:00:25. > :00:26.have lost, down to the last four with the women's singles finding a
:00:27. > :00:45.killing. But for whom? Wimbledon for the members lawn at
:00:46. > :00:50.Wimbledon for look back on ladies semi 's final day. So much of the
:00:51. > :00:54.talk is about what happened to Andy Murray yesterday and we will reflect
:00:55. > :00:56.on that later in the programme. Before that let's consider a day in
:00:57. > :01:07.the Championships that on so many occasions over the past 30 years has
:01:08. > :01:09.produced matches to remember. That will go down as one of the great
:01:10. > :01:12.moments. brilliant shot from Montanez. --
:01:13. > :01:50.Martinez. That's it. One of the most memorable
:01:51. > :01:56.matches we have had at Wimbledon. A roller-coaster ride of her life.
:01:57. > :02:00.With us tonight to ladies who came through all the dramas of semifinals
:02:01. > :02:05.and then finals to win the whole thing. Virginia Wade and Marion
:02:06. > :02:08.Bartoli. Thank you for joining us. Let's start with the first semifinal
:02:09. > :02:24.which featured two players from the Czech Republic. Superb. It is really
:02:25. > :02:31.difficult to play your friend. When the match has finished I hope we can
:02:32. > :02:33.go for a drink and be friends again. APPLAUSE
:02:34. > :02:38.Lovely play. What a moment for Safarova. Petra
:02:39. > :02:58.Kvitova marches through. Kvitova may never have lost when
:02:59. > :03:01.these two have met before but the first set was a titanic duel and it
:03:02. > :03:09.ended up in a tie-breaker. APPLAUSE
:03:10. > :04:06.UMPIRE: 1-1. UMPIRE: 2-1 Kvitova. Such a huge
:04:07. > :04:11.difference when Kvitova is able to get the first serve in and dictate
:04:12. > :04:19.play. The second one in, Safarova get a good hit on it. -- gets.
:04:20. > :04:30.APPLAUSE The first of the mini-breaks. Aid to
:04:31. > :04:32.reflect return, right up the middle, deep and hard and again in the brown
:04:33. > :05:05.patch. -- a fantastic return. The patches behind the baseline at
:05:06. > :05:06.the moment are looking more and more like unbaked clay. Cracks are
:05:07. > :05:31.beginning to appear. They will swap ends with Kvitova
:05:32. > :05:35.with the mini-break. It is amazing the difference in the grass between
:05:36. > :05:40.the first and second, as far as feeling confident in your movement.
:05:41. > :05:44.The first three or four days the grass as so much moisture in it,
:05:45. > :05:49.especially when you get to the sides of the court. -- house. And you are
:05:50. > :05:55.planting to go back to the middle, you might slip. -- it has. Now it is
:05:56. > :05:59.very dry. They've been doing a lot of running around, it has become
:06:00. > :06:01.more compact, it has been pressed down. With the mini-break, Kvitova,
:06:02. > :06:16.4-2. APPLAUSE
:06:17. > :06:24.That is the way she has been playing for the whole set. Her backhand has
:06:25. > :06:28.been exceptional. Pulling Kvitova wide with the angle. And firing up
:06:29. > :06:48.the line with accuracy. APPLAUSE
:06:49. > :07:09.Goodness me. What quality. Only the second ace of the match.
:07:10. > :07:22.APPLAUSE That could be very costly.
:07:23. > :07:46.A couple of big boomers here. The job could be done in the first set.
:07:47. > :07:54.APPLAUSE Kvitova paying for trying to place a
:07:55. > :08:00.first serve. She was all over it. Great resiliency there from
:08:01. > :08:05.Safarova. Mentally strong. Looking for the forehand. Back on serve.
:08:06. > :08:29.5-5. This is the wobbly bit of the
:08:30. > :08:33.tie-break. Every other point is a biggie. This is a biggie at the
:08:34. > :09:01.moment because Kvitova is on the brink of the first set. She knows
:09:02. > :09:04.it. That was very tricky. Kvitova has not played a lefty this
:09:05. > :09:16.tournament. It must have hit the line. It shot up and Kvitova hit it
:09:17. > :09:20.so only. -- early. Centre Court has seen a lot of Petra Kvitova down the
:09:21. > :09:27.years. Not so much of Lucie Safarova and her father. What we've all seen
:09:28. > :09:29.of him and her so far we have enjoyed. Here she is 6-6 in the
:09:30. > :09:45.tie-break. She gave Alison Hughes along stare
:09:46. > :09:51.wondering whether or not to challenge but the umpire assured her
:09:52. > :10:13.the court was good. -- the call. APPLAUSE
:10:14. > :10:31.This time it is set point on the Kvitova serve.
