Day 5, Part 2 Queen's

In the past, this title has been won by Lleyton Hewitt, Jimmy Connors and

Rod Laver. One more thing they have in common, they were all under six

feet tall. They say size doesn't matter. But in this year 's Queen 's

quarterfinals, it could be described as a land of giants. This afternoon,

sixth at 62010 champion, Sam Querrey of the United States, takes on six

that or Gilles Muller from Luxembourg.

There is a gigantic obstacle in front of six foot three Grigor

Dimitrov as he faces 65 Daniil Medvedev. And last but not least,

6-foot five, Thomas Berdych plays Feliciano

Lopez. So, huge matches everywhere today. Do you think? You've got to

go with the big guy. That really narrows it down! The spectators are

arriving and looking forward to another lovely summers day and, of

course, the exceptional hospitality that was on offer here at the Aegon

Championships. This is the order of the day for quarterfinal stage.

Sam Querrey has one both of their previous meetings against Gilles

Muller, but that was before he improved. Another champion, Grigor

Dimitrov, up against the youngest player left in the last eight,

21-year-old Daniil Medvedev. And then Thomas Berdych may have been a

runner-up in Wimbledon in 2010 but he's not the favourite in this one

against Feliciano Lopez, the left-hander who is so effective on

this service. So, that is what we are looking forward to. Big eyes,

big serves we are going to see, but no real serve volley is. No, not at

all. I think it has been almost eliminated from the game because

guys are so good at returning and hitting passing shots now that it is

difficult to come to the net. Guys just have sort of lost that skill a

little bit, so when you get a guy who comes in even occasionally, like

Lopez or Mahler, it's almost a surprise. When you look at the last

eight, who is your favourite? Who have you been more impressed with?

Well, Cilic, I think, appears to be in the best form. Daniel Kozlov must

be thrilled in that he managed to win a point on Cilic's first serve.

Better than is needed. I was looking at the stats. In his first matches,

he won 5051 points on his first serve. John Isner didn't any. That

is amazing. And this guy must be, lamented, because he has moved Cilic

on? Yes, he is more confident on his grand strikes than he's ever been.

His 4/ -- his forehand has improved and is stronger than it has ever

been. Lauren Ivanisevic helped to make that a formidable weapon. --

Goran Ivanisevic. He is now a threat to win just about anything. You

wonder how Donald Young will hurt Cilic in any way. It is a struggle.

He is not the biggest hitter around the court but he is quick. I am just

not sure how many Cilic will offer comic in as good form as he is in.

Another one who has been very impressive is Grigor Dimitrov, the

2014 champion, and he burst on three, not just winning this

Championships but going through to the semifinals champion -- of

Wimbledon, beating Andy Murray. Do you think he's back on that level?

He is not far away. His form hasn't been perfect this week but at this

sort of level, it just takes a couple of matches for a guy's

believed to grow and suddenly he thinks he's unbeatable. For Dimitrov

on this surface, that's certainly a possibility, because he is their

best move on grass by any stretch of the imagination. He is so flexible

and well balanced and incredibly graceful. And you do get a case with

him of the mental side of it. Wins breed confident and when he is

confident, he is capable of beating almost any of the big names. I guess

the biggest confidence -- the biggest challenge for him is to get

over that confidence comp. To be a winner. He knew what it was like in

the juniors, but for some reason, he hasn't quite got over that last

obstacle to launch himself into the very highest grouping in this group.

We are going out on court here to Gilles Muller. He is a different

kind of player this year? He is aged 34, playing their best tennis of his

life. Also now pretty solid of the ground and moving better than he

ever has, too. And he is coming forward, making himself attack more.

He has taken the first set against Sam Querrey and it is for - four.

Let's join this one live with Andrew Castle and John loyd.

ANDREW CASTLE: this was always going to be a match where things were very

tight. The first set was one after a small loss of concentration. That's

the kind of match this is. Both players are winners on the ATP tour

this year. Sam Querrey, a winner in Acapulco. And last week, Gilles

Muller one on grass in Holland. Oh, good feel. So, just that one

break. This is the essence of grass court tennis, between players like

this. Absolutely. Sam Querrey, this match has come down to that one game

where he just, for some reason, his mind wandered, and when you play

against a big server, and he is a big server himself, both of their

coaches will have said, manage your side of the court, take care of

business on your serve, fight hard, you may only get one chance in the

set but be ready. For some reason, Sam Querrey's mind wandered for one

game. Credit to Mahler, but he didn't really need to do much to

win. If he loses this match, he may feel he threw the test away -- the

match away before he even got to the tie-break. It's good tennis, pure

serve and aggressive second shots. The serving of Gilles Muller in the

first set, he was at 80% on his first serve and hitting lines all

over the place. What can you do against that? You hang in there, I

suppose, and try to get into a tie-break. Quarterfinals here at

Queen's Club, the Aegon Championships, and this is the best

of those quarterfinals. Some doubles coming up later on and Dimitrov

Medvedev will be interesting, then Berdych versus Lopez. The last of

these 4/4-finals later on. -- the last of these four quarterfinals

later on. Sometimes, if you can just get your

racquet on it, errors happen. That is what happened therefore Muller.

You will be familiar with the name Jamie Delgado who is now working

alongside Andy Murray and before he joined him, he was with Gilles

Muller, making a tremendous difference to his game. Great credit

to him. I guess he couldn't resist the call of the world number one.

Well, he wasn't at the time. That was what made it a good challenge as

well. No, he was just the Wimbledon champion. Amir Wimbledon champion.

Did you see Sam Querrey there? He went about half an hour early. You

would have to pick one side or the other with this delivery. We will

illustrate that in a second. It is funny, trying to receive this

Muller serve. Let's have a quick clip that this one. This was from

the first set. We will show you what it's actually like to receive in a

minute. That's the way to back-up the first

serve. Run round and felt that forehand away. He's done so well.

Just over an hour paid. -- played. Big shocks at the beginning of the

week and the temperatures as well. Much cooler today. Never a difficult

day to be in the stands and enjoying some of the hospitality. So much

going on. This tournament has grown so much over the years. Now, what,

9500 people in what is a magnificent stadium. It's the ATP tour event of

the year again for the fourth year in a row. It's a great place to

come. The plastic seating, I am told, if you are coming here on a

hot, long day, bring some kind of cloth to sit on. Especially on a

long day like today with four excellent matches. Well, you have

this sort of take a slightly German view, if I may be so bold, with the

seats in front of the pavilion. I was by the polls before breakfast.

So many people out early this week and it is unreserved up above on the

balcony as well. Some former champions watching from their this

week. Many of the corporate guests will make their way in for this

second match featuring Marin Cilic, who is in great form at the moment.

He is the highest seed left, number four, playing Donald Young. That is

after this one. That's the sort of mistake you can't

make. If you are trying to break serve and haven't had much of

looking, he had quite a lot of time on that backhand and just dragged it

into their net. Now, then, there's a little bit of

an opening. Unless this ball is called in. I don't think it's in,

but... The call stands. Let! Oh, that's one of those once,

because Querrey was stealing to his left. It's an automatic indication.

In the old days, he would have argued about that big-time, but he

can't argue against a machine, can he? And Fergus as well. No, he's

formidable. Oh, wow, here we go. Suddenly. We didn't see this coming.

Oh, how did he get out of that?! I thought he was done there. That's a

great effort from Muller. He did not look like at any stage he would win

this rally. Hey, he was in trouble. Here, he was in trouble. This was

the first time there was a very good blog. I don't know, could Sam have

hit an overhead there? I think so. He could have hit the volley better,

too. He's got a lot of biting his game at

the moment, hasn't he, Gilles Muller? Match wins last week in

Holland, very sharp. Yes, the tennis is good now. Much

better than the first set. The coaching team getting it in the

air -- ear. That's such a good serve. Sam

Querrey they're probably just leaning slightly to his left. You

have to do really expect that serve, percentages, to go out wide, but

changing it up down the middle. How good is that approach? See their

heavy slice. But it's the depth. Deep, leans into that one. You can

see the slice, keeps a low, enabled him to get good net position.

Oh, well, that was the shot he hit so well yesterday against John

Thompson. He was just brilliant on the backhand side. You expected

beforehand but not so much on the back and that open stance backhand,

still on court, still in this game. Oh, he looked for a second like he

had lost his balance and wasn't going to make that overhead. I'm not

sure if it was a gust of wind or something but he was completely off

balance when he hit that. Good upper body strength there, keeping him are

bright enough to hit that one away. He did well. Well, that was a

testing game. Almost ten minutes long. He saved break points that

came out of the blue and he always feels pretty good going into break

points with the serve he has got. The only one of the last six

tie-break that he has lost was here, first round against Atherley. He

lost it 19 -- 17. Querrey defeated Cameron Norrie, who

has now gone pro, and Jordan Thompson.

Winning is a habit, isn't it? You find that lovely with and you know

you're going to be OK, you trust yourself. You're not thinking, just

playing by interest -- playing by instinct.

