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And he has done it. Her Majesty will present the trophy to a British

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winner. Oh, that is brilliant. Oh, yes. That is brilliant.

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Irresistible, majestic, in a class of her own. This is the most polite

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sporting stampede you will ever see, enthusiastic tennis fans making

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their way to the show courts where they will be cheering on defending

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champion, Andy Murray and also Rafael Nadal. Venus Williams, the

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five times champion and British number one Johanna Konta. There are

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65 matches on the opening day and we will be bringing you the best of the

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action on today at Wimbledon. Coming up: We will see how Murray moved on

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centre court after nursing his dodgy hip. As defending champion he was

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the opening days of the day. It is injury watch for the other number

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one as well, but Johanna Konta says she is good to go. And after an

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emotional French Open for Rafael Nadal, he is hoping to roll back the

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years with his first match on grass since 2015.

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And it is the most lovely evening in south-west London. It is the best

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weather of the day. It is the first time Wimbledon has started this

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late, in July, since 1896 when Queen Victoria was on the throne. Looking

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back at the action of the opening day I2 people who made their debut

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at Wimbledon 40 years ago, John McEnroe and Tracy Austin. It was 40

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years ago today. And this is what you looked like and you had a great

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run. I came out of nowhere. I was totally unknown. Then I ran into

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this guy who would not speak to me. In the semifinals. I got to the

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semifinals and qualified and 18 matches and I still lost. It is a

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thrill that you are still here. And you turned out for the first time in

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1977 when you were a baby. 14. When you look at the photo, the racket is

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bigger than you are. I wait about ?89. What do you way now? 95lbs? I

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was more worried about the patsy than winning. It was a dream come

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true to be playing at Wimbledon. Just to update you on the match with

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Aljaz Bedene and Ivo Karlovic. We will be dipping backwards and

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forwards into that match, but many people coming in from work will be

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wanting to know what happened to the defending champions open proceedings

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on centre court, Andy Murray. Is there. Wimbledon champion again. A

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supreme performance. A first-class turnaround. Andy Murray. After the

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long climb to the top of the world it is inevitable that you have to

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look down and sometimes you will stumble, tumble, grumble. It is a

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bit stressful because I want to be prepared and be at the practising

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and I have not been in that position, but I feel much better now

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and I am looking forward to getting going. Rising from the east to meet

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him, Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan. I get a chance on the

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Centre Court against the best player in the world. For Alexander Bublik,

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this is a bonus, a shot at the King. Andy is fine. This is the welcome

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that Andy Murray got when he walked out on Centre Court and Alexander

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Bublik is 20 years old and is ranked 134 in the world. He believes in

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surprise tennis. Even he does not know what he is going to play until

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he plays the shot. We will show you the best of it. Joining them in the

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first set. Andy Murray is 4-1 up and it is 15-30 on the first serve.

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This is a stunning piece of work. Going out your opponent is

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absolutely fair game, but you have to be ready and wrap it up. I

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thought he gave him a bit of stair afterwards.

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I am not sure that was the wisest of choices, the forehand slice.

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You really have to push off to cover the rest of the court with a wide

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forehand. This is where we can tell how serious that injury is.

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And finally Alexander Bublik wins one of these exchanges. There is no

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way between point that Andy Murray is moving like a panther. He is

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definitely uncomfortable. He has had some injections. You have got seven

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matches in a grand slam tournament if you want to win.

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Another entertaining rally. I have seen some opening matches that have

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been far less exciting than this one and we are only 25 minutes into it.

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It puts me in mind of the match that he played against Richard Gasquet

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here when he played a passing shot and almost ran into the crowd. This

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is a lovely touch from Andy Murray down the line. A bit of a slice as

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well just to take it away. It was on the side of the court

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where the umpire is, so he had a perfect view. Andy Murray has

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challenged this one. Andy Murray pretty much seals the

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first set with that double break. Murray went on to hold serve to

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indeed seal the first set. 6-1 was the score, but Alexander Bublik won

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many fans on centre court with his style of play and general attitude.