:10:32. > :11:03.One of the keys to the way she has played this fortnight, played this
:11:04. > :11:18.year, has been the quality of the ball striking off both sides, off
:11:19. > :11:21.the right-hand and the left. I was talking to Nigel Sears coach on the
:11:22. > :11:27.women's tour, he knows both of these players very well, it is the one
:11:28. > :11:31.thing that has struck him. Looking for differences, it is the quality
:11:32. > :11:32.of the ball striking on both the forehand and backhand of Safarova
:11:33. > :11:47.these days. That however is ball striking from
:11:48. > :11:54.the other side of the net. Yes, I agree with that, Safarova was always
:11:55. > :11:57.known for her lefty serve, opening the court with it. And trying to
:11:58. > :11:59.control the middle of the court with the forehand, with a backhand she is
:12:00. > :12:14.so much more solid now. APPLAUSE That was one of those shots were all
:12:15. > :12:27.suffer over could do was through her head back in disbelief. -- Safarova.
:12:28. > :12:32.Two break points. -- threw her head back.
:12:33. > :13:09.APPLAUSE 30-14. Safarova and her drawer
:13:10. > :13:13.leading up to the semifinals, -- draw. Kvitova had a third-round
:13:14. > :13:16.clash against Venus Williams, in the second is that she was two point
:13:17. > :13:22.away from defeat, a very tight match. APPLAUSE
:13:23. > :13:27.Kvitova has talked about that much is being crucial for her confidence.
:13:28. > :13:30.She said she felt it was the best grasscourt tennis she has played
:13:31. > :13:39.since she was Wimbledon champion here in 2011. Back to deuce.
:13:40. > :13:55.No cross in the brown patch, the ball is going to move through even
:13:56. > :14:04.faster. -- grass. It will slide and stay lower.
:14:05. > :14:10.APPLAUSE She has got the break right at the
:14:11. > :15:38.start of the second set. APPLAUSE
:15:39. > :15:42.No doubt in your mind that Kvitova 's game has definitely elevated this
:15:43. > :15:48.second set. I think she feels less pressure now with the scoreline.
:15:49. > :15:49.Safarova is not playing quite as consistently, with as much
:15:50. > :16:11.penetration. APPLAUSE
:16:12. > :16:14.I think you are absolutely right. It was the woman who had been here
:16:15. > :16:20.before who has won the title on the squad who seem to be more bound up
:16:21. > :16:24.in chains by the occasion than the woman who is experiencing it for the
:16:25. > :16:35.first time. But that has been turned around now. Two more break points
:16:36. > :16:40.for Kvitova. APPLAUSE You would think the way Kvitova has
:16:41. > :16:42.been serving, Safarova 's father is looking on. These would-be virtual
:16:43. > :17:07.match point s. Game Kvitova. APPLAUSE
:17:08. > :17:11.She knows how close she is. Shortly after that the first all checks
:17:12. > :17:18.semifinal in history nearing its end. Kvitova champion here three
:17:19. > :17:28.years ago is now one match away from repeating that feat. -- I was trying
:17:29. > :17:35.to be focused from the beginning of the second set when I won the
:17:36. > :17:39.tie-break. I kept going and I served well in the last point. We have
:17:40. > :17:43.spoken earlier in the tournament about the fact that being the
:17:44. > :17:46.champion, coming back has been a bit difficult. Now you're going for the
:17:47. > :17:51.title again from a different perspective, how excited are you
:17:52. > :17:54.about what is to come? It is great. I'm emotional from the match but I
:17:55. > :18:00.still have two days to go to the final. I will try my best. I know
:18:01. > :18:04.how it feels when you hold the trophy. I really want to win my
:18:05. > :18:09.second title here and I will do everything I can. I'm guessing when
:18:10. > :18:12.she won her first title three years ago in the locking room people were
:18:13. > :18:16.thinking she might be somebody who dominates the game for the next four
:18:17. > :18:21.years. -- locker room. It doesn't happen. Do you think she was getting
:18:22. > :18:25.back to that kind of form? Absolutely, but she has such a high
:18:26. > :18:30.risk game, she had to play her a game. When she won the tournament
:18:31. > :18:33.she felt every time she was stepping on the court after that so much
:18:34. > :18:38.pressure on her shoulders. It was hard for her to cope full with that
:18:39. > :18:42.with her game, her style of play. -- cope with. She was having some up
:18:43. > :18:48.and down dissolves. Because she couldn't handle the pressure. --
:18:49. > :18:52.results. Now with her experience she feels more at ease and that is where
:18:53. > :18:57.she belongs. I think she can go all the way, and her results after that
:18:58. > :19:03.will be much better. How do you rationalise and body whose form is
:19:04. > :19:06.so up and down. -- somebody. It has been a surprise to everyone when we
:19:07. > :19:12.saw how well she played in the final. And how damaging herself was.
