Day 10 Today at Wimbledon

Nice to see you, to see Europe... Nice! And did not pay a penny for

that! Didn't make do well? This is where

the four favourites for the ladies' Even there it was Ladies' semi-

final day today, the talk was all about tomorrow, Andy Murray and can

he make it through to the final. We will discuss that later with Tracy

and Lindsay, who were this passionate and canned of fur

opinions removed from -- this passionate and can offer objective

thought. Lots of Murray chat later. Let's focus arm the semi-finals.

The first one was certainly not They are the two big noise is left

in the women's draw. Best of all levels rise when the Serena

Williams collides with Victoria Azarenka. -- decibel levels rise.

Williams has 17 wins from 20 Grand Slam finals. Azarenka is the world

No. 2, who won 26 matches to start their year. The Australian Open

champion has not dropped a set so far. The most telling factor of all,

they have met eight times. Serena has won seven. Only twice a century

has there not been a Williams sister in their women's final here.

Here are some Reno was on the march to the final. Azarenka had the

added incentive of knowing if she could win today, not only would she

reached her first final here but would also regain the world No. 1

It looks like the sun has become a problem on this side. She must that

Victoria Azarenka is only 22. Incredible that she is appearing

here for the 7th time. She first came here when she was 15. She will

That said as got to come a round somehow. These two are all about

getting the point and not Sarin ensuring what she wanted to

do, move forward and not back away from that shots -- Samreen there is

That was a wry to move from Victoria. Take a bit of pressure of

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Russia's ground stroke of all stock -- ferocious ground strokes. It

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looks like she has elevated her Own's Rubik told a bit. -- a

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Hope she didn't hurt herself. She It is told seven with new balls

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when they are moving through the There is a comfort level for Serena

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Williams. This is a problem for Serena Williams is in the normal

form. That was the first set. Azarenka or was on the roads here.

She had to find strength from some hidden resources. Here we are in

the second set. Azarenka is serving Are I think she is trying to go

beget on that second serve. -- Azarenka made its Arena pay. --

She is feeling the pressure. would be interesting to take the

time from the moment it leaves her air rackets to when it is back on

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A little too cute there. This is a You cannot run the game was

slipping away from Azarenka their. -- you kind of a fell to the game

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That has to go down as an unforced A good return from Azarenka, moved

into that return. Did not let it And the same, nice and La, rushed

Williams. She was a little tense in the first couple of games and the

closer she gets to what she has been dreaming about the last couple

of years she seems to tighten up here. It allows Serena a chance off

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The last Grand Slams Serena won was There's a rarity. First break point

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First break point on the match for It is a bright his moment of her

This really is the crucial moment It looked like it was going to go

wide. Azarenka should and does Upon such margins a Wimbledon final

Another goods serve, keeping Williams on her heels. I would be

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tempted to go for that forehand now, pub with a lead to a UK and only

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shake your head. -- you can only It was my another match point, but

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this time, it is her who will be Serena is still hunting Wimbledon

All power and then the greys of victory. I had been working so hard

at everyone to it. I was that much foie due? Victoria is a great

player and she is playing really I am glad I was able to get there.

I was getting excited about being so close and so close. I was just

happy to get through the second set. One more match to go. Agnieszka

Radwanska, who beat here four years ago. She is doing unbelievable.

has been playing so great. I am so happy I have got this far.

She had been amazing how she has been able to improve. It is great

to see her tested. I loved her she admitted how nervous she was

getting. That is what we saw in Paris. We are sportsmen in Oz

sectors -- all sectors saying the word for the hard, but she must

have done. Absolutely. She was so uptight. I do not know where she

was so tight the first week here. Whatever the reason, she was not

moving well. I think she was feeling sluggish because she was so

tight. She upped the ante against the vetiver -- against Kvitova.

Today was phenomenal. About seven to the centre of her first serves

were in. She really played well when she needed to it. She is a

very impose in Figure. She imposes herself on her opponent. Look at

this statistic. This is where she That sent a message that you were

going to be aggressive from the start. It is putting pressure on

them. It gets you nervous when you are serving. She will be even

further into return Radwanska's said. You have to have greater co-

ordination to Stan that close. the nature of physics, you have

less time to see it. There are had less time as well -- they have less

time as well. She is such an imposing figure. I think there's

two doubles have helped her return. All these returns seem soft cop per

to what she has grown up to. Serena almost as good today as she

has been ever? She played a phenomenal match. She is back up to

where she was in the spring. How do you do that in the middle of a

Grand Slam? I do not know. That is why she has won so many Grand Slams.

