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:00:37. > :00:52.a good win yesterday in Eastbourne and I hope for another one today.

:00:53. > :00:58.Fantastic. Watson at her best. Everything she is touching is

:00:59. > :01:10.turning to gold. Very secure from Watson. What a way to get your best

:01:11. > :01:16.ever win. If England expects tonight, it hopes more than that

:01:17. > :01:24.this afternoon. Heather Watson had a great win yesterday. Before that, on

:01:25. > :01:32.quarterfinal's day, we have Camila Giorgi who beat Victoria Azarenka

:01:33. > :01:39.early in the week. If Heather was to win, she would be the first winner

:01:40. > :01:48.since Joe Jiri 32 years ago. That is a long time ago. What chance do we

:01:49. > :01:53.give her? Yesterday she played an inspired performance against

:01:54. > :02:01.Pennetta yesterday. She served better than I had seen her served.

:02:02. > :02:05.Her forehand, which can be suspect, was very fiery. What is interesting

:02:06. > :02:10.is the way she dealt with losing that first set on the tie-break,

:02:11. > :02:20.Doug deep and kept that gameplay going. This is a new Heather Watson

:02:21. > :02:26.we are seeing. What she is doing is transferring her game into more

:02:27. > :02:40.aggression. Laura Robson, her team-mate beat cathartic and that is

:02:41. > :02:50.a totally different proposition. She has two break down her game. --

:02:51. > :02:56.Petra Kvitova. Is the key thing to keep your level all the way through

:02:57. > :03:03.the same? Absolutely. You have to stay with that scoreline. Her

:03:04. > :03:07.opponent can hit aces and hit winners into the corners. It is

:03:08. > :03:13.difficult to slow her momentum down. You have to stay with her to create

:03:14. > :03:26.scoreline pressure which in itself builds pressure. They start to miss

:03:27. > :03:34.a first serve and her opponent is known to have an off day. This has

:03:35. > :03:43.got to give Heather a lot of confidence. Heather's match is the

:03:44. > :03:51.second one we will see. She has made a decision to be more aggressive.

:03:52. > :03:57.People think Andy Murray has a new coach because they want him to be

:03:58. > :04:04.harder up the court. How hard is it to change your game plan, if that is

:04:05. > :04:07.what you have been used to? It is extremely difficult. All the players

:04:08. > :04:12.here have been playing since they were very little. They have played

:04:13. > :04:15.junior matches and suddenly into the senior ranks -- senior ranks, you

:04:16. > :04:22.have to transfer in the most pressurised moments and think in a

:04:23. > :04:27.split-2nd decision, do I go for this return of serve and be aggressive or

:04:28. > :04:33.do I put more height on it and get back into play? If you go safer,

:04:34. > :04:39.that enables your opponent to be more aggressive on the next ball.

:04:40. > :04:45.Even Heather came off and said she went for the return of serve and

:04:46. > :04:48.missed it. She said she was glad she went for it because it is forcing

:04:49. > :04:52.her to do something she doesn't want to do but in the long term, that is

:04:53. > :05:04.where she is going to get better. I'm glad she went for that on match

:05:05. > :05:08.point. What about the next match. We have Giorgi. This is a firecracker

:05:09. > :05:12.of a match. Everybody remembers the only meeting they had at the US Open

:05:13. > :05:19.last year which announced Giorgi on the world stage. She hit 46 winners

:05:20. > :05:24.in the match. The thing about Camila Giorgi, she is so exciting and

:05:25. > :05:28.effervescent and brings enormous energy out onto a tennis court. She

:05:29. > :05:35.has one game plan and that is to hit the ball as hard as she can -- as

:05:36. > :05:42.hard as she can at all times. Which doesn't leave much margin for error

:05:43. > :05:49.is. She hits a huge amount of losers that might hit the back fence. She

:05:50. > :05:58.marches around the court. She gives off a positive body language. She

:05:59. > :06:02.served 17 faults but still won the match. Wozniacki is a different type

:06:03. > :06:07.of player and doesn't like players who can hit through her. Wozniacki

:06:08. > :06:13.says she is playing the best tennis. She has enjoyed grass court

:06:14. > :06:19.tennis. She has played tennis on grass for a long time and will want

:06:20. > :06:24.revenge for what happened. Interesting to see what Wozniacki

:06:25. > :06:29.said after in the press conference saying that she hadn't achieved what

:06:30. > :06:33.she should have achieved as a tennis player. She was very honest because

:06:34. > :06:37.if you are not, you are conning yourself in a way. If you keep

:06:38. > :06:42.telling yourself, I should have achieved more than I have, can that

:06:43. > :06:51.start gnawing away at you after a while. A lot of players who come

:06:52. > :06:55.internationally, here, a lot of the people grow up with grass but many

:06:56. > :07:02.do not grow up with it and they find it alien and find they have no club

:07:03. > :07:09.but the rhythm. There are much shorter rallies and it makes a

:07:10. > :07:15.mental difference if you are used to grinding out points on a clay court.

:07:16. > :07:19.She said she doesn't feel uncomfortable on a grass court and

:07:20. > :07:24.feels she has been unlucky in the losses that she has had at

:07:25. > :07:30.Wimbledon. She feels she could do better. She is also a player who is

:07:31. > :07:35.trying, like Heather is, to be more aggressive. She has been in the

:07:36. > :07:38.finals of Grand Slams before. If you compare that to be more aggressive.

:07:39. > :07:41.She has been in the finals of Grand Slams before. If you compare the

:07:42. > :07:48.two, with Camila Giorgi, there is only a year's difference. 21 titles

:07:49. > :07:53.and has been in Grand Slam finals. There is a huge gulf of difference

:07:54. > :08:09.and in terms of those wins, she is fourth ranked female between those

:08:10. > :08:17.above her. The prevailing wind has changed and they think that we are

:08:18. > :08:21.set fair for the next two or three days. It is genuinely warm out

:08:22. > :08:32.there. What impact will not have on the game? For Petra Kvitova, she

:08:33. > :08:40.wants it hot and sunny. She has incredible timing of the ground.

:08:41. > :08:45.That huge serve can swing out right -- white. She doesn't want damp

:08:46. > :08:50.wetness and moisture in the air so the ball can become heavier. Of

:08:51. > :08:55.course, for her, it is slightly better than maybe it is for Heather

:08:56. > :09:03.who perhaps would want to slow that ball down a little bit. Let me let

:09:04. > :09:08.you go up to the commentary box. Chris has his eyes and ears set on

:09:09. > :09:09.England tonight against Uruguay. For the moment, put back to the back of

:09:10. > :09:19.your mind. Wozniacki needs happy feet today to

:09:20. > :09:44.begin. I watched Giorgi warm up this

:09:45. > :09:54.morning. Unbelievable how many returns she hit. Her father was a

:09:55. > :09:55.few yards away from her. Wozniacki's second

:09:56. > :09:56.few yards away from her. Wozniacki's serve is going to get a

:09:57. > :10:46.real test today. None of this will surprise Wozniacki

:10:47. > :10:48.who has played before. Her father is the coach. That must be a little

:10:49. > :11:14.uncomfortable. It is all or nothing. Every shot

:11:15. > :11:39.with Giorgi, if you haven't seen her play before.

:11:40. > :12:15.Good length on the second serve. That will be important. Wozniacki

:12:16. > :12:21.also mentioned in a press conference how pleased she was with her returns

:12:22. > :12:25.of serve against Sloane Stephens yesterday. That will be another

:12:26. > :12:30.interesting watch because if they return lands short, Giorgi can get

:12:31. > :12:39.on the front foot straightaway and unleash off both wings forcing

:12:40. > :12:40.Wozniacki on her back foot. There is a lot to look out for in this match

:12:41. > :13:06.up. That will delight Wozniacki

:13:07. > :13:22.straightaway. Quality of that return.

:13:23. > :13:41.We know all about the double faults. Doesn't serve many aces.

:13:42. > :13:48.Not a case of if, double fault, it is a case of how many. 25 in the

:13:49. > :14:10.tournament so far. Return Central and a little short.

:14:11. > :14:15.That is the problem for Wozniacki to deal with in this match. As many

:14:16. > :14:35.double faults as there for Giorgi, it is still an aggressive serve.

:14:36. > :14:49.Both hitting the ball beautifully early on. Quick conditions, quickest

:14:50. > :15:38.of the tournament so far. Five foot six, the Italian. Ranked

:15:39. > :15:53.42 in the world. Everything designed by her mother in the clothing.

:15:54. > :16:11.Wonderful effort and performance by the British number three yesterday.

:16:12. > :16:14.At that match point. I hope she is not too disappointed because it was

:16:15. > :17:17.a mighty fine performance. You have to have a steely nerve as a

:17:18. > :17:33.server. That chewing gum has probably lost its flavour already.

:17:34. > :17:47.Nice. Getting right out the middle. Not quite enough on that approach

:17:48. > :17:52.shot and going in crosscourt, you offer both angles. She may be

:17:53. > :18:50.nervous about approaching to the backhand. That is a warning shot.

:18:51. > :18:59.Annabel has made her way to the commentary box. Interesting start,

:19:00. > :19:05.Annabel. Phenomenal returns from Giorgi. She did practice it

:19:06. > :19:10.endlessly this morning. It is so unusual to see someone standing that

:19:11. > :19:13.far inside the baseline. Wozniacki's Serbia is not the

:19:14. > :19:19.biggest and gives her more opportunity to connect with it. --

:19:20. > :19:24.serve. That was what she was practising and that was the tactics

:19:25. > :19:28.she was going to employ. Already, you feel as if she feels comfortable

:19:29. > :19:39.with the rhythm that Wozniacki gives her. It is not too pacey. She is

:19:40. > :19:47.enjoying it. This is a real test for Wozniacki. We know how tough she is

:19:48. > :19:54.mentally. It is not panicking when winners of flying by you. That is a

:19:55. > :19:58.good point. It takes enormous mental strength when you are up against

:19:59. > :20:02.someone who is hammering the ball. She doesn't hold back. She goes for

:20:03. > :20:08.broke on everything. You know she is going to hit a lot of winners. The

:20:09. > :20:15.key is going to be serving for Camilla Giorgi because she cannot

:20:16. > :20:20.bring into many unforced errors in. She said after that match, it is not

:20:21. > :20:25.about the serve on it is not an issue. That is genuinely how she

:20:26. > :20:28.sees it. She is controlling the point, double faults or not. First

:20:29. > :20:49.set. It is almost like she had too much

:20:50. > :20:53.time to think about that one. That one is a mishit from the return of

:20:54. > :21:11.serve. Slightly hung there in the air.

:21:12. > :21:20.Hardly anywhere they go, do they said that close, the coaches. Wonder

:21:21. > :21:29.if they are keeping a half BDI on each other!

:21:30. > :21:50.Doesn't put her off. She has such an amazing attitude and it is like

:21:51. > :21:55.whatever has just happened has gone and it affects what is going to

:21:56. > :22:39.happen in the future. That is unusual.

:22:40. > :22:43.It is definitely an exciting brand of tennis. Fun to watch. She draws

:22:44. > :23:11.the crowds. He is looking a touch more relaxed

:23:12. > :24:12.than the other day. Brilliance. -- brilliant. Wozniacki

:24:13. > :24:16.is not having too much say in what is happening in these rallies. She

:24:17. > :24:22.is having to respond to everything that is being put out there. She is

:24:23. > :24:23.struggling to get anything on these balls because she is chasing it down

:24:24. > :24:45.the whole time. Just a look to Alison Hughes from

:24:46. > :24:58.Great Britain in the chair. Confirming the call.

:24:59. > :25:09.Outstanding. Even when the returns are good, she goes for broke. There

:25:10. > :25:13.is no sign of any nerves or hesitation whatsoever when she is on

:25:14. > :25:18.court. She goes for broke, she is a risk taker and loves to hit the ball

:25:19. > :25:30.hard and flat. She likes to dictate what is going on.

:25:31. > :25:51.First ace. She had three against Samantha Stosur the other day.

:25:52. > :26:04.That is the star of Wozniacki's show, the backhand. Not sure what

:26:05. > :27:06.that means. Look for the serve the other way, or something.

:27:07. > :27:24.It is well manufactured from Wozniacki. Camilla Giorgi was born

:27:25. > :27:28.in Italy. There was a population of 43,000. It is in the centre of

:27:29. > :27:36.Italy, located on a hill and has a modern town on the plain below. A

:27:37. > :27:43.lift connects the two towns. It is described as natural scenery with

:27:44. > :27:48.1000 faces. Camilla has only got one match face. It never changes. Not at

:27:49. > :27:53.all. Players are used to studying the body language of the player and

:27:54. > :27:56.can sense when a player is getting down on themselves and they are

:27:57. > :28:01.doubting themselves. With Camilla, it never changes whatever the

:28:02. > :28:09.scoreline. You have no clue what is going on up there because she put a

:28:10. > :28:13.brave face on. It is an energy she brings out onto the court and it is

:28:14. > :28:20.difficult to play somebody like this. It is like Rafael Nadal commie

:28:21. > :28:24.plays the same. He comes out and is jumping around and giving off

:28:25. > :28:29.messaging with his body. He is fighting for every point and energy

:28:30. > :28:39.-- energised. Those with a negative vibe do not know what signals they

:28:40. > :28:48.giving off. Andy Murray has it under control now. It will be interesting

:28:49. > :28:55.to see that with the new partnership he has. This is a good start for

:28:56. > :29:58.Wozniacki, beaten by Giorgi last year.

:29:59. > :30:12.putting Wozniacki off-balance. Wozniacki not able to read this

:30:13. > :30:15.serve at the moment. It is very difficult to get a great aggressive

:30:16. > :30:17.second serve unless you rehearse at all the time. The more you do it,

:30:18. > :30:33.the better you get. Wozniacki's position does not change

:30:34. > :30:36.one inch from her position on the baseline. Yes, very different to her

:30:37. > :30:50.opponent's. Forehand down-the-line, she flattens

:30:51. > :30:57.it out. It is secure down-the-line. Wozniacki, her forehand can drop

:30:58. > :30:58.short. She flattens it out, trying to get the racket head through the

:30:59. > :31:58.ball. The ability to put that ball into an

:31:59. > :32:06.awkward position. It wasn't a bad backhand volley. Look at that lob,

:32:07. > :32:34.very high. One of the most difficult shots in the game.

