Day 10 Today at Wimbledon

have lost, down to the last four with the women's singles finding a

killing. But for whom? Wimbledon for the members lawn at

Wimbledon for look back on ladies semi 's final day. So much of the

talk is about what happened to Andy Murray yesterday and we will reflect

on that later in the programme. Before that let's consider a day in

the Championships that on so many occasions over the past 30 years has

produced matches to remember. That will go down as one of the great

moments. brilliant shot from Montanez. --

Martinez. That's it. One of the most memorable

matches we have had at Wimbledon. A roller-coaster ride of her life.

With us tonight to ladies who came through all the dramas of semifinals

and then finals to win the whole thing. Virginia Wade and Marion

Bartoli. Thank you for joining us. Let's start with the first semifinal

which featured two players from the Czech Republic. Superb. It is really

difficult to play your friend. When the match has finished I hope we can

go for a drink and be friends again. APPLAUSE

Lovely play. What a moment for Safarova. Petra

Kvitova marches through. Kvitova may never have lost when

these two have met before but the first set was a titanic duel and it

ended up in a tie-breaker. APPLAUSE

UMPIRE: 1-1. UMPIRE: 2-1 Kvitova. Such a huge

difference when Kvitova is able to get the first serve in and dictate

play. The second one in, Safarova get a good hit on it. -- gets.

APPLAUSE The first of the mini-breaks. Aid to

reflect return, right up the middle, deep and hard and again in the brown

patch. -- a fantastic return. The patches behind the baseline at

the moment are looking more and more like unbaked clay. Cracks are

beginning to appear. They will swap ends with Kvitova

with the mini-break. It is amazing the difference in the grass between

the first and second, as far as feeling confident in your movement.

The first three or four days the grass as so much moisture in it,

especially when you get to the sides of the court. -- house. And you are

planting to go back to the middle, you might slip. -- it has. Now it is

very dry. They've been doing a lot of running around, it has become

more compact, it has been pressed down. With the mini-break, Kvitova,

4-2. APPLAUSE

That is the way she has been playing for the whole set. Her backhand has

been exceptional. Pulling Kvitova wide with the angle. And firing up

the line with accuracy. APPLAUSE

Goodness me. What quality. Only the second ace of the match.

APPLAUSE That could be very costly.

A couple of big boomers here. The job could be done in the first set.

APPLAUSE Kvitova paying for trying to place a

first serve. She was all over it. Great resiliency there from

Safarova. Mentally strong. Looking for the forehand. Back on serve.

5-5. This is the wobbly bit of the

tie-break. Every other point is a biggie. This is a biggie at the

moment because Kvitova is on the brink of the first set. She knows

it. That was very tricky. Kvitova has not played a lefty this

tournament. It must have hit the line. It shot up and Kvitova hit it

so only. -- early. Centre Court has seen a lot of Petra Kvitova down the

years. Not so much of Lucie Safarova and her father. What we've all seen

of him and her so far we have enjoyed. Here she is 6-6 in the

tie-break. She gave Alison Hughes along stare

wondering whether or not to challenge but the umpire assured her

the court was good. -- the call. APPLAUSE

This time it is set point on the Kvitova serve.

One of the keys to the way she has played this fortnight, played this

year, has been the quality of the ball striking off both sides, off

the right-hand and the left. I was talking to Nigel Sears coach on the

women's tour, he knows both of these players very well, it is the one

thing that has struck him. Looking for differences, it is the quality

of the ball striking on both the forehand and backhand of Safarova

these days. That however is ball striking from

the other side of the net. Yes, I agree with that, Safarova was always

known for her lefty serve, opening the court with it. And trying to

control the middle of the court with the forehand, with a backhand she is

so much more solid now. APPLAUSE That was one of those shots were all

suffer over could do was through her head back in disbelief. -- Safarova.

Two break points. -- threw her head back.

APPLAUSE 30-14. Safarova and her drawer

leading up to the semifinals, -- draw. Kvitova had a third-round

clash against Venus Williams, in the second is that she was two point

away from defeat, a very tight match. APPLAUSE

Kvitova has talked about that much is being crucial for her confidence.

