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0:00:06 > 0:00:13plenty to discuss. We do. It used to be the cold sponge.
0:00:13 > 0:00:23you play your best tennis in your life and then two years --2 days
0:00:23 > 0:00:31
0:00:31 > 0:00:34after you cannot compete, I am every possible option, there was not
0:00:34 > 0:00:43much choice left. That is sport, I guess, and you have to try and look
0:00:44 > 0:00:50forward. That is it, it is over.
0:00:50 > 0:00:59UMPIRE: Mr Chile Chas to retire due to injury.
0:00:59 > 0:01:09His knee is very heavily strapped. -- marriage village has to retire.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Another withdrawal here at Wimbledon, what is going on?
0:01:16 > 0:01:21JOHN INVERDALE: And you can add Roger Federer to the list of
0:01:21 > 0:01:24casualties. So many players at today, some without even hitting a
0:01:25 > 0:01:28ball. So much for Tracy to talk about and John McEnroe is making his
0:01:28 > 0:01:34way here from Centre Court. The first much we are going to focus on
0:01:34 > 0:01:40is me reassure up over, facing Michelle Ludger De Brito -- Maria
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Sharapova. She is the only player in the sport that actually shrieks lead
0:01:44 > 0:01:49and Sharapova. The main talking point as the game went on was the
0:01:49 > 0:01:55state of the court. Sharapova fell two or three times and we find the
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Portuguese girl leading 6-3 and 5-4, Portuguese girl leading 6-3 and 5-4,
0:01:57 > 0:02:07one game away from putting the number three seed and former
0:02:07 > 0:02:27
0:02:27 > 0:02:31times. She is not giving up without a
0:02:31 > 0:02:41fight. She has that kind of player, she will keep going until the very
0:02:41 > 0:03:13
0:03:13 > 0:03:18That is a great serve. Larcher de There we go, that is the forehand,
0:03:18 > 0:03:23it's slightly jammed into her body and she pulled it from the shoulder.
0:03:23 > 0:03:33From her reaction, I think it didn't feel very good.
0:03:33 > 0:03:39
0:03:39 > 0:03:46It looked like she stopped the shot I did not expect Sharapova's
0:03:46 > 0:03:56forehand to breakdown. Interesting to see how the pressure
0:03:56 > 0:04:08
0:04:08 > 0:04:12affects Larcher de Brito. Two points She is there, they both turned their
0:04:12 > 0:04:22back on the court and take a little bit of time to themselves. Larcher
0:04:22 > 0:04:37
0:04:37 > 0:04:43de Brito has a match point against What a break point, it really was,
0:04:43 > 0:04:48from the pier of them. Sharapova really had to mortar up the court to
0:04:48 > 0:04:52hit that drive volley. She was rushing into that corner where she
0:04:52 > 0:05:02had fallen over, as well. She stayed on her feet and produced a greater
0:05:02 > 0:05:02
0:05:02 > 0:06:13Apology for the loss of subtitles for 70 seconds
0:06:13 > 0:06:18She has a second chance, match point She seems to have stepped up a
0:06:18 > 0:06:28gear, suddenly, Sharapova. That is what champions do add crunch
0:06:28 > 0:06:53
0:06:53 > 0:07:00Sharapova could not have pummelled that forehand of Larcher de Brito's
0:07:00 > 0:07:05any more than she did. Michelle just stood firm.
0:07:05 > 0:07:15They are lacking the ball towards each other at quite some speech.
0:07:15 > 0:07:30
0:07:30 > 0:07:40Forehand into the net, and Maria Sharapova is facing match point once
0:07:40 > 0:08:14
0:08:14 > 0:08:17What a shot from the 20-year-old. That was perfect, because that is
0:08:17 > 0:08:27exactly where Sharapova does not want to move to, that corner of the
0:08:27 > 0:08:44
0:08:44 > 0:08:54Whoa! I am not sure she hit that perfectly. There was so much spin on
0:08:54 > 0:09:30
0:09:30 > 0:09:36The decibel level seems to have gone up a little bit as this game gets to
0:09:36 > 0:09:46a crucial point. I was just going to say, that is an understatement! I
0:09:46 > 0:10:15
0:10:15 > 0:10:25have never heard a match so loud as tennis we are seeing from Larcher de
0:10:25 > 0:10:44
0:10:44 > 0:10:54This second set has almost taken one Larcher De Brito. After 59 minutes
0:10:54 > 0:11:09
0:11:09 > 0:11:16in the second set, can she converted Brito covers her face as she walks
0:11:16 > 0:11:23up to the net. She has knocked out the 2004 Wimbledon champion, the
0:11:23 > 0:11:29third seed here, Maria Sharapova, and the world 131 can hardly believe
0:11:29 > 0:11:33it. I just tried to stay calm, I was playing so well and I thought if I
0:11:33 > 0:11:39could keep it up I would hang in there. The last couple of points I
0:11:39 > 0:11:44was just thinking, last game, I give it my all and went for it.
