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We are going to take you over to Wimbledon... Her Majesty will

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present the trophy. That is brilliant. Irresistible. Majestic.

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Such is the enormous appeal of Roger Federer that there is a bigger crowd

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around him practising than most matches. We've got fans from China,

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Philippines, as well as the UK. The king of Wimbledon. His match will be

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featured today. Here's what's coming up. Novak Djokovic has been in

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strange form after completing his career Grand Slam at the French

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Open. He's now got Andre Agassi to help his focus. We will see the best

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of a home-grown battle between Kyle Edmund and Alex Ward. For

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entertainment, look no further than Gael Monfils.

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This is the scene at Wimbledon from our position in the presentation

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base. The crowd are watching the end of the Kuznetsova match. The play on

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the other courts finished earlier than expected so we've got time to

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round everything up in the company of Pat Cash and Martina Navratilova,

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who between them have 16. I've only got one. But between you, you've got

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16! We've got one hour to get across everything and we will start with

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the man who has won the men's singles twice in the last three

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years. Novak Djokovic had an early exit

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last year in the third round and has been missing in action for over a

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year. For the first time since 2010 he has no current Grand Slam to his

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name. He went to Eastbourne to get a feel for the grass and he won it. He

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was up against Martin Klizan on Centre Court.

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Klizan showed some early promise. Lovely touch.

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But it seemed that was possibly the one shot that was going to work.

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Let's pick up commentary. Klizan is serving at 3-4.

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It does not look to me like he's going to make it to the end of this

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match. Where is that balance between being

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a family man in your 30s but still committing the way that you need to

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commit to be the Robert Halfon? I wish I had a better answer -- being

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the world number one. I wish I had known how to do that in my late 20s

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as well as 30s. That dropped in. It is a shame for those who were

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hoping they would be entertained. It makes what Roger Federer has done

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all the more amazing. Four kids, loving travel, loving everything

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about it. I was told he would sleep in the kids bedroom. If he can do

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that as well? Not sleep and win? It is nicely played. The drop shot

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is being used as a life belt by Martin Klizan to good effect. It's a

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shot he does like to use. But he's really going to it quite a bit.

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Get the feeling Novak Djokovic is getting slightly annoyed about this

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time, that this has not gone his way yet.

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He just hit an absolutely gorgeous shot up the line. You just feel that

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it's a matter of time. Don't think it will take too long for him to

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just get to where he wants to be. Every time Klizan put any pressure

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on that left calf, he unfolds himself very gingerly.

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Klizan is challenging the call. The right service line. The ball was

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called out. He is really struggling and he's looking to Hawk-Eye for a

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little bit of salvation. He won't find it on this occasion.

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And indeed Djokovic took the set with an ace. Prior to it you will

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have heard of his injury, he had retired with a calf injury. He

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seemed to be feeling it again, he had been very ginger on court

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commonly called for the physio, he looked in a lot of pain.

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Having dropped that first set he was down in the second, trying to nick

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one but he could not run for anything. Eventually, he threw in

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the towel. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Klizan cannot continue and has

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retired. Only a short outing on Centre Court for Novak Djokovic but

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he's happy to get his campaign under way. I wish that I could maybe play

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a bit longer on Centre Court but I've played enough and I'm feeling

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well on the grass, and I think I was focusing more on myself and the

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entire impression of being in the Centre Court again, which is very

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special in my career and my life. The tradition, the history around it

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is part of the Wimbledon atmosphere. You cannot not feel it so it was

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enjoyable to spend some time there. How are you right now, mentally? Is

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the engine restarting? In the last couple of months, things started to

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click in. I started to feel complete on the court. I was struggling, and

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I was not the only one that struggled mentally. Winning four

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Grand Slams in a row was an incredible achievement and made me

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very content but I thought I would not face these kinds of emotions

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which I've read many athletes did face in their careers at some stage,

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usually after they achieved everything, basically, and I have.

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So it took me some time to recharge my batteries. It's interesting

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talking to Novak Djokovic because it always feels like you could talk

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philosophy and mental state for longer than you could talk tennis.

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You've maintained the motivation. How do you do it when, as he says,

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he achieved everything? You need to want to do it again, and it was

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about becoming a better tennis player. I was still learning and

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experimenting, what can I do better? I never got bored, and I was never

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not motivated. I was burned out a little bit in the late 80s but that

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was because I did it so many times, did not really allow myself to take

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a day off so I was just tired, but overall, excited to be on the court.

