Day 1, Part 2 Queen's

Hello and welcome to the Queen's Club in the heart of West London.

This prodigious tournament signals the start of the grass court season,

and that means Wimbledon isn't far-away. But these a gone

Championships shouldn't be considered just a warm up for S W

19. Winning here is a highlight in any one's career. It is also one of

the best loved tournament by the players, well organised and with the

courts just about perfect. So no great surprise that we have another

exceptional line-up in 2017. These players are here and ready to play.

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COMMENTATOR: That is a beautiful shot. What a shot from Cilic.

# Here comes the summer COMMENTATOR: The supreme

performance. A first-class tournament.

What a line-up, a truly international field. But someone is

missing, I hear you say. It is our very own King of Queen's, Andy

Murray. I'm pleased to say he is back here as defending champion,

world number one, and has his sights firmly on lifting that famous trophy

for a record extending sixth time. UMPIRE: Game, set and match, Murray.

COMMENTATOR: The first British winner at Queen's in 71 years. A

brilliant winner of Andy Murray, he is the champion here again. His

third title at the Queen's Club. Title number four Bex and a bit of

history here in West London. Five Championships at the Queen's Club

for Andy Murray. What a record he has, and what a few years it has

been, starting in 2009, how he has changed over the years. Here he is

just before, practising today, going through the motions with his fitness

trainer Matt Little, building up the strength, going for those returns of

serve. It was a wonderful final last year when he beat Milos Raonic, and

he went on three weeks later to win Wimbledon. Will history repeat

itself again? He is not the only person who is back here at the

Queen's Club, John Lloyd and Andrew Castle are with me once again. How

he has changed since 2009, not just a haircut, but he has toned himself

up, he is this complete athlete now. He is so powerful, you look at him

on court and think he will never get tired, and you can see that in the

fifth set, his opponent starts wilting and he is still as strong as

he was in the first set, he just looks like he can go on forever.

Perfect preparation he has had coming into the grass court season,

he looks amazing. And he wasn't looking so amazing before the French

Open, it was considered at the end of last year when he won five

tournament in a row and ended up as world number one, that effort

drained him, a new baby at home, life changes, and then at the

beginning of this year, some illness, perhaps not quite the

physicality. Use say illness, Shingles drains you for a long time,

even when you recover. So going into the French Open, he had to get some

wins and grind some matches out and feel the heat of competition, which

he did. A couple of wins at the beginning, they were not the best

Andy Murray, but he got the winning habit, so he is ready now to go

ahead and try to defend here and Wimbledon, and who's to say he is

not the favourite? And just one of those sessions with Matt Little,

watching him. It was practising his return of serve. Just don't go near

these guys were now training, they give off an aero physicality that

even in the old days few of them did. Ilie Nastase was supreme, Ivan

Lendl had bad air, and Andy Murray certainly one of them. And showing

how difficult it is to move from the clay onto the grass and what is

needed to succeed on grass, it is a different game. It is a different

game, but we have that extra week of play now. Before we had that two

weeks, it was the most ridiculous thing in our sport that we had that

Grand Slam, the French, then two weeks and you are Wimbledon, but it

is totally different now that you have that extra week, even though

the grass bounces higher, it is still different than any other

surface, and the players appreciate it, but you have to do different

training for grass, it is a totally different surface than the others.

Borg never had any trouble going from clay to grass! Here is what

Andy had to say. I have played some of my best tennis here over the

years. They have made some changes this year, the Centre Court is

bigger, looks great, the courts are always in perfect condition, so it

is a great way to kick off the grass court season and it has helped me

prepare for Wimbledon every year in my career. Winning any tournament is

great, but one as historical as this and as strong as this as well, the

field this year is top-quality. Unfortunately a couple of late

withdrawals with Rafa and Del Potro, but Saddam is here, he beat me in

the French and made the final there. -- Stan is here and he beat me in

the French, and Dimitrov. This is always a big boost going into

Wimbledon. There is a lot of pressure at this time of the year, a

lot of pressure and attention, but we also have the scope of being able

to get home and sleep in my own bed and have the support of friends and

family at all of my matches, so that is the best part about this period

of the year, it is nice to be home for a few weeks.

We will talk a little more about Andy Murray, but we are going to

head out to Centre Court right now where Adrian Mannarino and

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga battle. Nick Kyrgios is always one to watch, and

then Kyle Edmund finishes the line-up on Centre Court today, we

will finish the chat in a moment, but this is going a bit quicker than

we were thinking, there is a back injury, we hear, from Adrian

Mannarino, so let's join this match live. To bring us up to date, Peter

Fleming and Andrew Cotter. ANDREW COTTER: He is serving all

right here, Manna Reno, but he hasn't been looking too comfortable,

and he has had that treatment for what looked like an upper back

injury. Seems to be moving OK. A couple of service games now for

Mannarino where he has held to love. PETER FLEMING: And often when you do

have an upper back issue, the muscles are in spasm, you can move,

but fast, jerky movements are not at all comfortable, so it inhibits your

shotmaking sometimes, and inhibits your self belief, and that is what

seems to have taken the biggest hit for Mannarino today, he doesn't seem

to believe that he can make inroads into Tsonga's defences.

It is just wide. It was right on the line. I heard a call. That is

beautiful from Mannarino. One of the best points on the match, which has

been a little bit hit and miss. Tsonga is in control, but he hasn't

had to be at his very best. And I think that is an aspect of

grass court tennis that suits Tsonga. Because his service so

dominant and he can end points so quickly as he did there, he can

often just relax during an opponent's service game, not get too

wound up. And it doesn't really hurt him.

He is consistently up over 130 mph now with his Serbs. -- serves.

And again, stringing together a good few points, Tsonga, in the first set

in particular there were some good from Tsonga, but a lot of loose

stuff as well, just feeling his way into his grass court season. Second

set he is much more consistent, and he is not too far away, you suspect,

from a place in the next round. Of course, Tsonga is in the top

quarter, so that is a potentially very difficult quarterfinal matchup

for Andy Murray should both of those win their first two matches. This

event has had a couple of late call office that Andy Murray was

highlighting in particular, of Nadal, Del Potro, but there is still

verdict, the Rinker, Milos Raonic, Nick Kyrgios. He plays today on

Centre Court against Donald Young, and since it became a 500 event, it

was always a great event, but it does attract great yet in the field.

Didn't even mention Marin Cilic, John Isner, Sam Querrey in there as

well. Mannarino serving to stay in it.

Sam Querrey, if he beats the British wild card Cameron Norrie in the

first round, you can assume he would be Murray's second-round opponent,

where Murray plays Aljaz Bedene in his first match.

Tsonga seems to be hitting at things here casually, he knows he has got a

service game to come in any case. But he might still do it early. Yes,

and as relaxed as he looks, there is no question that he would far prefer

to win it right here rather than having to go through the ordeal of

serving for it. Mannarino was in a position of some

strength in this service game, but Tsonga now with match point.

And there it is, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga the first winner on Centre Court at

these Aegon championships, and untroubled, unruffled moves into the

next round. The number five seed will be given tougher tests than he

has faced today from Adrian Mannarino. A smile from Jo-Wilfried

Tsonga, a very popular winner here on Centre Court, to get us under

way. Really good start from Joe Tsonga. Adrian Mannarino just didn't

quite have it today, didn't have the belief that he could challenge

Tsonga. Yes, Mannarino has better than that, and perhaps the injury

for which he was treated was more than a factor than we thought,

because that is a bit of a thumping from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, through to

the second round. He will face either Gilles Muller or as a

-- Basilashvili of Georgia. Andy Murray is looking to make it six

wins here at Queen's Club, but Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, finalist here in

the past, is through to the next round, and again, he will be very

happy that he hasn't spent too much time, he has had a run out, got some

grass under his feet, hasn't built up too much of a sweat, save a bit

of energy. Still very, very popular, the

32-year-old Jo-Wilfried Tsonga enjoying himself here at the Queen's

Club, playing here for the first time since 2014, he has given it a

miss the last couple of years. The man who reached the final five years

ago where he lost to Andy Murray, and every chance of going that far

again this year. So, safely through to the next round after that win

over Adrian Mannarino, and ready now to share his thoughts with John

Inverdale. Many congratulations, how was that

for a first go on the grass this year? It was a good match, I played

pretty well. I started well, but he came back and played strong, and I

had to play my best tennis to go over him, so yes I am really happy

today, happy to be here in London, when the weather is like this it is

just an amazing city, so I will enjoy it. Everybody in the crowd,

and a bigger crowd this year, bigger Centre Court, everybody was aware of

the need for them. What was it like on the court itself? As you can see,

I sweat a lot, but yes of course, the most important when it is hot

like this to drink a lot, so I give you advice! Free advice from

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, hydrate! One of the big differences, the weather on

the first day last year was terrible, and year ago, in the last

you, you have become a dad of course, so your life is changed. Are

they travelling with you? How has that changed for you? They are not

travelling with me this week, but most of the time they are with me.

