Day 4 Today at Wimbledon

time for something more serene. The two world number one is hoping for

an uneventful passage through the There is a fifth dimension, beyond

that which is known to man. It is as fast as space, and it is as timeless

as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between

science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears

and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimensional of

imagination, it is an area which we Oh, dear. After talking to a doctor,

there was not much choice. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is struggling.

Another withdrawal. What is going on? That is it, it is over. He has

to retire. When you play your best tennis, you big Rafa Nadal and then

you cannot compete, I am really sad. One of the craziest days in

Wimbledon history could get even crazier. What an end to the day at

Wimbledon, the defending champion is out! Never in my wildest dreams did

Christ of wrath would have beaten Roger Federer, but the odds would

have had to have been longer if today had rivalled yesterday in

terms of drama. We hope that today would be slightly more normal. Stay

around and see if that is how things turned out. And for the moment when

John McEnroe met his match, a 4-legged match. If there was going

to be trauma today, it would should like it -- it would surely involve

Serena Williams, seemingly unbeatable on the women's circuit.

Her opponent today was the hugely promising French player Caroline

Garcia. Many people have touted her as a future world number one,

amongst them, Andy Murray. But went on, through the first set, it

seemed as though she was going to be the person who was going to dominate

this game. The French player had little to offer by way of

opposition. But without error, Serena went to the chair once set

up. It was at that point early in the second set when Caroline Garcia

We have had a fair amount of ballet in this match so far. Ballet

punctuating what has been a power game. From both players. An

that in years to come she will be ranked much higher than the one

Hundredth Place that she occupies at the moment. There is a possibility

should get -- she could get into at least the top five. She has huge

weapons, a massive serve. As well as moves well. I like her composure, C

up against that woman, the world number one and defending champion.

Amongst the pack who have been as good as we have ever seen in this

timing of the release of the ball toss, at least half a dozen times

she has had to reset. At the beginning, she was getting used to

the sun, but now she is struggling with the ball past. That could be a

brutal best. Attacking on the return, getting a short reply, and

then in she comes. It is so difficult to get in the offensive

position against her with the huge take your hat in the direction of

that lady, how well she is playing. This is really nice to see, this

phenomenal finesse. The drop shot moves away from Williams just enough

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Garcia, she plucked the outside tip of the hat. That would have been

a major blow at the start of the second set to have lost her serve so

early. But she dug deep, much to the delight of her father and her

mother. That is impressive, it was used to the Williams power. Just a

very quick flick of the wrist. you can hear, she is winning fans on

to heat up when she had he great return for the first point, the next

two serves, she said, watch this. you had better know where you are

running too. She has the extra gear Caroline Garcia realised there was a

gulf in class on the court. A key break of serve, and then 45-2, and

then here we are, matchpoint, Serena Williams. Serena safely through. In

the aftermath, she found herself bombarded with questions about an

Andy Murray comment that he wanted been asked about this? I just found

out! Is it serious? ! It was a semiserious suggestion, Las Vegas,

against Andy Murray. It would be interesting. Seriously? I said I

think I could get a game at best, he is too fast, too good. His serve is

ridiculous. I would not be able to hit a winner. But you would get a

weekend in Vegas! That sounds fun! You think it would be pretty tough?

Me playing Andy Murray? ! He is one of the best players on the men's

tour! Maybe that is why he is suggesting it! You are trying to get

an easy match, and the! The school will be? My biggest

concern is that people will think that Andy Murray has a sense of

humour! I would not want to go there! I thought she took it in good

spirit. After the match, it was sprung on her, it seemed as though

she had a good sense of humour. years after Billie Jean King, Andy

Murray against Serena Williams, I cannot see it happening! Let's talk

about Caroline Garcia, Nick Bollettieri everything is that she

could be the next big thing. Do you think that? She has the talent to

become a player at the top of women's tennis, but we said that

when we saw her breakthrough at the French Open, she had a big lead on

Maria Sharapova, and she has stalled, she has not made a big

jump. She has played well, but she does not win matches on the lower

level tournaments, and you have to conquer that first. You have to get

your ranking up, get inside the top 100. While she has the talent, she

needs to put it together pretty soon. What is there to say about

Serena, other than the steam roller keeps rolling? It is incredible, at

31, to see her looking so fit and eager, it is pretty frightening for

the other players. She is playing racking up titles. Last night, she

must have had a smile on her face, the Tory as a rank and Maria

Sharapova going out! Seriously, who is then now? That with Serena going

to lose sleep over? I don't think she loses sleep any more. As a

rancour and Maria Sharapova were the ones who could challenge her the

most - - Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova were the ones who could