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Never found a lack of something to achieve. If there is going to be a

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place that reignites you it will be Centre Court at Wimbledon. You would

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think so, but also we are in an era where we've got Rafael Nadal and

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Roger Federer, they are phenomenal and the attempt to get better and

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better and better, and it is definitely possible for him to get

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better if he wants to but they are the benchmark and it is pretty hard

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to live up to that. I was pretty satisfied, I wanted to win

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Wimbledon, the Davis Cup and the Australian Open and I almost got

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them. I was done by then. That was enough for me. These guys, 35, they

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still want to win. You go to Roger Federer and say, why is he still

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playing? I don't know what keeps them going. Novak Djokovic is pretty

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normal. I guess he is. Did you see enough to know whether he's back on

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his A-game? I don't think he did play particularly well, he served

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well, he looked focused, things will come together. Often, you can over

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think these things. They needed more meditation, more motivation. He will

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find his balance. Sometimes you need to take some time off your game. You

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need to give yourself permission to quit and then you either do that or

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think again. There's no question in my mind that he has been burned out

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a little bit. He achieved everything so what comes next? But you can

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overanalyse things. It's easy to do that. Tennis is a perfectionist

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sport. You can tinker. At that point you need to go simple. Not over

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think. Just hit the ball. At the end we will talk about players retiring

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when injured and John McEnroe was scathing about Klizan. He said, you

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should offer them half the prize money. You don't want guys just

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showing up for the pay cheque. You understand it is meaningful to them

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so you give them half of it. Svetlana Kuznetsova has been one of

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the players in action on the second day of the Wimbledon, and she moved

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smoothly to match point. And indeed, rather good rally. Wasn't expecting

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it to be that brilliant on match point.

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She advances to the second round. Seventh seed.

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There was an all British affair out on court and an awful lot of fans

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supporting them because Alex Ward was the only British man to come

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through qualifying and he was up against Kyle Edmund. Wimbledon 2016,

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round one, Day one. Alex Ward lost a tennis match in straight sets. By

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playing that he earned ?30,000. He cleared his debts, he kept himself

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going. Then he got injured. It's a long way back. Mile after mile,

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match after match, practising with Andy Murray, worrying about money,

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all the while, his ranking fell. Then finally, luck. A wild him into

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qualifying. He did the rest. The world 869 stepped out on Court three

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to play Kyle Edmund, and watching Alex, his mum, 60 today. The best

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present ever. I'm overjoyed for them and I admire him. I really admire

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the effort he's put in. Now for the reward. It is breaking the serve of

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a man 700 places above you in the first game. Going on to take the

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first set when you thought you'd be playing at an event in Spain in

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front of 50 people. Mum's birthday is going rather well. Kyle Edmund

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seemed uncomfortable with being the favourite. In the sixth game, the

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match reached its pivot. Alex Ward never recovered. Kyle Edmund took

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the set from there. He dropped three games in the final two sets. Kyle

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Edmund is 50th in the world but has seemed to sink on grass. This

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victory was a long time coming. Kyle Edmund faces Gael Monfils next.

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Alex Borg may have lost a tennis match but he's gained some

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prize-money and potentially 300 ranking places -- Alex Ward.

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The fairy tale of the qualifier, Alex Ward, comes to an end. The

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story is just beginning for Edmund. Nice to get the winner at Wimbledon.

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The home Grand Slam. It is a dream when you're a kid. Has not been a

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good tournament for me in recent years. Well done to Alex. He had a

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long injury layout. It's interesting to see him do well. I'm happy that I

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did well. Kyle Edmund winning his first match at Wimbledon. He was

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part of a Davis Cup winning team. Still seems remarkable. As -- really

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big step for him. Winning is also an experience and it can become a

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habit. Credits to Alex Ward, for coming through qualifying. He is a

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terrible time with injuries. Anybody who qualifies is a heck of a player.

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There is some really good players out there. If you look through the

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list you will be like, I remember him, I remember him. Injury is the

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curse for any athlete and hopefully he can stay fit and move through the

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ranking. We can talk about how he should play it because one of the

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most entertaining players is Gael Monfils. The crowd were in for a

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real treat. Very very good. Great composure.

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Yes, down the line. Gael Monfils breaks in game 11 offset two. That

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game 11 of set to. Could not help himself. Could he?

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Could have been an easy brutal way. Everyone is that it now. I guess if

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you play enough of them, one will come off. When they come off its a

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great shock. If it does not you are exasperated as to why they played

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it. He takes the match at the first time

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of asking, I good performance from Gael Monfils. He'd never got beyond

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the third round here at Wimbledon. He is so much fun to watch. So far

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behind the baseline, there is a loopy swing on his forehand, not

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enough time to recover, because he covers the course so well but he

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runs out of space here. And he's a bit nuts as well. He's got much more

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focused now. He seems to be much more serious about his game. I felt

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he was not hitting the forehand as far as he could and now he's doing

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it once in a while. He's got all the shops, and unbelievable athlete.

