Day 4 Highlights Today at Wimbledon

Good evening, welcome to today at Wimbledon. Here's what we have got

coming up. Kyle Edmund. Angelique Kerber. He is what is coming up.

With Venus Williams the only former champion left in the draw, we find

out which of the up-and-coming women are ready to march towards the Venus

rose water Dish. We will see if Novak Djokovic looks like he can win

his fourth Wimbledon title, or whether Roger might make it an

eighth. He had an date on Centre Court. There four British players in

the third round already, Kyle Edmund was time to make it a fifth.

Thank you to Jesse and to the ball boys and ball girls, who are

referred to as BBGs. It was searingly hot today, how the players

do it in 40 Celsius Courtside I do not know, but I have two call

experts with me tonight. I hope you have been staying inside most of the

day? We had a lot of air-conditioning, but this is how

Wimbledon should be, beautiful sunshine. That is how I remember it.

Some fantastic action to reflect upon. We start with the biggest

match in the women's draw today, two of the players who have the best

form of the season on grass. Karolina Pliskova is the third seed,

she has won nine titles, but never a Grand Slam. Magdalena Rybarikova has

won 15 matches on grass in the last month, she got to the semifinals at

Nottingham. Evidence of the matches that she has

played, this is super stuff. It will please her coach. Tremendous

movement and anticipation. The right knee was surgically repaired last

year, along with the left wrist. Out for seven months at the end of 2016,

first month of this year as well. And it goes on! It is becoming

absolutely vital, especially for the server. Absolutely vital that

Rybarikova wins it for her chances. That's fine, anything there is good

for Rybarikova. Her coach has seen a lot of matches, in Surbiton, ten or

15 minutes away if the traffic is OK. Ilkley. Must be four or five

hours away, a beautiful part of the world, in Yorkshire. And Eastbourne

as well. That is wonderful, and excellent

first game to demonstrate what we could be in for here.

Really high standard. Pliskova was the favourite, and as expected she

took the first set, 6-3. Into the second set. Some amazing forehand

winners from Rybarikova, growing in confidence, Annabel, and enjoying

herself. She was playing with freedom. She has had such a lot of

victories on the tour this year, especially on the grass, and her

game is tailor-made for grass, she is one of the best volley is in the

women's game. She can really do a lot of damage with the ball through

the court. She made Pliskova uncomfortable. She has got quite a

lot of wrist action, Boris. Excellent footwork, she moves well.

The great players move better than the others. Rybarikova broke to take

the second set, 75. Let's see some of the fantastic tennis on show in

the third set, here's Andrew. It really was sensational, but this

fourth the big upset. Rybarikova was at 5-2 and match point.

What a story on Centre Court! There is the face of Magdalena Rybarikova,

who has come back from injury. Surgery. She has undergone such a

test of her character. The emotion services on Centre Court, she has

accounted for Karolina Pliskova, who would have believed it?

You had an injury, people thought you might have retired. To win a

match like this with a performance like that on Centre Court, how

special is that? It is amazingly special. I had two surgeries and I

have not played for seven months, and now I am in the third round and

I have beaten Karolina Pliskova, which is amazing. I am so glad. It

was a difficult time for me, my fitness coach told me, I am sure

something good will happen. I guess it just happened.

