:00:47. > :00:52.gets better and better day by day. Some outstanding games today. A
:00:53. > :01:01.world first night, Andy Murray is interviewed by a dog! That I did not
:01:02. > :01:07.know. I can hardly wait! Can we see a quick peek? You are going to have
:01:08. > :01:13.to wait. We are going to see Andy Murray play, he was up against Blaz
:01:14. > :01:18.Rola from Slovenia. Number 92 in the world. He had his moment in the sun
:01:19. > :01:23.today when he walked onto Court Number One. He was not on for long,
:01:24. > :01:35.just 84 millets. This is a point from the first set. -- just 84
:01:36. > :01:39.millets. -- minutes. Blaz Rola realise the difference between
:01:40. > :01:44.collegial tennis and professional tennis today. Andy Murray had a
:01:45. > :01:50.little bit of a fist pump. We are going to move on, here we are,
:01:51. > :02:23.serving for the first set. COMMENTATOR: People say sometimes,
:02:24. > :02:30.isn't it good to have a couple of tough matches in the first couple of
:02:31. > :03:19.weeks. But you want to save the energy for the second week.
:03:20. > :03:34.It is getting too hot for Blaz Rola to handle. You hit a shot like that
:03:35. > :03:39.in the most you expect from it is to have a decent shot to hit the next
:03:40. > :03:47.ball and that, it comes right at you. It dents your confidence, after
:03:48. > :04:03.a shotgun attack. -- after a shot like that. Picking his moment to
:04:04. > :04:08.come in. As he cuts that one right round outside the ball. Good volleys
:04:09. > :05:31.already. APPLAUSE
:05:32. > :05:40.And again, you think you have the point in your locker... He is just
:05:41. > :05:44.not used to these kinds of shots coming back at him. Not like that.
:05:45. > :05:49.You can see, he is not really prepared for it, he did not expect
:05:50. > :06:40.it, he was expecting an easy, put away volley. Set point once again.
:06:41. > :07:13.It is the third time of asking for Andy Murray.
:07:14. > :07:22.That will do for Andy Murray. STUDIO: Andy Murray applying the
:07:23. > :08:03.heavy roller to Blaz Rola. No one keeps it lower than him on
:08:04. > :08:36.grass court. The slice. Down by your ankles.
:08:37. > :08:59.If Blaz Rola wasn't on the other end of it, I am sure he would be
:09:00. > :09:01.admiring it as well. He is a big fan of how Andy Murray plays, just not
:09:02. > :09:37.today! The headline writers will be coming
:09:38. > :10:02.out with 1's for this. Back steam rollers
:10:03. > :10:42.I have missed that forehand. Why did I do that?
:10:43. > :10:50.That was a little wasteful. He still has one break point remaining. It is
:10:51. > :10:52.a rare sight. Two errors in a row. He is normally good on his break
:10:53. > :11:34.point conversion. Takes another final attempt in fine
:11:35. > :11:42.style. STUDIO: This is the final point am a one hour and 20 minutes
:11:43. > :11:46.or so. A lovely little touch at the net to see things. Andy Murray
:11:47. > :11:54.safely into the third round on Friday afternoon. What did you make
:11:55. > :11:58.of him today? You cannot make anything out of that. Every now and
:11:59. > :12:03.then, it is great to have a drawer like that. You don't even need to
:12:04. > :12:07.break a sweat. Absolutely no stress whatsoever. He has had enough stress
:12:08. > :12:12.after all these years, the pressure to win it. So he can always say, no
:12:13. > :12:20.matter what, I am a Wimbledon champion. I don't think you will
:12:21. > :12:26.want the pressure but he will want tougher competition to make sure he
:12:27. > :12:30.is ready. For the big boys. Any tests coming? Taylor he has got
:12:31. > :12:35.about as good a draw as you could possibly ask for. But any time you
:12:36. > :12:40.are going through Wimbledon, you are going to meet some tough opponents.