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Everybody is glued to the TV screen. Whatever happens next. The French

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Open, with Dustin Brown, did you see some of those points? It was

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unbelievable. I've never seen shots like that. It's worth going on you

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Tube and checking that out. Unbelievable. Not until we've

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finished the show. Kyle Edmund is going to play him. What does Kyle

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Edmund do to counteract and nullify Gael Monfils? He's got to use his

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forehand well. They've played quite similarly. He's got some real power

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on his forehand. He is going to play a great game. He's got to play

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aggressive and take it to Gil Montes. I don't see that as an

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impossible task. It's a chance. One British woman who looks like she's

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got a massive future is a 20-year-old called Katie Boulter.

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Today she was taking on Christina McHale. We will pick this matchup

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with Katie Boulter serving in the first set.

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Her second ace. Took all the speed off it, added loads of spin.

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Love to see this on the grass court, someone coming in and cutting across

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the ball. Hugely exciting start for the

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wildcard. She lost a tight second set 7-5. She was leading 2-0. McHale

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got five games in a row and served out the match. Katie Boulter, this

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was her reaction after. I'm devastated. I'm sure in the next

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couple of days I will reflect on it more. Of course, I'm proud to

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represent my country and give my all, that is where I'm at right now.

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What is devastating, is it because you felt you had the opportunity to

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win that? Definitely. I really felt like I could win that match and I

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was in with a chance, and from the very first ball I felt comfortable

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out there. I'm very happy with the way that I played. It was a tough

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last set for Katie Boulter. She had the break in the decider as well.

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How impressed are you with the response? I love it. She is

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devastated, and it should hurt. You need to improve and work it out and

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play in the same position. I love the fact that she cares so much. Her

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first Wimbledon and I'm pretty sure that we will see her again. She's in

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good hands with and Jeremy. Let's have a look at some of what they've

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got. She's tall and she's got very good technique and she works really

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hard. I tell you what, they were working really hard. I'm trying to

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put my finger on whether it was illness or injury that took her out.

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If somebody works that had and they are really determined, if they are

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athletic, hopefully she's got it in the future. Hopefully we will see

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her back here. News of the other British players in action. Two to

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tell you about. James Ward said it was really tough out there. He was

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up against Marcos Baghdatis. He lost in straight sets.

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Wildcard Brydan Klein made it a tight first set against Sugita of

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Japan. He faded after a tight first set. So I'm afraid it was a good

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start and a disappointing end to his first Wimbledon. What about

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Angelique Kerber? Current number one, a little bit wobbly of late.

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She got the honour of opening up Centre Court in the absence of

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Serena Williams. Just a little idea of how she was

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playing out there. You were watching this match. Do you

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think she's the most dangerous player? She would not have been at

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the beginning of the tournament but her odds will go up. She looks

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better than she had all year. I still would like her to be more

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aggressive. That's how she got to the number one. She got out of it by

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Falconi who is not a big hitter. That cannot happen later on in the

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tournament because people will not beat themselves. But good signs

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today because there were some hiccups with a match could have

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turned around and she kept her cool. She played well enough to win and

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much better than she has done. I know you love her forehand. Moved

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really well. Her forehand down-the-line is what got her to

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number one last year. She has not been hitting it well this year. But

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today, much, much better. Falconi hit as many winners off lobs and

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drop shots as off hard shots. She was throwing everything but the

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kitchen sink at Kerber. Kerber moved really well. Yeah, a real athlete. I

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would like her to be closer to the baseline. She's still too passive

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positionally. It's such an interesting draw. The women's looks

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just wide-open. It is. Anybody who starts to feel the momentum could

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really do it. Yes. I mean confidence is hard to get. But you can actually

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get confident during the match and then lose it within the match. It's

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a very elusive thing to have. Kerber looks like she's on her way up,

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which is good to see. One of the players who might start to feel

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she's on a roll is Karolina Pliskova, who won Eastbourne. She's

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the third seed. She pedestrian Rodina 6-1, 6-4. This was match

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point. Tracy Austin was on that match and said she's her favourite.

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It's tough to pick this year. Picking someone never beyond the

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second round of Wimbledon. What has Pliskova got and why is she

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dangerous? She's got a big game. She's tall and long. She moves well

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enough for the grass. Huge serve, huge forehand. Big backhand as well.

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The forehand particularly is very effective. The serve, I mean it's a

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bullet. First serve aces, second serve, she can get aces on her

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second serve as well, that's how well she serves. She looks for the

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short ball. She's good at the next she can take the pace off the ball.