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But it is good news for Andy Murray fans, he is moving all right. This

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is the second set and the fifth game and it is and Alexander Bublik is

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serving. I am looking for the two wrappers.

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There are supposed to be two wrappers in the Alexander Bublik

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box. There are two seeds available still, maybe they are a little late.

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They often have long night. Spot the rapper anybody.

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Don't tell me, another forehand slice drop shot, at juice. Maybe the

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rappers went to the wrong box. Come on, Alexander Bublik, get this game

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going and make it competitive. We like Andy Murray, but we quite like

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this young man as well. What is he going to do next? I do not think he

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knows. There was a little bit of good

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fortune in that, but there was even more good tennis. This is gorgeous.

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I think he just put his racket there, but he has got the touch.

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Alexander Bublik seemed to warm up on the serve a little bit there. The

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first delivery was much better. He is orchestrating the crowds now.

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He may have been settling into the centre court, but Andy Murray

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maintained the advantage and was soon serving for the second set, but

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found himself at 0- 40. Well, some theatrical shrieks

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really. I forehand error. Andy Murray needs to keep it together now

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when he needs it most. Alexander Bublik has had five break

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points and he has taken none of them. He shows his excitement to his

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box. Oh, wow. And again the decibel

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volume from Alexander Bublik went up, match in complete silence by

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this piece of work. He does not miss many of them. Still hanging in at

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that moment. Completely off the court. That is the sign of a

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champion. Five straight points, Andy Murray

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recoveries and is two set up in defence of his championship at

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Wimbledon. The last thing Andy Murray wanted was any sign of rain

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because already a sleepy green court would get a bit too greasy. They

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came on with just the lightest of showers when the outside courts

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carried on. They had a second rain break as well. But soon they were

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back again and they settled into their rhythm. Let's join the action

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in the third set with Alexander Bublik to serve once again.

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It is a lovely shot here. I am surprised Andy Murray is still

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chasing these. Do you think he spoke to his coach,

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his father, beforehand to say we are going to do the shots? They must

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have talked about something. Every strategy has to be revised once the

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first set is over. What is good, you keep it. What is bad, you change it.

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Oh, here we go. Andy Murray just making sure the ball had bounced

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twice before he touched the net. This had a lot of backspin on it and

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it bounced towards the net. Alexander Bublik was going, did he

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touched the net? No. That is a devastating return. I know it did

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not look that much, but that was a 135 mph serve and Andy Murray in

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knock it back like it was nothing. Although it was 3:35pm by the time

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they got too much point, in fact the match only stood at one hour and 44

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minutes and Andy Murray was on the run. He made Alexander Bublik

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struggle and the challenge was over and Andy Murray went through, 6-1,

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6-4, 6-2. Yesterday I had a good practice and it was the best I had

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felt for a little while. Once I got out there today I moved really well

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from the beginning of the match and that gave me a bit of confidence. If

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I had been a bit unsure of my footing and if I had slipped earlier

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in the match, maybe that could have thrown me off a bit, but I moved

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really well and I felt good today. That was the best day of my life so

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far, playing Andy, the defending champion, world number one at

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Wimbledon. Especially when I have already said goodbye to Wimbledon,

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the first round qualifying, it was my day. He made it fun. How did you

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rate that as a match and a performance? He did a lot of good

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things. He was down a few break points early, once he got at it,

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then reality set in with this young kid. He has got a lot of upside but

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in this day and age discipline is more important than ever and maybe

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we could have got away with a bit more, but you cannot show that lack

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of discipline in the shot selection and you need to be as fit as ever

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and it caught up with him pretty quickly. Boris was having some

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pretty frustrating, tree. What did you think about Andy Murray's

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movement? Did he look fit and sound to you? It is difficult to say. I do

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not think it was the type of test that you can determine. He moves

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well, he knows how to play on this surface, obviously. He uses his game

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to his advantage. He knows in the first few days it is more slick.

