:00:29. > :00:30.Novak in the semifinals. This is opposing the first four rounds go
:00:31. > :00:49.according to plan for you know who. There are moments when the world
:00:50. > :00:59.moves so slowly you can feel your bones shifting and your mind
:01:00. > :01:09.tumbling. When you know you will remember every last detail of that
:01:10. > :01:14.moment for ever. At 1pm today for the first time in 77 years a British
:01:15. > :01:18.man walked onto Centre Court as the defending Men's Singles champion.
:01:19. > :01:22.Welcome to today at Wimbledon with John McEnroe, Lindsay Davenport and
:01:23. > :01:29.me John infidel as we reflect on an opening day that began like no other
:01:30. > :01:34.in our lifetimes. Champions know you are only as good as your next game.
:01:35. > :01:38.Here is Andy Murray against David Goffin of Belgium in the first round
:01:39. > :01:40.of his title defence. All fine in the first two sets, less so in the
:01:41. > :03:08.third. APPLAUSE
:03:09. > :03:21.Looking dangerous for the first and today, Goffin. -- first time.
:03:22. > :03:27.The first time he has really been ahead in the scores well, he held
:03:28. > :03:32.his first couple of service games, always a break down in the first two
:03:33. > :03:40.sets. Zero -13 hour on Andy Murray 's serve. -- now.
:03:41. > :04:48.Andy Murray less than perfect with the approach shot but Goffin
:04:49. > :05:06.perfection personified with the past. -- the pass.
:05:07. > :05:22.A bit of a shift perhaps coming here, a couple of break for Goffin.
:05:23. > :07:14.It positive way to save the second break point.
:07:15. > :07:25.UMPIRE: Advantage Andy Murray. He has done pretty well given he has no
:07:26. > :07:37.sense of where the baseline is. That was huge. Courtesy of a blockbuster
:07:38. > :07:41.shot from Goffin. -- lacklustre. The crisis averted, let's move on in the
:07:42. > :08:02.third set to the point where Andy Murray is now 4-5 down.
:08:03. > :08:09.COMMENTATOR: The good news for Andy Murray is he is certainly making
:08:10. > :08:14.Goffin white card. Even if you were for some reason not to win this set.
:08:15. > :08:26.I cannot imagine Goffin can keep his effort up. -- work hard. For another
:08:27. > :08:27.couple of hours. APPLAUSE It may even pay off in the next few
:08:28. > :08:39.minutes. How much longer can Goffin survive
:08:40. > :09:30.this? She does not look unduly stressed.
:09:31. > :09:52.She was also a champion down under in 2006. Her first ever grand title.
:09:53. > :10:56.It has given Andy Murray something to think about it.
:10:57. > :11:47.Not a lot of David Goffin but what there is he threw into that one.
:11:48. > :12:04.Produced another unforced error to add to the tally.
:12:05. > :12:15.Now he finds himself in a precarious situation.
:12:16. > :12:22.It seemed like he thought he had this game in the bag, up 40 - zero.
:12:23. > :12:45.You cannot afford to take your foot off the gas at 2-0 down.
:12:46. > :13:06.UMPIRE: Advantage Murray. It looks like he will be a the few takes it
:13:07. > :13:19.out of the bag. Here is break point. -- a thief who takes it.
:13:20. > :13:32.APPLAUSE An outstanding return of serve that
:13:33. > :13:36.leads to a break. Perfect timing. Andy Murray won't be relaxing here,
:13:37. > :14:16.he wants to put this opening-round match to bed. Serving for it.
:14:17. > :14:36.Another player using the traditional folly. Executed better there, in
:14:37. > :16:46.this game. -- volley. Goffin they're running out of breath
:16:47. > :16:57.and running out of time now as well, it is match point. -- there. UMPIRE:
:16:58. > :17:05.Game set and match. What a perfect start to the defence of his title.
