:00:33. > :00:37.For me, that was it, hitting balls against the wall, the cupboard, the
:00:38. > :00:56.Raj against the wall, the cupboard, the
:00:57. > :01:01.understanding how far you need to push us. Many underestimate the fact
:01:02. > :01:05.that if you want to be a tennis player, it is not just training five
:01:06. > :01:08.minutes from your house. It is a very difficult situation in the real
:01:09. > :01:13.world. You have to be committed, dedicated and professional for the
:01:14. > :01:18.sports to get your best. Here I am now, very proud. The first goal
:01:19. > :01:21.every player has is making the semifinals. I'm really happy, my
:01:22. > :01:28.family will be here. It will be special. It has been one of the most
:01:29. > :01:33.special seasons of my career. You have to grab the opportunity when it
:01:34. > :01:39.is resented. It is time for the best match. If
:01:40. > :01:43.you are going to follow your dream, that young man has come to the right
:01:44. > :01:45.place. On court today, two great champions, two of the most admired
:01:46. > :02:06.men not just in tennis but in champions, two of the most admired
:02:07. > :02:11.the world number one, the man to beat. Roger came through a tough
:02:12. > :02:18.match yesterday against Juan Martin Del Potro, has he got enough left
:02:19. > :03:43.today? Winner 17 grand slam titles, from Switzerland, Roger Federer!
:03:44. > :03:52.What better way to send your Sunday afternoon? I was just thinking, I
:03:53. > :03:59.grew up in an age, watching Connors, McEnroe, Lendl joined them.
:04:00. > :04:04.Then we came through the Becker and end Berg rivalry. Sampras and Agassi
:04:05. > :04:07.were captivating in the 90s. And then this rivalry which is
:04:08. > :04:29.nourishment these guys are responsible for it.
:04:30. > :04:33.When you look at how Roger has got himself back in what has been a very
:04:34. > :04:38.difficult year? When you reflect on his match yesterday against Juan
:04:39. > :04:47.Martin Del Potro, he gave him a 5-1 lead in the second, and he was still
:04:48. > :04:52.able to come out and find a way. You saw by his reaction how much this
:04:53. > :04:55.means to him. You said it is their 32nd meeting between these two,
:04:56. > :04:58.there are plenty of statistics but no prescription to make it out on
:04:59. > :05:07.the court. Is going to be fascinating to see who comes first.
:05:08. > :05:10.They may never get out, but pretty likes to be the one in charge of the
:05:11. > :05:35.running order, he only comes out when he is ready. Even that bit!
:05:36. > :05:49.between points. Heads, please. It is tails. Receive? OK.
:05:50. > :06:01.What a lovely photo for the album. The all-time greats of tennis,
:06:02. > :06:08.Roger, 17 grand slam titles, Rafa, 18 and boy, are we looking forward
:06:09. > :06:12.to this. Here he goes! Even that gets a massive cheer here at the O2,
:06:13. > :06:16.they love it. What a lovely acknowledgement of each other at the
:06:17. > :06:20.net. Before they went back to the baseline. You do not know family
:06:21. > :06:24.times you will see Roger in this position from now on. Also Rafa with
:06:25. > :06:45.his knee. position from now on. Also Rafa with
:06:46. > :06:50.captivating viewing. How will he do it today? Can he take the ball out
:06:51. > :06:53.of his backhand corner enough and effectively against the Rafa whipped
:06:54. > :06:58.forehand? It is a very beautiful thing to watch when these people
:06:59. > :07:03.play, I hope people stay with us this afternoon. Absolutely. The
:07:04. > :07:06.first of the semifinals here at the Barclays ATP World Tour finals, that
:07:07. > :07:13.is what we are looking forward to. Can I's match, Novak Djokovic should
:07:14. > :07:17.up against Stanislas Wawrinka. If you want to listen to that, you can,
:07:18. > :07:23.it is on radio five live sports extra this evening. When you look at
:07:24. > :07:28.the head to these two people, players out here, outstanding
:07:29. > :07:34.records, both of them. We thought no one would ever touch Roger's record
:07:35. > :07:55.but Rafa is closing in. Absolutely. When you think that their direct at
:07:56. > :08:01.times, and Federer has only 110. But Rafa has never beaten Roger in
:08:02. > :08:04.doors, they have played four times and Roger has won all four matches.