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She's got it all. Her biggest downside is her movement. She's

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gotten better. She's good enough. She's fast enough to win this thing,

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that's for sure. I think she's a real talent. There's no doubt about

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it. She's got a big game. If you can smack aces and you are going to get

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forehand winners it reminds me of some Williams girl who's not here

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this year. And on the grass you can hit plenty of winners. With a big

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game like, that hits the ball flat or she can mix it up and come to the

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net and long reach over that, the wing span is pretty big. Without

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Serena Williams here the matches on Pliskova racquet against everybody

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else. Other than maybe Petra Kvitova, would can outhit her.

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That's why she's two are the favourites. Playing as well as they

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are, with the big games they have, match on the racquet. More on the

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women's matches in a minute, including the one that Pat Cash is

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now coaching. We have decided as well as a player of the day, we

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probably should give an award foreofficial of the day. It goes to

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this guy. The line judge who was on the Del Potro-Kokkinakis match on

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court two, three times he takes one for the team. Now bearing in mind

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that Kokkinakis is no slouch at 127mph with his fastest serve. Del

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Potro about 133. How much would that hurt? I think I would put something

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there on the mid-section just in case. As if you were playing

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cricket. Usually the centre service line is a pretty safe place to be,

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but not when these guys are serving as big as they are. You've got to

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read the play, read the ball. It was curling in, go the other way! He

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kept running into the ball. He stepped forward to it. Quite brave.

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He was the magnet. They were colliding. I think he was on a later

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match, though. He has survived. And he walks on. Now to the man who is

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the bookies' favourite to win the title this year and if he did so, it

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would be his eighth title here at Wimbledon. And his 19th Grand Slam.

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COMMENTATOR: If you love tennis and you don't like watching Roger play

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then you've got a real issue. SUE BARKER: Today the most famous court

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in the world welcomes back the greatest player ever. The amazing

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grace of Roger Federer where athleticism meets artistry.

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Federer's forehand is the greatest shot in the game. Where raw effort

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looks easy. How does he conjure that up? Of course, it's anything but

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easy. For all of the complex questions time and body pose him,

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his philosophy remains simple. I'm trying to remind myself every single

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point I play just enjoy yourself out there and then good things will

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happen to you. Roger Federer was going for a record-breaking 85th win

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at Wimbledon to overtake Jimmy Connors. He was up against Alexandr

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Dolgopolov. I met some of his fans earlier on. They come from all over

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the world. They were flooding there to Centre Court and Federer had an

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early break of serve. We join it at 4-2 with the Ukrainian serving.

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Andrew Cotter, Boris Becker and Tim Henman in the commentary box.

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Centre Court approves. You can see when Dolgopolov is playing well.

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Boris Becker: They want to have a longer match. The last one was a set

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and something. Early in the afternoon for Wimbledon standards.

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It was a blistering return from Federer.

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BORIS BECKER: Some of these double faults happen because your position

:35:17.:36:10.

has done something before to create a bit more pressure. Once more break

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point for Federer. Back of his feet almost before he

:36:15.:36:56.

knew it. Another chance for the double break.

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Dolgopolov breaks through, good defence from Federer, but the

:37:35.:37:39.

Ukrainian survives this break point as well.

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He's playing pretty well. He keeps the pressure on. He's not afraid of

:38:03.:38:07.

the occasion. He's not overwhelmed as some of the other first-round

:38:08.:38:09.

opponents. The hold.

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STUDIO: Good effort to hold serve. But fairly soon Federer was serving

:38:35.:38:38.

for the first set. The Ukrainian struggling more and more with his

:38:39.:38:44.

movement. He called for the trainer during the break. He had a deep

:38:45.:38:47.

conversation with him and asked him to look at his ankle. Heavy

:38:48.:38:57.

strapping on that ankle. Meanwhile Federer, well, he served his

:38:58.:39:01.

10,000th ace today, only the third player to reach that milestone. Ivo

:39:02.:39:09.

Karlovic and Goran Ivanovic are the other two. Rejoining the match,

:39:10.:39:14.

Federer leads 3-0 in the second set and Dolgopolov really just getting

:39:15.:39:16.

lamer and lamer. Early Federer takes that second

:39:17.:40:01.

serve return, putting a lot of pressure on Dolgopolov's serve.

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Oh, dear. This might be the end of things for Dolgopolov.

:40:49.:40:58.

UMPIRE: Ladies and gentleman, due to injury... Very sad for Alexandr

:40:59.:41:03.