Querrey has been anticipating and making effective returns more in the

last ten, 12 minutes than in the previous hour of the match. It's

quite amazing that, when you think of it. So many of his other service

games, he's just been walking side to side, hardly making a return. All

of a sudden, this patch, he is picking the Serbs off now. It's

taken him a long time. He's straight hitting has been

unveiled, hasn't it. It's over the top part of the net where he is

picking a place anything, I am going through with this. -- he's straight

hitting has been unreal, hasn't it? I have two slightly question that

return. The serve into the body from a left-hander, it's a tough one. But

Sam settling for getting it into play and mid-court against Gilles

Muller isn't good enough today. I know it's a very difficult ball,

that left-handed swerve, you don't know if it'll kick a bit or swerve,

and it certainly has pace and it is well. Perhaps he could go for broke,

with the forehand he has got, back to the way he against Djokovic on

Court one in the first round of Wimbledon last year. He could

unleash that second serve return on occasion. Perhaps he should be

threatening it more. Easy place to play a match, the

commentary box. Seeing that serve now. A mini-break

up again, the American. Number 28 in the world playing the number six,

Muller. Off the top of the net, just a

change in the direction of the ball, but he got a hold of it, Muller,

positive play, back on serve. Again, evidence of the matches he has

played. Knowing how important that point was, to make something happen.

He did well to get that serve back into play. No pace on it, still it

was deep. You can see there, to go for a winner from that position,

that sort of place, such an important point. Credit to Muller

for that. Well, I don't know whether that was

a bad bounce or not. A bit strange, that was. He took a full swing there

and just completely... Might have to just call one are whiff. Three

straight points for Muller, bottom line, and suddenly Querrey, who had

played a pretty good tie-breaker until this point, match point down.

And he has got it! Wonderful winning run from Gilles Muller continues.

Not just a superb serving performance by any means, from great

to know how. He has had a career high at the moment playing with

confidence, the 34-year-old. He backs it up with another straight

sets victory, this time over Sam Querrey, the former champion, the

first of three former champions on this court. How about that? I40 had

approached the wrong way coming into the Sam Querrey forehand in the

final point. Not a bit of it. He has had success here before, Gilles

Muller. This is his third straight quarterfinal showing. But now into

the semifinal and all of this after winning his second tournament of the

year last week on grass in Holland, so with great confidence he

advances. And he will play the winner of our next match, Marin

Cilic expected to beat Donald Young, but it has been an unpredictable

week. Later on, Grigor Dimitrov against Medvedev. Always good to see

Dimitrov play, and this young next-generation star, Medvedev, of

Russia, who beat Kokkinakis and Mahut this week, so he is a quality

player. To finish it off, Berdych against Lopez today. The closing

stages of the first four quarterfinal matches at Queen's

Club. Came in on the forehand side, which was strange, then this one,

enough backspin and short enough in the court. From 3-5 down, a 7-5

victories in the tie-break. He is through to the quarterfinal. Let's

catch up with the winner, Gilles Muller, talking to John Isner.

Cannot stop winning?! Yes, it feels good! Everything is working out

great at the moment, playing good tennis and I feel in important

moment I am able to bring up very good shots and everything is coming

my way at the moment. People talk about the difference between

practising and actually playing matches, you have played so many

matches in the last few weeks, we could see in those moments there you

are match tight. Yes, for sure, it is a great feeling when you get that

many matches in a row, it doesn't happen too often in the year for me,

so to get this many wins in a row gives me a big boost

and a lot of confidence. During the last couple of matches, I was

googling famous people from Luxembourg, especially in sport, and

without being rude, there are not many. You still live in Luxembourg,

you have not decamped to Monte Carlo or anywhere, how proud you to be

representing your country? Very proud. Like you said, there are not

many Luxembourg people in the world, only half a million live there,

maybe 600,000 now, and it is great to be representing Luxembourg all

over the world. Mostly it is famous for the banks so I'm very happy that

I'm also putting it on the map because of tennis. You are doing

that magnificently at the moment, congratulations, see you tomorrow in

the semifinal. Just getting better and better at

the age of 34. He had not won a title on the ATP Tour until this

year, won in Sydney and then last week as well, through to his first

semifinal here, some beautiful tennis particularly in those last

few games. Andrew Ann John made their way here, that was a lovely

match to watch. Some fabulous rallies there. We were watching two

players who are unbelievably sharp at the moment and I thought it was

going to be tie-breakers, and unexpected bad game from Sam in the

first but other than that, how they were backing up their service, the

feel that they had and, particularly with Muller, what he would do with

the ball, how he managed his game, I thought he was absolutely brilliant,

and how he saved that set point, just brilliant play. As John said in

the interview, he is match tight, playing big points unbelievably

well. Let's enjoyed that match point against it because it was a lovely

touch, particularly at the end. He has come of age this year? Anybody

playing in a career-high ranking feels pretty great, this amazed me

that he went to the forehand, there wasn't a great deal on it but when

you have got the winning habit things do go your way. You have

positivity, you are allowing your tennis to come out, so a great

moment in his career and at the age of 34, this year he wins his two

travels, he lost six finals before that. It is a delightful time five,

playing with no pressure at all and to be honest that serve is going to

make him a lot of money. That serve is such a weapon. 80% first serves

in the first touch, at one point he started running about half an hour

before he hit the serve to try to guess where the ball was going and

he guessed wrong. He is fighting lines, goes in the body, has the

same ball toss wherever he puts it, you can go either way with it, he

just it well, so confident on it. Great economy to his game, he does

not look like he's doing that but everything he is simple and he does

it with weight and purpose and that is what you want. Jamie Delgado home

his game so well before going with Andy Murray so he deserves some

credit but Gilles is out there doing it, he might not look like the most

animated guy in the world but he is one of the nicest guys out there, I

am delighted for his success. Sam Querrey will be thinking, what did I

do wrong when I had that set point? But he did not really do anything

wrong, did he? Not really, could he have got more weight on that

backhand smash? Perhaps, but Muller looks like he was going to win that

point, Sam Querrey played a great second set and still lost it. Let's

just moved to Edgbaston because the news in the papers involving Jo

Konta, who played yesterday and lost her second round match to the big

hitting American Coco Vanderweghe, always a danger on the grass, she

was down 5-0 in just 16 minutes. This follows from losing the final

in Nottingham to Donovan kitsch, ranked 70 in the world last week, so

she was asked in her press conference, is it a blow to your

Wimbledon hopes and she rather angrily replied, another defeat in a

short period? I think I did OK, I made the final last week but thanks

for the positivity. Wow, is it a big blow to you? I am not entitled to

win every single match. To be honest, the reporter had every right

to ask the question. Every player here and who loses is asked, is this

a blow to your Wimbledon? Exactly, it is silly season. She is the focus

of a lot... Even coming here today with the aforementioned motorcycle

to try to get around, huge great billboard on the a four, Jo Konta,

so this is attention and with the money and the adoration and the

glory comes the expectation, so that is what it feels like. Incidentally,

Coco Vanderweghe, now coached by Pat Cash because he thinks she can win a

major championship, one of the things Jo Konta said was, cheers for

the positivity, I did beat last week's semifinal before coming here.

She is just feeling feisty at the moment. We have all played a match

like that, well and truly stumped, and you really are feeling angry,

but it is a lesson you learned to get angry when you leave the press

conference? Yes, there is pressure on her, the British pressure, home

audience. If I was her I would go and have a chat for five minutes

with Andy Murray and say, how do you deal with the pressure and embrace

it? You have to embrace it or you run away from it and that remark was

a bit like, oh, Wimbledon is coming, what will they ask me, instead of

saying, you are playing great tennis, enjoy yourself. It shows

that she cares. It is fine, but the fact we are talking about it on the

TV, it is just more of the same. But you are right, we ought to back off

and leave her. We understand the pressure, Jo will be at Eastbourne

and there will be coverage of that starting on Monday from 2pm on BBC

Two, eight of the world's top ten playing at Devonshire Park,

something to look forward to next week.

Further ahead to Wimbledon, this year the BBC are celebrating 90

years of coverage at the Championships, and to celebrate that

5 Live is running a competition to pick the greatest moment. They have

narrowed it down to their top ten, so take a look at this and make your

choice. And he has done it! He really has

done it. Yes, she has done it!

That's it, that's it, the dream has come true!

That's it! And, at last, he does it. There is a new man in men's tennis,

Rafael Nadal. Isner, three sets to two.

The waiting is over! I get tingles watching all of that

again! Make your choice, that is the top then they have chosen and you

can make your choice by logging onto the BBC sport website, there will be

a special programme on Wednesday at 8:30pm on 5 Live.

