:00:38. > :00:44.Yesterday, Devonshire Park was a sea of activity, so many people, so many
:00:45. > :00:49.players, so many matches to catch up on after all the weather delays but
:00:50. > :00:53.today, it is all about one court, Centre Court, two semifinals, for
:00:54. > :01:04.players and, for the first time in history, two of them are British.
:01:05. > :01:17.And a cheer from the crowd because the home favourite takes the first
:01:18. > :01:21.set. That didn't look good. Johanna Konta, worrying times for the
:01:22. > :01:27.British number one. She is back in the Eastbourne semifinals. That is a
:01:28. > :01:33.very popular outcome to the end of this opening set. What a tournament,
:01:34. > :01:41.what a win for Heather Watson. She has taken her place in the
:01:42. > :01:45.semifinals here at Eastbourne. Good morning. You weren't expecting
:01:46. > :01:49.us to be on air this early and, frankly, neither were we. Until
:01:50. > :01:56.about ten seconds ago, this was going to be one of the great days
:01:57. > :02:01.for British tennis here, with two players in the semifinals for more
:02:02. > :02:05.than 40 years in this tournament, but literally in the last 20
:02:06. > :02:11.seconds, as a result of the ball Johanna Konta had last night, a
:02:12. > :02:16.really crashing fall that Gtech, she has just announced that she has
:02:17. > :02:21.pulled out of her semifinal against Bush and above. She will get a bye
:02:22. > :02:25.into the final but the question is, who will she play? Will it be
:02:26. > :02:30.Heather Watson Caroline Wozniacki? They will be playing as scheduled at
:02:31. > :02:37.11am this morning, and they are walking on court at the moment.
:02:38. > :02:40.There is Heather. She has been in this situation before but given had
:02:41. > :02:45.fairly wretched run in recent months, this is a fairly magnificent
:02:46. > :02:50.resurgence for the player from Guernsey and the smile that lit up
:02:51. > :02:55.tennis when she first came onto the scene a few years ago have come back
:02:56. > :03:00.to her face with a vengeance in the last few days. Talk about shiny,
:03:01. > :03:04.happy people on a lovely sunny day, Caroline Wozniacki lighting up the
:03:05. > :03:08.scene here as well. At the risk of repeating ourselves here, which I am
:03:09. > :03:13.sure we will do over the course of the next hour or so, Johanna Konta
:03:14. > :03:21.has pulled out of the semifinals, so the winner of this match will play
:03:22. > :03:25.Pliskova in the final. When you look at that, you realise what an immense
:03:26. > :03:31.day it was for the two British players yesterday. They both had to
:03:32. > :03:35.play two matches and to beat the French champion and spend the number
:03:36. > :03:38.one seed here and the number one seed at Wimbledon next week,
:03:39. > :03:43.Angelique Kerber, and have the ball in the middle of it, it was an
:03:44. > :03:46.extraordinary day for her. If we have a quick chat with Sam Smith
:03:47. > :03:50.about Konta and dancing at the last minute that she's going to pull out.
:03:51. > :03:54.All you have to do really is look at that indentation in the court and
:03:55. > :04:00.you realise what an absolute wallop it was that she took. Yes, my
:04:01. > :04:05.instant reaction when she fell over, good morning, John, by the way. In
:04:06. > :04:09.fact, not such a good morning. So depressed that she has pulled out.
:04:10. > :04:13.There was a huge grain from Centre Court. She went down with such a
:04:14. > :04:19.bang and she didn't have the chance to put her hand down at all. That
:04:20. > :04:23.was the problem. It is a little bit about the way she moves. You can see
:04:24. > :04:27.the little horseshoe to the left of the centreline and she took the all
:04:28. > :04:33.court with her and she went smash onto her back. There was no give
:04:34. > :04:39.there. She got her hand out but not in time. She went on her ankle. All
:04:40. > :04:43.the weight of that fall was on her back and then she hit her head and
:04:44. > :04:45.actually think it was just adrenaline going through her body. I
:04:46. > :04:51.can't believe she got up to play those last two points. I mean, it
:04:52. > :04:55.was of a nominal victory at the end of that, given that circumstance as
:04:56. > :04:59.well. I am just hearing that she will hold a press conference in the
:05:00. > :05:04.next few minutes. But I suppose the key thing to say is that Eastbourne
:05:05. > :05:09.is big, but Wimbledon is bigger and she is in the top ten in the world.