Dolgopolov. Roger Federer will be the first to offer words of

:41:04.:41:07.

consolation. He will feel for his Ukrainian opponent. The crowd is

:41:08.:41:12.

denied a longer match here. Two retirements in a row. Djokovic moved

:41:13.:41:16.

on and Roger Federer does so now as well. Very sad for his opponent. I

:41:17.:41:25.

think no, a player should not go on court if he knows he won't finish.

:41:26.:41:29.

The question is, did they truly believe they were going to finish.

:41:30.:41:32.

If they did, I think it's OK that they walk on court. Otherwise I feel

:41:33.:41:38.

they should give up the spot. In the process, maybe the tour or like, not

:41:39.:41:42.

the tour, the ATP has adjusted the rule, but maybe the slams should

:41:43.:41:47.

maybe have a look at what they could do for the players to make it just a

:41:48.:41:50.

little bit easier. It's a lot of money. For some of them it's even

:41:51.:41:55.

more. For some it's less, it doesn't matter. For some they just want to

:41:56.:41:58.

be out there, they feel like miracles do happen. Maybe the other

:41:59.:42:02.

guy retires too. Maybe the other guy is carrying an injury. Maybe if I

:42:03.:42:06.

win and I have a day off I will feel better on Thursday. All these things

:42:07.:42:10.

play into the equation as well. Don't forget those things as well.

:42:11.:42:13.

Could be rain, come back the next day, you know, you never know what

:42:14.:42:18.

the player's motives are. Well there is plenty to discuss here. Because

:42:19.:42:23.

eight players have retired hurt in their matches so far. We're only on

:42:24.:42:27.

day two. Seven men and one woman. You can look at them there and the

:42:28.:42:33.

various reasons. Hips, knees, the odd calf and ankle and a foot. It's

:42:34.:42:37.

not heat. It's not heat, you're right. So what is happening? Seven

:42:38.:42:43.

men and one woman, I'm just saying. That's true. But what is happening?

:42:44.:42:51.

Tennis is a tough sport. I mean, I think there were probably a couple

:42:52.:42:55.

of guys who shouldn't have played. It's ironic, they've taken some

:42:56.:42:58.

money out of the tournament and made the first round losses more money,

:42:59.:43:03.

so the lesser players who are coming through, like the Wards we just saw,

:43:04.:43:07.

qualified and they make money, keep themselves going on the circuit for

:43:08.:43:11.

a while. ?35,000, isn't it? There are guys that go, I'm here any way,

:43:12.:43:16.

why not give it a shot. It's OK to give it a shot. It's a tricky one.

:43:17.:43:22.

Yeah, I think... The only person that knows whether they think they

:43:23.:43:24.

can finish the match is the player themselves. The doctor can't even

:43:25.:43:28.

know. Only you can know. You just have to look in the mirror, is it

:43:29.:43:31.

worth it for me, for this money? And by the way, we are professionals. We

:43:32.:43:36.

are playing for money. But at the same time, hopefully, you are

:43:37.:43:39.

selfless enough to think about other things, other than yourself which is

:43:40.:43:41.

your opponent, the player that didn't get in and the spectators.

:43:42.:43:45.

Let's not forget that. They paid a lot of money to be here. That's why

:43:46.:43:48.

they were booing at the end of that match, because they had two in a

:43:49.:43:51.

row. That's unheard of. I've never seen it happen. That That was a

:43:52.:43:59.

great ticket at the beginning of the day. In a lot of sports, you have to

:44:00.:44:05.

pass a medical before you can take part. Now is there a medical for

:44:06.:44:09.

players? No. Not at all? No such thing. No, it's totally up to you to

:44:10.:44:13.

play. You could still win a match on one leg, it's not going to happen

:44:14.:44:17.

against Federer or Djokovic. If one was being harsh, you would say they

:44:18.:44:20.

are denying somebody else the chance. They are. Even if they lost

:44:21.:44:25.

in the first round, as well as denying spectators, you're denying

:44:26.:44:28.

somebody else the chance of winning it or finishing the match. It's the

:44:29.:44:32.

lucky losers if they pull out. If they think they can play and they go

:44:33.:44:37.

out and realise because you know the draw is made on Friday. The

:44:38.:44:40.

qualification finished on Thursday. You think OK, they're not playing

:44:41.:44:44.

till Tuesday. I've got four days for the ankle to get better. It can

:44:45.:44:47.

happen. You do know the day of the match though whether you can finish

:44:48.:44:51.

the match. Yeah, you definitely do. By that time it's too late. Who is

:44:52.:44:56.

going to walk away from that much money. For some players it sets them

:44:57.:44:59.

up for the rest of the year. Let's not forget we talk about the

:45:00.:45:02.

pressure on the top players. There's pressure on the lower ranked players

:45:03.:45:06.

to just pay the bills. This could set them up for the rest of the

:45:07.:45:09.

year, the difference between having a coach or not. It's a tough call.