:19:13. > :19:16.And the swinging forehands. -- her serve. We were surprised she didn't
:19:17. > :19:20.do better. When the Olympics was here she didn't even play on the
:19:21. > :19:26.main court, she was somewhere down in the lower part of Wimbledon. On
:19:27. > :19:35.the practice court afterwards! The bottom distro pout. I always thought
:19:36. > :19:38.with her high game is fantastic. -- drop dropped out. She has had to get
:19:39. > :19:43.the forehand under control, it is such a dangerous weapon. It looks
:19:44. > :19:49.like it is going really well this week. What do you say to someone
:19:50. > :19:55.like Safarova after a semifinal like that. It might never come again.
:19:56. > :19:59.Don't say that! Semifinals, people say they are the worst matches to
:20:00. > :20:08.lose. The final is the worst match to use, believe me. -- to lose. The
:20:09. > :20:12.final is the worst because you are so close, you are holding the
:20:13. > :20:16.trophy. The whole ceremony is for the winner and you are sitting on
:20:17. > :20:21.the court, saying please can I go out, the only thing I want... It is
:20:22. > :20:25.a huge step forward, she has never been to that stage of the
:20:26. > :20:30.tournament. She has two day just that, sit down with her coach. She
:20:31. > :20:40.has a new fitness coach. -- digests that. She needs to 20 move on, but
:20:41. > :20:42.not stay, looking back all the time, over the semifinals. When you start
:20:43. > :20:48.to look back you never go forward again. Safarova has placed so well,
:20:49. > :20:54.I've watched in the past, she has a magnificent game. -- played. The
:20:55. > :21:00.next time I look, she uses a set. It has been a major step up for her to
:21:01. > :21:04.be so solid. -- losers. Although she ended up losing the second set quite
:21:05. > :21:11.quickly. She has to find a way to keep playing every point. She only
:21:12. > :21:16.has to take encouragement from really, it is a big step up for her.
:21:17. > :21:20.We're talking about people who are out of Wimbledon, it takes us on to
:21:21. > :21:24.what has been the main talking point everywhere, what actually does
:21:25. > :21:27.happen to Andy Murray yesterday? It wasn't just the fact he lost to
:21:28. > :21:32.Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets, it was the manner of it that caused so
:21:33. > :21:35.much debate, his demeanour, has passive behaviour, has led to all
:21:36. > :21:39.sorts of conspiracy theories. Is it a mystery orders to one of those
:21:40. > :21:42.things that happens in sport? This is a question for his former Davis
:21:43. > :21:48.Cup captain earlier today, John Lloyd. All our colleagues in the
:21:49. > :21:53.print media are scurrying around trying to solve the mystery of what
:21:54. > :21:59.happened to Andy Murray. Is there a mystery to be solved? Or was it just
:22:00. > :22:04.one of those things. I was baffled by the performance to be frank. You
:22:05. > :22:08.can have bad days of playing. What baffles me was mentally, how poor he
:22:09. > :22:14.was. To surrender the title in that way, it was staggering when he had
:22:15. > :22:18.such a good first week. I didn't see that one coming. Frankly it was a
:22:19. > :22:22.very poor performance from a player that won the tournament here last
:22:23. > :22:27.year. Aren't we talking tennis? Are we talking an issue off the court?
