:00:20. > :00:28.as the end of the first week comes near, the pressure intensifies.
:00:29. > :00:42.Kvitova and Venus Williams knowing that one will go out today. Murray
:00:43. > :00:46.looking for a win in straight sets. We were guaranteed rain today but
:00:47. > :00:52.barely a drop fell so we have a lot of tennis twos -- to discuss with
:00:53. > :00:58.Lindsay Davenport and the man in the empty chair, John McEnroe. The first
:00:59. > :01:04.thing we are going to show you is the men's number one seed Novak
:01:05. > :01:09.Djokovic, playing Gilles Simon, hoping it would be easier than his
:01:10. > :01:18.game against Radek Stepanek. Early on there was sparring so here we are
:01:19. > :01:50.with Simon serving 5-4 down in the first set.
:01:51. > :02:02.20 seconds is allowed at the Grand Slams, 25 in the regular tour.
:02:03. > :02:19.He is up against it again. I love you, Novak! Djokovic said, that's
:02:20. > :02:32.fine. I love you more, Novak! OK, everyone
:02:33. > :03:48.settle down. Wild from Simon, Djokovic has the
:03:49. > :03:51.first set. Boris watching approvingly and he
:03:52. > :03:58.used to throw himself around the court in the old day, but not with
:03:59. > :04:03.those effects. Djokovic took what a lot of weight on his elbow, his
:04:04. > :04:08.upper arm, whatever, it required a lot of treatment. He went to
:04:09. > :04:13.hospital for a scan after the match but his men say he is going to be
:04:14. > :04:17.OK. Let's pick this up in the third set now, with Djokovic two sets to
:04:18. > :05:47.the good. You never know what is going to
:05:48. > :05:56.happen with a net call. This one just sat up perfectly for Novak to
:05:57. > :06:00.put away. A little thing like that getting him a chance at a crucial
:06:01. > :06:44.stage in the match. Again, doing so much so well, Simon,
:06:45. > :06:53.just can't find the final killer touch. Suddenly the end might be
:06:54. > :07:11.drawing near, two break points for Djokovic.
:07:12. > :07:23.He is the man who will not go away at the other end of the court. Simon
:07:24. > :07:36.eventually manages it. What defence from Djokovic!
:07:37. > :08:39.That is very well played by Gilles Simon, the two points disappear.
:08:40. > :08:47.UMPIRE: Game, Simon. Two break points that were near enough match
:08:48. > :09:02.points saved. If they weren't match points, this
:09:03. > :09:07.one was. There were one or two moments today where Djokovic blinked
:09:08. > :09:11.and Simon had an early break and he thought he might get back into the
:09:12. > :09:27.match but with that emphatic finish Djokovic got back in -- Djokovic
:09:28. > :09:31.finished it. So, John McEnroe has appeared miraculously and you did
:09:32. > :09:42.commentate on that match, so what was your assessment?
:09:43. > :09:48.The good news is that when he started to play, he went right at it
:09:49. > :09:57.again and nothing was wrong, no excuses. Simon, he is a weird guy to
:09:58. > :10:01.play, he does not look like he is happy to be out there. Someone tell
:10:02. > :10:11.this guy that this is a great job, please! You're on the Centre Court
:10:12. > :10:17.of Wimbledon, so Djokovic has played two guys, Radek Stepanek who gets
:10:18. > :10:22.under your skin and Simon, where you feel he is sucking the life out of
:10:23. > :10:29.you for reasons you cannot explain. You are happy to get two days off! A
:10:30. > :10:36.thought on Djokovic? He has to be happy with his first week. He has
:10:37. > :10:40.lost one set. When I saw him fall, I thought this Wimbledon could be over
:10:41. > :10:47.for him. He came back well from that and we will see how the arm does,
:10:48. > :10:53.but he has the whole weekend off. Maybe Simon is a stand-up comedian
:10:54. > :11:04.in his part-time! While that game was going on, lead now was playing
:11:05. > :11:33.Barbora Zahlavova Strycova -- Li Na.
:11:34. > :11:47.That is stunning from Li Na. She needs something to get her going
:11:48. > :12:05.here. The best account of the match so far, cannot do it? -- the best
:12:06. > :12:11.backhand. -- can about do it? Wonderful play. My goodness, hasn't
:12:12. > :12:23.she left it late? So, pressure right back on Barbora
:12:24. > :12:51.Zahlavova Strycova. The pressure has been relentless on her back up team.
:12:52. > :13:04.Deep breaths for Strycova, potentially two points away from the
:13:05. > :13:35.biggest win of her career. She has got one chance left, she may
:13:36. > :13:41.as well use it. Sometimes a risky proposition to challenge between
:13:42. > :13:48.first and second serves. Or not! Because it breaks up the timing. I
:13:49. > :13:50.have to say, perhaps it is the figure skating background, she is
:13:51. > :14:20.not afraid to take risks. Well, she has been the Queen of the
:14:21. > :14:29.tie-breakers this year, Strycova, she saved a set point earlier on and
:14:30. > :14:44.now she has an match point. -- a match point.
