:00:00. > :00:00.going on! Rafa is ripping off his shirt! In any events... I got
:00:00. > :00:08.distracted myself! A little late night entertainment for you. Are you
:00:09. > :00:12.still look like that! Back in the day. He's working his way in the
:00:13. > :00:16.tournament. He would be very satisfied with the way that he
:00:17. > :00:20.served. He's a double full at the wrong time, but basically he served
:00:21. > :00:28.well, he's got his rhythm. He mistimed a few balls, but Young is
:00:29. > :00:32.playing well. Rafa will be happy. Just a couple of matches still going
:00:33. > :00:38.on on quotes three and 12. Camilla Georgia Lees 2-0 up in the third set
:00:39. > :00:40.against Madison Keys. Also into a decider, Elaine Ostapenko, the
:00:41. > :00:48.French Open champion, the newest of the Grand Slam champions is 3-2 up
:00:49. > :00:52.against France was of Canada. But we are going to start today at
:00:53. > :00:57.Wimbledon with looking back on the early action at Centre Court.
:00:58. > :01:08.First out onto court was the British number one, Johanna Konta.
:01:09. > :01:12.She was playing Donna Vekic, who had beaten her in three
:01:13. > :01:15.sets in the final of the Nottingham Open.
:01:16. > :01:22.The crowd had queued overnight. We will join the match in the opening
:01:23. > :01:27.And we join it in the seventh game of the first set.
:01:28. > :01:38.Sam Smith and Kim Clijsters were watching.
:01:39. > :01:43.I always said that I have the strength in my legs from my dad and
:01:44. > :01:45.my frack stability from my mother, he was a footballer and she was a
:01:46. > :02:36.gymnast. -- might flexibility. Konta, smart move, you might have
:02:37. > :02:41.seen her creep into the shade in the back of the court. It is a hot one
:02:42. > :02:42.out there. We might have a top of 27 degrees today. And they are really
:02:43. > :03:00.going for it out here. With the circumstances, like in
:03:01. > :03:08.Australia. We can do heat here, you know, Kim!
:03:09. > :03:53.It's unusual. I like how she steps in after a big
:03:54. > :03:57.serves like that. Because she stays on the court after she lands, and
:03:58. > :04:01.it's almost like she knows that there's a ball coming. -- a short
:04:02. > :04:23.ball coming. No, she's not going to challenge.
:04:24. > :04:30.Just right. Margins are very tight in this opening set. Still on serve,
:04:31. > :04:35.Vekic leading 4-3. STUDIO: Some great tennis.
:04:36. > :04:38.Vekic held for 4-3, and then broke the Konta serve to lead 5-3.
:04:39. > :04:41.Vekic served for the set, but that was the moment
:04:42. > :04:43.that Konta broke back, and eventually the set
:04:44. > :05:04.We picked it up at 4-4 in the tie-break, with Vekic serving.
:05:05. > :05:23.I fear it's the first 27 points, with two points clear. And Johanna
:05:24. > :05:49.with a couple of serves to go now. Using that serve out wide. Just
:05:50. > :05:53.going to have to make it harder than it is. Two set points for the
:05:54. > :06:14.British number one. What a comeback from Konta! It's
:06:15. > :06:22.Great Britain one, Croatia zero, as Konta take the opening set by 7-6.
:06:23. > :06:34.It's fabulous, tight tennis as well. Vekic gives as good as she gets.
:06:35. > :06:37.First game of the second set, Vekic broke, and the momentum seemed
:06:38. > :06:40.Searing heat on Centre Court, and an invasion of flying
:06:41. > :06:44.In the fourth game, Konta broke back.
:06:45. > :06:48.But Vekic broke Konta's serve again, and we join it with her
:06:49. > :06:52.serving for the second set to level things up.
:06:53. > :07:05.And we rejoin us Vekic is serving for the second set.
:07:06. > :07:19.What poison. That the combination that you try to practice. -- what
:07:20. > :07:30.poise. Open up into the". It was a perfect example. It's on, and what a
:07:31. > :07:39.fightback from Croatia's Donna Vekic. She levels.