:12:41. > :12:57.Dimitrov is down the line somewhere. If we move on to Dimitrov who played
:12:58. > :13:04.today, he is looking after that victory at Queen's, more and more at
:13:05. > :13:05.home on the surface. Absolutely, all the pieces of his puzzle are
:13:06. > :13:22.starting to come together. He has got stronger and I think the
:13:23. > :13:29.belief has come in as well. I think he is starting to believe that he
:13:30. > :13:40.belongs at the top. Roger Federer was a bit of a late Bloomer. Leave
:13:41. > :13:53.it or not! I think he was 21 when he broke through. Dimitrov is like a
:13:54. > :13:57.dinosaur, I guests. A lot of people predicting this is the next guy and
:13:58. > :14:01.it is nice to see that finally, as much as I agree with you that
:14:02. > :14:08.Roger, his coach, has been important to get him in shape, this lady he
:14:09. > :14:13.goes out with, I think she is called Maria Sharapova, she is a hell of a
:14:14. > :14:20.hitting partner. That drive, that will, that intensity, competitive
:14:21. > :14:27.juices rubbing off on him. I think that is helping him become a better
:14:28. > :14:31.player. Djokovic. Possibly the best match of the championship so far.
:14:32. > :14:41.Fantastic finale. Stepanek taking it to a fist. Novak kept his cool in a
:14:42. > :14:47.very difficult situation. If you are in the stands watching, he is a
:14:48. > :14:54.great man to watch. He drives people crazy. He is the guy you hate
:14:55. > :14:58.playing against him but you would love him as a team-mate. When you
:14:59. > :15:05.are playing against them, you want to strangle him! Because he can play
:15:06. > :15:14.as well. One of the best volleys in the world. This guy is right behind
:15:15. > :15:19.Rafa Nadal for best volley. Novak did an incredible job for the most
:15:20. > :15:24.part of keeping his composure. Sizing up the situation. The crowd
:15:25. > :15:27.wanted to see more tennis. He was not too happy with the crowd when he
:15:28. > :15:32.lost the third set but somehow, he could turn the lemons to lemonade in
:15:33. > :15:42.his mind. The guy was getting better. And he is 35. It is
:15:43. > :15:50.incredible. I love the way he plays. I always think thank God I don't
:15:51. > :15:56.play any more! How does he keep his cool? I have no idea! They will be
:15:57. > :16:02.talking about Fabio Fognini later on. I can relate to him! Jo-Wilfried
:16:03. > :16:09.Tsonga is out on court at the moment against Sam Querrey. It is two sets
:16:10. > :16:15.to one to Querrey. Tsonga has just broken in the fourth set. We will
:16:16. > :16:20.keep you up-to-date. Let's go back to Andy Murray. When you are a
:16:21. > :16:24.Wimbledon champion you have huge media commitments after you have
:16:25. > :16:33.played every single match. Tonight, Andy Murray spoke to the BBC and
:16:34. > :16:38.other channels and then, for those of you who don't watch children's
:16:39. > :16:44.television, you may not be aware of Hacker the dog, but he is a legend
:16:45. > :16:50.among the young people. He is a mix between Basil Brush and Gordon the
:16:51. > :16:53.Gopher. After Andy had done all of his interviews today, there was
:16:54. > :17:01.still one more to do and this is when Andy met Hacker. When called --
:17:02. > :17:08.welcome to Wimbledon, I am joined by the legendary Wimbledon player, Andy
:17:09. > :17:13.Murray. I am top notch, how are you? I have heard some lovely stuff about
:17:14. > :17:21.you. I hear you are in it fan of a certain breed of dog, what is that?
:17:22. > :17:32.Ordered Terri is -- border terriers. That is what I am, what do
:17:33. > :17:45.you think of that? My dogs are called Rusty and Maggie. They chased
:17:46. > :17:54.a lot of squirrels. I call squirrels, rats with good PR. How
:17:55. > :17:59.does it feel to be a tennis player? It feels good. Nice job is to have,
:18:00. > :18:11.we get to travel the world and play in nice lady. Have you ever been to
:18:12. > :18:16.Wigan? No. Next time you come, you can meet my mother, she is lovely,
:18:17. > :18:27.she will make you a nice hot toddy at tea-time. Do you know Sue Barker?
