Day 2 Highlights Today at Wimbledon

This is where the hard work is done, far away from the crowds. Away from

the glamour of Centre Court. It is day in, day out, Whee Kim, week out.

That is what Andy Murray has been doing for decades and why the effort

he has put in in training has made him one of the most dependable men

in British sport. We need more of them. He had an Olympic gold medal

and a first Wimbledon title. He has gone back to the coaching

relationship which worked best for him, by reintroducing the imposing

figure of Ivan Lendl. So, on Today at Wimbledon, we will see how Murray

started his campaign on Centre Court against fellow Brit Liam Broady.

Opening Centre Court was the defending champion Serena Williams.

And we will see Johanna Konta, the first British woman to be seeded

here in over 30 years in a tough first-round match.

Well, we had the most wonderful morning and it was a lovely day

until about half past four when it started raining. It has stopped now

but there is no play out there. There is no one left around in the

grounds. Luckily, here in the studio, where we are sheltering

because the threat of more rain, we had two Wimbledon champions, Pat

Cash and Martina Navratilova. Good evening to both of you. Did you get

caught in the rain, Martina? Not me, I

escaped it. I think Pat did. On my Harley. My mopeds. Bike. They are

here to discuss and buy just the day's play or what was possible of

it. Andy Murray has had a record-breaking clay-court season

and just one a fifth title at Queen's.

He was playing against a man he knows well. Having not met a fellow

Briton in ten years on the tour, along come three in five matches. He

beat Aljaz Bedene and Kyle Edmund at Queen's and Murray was drawn against

Liam Broady, the British number six. As a junior, Broady won the junior

titles. His sister Naomi lost her first-round match yesterday but was

in the players box to offer support. At the French Open, Murray opened

with two really hard five set matches, and something that took its

toll when it came to the final. Here at Wimbledon, he is sharp and ready.

He broke early and took the first set 6-2. It is not the Broady was

playing badly, he wasn't. There were some fantastic rallies. It is just

Murray's speed of reaction, the angles he finds, his scurrying

ability is superior to almost anyone on the tour. Let's pick up the match

with commentary at the start of the third set. Andrew Castle and Tim

Henman in the commentary box. ANDREW CASTLE: Oh, yes, made it. TIM

HENMAN: Broady coming to the net. I was just reflecting on Murray's

approach. He has been to the net ten times and won nine of the points.

To be successful against Djokovic, he needs to approach the net more

often. Great play from Murray. He is so

athletic. Let's rejoin it in the third set.

UMPIRE: Mr Murray is challenging the call. This is an interesting one

here. Murray was unsure whether Broady's shot was long. After we saw

his forehand looking like it was going to go long, he challenged the

call. It stands. Mr Murray has two challenges remaining.

With the best will in the world, there is no chance that Liam Broady

can stay at the back of the court and beat Andy Murray. Some

impressive hitting, but it is recognising when he can move up the

court little bit to get more reward. Murray is able to soak up the

pressure. That is another highlight for Broady. He got the week return

from the serve into the body. Now he is able to get into the court and

execute the big forehand. And that is a game for a Liam

Broady. Hard to come by stop STUDIO: A really good hold for a

Liam Broady but Murray maintained his advantage for a single break and

let's rejoin him serving for the match.

He has certainly settled into this match just as James Ward did against

Djokovic yesterday. It didn't look that far rain. --

that far in. It was a bad challenge! Job done for Andy Murray in straight

sets. He is into the second round. Liam Broady, obviously delighted to

have shared the court with this champion.

STUDIO: Hick was pretty efficient in the end. The crowd loved it. One

hour and 43 minutes was the time -- it was pretty efficient.

The first matches are difficult because the build-up is quite hard.