:17:06. > :17:13.He got a stern test in the first set. He overwhelmed the diminutive
:17:14. > :17:20.Belgian, he outmuscled him, out for Tim. Andy Murray moves through
:17:21. > :17:23.swiftly into the second round. -- outfought him. You've experienced
:17:24. > :17:29.every emotion on Centre Court, what was it like to go out there as the
:17:30. > :17:33.defending champion? It was nice, I was nervous this morning, I was
:17:34. > :17:37.nervous yesterday. It brings back a lot of good memories. It was nice to
:17:38. > :17:42.walk out to a full crowd for the first match. I got a nice round of
:17:43. > :17:46.applause. When you sit down, it is time to get ready for this year,
:17:47. > :17:58.move on from last year, trying my best.
:17:59. > :18:05.The Slovenian is ranked 92 in the world and saw Pablo Andujar of
:18:06. > :18:11.Spain. Straight sets. Much to his enjoyment, as you can see. We will
:18:12. > :18:14.talk about Andy Murray being safely through to the second round in a
:18:15. > :18:26.moment with John and Lindsay in the studio. Clay has not yet been
:18:27. > :18:29.abandoned officially -- play. But the umbrellas are out. Jurgen Melzer
:18:30. > :18:36.and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are leaving Court Number One with Tsonga leaving
:18:37. > :18:40.5-4, with a break in the fifth. If they come back on Weaver let you
:18:41. > :18:45.know but don't bet on it. Would you bet on Andy Murray? -- we will let
:18:46. > :18:50.you know. It is good to see you. Would I bet on Andy Murray? I would
:18:51. > :18:55.bet on him going a good long way. The top four guys you can make an
:18:56. > :19:03.argument for any of them. A lot of people will. I have picked, if one
:19:04. > :19:07.of those four does not do it, I believe Grigor Dimitrov is the
:19:08. > :19:14.person who would be most likely to do it at this stage. He is the most
:19:15. > :19:19.ready to do it. Potentially, as I respect some of the other players in
:19:20. > :19:24.the draw, I would love to see that caught play out. With Dimitrov
:19:25. > :19:26.against Andy Murray. That is for Wednesday week. As far as today was
:19:27. > :20:00.concerned, court for the first time as
:20:01. > :20:05.defending champion was it intimidating for you? You are
:20:06. > :20:10.thinking I'm the man, and please God, don't lose the first round. One
:20:11. > :20:16.of my opponents when I came out as defending champion, it was heads or
:20:17. > :20:20.tails, and he couldn't even get the words out. I was like, this guy is
:20:21. > :20:24.three times as nervous as I am, I've got this, this is great. There are
:20:25. > :20:30.lots of the nations that go with it. But it is an awesome feeling. --
:20:31. > :20:41.emotions. The way they do it here is the way to do it. And Lindsay, is
:20:42. > :20:45.the influence of the coach to early to say? Definitely too early, and he
:20:46. > :20:48.said we cannot judge her on my results at Wimbledon for the last
:20:49. > :20:51.few weeks but she has a great demeanour, she has a great vibe, if
:20:52. > :20:58.you have heard her talking tennis. It looks like they're getting along
:20:59. > :21:00.well so far but you have to give the relationship 3-4 months to see the
:21:01. > :21:07.results from the player on court. I've heard they are only working
:21:08. > :21:15.through Wimbledon. Why is that true? As Lindsay says you need time to
:21:16. > :21:19.figure this, of all places, the defending champion, will see what
:21:20. > :21:24.happens. It seems like there is pressure trying to figure this one
:21:25. > :21:28.out. Is there pressure on the coach? In a way, that's exactly what I'm
:21:29. > :21:32.saying. The only way she could look at is if he wins it again. She would
:21:33. > :21:37.look rather amazing if she does when it. Otherwise she is out of fear.