It is difficult to be far from home, far from my wife and my kid, it is

not easy, but I deal with it, and I hope I will be able to play good

tennis this week to get back the trophy. It is a good start, well

done, good to see you back here. Thank you.

SUE BARKER: Great entertainers, great to see him back here at the

Queen's Club, a comfortable win for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, seeded five East

championship, and more I'd attended to come, Grigor Dimitrov with his

ninth straight appearance here up against Ryan Harrison from the

United States. Then Donald Young up against another great entertainer,

who knows what will happen in that match with Nick Kyrgios. And Kyle

Edmund finishes the line-up up against Denis Shapovalov. The last

time they met was at that Davis Cup, the deciding rubber with that

terrible accident when Shapovalov hit the ball in temp and hit the

umpire in the eye. And they are now friends. Yes, he learned a painful

lesson there, he is a very talented player, and grass is going to be

different, he will be dangerous on this surface. That was a tough

lesson for him to learn, but he's a young kid and he busy didn't mean

it, he meant to hit the ball up into the air, he got his trajectory

wrong, ... I was speaking to him, they are laughing about it now, but

of all the players, if you are a silly young boy, which every young

boy who plays tennis is of course one point, smack it somewhere where

there is definitely no body, which is up in the air. You can't bear to

watch it, actually. It was quite a serious injury and I think it

requires surgery, but I'm glad he has recovered. The Davis Cup coach

from Canada still looking after Shapovalov, but that was definitely

a very poor moment. Dear member when Tim Henman hit the line girl,

literally just a terrible mistake. Just an accident, one of those

horrendous accidents. He is a great guy. And a great talent. He learned

a big lesson possibly out there, didn't he? He did, and potentially a

great player. He is one of these players that you look at and you see

particularly on grass, he won Junior Wimbledon and you see the talent he

has in his game, and if he learns to harness that power and not go for

winners on every ball which he tends to do at the moment, he will be a

future top ten, and on this surface, a very dangerous player. Not quite

yet but he will be. And looking at the players here, we

have talked about Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund will play Denis Shapovalov at

the bottom of the draw. Are we saying Shapovalov? Shapovalov. We

will take our cues from Sue! Nicholas Malouf, he can play a

little as well! If you look at this draw here, he got match point

against Andy Roddick that day, said the tournament staff here have put

together an unbelievable tournament, and the tournament and its

reputation. I looked at the standard of the qualifying which was

absolutely amazing. Jeremy Chardy is a qualifier here in this tournament,

normally you wouldn't be far off being seeded. And Herbert who he

plays against is an incredibly gifted player, so a 32 draw. And the

Julien Benneteau, a good doubles player. Great matches right from the

word go, and I can't remember a first day like this before when you

look at the order of play anything, they could all be semifinals and

finals as far as I'm concerned. This is the top half, and equally, where

do we start? Andy Murray will play Aljaz Bedene, and then Sam Querrey,

former champion here. Talk about danger men that Murray has got to

face. You have Gilles Muller, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Cilic and Isner,

that could go on all night, nobody will lose serve there! Johnson is a

good player, and then at the bottom you have Nick here is who is

starting to show the maturity that in some ways we hope he will do.

That top half is unbelievable. And that tricky Tipsarevic against

Troicki, he elected to go pro a year early, he is the singles champion,

21 years of age, a good player. This is Norrie, he hasn't spent a lot of

time is out there, he went to college, he was stagnating here

because he was at the National Tennis Centre, it didn't suit him,

went to America, great move, and now he is the NCAA singles champion,

side anything Sam Querrey will have it all his own way by any means. And

Harrison, he is your player. He came in the last minute, he won the

singles on the doubles, and he just won the French Open doubles last

week, and he is now top 40 I believe, he was the Americas they

cope, the pressure was a bit much on him, now he has come back, loves the

game, he has matured and he is dangerous, that will be a dangerous

match today. And he was the player of team tennis, the most valuable

player? He won the singles, doubles, was most by label player. Dan Evans

poll that, he was in my team, and Ryan Harrison kept my job for

another year! He just fell into your lap! He won it for me. Dealer who

most valuable coach of the year was? That is just inherited, isn't it? I

have a huge ring, but it is said Bakic can't even get on my finger, I

will show it you next time. Speaking about rings on fingers, Ryan is

newly married this year, married to Lauren, I have just been speaking to

her. Talk about a great influence on him. I used to play his old man in

college, Harrison's auld. That old? We can hear some applause from

behind here on Centre Court, the players are making their way out,

and there is your man, and many fans here at Queen's Club.

He was always the favourite player. It was wonderful, at the beginning

of the year, you felt he made a breakthrough, winning Brisbane and

getting to the Australian Open semis but it has not quite been built on.

Every year you just keep thinking it is going to be his year and he is

going to find the missing pieces to win that Grand Slam and you keep

having false hopes. I hope he does win one, I love his game, one of the

most elegant players on tour and one of the nicest guys. How great for

the sport if he won a Grand Slam and you keep thinking if it is his year.

Players mature at different ages, you can't say they are done by the

age of 25, we can see with Wawrinka and Federer still going strong. This

might be his year. He certainly has the weapons. When he smacked Andy

Murray out of Wimbledon in three straight sets, I thought he would do

that in that year in 2014 but he lost a semifinal to Djokovic on a

very windy day which made good tennis difficult. But when

conditions are right, he can be unplayable. He came on the next-door

court the other day with Jamie Baker and it was fabulous. We have plenty

to talk about, we haven't even touched on the fact that Rafael

Nadal is not here, injured after the French Open. And Juan Martin Del

Potro also not here but they will be back at Wimbledon. Still a wonderful

line-up and I am sure the tournament director is absolutely delighted,

Stephen Farrow is with John Inverdale. You can't guarantee this

year 's tournament is going to be better than ever but it is bigger

and we can see the new Centre Court. How proud I view of the changes you

have done? Incredibly proud, with the weather like this, looking out

at Centre Court and it looks fantastic. We have added 2600 seats

and gone up to a capacity of 9500 and added a lot of extra facilities

around the site for the public and hospitality and sponsors and it

looks tremendous. Much more of a stadium the link. One of the great

things about Queen's was the homely feel. How hard is to keep that

balance? If you look at Centre Court right now we still have the

clubhouse as a centrepiece. There are very few if any thoughts on the

tennis calendar anywhere in the world which would match this for its

beauty and intimacy. What has been interesting with the reaction of a

lot of players, they have said, wow, it looks amazing. Some players have

come in and I've pointed it out that we've expanded and they have said,

have you? As far as they are concerned we still have the same

atmosphere so we are pleased with how it looks. They were living in

that zone! The one thing you have done this year is improving the

weather! After last year, that was the big thing we had to improve on!

Before we did the stand we made sure we cleared that up! Joking aside

from in 34 degrees of heat there are health concerns for some of the

crowd. That is absolutely right and we have been quite clear on the

messages we are put out inside the ground and before spectators come,

things like wearing sunscreen, our hat, drinking plenty of water. We

installed more public taps yesterday so people could fill up their water

bottles and we urge everybody to take precautions but having said

that, we would much rather have it like this than how it was this time

last year! And somebody I must mention who is not here to take

advantage, to is about Ian and what he meant to Queen's Club. He was the

tournament director from 95 until 2007 and this tournament gets better

and bigger every year but we are very cognisant of the tournament

that we are standing on the shoulders of the great work done by

people for us and he did great work in establishing the reputation of

this event and our thoughts are very much with him and his family and

friends. We have his wife and daughters with us on final stake and

we are very proud of Ian and are very proud to have them with us. And

a final question come up to over 9000 now, is that the limit or can

Queen's get bigger? Currently our site limit is 10,500 this league

health and safety and emergency evacuation, we had to be cognisant

of those. At the moment certainly this is as big as we can take it but

9500, we are the biggest Centre Court for the ATP 500 tournaments,

one of the biggest ones outside the Masters Series so we are big enough

for now. And maybe some keep shining. I hope so! Indeed, a

tournament loved by the players and much of that is down to Stephen

Farrow and his team who do such a great job. We are here until 6pm

every weekday on BBC Two. Covered on the BBC sport website and on the red

button starts earlier every day at 12pm. And then from Monday the

following week we are at Eastbourne for the Aegon International. Also

next week and new for this year we have coverage of the qualifying

rounds for Wimbledon on the BBC sport's website like events service.

We will have key matches from each day and they will also be available

to watch on your television via the red button depending on your digital

and satellite provider and then from Monday July the 3rd, the 2017

Wimbledon Championships get underway in all their glory and we will have

full coverage on all the BBC formats. A lot of tennis coming up,

what they four weeks we have and let's hope the sun shined all the

way through! The players will be loving it, I hope the fans brought

their fans with them! And plenty of water as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga said,

maybe not what they are serving in the hospitality tent! You know this

young man very well, how is his game going to match up against Dimitrov?