She said she felt it was the best grasscourt tennis she has played

since she was Wimbledon champion here in 2011. Back to deuce.

No cross in the brown patch, the ball is going to move through even

faster. -- grass. It will slide and stay lower.

APPLAUSE She has got the break right at the

start of the second set. APPLAUSE

No doubt in your mind that Kvitova 's game has definitely elevated this

second set. I think she feels less pressure now with the scoreline.

Safarova is not playing quite as consistently, with as much

penetration. APPLAUSE

I think you are absolutely right. It was the woman who had been here

before who has won the title on the squad who seem to be more bound up

in chains by the occasion than the woman who is experiencing it for the

first time. But that has been turned around now. Two more break points

for Kvitova. APPLAUSE You would think the way Kvitova has

been serving, Safarova 's father is looking on. These would-be virtual

match point s. Game Kvitova. APPLAUSE

She knows how close she is. Shortly after that the first all checks

semifinal in history nearing its end. Kvitova champion here three

years ago is now one match away from repeating that feat. -- I was trying

to be focused from the beginning of the second set when I won the

tie-break. I kept going and I served well in the last point. We have

spoken earlier in the tournament about the fact that being the

champion, coming back has been a bit difficult. Now you're going for the

title again from a different perspective, how excited are you

about what is to come? It is great. I'm emotional from the match but I

still have two days to go to the final. I will try my best. I know

how it feels when you hold the trophy. I really want to win my

second title here and I will do everything I can. I'm guessing when

she won her first title three years ago in the locking room people were

thinking she might be somebody who dominates the game for the next four

years. -- locker room. It doesn't happen. Do you think she was getting

back to that kind of form? Absolutely, but she has such a high

risk game, she had to play her a game. When she won the tournament

she felt every time she was stepping on the court after that so much

pressure on her shoulders. It was hard for her to cope full with that

with her game, her style of play. -- cope with. She was having some up

and down dissolves. Because she couldn't handle the pressure. --

results. Now with her experience she feels more at ease and that is where

she belongs. I think she can go all the way, and her results after that

will be much better. How do you rationalise and body whose form is

so up and down. -- somebody. It has been a surprise to everyone when we

saw how well she played in the final. And how damaging herself was.

And the swinging forehands. -- her serve. We were surprised she didn't

do better. When the Olympics was here she didn't even play on the

main court, she was somewhere down in the lower part of Wimbledon. On

the practice court afterwards! The bottom distro pout. I always thought

with her high game is fantastic. -- drop dropped out. She has had to get

the forehand under control, it is such a dangerous weapon. It looks

like it is going really well this week. What do you say to someone

like Safarova after a semifinal like that. It might never come again.

Don't say that! Semifinals, people say they are the worst matches to

lose. The final is the worst match to use, believe me. -- to lose. The

final is the worst because you are so close, you are holding the

trophy. The whole ceremony is for the winner and you are sitting on

the court, saying please can I go out, the only thing I want... It is

a huge step forward, she has never been to that stage of the

tournament. She has two day just that, sit down with her coach. She

has a new fitness coach. -- digests that. She needs to 20 move on, but

not stay, looking back all the time, over the semifinals. When you start

to look back you never go forward again. Safarova has placed so well,

I've watched in the past, she has a magnificent game. -- played. The

next time I look, she uses a set. It has been a major step up for her to

be so solid. -- losers. Although she ended up losing the second set quite

quickly. She has to find a way to keep playing every point. She only

has to take encouragement from really, it is a big step up for her.

