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What a happy man he must be a. fact four in store. - - The fab | :00:30. | :00:40. | |
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Good evening. What a day. If you have missed what happened, you are | :00:50. | :00:57. | |
in for a treat. Greg and Boris are spoilt for choice with so many | :00:57. | :01:07. | |
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issues to discuss. We will start with the fabulous four. Roger | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
Federer's opponent today was Jo- Wilfried Tsonga, known for his | :01:15. | :01:25. | |
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Federer was looking for his 60th singles victory at Wimbledon. | :01:34. | :01:42. | |
Tsonga has been serving well, and of course he got to the finals at | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
Queen's. For the bookmakers, there was only one possible outcome to | :01:46. | :01:53. | |
this match. It looked as though they had got this ban on in the | :01:53. | :02:03. | |
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After Federer won the first set, Tsonga got back into the game. We | :02:41. | :02:51. | |
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find ourselves in a second set tie- Suddenly, Federer has got the bit | :03:09. | :03:19. | |
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between his teeth. He was hitting the ball so powerfully today. It is | :03:19. | :03:25. | |
not often you see Federer stranded like that. Hitting the ball like | :03:25. | :03:35. | |
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that, as hard as that, samba found himself 5-4 up in the third set. -- | :03:37. | :03:47. | |
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Tsonga found himself 5-4 of in the He is going to have to work himself | :04:18. | :04:28. | |
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a out of this position if he is He is two points from taking a set | :06:08. | :06:18. | |
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And we are keen to challenge again. -- looking to challenge again. He | :07:28. | :07:38. | |
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realised that was a good call. Back Quality every step of the way from | :08:28. | :08:38. | |
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Superbly resistance from Federer. Deuce. Tsonga is becoming a little | :09:44. | :09:51. | |
bit predictable. He goes for the same corner as every time. -- he | :09:51. | :10:01. | |
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goes for the same corners every That's the serve that got him all | :10:18. | :10:28. | |
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the way to the Australian Open final. It might bring him Miss set. | :10:29. | :10:39. | |
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Some pictures do not need words. Just savour that scan and. In a | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
week where boxing metaphors at everywhere, this was turning into a | :10:54. | :11:03. | |
Samba was throwing the punches and Federer was having to take them -- | :11:03. | :11:13. | |
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Tsonga was throwing the punches and This is an interesting stage of | :11:23. | :11:33. | |
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That was a very nice backhand from Tsonga. No complaint from Federer, | :12:07. | :12:17. | |
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He has showcased this single handed back hander. He did not have it the | :12:40. | :12:45. | |
last time I know it! He is really enjoying it. He looks like Stefan | :12:45. | :12:51. | |
Edberg. Maybe you should think about playing it more often single- | :12:51. | :12:55. | |
handed. -- maybe he should think about playing it more often single | :12:56. | :13:05. | |
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Tsonga is looking to turn this into a muscle match, and no one is | :13:23. | :13:33. | |
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And Tillakaratne Dilshan break That is what usually happens. | :14:04. | :14:14. | |
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Phaidra really was rocking and rolling here. Tsonga was a victim | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
the most unbelievable a lot of punishment on him. -- Federer | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
really was rocking and rolling here. Two set all. All that Tsonga needed | :15:07. | :15:16. | |
was to get one break. This is what happened. Surely, Federer would | :15:16. | :15:22. | |
find a way out of this situation. He had never been two set up in a | :15:22. | :15:32. | |
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Grand Slam situation and lost. Here is Jo-Wilfried sombre -- here is | :15:32. | :15:42. | |
