Day 4, Part 2

:00:46. > :00:52.Earlier this week the weather was hot, the competition was hot, the

:00:53. > :01:04.shops were hot. The seeds were sown, but they wilted in the heat. They

:01:05. > :01:09.wilted in the face of the next generation, a new strain cultivated

:01:10. > :01:10.to be more resistant, more durable, more productive than ever before in

:01:11. > :01:25.the face of aggressors. Today, Queen's is about to

:01:26. > :01:30.experience a climate change, so can be hardy perennials re-establish

:01:31. > :01:35.their pre-eminent or will be new super crops continue to bear fruit?

:01:36. > :01:38.It has been one major shock after another at the April Championships,

:01:39. > :01:44.that has been the big talking point along with the weather, which has

:01:45. > :01:47.been super hot. Today it is much cooler, and the 25 degrees expected,

:01:48. > :01:54.much more enjoyable for all of the fans arriving for today's matches as

:01:55. > :01:56.the players battle for a place in the last eight.

:01:57. > :02:02.This is the line-up on Centre Court at the moment. Marin Cilic on court

:02:03. > :02:07.at the moment, second set, up against Stefan Kozlov from America.

:02:08. > :02:11.Jordan Thompson, the conqueror of Andy Murray, text of the Court

:02:12. > :02:14.against former champion Sam Querrey. And then a little look into the

:02:15. > :02:21.future, Daniil Medvedev against Tennessee Kokkinakis, who took out

:02:22. > :02:25.Milos Raonic. And then Jeremy Chardy against Feliciano Lopez, three-time

:02:26. > :02:29.Wimbledon quarterfinalist. They played last week, three sets to

:02:30. > :02:34.Lopes. Lots to look forward to here today and I am delighted to say

:02:35. > :02:38.Peter and Andrew are with me again. It is such a wonderful tournament,

:02:39. > :02:41.this, some new names emerging and that is quite exciting, although we

:02:42. > :02:46.are disappointed the seeds have gone, it is exciting to see the new

:02:47. > :02:53.breed. We have officially entered the age of parody, there are so many

:02:54. > :02:58.good players that if you come on the grass, the first week on grass seems

:02:59. > :03:03.to be a great leveller, and really anybody can beat anyone. It has been

:03:04. > :03:08.a good tournament for the Aussies as well. It has, you are asking me to

:03:09. > :03:14.be pleased about that, and fair enough, when you deserve victory,

:03:15. > :03:19.you deserve it. The biggest shock we have seen this week, this is a guy

:03:20. > :03:23.who got through qualifying, but there was no lack of effort from

:03:24. > :03:34.Andy Murray, Jordan came up with the answers, he has had everything, and

:03:35. > :03:39.while we might not have the biggest names left today, we will see what

:03:40. > :03:43.the reaction is, and it is interesting, Benassi Kokkinakis back

:03:44. > :03:51.from injury, we will see where he can get to, probably top 20

:03:52. > :03:55.ultimately. Jordan Thomas was out practising today, I was so impressed

:03:56. > :04:00.against Andy Murray first of all how big his serve was, how inventive it

:04:01. > :04:05.was. I agree, and the other thing, probably his greatest asset is his

:04:06. > :04:09.athleticism, he gets around the court so well, ran down so many

:04:10. > :04:14.balls that I think Andy Murray might have thought would be winners and

:04:15. > :04:18.ultimately that probably undermined Murray's confident a bit knowing he

:04:19. > :04:24.had six, seven, eight shots every rally, just wasn't up to it. The

:04:25. > :04:28.attitude as well, wasn't it, would he get a double murders towards the

:04:29. > :04:32.end, he just got better and better. This is a guy who seems happy to

:04:33. > :04:35.grind it out in the qualifiers, a long way from home, a bit of Aussie

:04:36. > :04:39.grit, they have to travel from the word go, that is something to do

:04:40. > :04:44.with building that strength of character and we saw it out there,

:04:45. > :04:48.he has Des Tyson, a former player, who travels with him the whole time

:04:49. > :04:52.and keeps his feet on the ground. He is a man who expect success for the

:04:53. > :04:56.work he has done and now he is getting it. It was just one of those

:04:57. > :05:01.days the other day, no matter where he hit the ball it was the right

:05:02. > :05:20.place, in about a 15 minute period where Murray could have come back,

:05:21. > :05:25.Jordan Rhodes a little bit of luck, played great, I didn't realise he

:05:26. > :05:28.served as well that, so this is what you have to be to be a top 100

:05:29. > :05:31.player, that is the target, which makes it even more amazing that the

:05:32. > :05:33.guys at the top of the game have stayed there for so long, because

:05:34. > :05:36.they have to resist these blokes 35 weeks of the year. It was great to

:05:37. > :05:39.see Kokkinakis back, he was such a great talent when he burst on the

:05:40. > :05:41.scene and it is nice to have that style of tennis back here. Exactly

:05:42. > :05:44.right, he is an aggressive player with a really nice personality, you

:05:45. > :05:47.can see there is some depth to the guy and it will be interesting to

:05:48. > :05:49.see today how he recovers from that long match against Routledge, and

:05:50. > :05:54.with all of the niggling injuries he has had, who knows if any of them

:05:55. > :05:58.will be aggravated. And he is such a popular guy, Kokkinakis, he came off

:05:59. > :06:03.court and there were 200 text messages saying well done when he

:06:04. > :06:09.beat Raonic. In the live tennis now, Marin Cilic

:06:10. > :06:13.is in charge of this match. Break of serve up 4-3 and serving. Let's join

:06:14. > :06:19.our commentators, John Lloyd is alongside Andrew Cotter.

:06:20. > :06:27.Far from one-way traffic in the second set but Cilic just doing

:06:28. > :07:15.enough. The first set was chasing experience for that man.

:07:16. > :07:30.Cilic holds. Might well be his year again. A lot of big names going,

:07:31. > :07:35.still some serious contenders of course, Berdych and Dimmock Rob,

:07:36. > :07:41.Muller is such a dangerous player, Lopes of course. We talk of the big

:07:42. > :07:49.names that have fallen but because there is such depth in the

:07:50. > :08:01.tournament, that doesn't end it. Kozlov serving to stay in the match.

:08:02. > :08:04.You have to look at this scoreline, Kozlov has fed right into Cilic's

:08:05. > :08:16.pattern, it has been very comfortable for him. Having said

:08:17. > :08:22.that, the last two errors on his backhand, he has been awesome today,

:08:23. > :08:28.Cilic, particularly on the forehand side, it has been a devastating

:08:29. > :08:39.shot. He has been hitting winner after winner.

:08:40. > :08:43.We saw nothing to suggest Steve Johnson had not been operating at

:08:44. > :08:50.full capacity and yet this 19-year-old blew him away in the

:08:51. > :08:52.second and third sets but today he has had nothing to trouble Marin

:08:53. > :09:28.Cilic. One of those players, Kozlov, who is

:09:29. > :09:32.trying to make the transition from a very, very successful junior,

:09:33. > :09:37.reached a couple of boys grand slam juniors, two senior. The winner here

:09:38. > :10:19.will play the former world number one junior Donald Young.

:10:20. > :10:30.Another hold for Kozlov. Far better in this second set, it still

:10:31. > :10:34.probably will not be enough. Again, talking about the transition from

:10:35. > :10:38.junior to senior, a lot of it is the physical development as well. Kozlov

:10:39. > :10:42.still looks young, you look at pictures of him a couple of years

:10:43. > :10:46.ago, a little bit chubby and looked very, very young. He is now 19,

:10:47. > :10:50.playing on the senior tour but you can still see he will develop

:10:51. > :10:55.physically a whole lot more. At the moment he is operating on a power

:10:56. > :10:59.level below Cilic. This is the sort of match that, if he loses this next

:11:00. > :11:03.game and loses the match, it is the sort of thing that he will sit down

:11:04. > :11:07.with his coaching team, they will look at the tape and just to see the

:11:08. > :11:11.difference of pace, where his depth has not been good enough today, has

:11:12. > :11:18.not been able to keep Cilic pushed back at all, he has allowed Cilic to

:11:19. > :11:22.dominate the vast majority of these rallies, has not hurt Cilic in any

:11:23. > :11:26.way, and this is a learning experience for him. Marin Cilic, he

:11:27. > :11:32.is so aggressive, right from the first point. His coach I'm sure will

:11:33. > :11:35.just about give him ten out of ten, the only thing would be his first

:11:36. > :11:45.serve percentage that he would like to bump up a bit but other than that

:11:46. > :11:52.he has been absolutely awesome. And again we have been talking about it

:11:53. > :11:55.a little bit in this match, Bjorkman there in the black baseball cap,

:11:56. > :11:59.disguised as a camera, but who will be the contenders for the men's

:12:00. > :12:03.singles at Wimbledon, and Marin Cilic has to be up there, the way

:12:04. > :12:10.the men's draw is, pretty open this year with the way things are going.

:12:11. > :12:16.You have to put him in the mix. Just over an hour on court, the sun

:12:17. > :12:17.disappears for a moment, Marin Cilic serving for a place in the

:12:18. > :13:32.quarterfinals. You are right in what you say, John,

:13:33. > :13:36.as well, not much time to talk about it now, but he is the most

:13:37. > :13:42.overlooked grand slam champion, his US open victory a few years ago now.

:13:43. > :14:10.There it is, Victor Riu, short, sharp, ruthless display from Marin

:14:11. > :14:16.Cilic. Seeing off one of the future stars, perhaps, of the game, but you

:14:17. > :14:19.see the contrast across the net, a T-shaped perhaps but a man against a

:14:20. > :14:25.boy today on Centre Court, Marin Cilic the former champion here -- a

:14:26. > :14:30.cliche perhaps. Every chance he will go on and win this title again,

:14:31. > :14:41.Marin Cilic safely through to the quarterfinals. Cilic and his coach

:14:42. > :14:43.will have seen that performance that Kozlov produced against Steve

:14:44. > :14:47.Johnson in coming through and there will have been no complacency, he

:14:48. > :14:52.was very quickly out of the box, Marin Cilic and Kozlov, from the

:14:53. > :14:59.start, looked a bit uneasy. Did get things together a little bit more in

:15:00. > :15:06.the second set but, again, for Kozlov it is a step forward, all

:15:07. > :15:13.part of the development, to win a match here or there at ten 80p level

:15:14. > :15:24.event lifts the rankings. -- at an ATP level event. But in the first of

:15:25. > :15:31.the matches on centre court today, it has been a victory for Marin

:15:32. > :15:39.Cilic and what a victory, through to play Donald Young in the

:15:40. > :15:44.quarterfinals. Twice a finalist here, he won in 2012 in the final

:15:45. > :15:49.against David Nalbandian when it all went wrong for the Argentinian and

:15:50. > :15:52.he was disqualified, then in 2013 lost to Andy Murray. Very good

:15:53. > :15:55.chance he will go all the way to the final again, looked very, very

:15:56. > :16:06.impressive today, Marin Cilic. Through to the last eight. A fairly

:16:07. > :16:10.one-sided victory. Just started to miss a couple of shops in the second

:16:11. > :16:20.set but his forehand so impressive throughout. His coach, a little

:16:21. > :16:29.clench of the post, job done for his man. As we have been talking about,

:16:30. > :16:33.he is the highest seed left in the draw, Marin Cilic, seed number four

:16:34. > :16:38.but Murray, Wawrinka, Routledge, those men above them have gone. I

:16:39. > :16:43.wave and a smile and he is safely through and ready to give his

:16:44. > :16:48.thoughts to John Inverdale. Congratulations, that was a ruthless

:16:49. > :16:52.display. Yes, I felt good from the start of the match, I was returning

:16:53. > :16:58.well, I was making the most of the balls that were coming, obviously

:16:59. > :17:03.serving well is the key on grass and I was doing that well today. Is the

:17:04. > :17:07.talk in the locker room when you get a tournament like this where the big

:17:08. > :17:12.names keep falling day after day, is that a topic of conversation and you

:17:13. > :17:16.think, it could be me today? Not really, it happens quite often,

:17:17. > :17:21.especially as we play so many tournaments, it is very rare that

:17:22. > :17:26.always the top seed are going through, so it is not easy,

:17:27. > :17:30.especially in a tournament like this with so many great players, great

:17:31. > :17:36.grasp players, and one of the first weeks on grass, it is always very

:17:37. > :17:43.tricky, so I am trying to always focus a lot on players like Kozlov

:17:44. > :17:49.today, a very tricky young player, nothing to lose when he comes out

:17:50. > :17:53.and you have to be ready. He is obviously one of the young up and

:17:54. > :17:57.coming stars of the game, 11 years ago you were in that situation. When

:17:58. > :18:01.you walked on court here to play your first ever match here against

:18:02. > :18:07.Tim Henman. That was ten years ago, I was feeling quite old when you

:18:08. > :18:11.said 11, but it was an amazing experience, I learned a lot at those

:18:12. > :18:19.matches when I was playing here, especially with Tim. It was just an

:18:20. > :18:25.amazing experience for me and it helped me a lot for the upcoming

:18:26. > :18:29.weeks and the rest of my career. You are being modest, because you beat

:18:30. > :18:33.him! Of course, I was playing very well but day, grass suits me well.

:18:34. > :18:38.We will see you in a couple of days' time.

:18:39. > :18:43.Thank you. Through to the quarterfinals, former champion Marin

:18:44. > :18:46.Cilic. Look who is here, we are delighted to welcome Dennis, great

:18:47. > :18:50.match last night which Andrew watched against Tomas Berdych, sadly

:18:51. > :18:55.you lost in three sets but you must have been proud of the way you

:18:56. > :18:59.played? Yes, incredible match, disappointing to lose but it was fun

:19:00. > :19:06.to be out there, the crowd was so loud, it was a really fun match, toe

:19:07. > :19:10.to toe up until the end. Tomas Berdych DECC is a great player and

:19:11. > :19:15.it is a privilege to be competing with these guys. You looked at home

:19:16. > :19:19.on the big stage there. When I played against Kyle I was not sure

:19:20. > :19:29.what to expect with the crowd but I got pretty comfortable and my next

:19:30. > :19:35.match with Tomas so I was pretty comfortable. You have got a big

:19:36. > :19:42.game, haven't you? Yes, I grew up playing like this, my mum taught me

:19:43. > :19:46.to play like this. For me, I always want to be the aggressor, no matter

:19:47. > :19:51.who I am playing against, and that is what I try to do against Tomas

:19:52. > :19:54.yesterday. Your mum says you have to keep attacking, you kept getting

:19:55. > :19:59.logged by older kids but she kept saying keep going! Yes, especially

:20:00. > :20:02.when you are pretty small still and everyone back then was just lobbying

:20:03. > :20:07.me but she told me to just keep going and one day I would grow and

:20:08. > :20:11.they would not be able to pass me any more so it is really credit to

:20:12. > :20:15.her. Have you always had that serve you have got? Where did you learn

:20:16. > :20:22.that? That first serve you hit four and eight nearly went over his head,

:20:23. > :20:25.95 mph! The kick serve, I really have to give credit to Marty, we

:20:26. > :20:29.worked on that during the clay season, it was one of the main

:20:30. > :20:35.things we focused on so I think the clay season helped me place by serve

:20:36. > :20:39.a lot better and other aspects of my game, but I have been really

:20:40. > :20:44.focusing on my serve my whole career. Being a lefty it is one of

:20:45. > :20:47.my main aspects. Great to have that kick out wide to the deuce court

:20:48. > :20:56.because it keeps people honest, they expected to slide down the middle.

:20:57. > :21:00.You are only young still. 18? I turned 18 a couple of months ago. I

:21:01. > :21:04.am still learning about my game, still learning what I can do, what I

:21:05. > :21:08.can't do, it is new experiences for me and every day I am learning a

:21:09. > :21:14.little bit more about myself. Are you enjoying life on the tour? So

:21:15. > :21:19.far it has been really great, a lot of fun, a tough job but it has got

:21:20. > :21:25.its positives and I am really excited to have a chance to play

:21:26. > :21:30.well in the main draw. Yes, the wild card announced yesterday, when did

:21:31. > :21:36.you hear about that? Two days ago I heard, my manager called me and told

:21:37. > :21:41.me. I was really pumped, I am super excited to be back. For me, the

:21:42. > :21:45.dream is to lift the men's Wimbledon trophy so to be back on those courts

:21:46. > :21:49.and having a chance to play there is a dream come true for me. You

:21:50. > :21:53.already have a Wimbledon trophy, we were so impressed with the last

:21:54. > :22:06.year, here you are winning the boys' singles title. It was zero that

:22:07. > :22:09.game, he hit a second serve, he had another second serve, I missed in

:22:10. > :22:15.the bottom of the net, I was praying to God that he would double-fault!