For the four country is represented tomorrow, it is a very special day.

A four nations are poised for some serious hero where she ate. -- hero

worship. Djokovic is the biggest. He is so huge in say beer. You

cannot compare him with anyone else. If he wins tomorrow, he will be

front page and the last page, and almost every page! He is the great

sportsman. For a small country like Switzerland, it is an honour to

have such a big star. He is the biggest hero we have. If Andy

Murray were to join Djokovic of Federer in the final, it would be a

monumental. They would be news coverage in the main section of the

paper. In fig gets to the final -- if he gets to the final, they might

not be enough trees in the Highlands! If he can do it, it will

be one for everyone in the UK to celebrate. 76 years since Fred

Perry. It is one of these little chances we have got, something

He has more or less an easy draw and Murray has a very tough draw.

People now it is the real moment. The real first Test. And to have a

French Wimbledon champion, what would that do? It would be huge.

Something extraordinary, for sure. Just to hear people talking about

tomorrow, you feel each goose bumps. It is not just because it is colder.

If we start with Murray and Tsonga. Murray is very strong favourite.

The bookmakers have a very long odds on him. I do not necessarily

agree. Tsonga is a great grass court player. He has developed into

one. He is comfortable on grass. I would not put Merrien -- Murray as

a huge favourite. It is going to be a tough test for him. He cannot let

the Tsonga control the points. Murray has got to be aggressive.

would give Murray the edge. Five in one, or Marray's 5 and Tsonga's one

win. He said in the press that he does not enjoy playing Andy Murray

because he has such a strong return. Will the crowd get involved and

will that Barbara Tsonga. He says not. How much is the starts key

tomorrow? His Murray got off to a sluggish start, as it sometimes can

do, if he gets off to a good start, do you feel the momentum will go

with him but if he gets off to a bad start, oh no? Against a Ferrer

he was Darren that one point. He's going to have to continue to hit

tomorrow. Tsonga is going to pressure him. He has that all-court

game. He played twice on grass. -- they have played tries on grass,

Murray has won one of those. Federer against Djokovic, we look

forward to that so much. On Monday we were writing Federer off, it

seemed. He was struggling with his injury. You have to be 100 % to

play Djokovic. And then he goes and plays one of his best quarterfinals

against Youzhny and puts all the doubts to rest. I have always felt

Roger has a few more Grand Slams in him. One of these days he is going

to come through in one of these really close semifinal matches.

Sooner or later it is his time but he's playing against Djokovic, for

whom it is so hard to lose in the Grand Slams. So it is? I will go

with Federer. I am not going out on a limb. Djokovic. He has beaten him

the last three times. In the last year-and-a-half he's just a

different player. His serve is much better. The fact he is winning

these Grand Slams now. Two years in a row, he was down match points

against Federer. That is why he's going to ruin one of these. 1:00pm

tomorrow it. Today, at first match on Centre Court was the first of

the ladies' semifinals against two players. It was almost like there

were two Polish players, although it was Poland against Germany. By

Isaac Kerber's parents are Polish and she is a fluent Polish speak of.

You suspected the players were going to get involved in long

baseline rallies and it would come down to tiny margins as to who

would come out on top. Here is Radwanska 4-3 to the good and

COMMENTATOR: Kerber having her look across and up to the box. It did

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not look like it would land in but Oh, yes! Pat and angles. I and this

is the best shot so far of the match and she has got to take some

risks, Kerber. It might mean more unforced errors but she has the

ability to step in and hit winners The longer some of these baseline

rallies go, the more that plays into Radwanska's favour. She will

start to move the ball around the It is those kind of mistakes that

Radwanska is hoping for, planned And now she will serve out for this

Just enough angle. It is just not happening for Kerber at the moment.

She is moving in and trying to do This is a perfect example of a

And that is a typical Kerber reply. And she has got to keep getting

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More typical Radwanska. Heck knees touch the ground when she hit that

Amazing strength and balance, to be Her confidence is growing again

their game. -- game by game. Set the first set thereby 6-3. Here we

are. It is nip and tuck at this point. It his duty to in the second.