:08:05. > :08:11.But they have played three times this year and Rafa has won all
:08:12. > :08:15.three. When you reflect on the matches so far, they played OK, I do
:08:16. > :08:19.not think they have played brilliantly. Worrying aspects for
:08:20. > :08:24.Federer is he has had 41 service games and he has lost his serve ten
:08:25. > :08:29.times. He has gone tournaments where he has won five matches and not
:08:30. > :08:35.gloss to serve. When he plays well, his -- and not lost the serve. There
:08:36. > :08:40.have been too many troughs in his game, who will maintain the
:08:41. > :08:46.consistency? They will win the match today. Let's compare the records as
:08:47. > :09:04.far as both players are concerned. Roger is
:09:05. > :09:09.far as both players are concerned. time. -- Rafael Nadal is the best
:09:10. > :09:14.player of all time soon. The greatest match for me was the
:09:15. > :09:19.Wimbledon final, it was the head-to-head where it was the first
:09:20. > :09:31.time that Roger was beaten on his surface. It was a great thing. Rafa
:09:32. > :09:36.is the best ever on clay, and Roger is the best ever on grass. When they
:09:37. > :09:42.have both been at their height, Rafa has won more than Roger has. That is
:09:43. > :09:48.telling at the bottom, the four meetings in doors, they have only
:09:49. > :09:55.met in doors four years ago. There is history here. When they play
:09:56. > :10:14.outdoors with Rafa's game, when he is
:10:15. > :10:15.outdoors with Rafa's game, when he doors you have no variables. Roger
:10:16. > :10:21.can step in and take that backhand a bit earlier. He is able to play
:10:22. > :10:25.closer to the line and take more risks. Can he sustain that? We have
:10:26. > :10:29.seen some brilliant tennis but there have been some really inconsistent
:10:30. > :10:32.moments. One of the aspects we were looking at, we would like to know
:10:33. > :10:41.the number of unforced errors that Roger has made in his matches and it
:10:42. > :10:46.has been a lot. At times he has been back to his majestic best, but there
:10:47. > :10:50.are lapses of concentration, it is the mental side. It has not been a
:10:51. > :10:56.great year for Roger. He is seventh in the world, and a 12th consecutive
:10:57. > :11:02.final, so that you would not call it a crisis. No one should feel sorry
:11:03. > :11:06.for Roger, he has had a glorious career. Finding a way past Juan
:11:07. > :11:24.Martin Del Potro showed how much he wanted an opportunity
:11:25. > :11:30.Martin Del Potro showed how much he is favourite. But even more glory if
:11:31. > :11:36.he gets the job done. He was second best against Del Potro but he still
:11:37. > :11:41.made his way. Physically it will be tough today, up against Rafa, who
:11:42. > :11:52.had a day off. Roger would have loved to have had a day off because
:11:53. > :11:59.it was brutal against Dell pottery. -- Del Potro. Yes, it was tough
:12:00. > :12:02.mentally and you could see that Federer was getting frustrated,
:12:03. > :12:06.there was a lot of internal dialogue. It was stressful match. He
:12:07. > :12:10.will need to recharge his batteries as much as possible. It is only the
:12:11. > :12:15.best of three sets and indoors, those are the best conditions for
:12:16. > :12:35.Roger. He definitely comes in as the underdog which I think you might
:12:36. > :12:37.Roger. He definitely comes in as the no one believed him! I'm sure it is
:12:38. > :12:44.slightly tongue in cheek! I still give Federer a good chance in this
:12:45. > :12:52.much. Whatever happens, I think this tournament has given his Roger away
:12:53. > :12:55.up there again. He has played well, he is due to the semifinals which is
:12:56. > :13:01.a good achievement. In a funny sort of way out was thinking to myself, I
:13:02. > :13:05.almost hope that he lost yesterday 6-1, 6-4 so he would go away and
:13:06. > :13:10.think, something needs to be addressed. He needs to do a lot of
:13:11. > :13:14.work in the off-season, get that intensity and that ruthlessness back
:13:15. > :13:18.into his game. There have been way too many unforced errors, he has got
:13:19. > :13:22.to cut that out and be consistently aggressive from the baseline. That
:13:23. > :13:23.is his challenge today and that will be his talent moving forward next
:13:24. > :13:43.year. He will need to be his talent moving forward next
:13:44. > :13:49.Twitter or on Facebook. These are two giants of the game and this is a
:13:50. > :13:52.heavyweight clash, and Rafa is going to come out like he is going into
:13:53. > :13:55.the ring for a heavyweight cash. We are ready for it in the company of
:13:56. > :14:13.Tim and Andy. ANDREW CASTLE: 30 grandsons between
:14:14. > :14:18.them, semifinal at the Barclays ATP World Tour. Enjoy the match. -- 30
:14:19. > :16:15.Grand Slams. It is a much better start for Roger
:16:16. > :16:21.Federer than in any of the three sets he played in his last group
:16:22. > :16:25.match against Juan Martin Del Potro. He has come out with real intensity
:16:26. > :16:28.and one feels it is up to Roger today, the standard he can
:16:29. > :16:33.maintain. You know that Nadal is go to come out and set a high standard
:16:34. > :16:36.of the world number one. It is a question is whether Roger can stay
:16:37. > :16:41.there for long enough. That is right. That was the first of many
:16:42. > :16:46.hurdles today, get off from the word go with a strong start which was not
:16:47. > :16:50.evident against Del Potro. If you can keep his nose in front, and
:16:51. > :18:38.start to build a bit of pressure, he needs to get off to a fast start.
:18:39. > :18:38.end the year as the world number one.
:18:39. > :18:38.end the year as the world number one, took over in October. He will
:18:39. > :19:09.end the year one, took over in October. He will
:19:10. > :21:09.we will see Federer you Saturday. -- use that
:21:10. > :21:15.It is not the worst time to miss that forehand, 40-15, but he cannot
:21:16. > :21:19.start missing that forehand at 15-15 all 30-30. You do not want to miss
:21:20. > :21:54.it at all. saying. And it is back to deuce.
:21:55. > :22:30.Mum, dad, sister. Girlfriend, she is here.
:22:31. > :22:40.The minicrisis averted the Federer, she stays ahead. You get the feeling
:22:41. > :22:59.that Federer's forehand is going to be hitting Nadal's forehand
:23:00. > :23:02.that Federer's forehand is going to forehand side, you just cannot let
:23:03. > :23:08.the rally go on. Yes, you have got to try and dominate. The best way to
:23:09. > :23:11.try and set up the forehand with the first to serve. We does not
:23:12. > :23:18.necessarily have do serve aces, but if he can get a defensive reply from
:23:19. > :23:21.Nadal, he can play the match on his terms. Once Rafa gets into these
:23:22. > :23:33.long rallies, he can get that heavy top hand spin, you can smell trouble
:23:34. > :23:40.for Federer. The 32nd meeting, some run before grand slam finals they
:23:41. > :23:43.have played. The 2008 final at Wimbledon is personally the greatest
:23:44. > :23:50.singles match I have ever seen, it represented such a handover of power
:23:51. > :24:09.to Nadal. The first final at doubled in that he had
:24:10. > :24:12.to Nadal. The first final at doubled he has been very happy to knock it
:24:13. > :24:18.right down the middle. And a few more out wide. On this surface, he
:24:19. > :24:20.needs to get a little bit of extra work to pick up three points, he
:24:21. > :26:58.flattens it out a bit. Obviously, at this stage of the
:26:59. > :27:02.tournament, after the round robin matches in both groups, we get 70
:27:03. > :27:07.different statistics. It is surprising to me, I do not know
:27:08. > :27:10.about you, how dominant Wawrinka has been on serve compared to other
:27:11. > :27:19.opponents. Wawrinka is playing against Novak
:27:20. > :27:48.Djokovic in I shook hands of the Royal Marines
:27:49. > :27:51.yesterday. A former captain. And I thought he had a firm handshake, but
:27:52. > :27:54.if you shake hands with Roger Federer, you know what strong hands
:27:55. > :28:11.are about! Everyone thinks that logo on Roger
:28:12. > :28:20.Federer's shirt is for himself, Robbie says it is for him!
