:00:50. > :00:56.String, simple, everyday. Ordinarily. But in tennis, like
:00:57. > :01:04.music... It facilitates extraordinary things. Like the
:01:05. > :01:14.overhead cable. It transmits power. Electricity. Like a nerve, it
:01:15. > :01:18.pulses, tension, pressure. Release. Like a vein, it carries the
:01:19. > :01:28.lifeblood. To the heart of the game. String is the constant tying the
:01:29. > :01:35.past. To the present and the future. 1889 and William Renshaw winning his
:01:36. > :01:38.seventh Wimbledon title. 111 years later, in 2000, the American, Pete
:01:39. > :01:44.Sampras, winning his seventh Wimbledon title. 2012, Switzerland's
:01:45. > :01:47.Roger Federer wins his seventh Wimbledon title. This trio
:01:48. > :02:00.intertwined by shared history. # So many actions, so many voices.
:02:01. > :02:06.Stretch the timeline to today and just one has the chance to break the
:02:07. > :02:13.tie. But it's a fine line because standing in his way is the former US
:02:14. > :02:21.Open champion, Marin Cilic. A man hoping to strike his own court. But
:02:22. > :02:25.with 18 Grand Slam titles and counting... Who would bet against
:02:26. > :02:32.the greatest of all time... Becoming the greatest of all time?
:02:33. > :02:41.COMMENTATOR: And his extraordinary. Pure genius -- that is
:02:42. > :02:48.extraordinary. Wow. Brilliant. I love that. Arguably the greatest
:02:49. > :02:59.champion of all time. Roger Federer is the man who more than any other
:03:00. > :03:02.knows how to break the tape. Boris Becker, John McEnroe and Pat Cash,
:03:03. > :03:07.winning seven Wimbledon titles between them but today we focus on a
:03:08. > :03:10.man who was trying to make history, Roger Federer trying to become the
:03:11. > :03:15.first man to win the singles title for an eighth time. On the other
:03:16. > :03:20.side of the net the imposing figure of Marin Cilic. Pat Cash and Tim
:03:21. > :03:23.Henman alongside me to discuss everything that happened today. We
:03:24. > :03:29.will show you the best of the action. On the day that the new
:03:30. > :03:31.Doctor Who was announced, the question was, could Roger regenerate
:03:32. > :03:38.and become the oldest man of the open era to win the Wimbledon
:03:39. > :03:43.singles title? Beginning in the fifth game of the first set, 2-2 as
:03:44. > :03:56.the players held serve at the beginning of the match.
:03:57. > :04:02.COMMENTATOR: Oh, he's down, Cilic and Federer manages to scamper
:04:03. > :04:17.across himself. That could have been nasty for Marin
:04:18. > :04:28.Cilic. Federer managing to get up and over the net. Actually left him
:04:29. > :04:38.in quite a lots to do, didn't it? Crosscourt dink. It's all happening.
:04:39. > :04:53.Federer just happy, bouncing back, with all the options. Cilic, taking
:04:54. > :04:57.the pace of it -- off it, forcing into generate the power himself.
:04:58. > :04:59.Didn't look comfortable. Six straight points for Federer and
:05:00. > :05:59.three break points here. Federer was having a good look at
:06:00. > :06:05.the old sabre play, something like that? Snake attack by Roger. Chip
:06:06. > :06:19.and charge they used to call it, hit and charge.
:06:20. > :06:36.A little serve and a volley, after the first.
:06:37. > :06:43.The pressure tells, the first break, Federer. We rejoin it with Cilic
:06:44. > :07:04.serving to stay in the set. Cilic had a good grass court season
:07:05. > :08:48.himself, having match point at Queen's Club against Lopez.
:08:49. > :08:59.I did see one empty seat, it is up by gangway 311, but I haven't seen
:09:00. > :09:08.any others. 15,000 in here. Actually 14,900 99.
:09:09. > :09:27.He ripped it crosscourt and it brings set point, 34 minutes played.
:09:28. > :09:46.The first one was speedy. The second one, beating him for pace.
:09:47. > :09:54.Good serve from Cilic. Not only wanting to make Federer serve for
:09:55. > :09:56.the set, but if he loses it, he would like to be serving first in
:09:57. > :10:26.the second. These serve percentage isn't as good
:10:27. > :10:33.for Cilic as it was in the tournament. Just above 50%. It's
:10:34. > :10:43.even worse on the second serve. Just under a little pressure.