:05:10. > :05:12.She has a genuine chance of being the first British champion at
:05:13. > :05:17.Wimbledon since Virginia Wade in 1977 and she wants to be in tiptop
:05:18. > :05:20.condition at Wimbledon next week. By the way, the draw has come out today
:05:21. > :05:27.and she plays the Taiwanese player who beat her in the first round at
:05:28. > :05:33.Roland Garros a few weeks ago. Anyway, it wasn't to no avail, that
:05:34. > :05:36.victory over curb, because it is a real mark in the sand for Joe Konta
:05:37. > :05:41.with regards to what could happen over the next few weeks. If we put
:05:42. > :05:45.the injury to one side, Sam, the fact she won two matches yesterday
:05:46. > :05:51.gave two such outstanding players, she is in a good place at the
:05:52. > :05:55.moment? That was the finest day in terms of tennis results of her
:05:56. > :06:00.entire career. It was very special and it shows you that in sport
:06:01. > :06:04.anything can happen. We are hearing that actually there is a further six
:06:05. > :06:10.by an injury. I'm sure she woke up very bruised this morning and it is
:06:11. > :06:13.not worth taking a chance. I am sure she'll have an MRI scan and she
:06:14. > :06:19.won't take any chances. We don't know the extent of the injury and
:06:20. > :06:22.how shall we for Wimbledon. I was surprised that she got up from that
:06:23. > :06:26.injury and I'm not surprised that there will be at least the minimum
:06:27. > :06:31.of breathing after going down in such a heavy fashion. Seeing Heather
:06:32. > :06:37.Watson in our picture there, the Wimbledon draw that came out in the
:06:38. > :06:41.last hour or so, she plays a Belgian who is ranked 117 in the world in
:06:42. > :06:48.her first-round match and assuming that Andy Murray is going to be at
:06:49. > :06:51.Wimbledon, I was listening to his mum Judy on Chris Evans's breakfast
:06:52. > :06:57.show this morning and she wasn't giving too much away, but it does
:06:58. > :07:06.seem that he will be there. He has drawn a qualifier in the first round
:07:07. > :07:11.on Monday, that to be determined. Roger Federer plays Dolgopolov in
:07:12. > :07:19.the first round and I'm sure that will be a fantastic match which will
:07:20. > :07:26.entrance the crowd on the first day. So, here we have Heather Watson and
:07:27. > :07:30.Sam, she is like a player reborn here, isn't she? Yes, I think it is
:07:31. > :07:34.a product of her realising she had to make some changes. Our ranking
:07:35. > :07:38.had fallen out of the top 100 and the coaching situation wasn't clear.
:07:39. > :07:44.I felt like she was drifting and Heather is way too good a player to
:07:45. > :07:48.let that happen. I think she had to bump along the bottom a little while
:07:49. > :07:51.to wake up and say, right, I have to take control of my career now. She
:07:52. > :07:54.switched her coaching team, has been training in London where she has a
:07:55. > :07:59.flat. I feel her workrate has really gone up and this week, and the one
:08:00. > :08:04.she had at Surbiton in a smaller tournament a few weeks ago, is the
:08:05. > :08:08.product of her really looking in the mirror and saying, OK, I've got to
:08:09. > :08:13.work as hard as I can. I'm 25 now and I should not be ranked around
:08:14. > :08:20.120 in the world. She should be in the top 20 with the ability she has.