:22:28. > :22:30.The land of the multi-grand slam winning champion said he felt almost
:22:31. > :22:38.from the word go that Murray wasn't there. -- philander. I agree, I
:22:39. > :22:44.don't think it is a forehand... He made 37 errors but to me it was his
:22:45. > :22:47.body language. Someone who has won the title, when you look at the
:22:48. > :22:53.great champions and how they would have loved to win the -- bluffed the
:22:54. > :22:57.way they were playing. They would have gotten the face of their
:22:58. > :23:00.opponents to make it look like they were still going to win. For me,
:23:01. > :23:04.Murray surrendered so quickly, it's never looked like he would come
:23:05. > :23:09.back. He basically handed the match to his opponent. I couldn't believe
:23:10. > :23:15.it. To me the match yesterday was a pre-Lendl performance. Where he got
:23:16. > :23:19.onto his coaching box and was mustering and doing all that stuff.
:23:20. > :23:24.If he continues like that he will go a long time if ever before winning
:23:25. > :23:28.another Grand Slam again. -- muttering. He has to get back to the
:23:29. > :23:34.lender or they where everything was positive and he can still win many
:23:35. > :23:38.titles. -- Lendl. If the consort that out we won't see him as a
:23:39. > :23:42.winner again. Some strong words. Follow that. -- if you cannot sort
:23:43. > :23:46.it out. He was playing so well all tournament. If we get begin to
:23:47. > :23:52.speculate something was upsetting him of the court, it is not a very
:23:53. > :23:57.clever thing to say, but you always have the last word on the court if
:23:58. > :24:00.you want to blame somebody else and if you're having a bit of a fight,
:24:01. > :24:04.you can always lose and tell them it is their fault. I think it is
:24:05. > :24:09.probably happened to all of us at some stage. But not in a Wimbledon
:24:10. > :24:13.quarterfinal. Not when you are champion. Because you are so
:24:14. > :24:16.cocooned. He would have been concentrating on the match. I would
:24:17. > :24:22.have said he would have been quietly in the dressing room for quite a
:24:23. > :24:29.long time, in his own cocoon. Maybe I'm just thinking the tension got to
:24:30. > :24:33.him. Some of these previous matches this year where I've felt, against
:24:34. > :24:38.Nadal, I didn't feel he gave, I didn't feel he gave 100% in that
:24:39. > :24:44.match. I thought he went on as if he wasn't going to win and he got a
:24:45. > :24:47.little tame in that match. I think you pay the price for matches like
:24:48. > :24:51.that when it comes to something you really want to win. Like a Wimbledon
:24:52. > :24:57.quarterfinal. I don't know what happened to Andy, I know he wasn't
:24:58. > :25:04.very happy. You are in an invidious position. A lot of the questions are
:25:05. > :25:07.hanging over her. What is your take on what has happened? And whether
:25:08. > :25:12.that relationship is going to continue? I think we are just
:25:13. > :25:19.speculating about what happened. We have no idea. The only person who
:25:20. > :25:22.can answer that is Andy. Telling her why he felt like that and how he
:25:23. > :25:27.behaved like that. I feel there is always a reason for something. The
:25:28. > :25:33.year before when he was losing the first round, in Indian Wells,
:25:34. > :25:38.sometimes in Miami, some matches like that, when he was losing to a
:25:39. > :25:42.player, very lower ranked than him. Sometimes you pay the price for
:25:43. > :25:47.that. When you look at Rafa Nadal, no matter what, injured or not, he
:25:48. > :25:55.will give 100% on every point on the court and never show any bad
:25:56. > :25:59.science. The way he behaved on the court was remarkable. -- bad signs.
:26:00. > :26:03.They have no idea where he behaved like this. I cannot find an
:26:04. > :26:11.explanation as a player. -- I have no idea. Maybe he felt so nervous
:26:12. > :26:15.and so tense, feeling a bit tired, having a bad day, everything starts
:26:16. > :26:21.rolling, and you get on a negative role. The only person who can solve
:26:22. > :26:26.the mystery is Andy and maybe he will choose to keep his own counsel.
:26:27. > :26:29.You knows? Let's move on. We have a semifinal run up tomorrow that could
:26:30. > :26:36.see the changing of the guard in the men's game.