:10:44. > :10:50.Cilic hasn't served and Mac ace yet, indicating that Federer is seeing
:10:51. > :10:55.the direction that he wants to serve early.
:10:56. > :11:13.36 minutes, it's taken. Roger Federer takes another step towards
:11:14. > :11:24.history. Federer took the first set in double
:11:25. > :11:30.quick time and we're into the early stages of the second. Cilic serving.
:11:31. > :11:43.His very first ace of the match. Here we go.
:11:44. > :12:29.Greg was at ski and son. -- Greg Rusedski and son.
:12:30. > :12:36.That's what he needs. Quick point on his serve. To make this match
:12:37. > :13:32.competitive again. He's having a bit of a horror now,
:13:33. > :13:37.isn't he? He's falling apart a bit. Not always easy when you're a big
:13:38. > :13:45.man, if you're a bit nervous. One of the things that doesn't always work
:13:46. > :13:49.is your third work. Making small steps. He's got to get those size
:13:50. > :14:12.14s moving now. That's a way as well. This is
:14:13. > :14:19.difficult, now, difficult to watch in some ways. Set and a break,
:14:20. > :14:24.Federer. Federer holding the next game to
:14:25. > :14:28.take a 3-0 lead and Cilic called for the doctor, very upset and there was
:14:29. > :14:32.real concern that the men's final might end early with a retirement
:14:33. > :14:37.for the first time since 1911 but he got up off his chair to play on, as
:14:38. > :14:50.we go back to the match with Federer leading 4-1.
:14:51. > :14:55.He's done so well, so far. Just hope for him that he gets back into the
:14:56. > :15:12.swing of things. Looks like he's recovered a little
:15:13. > :15:47.bit. He's got his feet on the ground again.
:15:48. > :15:53.They were so proud when he used to throw his racket around in junior
:15:54. > :16:01.tournaments until he calmed down. They said he was a family
:16:02. > :16:47.embarrassment! -- they weren't so proud.
:16:48. > :16:52.Just Federer not letting Cilic have anything to hold onto in this second
:16:53. > :17:06.set. He looks all sweet and neat and
:17:07. > :17:16.tidy, doesn't he, Roger Federer, but as a competitor... I wouldn't say he
:17:17. > :17:25.is second to none, but he and Nadal, Djokovic, Murray. It sounds rude but
:17:26. > :17:27.it's the nature of the sport, there is a winner and a loser, we don't
:17:28. > :17:40.have drawers in tennis. UMPIRE: Mr Federer is challenging
:17:41. > :17:49.the call on the far left sideline, the ball was called out.
:17:50. > :18:13.Fastest serve of the match, 134 mph. Federer sticks out a racket and it
:18:14. > :18:41.comes back with interest. His fastest serve of the tournament.
:18:42. > :18:53.Whether or not he needed a doctor, medical attention and the referee
:18:54. > :19:04.and the supervisor, we really can't tell. Crying just a few minutes ago.
:19:05. > :19:07.It's a horrible situation. You want the ground to open up and swallow
:19:08. > :19:11.you in situations like this. It's very difficult. He's getting
:19:12. > :19:15.hammered, the bottom line, outplayed. About to go two sets
:19:16. > :19:27.down. Three set points, Federer. 2-0 lead.
:19:28. > :19:38.That's that. The doctor and the train came act
:19:39. > :19:43.after the second set. And this time it was
:19:44. > :19:45.an official medical time out. Cilic was clearly having
:19:46. > :19:48.trouble with his left foot He had a horrible blister
:19:49. > :19:51.and he said the pain He carried on and we pick it up in
:19:52. > :20:17.the third game of the third set. Federer doesn't make it easy for
:20:18. > :21:11.him, obviously. He can smell it. You feel at this stage every point
:21:12. > :21:39.is hard to come by for Cilic. The best of the match so far for
:21:40. > :22:25.these men. But it needs a few more. A couple of gutsy points and a
:22:26. > :22:43.couple of better points there from Cilic, 0-30, to 40-30.
:22:44. > :23:00.Those size 14s just don't want to move.
:23:01. > :23:24.Federer doesn't make it easier for you. Putting the ball back in play,
:23:25. > :23:33.making his opponent always hit one more shot.