There is a lot more attention and pressures than at other events but

once I get out on the court and get through the first match and start to

settle down, I come into the tournament, so I am glad I managed

to get the first one out of the way quite quickly. It is tough to put

into words. I have grown up playing tennis, dreaming of playing on

Centre Court to players like Andy. I think I acquitted myself pretty

well. I think I could have played better. I think Andy could have

probably played better as well. But Andy is a champion, he is a

Wimbledon champion and number two in the world. He got what he wanted, a

straight sets victory today pretty comfortable and goes to show why he

is where he is. You can see how well Andy Murray is served. His first

serve was working fro well. To win 88 points on the serve, those are

Federer numbers of ten years ago. Andy has been working on his serve,

it is clearly paying off. He is able to be more adventurous on the

opponent's serve. Pat, what did you make of Murray today? It was a good

performance. The first match of the tournament, feeling your way around

the court, he is playing a mate, he knows his game pretty well. I

thought Liam played pretty well, particularly in the third set. Andy

produced a few unforced errors there. It was very under control by

then. He was serving well. There were a few times when he was down

0-30, and bang, bang, bang. It is like Federer. He comes out and goes

ace, ace and moves on. That is priceless to have that skill to be

able to do that or confidence to be able to do that. One of the things

that Lendl has tried to say to him is don't be soft out on court, don't

be generous. I was looking for a little dip somewhat, a little blip

where you are set and a break up and he did have a little blip and he was

down 0-30 on his serve and then he came up with two big shots and

cleaned the game up winning four points in a row. For me, Murray in

form means when he has those little setbacks, concentration setbacks

which everyone does, that he regroups very quickly. That lunch

volley. -- lunge volley. Andy was very focused today. We would like to

see him come in more. He has great reach and he reads the play well. I

don't want to see him at the net, I want to see him on the baseline. He

could make people a lot more uncomfortable if he pushed forward

as a more. Just positionally getting them. He looks very happy, Bray

comfortable, his back is fine now, he looks in good shape. He looks in

good nick, as they say here. They do. He now plays Yen-Hsun Lu. He

beat him before, what will happen? The bookies will go crazy! They may.

The number 22 bus is one Serena Williams is desperate to catch as

she chases Steffi Graf's open era run of grand slam titles. There is

always an error vulnerability about her but she is always the biggest

name in town. The most terrifying thing a player

can see opposite their name in a draw is Serena Williams. She is the

most dominant player. Facing her today on Centre Court was Amra

Sadikova from Switzerland, her first time ever in a grand slam main draw.

Williams started well but there were early signs that Amra Sadikova would

not be a walkover. Brilliant. Williams has learned that not every

performance can be perfect, what matters is the result.

Amra Sadikovic played well. Serena Berry said -- berated herself for

unforced errors. Each winner was cheered by her mother who had a seat

in the Royal box. The match ended with a Hawk-Eye challenge which went

the way of Williams. Serena Williams has won her 80th match at Wimbledon!

Martina, you watched Serena in action today, what did you think?

Lidl in and out. She had three double faults. She did really well

when she had three break points. I had not seen her opponent, I had to

YouTube heard to see what she looked like. She had a nice game. I never

liked playing somebody I had never seen before in a grand slam.

Overall, a good performance. Good enough. The score could have been

closer in the first set, but in the end, Serena won more points. I spoke

to her earlier and I said what could you work on? She said, I started

well. I did not think she was happy. The school was a bit misleading. The

second set should have been easier. She looked a little bit stressed and

a bit tight on her serve. That is normally the best serve ever.

Is it just me or has she seemed tight for a year and a half? Every

point she was really anxious. At the Australian Open she did not play

particularly well in the final. Kerber played great. In the French

Open final she was a bit injured. She was asked a lot about that in

her press conference and she just batted away and she said, No. She

does not want anyone talking about Steffi Graf and 22, she does not

what it ancient. She said she was not feeling any pressure, she would

not mind talking about it! You cannot escape it. You feel it. You

know it is there. Particularly with social media, it is it hard to get

away from stuff you don't want to talk about or think about. The press

remind you. They say, when are you going to retire? I thought, I have

not thought about it until you start talking about it. The thing, am I

too old? Implants that seed of doubt. I did not want to know who I

played next. I just concentrated on one match. -- it plants that seed of

doubt. At the end of the day, she has looked tight when she plays

these big matches. She was desperate to talk about other things which I

did and she said, thank you for talking about other things!

Now, Tara Moore, she is exactly 100 points below her opponent. She grew

up in Hong Kong and trend in America. She has lived in the UK

since she was 16. She is 23 now. This is her first Grand Slam. It is

going with serve. We join it in the first set.

Van Uytvanck trying to get a backhand slice over the high part of

the net. Nice work. Tara Moore with a really

aggressive point. An important point in this game. An interesting

spectator, they are trying to peer around the canopy and over the

Perspex. They don't make life easy. Come on, mum.

Oh, yes, wonderful stuff from Tara Moore. She got two more break

points. She had a break point in the previous Van Uytvanck service game

and couldn't take advantage of it but this beautiful backhand down the

line gives two break points. This is Tara Moore's point here.