0:11:44 > 0:11:53When Maria went off for treatment I thought, is she going to come back?
0:11:53 > 0:11:57What were you thinking out on court? She felt pretty hard and I know that
0:11:57 > 0:12:01these grass courts can be quite slippery and dangerous, but I just
0:12:01 > 0:12:07tried to stay focused because she is a fighter, she would not just give
0:12:07 > 0:12:14up for anything. I thought she would come back and I tried to stay
0:12:14 > 0:12:16focused and keep warm. I don't think I have ever fallen
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I don't think I have ever fallen three times before in a match in my
0:12:19 > 0:12:25career, so that was a little strange. But that is certainly not
0:12:25 > 0:12:29an excuse. Today I have seen a lot of players fall and take a few hits
0:12:29 > 0:12:36and injuries, I think that is just part of the game and part of what we
0:12:36 > 0:12:39have to deal with. Maria, the lip readers who looked at
0:12:40 > 0:12:47the TV pictures site -- think that you said this court is dangerous.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Was that what you said? After I buckled my knee three times it is
0:12:50 > 0:12:54obviously my first reaction! And because I have never fallen that
0:12:54 > 0:13:01many times in a match before. But those were the conditions that were
0:13:01 > 0:13:05for my opponent, as well, and I just took more falls than she did today.
0:13:05 > 0:13:12Tempt -- JOHN INVERDALE: In the match that preceded that, Caroline
0:13:12 > 0:13:19was the IT played and this match was notable for her going down
0:13:19 > 0:13:23repeatedly, as well. -- Caroline Wozniacki. She went out
0:13:23 > 0:13:27in straight sets, as well. Inevitably in her press conference
0:13:28 > 0:13:31she was asked about the state of the court.
0:13:31 > 0:13:38I think we are all fighters and we want to give it our all when we are
0:13:38 > 0:13:44out there. I don't know if it is coincidence or if the court is more
0:13:44 > 0:13:47slippery, or what it is, I don't know. I just know it is not really
0:13:48 > 0:13:54fun to be out there when you feel like you can really push off on your
0:13:54 > 0:13:59foot. Do you feel the court is different than previous years? I
0:13:59 > 0:14:03find them different. I find them a little slower, first of all. I don't
0:14:03 > 0:14:09know if the grass is longer of what it is. They are more similar to the
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Olympics than they were to Wimbledon last year.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13last year. JOHN INVERDALE: Partly due to the
0:14:13 > 0:14:18state of the courts and partly due to the pressures of the game, these
0:14:18 > 0:14:22are the players who ended up withdrawing from London today.
0:14:22 > 0:14:30Victoria Azarenka, the injury she sustained on Monday, Steve Darcis,
0:14:30 > 0:14:35the man who beat Rafael Nadal, pulled out saying it was the hardest
0:14:35 > 0:14:38decision of his life. John Isner pulled out of his match, the second
0:14:38 > 0:14:41game, Radek Stepanek pulled out with a hamstring, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga with
0:14:41 > 0:14:44a knee injury. It was an a knee injury. It was an
0:14:44 > 0:14:54extraordinary litany of drama and personal tragedy. What do you make
0:14:54 > 0:14:54
0:14:54 > 0:14:59of this, John two -- John? The craziest day I have been
0:14:59 > 0:15:07associated with in 36 years. How could this happen two the courts
0:15:07 > 0:15:11have always been a bit slippery in the beginning. I know the Olympics
0:15:11 > 0:15:15was played, possibly there was something were it kept going for
0:15:15 > 0:15:19five or six weeks, but come on, you have to move differently. If you are
0:15:19 > 0:15:25six or seven feet behind the court it is going to be a little greener.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Has there ever been anything close? Not all of the injuries have been
0:15:30 > 0:15:35from the grass. Absolutely, the club has issued a statement because
0:15:35 > 0:15:45has issued a statement because has issued a statement because
0:15:45 > 0:15:54
0:15:54 > 0:16:00people are meeting a lot about this. do you think? -- the footwear.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03I think everything affects it. We have two digests this. We saw John
0:16:03 > 0:16:10Isner come down on his knee, he has done that a million times and it has
0:16:10 > 0:16:17never been a problem. Suddenly, there is this pain. You cannot blame
0:16:17 > 0:16:22the court for that, can you two -- can you?