:28:21. > :28:30.That is another hold for Federer, an easy one at that.
:28:31. > :28:49.For the record, choice first and I am allowing you
:28:50. > :28:53.to name the amount of cups of tea up to and including three. Very kind! I
:28:54. > :28:59.would like to see a tie-break between these two. They have played
:29:00. > :29:08.20, and it is ten all. For a cup of tea, I am 0-5 this week. Who is
:29:09. > :29:16.going to win? I will take Rafa. And how many cups of tea would you like
:29:17. > :29:21.to put on it? Three! OK! So I will have to go with Roger, although I
:29:22. > :29:29.believe Rafa is the favourite here. Three cups of tea it is. And if this
:29:30. > :29:36.match goes on and you are watching this at home, I am sure you enjoying
:29:37. > :29:39.a cup of tea! A good start for Federer. And important start. He was
:29:40. > :30:16.so poor in the early start of each of the
:30:17. > :31:13.Now, this is just superb. Heavy serve out why to the backhand. I
:31:14. > :31:17.can't remember ever seeing Nadal lose a point from that situation. He
:31:18. > :31:24.just dominates right from the word go.
:31:25. > :31:32.His forehand has to be the best ever. I can't think of another shot
:31:33. > :31:38.to compare to it. I think it is pretty tough to write off the
:31:39. > :31:43.Federer's forehand. They think the advantage he has is here's a lefty.
:31:44. > :31:52.But it should work the other way. It doesn't.
:31:53. > :31:56.It does work for the right-hander. It is just there are so few
:31:57. > :32:29.left-handers. Just wish the crowd would get into
:32:30. > :33:28.it! You could say Federer made him play
:33:29. > :33:31.on the break point but the chip down the middle of the court to Nadal's
:33:32. > :33:43.forehand is just not going to get it done.
:33:44. > :35:06.What will further -- Federer do on this point?
:35:07. > :36:03.16 of 18 of his first serves have gone in. Nadal.
:36:04. > :36:58.Three break points saved. today. It's a big match. A season
:36:59. > :37:04.close for one of these two. This is the semifinal. What a grand finale
:37:05. > :38:35.it is in London once again. First serve percentage higher, and
:38:36. > :38:40.when he has his first serve in, Federer, he has actually lost only
:38:41. > :38:44.one point. These guys know each other so well, don't they? Is
:38:45. > :38:48.Federer doing anything differently than you might have expected? Flatly
:38:49. > :38:54.not. There are no secrets. They know each other's game inside out and, on
:38:55. > :39:13.the whole, they know what will be successful and what
:39:14. > :39:16.the whole, they know what will be spent the best part of nine years on
:39:17. > :39:25.tour together. Are they friends? Do they get on? Is their rivalry? They
:39:26. > :39:28.do. A huge amount of respect for each other and they are generally
:39:29. > :39:33.good friends. They have played exhibitions together. It is amazing
:39:34. > :39:36.to think they can have had in that big a rivalry at the biggest and
:39:37. > :39:41.best tournaments in the world and still get on so well. I think that
:39:42. > :39:46.is unusual. I think they get on better than their fan base is do!
:39:47. > :39:51.You can see how tribal people become. Just embrace the tennis.
:39:52. > :39:58.Look at the standard. They have absolutely notched it up, threw
:39:59. > :40:04.2005, six, seven, when it got going. -- through. And then Djokovic joined
:40:05. > :41:59.the party and finished So, the first game receiving with
:42:00. > :42:07.this new set of six tennis balls. Rafa lobster return with a nice new
:42:08. > :42:09.racket. -- loves to return. A quick issue match so far. Eight games
:42:10. > :42:47.played. First double fault of the match.
:42:48. > :43:16.Federer on his way into a second serve and volley point there.
:43:17. > :43:24.No, that's not going to get it done and Nadal picks it up with a whip of
:43:25. > :43:29.the forehand side. He will have looked up and he will be grateful
:43:30. > :43:32.indeed for this shot. Ethnically the right shot for Federer to move
:43:33. > :44:01.The double fault has cost him dear. forehand there. He could
:44:02. > :44:02.The double fault has cost him dear. Suddenly Nadal with two break
:44:03. > :44:42.points. His first of the match. That's fabulous! A brutal assault on
:44:43. > :45:02.that forehand side. And it's a break.
:45:03. > :45:08.mean, this is an unbelievable shot. If people could be here to listen to
:45:09. > :45:11.the noise off that racket. It is so aggressive but it still has margin
:45:12. > :45:19.for error, because those bulls are probably five, six feet above the
:45:20. > :45:23.net. Look at this slow motion here. All of the big muscles coming into
:45:24. > :45:30.play, the right-hander cross, it will clear... And watch the racket
:45:31. > :45:37.which through this ball. It is away and it hits the floor other side and
:45:38. > :45:41.it rears and bounces. We have seen the stats on the revolutions of the
:45:42. > :45:43.ball and he is able to get so much more spin than anyone else in the
:45:44. > :46:13.game. Yeah. And amazing one of the key moments, I think. Bad
:46:14. > :46:17.choice when he had the approach shot because he tried to chip and coming
:46:18. > :46:21.beforehand. If you have the choice to come in Nadal's forehand or
:46:22. > :46:31.backhand, I think eight times out of ten you have to be looking to coming
:46:32. > :46:33.on the backhand. -- to come in. And so the world number one serves for
:46:34. > :48:10.the first set of this semifinal. Federer able to get Nadal
:48:11. > :50:06.off-balance with a little change of It was Stella stuff from both of
:50:07. > :50:10.them. Racked up, unable to chase this one down. Federer pulls the
:50:11. > :50:18.trigger and he has two break back points.