:22:16. > :22:22.Lovely celebrations at the end, then you go and get your trophy, don't

:22:23. > :22:26.you? Exactly. So nice, happy memories. You have grown a bit since

:22:27. > :22:31.then, you have put on a few muscles since then! I grew physically, I

:22:32. > :22:35.have got a lot stronger, that is one of the reasons I can compete with

:22:36. > :22:39.guys like Kyle and Tomas this year, I tried to focus on improving

:22:40. > :22:47.physically and it has really helped me. Who did you add my growing up,

:22:48. > :22:52.Roger Federer? For sure, yeah, I always wanted to play like him,

:22:53. > :22:58.being aggressive, and also off the court he was such a gentleman, I

:22:59. > :23:02.always wanted to be just like him on and off the court, being a really

:23:03. > :23:11.nice guy and being so classy. Have you played him? I have practised

:23:12. > :23:17.with him a couple of times. Wow. I want to play him but hopefully not

:23:18. > :23:24.at Wimbledon! Agreed, he is pretty good on grass! He has got a couple

:23:25. > :23:29.of titles! He brought you in because he wanted someone to throw some

:23:30. > :23:32.lefty serves at him? Yes, a couple of years ago he played Feliciano

:23:33. > :23:37.Lopez in the semifinals, I warned him up and he won the match that

:23:38. > :23:43.day, lost in the finals but I didn't warm him up that day so it was OK! I

:23:44. > :23:46.know what he was doing, he wanted to take a close look at this serve so

:23:47. > :23:50.that in a couple of years' time, he has seen a few juniors come through

:23:51. > :23:55.in his time! Going back to the Rogers cup in Canada, you got a wild

:23:56. > :24:01.card for that, Marty was telling me that you wanted it, did you request

:24:02. > :24:05.to play? Wild card at 17 years old, you wanted to play, no matter who

:24:06. > :24:09.you played, you wanted to play the night match? I live to play for

:24:10. > :24:12.these moments on the big stage in front of so many people, I love

:24:13. > :24:19.playing in front of people and showing them so I wanted the shot to

:24:20. > :24:27.play on Centre Court... Which you got. I played Nick Kyrgios, I got

:24:28. > :24:33.two matches on centre court and it was a great time for me. I really

:24:34. > :24:36.had fun. It is our whole learning experience, but do you enjoyed

:24:37. > :24:42.travelling as well? It is difficult changing hotels every week, changing

:24:43. > :24:46.countries all the time, but if I didn't enjoy it I wouldn't be able

:24:47. > :24:50.to do it, it is part of the lifestyle and you have to accept it,

:24:51. > :24:55.I like visiting new cities, new tournaments, it is always

:24:56. > :25:06.fascinating. It is lovely to see you here and playing so well, we see

:25:07. > :25:10.such huge future and it is lovely for us to see such a different side

:25:11. > :25:12.because the last time we saw you was the Davis Cup, such a horrific

:25:13. > :25:16.accident... Here is a happy reminder! We know it is over but

:25:17. > :25:21.that moment there, you knew you had made a mistake, what were your

:25:22. > :25:26.feelings? To be honest, I thought I was done with tennis for a while. It

:25:27. > :25:30.is so difficult to bounce back from a moment like this and I had a lot

:25:31. > :25:33.of people helping me out, helping me through this, it was not only tough

:25:34. > :25:39.on me but on my family, on anyone that was close to me, but I really

:25:40. > :25:43.had people helping me get through this and locally he was very good

:25:44. > :25:48.about it as well. Ten minutes after in the locker room he was kind of

:25:49. > :25:53.joking about it, so he was really good about it and ironically we

:25:54. > :25:57.actually kind of became friends from that.

:25:58. > :26:01.I have heard that, which is nice. We text each other so it has been

:26:02. > :26:05.pretty good. A life changing experience to have to go through

:26:06. > :26:10.that for someone so young. Of course, it really hit me because I

:26:11. > :26:14.was just coming from juniors, just starting pros so I had to mature a

:26:15. > :26:18.lot faster than necessary but to be honest I think it has kind of help

:26:19. > :26:23.to me, it has really helped me improve, I stay much calmer on court

:26:24. > :26:29.now and I just feel like a much more mature person on and off the court

:26:30. > :26:34.now. So are your family coming over, are they here? I hope so, they are

:26:35. > :26:38.not here yet, I hope my mum will come, she has her own little club

:26:39. > :26:47.and she is running a summer camp and struggling to find coaches to

:26:48. > :26:53.replace during Wimbledon. Where is that, Toronto? Yes, but hopefully we

:26:54. > :26:57.can find someone to replace her and she can come and watch me, because I

:26:58. > :27:02.know it is a dream for her to come and watch me. Absolutely, to see you

:27:03. > :27:06.walking out at Wimbledon, imagine how special that will be from when

:27:07. > :27:20.she started you at such a young age. What are your plans now? I am going

:27:21. > :27:26.to sign up for a wild card, I requested a wild card into

:27:27. > :27:31.qualifying but I'm not expecting anything, I have already been

:27:32. > :27:34.privileged to have got two wild cards so I'm not pushing my luck and

:27:35. > :27:44.I'm really thankful for those wild cards but it is quite a gap so it is

:27:45. > :27:48.good to play another event before the big show. Such a big sport and

:27:49. > :27:52.it demands are lot on these players and it is lovely, Dennis, that you

:27:53. > :27:56.called the club today to say, I want to repay you for my wild card, if

:27:57. > :28:00.you want me to do some media work and promote the tournament, so hats

:28:01. > :28:04.off to you for doing that. I like that very much, he is not the only

:28:05. > :28:11.Canadian kid we will have to get used to over the next few years

:28:12. > :28:24.because your friend... I want you to say it! Shapovalov! I have been

:28:25. > :28:30.commentating this week, I have even been asking in the players' tent...

:28:31. > :28:37.Ie even played the ATP pronunciation to him! What is the name of your

:28:38. > :29:00.friend? Felix. He is 16 years old. He will

:29:01. > :29:06.be incredible, he will win a slam or two in his day. Honestly, I know he

:29:07. > :29:11.is my best friend, but I have never seen someone as talented as him, it

:29:12. > :29:16.is unbelievable how professional he is, how hard he works, he will be a

:29:17. > :29:21.great player one day so look out for him. We will indeed, and we will

:29:22. > :29:23.certainly keep our eyes on you as well, congratulations for a great

:29:24. > :29:28.tournament and all the best for Eastbourne and Wimbledon. Thank you,

:29:29. > :29:32.I appreciate that. You have got some work now to get into the commentary

:29:33. > :29:37.box! We are now ready for our next match out on Centre Court, Jordan

:29:38. > :29:41.Thompson, conqueror of Andy Murray, against Sam Querrey, so Andrew will

:29:42. > :29:46.head his way, Peter Fleming is there. This is certainly a very

:29:47. > :29:54.different match for Jordan Thompson from Andy Murray to Sam Querrey?

:29:55. > :30:01.COMMENTATOR: It certainly is. Jordan Thompson, 23 years of age, will play

:30:02. > :30:07.Sam Querrey, who one year, in 2010, Querrey now very much a veteran, 29

:30:08. > :30:12.years old, he has had his ups and downs over the years but seems to be

:30:13. > :30:17.on an upward path right now. He has played some terrific matches, he

:30:18. > :30:26.beat Nadal in a memorable final. Querrey, obviously a daunting figure

:30:27. > :30:48.on grass, will start it off. Interesting, very first point,

:30:49. > :30:52.Querrey challenging Thompson, going out wide with a second serve. It

:30:53. > :31:22.didn't pay off that time, but maybe down the road.

:31:23. > :31:29.Really savvy point played by the American. Thompson showing us some

:31:30. > :31:31.of the court coverage ability that paid off so well for him against

:31:32. > :32:14.Murray. Oh, well left. Terrific return of

:32:15. > :32:20.serve. Thompson appears to be seeing the ball beautifully. Of course,

:32:21. > :32:23.Querrey with one of the more dominant service in the game. A

:32:24. > :32:50.couple of break points for the Australian to start.

:32:51. > :33:08.Hello, Peter. Young Mr Castle has joined us. It is windy out there.

:33:09. > :33:13.Nice plan B from Querrey. Of course, his serve and forehand combination

:33:14. > :33:17.is as devastating as just about any in the game, so for him to be able

:33:18. > :33:54.to back that up with a drop shot now and again, so effective.

:33:55. > :34:01.Forgive me if you have already given this, Peter, but just looking at Sam

:34:02. > :34:08.Querrey putts-mac form this year, 28 in the world now, but looking pretty

:34:09. > :34:17.good having one a tournament earlier in the year, beating Nick Kyrgios

:34:18. > :34:23.and Rafael Nadal, as Sam Querrey did to win in Acapulco. He had that

:34:24. > :34:28.victory against Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon last year and a title

:34:29. > :34:33.here, yet we don't talk about him that much. He's not one of the

:34:34. > :34:41.glamour figures. Gets the job done. He's such a low key figure, isn't

:34:42. > :34:49.he? But hugely impressed with Jordan Thompson, the way he plays the game,

:34:50. > :35:09.the way he hustles. He will make an opponent's life difficult.

:35:10. > :35:15.It will be interesting to see if Thompson can serve as well all be as

:35:16. > :35:20.effective on serve today as he was against Murray the other day whether

:35:21. > :35:36.perhaps that was just an off returning day for Andy. We will see.

:35:37. > :35:43.Yes, that's the big change in Sam Querrey. His backhand always was a

:35:44. > :35:47.run-of-the-mill shot, something he would do in between hitting

:35:48. > :35:50.forehands. But it has become a weapon now. He really hits the two

:35:51. > :36:10.hander well and confidently. You can hear the noise of the

:36:11. > :36:11.flagpole ropes, the wires. And it affected that, certainly it

:36:12. > :36:41.effective that ball toss. That's a perfect reaction. Wow. Very

:36:42. > :36:53.sharp angle. He's not the tallest man. He's no John Isner.

:36:54. > :37:40.That's a tough way to play, against Sam Querrey, if you are just going

:37:41. > :37:45.to bump the ball back and try to defend. You have got your work cut

:37:46. > :37:52.out for you. Jordan Thompson hasn't won a point when he has missed his

:37:53. > :38:02.first serve. Picking up on what Peter Fleming is saying.

:38:03. > :38:05.This is very unhelpful for Jordan Thompson as he attempts to stave off

:38:06. > :38:22.another break point. You could have been watching this

:38:23. > :38:29.man and Denis Shapovalov playing each other in Surbiton just a couple

:38:30. > :38:36.of weeks ago. A Challenger, that one by Jordan Thompson. He made the

:38:37. > :38:43.final and lost their two a Japanese player with real ability, Yuichi

:38:44. > :38:58.Sugita. Oh, boy, that was a chance. Querrey

:38:59. > :39:40.just a little bit slow getting out of the way of the body serve.

:39:41. > :39:52.He's a tough man to pass, he's an even tougher man to lob. The old

:39:53. > :39:59.skyhook there. I thought you would like that, this was the shot of the

:40:00. > :40:03.old Los Angeles Laker 's, wasn't it? Jimmy Connors was the first man to

:40:04. > :40:17.popularise that in tennis, wasn't he?

:40:18. > :40:54.Tough conditions. A lot more blustery than it has been all week.

:40:55. > :41:02.Too tough service games, one for each player in this second round

:41:03. > :41:08.match. We have had hole matches where we have seen less break point

:41:09. > :41:15.than that but five in total have come gone. This is quite an

:41:16. > :41:18.intriguing match, Jordan Thompson versus Sam Querrey, the former

:41:19. > :41:27.champion here. Jordan Thompson he defeated Andy Murray in round one.

:41:28. > :41:31.Oh, and he has used the wind beautifully there. Hitting against

:41:32. > :41:32.the wind. Can afford to give it a little extra height. The ball

:41:33. > :41:51.stopped dead once it got up there. And you know, Andrew, understandable

:41:52. > :41:54.for those at home to think, well, we have seen five break points in the

:41:55. > :41:58.first two games. This could be great, we will see lots of breaks.

:41:59. > :42:06.Often it doesn't work out that well. A player says a couple of break

:42:07. > :42:07.points and grows in confidence then doesn't face any for quite some

:42:08. > :42:46.time. Let's see how that pans out. I enjoyed your tat with Shapovalov.

:42:47. > :42:52.Did you actually asking, is that how you pronounce your name? It sounds

:42:53. > :42:58.counterintuitive. It was a test, it was like being on mastermind but

:42:59. > :43:01.rather than Humphreys, it was Sue Barker the inquisitorial. Apparently

:43:02. > :43:11.I got it right, Howard said Shapovalov. That surely must be

:43:12. > :43:15.Anglicised in some way. When you have got four syllables in your

:43:16. > :43:20.second name, I'm sure you can pull it to whichever way you want. Nice

:43:21. > :43:24.guy, appreciative of his success, humble about his chances going

:43:25. > :43:30.forward, but I think realistically, I think he thinks of himself about

:43:31. > :43:34.-- as a future grand slam champion. There wasn't a hint of arrogance

:43:35. > :43:39.about it, but that is what he's going for. I was very happy to hear

:43:40. > :43:44.him talk way. Absolutely. It sounds like he has got a solid head on his

:43:45. > :43:51.shoulders. And that other guy he was talking about, his great friend,

:43:52. > :43:56.speaking generously about Felix Auger-Aliassime. He is from what I

:43:57. > :44:05.hear 16 years of age, just one challenger, those two could be the

:44:06. > :44:17.basis for a couple of Davis cup team wins. Raonic will become the doubles

:44:18. > :44:22.specialist. Yes, alongside their colleague who is now in his 40s. He

:44:23. > :44:26.is still playing beautifully. It's amazing. I guess, well, he never had

:44:27. > :44:31.any muscles in the first place, so he had none Tim Louise! -- he had

:44:32. > :44:55.none to lose! You are horrible. Oh, that is so irritating for Jordan

:44:56. > :45:03.Thompson. Good work from Sam Querrey. It just caught the end of

:45:04. > :45:13.the bracket here. You just think to yourself, should have died. --

:45:14. > :45:40.should have dived. He's got a really good serve for

:45:41. > :45:46.grass. Very quick motion, difficult to read for the opponent. He has

:45:47. > :45:52.shown already that he has a great slice serve out to Querrey's

:45:53. > :45:57.forehand. Could definitely cover that one more on big points. Yes, I

:45:58. > :46:01.agree with that and he has got the kick to be able to back up this

:46:02. > :46:09.life, that when they're reaching the high backhand side. Yes, so the hope

:46:10. > :46:16.is that the ball toss is slightly different for those two Serbs. If it

:46:17. > :47:00.is the same, then you are up against it, trying to return.

:47:01. > :47:07.And that's what a guy like Sam Querrey does to opponents. Even if

:47:08. > :47:13.he's not that comfortable heating bodies, he forces you to thread the

:47:14. > :47:18.needle. -- not that comfortable heating follies. Thompson probably

:47:19. > :47:31.had a couple of inches either side of Querrey to hit the winner.

:47:32. > :48:13.Everything that could have gone against him in this game has done.

:48:14. > :48:20.That was not a great error, especially when you consider that

:48:21. > :48:21.that was break point. Querrey had to do better putting that ball into

:48:22. > :48:51.play. He's doing a nice job of wrong

:48:52. > :49:42.footing the Aussie. He's had five break points in his

:49:43. > :49:50.opening two service games, Jordan Thompson. Yes, that is out to, so

:49:51. > :50:20.five have come and gone. It does give you a feeling of

:50:21. > :50:23.insecurity, then you come through break points surviving,

:50:24. > :51:10.strengthening. Nice adjustment. No need to over

:51:11. > :51:20.swing on that one because that was great improvisation, racquet face

:51:21. > :51:26.control. Adjustment, split step, just to push through the wall. And

:51:27. > :51:49.another game survived. He's a character, isn't he? A

:51:50. > :52:28.typical Aussie. -- he's a combative character, isn't he?

:52:29. > :52:37.Did Sam Querrey go to southern California college? I don't think he

:52:38. > :52:50.went to college. Did he go straight pro? I think he did. He was a great

:52:51. > :52:55.junior. Cameron Norrie was the number one player in college tennis.

:52:56. > :53:17.I'm not sure if he won the NCA is, but he was certainly favourite.

:53:18. > :53:25.The wind is kind from that direction, Westerly, coming Heathrow

:53:26. > :53:31.and blowing towards central London, and as soon as it gets up there, it

:53:32. > :53:32.picked up the window the clubhouse. It just disappears, left to right as

:53:33. > :54:00.you are looking, down the court. American College still a really good

:54:01. > :54:04.professional for some -- a really good option for some people. If you

:54:05. > :54:10.are not sure if you are good enough to be professional or you're not

:54:11. > :54:16.sure it's for you, a wonderful education and team spirit. Even if

:54:17. > :54:19.you have no education interests, it's a stable environment to

:54:20. > :54:24.training for the next four years. The number of players who are

:54:25. > :54:29.physically or emotionally mature enough to go straight out onto the

:54:30. > :54:39.two, where you get your brains beaten every week, is probably less

:54:40. > :54:42.1% of the players who aspire to one day become professional. So to go

:54:43. > :54:45.into a situation where you have a couple of coaches who are looking

:54:46. > :54:53.after you constantly and working on your game, it is, as you say, a

:54:54. > :54:58.great opportunity. A young man who elected not to go that route and to

:54:59. > :55:06.turn professional is J Clark from Derbyshire, from the city of Derby.

:55:07. > :55:19.He is playing in a challenger in Ilkley this week. He got his first

:55:20. > :55:26.challenger when in Ilkley and is playing against an experienced

:55:27. > :55:30.Ukrainian player now. We will continue to monitor him, as Jade

:55:31. > :55:39.tries to progress. Marcis Willis is playing Sam Groth in the second

:55:40. > :55:40.round. That is after beating the Australian Matt Ebdon. That is all

:55:41. > :56:24.taking place in Ebdon -- in Ilkley. Various dies at the far end with the

:56:25. > :56:55.dark glasses. -- there is Des at the far end in the dark glasses.

:56:56. > :57:04.Wow, that was amazing. That was a virtuoso point. It was slow to get

:57:05. > :57:11.both -- slow to get going, but that volley from Querrey was amazing. And

:57:12. > :57:13.that one, wow. He did that against Murray, didn't he? He'd be a good

:57:14. > :57:38.squash player. I suspect he'd like a game of paddle

:57:39. > :57:40.tennis as well. Old-fashioned skills he is demonstrating here with his

:57:41. > :57:56.racket. Not that time. But a very clever

:57:57. > :58:04.shot from Querrey, forcing him to almost half volley. Check this out,

:58:05. > :58:10.average service game duration, Thomson, 6.5 minutes. Just under

:58:11. > :58:34.pressure. Sam Querrey quicker, but not that easy.

