:00:02. > :00:06.weather. More sunshine develop, one or two afternoon showers set off.
:00:06. > :00:11.It will be one of those hit and miss shower days on Wednesday. The
:00:11. > :00:16.fresh air will be with all of us, including those in East Anglia and
:00:16. > :00:26.Kent. Highs closer to what they should be at around 16-22. Mostly
:00:26. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :02:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 110 seconds
:02:16. > :02:20.Without a doubt, one of the best tennis players we have ever seen at
:02:20. > :02:30.this tournament. There is some way to go and the competition will get
:02:30. > :02:36.
:02:36. > :02:43.tougher. You must raise your game 30 degrees and the heat is on for
:02:43. > :02:53.the British No. 1. All the day that everyone who is anybody were
:02:53. > :02:53.
:02:53. > :03:01.looking for a place in the quarter- finals. What a day in store. Game,
:03:01. > :03:05.set and match! The second Monday is always the best afternoon and there
:03:05. > :03:09.were to be here at as depending on your approach to the heat, it was
:03:09. > :03:17.either wonderful or unbearable but Tracey remains cool best
:03:17. > :03:23.personified. -- coolness. We have a lot to talk about. Let's wind the
:03:23. > :03:27.clock back to mayday, and Andy Murray walking onto the court with
:03:27. > :03:33.history on his shoulders but you can use history as a positive or
:03:33. > :03:38.negative. It might be 75 years since a British ban won the men's
:03:38. > :03:42.singles title but Andy Marriott was playing Richard Gasquet and in the
:03:42. > :03:49.past three years, he has played 32 Frenchmen and he has beaten 31 of
:03:49. > :03:56.them. Should all else fail, that is the kind of thing to stimulate
:03:56. > :04:06.conversation in the Royal Box. His great, great uncle was on the
:04:06. > :04:20.
:04:20. > :04:23.Ultimately, we found ourselves in a first-set tie-break and we felt
:04:23. > :04:33.this was going to be key in determining the future course of
:04:33. > :04:38.
:04:38. > :04:44.the match. At this point, Andy Andy Murray took his eye off the
:04:44. > :04:50.approach. He just rushed in a little bit. Just enough. Why didn't
:04:50. > :05:00.he get that with two hands? It is strange. Richard Gasquet surprised
:05:00. > :05:00.
:05:00. > :05:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 110 seconds
:05:42. > :05:49.That was a beautiful.. Great stuff from Andy Murray, both players, in
:05:49. > :05:57.fact. And that felt like a set winning exchange between both
:05:57. > :06:07.players. Richard Gasquet is shaking his head. And they were strength to
:06:07. > :06:18.
:06:19. > :06:28.strength, there. And Andy Murray Andy Murray has got this one! He
:06:29. > :06:33.
:06:33. > :06:43.has not sealed it but he is in He is a strong, young man.
:06:43. > :07:09.
:07:09. > :07:19.Physically and mentally. Certainly, And that is it! That was an
:07:19. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:23.mannerly, professional game of The only certainty was that Richard
:07:23. > :07:27.Gasquet would not be two sets up and Andy Murray would have to draw
:07:27. > :07:32.on all was have -- all of his reserves. From then on, there was
:07:32. > :07:38.only going to be one winner. John Lloyd said it was one of the best
:07:38. > :07:42.performances he had ever seen Andy Murray give. Richard Gasquet was
:07:42. > :07:46.somebody who people thought was dangerous in the trough. He played
:07:46. > :07:51.a very clean match and served extremely well, his second serve in
:07:51. > :07:57.particular. This was a matter a lot of people were talking about. Would
:07:57. > :08:01.Richard Gasquet give him some trouble? He just took it to him, he
:08:01. > :08:05.attacked and was in control. It is about conserving energy, it was
:08:05. > :08:10.very hot at this time of the day. There was no shadow on the court.
:08:10. > :08:14.And the humidity was absolutely massive. To get that job done and
:08:14. > :08:19.get off, end of March, thank you very much. That was perfect.
:08:19. > :08:23.Particularly because of the rest of the week has been cold and windy.
