Day 5 Today at Wimbledon

North Dakota. This was Wimbledon today. Wimbledon, North Island, New

Zealand. This was Wimbledon today. own so Laura Robson, and Andy Murray

where guaranteed to play. Laura hoping to make up for lost time

yesterday and Murray hoping for a weekend off if he can win this

you saw a few moments ago but it's been one of those days, the covers

are on, off, Lindsay Davenport are seen at a million times and she will

be joined by John McEnroe in a few moments. I think it's fair to say,

it's been an awful long time since any British woman tennis player

walked onto Centre Court to such a rapturous ovation. Laura Robson is

up against the Colombian qualifier Mariana Duque-Marino who was up

A few nerves on both side of the net lead to a couple of breaks of serve

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early on so here we are at 2-2 in staying that sliced forehand,

getting down nice and low. Jerking Mariana Duque-Marino around out

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more running out there at the moment than Robson. She is starting to

dictate these points. Yes, and that was the longest rally of the match

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For a woman, on her forehand, there's plenty of cover on it. In

Colombia, when the ball goes flying out of the back, you have to have

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to use that one-handed sliced, set yourself up for the next shot. You

don't want to go for that to hand if for an out right winger. She made it

tough for Mariana Duque-Marino to handle. She made a good move there

to take this chance for a real lead at 2-2. A point to break for the

move on a couple of games. Here we COMMENTATOR: That left-hand slice

Duque-Marino, she has made Robson played. She hasn't given away too

many points, too cheaply. She has serve. She's looking so much more

confident serving than she was earlier this month at the French

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has overruled a call on Laura's shot. It still works. You can see

how hard it was for Laura to handle it. She didn't chop down on it. She

sliced through it which gave her the best to get involved, to encourage

Laura here. A second double fault. And they break point for Mariana

Duque-Marino. She's not making enough first serves. She's putting

too much pressure on herself here. gets those altitude forehands, a

tend to come in clusters and they did in her Olympic mixed doubles

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her body, but make sure you get the move forward, you get someone at the

net to lob over them. Not the right choice there. Frustrating for

Robson. She was there in plenty of time. Taking the two hands and

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Laura is doing a nice job of taking straightforward because Mariana

Duque-Marino provides quite a few problems, a lot of different spins,

topspin, flatworms, some slice. It's not easy. She's not getting a

consistent ball to hit. -- flat setpoint. Can she finish it off this

JOHN INVERDALE: That was the match because Robson won the first set,

and then there were some big powerful hitting and some good

movement around the court. She was able to dominate the second set as

well. John McEnroe has joined us after commentating on Andy Murray's

match. What was your take on Laura today? She was solid, nervous in the

beginning, understandably so, but Mariana Duque-Marino was feeling it

as well and once she got going and got the first set under her belt,

you sensed it was inevitable. And she has got a great grass court

game. To me, Laura Robson is going to be a top ten player. Sarah

Stevens is on court at the moment. The first few games, once she got

going, past the first set, she really settle down. I thought it was

great when she walked out and the reception she got from the crowd.

Their first Centre Court win, in singles, that's exciting. A standing

ovation at the end. Extraordinary. Listening to her tour, she was so

appreciative for the Olympics and she hoped it would carry over to

Wimbledon and it did. It's so much of a reminder she almost seemed like

she wanted to get off the court because she was so surprised.

first time this century two British players have won on Centre Court on

the same day. You and your homework. Good for you, guys. In the press

conference afterwards, there is clearly wrong of -- with Laura

Robson being followed by only two Twitter. I got an e-mail from

Twitter saying Harry has followed you. I guess, if you are that

big-time, twitter gets involved. I looked at my replies, and there were

thousands of these messages saying, who is she? I was wetting myself

because it was so funny. Are the other two not on the boy bandwagon

yet? I think I've gained 20,000 followers and they have no idea who

I am. When she came in the studio early on she said how was great to

get a tweet from Wayne Rooney do in the US Open last year saying, " Best

of luck to Laura Robinson. " have you seen her video today? They

showed today. Well worth watching it, Gangnam Style. People are saying

you have to have a big weapon to get into the top ten. Her serve is

invaluable, isn't it? Absolutely. I think her return, she is very

aggressive, that's the best part of her game. Per server will get

better. That is caused problems so far in their career, but I think

that will settle down. I think this new coach, Miles McLagan, is going

to help her because I think, before she was being pushed in a way she

wasn't comfortable with. As a father of four girls, you have got to be

really careful about how you handle this. Listen to this wise owl here.