:08:21. > :08:23.If you are wondering about the crowd here at Eastbourne thinking, hang on
:08:24. > :08:29.a moment, they have lost a match, obviously the Men's Singles have
:08:30. > :08:33.reached the semifinal stages as well and they were going to run a bit
:08:34. > :08:39.today with four matches back-to-back, but they have still
:08:40. > :08:46.got a cracking day with three matches including Novak Djokovic ch
:08:47. > :08:52.against Daniil Medvedev, one of the new stars of the game. And then Gael
:08:53. > :08:57.Monfils against Richard Gasquet. They paid hundreds of pounds for
:08:58. > :09:01.that in France, and an hearing Eastbourne they get it for a few
:09:02. > :09:04.quid. It's very good. Contractually, we are not allowed to show you those
:09:05. > :09:09.matches but nonetheless, that is what the crowd have in store for
:09:10. > :09:14.them here today. Just to let you know, our coverage, we are here
:09:15. > :09:18.until 12 o'clock when the daily politics will take over. We will
:09:19. > :09:23.then move from BBC Two to the red button and then we will return to
:09:24. > :09:26.BBC Two from 1pm. So, Heather going through her last bits of
:09:27. > :09:31.preparation. If you have literally just switched on having realised we
:09:32. > :09:37.would be on at 11am, you won't know that Johanna Konta has sadly pulled
:09:38. > :09:42.out of her semifinal against Pliskova, so Pliskova gets a bye
:09:43. > :09:48.into the semifinal against one of these two. If you are marking your
:09:49. > :09:55.cardboard tomorrow, 12:30pm this final -- if you are marking your
:09:56. > :10:01.card for tomorrow, 12:30pm the final for the women at Eastbourne. Over to
:10:02. > :10:05.the commentary team. Sam. So, British hopes resting on the
:10:06. > :10:08.shoulders of Heather Watson. A third meeting between Herring Caroline
:10:09. > :10:19.Wozniacki. Nice conditions, a little bit of a breeze. Sun poking three. I
:10:20. > :10:28.am trying to be all positive about the weather. Sam Smith, I am trying
:10:29. > :10:33.to be anyway. I have had a good influence there. Not in all areas, I
:10:34. > :10:37.fear. We won't go into that but we will be positive about the weather
:10:38. > :10:43.and about this match, which we are really looking forward to. Heather
:10:44. > :10:46.Watson came in as a wild card, 136 in the world. But the challenge
:10:47. > :10:55.today, she has come through against the defending champion, against the
:10:56. > :11:02.14th seed, the 23rd seed who had lost only one game. It's been an
:11:03. > :11:10.incredible run for Heather Watson at the challengers keep on coming and
:11:11. > :11:15.now she faces world number six, Caroline Wozniacki. Wozniaki looking
:11:16. > :11:38.for her fourth final of 2017. She won this tournament back in 2009.
:11:39. > :11:45.She's had a fair bit of grass court practice coming into this, Heather
:11:46. > :11:49.Watson. Runner-up on a grass court tournament in Surbiton and then
:11:50. > :12:11.early exits as a wild card in both Nottingham and Birmingham.
:12:12. > :12:19.Wozniaki, by contrast, this is her first tournament since reaching the
:12:20. > :12:46.quarterfinals in Welwyn Garros. -- in Roland Garros.
:12:47. > :12:52.First ace of the day. Picks up a couple of gain points for Heather
:12:53. > :13:10.Watson. That'll do an excellent job of
:13:11. > :13:19.settling any nerves for Heather Watson. Hold serve to 15. How do the
:13:20. > :13:24.serves of Wozniaki and Watson shape up against each other? Heather likes
:13:25. > :13:28.a hard, flat ball coming at her so this is a tricky one for her. She
:13:29. > :13:31.has to use the pace of what is coming off of the court because she
:13:32. > :13:40.struggles to generate enough of her own. Have a look at those clouds!
:13:41. > :13:45.Just generating harrowing pace is something she finds quite difficult
:13:46. > :13:49.and it's hard against Wozniaki because Wozniaki in a way is a very
:13:50. > :13:56.similar player. She has a greater weight of shot man Heather but
:13:57. > :14:02.Heather, to get through this match or to be competitive, is going to
:14:03. > :14:04.have to let the racket go at the ball and be pretty aggressive out
:14:05. > :14:46.there. I should say, between us, I think we
:14:47. > :14:50.have looked at 12 different web apps and none of them had rain in them,
:14:51. > :14:52.so I am quite confident those dark clouds we just saw going to go
:14:53. > :15:16.around us, if that is possible. In Hong Kong, later in the year,
:15:17. > :16:19.Wozniaki got a straight sets victory over Heather Watson.