:18:28. > :18:33.Pretty well. Does she talk about me? She has mentioned you a lot of
:18:34. > :18:42.times. Sometimes good, sometimes bad! I did get a Christmas card off
:18:43. > :18:49.her. It was a restraining order! I was furious. As a little treat for
:18:50. > :19:02.you, I will tell you a joke about tennis. What time does Roger Federer
:19:03. > :19:13.go to bed? Ten o'clock! Tennis, I meant tennis! Do you mind if I leave
:19:14. > :19:21.now? Andy, no, please, whatever happens, Andy Murray! Please! Can
:19:22. > :19:28.you give John Inverdale nudge if you see him in the corridor? Would you
:19:29. > :19:36.like to meet Hacker? I would love to! I am a little insulted, all of
:19:37. > :19:42.these years we have been coming here and they ask about our expertise and
:19:43. > :19:47.commentary, now you have a dog interviewing Andy Murray, eating up
:19:48. > :19:53.our time? LAUGHTER Next week, Hacker meets the Williams
:19:54. > :20:02.sisters. Moving onto Venus Williams, in action today. She had a tough
:20:03. > :20:03.opponent, the Japanese player only ranks at a few places beneath the
:20:04. > :20:33.Venus. COMMENTATOR: Her tie-break record,
:20:34. > :20:41.she has played five and one format of them, -- and won four of them,
:20:42. > :20:57.Nara. little too much on the volley.
:20:58. > :21:05.Attempting the drop volley, overplaying it.
:21:06. > :21:36.I have seen happier player boxes than that!
:21:37. > :21:51.Ball boys, significantly taller than our player!
:21:52. > :21:59.Another well-placed serve from Nara. Pretty high ball toss on that serve.
:22:00. > :22:16.Does not seem to matter. APPLAUSE
:22:17. > :22:21.Beautifully done. It is the variation on the surface, keeping an
:22:22. > :22:29.opponent guessing, can be as important as the speed, the pace.
:22:30. > :22:35.She looks so well drilled, so well practised, there is no way she's
:22:36. > :22:37.going to miss that. Two very important points coming up for Venus
:22:38. > :22:59.Williams on her own serve. 4-1 down. Nara, a player very meticulous on
:23:00. > :23:07.how she prepares for her matches way she goes about her training.
:23:08. > :23:16.She has not looked overawed by the occasion at all. Only ten places
:23:17. > :23:21.between them in the rankings but in terms of an aura, especially at this
:23:22. > :23:23.place, you could imagine Venus would come on as something as an advantage
:23:24. > :23:38.but we have not seen that. APPLAUSE
:23:39. > :24:14.Now the business end of the set. Nara serving at 4-3.
:24:15. > :24:24.Just wide. Three straight points. Venus Williams. Did you just see the
:24:25. > :24:28.way Venus Williams. When that second serve from Nara? Getting herself
:24:29. > :24:32.inside the baseline, she has been standing on it, if not inside it to
:24:33. > :24:48.return the first serves. That is wide as well. How quickly it
:24:49. > :24:55.can turn around and how often it does. In a tie-break. Or at an
:24:56. > :24:58.important time in the set. The most experienced player, the higher
:24:59. > :25:39.ranked player will find a way. Uncanny.
:25:40. > :25:54.She had to work hard in this tie-break, Venus Williams. Now, for
:25:55. > :26:17.set point. And it is a way. It was an
:26:18. > :26:24.interesting hour of tennis, this second round match, Venus Williams,
:26:25. > :26:30.from four points to one, down with six points in a row and she wraps it
:26:31. > :26:34.up. She is not home and dry yet but that is the first set under her
:26:35. > :26:38.belt. STUDIO: That was the hardwood done because the second set when
:26:39. > :26:45.rather swiftly. Venus plays Petra Kvitova in the next round. Having
:26:46. > :26:56.done that, she and her sister are now currently on court three against
:26:57. > :27:03.a Georgian and a Ukrainian player. The east Europeans currently leading
:27:04. > :27:06.2-0 in the deciding set. Let's go back to the singles and our match in
:27:07. > :27:09.a minute tonight features the number four seed and the beaten finalist
:27:10. > :28:29.here a couple of years ago. STUDIO: What about Victoria Azarenka
:28:30. > :28:31.who missed the French Open and has fought her way back from fitness
:28:32. > :31:09.problems? It is very early days, but I am not
:31:10. > :31:24.sure how many chances her opponent will get.
:31:25. > :31:31.She's refusing to take a step back from that baseline and is determined
:31:32. > :31:33.to take that first serve early. She is trying to put pressure on
:31:34. > :32:06.Victoria Azarenka. STUDIO: you need moments like that.