This is a long way out. It was not too dissimilar to the point on the

previous service game. A great rally. Good reactions from

Van Uytvanck. She is a sitting duck. Tara Moore moving all over the

back-court at the far end. She really reached behind her to

pick that one up and as a result, it flew long. Tara Moore, at the third

time of asking breaks and she leaves 5-3 and will serve for the first

set. STUDIO: And this is her holding

serve to take the first set. She was pumped up, she was positive.

She said she was inspired by the efforts of Marcus Willis and Dan

Evans yesterday. That was part of a run of five consecutive games won by

the British wildcard. After an hour and 12 minutes, her first ever

Wimbledon victory and a massive screen to celebrate. 6-3, 6-2 was

the score. It is amazing. Who would have

thought before the grass season that I would be where I am now. I am

really grateful to the All-England Club for giving me this opportunity.

I think I have definitely worked really hard and it is paying off

finally and I am happy. Tara Moore now faces Svetlana Kuznetsova. Now,

with the news on the other British players in action, here is Patrick

Gearey. Wimbledon has taken better -- this

man to his heart. He has never been as well-prepared for Wimbledon.

Richard Gasquet is a regular at Wimbledon. One to stand and watch,

there is little else he can do. The Bedene did finish the match.

Ultimately the difference between Swan and her opponent was apparent.

Swan is just 17, so she will hope to be back with Bob Wilson. John

McEnroe told us last night that Taylor Fritz would be a top ten

player one day. He is only 18 years old. This had potential for an upset

if Wawrinka was not bang on form. That is Taylor Fritz and he has no

fear at all. Wawrinka took the first two sets. It had to go into a fourth

set. Pat, what did you make of Wawrinka when he was at his most

powerful? This was a tricky match. Fritz has gone up 600 ranking

positions this year. He is the rising star, faster than anybody.

The big serving American, a big forehand, a big backhand. Ms

12-year-old. Always going to be dangerous. -- he moves well for an

18-year-old. He has not really performed his best at Wimbledon and

I'm waiting for that to happen. He has all the shots, all the game.

This was a real test for him. To get through in four sets, he will be

happy. He looked so relieved. He has brought Richard Krajicek into his

team to help into the grass court season. I am sure Richard will bring

something to the table, but he has the best coach out there already,

may be overkill. Someone says something that will make a

difference and Richard knows his way around the grass court, but it may

be for the mental bit of it more than anything else. Definitely top

five, maybe top ten. I used to play against his mother, Taylor is a

solid player, he is still a bit gawky, a lanky teenager. Once he

fills out, watch out. He has the game and the goods and he seems to

want it here. He wants to work hard. It will be on steamed watches

progress. Let's move on to a rip roaring match, Nick Kyrgios against

Radek Stepanek. Andrew Cotter and Peter Fleming were in the commentary

box as we join it with Kyrgios having taken the first two sets and

the third set has gone to a tie-break.

This makes him such a material player. -- mercurial.

The injection of pace from the ground stroke of Kyrgios and he

holds his two serves and brings about match point.

Oh! That is brilliant from Stepanek. He is down again as he was earlier

in the match, but this time with the winning point and at what a moment.

Yes, he did not quite get up to the overhead. More like a slip than a

dive really. Wide from Stepanek and it will be

another match point for Kyrgios and this on his serve.

That point was tighter. Thank you Rios has been. -- that point was

tighter than Kyrgios has been. He did not want to hit that second

serve. Down this end, staring into the sun again.

Easily put away by Stepanek, it will be his set point. And his serve.

That's time Kyrgios powered down a second serve to no avail. -- that

time. The speed gun did not quite pick it up, but it was one of the

biggest second serves. Set point. Oh! He has the set. He still lives

in this match. Into a fourth set we go and Nick Kyrgios who was serving

for the match finds himself in a real fight now. And it was not just

Stepanek that Kerry has wanted to fight with, he wanted to fight the

umpire. -- that Kyrgios. STUDIO: When he gets angry he channels it

well, he served four straight aces, 25 aces in total. He has so much

talent and people love to watch him, because you never quite know what

will happen. But the main thing he made sure that did happen is that he

won. At the press conference afterwards he faced inevitable

questions about his on court behaviour. At the start of the match

the umpire said mind your language and keep hold of your racket, do you

think that is an unfair reputation for you or have you had an umpire do

that before? I won't answer that question, next question. Did you

follow it up with the umpire? Yes, we are good. Well, not good, but...