Where was said to Rhett Rogic, another absolute classic! -- Federer

Rogic. I felt Goran because of how unexpected it was, but how could it

not be Andy? How long it had been before he won it, you have to go

with that. But there are too many to choose from. I just thought about

something, Tim Henman smacked me right in the head when Andy Murray

won because he was right beside me in commentary and he almost hit his

head on the roof, he hit my head with his elbow, trying to deliver

this winning line, would you sit down?! The sheer intensity of Murray

winning in 2013 and that final game, the sheer, oh my God, can we just

get this over with, moment, that was my number one. But in terms of

purity of tennis and the finest tennis I have ever seen played, I

cannot see past 2008 Federer Rhett Nadal. There were moments in that

when it was just... I saw the game elevating and they just continued to

bring the best out of each other, nine years later they played the

Australian Open final, another classic, and they are still at it,

even in the first two Grand Slams this year, two great sportsman said

for that reason I would probably pick that. I would add your

semifinal from 77. As the worst moment! Thank you very much, let's

move on, shall we?! The players are coming out for our

next match, our next quarterfinal here, Donald Young of the United

States making his debut in the last eight here at the Championships, he

has had a couple of good weeks after a rather poor run of form since

March, up against the big man, Marin Cilic, big former champion. The

players are on court and Cilic, we talk about these super coaches in

their corner, in his corner it is Younus Bjorkman, who has been

talking to John. Is there one way of coaching everybody or do you tailor

your coaching to the individual personality, the guy you are in

charge of? Tough question! I have only coached two guys, so probably

not the perfect one to ask but so far I feel that you have two with

just a little bit because they all have different personalities,

different routines for their practice but also for the matches,

so I think you have to adjust quite a bit. Can you compare the changes

or nuances you have to make between Andy and Marin? I would say they are

the same, very hard workers, they want to take advantage of every

minute on the practice court, before and after, which is something I

really enjoyed, just have half an hour of not the perfect practice,

you know, they want to go out and work really hard, so I would say

there are a lot of similarities in their ways of preparing and playing.

We always think of Marin in terms of the big serve but he is so much more

of that, do you practice more to make the strength is stronger or

practice the weakness is more to make them less weak? It is always a

combination. You have the strength with the serve, like he has, you

have to continue to work on it and in his case I think what we try is

to get a little bit more consistency to lift up the first serve

percentage because if he can get above 60%, I think, is really hard

to play against and obviously that lifts his confidence in the rest of

the game. But, like you said, at the same time, when that is feeling good

you have to try to find ways of improving as well. So it is a mix

every week. And there is Marin Cilic, he is a

wise man to have in your corner? He is, I think with Cilic the matches I

have seen this week, he is looking more aggressive, looking closer to

the baseline, looking to go forward all the time and I am sure that is

what Jonas has been doing, he was a great grass court player himself and

I think it was an excellent choice for Marin Cilic to have someone like

Jonas who is calm and get his point across and knows what he is doing on

this surface. Absolutely. He is up against Donald Young, a return to

form because he have had some disappointing results in the

build-up to this, but he looked good here, but you just wonder how he

will hurt Cilic? No idea, but you are right, it is about confidence,

when you break a losing streak, he lost five first-round matches over a

couple of months. You get a win or two and feel like you belong once

again, the clouds part and you are ready to play so he will not feel he

has got much to lose in this match and he can pass, you can move, he is

quick around the court. If Cilic does not have a great serving day or

loses concentration he will certainly be in there, but Cilic I

think has lost... One point on a first serve in two matches. That is

absurd, isn't it? And one against John Isner, who returns well. That

is an amazing stat, and frightening. I hope Donald did not look at those

stats before he came out because it does not make good reading! Being a

lefty helps on the grass if he uses his serve well, but he moves well

laterally, he passes well, could get close. You feel Cilic, looking at

him on a grass court, former champion here, if he could attack

more and be more coming forward, and I think what he is showing... And

nobody knows transition body better than Jonas Bjorkman, and if he

learns even more to go from the back of the court to the front of the

Court effectively and at the right time, you are certainly looking at

one of the top six, seven, eight grass court players in the game. We

were talking about how few serve-volley as there are now, all

due to the quality of the return as much as anything. Absolutely, he

mixes it up well. Particularly with the way he plays at the moment,

going into Wimbledon, one of the favourites to win here, you have to

put him in the mix now to win Wimbledon this year. Grand slam

winner, don't write him off. Thank you, guys, let's enjoy this in the

company of Peter Burling and Andrew Cotter.

ANDREW COTTER: It did not take long for Marin Cilic to become the top

seed in this competition. He is the favourite, and he gets us going here

in this quarterfinal match. As they were highlighting in the

studio, the utter dominance of his server, two matches so far, losing

just one point in a couple of matches on serve.

That pattern continues, hold to love, Cilic has seen a good few of

those already, Jonas Bjorkman, not much to chat about there. There have

been a couple of good Winsford Donald Young but if you look closer

at those wins, the retirement of Nick Kyrgios after he had that fall

and aggravated a hip problem and then Viktor Troicki, who played

dreadfully, so he hasn't really been tested, he will need to lift himself

for this challenge. Yes, you have to think that the opening few serve

this are crucial for Donald Young, just to see if he can't become

competitive. This is a shot. He really now

believes it. Nicely wrong putting Cilic. Young

Stefan Kozlov yesterday was steam-rollered in the first set,

couldn't get into it at all. Young needs an early foothold.

That is a good game from Donald Young. Really good start. He takes

the ball early and he is a pretty savvy match player, he understands

what he needs to do, what he can do to bother opponents. A different

style from most up-to-date's players. This has been the best

serve of the championship without doubt so far, Marin Cilic in fine

form. Set tougher Young. His mother,

shares some of the coaching duties with Donald Young's father.

So, another hold to love, still just that one point conceded on serve

during the championship. It requires repeating, an astonishing stat given

that he has seen off John Isner and Stefan Kozlov. We have been talking

at great deal about it but chatting more about Donald Young, he does not

quite have the serious firepower of some of the other players but he has

a good all-round game. He is 27, just outside the world's top 50.

Right up at the top of the Junior world rankings, one of those that

have kicked onto a good professional career, you can never tell who will

take it in the transition from great junior to great senior pro. Parents

coaching him, we have talked about this a little bit, Peter, a bit of

friction between the USDA and the parents again, just who has the

better idea for the development of the player themselves.

Donald went through a wayward period when probably too many voices were

chatting in his ear about how to play. You know, the USDA had their

various coaches that they wanted to get involved with Donald, who was,

as a junior, thought of as the next, potentially next huge star. John

McEnroe had the same agent and was brought in and no doubt Donald

learned a lot from all those people, but only settled down when he went

back to his parents. He is playing well and hasn't missed

a first serve fair, Donald Young. Again, that thermometer is in the

sun, so in the shade, it is quite comfortable, isn't it? Also, that

Fahrenheit, it's actually about freezing. This hardy souls, here.

And Marin Cilic, one of those players who will be pretty excited

about prospects going forward to Wimbledon as well. It's a subject we

have been talking about a little this week, just how open the men's

singles in particular might be at Wimbledon. Everyone jockeying for

position. Djokovic heading down to Eastbourne, to play there. With each

match win that Roger Federer has this week in Hull, he becomes more

and more the favourite. -- has this week in Halle.

A lot of players like a familiar routine, as well. The same build-up

going into the majors, safer Djokovic to be going down to

Eastbourne, we know he is trying to find something. Yes.

Cilic against Stefan Kozlov yesterday was a thing of beauty, not

for Kozlov, but Cilic was hitting it so cleanly, so accurately, so

beautifully. Oh! Well, that's quite a momentous

occasion. That's another point lost on serve for Marin Cilic. That

hasn't happened a lot in this tournament by his own doing. Two

times on first serve in the tournament. But that was a bit of a

duck. Just two points. You wouldn't think we'd be saying that. It's

still good enough though. A fairly easy hold for Cilic. And, when your

opponent is serving so well, it just puts that extra bit of pressure on

your serve. Donald Young is doing pretty well so far.

Reached the last 16 last year here after coming through qualifying.

Managed to beat Vasek Pospisil, but this is his best performance at

Queens. A lot of you will remember his final against David Nalbandian,

the Argentinian. That was in 2012, and Nalbandian disqualified for,

well, destroying some of the furniture and with it, doing a bit

of an injury to one of the line judges. Who did his greatest Diego

Maradona impersonation, didn't he? Well, no, Maradona would have done

it without contact. There was actually content. Oh, no, I know. It

was just the one or two second interval between the hoarding

hitting his leg and him collapsing onto the floor. It was like, oh, I

didn't know players did that. You are coming down on the side of the

player, I'm... No, what he did was inexcusable and he had to be

defaulted. It's just an aside. Please, ladies, the players are

waiting for you. And gentlemen. No, it was just three ladies, and

Chile. I've just seen them sit down. There are a lot more now coming in,

taking their chances. That back can set up nicely for

Cilic to whack it. -- that backhand sat up nicely for Cilic to whack it.