:08:23. > :08:33.And to elevate it up to this temperature was a big, drastic
:08:33. > :08:34.
:08:34. > :08:42.change. Well, it was a performance to be set before a future king and
:08:42. > :08:47.it was appreciated by one and all. Do you think that I played well but
:08:47. > :08:52.I probably can play better? There is better tennis in my? Definitely,
:08:52. > :09:02.I could return better. I was happy with my serve today. I need to
:09:02. > :09:06.
:09:06. > :09:10.How did you buy do to the royal box? How did it look? If what was
:09:10. > :09:15.it like playing in front of the Duke and Duchess? Some of on the
:09:15. > :09:19.evening Standard said, they were coming. It is less, it's good for
:09:19. > :09:24.tennis, anytime you can get royalty to come. It does not happen that
:09:24. > :09:27.often. Did you practise before you went on to the court? They did not
:09:27. > :09:33.because they did not know if my source was going to be correct and
:09:33. > :09:38.I did not know if they were winding me up! More importantly his play on
:09:38. > :09:42.the court and he was positive. A lot of people through the criticism
:09:42. > :09:47.in his direction that sometimes he is reactive and not proactive but
:09:47. > :09:50.today he determined the pace of the match. That is so important, we
:09:50. > :09:54.have seen in the past that all too frequently when the going gets
:09:54. > :09:59.tough, he gets negative and that does not really help his game. I
:09:59. > :10:04.have rarely seen champions and winners being negative. John
:10:04. > :10:08.McEnroe is one. But for most it does not help. And I think it is
:10:08. > :10:13.really important this spring that he broke up with his coach and has
:10:13. > :10:20.been working with Darren Cahill. He talked to him about being more in
:10:20. > :10:26.control. You bar the see old and nobody can tell you what to do.
:10:26. > :10:30.the treasurer? -- CO. To me, that follows through. In the past we
:10:30. > :10:36.have seen sometimes all too frequently because he has that
:10:36. > :10:46.creativity he can be passive. Grass calls for aggressiveness. Who would
:10:46. > :10:49.
:10:49. > :10:54.you play in the next round? He had The Spaniard, Lopez fought back and
:10:54. > :11:01.find himself within one match point and he duly won this and then threw
:11:01. > :11:06.his kitbag into the crowd in celebration. And he has that demon
:11:06. > :11:12.left hand serve both -- he has served 100 aces in this
:11:12. > :11:17.championship. 20 more than anybody else, which guarantees you have of
:11:17. > :11:22.the game. He took Andy Roddick in three sets. He plays with
:11:22. > :11:28.confidence and he was almost out of this match and somehow found that
:11:28. > :11:31.extra gear. Of course, it is so effective and it is such an
:11:31. > :11:36.advantage to be left-handed because it comes at you at a different
:11:36. > :11:42.angle. Murray, his double-handed backhand is one of his great
:11:42. > :11:48.strengths. He will have to put that out wide and it is apparent for
:11:48. > :11:53.Andy Murray, before he plays, to have that to serve to him. But he
:11:53. > :11:57.is one of the best returners. winner of that match, you would
:11:57. > :12:04.think, will play the winner of Rafa Nadal and Del Potro, which closed
:12:04. > :12:10.things out. You felt that Del Potro was not quite there, yet. He will
:12:10. > :12:13.be and when it comes to the US Open, he could be a serious contender but
:12:13. > :12:20.that was match point and Rafa Nadal had a bit of an injury scare and
:12:20. > :12:24.came through and played some sublime tennis. You kind of think,
:12:24. > :12:29.he looked like somebody who was getting better and better as the
:12:29. > :12:34.tournament goes on. He was really pushed in this match and Del Potro
:12:34. > :12:37.has really improved. He had wrist surgery last May and only played a
:12:37. > :12:42.couple of tournaments but he has gotten better with each result of
:12:42. > :12:47.this year and I did his match in the second round and he was much,
:12:47. > :12:52.much better today. That bodes well for him, we will see him back in
:12:52. > :12:56.the top 10 very quickly. Nadal was just better in the crucial moments.