She has got to be talked to in a way, not to be forced on it. Well,

what I like about her game is the things she doesn't do great yet. You

can improve on them as you get older. You can't teach how she hits

the ball. Her ball striking ability, her power. As she gets

older, she will work more on being a more explosive move. She can get her

serve better. She already has the traits you see in champions, being

able to put balls away and have a power game. She gets fitter, faster,

who knows what she can accomplish. can see the inevitable meeting when

Laura met Harry and the tabloids in the next couple of weeks. Maybe

DeLay should play tennis because the Battle of the sexes is a talking

point at the moment with Andy and Serena having a match and Maria and

Novak Djokovic. I'm just glad it's not me. You could still get dragged

into it. I'm not old enough. You're still on the fringes. Your talk

about battle of the sexes is small beer compared to this. The battle of

the beer mats. Pat Cash against Tracy Austin, no holds barred, or

are they? Don't do that ex-Commissioner I got carried away.

Three rounds. Round one, just one beer mat. You spent way too much

time in pubs. That was so easy for you. Beautifully done.Yes! A little

bit of help from the table but we will ignore that. Round two, three

beer mats. Piece of cake? I'm never going to do this. Do you have any

confidence in me? Pressure on. Watch her little finger. She has made it.

That was a miracle. Hawk-eye. He once an enquiry. Good enough. So now

round three. Five beer mats. He made it look so simple. So cocky. Plenty

of training, clearly. Can she match that? Can we go to the beer break?

No, she can't. The nails and the bracelet perhaps an excuse? But

friends. You can see who had a misspent youth there, can't you?

There were some serious stuff on Centre Court and we felt sorry for

Almagro and Janowicz because they were the meat in the sandwich on

Centre Court today between Laura Robson and Andy Murray, but the

match was full of some terrific rallies, some huge saving and some

great tennis and there was an inevitability about it when it ended

COMMENTATOR: Of course, Barry, this first set will by no means decide

this contest but will allow one player to breed a whole lot easier.

unplayable. Delivery right into Almagro's body. Nothing more he

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could do than just block it back and options here, either try and get it

up the line, low or drive it hard. He did neither, really. The

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crosscourt shot just wasn't powerful somehow manages to get it over. The

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player comes back from behind. too. Yeah, kneecap this one pretty

fine. -- he cut this one pretty fine. It did look closer to me.It

Almagro. But it is his serve. UMPIRE: Janowicz is challenging the

serve. The ball was called in. 6-6, Janowicz has three challenges

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Almagro was on this drop shot, but terrific reactions from Janowicz.

Drive volley. I like that. The Pole is a big man with a big

screen and a big serve, and he has made his way through in straight

sets against Almagro. -- with a rake scream. He has to be a serious

contender. He reminds me a bit of Goran Ivanisevic. If you were to

pick one guy that has the best shot at beating Andy Murray before the

finals, it is this guy. Because you will not break his serve, and he

just needs one aberration by you. That is what the coach of his

opponent would say, you will not break serve a great lot. Murray is

incredible at returning, but this guy is the real deal. Top tip, right

there. Jerzy Janowicz, you heard it here first.

Because of the weather, we are playing on a lot of chords at the

moment, and I suspect we will be for battle against Ekaterina Makarova.

They are just getting under way at the start of the third set. We have

been talking about Sloane Stephens being potentially a top layer. She

has won the tie-break against her opponent. I don't know what has

happened, but it is surprisingly she is getting blitzed in the second.

will keep you in touch with that. From worldwide he wrote to Court

three loser in 48 hours, it was back to reality with a real bump today

for Stakhovsky. A warrior hero who conquered Roger Federer. He

proceeded to lose his opening service game against Jurgen Melzer,

then he got his footwork into a mess and forced an injury timeout. He

managed to square it at 1-1, he lost the third and despite a really

gallant battle in the fourth he joined a list of giant killers who

were put out themselves at the first attempt. He will just have memories

of Wednesday to sustain him during the post-match shower.