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Jo-Wilfried sombre, to send Federer There he is, twisting and shouting | :15:51. | :16:01. | |
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How does it feel to have not the mighty Roger Federer out? He is the | :16:03. | :16:11. | |
biggest champion. He achieved a lot of things. He is the best player in | :16:12. | :16:18. | |
the world. I am so happy to win against him, especially on grass. | :16:18. | :16:27. | |
It is one of his favourite surfaces. I am so happy today. Throughout the | :16:27. | :16:34. | |
match, I did not give him much, but there was a lucky break in the | :16:34. | :16:44. | |
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third set for him. He played well throughout the match. Especially he | :16:45. | :16:55. | |
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served well. He played incredibly you ever think, Boris, that Tsonga | :17:18. | :17:28. | |
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lapses. He does not ready put Tsonga was the man of the moment. | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
Some of the headline-writers are already writing about a swansong. | :18:06. | :18:12. | |
Is this the end of Federer in terms of being a Grand Slam champion? It | :18:12. | :18:22. | |
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He played so well at the French Open and showed the world it is not | :18:33. | :18:43. | |
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just about Djokovic. They changed the grass about a | :18:54. | :19:01. | |
decade ago, they grow it longer. The balls were like pellets, that | :19:01. | :19:09. | |
suited him, he was more aggressive. I think it will be tough for him to | :19:09. | :19:15. | |
win this championship. Is it six Grand Slams that Federer has not | :19:15. | :19:21. | |
won? A year-and-a-half has gone by since he won the title. Time is not | :19:21. | :19:30. | |
on his side, let's be honest. 16 Grand Slam wins, a wife and two | :19:30. | :19:34. | |
beautiful children. Why should he trained even more? He has done it | :19:34. | :19:39. | |
all. That is the question for himself, where his motivation will | :19:39. | :19:47. | |
It is fascinating to think what might happen with Federer in the | :19:47. | :19:57. | |
future. Rafael Nadal is the second member of hour fabulous four. Would | :19:57. | :20:07. | |
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Mardy Fish is from Minnesota. He is playing against the defending | :20:27. | :20:37. | |
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champion, who dropped just one set so far. The formbook was a day to | :20:40. | :20:48. | |
as far as the first set was concerned. The big question was how | :20:48. | :20:53. | |
would the foot be after he had that slight injury? There was no sign of | :20:53. | :21:03. | |
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any problems. I am amazed by it Nadal. I thought he would pull out. | :21:06. | :21:16. | |
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Next thing you know, he is running What Amman this is, I have never | :21:42. | :21:47. | |
seen a player like Nadal in my seen a player like Nadal in my | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
lifetime. In the end, Nadal came through safely. His face just told | :21:51. | :21:56. | |
you how delighted he was to have you how delighted he was to have | :21:56. | :21:59. | |
overcome yet another opponent. Did your foot give you much | :21:59. | :22:09. | |
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trouble? It is better. I am fine. The previous match was tough for me. | :22:12. | :22:22. | |
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For a moment I did not know if I had a serious injury. But with | :22:22. | :22:25. | |
antiinflammatories, it seemed to work. | :22:25. | :22:29. | |
If Federer has got to the top of the hill and is perhaps heading | :22:29. | :22:35. | |
slightly down, is Nadal still improving? I think so. He thrives | :22:35. | :22:41. | |
on competition, he is the ultimate competitor, the more adversity, the | :22:41. | :22:47. | |
better and meaner he gets. He is only 25, he has 10 Grand Slams. If | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
he stays healthy, I don't know how many more times he will win. | :22:51. | :22:57. | |
Federer has set the bar. You always need somebody to catch, for Nadal, | :22:57. | :23:05. | |
it is Federer's 16. To tie Bjorn Borg's record of six French Opens, | :23:05. | :23:13. | |
and now he wants to tie Federer's record of six Wimbledons. | :23:13. | :23:19. | |
Rafael Nadal conscious of this? Is he a record chaser? He comes across | :23:19. | :23:24. | |
very soft spoken, Humble, almost an introvert when out in public, but | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
once he puts those tennis shoes on, that is the last thing you want to | :23:28. | :23:31. | |
face across the net. A back with the Fab Four in a | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