:58:35. > :58:58.Again, Thompson badly needs a first serve or two in here.

:58:59. > :59:05.Oh, Thompson got away with won, because he put that in the middle of

:59:06. > :59:11.the court would not much on it. That is his sick break points saved. Yes,

:59:12. > :59:16.Sam Querrey would very much like to have that shot again. I am not sure

:59:17. > :59:22.if he has a sliced backhand but moving through this with a slice, he

:59:23. > :59:24.couldn't handle. Perhaps the wind moved it, because it was a bit of a

:59:25. > :59:39.mis-hit from him. So important to keep your feet

:59:40. > :59:41.moving when you play in the wind. That is not necessarily one of

:59:42. > :00:01.Querrey's strong points. He is pesky. Yes, if they play this

:00:02. > :00:06.cat and mouse type points, Thompson is going to win the vast majority of

:00:07. > :00:09.them. He is good at this. He moves about three inches off the ground,

:00:10. > :00:33.doesn't he. He is living with the ball.

:00:34. > :00:50.And that was the easiest of his service games! Oh, no, it wasn't!

:00:51. > :01:01.One of the longer ones! Eight minutes 38 seconds. Just seemed

:01:02. > :01:14.really quick because it was so much fun! Good match, this, isn't it? It

:01:15. > :01:26.has come back in. Not quite sure how, but he has done it.

:01:27. > :01:57.He has got the odds on the run. He is just a flat-out good player, Sam

:01:58. > :02:02.Querrey. You have to think, what is it? That is keeping him from being

:02:03. > :02:48.one of the game's best. He has got a great arm. His father

:02:49. > :03:02.was drafted into the major-league baseball. Wonderful service motion

:03:03. > :03:08.so many Americans have. That is one of the huge advantages of playing

:03:09. > :03:15.baseball as a little kid, it is the exact same action used to serve.

:03:16. > :03:25.Virtually every American kid plays baseball. Or at least everyone that

:03:26. > :03:33.like sports. Which is getting less and less. Probably so, probably so.

:03:34. > :03:40.The computer generation we live in, the LTA gave a presentation, the

:03:41. > :03:47.performance director at the LTA earlier this week, it was

:03:48. > :03:50.interesting, across all sports youngsters are playing less, they

:03:51. > :03:59.are less active than they were, a ten year decline we have taken

:04:00. > :04:03.through, and particularly female participation, youngsters playing

:04:04. > :04:06.sport, is going down, even though it is in the national curriculum, so it

:04:07. > :04:14.is a big issue. The computer generation. The LTA, I think, have a

:04:15. > :04:17.participation announcement next week, which I'm quite looking

:04:18. > :04:24.forward to. They are very aware of the problem and doing their best to

:04:25. > :04:26.get tennis racket into the hands of youngsters. Plenty of good work

:04:27. > :04:48.being done there. With a sense of foreboding, Jordan

:04:49. > :04:52.Thompson comes to the line once again. He is under pressure every

:04:53. > :04:56.time he serves. Perhaps the new balls will help him. And perhaps

:04:57. > :05:00.being from that direction as a right-hander, the wind direction is

:05:01. > :05:03.taking it to a place that you actually want to hit it. Nice

:05:04. > :05:45.theory. Again, an opportunity for Querrey to

:05:46. > :05:46.just put a little pressure on Thompson. Second serve was there to

:05:47. > :06:32.be hit. That was a low percentage attempt.

:06:33. > :06:36.Querrey has to believe that the longer the rally goes on he will get

:06:37. > :06:41.a shot to hit that is in the middle of the court, chest high. That time

:06:42. > :06:44.he was a little off-balance, the ball was about knee height, not one

:06:45. > :07:00.that he really wanted to go for a winner on.

:07:01. > :07:08.That one was of the perfect variety, one that was in the middle of the

:07:09. > :07:50.court, time to hit it and really put Thompson under pressure.

:07:51. > :07:54.Thompson's second serve can be awkward because it seems to come in

:07:55. > :07:59.with more action than a lot of players. That one skidded in towards

:08:00. > :08:17.Querrey where the second serve often skip the other way.

:08:18. > :08:28.A quick victory for Marin Cilic on this court today against Stefan

:08:29. > :08:40.Kozlov. The American number two, Sam Querrey, in action here. Strange,

:08:41. > :08:46.really, to talk about the American number two is ranked 28th in the

:08:47. > :08:48.world. Back in the day the Americans had six, seven, eight players in the

:08:49. > :09:08.top ten. I was saying American number two on

:09:09. > :09:17.this court, but I'm just checking the rankings now to see. Number one

:09:18. > :09:36.American at the moment, Jack Sock, number 18.

:09:37. > :09:46.Isner at 21, Steve Johnson 25. So, American number four. Isner, Johnson

:09:47. > :09:50.and Querrey have been near each other for the last... Well, months,

:09:51. > :10:04.anyway. That is why coaches say, don't

:10:05. > :10:06.approach crosscourt, because Querrey just didn't have time to get across

:10:07. > :10:54.to cover the down the line pats. Had his 30-30 opportunity. Sam

:10:55. > :10:58.Querrey advancing to a 5-4 lead after 14 minutes here. Looking

:10:59. > :11:12.forward to seeing Benassi Kokkinakis coming up later on trying to back up

:11:13. > :11:16.his victory over Raonic. He plays Daniil Medvedev of Russia who, I

:11:17. > :11:21.have to confess, I haven't seen played too much. This is the next

:11:22. > :11:25.generation that they like to talk about, they like to build up the

:11:26. > :11:29.next generation in the PR and press send but until they get a result it

:11:30. > :11:42.doesn't matter what campaign of awareness you have. But they are

:11:43. > :11:45.getting results now. And a couple of guys who are not technically next

:11:46. > :11:54.generation, Dominic Thiem and Nick Kyrgios, both 22 now a few young

:11:55. > :12:01.guys making their way into the upper echelons of the game but still no

:12:02. > :12:08.one yet to challenge the big four, if you will. Just turned 23 this

:12:09. > :12:12.year. Lucas Pouille is another one if we are going to get to 23.

:12:13. > :13:59.Looking forward to seeing him play at Wimbledon.

:14:00. > :14:08.So, the pressure squarely on the Aussie's shoulders right now. Two

:14:09. > :14:44.points away from dropping the first set.

:14:45. > :14:52.This will be so frustrating for Sam. Querrey has had so many

:14:53. > :15:01.opportunities, break points, in this set, six. Getting into these rallies

:15:02. > :15:02.and losing them, he will get a little hot between the ears. He is

:15:03. > :15:27.not one to panic on the court. It can become fatiguing, mentally,

:15:28. > :15:31.to have all these break points, frustrating, anyway, to have as many

:15:32. > :15:37.chances as Querrey has and failed to convert them. The good news is his

:15:38. > :16:02.serve has settled down. He is a real defender, Jordan

:16:03. > :16:49.Thompson. His lateral movement is excellent.

:16:50. > :18:13.A lot of firepower in this guy's arsenal.

:18:14. > :18:22.So, Kokkinakis versus Medvedev is our next offering, the third match

:18:23. > :18:24.on Centre Court. Jeremy Chardy, the qualifier, versus Feliciano Lopez,

:18:25. > :18:32.who beat Stan Wawrinka in the first round, that will be number four

:18:33. > :18:38.today but we might be on the red button for that one, all part of it.

:18:39. > :18:44.Two big servers for that, two guys who can power down the first

:18:45. > :18:48.delivery. This has become a tremendous event, hasn't it? It is

:18:49. > :18:56.not just a tennis tournament, they must be congratulated on being the

:18:57. > :19:02.ATP Tour 500 tournament of the year I believe for the fourth year in a

:19:03. > :19:08.row. The players' loud cheer is spectacular, takes up the space of

:19:09. > :19:09.two indoor courts. And Jones up there and John Barrett on the left,

:19:10. > :19:24.Angela Barrett as well. Cannot see what it in John's had

:19:25. > :19:32.there, must be a glass of champagne. Roger Taylor on the left-hand side,

:19:33. > :19:39.Paul Hutchins and Mark Cox. British royalty, isn't it?! Tennis royalty,

:19:40. > :19:43.anyway. And Jones and Angela Mortimer, of course, former

:19:44. > :19:47.Wimbledon champions. The All-England Club has a closed championship de

:19:48. > :19:51.Gea and everybody plays, it is great fun, and I saw a mixed doubles

:19:52. > :19:56.match, Roger playing against Mark Cox in the mixed doubles and they

:19:57. > :20:00.were chatting away, it was wonderful to see. I will not tell you who won,

:20:01. > :20:17.because it really does not matter. And I can't remember.

:20:18. > :20:33.Oh! How did he get away with that?! Thompson had... This is an easy put

:20:34. > :20:36.away that he just sort of dumped back at Querrey, and then won it the

:20:37. > :21:33.hard way. James Keeler performed in the chair

:21:34. > :22:16.like a great conductor before his audience.

:22:17. > :22:28.Right on the edge of the line! It looked like it was going out, it had

:22:29. > :22:34.so much side has been on it. And after it hit, took a dead left turn.

:22:35. > :22:53.Couldn't believe it, managed to get to a tie-break, almost.

:22:54. > :23:00.And it is a tie-break. Excellent set of tennis, 52 minutes played and it

:23:01. > :23:08.will be decided with a break-in. The crowd have enjoyed the tennis. Kind

:23:09. > :23:14.of a classic match, power play, Sam Querrey and the grafter, the

:23:15. > :23:33.grinder, Jordan Thompson, who has chased down so many balls already.

:23:34. > :23:39.UMPIRE: Mr Thompson is challenging a call on the service line. The ball

:23:40. > :23:49.was called in. It was a challenge, he still has four. The call stands.

:23:50. > :25:13.Mr Thompson has three challenges remaining.

:25:14. > :25:21.It has certainly appeared that Jordan Thompson has done most of the

:25:22. > :25:30.running and yet, look, only ten metres between them. Jordan Thompson

:25:31. > :25:53.seems to have been rushed more than Querrey.

:25:54. > :25:58.Well, that was a PowerPoint from Sam Querrey, chipped backhand and then

:25:59. > :26:32.the mistake -- poor point. Again, it is not easy out there. The

:26:33. > :26:34.wind is pretty blustery. You think you are in position to hit the ball,

:26:35. > :27:25.and then it moves. Haven't had any rain here today,

:27:26. > :27:32.there was always that possibility. It has been clouding over a little

:27:33. > :27:39.bit in the last hour or so. The wind picked up about an hour ago as well

:27:40. > :27:41.as this cold front has come through, mercifully. The first three days

:27:42. > :28:13.were boiling hot, much cooler today. Still tops 4% chance of rain or so

:28:14. > :28:14.so I think we are pretty safe in that regard. A lot more comfortable,

:28:15. > :28:35.23 degrees. Oh, of all the balls to miss! The

:28:36. > :28:39.lob was good and we remember the success he had in that direction

:28:40. > :28:50.with a lob early on but Querrey with enough know-how to get the job done.

:28:51. > :28:57.That will ease the tension. Seven aces for Sam Querrey and now a 6-3

:28:58. > :29:56.lead, three set points. Just under an hour of fascinating

:29:57. > :30:01.tennis in this second round match here at Queen's Club, Sam Querrey

:30:02. > :30:03.had the most break points, existing -- exerting the most pressure and it

:30:04. > :30:14.paid off in the end, 7-6. Thompson trying everything that Sam

:30:15. > :30:18.Querrey just too tough in that first set tie-break. We will be back with

:30:19. > :30:23.that match in a moment, but next on court, another Aussie out on Centre

:30:24. > :30:26.Court, Thanasi Kokkinakis, who put out Milos Raonic and he let out a

:30:27. > :30:30.massive roar when he won the match point because it meant so much to

:30:31. > :30:34.him to have a big win on the big stage after a torrid time with a

:30:35. > :30:38.spate of injuries. He has been off the tiller for 18 months but at the

:30:39. > :30:44.moment he is fit, well and playing super tennis. He is up against

:30:45. > :30:53.another next-generation player, Dana Medvedev, sixth at six, and they are

:30:54. > :30:58.playing in a special event just before the O2 at the end of this

:30:59. > :31:03.year in Milan. They will be a lot of rule changes, a lot of loud music, a

:31:04. > :31:09.very different style of tennis later this year in Milan. They are next on

:31:10. > :31:13.court, the 221-year-olds, we are looking forward to that, to seeing

:31:14. > :31:21.the new stars emerging, and then to be over 30s. Chardy against

:31:22. > :31:22.Feliciano Lopez. They meant just -- they met just last week in

:31:23. > :31:45.Stuttgart, with Lopez winning. Jordan Thompson as pesky as ever.

:31:46. > :31:52.Nearly, very nearly, but Sam Querrey, but ultimately you would

:31:53. > :32:04.have to say that Sam Querrey just a bit more game in the first set

:32:05. > :32:08.there. I must apologise to Sue Barker. I was just tucking into a

:32:09. > :32:17.lemon thyme and garlic chicken ciabatta, so you caught me unawares.

:32:18. > :32:24.What we have here is a lot less blue sky than we had earlier in the week.

:32:25. > :32:28.Windy conditions. People who had tickets for today would have been

:32:29. > :32:33.expecting bigger star names, but it is interesting to watch this group

:32:34. > :32:41.of youngsters play. We can add Bernard Tomic to that. He is about

:32:42. > :32:50.43 in the world at the moment. Kyle Edmund as well.

:32:51. > :32:54.The real thrill is to see if any of those guys are potential world

:32:55. > :33:40.number ones. The chances are, these next James

:33:41. > :33:46.Guy 's will outlast him. -- this next generation guys. That is what

:33:47. > :33:51.happens when you go out wide. The court is still greenish and here you

:33:52. > :34:11.can see Thompson just losing his footing.

:34:12. > :34:20.OK, so Sam Querrey continuing to exert this pressure here. And with

:34:21. > :34:22.the momentum from the first set tie-break win, there is a 15-30

:34:23. > :34:41.opportunity. Oh, he has played him back in again,

:34:42. > :34:44.just like you did with that volley. He fed the Querrey backhand and

:34:45. > :34:49.there's passing shot brings up to back points. Yes, and again, it

:34:50. > :34:55.looked as though the wind caught him out. He didn't quite adjust well

:34:56. > :35:20.enough and that perhaps was the only shot he could play.

:35:21. > :35:25.Well, we haven't seen him unleash on ground strokes too often today. That

:35:26. > :36:16.one certainly shows he can. Wow, he used the wind to perfection.

:36:17. > :37:04.Look where that ball bounced. CHEERING

:37:05. > :37:21.APPLAUSE So, to more break points saved.

:37:22. > :37:30.Sam Querrey has had eight break points that he has failed to

:37:31. > :37:33.convert. Jordan Thompson just had those two. At least he is set up

:37:34. > :37:41.otherwise he would be very frustrated. Yes, and because it has

:37:42. > :37:44.been such smooth sailing on Querrey's sir, I think he will be

:37:45. > :37:50.enjoying his position right now, knowing that, come on, keep the

:37:51. > :38:16.pressure on. You are bound to break through on one of these chances.

:38:17. > :38:19.Well, the drop shot was an ambitious attempt. He didn't quite pull it

:38:20. > :40:44.off. Interesting. The hit and charge

:40:45. > :41:20.employee from Querrey appeared to catch Thompson unawares.

:41:21. > :41:29.Well, problems here again. Just game after game after game on serve for

:41:30. > :42:16.Jordan Thompson. How will he fight his way out of this one.

:42:17. > :42:20.As he has done so often this week, a couple of first serves bailing

:42:21. > :43:17.Thompson out of trouble. Once again, he gets out of a

:43:18. > :43:28.difficult situation. Houdini. Great stuff. Well done, keeping the second

:43:29. > :43:35.set close. Nice and full here today. I've been up on the balcony. Some of

:43:36. > :43:38.the great former champions up there, dignitaries as well. It's sort of

:43:39. > :43:45.the main function room just behind them there. There's Angela Barrett,

:43:46. > :43:55.Angela Mortimer in the middleware. Stop yawning, John. Angela was the

:43:56. > :44:01.Wimbledon champion three times. And Jones, the 1969 Wimbledon champion

:44:02. > :44:08.as well. And Maria Bueno is there who won 71 singles titles. There is

:44:09. > :44:18.Mark Cox. Who else have we got? Ah, Roger. Mark still crunches his

:44:19. > :44:24.forehand, you know? He is keen. He plays tennis the whole time. He

:44:25. > :44:34.hasn't missed a backhand slice since 1975. With his wife, Sue. And

:44:35. > :44:41.whereas shall we go? Let's get into people's business around here. It's

:44:42. > :44:47.nice looking around the crowd. A great buzz here. Very, very active

:44:48. > :44:54.membership. Some years ago, they celebrated, was that their centenary

:44:55. > :44:58.or that at 70 bed? This club has been a multipurpose sports club for

:44:59. > :45:05.over a century. They used to hold England football multinationals and

:45:06. > :45:09.-- International and rugby internationals here as well.

:45:10. > :45:12.Athletics moved to white city. It was probably one of the first in the

:45:13. > :45:38.world. That's interesting, Jordan Thompson,

:45:39. > :45:46.the old-fashioned chip charge. What you did you play here first? 1976. I

:45:47. > :45:52.think I lost here in the qualifications -- in the qualifiers.

:45:53. > :46:14.77, I think, was my first time in the main draw.