To be fair to Pliskova, when she saw the draw, she said, that is a tough

match, she knew Rybarikova was coming. Even though she has had

injury. It is all about confidence. When you have the picture is under

your belt, and she is such a great grass court player. This is when she

can gain some point. When you have had adversity and she took those six

months off with wrist surgery is, knee surgeries, when you are not

sure if you can play tennis to the level you had before, it gives you a

different perspective, and she had a chance to enjoy life away from the

courts, but know how much she wants to be out there competing. And she

has a twinkle in her eye, a great sense of humour, and she grabbed the

ball by the horns. You talked about movement, that was essential. Tennis

is a game, that is why I stopped it eventually, when you have to move a

lot. A lot of people call it a young man's game, she won two tournaments

and had a semifinal. Grass is different, you have to feel

comfortable, and with the right movement comes confidence. You can

hear them chanting for Boris in the background, quite right to! This was

another sensational match on Centre Court, hugely important in the big

picture. And the profile of some players who have not enjoyed people

knowing a lot about them. That is where women's tennis is at. There

are so many names in the mix, it is like the Grand National, you start

the race, so many players can win it. The French Open I talked to a

couple of coaches, they felt that 15 players could win. I can guarantee

that Elaine Oscar Benko was not in the mix, she did not only when her

first tour title, but her first Grand Slam. It feels like that at

Wimbledon, there are so many players, and when something like

that happens at the French Open, everybody here feels they have a

chance against any of the top players. Pliskova was the favourite

as of this morning. She was my pick. Because Rybarikova has had this

brilliant run, even if we have not heard of her before Wimbledon

started, could she win it? When you look at it, you say, can display win

the seven matches over the weeks? Right now, so many players could. It

is about keeping a certain level of intensity and not dipping after such

a big victory. But there is enough in her game that will trouble a lot

of the next opponents in her line. We will move onto men's game,

Norris, I will bring you in, because Novak Djokovic only had 40 minutes

in his first round match, so he was going to have something more of a

test whatever happened. He is on the comeback from a dip in form, so how

would he fair today back on No 1 Court? He lost to Sam Querrey the

last year. I have felt like things have started

to click and I have felt complete on the court. I have taken time to

realign myself, balance, centre. The Wimbledon aura, you cannot not feel

it. The tradition, the history and everything around it.

It is Novak Djokovic again. I feel ready, motivated.

He talks a lot about the big picture and how tennis is just a part of it.

He is searching for greater happiness, greater satisfaction in

his life. Winning on No 1 Court may not be the most important thing, but

now that was his challenge against the 22-year-old Adam Pavlasek. This

was the very first point. Fantastic winner from Novak Djokovic. He went

on to break in the opening game. Boris, a smooth start, no worries

about being back on that court, where the upset happened. How did

you feel he was looking's I was on the court with him last year. Thank

you for reminding me! He does not like Court Number One, none of the

top players like it, because it is not Centre Court. It has a different

feel, the ball bounces higher, it is not as Internet, but with the roof

on it will be more spectacular. He talks about coming back in the last

month or so. Once the clay-court season started, he picked up his

form, he lost in the quarters at the French Open, and it was smart for

him to take the wildcard, because it does not matter who you are, he

needed a couple of matches, and for him to win at Eastbourne put him in

a different category, to start Wimbledon. For those 40 minutes he

looked great in the first round, and he looks good now. I do not think

anybody will underestimate him. He is looking relaxed, this one helped,

he said how much he enjoyed it, he was mixing with the crowd, he said

he liked the seagulls. He took the second set very easily, and we join

it in the third. Loaded up their! Now he is having

fun. Open your shoulders and give it a

ride. He is enjoying himself, but they do

not -- that might not be a whole lot longer.

Set point up with recently. He is pulling out. -- he is her ring now,

the machine is running so smoothly. Pavlasek's day in the sun did not

last too long. Happy coach, happy player. Two through. -- Djokovic

through, and he got better and better.

When you are winning, your confidence is high, everything is

functioning well, why would you change anything? I know many times

over because of the last couple of years I was going against the

signals of my body, I was needing to take a little rest, maybe skip a

certain tournament, and I did not do that. It gave me results, but the

interest rate came and the payment came later. It came to or three

times as hard as it would have before that. I am excited to keep

going. I do not think the end is anywhere near. As long as the

Passion and love for the game is there, I will keep going.

I wonder if that is something that is coming back. Can you tell as soon

as you look at him when he is on it? Immediately, he is like an open

book. I have spent more time with him for the last three years than

with my wife, so we are like brothers, and I still feel for him.