:07:40. > :07:41.Both served much more solidly in the third set,
:07:42. > :07:44.and 12 service holds later they were at six games
:07:45. > :07:46.all in the final set, where of course there
:07:47. > :08:07.There was, however, some truly great tennis.
:08:08. > :08:21.COMMENTATOR: What a point. Konta and 0-30 now. Really great tennis we are
:08:22. > :08:49.seeing about. The ball just skimming the net.
:08:50. > :09:01.Great pick-up. Vekic got to it and kept it really low, so made it hard
:09:02. > :09:22.for Donna with that shot. -- Konta got it.
:09:23. > :09:54.She's likely to use that serve out wide on that side of the court.
:09:55. > :09:59.A fabulous combination from Donna Vekic. The very first break point of
:10:00. > :10:51.this deciding set. And we pick up the match
:10:52. > :10:59.towards the end of the 18th game. It's 30-30, with Vekic serving
:11:00. > :11:18.to stay in the match. COMMENTATOR: There we go. She knew
:11:19. > :11:37.that second serve was coming to the forehand. It has been a battle
:11:38. > :11:49.royale match point for Konta. It's that easy! A titanic battle a couple
:11:50. > :11:52.of weeks ago on the grass of Nottingham with the final set. This
:11:53. > :13:15.is surpassing even that contest. I think when a match gets to such a
:13:16. > :13:19.stage where there is so little separating you, for me, personally,
:13:20. > :13:24.I can just as easily feel the position. I can feel what it's like
:13:25. > :13:29.to be in her shoes. You feel her pain as well, and it could just of
:13:30. > :13:34.easily as been made on that side of the equation. So I feel very proud
:13:35. > :13:37.of myself and very fortunate to have battled through. You had a number of
:13:38. > :13:43.things to contend with. Obviously, a very good opponent. The sheet. And
:13:44. > :13:47.then suddenly flying ants. There was quite an army of flying ants. I
:13:48. > :13:53.think I've definitely taken home a few as a souvenir in my belly and my
:13:54. > :13:59.bags. I definitely ate a few! You're so careful with your nutrition! I
:14:00. > :14:02.know. I try to get the real lean protein. I'm not sure whether flying
:14:03. > :14:05.ants were a good thing or a bad thing, but she certainly tried to
:14:06. > :14:20.take it in her stride. Was always going to be a battle. It
:14:21. > :14:26.really could have gone either way. Really hot conditions, and the girls
:14:27. > :14:30.were chasing everything down. It was a huge match for both of them. Vekic
:14:31. > :14:35.has got a great future. She was touted as one of the best up and
:14:36. > :14:40.coming players. It took her a little while. She's still very Young. You
:14:41. > :14:45.can see the standard of tennis here. Some of it was under extreme
:14:46. > :14:56.pressure on match point, Vekic serves a monstrous ace. She's got a
:14:57. > :14:59.big serve. Konta, there is good serve there, her ground strokes,
:15:00. > :15:03.she's a good all-round player. Should she be getting more
:15:04. > :15:07.aggressive? Winning makes you positive. We are seeing the
:15:08. > :15:13.highlights of her here. A very good crosscourt backhand. You can see she
:15:14. > :15:19.uses the court very well. That's not an easy shot to take out, looking up
:15:20. > :15:23.in the blue sky and the sun. It's a great performance for her, and she
:15:24. > :15:27.will only gain confidence from that. She talks a lot about staying light
:15:28. > :15:31.in the mind. She did that brilliantly, one step at a time.
:15:32. > :15:37.Let's get a quick update on those two matches still going on. Madison
:15:38. > :15:42.Keys is in big, big trouble. 5-1 down in the deciding set against
:15:43. > :15:47.Camila Giorgi. We could be losing another seed therefore Madison Keys.
:15:48. > :15:52.And what about Jelena Ostapenko, the French Open champion? She is playing
:15:53. > :16:02.on Court 12. Oster Pankow was closing in on victory, but the light
:16:03. > :16:06.is dimming fast. -- Ostapenko. She's actually at match point. A goal that
:16:07. > :16:15.certainly goes for her shots. That's about what the stats are, certainly.