:45:10.:45:14.

But I think the slams should pony up some money here and say look, if you

:45:15.:45:17.

don't think you can finish the match, here is a percentage of the

:45:18.:45:22.

prize money and put on a real match. And give someone else the chance,

:45:23.:45:25.

give half the prize money and put on somebody else instead? Something

:45:26.:45:28.

like that. What due make of Federer in the 43 minutes you saw of him?

:45:29.:45:33.

Not much. I mean everything. We didn't see him enough. Nobody did.

:45:34.:45:37.

Probably saw, actually those crowded around court ten where he was

:45:38.:45:41.

practising, they probably saw more. He looks fresh. As well he should

:45:42.:45:47.

be. Great tune up in Holland. He looks as sharp as he needs to be

:45:48.:45:51.

right now. It's probably good for him actually. He just got the feel

:45:52.:45:55.

of Centre Court. He missed a couple of passing shots, just getting the

:45:56.:45:59.

feel of Centre Court. For a guy who is turning 36 soon, you know it's

:46:00.:46:04.

not bad to have a nice, easy cruise around. One match ticked off. Six

:46:05.:46:08.

more to go. Yeah, if you can get off the court an hour-and-a-half less,

:46:09.:46:13.

then he'll take that. He just looks so fluid. It's just so easy. Any

:46:14.:46:19.

way. He was showing off. Now to shot of the day. There were so many that

:46:20.:46:25.

we could have chosen from this one match Gael Monfils against Daniel

:46:26.:46:29.

Brands. We chose this because you get pretty much two trick shots for

:46:30.:46:35.

the price of one. There's the tweenor. Then that. I

:46:36.:46:39.

love the way Monfils holds the pose afterwards. That was good. That was

:46:40.:46:45.

the easy shot. Not that easy, but he made it look easy. Germans featured

:46:46.:46:50.

in some big matches today and Rishi can mark our card.

:46:51.:46:58.

First of the German contenders on court one was Struff, the

:46:59.:47:03.

27-year-old faced last year's finalist Milos Raonic and showed he

:47:04.:47:09.

was made of stern stuff. But he finally succumbed 6 high pressure 7,

:47:10.:47:16.

2-6, 6-7. Raonic Thunderered 20 aces past him and shows he has a fearsome

:47:17.:47:23.

return. Better news for German fans on court

:47:24.:47:30.

14, Alexander Zverev encountered an Ungur spired Bernard Tomic. He

:47:31.:47:37.

admits he lacks motivation. Zverev looks impressive none the less,

:47:38.:47:42.

serving and volleying with aplomb, winning 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in just 84

:47:43.:47:46.

minutes. His younger brother is also through

:47:47.:47:50.

to the second round. The 20-year-old has been touted as a future

:47:51.:47:55.

superstar and the 6'6" German looked every inch the next big thing as he

:47:56.:48:00.

breezed past the Russian in straight sets. It means that Misha and

:48:01.:48:06.

Alexander are the first seeded brothers to reach the second round

:48:07.:48:10.

at Wimbledon in 35 years. Sadly no German success on court 18 and

:48:11.:48:18.

Bartel lost to Coco Vandeweghe. She is now coached by Pat Cash.

:48:19.:48:22.

Described the former Wimbledon champion as "On the side of doshingy

:48:23.:48:31.

sometimes". Next up for the American is another German, Tatiana Maria. So

:48:32.:48:37.

Pat, you were happy today? Do you want to put your glasses on? She

:48:38.:48:47.

called me quite doshingy. -- dorky. She was asked, what has he

:48:48.:48:50.

contributed to your life. He's introduced me to a lot of 80s rock

:48:51.:48:54.

bands which I wasn't quite familiar with. I keep reminding him I was

:48:55.:49:03.

born in '91. I told her the best rock bands ELO, Black Sabbath, Judas

:49:04.:49:10.

priest all from Birmingham. Who's not from there? What was your

:49:11.:49:15.

question? Were you happy with her today and also, nower can she go

:49:16.:49:20.

here? She made the quarter finals in 2015. All I'm concerned about is her

:49:21.:49:24.

winning the first point of the next match. That's what we're focussing

:49:25.:49:29.

on. That's just refining it right down. It's been a few weeks. I've

:49:30.:49:34.

set really tricky targets for her. She's been really very, very good.

:49:35.:49:38.