:23:34. > :23:48.Oh, he can't do anything, can he, only 40 out of 71st service -- 70
:23:49. > :23:55.first service. You say it is unforced. Proving too big and Mac
:23:56. > :24:15.ask -- an ask for Cilic. Well done. Many a player has stepped out onto
:24:16. > :24:16.the grass court of Wimbledon, let alone Centre Court, and found it
:24:17. > :24:45.difficult. Yes. We are with you, Andrew. What a
:24:46. > :24:50.relief. Cilic trying to fight, the crowd roaring their approval.
:24:51. > :25:44.Serving at 3-3. A reminder that the mixed doubles
:25:45. > :25:45.final follows this meant's singles final, Jamie Murray playing
:25:46. > :26:05.alongside Martina Hingis, against Kontinen and Watson. UMPIRE: Mr
:26:06. > :26:18.Cilic is challenging the call on the right near sideline. The ball was
:26:19. > :26:33.called out. The call stands. Mr Cilic has two challenges remaining.
:26:34. > :26:44.Oh, no. You just knew it. Federer had gone the wrong way. Yes. And if
:26:45. > :26:51.the rain is going to come, it needs to come quickly for Marin Cilic. As
:26:52. > :27:18.Roger Federer closes in on Championship number eight.
:27:19. > :27:28.And another forehand hitting the net. Federer, two games away, two
:27:29. > :27:33.sets and a break up in this Championship match, Wimbledon, 2017.
:27:34. > :27:38.The rain did not come, the weather was not going to save Cilic and one
:27:39. > :27:42.hour 40 minutes after the match began, Roger Federer came out to
:27:43. > :27:49.serve for a record eighth Wimbledon title.
:27:50. > :27:59.There goes the vulnerability that Boris Becker was talking about. He's
:28:00. > :28:16.hardly missed one of those in the previous one hour and 39 minutes.
:28:17. > :29:31.When Cilic has got the ball into play in this game, he's won the
:29:32. > :30:01.point. What a player! Champion here at
:30:02. > :30:08.Wimbledon. The first man to win eight Championships! Yet another
:30:09. > :30:12.extraordinary performance. This one was a bit of a procession, but he
:30:13. > :30:16.didn't drop a set throughout Wimbledon.
:30:17. > :30:19.Roger said beforehand is no special win was in 2012 because it was his
:30:20. > :30:22.first as a father. Now with his 7-year-old twin
:30:23. > :30:27.daughters and 3-year-old twin sons Lenny and Leo looking on,
:30:28. > :30:41.Federer the father was overcome Now to the runner-up. Marin Cilic!
:30:42. > :31:13.APPLAUSE CHEERING
:31:14. > :31:44.And the Wimbledon champion of 2017... Roger Federer!
:31:45. > :31:55.APPLAUSE CHEERING
:31:56. > :32:00.I think everybody here feels for you, never easy playing with an
:32:01. > :32:06.injury, but you bravely battled on. Yeah, that's what I did throughout
:32:07. > :32:15.all my career, never gave up. That was my idea also today. I gave my
:32:16. > :32:19.best. It's all I could do. For you, Roger, great tournament. It's been a
:32:20. > :32:23.great year since you took six months off, you seem to be getting better
:32:24. > :32:28.and better. I've got to take more time off, I don't know what's going
:32:29. > :32:34.on. I'll be gone for the next six months, I'm not it's going to work
:32:35. > :32:38.out this fantastic every time I comeback. I guess it's just being
:32:39. > :32:44.healthy. Feels great and means the world to me. We worked so hard last
:32:45. > :32:48.year. To be back here and, you know, feeling great. Holding the trophy
:32:49. > :32:55.now. The tournament I played, not dropping a set is magical, I can't
:32:56. > :33:00.believe it yet. So... You won your first grand slam here. Over the
:33:01. > :33:04.years you've been breaking other champions' records, now you have
:33:05. > :33:07.your own, the eighth Wimbledon title, the only man in the history
:33:08. > :33:21.of Wimbledon to ever win eight times. Yeah, it's... Yeah, I mean I
:33:22. > :33:27.guess again, it's just believe, that I achieve such heights. I wasn't
:33:28. > :33:31.sure if I was going to ever be here again in another finals after last
:33:32. > :33:36.year. I've had some tough ones, losing to Novak in 14 and 15. I
:33:37. > :33:40.always believed I could maybe come back and do it again. If you
:33:41. > :33:45.believe, you can go really really far in your life. I think I did that
:33:46. > :33:50.and I'm happy I kept believing and dreaming. Here I am today. It's
:33:51. > :33:55.fantastic. What a way to do it. The first man to win the championship
:33:56. > :34:08.without dropping a set since Bjorn Borg 41 years ago. A kiss and a hug