:32:35. > :32:52.The other interesting thing is how much more aggressive will Wozniacki

:32:53. > :32:56.be? She has talked about it. Will she make her move soon? At the

:32:57. > :33:04.moment, it looks like she is being more of an absorber out here. She is

:33:05. > :33:08.being rushed at all times. Similar question for Heather Watson against

:33:09. > :33:19.Kvitova after this match. She has tried coming in off the

:33:20. > :33:24.forehand and backhand and been punished. She has looked slightly

:33:25. > :33:31.hesitant. She doesn't feel under % confident in it.

:33:32. > :34:14.It is so matter of fact, isn't it? It takes your breath away when you

:34:15. > :34:29.are being punished like that. It can have an impact on how you

:34:30. > :35:19.stop to serve. -- start to serve. That is a very clever serve from

:35:20. > :35:21.Caroline. Mixing things up and then choosing to go at the body. Giorgi

:35:22. > :36:02.could not get a good strike at that. She has had such a good first serve

:36:03. > :36:05.percentage in the last matches. She is used to getting a lot of first to

:36:06. > :36:40.serves in. She hasn't lost a second serve point

:36:41. > :36:48.until now. She has so much bravado out here. That is a great crosscourt

:36:49. > :36:49.forehand, opening up the angle. Never waste an opportunity for the

:36:50. > :37:27.drive volley. Fantastic! No hesitation whatsoever.

:37:28. > :38:23.Flat, hard, and deep. That seems to be a very effective

:38:24. > :38:25.tactic for her to strop -- stop her striking out, she's going at her

:38:26. > :38:48.body more and more. First one of these mini battle

:38:49. > :38:56.games, part of the bigger picture of the match. I don't know whether that

:38:57. > :38:58.was a bad bounce but the depth coming out of Giorgi's racket is

:38:59. > :40:06.putting her on the back foot. And fourth time lucky. Giorgi's

:40:07. > :40:09.breaks, it is for-3. Just to intrude on this with some

:40:10. > :40:16.good news and bad news, that strapping on Petra Kvitova's thigh

:40:17. > :40:19.means she is pulling out of this AEGON International, which means

:40:20. > :40:23.that Heather Watson, perhaps disappointingly, because she would

:40:24. > :40:26.have liked to come up against Kvitova this afternoon, she gets a

:40:27. > :40:42.buy through to the semifinal tomorrow, when she will play the

:40:43. > :40:58.winner of Keys or Sloane Stephens. So, Heather Watson will be the first

:40:59. > :41:24.British semifinalist here at Eastbourne for 32 years when she

:41:25. > :41:47.plays tomorrow. That is later. Just when you think Giorgi is going to

:41:48. > :42:59.get the ascendancy, Wozniacki fights back, and so on.

:43:00. > :43:29.She's missed it. The forehand, not to much on it, it is short. And that

:43:30. > :44:53.is giving Giorgi the that is a gift for Wozniacki. It

:44:54. > :45:04.won't have any bearing on how she applies herself to the next couple

:45:05. > :45:05.of games. She's already trying to show positive body language after

:45:06. > :46:13.that disastrous game. There's been a few more unforced

:46:14. > :46:15.errors creeping into her game in the last five minutes or so. Losing

:46:16. > :47:01.slightly more control. Two quick games for Wozniacki.

:47:02. > :47:05.Interesting as we were talking earlier that Wozniacki feels she has

:47:06. > :47:12.underachieved. She is only a year older than Giorgi, she has won 21

:47:13. > :47:20.titles, she has made $16.5 million. There is her father coming on for a

:47:21. > :47:27.chat. When was number one in the world, and finished two years number

:47:28. > :47:32.one in the world, the criticism was that she hadn't won a major. That

:47:33. > :47:38.was the problem because all those other players that had been top of

:47:39. > :47:44.the game and hadn't won all those majors, that was sad because she had

:47:45. > :47:51.only ever been very professional, she had done a lot of tournaments,

:47:52. > :47:56.more than a lot of players. She couldn't do any more than she did,

:47:57. > :48:05.or still does, actually. She has been on the decline. When it rains,

:48:06. > :48:12.it pours. She has dipped quite a lot in the rankings. It is quite a dip,

:48:13. > :48:19.from number one down to 18 recently, she has crept back up to 16, she is

:48:20. > :48:23.defending points here this week. But I think she has found a bit more

:48:24. > :48:31.joy. She says she doesn't have many more targets. She isn't worrying too

:48:32. > :48:38.much about rankings points because the results will come if you are a

:48:39. > :48:40.better tennis player. So, Giorgi broke first, but now having to hold

:48:41. > :49:45.serve. Fittingly. There is a prime example of being

:49:46. > :49:47.beaten by the pace. Didn't get hold of that ball at all. Interesting

:49:48. > :50:13.forehand grip, isn't it? The grip is... A lot of coaches have

:50:14. > :50:15.said that is what needs to change for her if she wants to be more

:50:16. > :50:39.aggressive. That would be a mammoth change. How

:50:40. > :50:44.do you rebuild your confidence when your entire game has been built

:50:45. > :50:52.around that grip? It is such a huge decision. And the off-season isn't

:50:53. > :50:54.long enough for such a huge change. Lean was talking about her grip

:50:55. > :51:12.changes. Actually, it paid off. It's having that confidence to be

:51:13. > :51:53.able to use the grip in a match situation.

:51:54. > :52:06.It did look wide. You have a better view than I have. I am not sure.

:52:07. > :52:14.I think she was so shocked because she hardly ever serves a double

:52:15. > :52:17.fault. That is her second in the tournament. My reaction was that it

:52:18. > :52:35.was out. It looked it on the replay. Super. Short backswing on the

:52:36. > :52:42.return. She did that so well against Azarenka. Also, she started to read

:52:43. > :52:51.that body serve because Caroline is using it all the time. She gets out

:52:52. > :53:02.the way, kept the racket head up. She is so quick! In everything that

:53:03. > :53:03.she does. She is. She set the tempo. Imagine the morning in the

:53:04. > :54:03.household! Two net cords in a row, nothing puts

:54:04. > :54:08.her off! She just doesn't hold back, does she? Look at this.

:54:09. > :54:11.Rifling these shots, no hesitation on the drive volley that wasn't

:54:12. > :54:31.easy. It was quite far back. Giorgi would be a good jockey on the

:54:32. > :55:25.Sprint! Hesitated a fraction. The ball was

:55:26. > :55:27.higher, it was hanging in the air a bit more. If that was deliberate,

:55:28. > :56:01.that was good play. Awkward height. Can you see Caroline Wozniacki

:56:02. > :56:11.getting back into the top ten? She is none the 28th this year, -- she

:56:12. > :56:14.is number 28th. Can you see her first of all getting back to top ten

:56:15. > :56:20.and may be making another major final? Well, good question. I think

:56:21. > :56:24.if all this new breed of young players coming through who are all

:56:25. > :56:34.mine team, 20, they are all aggressive, great athletes, they are

:56:35. > :56:38.better... They are not similar to her because they are aggressive

:56:39. > :56:44.tennis players, but they can move, and they have a bigger serve, they

:56:45. > :56:48.are a bigger package. The one thing she has in her favour is the

:56:49. > :56:52.application, the focus, the consistency she has had in the past,

:56:53. > :57:00.and she's starting to get some consistency back in her levels.

:57:01. > :57:07.There are so many opportunities for many of them. It is an exciting time

:57:08. > :57:13.for the women's game. And experience counts for a lot. And she is fastly

:57:14. > :57:18.experienced, Wozniacki, even though she is only 23. She has played a lot

:57:19. > :57:22.of tennis matches, she knows how to get through them, find her way to

:57:23. > :57:25.the finish line, and she has been through the difficult period, which

:57:26. > :57:34.has probably strengthened her character more. So, Giorgi held

:57:35. > :57:46.serve to zero. Here she is second time around it 5-6. -- at 5-6. That

:57:47. > :58:08.was a change of mind from that line judge. Very late call.

:58:09. > :58:24.Wozniacki not happy. The umpire says it was in. It is two first serves,

:58:25. > :58:40.really. Wozniacki serves at around 80 miles an hour.

:58:41. > :58:48.That is tricky. Remember that scenario with Murray where if you

:58:49. > :58:54.lean across the net, you lose the point. That was tricky because that

:58:55. > :58:59.ball was heading back towards the other side of the net. That is why

:59:00. > :59:00.the umpire sits where they sit. You're not allowed to make contact

:59:01. > :59:12.over the net. Wozniacki read that very well. Made

:59:13. > :59:18.the early move to cover the crosscourt. I think Wozniacki has

:59:19. > :00:04.got to look to be more damaging on that backhand. She is so capable.

:00:05. > :00:07.She reminds me of a violent pitch who just goes for broke on every

:00:08. > :01:17.ball. Dad can't sit down. He is like a

:01:18. > :01:23.jack in a box. Easy to watch them practice. He is pumped up all the

:01:24. > :01:25.time. He plays every single ball with her. He probably sleeps well

:01:26. > :03:02.tonight. Got down well to that. Such fine

:03:03. > :03:08.margins. So low over the net. All of her shots. Plays most of her tennis

:03:09. > :03:42.through her legs and launches into them.

:03:43. > :03:51.On such a big point, you would have expected her to go to the forehand

:03:52. > :03:56.side of Wozniacki. She is so good crosscourt. She is looking to be on

:03:57. > :04:07.that front foot. Great construction of a point there.

:04:08. > :04:38.She is trying to send some messages down the other end of the point.

:04:39. > :04:51.For somebody who hits the ball as hard as Giorgi, there is virtually

:04:52. > :04:56.no grunt. That is a good point. Even though she lost that last point, it

:04:57. > :05:00.is a positive point. She is taking the ball out of the air and it is

:05:01. > :06:17.the sort of tennis that she needs to be playing.

:06:18. > :06:25.Magnificent serve. That really shocked through, did nets? She

:06:26. > :06:29.couldn't get out of the way of that one. She averted her tactics at the

:06:30. > :06:32.beginning of this match and she has won most of the points when she has

:06:33. > :07:06.got that serve. Giorgi has had to come back twice to

:07:07. > :07:35.from the first set lost this week to win.

:07:36. > :08:14.Wozniacki looking straight at the umpire after that serve.

:08:15. > :08:25.She looks to go crosscourt. Look at the shape of that. She flattens out.

:08:26. > :08:40.Easy from here. Two set points have gone. One remains.

:08:41. > :08:50.Quite often, Giorgi's second stuff is faster than Wozniacki's first. --

:08:51. > :09:04.second serve. How good is that? Brought dad out of

:09:05. > :09:19.his chair. It was How good is that? Brought dad out of

:09:20. > :09:25.footwork here. She was on the stretch on the return of serve. She

:09:26. > :09:29.put a bit more top-spin on it and there was that adjustment to get the

:09:30. > :09:37.racket head below the height of the ball. She was moving forward as she

:09:38. > :09:48.played this one. Very smooth. She saved a match point yesterday. Three

:09:49. > :10:08.set points saved today. She doesn't hesitate, she just hits.

:10:09. > :10:29.Missed it. Set, Giorgi. -- set point, Giorgi. Just missed by a

:10:30. > :10:55.whisker. Oh, dear, oh dear. That is search --

:10:56. > :11:00.that is such a disappointment. I have never seen that before. She

:11:01. > :11:05.went to correct what wasn't a call. She had to stop the point because

:11:06. > :11:16.she would have hindered them. There is nothing that can be done about

:11:17. > :11:25.this. I started to make a call. This is a big moment in the match.

:11:26. > :11:48.Wozniacki has lost two set points. First serve again.

:11:49. > :12:01.Well! Did that hit someone? She could have been defaulted for that.

:12:02. > :12:27.Absolutely. She holds it all in. When it goes, it goes.

:12:28. > :12:39.I am amazed she is still playing, to be honest. That was an extraordinary

:12:40. > :12:45.moment. When you think to the Tim Henman moment and he hits the ball

:12:46. > :12:47.boy, he was defaulted. It is amazing. Another set point. It is

:12:48. > :13:14.all happening. And gets it. Father is going crazy!

:13:15. > :13:19.It is said Jude, the applause, in the crowd. I don't think they

:13:20. > :13:25.appreciated that. What an end to the opening set.

:13:26. > :13:35.What a dramatic end. Can't wait for the second. If you were hoping to

:13:36. > :13:38.watch the second match featuring Heather Watson, you will be

:13:39. > :13:42.disappointed. You will be disappointed you won't see her but

:13:43. > :13:49.the reason is an injury to her opponent, Petra Kvitova means she

:13:50. > :13:54.has pulled out in the last hour. Heather gets through to the

:13:55. > :13:59.semifinals tomorrow when she will play an intriguing match that will

:14:00. > :14:07.follow Giorgi against Wozniacki. Lauren Davies plays Madison Keys.

:14:08. > :14:14.They are up and coming players of American women's tennis. That is

:14:15. > :14:18.tomorrow. There is a lot of tennis to be played this afternoon before

:14:19. > :14:23.we get to tomorrow. Any thoughts you might have about what we have just

:14:24. > :14:28.seen and whether Giorgi should have been defaulted, interesting thing we

:14:29. > :14:36.don't know and if I ask this of Chris and Annabel, our cameras were

:14:37. > :14:43.unable to catch it. Where did the ball go that she actually hit? It

:14:44. > :14:48.went into the crowd behind where Wozniacki was. It went straight into

:14:49. > :14:55.the crowd. It will be a huge debating point and we need to find

:14:56. > :15:04.out the official ball on it. It happened so quick. You can't

:15:05. > :15:11.retrospectively default somebody, can you? It did happen so quick that

:15:12. > :15:15.maybe Alison Lang, she saw the ball being smacked and kept her eyes on

:15:16. > :15:25.Giorgi and didn't look to her left and didn't pick it up. I would like

:15:26. > :15:34.to have a heart monitor. It is fascinating. It is quite alarming at

:15:35. > :15:39.the same time. The crowd have really grown to get behind Giorgi this

:15:40. > :15:46.week. They were really applauding her debut here. It put a silencer on

:15:47. > :15:57.it. Here we go with the second set. I

:15:58. > :17:07.don't think Giorgi's father has any fingernails left.

:17:08. > :17:15.Had quite a word with Alison Lang coming out to start the second set,

:17:16. > :17:38.Wozniacki. Just wanted to clear it out of her system.

:17:39. > :17:48.Magnificent. In this one to one sport, how tough it is mentally,

:17:49. > :17:54.what you have to go through, filter, dilutes, move on from day after

:17:55. > :17:58.day. You don't get a day off in these events very often. It is like

:17:59. > :18:02.having an argument out there on the court. If you win the argument

:18:03. > :18:08.today, you have to get up and win another one tomorrow.