He has a lot in his game, Ryan Harrison, a big serve and a big

forehand and he moves well. He is defending better than he used to, at

one stage he was a bit one paced but he has changed his game a lot and

tidied up his volleying. He has worked on that a lot and he won the

French Open only last week in the men's doubles. The pressure is off

on him now. He took a bit too much about being the next big hope of

American tennis and they put a lot of pressure on you when you get that

sort of reputation and if you don't live up to it they give you a lot of

stick in the press. He has become his own man now, he is married, and

he just wants to be the best he can and I think there is a good future

and he can move up the rankings a lot. He is very talented. I don't

know what he has done with his short! He obviously doesn't own an

iron! But he is quite a fiery player as well, how many racket did he

break at Indian Wells? Four and he did the same thing a few times at

Team Tennis! I am hoping he did not hit me with one! He gets very fired

up but he is a good fellow and he's confident, almost cocky but not in a

bad way. He is very short in himself and you have to be that if you're

going to be in the world's top 50. He has that in him and this is not

an easy match for Dimitrov. Looking at the draw, what we have seen and

how strong it is and how difficult it is to break through in the men's

game now. It is absolutely brutal. Even watching the challengers, let

alone the lower ranked tournaments, you can see the standard. You talked

about Wimbledon qualifying, go and watch that and you can see the

players there fighting to get into the draw, the standard is

unbelievable in the men's game now. You will have to make your way, a

quick dash for John to the commentary box where Andrew is

already there and we're looking forward to this, it should be a bit

closer than the last. All yours. Thank you, Sue, bright sunshine for

the first round and then the trough serving. -- Dimitrov serving.

A dead net cord to start this match for Ryan Harrison but Dimitrov being

tested in the first game. He has gained a point to get his nose in

front. -- game point. And that is nicely

done. With the tournament, John Lloyd, being a 32 draw, there is no

easing into it. Slightly longer time between the French Open and

Wimbledon but the players know exactly where they stand when they

look at draw like this, no chance of coming in and coasting. No. That

extra week practising on the grass has been so good. Well over six foot

tall, Grigor Dimitrov, just a really well conditioned athlete, superb

flexibility. Ryan Harrison, slightly stockier athlete himself. He has got

with the most natural service actions imaginable, sort of pigeon

toed and loose wrist and rolled around the place but a very gifted

player and I am so glad he is finally achieving his potential.

He looks in good shape as well. He has a younger brother, Christian

Harrison, every bit as talented. He has had six surgeries but he is 350

in the world. Grigor Dimitrov, a lot of players

will say I love going here or there, wherever they have to be but for

Dimitrov, because of the chances that Chris Kermode, the then

tournament director, gave him, he really does love coming here.

I remember Chris commode being given a fair amount of grief for the

wildcard he gave to Dimitrov -- Chris Kermode. And when the

Bulgarian did win the tournament, he went over and gave Chris his racket

at the end. He is back for another tilt at this title and is looking

fantastic already, I can tell you. That didn't look so fantastic! Got

the timing wrong on that one a bit! It is the noise of the racket as

much as anything else. I enjoy watching Ryan Harrison but when

Grigor is in full flow there is hardly a better site in the game. I

agree. And the women in my house enjoy watching him play, and Nick

Kyrgios another later on. Certainly some exciting tennis to be played on

the first day of these championships.

You look at the way he plays, just in this short period, when he is in

full flow, you just think, why hasn't he won a Grand Slam? Does he

believe in himself enough? I think that is the big key. He hit 60

winners past Nadal in that five-hour semifinal in Australia to start the

year and still lost it, one of the great matches.

It was rather overshadowed by the final between Federer and Nadal but

the semifinal between it Dimitrov and Nadal was one of the most

captivating matches I have ever seen. Unusual to get two matches in

one tournament that you could say were probably in the top ten matches

of all time, back-to-back matches, incredible. That is not nice when

you serve and you don't have any time to get ready for the next shot.

That was a big forehand from Harrison. 100 mph return. Is that

what it was? Hawk-Eye coming up with all this stuff.

Practising next door to this bloke, he was playing with Jamie Baker at

Wimbledon, a beautiful day and we were trying to put the ball back to

each other. It's frightening, isn't it! It is intimidating, it is the

noise of the racket. If somebody was coming up, you would think, that

court, OK, the other court is slow motion! I play there as well and you

watch them and you just go, really?! They hit it that hard?! And the

answer is yes and they do not miss. It is unbelievable tennis these

days. I young man you will enjoy watching later, Shapovalov, who will

be playing Kyle Edmund fourth match on. He was watching Dominic Thiem

against Rafael Nadal and he defeated, is this tennis?! It is

almost like table tennis! -- he tweeted. Exactly. Not much wind

today, plenty of heat for the spectators, it is a beautiful day

and the big East stand, as the sun goes down in the West behind the

clubhouse, they really are going to feel the heat in that stand. But

9500 people, totally different. Fantastic stadium. And this whole

arena is not very big. You look at it when it is lying fallow. It has

always been a very picturesque court but the people who built this

beautiful club originally, if they could come back and see this now

they would be amazed. They would also go, what's that? It's an

aeroplane! Heathrow is just down the M4.

There is Chris Kermode, ATP boss and former tournament director here.

Doing another big deal! That is so good. A bit lucky,

really, a good lunch from Dimitrov -- lunge. There was not much Ryan

Harrison could do about that, he'd just had to bump it up and what

happens next is the big forehand crosscourt.

How well they see moving? It is so good. Is it my imagination or does

he look the player to beat? It is day one. He is gliding, I love the

way he snuck into the net, Harrison going to hit a ground stroke and he

was onto the net and hit that up in Vietnam's sleek and an easy volley

to put away. Trouble here already for Harrison. -- hit that up in the

air. He did not play a bad game, either, Harrison, and he lost his

serve to 15. He looks hungry for success, carrying himself with the

air of a man who deserves it as well. A clenched fist to Dani

Vallverdu, fought so long coach to Andy Murray and still great friends

-- for so long. He went over to Tomas Berdych's camp which caused

some consternation but has been with Grigor Dimitrov now for about a year

or so. There is Dani Vallverdu. Alongside

Andy Murray for so many years including at the Academy in Spain.

He was number three college player in the United States at one point.

Mr Dimitrov is challenging the call on the right baseline, the ball was

called in. Open racket face, crosscourt

half-volley drop attempt! Of a sliding ball! This time Ryan

Harrison saw him coming in so he had enough time to get that chip and

nice and low and that is a tough shots to make from that area of the

court. Dimitrov backs up the break of serve

with a hold, 4-1. Things are going well for the last man other than

Andy Murray to win here, that was back in 2014 when he beat Feliciano

Lopez 6-7, 7-6, 7-6. They have a great history of matches here,

Raonic had the final on his racket last year. I can't remember the

details in the second set. Dimitrov 4-1 up here. Ryan Harrison certainly

not out of it. On the right-hand side there is Lauren Harrison,

Ryan's wife. They got married in Austin, Texas where they make their

home now. A wonderful day. And a rather beautiful wedding ring which

Ryan chose himself and he got it right, according to Lauren! Did he?

She is a trained journalist from New Jersey.

There you go. Shape, weight, size and cut, it is all there! She was a

tennis player at the University of North Carolina as well. On the road

now quite a lot of the time. Her sister is on the tour, isn't she?

Yes. She is from New Jersey but she has

never watched The Sopranos. That is very odd, you have to be worried

about someone who hasn't watched The Sopranos!

That is impressive. He is not giving Ryan Harrison any time to

That was good serve and volley, he had to change something up. Just to

change it up, he's not playing badly but he is coming up against someone

in Dimitrov that looks so sharp. Whoops. He's OK. The first few days

on grass are always a little nerve-racking, especially towards

the end of the day when a little dew gets on the court, moisture in the

top surface there. Good hold. A bit of tennis history for Ryan Harrison

this year, actually. After winning a challenger, he then won in Memphis,

the first player ever to win a challenge and then a tour event in

successive event, that is a tremendous effort, as well as

winning the French Open doubles, as you were saying, John.

It has changed a bit over the years, Queen's Club. How old were you when

you first came here? This was very much the centre of British tennis,

the LTA was in one corner from while, then the other corner. For

this tournament, it has always grown, with stands going in, but to

fit nine and a half thousand people around this, it is a remarkable

construction job, and it takes many, many weeks to put it up. A little

quicker to take it all down. Queen's had a position, when you are two

weeks before a Grand Slam, which have a Grand Slam it is the perfect

position to have a tournament, because the players want practice.

But rather than sit on that fact and go about their way, they have

improved every year, and they have had to. There are so many great

tournament is now in the world that the facilities are so fantastic, the

players and spectators now expected, quite rightly so. You look at Indian

Wells, it is staggering, the building and the Centre Courts and

stadiums that they have there, and Queen's, you have to keep with the

times, and that is what they have done, they have done above that, and

that is why the players think it is the best tournament on the circuit

at this level, it is because they listen to what the players want on

the spectators, and every year they do something to add to that

pleasure. These days, entertainment pounds, dollars, they are hard to

come by, so you have to make this a great occasion the players and

spectators. 9500 in this Centre Court, so plenty of room to walk

around on the outside courts with everything that that has to offer.