:32:07. > :32:24.The first set went to the Serbian player. Victoria Azarenka fought
:32:25. > :32:31.back. There was much confusion and that was the end of the first set.
:32:32. > :32:33.We go into the final set and Victoria Azarenka is serving 5-6
:32:34. > :33:04.down. We have seen more errors coming from
:33:05. > :33:19.her forehand side. In fact, coming from both of the players.
:33:20. > :34:30.What an angle they are from Victoria Azarenka.
:34:31. > :36:09.How brave was that! Totally unexpected.
:36:10. > :36:16.It has really been breathtaking tennis. She hits the ball so
:36:17. > :36:40.cleanly. She was 40-0 down. She has saved
:36:41. > :37:14.three game points. Oh, dear me. They have been on court
:37:15. > :37:18.for just over two hours. Victoria Azarenka spent the best part of four
:37:19. > :37:22.months getting herself back into a position like this but it now be
:37:23. > :37:40.about to disintegrate. It is much point. -- match point.
:37:41. > :38:00.UMPIRE: game, set, match. A standing ovation. That was a great
:38:01. > :38:06.performance. This young woman has just beaten the eighth seed. She
:38:07. > :38:13.lost to Victoria Azarenka when she made her Grand Slam debut here at
:38:14. > :38:18.Wimbledon four years ago. STUDIO: another big-name but the dust but
:38:19. > :38:25.here is what happened in the rest of the women's draw today. These are
:38:26. > :38:29.the grounds that ring up the best in Petra Kvitova. She won her only
:38:30. > :38:33.Grand Slam here in 2011 and has reached at least the quarterfinals
:38:34. > :38:41.in the last four years. That was daunting for her opponent to date.
:38:42. > :38:46.Her preparation had not been ideal so it is just as well she has been
:38:47. > :38:54.economic in her match play. The Hawk-Eye computer Luey HQ is. It's
:38:55. > :39:01.on-call resort the issue. Now she is in for an intriguing contest against
:39:02. > :39:08.Venus Williams. We are in for a big fight. Vera Zvonareva knows the joy
:39:09. > :39:13.of reaching a Wimbledon final and it was almost time for her to split
:39:14. > :39:21.today is Tara Moore twice served for the match in the deciding set. But
:39:22. > :39:30.victory went to the. -- went to her opponent. 860 minute takeover on
:39:31. > :39:41.Court Number Two is Li Na became the first player into round two. She did
:39:42. > :39:46.her Austrian opponent. Having ousted the 14th seed in the first round
:39:47. > :39:53.former world junior and one Caroline Garcia showed she might just be
:39:54. > :39:57.going places at last. She beat her American opponent today and goes
:39:58. > :40:04.into round three. It is enough to centre into a spin!
:40:05. > :40:10.Victoria Azarenka is out. What about what is happening in the draw? I am
:40:11. > :40:15.not surprised about what is happening at all. Victoria Azarenka
:40:16. > :40:27.has only played a cute matches and that is showing. -- played a few
:40:28. > :40:31.matches. I want to see what Venus Williams has left in her tank. You
:40:32. > :40:42.keep thinking, why are you playing? You do not need to do this. If you
:40:43. > :40:46.are not capable, if you look at her results in the major tournaments,
:40:47. > :40:50.this is the second time she has got to a third round and that is not
:40:51. > :40:57.like Venus Williams. How long can you take that? It would be nice if
:40:58. > :41:02.she stepped up to the plate. Petra Kvitova is quite a good draw for her
:41:03. > :41:06.because her form is up and down. If it is down, Venus Williams has a
:41:07. > :41:14.chance. Petra Kvitova played well today. She loves to play here. It is
:41:15. > :41:21.a difficult draw. But all credit to be this Williams, she has won a
:41:22. > :41:26.couple of titles this year. -- to Venus Williams. She is aged 34 now
:41:27. > :41:32.and she loves to play. If she does not play singles tennis, she will
:41:33. > :41:43.play in the doubles. They are on Court Number Three at the moment. It
:41:44. > :41:47.is 3-0 -- 3-3 in the final set. How much do you think that Serena is
:41:48. > :41:53.reluctantly playing doubles because she wants to give her sister a final
:41:54. > :42:02.Grand Slam title? I do not think it is that reason at all. They love
:42:03. > :42:08.playing here. If I were them, I would keep playing! You did that.