:18:09. > :18:12.You have to add in a fume or arguments with line judges and

:18:13. > :18:23.umpires as well. It is exhausting. It was all happening at the end of

:18:24. > :18:32.the first set. There was so much going on. You have to focus on the

:18:33. > :18:40.job in hand. Not easy. She is back to the one face, Giorgi. We saw an

:18:41. > :18:45.ugly side and we have to say that was not a good moment. Normally when

:18:46. > :18:53.players do that, they make sure they launch the ball out of the stadium.

:18:54. > :18:59.Here, it is easy. What a compelling 63 minutes that first set turned out

:19:00. > :19:04.to be. It didn't come down to the stats at the end of the day. It came

:19:05. > :19:08.to that last moments at the end of a gripping tie-break when there was so

:19:09. > :19:16.much drama unfolding. It was Giorgi that came out on top. I feel as if

:19:17. > :19:40.it has slightly so Jude how the audience are reacting.

:19:41. > :19:50.I am trying to work out whether the victim in the audience is still

:19:51. > :19:58.clapping for her. They are at the other end of the court. They are

:19:59. > :21:20.making a Wozniacki placard as we speak.

:21:21. > :21:29.That really is an important stabilising hold for Wozniacki. She

:21:30. > :21:33.is one of the best at filtering that this is a really tough one. She has

:21:34. > :21:43.a lot to contend with here, mentally. Let us hope she had a poor

:21:44. > :21:44.memory. Pete Sampras always says a poor memory comes in handy as a

:21:45. > :22:18.tennis player. It also shows the steel that runs

:22:19. > :22:46.through Giorgi. A reaction, demanding how it has kept her on.

:22:47. > :22:53.That was unusual to see Wozniacki attempting that backhand to change

:22:54. > :22:59.the direction of the ball. Not easy to do and didn't control that racket

:23:00. > :23:01.head. Maybe she is trying to step in and take it more aggressively and do

:23:02. > :24:09.something more with it. A love game. I wish we could

:24:10. > :24:20.understand Polish. It would be an interesting chat. It's really would.

:24:21. > :25:00.I am sure he will focus on tactics, the play.

:25:01. > :25:12.He has definitely got it all figured out. He is telling her what she

:25:13. > :25:18.needs to focus on. She speaks so highly of him always, when asked.

:25:19. > :25:25.She has tried other coaches. Ever supportive, ever present. It doesn't

:25:26. > :25:33.seem to have worked with her with other coaches. She always comes back

:25:34. > :25:48.to him and trusts him more than anywhere -- more than anyone else.

:25:49. > :26:23.We will see what she does differently now. New balls in play.

:26:24. > :26:33.Was that going in? Wozniacki very quick with her feet after the serve.

:26:34. > :26:40.That is one of the shortest second serves she has put in. Wozniacki had

:26:41. > :26:42.to thump that return. I am not sure whether that ball was going in. I

:26:43. > :27:17.think it might have been going out. She is furious with herself. She

:27:18. > :27:19.played a perfect points to get into a winning point. It was the finish

:27:20. > :28:12.that she didn't execute very well. Love game for Wozniacki. Two each on

:28:13. > :28:14.that front. It is having a bit of a lull. Everybody is common down and

:28:15. > :28:20.regrouping. I think they had to lull. Everybody is common down and

:28:21. > :28:22.after the end of that first set. The intensity has dropped off a tiny

:28:23. > :29:17.bit. Going for it again, though. It will

:29:18. > :29:21.be interesting to hear your thoughts, the viewers come on what

:29:22. > :29:26.happened. There is very little money at the bottom end of tennis. The

:29:27. > :29:33.sacrifice that is taken with parents and children to become a tennis

:29:34. > :29:38.player. The passion that we saw and have seen throughout the time that

:29:39. > :29:51.Giorgi has been on the screens. It is pretty forlorn. -- full on.

:29:52. > :29:59.Tennis is notorious. There is some famous tennis parents. It is a -- at

:30:00. > :30:04.times, there are overbearing ones. It is enormous pressure for children

:30:05. > :30:05.to live up to the expectations of a parent. Quite often they wouldn't

:30:06. > :30:25.get there without them. So far, you are very divided. Scott

:30:26. > :30:27.Stevenson is behind Giorgi. Ross and surely think it should have been

:30:28. > :31:27.defaulted. just her third tour quarterfinal,

:31:28. > :31:39.looking for her second semifinal. She lost a cornered in the final. --

:31:40. > :31:45.she lost to call -- Cornet in the final. She has had some injury

:31:46. > :31:50.problems and some of the momentum has been halted by the problems, but

:31:51. > :31:56.she has bounced back and taken it to the next level. The most noticeable

:31:57. > :32:03.thing about her is this attitude, and incredible energy, her

:32:04. > :32:08.positivity, and bouncing around, and effervescence she brings out to the

:32:09. > :32:16.court, utterly fearless brand of tennis. Yes, it has helped to bring

:32:17. > :32:25.the crowd in. It didn't need to be helped in, it does have a loyal

:32:26. > :32:34.audience. The hotel, I hear people talking about it, "did you see the

:32:35. > :32:40.tennis?" It is beautiful today. Virtually no wind. The sea is glass.

:32:41. > :32:46.It doesn't get much better than this. Lots of talking points.

:32:47. > :33:50.Wozniacki, still up against it. Still over 80% of first serves in

:33:51. > :33:55.the match. That was a clear plan. Definitely, and she's not holding

:33:56. > :33:56.back on any of them. She has mixed it up and she has kept Giorgi

:33:57. > :34:12.guessing all the time. The last two serves of Wozniacki,

:34:13. > :34:18.the ace was 97 miles an hour. That serve was 102 miles an hour. Won,

:34:19. > :34:37.second serve, consistently 102 miles an hour. A huge contrast.

:34:38. > :34:46.That is the average speed of Giorgi second serve, it is how aggressive

:34:47. > :35:14.shears and that is why the attitude is, 17 doubles, it doesn't matter.

:35:15. > :35:24.The body serve is effective with somebody standing so far in. He is

:35:25. > :35:28.closing his eyes for a minute, but you can't take your eyes off this

:35:29. > :35:36.match for a moment. It is gripping stuff. Giorgi, the stubbornness, to

:35:37. > :36:14.continue to stand so far inside that baseline, she's not retreating back.

:36:15. > :36:26.That is a huge second serve. The swing on that. It's almost about how

:36:27. > :36:32.you can get the ball to travel on the first serves and second serve.

:36:33. > :36:44.It is remarkable how often it is 102 miles an hour! Even with the slice.

:36:45. > :37:03.The first serve is around 108 miles an hour.

:37:04. > :37:08.Scary thought to think Venus Williams has hit the fastest

:37:09. > :37:22.recorded serve -100 30 miles an hour! -- 130 miles an hour.

:37:23. > :37:30.Well, she's going to fit a -- hit a few misfits because it is about

:37:31. > :37:35.staying up on the baseline and hitting that first serve, almost

:37:36. > :37:46.like a half-volley, so you don't retreat between the baseline.

:37:47. > :38:31.-- that is how Bartoli used to play her tennis. The point.

:38:32. > :38:48.There is a symmetry in the scoreline.

:38:49. > :38:56.That serve was 113 miles an hour. That is a lot of free points off

:38:57. > :38:59.serves that Wozniacki is normally so good at absorbing. Quite often,

:39:00. > :39:16.she's totally off-balance. There is a disturbance in the crowd,

:39:17. > :39:20.somebody is poorly. Attendance being called, it has caused a little

:39:21. > :39:25.delay. The lady is rushing off to get somebody to come and help. I

:39:26. > :39:28.think somebody is having a fit because they are just in front of

:39:29. > :39:34.us, and they are trying to stop the match.

:39:35. > :40:08.What else can happen in this match? It is a very warm day.

:40:09. > :40:18.herself, Giorgi. She takes a 4-3 lead.

:40:19. > :40:27.So, all eyes towards the stand. Let's hope it is the heat and sun.

:40:28. > :40:32.This match has just about had everything now. I think the

:40:33. > :40:37.players... There he is, the gentleman in the white hat. Well, he

:40:38. > :40:43.did sound awfully distressed earlier. He did, it was a horrible

:40:44. > :40:50.noise. I am sure medical attention will get to him very quickly. It is

:40:51. > :40:56.a day for hats, sunscreen, plenty of water. I don't know whether they are

:40:57. > :41:02.going to try to remove him, there's an awful lot of kerfuffle going on

:41:03. > :41:08.around the stands. That would be the right thing to do. Well, it is a hot

:41:09. > :41:13.day. And the players are having to cope with these conditions as well,

:41:14. > :41:25.making sure they take on plenty of fluids as well.

:41:26. > :41:34.There is another Marshall coming up. Alison Hughes is just alerting

:41:35. > :41:42.Wozniacki and Giorgi to a little pause, because the gentleman is

:41:43. > :41:45.making his way outside. We think he has just been affected by the heat.

:41:46. > :41:50.Knowing the Eastbourne faithful, he will get one of the most rousing

:41:51. > :41:55.reception is of the tournament. Let's wish him well. Absolutely.

:41:56. > :41:58.What a Let's wish him well. Absolutely.

:41:59. > :42:00.What shame because he was probably really enjoying this match. It's

:42:01. > :42:08.right in the heart of this match as well, a crucial stage. Let's hope he

:42:09. > :42:19.gets some attention. The paramedics have arrived.

:42:20. > :42:27.Yes, important to be still moving, keep stretching. It is like a

:42:28. > :42:33.medical time-out for one of the players. This is how they have to

:42:34. > :42:37.look at it. Also, you have to try to keep the momentum going, and Giorgi

:42:38. > :42:44.is the one with the momentum. 4-3, she has got control of this match.

:42:45. > :42:50.It is a crucial stage, so she wants to get things going, and tennis

:42:51. > :42:53.matches are often about the momentum, and the momentum you build

:42:54. > :43:00.against your opponent. I think he is having to sit down

:43:01. > :43:36.again. He is. more seconds to make sure the

:43:37. > :43:42.gentleman is out of the stadium. Stadium.

:43:43. > :43:52.It is an unfortunate situation. Alison Hughes is talking to the WTA

:43:53. > :43:57.supervisor. They don't want a disturbance again once the point has

:43:58. > :44:02.started. It is better if they can get the gentleman to the safety of

:44:03. > :44:05.some treatment. Yes, the communication hasn't quite got

:44:06. > :44:08.through. He is thinking down thinking he doesn't want to disrupt

:44:09. > :44:20.the tennis, but everybody else is waiting.

:44:21. > :44:30.They are helping the gentleman up, which is not easy, knowing he is in

:44:31. > :44:37.a bad way. They will have to carry him out.

:44:38. > :45:10.I think the players would be better sitting down. They are being called

:45:11. > :45:16.back. The trouble is, because of the nature of the stands here, the state

:45:17. > :45:19.cases are quite tricky, so if somebody is that unwell, trying to

:45:20. > :45:26.get them down the staircase isn't easy. It puts a bit of perspective

:45:27. > :45:32.on, there is a tennis match being played. Respect, his famous comment

:45:33. > :45:39.when he was beaten years ago, by an Australian. He said, I lost a tennis

:45:40. > :45:45.match. He said, let's not get this out of proportion! I remember it,

:45:46. > :46:00.actually. Spot on. Trying to keep all the muscles warm

:46:01. > :46:05.here because all that tension and adrenaline running through your

:46:06. > :46:09.body, it is racing around, and when you stop, everything tightens up,

:46:10. > :46:12.and you can have some back spasms... The interesting thing is,

:46:13. > :46:15.and you can have some back we are getting to a point where you

:46:16. > :46:18.will they be allowed another warm up if this continues for another five

:46:19. > :46:27.or ten minutes? It is pretty tough after this to get straight back into

:46:28. > :46:31.action. I'm not really sure who it favours or hurts, to be honest,

:46:32. > :46:43.because it is Giorgi who has got the more dangerous but erratic aim, and

:46:44. > :46:47.she needs to be on the roll, and Wozniacki can come out and strike

:46:48. > :46:56.the ball and Giorgi is unpredictable. Ability know Lopez is

:46:57. > :46:59.due on this court later on today against Jeremy Chardy. He's checking

:47:00. > :47:29.out what is going on. A lot of people standing up now,

:47:30. > :47:39.trying to understand what is going on.

:47:40. > :47:45.I think so many of the players this week, last week, going into

:47:46. > :47:55.Wimbledon, have been so supportive towards Elena Baltacha who passed

:47:56. > :48:02.away earlier on this year. Play is suspended. I think that is the right

:48:03. > :48:08.decision. Just until the gentleman has received some treatment. Again,

:48:09. > :48:09.let's hope he is OK. The players going backstage. There will be a

:48:10. > :48:26.pause here. Everybody can take a breather now.

:48:27. > :48:29.For the match and everybody concerned, it is absolutely the

:48:30. > :48:34.right decision. I couldn't agree more with you. It is a seriously

:48:35. > :48:38.unfortunate incident there, and very upsetting for everybody around to

:48:39. > :48:42.witness what has happened with that gentleman in the stands and nobody

:48:43. > :48:46.really knows how he is. They are just trying to get him some

:48:47. > :48:48.treatment as quickly as possible, but in a very awkward position in

:48:49. > :49:08.the stands to try to get him out. Well, we will be back to this match

:49:09. > :49:13.as soon as we are able to, as soon as the gentleman has been attended

:49:14. > :49:19.to. While we wait for this match to finish, we have news that the next

:49:20. > :49:22.match after this is actually going to be Lauren Davis against Madison

:49:23. > :49:27.Keys, the two young Americans because Heather Watson's match

:49:28. > :49:31.against Petra Kvitova is not going to take place because despite

:49:32. > :49:36.Heather getting all set for her match, her opponent, Petra Kvitova,

:49:37. > :49:40.has a hamstring injury, which she had very heavily strapped. We

:49:41. > :49:47.noticed that during the course of her match yesterday. She decided at

:49:48. > :49:53.around 2pm that she felt it wasn't a good idea for her to play today.