:26:37. > :26:42.These are the kings of the castle and the bombardment from the young
:26:43. > :26:48.rascals, to have fallen, to stand strong. Protecting the Ricoh
:26:49. > :26:56.ramparts. -- two have fallen, two stand strong. Ricoh ramparts. The
:26:57. > :26:59.grounds its most easily on the head of this graceful ruler. Eight times
:27:00. > :27:03.he has fought a semifinal, eight times he has won the battle. I feel
:27:04. > :27:06.very comfortable on Centre Court, there is so much on the line when
:27:07. > :27:12.you play at Wimbledon, especially quarterfinal days, or semis or
:27:13. > :27:19.finals. I feel, it helps me to stay calm in those moments. The Kings
:27:20. > :27:24.barricades will need to be strong as Milos Raonic an invader from North
:27:25. > :27:30.American shores slings down his arrows of discontent. Who needs a
:27:31. > :27:36.full armoury when one weapon can be so destructive? I know what will win
:27:37. > :27:45.the match is keep me out of difficult situations. This is one of
:27:46. > :27:49.those steps you have to take. Novak Djokovic has reigned as Wimbledon
:27:50. > :27:56.came before, and once to regain his throne. To maintain the power of the
:27:57. > :28:00.formidable form. The stakes are high and the experience I have from this
:28:01. > :28:05.tournament and several occasions, finals and semifinals, should help
:28:06. > :28:16.me to know what kind of approach I should have before a match. The
:28:17. > :28:20.young pretender stands before him. Grigor Dimitrov a warrior prince
:28:21. > :28:26.from the East has vanquished the reigning king. Now he thirsts for
:28:27. > :28:33.more. I know I have bigger goals and bigger potential. They think about
:28:34. > :28:43.Sunday? Of course I do. -- dare you. It is my ultimate goal. The Qatar
:28:44. > :28:50.castle walls may have been breached. Two Kings stand defiant. Claiming
:28:51. > :28:57.the king of the dominant for has not fallen yet. The old guard or the new
:28:58. > :29:00.God tomorrow? -- new God. I think Roger has benefited from not having
:29:01. > :29:04.all of the pressure and the attention on him. Nobody has
:29:05. > :29:08.suggested he will win this tournament. That has given him the
:29:09. > :29:15.freedom to be creative and brilliant as we know he can be. I'm giving him
:29:16. > :29:21.the edge against Raonic because Roger sees the ball so well on the
:29:22. > :29:25.return. Even if he pokes it back and gets shortfalls that will go for
:29:26. > :29:31.Nick problem. -- short balls, it will give Monica problem. Daschle
:29:32. > :29:54.Raonic. day matching, I think Novak Djokovic
:29:55. > :30:02.will love this. -- game matching. He will want to show that he is in
:30:03. > :30:10.charge. One stage further in Grand Slam, it is building a fresher haze.
:30:11. > :30:22.When you have never been in that situation before, it is difficult --
:30:23. > :30:27.a fresher face. The junior was influenced about the Mixed Doubles.
:30:28. > :30:33.One of the victorious players was Jamie Murray who along with Casey
:30:34. > :30:39.Dellacqua beat Horia Tecau and Sania Mirza to get through to the
:30:40. > :30:48.quarterfinals. This is match point. This is about the play of the day.
:30:49. > :31:03.This is Neal Skupski and Naomi Broady will winning in a spectacular
:31:04. > :31:11.match. This is match point. Unbridled joy to get to the
:31:12. > :31:14.quarterfinals. Moving back onto today. The second semifinal and this
:31:15. > :31:20.was the second match on Centre Court today.
:31:21. > :31:33." the tennis from Bouchard. -- incredible. She is playing
:31:34. > :31:39.incredible tennis. I have confidence that I can win. She has got it all,
:31:40. > :31:50.the body, the athletic ability, the technique. I will expect a difficult
:31:51. > :32:00.battle. I have enjoyed my first semi-finals. Eirene want this. I
:32:01. > :32:06.really want to win. -- I really want this. These are the two happening
:32:07. > :32:08.players. The first set was as competitive as we would have
:32:09. > :32:18.expected, but something happened here. Was it an ankle, or Aimee? It
:32:19. > :32:26.looked like the ankle, but it referred pain further up the leg --
:32:27. > :32:27.a knee. The two players, like in the first semifinal today, found
:32:28. > :33:02.themselves in a tie-break. Not many of the back of the seat
:33:03. > :33:14.being used. -- seats. Halep thought the server was in. Can you challenge
:33:15. > :33:31.your own serve? -- serve. Not after you miss your backhand, that is for
:33:32. > :34:13.sure. Great defence that time from Bouchard.
