:00:24. > :00:28.often, they have cupboard falls of T-shirts, and the two who have yet
:00:29. > :00:40.to start their collection. The last four of the Men's Singles. Will it
:00:41. > :00:45.be used or experience? -- youth? Good evening from the roof of the
:00:46. > :00:52.press centre, looking out across this wonderful Wimbledon complex on
:00:53. > :00:55.men's semifinal day. And just because we can, for no good reason
:00:56. > :00:58.at all, before we see what happened today, we thought we would look back
:00:59. > :02:12.at all our semifinal yesterday is. And Roger Federer is back here
:02:13. > :02:15.today, minus the ponytail, and 30 years on from George Michael and
:02:16. > :02:22.Andrew Ridgeley, reunited on the roof, Pat Cash and John McEnroe
:02:23. > :02:25.reunited, still coming to terms, John McEnroe with the fact that
:02:26. > :02:31.Canada is the new powerhouse of tennis. And why are we doing this
:02:32. > :02:35.here? Because we can. And what we can also do is show you the first
:02:36. > :02:42.semifinal, which promised so much, and it delivered.
:02:43. > :02:48.This is the one that they want. Novak Djokovic wanted it and won it
:02:49. > :02:56.three years ago. The top seed with six slams want it back.
:02:57. > :03:03.Grigor Dimitrov once his first slam. A heart-throb with style and
:03:04. > :03:08.now serious substance, his desire has never been greater. Satisfaction
:03:09. > :03:09.for the young Bulgarian does not rest with the first major semifinal.
:03:10. > :03:22.He wants more. Well, it did look as though the
:03:23. > :03:28.match was going to be very, very one-sided, because the first set
:03:29. > :03:31.came and went in 26 minutes. Very short points, short games, but
:03:32. > :03:38.Djokovic very much in control, and here he was taking it 6-4. The
:03:39. > :03:42.second is it continued very much in the same vein. An early break, and
:03:43. > :03:44.here is Djokovic is set and a break the same vein. An early break, and
:03:45. > :03:45.here is Djokovic is set and a break to the good, and he was motoring at
:03:46. > :04:18.this point. JOHN McENROE: He is definitely
:04:19. > :04:37.capable of going to plan B or even C.
:04:38. > :04:48.That slice is going to really come in handy. You don't quite know what
:04:49. > :04:51.he is going to do. Will it set up? Will the wind take it? That will pay
:04:52. > :05:05.off for Dimitrov. ANDREW CASTLE: That is a mess, no
:05:06. > :06:21.more than a rallying ball. This slice is really beginning to
:06:22. > :06:28.have effect. Jon and John Lloyd have been talking about the need for
:06:29. > :07:12.Dimitrov to do this. -- John McEnroe and John Lloyd.
:07:13. > :07:22.Djokovic did a smart thing there. He looked like he was moving forward,
:07:23. > :07:26.so Dimitrov hit a slice, short one, but he waited a little bit and came
:07:27. > :07:29.in on an even better approach. Still a chance. How big is this the Grigor
:07:30. > :07:56.Dimitrov to get level in this set? Yes, Gaymon!
:07:57. > :08:04.JOHN INVERDALE: -- game on. JOHN INVERDALE: And on set point, we
:08:05. > :08:10.had to wait for a Hawk-eye decision. Djokovic stopped playing because he
:08:11. > :08:16.thought the ball had gone long. But Hawk-eye on this occasion said that
:08:17. > :08:21.the ball was just in, and as far as the second set was concerned,
:08:22. > :08:29.Djokovic was out, so it is one apiece at this point. This is a big
:08:30. > :08:34.moment in the match. Amiss hit backhand found the line from
:08:35. > :08:38.Djokovic that saved his bacon. If Dimitrov had broken there, who knows
:08:39. > :09:57.what might have happened. Anyway, a tie-break happened.
:09:58. > :10:08.Once again, the slip. It is almost impossible fit not to getting your
:10:09. > :10:13.head. He slipped on the forehand, looked like his balance was good
:10:14. > :10:39.there. The tie-break also tightens you up.
:10:40. > :10:58.It is surgical from Novak Djokovic, surgical, deep. He continues to be
:10:59. > :11:03.awesome today. 15 aces already. You wouldn't have thought he would serve
:11:04. > :11:31.that many more than Dimitrov. No double faults, not a single blemish.
:11:32. > :11:40.Another slip, that was a few points ago. It is causing some serious
:11:41. > :11:47.headaches. For the ground staff, too. You can see the churn caused by
:11:48. > :12:11.the spikes. Oh, now he is going to have to find
:12:12. > :12:16.some inspiration, and fast, if he is to climb back into this tie-breaker
:12:17. > :12:42.after over two hours. Djokovic is in the driving seat. 5-2 in the break.