:16:16. > :16:19.We can almost hear her grunting from up here. She blew through the French
:16:20. > :16:25.Open. We've never seen anybody come out like that hitting so many
:16:26. > :16:30.winners. Second serve, attacked on the grass. What that was her very
:16:31. > :16:36.first tour win, wasn't it? It's unbelievable. What an amazing story.
:16:37. > :16:45.That fit! There we go. Well done. Ostapenko into the third round. Live
:16:46. > :16:48.shots were from court 12. COMMENTATOR: Is not always easy to
:16:49. > :16:50.transition from such an amazing position under the grass court
:16:51. > :16:54.Wimbledon with everybody watching you.
:16:55. > :16:59.Meanwhile, we've just had match point number three court, where
:17:00. > :17:03.Madison Keys, who is the 17 seed, has been in big trouble against
:17:04. > :17:11.Camila Giorgi. And the Italian has one. So, Madison Keys is out. This
:17:12. > :17:15.just all adds to the feeling that anything can happen at the moment in
:17:16. > :17:19.women's tennis, and particularly on grass where it can be even more
:17:20. > :17:24.unpredictable. Camila Giorgi has been around for a while. Madison,
:17:25. > :17:27.you would think she would be a little bit disappointed. The Giorgi
:17:28. > :17:31.has played almost every tournament is grass court season and is getting
:17:32. > :17:36.the hang of it. She's only small, but she hits the ball really flat.
:17:37. > :17:39.She gets a serve going, it's tough to pick up. Some people feel much
:17:40. > :17:45.more comfortable here at Wimbledon than they do anywhere else. Possibly
:17:46. > :17:52.one of those is Heather Watson. Two years ago, she very nearly took out
:17:53. > :17:53.Venus Williams. Today, she was up on court wasn't hanging about on first
:17:54. > :18:14.set. COMMENTATOR: There it is, our first
:18:15. > :18:16.break point of the match and six minutes on the clock. What a start
:18:17. > :18:51.for Watson, the British number two. Sevastova is a little bit stunned at
:18:52. > :19:12.the moment. That's it. 80 minutes played, and we
:19:13. > :19:26.have our first set point. -- 18 minutes played. Never a better first
:19:27. > :19:30.set of tennis. Just 19 minutes on the clock.
:19:31. > :19:34.STUDIO: Perhaps not surprisingly, Watson went off at the start of the
:19:35. > :19:44.second set. But she is certainly back on form, as it were, as we
:19:45. > :19:58.rejoin her with Sevastova serving to stay in the match.
:19:59. > :20:19.COMMENTATOR: So, how much does Sevastova want this?
:20:20. > :20:41.We have three match points for Heather Watson to defeat the 18th
:20:42. > :21:21.seed, Anastasija Sevastova. I love the way the crowd growing! --
:21:22. > :21:32.the way the crowd growing. Don't worry, we've got two more. What a
:21:33. > :21:36.performance. Heather Watson has equalled her best ever at Wimbledon.