:34:09. > :34:13.from double. The big question for Pat and Tim is how does he come back
:34:14. > :34:18.fitter and better than ever? It possible really to know. When he
:34:19. > :34:21.left 12 months ago and had a dodgy knee, we thought, have we really
:34:22. > :34:25.seen the best of Roger Federer? Then he comes back after that big gap
:34:26. > :34:28.away from the game. For me, he's playing better than ever because
:34:29. > :34:33.he's so aggressive. I wouldn't say he moves as well as he used to, with
:34:34. > :34:37.that being said, the way he's been hitting his backhand, how he serves,
:34:38. > :34:41.how well these conditions suit his game, we have to wait and see what
:34:42. > :34:46.happens in the next 12 months. I think your fancy his chances
:34:47. > :34:50.defending his title next year. As a final it won't go down as a vintage
:34:51. > :34:54.contest, but Federer did everything he had to do. Essentially he wasn't
:34:55. > :34:58.distracted by what might have been happening with Cilic's foot. No,
:34:59. > :35:01.that's what experiences all about, he's been there so many times, he is
:35:02. > :35:05.so confident with his game and I can't agree more with Tim. I've been
:35:06. > :35:11.saying this for years about Federer becoming a better player, developed
:35:12. > :35:19.a better serve over the last ten years, developed a drop shot. Right
:35:20. > :35:22.on cue. Brilliant, Pat. Thank you. Luck, like most of my things. And of
:35:23. > :35:28.course the backhand has become more powerful, more aggressive. That was
:35:29. > :35:32.the sort of, you know, not a weakling, but at least the players
:35:33. > :35:39.could stay in the points. Certainly somewhere Rafa would attack. Went
:35:40. > :35:45.back to the drawing board, he's come back a better player. He's fresh.
:35:46. > :35:51.And he's relaxed. He did what he had to do. Marin, you've got to feel for
:35:52. > :35:57.Marin, obviously something was affecting him. It's not great
:35:58. > :36:01.movement there. Nerves. As Tim was commenting, is a size 14s weren't
:36:02. > :36:04.moving today. It's a horrible feeling things aren't going well and
:36:05. > :36:09.you have something wrong with your foot and can't brush off. Your whole
:36:10. > :36:11.world is watching. The guy down the other end is called Roger Federer
:36:12. > :36:19.Cumani 's favourite court, his favourite surface. We can't have
:36:20. > :36:24.that all the time. Federer did what he had to do. We saw his record.
:36:25. > :36:29.He's rewriting everything. He's a great historian of tennis. He will
:36:30. > :36:35.know that the Australian open was won at 36 and 37. Made finals of
:36:36. > :36:40.Wimbledon and the US Open at 39. It's not impossible. Again, things
:36:41. > :36:44.have changed in the last five or ten years. You go back a little bit
:36:45. > :36:49.further, Pete Sampras won the US Open, he stopped, he was 30. I
:36:50. > :36:55.stopped at 33 and felt it was plenty long enough. You see these guys
:36:56. > :37:01.playing now, Federer about the 36. Karlovic in the draw is even older.
:37:02. > :37:05.What Federer has done so well over time is get his schedule right. A
:37:06. > :37:08.lot of people were questioning him taking six months off at the end of
:37:09. > :37:12.last year, but it was very much related to his knee, he needed three
:37:13. > :37:18.months with a consultation from his sort of surgeon to say got to give
:37:19. > :37:22.it time. And then when he took the clay-court season off. An amazing
:37:23. > :37:25.decision to make, it wipes out a chunk of the year. It does, to step
:37:26. > :37:29.away from tournament play, you can practice as much as you like, spend
:37:30. > :37:34.time in the gym, but that match toughness only comes from tournament
:37:35. > :37:38.play. A lot of people looked at that and said, is this the right thing to
:37:39. > :37:42.be doing? He had total belief in that. When he lost the first round
:37:43. > :37:48.in Stuttgart on grass, people said, has this backfired? Fast forward to
:37:49. > :37:55.Tallaght where he didn't drop a set. -- fast forward to Halle. It's not
:37:56. > :37:57.impossible, given Djokovic and Murray had issues, it's not
:37:58. > :38:02.impossible Federer could be number one by the end of the year again. He
:38:03. > :38:05.could win the US Open. It is fast, if not quicker, than he is. It sits
:38:06. > :38:14.into the ground, the balls are lighter, faster through the air.