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This tournament started later than it has in over 100 years and it has

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been warmer in Great Britain than it has been normally, so the court is

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already playing better, firmer and dryer than in previous Wimbledons

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and that has helped the players, including Andy Murray. He has

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thought about that here and the hip bone is connected to the backbone,

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etc. He will now face Dustin Brown and this will be another hugely

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entertaining match. We love Dustin Brown, we saw him a couple of years

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ago knocking out Rafael Nadal in four sets. He is just a great player

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to watch. He is entertaining, a great athlete, but he can be

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dangerous as well, he does not give you great rhythm. It was so

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important for Andy to get the confidence today and in his hip, but

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we know Dustin Brown can be dangerous on this surface. He beat

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Rafael Nadal, it was his last match here does not years ago. He has got

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big points. He is someone who will love every minute of it and he is

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proving to be dangerous. Maybe even Court Number One. It has got to be

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on Centre Court. In the press conference afterwards he was asked

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with how will you deal with not being the fan's favourite? And he

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said maybe I will be. Let's catch up with Aljaz Bedene and Ivo Karlovic.

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We are into a fifth set and Aljaz Bedene, the British number three and

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world number 58 took his chance and he knocked out the big man. He

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knocked at the 21st C, Ivo Karlovic of creation, always regarded as such

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a dangerous player on grass because of his height. That is so impressive

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to come up with those goods. His serve is so high and it bounces up

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so high. Aljaz Bedene is deservedly thrilled. But so will all the other

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players be thrilled because of this guy's serve. Even at the age of 38.

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I think he called the trainer. He had some issue with his arm, so his

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serve was only getting up to 140 miles an hour and it gave Aljaz

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Bedene perchance. Talking of injuries, one of the most exciting

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players is out because of injury, Nick Kyrgios. He came out wearing

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what looked like bandages all the way down his legs, they were tight

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leggings. He had picked up a hip injury at Queen's and he lost the

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first two sets, but then he threw the towel in and despite all the

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physio treatment he went out. He said he spoke to the physios and

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leaned toward not playing, but Wimbledon is his favourite

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tournament. It is a tough spring for him because he lost his grandfather

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and he picked up that hip injury that in Madrid and he tried to play

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through it and he was not at his best in the French as well. He said

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he had an injection after Queen's and he stopped playing, but then he

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reinject himself. You notice the hip is also connected to the back and

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the knees and you keep going up and then it gets to this part. He is one

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of the most talented tennis players in terms of his raw ability and his

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ability to move and his athleticism. Have you ever heard of meatloaf? He

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had a great song, two out of three ain't bad. You have got to have all

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three if you want to win a major. He started well at the beginning of the

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year. He played a great match against Federer in Miami. But if you

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are hurt it is a different story. I hope for the good of the game and

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for Nick that he can figure out a way to be able to put it together

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and compete. That is the part that seems to be the biggest problem.

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Talking of competing or not competing, there may well have been

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an injury, but what was happening to Stan Wawrinka out on Centre Court

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today? He was up against Daniel Medvedev and this was match point.

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You saw all of it, John. I did. What happened is inexplicable for a guy

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who has the chance to join eight other players in the sport. To have

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a career Grand Slam. He has played at the French and Wimbledon. He is

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not confident with movement at Wimbledon. He does not quite get

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what he needs to do. This was a tough match. But you have to get

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Sigmund Freud out at times to wonder why when there was such an upside.

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He would have been number one in the world had he won this tournament. I

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know that is odd when there are other great players. But to see him

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not want to be out there in the fourth set, kind of get me off the

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court. It is upsetting as a fan of his and as an ex-tennis player. You

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never want to see that when someone stops competing. He had the trainer

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out numerous times. He had strapped his knee before. I am assuming there

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was an issue before the match. I guess he has never been past the

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quarters before at Wimbledon. He tried to bring in that chip return.