:46:15. > :46:25.You must have won the doubles here? Never. It just never quite suited

:46:26. > :46:26.me. The court was faster, a faster grass court which I didn't like so

:46:27. > :46:58.much. Again, the approach shot, just too

:46:59. > :47:03.short. It's the single biggest change in the game, isn't it, the

:47:04. > :47:09.ability of these guys to pass? Yes, brought on by the strings, the new

:47:10. > :47:17.generation of strings that are used now. It allows players to hit the

:47:18. > :47:20.ball with a lot more spin, and so therefore they get a lot more power

:47:21. > :47:26.on the passing shots. Power with control. Two break points, Jordan

:47:27. > :47:55.Thompson. It's been awhile. Drifted wide. The crowd have loved

:47:56. > :48:00.to the effort and the way he plays. And the fact that if it wasn't for

:48:01. > :48:03.him, they would be watching Andy Murray play doesn't bother them.

:48:04. > :48:08.They are enjoying a good match. It's as well as it has been all week in

:48:09. > :48:15.here. There must be 8000 people in this arena. No, 9000... Oh, you'd

:48:16. > :48:22.think it is not entirely full? Not totally. I think probably 9000.

:48:23. > :48:48.9542, the capacity now. Just waiting for the ball to come

:48:49. > :49:14.back to him and that time it never did.

:49:15. > :49:29.Oh, Justin. -- oh, just in. How did he get away with that? He was

:49:30. > :49:32.looking at this one in the air after he played the drop shot. Sam could

:49:33. > :49:35.have gone down the line but he didn't. This one here, just, please

:49:36. > :50:29.land. Just starting to fray at the edges a

:50:30. > :51:30.little, isn't he, Querrey? And that's way and he is up a break

:51:31. > :51:38.of serve, 4-1 up in this second Set. We might be going the distance here.

:51:39. > :51:46.Well, this matches the second on Central Court today, and in the

:51:47. > :51:53.first, Marin Cilic went through in straight sets. Marin Cilic three to

:51:54. > :51:58.face Donald Young and it's quite interesting that both Stephan and

:51:59. > :52:09.Donald Young promised so much in the junior ranks, based such successful

:52:10. > :52:16.junior careers, hoping things will happen for young Stefan Kozlov. You

:52:17. > :52:21.feel like the likes of Zverev and Shapovalov really are making their

:52:22. > :52:28.mark on the men's game. We would like to hear your comments on any of

:52:29. > :52:36.the youngsters, any of the next generation who are coming through.

:52:37. > :52:45.Soup, thank you -- so, thank you very much indeed. My sandwiches and

:52:46. > :52:51.getting in the way this time. Incidentally, from Ilkley, J Clarke

:52:52. > :52:55.from Derby picked up his first challenge match when just a couple

:52:56. > :53:00.of days ago and in the second round, won the first set against Ilia

:53:01. > :53:05.Marchenko, a Ukrainian Davis cup player. Marchenko is up a break of

:53:06. > :53:19.serve in the second set. Ilkley, that must take you back?

:53:20. > :53:25.Loved it. Beautiful, beautiful part of the world. It's been awhile but

:53:26. > :53:34.isn't it was on the circuit, you will? Yes. There was one year, a lot

:53:35. > :53:37.of the players camp because it is in the bow of the river there, and a

:53:38. > :53:42.lot of the players were camping and it flooded. I had great sympathy for

:53:43. > :54:26.them from my hotel room. We should also mention the

:54:27. > :54:29.tournament taking place in Birmingham, the Edgbaston Priory

:54:30. > :55:05.event. A match under way at the moment in

:55:06. > :55:10.Birmingham if you want to have a look at that. Petra Kvitova coming

:55:11. > :56:12.back is the story of the week. Yes, so nice to have her back on tour.

:56:13. > :56:25.Starting to make just a view to many errors now, is Sam Querrey. --

:56:26. > :57:32.starting to make just a few too many errors now, is Sam Querrey.

:57:33. > :57:41.Two weeks away, well, less than that now, from the championships that

:57:42. > :57:45.Wimbledon. Novak Djokovic each said that he would very much like to

:57:46. > :57:51.accept a wild card down in Eastbourne. Didn't think that was

:57:52. > :58:01.likely to happen. Not at all. It's a big surprise for me. I don't know,

:58:02. > :58:05.how much does he have to gain from that? But obviously he wants to play

:58:06. > :58:13.matches on grass and I guess ree accustom himself to what it is to

:58:14. > :58:17.think properly on a grass court. Or maybe he just wants to go to

:58:18. > :58:21.Eastbourne, the sun trap of the South. It's lovely. From there, you

:58:22. > :58:27.can reach the Southdown 's, lovely pubs, go for a walk along Beachy

:58:28. > :58:33.head and see the lighthouse. It's glorious down there. Perhaps that is

:58:34. > :58:37.why he is going. And the peer is always worth a look. Used to play

:58:38. > :58:43.the national Junior Championships on the grass court that Eastbourne.

:58:44. > :58:47.Just loved it down there. And what do you think the chances are that in

:58:48. > :58:52.one up his matches, he will be playing through a stiff gale force

:58:53. > :58:58.wind? There is always that at Eastbourne. I haven't seen the

:58:59. > :59:03.forecast for next week. But certainly there is always a fair

:59:04. > :59:09.breeze down there and always you play with the backdrop of the sound

:59:10. > :59:15.of seagulls, which are the sound of dogs -- the size of dogs down there.

:59:16. > :59:16.Never, ever walk with a packet of chips along Eastbourne Pier. They

:59:17. > :00:23.will get you. Thompson has done that a view times

:00:24. > :00:28.today, where he has hit the setup pass very low, forcing Querrey to

:00:29. > :00:32.volley up and then tracks the one falling down. A really nice job.

:00:33. > :01:23.That's not an easy shot for Querrey to have to deal with.

:01:24. > :02:01.I saw him down there, hat and glasses.

:02:02. > :02:28.He did well to step up to the ball this time. Didn't allow Thompson to

:02:29. > :03:48.establish himself at the net. PETER FLEMING: Querrey gets him self

:03:49. > :04:22.into trouble sometimes going down the line, when he's forced to run.

:04:23. > :04:35.Oh, wow! That did catch the line, didn't it? Looks that way. He's got

:04:36. > :04:54.excellent footwork, you see that adjustment?

:04:55. > :05:00.The kick serve should have been enough, to set up the forehand.

:05:01. > :05:06.Yeah, and you think perhaps a short angle or a drop shot back behind

:05:07. > :05:46.Querrey is going to win the point easily. But hindsight, always 2020.

:05:47. > :06:02.He is a throwback of a player, the ability to control the ball and use

:06:03. > :06:33.the racquet head, he has all that. He moves well.

:06:34. > :06:47.And upset. Just the one break of serve. Into the third set we go.

:06:48. > :06:51.SUE BARKER: Yes, this one going the distance, and we will be right back

:06:52. > :06:56.with it, but our summer of tennis continues here at Queen's Club.

:06:57. > :07:02.Tomorrow, we will be on at one o'clock, and we go right through

:07:03. > :07:06.until Sunday. And then we will be in his own from Monday, our coverage

:07:07. > :07:13.starting at two o'clock on Monday. Eight of the world's top ten in

:07:14. > :07:18.action, including Simona Halep and Jo Konta. Also next week, the

:07:19. > :07:25.nerve-racking qualifying for Wimbledon, that will be on the red

:07:26. > :07:27.button. And also online. And of course, all building up to the big

:07:28. > :07:42.one, Wimbledon. And we will have a special

:07:43. > :07:45.documentary to look back at some of the great moments over the years. I

:07:46. > :07:50.have been travelling around for that to interview some of the great

:07:51. > :07:54.champions. Billie Jean King, Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, through to the

:07:55. > :08:04.present day with Andy and Roger. And that will be shown on BBC One, on

:08:05. > :08:08.Sunday. ANDREW CASTLE: So, two interested

:08:09. > :08:28.spectators, David Beckham and his son, 14-year-old

:08:29. > :08:42.Romeo. He's a very keen tennis player, isn't he? So they say!

:08:43. > :08:52.Big hum around this now 9500 seat Centre Court at Queen's Club. And

:08:53. > :08:54.I'm not sure if any tickets have gone on sold so far this week. It

:08:55. > :09:11.has looked packed everyday. It is all very well seeing the big

:09:12. > :09:16.stars of the gameplaying, but if they win three and one, so what?

:09:17. > :09:19.Personally, I would rather see a good, tight match, and that is what

:09:20. > :09:41.this is. STEVE HARMISON: He tries to keep it

:09:42. > :09:53.low so it wasn't in Sam Querrey's hitting zone. Just got it too fine.

:09:54. > :10:15.-- PETER FLEMING. CONNACHT WAY TO START, ADVANTAGE TO

:10:16. > :10:18.SERVE FIRST, FOR MOST PEOPLE. And mentally, Sam Querrey went away a

:10:19. > :10:22.little bit in the second set, but having dropped his serve early on,

:10:23. > :10:27.it is almost as though he was allowed to relax a little bit

:10:28. > :10:29.towards the end of that second set. And now, he's ready once again for a

:10:30. > :14:12.strong assault. It's a ninth break point after this

:14:13. > :14:25.forehand error. He has had some chances - will he take this one?

:14:26. > :14:47.Oh, he HAS got it! That ball just took off! Just an inspirational

:14:48. > :14:51.little bunt return down the line, 132mph first serve, and he got it

:14:52. > :15:00.back. You get an automatic warning for

:15:01. > :15:59.that. And suddenly, 0-30. Yeah, Sam

:16:00. > :16:39.Querrey just bunting that back very short in the court.

:16:40. > :16:56.He knocked Querrey back with the depth of the return. Now, two break

:16:57. > :17:20.points for him. And Sam Querrey is absolutely livid

:17:21. > :17:23.with the game that he played there. He will have been so disappointed

:17:24. > :17:28.with those couple of loose points, especially having just got the break

:17:29. > :17:41.of serve. Jordan Thompson, back in it. Old habits die hard. On that

:17:42. > :17:46.last point, Querrey we had a real good opportunity to take that ball

:17:47. > :17:50.out of the air, when Thompson was still trying to get back into

:17:51. > :17:55.position. But of course, Querrey allowed it to drop and gave Thompson

:17:56. > :18:03.chance to recover his position, and he was able to track down the

:18:04. > :18:09.forehand. His movement is such a major strength, isn't it? It is, he

:18:10. > :18:17.moves very well. Very good balance. He's quick, he anticipates well. And

:18:18. > :18:22.it is his ninth match on grass, Australians don't grow up on grass

:18:23. > :18:28.like they used to tickle he just seems very well-suited to. He played

:18:29. > :18:32.in the, Challenger, he played in the qualifiers here and lost in the

:18:33. > :18:39.final round, that would have been his second match. So, five in

:18:40. > :18:45.Surbiton, two in the qualifying, lost one, got in as a lucky loser,

:18:46. > :18:49.beat Andy Murray, so this is number nine. And he's in the main draw at

:18:50. > :18:55.Wimbledon. It's a big advantage to have played a week or two on this

:18:56. > :19:01.surface, if you're playing against a guy who is playing his first or

:19:02. > :20:16.second match on it. With new tennis balls, Jordan Thompson to serve.

:20:17. > :20:25.That was the shot that you noticed was Querrey's most improved right at

:20:26. > :20:32.the start. We haven't actually seen him using it to great effect today.

:20:33. > :20:46.He has hit a couple of good winners, but...

:20:47. > :21:00.Well worth a challenge buckle UMPIRE: The ball was called out. Is

:21:01. > :21:20.outside edge. If ever you need an illustration of

:21:21. > :21:55.the value of Hawk-Eye, that was absolutely crucial.

:21:56. > :22:50.He's entertaining to watch, he tracks down a lot of balls.

:22:51. > :22:59.Oh, Sam went over awkwardly, as did Kyrgios the other day, when he had

:23:00. > :23:09.to pull out. This was another example of the split step and push.

:23:10. > :23:16.Luckily for up Querrey, he landed more on his knee double the inside

:23:17. > :23:21.of his leg. That was what did Kyrgios in. Three breaks of serve in

:23:22. > :23:52.the first four game of this decider. Not sure he needed to play that.

:23:53. > :24:15.Perhaps he did. Yeah, it was going to be very close, wasn't it?

:24:16. > :25:00.This is one of the things which is going to go in the NextGen finals -

:25:01. > :26:20.there will be no nets. Two mis-hit shots in a row from

:26:21. > :26:41.Thompson, the first one somehow luckily made it in - not the second.

:26:42. > :26:53.From 0-40 back to deuce. Yeah, good tactic. It wasn't the most

:26:54. > :27:00.convincing first volley, but he got away with it.

:27:01. > :27:10.UMPIRE: Advantage, Querrey. ANDREW CASTLE: 14 of those, the

:27:11. > :27:27.first one in this deciding set. And that is a big game and a a cold,

:27:28. > :27:33.from 0-40 down to back up the break of serve. Now, Jordan Thompson, we

:27:34. > :27:38.know he's got the heart, but he's going to need it now. This would be

:27:39. > :27:44.a massive disappointment for him, having beaten Andy Murray in the

:27:45. > :28:00.first round, Andy does not lose on grass too much! But surely a

:28:01. > :28:04.different set of circumstances. The 2010 champion now has the chance to

:28:05. > :28:11.polish the game off, and you would expect him to go on from here.

:28:12. > :28:17.Absolutely. Querrey certainly has the game to finish things off here,

:28:18. > :28:33.but stranger things have happened. He beat Mardy Fish back in 2010 in

:28:34. > :28:37.the final. The average length of a professional tennis career, how long

:28:38. > :28:42.do you think that is? Well, it depends at what level. For a top-10

:28:43. > :28:50.player, he's there for 12 years or so. But if it is a top 100 player,

:28:51. > :28:58.it might be only three. What is it? Well, across the whole piece, it is

:28:59. > :29:01.one year. People have a go, have a look and realise that it's going to

:29:02. > :29:27.be impossible, or not available. It would be a more interesting stat

:29:28. > :29:33.if you said, any player that for one week was in the top 100, how long

:29:34. > :29:45.was their average career? I agree. looking at his phone thinking, how

:29:46. > :29:56.am I going to work that out? I would have thought it is probably two or

:29:57. > :30:02.three years on average. Now, this should be taken from the air. It

:30:03. > :30:26.won't be an easy catch. One hand, one bounce. Nicely done.

:30:27. > :30:41.Just sign is that it might be going away from Jordan Thompson at this

:30:42. > :30:55.point. So how much game does he have left in the tank here?

:30:56. > :30:59.It hit the net cord and with the natural spin, it looked like it had

:31:00. > :31:20.taken it wide. Second service. That was a good serve, right into

:31:21. > :31:24.the body. Nothing Querrey could do with it really, other than send it

:31:25. > :32:05.back. He ended it almost exactly in the

:32:06. > :32:40.corner. Given himself a lifeline. 15-30

:32:41. > :32:45.down, that shot that Peter Fleming was talking about. Nice way to

:32:46. > :32:47.finish the game. Not too many slicing shots on the ATP tour these

:32:48. > :33:18.days. He's not going to get many

:33:19. > :33:52.opportunities as it is. He can't afford to give any of them away.

:33:53. > :33:59.He's allowed to chase this ball if it does come back over the net. He

:34:00. > :35:11.certainly allowed to follow through over the net.

:35:12. > :35:21.Top tournament, Queen's Club. It's lost a lot of big names, Jo Wilfred

:35:22. > :35:26.Tsonga going out to Gilles Muller. Gilles Muller will play the winner

:35:27. > :35:33.of this. Queen's has probably led the way under their tournament

:35:34. > :35:37.directors on the tour, they even have a concierge for the players.

:35:38. > :35:41.Anything the players want, even a restaurant reservation or they want

:35:42. > :35:45.to see a West End show, he would organise that for them and make all

:35:46. > :35:51.those reservations. It sounds like a great life. It's not like this every

:35:52. > :35:55.week. This really does lead the way. There's a nice laundry service down

:35:56. > :36:02.there as well, so you can say, there you go. I mean, how nice is that?!

:36:03. > :36:08.To be honest, it's not as if I do the washing at home either. I'm

:36:09. > :36:12.lucky. It's not like stopping off at the launderette next Barons Court

:36:13. > :36:20.station like we used to do. Asking for a bundle wash. I did that once

:36:21. > :36:27.in New York and got stung the $250. They did each room and item at a

:36:28. > :36:31.time and then put it on the room bill. Travelling on the circuit. He

:36:32. > :37:05.wouldn't miss it. Not most of the time.

:37:06. > :37:15.People still so enjoy these exchanges. They become rare. They

:37:16. > :37:18.have certainly become rarer on this surface. Clay, we might see it a

:37:19. > :38:07.little more often. I don't believe it. He has done it

:38:08. > :38:09.again. He did this against Murray as well. Just cushioning the half

:38:10. > :38:40.volley. Yes, lovely. It looks like Jordan Thompson is

:38:41. > :38:49.going to have one last throw of the dice.

:38:50. > :39:06.Yes, indeed. Sam Querrey will serve for it. It doesn't matter who you

:39:07. > :39:12.are or whether you won the tournament seven years ago like Sam

:39:13. > :39:16.Querrey did, the sort of tension in this game, the first couple of

:39:17. > :39:30.points, so crucial. If he can get his nose ahead...

:39:31. > :39:46.Querrey did well with this. Got the ball back to a length. He really

:39:47. > :40:20.did. Nothing he could do about that. Oh, he took that ball on, Querrey.