Young can't afford too many of those. The winner of this match will

play Gilles Muller. Very nearly threaded the needle but

not easy to do from back where he was, six, seven feet behind the

baseline. Already clear that Cilic is going to

have a much tougher match today than he had yesterday against Kozlov. But

also clear that he is still hitting the ball sweetly. You get the

feeling that it just might be a matter of time before he strings of

those forehands back together. 135 mph. There we are, just a little

blip a few moments ago in his previous service game, where he lost

only his second point off of his first serve.

That's it, the run is over. He's down. Back to just another ordinary

player. -- he's done. Mr Cilic is challenging the call. The ball was

called out. Mr Cilic has two challenges

remaining. Cilic has been consistently the best of the bigger

names in this tournament. He hasn't really had any dip in form in any of

his matches. Game, Cilic. New balls, please.

Cilic leads 4-3. And unless Cilic has a dip on his serve, it's

difficult to see where Donald Young might get anything on it. Again,

tie-breaks might be his best hope. If he can cling on for dear life and

take his chance in the lottery... Well, yes, in the form that Cilic is

displaying right now, you would have to say that it would be mightily

difficult for Donald Young. Although, the Croatian, below 60%

first serves in. So, I guess that's the bad news. He has room to grow.

That US Open win remains Cilic's only grand slam win. And what a Win

it was. For Cilic and Kei Nishikori to reach the final, seeing off

Djokovic and Federer in the semifinals. And Cilic coped far

better with the pressure of Flushing Meadows in that final van Kei

Nishikori, who succumbed rather. Cilic won his last three matches,

quarters, semis and final, in straight sets. Including those wins

over bed and Nishikori. He was dominant. You wonder now, is that

him stepping forward to win a couple more? It hasn't happened. Yet. He is

still young. He is only 26. I beg your pardon, he is ancient, at

28. He has perhaps another five years of playing. Who knows. Some

players aged better than others in terms of flexibility and injuries.

What Roger Federer is doing, well, what he always done, is astonishing.

Well, you know, Roger has such an immense belief in himself, in his

ability to adapt and react to this situation that he is able to take a

week that very few players have ever done before. You know, he wins the

tournament is to start the year and then says, oh, I think I'll have two

or three months. Who does that? And yet I'm sure that it is that ability

that has allowed him his incredible longevity.

One of the rare occasions in this tournament where his forehand has

let himself -- let him down badly. That's not a good sign, when you

hear a player 's sake, why is it flying like that? It shows he

doesn't know why. But again, it's a hold, and Cilic unable to find a

break point even on the double serve. I just started to wonder in

my idle moments here where he ranks in the famous Donald is in America.

There is Donald Young, Donald Duck. Trump, duck, Sutherland. Oh, no,

Sutherland is Canadian, isn't he? Something to ponder.

That's what he did time and time again against Kozlov and is now. --

and John Isner. The only other one I've been able to

come up with is the Donald who played Ralph in happy days. Now we

are hitting the big time. Well, the way it reacted on the line

suggested it had hit the line. Yes, it was right on it. The call

stands. 40-0. Oh, Osmond. I will leave that now.

So, another one for Cilic. But, again, still a very real hope for

Donald Young that he could take Cilic to a tie-break.

He was a semifinalist it at Wimbledon where he came up against a

steam roller in Federer, US Open in 1997 he was a semifinalist as well,

the chap here in the Black cat. He was with a good players are you

thought he would be a good coach, because he was able to get the best

out of abilities. He had some of the quickest reaction I have ever seen.

A great return of serve. Often stood well inside the baseline to return.

Yes, teamed up with Todd Woodbridge after the Woody is where disbanded.

He had success with Max Mirnyi as well. Played for a bit with Pat

Rafter in doubles as well. Please take your seats quickly.

Ladies and gentlemen, behind the players, please. Right behind Donald

Young, they are still filing in. A bit of a logjam.

Well, for a guy who is complaining about the ball flying off his

strings, he is hitting it pretty crisply.

That was certainly an ambitious return. He struck it pretty well.

Cilic sensing that this might be his time. Young, not a happy camper.

Cilic, possibly two points away from this sector. -- from this set. He

was berating himself, now berating his support crew. No, he's not

berating them. He's berating his equipment, remonstrating to his

support crew. Cilic gives it a star but he knows

that was long and a bit of a waste. Wide from Young and a first set goes

to Cilic, makes that breakthrough with the first set, and looking very

impressive indeed. Yes, Marin Cilic has been very

impressive all week and he take the opening set against the American.

This is the second match on Centre Court here today. Earlier run today,

Gilles Muller, in the form of his life at 34, defeated Sam Querrey.

Just watch this, lunging volley, great touch, wonderful way to

finish. That brought the crowd to life. The first set was a little

routine but wonderful rallies in the second set. He has already won two

titles this year and he is the best man free to the final four here at

Queen's Club and everyone really appreciating a wonderful match. That

was the first result and this is the second match. Ben Grigor Dimitrov is

up against Danelle Medvedev, just 21 years of age. And Thomas Berdych up

against Feliciano Lopez who put out Stan Wawrinka earlier in the

tournament. All that to come, but let's rejoin Centre court.

So, the stats on the first set, and again, they make very good reading

for Marin Cilic. His first serve and the effectiveness of it coming into

this match, and as you said during that is that, even though Donald

Young was hanging in there, you suspected they would come a moment

where Cilic would step up and it was right at the end. Yes, Cilic put him

under pressure and I think that led to young feeling that pressure and

just getting a little tense. -- to Young feeling that pressure and

getting a little tense. He reacted in a negative way to the ball flying

off his strings. Sometimes in that situation, you need to relax, but

that's hard to do. And it is Cilic he gets to serve first in the second

set. Had a little think about it, Donald

Young. Cilic, very rapid start the second

set. Haven't been too troubled by Donald Young in this match. Had a

little bit of bee bother in that game. I think there is a bee survey

going on right now, you have to report sightings of bees, so there

is one! They are worried about the numbers of them. Rightfully so.

Could you be a beekeeper? He has got one bee and let it go there as well,

so he's not a very good beekeeper. I could just see, I could see a hive

of bees just swarming around you, loving every second. One of those

bee beards that used to be prevalent in the Guinness book of records in

the 70s for some reason. People called Bea, Bea after from

The Golden Girl 'S. Nice recovery from Cilic, the ball

dropped on the baseline and stopped dead, pattern lurch forward just to

reach it. Under pressure from the Donald Young serve in this set.

Even more so, continues to look very frustrated indeed, Donald Young.

Now it is Cilic's turn two flap away in frustration. Donald Young just

hanging in here. If you were to be broken at the start of the second

set there would be almost no way back, the way Cilic is playing.

Come on, D, he says. That is the style of tennis that he needs to

play, he needs to be the aggressor as much as possible.

Tried something different at the end, Cilic. Again, Cilic hitting his

forehand so crisply, had Donald Young hanging with shot for shot.

Probably the longest game of the match, there have not been too many

of them. Such an important one for Donald Young.

Again, well done, Donald Young, for hanging in there. Nicely played, I

liked the way he stepped inside the baseline, take a few of those ground

strokes very early. Very good at keeping opponents of balance.

That is just bread and butter, though.

We have been here before. Donald Young working, crafting a way to

hold serve, whereas Cilic wasting little energy in his own service

games. The world number seven at the

moment, Marin Cilic, and again all sorts of jostling for position with

the big four, I never know if the big four really exists, there are

others trying to join... It is mythical! But, as those four near

the end of their career, who knows when it will be, certainly Murray or

Djokovic are a couple of years younger than Federer, but Federer

seems to go on and on! It is who will take over, who will step into

the gap once they inevitably do depart the scene. You would have to

say that Stan Wawrinka might not be one of those, I am not sure he will

outlast Fedorov. Stan is 33 now. Although he certainly has been in

the big buys of late anyway. All of those big five, if there are five,

they are all north of 30 now. You have to think Zverev will certainly

be one of the new crew. Thiem, Kyrgios?

I might have to apologise for some language there. He was wondering

what on earth is going on. Nicely finished with the high

overhead backhand. Reminder of the running order on

Centre Court, we have had Gilles Muller beating Sam Querrey, after

this one it is Grigor Dimitrov against Daniil Medvedev, who looked

very good against tenacity Kokkinakis -- Fenati Kokkinakis. And

then Tomas Berdych against Feliciano Lopez. It was a shame Kokkinakis did

not bring the same form he had against Milos Raonic. Not sure

exactly what we can take away from that Medvedev performance, but as

you say he served brilliantly. Well, that is a reaction,

improvisation, it is just about the only place he couldn't hit it.

Brilliant. Perhaps a worry for Cilic is that he

is starting to peak too soon. Again, so little for Donald Young in

the serve of Cilic. A sense of inevitability about this match but,

again, who knows if Donald Young can just steer it towards a tie-break,

because he certainly isn't going to break on current form. It certainly

appears not. For him to somehow find his way into a tie-break, you would

have to think he needs to stay calm. Take advantage of every mini

opportunity that might present itself. Had his best run in the

French Open this year, Marin Cilic, reached the quarterfinals, lost in

straight sets to Stan Wawrinka but if he does well in the French Open,

which ordinarily would not seem to suit him, coming into the grass

season in pretty decent nick. Yes, I think on clay he just doesn't have

enough firepower to combat a guy like Wawrinka at his best. On grass,

Cilic's service takes on just a little bit more potency. Not easy to

return. The ground strokes that follow it up our... Well, that much

more effective. You can hear little cries from

Cilic, come on, let's go. Again, under pressure to serve big

against Cilic, five double faults now.