:38:15. > :38:18.You'll have to pounded out. -- he'll have to count it out. Is Murray
:38:19. > :38:24.going to play the US season? Is Djokovic? Wawrinka comes into play.
:38:25. > :38:28.Who is standing up here at the moment? You don't want to say the
:38:29. > :38:35.tournament fell away but it kind of did a little bit. He's 35, the last
:38:36. > :38:39.man standing. He really was the last standing, his opponent could barely
:38:40. > :38:44.stand today. Let's look at those shots of Cilic being so upset. He
:38:45. > :38:49.says in his interview afterwards, he was so frustrated that he couldn't
:38:50. > :38:51.play. These weren't just tears of physical pain. Obviously the blister
:38:52. > :38:57.was causing problems, but he couldn't do what he wanted to.
:38:58. > :39:00.That's right, there's two sides to the coin. He had his own
:39:01. > :39:04.frustrations and I think the occasion, in a two week tournament,
:39:05. > :39:09.there's a lot of emotions that build up, getting through to his second
:39:10. > :39:13.grand slam final, the first here. He started off in the first ten or 15
:39:14. > :39:17.minutes playing very well, he had break point opportunity, was really
:39:18. > :39:20.aggressive, serving well. All of a sudden, Federer got the break,
:39:21. > :39:25.double break to win the first set. Things got the better of him. I
:39:26. > :39:29.think it was a build-up of, perhaps a problem with the foot, but also
:39:30. > :39:33.the emotions of the final, the magnitude of the event. He couldn't
:39:34. > :39:38.quite control himself. That's the element to Federer. You said how
:39:39. > :39:41.relaxed he is. If every player could learn to do that they would find a
:39:42. > :39:46.different level of play. Maybe not as good as Federer, but something he
:39:47. > :39:52.does as good as anybody else, he plays relaxed tennis on big
:39:53. > :39:57.occasions. He does. A combination of when you're under pressure having
:39:58. > :39:59.confidence in your technical ability, your technique, that will
:40:00. > :40:06.hold up under pressure. And being able to mentally handle it. Federer
:40:07. > :40:11.knows if he goes out there, even on a bad serving day, he's still going
:40:12. > :40:17.to serve 58, 50 7%, something like that. Marin Cilic is serving 42, a
:40:18. > :40:21.big difference. He knows, Federer knows, he made quite a few mistakes
:40:22. > :40:24.in the semifinal and final today on the forehand. He hit a bunch of
:40:25. > :40:29.winners. The backhand was faultless. He knows part of his game are never
:40:30. > :40:34.going to break down for long. It's technically, but also mentally, I
:40:35. > :40:40.missed a couple, but no problem. Most of us will miss if you, then
:40:41. > :40:44.it'll get tighter and tighter. We saw the other day exactly that
:40:45. > :40:48.thing, today. He loves to finish with a flourish. He did with an ace.
:40:49. > :40:53.That's right, it was important for Federer not to get ahead of himself.
:40:54. > :40:57.He was in a great position, up two sets. Once he got the opportunity to
:40:58. > :41:01.break in the seventh game he was up 4-3. The way he'd been serving, the
:41:02. > :41:09.only lost his serve five times in whole tournament. Such a great
:41:10. > :41:15.foundation to be playing from. To serve for any matches sometimes
:41:16. > :41:19.difficult, never mind the finals of Wimbledon. Forced it was a fitting
:41:20. > :41:23.moment. He gave so much to everybody, the fans in the grounds,
:41:24. > :41:26.and the press, he was still doing interviews until 8pm. Is
:41:27. > :41:30.extraordinary and he knows it's part of selling the game as a whole.
:41:31. > :41:36.There were big crowds on the outside courts because on Court three we had
:41:37. > :41:38.wheelchair doubles action and Yui Kamiji of Japan was playing
:41:39. > :41:41.alongside Jordanne Whiley of Great Britain trying to win a fourth
:41:42. > :41:45.consecutive title. They were up against a very hot Dutch pair.
:41:46. > :41:50.Louise Hunt and Nick Mullins can bring us the best bits of the final.