:49:54. > :49:58.And, so, here is what she had to say about pulling out of Eastbourne this

:49:59. > :50:04.year. I can feel my right leg hamstring,

:50:05. > :50:10.and I started to first feel it yesterday morning. I played solidly

:50:11. > :50:14.yesterday but today was worse, so I hope that I will be ready for

:50:15. > :50:19.Wimbledon. I hope it's not as serious as I feel it, but I hope

:50:20. > :50:28.Sundays off will help, but I don't think it is stress or serious. It is

:50:29. > :50:38.painful, so I can't move. But I hope it will be OK. Heather Watson is

:50:39. > :50:44.through to the semifinals tomorrow. Heather will be the first British

:50:45. > :50:55.player in the semifinals at Eastbourne for 32 years, since Joe

:50:56. > :51:06.Drury in 9082. If you're wondering waiting for, a gentleman has been

:51:07. > :51:14.taken out of the grounds. Giorgi is one set and 4-3 up on Wozniacki. We

:51:15. > :51:20.also had a big moment of controversy which was absolutely breathtaking 63

:51:21. > :51:23.minutes of tennis, when the Italian player kicked the ball in anger into

:51:24. > :51:30.the crowd, and we are still not altogether clear exactly what the

:51:31. > :51:35.ruling might have been, should have been, could have been. It is

:51:36. > :51:40.academic because the matches going on anyway. For afterwards, we can

:51:41. > :51:44.have a good discussion about what the law book says about that, and

:51:45. > :51:49.what might have been done about that at the time. While we wait for this

:51:50. > :51:56.match to conclude, let's reflect on Heather Watson. We will not see her

:51:57. > :52:00.in action today, but that -- this is what happened yesterday when she

:52:01. > :52:04.played a tremendous game of tennis against Pennetta, the first player

:52:05. > :52:10.she has beaten in the world's top 20 in her entire career. What a shop

:52:11. > :52:15.down-the-line. That was fantastic. So, she was a bit tired, it has to

:52:16. > :52:23.be said, when she popped up here, and she spoke about perhaps the best

:52:24. > :52:27.win of her career. It's definitely the highest ranked player I've

:52:28. > :52:34.beaten in my career. Today I think I've played some really good

:52:35. > :52:40.tennis, and so did she. Even after a close first set, I stuck in there

:52:41. > :52:43.and stayed positive. In our commentary, Annabel Croft and Chris

:52:44. > :52:49.both wanted to say what a pleasure it was to commentate on your

:52:50. > :52:54.performance, but they kept repeating that you hadn't beaten anybody in

:52:55. > :52:59.the top 20. Had that festered away with you a little bit? Did you want

:53:00. > :53:08.to get over that bridge? At 3-0, I thought, this is a big chance, keep

:53:09. > :53:11.focused. Then I thought, no. Stop thinking about that. Think about the

:53:12. > :53:16.next point. It is just another person over the other side of the

:53:17. > :53:21.net, and they are trying to stop you getting to the next round. I think,

:53:22. > :53:26.for me, it was best not to think about it, so I didn't think it then,

:53:27. > :53:34.I don't think it now. You don't need to. You've done it. People who have

:53:35. > :53:42.watched you playing at Roland Garros, they won't be surprised you

:53:43. > :53:46.have won that match. You gave Halep a huge shock.

:53:47. > :53:55.That must have been a boost. I had my chance to get even at 5-5, and I

:53:56. > :54:01.didn't take it. Even though the scoreline didn't seem that close, it

:54:02. > :54:06.was a close match. And all her other matches were pretty straightforward

:54:07. > :54:10.for her. So, when you have a performance like that against Halep,

:54:11. > :54:16.the layer of the moment, who has gone from 50 something to top three,

:54:17. > :54:24.do you think well, that could be me. I think there are so many girls

:54:25. > :54:37.that have rocketed up so quickly, for example Sarah Errani, who shot

:54:38. > :54:44.up the rankings, Kerber, and I feel the women's game is very open. It is

:54:45. > :54:48.a positive thing to look at. I wasn't looking at me losing to Halep

:54:49. > :54:53.as a positive, I was looking at my whole clay-court season, and how

:54:54. > :54:57.many matches I'd won positively. But you cannot look at anything more

:54:58. > :55:04.positively than beating your first top 20 player. Is that your

:55:05. > :55:07.springboard? It looks like you are playing Kvitova in the next round.

:55:08. > :55:14.Do you look at that now and think, bring on the next one? Absolutely. I

:55:15. > :55:20.am very proud of myself for fighting today. Now I have got to get focused

:55:21. > :55:24.for the next match. And do everything I can to prepare as well

:55:25. > :55:31.as they can. You are tired, aren't you? Yes, I am knackered! I am ready

:55:32. > :55:39.to get into bed! Big meal tonight? Every night. What is it going to

:55:40. > :55:47.be? Some sort of carbohydrate. Pasta. Do you allow yourself some

:55:48. > :55:56.treats? Bottle of wine? I mean chocolate! Deserts. And now it is

:55:57. > :56:00.all systems go, irrespective of what happens in the next round, you will

:56:01. > :56:06.go to Wimbledon thinking, I am playing really well. Absolutely.

:56:07. > :56:11.This year, I've had pretty consistent results, and do want to

:56:12. > :56:14.keep it up, and keep improving, and keep getting further in these tough

:56:15. > :56:18.tournaments. That was Heather Watson talking last

:56:19. > :56:24.night after her victory against Pennetta. Worth repeating we will

:56:25. > :56:32.not be seeing her in action against Kvitova because she has pulled out.

:56:33. > :56:37.It is quite an academic discussion. Is it good for Heather Watson to get

:56:38. > :56:41.by on to the semifinals in this way? Or would she have liked that

:56:42. > :56:46.battle? I think she would have liked the battle. As I was saying to

:56:47. > :56:51.Chris, because of her ranking, she doesn't get to play against the best

:56:52. > :56:56.in the world regularly, week in and week out. She beat Halep at the

:56:57. > :57:00.French Open, but it is few and far between, so it is a great

:57:01. > :57:05.opportunity for her to test herself out against a Grand Slam champion,

:57:06. > :57:10.somebody who has won Wimbledon. She will have relished that opportunity,

:57:11. > :57:15.and also you want to continue the momentum going. She gets guaranteed

:57:16. > :57:23.ranking points now, which will push her further wrap the rankings --

:57:24. > :57:30.further up the rankings. Of course, and guaranteed prize money of

:57:31. > :57:34.$34,000. And those important points. Which will help her ranking. There

:57:35. > :57:38.are huge rankings and it will be exciting to be out here in her home

:57:39. > :57:44.country in a Grand Slam semifinal, so she will have... Sorry,

:57:45. > :57:49.Eastbourne, so she will have plenty of time to prepare for Eastbourne.

:57:50. > :57:53.So, lots of positives, she will take it in her stride, but it is

:57:54. > :58:02.unfortunate she will not play with Kvitova. The two Americans play

:58:03. > :58:07.after this game. I wonder how much longer this game has God. -- has

:58:08. > :59:54.got. Wozniacki somehow hangs in. --

:59:55. > :00:00.mis-hits. This is the best point we have seen from these two. All that

:00:01. > :00:25.training off court paying off for Caroline Wozniacki.

:00:26. > :00:29.Just can't pin him down, he just won't sit in his seat, will he?

:00:30. > :00:32.We will have to call him Jack Nowell days.

:00:33. > :00:33.It is a good job nobody sitting in front of him for this match, or he

:00:34. > :01:13.would not see a single point. Victoria Azarenka starts with the

:01:14. > :01:38.ponytail in front of the shoulder, Wozniacki behind.

:01:39. > :01:45.Well, the breeze has really picked up in the last five minutes or so,

:01:46. > :01:49.the wind is swirling around and you can see both them going much more of

:01:50. > :01:53.the centre of the court there, not getting close to the lines, they are

:01:54. > :01:54.not sure what the ball will do when it gets into that wind. Yes, there

:01:55. > :02:16.are a few darker clouds looming. Well done.

:02:17. > :02:18.Well, they had a little hit and a few service before they started

:02:19. > :02:21.again, they had a little hit and a few service before they started

:02:22. > :02:26.again come it took awhile to get the timing back. After a pause like

:02:27. > :02:30.that, to see it 4-4, I think, let's play from here. That is a good

:02:31. > :02:34.result, really. I agree, that was not easy for either of them, they

:02:35. > :02:38.had that one long point when they were at full stretch, covering the

:02:39. > :02:41.full court. A long drawn-out rally, that would

:02:42. > :03:02.have got them back involved immediately.

:03:03. > :03:13.Wonderful return. The serve was right on the line, swinging away at

:03:14. > :03:21.100 mph, dealt with brilliantly. It was, she does not have much time to

:03:22. > :03:25.react or think out there. That second serve coming down almost

:03:26. > :03:53.with as much when is the first. -- as much venom.

:03:54. > :04:12.She is pummelling forehand of Wozniacki, and you can

:04:13. > :04:20.see she is just not able to get us much off that all eyes Wozniacki.

:04:21. > :04:40.She is off again, still chasing as many as she can down though.

:04:41. > :04:48.That is a loose one, that is very unusual. I am surprised she

:04:49. > :04:54.ballooned that one. It is the code to serve, though, for

:04:55. > :04:58.both of them, to the forehand or the body, certainly. -- it is the go to

:04:59. > :05:26.serve. Well, it is the first one for a

:05:27. > :06:13.while. Certainly the first of this set, five in all now.

:06:14. > :06:20.Amazing. How good that was, from the pair of

:06:21. > :06:30.them. And you can just seek it was a

:06:31. > :06:35.battle of two minds out there in that last rally, neither willing to

:06:36. > :06:37.give an inch and not giving out that baseline. You can see them bending

:06:38. > :06:41.those knees and absorbing that power, able to send it back with a

:06:42. > :06:58.bit of interest. Virtually hit the baseline. It will

:06:59. > :07:07.still be 100 mph plus serve coming up now.

:07:08. > :07:17.Interesting, she took a lot off. It must have unsettled, the size of the

:07:18. > :07:20.mess of that first serve. She has generally served an awful

:07:21. > :07:27.lot better in the first couple of matches, hasn't she? Her ball toss,

:07:28. > :07:33.body position can everything seems smoother in action. Nowhere near as

:07:34. > :08:28.many errors and unforced faults as before.

:08:29. > :08:38.Well, she has become a sponge again, Wozniacki, throwing

:08:39. > :08:42.everything at her, Giorgi. But it is all coming back. I think she lost

:08:43. > :08:47.control of her grip thereon that last forehand.

:08:48. > :08:51.It almost seemed as if she had a wet hand, the grip rolled in the palm of

:08:52. > :08:55.her hand and she couldn't control it. It is a horrible feeling that,

:08:56. > :08:57.and that is often nervous, which you would expect at this stage of the

:08:58. > :09:23.match. You have to hold your breath on the

:09:24. > :09:54.next one! Great length from Wozniacki. Forcing

:09:55. > :09:59.Giorgi away from the baseline for once, and she has got a break point.

:10:00. > :10:03.The other interesting thing is, for the goal of this match I think she

:10:04. > :10:07.has done a great job of not looking across at her dad, she keeps eyes

:10:08. > :10:11.focused on the court very much, but just in the last game she has been

:10:12. > :10:16.glancing across at him a couple of times with knowing little looks, and

:10:17. > :10:24.that tells you see is feeling a little longer of all right now. --

:10:25. > :10:28.vulnerable. I thought that was long.

:10:29. > :11:10.No complaint from Wozniacki, just look. Was close.

:11:11. > :11:25.Well, just greater speed from both of these girls, they have such good

:11:26. > :11:29.footwork, getting underneath that one and controlling the racket

:11:30. > :11:32.face. And then a nice little touch on the backhand drop volley.

:11:33. > :11:56.And the break point. It is long! First break, second set

:11:57. > :12:17.goes to Wozniacki. Sergio is back on for his daughter.

:12:18. > :12:23.I guess it is a good time to come on, because actually the set could

:12:24. > :12:28.be gone and if you don't make use of that one opportunity to get someone

:12:29. > :12:31.out, this is the time to do it. He seemed relatively calm when he talks

:12:32. > :12:36.to her. You would not think that when he is on the side of the court.

:12:37. > :12:42.I think he is actually really fun, don't you think? You're such a

:12:43. > :12:47.character, you cannot ignore him. He is definitely not going to go

:12:48. > :12:51.unnoticed. He does not take the whole of the

:12:52. > :12:57.time out, just a bit of reassurance she is on the right path. She plays

:12:58. > :13:01.exactly the same way whatever the court surface, whoever the opponent

:13:02. > :13:03.is. It is absolutely identically the same, so he is just coming

:13:04. > :13:05.is. It is absolutely identically the say, keep going! I agree,

:13:06. > :13:11.tactics are always identical, it is just applying her formulae to

:13:12. > :13:13.whoever is on the other end of the court.

:13:14. > :13:19.It is almost as if it is irrelevant, I am going to play my game, this is

:13:20. > :13:25.what I do, try and hit it as early and hard as I can deep to the

:13:26. > :13:28.baseline. Maybe today she is going more to that Wozniacki, but on the

:13:29. > :13:37.whole it is more about what she does on the court. -- going more to that

:13:38. > :13:44.Wozniacki forehand. One hour and 16 minutes, including a

:13:45. > :13:45.15 minute interruption, as Wozniacki serving to level this quarterfinal.

:13:46. > :14:31.Serving for the second set at 5-4. Her knees were virtually on the

:14:32. > :14:34.floor there for Wozniacki's two shots. Second serve at 82 mph,

:14:35. > :16:24.thumped back harder. Well, there is just no answer to

:16:25. > :16:28.that kind of tennis, is there? I am not sure the serve could have been

:16:29. > :16:39.any better, actually. Third set point.

:16:40. > :16:44.Three games in a row for Wozniacki on the restart. It is one set all in

:16:45. > :17:02.the quarterfinal. STUDIO: Here they come, so much

:17:03. > :17:05.pressure and expectation. It is the title that all the players

:17:06. > :17:09.want to win. A lot of these guys are friends off

:17:10. > :17:16.the court, but the moment they set out there, forget it.

:17:17. > :17:21.Usually exciting moment, this. It still gives you goose bumps,

:17:22. > :17:24.Centre Court, doesn't it? It is the greatest court in the world.

:17:25. > :17:30.What happens at Wimbledon is absolutely incredible.

:17:31. > :17:32.Wimbledon 2014 - it is anyone's game. Starts the 23rd of June across

:17:33. > :17:40.the BBC. Yes, I think everyone is looking

:17:41. > :17:44.forward to what should be a fantastic two weeks. Here are the

:17:45. > :17:48.scenes, and they have just gone straight off the world rankings, the

:17:49. > :17:52.Wimbledon seeding committee. They are able to alter the women's

:17:53. > :17:57.list to produce a balanced drawer if they feel it is necessary but they

:17:58. > :18:01.have come straight off the rankings. It is interesting.

:18:02. > :18:04.As I said yesterday, I am one for playing off the rankings, to be

:18:05. > :18:12.honest, but I guess there is not much reason to change that seeding.