:16:20. > :16:35.Quite a conservative start to this match will Caroline Wozniacki, in
:16:36. > :16:39.fact for both of them. It feels like Heather has her measuring stick out
:16:40. > :16:41.when she hits the ball, very precise, doesn't like to rip out the
:16:42. > :17:00.shot. An excellent point by Watson. She
:17:01. > :17:05.took control and she brings up a first break point of the semifinal.
:17:06. > :17:32.The winner to face Karolina Pliskova in tomorrow's final.
:17:33. > :17:47.What you have from Caroline is she will look to work the point with
:17:48. > :17:53.that backhand. The forehand I feel has been much improved. Sasha came
:17:54. > :17:58.into the team at the beginning of the year. He is so much more than a
:17:59. > :18:04.hitting partner. When he was with Serena Williams, eight years with
:18:05. > :18:11.Serena Williams, she won ten Grand Slams. He had a lot of input into
:18:12. > :18:15.those successes. And he said in Paris that working as the hitting
:18:16. > :18:19.partner and a little bit on tactics, he has really focused on the
:18:20. > :18:20.nutrition side of things. So she is very disciplined, she eats very
:18:21. > :18:49.well. Heaven knows, and she's not under
:18:50. > :18:53.too much pressure in this match in terms of expectation, she has got to
:18:54. > :19:00.let the racket head go on that forehand and not stop it. I saw
:19:01. > :19:07.Marion Bartoli on the way in hair, wearing quite precarious heels,
:19:08. > :19:11.hopefully she made down the slope, and we both said that she mustn't
:19:12. > :19:22.lock-up that forehand. She has got to let the racket go. She is finding
:19:23. > :19:29.her spots grow, Watson. Athletically here against Wozniaki, she is the
:19:30. > :19:35.Dane's match and she possibly moves even slightly better than Wozniaki
:19:36. > :19:44.and that is a big plus in the Watson column. That doesn't happen very
:19:45. > :20:25.often to Wozniaki. Wozniaki just made a very difficult
:20:26. > :20:30.shot-mac incredibly easy. It's a good job the wind wasn't up because
:20:31. > :20:39.that would have ended up outside the tramlines. Wonderful control on the
:20:40. > :20:45.stretch and on the run. Get the Dane out of a spot of bother. Says a
:20:46. > :20:49.couple of break points. We were discussing yesterday whether
:20:50. > :21:00.Caroline Wozniacki might make a bad -- a mad dash to the WTA party but I
:21:01. > :21:05.think due to be late finish against Halep, plans were cancelled and the
:21:06. > :21:07.dress went back in the suitcase. As Heather Watson said, she is saving
:21:08. > :21:52.her dress for next year. It is a good idea. It's a terrible
:21:53. > :21:57.miss though. I think she felt that Wozniaki haven't quite got it up and
:21:58. > :22:00.whilst Caroline is like a hare across the court, she loves to run,
:22:01. > :22:27.she adores the physical part of the game.
:22:28. > :22:38.A couple of bad shots up at the net. Strategically, excellent in this
:22:39. > :22:42.match. Execution, not quite there. She slams that in frustration. A
:22:43. > :23:08.break point opportunity for Wozniaki.
:23:09. > :23:16.A little look up from Heather Watson but they were sent a challenge and
:23:17. > :23:23.that was a break to love for Caroline Wozniacki, 2009 champion
:23:24. > :23:26.here. Caroline Wozniacki completed the New York Marathon in three and a
:23:27. > :23:30.half hours a couple of years ago and she says it's her biggest
:23:31. > :23:35.achievement. She raised a lot of money for a children's charity. Have
:23:36. > :23:42.you ever run a marathon? How much cartilage do you think I've got left
:23:43. > :23:48.on my knees?! I'm just asking. I did one and I think it was in double the
:23:49. > :23:51.time. And you know she went out the night before as well? And had
:23:52. > :23:56.popcorn for dinner and didn't train for it. She has said she is not
:23:57. > :23:59.going to do another one. It was a little harder than she realised. But
:24:00. > :24:03.Caroline is an extraordinary athlete. If she wasn't playing
:24:04. > :24:10.tennis she'd be a footballer or doing triathlon, I'm sure. I've
:24:11. > :24:14.often felt that from that year where she started doing a lot more runny,
:24:15. > :24:19.she actually picked up a lot of injuries the following season,
:24:20. > :24:23.knees, ankles. This is Caroline Wozniacki we're talking about right
:24:24. > :24:28.now. It hurt her and she has now said she is spending a lot less time
:24:29. > :24:32.running and in the gym in the off-season and more time on court
:24:33. > :24:36.because she realises, I don't see Caroline playing into her mid-30s.