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As a serve and volley and he plays well on this surface, so he is

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trying to figure it out. It was disappointing to see that little

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lack of effort. But we have to give Daniel Medvedev credit. He has had

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some great results in the last few weeks on grass. For his debut to go

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out and play stand on that court and get the win, you have to give him

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credit. Medvedev is a natural. He gets it in

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terms of strategy, in terms of using the court to his advantage. His

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height. That was good. When you see a guy icing during a match, Clare! I

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will take that in. I will not do that. Next time you play in

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Wimbledon in the mixed doubles! We move on to somebody who was playing

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late tonight, Victoria Azarenka is back here at Wimbledon. Let's show

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you match point. This is against Catherine Bellis.

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She's 18. CC Bellis is in the top 40 of the world. Turned pro less than a

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year ago. This is Victoria Azarenka's second tournament back,

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played in New York a couple of weeks ago, of course after delivering her

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little boy at the end of December last year. Leo, he's called? It is

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great to have her back. She said she would come back for the hard courts

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in a few weeks. She said her training was going so well, she

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moved it up to Majorca and to Wimbledon. This has not been her

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favourite surface. She's a two-time semi-finalist here. Bellis is very

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talented. Only 18. Someone to watch for the future. Bellis won that

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first set. A lot of pressure on Azarenka. She really played so much

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better. So much more accurate in the second two sets. My favourite two

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players ever in the female game - a mum and won a major and Clijsters.

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She was able to do it too. It would be nice to see Victoria, because

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she's been for a while and obviously a mum now as well, to see her pull

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it off. She's young enough. The fifth bidding to become a champion

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You would think any one of the players would fancy their chances of

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winning. Into that mix goes Konta continue. Had she recovers from a

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nasty looking fall just last week. This year's Wimbledon will be

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different for Konta. She's hurtled from belief, to hope to expectation

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in the eyes of the nation. Last week those eyes wined. Watching it back.

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It was no good. Oh, my goodness! Really distressing scenes. I am

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doing all I can to recover well. But also I am making sure I am medically

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fit to compete here. Konta's campaign to become the first British

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woman to win Wimbledon in 40 years started against Su-Wei Hsieh.

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And it started fairly sedately but didn't take long for Konta to show

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her class. We join it at 1-1. Hsieh is serving.

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THE COMMENTATOR: She'll have another chance. A different sound as the

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ball comes off the racket from Konta.

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Well, she's trying to stamp her authority early in this match. And

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she's dictating, taking charge out here. Very commanding play.

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Struggling to get behind that ball. Really needs to get her body weight

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behind the ball and transfer through it. At the moment she's a little bit

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late on it. A little cry from Konta. And she has

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the break in this first set. And the number six seed in control.

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They traded breaks before Konta took control. We join with Konta serving

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for the first set. 5-2, she leads. Comment taters, Andrew Cotter and

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Annabelle Croft. THE COMMENTATOR: This time it is

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well judged by Konta. Seen a lot of this drop shot over

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the course of the grass course season. It is relatively a new

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addition to her game. See a little grip change there. Not just about

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power on the court. If you are being critical, you would

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say there are still a few mistakes which hopefully are being jettisoned

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from the game in the first round, things that Konta and her coaches

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will look to tighten up. So the number six seeds arrive at

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set point. Oh, what a get! What a way to win

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the first set. Konta surprised herself there. Applause from her

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coach and job done in this first set.

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Konta looking good and feeling good, despite a wobble at the start of the

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second set. That time of day when it can be just

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a little tricky, the ball coming out of the shadows, into the bright

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sunshine. CLARE BALDING: Here is Konta serving

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for the match, despite that wobble. ANNABELLE CROFT: Rock solid from

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Konta. That's out! Konta need not

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challenge. An example of getting down to those low-flying bounces.

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Just a great dip of the knees. Applause from Court Number One and

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the British number one has three match points.

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Well, a challenge at the end from Su-Wei Hsieh. We will end on the say

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of Hawk-Eye. It is either an ace to win the match, or a second serve and

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it's an ace to win the match for Johanna Konta.

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And it is a very tidy, very impressive performance.