Speaking of doubles, Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin have just defeated

the Canadian pair of Nestor Abad -- and Raonic. Raonic the runner-up

here and at Wimbledon last year Tandy are, he is in the single straw

here, too, of course. There you go, it is going to be an excellent

afternoon! We shall continue to monitor that

gentleman's all over the course of the day. That is right in the sun!

Harrison did well there to hang in. He has got a lot of pace coming at

him. Not easy, but he did his job and held serve. He needs to somehow

find a way to get more of these serves back in play of the Dimitrov

serve, but he is doing well, finding the lines on first and second serve,

has been awesome so far. That was a missed opportunity, he

just sort of cut the legs from under that shot rather than going through

it. Impressive in all regards from

Grigor Dimitrov, a former champion here and playing like it, tricky

first round draw, at least it is supposed to be, but he has won it

6-3, I wonder if the American has any answer to this onslaught. This

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up, get inspired and get active. S so, there we are. Wonderful tennis

ahead. Take your Wimbledon winner, men and women? The men is easier,

you can shuffle it down to five or six, and I will go for Andy Murray.

He has got better as the year has gone on, the French championship,

getting to the semifinals the way he has, I think for media is slight

favourite. The women? It is going to be exciting, because there are 15

women at least that can win it. I honestly have no idea who I'd pick.

Not a bad thing. Wait to see who is playing well on grass. Johanna

Konta, there are so many women could win Wimbledon this year, it is so

wide open. She had a tremendous final yesterday in Nottingham,

perhaps should have won it against Donna Vekic, but ended up losing in

keeping to a third set, excellent final, Upton seven in the world. I

don't think she has got the past the second round of Wimbledon. I don't

think she has. She is certainly capable of some interest there. Mrs

Harris in the middle, Frazer Wright, representing Ryan for IMG. Everybody

getting settled into houses in Wimbledon and around south-west

London, which is another reason why people love to play here, because

they can settle the whole team into these rented houses nearby both

these tournaments. Local residents fetch some pretty high rents.

Just deal with that pace. It is almost like he's waiting for the

ball, when the ball comes at you at that speed, the racket has got to be

back so early and you have to stay so low on the ball. Now, this is a

dangerous moment, isn't it? Because the ball is coming out of the centre

of Grigor Dimitrov's racket right from the word go, and Harrison has

not had a chance to settle. And you can see now he is trying to force

the action on that forehand, and got way off balance on the forehand

side. He needs to play some good points here.

Chances armour bit, Dimitrov, didn't he, coming in on that. I like that

message here sending back, that he is going to come in a lot if he gets

the chance. In these rallies, he is just looking.

You can't miss those. He is trying to throw one right over the top, he

has got an excellent arm. Good catch! I'm not too sure he had much

left in that arm, he didn't even get halfway up there. He has a wonderful

arm, the forehand let him down, he went ahead and pick the racket up.

All the Americans, they play baseball when they are growing up,

they have a great throwing arm. If you want to learn how to develop the

technique on the serve, go and throw. Yes.

He can do no wrong, the sky. That looked like Ryan Harrison's point

the whole way. Played it perfectly, we thought this was an excellent

shot, that is good racket head control to get that one back. You

can see where they used to call him baby fed.

Trouble is on grass when it is not five sets as well, and you are

playing somebody hitting winners all over the place, it can go so quick.

You just don't have time to settle. The British summer of tennis well

under way, tournaments of already taken place in a lung but -- a

number of locations. Ilkley for the men's challenger. Both players

having a look at the serve on the line, but no challenge from either.

Ilkley is an excellent men's tournament, and Edgbaston Priory

could always use your support as well. Excellent draw there, led by

Dominika Cibulkova who plays Lucie Safarova in the first round. Petra

Kvitova has accept today wildcard there, and we wish her Welwyn

Hatfield back. -- we wish her well in her comeback. Petra Kvitova

suffering a knife wound to her hands defending herself and her property

at home in the Czech Republic. So many things that have been hard

to bear recently, a minute's silence for those affected by the Finsbury

Park attack in the early hours of this morning, and nearby the

Grenfell Tower disaster last week. UMPIRE: Mr Harrison is challenging

the call on the right baseline, the ball was called out.

UMPIRE: The call stands. Mr Harrison has two challenges remaining.

Still in the match. Tremendous schedule on day one, this is the

second of four matches that we are going to enjoy from Queen's Club.

SUE BARKER: Everyone enjoying the warm weather here, lovely match on

Centre Court and so much to look forward to later on in the day,

including this man. You never know what to expect when Nick Kyrgios

gets on the court. What a year he has had, watching him play in Miami,

that magical semifinal against Roger Federer, three tie-break sets it

was, Andy rally was playing some super tennis. Such a great talent,

so much promise, so much potential. Willie Rennie lies it over the next

year so? He is certainly a Grand Slam champion in the making. He is

playing Donald Young, one of the very talented Americans. Nick

Kyrgios against Donald Young, that won't be far away. That is the third

match of the day here at the Aegon Championships. Sue, thank you very

much. I expect the bar will get a little bit of a hammering later on

from the members. It is already quite full, but the weather is set

fair all week, it just takes the pressure of the organisers and

everybody, in fact. It is beautiful when it is like this, perhaps a bit

too hot for the spectators, for the players, is this fine? Not too many

players would like this at Wimbledon with the best of five, but herewith

best of three it is OK. 31 Celsius at the moment. No problem for these

players? It is not too bad compare to other places in the world.

Exactly. 31 Celsius, double it, 62, take away

the amount of ten Zenit, that is sick six, and then add... What is

that? 88 degrees! Harrison at the moment, he is not

reading this serve at all. It is not easy, that's for sure, but...

Oh dear. That didn't take too much energy at a Ryan Harrison, he was

just walking side to side there for four points. Just playing space

invaders along the back line. Was that four aces in a row? Didn't

Roddick do that once against Agassi on this very court?

He had the "Bear. He had time to move onto it and hit it, didn't he,

and then it checked of it, didn't it? He just slightly overran it in

the end. Once again, it is a mistake. It is

straightforward stuff from Dimitrov, he is just sending it back to the

Harrison backhand when he can. Harrison's ground strokes have been

too many short mid-court balls which Dimitrov has just got on top of, and

there, he overhit it, I don't think he has been able to get a rhythm,

that is the story of the match so far.

And that is the end, probably of the racket. And tell you what, you can

pop a metatarsal out very quickly, don't worry about the frame. If you

are going to swipe your foot with that, make sure the aim is right,

you could cause some serious damage. So, Dimitrov cruising here, and to

you know what he does? He does what Roger Federer does.

UMPIRE: Warning, Mr Harrison. It makes it difficult for his

opponent when he chips it back off the edge. Against Ryan Harrison I

guess it is straightforward, this is the illustration from Hawk-Eye. Just

on returning the first and second serve, he is just aiming for the

backhand side. He is staying off the forehand which is the strength, his

return has been excellent. But for me, it has all come down to the

serve of Dimitrov but the depth of ground strokes. Ryan Harrison has

been hitting too short, he has never been able to put Dimitrov at all on

the defensive side, it has been all one-way traffic so far. Harrison

just cannot get into, he wants to battle it out and get into a few

rallies, but he is not getting any time. Richard Haig felt the need to

give Ryan Harrison a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct a minute

ago. That is a bit soft for me. It may be the rules. It is a stupid

rule. He is only doing himself harm, his foot. If he wants to do that,

what problem is it? Does it affect the spectators? Richard is a great

guy, but if you are not going to call it in a Wimbledon semifinal,

then don't call it here. Ryan Harrison probably saying

Dimitrov ought to be called for unsportsmanlike conduct from playing

so well in the first round! He is bringing his A-game straight to the

court on day one. I think what you just said, his

grass court game, I think that having that extra week now, I think

you will see, and as soon as I have said that, he will lose today, but

generally thinking there will be less upsets in the early round of

grass court tournament like Queen's. I just love that move. He doesn't do

it as much as he used to, Dimitrov. You do lose a bit of flexibility.

But look at this here. Straight to the physio! A few bones cracking.

That is so good. Brilliant, isn't it? Wonderful to watch. Full is

trekked drop volley. Rounded off with a little controlling slide. You

don't want to be hitting volleys from that deep in the court, but

when you have control like that, you can get away with it. Beautifully

done. And his finish with Dimitrov, that

drop volley, very much like a golfer who knows that he has hit the

perfect shot, he just holds the pose! He has got a sense of

flamboyance about him, you can't take your eyes off him when he is

playing well, it is a stunning thing, and he's playing well today.

This was a dangerous draw. On paper it was.

That is unbelievable defence, one of the tough things to do moving to a

new surface is get your feet sorted out and your movement. Dimitrov is

seeing the ball like a balloon but even when he had to make ground to

it he is lightning. His head has dropped a little bit,

Ryan Harrison, and you can see why. Even his best tennis has been thrown

back at him. A quick match, 6-3 and 5-1 in less than an hour.