LAUGHTER INAUDIBLE

I don't know, I am pretty sure we have all said it in this room. How

do we solve a problem like Nick Kyrgios! LAUGHTER

The bottom line is that Nick is Nick. He will blow up, that is his

personality, he is unbelievably interesting. A mate of mine said

when that Kyrgios kid comes on, I cannot turn the TV off, he is super

talented, you never know what will happen and he is a number liveable

talent. You rein it in, can you rein it in? Say calm down? Is that a good

thing or bad thing. He cannot go around squaring and throwing rackets

when there kids, he is trying. It is like Andy Murray, you have to say to

him stop being grumpy or emotional. That is not his personality. He is

an unbelievably talented player. He produces some shots where you think

I would never come up with that. I would never have tried that. That

was a stupid shots to try, but it went in, so not that stupid. He has

an amazing combination of power, pure, raw power and touch. Kind of

like Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, he reminds me of him. More upside than Tsonga.

I don't think you need to change anything, you don't need to coach

him, you just need to challenge it in the right direction. That is what

he does a bit too often at this stage. I would say he needs to

probably work a little harder, get a double fit. Get a little tougher and

he is top ten, top five, grand slam potential no doubt. McEnroe says

there are five or six players that can maybe win this title, is he one

of them? This year? In the next few years. I do not think he will number

one -- he will get number one, you need to be consistent every week.

But he could win a big grand slam. Whether he can do that, we will have

to wait and see, but he has the potential to do that. To be

consistent, you need to be Djokovic, Federer, week in, week out and that

is not Nick. He reminds me a bit of Andre Agassi, the rebel, I will do

it my way. Andre Agassi became one of the best ambassadors the sport we

ever had. You never know how someone will evolve. Here is the really

exciting thing, the next round he plays Dustin Brown, he knocked out

Rafael Nadal last year. Dustin went to a fifth set and won it against

Lajovic of Serbia. He is incredibly exciting to watch. He has a big fan

base. That is a match you want to see, isn't it? He is a great

ambassador for tennis, friendly, fun. They took him into the IPL

league, the league that travels around Asia. He was a big hit, a

fantastic person to have, for the kids to watch. Talk about loose.

With his racket he slaps the ball around, you do not know what is

coming next. He will definitely be great to watch. Joe Konta is the

first woman from Britain to be seeded, for quite some time. But she

wanted to win against Monica Puig of Argentina. 2016 has been Konta's

breakthrough year. The British number one was in a straight and

open semifinalist in January, and Eastbourne semifinalist last week

and has established herself inside the world's top 20, but there is not

much in it. Puerto Rican monitor Puig -- Monica Puig has great form.

Simon Reed and Sam Smith were in the commentary box that is. A great

start for Konta, already a break up. COMMENTATOR: She is keeping the

pressure on. That is OK, right shot and

physically on the backhand, Konta will have a go at that. First strike

ten is out here, Puig looking for the early winner.

APPLAUSE She got a little unlucky, she

slipped as she went up to the net. After that she was not really

playing the rally on her terms. A little bit of extra luck there from

Konta. Explosive return. The coach up there

on the left-hand side. Very well read by Konta, so balanced on the

return. APPLAUSE

She could not have dream it would start as well as this. STUDIO: On

tour was nervous, but she certainly did not show it. -- Konta.

COMMENTATOR: Very measured, in fact everything she does in her life as

well as in tennis is very measured. She does not waste much time. Joanna

Konta. -- Johanna Konta. That is the damage

that she can pose. She does not have a game with too much variety does

Puig. It is one dimension, but she is an excellent ball striker very

much in the mould of Jennifer Capriati who she grew up idolising.

The serving is really doing the job. APPLAUSE

The bouncing off the ball also epitomises Johanna. So precise.

APPLAUSE It does not get much better than

that, the serving from Konta. STUDIO: Konta was maybe sensing

there was rein in the air, she was not hanging around. This was her

breaking Puig's set to take it 6-1. It was 2-1 on serve in the second

set when the rain fell. Scurrying on came all the ground staff to cover

those courts and around about 4:30pm, Konta came off court with no

hope of getting back on again, but hopefully not too nervous and night

for her, she was playing sensationally well. Today was a big

day for French tennis, 11 French tennis players in action. Richard

takes a philosophical look at how they got on. John Paul Sartre once

said for something to become an adventure, you have to recount it.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga proved a force against Cervantes. The Frenchman did

what he does best... COMMENTATOR: Big man, light touch. He won in

straight sets to set up a round to rendezvous with a man named Monaco.