I've been really impressed by her efforts. She's got potential. She's

:49:39.:49:42.

got a great attitude. She always seems very positive. Yes, she's got

:49:43.:49:46.

an attitude and she can back it up with her game. You have to stay in

:49:47.:49:51.

the moment. She's doing that. She's got the potential. We'll see where

:49:52.:49:56.

she takes it. I think she said it with great affection. I would say

:49:57.:50:03.

he's actually on the side of dorkey a little bit. Now we're going to

:50:04.:50:10.

discuss Bernard Tomic. This is one of the tamest dismissals so far

:50:11.:50:13.

here. This is what he said in the press conference afterwards. It's

:50:14.:50:23.

tough to find motivation, you know being out there, playing I think

:50:24.:50:26.

this is my eighth Wimbledon already and I'm 24 years old and still very

:50:27.:50:32.

young on tour. I just feel a little bit I'm border out there. I've just

:50:33.:50:37.

got to find a way to get back and you know enjoy tennis again. People

:50:38.:50:43.

think it's an amazing life, we are making millions of dollars and you

:50:44.:50:45.

know, sometimes it's tough mentally to compete and put yourself out

:50:46.:50:49.

there day in, day out. I'm not the best character to do that.

:50:50.:50:54.

So he's had enough already. No motivation. I think one of the worst

:50:55.:50:59.

issues there is he took medical timeout and blatantly said yeah, I

:51:00.:51:03.

wasn't injured, I did it because I wanted to break up the time. You

:51:04.:51:07.

know, he took - I wonder if he's going to get a big fine for that. I

:51:08.:51:11.

mean he's just admitted it. I don't know where Bernie's at. I understand

:51:12.:51:15.

it can be tough out there. He's one of the most decorated juniors there

:51:16.:51:21.

was. What has he done as a pro? Quarter finals here. Oh, Ottowa,

:51:22.:51:28.

great. -- oh, wow, great. I think he was the youngest since Boris Becker

:51:29.:51:34.

to get that far. Oh, now I can quit. He needs to go and work in a factory

:51:35.:51:37.

for a while and do some labour and see what it's like to really work

:51:38.:51:40.

out there. And fight your way through. Somebody take his money

:51:41.:51:46.

away and say OK, there you go. He's too rich too early. Simple as that.

:51:47.:51:50.

It's not that simple, but there's complex issues going on with him. I

:51:51.:51:59.

think that is a big issue. Renee Stubbs said what was said in the

:52:00.:52:04.

interview was a disgrace not only to tennis but Australian tennis. I

:52:05.:52:07.

don't want to stick the boot in. But that wasn't a great day. I don't

:52:08.:52:12.

think Bernie by a long shot represents everybody, all Australian

:52:13.:52:18.

players. Of course not. He will have to do worse than that to damage it.

:52:19.:52:25.

A lot of ex-players are cringing, ex-Aussies, especially the guys that

:52:26.:52:30.

started this pro circuit. It's disrespectful to the sport. It's

:52:31.:52:33.

disrespectful to the history of sport. If you can't get motivated at

:52:34.:52:38.

Wimbledon, find another job. The spectators paid good money. These

:52:39.:52:42.

people that probably work in a factory, they spent their good money

:52:43.:52:46.

to come here and watch and the guy shows up and doesn't really show up,

:52:47.:52:49.

doesn't try. He can't be bothered. Just stay home. Take time off. And

:52:50.:52:54.

maybe as he said, I don't have to work the rest of my life, so maybe

:52:55.:52:59.

he shouldn't. On a more positive note for Australian tennis, happy

:53:00.:53:03.

anniversary tomorrow. OK! Because it is 30 years ago tomorrow... It must

:53:04.:53:10.

be hold on, it must be yours today. Oh, that's right. I played the day

:53:11.:53:15.

before you. That is it. The thing is we knew it would be an anniversary

:53:16.:53:19.

of something for you. Pretty much every year. Thank you. But yeah, it

:53:20.:53:25.

is Cash's anniversary tomorrow. What's funny he climbed into the box

:53:26.:53:28.

and I'm like oh, that's just not done here. And a couple years later,

:53:29.:53:33.

everybody's doing it. Pat start aid trend. There Very cool. Now there's

:53:34.:53:38.

a walkway so you don't climb onto the roof any more. Exactly health

:53:39.:53:43.

and safety got involved. Happy anniversary to you today and Pat for

:53:44.:53:46.

tomorrow. Let's look at the order of play tomorrow.

:53:47.:53:49.

If you have a ticket for Centre Court, one has got to think that

:53:50.:53:50.

this is a corker. Now, Rafael Nadal, how has he been

:53:51.:54:45.

preparing for his second round match?