It is interesting how many players have their moment in the sun and

then can't sustain 848 hours later. It is amazing to see. So much energy

goes into playing the match of your life, having the biggest win of your

career. A couple of times, we have seen it, the player who wins cannot

recover. Too much adrenaline, they can't replicate the same tennis,

they are on an outside court, not the big stage. You never know what

will happen in tennis. That and the fact that they asked him to do 50

interviews. And he is doing an interview 20 or 30 minutes before

the match. A coach would tell him that probably is not the best idea,

but I don't believe he has a coach. Guess what? Melzer is desperate to

get back into the mix. He has been in a grand slam semifinal. If you

have not been in that situation before, parted you would want to

live that to the max and talk to anyone for as long as they want to

listen, because it might not happen again. With all Jewry Specter Jurgen

Melzer, it is difficult to focus when the world wants you? -- with

all respect to Jurgen Melzer. are plotting things like, how do I

stay in the mix if I lose this match? That is not a good thing to

do. Somebody else out to make a big name for himself is the man who was

part of our heart-throb feature last night, Grigor Dimitrov from

Bulgaria. He was 8-7 down in the fifth when they stopped the game.

Another day, another adoring crowd to try to see the heart-throb stop

what he started. He claimed the court was too greasy. I don't blame

you, sugar lumps! He was back him, he did not go after it. Sloppy

He found himself in that position in game, 0-30, served out wide. Both

times he just pushed them a little bit too long. An opportunity to get

that ball back into play was not taken. He is getting a lot of second

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but she must be experiencing awful demonstrating plenty of patience.

There were a couple of occasions where he should have come in,

Dimitrov. He elected to stay back, then he paid the price. He is facing

match point once again. How much longer can he continue to withstand

the world number 55 has eliminated the 29th seed. -- Zemlja, the world

number 55, has eliminated the 29th seed, wriggled in the trough. -- the

played a great match. That Dimitrov has two win matches like that if he

will get to the ability that I believe he has, top ten ability --

but Dimitrov has two win matches like that. What about the showbiz

element? Do you mean that? Yes. I think he has talent and he should,

to me, already be in the top ten. In normal circumstances, this would

have been the highlights show where we spoke about Rafa Nadal, Roger, as

a rancour, Maria Sharapova. They have all gone. For the occasional

tennis fan, it is difficult to to nail the colours of your must to. So

He is a free spirit, a talented soul. He is trivial and passionate.

He does not have a coach, he is no man's puppet. Could you really vote

for a man who used to own a camper van?

David Ferrer is a world leader who needs your vote. How can one so good

be overlooked so many times? The brilliant Spaniard is number four

seed for a region. Few have managed to penetrate the resilience and

committed player. Could she really vote for a man with the most

unfortunate timing? No, people. Tear down this wall!

Sloane Stephens deserves your backing, here is why. She is young,

gifted and can carry the women's game beyond the Sharapova and

Williams sisters zero with her winning smile and game. She beat

Serena Williams at the Australian open this year. This is her time.

Can you really vote for a woman who says on her website that the French

Open at Roland Garros is her favourite tournament?

Ernests Gulbis should get your vote. He beat Wimbledon finalist Tomas

Berdych last year, the man can clearly play. He has been condemned

for being -- he has condemned the top four for being dull. His voice

is worth listening to. Can you really pool for a man from a country

who doesn't even know the rules for baseball?

Jerzy Janowicz deserves your vote. At six foot eight, viz Polish giant

promises to make a huge impact. Centre Court does not faze him. His

manner screams, bring on the big time. Can you really trust a man who

confesses that he is very skilled with computing is - ie, a geek?

Soso deserves your champ --. -- Sam Stosur deserves your backing.

Can you really support an Australian in an Ashes summer?

Wherever you cast your vote, it better not be an Dustin Brown,

because he has gone out to Adrian Mannarino of France in straight

sets. The Jamaican German, almost Brit, bites the dust in the third

round. Let's focus on Andy Murray. If you weren't with us earlier, you

will not have seen his match against Tommy Robredo of Spain. He went

through in straight sets, but we will show you a couple of moments,

picking the game up at 3-1 in the first set. Murray was easing his way

parting shots. Robredo was halfway in and then thought, no, I don't

want to hit a volley, I will go have to be in really good shape if

these points carry on like this. unbelievable defensive lob.