:21:37. > :21:41.She's into the third round, and she's done it at the expense of the
:21:42. > :21:47.18th seed, Anastasija Sevastova, in just over an hour. Final score out
:21:48. > :21:59.on Court Number Two to a delighted crowd, 6-0, 6-4. Everybody is
:22:00. > :22:03.basically saying you should be a top 20 player. Do you feel that's
:22:04. > :22:07.possible? I absolutely feel as possible. I've beaten a lot of top
:22:08. > :22:11.20 players in the last couple of weeks. I'm playing really well. I've
:22:12. > :22:16.been on tour a long time now, and I know how I'm playing. I feel
:22:17. > :22:20.confident, and I feel just more experienced at the moment. I know
:22:21. > :22:25.how to take advantage of playing well. You're into the third round,
:22:26. > :22:30.you've been here before. Victoria Azarenka awaits. What's your plan? I
:22:31. > :22:34.can't tell you my plan, because it's a secret. But also because I haven't
:22:35. > :22:39.even made one yet! She's a great player, a very tough opponent. With
:22:40. > :22:42.myself, I'm going to continue doing what I'm doing with my game and
:22:43. > :22:47.remain aggressive. But I'll be doing my research on her and watching how
:22:48. > :22:52.she's been playing recently to come up with some good tactics. If you
:22:53. > :22:56.were to make the fourth round, is there anything that you've said to
:22:57. > :23:01.your team then you would want them to do? Well, actually, one of my
:23:02. > :23:06.coaches told me, he said, Heather, I've got a good feeling. This was a
:23:07. > :23:11.few days ago before the tournament. He said, if you make fourth round,
:23:12. > :23:18.al-Shabaab had. I said, your golfing's going to kill you. -- if
:23:19. > :23:24.you make fourth round, I'll shave my head. I said, you can shave your
:23:25. > :23:27.legs. STUDIO: She said, don't do it,
:23:28. > :23:34.because his girlfriend is a good friend of hers. Overrule her! John
:23:35. > :23:39.McEnroe has joined us, fresh from watching Rafael Nadal. The guy
:23:40. > :23:45.looked incredible. The movement was outstanding. Astonishing in a way.
:23:46. > :23:50.Young tried everything. He did himself proud, but I tell you,
:23:51. > :23:55.that's the guy I saw who was in five Wimbledon final to play. So, watch
:23:56. > :24:02.out. Let's hear from Rafa Nadal after those straight sets against
:24:03. > :24:05.Donald Young. Rafa, well done. Up against the
:24:06. > :24:15.talented opponents. How well did you have to play to win today? I had a
:24:16. > :24:20.solid match. I'm happy now. It's great to be back in the third round
:24:21. > :24:25.without losing a set. Just happy now, always at Wimbledon and happy.
:24:26. > :24:30.It's a special place for me. I've missed being in the third round. You
:24:31. > :24:34.done well so far. Two matches, both wins in straight sets. How
:24:35. > :24:39.comfortable do you feel on the grass? I don't know. I just tend to
:24:40. > :24:43.go day by day. Tomorrow I have half a day for practice, so I will take
:24:44. > :24:53.it easy now and just try to enjoy every moment. This tournament are
:24:54. > :24:58.special because the preparation is not as it is elsewhere. So just
:24:59. > :25:02.tried to enjoy every moment, and every match that I win, it means a
:25:03. > :25:07.lot to me. STUDIO: She's just always so nice.
:25:08. > :25:12.He's so humble. He really is. He takes nothing for granted. He comes
:25:13. > :25:15.here and try to make it seem like there's low expectations. That part,
:25:16. > :25:21.I'm not sure I buy into that time. He's had a lot of success here and
:25:22. > :25:25.we need that boost. The guy has caused all of the top players
:25:26. > :25:30.problems come to take the rockets out of their hands. The big bombers
:25:31. > :25:35.who go big win a lot of free points. Young couldn't do that. The type of
:25:36. > :25:39.guy he will play next will develop and potentially could win a Grand
:25:40. > :25:43.Slam tournament. This guy is the real deal, but I don't think he's
:25:44. > :25:53.the real deal yet. So Rafa could be a big champion. But what about Andy
:25:54. > :25:58.Murray? He was up against the tricky trickster the material magician that
:25:59. > :26:02.is Dustin Brown. The first set, this was basically exhibition tennis. Do
:26:03. > :26:06.some of these shops even have names, or are these things but, you know,
:26:07. > :26:12.the likes of Dustin Brown just make up? The problem with Dustin is that
:26:13. > :26:17.he had three hours because of the Konta match. So he thought of even
:26:18. > :26:21.crazier things to attempt when he started this one. But he was
:26:22. > :26:24.actually playing really well. You talk about unorthodox and
:26:25. > :26:30.unpredictable. He's taking it to a whole new level. Murray handle it
:26:31. > :26:33.about as well as he possibly can and do the circumstances. I wonder if
:26:34. > :26:38.the actually quite enjoyed it. He knows if he can play his game, he's
:26:39. > :26:42.one of the best attic, Murray, they're just get the ball in an
:26:43. > :26:45.awkward position. That was the hardest back and I've seen in my
:26:46. > :26:52.life. I think there was a scorch mark on the court! There was a lot
:26:53. > :26:56.of dropped shot. I suppose testing Murray's hip out. He's chasing a
:26:57. > :27:06.lots down, Murray. He's the kind of guy that would get the shot back.