0:16:22 > 0:16:28He said he has done that exact movement 20 million times and it was
0:16:28 > 0:16:34different. Victoria Azarenka did the splits.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37I can understand Steve Darcis being tired after Rafael Nadal. He said he
0:16:37 > 0:16:42tired after Rafael Nadal. He said he did not get his arm up at all.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47Very quickly on this point, we could beyond until midnight there is so
0:16:47 > 0:16:52much to talk about, Sharapova going out, what do you make of that? Just
0:16:52 > 0:17:00crazy. Larcher de Brito three or four years ago we thought was the
0:17:00 > 0:17:05next band, but she has not broken in. She is 131 in the world. -- the
0:17:05 > 0:17:08next up and come. One thing I see is Lleyton Hewitt played on that court
0:17:08 > 0:17:17first and he said that is what you expect the first few days on grass
0:17:18 > 0:17:24but it is a little more slippery. Much of the year for Larcher de
0:17:24 > 0:17:30Brito? -- match of the year. She beat Sharapova. You knew what was
0:17:30 > 0:17:40coming next, didn't you? The great thing about tennis is that there are
0:17:40 > 0:17:47
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Super, super league, super, super league... Super Lleyton Hewitt.
0:17:50 > 0:17:56Obviously we are the fanatics, as you can see from the shirts. Today
0:17:56 > 0:18:00we are here to see Lleyton Hewitt. Lleyton Hewitt never gives in, he
0:18:00 > 0:18:03will give 100%, that is why we are will give 100%, that is why we are
0:18:03 > 0:18:06behind him. You know, hopefully, we think we
0:18:06 > 0:18:16have got him across the line a couple of times and hopefully he can
0:18:16 > 0:18:18
0:18:18 > 0:18:23keep going. Court 2 was the stage for 2002
0:18:23 > 0:18:28Wimbledon winner late into it to surprise his fanatics. His opponent,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31a Wimbledon qualifier, Dustin Brown, ranked what -- more than 100
0:18:31 > 0:18:38players below him, a player that used to travel to tournament is in a
0:18:38 > 0:18:42camper van. Six foot five Brown got out of the
0:18:42 > 0:18:50blocks quickly using his unorthodox style. The flamboyant Jamaican
0:18:50 > 0:18:53American sealed the first set 6-4 and enjoyed every minute. The second
0:18:53 > 0:19:03set was just as entertaining and after a break of serve each, leading
0:19:03 > 0:19:41
0:19:41 > 0:19:45COMMENTATOR: he is really shellshocked. He has been battered
0:19:45 > 0:19:55about here, he is really struggling. I have not seen him serve this bad
0:19:55 > 0:19:59
0:19:59 > 0:20:04for a long time. It is so reminiscent of Karlovic in
0:20:04 > 0:20:142003. Because of that, it is just out of his control. Three set
0:20:14 > 0:20:33
0:20:33 > 0:20:43points. For Dustin Brown to take a He has got him! Dustin Brown is on
0:20:43 > 0:20:46
0:20:46 > 0:20:50With Brown showing no signs of slowing down in the third set,
0:20:50 > 0:20:55Hewitt showed true Aussie grit and determination and, spurred on by the
0:20:55 > 0:21:05fanatics, he stayed on in terms to force a tie-break, which we join at
0:21:05 > 0:21:05
0:21:05 > 0:21:59Apology for the loss of subtitles for 70 seconds
0:21:59 > 0:22:09watch. And you just engage with him, too,
0:22:09 > 0:22:36
0:22:36 > 0:22:45don't you? Look at this, at his Lleyton Hewitt, the game has ever
0:22:45 > 0:22:55seen. Two sets down, 3-1 down in the break-up, he has just won the last
0:22:55 > 0:23:24
0:23:24 > 0:23:30five points. He now has three set say Lleyton Hewitt is pumped. He has
0:23:30 > 0:23:40stolen the third set, still smiles for Dustin Brown. 2-1 now. It is
0:23:40 > 0:23:41
0:23:41 > 0:23:45But any hope that Hewitt had that his energetic opponent would fade or
0:23:45 > 0:23:51crumble was short lived. Brown continued to play the match of his
0:23:51 > 0:24:01life and this time Hewitt had no answer. With a double break in hand
0:24:01 > 0:24:14
0:24:14 > 0:24:19it was up to Brown to keep his cool Dustin Brown can afford to upgrade
0:24:19 > 0:24:27his camper van. It is the winner of his life, he has beaten Lleyton
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Hewitt, former Wimbledon and US Open champion, former world number one,
0:24:31 > 0:24:35and boy does he deserve this success for all the journeys he has been on.