:14:45. > :14:56.It is long, it was not challenge, oh, it is being challenged. Strycova
:14:57. > :15:10.and her team seem convinced it is a long way from that line. It is in!
:15:11. > :15:16.Oh my goodness! Well, between them they have very few challenges
:15:17. > :15:23.right. If she could, she would like to challenge the challenge! Her team
:15:24. > :15:35.are trying to get to refocus and concentrate. The crowd is on their
:15:36. > :15:54.feet! Take a deep breath. Still match point for Strycova.
:15:55. > :16:02.She is there! Strycova has the biggest win of her career! The
:16:03. > :16:06.number two seed has -- of the Championships is out. That is the
:16:07. > :16:15.biggest upset in the woman's draw so far. --
:16:16. > :16:28.it looked as though the number three seed was going out. She was playing
:16:29. > :16:43.the Ukrainian, ranked 100 and in the world and it was a shaky performance
:16:44. > :16:52.from Halep. It is time to have a look at the weather. We have a mixed
:16:53. > :16:59.bag, sunshine, showers and we have even got some hail. Carol's forecast
:17:00. > :17:09.is always accurate. The showers came and was replaced by glorious
:17:10. > :17:17.sunshine. Turbulence Fabio Fognini was tormented by the South African.
:17:18. > :17:20.The rise on the umpire's thatch after Fabio Fognini was fined for
:17:21. > :17:26.suggesting that an umpire had too much product on his hair. He should
:17:27. > :17:39.have concentrated on his own end product. He was beaten. The only
:17:40. > :17:44.product he needed was some cream. As for Feliciano Lopez and his looks,
:17:45. > :17:49.they were beyond criticism. He sizzled again in round two against
:17:50. > :18:08.the Croatian. He won in straight sets. John is an air will be serving
:18:09. > :18:20.against him tomorrow. -- John Isner. She swept through in straight sets.
:18:21. > :18:27.How came following the victory for Caroline Wozniacki. She beat the
:18:28. > :18:36.Croatian -- hail. Today, it was all hail Caroline Wozniacki. Marin Cilic
:18:37. > :18:47.is currently playing Tomas Berdych. As you can see, Chris Guccione is
:18:48. > :19:08.leading. They are one each on the third. Which? Marin Cilic. -- Marin
:19:09. > :19:13.Cilic. Halep did not look good. I love the way she fought at the end.
:19:14. > :19:20.You can see how much it means to her. I was more surprised about Li
:19:21. > :19:24.Na. She has one month to prepare for grass. She does not play any grass
:19:25. > :19:29.court tournaments and came here with no matches and it showed. She was
:19:30. > :19:36.rusty and lost a lot of big points and now the Australian Open champion
:19:37. > :19:41.goes out early. You can say I want to come in fresh, but there is fresh
:19:42. > :19:48.and unprepared. That is the risk you take. My greatest rival Bjorn Borg
:19:49. > :19:53.never played a tournament, it worked out well for him. Novak Djokovic
:19:54. > :19:57.decides he doesn't want to play, he seems OK. Rafa Nadal feels like he
:19:58. > :20:02.needs matches, the same with the women. You do not see Serena
:20:03. > :20:10.Williams and Venus Williams playing a lot of prep tournaments. To each
:20:11. > :20:14.his own, it is unpredictable. Does Halep looked like a potential
:20:15. > :20:24.finalist. The surface will beat have. She has the big looping
:20:25. > :20:29.swings. -- will be tough for her. Talking about potential women
:20:30. > :20:33.finalists, the match of the Championship so far took place
:20:34. > :20:43.between two former champions Petra Kvitova and Venus Williams. They are
:20:44. > :20:44.still competitive. Here we are at the business end of the competitive
:20:45. > :21:08.first set. Her footwork not quite as precise as
:21:09. > :21:17.soupy, perhaps loses half a step at times, contributes to the unforced
:21:18. > :21:19.mistake -- loses half a step at times, not as precise as it could
:21:20. > :21:41.be. Magnificent. Tremendous depth
:21:42. > :22:15.pushing Kvitova back. That is difficult to do.
:22:16. > :22:24.It has gone long and this set may not go on much longer.
:22:25. > :22:34.Incredible variety from Venus, the onslaught of the power and some nice
:22:35. > :22:44.slices to change pace. Three set points for the American.
:22:45. > :23:00.And it is her set. She leads by one set to love. John was talking about
:23:01. > :23:06.Venus Williams and this was the Venus Williams of old. Here we are
:23:07. > :23:11.in the second set, a chance for Kvitova to square things up. Venus
:23:12. > :23:15.Williams froze on our double fault and we are going to a decider and
:23:16. > :23:18.this was as competitive right to the end as it had been for the very
:23:19. > :23:29.first ball. APPLAUSE. . Always nice when your
:23:30. > :23:34.pain from behind to get that first point, in the first two sets,
:23:35. > :23:58.Kvitova was serving from behind in the scoreline.
:23:59. > :24:10.APPLAUSE. Something there for Kvitova.
:24:11. > :24:34.Really animated today in a positive way.