challenge at the most. We will see. programme, Kimiko Date-Krumm. She

will be prime time for some time to come. K Nicky Shorey was also on the

same court - - Kynoch is Shorey. Kei Nishikori - -. He beat Leonardo

Maher in straight sets. Never before have two Japanese men reached the

third round. Richard Gasquet was the robot in front of Go Soeda. Japanese

history will have to be reworked written another day. - - Japanese

history will have to be rewritten another day. We will now move on to

Agnieszka Radwanska. A lot of people overlooked her today as a potential

winner. She got to the final last year. Her opponent was Mathilde

Johansson. She was something of a pushover in the first set. It was

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It is nice to see her start to play start happening, there is an error

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or double fault. She does not keep has definitely changed her

philosophy. It is a good change of Radwanska racket. Chance for a

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she must keep it going. Yes, she to put that first shot away. The

challenge? She is going to challenge. She had a look round to

check she has three challenges remaining. It is raining a little

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starting to rain now. We may not be luckily we have got Hawk-Eye here.

bit. It was enough to drive everyone indoors, then the hydraulics came

out and the roof came on. Later, the covers came off. Play carried on.

Radwanska did what she had to to should involve ourselves with?

moves very well. I like watching her shot. That is holding her back from

winning that grand slam title. What is interesting is how much pressure

she says she feels here. She could almost have been world number one if

she had won here last year. Yes. Sometimes, you get to your first

file and it is a stepping stone. It has not happened for her. A very

average year. Has she got the ammunition? Has she got what it

requires to beat Serena? I don't think anyone has got that right now.

Maria Sharapova perhaps. Her record against Serena has been pretty

average. For me, it is Serena's to lose. She's looking so good. She is

so motivated she's playing great tennis. She looks so fit. I would be

very surprised if she does not lift the trophy. John McEnroe could not

be with those. We asked him what he thought about the prospects for Andy

Andy Murray is looking sharp, it was a crazy day yesterday. Tommy Rock

radio is his next opponent, very solid, playing the best tennis of

his last five years, but Andy Murray has too much firepower, he is

playing with confidence. Excuse me! John McEnroe! What are you talking

about? Who is this?Have you seen Sue Barker? Sue Barker?Susan

Barker, yes. Where is she? What is going on? I am not pointing due, I

am into pop music. I want to know about Sue Barker! You cannot be

being accurate! That is the wrong quote! What is it, then? Do you play

cricket? You cannot be serious!He has got a point, I can't be serious,

he is right, everyone! I like your suit, is it from Tesco? It is a bit

better than that, this is my favourite suit. It is very nice. He

is not wearing any pants! Back to you, John.

If you do not have young children, that is Hacker, the star of

children's television, he is wonderful. You have been got by him.

Yes, a couple of years ago. When is he on? Is he on everyday? He is on a

lot, just watch it! Morning, noon and night! He is well worth spending

time with, because he is GDS! There is no human involvement! What else

has been happening today? We have had action for six hours, until the

rain came down. It's thoughts men can be

superstitious, and Tomas Berdych might see his victory today over

Daniel Brands as an omen. The last time he beat him at Wimbledon, in

2010, he got through to the final. He is looking good and he is yet to

drop a set. A portent of doom for the number 17 seed. This one was

Juan Martin Del Potro. Two straight set wins so far, the latest against

Jesse Levine on Centre Court. That would suggest fortune might favour

him at the place at which he won an Olympic Rob 's medal last year.