We're talking about people who are out of Wimbledon, it takes us on to

what has been the main talking point everywhere, what actually does

happen to Andy Murray yesterday? It wasn't just the fact he lost to

Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets, it was the manner of it that caused so

much debate, his demeanour, has passive behaviour, has led to all

sorts of conspiracy theories. Is it a mystery orders to one of those

things that happens in sport? This is a question for his former Davis

Cup captain earlier today, John Lloyd. All our colleagues in the

print media are scurrying around trying to solve the mystery of what

happened to Andy Murray. Is there a mystery to be solved? Or was it just

one of those things. I was baffled by the performance to be frank. You

can have bad days of playing. What baffles me was mentally, how poor he

was. To surrender the title in that way, it was staggering when he had

such a good first week. I didn't see that one coming. Frankly it was a

very poor performance from a player that won the tournament here last

year. Aren't we talking tennis? Are we talking an issue off the court?

The land of the multi-grand slam winning champion said he felt almost

from the word go that Murray wasn't there. -- philander. I agree, I

don't think it is a forehand... He made 37 errors but to me it was his

body language. Someone who has won the title, when you look at the

great champions and how they would have loved to win the -- bluffed the

way they were playing. They would have gotten the face of their

opponents to make it look like they were still going to win. For me,

Murray surrendered so quickly, it's never looked like he would come

back. He basically handed the match to his opponent. I couldn't believe

it. To me the match yesterday was a pre-Lendl performance. Where he got

onto his coaching box and was mustering and doing all that stuff.

If he continues like that he will go a long time if ever before winning

another Grand Slam again. -- muttering. He has to get back to the

lender or they where everything was positive and he can still win many

titles. -- Lendl. If the consort that out we won't see him as a

winner again. Some strong words. Follow that. -- if you cannot sort

it out. He was playing so well all tournament. If we get begin to

speculate something was upsetting him of the court, it is not a very

clever thing to say, but you always have the last word on the court if

you want to blame somebody else and if you're having a bit of a fight,

you can always lose and tell them it is their fault. I think it is

probably happened to all of us at some stage. But not in a Wimbledon

quarterfinal. Not when you are champion. Because you are so

cocooned. He would have been concentrating on the match. I would

have said he would have been quietly in the dressing room for quite a

long time, in his own cocoon. Maybe I'm just thinking the tension got to

him. Some of these previous matches this year where I've felt, against

Nadal, I didn't feel he gave, I didn't feel he gave 100% in that

match. I thought he went on as if he wasn't going to win and he got a

little tame in that match. I think you pay the price for matches like

that when it comes to something you really want to win. Like a Wimbledon

quarterfinal. I don't know what happened to Andy, I know he wasn't

very happy. You are in an invidious position. A lot of the questions are

hanging over her. What is your take on what has happened? And whether

that relationship is going to continue? I think we are just

speculating about what happened. We have no idea. The only person who

can answer that is Andy. Telling her why he felt like that and how he

behaved like that. I feel there is always a reason for something. The

year before when he was losing the first round, in Indian Wells,

sometimes in Miami, some matches like that, when he was losing to a

player, very lower ranked than him. Sometimes you pay the price for

that. When you look at Rafa Nadal, no matter what, injured or not, he

will give 100% on every point on the court and never show any bad

science. The way he behaved on the court was remarkable. -- bad signs.

They have no idea where he behaved like this. I cannot find an

explanation as a player. -- I have no idea. Maybe he felt so nervous

and so tense, feeling a bit tired, having a bad day, everything starts

rolling, and you get on a negative role. The only person who can solve

the mystery is Andy and maybe he will choose to keep his own counsel.

You knows? Let's move on. We have a semifinal run up tomorrow that could

see the changing of the guard in the men's game.