:40:21. > :40:34.He deserves credit. I'm delighted to report that Jay clerk from Ilkley --

:40:35. > :40:37.from Derby has won his first challenger match in Ilkley, beating

:40:38. > :41:00.Marchenko. Well done. Oh, he had a text Mac oh, boy! That

:41:01. > :41:06.volley from Sam was pushed. Yes, pushed at best. What a chance for

:41:07. > :41:31.Jordan Thompson. Two hours and ten minutes. A really

:41:32. > :41:36.good match. Is it coming to a close? Yes, it is. Jordan Thompson has been

:41:37. > :41:41.spectacular in this tournament, a huge contribution, but it is Sam

:41:42. > :41:45.Querrey new advances after two hours and 11 minutes. Really, a

:41:46. > :41:51.first-class match. The former champion here in front of a full

:41:52. > :41:57.house. Yes, a good performance from Sam Querrey. Had a bit of a blip in

:41:58. > :42:02.the middle of the second set, but all in all, powerful serving, strong

:42:03. > :42:05.grand stroking, while Jordan Thompson gave it his all. Just

:42:06. > :42:21.didn't quite have enough ammunition today. It was that hold when he was

:42:22. > :42:23.3-1 up from 15-30. Good effort. Jordan Thompson, massive

:42:24. > :42:28.contribution to the event. Getting in as a lucky loser, having lost in

:42:29. > :42:33.qualifying, when someone pulled out, he got into the main draw to play

:42:34. > :42:41.Andy Murray and not for a moment was and imitated. -- was he intimidated.

:42:42. > :42:45.He played superbly to beat the two-time champion here. He went

:42:46. > :42:51.three to this match against Sam Querrey but not to be this time. Sam

:42:52. > :43:00.Querrey will play Gilles Muller in the next round. Next for us,

:43:01. > :43:08.Medvedev and then closing the day with Jeremy Chardy and Feliciano

:43:09. > :43:17.Lopez. He is the man who beat Jordan Thompson qualifying. This is how Sam

:43:18. > :43:22.the man got the job done. Striking the ball cleanly on the forehand as

:43:23. > :43:27.ever, and good on the back can do. He is talking to John in that. Many

:43:28. > :43:31.congratulations. How would you assess that performance? That was a

:43:32. > :43:35.long match for grass and it is tricky out here. It is windy and

:43:36. > :43:40.that makes things so much more difficult and Jordan is tough. He is

:43:41. > :43:43.playing well, coming off that win against Andy he is confident and I'm

:43:44. > :43:51.happy to get through it. However where are you in big moments,

:43:52. > :43:56.getting yourself out of it when you were 0- 40 down, do you think then,

:43:57. > :44:03.that is me now. I have got the momentum? That did give me the

:44:04. > :44:06.confidence to finish it up. I think that was the biggest moment of the

:44:07. > :44:15.match. This is one of my favourite places. I love coming back here. How

:44:16. > :44:18.do you view the rest of the week? It doesn't get any easier. I'm playing

:44:19. > :44:22.Gilles Muller next and he is coming off of a win last week and is never

:44:23. > :44:31.fun to play a lefty on the grass. See you tomorrow. Thank you. Most

:44:32. > :44:35.people would say it is not easy to play Sam Querrey. He was too good

:44:36. > :44:38.today for Jordan Thompson but the Aussie has won a lot of fans here at

:44:39. > :44:43.the Queen's Club, putting out Andy Murray, a wonderful performance and

:44:44. > :44:47.showing real spirit there today. Peter and John are with me. Jordan

:44:48. > :44:54.Thompson played well, didn't he? I think we will see a lot more of him.

:44:55. > :44:57.Sam Querrey is tough. We underestimate him, he won his seven

:44:58. > :45:02.years ago and he is dangerous. He looks like he has got his focus

:45:03. > :45:06.back. He has been up and down but when he is cranking his forehand on

:45:07. > :45:10.this surface, I was also impressed with his two-handed backhand,

:45:11. > :45:14.hitting winners, when he is serving well, he is not nice to play on the

:45:15. > :45:20.surface. He has more than just his serve, doesn't he? He really does.

:45:21. > :45:25.It is interesting watching Sam Querrey. OK, he has been top 20, won

:45:26. > :45:30.several tournaments before, but he still have a lot of upside from my

:45:31. > :45:37.viewpoint. He still does things that you would say, wow, fundamentally he

:45:38. > :45:41.could do that a lot better. He serves, his forehand is a great job,

:45:42. > :45:50.his backhand is a good shot. So he does a lot of things that really

:45:51. > :45:53.bother opponents. You know, just mentally, if he could just have a

:45:54. > :45:58.little more intensity at times, I think it would really help him. That

:45:59. > :46:03.last that was such a roller-coaster with so many breaks. We will take

:46:04. > :46:06.you through the break points, because bacteria Sam. He shows his

:46:07. > :46:13.Aussie spirit there, not very happy about it, then he breaks straight

:46:14. > :46:17.back. It was wonderful tennis at this point. It was a really good

:46:18. > :46:21.match. I wasn't sure about the matchup initially, whether it would

:46:22. > :46:30.create good tennis, but it was a fabulous match. Three in a row here.

:46:31. > :46:36.Great. Unbelievable. He had the". Sam was on the ground. Maybe he

:46:37. > :46:42.looked at Symantec his eye off the ball, -- maybe he looked at Sam and

:46:43. > :46:46.took his eye off the ball, because that was such an important moment.

:46:47. > :46:51.That's what Jordan thinks that. Here is Querrey, because he was down 0-

:46:52. > :46:55.40 in this game and he we are talking about it, when he has time

:46:56. > :47:00.to set up that forehand, it is a real weapon. It is a real weapon and

:47:01. > :47:06.with the courts as good as they are, he loves it. I think he moves pretty

:47:07. > :47:12.well for someone of his size. He does. Much better than people think.

:47:13. > :47:18.I agree totally with Peter. You feel like sometimes, you always -- almost

:47:19. > :47:22.want to say to him, open up your shoulders, look like more of a

:47:23. > :47:26.winner. He sometimes looks down too quickly for me. And sometimes, I

:47:27. > :47:30.think a lot of these players are so used to hitting the ball, hitting

:47:31. > :47:34.their way out of trouble that they go for shots on low percentage

:47:35. > :47:40.shots, they are off court or off balance, they go for the spectacular

:47:41. > :47:44.winner, when really, if they hit a short Nadal like angle to get

:47:45. > :47:50.themselves back into the rally, you could win quite be more points.

:47:51. > :47:58.Which I think Sam is guilty of occasionally. But then again, he can

:47:59. > :48:02.play like that tennis, as Nadal found out earlier this year. As

:48:03. > :48:08.Djokovic last year. He is a danger man. He is a danger man and is

:48:09. > :48:13.married found out earlier this week, Jordan Thompson is a bit of a danger

:48:14. > :48:20.man as well. He is ranked 90 in the wild but it looks like he is playing

:48:21. > :48:23.better than that on this surface. I thought he was fabulous. I know he

:48:24. > :48:26.loves this match but I loved his personality, he is fiery. We always

:48:27. > :48:32.look for personalities on the court and I like Kathy engages the crowd.

:48:33. > :48:37.If he is not happy, he hit the ball across. He got his angles right,

:48:38. > :48:42.thankfully. I like his attitude and his game. It's an all-round game. He

:48:43. > :48:49.moves so well, his serve is underrated. He has got a good feel.

:48:50. > :48:53.I think we will see him rapidly rise up the rankings. One thing I am sure

:48:54. > :48:58.we are not going to see too much tomorrow are too many rallies -- is

:48:59. > :49:02.too many rallies with Querrey and Gilles Muller. Next, we have

:49:03. > :49:06.Medvedev taking on Kokkinakis. We are thoroughly enjoying the tennis

:49:07. > :49:08.here and we will do to the next few weeks, but there is a lot more to

:49:09. > :49:24.look forward to on the BBC. # It's all in the air, you hear it

:49:25. > :49:32.everywhere, no matter what you do, it's going to grab hold on you.

:49:33. > :49:47.# California Soul. # California Soul.

:49:48. > :49:52.# Start to hear, it's in your ear. # From early in the morning to

:49:53. > :50:01.sunset. # It's in the air, it's in the

:50:02. > :50:08.air... # Spoiled for choice, aren't we?

:50:09. > :50:14.For the next couple of weeks, it is tennis, culminating in the big W as

:50:15. > :50:19.it's affectionately known, live on the BBC right the way through from

:50:20. > :50:22.the third to the 16th of July. We cannot wait. It's interesting seeing

:50:23. > :50:26.some of these new stars emerging because in the first rounds, people

:50:27. > :50:32.will know more of these players and they are proving that they are not

:50:33. > :50:36.afraid to take on these big names. There are so many good players now

:50:37. > :50:41.and especially when you consider the guys aren't grass court specialists.

:50:42. > :50:45.No one is a grass court specialist any more barring Roger Federer and

:50:46. > :50:50.Andy Murray comedy few players who have played a lot of matches on it.

:50:51. > :50:54.When you get a guy like Shapovalov who has got a big serve, a big game,

:50:55. > :51:01.a lot of guys have that, they are trouble. They are trouble and we

:51:02. > :51:04.have probably got a big serve coming out because 606 Daniil Medvedev

:51:05. > :51:10.coming out to take on the Kokkinakis. What a great serve --

:51:11. > :51:16.what a great story Kokkinakis this. So many injuries. He was listing the

:51:17. > :51:21.number of injuries over the last 18 months. His ranking dropped so low,

:51:22. > :51:27.he is now up to 698. It's an incredible story but he must live in

:51:28. > :51:31.fear, is the body going to hold up? I was just thinking as he said that,

:51:32. > :51:36.were their times in the multiple recoveries that he thought, you know

:51:37. > :51:39.what, maybe my career will never really get started. Are these things

:51:40. > :51:45.going to keep plaguing me? You have got to hand it to him, he is gutsy,

:51:46. > :51:50.he wanted to get back, obviously. We haven't seen him that much this week

:51:51. > :51:53.yet but you can see how good he is and how good he would have been. He

:51:54. > :51:57.has taken a step back because of these injuries but now he is ready

:51:58. > :52:02.to accelerate the words and he's another one who's ranking is only

:52:03. > :52:06.going to climb and climb fast. Just inside the top 700 but you know he

:52:07. > :52:12.will back be back in the top 100 very soon. He has been talking to

:52:13. > :52:16.John. He has done it. A roar from Kokkinakis who is back and winning

:52:17. > :52:26.again at the highest level. The Euro heroes growing up? When I was young,

:52:27. > :52:31.Lleyton Hewitt was my hero. As an Australian, it was lovely to see him

:52:32. > :52:37.do so well. I liked watching Marat Safin as well. He used to smash his

:52:38. > :52:43.rackets. Is that good? I don't know but it is good for the Spectator. I

:52:44. > :52:46.think it made for good viewing and I liked Baghdatis as well. With him

:52:47. > :52:51.being part Greek as well. Those unbelievable runs he at Melbourne

:52:52. > :52:58.Park will stop that was awesome. Do you feel part Greek? For sure. Both

:52:59. > :53:04.my parents are Greek. I speak Greek as well but I am Australian. I

:53:05. > :53:14.definitely build part Greek. The one, give us some Greek. Say the

:53:15. > :53:19.weather is very hot in Greek. To be there, you could say anything and I

:53:20. > :53:21.would know. I was just trying to think what Greek could play

:53:22. > :53:34.Australia at Andy Goode meet. He would you be cheering for that? --

:53:35. > :53:40.what Greece could play Australia at and they could meet. Who would you

:53:41. > :53:46.be cheering for? I would want it to be close. A draw. Was there a point

:53:47. > :53:52.over the last few months where you thought, this is not going to work?

:53:53. > :53:56.For sure. With my shoulder, I spent so much time in rehabilitation, I

:53:57. > :54:02.still wasn't ready after nine months. Then when I thought I was

:54:03. > :54:06.getting over that, I got a groin injury, I tore my pack, I have mad

:54:07. > :54:11.dominoes. There were a lot of times when I was losing my will to get

:54:12. > :54:18.back. What was it that made you get it back? I'm not sure, to be honest.

:54:19. > :54:22.It's what I have done since such a young age, it's what I know best. It

:54:23. > :54:27.sounds stupid but they were definite times when it was depressing out

:54:28. > :54:30.there, knowing I have done the same thing for so long and I haven't been

:54:31. > :54:35.able to progress what I am doing on court. Day by day, having my family

:54:36. > :54:40.there supporting me was huge and just a lot of will for myself,

:54:41. > :54:43.really. That first-round victory a couple of days ago, we could see on

:54:44. > :54:47.your face what it meant to you. Was there a moment in your mind where

:54:48. > :54:52.you are thinking about the bad times and that I kept going for moments

:54:53. > :54:56.like this? Definitely. At the start, it wasn't looking great. I wasn't

:54:57. > :55:01.too comfortable. I didn't go through all that hard work and rubbish to

:55:02. > :55:10.play like this, so I was happy divide my form. As I got towards the

:55:11. > :55:13.finish line, I still wasn't sure I would win, because obviously I had a

:55:14. > :55:15.lot of chances in the second set, but that last feeling is what it's

:55:16. > :55:20.for. Having the crowd roar like that and the emotion at the end. What do

:55:21. > :55:25.you think you can achieve now? I am not sure. I am hoping this ceiling.

:55:26. > :55:30.I will take it day by day. I think my game is good enough to be a very

:55:31. > :55:33.good player but I need to keep working, improve my weaknesses,

:55:34. > :55:38.continue my strengths and busy I want to be top ten. What is good

:55:39. > :55:48.luck in Greek? We will settle on that. Thank you. What a nice guy.

:55:49. > :55:52.His career hadn't even started when the injuries setting, had it,

:55:53. > :55:57.because he was such a great talent. We thought he was one for the

:55:58. > :56:01.future. He is only 21. It's difficult for a guy who have had a

:56:02. > :56:05.bunch of injuries. It's almost like you have two start again and not

:56:06. > :56:09.worry about rehabilitating your stomach or your groin or your

:56:10. > :56:14.shoulder. Just do the whole package, get your whole body working together

:56:15. > :56:19.so that you can maybe then get on a run of health. You know, if you do

:56:20. > :56:22.it piecemeal, you are always injured. Something is always going

:56:23. > :56:29.wrong. At least that was my experience back in the day. And so,

:56:30. > :56:34.at age 21, he maybe needs to not worry so much about results right

:56:35. > :56:38.now, just keep himself together. But also, anyone who's had a major

:56:39. > :56:43.injury and we have all had injuries, you do doubt your body after that,

:56:44. > :56:48.don't you? You doubt if you have had one serious injury, let alone ten

:56:49. > :56:52.like he has had. The amount of time spent in the treatment room and the

:56:53. > :56:58.rehab centre, back and forth, it must have been soul destroying at

:56:59. > :57:02.times and I think deep down, you sort of alluded to that, he is

:57:03. > :57:06.setting goals, he wants to be in the top ten, but I think right now he is

:57:07. > :57:10.thrilled to be back. Every week he played is almost like a bonus and I

:57:11. > :57:15.agree with Peter. He needs to make sure everything is in June and I bet

:57:16. > :57:18.he pays more attention now to making sure everything is OK off court than

:57:19. > :57:23.probably any other player on the tiller. Probably what happens is for

:57:24. > :57:28.overcooked takes you. What he needs to learn now is how his body works

:57:29. > :57:33.and how he can maintain it. That would be the greatest time spent for

:57:34. > :57:38.him. It was wonderful victory, wasn't it, over Raonic? Such a good

:57:39. > :57:44.victory with that huge roar at the end. I'm back! Because Raonic wasn't

:57:45. > :57:52.at his best but he had to hold his nerve. Anyone who can beat Raonic on

:57:53. > :57:56.grass as to play a very good match. Yes, Raonic didn't have a

:57:57. > :57:59.particularly good day but still you have to do battle against that

:58:00. > :58:04.served and Kokkinakis for me was mentally so good in this match. For

:58:05. > :58:12.someone who has been out for so long, has had so little play, he

:58:13. > :58:16.played a superb match. Yes, Milos Raonic growing out but Kokkinakis

:58:17. > :58:21.just proving what a variety he having his gang and it's great to

:58:22. > :58:27.see him back again. And Lleyton Hewitt, he has made such a great

:58:28. > :58:31.team effort, absentee, as far as the Aussies go with Kokkinakis, Thompson

:58:32. > :58:34.and Kyrgios. He wants them to become a team like the great Aussies were

:58:35. > :58:41.from the past. I think that really helps them to. Yes, especially when

:58:42. > :58:45.you are so far away from everything. You can't take a week off and go

:58:46. > :58:51.home. You have got to hang with your mates and pull together. Well, that

:58:52. > :58:58.was that big roar that signalled that when and what a great when it

:58:59. > :59:04.was for Kokkinakis. What about his opponent today, Peter? Six foot six,

:59:05. > :59:09.Daniil Medvedev. We have seen so many great juniors come through a

:59:10. > :59:12.successful junior career like Shapovalov has done well, likes

:59:13. > :59:20.thereafter and Kyrgios. He hasn't had that. He is thought of coming of

:59:21. > :59:25.age now. He is a big guy. I don't know his game that well, to be quite

:59:26. > :59:30.honest with you. He certainly hasn't played that much on grass. That is

:59:31. > :59:36.an advantage for Kokkinakis. As you say, he will have taken heart from

:59:37. > :59:44.the guys like Kyrgios, like Zverev who have really made a dent in the

:59:45. > :59:46.game and, you know, he is on the verge of really making a name for

:59:47. > :00:01.himself in the top 20, top 30. It is interesting, Medvedev beat

:00:02. > :00:06.Nicolas Mahut, and that is a big scalp on grass. Absolutely, one of

:00:07. > :00:09.the guys who serves on the volley is just about as well as anyone, and

:00:10. > :00:17.Willie knows his way around a grass court. So clearly, this guy can

:00:18. > :00:22.play. As you say, two 21-year-olds going head-to-head, I think we will

:00:23. > :00:26.enjoy this the Government we certainly will. And I hope this

:00:27. > :00:32.young man stays fit and healthy all the way through it as well.