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What we thought might be a potential banana skin didn't prove to be that

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in anyway. Johanna Konta has stepped up and delivered. There is a smile

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now. I am very happy to have come through

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that. She's a tricky player. Obviously lost to her in a close

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recent match and the French Open. Looking forward to playing her

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again, to try and beat her. I am happy I was able to come through

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that. Your recent injury is well documented. How are you feeling

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today? After I hit yesterday there was definitely one of the first

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tests to see how I was hitting-wise and I have been feeling pretty good.

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A really tough day for Konta, not only recover from a fall, but she

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was beaten by Hsieh in the first round of the French Open. To me, it

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shows the difference in surface. Su-Wei Hsieh is a defensive player.

:40:13.:40:16.

She does not have a lot of power, but gets balls back in play. Konta

:40:17.:40:24.

not so comfortable on the clay. She now get her on the grass. A bit

:40:25.:40:28.

hitter of the ground strokes. This is the type of player she can run

:40:29.:40:32.

through and she did. Great to see that her back is feeling fine. That

:40:33.:40:36.

was a nasty fall. She was amazing to get up and carry on and win the

:40:37.:40:41.

match. Pulled out and then tried to get right for this. Wimbledon really

:40:42.:40:45.

matters to her. How impressed are you with Konta's improvement to her

:40:46.:40:50.

mental state? As John said about the men, two out of three ain't got

:40:51.:40:53.

enough. Has Konta got the three elements she needs That is why

:40:54.:40:58.

coming back to Wimbledon is in the top ten. It is a different landscape

:40:59.:41:01.

for her. There are more expectations. She seems to be

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handling the pressure. She worked with a mental trainer for years. It

:41:08.:41:13.

seems to kick in now in her mid-20s. She knows who how to focus on the

:41:14.:41:17.

next point in the match and not necessarily the results. That is so

:41:18.:41:21.

helpful. She hasn't had a lot of success here at Wimbledon. She's

:41:22.:41:26.

still got things to work in. Even in today's match you could see that.

:41:27.:41:31.

She's a bit mechanical for this surface. I think her best is hard

:41:32.:41:35.

courts. You mention at the beginning of the show, obviously it is so wide

:41:36.:41:43.

open. It leads me to believe someone like Konta will say, wait a second I

:41:44.:41:48.

have got to get my act together here. There's no reason it shouldn't

:41:49.:41:53.

be. Konta has never been past the second round of Wimbledon, but she's

:41:54.:41:57.

a completely different player now, in the top ten, winning Miami. That

:41:58.:42:02.

is a big title to win. Dealing with finishing that tournament and

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winning all of those matches against top players. She's just in a

:42:06.:42:09.

different place and great improvement in 12 months. An example

:42:10.:42:13.

of some of the stuff she will analyse and think I can improve on

:42:14.:42:17.

that. Let's talk about two former lady champions. Because there are

:42:18.:42:19.

some massive names in action. And Venus Williams, tloo through to

:42:20.:42:37.

the second round. Five-times champion winning against Elise

:42:38.:42:38.

Mertens of Belgium. We will hear from Venus in a moment.

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Kvitova, she had huge support from the crowds. She beat Larsson, 6-3,

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6-4. Venus Williams broke down in tears

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as she was questioned in the press conference about an incident which

:43:18.:43:20.

happened in which a man was badly injured and actually then died. And

:43:21.:43:25.

this was Venus's response to a question about that car accident.

:43:26.:43:29.

She was driving the car. In the press

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??FORCEWHITE REPORTER: Do you think having gone

:43:32.:43:35.

through all the things you have, both mentally and Physically that

:43:36.:43:39.

will help you deal with this situation when you are just trying

:43:40.:43:42.

to be a tennis player? No idea what Vy tomorrow will bring. That's all I

:43:43.:43:50.

can say. That's what I've learned. I saw that you wrote on your Facebook

:43:51.:43:54.

some heart-felt words about the accident. Is there anything else you

:43:55.:44:01.

want to say about that? That, that words cannot really describe how

:44:02.:44:10.

devastating and, yeah, I, completely speechless and it's just... Yeah...

