was a very good win. How would

you not be if you had not been able to throw the ball to make serve, all

of a sudden the ball toss goes. It is definitely worrying.

Even though he missed out forehand, he has to take command early in the

rally, if he gets a chance. John Isner. The movement on this court is

not great by any means. You have got to get an early strike in, if you

are to win this match. That has gone on to the other court, Court Number

One. Adrian Maneiro and Steve Johnson

walked in combat about other court. And the ball has come over, they

have hit the back. They were probably in the middle of a rally,

and they were annoyed! There is a bit of anticipation up

there. Trying to keep the wind off. APPLAUSE

UMPIRE: Isner leads 4-3, new balls, please.

No breaks of serve. You will not see too many in this match with Isner

against Del Potro, a pretty slippery court and two of the biggest players

out there in the game. This is the comparison between the service. Look

at that height. That is receiving it. That is what Del Potro is

seeing, that ball going that height. And Del Potro gets the ball pretty

high. Look at the difference. And throw into the mix, I think that

John Isner 's second serve and comes in, this is his second so that he

had in the last game, his second serve, remember, that one there,

that was one of and 21 miles an hour on the second serve, so when you

talk about the great serves of the game it is a great combination,

first and second. And Isner, to me, that second serve backing up the

first, it is one of the great serves of all time. It is about being

unpredictable in the way that you serve, not just the speed but

direction. Roger Federer did not have one of the biggest serves...

But one of the best because he got the job done with out so many aces.

But Isner is in the top four or five that I have ever seen. Harry Weddell

says whilst we are reading tweets, questions for John Lloyd. Is tennis

getting smaller in fact with Nishikori, David Ferrer, Kei

Nishikori proving that speed can be helpful over height. It is good that

we have a combination. I am not sure that 6-foot ten is the ideal height

but I would still rather be 6-foot two, six foot three, rather than

five foot eight, five foot nine. It shows that you can do both in this

game. Dorothy Langley enjoys Devonshire Park as a venue. That is

next week for the women's event. Jo Konta playing at home. And you play

the nationals down their? I did, in those days, the spectators were

sitting in deckchairs. It is a much nicer stadium than it used to be.

Good venue. Very good grass court. We played lots of Davis Cup matches

there. But it was always windy. Then he played against these other

countries and it was a force nine gale coming off the sea. It was

lovely. They didn't like it, we did. Joanne says, I don't want to worry

you, Andrew, but a thunderstorm started here in Abingdon. Another

viewer says can you give a mention to the boys and girls at the tennis

Europe event at Holton tennis club. They have just stopped for a

thunderstorm. The first time I went was to play a quadrangle match at

Devonshire Park. So the very best of luck to the under 12 is boys and

girls. @Bbctennis, #bbctennis, that is the

way to get in touch. It doesn't look like it is raining, hardly, but it

must be one of those timing issues. Is it fair to question the

legitimacy of wins over opponents when Meldonium was not banned by

Wada? Did I? If something is not banned, then fine. If something is

banned, then not fine. That is fairly simple. She admitted taking

this substance for ten years. Why wasn't it the band before? Some

other Russian athletes have been found out. Thank you for your

contribution to the debate. I will have a think about that.

Very patient crowd here. They love their tennis and they are prepared

to stick it out. We have had enough rain the past few days, but they are

always here, ready, just in case we get some matches on.

Andrew and John, watching from the comfort of the studio, it is hard

for these big guys. You cannot make them sit on the court. Once there

was enough moisture wonder, you could see that they were unhappy

about Lane. They don't move as well on the grass because it is a long

way to fall, and it is a wise move, taking them off. It is an important

tournament but it is important preparation for Wimbledon just

around the corner. Spectators understand that. You don't see them

slow hand clapping because they cannot understand why the players

are not out. They are knowledgeable. They know that grass is one of those

services, and with two big fellows like this, if they were slipping and

sliding around, they did not want to play any more. It is the right thing

to do. The umbrellas are still up, but it is bathed in sunshine at the

moment. We can see some raindrops on the camera lens, but it is a brave

decision as it was before not to put the cover on. He's looking to the

direction the weather is coming from and there is lots of blue sky out

there. The sunshine will dry the court out better than covering it.

It looks like a cat ready to pounce on an injured bird. He looks ready

to leap into action. You are quite right. To get some warm sunshine on

the court is great. Isn't it funny, Sue, every time this has happened it

has been bright sunshine at about two minutes later. You have one of

those weather apps. What is the story? It looks like we could have

quite a dry spell. It is looking good later in the evening, when we

go off air from 6pm. They will get the matches played today, but it is

going to be a bit tricky. Maybe one more shower while we are on air,

before we moved to the Red Button. Whilst waiting for the players to

come on, we will give you some more news and get back to you on another

couple of talking points. We would like to give you some news of what

is happening to the British women at Edgbaston this week. Laura Robson