moment, but let's consider the women's semi-finals. Logic says it | :23:35. | :23:44. | |
will be Maria Sharapova against Victoria Azarenka in the final on | :23:44. | :23:48. | |
Saturday... The German! Hang on a moment, we are coming on to that. | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
That is the point of the next item, which is about a German play and | :23:52. | :24:02. | |
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somebody from the Czech Republic How good is your German? | :24:45. | :24:52. | |
reached the semi-final. She had injuries and was not playing tennis | :24:52. | :24:58. | |
for quite a long time. Suddenly she is back in Wimbledon, playing her | :24:58. | :25:07. | |
best. Anything could happen. There has been a lull in German tennis. | :25:07. | :25:16. | |
Might she be taking it forward again? We hope so. We are been | :25:16. | :25:22. | |
waiting for so long. Steffi Graf put the bar sky high. We wanted to | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
have a good semi-final and hopefully come out on top. Tell us | :25:27. | :25:32. | |
about Petra Kvitova there, and a fantastic serve. I think she has | :25:32. | :25:37. | |
one of the best serves in the women's game. She remind you of | :25:37. | :25:43. | |
Martina Navratilova with her serve. She plays well on all surfaces. I | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
think she is starting to get to her peak. I would not be surprised if | :25:47. | :25:54. | |
she went to the finals. So you predictions are? In all honesty, I | :25:54. | :26:04. | |
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think Sharapova is better, and also Victoria Azarenka. I'm going to go | :26:07. | :26:11. | |
with Petra Kvitova -- I'm going to go with Petra Kvitova, with | :26:11. | :26:21. | |
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Sharapova winning the title. Bernard Tomic is leading the new- | :26:23. | :26:33. | |
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# You say you want a revolution Djokovic, player favourite. | :26:57. | :27:01. | |
Determined to reach his first Wimbledon final. Tonic was not | :27:01. | :27:11. | |
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overawed. It was like a tale of two cities. Bernard Tomic was | :27:21. | :27:31. | |
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sensational. Here we are end the second set, where Bernard Tomic was | :27:34. | :27:40. | |
very much in the ascendancy. He is playing the world number two, and | :27:41. | :27:48. | |
he is taking him to the cleaners. Pete hitting the ball so hard. -- | :27:48. | :27:58. | |
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he is hitting the ball so hard. Here we are in the third set. | :28:02. | :28:11. | |
Bernard Tomic get a break. Nobody on Court One knew what was | :28:11. | :28:17. | |
happening on Centre Court. This was the quality of the tennis for the | :28:17. | :28:25. | |
first two or three games of the third set. Here's Djokovic, turning | :28:25. | :28:35. | |
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That's when the game started This is where Bernard Tomic needs | :28:53. | :29:03. | |
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to take some extra time. He has to A bad unforced error from Djokovic, | :29:10. | :29:20. | |
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Not much margin for error in Bernard Tomic's game. When he get | :29:41. | :29:51. | |
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nervous, the unforced errors start Both men have their problems, there | :29:59. | :30:09. | |
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issues. You start to fear for Five points, five unforced errors! | :30:21. | :30:31. | |
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Djokovic has not really done much, A horrible, horrible service game | :30:41. | :30:47. | |
from Bernard Tomic. At this point, Tomic was playing | :30:47. | :30:56. | |
horrible tennis. Djokovic found himself two sets to one to the good | :30:56. | :31:06. | |
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and got an early break in the 4th It is quite frustrating, the harder | :31:37. | :31:47. | |
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Djokovic hits the ball, the better It has been a long time since Tomic | :31:57. | :32:07. | |
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had a double fault, that is his Now it is Tomic's turn to suffer. | :32:21. | :32:25. | |
He is doing the right thing, taking a little extra time and not rushing | :32:26. | :32:35. | |
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UMPIRE: Mr Djokovic is challenging It was long. Why did you tell him | :33:26. | :33:36. | |
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That was not a great return. An Thinking about the challenge, but | :34:17. | :34:27. | |