:12:43. > :12:55.That is not thinking clearly at all. The shot selection at that time in a
:12:56. > :13:03.tie-breaker? Djokovic is tempting him into these wrong selections.
:13:04. > :13:13.It is a perfect breaker, and Novak Djokovic is another set away from
:13:14. > :13:16.the Wimbledon final. 7-2 on the breaker.
:13:17. > :13:20.JOHN INVERDALE: Djokovic was long odds-on to win that match in four
:13:21. > :13:27.sets, and he got off to a flying start in the fourth, but Dimitrov
:13:28. > :13:34.came back. Suddenly, he was Djokovic serving to stay in the set.
:13:35. > :13:49.ANDREW CASTLE: Vaccine! -- that's in!
:13:50. > :13:54.He is still more less watching it. He could have gotten over there. How
:13:55. > :15:15.costly wood that the? He is so good at keeping his
:15:16. > :15:34.composure. Just so solid, this serve has been for him.
:15:35. > :15:54.Look at the moves, look at the physicality that Dimitrov brings to
:15:55. > :16:20.this court. He had no right to get to at least three of those.
:16:21. > :16:36.Yes! It on the line. Grigor Dimitrov, massive fist bump. What
:16:37. > :16:41.are we seeing hear from him? Djokovic can't believe his standard
:16:42. > :16:57.of play. He is a point away from being level.
:16:58. > :17:10.Oh, yes, matchplay Djokovic. Sportsmen.
:17:11. > :17:18.Applauding Dimitrov's play 30 seconds ago, pummelling a first
:17:19. > :17:38.serve to save the set. What has happened here? This has got
:17:39. > :17:54.to be a world record. Twice or three times in that rally? Meantime,
:17:55. > :18:12.Djokovic is just making... One, two...
:18:13. > :18:23.Fabulous from Novak Djokovic. Lesser men, lesser sports men, would have
:18:24. > :18:30.capitulated there. JOHN INVERDALE: We have some match
:18:31. > :18:33.on now, and here we are in the fourth set tie-break, Dimitrov
:18:34. > :18:50.serving and just two points away from taking it to a fifth.
:18:51. > :19:01.ANDREW CASTLE: Ten years ago, Sharapova found what it takes to win
:19:02. > :19:23.at Wimbledon. She knows what her partner is going through now.
:19:24. > :19:34.This is just outstanding. Did you see the look on his face as he came
:19:35. > :19:45.in there? He was like, I'm coming in! The cavalry.
:19:46. > :20:07.I just don't know what his tendons are made of.
:20:08. > :20:28.He still has a couple of set points.
:20:29. > :20:37.So, Dimitrov is going to have to hold his nerve and serve for it.
:20:38. > :21:23.Good job Djokovic, winning two Street points. -- straight points.
:21:24. > :21:34.That is big-time. What a point. He didn't want to miss. He was just
:21:35. > :21:36.waiting to get Dimitrov off-balance, and then he just sprinted for it to
:21:37. > :22:20.hit that volley. Oh, no, not again.
:22:21. > :22:28.UMPIRE: Mr Dimitrov is challenging the call. The ball was called out.
:22:29. > :22:39.It is just out! Djokovic who has manfully come back into the set
:22:40. > :22:42.three points down, suddenly it is a match point for a place in the
:22:43. > :23:10.Wimbledon final. Denied! Serve and volley on match
:23:11. > :23:12.point, I can't believe he did that. Talk about expecting the
:23:13. > :23:41.unexpected. I think he's all right, but that is
:23:42. > :23:54.a tough one, because the legs were split. Will he call a trainer? He is
:23:55. > :24:00.certainly going to think about it. Varies a line straight through to
:24:01. > :24:03.the physios' room, and they are waiting for a call from the umpire.