:00:33. > :00:35.ANDREW COTTER: Many people will have seen the big names falling at

:00:36. > :00:39.Queen's Club and perhaps been dismayed, but when you look at those

:00:40. > :00:43.while left, they all have interesting stories to be told.

:00:44. > :00:51.Here, we have 221-year-olds have taken different routes to be here.

:00:52. > :00:57.Kokkinakis has been in the spotlight from a very young age. More study

:00:58. > :01:37.progress from Medvedev. It's Kokkinakis who gets us going.

:01:38. > :02:15.Certainly the most gloomy it has been on Centre Court this week.

:02:16. > :03:04.You can disregard the rankings, with all the injuries.

:03:05. > :03:59.Bit of a breeze coming in from the west as well today.

:04:00. > :04:12.JOHN LLOYD: Bit lucky to get away with that, Medvedev. One of the

:04:13. > :04:42.coaches of Medvedev, from the South of France, where Medvedev lives now.

:04:43. > :05:29.First service game, first break point for Daniil Medvedev.

:05:30. > :05:39.Medvedev has it, he stepped up the volume in the bag points, and he has

:05:40. > :05:45.broken serve. It is always interesting, he has had such a big

:05:46. > :05:48.win over Milos Raonic, Kokkinakis, and now he has to try and follow it

:05:49. > :05:53.up in the next match, against someone who on paper does not

:05:54. > :05:59.present same challenge? Yeah, it is a different type of match mentally,

:06:00. > :06:03.as you say. That was a sloppy game, really, from Kokkinakis. He just did

:06:04. > :06:09.not seem to be set in what he needed to do. He had a couple of

:06:10. > :06:13.opportunities, was loose with his groundstrokes, the first serve was a

:06:14. > :06:45.bit off. That break of serve was really handed to Medvedev.

:06:46. > :06:59.Both tall men, but different builds. Kokkinakis, much more powerful

:07:00. > :07:27.looking to fill Medvedev. -- more powerful looking than Medvedev.

:07:28. > :07:58.Medvedev moves well for someone of his size.

:07:59. > :08:07.Once more, mistakes from Kokkinakis, as much as anything else. Yeah, he

:08:08. > :08:11.needs to play a good service game here, just to settle down a little

:08:12. > :10:49.bit. He made a lot of errors in those first two game.

:10:50. > :10:58.That was strange. Medvedev gave it the old fake - I've given up on this

:10:59. > :11:14.point. Then he decided to move a little bit. Got away with it.

:11:15. > :11:28.First game on the board for Kokkinakis. We have spoken quite a

:11:29. > :11:35.bit about his injury problems, but it has been a more steady progress

:11:36. > :11:41.for Daniil Medvedev. Both 21, Medvedev, from Moscow, but as I've

:11:42. > :11:50.mentioned, now works and trains in the South of France. Made his first

:11:51. > :11:57.ATP final in Chennai in January, losing to Bautista Agut. At a

:11:58. > :12:02.struggle around March, with glandular fever. Had to miss a

:12:03. > :12:10.couple of events, in Miami and Marrakesh. His first appearance here

:12:11. > :12:17.at Queen's, but again he's making that steady progress. Have a bit of

:12:18. > :12:21.a breakthrough in Moscow last year, his home city, where he reached the

:12:22. > :12:30.quarterfinals, and that 50 is ranking a little bit. -- that lifted

:12:31. > :12:34.his ranking. By contrast, Kokkinakis was hitting the headlines from a

:12:35. > :12:41.younger age, because his talents. But he has had all sorts of problems

:12:42. > :12:43.with injury. And he was certainly thinking about giving it up, it was

:12:44. > :15:02.so frustrating for him. Not much to fault in the start of

:15:03. > :15:09.Daniil Medvedev. He just wanders around in calm fashion, going about

:15:10. > :15:14.his business. He does not have a really big serve, Medvedev, for

:15:15. > :15:17.someone of his size, but it's accurate. We have seen that three of

:15:18. > :15:47.four times already. In his first match against Milos

:15:48. > :15:54.Raonic, Kokkinakis started serving very badly, and got better as the

:15:55. > :16:24.match went on. He has not got too many first serves in yet.

:16:25. > :16:28.That's good from Kokkinakis, a little bit of help from the net

:16:29. > :18:34.along the way. He's hitting the ball well,

:18:35. > :18:40.Medvedev. He's avoiding too many errors as well. Accurate with those

:18:41. > :18:48.round strokes in that rally. Kokkinakis is on the defensive all

:18:49. > :19:01.the time. The way he hits that background, really good whip to it.

:19:02. > :19:06.Wild and wide from Kokkinakis. Medvedev now in complete control of

:19:07. > :19:21.this first set. He's just looked very composed,

:19:22. > :19:29.following his first-round win over Nicolas Mahut. He was pretty

:19:30. > :19:37.composed on eight points as well in that match, saving all five break

:19:38. > :19:42.points that he faced. It is a good win, to beat Nicolas Mahut on grass.

:19:43. > :19:47.And he had a solid tournament last year as well, getting to the

:19:48. > :19:55.quarterfinals. So, his form is very good at the moment. He's been very

:19:56. > :19:58.composed out here, as you said. On the other hand, Kokkinakis, to me,

:19:59. > :20:03.it looks like his feet aren't moving. He looks like he's just

:20:04. > :20:14.played a much the night before, and hasn't quite got his feet moving. He

:20:15. > :20:19.seems a bit leggy to me at the moment, not quite there yet.

:20:20. > :20:26.Unfortunately, he's just about given up this first set already after such

:20:27. > :20:32.a slow start. To put things in perspective, until his win over

:20:33. > :20:40.Raonic, he did beat Mikhail Youzhny last week, that was his first ATP

:20:41. > :20:43.Tour win in 21 months. So, yes, he's injury-free now, but you have still

:20:44. > :20:44.got to get matches under your belt in order to get comfortable after

:20:45. > :21:04.the injuries. Hop, step and a jump from Medvedev

:21:05. > :21:06.into that one. Yes, not quite sure he needed to do this, but it looks

:21:07. > :22:14.nice! He looked at his coaching team

:22:15. > :22:18.there. That's a regulation shot, big opportunity to get himself back into

:22:19. > :22:28.this set, and it was a regulation forehand.

:22:29. > :22:38.It's an unorthodox serve, not most flowing. But it does its job, he's

:22:39. > :23:00.swinging that serve out wide. And the set is slipping away from

:23:01. > :23:05.Thanasi Kokkinakis. Looks like he needs to hit one big winner and then

:23:06. > :23:32.just explode a little bit, get himself charged up.

:23:33. > :23:38.It has not been his day at the moment - 42% first serves he's made

:23:39. > :26:18.so far in this set. We mentioned, Kokkinakis is playing

:26:19. > :26:33.with a protected ranking, due to medical reasons.

:26:34. > :26:41.Certainly, if he can get very extended run, injury-free, thing you

:26:42. > :26:48.would expect him to get into the top 100, and higher again. He has the

:26:49. > :26:52.potential to be a top 50, top 20 player, if everything comes

:26:53. > :26:55.together. I agree. Today he's certainly not playing at that level.

:26:56. > :27:04.He's all over the place at the moment. His serve has been just off

:27:05. > :27:10.percentage-wise. Ground strokes in that it, footwork is not there. But

:27:11. > :27:15.he can get it back. In his first-round, his first serve was off

:27:16. > :27:24.and then he got the percentage up big-time. That's the first thing he

:27:25. > :27:33.needs to take care of. This Medvedev serve is not usually fast, but it's

:27:34. > :27:43.very effective. 122, it's not that big, but it's an inch from the line

:27:44. > :27:48.- that's what he does so well. That one was only 113. But he gets in a

:27:49. > :28:12.position where he can then attack on the next ball. And a 70% first serve

:28:13. > :28:17.ratio. Exactly! Did not know what he was going to do there. Thought he

:28:18. > :28:21.was going to do his hop and jump again. He took an awfully big swing

:28:22. > :28:43.on that! And there it is, and you would say

:28:44. > :28:50.that has been done with a minimum of fuss by Daniel Medvedev, who takes

:28:51. > :28:53.the first set in emphatic fashion. SUE BARKER: The young Russian very

:28:54. > :28:57.much in control in this match, and we will be right back with it. We

:28:58. > :29:02.can now round up a couple of results from earlier. Former champion and US

:29:03. > :29:07.Open champion Marin Cilic is through, the highest ranked player

:29:08. > :29:17.left in the draw. He beat his opponent from the United States 6-0,

:29:18. > :29:23.6-4. And Sam Querrey, another former champion, is also through. He beat

:29:24. > :29:31.Jordan Thompson in three sets, winning 6-3 in the final set. It was

:29:32. > :29:35.a very entertaining match. So, Sam Querrey and Marin Cilic, both

:29:36. > :29:48.through. And so, the draw as it stands...

:29:49. > :29:55.Another former champion in the bottom half, Grigor Dimitrov - he's

:29:56. > :29:57.looked very impressive, and he will face the winner of the match which

:29:58. > :30:06.is on right now. Feliciano Lopez against Jeremy

:30:07. > :30:22.Chardy still to come. COMMENTATOR: He will be experiencing

:30:23. > :30:26.an Wimbledon for the first time this year. Last year he lost to Marcus

:30:27. > :31:09.Willis who enjoyed himself greatly. Untidy start to this second set from

:31:10. > :32:02.Kokkinakis. His problems continue. Oh. Use all of the court. I don't

:32:03. > :32:41.think he meant to cut this as fine as he did.

:32:42. > :33:29.That last shot may have been the benefit of playing against

:33:30. > :33:34.Kokkinakis last week. He picked where this forehand was going. He

:33:35. > :33:51.read it early. He really won a point that he should have been out of.

:33:52. > :34:03.Again, a difference that a couple of first serves make. . We haven't

:34:04. > :34:11.talked about that much. They had that one meeting in the Netherlands

:34:12. > :34:14.last week. Medvedev winning 6-3, 7-6. Has that fresh in the memory

:34:15. > :35:09.banks. I can't hear what he said, but not

:35:10. > :36:37.pleased with his efforts so far, Kokkinakis.

:36:38. > :36:44.Just error after error. Just doesn't have any rhythm today at the moment,

:36:45. > :37:03.either side, forehand and backhand. Missing so many on both wings.

:37:04. > :37:12.Oh, dear. So Kokkinakis broken right at the start of this second set.

:37:13. > :37:17.Architect of his own demise as well. Medvedev had to do very little

:37:18. > :37:20.there. Actually, if we are looking at the serve of Kokkinakis, it has

:37:21. > :37:26.been loose and ragged. Medvedev, as you talked about John, the opposite.

:37:27. > :37:30.It's so accurate? It's so accurate. You can see where he's aiming those

:37:31. > :37:34.shots. They are so close to the line. Look at the ones down the

:37:35. > :37:38.middle. He has that serve just easy. The one out wide to the forehand,

:37:39. > :37:44.awesome. The one outside to the backhand there. He's just picking

:37:45. > :37:48.his spots. 119, it's an average serve by today's standards. If that.

:37:49. > :37:52.It's below-average. When you are that accurate, it's not all about

:37:53. > :37:56.speed. If you don't serve ha many aces with those type of serves it

:37:57. > :38:01.will enable you to get that first-strike ahead on the next shot.

:38:02. > :38:07.That's what he's within doing. If you are the height he is, even if

:38:08. > :39:04.lacking speed, it's coming down at awkward angles. Exactly.

:39:05. > :39:12.Another example of that, the way Medvedev, again, not a big striker

:39:13. > :39:17.of the ball. You wouldn't say - he's got a fearsome forehand or backhand,

:39:18. > :39:26.it's accurate, it's deep. A lot of good angles. He's one of those one

:39:27. > :39:28.that switches off the mute button during rallies and suddenly springs

:39:29. > :39:46.into noisy life. Not much for them to be concerned

:39:47. > :39:55.about at the moment. Medvedev playing very tidily.

:39:56. > :39:59.There's something for climate change. You can see the great reach

:40:00. > :40:47.that Medvedev has in defence. It's just so simple. He very rarely

:40:48. > :40:51.serve as body serve, he just goes for the lines, but he finds them or

:40:52. > :41:01.he gets very close to them. It's amazing. He's played well. Obviously

:41:02. > :41:06.with that score, Kokkinakis has played poorly in comparison with his

:41:07. > :41:10.first round match. He doesn't doesn't seem to be here today at the

:41:11. > :41:24.moment. He's trying. It's just not there.

:41:25. > :41:42.Unfortunately, they can't help you. Frantic chewing going on down there.

:41:43. > :41:51.I always think when you are playing this badly, just for maybe a game or

:41:52. > :41:57.two, you know, don't go for as many big shots, Kokkinakis. Hit it down

:41:58. > :41:59.the middle, but make your margins wider until you get your rhythm.

:42:00. > :42:26.Stop throwing so men errors in. A challenge with that one. Medvedev

:42:27. > :42:37.looks pretty confident that it was out.

:42:38. > :43:30.He's in danger now Kokkinakis of sinking fast. A couple of points for

:43:31. > :44:16.Medvedev for a double break. He needs something. It's almost like

:44:17. > :44:20.he needs a flash of brilliance. Something to get him going and get

:44:21. > :44:42.the crowd going and and change the course of the match.

:44:43. > :44:53.Oh, dear, oh, dear, Medvedev has the double break. Again, it is loose

:44:54. > :44:57.from Thanasis Kokkinakis. There's no way he is turning this round if he

:44:58. > :45:04.continues to play like this. Can't see it. He just looks flat today. It

:45:05. > :45:10.can happen. But, in comparison with his first round, when he was so

:45:11. > :45:15.animated and in every point, he just looks almost like he's resigned to

:45:16. > :45:18.his fate today and he's just going for so much instead of just trying

:45:19. > :45:23.to calm down a little bit. Make a few more balls in court before you

:45:24. > :45:29.go for the big shot. He's just off. His timing is off. Not moving well.

:45:30. > :45:33.I suppose, after you have a big win like he had, you've been out of the

:45:34. > :45:37.game for so long, really, I know he played last week in a couple of

:45:38. > :45:41.matches here and there, but he got a lot of attention, I'm sure, a lot of

:45:42. > :45:48.interviews, a lot of phone calls come his way. A lot of internet

:45:49. > :45:53.stuff. Sometimes you just... You, sort of, you are so up for a while

:45:54. > :45:57.on it and then you can't get that energy level up the next day or the

:45:58. > :46:04.day after when you play again. It's just not quite there. We have six of

:46:05. > :46:14.the eight quarter-final places settled already. Sam Querrey is

:46:15. > :46:25.through and Marin Cilic. Dimitrov will play the winner of this match.

:46:26. > :46:32.Next up on court is Feliciano Lopez playing Jeremy Chardy. Autumn the

:46:33. > :46:42.indicators are that Daniil Medvedev will be the next to step into the

:46:43. > :46:43.last eight. Just waiting on the upper seats there. They are filing

:46:44. > :47:12.in. Medvedev is going to get going. The man threatening the Top 50 with

:47:13. > :47:25.this run, Medvedev. The composure, the control he's shown suggests he

:47:26. > :47:30.can go further. That's his worst error he's made today, Medvedev. Set

:47:31. > :47:32.him up for it. He doesn't play like a 21-year-old. He's a very season

:47:33. > :47:50.gamer. A very tidy game. It's not based on power, is it,

:47:51. > :47:52.that's for sure. It's more accuracy. Difficult to beat. Making his

:47:53. > :48:09.opponent play one more ball. The way he plays as well. Slowly

:48:10. > :48:12.between points here. Just ambles around, very calm, very measured.

:48:13. > :48:21.Once he steps up to the line he take nos time at all. A couple of

:48:22. > :48:26.bounces, perhaps. It doesn't look good that serve. It's not very

:48:27. > :48:38.powerful, but it is good. It's so accurate. He's racing through this

:48:39. > :48:44.now. They have been on court for short of 50 minutes. Very, very

:48:45. > :48:52.difficult to see a way back for Thanasis Kokkinakis. 48 minutes on

:48:53. > :49:08.court. Kokkinakis trying to find something.

:49:09. > :51:27.Good from Medvedev. That is about as much emotion as you see from him.

:51:28. > :51:55.Again, got himself out of the way and stepped into it.

:51:56. > :52:07.Glad to get something up there in this second set.

:52:08. > :52:17.Not too much for the crowd to get their teeth into it in this match.

:52:18. > :52:21.No. Some good matches, but a few have been quite one-sided and they

:52:22. > :52:29.need a few good rallies to get them going. He's puzzled. He's not

:52:30. > :52:31.working this out. He is not working out the problem he has in front of

:52:32. > :52:35.him. He's just sort of settled on his

:52:36. > :52:39.plan A. It's not working and it's not going to plan B, to try and do

:52:40. > :52:43.something different, that's the problem. It's almost like he's

:52:44. > :52:50.trying to find his way by hitting harder and it's not working. Not

:52:51. > :53:01.having a good afternoon so far. Jordan Thompson losing to Sam

:53:02. > :53:21.Querrey. Kokkinakis in a bit of bother.

:53:22. > :53:36.He's elsewhere now prepare for Wimbledon. Medvedev double break

:53:37. > :53:49.serving 4-1. Just a hint of a smile on his face.

:53:50. > :54:15.Finding such a rhythm now. 75% first serves. Relentless.

:54:16. > :54:26.Only just. Looking for the 45 second game. Might still beat a minute. Ah.