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Perfectly positioned on the baseline to return those second serves. --

Court, they raised it a couple of feet. Still at game point for the

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that forehand. As soon as he drops one shot, Murray is on top of it and

this one. Turned his shoulders, and off he went. 95 miles an hour on the

suppose the word routine springs to mind, although that is perhaps

disrespectful to Tommy Robredo, who had a fantastic French Open when he

came back from two sets down on two occasions to win, but Andy Murray

went through in straight sets today. A rapturous ovation on Centre

report? I thought it was a high-level match. I struck the ball

very well throughout. Towards the end of the second and third set he

was feeling more comfortable. It will be the first time for him

playing, I would have thought, on grass indoors. He started serving

very well in the third set, I was having very few chances, then I got

the break point at the end. What pleased you most about this win?

thought I struck the ball really well. I went for it. I had a lot of

winners, that was probable you most pleasing. I served very well in the

first couple of matches but did not hit the ball well from the back.

has been eight of the week for you, how much more is there to come in

the second week West remark -- has been at horrific week for you.

have been pressured. My previous match was tough and the third set

was a tough one, I have been tested. We will talk Murray in a second, but

matches, just 12. But David Ferrer was almost stretched to one. Ferrer

took it 7-5 and moved on to face Alexandr Dolgopolov in round three.

The Ukrainian wears his heart on his sleeve and is not averse to boiling

over on occasion. He was controlled today against Santiago Rick Gerardo.

Tommy Haas is the Rennison 's man, a picture of resurgence. He got most

things right against Jimmy Wang on Court 18, beating the Taiwanese

qualifier. Haas was a semifinalist in 2009. His German compatriot,

Angelique Kerber, was in the last four last year. The number seven

seed was sent blink today by Kaia Kanepi of Estonia in three sets.

Eugenie Bouchard of Canada had her day against Ana Ivanovic in round

two but could not repeat the feat when Carla Suarez Navarro gave Spain

a women's representative in week two. She has twice been a Grand Slam

quarterfinalist, but this is her conqueror of Maria Sharapova,

Michelle Larcher De Brito, has gone out to Karin Knapp of Italy. There

is more proof that you have your great Triumph and you can't back it

up 48 hours later. It emphasises your earlier point. Two it is

amazing that we see it again. Michelle Larcher de Brito, who

defeated Sharapova, it is almost too much for them to recover. It is very

tough for these players to replicate the same level of play. Media

expectation leads us to Andy Murray. He has looked great, he has handled

it very well. Before the tournament I would have said there was less

pressure because he had won the Olympics and the open, but close the

draw has opened up the way it has, suddenly it is like, oh, my God, he

has two get at least in the final. Excuse me, I read the papers this

morning and you were saying that, if you don't do it this year, you are a

loser! Don't get me in trouble!If you were reported correctly, you

said he had to get to the finals. didn't say had to... They expecting

to get to the finals. I also expect Novak Djokovic to get to the finals,

and I think it would be a classic match if the two were to play. I am

hopeful that will happen, but I respect the efforts of the other

players that they will try to not allow these two to get there, but I

still expected to happen. This time next week, who will be the other two

semifinalist? That was a good call from John a little while ago with

Janowicz, he is a great player and has played very well so far. Will

Ferrer go through? I think Tomas Berdych. I think Sarah will have a

tough time getting to the semifinals. Del Potro, maybe?I am

hoping that this 6-foot six giant from Argentina is able to step up

for the first time at Wimbledon, that would be a good story. Do you

know if a South American man has ever won Wimbledon? I know a Spanish

man did it before Nadal, but that was in 66. I will say yes, you are

putting me on the spot. You were not watching last night! Tell him. One

of them won it, he was born in Peru but he represented the United

States. They have not organise the order of play yet because some

matches are still hanging over. Tomorrow is the big day when all the

Olympians and lots of stars of Ritter sport will be in the Royal

Box. It will be age and estate, but the papers tomorrow will all be

about Andy Murray. They will also be about Laura. We don't want to get

too far ahead of ourselves? always do! No. She has a great

opportunity with her section of the draw. She is a good player but she

now has winnable matches. Those are the types of matches that you need

to get to really make your showing. She has a good game. Can she keep

the nerves under control? She is still young, but that makes it

exciting. That is what it is all about, stepping it up on the big

occasion. You can't ask for anything more. I think Laura has a good shot.

I think the Olympics will have helped quite a bit, I think being

around Andy Murray helped the work ethic. That is the direction that I

have seen. That is a very encouraging note on which to say

thank you to both. We have two British players into the second

week, of course, we haven't, because Laura will have to play tomorrow

because of the fall over from yesterday. Thank you very much.

Don't forget, Glastonbury starts. What would you and I give to be at

the Rolling Stones? Talking of the Stones, Laura Robson chose this

# Summer, summer, summertime. # Just sit back and unwind.

A groove transformed. # A break from the norm.

# To break the monotony of the hard-core dance that has got to be a

little bit out of control. # Give me a soft, supple mix.