:41:51. > :41:58.On Court three, Yui Kamiji and Jordanne Whiley against the
:41:59. > :42:02.Netherlands pairing of Buis and de Groot. That is the power from de
:42:03. > :42:13.Groot. -Zilla outstanding drop shot from
:42:14. > :42:22.Buis. The ball rolling before it even met the service line.
:42:23. > :42:35.There is the first break to the Dutch pair.
:42:36. > :42:41.The three times champions have got some work to do if they want to make
:42:42. > :42:52.it four at this year's Wimbledon. Diede de Groot and Marjolein Buis of
:42:53. > :42:53.won the first set. Some of the points we're seeing at the moment.
:42:54. > :43:12.This final beginning to bubble. Kamiji and Whiley are not letting
:43:13. > :43:23.this slip easily through their fingers. Nicely done.
:43:24. > :44:03.It's on the line. They'll never tire of hearing it, but once again Yui
:44:04. > :44:11.Kamiji and Jordanne Whiley are Wimbledon champions. 2014. 15, 16
:44:12. > :44:17.and 17. There has been nobody quite like these two on these courts. This
:44:18. > :44:20.is by far the most special to me because I've been out for eight
:44:21. > :44:29.months struggling with injury, I haven't played for a year now. I did
:44:30. > :44:35.try my hardest. They are such a strong team. I'm so happy. We can
:44:36. > :44:42.see how thrilled you are. Yui, how are you feeling right now and have
:44:43. > :44:53.specialist this moment? Erm... Sorry. I'd like to thank Jordanne to
:44:54. > :44:59.play with me again. And congratulations to my Alan and
:45:00. > :45:10.Diede. And to the crowd for cheering for us. Yes. -- congratulations to
:45:11. > :45:13.Tim Ferri. I think we all remember the shouts of Yui, Yui throughout
:45:14. > :45:24.that. She's my best friend. I do anything
:45:25. > :45:29.for Yui, I'd try my hardest for Yui, I know she do the same. That's what
:45:30. > :45:34.makes us such a special doubles partnership. Such a sweet thing to
:45:35. > :45:37.say because before Jordanne Whiley described Yui as her bag for life,
:45:38. > :45:42.less confirmatory than best friend. We know what she means. There was a
:45:43. > :45:46.British winner guaranteed in the mixed doubles. Here is Phil Jones.
:45:47. > :45:52.A British face-off with a Swiss finish edge. Whether top seeds or
:45:53. > :45:56.not seeds, both teams are loving life. Britain's Jamie Murray
:45:57. > :46:02.answered with a wide yes to eight text of invitation to team up with
:46:03. > :46:06.36-year-old Brick Martina Hingis of 22 grand slam titles and vast
:46:07. > :46:10.experience. It enhanced his hopes of winning is again mixed doubles title
:46:11. > :46:16.here a decade after the first. With Jelena Jankovic. Heather Watson and
:46:17. > :46:19.Henri Kontinen, the unseeded GB Finland Giro are the opposition. The
:46:20. > :46:25.titleholders no less. They could become the first pair to
:46:26. > :46:28.successfully defend his crown for 20 years. Whatever the outcome, a
:46:29. > :46:40.British Wimbledon champion was guaranteed.
:46:41. > :46:45.Jamie was going to poach a couple of times there. Then a decisive
:46:46. > :46:51.interception at the net, first break of serve.
:46:52. > :46:57.If you are serving at 75 mph to a thick hitting Finn, that's what
:46:58. > :47:13.happens. Henri, what are you doing? Trying to
:47:14. > :47:22.do way too much here. That ball was going straight at him.
:47:23. > :47:39.Inside out forehand. Murray at the net. Break of serve.
:47:40. > :47:45.Have a hit that as hard as she possibly could. As he moves across,
:47:46. > :47:51.his face on, which gives him a chance. That has been trained by his
:47:52. > :47:54.coach firing thousands of boards at him from very close range.
:47:55. > :48:09.Correction macro thousands of balls. First set to the British- Swiss
:48:10. > :48:19.combination. A richly entertaining 30 minutes. Beautifully played. It
:48:20. > :48:26.just sat there asking to be hit. Boy, did he hit it.