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I mean, I'm just... Before we take any further questions

:44:19.:44:31.

from Venus, please be aware she's unable to say anything more about

:44:32.:44:35.

this. So, I'd ask you to respect her wishes, please.

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And just a desperate incident and Venus actually, I think amazing to

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be here at all, don't you? I can't even imagine what she's going

:44:50.:44:53.

through now. It was a car accident June 9th. A collision, a 78-year-old

:44:54.:44:59.

man, a passenger in a car, his wife was driving. He had bad injuries.

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Two weeks later he passed away. So obviously in the last couple of days

:45:04.:45:08.

we've come to know about this. Venus already over here and decided to

:45:09.:45:12.

play. She played a good match. I mean, this is her 20th Wimbledon.

:45:13.:45:18.

She's 37 years old. She's part of the conversation as a player that

:45:19.:45:21.

can win. Can she get past this? This has to be so, so emotional. You have

:45:22.:45:31.

two opposite situations, you mention Kvitov, she feels lucky to be here.

:45:32.:45:35.

None of us have any idea of what actually happened with Venus. Either

:45:36.:45:39.

way, whether it turns out she wasn't responsible or in some way she was,

:45:40.:45:44.

you know, she feels horrible and has a tremendous sense of guilt. It's

:45:45.:45:55.

got to be impossible to put into compartments.

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I guess, if you are on court you are protected, but you are not at a

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press conference and maybe particularly here. I can vouch for

:46:05.:46:09.

that. I would suspect she wouldn't get asked about it again after that

:46:10.:46:13.

reaction. I am not sure she can say anything about it, legally, so... We

:46:14.:46:15.

have to talk about Kvitov. That she was cut by an intruder. There

:46:16.:46:30.

was a question about whether she would ever be able to play tennis

:46:31.:46:37.

again. She had seven tendons and two nerves cut. She came back at the

:46:38.:46:40.

French Open. She got to the second round there. Played very well. Won

:46:41.:46:44.

Birmingham a couple of weeks ago. Which is amazing because the woman's

:46:45.:46:50.

draw is so wide open, by her winning Birmingham, a couple of weeks ago,

:46:51.:46:55.

people are saying, is she part of the conversation? Another former

:46:56.:47:02.

champion who was in action today and made history earlier this year when

:47:03.:47:07.

he won a Grand Slam for the tenth time, when he completed at the

:47:08.:47:14.

French Open, Rafael Nadal. He was in action against Millman. And Rafa was

:47:15.:47:22.

flying. He looked happy. He looked great.

:47:23.:47:27.

Who knows, when Federer plays back tomorrow we could roll back the

:47:28.:47:29.

years. Now, we have on today at Wimbledon,

:47:30.:47:36.

every day our shot of the day. And I think there was quite a lot of

:47:37.:47:40.

competition for it today. Did you see anything you would have gone

:47:41.:47:47.

for? Are these trick shots or? No I can't recall! There is a rally first

:47:48.:47:51.

from the Nadal match that you ought to see. This was exceptional.

:47:52.:48:14.

Wow! So that could have qualified for shot of the day. Frankly it was

:48:15.:48:49.

rally of the day. A slightly shorter version gets shot of the day. Here

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it is. This is from Andy Murray's match.

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This against Bublik. It died on the grass. It was

:48:58.:49:21.

fantastic. Last week I saw that from him. Did you? No! Probably 40 years

:49:22.:49:29.

ago! Aside from Murray and Konta there were five other British

:49:30.:49:32.

players in action today. Here is Phil Jones with a round-up.

:49:33.:49:38.

Remember him? Marcus Willis, turned leading man. Tomorrow Alex Ward

:49:39.:49:48.

hopes to similarly take the spotlight. While today Norrie was

:49:49.:49:56.

another Briton hoping to play out a feel good happy ending against

:49:57.:49:59.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. France's finest who has beaten Roger Federer in the

:50:00.:50:03.

past, doesn't always fine his heyday peak. He's a foremid-able opponent

:50:04.:50:08.

for someone ranked 220 places below him. Norrie practiced last week with

:50:09.:50:14.