It is an absolute drubbing for Ryan Harrison at the hands of the former

champion, Grigor Dimitrov, who is through in straight sets in less

than an hour and his game is in perfect working order.

The crowd really will feel they have only just settled in. And yet they

have witnessed Grigor Dimitrov... That is not far off his A-game also

be is the number six seed for this tournament. We remember fondly 2014

on this very court after beating Wawrinka in the semifinals and Lopez

in those three tie-breaks to win the title. This year, such a great start

to the year for Dimitrov, only losing one of his first 17 matches,

making that Australian Open semifinal before losing to Nadal in

five sets which was almost five hours of brilliance. You know he is

capable of going the distance here and perhaps even at Wimbledon. It is

early days but in terms of form horse as he looks to have it. A long

way to go. There will be better days for Ryan Harrison who had had a

spectacular year in self and we enjoyed watching him play when he

was allowed to against the Bulgarian. Nick Kyrgios is underway

against a former world junior champion, Donald Young and to close

out the day, Kyle Edmund against the Wimbledon junior champion of last

year, Denis Shapovalov of Canada. A fine schedule but the first two

matches have gone past in quite a hurry, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga already a

winner today and he will probably play Gilles Muller in the second

round. Dimitrov will play the winner of James Ward and the qualifier,

Julien Benneteau. Grigor Dimitrov through to the second round and

really looking team and up for a long week here. Let's hope so, he is

talking with Andrew Cotter. As comfortable as one can be in that

heat, how did you enjoy it? Yes, just pleased to see everybody out

here on a beautiful Monday. It is always very special for me to come

out and play in front of you guys. The crowd has been tremendous

through all the years and am always excited to step on the court. I'm

very happy to finish the match in that style. Since you won here in 21

team you have had some downs but have come back to form this season

with victories in Brisbane and Sophia soapie lingered coming into

the grass court season? I'm always positive. -- so you must feel

positive coming in. I am just trying to give 100% every day on the

practice court and also in the matches because you never know how

many you will play on grass. Every moment counts, every practice and

every match. I am very happy with the performance so far. It looks a

bit different since you won here, how do you enjoy the new look Centre

Court? A lot of familiar faces but now even more, especially when the

stadium looks spectacular. The first time I walked on the ground a few

days ago I was very surprised, pleasantly of course. And I'm

looking forward to play a few more matches here. And the Bulgarian

flags, good start and enjoy the rest of the tournament. Thank you.

Looking very comfortable on the grass, so much expected of them at

-- Grigor Dimitrov as is the next person on court, Nick Kyrgios who

will be facing Donald Young. He makes the game look so easy, Grigor

Dimitrov. He sort of glides through the court and he has that amazing

power when he gets in position. Ryan Harrison could never get him in a

defensive position, he was always being pushed back. If he hit

anything short Dimitrov pounced on it and I liked how he was sneaking

into the net in rallies and his serve was awesome. You look back at

the Australian Open and you think, he is getting there, maybe this is

his year because when he plays like that, you think, how do players stay

with him? Ryan Harrison tried hard but you got to get your racket on

the ball! That did not really happy so much in the fourth game of the

second set. He was struggling. He didn't know what to do. This was

awesome and he could not read it. You see somebody like Andy Murray

who somehow find a way to at least get his racket on it and you realise

how good these returners are. But Harrison could not get on the ball,

he was just rushed. Superb. It shows what a weapon the serve is on this

surface. And Grigor loves it. He gets mad Bull to slide out wide --

he gets that ball to slide. He has so many options and it is difficult

to pick where he is going to serve with the ball toss exactly the same

every time. He has a good rhythm already at the start of the

tournament and he will be a major threat here and at Wimbledon if he

continues. Looking so comfortable and we talked about his movement on

the grass court and how it is different from other surfaces but he

has got it, so fast off the clay. The stay is so low to the ground and

when he is stretching out wide and he looks in Alan Spavin time,

gliding on the court. -- he looks in balance. He get it back in and the

big forehand and his feet, small steps the whole time. And now he

charges and that is what I loved when he comes into the net like

that. That is natural grass court instinct to do that. A lot of

players would have waited but he came in. This is what you want when

you come to Queen's, the talent he has, it is all down to finding that

winning formula that can take him to be a Grand Slam champion. He has

everything in his game and it is just why it has not happened before

and sometimes it just takes some players longer than others. I still

think he will win a Grand Slam, he is too good not to. Maybe this is

his year. So stylish and it would be great for the game if he won one all

stop he is so charismatic on the court and a great guy and it would

do a lot for the sport. Peter Fleming has joined us. You would

have to wonder why it has not happened, certainly on grass. He is

a gem. He does everything well and he moves so gracefully. You think,

OK, if it beliefs, does he not believe it himself in the big

moments? Is his game not quite big enough? He seems powerful enough. He

has those runs, one at Wimbledon when he got right the way through

and at the Australian Open this year to the semifinal but he doesn't seem

to be able to sustain it. I guess it is a belief thing. The serial

winners just always believe they were going to win. It did not matter

almost what the obstacles were also up then you have the next level of

guys who can -- whose belief can be shaken once in awhile and I guess

Dimitrov is in that category at the moment. He is in the bottom half of

the draw and next up on centre is Nick Kyrgios against Donald Young

but there is plenty to talk about here at the Aegon Championships and

some potential rule changes and everything that is changing in

tennis all the time. John Inverdale has been put into the main man of

the ATP, Chris Kermode. With Roger win in Australia and Rafa in front

it is a funny old world, men's tennis. It is the most exciting time

I have ever seen in men's professional tennis in my lifetime.

People were talking about the end of Rafa and Roger and there was a

gradual decline but who would have thought they would play that epic

final at the Australian Open, probably the highest standard of

tennis I have seen for a long time. And then Rafa destroying everybody

at Roland Garros was extraordinary. Going into Wimbledon it will be the

most open Championships probably for the last ten years. And when you

consider that wearing Turgott the league final in Paris, Novak and

Andy, I think the third of the draw in Paris over 30 -- that Wawrinka

got to the final. What message is it sending out of the men's game as a

whole question is a question I get asked a lot and nobody seems to have

the answer as to why the players are hanging around. The general trend of

answers is that the top guys are so professional with their teams,

dieticians and trainers and physios, that they can play longer. They are

playing smarter, choosing tournaments well and which surfaces

to play on carefully. But we have the next generation coming up who

are knocking on the door and we will see when they can knock off the old

guard. You mention the next generation and one of the most

interesting developments is the NextGen series, sets to four,

fundamental changes to the rules of the game. Are you concerned about

elements of the sport on the wider scale in terms of television

interest and public interest? Interestingly, I thought about this

about two years ago, we were doing research on general trends of sport

and you look at the ageing demographic of all sport attendees

come on site and on TV, and we are in the best place we have ever been

in men's professional tennis. All the numbers and attendant and

eyeballs watching the sport, commercial revenues, they are the

best they have been and we have an obligation to look out what the game

is in such good health to go, what are the pitfalls and roadblocks in

ten years' time? Then we can start experimenting and this is just a way

of having a look at these rule changes. Will any of them happen in

my lifetime in the job? Or even watching the sport? I don't know,

but we certainly won't be rushing into anything. But tennis needs to

look ahead, we need to look at the next generation of fans. We talk

about the next generation of players but the next generation of fans from

all sport has to look at it. My kids are in their 20s, how they consume

any entertainment product including sports, watching it on different

platforms. We have to be ahead of the game and that is what we are

doing with this event. In the round, a great five said Grand Slam match

is one of the greatest sporting events, the way it swings, but if

that also one of the great weaknesses of tennis? When people

could meet the greatest matches of all time they will always be one of

those six-hour epic five set castles. When they are like that,

glad at Oriol and dynamic, it is phenomenal, but that is maybe one in

the year -- gladiatorial. There is a lot of content to go through that is

not that. And maybe they can be a way that both forms can be addressed

with a short form, a middle form and may be a long form. It sounds quite

complicated! But you do have to think about the fans and kids

wanting everything so quickly, they don't want to sit for hours

watching. I think it is an issue. We have also come to a era where the

bat is so physical, especially on clay courts or slow hard courts,

that the guys had to take 30 seconds in between points, it seems. The

warnings they get for time violations... They are just

nonsensical. They get one warning a match but the average time between

points is a 32 seconds so how is that when the rule says 25? Either

idea to the rule or make it redundant -- stick to the rule. I

think that if we could speed the game up it would help. You do need a

clock to actually put that into place. Interesting at the first to

four with the tie-break at 3-3? That might be a bit radical but as Chris

said, they are looking at things. I applaud him for looking ahead. Don't

wait. It is like the Davis Cup, we have been talking about the rules

for 20 years and the ITF frankly did not pay attention until they almost

had no choice because the players were not playing. This is great

stuff to hear, that they are looking at it and he is right, attention

span is shorter. Will the grandstands be the best of three set

in the end? Maybe. Why is that a big problem? There are great 3-set

matches as well. There are amazing five set matches as well but they

can also be boring. I think a lot of the ideas he talked about were very

good, positive thinking about the future and not waiting for things. I

think that are some potentially great rule changes and I applaud it.