:50:19. > :50:22.Not sure how many shots were left in Federer's racket that money! It was
:50:23. > :51:05.exhausting! -- that rally. Well, that is a wonderful response
:51:06. > :51:14.to losing his own serve. And we did ask the question earlier, is he
:51:15. > :51:21.feeling that much yesterday against a portrait? Not yet. -- that match
:51:22. > :52:14.against Del Potro? Early Christmas present there from
:52:15. > :52:18.Nadal. Federer needs to find the mark with his first serve because
:52:19. > :52:23.that invariably sets him up for the second shot to get dictating. These
:52:24. > :52:38.rallies look great but they don't favour Federer.
:52:39. > :52:47.These two have won so many awards this year. One of the most improved
:52:48. > :52:49.shots over the last couple of years is that Nadal forehand down the
:52:50. > :53:41.line. Illustrating what Tim Henman has
:53:42. > :53:43.been talking about. Nadal will put you under pressure if you miss your
:53:44. > :53:57.first serve. UMPIRE: Mr Fedor is challenging the
:53:58. > :54:18.The second break in a row for Nadal. Federer.
:54:19. > :54:19.The second break in a row for Nadal. He will serve for the first set
:54:20. > :54:35.against. London buses and all that! Three
:54:36. > :54:39.breaks of serve in a row! Do you agree with that forehand? Because
:54:40. > :54:43.Nadal was going into Djokovic on the backhand side so much and Djokovic
:54:44. > :54:47.was responding and beating him, he talked about how the down the line
:54:48. > :54:53.forehand was getting more important. I think that's such an improved
:54:54. > :54:57.shot. It certainly is an important shot. The way you want to exploit
:54:58. > :55:00.the movement of a two hander, although Djokovic does move
:55:01. > :55:03.incredibly well to the two-handed backhand, you have to go to the
:55:04. > :55:08.forehand with strength to open up the backhand. Rafa has such a good
:55:09. > :55:10.forehand he can hit anywhere but the down the line shot is always going
:55:11. > :55:28.to be important. down the line shot is always going
:55:29. > :55:34.trying to miss but only making one served in that game. And that
:55:35. > :55:40.challenge illustrated a frame of mind, didn't it? Just checking. He
:55:41. > :55:46.was desperate for that to be in. He served OK in the early part of this
:55:47. > :55:51.set. His first serve percentage has dropped to 61, which is OK in a set,
:55:52. > :55:57.but in the last couple of service games he hasn't made those Serbs. He
:55:58. > :57:29.has only won four of 12 points. -- hasn't made those serves.
:57:30. > :57:54.So, the tennis year begins to draw to a close. We have seen four
:57:55. > :58:05.tremendous grand slam Championships. Just the Davis Cup to go. In Serbia.
:58:06. > :58:09.-- in Belgrade. Almost three quarters of an hour played in the
:58:10. > :58:22.second meeting between Federer and Nadal. This wonderful rivalry. And
:58:23. > :58:28.here are the stats. First serve points for Roger Federer going from
:58:29. > :58:34.79 down to 33. Is there anything he can change when he is under attack?
:58:35. > :58:38.Therein lies the problem. He has got to hit few of them. He has to make
:58:39. > :58:59.the first serves. 61% to hit few of them. He has to make
:59:00. > :59:07.be a long afternoon for Federer. He is winning 75% of first serve points
:59:08. > :59:17.and 60% in the second. This sport, just by this event and the four
:59:18. > :59:25.grand slams, is very tough. An extraordinary record over seven and
:59:26. > :59:30.a half years for these two. Djokovic has taken a real bite over the last
:59:31. > :59:35.two years and has ended the year as world number one. And Andy Murray
:59:36. > :59:39.now has Wimbledon, and hasn't he done fantastically well to become
:59:40. > :59:46.involved in this fight? So, a great quartet, really, at the top of the
:59:47. > :00:08.game, but these two started it. Yes. 36 slams between
:00:09. > :02:50.Philip looks, chairman of the All-England Club, next to Marion
:02:51. > :02:51.Bartoli. She retired after winning Wimbledon this year, it was a real
:02:52. > :03:14.shock. Philip, my golfing partner next week
:03:15. > :03:35.at Augusta National. Philip, my golfing partner next week
:03:36. > :03:40.better and that is it for me. Good to her for making that decision. A
:03:41. > :03:45.bold move to make. She came back for the closing of the grass courts at
:03:46. > :03:51.Wimbledon in September and hit a few balls in the tournament. Member of
:03:52. > :03:56.the club for life and she loves it, she was at the tennis ball last
:03:57. > :04:04.night. She was asked about whether she would come back and she
:04:05. > :04:08.reiterated her point, never, ever. She worked so hard. To finish with
:04:09. > :05:58.Wimbledon, you cannot go out better than that.
:05:59. > :06:11.Teddy Nadal got told off by Wawrinka earlier on, for coaching little bit
:06:12. > :06:13.this is firstly. It was citing -- little bit loudly. It was sorted out
:06:14. > :06:35.later in a friendly manner. Had the ball absolutely on his
:06:36. > :07:14.racket to ban a break point. -- to earn a break point.