0:24:35 > 0:24:41You feel for a Lleyton Hewitt, this great competitor, but he was
0:24:41 > 0:24:43outgunned today. It is going to take a while to sit
0:24:43 > 0:24:47-- sink in. I am not normally the -- sink in. I am not normally the
0:24:47 > 0:24:52type of guy to cry, I don't know what happened. I am playing Lleyton
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Hewitt, a guy that you are watching when you are growing up on TV. I did
0:24:56 > 0:24:59not feel quite like I had my rhythm out there Michael today, I was
0:24:59 > 0:25:02pushing on myself, as well. If I could have heard my service games
0:25:02 > 0:25:08easier and put more pressure on him it could have been a different
0:25:08 > 0:25:11story. A little sad, disappointed, we were
0:25:11 > 0:25:17hoping to come back on Friday and keep the dream going for leading
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Hewitt but we are heading home. This is what makes this tournament
0:25:21 > 0:25:27so special. We have put everything on the line
0:25:27 > 0:25:33for him, but he has done well. We still have Bernard Tomic. And
0:25:33 > 0:25:38Samantha Stosur. Great pictures from that match, and
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Dustin Brown of course could have played for big -- Great Britain a
0:25:42 > 0:25:47couple of years ago, he had that option.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52How does that happen? He is Jamaican... He is Jamaican, German,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55and final answer is he could have been British. He decided to
0:25:55 > 0:26:00represent Germany. Someone who does represent Great Britain is Andy
0:26:00 > 0:26:05Murray. What did you make of his performance today?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Can I get two seconds on Brown because he is one of the all-time
0:26:08 > 0:26:13great personalities so I hope he keeps doing well? Andy Murray was
0:26:13 > 0:26:19solid as a rock. His movement, first class, I like the way he is playing
0:26:19 > 0:26:24a lot. The way the draw is carving up come it is like Andy Murray has
0:26:24 > 0:26:29put something in the tea of all the people in the draw. This was
0:26:29 > 0:26:35supposed to be the tough half of the draw with Roger and Rafael Nadal,
0:26:35 > 0:26:39that has now gone. Andy is looking very strong. This was the perfect
0:26:39 > 0:26:44opponent, Lu played well, but he does not have the firepower, really.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47This was a good match for him, excellent. In the spirit of
0:26:47 > 0:26:57friendship across the Channel, I think we can safely say, actually,
0:26:57 > 0:27:03that Wimbledon today was more like Jo-Wilfried Tsonga make be injured
0:27:03 > 0:27:10and out, but France had many are hopeful to fill the void. Nicolas
0:27:10 > 0:27:17Mahut, for starters. He lost a match to John Isner three years ago, but
0:27:17 > 0:27:21he can certainly graced the grass. Today he was playing Tommy Robredo,
0:27:21 > 0:27:28who was who love Grassi graces himself. He won by a surprising
0:27:28 > 0:27:32three. He will play Andy Murray next. A Spaniard also stood in his
0:27:32 > 0:27:34way, Fernando Verdasco. Three sets way, Fernando Verdasco. Three sets
0:27:34 > 0:27:38later, another Frenchman was way, Fernando Verdasco. Three sets
0:27:38 > 0:27:43later, another Frenchman French contender number three, Guillaume
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Rufin, and another Spaniard in opposition, Nicolas Almagro.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52Guillaume Rufin won the second set to level the match but that was as
0:27:52 > 0:27:55good as it got. Nicolas Almagro is through. Maybe we should have done a
0:27:55 > 0:28:03Spanish themed round-up. But France had amassed a planned - play a
0:28:03 > 0:28:07fellow national and we will get one through. Frenchman was certain to
0:28:07 > 0:28:17make the third round in this all French affair. This will thwart the
0:28:17 > 0:28:24
0:28:24 > 0:28:34Frenchman found other ways through to round three. One team from what
0:28:34 > 0:28:35
0:28:35 > 0:28:41the French call the wok over. Marin Cilic's with the role because of
0:28:41 > 0:28:47injury came before a ball was even hit. John Isner retired at just 1-1
0:28:47 > 0:28:53because of the American's knee trouble. France was now on role.