:27:07. > :27:12.Watch this - drop shot smash. There you go, Andy. And Andy just goes,
:27:13. > :27:15.no. That was about it, to be honest. Then Andy just played. He was so
:27:16. > :27:22.clever. That's the best I've seen him play for a long time. He didn't
:27:23. > :27:27.play a great match at Queen's. His first match was a bit similar,
:27:28. > :27:32.actually. When passed, flicked the ball down to Brown's toes. If you
:27:33. > :27:37.look at the score, it was very one sided. Absolutely. Let's look
:27:38. > :27:41.forward to match point. Murray didn't want to make the mistake that
:27:42. > :27:47.Rafa Nadal had been forced to make when Rafa Dustin Brown knocked him
:27:48. > :27:54.out. -- to make when Dustin Brown knocked out. The other good news for
:27:55. > :28:00.Murray is it didn't take that long. 1:36, straight sets, and Dustin
:28:01. > :28:03.Brown was making some errors of his own design because he was trying
:28:04. > :28:09.such extravagant stuff. But Murray was making him make mistakes. The
:28:10. > :28:14.frightening part is that his next opponent, Fabio Fognini, seems
:28:15. > :28:25.orthodox by comparison. The first two guys he's played, this Young
:28:26. > :28:31.20-year-old, Dustin Brown is going to be in the Hall of Fame for this.
:28:32. > :28:44.Straight in there. He looked physically spent. But Fognini, he's
:28:45. > :28:49.not someone at you can necessarily expect to beat a top player at an
:28:50. > :28:55.event like this on grass. He did the same to Nadal a few years back at
:28:56. > :28:58.the Open. But he's going to seem normal compared to the first two.
:28:59. > :29:02.The good news is Murray is moving better than he had been. He's
:29:03. > :29:10.probably sitting in his second ice bath of the day.
:29:11. > :29:14.It's been a good day for British tennis, because Aljaz Bedene didn't
:29:15. > :29:30.waste any time anyway. COMMENTATOR: That the Gloria shot,
:29:31. > :29:34.and that's an even better one. Well-run, Aljaz Bedene. -- that's a
:29:35. > :29:49.glorious shot. Backhand down the line. Winning
:29:50. > :30:08.again. That's a beautiful volley. That's
:30:09. > :30:35.just about the best shot he's played today. That's well played.
:30:36. > :30:38.The British number three is through to a third round confrontation with
:30:39. > :30:47.Gilles Muller. STUDIO: Aljaz Bedene just giving it
:30:48. > :30:54.a little shy, because Zuma is a great friend of his. He lent him
:30:55. > :30:59.whites because he didn't have any. Very hot out there, and he is
:31:00. > :31:06.through because he goes through to play Gilles Muller. -- because
:31:07. > :31:10.Dzumhur is a great friend of his. He lent him some whites today of! Why
:31:11. > :31:19.didn't he just watched the first shot? Players of fussy -- why didn't
:31:20. > :31:24.he just wash the first shot. Players are fussy.
:31:25. > :31:44.Daniil Medvedev has been throwing coins under the chair. He really,
:31:45. > :31:48.really wasn't happy. Having said all the controversial things he said, he
:31:49. > :31:52.then rather backtracked in press conference, and in the quote he gave
:31:53. > :31:58.on BBC, saying that he didn't really mean it. That wasn't a wishing well,
:31:59. > :32:02.he was throwing coins. He backtracked and tried to get out of
:32:03. > :32:05.it, and understood that people are going to make a big deal out of it
:32:06. > :32:09.than perhaps they should have, given the fact that he was extremely
:32:10. > :32:13.frustrated having beaten Stan Wawrinka and lost in the second
:32:14. > :32:17.round in the fifth set after winning the fourth and fifth set. In my
:32:18. > :32:23.humble estimation, you've got to cut the guy a little slack. Do you think
:32:24. > :32:30.it's bad to call up the referee, John McEnroe? To call up the referee
:32:31. > :32:34.and say, you call me that trick. -- you taught me that trick! It didn't
:32:35. > :32:40.work when I brought him on anyway. He's going to get fined for throwing
:32:41. > :32:41.coins. And I think you lost the coins, too, because he left them
:32:42. > :32:52.there on court. We have had a couple of big names
:32:53. > :32:55.depart from Wimbledon today, amongst them to turn champion Petra Kvitova.