:07:15. > :07:27.It looks so simple when he executes. Not going with the slice
:07:28. > :07:28.with Nadal the chance to bring the forehand, a hit to bring the
:07:29. > :07:48.forehand into place. Oh, wow! Federer looking to get his
:07:49. > :08:35.forehand into play once again. When do you think Nadal will retire,
:08:36. > :08:43.says this message? When he wants to. Thank you! #BBCTennis. Sometimes Kim
:08:44. > :08:59.gives longer answers. Zak says, do you think Rafa can
:09:00. > :11:23.eclipse Roger's grand slam record? Yellow, yes I said you can.
:11:24. > :11:44.What a that Rafa could go through him. So
:11:45. > :11:54.Federer hanging in there and keeping it close. Coming up to an hour
:11:55. > :12:00.played. It is the first set to Rafa, on serve in the second. And these
:12:01. > :12:05.are the grand slam winners. Roger Federer with 17, the most ever,
:12:06. > :12:10.after that, a contemporary of yours, Peter Sampras. You played three of
:12:11. > :12:21.those at the top! Who would you say is a greater player, Nadal or
:12:22. > :12:26.Sampras? Winning all four is absolutely amazing. In the days of
:12:27. > :12:33.Roy Emerson who was fabulous, people did not travel to Australia so much.
:12:34. > :12:33.And he won six Australian titles. Three of the
:12:34. > :12:52.And he won six Australian titles. ended up with? It is a big argument.
:12:53. > :13:02.The two guys we are watching are two of the great. Just listen to the
:13:03. > :13:06.atmosphere. It is absolutely magnificent. Another sell out crowd.
:13:07. > :13:13.We have had this event in Houston and Shanghai. It did not even come
:13:14. > :13:17.close to this. The days of Frankfurt, they were quite fun
:13:18. > :13:25.because Boris Becker was there. They loved it. It is here for two more
:13:26. > :13:29.years. And then the bids will come in from cities around the world but
:13:30. > :13:33.I think it has got to be a strong bid. You should use your powerful
:13:34. > :16:48.and influential friends to keep it here!
:16:49. > :16:57.Once again, 15-30. It is an unfortunate trend for Federer. When
:16:58. > :16:58.he has made one unforced error, the second and third have followed and
:16:59. > :17:38.he cannot afford that now. Victory behind a second serve for
:17:39. > :17:43.Federer, he pulls the backhand out wide, Rafa. He has served his way
:17:44. > :18:07.out of trouble in the previous game. I think there's a couple of things
:18:08. > :18:12.that you could say about the Swiss, but you know that Nadal is going to
:18:13. > :18:17.pick you off. A forehand down the line, that one open to art, that
:18:18. > :18:20.wally I suppose could have been better. It is the approach shot to
:18:21. > :18:41.me. He better. It is the approach shot to
:18:42. > :18:48.the rafters here at the O2. And Nadal is a break up in the second
:18:49. > :18:52.set. It feels like a tide here. Just as we have the Thames flowing
:18:53. > :18:58.outside the O2, there is a tide in here and you feel, I am just not
:18:59. > :19:03.sure there is a solution for Federer today for this. Maybe not today. It
:19:04. > :19:09.has always been a conundrum for Federer when he is playing Nadal. He
:19:10. > :19:14.knows the right tactic, he has got to find the controlled aggression,
:19:15. > :19:19.hit the spot on his serve, look to dominate with his forehand. If he is
:19:20. > :19:22.going to go to the forehand he has got to go to their with strength to
:19:23. > :19:29.open up the backhand and finish the point on the net. Alex is enjoying
:19:30. > :19:31.the match, sitting down with eight cup, a jar of chocolate
:19:32. > :19:50.the match, sitting down with eight year? I am not sure in a year. How
:19:51. > :19:59.many in a match? Certainly, if you are changing at every ball change,
:20:00. > :20:05.for a 3-set match, you need five. There is a tie-break in the final
:20:06. > :20:09.set. In a five set match, you need eight. Tina says, I'm enjoying the
:20:10. > :20:14.coverage, I am having a lot of cups of tea, how can I include my timing
:20:15. > :20:18.on groundstrokes? Good footwork and watch the ball. There you go. That
:20:19. > :22:43.will be 30 degrees! On the left-hand side, the Swiss
:22:44. > :22:51.Davis Cup captain, friend of Roger Federer, support and coach. He let
:22:52. > :22:52.his former coach go a few weeks ago after a long-standing relationship
:22:53. > :23:24.will stop round of Wimbledon, and the
:23:25. > :23:29.Ukrainian beat him. He fiddled around with his racket and changed
:23:30. > :23:32.to a slightly bigger head. He has got rid of eight coach, so one or
:23:33. > :23:53.two changes in his camp. And that loss in the second round of
:23:54. > :23:59.Wimbledon, for a seven time champion, it snapped ashtray of 36
:24:00. > :24:01.consecutive -- it snapped a streak of 36 consecutive Grand Slams where
:24:02. > :24:27.he had made a quarterfinal at least. different! It made me laugh. This is
:24:28. > :25:10.how good Nadal is on clay. So they have played only four times
:25:11. > :25:14.out of 32 times that they have played in total, only four times
:25:15. > :25:17.indoors, each of those four have been at the season-ending
:25:18. > :25:18.championships. It is amazing they have not played more indoor than
:25:19. > :25:37.that. have not played more indoor than
:25:38. > :25:42.has sealed in his comeback year after seven months off, he came back
:25:43. > :25:53.in February. He is the year end number four. From 2004, Federer
:25:54. > :25:58.dominated so much. And then 2008, that Wimbledon final, the changing
:25:59. > :26:02.of the guard, Nadal finished as number one. Then this streak ended
:26:03. > :26:08.and Djokovic has been a force for the last two years, until October,
:26:09. > :26:11.last month, where Nadal took the world number one ranking again. As
:26:12. > :26:21.soon as that happened, Djokovic beat him in a final! It is a tremendous
:26:22. > :26:27.reminder of the rivalry that they have. That will probably be the
:26:28. > :28:25.final on BBC Three tomorrow at 730 PM.