:24:37. > :24:40.Not the way she plays. This attritional style, how much court
:24:41. > :24:45.she covers, how physical it is. She probably has a couple of years left,
:24:46. > :24:50.I would imagine, if the results are good, because her body can't take
:24:51. > :24:56.it. 26 years of age, Caroline Wozniacki. Slipped as low as number
:24:57. > :25:01.74 in the world last year. Currently sitting at six. Former world number
:25:02. > :25:06.one. 25 singles titles. The most amount of titles without winning a
:25:07. > :25:11.Grand Slam title. And such a tough competitor. So, Wozniaki with the
:25:12. > :25:25.break. It's quite a good warm up for
:25:26. > :25:30.Caroline to play Simona Halep yesterday. Quite a similar game
:25:31. > :25:35.style. She's not finding that -- this that easy. She is having to
:25:36. > :25:47.generate out here and finds that easier on the backhand than the
:25:48. > :25:51.forehand. Good use of the court by the Dane, as good an athlete as
:25:52. > :26:53.Watson. A little bit too much Court Two cover.
:26:54. > :27:13.Their second serve just sort of drifted. It was a dolly drop, it
:27:14. > :27:16.really was. I'd like to see her much further inside the baseline to
:27:17. > :27:45.return the second delivery. Much more aggressive.
:27:46. > :27:51.Oh, don't push it. She knows straightaway. Didn't get her feet up
:27:52. > :27:56.to the ball and didn't accelerate their racket head. It's almost like
:27:57. > :28:03.she is overrun her default setting. If you listen to Heather, when she
:28:04. > :28:08.speaks, every word is measured and precise. She needs to let go a
:28:09. > :28:16.little on the tennis court. It makes such a difference. Importantly for
:28:17. > :28:23.Wozniaki, that's consolidation of her break to edge ahead in this
:28:24. > :28:26.first set. You are not only up against a wonderful athlete but one
:28:27. > :28:31.of the toughest mentally out there as well. She is a great match player
:28:32. > :28:37.if you look at her stats across the years. Generally, when she is fit
:28:38. > :28:40.and healthy, she defends many more of the break points against and
:28:41. > :29:29.converts many more. That is a match player right there.
:29:30. > :29:36.Yes, she's upset because she is not committing out here. But you can
:29:37. > :29:40.see, there's not the pace for her to move her racket head onto the ball.
:29:41. > :29:47.She is having to accelerate that racket and she's finding it very
:29:48. > :29:53.difficult to do so. He has been working with her for the last four
:29:54. > :30:05.or five weeks and it's going very well so far.
:30:06. > :30:10.Wozniacki now though with a chance for back-to-back love breaks on the
:30:11. > :30:35.Watson serve. There it is. Little fist pump from
:30:36. > :30:39.the Dane. She has a double break. Her second break to love and takes
:30:40. > :30:49.control of this first set of the semifinal.
:30:50. > :30:55.As we see Caroline Wozniacki taking a drink at the break, we saw a
:30:56. > :31:01.couple of shots of Colin Beacher working with Heather Watson. There's
:31:02. > :31:08.been a change for her this year in terms of coaching. There's been a
:31:09. > :31:12.lot of changes for a good part of her career for Heather, working with
:31:13. > :31:16.an Argentinian coach, where she was based in Florida. He really
:31:17. > :31:21.developed Heather and that's when she was up at her best ranking.
:31:22. > :31:26.Towards the end of 2015, he decided to go back to Argentinament he has a
:31:27. > :31:30.young -- Argentina. I think the relationship might have been getting
:31:31. > :31:35.a little stale. Since then she hasn't really settled with anyone.