:54:27. > :54:35.Is the second serve ace. There we are, 53 second. Impressive John? It

:54:36. > :54:39.is, it is. He's unorthodox. He's not a fluid sort of player. He doesn't

:54:40. > :54:45.have any really sort of big, big shots in terms of speed and yet the

:54:46. > :54:50.package is good. It's awkward. It's tough to beat. It's accurate.

:54:51. > :54:53.Defends well and moves well for someone who is 6 foot 6. Serving

:54:54. > :55:20.then to stay in this match. A few players, he will come up

:55:21. > :55:26.against some players who will meet him for the first time, they might

:55:27. > :55:30.be taken aback. Might get used to him when they play him a few times.

:55:31. > :55:39.That is what happens as players rise up through the rankings.

:55:40. > :56:14.Oh. I thought he had that for a second.

:56:15. > :56:39.Changing pace of there. The forehand an then he had the backhand. Then a

:56:40. > :57:21.nice little angle. Not much pace on it.

:57:22. > :57:33.Frustration in everything he does now, Kokkinakis, but he has another

:57:34. > :57:37.game. Wele talked about just before the match it was an event in Moscow

:57:38. > :57:43.last year, towards the end of the year, October, that he had a decent

:57:44. > :57:49.run. He got to the quarter-finals. He

:57:50. > :57:53.eventually lost. We saw what he could do. That was the result which

:57:54. > :57:59.gave him a bit of a boost up the rankings. It's hard to make progress

:58:00. > :58:04.when you are playing challenger events and accumulate the points you

:58:05. > :58:07.need one event toive go you the crucial lift upping the rankings.

:58:08. > :58:12.Gives you confidence and access to more events. Once you get

:58:13. > :58:15.established, that's the easier part done, barring injuries. Impressive

:58:16. > :58:23.the way that Medvedev has done things. He has had a steady move up

:58:24. > :58:31.the rankings. He's not a flashy player. No, not at Apart from that

:58:32. > :58:35.all. One bit into the volley which was positively exuberant. There is a

:58:36. > :58:46.man who barely wants to get out of his chair, though. Still just shy of

:58:47. > :58:48.an hour on court. Daniil Medvedev ready to serve for a place in the

:58:49. > :59:49.quarter-finals. And taken on the first attempt by

:59:50. > :59:55.Daniil Medvedev. Not necessarily a match to stir the soul here at the

:59:56. > :00:00.Queen's Club that is a deeply impressive performance from the

:00:01. > :00:03.Russian. This 21-year-old has overpowered and outclassed the

:00:04. > :00:07.21-year-old on the other side of the net, Thanasis Kokkinakis. Well, well

:00:08. > :00:11.beaten by Daniil Medvedev, who moves through to the quarter-finals and

:00:12. > :00:14.continues his rise up the rankings in this sport. What a win.

:00:15. > :00:22.Comprehensive. Thanasis Kokkinakis he had looked so

:00:23. > :00:28.good against Milos Raonic. Different character today. Cuts a sorry figure

:00:29. > :00:34.as he takes his leave. You hope that his recovery from injury and getting

:00:35. > :00:37.back into the game, he needs more regular matches, getting victories,

:00:38. > :00:45.and he too will climb back up the rankings. He is too talented not if

:00:46. > :00:46.he stays injury-free. Today was a wretched performance from

:00:47. > :01:09.Kokkinakis. Not necessarily a showman, Daniil

:01:10. > :01:19.Medvedev, but that was clinical. Doesn't have to reach out too by two

:01:20. > :01:22.class a few hands. He will go through to play Grigor Dimitrov, and

:01:23. > :01:29.it will be very interesting to see how Dimitrov handles him. That was

:01:30. > :01:38.as straightforward as it gets for Daniel Medvedev. We can hear from

:01:39. > :01:42.him now. Well played today. You played last week and it was a lot

:01:43. > :01:49.closer than that - how do you explain the difference? Well,

:01:50. > :01:54.honestly, I think Kokkinakis did not play his best today, because he's a

:01:55. > :01:59.great player, with a huge serve. I was pleased that I managed to have a

:02:00. > :02:05.solid game, I was serving amazing and I am happy. 13 aces, and one

:02:06. > :02:11.game took only 50 seconds - have you got a personal record? I actually

:02:12. > :02:18.don't know if I ever did four aces, I did three today. Most people here

:02:19. > :02:22.today in the arena probably don't know too much about you, so give us

:02:23. > :02:26.some background on when you started playing, you're from Moscow, when

:02:27. > :02:32.you moved to France, things like that? I started to play when I was

:02:33. > :02:39.six. Accidentally, I went into a tennis group, and I'm sure I'm

:02:40. > :02:44.happy! I moved to France when I was 18 because at one point in Russia it

:02:45. > :02:47.is hard to improve, and I'm happy with where I am now. We are

:02:48. > :02:53.discussing, are there any grass courts in Russia? There are actually

:02:54. > :02:58.indoors, synthetic grass. But they're not easy to play, and even

:02:59. > :03:03.much faster than here. There are no outdoor grass courts. Well done.

:03:04. > :03:09.Thank you very much. SUE BARKER: Yes, very well played.

:03:10. > :03:16.Finishing up with another big serve, that was the key to the match. Not a

:03:17. > :03:24.big serve but so effective. He goes through to face Grigor Dimitrov

:03:25. > :03:28.tomorrow. So, that is Centre Court today. And John has made his way

:03:29. > :03:33.here. Peter, we were talking about that serve of his, and John was

:03:34. > :03:38.saying in the commentary, it is not a fast serve, but the placement is

:03:39. > :03:45.so good? First of all, he made over 70% of his first serves. And he

:03:46. > :03:51.lost, what, one point on his first serve? He was placing it amazingly

:03:52. > :03:56.well. It is an awkward looking action, he tosses the ball well out

:03:57. > :04:00.to his right so he gets a lot of slice on it. But it is clearly if it

:04:01. > :04:04.had on this surface. When he's hitting it in as often as he was

:04:05. > :04:11.today, he's a rough customer to break the McCourty how is -- rough

:04:12. > :04:21.customer to break, Kokkinakis did not even get close. Today, he looked

:04:22. > :04:25.totally flat to me today. He was trying, and we were thinking, get a

:04:26. > :04:30.few balls back, make the margins bigger, do something. Decried the

:04:31. > :04:34.opposite, to hit his way out of trouble, and he kept making error

:04:35. > :04:39.after error, looking at his box, wouldn't know what was going on. His

:04:40. > :04:44.serve was bad today, so different from his previous match. But when he

:04:45. > :04:47.has played so little recently, maybe we should have expected that. And

:04:48. > :04:52.also perhaps, because his match was so long against Raonic, perhaps he's

:04:53. > :04:57.woken up the next few days a little sore. The second day after you have

:04:58. > :05:02.a hard work-out is often the most difficult. So this morning maybe he

:05:03. > :05:06.just wasn't feeling that great. And then the panic strikes you, when

:05:07. > :05:10.something's not working properly and you know you can't move, and you

:05:11. > :05:16.think you have to hit a winner on every ball. And it goes from bad to

:05:17. > :05:21.worse. And it is cooler today, there's a strong wind, and sometimes

:05:22. > :05:24.that can put you off as well? And I thought Medvedev handled that so

:05:25. > :05:31.well. Even his groundstrokes, they're not big. But he's so

:05:32. > :05:37.accurate. He soaks up the pace and hits these awkward looking shots.

:05:38. > :05:40.The thing which surprised me a little bit, Kokkinakis having played

:05:41. > :05:45.him just a week ago, I thought he would have at least read some of the

:05:46. > :05:50.serves, or got a feel for them, but he didn't - he had no idea.

:05:51. > :05:55.Medvedev, hitting the ball so close to the lines, making Kokkinakis move

:05:56. > :06:02.all over the place, it is an effortless style? Bernard Tomic, a

:06:03. > :06:07.little bit? Does not seem to hit it hard but he does the job. He will be

:06:08. > :06:11.playing Grigor Dimitrov tomorrow, so it's going to be a very different

:06:12. > :06:15.kind of match, he's not going to have the time that he had out there

:06:16. > :06:21.today. Well, perhaps. But if he serves the way he did today, then he

:06:22. > :06:29.is going to hold serve. And that takes a lot of pressure off the rest

:06:30. > :06:35.of his game. He can then play the kind of match he likes to play. But

:06:36. > :06:41.as you say, Dimitrov is going to be an entirely different proposition

:06:42. > :06:47.tomorrow. Only 21 years of age, and ranked 60 at the moment, you can see

:06:48. > :06:51.he's another one of these youngsters that's going to be moving up the

:06:52. > :06:55.rankings? He plays a mature game. He looks like he knows the court, he

:06:56. > :07:00.knows when to hit the ball at the right time, he makes you win the

:07:01. > :07:04.point of. And when he gets the chance, he finds angles, not a big

:07:05. > :07:09.hitter, but accurate, centage is good. You're going to have to play a

:07:10. > :07:16.good game to beat him. You're going to have to overpower him, or you're

:07:17. > :07:19.going to have to stay with him, because he's not going to go away.

:07:20. > :07:24.One thing you know is that he will be watched by Dani Valverdu,. 'S

:07:25. > :07:34.coach. They're third on Centre Court tomorrow. First up it is Sam Querrey

:07:35. > :07:45.against Gilles Muller, the battle of the big servers.

:07:46. > :07:57.And we will be on the air on BBC Two at the usual time, at one o'clock.

:07:58. > :08:02.Some interesting matchups, with three former champions are people

:08:03. > :08:07.who know their way around this court, and nobody talking about

:08:08. > :08:17.Tomas Berdych? Exactly. He is quite a silent great player! Former

:08:18. > :08:24.Wimbledon finalist! So, I don't know, is he the favourite here? I

:08:25. > :08:30.don't think so. Maybe Cilic, maybe Dimitrov. But he's certainly a

:08:31. > :08:34.dangerous floater. Just before we go to Jeremy Chardy against Lopez, John

:08:35. > :08:39.Inverdale has been getting out and about behind-the-scenes to meet some

:08:40. > :08:42.of the characters who make this tournament work. Today, he takes a

:08:43. > :08:47.look at how the Centre Court seating has changed this year. The year is a

:08:48. > :08:54.long time in tennis. 12 months ago here at Queen's, beneath me was the

:08:55. > :08:58.number one court. Now, this is a magnificent new construction which

:08:59. > :09:02.houses an extra 3000 seats. This whole operation has been

:09:03. > :09:06.masterminded by a man who spends four months year here at Queen's to

:09:07. > :09:12.make sure that everything is fine when it comes to the first day of

:09:13. > :09:16.played. John, tell us about your four months here in the glamorous

:09:17. > :09:21.car park at Queen's Club? Lovely, you can't beat it, can you? I'm

:09:22. > :09:26.usually the first man on site and the last man off. We tend to work

:09:27. > :09:32.with the ground staff to take out all the grass courts, all the clay

:09:33. > :09:37.courts, and cover them, ready for building the marquees and the

:09:38. > :09:41.seating. And how much more of an operation has that been this year

:09:42. > :09:45.because of the expanded Grandstand? It has been quite a bit tougher this

:09:46. > :09:49.year, actually, with more equipment and men coming onto the site.

:09:50. > :09:54.Transport getting in and out of London, as everybody knows, is

:09:55. > :09:58.pretty horrendous. We have had 50 trailers coming in, and 50 going

:09:59. > :10:03.back out again, it is a lot of kit coming on site. You have been

:10:04. > :10:07.working here for 30-odd years, in charge for 26 - what are the biggest

:10:08. > :10:13.changes in that time? Obviously, the size of it, it has just increased

:10:14. > :10:19.every year. I would say we have kept up the standard as it has gone on,

:10:20. > :10:24.it's been good, can't complain. What is the single gift challenge for you

:10:25. > :10:31.year on year? Probably managing the site and managing the men that's on

:10:32. > :10:35.site. It starts off with a small number of men, and then up to 200,

:10:36. > :10:44.maybe more. Challenges, probably getting the kit in and out safely.

:10:45. > :10:48.On the last day of July, or whenever it is, when you get home to Glasgow,

:10:49. > :10:52.what is the first thing you do? When I get home? Probably have a cold

:10:53. > :10:58.beer, because it takes me ten hours to tow the caravan back to Scotland.

:10:59. > :11:03.Have a cold beer and relax. And so on Monday, John and his 200 strong

:11:04. > :11:07.team will begin the arduous process of dismantling this massive

:11:08. > :11:10.operation. And then, 36 weeks after that, they will start all over

:11:11. > :11:14.again. It is incredible, isn't it? We just walked in here on Monday

:11:15. > :11:24.morning and think, it all looks very nice! Can you imagine?! Coming into

:11:25. > :11:29.Queen's, the roads are not built for cars, a lot of cars, anyway! To

:11:30. > :11:34.think they have got to get those huge things in, it must be a

:11:35. > :11:40.nightmare. Good luck, he's still doing the job so he must love it!

:11:41. > :11:44.And also the crowd love it as well, it's such a popular tournament, and

:11:45. > :11:47.now with increased seating, it has given even more people a chance,

:11:48. > :11:52.because so many people can't get their hands on a Wimbledon ticket.

:11:53. > :11:56.And a lot of people say they prefer coming here to Wimbledon, sacrilege,

:11:57. > :12:01.but it is such intimate venue! And they know how to put on a party.

:12:02. > :12:05.They certainly do, it's wonderful entertainment and hospitality here

:12:06. > :12:07.at the Queen's Club. Our final Match Of The Day, the players are already

:12:08. > :12:16.on court, Feliciano Lopez against Jeremy Chardy. Feliciano Lopez, he

:12:17. > :12:24.was so impressive in beating Stan Wawrinka. Well, this surface is made

:12:25. > :12:28.for him. If he can get through this one, he certainly could win this

:12:29. > :12:33.title, he's that good on this surface, he just loves it. He just

:12:34. > :12:36.glides around the court, he's wonderful to watch on this surface.

:12:37. > :12:42.We can look at a couple of shots that he played against Wawrinka.

:12:43. > :12:46.He's got a perfect grass court game, hasn't he? He has gummy reminds me

:12:47. > :12:50.of Roger Taylor. He has a similar sort of playing style, very

:12:51. > :13:01.classical. He understands where to hit the ball... The different spins,

:13:02. > :13:05.he's got the slice, his serve is so effective, and the results prove it

:13:06. > :13:09.as well, three times in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Playing

:13:10. > :13:15.in Stuttgart, getting through to the final as well, so he's got a lot of

:13:16. > :13:19.matches under his belt. And he's in amazing shape as well. When he comes

:13:20. > :13:23.into this grass court season, knows is a chance for him to do something

:13:24. > :13:27.special. He always feels like on this surface, he's as good as

:13:28. > :13:33.anybody. Some of the shots. The field, with the racket? Yeah, he

:13:34. > :13:44.loves it. He knows when to come in, when the slide serve out. He's an

:13:45. > :13:49.all-round grass court player. As far as Jeremy Chardy is concerned, well,

:13:50. > :13:54.which Jeremy Chardy is going to turn up? He can be a bit unpredictable?

:13:55. > :14:00.Exactly right. He's got a big first serve, so he's going to be dangerous

:14:01. > :14:03.on serve. He also has powerful groundstrokes, but that's about

:14:04. > :14:08.where it ends. We don't always know if those groundstrokes are going to

:14:09. > :14:12.find the mark. And that's the question - is it a day when he's

:14:13. > :14:18.feeling it and he can be almost unplayable? Or will he sprayed it

:14:19. > :14:23.around a little bit? But these players are always dangerous to play

:14:24. > :14:27.but only always dangerous. It would not surprise me if there were some

:14:28. > :14:37.tie-breakers in this match, to be honest. I can't see Chardy breaking

:14:38. > :14:41.Lopez, but I can see him hold in -- I can see him hold in his own serve

:14:42. > :14:45.as well. We are actually on the air for another 45 minutes on BBC Two.

:14:46. > :14:49.After that, coverage will be moving on to the red button. We could be in

:14:50. > :14:54.for a long one. Feliciano Lopez, that left-handed typically, it's

:14:55. > :15:00.such a weapon on grass, more than any other surface? Yeah, because he

:15:01. > :15:05.has the flight one, -- he has the flat serve and the sliced serve. On

:15:06. > :15:17.this surface especially, it stays very low, and so it's difficult to

:15:18. > :15:22.attack. But really, on a slow hard court, for instance, I don't know if

:15:23. > :15:26.guys can get it back into play more often, he gets so many more cheap

:15:27. > :15:32.points with it on this surface, it is a devastating weapon. Got through

:15:33. > :15:37.last year, losing to Lucas Pouille, another of the danger men on the

:15:38. > :15:40.grass courts? I was just thinking that we have had all of these upsets

:15:41. > :15:44.here, and you look at someone like Lucas Pouille, you think how many

:15:45. > :15:49.dangerous floater there are at Wimbledon. There's so many of them

:15:50. > :15:54.that could do well. It's going to be a fascinating, well, the rest of

:15:55. > :15:57.this tournament, and also Wimbledon, because there are a lot of danger

:15:58. > :16:02.men out there now, more so than for many years. And you talk about the

:16:03. > :16:07.training. Feliciano Lopez is 35 years of age, it is the trend in the

:16:08. > :16:14.men's game now, that the players are going on, and actually improving as

:16:15. > :16:18.they get into their mid-30s. The work they do now, with the diet and

:16:19. > :16:23.the physicality of the training sessions, the people they travel

:16:24. > :16:29.with, there's no questions any more, they know exactly what they have to

:16:30. > :16:32.do. Everything is meticulous in their recovery, what they do before

:16:33. > :16:38.and after the match, how much to practise, how much not to. They keep

:16:39. > :16:42.themselves in immaculate shape. The pin-up man for me is Roger Federer,

:16:43. > :16:50.and I think everybody is following. And they think, why not, we can keep

:16:51. > :16:54.on going! It is incredible, six months out, comes back and playing

:16:55. > :17:00.better than ever. He could be the Wimbledon favourite, in many

:17:01. > :17:07.people's eyes. And from any, you would have to say that. He's playing

:17:08. > :17:10.on a grass court in Halle this week. Peter is now on his way to join

:17:11. > :17:15.Andrew Castle for this one. ANDREW CASTLE: Thank you. And such

:17:16. > :17:22.is Peter's athleticism, he's already here! Just settling into position

:17:23. > :17:31.here, as we all are, for what could be a very entertaining match. Having

:17:32. > :17:35.a look at the French rankings, he's ranked number 80 in the world,

:17:36. > :17:40.Jeremy Chardy, a Davis Cup stalwart over the years and former Wimbledon

:17:41. > :17:47.junior champion, somebody who has always played well on grass. Looking

:17:48. > :17:55.at where he ranks in France, with a world ranking of number 80, he is

:17:56. > :18:05.number ten in France. Such is the depth in French tennis. And the same

:18:06. > :18:16.can be said of Spain as well. So, it's Lopez to serve. The last of the

:18:17. > :18:44.quarterfinal positions to be filled, the winner of this, to play Berdych.