:21:38. > :21:41.You may be forgiven for thinking there is not life in tennis beyond
:21:42. > :21:46.Andy Murray but there is. -- out of here. Wimbledon fitful increases
:21:47. > :21:49.when the main attraction headlines the day, a champion who proves
:21:50. > :21:55.Britain's got talent even when others fluffed their lines. --
:21:56. > :22:00.footfall. What of Andy Murray 's home-grown supporting cast in this
:22:01. > :22:04.theatre of tennis? Them took their bow on opening day, James Ward saw
:22:05. > :22:08.the curtain fall before act one that really got going, only four players
:22:09. > :22:12.in the men's draw have more wins on grass than Russia's Mikhail Youzhny
:22:13. > :22:24.and he showed his pedigree with victory for the loss of just five
:22:25. > :22:29.games. Stage door for Mr Ward. Dan Cox had more stage presence today.
:22:30. > :22:36.He fought out to tie-break sets with the Frenchman Jeremy Chardy and 11
:22:37. > :22:43.of them. -- he won one of them. Dan lost in four, the second round will
:22:44. > :22:47.be without him. Car Edmund as leading man potential, a Briton with
:22:48. > :22:53.talent is no question. -- Kyo. Not enough to outshine his Austrian
:22:54. > :22:57.opponent on Courtois today. A straight sets defeat, his spotlight
:22:58. > :23:03.may yet find him in future Wimbledons. -- caught 12. Dan Evans
:23:04. > :23:08.lost the first two sets to Kuznetsov but the Briton starred in New York
:23:09. > :23:16.and was not about to let the Russian hog all the lines. He won the first
:23:17. > :23:21.set 6-3 and the drama was brewing. The fourth set went to a tie-break,
:23:22. > :23:24.but Evans lost it. His was an exciting supporting role to the main
:23:25. > :23:31.event today, just not a victorious one. A couple of women in action for
:23:32. > :23:35.Great Britain today, Joanna Conti who played so well at Eastbourne
:23:36. > :23:48.last week. Came very close to meeting Shuai Peng of China. --
:23:49. > :23:51.Johanna Konta. Naomi Brady who was stripped of her funding for conduct
:23:52. > :23:55.unbecoming to the game deserves a huge amount of praise for beating
:23:56. > :24:02.her Hungarian opponent ranked 70 places above her. Look at that
:24:03. > :24:14.reaction. -0. These were her thoughts afterwards. -- 6-0. This
:24:15. > :24:19.time last year I was lucky enough to get a wild card to qualify for
:24:20. > :24:23.Wimbledon. The week before that I was researching how to become an au
:24:24. > :24:28.pair and I was going to live in another country somewhere. I was
:24:29. > :24:33.going for Paris. You can go anywhere. I was going for Paris. I
:24:34. > :24:37.was looking at doing first aid courses, language courses, to become
:24:38. > :24:40.on a pair. I couldn't afford to play tennis. Last year I won around
:24:41. > :24:45.through qualifying which gave me enough money for the next few
:24:46. > :24:49.tournaments. And finally my wings started coming more, first in the
:24:50. > :24:54.doubles, which paid for my singles, then I started to do better in
:24:55. > :24:58.singles. -- the wins. The difference a year can make is amazing, if you
:24:59. > :25:05.keep going that bit longer you don't know when it is going to switch.
:25:06. > :25:09.STUDIO: 20 odd thousand pounds makes a difference whatever happens, four
:25:10. > :25:13.players at that level. You hear these stories a lot from players but
:25:14. > :25:16.it is so tough for the players outside the top 20 or 30 to make a
:25:17. > :25:22.living to afford the expenses. This will be a huge payday for her. What
:25:23. > :25:25.about, there is almost a workers co-operative in tennis at the moment
:25:26. > :25:28.with the guys at the top saying it is right the people who lose in the
:25:29. > :25:34.first round and more money because they feel it is better for the
:25:35. > :25:39.overall Stanford the game. -- dreamt of the game. We have this problem,
:25:40. > :25:43.the rich and poor gap is getting bigger and bigger, the same is true
:25:44. > :25:52.in tennis. The truth is, the money is really being made by day I say,
:25:53. > :25:58.the LTA and the USDA, we could get some of their money to help further
:25:59. > :26:02.with the disparity in earnings. I hate to raise the subject on the
:26:03. > :26:09.first day of the championship but for British men losing today, it
:26:10. > :26:16.would be Andy Murray the only man left about if Dan loses tomorrow.