:18:13. > :18:17.Serena Williams, clearly the great favourite. Li Na, the winner in the

:18:18. > :18:22.Australian Open this year, Simona Halep, a finalist in the French

:18:23. > :18:25.Open, now number three in the world.

:18:26. > :18:31.I guess gratin sky, former finalist, Maria Sharapova, fauna finalist, as

:18:32. > :18:37.is Petra Kvitova. The names I am really interested in, Eugenie

:18:38. > :18:43.Bouchard, one of the real rising stars. -- Agnieszka Radwanska,

:18:44. > :18:55.former finalist. Don't forget, if you want to share

:18:56. > :19:00.any thoughts with us, hashtag BBC tennis. We would love to hear from

:19:01. > :19:07.you. What is happening, lots to look forward to in the future. -- lots

:19:08. > :19:09.happening. Camila Giorgi, the Italian number

:19:10. > :19:56.four, getting the final set underway.

:19:57. > :20:02.She really hits her serve, doesn't she? Some players go up and you can

:20:03. > :20:05.criticise them for pushing a little bit or taking too much off it. But

:20:06. > :20:10.she really goes after it. No hesitation.

:20:11. > :20:15.I think the only thing Giorgi pushers are the boundaries.

:20:16. > :20:35.Yes! She really does. She is reading Giorgi well,

:20:36. > :20:41.Wozniacki. They have only met once before. That can be a little bit

:20:42. > :20:42.disconcerting, when you see the opponent go to the right way a

:20:43. > :20:49.little early of the strike. Frilly socks - that reminds me of

:20:50. > :20:57.the late great Teddy Tingley. An impressive game. First game she

:20:58. > :21:09.has won in the last four. That was an important hold,

:21:10. > :21:12.Annabelle. Definitely, having dropped that

:21:13. > :21:15.second set. Interestingly enough, when you look at these calling when

:21:16. > :21:19.they played at the U.S. Open, Camila Giorgi came from a set down to win

:21:20. > :21:24.that match. It is a different feeling for her

:21:25. > :21:28.being one set up. She has to wait the set -- await the slate clean and

:21:29. > :21:34.send out a message that she is here to compete from the word go.

:21:35. > :21:37.75% first serves in, that is extremely high for Caroline

:21:38. > :21:43.Wozniacki, doing a very good job in that department.

:21:44. > :21:49.She is 12 and 15 behind the second serve. She will be delighted with

:21:50. > :21:55.that. Not only it is only 15, but she has

:21:56. > :22:00.won 12! . That knocked her

:22:01. > :22:03.literally. I aways feel with Hershey is better

:22:04. > :22:08.to absorb off the backhand side than she is with the forehand. She gets

:22:09. > :22:09.much more through the ball on the backhand side than the forehand. She

:22:10. > :22:34.is more awkward on the forehand. That is interesting, that serve was

:22:35. > :22:38.79 mph, and the return was totally mis-timed.

:22:39. > :22:42.It is funny, some players, she is clearly a player who loves space,

:22:43. > :22:48.laps it up, but some players when it is a slow ball and they have to

:22:49. > :22:58.generate all of the pace of nothing, it is a horrible feeling.

:22:59. > :23:13.I think Giorgi is much more of a reactive player, she does not want

:23:14. > :23:16.to have too much time to think, she wants to play instinctively and

:23:17. > :24:16.reacted to what is happening with the ball quickly.

:24:17. > :25:01.She ran out of puff. Gruelling point. Giorgi just got stronger.

:25:02. > :25:14.I thought that was actually inside the line.

:25:15. > :25:20.I don't think she can believe it. I don't think the audience can believe

:25:21. > :25:28.it, it looked like it was inside the line. The line judge didn't call it,

:25:29. > :25:33.she overruled it. Her father is saying, so get on with

:25:34. > :25:38.it, stay pumped, Alison Hughes called it as she saw it. Not for the

:25:39. > :26:09.first time in this match. Well, that tells you what the

:26:10. > :26:11.audience thought of the previous call. There are a lot of people

:26:12. > :26:46.sitting down that line. One from eight and the break point

:26:47. > :27:46.convergence, Giorgi, was Naki -- Wozniacki is two from three.

:27:47. > :27:52.That would have been her quickest second serve of the match, 108 mph.

:27:53. > :28:10.That is 30 mph quicker than normal. That one back to 81. Break point is

:28:11. > :28:15.saved. It is 1-1, final set. New ball is coming out, and we have

:28:16. > :28:19.actually had a tweet, thank you Claire Andrews. What are the players

:28:20. > :28:22.looking for when they ask for lots of balls and to study them closely

:28:23. > :28:26.before throwing them back to the ball boy or ball girl?

:28:27. > :28:29.They are looking for the shiniest, newest looking ball they can find,

:28:30. > :28:41.the one that will give the most zip on the ball and the serve. You often

:28:42. > :28:49.see players take a big selection. -- the most pace off the serve.

:28:50. > :28:54.Maria Sharapova will just take any old ball. She never wears a

:28:55. > :29:11.sweatband, has a towel lying at the back of the court.

:29:12. > :29:16.It is also why they want to get balls back out of the audience when

:29:17. > :29:22.they go astray, because when they start playing with less balls, they

:29:23. > :29:38.get used up quicker. You want all of the balls equally used.

:29:39. > :29:44.It is a real launch pad, isn't it, into that serve? So high off the

:29:45. > :29:46.ground. It is. I remember when we watched her first

:29:47. > :29:52.match, it was out of line with her I remember when we watched her first

:29:53. > :29:55.body, but now it is a much straighter toss. It seems like she

:29:56. > :30:28.is using her body weight into the serve.

:30:29. > :30:39.Again, depth on the return. So tough, but it's caused nearly every

:30:40. > :31:11.time. -- it scores nearly every time.

:31:12. > :31:18.How is that for reactions? Feliciano Lopez, who is courtside

:31:19. > :31:23.watching this, would have been impressed. He had a bit of a chuckle

:31:24. > :31:27.after that one. It was drawn in again, but a late

:31:28. > :31:31.decision to come into the net there, a reactionary shot of the

:31:32. > :31:37.net. Also, she kept her body weight up and forward, she did not back

:31:38. > :32:13.away from the volley, helping the ball to get over the net.

:32:14. > :32:21.has not been given that many opportunities today to play on that

:32:22. > :32:27.front foot desk she leaned into. She has been doing the chasing. She will

:32:28. > :32:31.have her body balanced and her weight is behind the ball. Break

:32:32. > :33:01.point. Two from three, converted. She is taking chances, so important.

:33:02. > :33:13.A much better conversion rate for Giorgi. Wozniacki is in front. 2-1,

:33:14. > :33:17.final set. Full marks for her application to the task, she is so

:33:18. > :33:24.good at applying what she has against the problems ahead. She is

:33:25. > :33:32.making progress here. She has dealt with the power and the fact it is so

:33:33. > :33:38.tough to get into a rhythm so well and for Giorgi, it is a nightmare.

:33:39. > :33:44.Wozniacki is perfectly equipped to do that. She uses her legs so well

:33:45. > :33:48.and she absorbs that pace. They have both had their knees down onto the

:33:49. > :33:53.floor and they have not given an inch on the baseline. They contrast

:33:54. > :34:02.in the way they pay tennis, a different mindset. -- play. You

:34:03. > :34:05.would like to give a bit of each to each other. Wozniacki needs to

:34:06. > :34:10.become a more aggressive tennis player and she has added to her game

:34:11. > :34:16.but she reverts to being a defender who steps in from the backhand side

:34:17. > :34:23.but not so much on the forehand. Giorgi is the opposite. She could

:34:24. > :34:27.not be more opposite in terms of her aggression and you want her to tone

:34:28. > :34:37.things down a little, dependent on the scoreline. You have your name on

:34:38. > :34:43.your racket bag? I do not think so. I did have it on my shoes. I do not

:34:44. > :34:54.know if they had them on their backs. I do not have one now, I

:34:55. > :34:56.carry them. Wozniacki with the break, she reads 2-1 in the final

:34:57. > :35:18.set. 2.25 hours. Five hours for Giorgi to get through

:35:19. > :35:25.her first two rounds. Two hours, 27 minutes for Wozniacki. I do not

:35:26. > :35:48.think fitness will be issue for Giorgi. -- an issue.

:35:49. > :36:02.So impressive! So cleanly struck. She has got amazing timing off the

:36:03. > :36:09.ground, and ability to get that all the single off her strength. -- that

:36:10. > :36:44.ball to sing. It is so tidy. She has become the Hunter again. Her

:36:45. > :36:49.senses heightened. She is more dangerous on the scoreline, she hits

:36:50. > :36:52.out even more. If the scoreline gets Lovell, she gets a bit more likely

:36:53. > :37:16.to miss a game. -- level. That was interesting. At the centre

:37:17. > :37:37.of the court, both of them. A change in tactics.

:37:38. > :37:45.That was nice. Not often you get a short return like that. It must feel

:37:46. > :37:50.like a public holiday! It is rare in women's tennis because so many of

:37:51. > :37:53.them are good on return and so aggressive that the second ball is

:37:54. > :38:16.at your feet as a server. She has won six out of seven games

:38:17. > :38:19.since that first unfortunate incident with a gentleman taken ill

:38:20. > :38:25.in the stands. It has been a real turnaround.

:38:26. > :38:51.This is a must when service game for Giorgi. -- a must win.

:38:52. > :38:59.Her third ace, the second of the set.

:39:00. > :39:35.I love watching her, up to the net, she is so efficient. She moves so

:39:36. > :40:02.well, so graceful. What a difference in that account. -- count.

:40:03. > :40:51.She read that so well from both ends. No wonder there was applause.

:40:52. > :42:16.Well played! She is hanging in. It is interesting, it was a big

:42:17. > :42:21.difference, but 18 winners for Wozniacki. You would imagine that

:42:22. > :42:27.would put half a smile on her face. You are right, she does not

:42:28. > :42:33.traditionally hit a what of winners. She groans opponents down. -- a lot

:42:34. > :42:42.of winners. That is how she beat them. -- she grounds down opponents.

:42:43. > :42:51.53 winners at 51 unforced errors, so it is always about equal. -- but 51.

:42:52. > :42:56.Her last match was 43 winners and 40 unforced errors. It is one in and

:42:57. > :43:03.one out. Depending on the scoreline, whether she can get more

:43:04. > :43:08.in at those crucial moments. She likes to bury her head in the towel

:43:09. > :43:16.at time. Her legs never stop. They never stop. She is still a bundle of

:43:17. > :43:23.energy. -- she is such a bundle of energy. Her work rate in the middle

:43:24. > :43:28.of points is extraordinary. Footwork is everything in tennis and that

:43:29. > :43:34.movement is everything, it depends on how balanced you can be when you

:43:35. > :43:37.are playing. If you can be more balanced, you can get my weight

:43:38. > :43:56.behind the ball. -- my weight. Heather Watson's coach. He is

:43:57. > :44:00.checking things out. Would it not be great to have her in the final

:44:01. > :44:27.against one of these two on Saturday? Wozniacki, 3-2, final set.

:44:28. > :44:30.Angelique Kerber might have something to say about that, she

:44:31. > :45:01.plays the winner of this. It feels like she is finally getting

:45:02. > :45:07.a hold of this map, she is breaking the back of this. -- match. She is

:45:08. > :45:10.feeling a bit more in control of what is going on after two and a

:45:11. > :46:06.half hours. All players love service game is, it

:46:07. > :46:14.puts that opponents straight back in. -- service games. Especially

:46:15. > :46:27.when you have got the break. She has owned it. You feel like Giorgi is

:46:28. > :47:37.losing a bit of rhythm on serve. Not getting so many free points.

:47:38. > :47:50.The points are getting bigger for Giorgi.

:47:51. > :48:24.Well done. 109 out wide. She needed that.

:48:25. > :48:34.Approaching 80% of points won behind the first serve. Such a difference

:48:35. > :48:40.when she makes that first serve and she gets it into play. She has no

:48:41. > :48:51.problem putting those away. A straightforward point.

:48:52. > :49:13.Really important for her to stay in touch on the scoreline here.

:49:14. > :49:24.She read it so well again. She was going to her left before Giorgi

:49:25. > :49:30.struck that, no wonder it is frustrating her Father. She is that

:49:31. > :49:32.tough to beat, Wozniacki. Two years in a row, number one in the world.

:49:33. > :49:48.Ten and 11. I thought she was going to make

:49:49. > :49:50.that. One from eight on the break points, Giorgi. Wozniacki, three

:49:51. > :50:10.from four. Definitely the rhythm has changed on

:50:11. > :50:15.that serve. Not quite connecting so easily with the service motion.

:50:16. > :50:30.You said it. It is a double rape for Wozniacki. -- double break. 5-2,

:50:31. > :50:34.final set. For the former champion. Sometimes tennis matches so much

:50:35. > :50:39.about concentration levels and it is one thing to be able to play your

:50:40. > :50:45.best tennis but over a long period of time, it is about keeping that

:50:46. > :50:51.momentum and that level and it is the hardest thing to do. That is why

:50:52. > :50:55.in Grand Slam action for the men, it makes such a difference to have the

:50:56. > :51:02.best of five rather than a best -- rather than a best of three. Going

:51:03. > :51:10.into Wimbledon, you have to keep it up for the best of five which is a

:51:11. > :51:16.different level of application. And sometimes, things get a bit ragged,

:51:17. > :51:21.and that is what is happening in this match with her serve. These are

:51:22. > :51:26.great learning curves, these matches. We have to remind ourselves

:51:27. > :51:31.Wozniacki was winning this title five years ago, she is on 23 now.

:51:32. > :51:37.That is how much she burst on the scene after winning the Junior

:51:38. > :51:41.Wimbledon final and moving up the rankings to be number one. For the

:51:42. > :51:48.first time on the 11th of October 2010. It is a very good point

:51:49. > :51:56.because we are getting excited about the players coming after this, 19

:51:57. > :52:05.and 20, and as you have said, Wozniacki was 18 when she won here.

:52:06. > :52:31.And we will have two bites of the cherry. The first at 5-2, final set.

:52:32. > :52:47.Just two games for Giorgi since the interruption. Leading a set 4-3.

:52:48. > :53:18.Again, very quick to get underneath that ball. It is coming together.

:53:19. > :53:37.Three semifinal points for Wozniacki.

:53:38. > :53:46.That will direct! -- that will do it!

:53:47. > :53:57.Two love service game is in a row to finish, smiling already, Wozniacki.