Andy Murray. You know what practise makes? Norrie, he of Welsh mother,

:50:15.:50:19.

Scottish father, born in South Africa, raised in New Zealand and

:50:20.:50:22.

England and based in the United States, showed a good deal of good

:50:23.:50:26.

old British spirit before he was floored by the Frenchman in straight

:50:27.:50:32.

sets. Remember when Laura Robson won the junior title here? That was ten

:50:33.:50:38.

Wimbledons ago. She grew to become the only British women to reach the

:50:39.:50:43.

women's singles. Now 23 and hoping to climb from an injury-fed decent,

:50:44.:50:50.

Robson saved her best until almost last, saving two match points.

:50:51.:50:56.

There was no extraordinary comeback from there, though and Robson bowed

:50:57.:51:01.

out in straight sets. Remember when Broady won her only

:51:02.:51:05.

singles match at Wimbledon? That was three years ago. Her grass court

:51:06.:51:12.

warm up hinted at a second win in six attempts here against Begu. But

:51:13.:51:23.

Broady didn't take the hint. Remember when Watson was two points

:51:24.:51:27.

away from beating Serena Williams at Wimbledon. That was two years ago.

:51:28.:51:33.

Watson needed a wild card for 2017. Glimmers of hope from Eastbourne

:51:34.:51:38.

turned into glaring lights of success as she swept to the first

:51:39.:51:41.

set. And she took victory on a fourth

:51:42.:51:48.

match point in the second set tie-break, just ahead of six wins in

:51:49.:51:56.

eight Wimbledons and more to come. Add Murray, Konta, and that is four

:51:57.:52:01.

British winners today. They will be back on wents. That is fabulous

:52:02.:52:06.

news. -- Wednesday. That is fabulous news.

:52:07.:52:11.

Halep's opponent may have make her own mixed tape. The album is called

:52:12.:52:26.

Go My Way, which this didn't. 6-4, 6-1, the second seed is looking for

:52:27.:52:29.

her first Grand Slam and could head to number one. Who knows? Nishikori

:52:30.:52:38.

may find broken glass to play on than moan grass. On his last five

:52:39.:52:43.

tournaments on turf, he's ended up injured. Careful! No tumbles or

:52:44.:52:53.

troubles against Cec kirks, narto. He only managed to keep this going

:52:54.:53:00.

for an hour and a quarter. Nishikori through safe and sound. Also

:53:01.:53:04.

enjoying a helpfully unmanic Monday was Marin Cilic. Fresh from the

:53:05.:53:09.

Queen's final. Many fancy his chances. They got more evidence in

:53:10.:53:14.

his emphatic dispatching of Kohlschreiber. The German was once

:53:15.:53:18.

in the top 20, but has not won a match at Wimbledon since 2014. And

:53:19.:53:21.

Cilic gave him no hope of ending that run. All over in three. Maybe

:53:22.:53:26.

Cilic can go beyond the last eight this time. A round further than

:53:27.:53:31.

Anderson has ventured. He is through, but went down a set and was

:53:32.:53:37.

a little way ward, to one spectator's benefit. He's got the

:53:38.:53:43.

ball! He's going to keep it! One less to be loaded in the cat pault.

:53:44.:53:49.

He battered his way through two tie-breaks and won it in the fourth.

:53:50.:53:53.

The whereabouts of the ball is still unknown!

:53:54.:54:01.

Petkovic saved five match points and gave everything.

:54:02.:54:04.

Oh, no! Eventually the number eight seed got

:54:05.:54:11.

over the line, but it had taken her nearly two and three quarter hours

:54:12.:54:15.

and a lot of energy. Luxembourg has only two singles

:54:16.:54:19.

players at Wimbledon and one of them wasn't missing this for any reason,

:54:20.:54:23.

even if that reason is she's four-and-a-half months pregnant. Her

:54:24.:54:27.

opponent still going strong at 37, had too much on this occasion. So,

:54:28.:54:35.

afterwards she said she will take a break and have a well-erned rest.