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And after being so close to claiming the set, Tomic faces break | :34:29. | :34:39. | |
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What a caress to finish it! Djokovic is closing in now, closing | :35:27. | :35:35. | |
into the semi-finals. Djokovic was not to be denied. Here | :35:35. | :35:44. | |
he is serving 40-15. Tomic could not get to that ball, so another | :35:44. | :35:51. | |
semi-final for Novak Djokovic. Will he be here on Sunday on Centre | :35:51. | :35:53. | |
Court for his first Wimbledon Court for his first Wimbledon | :35:53. | :35:59. | |
final? Well done. A really tricky match. | :35:59. | :36:03. | |
You are playing somebody you know very well, it is like beating up | :36:03. | :36:08. | |
your kid brother, but you what through to the semi-final. I am | :36:08. | :36:13. | |
delighted to be through. It is a great result. It was a very equal | :36:13. | :36:18. | |
match today. The first set I played quite well, I played one very bad | :36:18. | :36:22. | |
service game, he got back into the match. From that moment he was the | :36:22. | :36:30. | |
better player. I had some very, very difficult service games that I | :36:30. | :36:36. | |
managed to hold. He was up and the third end you got back on track. | :36:36. | :36:43. | |
What caused the reversal of fortunes? He is such an | :36:43. | :36:47. | |
unpredictable player. He is very young. His first Grand Slam | :36:47. | :36:51. | |
quarter-finals, it means a lot, he had nothing to lose. He was hitting | :36:51. | :36:57. | |
a lot of winners, it was hard to predict where he would go. He was | :36:57. | :37:03. | |
not making a lot of unforced errors. That made it really difficult. I | :37:03. | :37:08. | |
have tried to change the pace, but he was better. It was playing cat | :37:08. | :37:13. | |
and mouse. I was just happy to get through in the end. We will talk | :37:13. | :37:18. | |
about the cat in a moment, but as far as Tomic being a mouse, foreign | :37:18. | :37:21. | |
18 year-olds he has had an amazing two-and-a-half weeks, coming | :37:21. | :37:25. | |
through qualifying, his first Grand Slam quarter-finals, he is clearly | :37:25. | :37:32. | |
a man on the move? Yes. The youngest guy to get to the quarter- | :37:32. | :37:37. | |
finals was the man standing behind me, Boris Becker... Last century! | :37:37. | :37:41. | |
If you think of the last teenager in the quarter-finals, Roger | :37:41. | :37:47. | |
Federer, the pedigree is looking very good. He has a very | :37:47. | :37:50. | |
interesting game. He changes the pace, deflect the ball, plays very | :37:50. | :37:56. | |
flat, he is someone to look out for. He has played an awful lot of | :37:56. | :38:01. | |
tennis in the last two-and-a-half weeks, did he just get tired? | :38:01. | :38:06. | |
especially when he was up 3-1, he went walkabout for seven games. He | :38:06. | :38:13. | |
might have been mentally fatigued, he had played eight matches. It | :38:13. | :38:17. | |
maybe was a little bit too much tennis, but he will be very proud. | :38:17. | :38:20. | |
What do you think about how brilliant Djokovic has been all the | :38:20. | :38:25. | |
way through to the epic semi-final at Roland Garros? Do you detect he | :38:25. | :38:31. | |
is slightly off his game? He was maybe tested today, I don't really | :38:31. | :38:36. | |
believe he was tested and the other matches. He is flying under the | :38:36. | :38:44. | |
radar. He lost only one match to Roger Federer. He has won six other | :38:44. | :38:48. | |
tournaments, beating Nadal back-to- back, clay, but nobody talks about | :38:48. | :38:53. | |
it. He is fine with that, he has experienced, he is in the semi- | :38:53. | :38:57. | |
finals. He is not playing his best tennis but he was not challenged | :38:57. | :39:02. | |
today. He is under the radar because he does not move as well on | :39:02. | :39:05. | |
the grass courts, I don't see him as comfortable. You think he can | :39:05. | :39:11. | |
win the other three majors, on the grass, I am not too sure. Tsonga | :39:11. | :39:16. | |
has a great record at 5-2 against him, but I bet he feels good about | :39:16. | :39:20. | |
his chances. Now the last of the FA before, our | :39:20. | :39:26. | |
man, a bigger and somebody who, if you believe the papers, has rather | :39:26. | :39:36. | |
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Murray was eyeing a third Grand Slam semi-final this year, but | :39:47. | :39:53. | |
Feliciano Lopez was probably wielding the most potent weapon in | :39:53. | :40:00. | |
the entire draw, his serve, he has 22 aces more than anyone else. It | :40:00. | :40:10. | |
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Maybe a little closer than he thought when he went for the | :40:55. | :40:59. | |
challenge, but more out of frustration for losing it. He has | :40:59. | :41:09. | |
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Just a cup of these early exchanges, you feel Murray has had lost | :41:28. | :41:38. | |