:31:36. > :31:40.She's looked at various options, used coaches from the academy. Then
:31:41. > :31:46.it was, I mean, it wasn't long ago, just after the French Open that she
:31:47. > :31:51.was looking at some options and decided to go with, I always get
:31:52. > :31:58.this wrong, the JTI set up at Chiswick. Colin is one of the
:31:59. > :32:02.coaches there. David Felger oversees the programme. Good set up there.
:32:03. > :32:09.They have juniors, some older players. I think her just taking
:32:10. > :32:13.charge. I was saying to John at the start, she was bumping along the
:32:14. > :32:16.bottom and she had to do something decisive. It looks to be a very good
:32:17. > :33:02.move. Before everyone tunes in on Sunday
:33:03. > :33:03.and says where's the Eastbourne final - you can watch it on
:33:04. > :33:30.Saturday. Caroline Wozniacki's really finding
:33:31. > :33:39.her rhythm out there now. Well, I spent a lot of Sunday watching her
:33:40. > :33:42.practice with her dad. You can tell when she's playing well because the
:33:43. > :33:52.ball comes off the forehand really well.
:33:53. > :34:02.It's a good barometer of how she's playing.
:34:03. > :34:55.First double fault of the semifinal for Caroline Wozniacki.
:34:56. > :35:00.Much better distribution from Watson. You have to be accurate. You
:35:01. > :35:05.have to trade for a while. If there's a chance to attack, you must
:35:06. > :35:15.take it. Heather is still a little too far back behind the baseline.
:35:16. > :35:18.Opportunity now though here for Heather Watson. A double break down,
:35:19. > :35:45.but a chance to get one back. If she had set the tone for with the
:35:46. > :35:49.break opportunities in theerly yes set. She's only won one point on
:35:50. > :36:32.serve so far in this semifinal. UMPIRE: Miss Watson is challenging
:36:33. > :36:39.the call. A weaker part of Heather's game. A lovely first delivery. She's
:36:40. > :36:41.getting more on it. The second serve doesn't really have a lot of shape,
:36:42. > :36:54.a lot of spin. Wozniacki is one of the best
:36:55. > :37:56.returners out there. A couple more opportunities for
:37:57. > :37:57.Wozniacki to put herself in a position to serve out this first
:37:58. > :39:17.set. There's a double break back.
:39:18. > :39:20.Caroline Wozniacki, shortly, with 27 minutes on the clock, will be
:39:21. > :39:31.serving to take the firgs set of this semifinal.
:39:32. > :39:36.If Heather gets the opportunity, should she try and get forward more
:39:37. > :39:45.and play the net game? We know how good she is at the net. She's the
:39:46. > :39:50.reigning mixed doubles champion. Is that something she should try and do
:39:51. > :39:52.more of? In this match up? Yeah, I think the problem is she's not
:39:53. > :39:56.playing well enough off the ground to create spaces to come in.
:39:57. > :40:00.Caroline absolutely loves a target. Have you to come in off something
:40:01. > :40:03.great. Caroline Wozniacki needs to be right at the end of her range
:40:04. > :40:07.hitting that ball. Then you have to close off the net. I felt in the
:40:08. > :40:12.early few games Heather was trying to do that. She was a little more on
:40:13. > :40:16.her ground strokes. Heather, I'm sure, is sitting at the change of
:40:17. > :40:22.ends and she knows she's not being as aggressive as she needs to be.
:40:23. > :40:26.Trying to do it and change and make this transition from being a very
:40:27. > :40:37.good athlete, a good counterpuncher to a more offensive player, that is
:40:38. > :40:41.a journey -- -- offencive player, that is a journey. They'll be
:40:42. > :40:46.banging on to Heather that she has to make this change. Otherwise
:40:47. > :40:50.she'll be around 70, 80 in the world. She is so much better, with
:40:51. > :40:55.what she has. It's a mental change as well. Last year, Caroline
:40:56. > :41:01.Wozniacki came in here as the world number 36. She plays here today as
:41:02. > :41:03.the world number six. She has new balls with which to try and serve
:41:04. > :42:27.out set wup -- one. UMPIRE: Ms Wozniacki is challenging
:42:28. > :42:38.the ball on the right service line, the ball was called out.
:42:39. > :42:44.A lot of that ball was on the line. Wozniacki had the feeling it was
:42:45. > :43:12.good, challenged immediately. Takes her two points from the set.