I don't understand why the first to four grates on people. If you think

about it, sometimes the dog days of a set are just waiting for them to

get to 3-3 and then the good stuff happens. If you played first to four

then the good stuff is from the start. That might make matches more

consistently exciting. It will take away what we have been talking about

with Marie, Djokovic, Federer and Nadal about the physicality because

it will not be an issue so much -- Murray. Yes and no, if you have

those four going at it with the power they have fought three sets it

can still be a great match. With first of four, that might go away so

that might be a bit too radical but if that is what it takes then that

is what it takes but I think the shortening of matches at some stage

will happen. No let, that has been talked about for a long time. Why

should it not happen on serve if it happens in a rally? Anyway, that is

a big talking point and if you want to get involved, please get into on

social media. We are here at the Queen's Club on the opening day of

the Aegon Championships and this young man, 22 years of age, Nick

Kyrgios is on court at the moment, another with such potential and a

bright future and a possible Grand Slam winner and I'm sure he would

embrace the changes and he certainly embraces this service, he loves

playing on grass. He has been talking to Kathryn Whittaker.

Looking at the grass at Queen's Club can it get me excited and a lot of

people, coming off the clay, it makes everybody refreshed and ready

to go also I guess might serve set up everything on the cross but I

have played a long time on grass. On Australia we have a couple of grass

court tournament when we were young. I learned what to do on the grass

and we tried a lot on it. I feel comfortable and have had some good

success. I have tried to make the whole year important, have more

consistency at each tournament but the grass is a bit more of a focus.

Wimbledon is my favourite Grand Slam so I would like to do well there. I

feel healthy. During the clay court season I had some injuries but I

have been doing a lot of rehab and I feel good. And in terms of renting a

slightly easier first-round draw that in the past with Donald Young

who you have beaten twice. Happy with that? Yes but he is a tricky

player and a lefty and he can play some sneaky tennis on grass so I

will not taken lightly. He does not have the best record here at Queen's

Club but this is a match that you would expect him to come through

comfortably. You would think so. You mentioned earlier about his match

against Federer, I watched that and to meet the discipline he had and

that, even though he lost it, the standard of tennis was ridiculous.

That is these other potential have and if the can sustain it during

Queen's and at Wimbledon, he is another like Dimitrov who is a

potential Grand Slam winner if he can sustain the brilliant he showed

in that type of match and keep his game for another hour or so. He

could be awesome. He talked about his injury, hip and shoulder and now

he has got his knee bandaged so that is a bit of worry. He has been

talking to a sports psychologist and doing some work with Sebastien Gros

on, making the right moves. -- Sebastien Grosjean. It is good to

see Casillas so much talent and has there been so dynamic server? -- it

is good to see because he had so much talent. When he is on, his

serve might be the most dominant shot in the game. And his opponent

today, Donald Young, does not come in on much, a five match losing

streak. He has only won ten matches on grass in his career. He came onto

the circuit and everybody predicted great things for him but it did not

happen. He was an American big hope a few years back and got these

endorsements at a young age that never made the breakthrough that

everybody expected. He has not played well in singles for a while.

Getting to the final of the French Open doubles, that will do him some

good with his confidence but this is tough on this surface against

Kyrgios. Donald Young can play sneaky tennis as Kyrgios said that

you would have to favourite Kyrgios. There was so much hype about Donald

Young, difficult to deal with when you are young and we put a lot of

pressure on the young players. He was 15 years old and head and

shoulders above everybody else skill wise but he did not grow much and

tennis is a big man's game. Does he have enough power to trouble

Kyrgios? I'm not sure. We will see. Peter is on his way to join Andrew

Cotter. All yours, Andrew. COMMENTATOR: Certain players in

tennis and all sport to generate excitement and Kyrgios is one of

those but what can Donald Young do today, serving to get as going?

APPLAUSE We talk about the pulling power and

Federer and Nadal and Djokovic and Andy Murray do it through their

sheer brilliance and draw the crowds but Kyrgios has that exciting

combination, you don't know what he's going to do with his racket and

his temperament. But brilliant to watch.

Early pressure on the Donald Young serve.

And beautifully worked out, inside out.

James Keothavong stepping in from the chair. Unlucky for Kyrgios

because of course he was in the rally and had hit quite an effective

backhand. Start again. You feel that if Young is to have

much of a chance in this match he needs to convert points like that

one, serve and volley point that allow him to take the offensive.

It was rather wasted by Kyrgios. He had Donald Young court in a few

mines there. -- caught in a few minds.

APPLAUSE A very protracted opening games come

to an end in favour of Donald Young. And he will be the happiest guy in

this place right now because that was a shaky opening game. But having

won it, I think Young will settle in just a little more. There is a lot

of support on the knee of Nick Kyrgios.

He is taking the scenic route to his end of the court, Donald Young.

Highlighted the serve of Kyrgios before this match. When it is going,

really flowing, it is as good as it gets.

And it's not just the first serve, his second delivery may be the best

in the game. What an opening service came from

Nick Kyrgios. It will be difficult for Donald Young to find his way

past that. We mentioned Sebastien Grosjean, in the box of Kyrgios.

There he is, in the white cap. I thought it was, maybe it's not.

Hidden beneath the cap. I'm sure it is.

Donald Young's parents are here, his coaches.

Yes, that is Grosjean, semifinalist at Wimbledon.

Did Young leave this one, or was it too good? I think he could have

reached it. There were a lot of very good grass

court players back in my day, that played just as Donald Young does

now. Had sort of a snaking left-handed serve, that took you out

of the court, moved around the court really well. Donald Young, really

quick over the court surface. But they serve and volley every ball.

And they were really good at it. Donald might be better than a lot of

pros today at covering the net and playing volley shots, but perhaps he

doesn't do it enough. Let's face it, this is the only surface where a guy

can even think about serving and volleying every ball. Otherwise it

is lambs to the slaughter, really. The players today return served so

well, the court surfaces are much slower, and grass courts must be

much truer. He is ambitiously listed as six feet, I think he is a shade

below that. He is getting the most out of his physical shortcomings,

perhaps. Kyrgios possesses a bit more snap and power. It is a

different game. Let's face it, look at some other great players of all

time, roared labour, five foot nine. Bjorn Borg, five foot nine.

Now if you're not 6-foot two, you are up against it.

What a return. He stuck out his racket in hope and it fizzed back.

That serve went down at 138, and came back not much slower.

A little puff of white. 121 mph wide.

After that first game, moving through at a pretty brisk pace. Says

he is paying free in his left hip for the first time in months now. He

has had injections and he has been troubled by that for a while. And

his right shoulder. But he seems to be free of injury and full of

confidence. It can be so demoralising when your

body hurts. Another hold serve for Donald Young,

keeping his nose in front in this first set.

Some interesting interviews that Nick Kyrgios has given recently,

where he admitted, and I think people knew anyway, that he has

probably tanked at eight tournaments in his professional career. He has

kind of thrown in the towel a little bit. But he also said that some days

he would rather be doing anything else other than playing tennis. A

lot of it comes down to being homesick. One of the reasons he

loves this time of the year is not just because he's playing on grass,

but because when he is in London or the UK, he feels at home. It feels

not unlike Australia and he feels pretty comfortable. That is a big

factor, if you feel homesick on tour, it will be difficult from the

start. No question. And travelling is not easy. It seems glamorous, but

often it's not. So often, it can be just about being comfortable in your

surroundings, being happy, being contented. That is when players are

able to work hard for extended periods consistently. If your

personality is a bit up and down, you get emotional and sometimes

things get you down, that can be a real challenge. For a professional,

tried to play at the level that he is.

The one thing Kyrgios has going for him is that he has bags of talent. I

don't think he actually needs to practice that much.

You didn't even flinch for that serve. Just by him in an instant.

Again, fairly comfortable, or made to look fairly comfortable by

Kyrgios on his serve. And what a brutal second serve that was, almost

impossible for Young to put that back into play. A hard slice,

skidding into his left hip. Just not enough time for him to get out of

the way of the ball. Young, in a different manner,

leading with Kyrgios at the moment. That is Donald Young's mother, a

tennis professional herself. Coached by both of his parents,

Illona Young and Donald Young senior.

Again, a pretty robust service came from Donald Young.

We have a match on our hands Centre Court, on opening day. If you're

joining us this afternoon, you have missed a couple of matches. First,

the fifth seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, in impressive form against his

fellow Frenchman. Didn't play his best tennis today, but he looked

very comfortable on the grass, going through 6-2, 6-2. Starting well at

Queen's Club. Former champion Grigor Dimitrov made

grass court tennis look very easy in his straight sets win against

American Ryan Harrison. The former champion winning in 2014, went on to

reach the Wimbledon semifinals. So much potential, certainly looking

good on the grass and looking like he will go deep into the tournament,

in a very comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win. And we are looking ahead to later on

today, when Kyle Edmund will be on court. He plays well on the grass.