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chances, and he would like to get He has pecked him back to deuce, | :41:54. | :42:01. | |
but he might have got a break. His instincts were right, he would have | :42:01. | :42:11. | |
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had a second serve that 0-30. -- For me, the best returner in the | :42:33. | :42:43. | |
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It is the solid 121 mph second serve. Brave when you make it and | :43:12. | :43:22. | |
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Credit to Lopez, he took his chance Lewis Hamilton with his brother. | :45:09. | :45:15. | |
Enjoying their time here. It has not been such an enjoyable time for | :45:15. | :45:19. | |
Lewis Hamilton in F1 recently, he will hope his fortunes change for | :45:20. | :45:29. | |
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Murray was just frustrated he could not get more on the return. It was | :45:55. | :45:59. | |
a good second serve into the body but he really needed to get the | :45:59. | :46:09. | |
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ball deep or onto the Lopez The Spaniard has shown good | :46:31. | :46:41. | |
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It was broken that time. The best return of the first set. | :46:53. | :47:03. | |
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The familiar clenching of the first, Six games to three, muted applause | :47:10. | :47:14. | |
in the players' box. Given what happened UN Centre Court earlier, | :47:14. | :47:20. | |
you never quite knew what would happen. But in the second set... | :47:21. | :47:28. | |
Some great play from Murray. So easy. | :47:28. | :47:31. | |
Two sets up, things going swimmingly, but the Spaniard was | :47:31. | :47:41. | |
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not going to lie down. Some lovely Doing to Murray what Murray often | :47:57. | :48:03. | |
does to everybody else. Two games does to everybody else. Two games | :48:03. | :48:05. | |
all, this is the time for Murray to kick on all four Lopez to fight | :48:05. | :48:13. | |
back into contention. -- for Murray to pick on, or for Lopez to fight | :48:13. | :48:23. | |
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Ever since the physio came on court, Murray does not want to waste more | :48:54. | :49:04. | |
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energy than necessary, he wants to He has done that so often in his | :50:31. | :50:41. | |
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Into the semi-finals again, watched by lots of famous people. I am sure | :51:17. | :51:27. | |
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Describe your motions of reaching another semi-final. I do not ready | :51:43. | :51:49. | |
have any right now. It is one of those things that you think about | :51:49. | :51:59. | |
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The way you have played, you must going with supreme confidence? | :52:03. | :52:13. | |
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need to to have a chance. I will have to play my best to do that. | :52:14. | :52:20. | |
Handling the occasion, you have been there before, will you be any | :52:20. | :52:26. | |
less nervous or will it be the same as previously? I want to be nervous | :52:26. | :52:33. | |
going into the match. That is important, it shows that you care, | :52:33. | :52:37. | |
but once you get out there you have to make sure that nerves do not | :52:37. | :52:47. | |
cloud your way of thinking. Maybe as you want them to, and you are | :52:47. | :52:50. | |
thinking clearly out there. Let's talk Murray Nadal in a moment, | :52:50. | :52:57. | |
but what about Murray today? He had a perfect game against Lopez, he is | :52:57. | :52:59. | |
one of the best returners in the game against potentially the best | :52:59. | :53:05. | |
server. The grass is not as fast as it was, the balls are slower. | :53:05. | :53:10. | |
Pretty much from the get go Murray was the favourite to win. I have to | :53:10. | :53:16. | |
agree. I thought he would be successful before the match. | :53:16. | :53:22. | |
frog came out of my throat! It was one of those matches where you knew | :53:22. | :53:26. | |
Murray was not going to lose, but he was very convincing. The only | :53:26. | :53:31. | |
problem was he hurt his groin slightly in the third set, we are | :53:31. | :53:37. | |
hoping he is 100% healthy for Rafael Nadal. Nadal has a bad foot. | :53:37. | :53:42. | |
But for a man with a bad foot, he moved well today. We will talk | :53:42. | :53:46. | |
about the semi-finals in a moment, but we still have action going on. | :53:46. | :53:55. | |
The draws are thinning out, a lot The only other British males still | :53:55. | :53:59. | |
in singles action, Liam Broady, be the junior world number 1 for the | :53:59. | :54:04. | |