:26:17. > :26:23.How many years have we had this conversation? Bob Brett is coming
:26:24. > :26:28.into the performance guru. What can he bring? He was a disciple of Harry
:26:29. > :26:42.Hardman, they when he was 14. He has coached some good players, he has a
:26:43. > :26:49.tall order. We are talking about America trying to advance. We have
:26:50. > :26:52.the same problem in tennis. The best athletes are going to other sports.
:26:53. > :26:56.The critical thing is to give more kids an opportunity to play. Make it
:26:57. > :27:00.more affordable and somehow get your best athletes. We have to make the
:27:01. > :27:05.sport sexy and try different things. So kids want to play tennis. Didn't
:27:06. > :27:09.Great Britain gave the USA in the Davis Cup earlier this year? I don't
:27:10. > :27:15.recall that. LAUGHTER That was plucked from thin air.
:27:16. > :27:16.Djokovic was playing today that if you blinked you would have missed
:27:17. > :27:34.him. -- but. COMMENTATOR: Nails are disappearing
:27:35. > :27:41.already. After seven minutes. Super. Set point.
:27:42. > :28:28.Game set and match Djokovic. STUDIO: Novak Djokovic in a minute today, he
:28:29. > :28:34.was in a hurry and looking pretty good. I think in a way he justified
:28:35. > :28:38.his number one seed, why people pick him as the favourite. He looked
:28:39. > :28:42.incredible. He has been so close so many times in a row, we feel it is
:28:43. > :28:46.inevitable he will get through one of these.
:28:47. > :28:52.He is not as natural a grasscourt player, when there are players such
:28:53. > :28:57.as Roger Federer. But when he's playing and his best, and best-of-5,
:28:58. > :29:06.because of forgers advanced age of 32! It makes it more difficult for
:29:07. > :29:11.him to beat the top guys. -- at Rogers advanced age. Even though
:29:12. > :29:15.Rafa Nadal deserves number one seed in my book, Djokovic is the best
:29:16. > :29:23.player on this surface. Great touch at the net as well. He has learned
:29:24. > :29:28.he had to work on his slice. Which Maris was better. I think he is
:29:29. > :29:32.getting better. -- Andy Murray. The thing he learned from Rafa Nadal is
:29:33. > :29:40.he needs to attack more. Nadal to me is the best volley player in the top
:29:41. > :29:47.hundred. Lindsey raised her eyebrows when you said that. Boris Becker
:29:48. > :29:52.brings to the table the mental strength of what it takes to win.
:29:53. > :29:57.He's been in seven Wimbledon final. He knows he has to get Djokovic do
:29:58. > :30:02.these matches, that he gets stuck in. -- through. When he goes to the
:30:03. > :30:05.fourth set when he doesn't need to. So he can get through them or can
:30:06. > :30:11.save himself when he needs to and not get pushback. He is the greatest
:30:12. > :30:15.return, the two best ever I played, Connors and Agassi. This is the
:30:16. > :30:23.greatest return that I've ever seen. Who is a better folly? Roger
:30:24. > :30:44.Federer? -- volley player. Let's leave this for another time.
:30:45. > :31:05.Kania, ranked 175 places beneath her. But in sport, you never know.
:31:06. > :31:24.TRACY AUSTIN: She really hit that forehand return with conviction.
:31:25. > :31:44.Well played! She really is majoring on that forehand of Li. 70% directed
:31:45. > :32:02.in that way. A to refit put-away. -- a fantastic put-away.
:32:03. > :32:11.SIMON REED: That did look a little edgy, that one. That is when
:32:12. > :32:14.inexperience comes in, and it is understandable, serving for the set
:32:15. > :32:36.against the number two player in the world.
:32:37. > :32:46.That was a chance, and Li was onto it. 83mph second serve. Too flat
:32:47. > :33:11.with the return. Again, the confidence to go for it
:33:12. > :33:41.is admirable. Li toughens up there, but there was
:33:42. > :33:48.a moment of doubt, and that is all it took, a little smile from Kania.