:48:27. > :48:34.What a pick-up that was. What a fantastic volley. He knew that when
:48:35. > :48:39.it was pulled wide in the alley his option was a short cross for a
:48:40. > :48:44.forehand volley. That he knew. What a return for Heather on the
:48:45. > :48:49.backhand. That's why you have to be so accurate. World-class whatever
:48:50. > :48:52.delivers from the backhand, when she can get hold of it. They've done a
:48:53. > :48:54.very good job of stopping it. He wasn't quite accurate enough. That's
:48:55. > :49:10.what happens. Vaclik from Heather says it all. A
:49:11. > :49:17.big break for Murray and Hingis. -- that shriek from Heather.
:49:18. > :49:28.Great shot, great shot. The crowd chanting for more. More shots like
:49:29. > :49:31.that from these two and they'll have some more.
:49:32. > :49:49.Great shot from Henri Kontinen, that's fantastic!
:49:50. > :50:05.Missed it. Oh, Heather. Match point for Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis.
:50:06. > :50:14.On Centre Court, which began with one Murray two Mondays ago, and all
:50:15. > :50:20.the drama of Roger and Davina in between ends with another Murray.
:50:21. > :50:25.Jamie and Martina Hingis are mixed doubles champions for 2017. A great
:50:26. > :50:30.success for British tennis to have two guys in the final. For us, we
:50:31. > :50:33.had a great week, we had a lot of amazing tennis, especially in the
:50:34. > :50:37.final we knew we'd have to play really good match to have a chance
:50:38. > :50:41.to win. We were able to do that. A momentous day for Switzerland as
:50:42. > :50:45.well, Roger winning on centre court earlier, you winning now, both of
:50:46. > :50:51.you defying age. Yeah, not bad for us! I think I'm really happy that I
:50:52. > :50:57.contacted Jamie before Wimbledon started. You know, so I'm really
:50:58. > :51:01.happy how we played and performed. You talk about one British is going
:51:02. > :51:08.to win Wimbledon this year, I'm happy, I was hoping it's going to be
:51:09. > :51:11.mine. That's how it proved. This is your first mixed doubles title for
:51:12. > :51:14.ten years, how does the occasion compared to that one? I kind of
:51:15. > :51:19.forgot, to be honest, what it felt like last time. This was pretty
:51:20. > :51:21.sweet. Huge thanks to Martina because I wouldn't be standing here
:51:22. > :51:27.if it wasn't for her because I wasn't going to play. Yeah, it's an
:51:28. > :51:30.easy decision to play, when she picks me, she's such an amazing
:51:31. > :51:34.player, she showed it all week. Really excited to have the trophy
:51:35. > :51:38.again. A wise man to accept your invitation, definitely. A lot of
:51:39. > :51:42.guys in the locker room would have been jumping at the chance. Might we
:51:43. > :51:47.see you here next year possibly? I hope so. We have the next grand slam
:51:48. > :51:51.coming up so we'll have to talk about that and go from there. It's
:51:52. > :51:54.always nice to defend a title when you come back. Sounds like it might
:51:55. > :51:59.be the beginning of a beautiful mixed doubles relationship, a 23rd
:52:00. > :52:01.grand slam title for Martina Hingis, the fourth Jamie Murray. He didn't
:52:02. > :52:06.lose his serve once in five matches they played in. Pretty good. He
:52:07. > :52:12.should be sending a text Matic to Martina Hingis tonight to say, can
:52:13. > :52:16.we play at the US Open? -- a text message. I don't care what the
:52:17. > :52:19.question is, the answer is yes. They are both great doubles players. When
:52:20. > :52:24.you get that combination, we were sitting here watching Martina at the
:52:25. > :52:29.net, she's got such good hand skills. Jamie's a great volley. That
:52:30. > :52:33.combination. If they want to keep playing for a while, they could win
:52:34. > :52:37.many more grand slam mixed doubles titles. We've seen how the doubles
:52:38. > :52:42.has helped Heather Watson in singles. She went out earlier this
:52:43. > :52:47.week. She played very well. For her and Henri Kontinen to get to the
:52:48. > :52:52.final again, big achievement. It is, fantastic. We don't often play mixed
:52:53. > :52:57.doubles. It's at the grand slams. Not everybody plays it. It's a
:52:58. > :52:59.fantastic sport. We've got the Hopman cup, something separate
:53:00. > :53:04.altogether, before the Australian open, a lead up tournament. It's not
:53:05. > :53:09.often played. It's very exciting, the format of the game. If you can
:53:10. > :53:12.pick your partners like Martina Hingis, she is really good, I played
:53:13. > :53:18.a bunch of exhibition matches against her and she can out volley
:53:19. > :53:21.the guys, her reflexes are so good. Definitely a text from Jamie, I
:53:22. > :53:27.would say. Saying yes in capital letters. It gave the Centre Court
:53:28. > :53:32.crowd subbing to enjoy after beastly historic achievement from Roger
:53:33. > :53:35.Federer, but a flat contest in terms of the men's singles final. We give
:53:36. > :53:41.you our shot of the day from that match.