single time in as many tournaments today. The 17 year-old from | :54:05. | :54:09. | |
Stockport knocked out his opponent 6-4, 7-5, to reach the quarter- | :54:09. | :54:12. | |
finals. After becoming the first British | :54:12. | :54:17. | |
duo in 18 years to reach the quarter-finals of the Men's Doubles, | :54:17. | :54:26. | |
Colin Fleming and Hutchins were beaten. | :54:26. | :54:31. | |
Looking for their 11th Grand Slam Men's Doubles titles, the Bryan | :54:31. | :54:34. | |
brothers entered the last eight after surviving a five-set epic. | :54:34. | :54:39. | |
Resuming at 3-3 against Paul Hanley of Australia and Simon Aspelin of | :54:39. | :54:44. | |
Sweden after play was suspended yesterday, they broke a final set | :54:44. | :54:49. | |
deadlock to win by 16 games to 14. The match lasted a total of four | :54:49. | :54:55. | |
hours, 11 minutes. Fellow Americans Liezel Huber and | :54:55. | :54:58. | |
Lisa Raymond finished on the losing end of their marathon match in the | :54:58. | :55:05. | |
Women's Doubles quarter-finals. After taking the first set, they | :55:05. | :55:12. | |
lost in the third 13-11. No day of four wildcard semi-finalists Sabine | :55:12. | :55:17. | |
Lisicki. Ahead of her showdown with Sharapova tomorrow, she was busy | :55:17. | :55:21. | |
marching into the Ladies' Doubles quarter-finals with partner | :55:21. | :55:26. | |
Samantha Stosur. If Sabine Lisicki has a rival for | :55:26. | :55:31. | |
anybody who smiles as much on the tennis court, I think it would be | :55:31. | :55:34. | |
Heather Watson of Britain, but sadly she and Ross Hutchins went | :55:34. | :55:39. | |
out of their match, which you might have watched earlier on BBC Two. It | :55:39. | :55:42. | |
was not a great day all round for Ross Hutchins, having lost in the | :55:42. | :55:48. | |
men's and Mixed Doubles. Colin Fleming lost as his doubles partner, | :55:48. | :55:53. | |
Fleming lost as his doubles partner, but here he is, one set all, and he | :55:53. | :55:59. | |
might yet win with Jocelyn Rae. Laura Robson is in the crowd | :55:59. | :56:03. | |
watching that. Well done to them. Looking at what is happening | :56:03. | :56:11. | |
tomorrow, women's semi-finals day. Boris Becker, as we look at the | :56:11. | :56:14. | |
wonderful outline of Battersea wonderful outline of Battersea | :56:14. | :56:16. | |
Power Station, listed four reasons that sometimes as gay people, but | :56:16. | :56:23. | |
tonight it looks fantastic, the attitude that Sabine Lisicki has, | :56:23. | :56:27. | |
she makes a mistake and smiles, can you do that and be a champion? | :56:27. | :56:33. | |
could not, but I am sure the players can. It is good to see. She | :56:33. | :56:38. | |
is on the comeback trail. She had a is on the comeback trail. She had a | :56:38. | :56:45. | |
day off. She has a good time, why not? I look at Sharapova, she looks | :56:45. | :56:50. | |
like a woman on a mission. They had but windy day when she lost to Li | :56:50. | :56:54. | |
Na, that was the only time she could not win. From round one she | :56:54. | :56:58. | |
does not give an inch to anybody, that is why I think she is the | :56:58. | :57:02. | |
favourite. After an epic day, this favourite. After an epic day, this | :57:02. | :57:05. | |
is the semi-final line-up that we have for Friday afternoon for the | :57:05. | :57:11. | |
men's. Who will win? I pick Nadal from the | :57:11. | :57:16. | |
beginning of the Championships, my heart says Murray but my head says | :57:16. | :57:24. | |
Nadal. Tsonga/Djokovic is fascinating. From Tsonga's | :57:24. | :57:26. | |
performance today, I think there performance today, I think there | :57:26. | :57:32. | |
could be an upset. I will go with Murray. Hopefully. It is his time. | :57:32. | :57:37. | |
I have not seen him play so well. He went through to the quarter- | :57:37. | :57:43. | |
finals, Nadal, I think he is still a bit injured with the ankle. The | :57:43. | :57:47. | |
more he runs, you will feel it eventually. More importantly, I | :57:47. | :57:53. | |
feel it is Andy Murray's time. Tsonga is the man at the moment, | :57:53. | :57:59. | |
but can he do it two matches in a row? I put my money on Djokovic. | :57:59. | :58:03. | |
Could we have a repeat of the Queen's final, Tsonga against | :58:03. | :58:08. | |
Murray? It has only happened once in history, Connors and McEnroe, | :58:08. | :58:13. | |
1982, the same result at Queen's and Wimbledon. Wouldn't that be | :58:13. | :58:17. | |
fabulous? And if the final at Wimbledon on Sunday was as good a | :58:18. | :58:22. | |
final as the one at Queen's. It is an extraordinary day. You would | :58:22. | :58:25. | |
never have thought that Federer would have found himself two sets | :58:25. | :58:29. | |
up and going out in five, the first time it has ever happened to | :58:29. | :58:33. | |
arguably the greatest player in the world in his entire Grand Slam | :58:33. | :58:36. |