Opportunity knocks again for Marin Cilic. Donald Young very impressive

last time he faced break points. That is well played, good serve out

wide, opening up the court. It is a tactic that has worked well for him

throughout this match. Serve out wide then take advantage of the open

court. Again, as it was last time, handled

the break point very well, Donald Young.

One of those matches, though, where one player is just hanging on on his

serve and the other is dominant. Again, the scoring system in tennis

gives you a chance. Yes it does, and of course we just assumed that Cilic

will remain dominant on serve but it just takes one or two errors to open

the door. Cilic with the new balls, still on

serve in the second set. Good return from Donald Young,

forced Cilic to hit another shot and draws the mistake.

Cilic feeling that was constantly over the net but he's pointing to

the let machine, you cannot argue with technology.

He has only lost five points on serve in this match, Marin Cilic,

and once again the pressure will be on Donald Young to just hang with

him. You cannot argue with technology? Well, you can, but here

you have to give the benefit of the doubt to technology. I have argued

with technology many, many times. I cannot say it ended well too many

times for me! It is a one-sided argument, impotent rage at a machine

you fail to understand, whatever it might be! Phones, laptops,

Towcester?! That is about my level, toaster! Just about full house in

here today in this newly extended, for this year, Centre Court seating,

9542, to be precise. A lot of people when they bought their tickets might

be expecting on quarterfinal day that Andy Murray would be here, but

he is off elsewhere, preparing, getting ready for the big showdown

the road. Doing better things! Different things! OK, thank you,

that is probably more appropriate. Family time. No, he will be

practising hard. He would have loved a little bit more much time on grass

before Wimbledon. That moment in a set, Cilic senses

it. Young has been here before, 0-30, and responded well. Cannot

find the first serve at the moment. Young folding. Three break to leave

Cilic just a game away. Two have gone. Again, mistakes from

Cilic because the first serve of Donald Young has disappeared. Still

one break point remaining for Marin Cilic.

Well, suddenly, with the door ajar, Cilic becomes a little bit ragged.

Young is clinging on by his finger nails in this match.

Five break points Marin Cilic has had in this second set. Five break

points have gone begging. Played again by Donald Young. The

crowd applause and you have to applause, because Cilic failed on

great points but Donald Young did again what he had to do.

And might that start to just nibble away in the mind of Marin Cilic?

This match has been his for the taking.

Well, perhaps. But, of course, Donald Young has to

somehow make inroads on Cilic's service games.

They have been imperious so far. Cilic, still, is yet to lose a point

on his second serve. Yep.

. A pretty astounding step. He just wants to get it back in the

court. It is such a good second serve that Cilic is producing. 15

out of 15 second serve points won. Once more in this match, there tells

the story of the imbalance of the service games and Donald Young to

get through them. Cilic is utterly untroubled.

Cilic, showing relentless power. Not only on the serve, which we would

expect but off the forehand as well. He's been so dominant and so

accurate with it. I know John Isner is not quite the

player that he was at the moment but he still came through against Cilic

comfortably in a dangerous match. And 19-year-old Russian/American,

Stefan Kozlov, who looked very good against Steve Johnson looked very

good, was blown away by Cilic. It's a reflection of the quality of

play the Cilic at the moment. Than a lack of quality from his

opponents. So Donald Young, who, just managed

to hang on in his last service game, is now serving to stay in this

match. Just when you think he's going to

have an easier time of it in his service game... Donald Young is

looking for answers. Cilic is doing what Donald Young is

struggling to do, he's putting returns back into play.

Cilic thinks this is long. And I think he might have a point.

That's a good challenge from Cilic. But it mattered not in the end. A

better service game from Donald Young.

And he keeps gathering up the games in the second set.

The crowd have adopted Donald Young as their underdog favourite, I

think. As their favourite Donald? Let's not

go there again! for the little puff of the white.

Again, that's second-serve quality from Marin Cilic.

That one's not coming back too often.

And again, and the fact that Marin Cilic is not sitting in the

interview, with his feet up, having a little chat about his semifinal

match to come, is just because of that inability to convert break

points. He has one of them that brought him

the first set. But eight in total. It's a little sat on the big screen

in the background. Two matches he hasn't faced a break point, Cilic.

So it tells the tale of his serve, that's it's just about as good as it

gets. But again, there is the safe harbour for Donald Young with a

tie-breaker. Safish.

Yes, a harbour where anything can happen.

Exactly. Once again a packed house at Queen's Club. I'm sure that the

organisers were a little concerned that adding an extra 2700 seats a

day, that maybe they wouldn't be able to fill them but no reason to,

though. Jammed as ever. Nah what a difference the weather

this year to last. Last year it was a very soggy affair. It's been the

hottest June since 1976. Which Peter Fleming has been reminiscing about,

at his first Wimbledon. Now, Young once again, to try to

stay in this match. Questions of what is that and what

are you doing out here? These are the questions of a investigationed

tennis player. -- vexed tennis player.

His first serves are failing him. Yeah but Cilic has just come off the

boil ever so slightly of late. Well, errors from both of them at

the moment. Yeah, he didn't commit to that shot.

He scored with a forehand down the line numerous times in this second

set. Cilic again, potentially two points

away from the match. Some industrial language from Donald

Young but it is match point. voice to their approval. That was

right down the line and Young survives again, Cilic undone.

Points. Cilic has had ten break points in this match.

Seven double faults for Young, none for Cilic.

Two in this game. This time that was good for Young.

Now can Young see himself into this tie-break?

And there is the movement from Cilic. It's been absent for a bit.

But this was clean. Well, what do you say about this,

Peter? The double faults in this game alone? So the fourth time for

Marin Cilic. On the verge of a place in the

semi-finals. He has it now. And Donald Young

thrashes it out in frustration. Furious at the way he's played but

Marin Cilic, too good, too strong for Donald Young. A hand-shake now

but Donald Young a picture of frustration. Marin Cilic very

impressive in the first set. Dropped his level a little in the second but

overall he looks strong. He looks like he deserves the Mantell of

favourite for this title. Absolutely, he played very well.

Just took his foot offer the pedal towards the end. Donald Young fought

well but the combination of Cilic's power and consistency and perhaps

Young's, well, slight jitters, at the end, probably did the American

in. But a deserving Victor. Well he could have been, done a lot

earlier to Marin Cilic. 11 break points, 12 in total with with the

final match point there. It took him a while to convert. But Donald

Young. There have been plays against Viktor Troicki. Some anger at his

performance. He feels he should have done better there. Now let's head

down to John Inverdale. Raise ray ladies and gentlemen if I

can ask you to stay in your seats for a couple of moments. We are

having a showing on the big screen of a moment of special history here

at Queen's, 20 years ago today. But before that, Marin, another

semifinal for you, how are you playing? Playing well this week.

Obviously feeling great on the court. Again today a match without

losing. And that is good for me. Today it was gusty with the wind.

Not easy. A lot of break points but Donald was hanging in there and kept

coming up with some great shots. And really glad that I finished in that

second set. I'm sure you are not thinking about it but the last game

had seven deuces in it. There is lots of talk about making no ad in

the game. As a player, what do you think of that? I don't think it will

be good for the singles players. When you are having that big serve

or when the point matches decided on one point, still, as it is, it would

be even more difficult. You know, it would change the rules a lot. For

me, I prefer the old traditional rules.

Talking about big serving, your countryman played in the final here

20 years ago. Goran Evanisovic, if you look at the big screen, this is

one of those funny great moments in sporting history.

This is Goran playing in the final 20 years ago.

Now handing his racket to the ball girl, asking her to continue...

Well, this always gets a little bit of applause.

Well the crowd's going to love this. We'll see if Mark plays ball here.

This is wonderful! APPLAUSE

Full marks to Goran. Well, Goran was beingthrashed by

Mark that day. We sought the aid of Amy, who 20 years on, she was the

ball girl then, and is back at Queen's 20 years ago today. What

were you thinking when you saw those pictures then? Slightly embarrassed.

I had the butterflies in my tummy when Goran handed me the racket. I

felt blind panic I wouldn't know what to do, or I would and I

wouldn't do it very well. It just brings back lovely memories.

That was probably the longest rally in the match, wasn't it? I'm told it

was. Not many people can say that, so a fact I'll carry with me

forever. So yes, a great point. And 20 years on, Marin was an arch

user of the towel for points, was it simple 20 years ago, was it more

simple to get the ball to the players? I think so, I don't recall

the head bands, there is much more of that these days. No. I don't know

if it is the right thing to say but it was about getting the ball at the

right place. What do you think of Queen's then as today? It looks very

different. The ball girls are even better now

than they were 20 years ago. But there is a soul to Queen's and that

has not changed. Let's hope it doesn't. It's a wonderful, wonderful

club and I have very happy memories here.