:28:26. > :29:10.too badly on the two previous ones on the second serve, 83 miles an
:29:11. > :30:58.hour. For a man of his calibre, that is not good enough.
:30:59. > :31:05.You can almost sense the belief training away from Federer. There's
:31:06. > :31:43.a lot of scar tissue from those previous 21 losses.
:31:44. > :31:57.Does Federer have another push left in him? Another adrenaline fuelled
:31:58. > :32:46.effort? Aided by 17,500 people in hip this afternoon. -- in here.
:32:47. > :32:53.If you can just get out of this game, the crowd are going to give
:32:54. > :33:17.him such a lift in the next. So if he can hang on here...
:33:18. > :33:24.He has taken a few body blows, has Federer. He had to be Del Potro. And
:33:25. > :34:05.he did so five in It's too long, it's all over. Not
:34:06. > :34:13.enough for Federer and Nadal wins in straight sets. Not one of their
:34:14. > :34:27.great matches but fabulous at the end of the first set. And real
:34:28. > :34:33.delight for Radford and -- for Rafa Nadal. A tremendous comeback and we
:34:34. > :34:56.look forward so much to seeing him in the final.
:34:57. > :35:03.look forward so much to seeing him again. Six times champion. In three
:35:04. > :35:06.different cities against six different opponents, so he looked
:35:07. > :35:12.very dejected. He will need to rest, come back and train hard and have a
:35:13. > :35:17.continual run without injury to get his best form back. But we salute
:35:18. > :35:22.Rafa Nadal. There is still a Swiss left. That is Stan Wawrinka, who
:35:23. > :35:27.plays Novak Djokovic. But we are very likely to see Rafa, the world
:35:28. > :35:33.number one Djokovic, the man he took the top spot from in the final. That
:35:34. > :35:40.is the final I hope for. BBC Three, 7:30pm tomorrow. With the greatest
:35:41. > :36:03.of respect to Wawrinka, it is 7:30pm tomorrow. With the greatest
:36:04. > :36:08.is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and maybe because it is
:36:09. > :36:18.his, it is worth even more! -- the watch he has. He cut his finger on a
:36:19. > :36:30.knife earlier this week. Neatly taped. It must take him forever to
:36:31. > :36:35.get out of bed in the morning! Just a thoroughly good egg, Rafa Nadal.
:36:36. > :36:42.Unless you are chasing his forehand around! In which case he is a brutal
:36:43. > :36:46.monster down the other end! But a calm, gentle and considerate man of
:36:47. > :36:50.the court and a wonderful guy at the top of his game. Some of the numbers
:36:51. > :36:54.after just under an hour and 20 minutes. Federer just well beaten
:36:55. > :38:26.today. obviously won. How much would this
:38:27. > :38:31.one mean to you? It is always a very special tournament and a very
:38:32. > :38:41.special year in London. One of the best I've ever played. So just many
:38:42. > :38:44.thanks, everybody, for being here. And for supporting one of the best
:38:45. > :38:48.events we have in the world of tennis. I will try my best tomorrow
:38:49. > :38:54.and are now I am going to have a very tough opponent so I will just
:38:55. > :39:02.play my best for the best chance. Will you watch the semifinal? Is it
:39:03. > :39:10.at 8pm? You obviously will! You know what time it is! For one hour and 15
:39:11. > :39:30.minutes, I will be in front of the TV watching the semifinals!
:39:31. > :39:33.minutes, I will be in front of the The semifinal tonight is Djokovic up
:39:34. > :39:41.against Amber Brinker. Djokovic on a 20 match winning streak. -- up
:39:42. > :39:48.against Stanislav Wawrinka. The winner will face Rafa tomorrow. I'd
:39:49. > :39:53.tell you, he loves his football but we enjoy watching him. Wow! What a
:39:54. > :39:59.match! There were key moments in that but Federer did look tired in
:40:00. > :40:03.the end. Yes. But let's not forget, he did have opportunities. He had
:40:04. > :40:08.that the point chance in the first set and he missed it long. It is
:40:09. > :40:15.those types of shot, types of opportunity you have to take against
:40:16. > :40:18.Rafa. He did well. He broke back. But Rafa's intensity is just
:40:19. > :40:22.relentless and this is the shocked on break point. A lot of
:40:23. > :40:41.opportunities, tried to fan them out.
:40:42. > :40:45.opportunities, tried to fan them hasn't been the best year. But I
:40:46. > :40:51.have seen enough to know he can come back and have a strong 2014. That is
:40:52. > :40:55.what he has to take away from it, doesn't he? That there are moments
:40:56. > :41:01.when he is back at his best and he has defined his fitness and
:41:02. > :41:08.hopefully stay free. He got some more computer points in Switzerland.
:41:09. > :41:13.And then in Paris he beat Del Potro. He made the semifinals here. There's
:41:14. > :41:16.been a lot of encouragement from Roger the last few weeks. Before
:41:17. > :41:21.that, people were really beginning to write him off. He has been back
:41:22. > :41:27.in the frame, felt the atmosphere again. Tim is right. He has to go
:41:28. > :41:31.back, lick his wounds, train hard and be ready. I would hate to think
:41:32. > :41:50.this is the last year we see Federer challenging. But this will have
:41:51. > :41:54.this is the last year we see Federer with Djokovic, Nadal and Murray. And
:41:55. > :42:00.I include Andy Murray in that. You picked out a point. Well, you picked
:42:01. > :42:06.out many! But this is Rafa's shot down the line. Such a weapon. What
:42:07. > :42:11.is your take on this? A lot of the time, players are better at moving
:42:12. > :42:15.for their backhands. But what Rafa is able to do is play so
:42:16. > :42:19.aggressively with his swing and he generates so much spin on the ball,
:42:20. > :42:23.played with so much power, but also has margin for error, because a lot
:42:24. > :42:32.of his shots five, six feet over the net and because he has time so much
:42:33. > :42:38.top spin, it gets at the end. -- he has so much. And it is going into
:42:39. > :42:40.Federer's one-handed backhand, and that is why when you look at their
:42:41. > :42:59.head-to-head, that is why when you look at their
:43:00. > :43:04.responded by working on that forehand down the line and making it
:43:05. > :43:07.even more effective. Just to win the US Open, he increased the
:43:08. > :43:12.effectiveness of his serve. The guy is still improving, he is a legend,
:43:13. > :43:17.and he goes out every day and tries to add something. He is such an
:43:18. > :43:25.example. It is a beautiful shot to watch anyway and it is a tough hit.