:24:04. > :24:43.Moving on, another match point. He's got it! What a fighter. They
:24:44. > :24:57.both laugh. -- oath -- they both are. It is Djokovic who goes through
:24:58. > :25:05.to Sunday's final. Playing against a future star, he is already a top
:25:06. > :25:09.player. He deserves respect, and for his first semifinal, he was
:25:10. > :25:13.fighting, and it was a tough match. The fourth set could have gone
:25:14. > :25:20.either way. I thought I started well, a set and a break, and then
:25:21. > :25:30.double break points. But again, like in the last match against Cilic, I
:25:31. > :25:35.allowed my opponents to come back. Well, that is us. What do you make
:25:36. > :25:42.of that semifinal? I thoroughly enjoyed it. Both guys showed a lot
:25:43. > :25:48.of heart and character. Novak was running away with it, Dimitrov was
:25:49. > :25:50.tight at the beginning, but he had a chance to go double
:25:51. > :25:58.tight at the beginning, but he had a him off the hook, and suddenly you
:25:59. > :26:06.saw what Greg -- Grigor Dimitrov is capable of. Before the match, I said
:26:07. > :26:12.it would be great if this was five sets. And he got down a break in the
:26:13. > :26:17.fourth, he battled back, and then suddenly it is 6-3 in the
:26:18. > :26:24.tie-break, we were set on a fifth set, but then it was over. But I'm
:26:25. > :26:29.sure Novak doesn't mind. Is it too simple to say that it was one of
:26:30. > :26:35.those occasions when at key moments, that is when champions like
:26:36. > :26:40.Novak Djokovic show their class? He did play a great match, and he has
:26:41. > :26:44.been knocked into form, serious form, from the first match of this
:26:45. > :26:48.tournament. He has had a really tough draw, and for him to be in the
:26:49. > :26:53.semifinal, that is when you know you are informed. I joke that the
:26:54. > :26:58.recipes for top form is like a good cup of tea. The longer in hot water,
:26:59. > :27:03.the stronger you are, and that is where he has been. He has been in
:27:04. > :27:11.hot water a lot, and that is when he pulls stuff out. But Dimitrov, wow,
:27:12. > :27:16.what a player. He really is moving around the net. That was a fantastic
:27:17. > :27:22.one when both players were on the deck looking at each other after one
:27:23. > :27:30.point. I was suggesting watering the court between sets like they do at
:27:31. > :27:40.Roland Garros. You saw a bit of old school, Dimitrov with the volley, a
:27:41. > :27:44.one-handed sliced like Pat Cash. Novak is one of the toughest,
:27:45. > :27:51.mentally strongest guys I have ever seen on the court. I would be going
:27:52. > :27:54.bananas, I would be completely bald if I went through some of the
:27:55. > :27:59.matches he has gone through with the stress. And it was windy out there
:28:00. > :28:05.and hot, and that was hard for both of these guys. Going back to a
:28:06. > :28:09.couple of nights ago when we were talking about playing on the middle
:28:10. > :28:12.Sunday, and you said it was baloney about the courts needing a break,
:28:13. > :28:20.and maybe what we saw today proves that your argument is baloney? Do
:28:21. > :28:28.you think one day would make a difference? I would say it wouldn't.
:28:29. > :28:38.Baloney, still. They are going to have to change the grass. The grass
:28:39. > :28:42.wasn't lasting in the middle of the court, now it isn't blasting at the
:28:43. > :28:49.back. Maybe they will have to make it a really tough grass. It will be
:28:50. > :28:54.interesting to see how it goes. We saw today undoubtedly a Wimbledon
:28:55. > :28:59.champion of the future. It is not a question of if, it is when. I think
:29:00. > :29:06.he will win numerous Grand Slam titles. He rose to the occasion when
:29:07. > :29:20.he needed to. He is one of the few guys out there who could go to a
:29:21. > :29:30.plan B or C or possibly even D. I think he could win numerous majors.
:29:31. > :29:42.Most players' plan B is just a better version of A! So let's have a
:29:43. > :29:47.look at the women's final that is taking place tomorrow.