These are the kings of the castle and the bombardment from the young

rascals, to have fallen, to stand strong. Protecting the Ricoh

ramparts. -- two have fallen, two stand strong. Ricoh ramparts. The

grounds its most easily on the head of this graceful ruler. Eight times

he has fought a semifinal, eight times he has won the battle. I feel

very comfortable on Centre Court, there is so much on the line when

you play at Wimbledon, especially quarterfinal days, or semis or

finals. I feel, it helps me to stay calm in those moments. The Kings

barricades will need to be strong as Milos Raonic an invader from North

American shores slings down his arrows of discontent. Who needs a

full armoury when one weapon can be so destructive? I know what will win

the match is keep me out of difficult situations. This is one of

those steps you have to take. Novak Djokovic has reigned as Wimbledon

came before, and once to regain his throne. To maintain the power of the

formidable form. The stakes are high and the experience I have from this

tournament and several occasions, finals and semifinals, should help

me to know what kind of approach I should have before a match. The

young pretender stands before him. Grigor Dimitrov a warrior prince

from the East has vanquished the reigning king. Now he thirsts for

more. I know I have bigger goals and bigger potential. They think about

Sunday? Of course I do. -- dare you. It is my ultimate goal. The Qatar

castle walls may have been breached. Two Kings stand defiant. Claiming

the king of the dominant for has not fallen yet. The old guard or the new

God tomorrow? -- new God. I think Roger has benefited from not having

all of the pressure and the attention on him. Nobody has

suggested he will win this tournament. That has given him the

freedom to be creative and brilliant as we know he can be. I'm giving him

the edge against Raonic because Roger sees the ball so well on the

return. Even if he pokes it back and gets shortfalls that will go for

Nick problem. -- short balls, it will give Monica problem. Daschle

Raonic. day matching, I think Novak Djokovic

will love this. -- game matching. He will want to show that he is in

charge. One stage further in Grand Slam, it is building a fresher haze.

When you have never been in that situation before, it is difficult --

a fresher face. The junior was influenced about the Mixed Doubles.

One of the victorious players was Jamie Murray who along with Casey

Dellacqua beat Horia Tecau and Sania Mirza to get through to the

quarterfinals. This is match point. This is about the play of the day.

This is Neal Skupski and Naomi Broady will winning in a spectacular

match. This is match point. Unbridled joy to get to the

quarterfinals. Moving back onto today. The second semifinal and this

was the second match on Centre Court today.

" the tennis from Bouchard. -- incredible. She is playing

incredible tennis. I have confidence that I can win. She has got it all,

the body, the athletic ability, the technique. I will expect a difficult

battle. I have enjoyed my first semi-finals. Eirene want this. I

really want to win. -- I really want this. These are the two happening

players. The first set was as competitive as we would have

expected, but something happened here. Was it an ankle, or Aimee? It

looked like the ankle, but it referred pain further up the leg --

a knee. The two players, like in the first semifinal today, found

themselves in a tie-break. Not many of the back of the seat

being used. -- seats. Halep thought the server was in. Can you challenge

your own serve? -- serve. Not after you miss your backhand, that is for

sure. Great defence that time from Bouchard.

Challenged by Halep. She thought it was wide. This will give her a

fairer it is in. That is out, so we will not know the answer -- a fairer

serve. -- fair. Always tricky getting the ball is

down at one end and they think someone has been taken unwell in the

crowd. It is a very warm day. There was an incident in Eastbourne of the

week before Wimbledon when it held up play for 15 minutes for a man. It

is over 80 degrees and that is in the shade. You are looking at over

90 degrees in Centre Court in the full glare of the sun.

So it was a kick-serve to the backhand of Bouchard and a return

into the net on the first point of the restart. The lady has been

helped away from Centre Court. 4-2 to Halep.

Lucky this time. That was very lucky. Out think Halep would have

got to that and the court would have been open. That seemed to be the

only way she would win the point -- I think.

Smart play from Bouchard to go behind Halep. She has been affected

by that ankle injury. She is not moving quite as fast as we are used

to seeing. Challenged by Halep. I saw her turn.

Now she is going to find she is going to be down a couple of set

points. That is bad luck. All or nothing from Simona Halep.

One of the better returns that Bouchard has head. Great defending

from Halep -- hit. Still set point. She has got it! It has taken one

hour, with two interruptions, but Bouchard wins the opening set, 7-6.

It is tricky to move because of the dirt and dust.

If she had pushed that, she could really have gone after Bouchard and

pushed off the net. She will wish she had done something different

there. -- pushed her off the net. Where did that come from? What

happened there that caused her to hit that shot? It was badly taken.

That is when you were thinking about the previous couple of points.