0:28:54 > 0:29:03Actually, make that a baguette. This French women moved on with a
0:29:04 > 0:29:09
0:29:09 > 0:29:17straight sets win over a year issue least for another French player,
0:29:17 > 0:29:22Marion Bartoli, who has a long history here. She saw off Christina
0:29:22 > 0:29:32McHale today. Somebody else to draw your attention to, a
0:29:32 > 0:29:37French-Canadian, is Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, from Montreal, and she
0:29:37 > 0:29:45won the junior singles last year. She was playing Ana Ivanovic, former
0:29:45 > 0:29:50world number one, today. Make no mistake, she is somebody who has a
0:29:50 > 0:29:54big future. The way that that draw is cutting up who knows what will
0:29:54 > 0:29:59happen? Someone else who will fancy their chances is Sloane Stephens,
0:29:59 > 0:30:07who as far as I am aware has nothing to do with France. She is America's
0:30:07 > 0:30:12hope. Who is to say what is going to happen in this most extraordinary
0:30:12 > 0:30:17Wimbledon? We are only three days into it. Tracy Austin, how do you
0:30:17 > 0:30:24assess the women's draw at the moment?
0:30:24 > 0:30:33Just crazy, the bottom half of the draw has been decimated. You still
0:30:33 > 0:30:38have Petra Kvitova and Eugenie Bouchard.
0:30:38 > 0:30:44Is it possible to go from the juniors one year two finals next
0:30:45 > 0:30:50year? The bottom of the is looking very bare. I don't think so, even in
0:30:50 > 0:30:56the women's. I could be wrong, but I like Sloane Stephens's chances and
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Petra Kvitova, even though she struggled. She is the number eight
0:30:59 > 0:31:06seed and the highest ranked player in the bottom half of the draw, and
0:31:06 > 0:31:12it is Wednesday. It is crazy, I like what I see, Sloane Stephens is only
0:31:12 > 0:31:1919, Eugenie Bouchard is only 19. ought to mention Roger Federer.
0:31:20 > 0:31:28the most bizarre of all days, the bizarre rest of the bizarre.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32-- the most bizarre. We have seen Sergiy Stakhovsky and Dustin Brown
0:31:32 > 0:31:36serve their way to domination. Could you have believed that these
0:31:36 > 0:31:44two guys would take it to two of the all-time greats, maybe the all-time
0:31:44 > 0:31:54great with Federer and Hewitt? They did it with these drop volleys,
0:31:54 > 0:31:56
0:31:56 > 0:32:02continually, Stakhovsky was amazing, and so was Brown. These serve volley
0:32:02 > 0:32:08game as a future. I do serve and volley. Stephen
0:32:08 > 0:32:15Garces, we have to hope that Stakhovsky can kick on a bit from
0:32:15 > 0:32:19this and he is not a one-hit wonder. I hope so, when you pull off a mash
0:32:19 > 0:32:23like that you hate to be allowed like some of these guys did in the
0:32:23 > 0:32:29next round. -- when you pull off a match like that. Who is his next
0:32:29 > 0:32:37opponent? It doesn't matter. I don't think Stakhovsky Kearsley is playing
0:32:37 > 0:32:41at the moment. -- I don't think he cares. Ten seconds, Roger Federer.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Roger Federer will be having a tough time in the next couple of years
0:32:45 > 0:32:48deciding what he wants to do because it will not get any easier and he is
0:32:48 > 0:32:51not used to losing. As far as the players still left in
0:32:51 > 0:32:55the draw, these people are playing tomorrow, they will all be thinking
0:32:55 > 0:33:03I don't want to be shot down as the next big tree to follow, but also,
0:33:03 > 0:33:08the chances are they are, whether you are John Martin to, or Djokovic.
0:33:08 > 0:33:13-- Juan Martin Del Potro. If you are coming tomorrow, this is what you
0:33:13 > 0:33:18will see. Serena Williams - she cannot lose. Richard Gasquet, he
0:33:18 > 0:33:25surely can't. David Ferrer, who is to say? On Court 2, from a British
0:33:25 > 0:33:29perspective, we have Laura Robson playing her fourth match against her
0:33:29 > 0:33:34opponent from Colombia. What a day, we need some music to close it