:43:13. > :43:20.Lovely. That brings up the first of two set points.
:43:21. > :43:27.You cannot give her this much time. That's pretty much the story of this
:43:28. > :44:08.set. There it is. Caroline Wozniacki
:44:09. > :44:12.moves to within a set of being back in the Eastbourne final, 32 minutes
:44:13. > :44:18.on the clock. Wozniacki takes over Heather Watson by 6-2.
:44:19. > :44:22.STUDIO: That's a disappointing start for Heather Watson, a first set
:44:23. > :44:26.littered with too mannier errors. -- many errors there. It's been a
:44:27. > :44:30.disappointing day for British tennis full stop from the word go. As a
:44:31. > :44:34.consequence of that fall last night, Johanna Konta, I mean, she really
:44:35. > :44:42.went a wallop there. Somehow she came back to beat the world number
:44:43. > :44:48.one, and number one seed at Wimbledon next week, but because of
:44:49. > :44:53.a thoracic spine injury, you can see she hits her back, there in a really
:44:54. > :44:56.big way. Because of that spinal injury she's decided that discretion
:44:57. > :45:01.is the better part of valour and pulled out of the competition that.
:45:02. > :45:05.Means that Karolina Pliskova -- competition. That means Karolina
:45:06. > :45:10.Pliskova gets through to the final. She will play the winner this match.
:45:11. > :45:33.In the first round of Wimbledon next week, Johanna Konta has drawn:
:45:34. > :45:40.Andy Murray has drawn a qualifier in the first round on Monday, when he
:45:41. > :45:44.walks onto Centre Court. That's assuming that his hip injury allows
:45:45. > :45:48.him to walk onto Centre Court on Monday. He plays a qualifier, so dud
:45:49. > :45:57.Kyle Edmund. We're here on BBC Two through to
:45:58. > :46:06.midday. Then we'll be on the red button. Then we come back here to
:46:07. > :46:09.BBC Two from 1pm this afternoon. Talking about Johanna Konta, here
:46:10. > :46:15.she is, not looking too bad. That's in the press room here at
:46:16. > :46:19.Eastbourne. I think the next year it's going to be demolished with the
:46:20. > :46:24.big expansion plans taking place here. Jo's obviously not too bad but
:46:25. > :46:28.didn't feel well enough to take part in the semifinal match today. So
:46:29. > :46:31.that's one British player would won't be playing tomorrow. Heather
:46:32. > :46:34.needs time prove slightly or she won't -- needs to improve slightly
:46:35. > :46:49.or she won't be either. COMMENTATOR: It's all to do for
:46:50. > :46:52.Heather Watson in the second set. Both players brought their coaches
:46:53. > :47:18.on court at the end of the first set.
:47:19. > :47:23.For Heather this is not about hitting the cover off the ball. It's
:47:24. > :47:28.just playing with what she's got in hay very different way, getting up
:47:29. > :47:29.-- in a very different way, getting up the court. I think she could make
:47:30. > :47:49.a few more first serves. I was looking at the wrong side of
:47:50. > :47:53.the computer screen, that was Wozniacki's numbers. I would like
:47:54. > :47:57.her to take a little more off that first set. Put a little more on it
:47:58. > :48:08.and get shorter balls. That makes things a little bit
:48:09. > :48:23.easier, a quick point, ace. She needs a good start here.
:48:24. > :48:29.That first set was very passive. When I talk about Heather stopping
:48:30. > :48:37.the racket head on the forehand that's a perfect scam put of it. --
:48:38. > :48:46.example of it. It's mental and technical.
:48:47. > :48:52.Important hold for Heather Watson first game of the second set,
:48:53. > :48:57.trailing by a set to Caroline Wozniacki. Heather Watson started
:48:58. > :49:02.the year as the world number 81. Slipped down to world number 126.
:49:03. > :49:07.Needed a wildcard for Eastbourne. Needed a wildcard for Wimbledon.