:18:45. > :18:56.I did not actually see who that hit, was it a ball girl? They're a pretty

:18:57. > :19:07.tough breed! Did you go to that school? You mention them every day,

:19:08. > :19:13.it seems! They're great! It is a girls school, so no. I thought you

:19:14. > :19:28.might have gone BEFORE the sex change! Andy Lopez has opened up

:19:29. > :20:23.serving big, serving firmly. Settled into his rhythm straightaway.

:20:24. > :20:33.Jeremy Chardy has just really been a spectator in this game. It is a

:20:34. > :20:35.premium, against the big servers, to maintain concentration on your own

:20:36. > :21:05.serve. Jeremy Chardy is a man known for

:21:06. > :21:20.hitting winners and losers on that forehand side. Nobody in France,

:21:21. > :21:25.including Guy Forget, really knows if the forehand is going to go in on

:21:26. > :21:33.that day, but if it does, it is a devastating weapon. He beat Jordan

:21:34. > :21:37.Thompson in the second round of qualifying, so Jordan Thompson was a

:21:38. > :21:46.lucky loser before coming in and beating Andy Murray. He beat Liam

:21:47. > :22:04.Broady of Britain in the first round proper, Jeremy Chardy.

:22:05. > :22:10.PETER FLEMING: And he will be just a little tight in this first game. So,

:22:11. > :22:37.it's fought with danger for him. ANDREW CASTLE: Three of their five

:22:38. > :23:53.matches have gone the distance. A couple of errant ball tosses from

:23:54. > :24:10.Jeremy Chardy already, so something not entirely right at this moment.

:24:11. > :24:23.Well, that was quite deep in the court, a reasonable defensive lob,

:24:24. > :24:59.but dispatched. Yeah, very athletically.

:25:00. > :25:11.Inconsistency is something which has always characterised Shami Chardy's

:25:12. > :25:13.game, but dropping serve so early against Feliciano Lopez could be

:25:14. > :26:11.serious. That's a big first serve, especially

:26:12. > :26:16.when you consider it hit the line. No chance at all on the return.

:26:17. > :26:47.Slowing it down by about 20%. If Lopez can keep the pace on his

:26:48. > :26:54.serve, he can make it very difficult for Lula Chardy to return. The

:26:55. > :27:00.Frenchman has long groundstrokes, long take-backs. So it often makes

:27:01. > :27:03.it difficult for him to time the shot. But when he DOES time it well,

:27:04. > :27:21.he can really power it down. Yes, a couple of double faults, but

:27:22. > :27:33.the pace is impressive. No particular footwork from Chardy

:27:34. > :28:11.there. . If you want to get in touch about

:28:12. > :28:23.anything, any observations, plenty of ways to get in touch. John says -

:28:24. > :28:28.interested to know your thoughts on the tennis ball, is it too quick now

:28:29. > :28:31.with the latest rackets? A slightly softer ball could make the game more

:28:32. > :28:37.enjoyable to watch, Peter Fleming? Well, the balls are hard but they're

:28:38. > :28:43.not light. I think essentially it is the same ball which has been played

:28:44. > :28:47.with for 50 years, ever since they started coming out of a can, which

:28:48. > :28:53.was about 30 five and 40 years ago. A softer ball, by the way, the

:28:54. > :29:00.players would not go for that, it would wear out pretty quickly. But I

:29:01. > :29:06.understand, grass court tennis is very different. Simon says - my son

:29:07. > :29:11.is a budding county player, why do so many juniors go abroad to reach

:29:12. > :29:17.the next level, what can GB tennis do about it? It is a good question

:29:18. > :29:22.but there are so many good academies around the world now. You've got to

:29:23. > :29:26.specialise now at an earlier age than before. Rafael Nadal is opening

:29:27. > :29:31.his Academy full-time from September. It is tough to resist the

:29:32. > :29:46.best in the world. It's the French club system which

:29:47. > :29:52.has produced all of these players, places to go to socialise, families

:29:53. > :29:59.go, tournaments as well. You've got to play. And they have millions of

:30:00. > :30:15.people who play in tournaments, the French.

:30:16. > :30:22.Lopez is putting this set to bed. That slice backhand is more

:30:23. > :30:28.effective on this surface because it skids through and stays low. It

:30:29. > :30:30.becomes an attacking shot. On a clay-court or a slow hard court it's

:30:31. > :31:20.very much a neutral shot. This is a horror, very poor. Well,

:31:21. > :31:25.in a strange sort of way, it's the good news, bad news, for Jeremy

:31:26. > :31:29.Chardy. The bad news is he lost the fist set. The good news, he has a

:31:30. > :31:34.couple of games now to kind of pull himself together. To see if he can't

:31:35. > :31:41.start off on good terms in the second set. He's got to just write

:31:42. > :32:06.this set off now and say - all right, let's try and find a rhythm.

:32:07. > :32:16.Wow. He just hit that right through him.

:32:17. > :32:41.Chardy is standing right there, just couldn't react quickly enough.

:32:42. > :32:51.His arm is just, it's well-oiled and ready to do damage. Lopez, 5-0.

:32:52. > :32:55.That's not much in the way of entertainment, unless you really

:32:56. > :32:58.enjoy a one way spectacle. Like Peter Fleming says, it could change

:32:59. > :33:03.into the second set. 14 minutes played in this second round match at

:33:04. > :33:09.Queen's Club. It has been a tournament full of surprises with

:33:10. > :33:15.Jordan Thompson beating Andy Murray. Tsonga losing second round to Gilles

:33:16. > :33:22.Muller. Wawrinka going out in the fist round to the man we are

:33:23. > :33:27.enjoying here, Feliciano Lopez. Raonic lost. Who knows what will

:33:28. > :33:32.happen next or who your favourite is. I think personally Grigor

:33:33. > :33:37.Dimitrov. It's the manner he's going about his business, others will

:33:38. > :33:45.differ. Yeah. It's hard to bet against Marin Cilic the way he

:33:46. > :33:51.played in fills first matches here. Former champion here. Still plenty

:33:52. > :34:04.to play for. Chardy is ready to playwright now. It looks like he's

:34:05. > :34:08.got a bus to catch. Most odd this. He's having trouble with that.

:34:09. > :35:46.Perhaps nerves have got to him just a tad.

:35:47. > :35:52.Feliciano Lopez support box. Plenty of them in there. That's Mark Lopez

:35:53. > :36:08.there, you see, in the middle. Fabulous doubles player.

:36:09. > :36:23.Mark Lopez, a great doubles player. The stylish hat, naturally, David

:36:24. > :36:27.Beckham. Is I believe that's little Romeo with him, the second of his

:36:28. > :36:43.four children. He's a very keen tennis player.

:36:44. > :37:16.David Beckham due at Glastonbury this weekend. Clamping, no doubt.

:37:17. > :37:28.6-1 in double quick time. I'd be surprised if there's been a quicker

:37:29. > :37:33.set this week. 19 minutes. A little confusing. Now on the women's tour,

:37:34. > :37:37.the WTA Tour, coaches are allowed to come out and say a few words.

:37:38. > :37:41.On the Men's Tour that is not something that is allowed. In Davis

:37:42. > :37:47.Cup you have your coach sitting alongside you. You will have Lyon

:37:48. > :37:50.Smith, talking away. If you were coaching Jeremy Chardy now, Peter

:37:51. > :37:54.Fleming, you would have to be honest with him, wouldn't you? It depends

:37:55. > :38:03.on him, I guess, what would it be - move your feet? Well, yes. Move your

:38:04. > :38:09.feet. But, first things first, relax on your ball toss. Try and settle

:38:10. > :38:14.down so that you can put the ball toss in the same spot twice in a

:38:15. > :38:18.row. And you've got to serve. You've got to be aggressive with your

:38:19. > :38:26.serve. If you miss the first, even go for a few big seconds. Get a few

:38:27. > :38:29.holes and then you can start to assert yourself. Put a bit of

:38:30. > :38:33.scoreboard pressure on your opponent. Don't be afraid to show a

:38:34. > :38:37.little bit of animation. Show the crowd. Use the energy of the crowd

:38:38. > :38:43.by showing you are enthusiastic to be out there. You are keen to play.

:38:44. > :38:46.We could send him an espresso, a single shot to get him going? That

:38:47. > :38:53.is a good point. Sometimes when you are playing in front of a big crowd

:38:54. > :38:58.and you aren on wrong end of one way traffic, it becomes very inhibiting

:38:59. > :39:07.and you start to go into your shell because you are embarrassed. That is

:39:08. > :39:11.probably the wrong reaction. So a very important service game with new

:39:12. > :39:38.tennis balls for Jeremy Chardy. Oh, oh. This is definitely into

:39:39. > :39:44.yipish territory. It's difficult to share anything with the crowd at

:39:45. > :39:52.that point, apart from - somebody come and take me away. I speak with

:39:53. > :39:57.bitter experience! Lopez, on the other hand, knows, put every ball

:39:58. > :39:59.back into play now. Just see if you can't scrape a break here and, he

:40:00. > :41:41.might just break. Chardy keeps hoping his timing might

:41:42. > :41:48.come good. Had doesn't appear to have done.

:41:49. > :41:54.You know he can hit the ball safely into Lopez's sliced backhand just

:41:55. > :42:45.about any time he wants. COMMENTATOR: In fact, it hasn't been

:42:46. > :42:52.a great game from Lopez, this game. It's almost as though he knows, all

:42:53. > :43:01.he needs to do is get one more break of serve and his opponent is done.

:43:02. > :43:07.That is always a terrible mind-set to have. All you have to do

:43:08. > :43:24.mind-set. Well done. Not having an easy time

:43:25. > :43:28.out there, the Frenchman. Mind you, there is enough French players

:43:29. > :43:32.who've made everyone else's life a misery over the last few years, such

:43:33. > :43:35.is their depth. You can hardly win a tournament these days without having

:43:36. > :43:41.to get through a couple of Frenchmen, there are so many good

:43:42. > :43:52.players. Led still by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Do keep your eyes peeled for

:43:53. > :43:54.an upcoming player, 23 years of aged, 15th in the world. A winner

:43:55. > :44:06.last week. He beat Lopez in the final. Had a

:44:07. > :44:10.great run last year at the US Open. Beat Rafael Nadal. Next French man

:44:11. > :44:36.perhaps to make a Grand Slam final. Has he made a

:44:37. > :44:50.massive improvement over the tennis he showed last year, I'm not sure

:44:51. > :45:56.Practiced in the off season in Dubai with Roger Federer. That will help.

:45:57. > :46:02.Lopez continues his dominance on the first serve. He's only lost one

:46:03. > :46:04.point when he's put the fist serve into play. In fact only lost five

:46:05. > :47:23.points on his serve in all. They're coming for you, Peter. Away

:47:24. > :47:28.it goes. Chardy has settled into this match a little. That's a third

:47:29. > :47:34.service hold for him. He's 2-1 up, second set.

:47:35. > :47:39.Chardy 2-1 up. More competitive set. We will be right back with this. We

:47:40. > :47:43.can remind you what happened today. Marin Cilic, too good for the

:47:44. > :47:50.19-year-old American. The former champion and US Open champion goes

:47:51. > :48:02.through 6-0, 6-4. Another former champion through, this was a really

:48:03. > :48:13.competitive match, going three sets. Jordan Thompson won the crowd over

:48:14. > :48:18.but Sam Querrey winning. Thanasis Kokkinakis is not the same player

:48:19. > :48:21.that put out Raonic earlier in the champion, Medvedev winning that one.

:48:22. > :48:33.We are back tomorrow: Just about ten minutes to go before

:48:34. > :48:38.we go to the Red Button today. Sit back and enjoy this one.

:48:39. > :48:42.COMMENTATOR: Thank you for this update. Waiting to see if it become

:48:43. > :48:55.as more competitive match. Half an hour played. Over in Germany, Roger

:48:56. > :49:01.Federer 7-6 up, 2-2, against the left hander. He had a good season,

:49:02. > :49:05.not but not as good as his younger brother who maded it through to the

:49:06. > :49:07.quarter-final of that tournament as we head towards Wimbledon, a

:49:08. > :49:27.week-and-a-half away. He said, I'm OK. My brother is

:49:28. > :49:41.special. I can't compare with him. Like Veus and

:49:42. > :50:06.Serena. Her younger player just happens to be "the greatest."

:50:07. > :50:48.That is an error, suspect it? 15-30. In a rally against one of the great

:50:49. > :50:55.servers. Very disappointed with that. Three or four rows back in

:50:56. > :50:57.front of the members' pavilion. How ungentlemanly. Snagged it out of

:50:58. > :51:13.that gentleman in front. You get the feeling, had the ball

:51:14. > :51:17.been a foot shorter he would have dove on top of the guy to catch it.

:51:18. > :51:29.He should have done it. He should have opened up a pocket and watch

:51:30. > :51:36.the baldies appear in. Pretty good hold from 0-30 down.

:51:37. > :51:44.Doubles taking place here. I was telling you about how entertaining

:51:45. > :51:47.Mark Lopez is as a doubles player with Feliciano Lopez. Watching from

:51:48. > :51:54.the players box, supporting his friend. They lost in the first

:51:55. > :52:07.round, to the recent French Open champions.

:52:08. > :52:40.The American kiwi pair. I beg your pardon.

:52:41. > :52:48.Now Chardy's starting to settle in. It will will be his fourth service

:52:49. > :52:50.hold in a row. An entirely different proposition now than he was in set

:52:51. > :53:31.number one. This is funny # BBC tennis. Bonnie

:53:32. > :53:39.saying. I was one 20 years ago. Best week of my life even though I was

:53:40. > :53:43.hit with a serve. Glad you recovered OK. They get together at 8. 30am at

:53:44. > :53:49.their two schools and get bussed in together. They do each other's hair.

:53:50. > :53:58.As I said, did you go to the same place. It's plaited and crossed

:53:59. > :54:04.over. GCSEs next year or a couple of years away. They are doing a great

:54:05. > :54:08.job here. Tony says. Why don't players play serve and volley on

:54:09. > :54:13.grass? Because the game has changed and guys return serve so well. They

:54:14. > :54:17.are adept at hitting passing shots with the new springs that put more

:54:18. > :54:24.spin on the ball and allow the ball to dip. It's almost taking on a life

:54:25. > :54:28.of its own. Guys haven't served and volleyed on other surfaces. They are

:54:29. > :54:34.not as good as it. Were it still might work on this surface, they

:54:35. > :54:41.just don't like to do it. So it's almost left the game. Lopez is

:54:42. > :54:45.something of a throwback, but he doesn't serve volley too much. His

:54:46. > :54:49.passing shots go past so quickly now, you can't move more than a

:54:50. > :54:52.foot. It's like a well taken penalty in football. You can't save it, even

:54:53. > :55:16.with perfect technique. Sdwrous add one final piece to that

:55:17. > :55:21.puzzle. The courts are so good. I mean, it's like playing on a hard

:55:22. > :55:25.court, virtually. So the returner knows that he's got a decent bounce

:55:26. > :55:45.on every return. This's a dive bomber. Got the best

:55:46. > :55:47.seat in the house there. -- That's a dive bomber. Got the best seat in

:55:48. > :56:04.the house there. Well Chardy's done well changing his

:56:05. > :56:14.serving form around. He still needs a bit of work on the returns.

:56:15. > :56:21.Of course, hasn't had a lot of opportunities to practice it.

:56:22. > :57:29.Struggling to touch the ball. Landing gear down. About 35 seconds

:57:30. > :57:41.away or so for landing. It's a line ball. Seriously, is that how long it

:57:42. > :57:45.takes to get to Heathrow from here? No, I'm just guessing. How far is

:57:46. > :57:52.it, another 10 miles. Probably. Travelling at 180 miles an hour.

:57:53. > :57:56.Still three minutes. No. It's three miles a minute. Right, so. Another

:57:57. > :58:08.three minutes. We are coming off air in about a

:58:09. > :58:12.minute. It will take me a long time to work the maths out. We will

:58:13. > :58:16.continue this match on the Red Button all the way to the end. Back

:58:17. > :58:35.tomorrow with the quarter-final action.

:58:36. > :58:46.Fabulous. 4-3. He has second the settled set, it's a lot closer than

:58:47. > :58:58.the first. We come to the end of our tran

:58:59. > :59:02.mission here on BBC Two. As Andrew said, if you want to continue

:59:03. > :59:05.watching, you can, it's available on the Red Button. We will

:59:06. > :59:13.MUSIC: Power by Kanye West

:59:14. > :59:17.# No one man should have all that power... #