:24:35. > :25:37.She has been the Queen of 3-set matches in recent years, Petra
:25:38. > :25:38.Kvitova. It is her 13th of the season, will it prove to be her
:25:39. > :26:00.lucky one? UMPIRE: Game, set and match,
:26:01. > :26:13.Kvitova. Two former Queen's of Wimbledon, but there can only be one
:26:14. > :26:18.winner. We are chasing our tails because the
:26:19. > :26:22.Andy Murray match overran so let's quickly move on to what on paper
:26:23. > :26:27.looked like the best men's game of the day and it sure was, Grigor
:26:28. > :26:31.Dimitrov against Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine. The Ukrainian is leading
:26:32. > :26:54.two sets to one, here we are at 4-4. He bent down to his right foot
:26:55. > :27:20.there. Beyond good. Way be on and good. --
:27:21. > :27:55.beyond good. It is worth a bonus point. Pressure
:27:56. > :28:42.on the other side of the net. Brilliant. Again, there seems to be
:28:43. > :28:49.no way forwards. Dolgopolov keeps the ball below the height of the
:28:50. > :29:35.net, he is so quick, he has everything covered.
:29:36. > :29:52.double faults but they have come at crucial times.
:29:53. > :30:45.Mr Dolgopolov is challenging the call. The ball was called out.
:30:46. > :31:18.Mr Dolgopolov has two challenges remaining.
:31:19. > :31:39.UMPIRE: Mr Dimitrov is challenging the call.
:31:40. > :32:16.What guts is that again, and still not one body serve. Not one!
:32:17. > :32:51.Second double of the game. When you think how gutsy he has been...
:32:52. > :33:00.It is in! Dimitrov with a little bit of help breaks.
:33:01. > :33:10.He broke and he held and the fifth set he ran away with it. Dimitrov
:33:11. > :33:16.goes into the second week and he is still on course potentially for a
:33:17. > :33:23.quarterfinal against Andy Murray on Wednesday afternoon. What a rally
:33:24. > :33:28.this was the match point, indicative of the quality of the match through
:33:29. > :33:34.the afternoon. How is that for a winning shot? A real five set
:33:35. > :33:41.thriller on Court One and a five set match on Court Two today set over
:33:42. > :33:50.two days seeing Jerzy Janowicz beating Lleyton Hewitt. You can tell
:33:51. > :33:56.by the way Hewett says good buy... Are we saying goodbye to him
:33:57. > :34:02.forever, John? I think so. Look at the kind of people he is up against,
:34:03. > :34:08.he is five foot ten, five foot 11, weighing Jerzy Janowicz. He has so
:34:09. > :34:21.much to be proud of. -- playing Jerzy Janowicz. What about Venus
:34:22. > :34:27.today? Had she won, that would have been a fantastic last hurrah. It is
:34:28. > :34:34.the best game she has played for quite some time. They played 36
:34:35. > :34:40.service games, only two breaks of serve. Very hard-hitting grasscourt
:34:41. > :34:44.tennis and it was a shame because Venus was moving forward, playing
:34:45. > :34:49.like the Venus of six, seven years ago, but Kvitova is tough and a
:34:50. > :34:57.left-hand serve is tough to defend on grass. We talked about Jerzy
:34:58. > :35:06.Janowicz being huge but these days size is not everything in tennis.
:35:07. > :35:22.They say good things comes in small packages. Just ask America's Lauren
:35:23. > :35:34.Davis, five foot two inches. She won the first set but unfortunately lost
:35:35. > :35:42.the next two. Cibulkova is five foot three. The Czech beat the Slovakian
:35:43. > :35:54.in straight sets. Cibulkova had better luck chasing off the pigeons.
:35:55. > :36:02.Pick on someone your own size. Larger the Britta knocked out Maria
:36:03. > :36:08.Sharapova last year but Radwanska was head and shoulders above her
:36:09. > :36:14.Portuguese opponent today. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, six foot two
:36:15. > :36:24.inches, which comes in Handbook -- in handy when you have lost your
:36:25. > :36:28.Keys. He was determined to give himself a day off tomorrow and he
:36:29. > :36:42.beat Jimmy Wang in straight sets. He is a danger to Novak Djokovic.
:36:43. > :36:49.Murray is still in after three pretty straightforward matches. But
:36:50. > :36:57.this taboo -- Bautista Agut was no match for him. What did you make of
:36:58. > :37:00.him? I thought he looked great. Getting to the semis of the French
:37:01. > :37:14.Open was great for him, he looks healthy. It was a rough draw for
:37:15. > :37:25.Rafael Nadal, history with Rosol, lots of stress, so he will be hoping
:37:26. > :37:32.to get any easier time tomorrow. Can you pick a couple of names from the
:37:33. > :37:38.women's draw? I would go for Kvitova, she is the favourite to win
:37:39. > :37:44.the tournament. Maria Sharapova is playing tomorrow and so is Roger and
:37:45. > :37:58.so is Rafa. One last spectacular skyline.
:37:59. > :38:06.Bradley Wiggins, Bobby Charlton and a whole lot more sporting stars will
:38:07. > :38:10.be in the Royal box. They say the weather is going to be like
:38:11. > :38:14.Glastonbury. Let's hope they are wrong again.