:43:26. > :43:32.It is not ready out of the textbook but it is such a powerful shot. He
:43:33. > :43:40.finishes like that, around his head like a lass you, because he goes so
:43:41. > :43:44.fast through the ball that if he followed through under his chin, he
:43:45. > :43:48.would take his head off! So that is why he has to follow through over
:43:49. > :43:51.his head. His footwork is good and he gets in position. If he has time
:43:52. > :44:09.to set up, he gets in position. If he has time
:44:10. > :44:14.that? And he did that with victory over Wawrinka. You know what? Rafa
:44:15. > :44:18.is not even the favourite going into the final after the year he has
:44:19. > :44:23.had! And this was the emotion at the end of the match that we saw earlier
:44:24. > :44:27.this week. It was a wonderful moment and perhaps I was guilty of not
:44:28. > :44:31.understanding how important it was. We sort of took it for granted he
:44:32. > :44:37.was going to win. But this is what makes him such a great boy. Having
:44:38. > :44:43.missed the Australian build-up and the Australian Open, a he has now
:44:44. > :44:47.managed to do it, and it is a phenomenal performance. 17
:44:48. > :44:53.tournaments now. And ten victories so far with a chance to win his 11.
:44:54. > :44:57.And then there is the year-end number one trophy. Almost as big as
:44:58. > :45:00.the Champions League! He won it before but this year will have meant
:45:01. > :45:22.the most. before but this year will have meant
:45:23. > :45:26.the Davis Cup, the Olympic gold. This is the one he hasn't. He is
:45:27. > :45:31.playing the last final of the year, number one in the world, and he
:45:32. > :45:38.still goes into the match as the underdog. The roll he has been on,
:45:39. > :45:45.the 20 match winning streak, I think it would be the perfect ending to
:45:46. > :45:50.the year in that final. But Djokovic has just looked awesome here. Stan
:45:51. > :45:55.has played some massive tennis this week. His first year in the final.
:45:56. > :46:02.He has got through to the semifinal and has been serving effectively.
:46:03. > :46:06.144 miles an hour! His serve. He is completely pumped up, nothing to
:46:07. > :46:28.lose. Do I think he can be Djokovic and then Nadal? No!
:46:29. > :46:31.lose. Do I think he can be Djokovic title of the ATP Tour finals. His
:46:32. > :46:37.first here in London. And he won it against Federer 7-6, 7-5, and sealed
:46:38. > :46:41.it with another winner. Two hours and 15 minutes of outstanding tennis
:46:42. > :46:46.and it was a fitting end to another stunning year, and he finished it as
:46:47. > :46:51.world number one. Boy, the crowd were on their feet. A match we will
:46:52. > :46:55.remember for a long, long time. That is what it meant to him! World
:46:56. > :47:02.number one and the trophy! Novak has been making his way to the O2 why
:47:03. > :47:06.many ways. Boat, taxi, car, and even by cable car! Coming across with
:47:07. > :47:13.some lovely views of the O2. The river and the Olympic Stadium, as we
:47:14. > :47:19.can see from there. And he came to deliver this, the trophy. Another
:47:20. > :47:39.big trophy! He will be in the final maybe tomorrow, possibly
:47:40. > :47:45.big trophy! He will be in the final energy? I just found after the grand
:47:46. > :47:50.slam season was over, I thought I'd played the whole tournament really
:47:51. > :47:56.well and then in the final, lost to Nadal, and after that loss, I sat
:47:57. > :48:04.with myself and thought about what I wanted to do and just tried to, you
:48:05. > :48:09.know, find that necessary willpower and focus in order to perform as
:48:10. > :48:14.well as I did in the last few weeks. It seems ridiculous to say to
:48:15. > :48:24.somebody who has won the Australian Open and reached the finals of the
:48:25. > :48:47.French and US, but was it tough to get over the line?
:48:48. > :48:49.French and US, but was it tough to a great tournament in Wimbledon
:48:50. > :48:56.again, where were lost in the finals against Murray. And then finals at
:48:57. > :49:02.the US Open against Nadal again. So the focus up to this autumn part of
:49:03. > :49:11.the season, I have had quite a turbulent and, let's say, some of
:49:12. > :49:16.ups and downs. I haven't always kept my calm when I needed to step it up
:49:17. > :49:19.at it is a process you go through as a professional tennis player and you
:49:20. > :49:24.need to understand you go through that kind of period and you just
:49:25. > :49:28.need to stay calm and work on your game and wait for the opportunity.
:49:29. > :49:33.And when it is presented, you have to grab it. The way I look at it,
:49:34. > :49:36.every season is a new challenge. A new experience to understand and
:49:37. > :49:38.learn and then take the best out of it for the next season and what is
:49:39. > :49:59.to come. with my team.