That matches still to come this afternoon. -- the match against

Denis Shapovalov is coming later this afternoon.

He is reminiscent of Andy Roddick, the way he plays his service games.

Boom, boom, your turn. Donald Young gets his second on the

board. Ouch. Oh, dear. A man that has had

hip problems for the last few months, and has his knee strapped.

We know how awkward these can be. Just the change of direction. It's

on very new grass. Ouch, that hurts. I bet he is all

right, but any time you have a chronic hip problem, as Kyrgios

clearly does, that will have forced it to move in a way that it just

doesn't like doing. He is in a lot of pain right now. Just clutching at

his left hip. I bet he is all right. I hope he is all right, anyway.

It's just frightening, when you have been out for months with an injury

and you feel sharp pain. You think, is this going to be another few

months, or worse? Again, it is the change of

direction. The physio comes on and will administer the treatment. This

is how it happened. Quite often, as we were talking

about earlier, the damage can be in the inside of the thigh. He has had

a problem for a while with his left hip. He does also have that stocking

on his right knee. I would say that the hip area has very little range

of motion. You watch a guy like Dimitrov, Djokovic, they are very

flexible. They can take a tumble like that and just spring back up.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Kyrgios is now receiving medical treatment.

It is almost the shock that he will get, because he is so concerned

about it. It looks like he has pulled something. Also, thinking

I've been struggling with this for months, I've just got it right, this

will be a shock to his system. It will have heard a lot. More so for

Kyrgios than for someone else who is more flexible. -- it will have hurt

a lot. I hope he hasn't injured it. As you say, I think it's just a

shock. He might be sore tomorrow, but hopefully he can continue today.

Shall I go on to the different ligaments? Or If you like.

The hip flexes are the most overused muscles for tennis players.

Everything a tennis player does is based on moving forward. Tennis

players, habitually, are a bit lax in trying to strengthen the opposing

muscles, the hamstrings. The joints become out of balance. That is when

chronic things can appear. I think that is the case with Kyrgios. You

know, his hip flexers are very strong and tight, and I would

venture to say that the opposing muscles are quite weak.

The work continues, Donald Young is sitting down at the moment.

Of course, Kyrgios will not just be thinking of this tournament, but

tournaments to come, when he has just been back playing pain-free,

and with Wimbledon coming up in a couple of weeks' time. Absolutely.

He will be thinking a lot more about Wimbledon than he is the rest of

this. It is the elephant in the room for every guy that plays here.

Once he has had this treatment, he will try to carry on. But it will be

in the back of his mind, when you're moving around the court.

The Centre Court voicing their support for Nick Kyrgios. And guys

are so used to powering out of their split step, the first step is very

strong. Didn't feel like changing direction,

though. Wrong footing him. They don't play many weeks on grass,

maybe two or three a year. Guys just automatically think they can power

out of that first step, and it gets them into trouble sometimes.

Donald Young has to remain unaffected by this. You've got to be

fairly ruthless. While feeling a little bit of simply for your

opponent, you know it is not really your concern and you have to carry

on doing your job. Absolutely. In fact, he has to guard against

thinking anything about his opponent. He needs to just keep

playing the way he has been playing. The more aggressive you are against

an ailing opponent, the more you test their quickness, their

explosive movement, if you just patty cake the ball back and put it

in and say, well, I'll make him run around, you are not testing.

Wants to just test things out a little bit more, taking the time

that he is allowed. He cuts an unmistakable figure

around the tennis court, Kyrgios, with his rounded shoulders. He hits

the ball into submission. Interesting game to watch now.

Of course, the service all from the left hip. If he is feeling pain,

that will not be so enjoyable. Just hoping to get through a couple

of games and see if it eases at all. It might have been the most

dangerous point of view from Kyrgios' point of view, and he

survived it. He still looks far from comfortable, although he does often

wear a grimace. APPLAUSE

Sweetly struck. That was a good, deep return, dispatched.

And suddenly it is Young whose body language is a little bit downbeat.

Nicely put away. And after all his troubles in this first set, Nick

Kyrgios is close to a breakthrough. The two hander can often be a very

effective shot for Kyrgios. He hits it very flat but today he has erred

with it, more often than I'm sure he would have liked. Well done, Donald

Young. Digging himself out of trouble there, facing down two break

points. He knows that, at the very least, he is going to have a

tie-break. Kyrgios is soldiering on but he does appear to have a bit of

a woe is me countenance to him right now. So often the way. The physio

lurking in the background. And Kyrgios talking to no one but

himself. Interesting, saying that he was being asked about the fact that

guys like Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev are perhaps the

more likely of the younger group to crack the top of the game now.

Somebody brave after him -- asked him that question. And he said, when

an injury free, I have got the talent, they have been to Grand Slam

quarterfinal is. And there is no doubt, there never has been, that

once he gets a good run injury free and when he is up for it and feeling

good, he is as good as anybody in the game. And one of the challenges

he has is to understand that injuries are something that he can

effect. With how he lives, how the trains. Sometimes plays think, I

have just got terrible luck, I'm always injured. But guy like Dominic

Thiem works day and night and is very rarely injured.

You talk about him as being talented but having mental talent is all part

of the package. Exactly right. You have got to have it all.

Love the way Kyrgios flattened out that forehand. Often he hits it with

a lot of top-spin but that one really sings through the court. --

zinged through the court. APPLAUSE

Kyrgios holds and holds on. And no doubt they are chattering

back. A second double fault from Kyrgios

and a gift for Young. What do you think the odds are if

Young wins this tie-breaker that the match is over? A possibility.

And the body language, the contrast is fascinating. Kyrgios with so much

to do here. And Young edging closer to this

first set. He has done what he has had to do,

remain consistent and ask the questions of Kyrgios and now three

set points for Donald Young. He gave Donald Young the opportunity

and he took it and Donald Young claims the first set against a

rather beaten already looking Nick Kyrgios. Still some way to go but so

much happened in the first set and so much classic Kyrgios. Some great

stuff but fragility and there was of course no doubt an injury. I think

we are done. Nick Kyrgios at is going to offer his hand to Donald

Young. Ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately due to injury Mr

Kyrgios can no longer play. A few groans from the crowd but Nick

Kyrgios, Peter Fleming called it, the tie-break loss and I think

thinking events down the road at Wimbledon in a couple of weeks.

Protecting himself and some will say, could he have dug a little bit

deeper, but he knows how he feels. You have to say that for him the

right decision. He was clearly in a lot of pain and you get out and you

hope that things will loosen up over the next four or five games and

clearly they did not. He looked to be in a lot of pain throughout that

first set. Probably a wise decision for him to let it go. Donald Young

will go through to face one of the two Serbians, Victor Troicki or

Janko Tipsarevic. I was going to say, not the way he would want to

win but players will take a victory however they've done because

everybody has been in that position in that time. Kyrgios, and his many

supporters, will hope that he is fine and I am sure he will be to

play again and get ready for Wimbledon. But a shame he will not

be seen further here at the Aegon Championships. Donald Young, a good

win for him, however it came. I think he did the right thing,

Kyrgios was in trouble and he kept on asking those questions of him

which the Australian was unable to answer. Things moving along very

briskly on this opening day, two straight set matches and a

retirement after the tie-break win in the first set for Donald Young

and the reminder if you have joined us, Nick Kyrgios have had a hip

problem for some time and had an awkward fall and had treatment. He

continued to struggle and lost the tie-break and eventually conceded

the match. Kyrgios is outcome of Donald Young is safely through to

the next round and we can hear from him. Many congratulations but not

the way you would would have wanted to go through. Definitely not. Nick

is a good guy and I like him a lot. It is rough to see him go home like

that, especially on services like grass and clay, it is not certain

footing, but at the end I'm not happy to get through in that way but

I'm happy to be true to the second round. You almost got your Grand

Slam first victory in Paris in the doubles, agonisingly close, how much

has given you an incentive to go into the grass court season? A lot,

it was really exciting if you had told me I would be in the final I

would have taken it. The final sucked but to get there was a great

experience and I took a tonne of confidence going forward to this

grass court season. And in terms of how difficult the game is over

transferring from clay to grass, how was today for you in the first

competitive test? It was good, I'm a lefty so I get a few more free

points, and vice versa with the other guys. I have played it a lot,

I kind of know how to get used to it. A good start, well done. Thank

you. STUDIO: What a shame, so looking forward to that Matt and the

first eight games looked to be competitive but what a shame that

Nick Kyrgios had to default -- to that match. We hope that he will be

back well in time for Wimbledon. Andrew and John with me, one of the

great characters and a big blow to the tournament. It is, he pulled out

of the Italian Open and a number of other tournaments so I don't quite

know what is going on. You can only guess but to be 22 years of age and

have an injury is one thing but if it is the generative then it is a

big issue. He will have to think about that. -- degenerative. He has

so much talent, but to be consistent, you think of the

physical work that the likes of Federer and Nadal and Djokovic and

Murray and Wawrinka do, Kyrgios, to join them at the top of the game

which is what we have thought he could achieve, you have got to put

in consistent, hard physical training. Whether he has done that

or not over the last few years as Peter alluded to, whether that is

the reason this keeps on recurring, you don't know. But at 22 there is

still time to recover. But you have got to get stronger otherwise it

will keep on happening. So many tournaments but little time to get

an injury right and build it up before you are back on court. You

see some body like Federer, how he has managed his career so

brilliantly, the amount he has played and where he has played and

he is still going strong. This is a big loss for Kyrgios and a great

pity to into Wimbledon, they have got to get to the bottom of it and

find out why it is recurring. I don't know the situation, but you

have got to be strong these days to play on the circuit. And with the

amount of tournaments and the physicality of the game Comey can't

keep breaking down. You say breaking down but it was a horrendous fall.