And I know most people in the audience here Willem pathise but I

gather you met your sports teacher today for the first time in 20

years. Were you still in awe of her? Well, she wants me to call her Nicky

but I can't, Mrs Holmes. Well, Marin, there you are. I'm sure

that Goran never told you that story but that was in his prime. There you

are. Thank you.

Good luck in the semifinal. Obviously the third quarterfinal

coming up in a couple of moment's time.

We have that to look forward to. And Grigor Dimitrov. What a nice moment

that was. Well done to Amy and to Marin. It is nice that the club have

found her and brought her back and let her celebrate what was a lovely

moment at the championship. I like the Mrs Holmes.

Would you be able to call your sports teacher by their first name?

No. Mrs Embury. A great deeper, fearsome but a loving character.

Lovely from the past. Lovely she is back. That match, we think that the

serve dominates now, when you think of how different the game was, there

was no rallies, now, nobody volleys or comes to the nets. How strange.

Lots has changed? It is much harder. So I do yearn for some of the more

artistic play at the net. There have been two matches, baseline

dominated. Because it is windy it looks a little scrappy. I think that

the next one will be possibly different. Slightly more

entertaining but you never know what you are going to get with tennis.

Donald play well but I think that Marin Cilic which be thinking how

many break points do you have? You don't get many on a grass court? We

saw with Sam Querrey and Gilles Muller mull, you sometimes only get

one chance in a set and have to take it. Marin had a lot more but as you

said, windy today. Donald gets the balls back. But he makes thing

awkward. He is more confident. This was a good performance by Donald

Young but Marin had too much class and power in the end. He overpowered

him. Eight of the world's top ten are

playing this week, either here or in Halle. Only Federer and Marin are

left in. But Marin is not eve no-one the top ten for the betting. No-one

thinks of him as a Wimbledon champion? I must be honest, do you

see him as a Wimbledon champion? Can he go through two or three big names

over five sets in the biggest moment? If he proves it and does it,

I suppose it's a possibility. I'm not sure I see him as a Wimbledon

champion but you never know. You don't know what could unfold

throughout the Championships. We have seen Federer and Nadal having

losses and Novak last year... That's right.

If they go out, you can see it. I think it is the most open

Wimbledon's men's for a long time. Nadal obviously won the French but

has not played on grass. Djokovic we don't know where he is, well,

Eastbourne but we don't know where he is mental. Andy Murray has been

up and down. Federer has hardly played, so I think someone like

Marin Cilic is in the mix. I think that the balance of the seeds, a

couple of wins or losses early, I think he is in the balance. Yes.

Talking of Wimbledon, the BBC, we are celebrating 90 years of

coverage. We started on the radio. It's 80 years since television was

broadcast there. I've been spending the last few months travelling

around and interviewing some of the great champions who have greased

Centre Court. But a test of that, a man who dominated at Wimbledon.

Winning it seven times it is pistol Pete himself. It is Mr Sampras.

It was a family tradition, Wimbledon, it was our Super Bowl. We

would all sit around together and watch the final it had a huge effect

on me as a kid. Watching Borg, McEnroe, Pat Cash, they were big

moments. As a kid, I was like, OK, Wimbledon, that was the place for

me. That was it. I just remember walking into the stadium and looking

around like I am finally here. This was it for me. I thought I was born

to win here. I would have to say that my sixth

Wimbledon against Andre,' the 99. It is rare to get into a zone in a

Wimbledon final, I got into the zone. He was the perfect opponent

for me. I could play a little bit. I liked that. I was moving great.

Serving well. Everything just clicked.

I felt like it was the best tennis I've ever played. Pure perfection.

He lost the whole thing, to see him play and be competitive at 35. It is

incredible. When he leaves at 55, he will be greatly missed. That will be

5:20pm on the 22nd of July. Talking about Federer and Sampras, Sampras

made it look easy back then. I was in America while back and they had a

documentary about him. You start watching the players and the big

servers here, Raonic, Johnny is no -- John Isner. And then you see

Sampras and you watch those matches again and you realise how great he

was. And the server was ridiculous. They showed these points, against

Andre Agassi, who was a great champion and loved this game. So

difficult to beat. If he were still out here now, I know the game has

changed, but you telling me they would break his serve on this court?

They wouldn't. He would be right up there now if he was playing. The

match is on court right now and we have plenty of tennis to come. We

are here right the way through Sunday. On Monday, BBC Two,

Eastbourne, our coverage starts, eight of the world's top ten women

are playing at Devonshire Park. And then the Wimbledon qualifying will

be Monday right through to Thursday. You can also follow it on the BBC

sports website. And then the big one, Wimbledon starting across the

BBC on Monday third July. Talking of possible Wimbledon champions, we

have been talking about Grigor Dimitrov since 2014. He came here,

he won the tournament and beat Murray and reached the semifinals

and we thought he was on the way up. He is playing good tennis again.

There have been times where we could image as play tennis that other

people cannot play. -- when Grigor Dimitrov has played tennis. He has

elevated to these new levels and you think it is his moment. He started

this year winning 16 of 17 matches. I wondered if it was the year of his

arrival. But he with somebody like Nadal, who over five hours managed

to beat him but someone finds a bit of something. I cannot think he will

go throughout his career without winning a Grand Slam. The

thoroughbred nature of his game and the way he strikes the ball, he is

thrilling. The complete opposite today at the other end in Medvedev

who goes to work cracking slabs. This is the match I have been

looking forward to most of all. An artist against an executioner if you

like. An interesting matchup. In terms of raw talent and people you

will turn the television on to watch, I certainly will. I played

next door to him the other day and the noise of his racket is

fantastic. I enjoyed watching him play. Did you spend six months

talking to great champions. I had a wonderful time, Rudd labour, Billie

Jean King. It was fabulous. Highest ranking of eight back in 2014, if

you look at the bottom of that is this year, semifinal of the

Australian Open. Beginning to prove himself in the Grand Slams. I hope

it continues, he is 26, how long will it be before he arrives because

there are a few guys who might be next on the block. He has grown up

now. There was a lot of interest in his personal life, so he is a bloke

living a life of the court as well as on it but perhaps a new-found

dedication with his new coach, Danny Valverde. I like seeing him hit a

tennis ball. Less than ten minutes before we start play, John will be

joining you in the commentary box soon. Tell me about this young man.

We talk about the next gen that the ATP are promoting their younger

players, 21 years of age and so accomplished and looks so at home

out on the Centre Court. It will be fascinating, when you look at how he

plays, his serve is awkward looking and fluid. Not a big serve but he

hits aces because he hits the lines. He doesn't have huge ground strokes

but he makes very difficult shots for his opponent. He is quick at six

feet six. I think Dimitrov, this doesn't look good. Already. That

definitely doesn't look good. Oh dear. We talked about Dimitrov and

his stats, we didn't see what was happening. If that is a shoulder

injury, he relies so much on that serve. When he played his previous

match, it was the placement of the serve that was so good. That would

be very sad, I was looking forward to seeing if Dimitrov would

overpower him perhaps or maybe not. Whether he would get involved in

long rallies. We can see what happened here. It looks like this is

something he possibly brought onto the court. I think this is an injury

perhaps after last night 's match and he is tender but from that

position, it is a difficult area for rehab as well. That is not good. He

can't serve out his full power, this could be a troublesome match. He may

not even start this match. As much as you want to play well here, and

there is prize money, you need your eye on the bigger picture. Wimbledon

is not far away and can you get things right. This is an injury that

doesn't heal quickly. I don't like the look of this at all. Of course

he wants to play and win this but there is no point if he can't play

at 100%. And he does have Wimbledon coming up. Dimitrov will be thinking

will he be playing or not. He is not looking at the other side of the

court until anyone tells him different and he is ready to play.