:33:49. > :33:54.JOHN INVERDALE:, well, a chance to take that first set squandered, and
:33:55. > :34:34.here we are, with Kania serving to save the first set.
:34:35. > :34:37.Li's forehand, which looked very dodgy early on, is now flowing
:34:38. > :35:07.beautifully. Bit ambitious? No, I think that was
:35:08. > :35:14.the right play, Li was a couple of feet behind the baseline. She said
:35:15. > :35:28.the drop shot is one of her favourite shots.
:35:29. > :35:37.Again, going for the Li forehand, but the accuracy has gone, and here
:35:38. > :35:50.are two set points for the number two seed.
:35:51. > :36:06.JOHN INVERDALE: After that, it was almost plain sailing for Li Na.
:36:07. > :36:11.Second set, 6-2, and this is match point. After the huge
:36:12. > :36:15.disappointments that she had in Roland Garros, going out early on,
:36:16. > :36:24.she will be delighted to have got that tough first match out of the
:36:25. > :36:32.way. Now, amazingly, in 1997, Wimbledon got its first glimpse of
:36:33. > :36:36.Venus Williams. Venus Williams has lifted the Wimbledon singles title
:36:37. > :36:40.five times. She will go down as one of the great champions here. But
:36:41. > :36:44.when debilitating illness forced her out last year, aged 33, we asked,
:36:45. > :36:50.would we see Venus at Wimbledon again? Today, we got our answer. She
:36:51. > :36:55.was back, gracing Court No. 2 against her Spanish opponent, and
:36:56. > :37:02.finding that familiar Wimbledon winning groove. Venus has taken two
:37:03. > :37:08.titles on her 2014 comeback - what price a glorious run on the grass
:37:09. > :37:11.she so loves? Victoria Azarenka continued the comeback theme on
:37:12. > :37:17.Court No. 1, playing just her second match since March. Her foot injury
:37:18. > :37:25.was effectively sidestepped today, as the eighth seeded player but a
:37:26. > :37:34.player who was a surprise semifinalist here 13 years ago.
:37:35. > :37:38.Kimiko Date-Krumm is now 43 and still going strong. Alas, for the
:37:39. > :37:48.Japanese veteran, not quite strong enough today, up against Ekaterina
:37:49. > :37:52.Makarova of Russia. Date-Krumm's 25th Wimbledon anniversary ended in
:37:53. > :37:58.defeat after almost two and a half hours on court. She still has a few
:37:59. > :38:04.years to go to but this woman, the legend that is Martina Navratilova,
:38:05. > :38:09.who played singles here aged 47. One suspects Sam Stosur could play until
:38:10. > :38:16.she is 47 and never quite deliver the performance hotel and should
:38:17. > :38:28.deliver. The Australian number 17 seed found a tough opponent in
:38:29. > :38:29.Wickmayer from Belgium. Stosur lost in the Wimbledon first-round for a
:38:30. > :38:43.sixth time. Kvitova lost in the first round in
:38:44. > :38:49.her first two Wimbledons, but won it two years later. She won in straight
:38:50. > :38:51.sets today. We have got the three biggest names
:38:52. > :38:56.in the women's trawl playing tomorrow, Sharapova, Serena Williams
:38:57. > :39:03.and Hallett, the coming force in the women's game. What do you make of
:39:04. > :39:15.this half that we have seen today? There is a lot of room there for
:39:16. > :39:23.somebody to pull through. Potentially she has a third-round
:39:24. > :39:28.encounter with Venus, which could be interesting. Li Na was a bit lucky
:39:29. > :39:34.to get through the first set, she has got to raise her game as well.
:39:35. > :39:38.The 15th and 23rd seeds got to the final last year - can you see a
:39:39. > :39:45.repeat of that this year? I would be surprised. Number one, Serena, I
:39:46. > :39:49.think will be hungrier than she has been for the past year, because of
:39:50. > :40:03.what happened earlier. But I see people on the rise, like Bouchon.