:53:58. > :54:03.That was mightily impressive. Giorgi has laid great tennis on her debut

:54:04. > :54:08.this week. -- has played. This consistent is looking to a third

:54:09. > :54:13.consecutive semifinal in Eastbourne. A lovely smile on Caroline's face

:54:14. > :54:19.and a fantastic performance out here. She kept her composure when it

:54:20. > :54:23.was kicking off, she was very upset after dropping that first set at

:54:24. > :54:34.found a way to break her opponents down. -- but found.

:54:35. > :54:42.We will be having a chat with Caroline Wozniacki. It was rolling

:54:43. > :54:47.back some years and she got a big cheer from this crowd on Centre

:54:48. > :54:54.Court at Eastbourne, very popular, and here she is with Matt.

:54:55. > :54:55.Well played, long match, a hot afternoon with the distractions, how

:54:56. > :55:06.tough is it? Really tough, Camila played well. It

:55:07. > :55:12.was hard for me but I love every second and it was a great feeling

:55:13. > :55:18.and I am in good shape, exciting. In the semifinal, you are going to meet

:55:19. > :55:24.Angelique Kerber of Germany, your thoughts? I am just excited about

:55:25. > :55:30.today and I will enjoy the rest of my afternoon. Tomorrow is going to

:55:31. > :55:35.be a tough match against. It is the semifinals so only great players

:55:36. > :55:39.left. You have been doing a lot of running around Beachy head and

:55:40. > :55:46.enjoying the scenery. Yes, it is beautiful. I have been coming here

:55:47. > :55:49.for ten years and I always run left by the water instead of the right

:55:50. > :55:56.and now I have explored that area, I just love going out there, it is so

:55:57. > :56:03.peaceful and beautiful. I take a lot of pictures because it is quite a

:56:04. > :56:12.high sometimes! If people want to check out your photos, what is the

:56:13. > :56:16.address? Caroline Wozniacki. More followers! Will follow you in the

:56:17. > :56:24.semifinal, ladies and dental men, Caroline Wozniacki! Dashed dental

:56:25. > :56:29.men. Urban cycling update yesterday, I

:56:30. > :56:34.wondered who it was! -- I went. A member of the crowd was taken ill,

:56:35. > :56:42.we do not know the serious nature of it. When Giorgi was leading by a set

:56:43. > :56:49.and 4-3 in the second. After that, the balance of power swung totally

:56:50. > :56:53.towards Wozniacki. A quick word with Chris and Annabel. Sport is about

:56:54. > :56:59.momentum and that break in play, 15 minutes, took the momentum away from

:57:00. > :57:09.the Italian. It's definitely do it. I agree, tennis is about the long

:57:10. > :57:13.haul. -- it's definitely good. I am not in favour of the toilet and

:57:14. > :57:21.trainer breaks because it holds the sport. -- it holds the sport up.

:57:22. > :57:27.This was unfortunate, we hope the gentleman involved is all right and

:57:28. > :57:33.it was more important to attend to him than a tennis match, that it was

:57:34. > :57:37.difficult in terms of momentum for Giorgi to keep a focus. But

:57:38. > :57:41.Wozniacki was superb and found a way to break the game down over the long

:57:42. > :57:48.haul and she got too many balls back into play. Shadow play Angelique

:57:49. > :57:56.Kerber in the semifinals tomorrow. -- she will play. And we saw a great

:57:57. > :57:59.shot of East Sussex. If you have never been to that part of the

:58:00. > :58:08.world, it is just magnificent round here. It is now a National Park. If

:58:09. > :58:11.you have days off, come down, fantastic villages, great pubs, a

:58:12. > :58:16.great part of the world which perhaps not many e-book think of as

:58:17. > :58:20.a holiday destination. -- many people. Somewhere that is a holiday

:58:21. > :58:36.destination of course is Brazil. Live from Rio, the World Cup from

:58:37. > :58:43.every angle. We will have the latest action from Brazil and views from on

:58:44. > :58:49.and off the pitch. Every day throughout the tournament.

:58:50. > :58:54.It continues tonight at 7:30pm and 11:40pm on the BBC News Channel.

:58:55. > :59:02.Two games tonight, Colombia against the Ivory Coast. That will kick off

:59:03. > :59:12.in half an hour. And tonight, Japan against Greece. And another game in

:59:13. > :59:16.the middle that you can follow. The programme will start at seven p.m..

:59:17. > :59:21.It is 40 years, tennis at the Eastbourne tournament, and we were

:59:22. > :59:26.talking on the first day about 1974 when England failed to qualify for

:59:27. > :59:29.the World Cup, and so did Spain. We hope there is no correlation between

:59:30. > :59:34.what happened last night and what will happen tonight in England

:59:35. > :59:38.against Uruguay. In 1974, Germany were the world champions and there

:59:39. > :59:45.was a German victory today, Angelique Kerber winning in straight

:59:46. > :59:49.sets against the Russian Ekaterina Makarova. A very conclusive

:59:50. > :59:52.performance with a loss of just three games. So when she popped up

:59:53. > :00:05.to have a chat, she was very content.

:00:06. > :00:10.one. We have had tough matches before in the past and she is a good

:00:11. > :00:13.player on grass so I was happy with my performance today. When you said

:00:14. > :00:16.you woke up and felt good today, do you sometimes wake up and not feel

:00:17. > :00:20.so good and then it is quite difficult?

:00:21. > :00:24.Sometimes it is like that, you are waking up and you have pain

:00:25. > :00:29.everywhere. And you have a match that day, so it is sometimes

:00:30. > :00:33.different. But right now I am feeling good, I have no problems, so

:00:34. > :00:35.this is actually a good way to play nice tennis.

:00:36. > :00:43.How do you feel about grass? I like grass. I have great memories

:00:44. > :00:48.from the past, I played here at the finals two years ago and the same at

:00:49. > :00:52.Wimbledon, so I really like to play on grass. I think my game is also

:00:53. > :00:57.good for the surface, and I really enjoy every match that I can play.

:00:58. > :01:01.Obviously you are the age that you are, I assume Steffi Graf was a huge

:01:02. > :01:06.influence when you were growing up, when you work eight or nine years

:01:07. > :01:08.old, were you watching her on television thinking one day I want

:01:09. > :01:15.to be like that? I am really a big fan, she is my

:01:16. > :01:18.idol, she is still my idol. She is a great legend, she was winning

:01:19. > :01:27.everything and she is also a great personality. I was watching her...

:01:28. > :01:30.What was it like the first time you met her?

:01:31. > :01:35.I met her in Wimbledon two years ago for the first time. It was a very

:01:36. > :01:40.special moment for me to have met her and to speak a little bit with

:01:41. > :01:45.her. The last time I saw her, it was this year in Las Vegas, after Indian

:01:46. > :01:49.Wells. We read the profiles of all the

:01:50. > :01:52.players, and everyone always says they like shopping and hanging out

:01:53. > :01:58.with friends, all that sort of stuff. Your profile says sports

:01:59. > :02:02.fanatic. Handball, football, Formula One, swimming, tennis, obviously,

:02:03. > :02:07.did you play lots of different sports when you were younger?

:02:08. > :02:13.I played hockey when I was younger, and I was also a swimmer, so...

:02:14. > :02:18.Did you have to make a decision at one point?

:02:19. > :02:22.Yes, when I was about 13 years old I had the choice between tennis or

:02:23. > :02:25.swimming, and I chose tennis. You didn't like getting up at five

:02:26. > :02:30.o'clock in the morning? No, I said, come on, let's play

:02:31. > :02:33.tennis, this is my life and I chose the right decision, but I really

:02:34. > :02:36.like watching sports like Formula One.

:02:37. > :02:41.I like fast cars and football, of course with the World Cup, and I

:02:42. > :02:44.like actually a lot of sports. When Spain got knocked out last night,

:02:45. > :02:53.when you thinking, great, Germany have a better chance question mark

:02:54. > :02:57.-- have a better chance,? No, you I was just thinking I have

:02:58. > :03:03.to be ready for every single match, it is like in tennis you cannot say

:03:04. > :03:07.you will go to the tournament, you have to be ready for every single

:03:08. > :03:12.match playing good sports, and that is what happened also last night for

:03:13. > :03:18.Spain, actually. Germany boss Michael next match is

:03:19. > :03:21.against...? When is it? Saturday. Who are they playing? They are

:03:22. > :03:26.playing against Ghana. What time is that much?

:03:27. > :03:29.No, I think they are playing... Because if you are playing in the

:03:30. > :03:38.final that will be a catastrophe! I think they are playing at 8pm.

:03:39. > :03:40.I will watch the match for sure. Looking ahead, obviously we are

:03:41. > :03:45.recording this before your opponent has been decided, how do you view

:03:46. > :03:47.who you might find yourself playing next?

:03:48. > :03:52.It doesn't matter who I play against. I said I would just have

:03:53. > :03:57.good matches before Wimbledon and I am happy that I have one more

:03:58. > :04:03.match. Let's see, I will try to play my game, try to improve my game, and

:04:04. > :04:06.enjoy the semifinals. One final question, a lot of players

:04:07. > :04:10.decide not to play the week before the Grand Slam to give their body a

:04:11. > :04:14.break. Some people think it is great to play the week before, because

:04:15. > :04:17.providing you play well you are a really good shape when you are going

:04:18. > :04:21.into it. Obviously clearly you fit into the

:04:22. > :04:23.second category because if you got to the final year-round won

:04:24. > :04:24.second category because if you got would go to Wimbledon with lots of

:04:25. > :04:31.confidence. Yes, I think that is why I choose that.

:04:32. > :04:35.I like to play on grass, and just have some matches, it is that for me

:04:36. > :04:40.than practice. It is something different to compete and I like to

:04:41. > :04:48.play the week before I Grand Slam. Then I going with confidence to

:04:49. > :04:51.Wimbledon. This is what I would like, and let's see. You have a

:04:52. > :04:56.semifinal tomorrow, best of luck, thank you for talking to us.

:04:57. > :04:59.Angelique Kerber, who will be playing Caroline Wozniacki in the

:05:00. > :05:02.final tomorrow. The result is something slightly

:05:03. > :05:07.mournful about tennis event as the week goes on, because suddenly there

:05:08. > :05:10.are all of those courts that were busy area in the week lie fallow, it

:05:11. > :05:14.is like set aside in the countryside.

:05:15. > :05:19.We still have lots more tennis this afternoon, not least Lauren Davies

:05:20. > :05:22.against Madison Keys for the right to face Heather Watson in the

:05:23. > :05:23.semifinal tomorrow. There was Heather happy earlier today when she

:05:24. > :05:28.was warming up and aware that she Heather happy earlier today when she

:05:29. > :05:30.was not going to have to play today because her prospective opponent,

:05:31. > :05:34.Petra Kvitova, had a hamstring injury, very tightly strapped thigh

:05:35. > :05:38.that you can see, and she decided injury, very tightly strapped thigh

:05:39. > :05:42.around 2:30pm this afternoon she was not good to be able to compete. This

:05:43. > :05:48.was her reasoning. I feel my right leg hamstring, I

:05:49. > :05:52.started to feel it yesterday morning, and I played a match

:05:53. > :05:58.yesterday but today it was much worse so I hope I will be ready for

:05:59. > :06:02.Wimbledon. I hope it is not as serious as I feel it, but I hope

:06:03. > :06:10.that some days off will help and I don't think it is something very

:06:11. > :06:14.serious. It is very painful, so I couldn't move, but I hope it is

:06:15. > :06:19.going to be good. So, this is looking the other way,

:06:20. > :06:24.that is from Beachy head the other way. That is why Caroline Wozniacki

:06:25. > :06:28.used to run, the other side of the pier there.

:06:29. > :06:31.This is what the semifinal line-up would like tomorrow. We are on air

:06:32. > :06:37.from 1pm in the afternoon, Angelique Kerber having beaten Makarova,

:06:38. > :06:41.Watson with a walkover, so there is just one match to be decided now,

:06:42. > :06:49.between Lauren Davis and Madison Keys, two of the upcoming players,

:06:50. > :06:52.not just of the USA but of the women's tour in general. This could

:06:53. > :06:56.be a fascinating match. It is inevitable that the one thing you

:06:57. > :07:03.talk about, Annabelle, when you watch Lauren Davies play, -- Davies

:07:04. > :07:09.play, and most people may be watching her for the first time, she

:07:10. > :07:13.is five foot two. How on earth? I'm just trying to think going back

:07:14. > :07:15.months and years, who has been five foot two at the top of the women's

:07:16. > :07:24.game ever? That is a very good question. In

:07:25. > :07:32.fact, Chris Bradnam is writing madly next to me the name Amanda Kurtzer.

:07:33. > :07:39.I think she may have been five foot two, but there are not many, thank

:07:40. > :07:44.you, Chris for that tip. With all respect to Amanda Kurtzer,

:07:45. > :07:48.not a Grand Slam winner, but you and I, Annabelle, have watched play her

:07:49. > :07:55.last couple of matches from our little perch here, and she says that

:07:56. > :07:58.Nadal is a hero, it is almost like watching him play. She runs down

:07:59. > :08:02.every single ball everyone plays. But if you are five foot two, does

:08:03. > :08:07.that not immediately mean you have a huge handicap in overcoming the

:08:08. > :08:12.players with a bigger reach? Yes, it does, because if you are

:08:13. > :08:17.going to play players towering over six feet tall, and her opponent is

:08:18. > :08:20.pretty tall today with a very big serve, you just don't have the reach

:08:21. > :08:25.and you don't have the leg length to be able to cover the court quickly.

:08:26. > :08:30.But she is a battler, she more than makes up for her fight with her

:08:31. > :08:34.attitude and her hustle and bustle around the court, and she just has

:08:35. > :08:40.an unbelievable attitude all round. She has battled her way through

:08:41. > :08:43.qualifying here, and then beat a former finalist here, someone who is

:08:44. > :08:53.extremely experienced and has a great record on the tour. She is on

:08:54. > :08:57.the up. But when you think of another

:08:58. > :09:00.player, five foot four, she is someone who has a similar attitude

:09:01. > :09:09.who has overcome that with attitude, focus and the ability to

:09:10. > :09:14.run after as many balls as she can. When you are playing against someone

:09:15. > :09:18.with a huge serve, like Venus Williams over six foot tall, it is

:09:19. > :09:22.pretty difficult. And on a clay court when the ball is

:09:23. > :09:26.bouncing up high it will be up around past your head, you cannot

:09:27. > :09:30.generate power when it is up there. On a grass court you are probably

:09:31. > :09:34.more nifty and the ball will be lower bouncing for you.