Radwanska has not missed many Looked like she doubted herself as

she was moving forward. She changed her mind. A advance go with of the

short, low slice, not a lot of pace But she is shortening the rallies.

That was obviously main -- 1 The longer the rally goes, the more

advantage to rap fans go. -- to a A chance for the first break in

this second set. When Radwanska is on the move she likes those slices

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Disappointing after a promising This is a bad patch for Kerber.

has been too hot and cold in this Only 95 miles that our but it hit

Radwanska with her arms outstretched, as if to say, do not

That time she got there. She is running out of time. She really has

It is a heartbreaker. Again, perfect reading of the point from

This point shows exactly why Radwanska is number three in the

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Unbelievable! So many times in that round it looked as if it was over.

Could that be the turning point for Suddenly how there is looking very

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good. -- Kerber is looking very Radwanska and doing her best to nip

this optimism in the bug. She is so resilient. Sir mentally tough as

well. It is very hard to get a week on Radwanska or because she is so

There did seem to be a possibility that the match might change their

for Kerber but Radwanska stepped it STUDIO: It was not meant to be for

the German. Here we are at match And the ball just drifts rather

tamely out. A due celebration. She must have felt fantastic. She says

she was not feeling very well, as You seem to have no problem playing

a friend? We were very good friends but on court you try your best and

we were both fighting for the final. We saw in the box there your mother

is there and people who have supported you through to this point.

It must mean a great deal. Yes, my coaches here and my family and

friends, so we have a great team. One match to go so I will try my

best. It is your first Grand Slam final. Can you printed in two words

for me what it means to you and your country? This is what I was

dreaming of as a kid. I have been playing tennis almost 18 years and

it is everyone's dream to play in the final of a Grand Slam.

You started off well, didn't you? Yes, but then she came back in the

match and she moved very well today so I actually tried to play

aggressively. But she was better. This was your first Wimbledon

semifinal. Talk us through your campaign. How proud are you to have

got to this Louie? I am very proud to be here and for my first time it

was a great two weeks. I enjoyed my stay here. I am looking forward to

coming back in two weeks' again here to play in the Olympics. It is

an amazing feeling to play on Centre Court with the very great

crowd here. I am very proud to reach the semis.

I'm a mentioned that Radwanska it was not feeling very well. This was

her press conference immediately Eventually, after a few sips of

water, she decided that enough was enough and she left the press

conference and did not any immediate interviews for anybody

afterwards, and said that she simply had not been feeling very

well during in the game, obviously was not very well afterwards and as

if it was not tough enough against Serena already, that makes it

doubly tough! She has to be 100 % physically and that is a bit

alarming. You could hear in her into the right after the match that

she did not sound great. Two things, one is that game I was really in

drink, the second set was riveting. It was not the bludgeoning that we

You felt that Kerber was getting back into the game at the end of

the second set. I wanted more. I wanted again to be best-of-five

because I wanted to know if Radwanska was going to win or not.

It was one of the first times watching the women's singles

semifinal, that at this stage it should be the best of five.

will not see the women playing doubles as much. Some of the top

women do play doubles. You have a good point in the fact that

Azarenka was getting better it was Bring it up to the WTA. It does the

same thing when the stand close. You are robbing your opponent of

time. We have used boxing analogy Isaac. In terms of the way the ball

is hit, Saturday with a heavy weight against a middleweight. And

by and large a heavyweight will win. What can Radwanska do to try to

disrupt... Is it about disrupting Sabina's rhythm or what? That is

her best plan. Normally you would like to have a player who can take

time away from Serena. Rap fans get cannot do that. She will have to

change the pace so Serena does not get a rhythm. She can do that a lot

by her serves. Radwanska also has to focus on her depth. She cannot

leave balls short. Serena loves to attack. She has to play good

defence as well. But returning that serve, we showed that graphic

earlier on about where its Arena stands on her service but we did

not talk about the aces that keep coming down time after time. What

does Radwanska do about that? will be difficult because you had

Victoria today, and she struggled. Read Franco does not returning

anywhere -- and Rajeev Ram skirts does not return anywhere as well as

she does. It will be an uphill battle because of the power from

Serena. The way she is playing, she is getting better. She has won four

times here. It is tough. She will have to move quickly. Kerber

mentioned in her interview the is that the Shot that you can see?

Europe's tallest building. So you have got Djokovic against Federer

tomorrow and Murray against Tsonga. It is so mouth-watering. I'm as