:12:56. > :13:02.He had those crucial tie-breaks. And Del Potro was just a little bit
:13:02. > :13:07.tired. He kept asking the umpire, is it too dark? Can we finish this
:13:07. > :13:10.tomorrow? Whereas Rafa Nadal just got stronger, his stamina was
:13:11. > :13:15.always going to be there. Back to the men's game in a few moments but
:13:15. > :13:21.let's focus on the women's matches, which were almost across the board
:13:21. > :13:26.fantastic. Notably one which involved two players who have very
:13:26. > :13:33.demonstrative parents. Fathers who are very opinionated and forceful
:13:33. > :13:40.and imposing. This is Marion for Italy or France sending her father
:13:40. > :13:44.of a couple of years ago. He would say that both of the fathers today
:13:44. > :13:50.were united in being unbelievably proud of both of their daughters,
:13:50. > :13:57.who provided the match of the championship. Marion Bartoli won
:13:57. > :14:07.the first set and we're now a in the second set, and it is a tie-
:14:07. > :14:26.
:14:26. > :14:31.She got the serve she wanted and was able to take that backhand
:14:31. > :14:41.early and get Serena Williams off balance. Another match point on her
:14:41. > :15:08.
:15:08. > :15:14.Pure delight. Serena Williams, she could not have given any more,
:15:14. > :15:18.either. The four-times champion, including the last two years.
:15:18. > :15:27.Marion Bartoli, she has just written another amazing chapter in
:15:27. > :15:37.this extraordinary career. One of the wins of her life. And she
:15:37. > :15:40.
:15:40. > :15:47.How far can you go? I had extra difficult matches in my previous
:15:47. > :15:52.rounds. It was difficult to physically come back on the court
:15:52. > :15:55.today but obviously an and the best shape of my life and I am playing
:15:55. > :16:00.some great tennis. I will have a good rest tonight and I will say
:16:00. > :16:06.tomorrow. I don't know who I am playing. A lot of people would say
:16:06. > :16:09.if you had con here after the best part of being out for a year and
:16:09. > :16:15.walked away with the title, it would not have been a good thing,
:16:16. > :16:24.does his results show that it is still very competitive? Yes, I am
:16:24. > :16:29.super happy that I lost! Well... But perhaps wasn't the best phrased
:16:29. > :16:33.question but was that at churlish response? She is so disappointed. I
:16:33. > :16:39.do not know that we can expect more. She won the title for the 4th time
:16:39. > :16:41.last year, she had to feed operations and that issue with her
:16:41. > :16:46.lungs. She has only played two matches at Eastbourne last week
:16:46. > :16:51.coming into this and I think she had won that second set she might
:16:51. > :16:54.have been able to scrape through and again, earlier rounds for her,
:16:54. > :16:59.this is still early, when she will be vulnerable but Serena Williams
:16:59. > :17:02.was to pass it today. She had shots that she would normally bury in the
:17:02. > :17:12.corner and be aggressive and she dot dot because she doesn't have
:17:12. > :17:14.
:17:14. > :17:20.the confidence. She has played so The sec set. One rally here, the
:17:20. > :17:24.play went on and on. The resilience of both players was fantastic.
:17:24. > :17:29.Marion Bartoli was fantastic. She was unable to convert on match
:17:29. > :17:37.points. She put that out of her mind. She, without a doubt, was
:17:37. > :17:42.trying it dictate. She served well. With a high number of aces and
:17:42. > :17:50.unreturnables. She was moving around the court so well. Serena
:17:50. > :17:52.was not moving so well. Hitting off the back foot too frequently.
:17:52. > :17:56.Marion Bartoli kept her foot on the pedal.
:17:56. > :18:01.The questions are to be asked about Serena Williams, how much does she
:18:01. > :18:07.want this anymore? That is the question to ask, what is your take?
:18:07. > :18:13.She's starving. You do? Yes, I do. Is that why she was so ungracious.
:18:13. > :18:17.Let's face it, she is the defending champion, she refused to give
:18:17. > :18:23.interviews, wouldn't you say a champion would do that win or lose?