They are trying to assess him before giving the injury time-out. He is

talking to the trainer and the doctor and see if there is any

treatment that will ease it. Andrew has made his way to the commentary

box. Not easy for either player in this situation. So disappointing to

see another young player with what looks like a really nasty injury. He

is 21 years old and still growing into his strength and building up

his body. We have talked about how the best players are a bit older

than they used to be, you learn how to train and have different strain

on your body and the type of tennis you used to play. He has got a

history of retiring. He had cramp against Djokovic in the Davis Cup

and also in the first round of the French Open. He withdrew from the

Masters 1000 in Miami and Marrakesh so he has really had a difficult

year. We remember Andy Murray and 17 getting cramp and Djokovic until he

went on a gluten-free diet and found his best way physically. He also

retired in Budapest and withdrew from Estoril and Madrid. Whatever is

happening with his body, he is still growing. Tall and angular, maybe it

is a deltoid injury in the shoulder. A very sinewy area. They are

starting the injury time-out, they will give him a chance to play but

it is the strain of these players are put on at a young age to put

their audience through the training that needs to get to the top of the

game. Absolutely. And with grass as well, you start to hit the ball a

bit late until you get used to it, it is a different type of surface

and there are sometimes injuries because of that. They are spraying,

I suppose that is a freeze spray but you have to be careful, the pain

goes away but you could do more damage to it. He also took a couple

of pills so he is trying. I have had that before and that is nasty. It

hurts the serve the most. Without that, he might as well not take part

in the match if it is that bad if he can't serve at full speed. It is a

waste of time walking on. The spectators would be disappointed but

there is no point going on if he is not 100%. For the tournament and the

players, they won't be ready. They are probably just having some pasta

in the players lounge. Stretching and trying to keep himself warm. He

has to try and keep himself ready to go in this match. The wind is so

strong here and that will blow the ball around bit which will not be

easy for a shoulder injury either. The main area affected would be the

serve but you base your game on a big serve these days and mobility as

well. If your mind is not fully focused on the task, it can

sometimes help if you have a slight abdominal strain. Bjorn Borg did win

several Wimbledon is with injuries, they say beware the injured golfer

but something as basic as a bad shoulder, you would think it

unlikely he could give his best. We are taking an injury time-out now

before the match starts. You look down the other end and you have

Dimitrov ready to play. It would be a massive disappointment to

everybody. Dimitrov is a great attraction. What a week it has been.

Disappointing results in terms box office with so many big names going

out and we were looking forward to seeing Dimitrov and this young man

play. But the deltoid muscles, they run top to bottom and they can

sometimes get tangled up, that is what it feels like. You can lose a

bit of confidence with it. And with Wimbledon so close he won't want to

take any chances. The preparations they do, he is ready to play, that

is good news. Let us keep an eye on it. Dimitrov against Medvedev. All

over to you Andy. COMMENTATOR: He will probably serve to love now.

There you go, nothing wrong with the shoulder.

0-30, isn't that amazing. He will be thinking he is just trying to pull a

fast one. He is quite a spindly one, not too

much muscular weight. A finely conditioned athlete but young and

still holding strength. -- building strength. Quite a simple game. He

leans on his backhand with strength. I will enjoy watching him play as we

enjoyed watching ship have a love this week. From 0-30, Dimitrov happy

to hold. Now we will have a moment of truth. As Medvedev steps up to

serve for the first time after taking that medical time-out.

First meeting between these two players. Medvedev still new Honda

tour. Everyone will be taking note. It doesn't look too good. On that

first point, it looked like he was trying to go for winners right away.

That wasn't bad. Not a huge server anyway. That wasn't a three quarters

survey it there. He has some of the longest limbs I

have ever seen on a tennis court. He is willowy and has great timing.

Never looks rushed. Some of you might remember Magnus Larsson, the

Swedish player who went into the top ten and gave some of the best

players in the world they tough time for a few years, he reminds me of

him. Had it, anything over the net would

have been fine. Whatever they have put on that

shoulder, he will want more of that. Lovely depth from Dimitrov. Blocking

the ball back deep. A former coach of Andy Murray, great friends. They

were roommates. Downing was a college player in the United States,

he went on to coach Tomas Berdych and there were handbags between the

campus at times. He is now coaching emitter of.

Oh, what a shot. Fantastic racket head work here. That preparation as

he was moving forward ball. He got the racket the right position,

getting it over the highest part of the net and bending it round.

He has the trainer out again. Just with the evidence of those three

games, he hits decent size serves on his delivery but to me, looking at

how he hit the rest of his ground strokes he is a player where he

manoeuvres the ball around. When he gets into position, he goes for it.

In the first service game, it looked like he was going to go for

something very quickly. Would that be his game plan? The aggressive and

go outside of his normal comfort zone, I tend to think it is not, I

think he is trying to finish off the points quickly. The ATP supervisor

in the background overseeing the medical staff. The referee is here

as well. Stephen Farrar is the tournament director of this new look

Queen's Club Centre Court this year. Bright sunshine today, temperatures

much more comfortable than the beginning of the week. Semifinals

tomorrow and the final on Sunday afternoon. On BBC television and

radio. Dimitrov has done the job here before. Has had great loyalty

to this tournament ever since. The former tournament director gave him

a wildcard as a youngster and took some criticism for it. Now here is

another young man who may not have seen him play on TV before. If he

wins this, he goes into the top 50 in the world. Currently number 60.

Difficult to see how he will win this match at this point.

It wasn't just wide, it caught the outside edge.

You can see what Dimitrov is doing, slices crosscourt, another one

without pace down the line, just a very attractive game of tennis that

he plays. Another break point. It was rather obvious whether

approach shot was going. Very little backlift from a Dimitrov, he doesn't

let the ball play him. He is hitting the ball well.

Didn't move his feet, it landed short in the court that he thought.

Just a lunging step here. I felt like it was the best tennis

I've ever played. Pure perfection. He gets round it so quickly. It

didn't look like he could get to the forehand there. About so quick those

side steps and then he could have gone the off-forehand but he picked

the right spot. Two breaks.

We wonder with the strains in the body come from. You have to know a

lot of tennis to play your best tennis. A little underary year ago,

he was playing ilkley, he did well there.

Following that, he played Wimbledon qualifying, which is on the telly

from Monday, behind the Red Button on BBC, 11.00am in the morning. He

lost to Marcus Willis in the final round of qualifying in four sets.

Willis, of course, went on to beat his next opponent and then went on

to play that next match with Roger Federer. He has done a lot of

playing and a lot of winning in the last year, Daniil Medvedev but

perhaps not today. No problem.

It's a pity this. There is no doubt about it, Medvedev is not playing

his normal game. He is not manoeuvring the ball around.

We could say that is the case for Grigor Dimitrov to a certain extent.

But this is not his style. It is like he is shortening the points.

Obviously, Grigor Dimitrov is too good a mover and gets the balls back

and is too effective for that to happen. If he doesn't confact his

points the way he likes, the score will show that. It is interesting to

see if he keeps going after this set or if he decides to stop.

Playing in. Jay Clarke is in action. The wild card player. He has a

quarterfinal match in Ilkley. All roads lead to Wimbledon.

He's up and running, Medvedev with his sore shoulder in the

quarterfinal match. That will do. He bent that around

well. I think that the wind will help from

that end. It is left to right looking down the

court. It didn't have much spin on it. It did curl in, didn't it? Mmm.

A little loose in this game, Dimitrov.

Two games in a row for Medvedev. Well done to him. He was getting

trounced, now he's back in the set. Funny how that happens.

I think he thought that the first set whats in the bag a couple of

games ago, really. That game he was just overconfident.

I'm sure he will get back down to business now. But it was a bit of a

sloppy game, that's for sure. Just as we are watching Daniil

Medvedev in this quarterfinal, wanted to tell you about a tennis

book, if that is your thing. Potentially a great sports book.

Richard Evans has a book out. McEnroe is making the headlines with

everything he is saying but this book is called The Roving Eye. A

love affair of Paris, politics and sport.

He really has been a lot of places, Richard. I think the best tennis

book I ever read if you do have a chance, it's: A Ap Handful of

Summers. It is by Gordan Forbes. It is what it is to travel, and play

the sport. And you don't know how lucky you are.

To get out and see the world. Now, here is Medvedev. 2-5.

So, the beginning of the next game may be interesting.

Plenty of people have lost 5-0 sets. His shoulder seems OK.

Well that's the area that would be causing the most problem is the

serve. The power seems to be the same.

So, Medvedev on the way back here after being 5-0 down.

Grigor Dimitrov may have lost serve but he has not missed a first serve

yet. It's been amazing. 100 percent first

serves in. There's

Not going to go a whole set not missing a first serve, is he? It

would be pretty incredible, though wouldn't it.

It's a very tidy game. He hasn't missed a first serve for

an entire set. I'm sure it's not a record. Impressive nevertheless.

Always a good policy against an injured opponent, get the ball in

play, go on! Yay! That's great. Perfect. 130 miles an hour. He

wasn't holding back! Very impressive.

A couple of lapses, a couple of mistakes but got the job done in a

final game. Playing against an injured opponent, you want the

percentages. He was obviously serving well,

Grigor Dimitrov but then he lost concentration. His opponent is going

for way more than he would normally do. A lot of errors, so it is a

bitty kind of set. But he just did enough to win it. He's always in

charge, obviously. That's unbelievable, that is.

First serves in 100% down the left-hand side. Four aces, no

doubles. Dimitrov has to improve, John!

Classic. That's where the statistics can lie!

So a third quarterfinal today. Victory for Gilles Muller against

Sam Querrey earlier on. He will now play Marin Cilic. You just missed

him playing Donald Young. We have Grigor Dimitrov and later on

Tomas Berdych against Feliciano Lopez. It's been a week noticeable

for the arrival of some of the youngsters, Medvedev, is amongst

that. A sense that some of them have

arrived. Back in the years to come. Sure of

that. And Grigor Dimitrov being one of the

younger members of the star line-up here. And another story being

written here as Grigor Dimitrov tries to make it through a second

Aegon Championships. So, Grigor Dimitrov, first serve

placement. All first serves. Hasn't missed one yet.