:34:14. > :34:26.Challenged by Halep. She thought it was wide. This will give her a
:34:27. > :34:28.fairer it is in. That is out, so we will not know the answer -- a fairer
:34:29. > :35:15.serve. -- fair. Always tricky getting the ball is
:35:16. > :35:21.down at one end and they think someone has been taken unwell in the
:35:22. > :35:25.crowd. It is a very warm day. There was an incident in Eastbourne of the
:35:26. > :35:33.week before Wimbledon when it held up play for 15 minutes for a man. It
:35:34. > :35:38.is over 80 degrees and that is in the shade. You are looking at over
:35:39. > :36:18.90 degrees in Centre Court in the full glare of the sun.
:36:19. > :36:25.So it was a kick-serve to the backhand of Bouchard and a return
:36:26. > :36:31.into the net on the first point of the restart. The lady has been
:36:32. > :36:58.helped away from Centre Court. 4-2 to Halep.
:36:59. > :37:08.Lucky this time. That was very lucky. Out think Halep would have
:37:09. > :37:13.got to that and the court would have been open. That seemed to be the
:37:14. > :38:02.only way she would win the point -- I think.
:38:03. > :38:12.Smart play from Bouchard to go behind Halep. She has been affected
:38:13. > :38:14.by that ankle injury. She is not moving quite as fast as we are used
:38:15. > :39:12.to seeing. Challenged by Halep. I saw her turn.
:39:13. > :39:15.Now she is going to find she is going to be down a couple of set
:39:16. > :39:52.points. That is bad luck. All or nothing from Simona Halep.
:39:53. > :39:54.One of the better returns that Bouchard has head. Great defending
:39:55. > :40:32.from Halep -- hit. Still set point. She has got it! It has taken one
:40:33. > :40:48.hour, with two interruptions, but Bouchard wins the opening set, 7-6.
:40:49. > :41:15.It is tricky to move because of the dirt and dust.
:41:16. > :41:35.If she had pushed that, she could really have gone after Bouchard and
:41:36. > :41:45.pushed off the net. She will wish she had done something different
:41:46. > :41:52.there. -- pushed her off the net. Where did that come from? What
:41:53. > :42:11.happened there that caused her to hit that shot? It was badly taken.
:42:12. > :42:18.That is when you were thinking about the previous couple of points.
:42:19. > :42:21.Exactly, it started with the drop shot she did not go after. Two more
:42:22. > :42:46.break points. The ball dived a bit in the wind,
:42:47. > :42:52.wonderful defence from Bouchard. She is showing she is not just a
:42:53. > :42:55.defensive player. She is not as natural and move as Halep, but
:42:56. > :43:12.anticipates well and gets a strong first step -- as natural a mover.
:43:13. > :43:22.Two double faults in the game. How costly is that? The break is gifted.
:43:23. > :43:29.This second semifinal was extraordinary. Suddenly, Brockley
:43:30. > :43:39.ran away with it and semifinalists in Australia and here she is heading
:43:40. > :43:46.to the final -- Bouchard. -- a semifinalist. She is on top of that
:43:47. > :43:53.and she had a good shot to win that tie-break. That would have given her
:43:54. > :44:03.a lead of 5-to. It does not seem like her day. -- two. A bit of
:44:04. > :44:13.fatigue left over perhaps from the French Open. It seems to have come
:44:14. > :44:37.to a head here in the second set. She played three days in a row. She
:44:38. > :44:43.has been busy this week stop -- she has been busy this week. Winning
:44:44. > :44:50.that opening set would have been a great painkiller. Absolutely.
:44:51. > :45:07.Unfortunately, she has done the opposite. To make the final of
:45:08. > :45:14.Wimbledon. -- two opposite. To make the final of
:45:15. > :45:26.final of Wimbledon. I think somebody was calling out,
:45:27. > :45:45.she stopped... Cannot hear what he is saying stop someone is screaming.
:45:46. > :45:59.I cannot do that. I would feel... I was distracted.
:46:00. > :46:07.I would hear it for this to matter. It does not make sense. That was
:46:08. > :48:24.weird. Still match point. That was gutsy. She was being
:48:25. > :48:29.challenged. Gives Bouchard at couple more seconds to regroup before
:48:30. > :48:39.coming back to play this point -- a couple more seconds.