:29:48. > :29:50.If the French final was the match of the year so far for the women's
:29:51. > :30:02.game, the game tomorrow could be every bit as good. Think Canada,
:30:03. > :30:06.think bears, and, ice hockey, more bears. Images of a nation instantly
:30:07. > :30:13.recognised. Jeannie Bouchard is set to fit the bill. - you Jeannie. She
:30:14. > :30:21.has little, the body, the athletic ability. The technique. Think Czech
:30:22. > :30:25.Republic, Prague, good in Wenceslas, that good king Wenceslas, there
:30:26. > :30:29.aren't as many instantly recognisable check images as
:30:30. > :30:38.Canadian. Petra Kvitova might change that by winning a second Wimbledon
:30:39. > :30:44.title three years after her first. -- Czech. This time I don't know
:30:45. > :30:48.what is going to happen, I'm not sure if it is good to know what is
:30:49. > :30:54.going to happen. It is a good experience, and I hope it will help
:30:55. > :30:59.me in the end. I think both players play really good grasscourt tennis
:31:00. > :31:04.commentator to the ball pretty flat and our aggressive attacking. It
:31:05. > :31:08.will be a matter of the way, Eugenie Bouchard plays, taking time away
:31:09. > :31:12.from the opponent, how much that will bother Kvitova, but if she can
:31:13. > :31:17.stand inside the baseline and hit the returns the way she has been
:31:18. > :31:22.against the big swinging hard serve of Kvitova. It will be a case of who
:31:23. > :31:25.can impose whose game on the other. Kvitova was once told she was too
:31:26. > :31:31.nice but tennis but the Swedes nature is definitely reserved for
:31:32. > :31:35.off court. Dashed sweet nature. She is a great player. She likes the
:31:36. > :31:39.grass. I think it will be my toughest match yet but I'm looking
:31:40. > :31:43.forward to the challenge. I really enjoyed seeing an opportunity and
:31:44. > :31:47.going to take it. She has some weapons and I will be ready for that
:31:48. > :31:51.and try to impose my weapons and try to play my game. And fight on every
:31:52. > :31:56.single point. Leave it all out there. Eugenie 's rise is a wish
:31:57. > :32:00.come true for tennis, she gathers and is freely and globally,
:32:01. > :32:04.including Golden Globe winners. She has such a consistent energy as a
:32:05. > :32:10.player, she plays as champion every match replays, win or lose. For me
:32:11. > :32:14.as a spectator, as a fan of hers, it has always been easy to find
:32:15. > :32:18.something wonderful, even in her losses. She has played this whole
:32:19. > :32:21.tournament like she is prepared to win it. From the mind of a nine time
:32:22. > :32:26.champion the deciding factor tomorrow will come down to one key
:32:27. > :32:30.ingredient. The two players in the finals at Wimbledon, they are tough,
:32:31. > :32:36.it is just a matter of who can do it better. How they deal with the
:32:37. > :32:42.nerves. And the pressure. The person who is most excited to be here
:32:43. > :32:44.usually wins. We had Marion Bartoli on the show last night, she said the
:32:45. > :32:46.key thing she thinks on the show last night, she said the
:32:47. > :32:51.key thing she about the matches, every round you go through at a
:32:52. > :33:02.Grand Slam, is like exponential, the pressure. Not one -to co-4, it is
:33:03. > :33:09.1-4-16 and so on. -2-4. What about Eugenie Bouchard tomorrow, how much
:33:10. > :33:15.will this or her? - put her in all. We've had a tough year at Wimbledon.
:33:16. > :33:21.It has been a hundred years... 27 years since they won Wimbledon
:33:22. > :33:29.today, thank you. 33 years for myself. On the 4th of July. - I.
:33:30. > :33:35.When Andy Murray wins... That year it was Bjorn Borg. Where were you?
:33:36. > :33:41.At the ladies final tomorrow? With the Canadian. When Andy Murray wins
:33:42. > :33:48.coming he is English and British but when he loses he is Scottish. As an
:33:49. > :33:53.American, can I say... Bouchard as a North American? We call her
:33:54. > :34:05.Americans that we can get back contract. What was your question?
:34:06. > :34:09.Will being in the final make her overwhelm her. I think she will
:34:10. > :34:13.learn something. She will hear that John MacGregor and others kicked her
:34:14. > :34:19.to win the tournament. - John McEnroe. Picked her. She will not
:34:20. > :34:25.tighten up. Kvitova could cause that, she is the leftie, big serve,
:34:26. > :34:29.big hitter. There will clearly be an obviously, but I think she is the
:34:30. > :34:31.type of person who can handle it better than we saw with Sabine
:34:32. > :34:37.Lisicki last year. I think she is future world number one. A
:34:38. > :34:42.competitiveness is something else. She has come a long way in a year.
:34:43. > :34:42.competitiveness is something else. Simona Halep the Romanian girl has
:34:43. > :34:45.come a long way. Simona Halep the Romanian girl has
:34:46. > :34:51.are the two that have Simona Halep the Romanian girl has
:34:52. > :34:54.through. Kvitova has a big game. She has the shots that almost blow hole
:34:55. > :35:02.of the court. Does the fact that she has been here before and won it
:35:03. > :35:05.before, is it relevant? I think so. Bouchard will not know what it is
:35:06. > :35:09.like until she walks out there. Whether she gets affected by it or
:35:10. > :35:15.not, I don't think she will much much, but Kvitova... Kvitova 's mind
:35:16. > :35:19.was blown, she won it, then she seemed overwhelmed and couldn't
:35:20. > :35:23.handle it. It has taken her about three years to get back to the stage
:35:24. > :35:27.where she is ready to deal with that. She will try to impose this
:35:28. > :35:32.thing that has hit out after she won it. If you win this, it will be a
:35:33. > :35:33.lot to deal with. Maybe you don't want to win it quite yet. Maybe I
:35:34. > :35:36.could get one more before you get