I have to be neutral as a commentator, but I feel with him. I

can see when he is off, but he has a positive attitude. At Eastbourne he

was a bit more proactive, looking at everybody when he spoke, he did not

wear a hat everywhere, so he is seeing life with a different point

of view. He gets a day off tomorrow, back on Saturday. He will have a

tougher test as we get further through the tournament. How does he

need to step it up for the big guns when he gets to face them? I am

happy he has got Andre Agassi and Murray and church, because he needed

a new group. I felt he was a bit lost. That is a signal, he has a

responsibility, he has a superstar in his corner. He wants to win for

him. That part is good. Now the question is, how can he get better?

He has not beaten a top five player in a while, and he will face one in

the second week. You mentioned the next opponent, Ernests Gulbis,

dangerous, so he has too increased the level of tennis, but he is on

the perfect Path. At the French Open Andre Agassi said how he wanted to

bring in the margins, but when he was at his best, when he was having

that precision into the corners, that is what made him such a great

player. What do you think about him bringing the margins in? It is a

fine line. Andre Agassi had a similar game to Novak, and he won

most of his Grand Slams in his 30s, Novak turned 30 last month, so it is

a different perspective, what you do with the next couple of years. You

are more mature, but Novak is at his best when he is physically fit, in

balance, when his family life is in order, watch out. We will talk about

his next opponent in a second, but let's check in with Caroline

Wozniacki. She is on court. We will keep you in touch with that

match. It is available on the red button. A lot of people are watching

it on the big screens. - bits, really interesting, peopled off one

of the big upset again. -- Ernests Gulbis pulled off a big upset. One

Martin Del Park Row got a fly in his eye.

Ernests Gulbis has had injury problems as well, he slipped to

number 589. We had a hold-up, two of the spectators fainted at the same

time, so there was a 24 minute break in the Biddle of the second set.

Ernests Gulbis has not won a match on tour before Wimbledon started

this year. He was playing some absolutely fabulous tennis. Making

two runaround -- making Juan Martin del Potro run around. He was the US

Open champion in 2009. He rallied in the third set but it was not enough,

Ernests Gulbis taking it on the third set tie-break. Causing the

men's upset of the day. Ernests Gulbis very appreciative of the

support that he got on court, saying thank you to them. Really

interesting next opponent. What does he bring to the table? He is

fascinating, when he was at his prime, he had been in the top ten,

he reached the semifinals in the French Open, beating Tomas Berdych.

He brings a huge serve, a massive weapon, 25 aces today. Quite a funky

forehand. In the past it used to be slightly weird, but he has changed

it. Chris was commentating today, he talked about the fact that he comes

across the line of the ball the opposite direction. Most of us would

serve left to right, but on the first serve he served at the other

way, but he also has a forehand grip like you. Extreme. He is an awkward

player. He plays a bit against the odds. He does not have to play

tennis, believe me. His father is one of the wealthiest men in Latvia.

We had a Latvian story at the French Open, who knows. He is an awkward

player. For him to be playing ranked 580 is a compliment to his character

and personality, that is why it is difficult for anybody. When he feels

good about himself, when he serves big, as he does at the moment, not

easy. He does not just rely on force. A delicate player. A lot of

delicate play. The funky forehand, which he has cut down, but it is the

left hand that used to go up to the sky, and he has brought it down, and

the swing is more compact. He has beautiful drop shots as well. We saw

a lot of them today against Juan Martin del Potro. He came out today

inspired. He played the sort of tennis that got him to the French

Open final in 2014. He is a dangerous opponent for anyone when

he is in the mood. He can go very AWOL as well, he is unpredictable, a

maverick character, but a lot of fun, and he plays with it uncle in

his eye. The lowest ranked player to make the third round of any Grand

Slam since 2002. The last one was Richard Krajicek here. He was a

top-10 player, so you take the ranking into account when he comes

up against Novak Djokovic, which should be interesting. One British

player in action today, Kyle Edmund, first on Centre Court, against Gael

Monfils of front. For some, Wimbledon is paradise. For

others, it is a maze, wrong turnings everywhere. Ask Kyle Edmund, four

times he turned up, four times he found himself immediately lost. His

home Grand Slams seemed like foreign soil. Gael Monfils is another who

had seen grass as quick slam, he says he has never played well on

this surface in ten years at. That green shoots, he made the final at

Eastbourne, Edmund made Wimbledon second round for the first time,

maybe they had stumbled on a path through the lawns.