:53:42. > :53:47.More than one shot at August through the brilliance, Tim. Federer
:53:48. > :53:51.slightly on the defensive, has to move forward, picked up the dropped
:53:52. > :53:56.shot. Cilic does very well to flick it crosscourt, falls on his
:53:57. > :54:00.backside. Then Federer is the dexterity to hit this backhand when
:54:01. > :54:05.it is almost behind him. You can see here is got to chase it down, just
:54:06. > :54:09.get the elevation on the ball to flick the rest down the line for a
:54:10. > :54:12.winner. It's an amazing shot. After that, Cilic never moved the same
:54:13. > :54:16.again and we don't think the injury was caused there because the injury
:54:17. > :54:20.was blisters and he brought it on to court. But it was essentially one of
:54:21. > :54:24.the highlights. In terms of social media, this has been doing the
:54:25. > :54:29.rounds, giving Roger and Rafa have won the first three grand slams of
:54:30. > :54:38.the year. Cast your eyes back to this, dawn Road says...
:54:39. > :54:46.That is the point. They now go into the US Open and frankly you're
:54:47. > :54:50.looking at one of them to win it. For me it's like the clock has gone
:54:51. > :54:54.back five years, you had a period when they were dominating. Then
:54:55. > :54:57.Djokovic came in, you had Murray finishing number one, winning his
:54:58. > :55:03.last five tournaments of last year. Suddenly, we're back again. Roger
:55:04. > :55:11.won in Australia, rapper dominated on the clay. He wins his tent French
:55:12. > :55:14.Open. Roger has won eight here, but Rafa has won ten, Roland Garros.
:55:15. > :55:18.It'll be interesting to see what happens in New York. They seem to
:55:19. > :55:21.push each other on, when one does something brilliant, the next one
:55:22. > :55:25.has two top it. I don't think they're focused on that. They are
:55:26. > :55:30.focusing on staying fit and healthy, enjoying tennis. No doubt they push
:55:31. > :55:39.each other, particularly, I think, Roger has a lot to thank Rafa, Novak
:55:40. > :55:43.and Andy for. They pushed him into improving the stuff we were saying,
:55:44. > :55:50.improving his serve. Particularly the backhand. It's been developed to
:55:51. > :55:55.try to beat Rafa. It's working to counteract him this year. And
:55:56. > :55:57.everybody else for that matter. Frankie, the grounds are empty,
:55:58. > :56:02.everybody else has left. Over the last two week the BBC has brought
:56:03. > :56:06.over 500 matches online on television and radio. You are about
:56:07. > :56:09.to see the people who made it possible. Thanks to them and to the
:56:10. > :56:11.players who've given given us heart-warming, heroic and, indeed,
:56:12. > :56:20.historic stories to tell. It's like the beginning of a
:56:21. > :57:09.fantastic holiday, isn't it? What a battle factory or what a
:57:10. > :57:14.result! British tennis history is made.
:57:15. > :57:42.They've done it! Wimbledon champions again.
:57:43. > :57:51.Physically, Andy Murray not white. This is the greatest win of his
:57:52. > :57:57.life. -- physically, Andy Murray is not right. For John Akinde it ends
:57:58. > :58:08.here. Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis, our
:58:09. > :58:14.mixed doubles champions. One of the best of all time. Take a deep
:58:15. > :58:19.breath, focus, then it's time to take the walk.
:58:20. > :58:31.It's not over till it's over. First blood to Muguruza. This match
:58:32. > :58:41.slipping away from Venus Williams. What a victory for Muguruza. Who is
:58:42. > :58:47.the Wimbledon champion. If you stop and look around, take all of this
:58:48. > :58:57.in, it'll be too late. Roger Federer takes another step toward history.
:58:58. > :58:59.What a player! The first man to win eight championships here at
:59:00. > :59:03.Wimbledon.