:42:09. > :42:15.You did not like to practice bearing much. But it has worked for them?
:42:16. > :42:20.--. One of the few certainties in sport is that it is very hard to
:42:21. > :42:26.beat David Ferrer. He is relentless and never gives up. He is one of the
:42:27. > :42:31.last -- best players in the last 30 years never to have won a major
:42:32. > :42:33.title. He played an epic match today and it went into the final set.
:42:34. > :42:41.Let's join that. COMMENTATOR: that was a great
:42:42. > :43:01.return. He is going to challenge and he
:43:02. > :43:36.might be correct in doing that. Initially he has found difficult to
:43:37. > :43:45.get any easy points against his opponent. Lots of width being
:43:46. > :44:14.created in this match. hit it accurately and deep, there is
:44:15. > :44:48.more chance of forcing an error. He flung himself at that shop but he
:44:49. > :44:54.was still an inch away from it. They are trying to all manoeuvre one
:44:55. > :45:13.another. Lovely use of his wrist and he gets up the back of the ball. Did
:45:14. > :45:25.not register very highly on the Richter scale. He is going to
:45:26. > :46:18.challenge. If he is, it is break point. He has got the line and he
:46:19. > :46:29.has got the break. What a shot! That was an amazing return. He has made
:46:30. > :46:47.good use of every return. David Ferrer was only one metre away
:46:48. > :47:06.from that and he did not move. Absolutely fantastic.
:47:07. > :47:13.That is the shop but I have absolutely loved. -- that is the
:47:14. > :48:17.shot that. Three break points. is a risky strategy, difficult to go
:48:18. > :49:01.off. STUDIO: here we are at match point.
:49:02. > :49:08.David Ferrer and his Wimbledon ambitions are no more for this year.
:49:09. > :49:12.That is an example of how Wimbledon managers to allow some players to
:49:13. > :49:21.reach superhuman levels of achievement.
:49:22. > :49:28.The cream of Wimbledon pupils powers of people. This man is as
:49:29. > :49:34.inconspicuous as Clark Kent most of the year but in Wimbledon, this time
:49:35. > :49:51.last year he knocked out Roger Federer. He also beat Ernest school
:49:52. > :49:56.bus. As for Ernests Gulbis... I went to lay like Jack but there was no
:49:57. > :50:06.word about how much I won or lost. My mother sends me a message the
:50:07. > :50:09.next day. -- to play blackjack. Tennis Burdick is a man of steel and
:50:10. > :50:16.he lifted his deflector shield to fend off on a comic today. He has
:50:17. > :50:23.been weakened by injury and surgery but then Thomas wordage is battle
:50:24. > :50:26.scarred as well. The player from the Czech Republic still found a way to
:50:27. > :50:33.stand triumphant. Alexandr Dolgopolov needed to call on all his
:50:34. > :50:42.weapons today. He plotted revenge against Benjamin Becker. On
:50:43. > :50:47.Wimbledon grass it was different. He was great, now he faces his biggest
:50:48. > :50:51.battle yet against Grigor Dimitrov. There was a time when Marcus
:50:52. > :51:01.Baghdatis was a menacing Grand Slam meant this. -- mix. But certainly
:51:02. > :51:06.not today. His Argentinian opponent was victorious in four sets. When it
:51:07. > :51:11.comes to superhuman efforts playing 23 member opens in a row takes some
:51:12. > :51:18.doing, especially when you are aged 37. But Jamie Delgado has
:51:19. > :51:22.accomplished just that. To cap the occasion he and his doubles partner
:51:23. > :51:38.came from two sets down to win their opening match today. We save the
:51:39. > :51:45.last word for this man. James wine. STUDIO: there are some superhuman
:51:46. > :51:51.efforts taking place on Court Number Two. The fifth and final set up this
:51:52. > :51:59.match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Sam Querrey. Will be finished that
:52:00. > :52:06.match tonight? On Court Number Three, they are a long way to go.
:52:07. > :52:15.That is the Ladies' Doubles. It features the Williams sisters.
:52:16. > :52:23.Serena Williams! Look at this! Is that a line judge or a member of the
:52:24. > :52:30.crowd? Look at the huge number of cameras.