:40:04. > :40:07.That is someone to look at. Kvitova seems to have worked herself back
:40:08. > :40:13.into better shape as well. I hope her and Venus play in the third
:40:14. > :40:20.round, because it would be a nice way for Venus to go through, if she
:40:21. > :40:26.wins, and it would be a nice opponent if she did not win. She has
:40:27. > :40:30.had a much better 2014 then she has had for the previous few years, but
:40:31. > :40:34.she is getting older, so it is all about recovering, about being
:40:35. > :40:37.physically 100%. This is going to be her best chance to do well, she has
:40:38. > :40:44.got to live on her memories, they that great grass court game that we
:40:45. > :40:48.have seen for many years. But I don't know if you can match her
:40:49. > :40:54.against those top five players now, it will be a tough ask for Venus. It
:40:55. > :40:57.is 40 years ago that Bjorn Borg introduced the teen idol element
:40:58. > :41:04.into things here. And Grigor Dimitrov is the successor to that
:41:05. > :41:08.crown, Maria Sharapova's boyfriend, and he could be the next big thing
:41:09. > :41:12.in the world game. So, if things go according to plan, he could almost
:41:13. > :41:16.find himself in the quarterfinals on Wednesday week, although I am sure
:41:17. > :41:21.that David Ferrer would have something to say about that. Anyway,
:41:22. > :41:22.he was playing American qualifier Ryan Harrison today. Here we are at
:41:23. > :41:30.the business end of the first set. ANDREW CASTLE: Tie-break to decide
:41:31. > :41:50.the first set. I thought he had been caught out by
:41:51. > :41:56.the balance, but he just reached for it, showing that lovely control of
:41:57. > :42:10.the racquet head, found the ball, and hit the winner.
:42:11. > :42:15.PETER FLEMING: And perhaps, the way Dimitrov has been serving, that
:42:16. > :43:44.mini-break might be enough. Only the fifth point against the
:43:45. > :43:45.Dimitrov serve. Credit once again to the competitive instinct of Ryan
:43:46. > :44:35.Harrison. Well, it looks like this tie-break
:44:36. > :44:47.is going to Dimitrov, at 5-1, he would be expected to win. So, he has
:44:48. > :44:52.come through the fire, and much will depend on how Ryan Harrison of the
:44:53. > :44:57.United States response to this. Because Dimitrov has upped his game,
:44:58. > :45:22.right from his first return on the second point of the tie-break.
:45:23. > :45:32.And that is wide as well. This has gone south quickly for him, hasn't
:45:33. > :45:36.it? Yes, when you are serving in a game, the opponent has to win at
:45:37. > :45:40.least four points to get the break. In a tie-break, one mini-break, two
:45:41. > :46:00.perhaps, is all that is required. First set to Grigor Dimitrov. A
:46:01. > :46:06.one-sided tie-break after a very even 12 games.
:46:07. > :46:12.JOHN INVERDALE: The match itself became a bit more one-sided after
:46:13. > :46:15.that. Dimitrov took the second set by 6-3, and here is leading 5-2 in
:46:16. > :46:52.the third. He has not played badly, by any
:46:53. > :48:03.means. Oh, he just about had his hand out
:48:04. > :48:04.to shake hands, and he has missed it! He played virtually perfect
:48:05. > :48:17.point of. Again, well done Harrison. In
:48:18. > :48:20.around. And perhaps Dimitrov needed to just charge that volley a little
:48:21. > :48:55.more. Oh, do you know what? It has been a
:48:56. > :49:02.magnificent performance, a really superb effort. Ryan Harrison played
:49:03. > :49:05.his part in that match, but what a match. If we don't see a lot of
:49:06. > :49:09.Grigor Dimitrov at these Championships, I think it would be a
:49:10. > :49:14.huge surprise. Quite brilliant at times.