:09:35. > :09:38.I am looking through a list of the WTA legends trying to look at

:09:39. > :09:44.everyone's Heights, from Tracy Austin all the way through to Amelie

:09:45. > :09:50.Mauresmo. A quick word about Madison Keys. A lot of people at Roland

:09:51. > :09:52.Garros were saying they think she could be the future of American

:09:53. > :09:57.women's tennis. I can see why they would think that,

:09:58. > :10:05.because she has a very big serve. She has served over 225 aces last

:10:06. > :10:09.year. She has beaten the likes of Li Na, who herself is a two-time Grand

:10:10. > :10:14.Slam champion, she beat Simona Halep recently, and when you are notching

:10:15. > :10:17.up victories like that at the age of 19, she is the youngest in the top

:10:18. > :10:20.50, there is a lot to get excited about her.

:10:21. > :10:26.I am drawing a blank on this height thing. Can I help you, John?

:10:27. > :10:28.Firstly, can I make a huge apology to Amanda Kurtzer question mark this

:10:29. > :10:34.is five foot two and a quarter. You missed out the quarter inch.

:10:35. > :10:40.Number three in the world at one stage, she was a mighty fine player.

:10:41. > :10:44.How tall was Yvonne Cawley. I think she was around five foot six.

:10:45. > :10:51.How tall are you? Anyway...

:10:52. > :10:54.Rosie Casals! That is a good call. She cannot have been much more than

:10:55. > :10:59.five foot three. I think you are right, she was tiny.

:11:00. > :11:03.Give us a shout, hashtag BBC tennis if you have a list somewhere in your

:11:04. > :11:11.bottom drawer of the heights of women tennis players from the 50s,

:11:12. > :11:18.60s and 70s. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario?

:11:19. > :11:23.I think she was about five foot six. Five foot two is very small for a

:11:24. > :11:26.tennis player. If you can compete at this level at

:11:27. > :11:33.five foot two, it is enormously encouraging for everyone else

:11:34. > :11:38.similar physique that you can do it. Anyway, here we go, this is the

:11:39. > :11:42.second, rightly the fourth of our quarterfinals. We know three of the

:11:43. > :11:44.semifinalists, amongst them is Heather Watson, but who will click

:11:45. > :12:00.-- complete the quartet? Yes, Rosie cartels, a giant of the

:12:01. > :12:04.game at five foot two and a half. Yes, she has half an inch on Amanda

:12:05. > :12:14.Kurtzer. A quarter of an inch, actually.

:12:15. > :12:21.Madison Keys serving first, she is the fifth ranked American. Five foot

:12:22. > :12:25.ten, or a one metre 78, her height. Just 19 years old.

:12:26. > :12:35.Ranked 58 in the world, three of her career high in February this year.

:12:36. > :12:57.Both women making their debut in Eastbourne.

:12:58. > :13:03.Tough playing a fellow American when they are so similarly aged? I think

:13:04. > :13:06.it is always difficult to play your fellow countrymen.

:13:07. > :13:09.There is extra spice attached to it. Growing up together you have

:13:10. > :13:15.probably played your -- each other loads of times in the juniors. They

:13:16. > :13:21.have played each other twice in the tour, and when they did it was 7-6

:13:22. > :13:24.in the final set. That scoreline says it all in terms of the

:13:25. > :13:32.competitive nature of their matches. Yes, Davis one that one in Miami

:13:33. > :13:36.last year. -- won that one. It is great to have

:13:37. > :13:40.a group of young players from the same country pushing each other

:13:41. > :13:43.along. I think so, I think that is why Heather and Laura have really

:13:44. > :13:50.pushed each other. One contact as well, that has added

:13:51. > :13:54.another damaging to that. -- Johanna Konta. Obviously just nipping at

:13:55. > :13:58.their heels, as well. It is really important to have a group of girls

:13:59. > :14:00.from the same country that really push you up to improve and keep you

:14:01. > :14:09.on your toes. She has had a lot of tennis on her

:14:10. > :14:21.debut here, Lauren Davis. She won to offer qualifying matches. -- she won

:14:22. > :14:22.two offer qualifying matches, the second from one set behind, so she

:14:23. > :15:24.is She had to spend two and a half

:15:25. > :15:27.months away from tennis after Charleston three years ago, Lauren

:15:28. > :15:34.Davis, because she was struck by a falling TV camera and suffered from

:15:35. > :15:59.concussion, migraine, headaches. Yes, that was an awful accident.

:16:00. > :16:09.I think this is such a great service for Madison Keys, with her height,

:16:10. > :16:12.that serve, and the ability that she has two move forward and volley. She

:16:13. > :16:17.is trying to develop an all court game and it will be braided

:16:18. > :16:21.pressurising for her opponents. -- very pressurising.

:16:22. > :16:23.Break point. Because it is a grass court surface,

:16:24. > :16:31.I was going to say. Amazing how much cooler it has got

:16:32. > :16:54.since the sun has gone in. She had that habit that Federer used

:16:55. > :16:59.to do, and John Isner does now. Does she bounced the ball between her

:17:00. > :17:04.legs before she serves? I will have to look out. I have

:17:05. > :17:08.tried to do it when I watched Boris doing it. It is difficult. She does.

:17:09. > :17:18.Well spotted. Does she do it on the second serve,

:17:19. > :17:36.as welcome as you might guess, she does, second serve, to.

:17:37. > :17:42.She must do it quickly, because I have missed it every time she has

:17:43. > :17:42.done it. I will have to keep a close eye on this now.

:17:43. > :17:52.Here we go. There you go.

:17:53. > :17:57.I still couldn't see it. It is behind the leg.

:17:58. > :18:20.Let's have another look at this forehand, great control on this one.

:18:21. > :18:25.She has enough spin on that ball just to control it and bring it back

:18:26. > :18:52.into play. It is very casual, isn't it?

:18:53. > :19:00.Super. The weight of shots difference is obvious.

:19:01. > :19:09.Again, this is just too short and into that strikes on. It is what we

:19:10. > :19:13.talked about with Wozniacki's return of serve. If you can get a player on

:19:14. > :19:16.the move on the return of serve, they will be off-balance and they

:19:17. > :19:18.will not get as much weight on the shot. That was straight into that

:19:19. > :19:59.strikes on. -- strike zone. Break on the fourth attempt. A head

:20:00. > :20:03.start for Madison Keys. She has come out of the blocks

:20:04. > :20:06.pretty quickly, and as you said, Chris, such a difference in the wake

:20:07. > :20:11.of the shot. She has come out all guns blazing and really imposing her

:20:12. > :20:15.game right from the start. She has great presence on the court, Keys.

:20:16. > :20:37.She does, real composure. She lives in Florida, so she loves

:20:38. > :20:42.the seat and emitted tea. Or you would assume she does, or is used to

:20:43. > :20:48.it, at least. It is much cooler now than one hour ago.

:20:49. > :20:55.And that is so nice to see, that mixture of being able to belt the

:20:56. > :20:59.ball from the back of the court, but also to be able to open up the

:21:00. > :21:01.racket face, slice through the ball, giving some variety to play out

:21:02. > :21:11.there. 120 mph.

:21:12. > :22:30.That is beefy. Do you like the outfit?

:22:31. > :22:34.I do, I was just thinking how it suited her. I like the colour, and

:22:35. > :23:01.the headband... As you say, she has presence.

:23:02. > :23:10.Well, she seemed to collapse on that, Keys, and her right hand went

:23:11. > :23:16.straight to the right leg. As she tweaked something here?

:23:17. > :23:24.I am not sure what happened there. They are using a different muscles

:23:25. > :23:27.on this grasscourt, as they all say. They have to bend the knees so much

:23:28. > :23:47.more than they would on other surfaces.

:23:48. > :23:54.Well, we have got the classic scenario of the last match. We have

:23:55. > :24:00.the big hitter against the counterpuncher. It is all about how

:24:01. > :24:02.much she can trust herself, Keys, because we know what we are going to

:24:03. > :24:27.get from Lauren Davis. She comes up the back of the ball

:24:28. > :24:32.here, and that height on that forehand just gives more time to

:24:33. > :24:35.step in. Keys really stepping in, using the body from the top of that

:24:36. > :24:59.balance. -- bounce. There is a prime example of where

:25:00. > :25:03.her height hurts her. That was quite a high kicker, great top-spin, and

:25:04. > :25:07.not many of the girls have the ability to be able to kick the ball

:25:08. > :25:11.down the centre tea, it is quite a brave move to do that, and that one

:25:12. > :25:16.was right up above her shoulder trying to return that serve, it is

:25:17. > :25:18.not easy. That was a kicker again.

:25:19. > :25:30.It is a beautiful serve, isn't it? Madison is just 19 years old. We

:25:31. > :25:37.have had this conversation many times about making the jump from

:25:38. > :25:40.juniors into the pro game. Last year in 2013 she made 3/4-finals in

:25:41. > :25:46.Sydney, Charleston and Birmingham, and this year she has made three

:25:47. > :25:52.semifinals in Sacca, Sydney and Strasberg. It another one that is

:25:53. > :25:55.getting those sort of wins. -- in or Sachar.

:25:56. > :26:05.She has that belief and confidence early in her pro career. -- Osaka.

:26:06. > :26:09.It is what you are saying about Heather, how important it is to get

:26:10. > :26:12.that early win. If you don't and you get lost in the quagmire of the

:26:13. > :26:17.tour, sometimes you can get sucked in around the banks of players and

:26:18. > :26:21.it is difficult to get out of. You kind of win a few against the lower

:26:22. > :26:26.ranks some weeks, then losses come and it is a mixture. You need those

:26:27. > :26:30.bigger scalps to give you the belief you are not far away from where he

:26:31. > :26:34.wants to be. It is like Heather said when she played Simona Halep at the

:26:35. > :26:37.French Open, that she felt she competed well against the world

:26:38. > :26:41.number three and she did not feel the level difference was that much

:26:42. > :26:46.different. If you don't play against the top players you don't know how

:26:47. > :26:50.much far -- how far away you are from them.

:26:51. > :26:52.Yes, Madison Keys played Li Na last year and beat Simona Halep, the star

:26:53. > :26:58.player at the moment everyone is talking about. She is number 11 in

:26:59. > :27:00.the world and took Sydney this year. You cannot underestimate how big

:27:01. > :27:05.that is. Huge wins.

:27:06. > :27:08.Also what is happening now in the women's game, so many of the

:27:09. > :27:12.youngsters are in their teens and 20s, they have grown up together and

:27:13. > :27:16.have seen each other beat all of the top players, so they think, that is

:27:17. > :27:21.my friend I grew up with, I can do that.

:27:22. > :27:29.0-3, Davis. She herself has ten top 50 wins.

:27:30. > :27:52.That is quite a tally. Of course, Lauren Davis beat

:27:53. > :27:58.Victoria Azarenka in Indian Wells, the world number four, this year

:27:59. > :28:03.before the enforced lay-off for the foot injury for Victoria Azarenka. I

:28:04. > :28:04.am not trying to diminish the win, but she has beaten Victoria

:28:05. > :29:14.Azarenka. didn't she? -- just clock that one.

:29:15. > :29:16.On the whole she has come out really swinging freely in this match,

:29:17. > :29:23.impressive ground strokes from the back of the court.

:29:24. > :29:28.They have had quite a wait, over two and a half hours for the first

:29:29. > :30:28.women's match on this court. Heather Watson's coach is courtside,

:30:29. > :30:35.doing some scouting. She will play the winner of this tomorrow. What an

:30:36. > :30:45.opportunity for any of these three players. Shall we say it again? A

:30:46. > :30:56.British woman in the semifinal of Eastbourne. It sounds good, doesn't

:30:57. > :31:03.it? It does. A long wait, 32 years. And what a journey for Heather, so

:31:04. > :31:11.impressive. Her ranking had dropped to 160 in March and now she is up to

:31:12. > :31:31.70, and that will go a lot of. He is coaching both out of the US.

:31:32. > :31:41.She got too close to that all. -- ten macro. She did everything right

:31:42. > :31:54.until the finishing shot. -- ten macro.

:31:55. > :32:03.It is not the smoothest surface motion even though it is so

:32:04. > :32:11.effective, it has got a bit of a delay in it. -- service. There is a

:32:12. > :32:21.hitch and she goes up after the momentum, but it does not affect the

:32:22. > :32:29.delivery. I can seem what you mean. Like she is trying to get more

:32:30. > :32:37.impetus. What really matters is that racket head speed hang their head.

:32:38. > :32:46.-- behind the head, how much acceleration you can get.

:32:47. > :33:07.Only the second point she has lost behind her first serve. 11 from 13.

:33:08. > :33:24.A bit more information if you have not seen these two before. The

:33:25. > :33:29.parents of Madison Keys both attorneys and they introduced her to

:33:30. > :33:34.tennis at the age of four after she so Venus Williams on television at

:33:35. > :33:40.Wimbledon. Dashed after she saw. She asked for a tennis dress like the

:33:41. > :33:47.one Venus was wearing. We became tennis players after Wimbledon, who

:33:48. > :33:52.did you want to be? Definitely Chris Everett and I played her at

:33:53. > :33:56.Wimbledon which was fantastic. I always liked what she was wearing

:33:57. > :34:02.and I wanted to be like her. Bjorn Bjork was my idol, there was

:34:03. > :34:10.standing room only. He was like a rock superstore, we had never seen

:34:11. > :34:19.that before in tennis. She has an older half sister, and others -- and

:34:20. > :34:25.other siblings. I am sure she has watched a lot of the World Cup. She

:34:26. > :34:33.likes to take her sisters for a ride in the car, it says! They can drive

:34:34. > :34:38.early in the states. -- the United States. She said she might own her

:34:39. > :34:43.own bakery if she was not playing tennis, she loves making cakes. We

:34:44. > :34:52.will get to Lauren Davis at the next sit down! They had a big cake here

:34:53. > :35:01.yesterday to celebrate 40 years at Eastbourne. They did, the designer

:35:02. > :37:35.was here. Lauren Davis, 1-4, in the first set.