This place which can suffocate, can inspire, which one will it be for

Kyle Edmund? For a set, neither would give way.

4-4, full throttle. Breaking down Monfils, the crowd

gasped at the slice in the rally and each year the winner.

Edmund could not win the break point, Monfils might not have the

best record here, but he is 15th seed for a reason.

Monfils swats down the winner and does eventually hold a game of ten

minutes. 12 games, 6-6, tie-break. Do not

blink. Just the final touch eludes him. Did

so much well. For all of Edmund's effort, the

first set had gone. In this whether it is important to take breaks. He

got plenty in the second set. The first to Monfils. What a point

to take. Monfils has the break. But Monfils is fragile, so this was

a concern, and his opponent was not about to retreat.

He took it well. Kyle Edmund breaks back.

But the difference between a top 50 player and a top 20 player is what

happens in the critical moment. This was in game nine, the set in the

balance. Again the misfire from Edmund, long

once more. Not long later, Monfils led 2-0.

Very professional, but there was entertainment as well.

No one likes a show off. Edmund found the energy for one last

surge in the third. This time he has the touch and he

has the break. A brave break, but the temperature

was approaching 40 degrees, enough to sap the force from anyone.

He celebrates before the ball lands and Gael Monfils, with the break, is

closing in on a place in the third round. Into the net it goes and into

the third round goes Gael Monfils. I think I am a good tennis player, I

think, and I have never done so good on grass, I have never actually

passed the third round at Wimbledon and never had great results on

grass, so I guess I am just playing a bit better but maybe I have a

better understanding about myself and how to move a little bit, but

for me, I think still it is not a court where I can be able to put my

best. It was my first time ever on Centre Court. You watch so many

matches on Centre Court then it is one thing saying you are going to be

on centre or looking at the atmosphere, but actually experience

it -- experiencing it is another thing. It was a good match to learn

from, a lack of maturity on some shots or certain points in match

situations I need to be better on but I am 20 years old, I don't know

all the answers. That is why it is a great thing to learn from.

He is almost shy, isn't he, Kyle Edmund? He is very shy and very

introverted. I thought he handled the occasion, the first time on

Centre Court, extremely well and he showed with that first set that he

can actually live with some of the top guys in the rankings but he did

spend most of the match peeking out from underneath his baseball cap and

it felt like he never lifted his chin, he never stood tall. You can

imagine if Djokovic is out there or Roger Federer, they are walking and

holding court out there, whereas Kyle is definitely introverted and

shy. I fill with Gael Monfils' put speed around the court, he shrinks

the space then the other end of the court and as much power as Kyle

Edmund brings with the forehand side, it tends to sit up and spend a

little bit and I think you started to run out of options in terms of

where to go because Gael Monfils can run down any ball. Boris, what you

think it needs to do, Kyle Edmund, to take that step up? He has the

forehand and roughly speaking the game. What does he do about his

attitude? The good news is he is 22 years old, he is still not a man

yet, he hasn't matured yet to handle a superstar like Gael Monfils on

Wimbledon Centre Court, so that will come with age. Tennis wise, I think

it still has a one-dimensional game, he relies too much on the forehand.

He is a tall man, he should serve better, the backhand should be used

with more confidence and the use of the court is not there yet and most

importantly, he needs to find a new coaching team. He quit with his

coach just before the grass court season. Leon Smith from team Great

Britain helped him but he still needs someone personal to work with

him on the basics of tennis. Are you offering your services? No. That is

a shame, he could benefit from a bit of your swagger. There were missed

opportunities and he will ruin that, he will think I could have made a

match of that and he nearly did. He nearly did and the me, the scoreline

was kept pretty tight with a course of the first set and I was in the

radio with Mark Woodforde and he was getting very frustrated, the fact

that he didn't feel like he was using the slice backhand in a band

in the tie-break, he suddenly came into the net a couple of times are

very good approaches but Marco saying he should have been doing

that all the way through the first set so when you get to do it in a

really crucial point, it has a little bit impact. Would you agree?