:49:08. > :49:12.Live rankings tell us she's up to 102. This is a premiere level WTA
:49:13. > :49:21.tournament, from the third wrung of the tournaments with the WTA. Points
:49:22. > :49:24.up for grabs. 470 for the winner. A good jump for Heather Watson who
:49:25. > :49:28.would go further if she comes through this. Could go as high as 69
:49:29. > :49:30.in the world. For that, she would have to win this and beat Pliskova
:49:31. > :49:51.tomorrow. Does show the difference at this
:49:52. > :50:13.tournament level what a few wins can do to your ranking.
:50:14. > :50:20.You look at the reaction, heather does not like to miss. It isn't in
:50:21. > :50:22.her mentality. Good errors, went for it, the ball was on. OK she missed.
:50:23. > :50:58.But go for it. Love hold for the Dane. Looking as
:50:59. > :51:04.comfortable as she has been so far in this march. It's good to see how
:51:05. > :51:10.Sasha has come in. I can't speak highly enough of him. Caroline has
:51:11. > :51:17.tried a number of coach consultants to work with her and her father.
:51:18. > :51:18.It's lasted days, sometimes. Sasha brings great energy,
:51:19. > :51:35.expertise. He spent a long time with Serena
:51:36. > :51:40.Williams. Caroline said she asked Serena's blessing before asking him
:51:41. > :51:43.to work with her. That was a mighty good forehand.
:51:44. > :51:50.He's shortened the swing a little, which is good. With Sasha, if you're
:51:51. > :51:54.around him, he brings great energy. He's an extrovert. Caroline and
:51:55. > :52:26.Serena are similar characters. She's had a little bit of trouble
:52:27. > :52:28.with that shoe, Heather Watson. She was looking at it the end of the
:52:29. > :53:19.second set. Better from Watson. OK, she won the
:53:20. > :53:21.point. But it was a very late decision to move forward. She nearly
:53:22. > :54:28.got caught out there. Difficult, difficult to outpunch
:54:29. > :54:32.Wozniacki from the baseline. Yeah, they look very happy with this
:54:33. > :54:37.forehand. The funny thing is, it's an irony here, Wozniacki used to do
:54:38. > :54:41.exactly what Heather does on her forehand, not accelerate the racquet
:54:42. > :54:42.head on the ball, get locked up. Now look at that, racquet flying at the
:54:43. > :55:32.ball. What a difference. There's the point, there's the
:55:33. > :55:35.break. Caroline Wozniacki, who already has a set in the bag, now
:55:36. > :55:46.leads Heather Watson by 2-1. STUDIO: As things stand, it's going
:55:47. > :55:51.to be a Wozniacki-Pliskova final tomorrow. We've seen in so many
:55:52. > :55:54.matches here this week the way things have ebbed and flowed. Who's
:55:55. > :55:58.to say what might happen in the course of this match. If you want to
:55:59. > :56:01.follow it, we're going to be leaving this game here on BBC Two in a few
:56:02. > :56:07.moments' time. We will continue coverage on the red button until
:56:08. > :56:10.such time and obviously, if it's still going at 1pm, we'll be back
:56:11. > :56:12.here on BBC Two with the conclusion. We will be on the red button in a
:56:13. > :56:25.few moments. COMMENTATOR: Caroline Wozniacki has
:56:26. > :56:29.looked awesome this week. This is her first tournament since Roland
:56:30. > :56:32.Garros. The way she's been hitting the ball, dispatching her opponents.
:56:33. > :56:37.You touched at the start that meeting with Simona Halep. It looked
:56:38. > :56:41.as though the legs had gone from Halep, the concentration. The focus
:56:42. > :56:46.and mental strength of Wozniacki is so strong. It's solid. Yeah, her
:56:47. > :56:52.legs are never going to go. She runs all day. A lot of that is to do with
:56:53. > :56:57.the mind as well. She's super tough. She has never got enough credit in
:56:58. > :57:02.my mind for spending 67 weeks as world number one. She wins titles
:57:03. > :57:13.for fun. She gets out there, plays week in, week out. She gives a lot
:57:14. > :57:17.to the tour and has put together a fabulous group but just needs that
:57:18. > :57:25.slam title. If she can stay fit, she knows she's in the mix.
:57:26. > :57:28.She starts her Wimbledon campaign against Timea Babos. She won't even
:57:29. > :58:54.know that's the first round yet. We're going onto the red button now.
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