And we see it so often on the first day on the first few days of the

grass court season. It is very nerve-racking, especially when they

change direction. The forehand from Donald Young could have gone to the

forehand, he had to push up and come back the other way. And if it was

not bad enough, from this angle am a he is just stealing to his right a

bit and we have seen it so many times. Juan Martin Del Potro has had

a couple of these and it looks like a giraffe going down. And this is

not like grass at the local club, this is hard and you can take a big

fall. It is not very long at any moisture makes it extremely

slippery. Just the way that it goes but hopefully he will be OK for

Wimbledon because nobody wants to see a young man's career curtailed

by things like this. It is early days, they have not had a medical

diagnosis but he clearly does not feel he has got another hour and a

half of tennis. He was at least able to run a little bit in the

tie-break. And you could feel in that tie-break that he had to win

it, he knew he could not go three sets so no great surprise he decide

if to call it a day. Queen's is a big tournament, no doubt, but when

you have Wimbledon or any Grand Slam looming, any type of injury, you

don't hang in there. I am not saying by any means this was not a bad

injury, but if this was Wimbledon, would he have defaulted in the first

round? He might have tried to carry on, I don't know. But you can't take

any chances. I was going to say, with Wimbledon coming, that has to

be your priority even though you might have felt you could have got

back into it. It was obvious he could not move, particularly in the

tie-break, there were times when he was trying to pick a winner. I have

seen him fully fit moving like that as well, this guy is impossible to

predict. I know he has hurt himself. But trying to get inside the mind of

Nick Kyrgios is very difficult. One moment he is doing that and the next

he is hitting five winners. This was the first point after and you could

see that his movement was not right. And when that gets in your head and

you are feeling pain, it is very difficult. Donald Young did the

right thing by making him move. That is what you have to do, side to side

and make him move all over the court. Donald Young is one of the

most mobile players and has a brilliant record in third sets and

tie-breaks. He has learned how to compete. Obviously extremely aware

of Kyrgios being in trouble and pulled out wide on the fifth point

but John is right that Kyrgios is the rink on the side of caution. But

it would not surprise me if he was fit and ready to go at Wimbledon. --

you can never guess what is going on with Nick Kyrgios. No doubt this is

a genuine injury. Absolutely and the last thing he did, yes come here and

prepared and has been here for almost a week and wanted to have a

good tournament. He knows this is his service to do well on. He is

another like Dimitrov, you want to see him do well because he is such

an exciting player. When he is on, he can beat anybody, no doubt. And

you look for players like that in their personality. You never know

what he's going to do. And they are fun, you need more players like that

on the circuit and I hope he keeps on improving. If he gets a bit

stronger mentally and physically he can win Grand Slams. There's always

something to talk about with him, drama with Nick. The other day

before Quincy was interviewed he had said how McEnroe had said in

commentary at the French Open, John said that of all the people that

would have me back into a coaching situation, it would be Nick Kyrgios

and his response was, he's dreaming! That would have been a dream

matchup, forget Agassi and Djokovic! Most people would be so complemented

if John said that! He says forget it! And he has gone for Sebastien

Grosjean who is so polar opposite. Yes, he never says boo to a dos,

charming and everything. But he does put in the work, he gets in the

academy is four or five of the juniors and he wears them out, one

after another. I think he's putting in the hours and he proved it in

Miami with that magnificent match against Roger Federer. The pudding

in the work but it is the consistency. Some of us still

waiting to grow up. We are 53. It takes a long time for some people to

get it and it Nick Kyrgios is now getting it and understanding the

work he has to-do to be at the top of the game and achieve his

potential, that is fantastic. And his results speak for them self. He

has seen the likes of Alexander Zverev and sashes are having great

success, Dominic Thiem, Shapovalov -- Sasha Zverev. All of these things

serve to remind him that you don't have for ever out there and you have

to make the most of it so if it is the case that he is training hard,

brilliant. Sports psychologist on board, he's heading in the right

direction. Ten minute until Denis Shapovalov. Just a word on Donald

Young, we have say that he did all the right things. He is going

through and he played a good match. Or a good set. He is somebody who

manoeuvres the ball around the court well and when somebody is injured

that is perfect because he is not a huge hit but he creates angles and

get a lot of balls back and is nasty to play and he did the job.

Sometimes you look across the court and with Nick Kyrgios, he can be

walking around but then hit three winners. He stuck to his task and

got enough balls in and got to the win. He is happy with himself at the

moment. Absolutely but it means that the players who were scheduled for

the fourth match who thought they might be playing late into the

evening, Kyle Edmund and Denis Shapovalov, they will be on court in

the next few minutes. But we can bring you up-to-date with results so

far on the first day of the Aegon Championships and on Centre Court it

was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who made it look easy against fellow Frenchman

Adrian Mannarino who had suffered a back injury. We will see quite a few

injuries this route, it is difficult for the players to come onto the

grass. It was a back injury that effected Mannarino and song that

went through for the loss of just four games. And also making it look

easy was Grigor Dimitrov who was facing the American, Ryan Harrison,

again losing just four games. Former champion and Wimbledon semifinalist

and always one to watch. Talented player and safely through to the

second round. That was on Centre Court and on

Court Number One, Tomas Berdych was in action against Steve Darcis,

broken in both sets and Darcis served for the first but Berdych

came through in straight sets, 7-56-3. That is the result so far

and we now know that Nick Kyrgios is out. We can have a look at the draw

because it has opened things up. As far as Kyrgios going out is

concerned, that was in the half that Andy Murray was in and we talked at

the top of the programme about how dangerous that was and it is still

dangerous with some big servers and tall players in there. Suddenly

Kyrgios, most of them would be happy to see him exiting. People will be

interesting to see if he turned up in the Wimbledon draw after his

injury because you don't want your name anywhere near. We expect him to

make a quarter or semi at that level sooner rather than later but

strength all the way down. I feel a bit sorry for Aljaz Bedene who to

play Andy Murray for the second year in a row. That is tomorrow afternoon

with the weather set fair, looking forward to it. But strength all the

way down, Tsonga who Murray beat in the 2013 Wimbledon semifinal, he has

blown Federer off the court on grass before. And he wants to play Marin

Cilic or John Isner bastion that he has formally, Isner more perverse

the clay -- spillage I still think that the match between

Isner and Cilic might go through to the semifinals in that half. I think

you are right and that is the Last year's finalist here and at

Wimbledon, Raonic. Left-hander on the grass, Wawrinka coming down

after the final. Wawrinka had a great run. I see that as a 50-50

match, against Lopez. It is interesting that that they have

brought in a coach just for the grass, which was very admirable.

Not suggesting that he is going to be charging the net, but different

coach for grass. He writes himself off on the grass. He is not one of

the players that comes out and says, I'm really going to do well at

Wimbledon. Some people just don't like the limelight, and he is one of

them. He gets on with his job. It's very odd. You can't hide, when you

are as good as that. I'm sorry, but the semifinal against Murray was

fantastic. There is often a reaction, even though there is more

of a break between the French Open and Queen's Club. Stan cannot afford

to start slowly. Of all of these services you play on, grass is the

one, ask Ryan Harrison, you can't find your way in. If you are blown

off the court, you are blown off the court. You have to start with

urgency. Stan cannot start slowly against Lopez. He said he likes to

be set for his shots, and grass you don't get the time to do that? Yes,

these are some of the drills they are going to be using about that

movement, see what his thoughts are about certain things. You are right,

it is the movement. Stan does not defend well on grass. He seems to be

late, doesn't get the ball back into playing of times. But he's got

weapons. These days, the grass courts are so good. In the past,

they use to bounce so low. There is no reason why he couldn't play

better on grass. One thing must be the return, on the backhand and also

on the forehand. If you look at what Federer has done to people, he

nullifies the big serve straightaway by knocking it back. Just knock it

back. You know nobody is going to serve and volley against you

nowadays. Knock it back on and then you are at least 50-50, Stan

Wawrinka, from the back of the court, in every rally. I think he

will be moving forward and being more aggressive than he has been

before. The next match, and they will be racing down to the court,

they expected to be later, it is Kyle Edmund against Denis

Shapovalov. They matter in -- they met in the deciding rubber, this

incident, in a fit of temper, bashing the ball out of the court

and into the eye socket of the umpire. It was such a shocking