Exactly, it started with the drop shot she did not go after. Two more

break points. The ball dived a bit in the wind,

wonderful defence from Bouchard. She is showing she is not just a

defensive player. She is not as natural and move as Halep, but

anticipates well and gets a strong first step -- as natural a mover.

Two double faults in the game. How costly is that? The break is gifted.

This second semifinal was extraordinary. Suddenly, Brockley

ran away with it and semifinalists in Australia and here she is heading

to the final -- Bouchard. -- a semifinalist. She is on top of that

and she had a good shot to win that tie-break. That would have given her

a lead of 5-to. It does not seem like her day. -- two. A bit of

fatigue left over perhaps from the French Open. It seems to have come

to a head here in the second set. She played three days in a row. She

has been busy this week stop -- she has been busy this week. Winning

that opening set would have been a great painkiller. Absolutely.

Unfortunately, she has done the opposite. To make the final of

Wimbledon. -- two opposite. To make the final of

final of Wimbledon. I think somebody was calling out,

she stopped... Cannot hear what he is saying stop someone is screaming.

I cannot do that. I would feel... I was distracted.

I would hear it for this to matter. It does not make sense. That was

weird. Still match point. That was gutsy. She was being

challenged. Gives Bouchard at couple more seconds to regroup before

coming back to play this point -- a couple more seconds.

Brilliant! Three match points says, the match continues. -- saved.

APPLAUSE. Maybe it will make it tougher in the end. She overcame

another obstacle. She is so remarkably composed anyway and

another obstacle. She is so a brief R -- argument with the

umpire, she went back to business. That is close as well. She will

challenge that, it is worth a second look. It was a potential double

fault. It is in! That makes a big difference. She gets the first

server back. -- serve. That was the second serve that she challenged.

APPLAUSE. Softening the point yet again, it is two more. Final points.

Four match point is gone. -- points.

I should think it breathing is difficult right now. -- I should

think breathing. The blood is boiling more now. Lifeline points.

-- point. She loses the serve here she will be

more upset about what happened in the previous game.

Six match point. -- sixth. That will do it! Two years ago, Eugenie

Bouchard was the junior champion, this was her sixth major and she has

the chance to become the senior champion. She has not dropped a set

in the tournament. She is so driven and ambitious. She is in her first

major final. I'm really excited, I have a day off, I cannot wait to

play. I will go for it. It will be tough. 2014 has been an excellent

year for you, our use of prized at how well you have done? I never say

I am surprised -- are you surprised. It has been years in the making. I

expect good results. I always want more. I had a good start to the

season. I expect I will do better. Just to give you a sense of the

geography, this is their members lawn and if you look across the

bridge, that is where the dressing rooms are. We find our guests

again, the outside court is behind us. It is a fantastic late evening

atmosphere. If we talk about Bouchard, at that age, just 20, to

have that poise and composure, is extraordinary. She is very

ambitious. She really wants to win. It is reminiscent -- reminiscent of

Chris Everett. She had such good concentration. -- sixth. It will not

be easy. She played a solid match -- Chris Evert. Halep will be a

champion at some stage, she is a very good player. You did not play

against, but you said she was coming up. Absolutely. She played against a

former French player. Looking at her, I remember seeing her in

Beijing, at the end of 2012, and looking at her, she was very

ambitious. She reminds me of Maria Sharapova when she won here at the

age of 17. She is saying she is here to beat everyone. A lot of times,

people say they are just happy to be here. She said she is trying to win

this. She is working really hard. Who is the favourite? I knew that

would be the next question! Give us your insight! I do not know. If

Patrick ever plays well, I think she will win. She may not be able to --

Petra Cabot over. -- Petra Kvitova. Thank you. Before that, tomorrow

there is another truly sensational sunset over there. Novak Djokovic

against Gregor damage. Roger Federer will play Raonic. -- Rafael Nadal.

-- Raonic. Thank you very much for watching us

this evening. It has been the hottest day of the year here and

Wimbledon has sweltered, but another great day of tennis and two of the

hottest female players are through to the final on Saturday.

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