-- two. Stephane Robert showed glimpses of flour. On the other end

was Dell portrayal, so it was goodbye to Stefan Robert. Sadly is

very had his own take on how the Frenchman played. Goodbye to Matthew

-- Mathieu. Meanwhile, this was a tricky tie

against Troicki. The 25th seeded Serb proved the creme de la creme.

He was victorious. The 26th seed Paire had to wait for his tennis. He

took five sets to see off the Croatian winning 10-8 in the final

set. Not every French player finished their match, some did not

make it onto court which leads me to another famous French saying, when

it rains, it pours. STUDIO: Like that, I did not know he knew so many

words in French. Dell portrayal has not played a grand slam match for

almost 900 days. -- Del Potro. He is a guy we need on the circuit to be

perfectly honest. He won the US Open, he has the ball as powerful as

anybody on the circuit. We would love to see him back. There are a

few players we miss. He is definitely one of the guys we would

like to see back. He now plays Stan Wawrinka, another tough time for

Wawrinka. A view of the women's seeds did go through, let's round

them up with Paddy. Kuznetsova and Wozniacki knew whatever happened in

round one, the weather would not stop them. Wozniacki was once world

number one, now she is at 45, unseeded and undone by her Russian

opponent, the 13th seed. Worrying for Wozniacki who would fall outside

the top 50 with defeat. Kuznetsova, a three-time quarterfinalist here

was simply too good. A straight sets win and it seems she has already

found her rhythm. A top ten seeding has come late to Roberta Vinci and

she played an American risk -- Riske. What a response from Riske.

The world number 80 took the second. A test of nerve and skilful Binchy.

She passed bows. How far might this sort of touch take-up. On Court

three they were waiting in dread for particular bad weather. Next on

Dominic Thiem, he was up against Florian Mayer and he is marked by

many as one to watch. Unfortunately there was not much chance to watch

him, all play on the outside courts was suspended due to rain. Time to

run for cover. STUDIO: Have to be patient the players, once they

finish the matches, they have to go through press conferences. -- they

have to be patient. Caroline Wozniacki was asked about off court

matters as she often is as well. I just focus on myself and if I read

everything that was written about me in the last 15 years, by now I would

probably have jumped over a cliff. I would rather not. She has two handle

it, Martina, it is tough for all of the players. It is as much about the

mental strength on the court as on it. I did not like to read anything

about myself. That's seed of doubt get in there and it can grow into

something big. These days with the social media it is so hard to get

away from it. If I were on Twitter as a player, I would not be reading,

you would just post, you cannot read the stuff, it just gets nasty, there

is no need to go there. There is enough to deal with on an everyday

basis, getting the ball where you want to hit it without thinking this

one said that all that. I do not blame her, it is difficult. The one

negative comment stays with you longer than 100 positive things. Now

the shot of the day, it belongs to Nick Kyrgios. There could have been

many we picked from his match and some moments of sensational tennis,

but this had a bit of Kyrgios cheekiness as well as the scale.

That through the legs lob that landed on the line. I think that is

a worthy winner. It is worth the price of admission. What a great

match. These two are my favourite players to watch. Stepanek with his

touch and his serve and volley in. Nick used to do this stuff all the

time. -- volleys. It has stayed with him. He has been clowning around

with his mates on the court. It may not suit everybody, but... He was

trying to hit a lob. He has that much control, the leg is in the way.

His legs are so long, you could not do it with short legs. Let's look at

the order of play for tomorrow. Some sensational matches, the highlights

being Roger Federer up against Marcus Willis of Great Britain.

It will be good to see Dimitrov again. Heather Watson did not get to

start her first round match. She will be up tomorrow. In terms of

dealing with the weather, the forecast tomorrow is terrible. What

do you do, as a player that is second or third on, how do you

prepare? It is easier for the players later in the day, they get

called off. It is the first on who get on edge. I could not... It is

about managing your emotions and your stomach. Everyone is in the

same boat. At least we have a roof on centre. They have to go on Centre

Court. There are no outdoor courts to warm up on. Out they go. Across

Somerset Road into the indoor courts and they warm up and they are ready

to go. Thank you for your comments and your company. Pat Cash and

Martina Navratilova. And to all at you for watching. Stan Wawrinka

showed Taylor Fritz who is boss and we saw Britain's Tara Moore winning

her first grand slam match. She is into the second match. Joanna