:32:56. > :32:59.A doctor came to see her on court and took a blood pressure. She is
:33:00. > :33:04.still recovering from the dreadful injury when an intruder came into
:33:05. > :33:07.her flat and cut her wrist badly. This is what she said in a press
:33:08. > :33:16.conference. I'm glad it's over, actually. I feel
:33:17. > :33:26.very empty right now. My body is not great. But mentally, I'm glad that
:33:27. > :33:29.it's over. It was kind of frightening, but on the other hand
:33:30. > :33:36.it was very tough. I just need to look forward and look to the future,
:33:37. > :33:39.how everything will be, before the next tournaments. I know I can play
:33:40. > :33:49.on all surfaces. So that's very nice. I wish I've played longer
:33:50. > :33:53.here, for sure, but on the other hand I would have time to get
:33:54. > :34:00.prepared for everything that is coming next.
:34:01. > :34:04.A brave thing to try and come back. Madison Brengle, beat Ayr in three
:34:05. > :34:09.sets. She wishes she could have gone further. Unfortunately, you can't
:34:10. > :34:13.have it both ways. We all feel for her. I'm sure she's worried. Is that
:34:14. > :34:19.they haven't found the guy who did it. How weird and horrible is that?
:34:20. > :34:25.This is something that's going to take months, years, the rest of her
:34:26. > :34:29.life to figure out what happened. Look what happened after Monaco was
:34:30. > :34:34.stopped on the courts. She was never the same player or person. Needless
:34:35. > :34:37.to say, the ten as part of it is just a small part of hopefully Petra
:34:38. > :34:46.Kvitova coming to terms with it. Just a few other winners, Kei
:34:47. > :34:51.Nishikori, Venus Williams, Marin Cilic. We haven't had time to show
:34:52. > :34:56.all of these. Victoria Azarenka, who now meets Heather Watson. Gilles
:34:57. > :34:59.Muller is through, Fabio Fognini comedy mentioned. Let's have a look
:35:00. > :35:05.at the order of play tomorrow. We have four British players through
:35:06. > :35:10.for the first time since 1997 and two women for the first time since
:35:11. > :35:14.1986. Could it be a fifth grade? Kyle Edmund opens up on Centre Court
:35:15. > :35:31.with Gael Monfils. Roger Federer, a third match.
:35:32. > :35:38.Dimitrov, that could be a really entertaining match. Milos Raonic is
:35:39. > :35:42.there little later on. The weather forecast, this is a bit
:35:43. > :35:47.mixed. I think we will be grateful for the roof on Centre Court. A bit
:35:48. > :35:51.cloudy in the morning, and possibly thunderstorms, a rumble of thunder.
:35:52. > :35:59.But I am told the afternoon will be dry, sunny and with temperatures
:36:00. > :36:05.rising to 30 Celsius. That might be nasty to play in. Like Australia
:36:06. > :36:09.when I first went. The flies in your mouth. Flying ants we had today. OK,
:36:10. > :36:17.performance of the day? That would be Konta pulling that matchup. Hard
:36:18. > :36:22.to go past that. I didn't see all of the matches, but I thought Murray
:36:23. > :36:25.played really well with a dodgy hip, just about as well as he could
:36:26. > :36:30.possibly play. Exactly, getting hotter and hotter, we hope. Thank
:36:31. > :36:36.you for watching tonight. Sue Barker is back tomorrow from 11 colon 30.
:36:37. > :36:43.There is coverage right across the BBC, and online. Good night.