:52:31. > :52:34.One more match to show you today. We save this for John McEnroe because
:52:35. > :52:42.he loves Fabio Fognini. He is enigmatic. He is just likely to get
:52:43. > :52:46.a penalty for smashing his racket is for smashing the ball. He was
:52:47. > :52:51.playing a German opponent today. He lost the first set but he came back
:52:52. > :52:58.to win it and he came into the studio to talk to us. He is a
:52:59. > :53:12.character. I have never seen anyone talk so much on a tennis court ever.
:53:13. > :53:18.No! You are talking to yourself. I am talking to myself, I am not happy
:53:19. > :53:26.about how I am playing. I want to improve my world ranking and I want
:53:27. > :53:32.to improve my game. Do you feel you have a responsibility to play tennis
:53:33. > :53:39.and to entertain? I do not. The people come here and they pay money
:53:40. > :53:47.for their ticket. The people come to watch you. It is a bit like
:53:48. > :53:53.entertaining, I suppose. But it is one of the things that I would like
:53:54. > :53:56.to change. I love watching you and you can tell that the people
:53:57. > :54:09.watching love to see you. People like watching you. That is good. I
:54:10. > :54:22.am happy. At the end, you said Conley Luis Suarez! -- you said col
:54:23. > :54:38.me. I was upset because we lost the match. If I do something wrong in my
:54:39. > :54:49.job, I always recognise that I have done it. I have got penalties for
:54:50. > :54:57.racket abuse. How much would you like to play Andy Murray? It would
:54:58. > :55:03.be another gold that is coming through, coming into the second week
:55:04. > :55:10.at Wimbledon. But I must stay focused on my next match. It will be
:55:11. > :55:16.difficult. Keep entertaining us. He is a charming man. If you are
:55:17. > :55:29.watching that man on Friday, you are guaranteed some entertainment. It is
:55:30. > :55:38.all happening at the moment. Another much that just finished a cute
:55:39. > :55:49.moments ago is Davis of the USA beating Flavia Pennetta. -- a few
:55:50. > :55:56.moments ago. That is the number 12 seed having out the Championships
:55:57. > :56:00.this year. What is happening on Court Number Two? It is going with
:56:01. > :56:06.Sir. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is serving to stay in the match at 5-6 down. On
:56:07. > :56:17.Court Number Three, the Williams sisters are on the cusp of victory.
:56:18. > :56:25.It has been a very busy hour. Lots to talk about. We dismissed Andy
:56:26. > :56:31.Murray very early on. Why are is he in the general route to next week?
:56:32. > :56:42.The first big step for him was in Rome. That gave him confidence. Then
:56:43. > :56:46.his performance in the French Open. He needed match play and he needed
:56:47. > :56:51.to believe that he could go the distance and he did that. I do not
:56:52. > :57:00.think Queen's Club mattered so much because he was exhausted. 77 years
:57:01. > :57:09.they waited, this guy did it. He has had a great draw. Now the
:57:10. > :57:18.competition steps up. He is pretty much where he wants to be and he is
:57:19. > :57:25.healthy. He is chilled. This guy, there was so much pressure for so
:57:26. > :57:30.long. You saw his interview. He seems so much more relaxed. You look
:57:31. > :57:36.at all the interviews and he seems more relaxed. For so many years,
:57:37. > :57:40.first it was winning the US Open, there was a lot of pressure off his
:57:41. > :57:46.shoulders. Then certainly when he won Wimbledon, no matter what he
:57:47. > :58:01.does the rest of his career, he won the Olympics... He saved a dog! He
:58:02. > :58:10.called the owner. This is Andy Murray, I have your dog. Tomorrow,
:58:11. > :58:24.if you are watching, or coming to Wimbledon, this is the order of
:58:25. > :58:28.play. That is the sunset tonight. Rafael Nadal place tomorrow, as does
:58:29. > :58:45.Heather Watson. Serena Williams is on court. Maria Sharapova plays are
:58:46. > :58:56.number one Court. This is the line-up on Court Number Two. Why are
:58:57. > :59:04.they putting Serena at first? She has just finished. Jo-Wilfried
:59:05. > :59:07.Tsonga and Sam Querrey are still playing. We will see you tomorrow
:59:08. > :59:32.night. Thanks for joining us.