:49:15. > :49:20.Yes, it is a great feeling coming out on that court. It brings back a
:49:21. > :49:25.lot of good memories for me, what a great day to be out on the grass. A
:49:26. > :49:31.great court, great atmosphere. In terms of confidence, a real boost,
:49:32. > :49:39.to win in three sets? I think it is really important early on in the
:49:40. > :49:46.tournament to have a decent match, just to play your game. It is
:49:47. > :49:50.important how you start. I am looking forward to the next round.
:49:51. > :49:54.Given what you have already achieved in London, you had the perfect
:49:55. > :49:59.build-up at Queen's, didn't you? Exactly, it was a great feeling for
:50:00. > :50:03.me to win that title and it gives me a lot of confidence, but that is now
:50:04. > :50:10.in the past. I appreciate that title, but now we are at Wimbledon.
:50:11. > :50:17.Actually, there is no more play today, I can confirm. That means the
:50:18. > :50:21.likes of Querrey and Radwanska and Wozniacki will have to be
:50:22. > :50:26.rescheduled for tomorrow. A quick word about Dimitrov, who is on a
:50:27. > :50:31.roll at the moment? Roger Federer was sort of late Bloomer, and he got
:50:32. > :50:37.17. We have been waiting for years, so I have got to hand it to Roger
:50:38. > :50:41.Rasheed, because he has picked the right guys at the right time, but
:50:42. > :50:46.this seems to be a match made in heaven. I think he finally convinced
:50:47. > :50:51.Grigor that he needed to get first of all, in shape, because he was
:50:52. > :50:54.cramping in the Majors, he could not go the distance, but now it seems
:50:55. > :50:59.like he is ready to make that next step. I do not know if he has ever
:51:00. > :51:03.got past the second round here, so he has got a lot to prove and a
:51:04. > :51:07.long, long way to go. Lindsay, we were talking about his potential
:51:08. > :51:11.draw, and it is very difficult. But when you saw some of those examples
:51:12. > :51:15.of his touch at the net, and his beautiful, flowing groundstrokes,
:51:16. > :51:23.with the right attitude, it is a winning package. If he had the
:51:24. > :51:26.looks, he would be all right. He has it all on the court. But when you
:51:27. > :51:32.watch him come in, that is what makes him so good on grass, that he
:51:33. > :51:36.is comfortable coming forward. Jon alluded to his conditioning. If you
:51:37. > :51:40.look at him to end a half years ago, you can see how much hard work he
:51:41. > :51:44.has done off the court to put himself in a position to be
:51:45. > :51:51.successful in these five set matches. Let's see what else
:51:52. > :51:54.happened in the menstrual today. Remember Fernando Verdasco, the
:51:55. > :52:08.would-be party pooper, from last year? -- in the men's draw. Today,
:52:09. > :52:16.he fell, beaten by the shy and retiring Australian Matosevic. Tomas
:52:17. > :52:25.Berdych has done well here before, and today, he dropped the first set
:52:26. > :52:32.to the Romanian Hanescu, before coming through in four. There was
:52:33. > :52:41.uninjured ball girl on Court No. 3. But David Ferrer was not
:52:42. > :52:47.distracted. Marin Cilic is a former Queen's champion. He likes the
:52:48. > :52:56.grass, and he loves victory. He beat his French opponent in four sets.
:52:57. > :53:02.This match was an entertaining five setter. The flamboyant Italian
:53:03. > :53:08.produced histrionics of historic proportions, as he came back to take
:53:09. > :53:14.the deciding set 9-7. It is never dull when Fognini is on court! John
:53:15. > :53:17.McEnroe threw a spanner in the works over the weekend, when he said he
:53:18. > :53:23.thought tennis ought to experiment without umpires and lines judges
:53:24. > :53:28.because he thought it would make it more entertaining and might bring
:53:29. > :53:31.some controversy back into the game. I suspect it might have been a bit
:53:32. > :53:36.tongue in cheek, but everybody today at the press conferences has been
:53:37. > :53:43.asking the players what they thought of it. Some took it seriously, some
:53:44. > :53:52.took it less seriously. This is what Andy I don't know, with Hawk-eye and
:53:53. > :54:01.stuff, it could work. But I do not know any sports that do not play
:54:02. > :54:07.without umpires and lines people. I think every single sport does,
:54:08. > :54:12.because things come up in matches, and sometimes you need someone other
:54:13. > :54:17.than just the opponent to talk to about it. I do not see that
:54:18. > :54:22.changing. But the one player who you could guarantee was going to take
:54:23. > :54:32.things off at a ludicrous tangent was the normal 12 seed from Latvia.