Eight is the luckiest number in China, that is the number of games

lost by Li Na today. A lopsided affair, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0. Samantha

Stosur had reached the third round only once in her previous ten

visits, so it was a four leaf clover of a day-to-day. She trounced her

Russian opponent to equal her best on the Wimbledon grass. Roberta

Vinci's lucky charm is a stuffed orange dinosaur given to her by her

brother. It is doing the trick. She ousted her Slovakian opponent on No

14 Court. She is in the third round of her fifth successive Grand Slam

Juan Martin Del Potro, how big a contender is he? He is dangerous, he

has got such a big game. He is serving big, from the back of the

court, the ball is bouncing up, he can dictate. My biggest concern

would be movement. There are always times when you have got to defend a

bit, and that is when the better players can exploit him. But Lindsay

Davenport asked me, has a South American man would Wimbledon?

go back to 1968. There might have been somebody in the 20s or

something? Somebody who came over from Argentina or something. That

would be a first. I commentating on one of his matches, he looks

impressive, he is focused, he placed the way he wants to play. But as the

matches get tougher, he may struggle. The ads to that question

has got to be no. There cannot have been. We saw a picture of the Aussie

fans, having been let down by Lleyton Hewitt less today, --

yesterday, they have attached themselves to Samantha Stosur and

Bernard Tomic. He won the first two sets, here we are at the third set

attempt a half volley drop shot, near the baseline. The degree of

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difficulty, maximum. To put it in will make a note of that, just in

his best, he is more than capable of taking on an atomic, but he has

thrown in too many errors. He is free swinging now, James Blake.

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broke in this match, Bernard Tomic American. Look at the diving folly.

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That has to go down as the shot of errors, but that falls into that

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clarify the South American winners, because we do have one who was born

in South America. He represented the USA. Who was he? You thought of

him! 1959. He was born in Korea. But he represented the USA. -- he was

born in her roof. The last South American to get to the final?

Nalbandian? I want to see you on mastermind! A quick word about

Bernard Tomic? A good effort. There have been some issues that have been

well documented off the court. He has got his head down, and he is

doing well, and he likes the grass. He was through to the quarterfinals

a couple of years ago. A good victory today. Back in the 1970s,

teenage girls would flock to Centre Court to see Bjorn Borg, but every

generation has its own heart-throb. It was at Queen's Club that our

cover guy had girls a frenzy. He is such a hunk! Now at Wimbledon, it

was 0-0 against Grega Zemlja. Grigor Dimitrov won the first set, 6-3.

Hearts were racing on No 3 Court as he lost the second set, and he

worryingly needed nursing after a slip. I will rub it better! But the

pin-up was soon to-1 up. He makes my heart melt! Then back came the

Slovenian to force a fifth set. Come on, Grigor Dimitrov! Deep into the

decider, his one true love had her heart in her mouth. I love you!

was getting pretty serious. Here is That is a difficult shot at the best

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point. Zemlja did not hesitate. his biggest serve of the day, one of

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low? Another error of his own making challenge now. He is looking at that

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baseline but he did not make the that. The rain came down. To be

continued tomorrow. Dimitrov will not sleep easy tonight, will head?

Yes. It is very difficult. It is not a great time to stop overnight and

come back the next day. You do not because he won against Bobby

Reynolds, I want to say something. Oh, you going to give that

statistic? It is the first time since 1912 there has not been an

American man in the third round. Unbelievable. It is not good.

has been this huge space where no American man has been able to step

up. If we didn't have Serena playing, it would be the same for

the ladies now. Let's talk about Djokovic. He was looking, if not

imperious, very in control. He will be aware of all the upsets that are

taking place and he will be focused and motivated to make sure it does

cannot see it. He is in very good shape. He is serving solidly from

the baseline. After losing that semi-final at Roland Garros, I think

he is keen to add this title to his list. When you look at the top half

of the draw, there is Tomas Berdych, Richard Gasquet. Who is

Djokovic looking at? I would exceed Tommy Haas take on Djokovic. He is

35 and he plays some incredible tennis. I think he beat him. There

is a bit of previous history. That would be an interesting match. There

is no doubt Djokovic is the favourite to get through to the

about the challenge for Andy Murray to play tennis against Serena

Williams. Andy Murray has challenged Serena to a match in Vegas. Vegas?

Yes. Would you like to take on any of the top women? Why Vegas? He

thinks it would be a good venue. am sure. I would play Maria cellar -

- I would play Maria Sharapova, anywhere she likes. Why not? He also

said he's going to Buddhist sanctuary is to get self camp for

the challenges ahead. - - to get himself calm. You can talk about

Laura Robson and you can toggle tomorrow? I hope so. I think she

will be happy to be back on Centre Court, have the crowd behind her.

She plays better on the big stage. I think she will be happy to be on

Centre Court. Andy? I see him coming through that. Robredo is an

unbelievable competitor. I do not see him troubling Mori. - - do not

improved tomorrow. Today was kind of the calm after the storm. Very much