:54:36.:54:43.

Four-and-a-half months pregnant. Now the big question is, should Serena

:54:44.:54:51.

Williams have played on longer? This is her timely Instgram story. She is

:54:52.:54:54.

due in two months. It was 20 minutes, but 20 minutes of

:54:55.:55:22.

fun. I'm going to jump in the pool and relax.

:55:23.:55:27.

She will probably do 40 lengths in the pool! That will be her idea of

:55:28.:55:31.

relactsing. She's staying fit. She is. Two weeks ago, she showed us a

:55:32.:55:37.

video, she looked like she was striking the ball as well as she

:55:38.:55:41.

always has. The movement is a bit curtailed, but I think she's clearly

:55:42.:55:46.

ready for a comeback she has her baby. That would be some story. I'm

:55:47.:55:50.

not saying anything. It is your chance. When's the show over? I

:55:51.:55:57.

don't want to put my foot in my mouth! You could have got yourself

:55:58.:56:04.

out of it. I should have played her right now when her movement is not

:56:05.:56:07.

as good as it normally is. Let's look at the order of play tomorrow,

:56:08.:56:11.

because there are some fabulous matches coming up.

:56:12.:56:18.

Kerber against Falconi. That is the first match on centre.

:56:19.:56:26.

Djokovic, second on. Federer is third on Centre.

:56:27.:56:34.

Raonic, runner up last year to Murray. Followed by Pliskova, who is

:56:35.:56:40.

the Eastbourne champion. And Dominic Thiem as well. He was runner up at

:56:41.:56:47.

Roland Garros. And del Potro will be on court two. The weather forecast,

:56:48.:56:51.

if you have tickets for tomorrow, the morning will be a bit cloudy,

:56:52.:56:55.

but bright with a little sunshine at times and the afternoon will become

:56:56.:57:01.

warm with sunny spells developing and the Tempah praure will reach 25

:57:02.:57:05.

Celsius. No more than an outside chance of a light shower tomorrow

:57:06.:57:09.

afternoon. Now I wanted to talk to you about the newest Grand Slam

:57:10.:57:22.

champion in the women's game. Ostapenko. The first time Grand Slam

:57:23.:57:28.

players have had trouble with all the expectations, she played well in

:57:29.:57:31.

Eastbourne last week. She had a three-setter today. She's only 20

:57:32.:57:35.

years old. That is a bad challenge right there. It is one of those

:57:36.:57:39.

desperate challenges on match point, of which we see many. I think they

:57:40.:57:45.

should be banned. I love how she plays. She What do you think of her

:57:46.:57:58.

I think Monica Sellis is a great comparison. I heard her name, but I

:57:59.:58:03.

hadn't seen her and I watched her a at the French. When she was down to

:58:04.:58:09.

Halep, I was like, OK, what will the field be like? She kept playing away

:58:10.:58:14.

and an amazing effort. I am not surprised she's playing that

:58:15.:58:17.

intensity here. It is brilliant. Who has impressed you most today? I had

:58:18.:58:22.

to pick one guy, a guy you don't talk much about, I would say Cilic.

:58:23.:58:26.

Cilic had a shot with Federer last year. And he's playing really well,

:58:27.:58:31.

I think. So he is positioning himself. I am not saying, that is

:58:32.:58:37.

not my pick, but the best, he looked good. And Tracey? For me Keys. After

:58:38.:58:44.

the French Open she had her second wrist surgery and had to take ten

:58:45.:58:49.

days off. She came back, we think way sooner than we thought here at

:58:50.:58:53.

Wimbledon and she won easily. Thank you both. We get to enjoy the

:58:54.:58:59.

graceful movement of Federer. See you tomorrow evening, but Sue will

:59:00.:59:01.

be back at 11. 30am. BBC Sport and Wimbledon,

:59:02.:59:16.

on together for 90 years. Hello, darling.

:59:17.:59:45.

You want to tell me what you saw?

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