:50:00. > :50:08.SUE BARKER: How lovely it must be to have that winning streak. His
:50:09. > :50:12.confidence must be so high. Yes. It is that adversity. A lot of people
:50:13. > :50:17.expected him to beat Nadal in the US final but he is so resilient. He is
:50:18. > :50:21.resilient for these long periods of the season and in points, when he is
:50:22. > :50:26.getting pushed around. You think he is on the defensive and he is able
:50:27. > :50:31.to turn that into fences. And he is thinking about his semifinals and
:50:32. > :50:36.then potentially finals. Already looking ahead to next year after the
:50:37. > :50:40.Davis Cup. And he is already so tough to put away. You look at the
:50:41. > :50:45.matches he had in Paris, where he was on the brink of defeat and he
:50:46. > :50:47.just has that will to win. He doesn't know how to lose. It is
:50:48. > :51:06.simple as that. He finished the doesn't know how to lose. It is
:51:07. > :51:10.loss of the year. Wimbledon against Andy Murray, he did exactly the
:51:11. > :51:18.right thing, lost in three straight sets! And then the US loss. It is
:51:19. > :51:21.his heart and spirit and he wraps it up in nice PR and does the right
:51:22. > :51:26.things and he is good to the kids and it is all genuine. But when he
:51:27. > :51:29.goes out onto the court, he is an absolute warrior. And that is why
:51:30. > :51:35.the spirit battle, the internal battle, the dialogue. These guys are
:51:36. > :51:41.frightening in their intensity. Really frightening. He hasn't put a
:51:42. > :51:47.foot wrong but somehow the crowds haven't taken to him in the same way
:51:48. > :51:51.as they have to Rafa and Roger. That is no. Is. It just highlights what
:51:52. > :51:57.incredible players and personalities and icons of sport both Federer and
:51:58. > :52:16.Nadal. Roger has talked about the way that
:52:17. > :52:19.Nadal. Roger has talked about the support he gets! And it is
:52:20. > :52:24.interesting, even Andy said at Wimbledon, that whole match could
:52:25. > :52:31.have turned again. He has won his fair share of matches from break
:52:32. > :52:39.point down! Just thinking back to that game, over 11 minutes.
:52:40. > :52:43.Exhausted! He has spirit and resilience. Since losing that US
:52:44. > :52:47.Open final, what more can you say? And he will probably win that Davis
:52:48. > :52:52.Cup as well. But I'd take your point about the crowd and the love, and I
:52:53. > :52:59.think he takes it a bit personally. I think he is playing to prove
:53:00. > :53:03.something to everybody. We saw today Marion Bartoli, the Wimbledon
:53:04. > :53:07.champion, in the crowd. She was having lunch at Wimbledon yesterday
:53:08. > :53:08.with the chairman and got in a car. It took two
:53:09. > :53:30.with the chairman and got in a car. hearing that? Not really! It took me
:53:31. > :53:34.at least a month to realise I really won but everyday I was watching back
:53:35. > :53:38.and back again the papers and the pictures to make sure it was real!
:53:39. > :53:44.Nobody could take it away from me. Because I've really felt at some
:53:45. > :53:50.point that I would just wake up one day and it would be gone from me!
:53:51. > :53:54.But what an emotion, what a day! You looked like you really didn't take
:53:55. > :54:02.it all in on the day, so have you watched it back and enjoyed it? I
:54:03. > :54:07.did, and actually I got the best present today. I've finally got the
:54:08. > :54:11.BBC commentating my women's final. It took me today to finally get it!
:54:12. > :54:15.I had the French commentary and the ESPN one. And they made it happen,
:54:16. > :54:37.so thank you so much for that. We tennis and love to play, even though
:54:38. > :54:41.I can't play for a long time. But every time I have a racket in my
:54:42. > :54:45.hand I feel very good. But I don't miss being on the court because I
:54:46. > :54:53.know deep inside I can't be the same as I was before and it would hurt me
:54:54. > :54:57.way too much. So, I didn't feel any regrets for even one day. So I know
:54:58. > :55:03.it was the right decision to take. But what a pleasure every time to be
:55:04. > :55:08.introduced as the champion of Wimbledon! I will never get tired of
:55:09. > :55:15.it! Every time thinking about it, I still have those stars in my eyes
:55:16. > :55:21.from when I was 12 and I dreams about that moment for so long. You
:55:22. > :55:27.did it in style. What are you going to do next year when US bows to be
:55:28. > :55:45.opening up Wimbledon on Centre Court?
:55:46. > :55:47.opening up Wimbledon on Centre court. That is what I think. But
:55:48. > :55:53.before serving my ace at the match point, I had a flashback of me
:55:54. > :55:57.practising when I was 11, 12 years old and I was finishing my practice
:55:58. > :56:02.always extremely late. And it was my dad telling me at this time, Marion,
:56:03. > :56:07.one day you will have a very important point to serve and you
:56:08. > :56:16.will remember this practice. And I would say, yeah, well, let me finish
:56:17. > :56:20.my practice! But I had this voice in my head just saying, you will have
:56:21. > :56:25.this important point to serve. And I took my turn and served it. It is
:56:26. > :56:29.lovely to see you so happy and that your dream came true. Thank you.
:56:30. > :56:35.Thank you. ARCHIVE: It is lovely to see her and
:56:36. > :56:37.making your choice to retire is so difficult, but for her it
:56:38. > :56:57.making your choice to retire is so also... I suspect she will miss
:56:58. > :57:03.winning, even if not the game. That is the thrill. But maybe does this
:57:04. > :57:15.all the razzmatazz that went with it. She is a very private person. --
:57:16. > :57:19.maybe does not miss. Rafa Nadal has defeat Roger Federer in straight
:57:20. > :57:23.sets, as it was all one way. It always looked one way and still
:57:24. > :57:29.those lapses of concentration from Roger. Gasquet. He didn't get off to
:57:30. > :57:40.a bad start but it has just been a bad match. -- yes. You will be able
:57:41. > :57:43.to see the match tomorrow, the final, on BBC Three at 7:30pm. And
:57:44. > :58:09.Tim will be