:54:46.:54:52.

Well this is how. He has been shopping and using the self-service

:54:53.:55:00.

tills in south fields in Tesco Express. Actually, our editor saw

:55:01.:55:07.

Dustin Brown in M, just so we represent more than one supermarket.

:55:08.:55:11.

Where else are they going to get their food? I know. That's what

:55:12.:55:19.

people do. Imagine Rafa doing his own shopping. You know better what

:55:20.:55:26.

you need. I ran into David and all the players shop there. You've got

:55:27.:55:29.

to eat. He's so down to earth. At the Olympics in Rio, we went out

:55:30.:55:34.

after the cycling had finished. It was quite late, a gang of five came

:55:35.:55:38.

up to a restaurant and they were turned away because they were told

:55:39.:55:41.

it wasn't open any more and it was Rafa. He was so good about it. He

:55:42.:55:44.

didn't turn around and throw a fit or anything. I wanted to say to

:55:45.:55:50.

them, do you know that's Rafael Nadal? The good news on the weather.

:55:51.:55:54.

If you are coming today or watching on TV, it is a very good day. Dry

:55:55.:55:58.

and bright, plenty of sunshine becoming hot in the afternoon.

:55:59.:56:02.

Temperature rising to 29 Celsius. And if you're staying at home to

:56:03.:56:06.

watch the TV, it should be around 3pm that I suspect Andy Murray comes

:56:07.:56:10.

out to play Dustin Brown. This is what they call a pop corn match.

:56:11.:56:18.

You're used to being a crowd favourite and if you play Andy...

:56:19.:56:24.

Who said I won't be? I'm hoping no-one's going to boo me. I will

:56:25.:56:28.

play my game. Either way he's the favourite. I will be relaxed and

:56:29.:56:35.

play my game. I'll go out there and try my best. I like him a lot. He's

:56:36.:56:39.

a fun guy to watch and not easy to play. On the court, he's a big

:56:40.:56:43.

personality in the way he plays, you think that he's quite loud and you

:56:44.:56:47.

know, stuff away from the court. But he's very quiet, humble, nice guy.

:56:48.:56:54.

We get on well. So it's two unpredictable players in a row for

:56:55.:56:58.

Andy. Does that suit him? Murray is so solid. He was limping around in

:56:59.:57:03.

his first round match, but he was moving well. It didn't seem to

:57:04.:57:08.

affect him. That's the thing with these players, especially Murray, he

:57:09.:57:10.

doesn't give anybody unforced errors. He makes you play the tough

:57:11.:57:14.

shots all the time. Dustin can produce unbelievable stuff. We know

:57:15.:57:17.

that. It's really entertaining. Can he do it the whole match and put

:57:18.:57:20.

enough pressure on Murray? We'll see. It will take his best effort to

:57:21.:57:27.

beat somebody like Murray who will make lots of returns. It will be

:57:28.:57:31.

good. What do you make of Johanna Konta after her fall and coming back

:57:32.:57:35.

and winning well in the first round. I think she's almost getting too low

:57:36.:57:38.

for the ball. She's scraping the ball quite a bit. No, she looked

:57:39.:57:42.

sharp. Everything was cooking. Didn't look like she was feeling any

:57:43.:57:46.

pressure. Just a good win, solid. Didn't stay there too long. Played

:57:47.:57:52.

well enough. Hopefully will keep getting better. We know Rafa is

:57:53.:57:57.

relaxed and eating well as well. Will Donald Young pose troubles?

:57:58.:58:01.

Young is playing well at the moment. He hasn't got a great record on

:58:02.:58:05.

grass. He played really well at Queen's and I was quite impressed

:58:06.:58:08.

with him. He played the week before as well, I'm trying to think where.

:58:09.:58:13.

He's actually playing his best grass court tennis of his career. He was a

:58:14.:58:18.

really heralded junior, I mean really the next superstar. It's been

:58:19.:58:21.

a lot of pressure for him. He's coming out there swinging away. This

:58:22.:58:25.

will be an interesting match. It will be tricky. It could be fun. It

:58:26.:58:30.

could be the other pop corn match. They both play flashy and obviously

:58:31.:58:36.

Rafa plays like himself. A lot of flair. Reminds me of Rios, really

:58:37.:58:44.

good hands. Flashy like Zorro. Thank you both so much for today. It was a

:58:45.:58:50.

weird day at Wimbledon. Do eat the strawberries. So many players

:58:51.:58:56.

retired hurt. Pat is back with me along with John McEnroe and I

:58:57.:58:59.

suspect we'll be talking about this guy.

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