Second set, we can keep an eye on this. He likes to go out wide.

Remember the first game he likes to go out wide.

He love it is down the middle court as well. Average first serve speed

taking it a little down today on his previous couple of matches. Almost

as though he has gone out with the idea he is not going to miss any.

Going to the high percentage serve you know that you can make it is

very worth doing that at club level. Have a serve you know you can make.

First one missed. 35 minutes. That to me is a shot he doesn't use

enough. He's got such a lot of bite on that

slice. I mean how are you supposed to pass there? This that position,

with the ball bending out the other way with the side spin. It's deep. A

lot of pace on it. It was a good pick up there from

Medvedev. Good hands to get that one back.

That's wild. Sometimes just throwing in a few

loose shots. That was another one of those. He took a big step on that

backhand. It looked like the balance wasn't really set. Never really

committed to the shot. Was in a position to hold comfortably and now

he's a break point down. Played the perfect point until that

shot. He missed the easiest shot in the rally. He did so well there.

Just a little drink forehand, cross-court, over the net. Anything

as we looked at it. It would have been fine. He elected for power. A

bit low. He was practicing with Jamie Baker

at Wimbledon the other day. Jamie after about 20 minutes looked like

he had been through the spin cycle! Break point saved. It used to be the

case, didn't it, you would look at the squash players in terms of

rackets and say, these guys are ridiculous in term of how fit they

are, and certainly that is the case. Matthew is a great example of that.

Tennis players are right up there, or surpass them in terms of

cardiovascular fitness. Tennis if you don't agree.

And the likes of Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, they could hardly be fit

they were a cardiovascular sense. Dimitrov here can do the splits I

would have thought. Nothing wrong with the flexibility.

Nicely done. He's certainly more engaged in this

set. The first set, Medvedev, he sort of went out there and he was

even concerned about whether or not he should play or not play, and so

on. He wasn't putting any of those types

of rallies together. Which, that's the way he plays. He manoeuvres his

opponent around. He flattens out the shot when he needs to. But in the

first set it was very much just going for shots in the wrong

position on the court. He's known affectionately as The

Bear. But no relation to Andre Medvedev, in case you are wondering

about that. He trains in France. 21 years of age. 230 in the world 12

months ago but now at this young age he has risen tonne the verge of the

top 50. Right on the edge of it. If he wins this match, he's going to be

around for a long time. And we are dealing with great raw materials.

How high do you think he can go? It is tough to judge. I think he can

make top 20. I would like to see more of him to see what he does on

different surfaces, and see how his game affects other players. He is

interesting. Unorthodox. Sometimes in today's players, there are

players that same the same sort of patterns.

It can cause problems. Nicolas Mahut, playing and Thanasi

Kokkinakis coming through in round two. Coming through a tough section

here. He is kind of awkward to watch. He

is gangly, his arms and legs. The wing span.

He doesn't have much of a rhythm to his game. It makes him so strange in

the way he plays. But it's very effective.

Been a lot of unor the docks Russians over the years. Alexander

Volkov. Remember him? A left-hander. You never knew what shot was coming

off him. Rained Chesnikov, another one.

Tough competitors when they were in the mood. Davydenko...

All play, these Russians, with a sense that they really don't care

what anyone else thinks. They got on with it. Strong minds.

Just had to take a little adjustment to his left side there. That's the

wind above the clubhouse whipping in from the west.

You can see the wind getting up there. Both players really needing

to adjust their footwork. The ball was swirling all over the place.

The overrule, he called it out. So a quick request to Hawk-Eye. Yes, it

was just out. Yes it was just out. Quarterfinal action continuing, we

pick up all your tweets. This is interesting. Tom Wilkinson says

"Thoughts on the legendary footballer Paolo Maldini making his

pro tennis debut this week at 49 years of age?" We did see that, that

is a challenge in Italy. He has qualified, I guess it is

prequalifying for the doubles. Is he in the main draw? Legendary

footballer of AC Milan and Italy. 48 years old now, capped 126 times by

his country. He has won a qualifier with that with his partner. Who was

once ranked 975 in the world. He has coached Maldini since he retired in

2005. It is a Challenger Event in Milan on the 29th of June. Keep an

eye on it. Juan Mata plays a good game of tennis as well. Gets around

the court fast. A lot of them can hit the ball but not well, they can

all get round. Maldini only took the game up about eight years ago I

think. That is a rapid rise up the top. Qualifying for an event. In a

totally different bought than he has played before, that is amazing.

The way he plays, it is so difficult to predict what he is going to do

next. An excellent point there. It is like there is no more pain in his

shoulder, I would like to get some of that spray, it seems to have

worked wonders. Take a shower in it. Two errors in a row, particularly

the one with the backhand, that was very wild, he missed it by a long

way. I saw the way that ball checked once

it hit the line. Very well played on the backhand. He

had to keep it down. Six foot six, getting down to the backhand and

have the hand skills to control the ball. It was impressive. He has a

lot of game, this young man. 21 years of age.

Just wide. He is getting frustrated. Loose errors in this set from

Dimitrov. In some ways it is like he expects to win. His concentration is

not quite there. It is those type of errors.

That is fantastic, best rally of the match. So much adjustment, excellent

footwork from Medvedev to control the ball. The spin coming from

Dimitrov was testing him. 26 shots. A final between Mark Philippoussis

and Goran Ivanisevic may not have had that many shops. A man who may

not have taken the court for this match, having a medical time-out for

a bad shoulder he has really got his concentration now. I think Dimitrov

has somewhat allowed this to happen. When he was up 5-0 and his opponent

was looking dicey and unsure about things, if he had closed out then

and got on top early in the second, he didn't. He lost a bad service

game and Medvedev started getting into the match.

Nine aces now for Medvedev. More than Dimitrov.

He still plays some shots, where he just probably is not the right thing

to play. Goodness gracious, he has his dander

up now. He is a powerful player for the future, powerful now. Getting

back to your comments here. Brenda, "You made me cry with moments,

especially Andy winning. " More to come. "How Is Federer breaking the

slam record not one of Wimbledon's greatest moments?" You will have a

lot of support for that in the studio. Sue Barker would agree with

that. That is the reason for this, to have a discussion. 2009 Wimbledon

was unreal when he beat Andy Roddick, 16-14 in the fifth. Was it

50 aces to win his 15th Grand Slam? We have rescued it. Don't really

need that. There is not too much direct sunlight anyway.

He was unsure what to do and got caught in no man's land.

Grigor Dimitrov will change his racket because it is a first game

with a new set of tennis balls where he is receiving. Each player has

their own way about going about their business. There is an

important game here. Are we going to a decider all will Dimitrov keep

this set going? Can't really allow Dimitrov to move

forward on his forehand side. We have seen that in the last five

minutes. A lovely one strike there. Medvedev

did well to get the first ball back. It was so fast, you can't even

react. A glorious backhand. This is fantastic serving, really

impressive. His maxes around 124 mph at six foot six and long arms. So

accurate with it. Hand that is the end of that, great

effort. Medvedev has made it one set all quarterfinal here at Queen's,

the first one to go the distance. Studio commentary -- STUDIO: Who

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STUDIO: Why not pick up a racket yourself? I hear John Lloyd and

Andrew Castle will pick up their racket and have a gentle hit on one

of the courts so if you fancy a laugh, I mean, if you fancy seeing a

couple of golden oldies in action, they will be taking to the court on

Sunday. , JoJo only if you join us. You can get that challenge number

one dusted off, I want to CDC Barca forehand, we should be denied no

longer. She has gone, she has run away. She doesn't want to play with

us John. It will be fun, I hope we can get a court. You are fit and

well now. I am in good shape. Good enough to play, I could stand on one

side and run you around. It is a game for life. A big announcement

next week from the LTA, can't say anything at the moment but it is

good. It really is a game that once you have it in your system, local

parks and clubs. It is not a difficult game to learn to begin

with. But once it gets under your skin, that is it. Third set.

Great start to a set. Right round the outside of the ball though.

Stayed so low, six foot six. It is definitely going on. A

different player from the first set where he looked all over the place.

He looked like he wanted to be off the court. He has stuck to his guns

and now these rallies, this is what he loves. Rallies from side to side.

Improvised on that shot and it went over as well. So many different

shots. And weird things he does with a racket.

Not without its worries, that game. Serving first in this deciding set.

A reminder that Tomas Berdych, the former will modern finalist plays

Feliciano Lopez after this. -- the former Wimbledon finalist. We had to

catch some of that on BBC Two and it will be on the red button after 6pm.

This boy is a pain. He makes you work hard when he is in the mood. He

gets you out quite so well, stretching all the time. Good length

as well. One of the things he does so well,