:54:33. > :54:39.Get rid of umpires?! My God! I thought you said vampires! Vampires,
:54:40. > :54:42.surrounding players and sucking the energy out of them, that is what I
:54:43. > :54:48.thought you meant. That would be a better comparison! Umpires, no,
:54:49. > :54:53.without umpires, it would not work. He is just fantastic! How much of
:54:54. > :54:59.your tongue was in your cheek, when you said that? Listen, not all of
:55:00. > :55:02.it, by any means. You have an umpire to call the score, and there are
:55:03. > :55:08.certain things where perhaps you need an umpire, foot faults and
:55:09. > :55:12.certain things. But if you have the technology where every call can be
:55:13. > :55:16.made, I think it would bring back a lot more interest and a lot more fan
:55:17. > :55:21.reaction if players were making the calls. There would be a lot of
:55:22. > :55:25.cheating, wouldn't there? You could use the challenge system. How
:55:26. > :55:35.embarrassing would it be if you tried to cheat on purpose and you
:55:36. > :55:40.were found out? You would be less amenable to doing it again,
:55:41. > :55:44.correct? And there would be a lot more people going, you cheat! And
:55:45. > :55:49.the players would be yelling at each other. Listen, I am old school.
:55:50. > :55:59.Jimmy Connors and myself, I hear he is coming in... I cannot wait for
:56:00. > :56:06.that, number one. But we were not exactly, hello, how are you?
:56:07. > :56:15.Lindsay, what do you think, help me out here! Do we need umpires? You
:56:16. > :56:21.don't need anybody to call the score, there is a scoreboard! You're
:56:22. > :56:31.telling me I have got to about my game, AND calling the lines?! It
:56:32. > :56:35.would get more money into it. You only have to watch junior tennis,
:56:36. > :56:40.where the players call their own lines, and cheating is endemic,
:56:41. > :56:48.throughout the whole sport. How many junior matches do you know of that
:56:49. > :56:55.have the challenge system? Zero, OK. Listen, we have just got to think of
:56:56. > :57:03.things outside the box. Here is another one - we should not warm up.
:57:04. > :57:08.That is not that radical, is it? No, boxers do not go into the ring and
:57:09. > :57:12.do that for ten minutes, do they? No, and the first punch, you could
:57:13. > :57:19.knock someone unconscious, right? Do we need that? Just a thought. It is
:57:20. > :57:25.a good thought. And this is what you could be seeing tomorrow if you come
:57:26. > :57:29.to Wimbledon. Is that a real shot? Goodness me, that is one of the
:57:30. > :57:37.great sunsets. Look out the window, wherever you are!
:57:38. > :57:57.great sunsets. Look out the window, wherever you are!
:57:58. > :58:03.I am sure we would welcome any contributions about how tennis could
:58:04. > :58:08.improve itself, change itself, and we will return to those subject 's
:58:09. > :58:11.over the next two weeks. I do not believe that is a real sunset, I
:58:12. > :58:21.really do not. That was taken from Hawaii. 10.35 tonight, when Andy won
:58:22. > :58:24.Wimbledon, and he won today, so, by my mathematics, he is currently 14%
:58:25. > :58:37.of the way towards retaining his title.
:58:38. > :58:49.# Sweet dreams are made of this. # Who am I to disagree?
:58:50. > :58:56.# Everybody's looking for something. # Sweet dreams are made of this.
:58:57. > :58:59.# Who am I to disagree? # Travel the world and the seven
:59:00. > :59:16.Seas. # Everybody's looking for something.
:59:17. > :59:34...just to keep them from each other...