:48:40. > :49:23.Brilliant! Three match points says, the match continues. -- saved.
:49:24. > :49:36.APPLAUSE. Maybe it will make it tougher in the end. She overcame
:49:37. > :49:39.another obstacle. She is so remarkably composed anyway and
:49:40. > :49:41.another obstacle. She is so a brief R -- argument with the
:49:42. > :50:05.umpire, she went back to business. That is close as well. She will
:50:06. > :50:15.challenge that, it is worth a second look. It was a potential double
:50:16. > :50:24.fault. It is in! That makes a big difference. She gets the first
:50:25. > :50:34.server back. -- serve. That was the second serve that she challenged.
:50:35. > :51:57.APPLAUSE. Softening the point yet again, it is two more. Final points.
:51:58. > :52:59.Four match point is gone. -- points.
:53:00. > :53:09.I should think it breathing is difficult right now. -- I should
:53:10. > :53:14.think breathing. The blood is boiling more now. Lifeline points.
:53:15. > :53:28.-- point. She loses the serve here she will be
:53:29. > :53:51.more upset about what happened in the previous game.
:53:52. > :54:30.Six match point. -- sixth. That will do it! Two years ago, Eugenie
:54:31. > :54:35.Bouchard was the junior champion, this was her sixth major and she has
:54:36. > :54:42.the chance to become the senior champion. She has not dropped a set
:54:43. > :54:51.in the tournament. She is so driven and ambitious. She is in her first
:54:52. > :54:58.major final. I'm really excited, I have a day off, I cannot wait to
:54:59. > :55:03.play. I will go for it. It will be tough. 2014 has been an excellent
:55:04. > :55:10.year for you, our use of prized at how well you have done? I never say
:55:11. > :55:15.I am surprised -- are you surprised. It has been years in the making. I
:55:16. > :55:23.expect good results. I always want more. I had a good start to the
:55:24. > :55:27.season. I expect I will do better. Just to give you a sense of the
:55:28. > :55:31.geography, this is their members lawn and if you look across the
:55:32. > :55:37.bridge, that is where the dressing rooms are. We find our guests
:55:38. > :55:45.again, the outside court is behind us. It is a fantastic late evening
:55:46. > :55:52.atmosphere. If we talk about Bouchard, at that age, just 20, to
:55:53. > :55:59.have that poise and composure, is extraordinary. She is very
:56:00. > :56:06.ambitious. She really wants to win. It is reminiscent -- reminiscent of
:56:07. > :56:20.Chris Everett. She had such good concentration. -- sixth. It will not
:56:21. > :56:25.be easy. She played a solid match -- Chris Evert. Halep will be a
:56:26. > :56:31.champion at some stage, she is a very good player. You did not play
:56:32. > :56:41.against, but you said she was coming up. Absolutely. She played against a
:56:42. > :56:47.former French player. Looking at her, I remember seeing her in
:56:48. > :56:55.Beijing, at the end of 2012, and looking at her, she was very
:56:56. > :57:00.ambitious. She reminds me of Maria Sharapova when she won here at the
:57:01. > :57:05.age of 17. She is saying she is here to beat everyone. A lot of times,
:57:06. > :57:21.people say they are just happy to be here. She said she is trying to win
:57:22. > :57:29.this. She is working really hard. Who is the favourite? I knew that
:57:30. > :57:37.would be the next question! Give us your insight! I do not know. If
:57:38. > :57:52.Patrick ever plays well, I think she will win. She may not be able to --
:57:53. > :58:01.Petra Cabot over. -- Petra Kvitova. Thank you. Before that, tomorrow
:58:02. > :58:11.there is another truly sensational sunset over there. Novak Djokovic
:58:12. > :58:33.against Gregor damage. Roger Federer will play Raonic. -- Rafael Nadal.
:58:34. > :58:49.-- Raonic. Thank you very much for watching us
:58:50. > :58:54.this evening. It has been the hottest day of the year here and
:58:55. > :58:58.Wimbledon has sweltered, but another great day of tennis and two of the
:58:59. > :59:53.hottest female players are through to the final on Saturday.
:59:54. > :59:56.MUSIC: "Without Me" by Eminem Guess... Who's... Back.