:37:36. > :37:40.here. She is getting very frustrated. There is less time on

:37:41. > :38:05.this grass. Another break point. It is one of the first sign -- one

:38:06. > :38:12.of the first time I have properly watched Davis playing. -- time. One

:38:13. > :38:16.notable aspect of her game is that crosscourt forehand. It travels out

:38:17. > :38:35.of position. So good, she is so good at using the

:38:36. > :38:46.opponent's pace. Yes, she is strong. So good, she is so good at using the

:38:47. > :38:51.opponent's pace. Yes, she is And another one not willing to give up

:38:52. > :38:58.that baseline. She almost has to half-volley it, that is what you

:38:59. > :38:59.have to do in women's tennis. Away from the baseline, you will lose

:39:00. > :39:33.ground and momentum. Well held. She keeps it to the

:39:34. > :39:42.single rate deficit. -- single break. That is one of her better

:39:43. > :39:47.shots, the forehand. Compared to the Caroline Wozniacki forehand, it is

:39:48. > :39:49.more straight and it does not pull you as much out of position, this is

:39:50. > :39:56.more effective. That is frustrating. You want to put

:39:57. > :40:40.that all away. -- ball. So good. When you are not getting

:40:41. > :40:43.much serve, you take advantage, and that is it -- that is impressive.

:40:44. > :40:57.Everything about her is impressive. They have both had good wins,

:40:58. > :41:02.getting through to this quarterfinal. Madison Keys beat the

:41:03. > :41:17.number three seed and the defending champion, Elena Vesnina. 7-5, 7-6.

:41:18. > :41:18.Davis beat the seventh seed from Italy in the first round, straight

:41:19. > :41:44.sets. And then Petra Kvitova. It is nice to poll a big serve out

:41:45. > :42:11.when you are in trouble in your service game -- to Paul.

:42:12. > :42:22.Again, it is really interesting when she moves to the right, she has got

:42:23. > :42:27.a problem with her leg. Straight back down to the right leg with her

:42:28. > :42:49.hand. She has not requested a trainer but there is something

:42:50. > :42:58.wrong. She is a sharpshooter, getting ready for the break point.

:42:59. > :43:05.What a great combination. For anybody, that is tough, let alone

:43:06. > :43:14.being five two and it is above your head height. That is the difference

:43:15. > :43:22.in them an account. -- in the winner count. Somehow, Davis has to take it

:43:23. > :43:29.much earlier or moved count. Somehow, Davis has to take it

:43:30. > :43:53.not easy. -- or she has to move back.

:43:54. > :44:08.Break point saved, Keys halts. -- holds serve. More information about

:44:09. > :44:15.Lauren Davis, she started playing tennis five years later than Keys,

:44:16. > :44:22.at the age of nine. She plays right-handed. But she writes

:44:23. > :44:30.left-handed. Rather like Rafael Nadal. The opposite. Her mother

:44:31. > :44:33.Tracey is a nurse. Her dad is a cardiologist and her older brother

:44:34. > :44:40.Billy is studying. She enjoys hanging out with friends, reading,

:44:41. > :44:45.cinema, shopping, no surprise! She enjoyed soccer and track and field

:44:46. > :44:59.when younger and if not a tennis player, she would have liked to have

:45:00. > :45:02.been a doctor. She is giving a good examination to Keys on the surface

:45:03. > :45:08.as she can. First on the grass, which certainly favours a younger

:45:09. > :45:18.opponent. It definitely does. Another surfaces, she has more time

:45:19. > :45:25.to get more unforced errors. On grass, if Keys gets a good hit with

:45:26. > :45:28.that first serve other second, she is slamming into that second shot

:45:29. > :45:36.and it is so difficult to track down those Poles and get back in the

:45:37. > :45:43.point. -- those rules. On other surfaces, you can see how effective

:45:44. > :45:48.she can be. One day this serving to stay in the opening set, 2-5. --

:45:49. > :47:50.Lauren Davis. I am not surprised she is

:47:51. > :47:56.questioning that. I can see a marked down on the back edge of the

:47:57. > :48:01.baseline. -- a mark down. That was very close. That looks like it is on

:48:02. > :49:30.the line. It is a dreadful call. What a wonderful backhand! So

:49:31. > :49:37.well-balanced. Almost a half-volley on the baseline. Great preparation,

:49:38. > :49:39.she plans her feet, and the body weight is going forward into the

:49:40. > :49:52.shot. -- sheep plants. Beaten Phil Pace

:49:53. > :49:57.and she wants -- she is beaten for pace and she wants her legs to work

:49:58. > :50:01.harder. A lot of tennis this week for Davis. Two difficult matches in

:50:02. > :50:36.the qualifiers. This time, it is the forehand from

:50:37. > :50:41.Keys that does the damage in that last rally. She took it in her

:50:42. > :51:12.stride. It is a good opening set for Madison

:51:13. > :51:17.Keys. In 39 minutes. Davis is straight off the Court 4 a comfort

:51:18. > :51:26.break. When qualifiers qualify into the main draw, we will come back to

:51:27. > :51:29.that... -- for a comfort break. Heather Watson is waiting to find

:51:30. > :51:37.out who she will be playing in the semifinal tomorrow. She is through

:51:38. > :51:41.to the semifinal by default because Petra Kvitova pulled out today with

:51:42. > :51:46.a hamstring injury, and we caught up with her.

:51:47. > :51:47.How did you find out what was your reaction when you realised you were

:51:48. > :52:02.not playing today? I was in the changing rooms getting

:52:03. > :52:05.ready to go on. The person that told me was Petra Kvitova and I was

:52:06. > :52:11.shocked, this has never happened to me before. I have never got a

:52:12. > :52:18.walkover before the match. I was like, what do I do now? I wished her

:52:19. > :52:22.a full recovery from Wimbledon. I hope it is nothing too serious. And

:52:23. > :52:27.she wished me good luck in the tournament. I am glad to be in the

:52:28. > :52:32.semifinals and I look forward to my match tomorrow.

:52:33. > :52:35.She will take the increased prize money and the ranking points and the

:52:36. > :52:39.opportunity to get through to a final. The first British woman to

:52:40. > :52:46.reach the semifinal of these championships in 40 years. The first

:52:47. > :52:53.for 32 years, that was jailed jewellery in 1982. So the semifinals

:52:54. > :52:58.tomorrow -- Joe jewellery. So we can go back to Chris and Annabel. If

:52:59. > :53:05.Heather had a choice, in the context of the way their games would match,

:53:06. > :53:12.who would she like to play? Definitely Lauren Davis. She met

:53:13. > :53:18.with Keys at Wimbledon last year and Madison Keys was the winner on that

:53:19. > :53:23.occasion, it was fairly close. Madison Keys has gone from strength

:53:24. > :53:30.to strength, she has made it more progress in 12 months. -- a bit

:53:31. > :53:36.more. A big serve, big weapons on it grass court. With Davis, there is

:53:37. > :53:47.more opportunity to work into points and to construct points. Davis will

:53:48. > :53:48.dictate most of the play. -- Keys. Madison Keys to begin the second

:53:49. > :54:15.set. Very calm the way she walks around

:54:16. > :54:16.the court, she takes everything in. She gathers herself before each

:54:17. > :54:48.point. Composed. A beautiful strike. A big serve. It

:54:49. > :54:52.explore and backhand. -- a big forehand and a big account. So much

:54:53. > :55:45.weaponry for Keys. Even though she missed that, that is

:55:46. > :55:46.not that play. -- that -- that is not poor play. She is very much in

:55:47. > :56:17.her rhythm. Love game. Keys has the

:56:18. > :56:22.stranglehold. It is getting pretty cloudy now at the start of this

:56:23. > :56:29.match. Rain was forecast that they have got it wrong so far. -- but.

:56:30. > :56:36.Not much wrong in that opening set for Keys. More winners. Lowell on

:56:37. > :56:42.unforced errors. She created more break point opportunities and

:56:43. > :56:52.converted on two. -- it is low. A fairly great sky. -- Ray. I do not

:56:53. > :56:59.know what happened to the sunshine! Stefan Edberg is pictured at the

:57:00. > :57:04.Australian Open. I wonder if that is modelled on anyone!

:57:05. > :57:13.Virginia? Maybe. A winner here, Virginia Wade, and at Wimbledon of

:57:14. > :57:28.course. What a great point! The same pattern

:57:29. > :57:32.every time. Stepping in on the second serve and taking command of

:57:33. > :57:35.the points. You cannot afford to put in a second serve that has not

:57:36. > :58:02.enough on it. This is very frustrating for Lauren

:58:03. > :58:30.Davis. When you are being out powered, that is

:58:31. > :58:42.That was a late call! Fiona Edwards called it before the linesman.

:58:43. > :58:48.She did not attempt to hit that, Davis, she had already decided it

:58:49. > :59:24.was going to be long. You will not see a better slice

:59:25. > :59:31.backhand than that or we! -- all week. Andy Murray would have been

:59:32. > :59:36.proud of that. This is unusual on the women's tour, not many players

:59:37. > :59:42.play that type of shot and Andy Murray uses that to great effect.

:59:43. > :59:45.Making that travel away from the opponent, a nasty shot to cope with

:59:46. > :00:35.and to do something with. Well done! I thought Keys had hit a

:00:36. > :00:40.winner! So did I! Well, she really opened up the court

:00:41. > :00:46.there. You can see Lauren Davis on the back foot, but then kind of

:00:47. > :00:49.resettled herself into the point, turned defence into attack with a

:00:50. > :01:34.bumper back down the line. Well played.

:01:35. > :02:24.We have hardly seen anyone slip this week. She just went for a heavy

:02:25. > :02:31.outside step on the Chase here. The right leg just sliding away and

:02:32. > :02:32.planting it there. You cannot do that on grass, even with the pimple

:02:33. > :02:50.shoes. Nothing going right still for Lauren

:02:51. > :02:58.Davis. She is giving absolutely everything here. She has got very

:02:59. > :03:02.little to show for it. She's not playing that badly come is

:03:03. > :03:06.she? She really giving her best efforts out there, chasing as much

:03:07. > :03:17.time, and son of these games she is losing our deuce games that have

:03:18. > :03:19.gone thing-8-macro- -- deuce - advantage. It is getting really

:03:20. > :03:30.dark. People are covering up.

:03:31. > :03:39.I think that is Virginia's micro-thing-6-macro -- I think that

:03:40. > :03:54.is Virginia's serve. I remember the body position.

:03:55. > :04:01.Yes, she is cross with herself there. That ball left the strings

:04:02. > :04:04.really quickly. A horrible feeling when you feel like the ball just

:04:05. > :04:34.pinged off the strings and there was no work attached to the ball.

:04:35. > :04:38.Well, it is in danger of going away from Lauren Davis a little bit

:04:39. > :05:07.quickly here, isn't it? The first time she has got the

:05:08. > :05:36.kicker wrong. forehand. I think it is such an

:05:37. > :05:40.underrated shot generally, because he always talks about the one where

:05:41. > :05:43.players danced around and hit the forehand into the backhand corner,

:05:44. > :05:48.but it is so much more difficult moving across to the right, and if

:05:49. > :06:01.you can get weight behind that shot, it is really effective.

:06:02. > :06:20.The point I was making earlier, when you have qualified into a tournament

:06:21. > :06:22.you become dangerous in the early rounds, particularly on grass

:06:23. > :06:28.because you have had a lot of grasscourt tennis. But for Lauren

:06:29. > :06:34.Davis, she has had an awful lot of tennis, maybe she is just half a

:06:35. > :06:39.yard off the pace. I personally think it is to do with

:06:40. > :06:43.the surface, I think the matchup for her on this surface against Madison

:06:44. > :06:47.Keys is not a great one. When you look at the match ups that she had

:06:48. > :06:51.against the two previous opponents, which were great wins, having come

:06:52. > :06:57.through qualifying to beat Sara Errani. But of course, Sara Errani

:06:58. > :07:01.is a similar player, she is tiny with lots of top-spin, a lot of time

:07:02. > :07:05.to hit the ball, so the rhythm on getting into the point after the

:07:06. > :07:09.serve is totally different. That was a great win against someone who

:07:10. > :07:27.effectively gave her chance -- a chance to play better tennis.

:07:28. > :07:35.Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova -- Daniela Hantuchova, that was a great win

:07:36. > :07:38.over her. It is very chilly here, the wind is

:07:39. > :07:46.picking up, the skies are darkening further. Will they get the match

:07:47. > :07:50.finished? That is the last thing Madison Keys wants to think about

:07:51. > :07:56.now, rushing. It has a stormy feel about it now,

:07:57. > :08:46.doesn't it? I wish I had brought my brolly over! I am starting to worry.

:08:47. > :08:56.He looks like he is keeping an eye on the clouds, that one. Everyone

:08:57. > :09:28.is. Again, just didn't really get into

:09:29. > :09:41.her position for the shot. This is a must win service game, as

:09:42. > :10:06.the rain starts to fall. Yes, what she does not want to do is

:10:07. > :10:10.rush things, just because there is a little bit of moisture in the air

:10:11. > :10:13.now. She has to keep focus out there.

:10:14. > :10:19.There is a bit of ocean in the stands as people start to about

:10:20. > :10:21.getting their own brollies out. 11th break point of the for Madison

:10:22. > :10:35.Keys. -- of the match. And a brilliant return. That

:10:36. > :10:50.confirms her fourth break. That is a very impressive

:10:51. > :11:02.scoreboard. As is the performance so far. 19 winners, nine unforced

:11:03. > :11:05.errors. I am not sure she could have played

:11:06. > :11:09.a better match out there, to be honest.

:11:10. > :11:15.Well done. One thing we have learned about Lauren Davis is she will not

:11:16. > :11:36.stop battling. Gosh, how many times has she hit

:11:37. > :11:41.terrific first service which have been called and net and it is so

:11:42. > :11:51.difficult to reproduce that same server again.

:11:52. > :12:22.Her serve has gone from gangster strength, that one was 190 mph. Just

:12:23. > :12:31.one minute over the hour mark there. It is getting a little steadier, the

:12:32. > :12:37.drizzle. -- her serve has gone from strength to strength.

:12:38. > :12:43.And the court will get a very slippery very quickly.

:12:44. > :12:46.Yes, they are going to have to make a quick decision on this, because

:12:47. > :12:49.the more moisture they let get onto the court and then cover, it will

:12:50. > :13:17.make it much worse underneath the cover.

:13:18. > :13:25.COMMENTATOR: Well, Madison Keys tantalisingly within reach of

:13:26. > :13:28.victory, trying to beat not just a opponent but also the weather, as it

:13:29. > :13:31.gets darker and darker by the second.

:13:32. > :13:35.But there we are at 5-0 in the second set, so she just needs one

:13:36. > :13:39.more game to make way through to the against Heather Watson.

:13:40. > :13:42.If you hit the BBC Red Button you can go over and see the conclusion

:13:43. > :13:44.of this game and it may not have long to go.

:13:45. > :14:12.Don't forget, semifinal tomorrow, 1pm.

:14:13. > :14:16.So much pressure, so much expectation.

:14:17. > :14:20.It's the title that all the players want to win.