:18:23. > :18:27.Is that not the sign of a champion? I would like to see her do those,
:18:27. > :18:33.but the question was about how much does she want it. Yes, she is 29,
:18:33. > :18:38.she will turn 30, but as they have taken such big chunks of time off.
:18:38. > :18:45.It is like Andre Agassi, he played well into his 30s, he had so much
:18:45. > :18:50.time off. I think when Serena ten ters a tournament and a Grand Slam,
:18:50. > :18:55.she expects to win it, even though she's been out that much time.
:18:55. > :19:00.Marion Bartoli, word -- a word on her? Fantastic. She is plugging
:19:00. > :19:05.away. The other day, was the first time, I saw her ask her father,
:19:05. > :19:10.they are so close, Walter, who is her coach, she asked him to leave.
:19:10. > :19:16.It seemed to work. She mentioned it. She said she is the fittest she's
:19:16. > :19:24.ever been in her life. That is right. And a final point. We are
:19:24. > :19:28.used to Serena serving aces, but Bartoli did that today? Key moments.
:19:28. > :19:33.They were fantastic. Key moments that is when you need it, but in
:19:34. > :19:39.the second set tie-breaker when you expected Bartoli not to be able to
:19:39. > :19:44.continue to play as aggressively, at such a high level, she came up
:19:44. > :19:48.with the big serve. All credit to her. After that, everyone was
:19:48. > :19:53.scouring the record books, wondering if there was ever an
:19:53. > :19:57.occasion, where the sisters had gone out on the same day. The
:19:57. > :20:05.answer was "no". Serena Williams was facing Tsvetana Pironkova who
:20:05. > :20:09.beat her here last year. This was a pretty good game as well.
:20:09. > :20:17.Sorry, Venus Williams. In terms of the overall quality of
:20:17. > :20:23.the matches so far, is tennis in good shape, you would have to say y
:20:23. > :20:27.yes. When you look at the draw for the quarterfinals, you may say who,
:20:27. > :20:30.but nonetheless. There are handy players in there, not least
:20:30. > :20:38.Tsvetana Pironkova. The key thing about the match she was not cowed
:20:38. > :20:42.by playing Venus Williams. She walked on court looking like she
:20:42. > :20:47.could win. You can see that Venus is looking
:20:47. > :20:52.fraught and concerned there. With good reason. Swiftly after that,
:20:52. > :20:56.the Bulgarian girl found herself a match point. How is that for a
:20:56. > :20:59.backhand cross court to win the match and knock the second Williams
:20:59. > :21:03.sister out of the championship. Fantastic.
:21:03. > :21:07.Fantastic and Tsvetana Pironkova has not won back-to-back matches
:21:07. > :21:14.since last year at Wimbledon. She has barely won matches this year.
:21:14. > :21:20.So it is a great effort from her. Venus, where does she go now, she
:21:20. > :21:25.is older? She's played 12 matchs in 12 months. That is not enough match
:21:25. > :21:31.preparation. She had a terribly day at the office. Making mistakes and
:21:31. > :21:39.not by a small margin. She missed over heads by a couple of metres.
:21:39. > :21:44.Credit to her, she never gave up. Last year when she lost to Tsvetana
:21:44. > :21:49.Pironkova by the same score, she got down on herself, but all credit
:21:49. > :21:55.to Tsvetana Pironkova. She never let down out there on a big court
:21:55. > :21:59.against a five-time champion. She served well, but it was a tough day
:21:59. > :22:05.for Venus, she has not had the match preparation.
:22:05. > :22:08.This may be an idiot question to ask, but the Williams sisters, the
:22:08. > :22:13.end? Absolutely not! Absolutely not! Of course, the Olympics are
:22:13. > :22:18.here a few weeks after Wimbledon next year. That's really what they
:22:18. > :22:22.are gearing for. I think that age is just a number for them. We don't
:22:22. > :22:27.want to talk about a retirement story with them.
:22:27. > :22:34.I'm not talking age, what about retirement? I think it is full. Not
:22:34. > :22:42.even half full. I think it is full. They don't really need to come back.
:22:42. > :22:46.Venus has won 13 Grand Slams, Serena seven. You can tell what the
:22:47. > :22:51.matches mean to them. We lost two of the names in the
:22:51. > :22:57.women's game, what about the third, Maria Sharapova? It was more
:22:57. > :23:02.straightforward for her. What was your take on her match against
:23:02. > :23:06.Shuai Peng? She was cool. Maria Sharapova played well. Shuai Peng
:23:06. > :23:10.played a great match. She's had a great tournament, but Maria
:23:10. > :23:13.Sharapova, there has not been so much talk about her. She is clearly,
:23:13. > :23:17.clearly the favourite here now. She's serving better. That is
:23:17. > :23:21.really what is most important with her play. Is she going to have the
:23:21. > :23:26.service yips, or is that part of her game to break down as she is
:23:26. > :23:29.returning well, getting better with each match. She's the only former
:23:29. > :23:34.champion left. There are a bunch of players getting to the later rounds
:23:34. > :23:40.for the first time and don't have the experience of Maria Sharapova.
:23:40. > :23:45.Well, Tracy making the point that Maria Sharapova is very much the
:23:45. > :23:51.bookmakers' favourites. The women' draw today, it was like a game of
:23:51. > :23:59.skittles, wherever you looked the big names were knocked over. There
:23:59. > :24:04.may have been a star-studded line- up off court with real royalty and
:24:04. > :24:08.hip-hop royalty, but the real single's womens promised to be hot
:24:08. > :24:18.today. The first woman to move into the
:24:18. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:26.quarters was fourth seed Victoria Zaderanka. The court were crazyy in
:24:26. > :24:33.love with the bell Russia an. It is not exactly putting a ring on it,
:24:33. > :24:42.but this guy did get a towell. Court 14 and two unseeded 20-year-
:24:42. > :24:46.olds. Inincluded the youngest women in
:24:46. > :24:52.the last. -- including the youngest woman in
:24:53. > :25:02.the set. After treatment to the right and to the left, Pervak suck
:25:02. > :25:06.comed to the impressive Pashek. With Vera Zvonareva out, Caroline
:25:06. > :25:12.Wozniacki is very much an independent woman at the top of the
:25:12. > :25:18.standing. It was a case of daija view as she was back here. After
:25:18. > :25:23.romping home 6-1 in the first, Dominika Cibulkova turned the
:25:23. > :25:29.tables. In the decider there were service breaks aplenty. Both
:25:29. > :25:36.players appeared to wilt in the afternoon sun, but when Dominika
:25:36. > :25:41.Cibulkova broke, it became clear that whilst Caroline Wozniacki won
:25:41. > :25:51.the rankings, she is not on top of the world. In the match up between
:25:51. > :25:51.
:25:51. > :26:01.Petra Mandula and AninaWhitmeyer, there was barely enough time to say
:26:01. > :26:10.
:26:10. > :26:20.their names as the game was wrapped up quickly.
:26:20. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:45.And Cetkoskova was winning her game but really intriguing.
:26:45. > :26:50.Dominika Cibulkova, 5ft 1.5. How is Dominika Cibulkova, 5ft 1.5. How is
:26:50. > :27:00.see able to compete at this level? She is a feisty competitor and the
:27:00. > :27:07.speed makes up for are it. When I spoke to the commentators on
:27:07. > :27:11.their match, he is was just dominating. She hits so big. It is
:27:11. > :27:15.like Justine Henin if you have the right strokes and hit them
:27:15. > :27:21.correctly, you can hit them with power.
:27:21. > :27:24.5ft 1.5. It is the top two inches that is key. So, the winner at this
:27:24. > :27:34.point could be, is it Maria Sharapova? Maybe.
:27:34. > :27:41.
:27:41. > :27:48.If you pushed me, but there is also Kevitka.
:27:48. > :27:50.Huge service and she has won a few rounds in the last few months.
:27:50. > :27:55.Here is Roger Federer playing Mikhail Youzhny.