It is understanding how you want to play the points. You don't do

something in a tie-break you should have been doing at 1-1 or 2-2. A bit

like in the kitchen, you have to prepare the food before you eat. I

like that analogy. And on court, you have to be aware of everything and

everyone and we will show you what happened to Adrian Mannarino because

whether this was accidental or on purpose, the umpire actually

deducted him a point. A bit grumpy, but I don't know whether he expected

the ball boy to get out of the way and there was a bit of a discussion,

but he was deducted a point at the beginning of his next service game.

He did come back to win in five sets but it just was a bit of a shame. A

little bit harsh. That is the first time I have seen that, it doesn't

look intentional, I don't think he wanted to hurt the ball boy, it was

just a coincidence with a bit of bad luck so for the umpire to deducted a

point was pretty harsh. Now, there are big names at Wimbledon and there

are big names. This is the giant-killing performance of the

day. He has done it! What a win! Three

hours and 51 minutes and John Isner is out. David has beaten Goliath.

Five foot nine, don't care, he takes out six foot ten John Isner.

How cool is that? That is amazing, you couldn't get a bigger height

disparity and the little guy wins. Great story, David beating Goliath,

wonderful commentary. It was really good. Now to shot of the day and it

takes something to do a shot of the day when you are actually at match

point but that is what Grigor Dimitrov did.

Look at that! One of the great shots to win a hugely entertaining match.

And Baghdatis with a broad grin on his face. My shot was fantastic and

you aced it! Baldy macro and we had to show you

an extra couple of shots from that match because it was highly

entertaining stuff. And that was very much in the

running for shot of the day before match point, to be honest. Now,

Boris I am going to ask you whether you can do the trick you are about

to see. The first split shot work, the

second one didn't. And this is catch of the day. Alexander Zverev through

with the big serve and what a catch from the umpire. And we are going to

have an all for lot more before 9:30pm. But first, the king of

Wimbledon was back in his castle today.

Roger Federer walking out onto Centre Court for his early evening

Report and with Dusan Lajovic from Serbia. And Lajovic wasn't prepared

to lie down, he took seven of the first eight points, he went 2-0 up

and the Federer fanatics were just a little bit concerned. But Roger had

his parents watching from the Royal box and he didn't want to let them

down. So let's pick up and watch a little bit of this match. In the

first set tie-breaker, Federer had broken back to take it, it is all

square and let's have a look at him in his finery.

JOHN MCENROE: That is Federer at his best, stepping him up. Look at the

pride I'm her face. Look at my man! That was Pete Roger. -- pride on her

face, look at my man! That was peak Roger.

Lajovic hit about as good a shot as he could have hoped to and could

only watch it go by. It is depressing.

He picked a grade five minutes to bring his A-game.

Well, up until this tie-break, the first set has been a democracy. The

tie-break has been a totalitarian state, a Swiss one. No room for

argument, it has just been magnificent.

And here he is, looking to serve out the first set.

UMPIRE: Game and first set, Federer. Well, hats off to Dusan Lajovic but

it is almost like Roger Federer, have to the curtailed effort in the

first round, has decided to give himself a little bit of a run around

and has won the first set on a tie-break.

CLARE BALDING: about as perfect a tie-break as you will ever see from

one player. Federer starting to take control in the second set, we will

rejoin it. I haven't watched him a great deal

but when I have, I have always enjoyed seeing that backhand. It is

a beautiful stroke. The ball toss switch a little to his

left makes the serve a little trickier for him. He took a risk and

he came up empty there. The first double fault of his match might be

costly. Roger saying, "What in the world was

that?" See that ball jump up on Raonic, the

new ball again affecting his shot -- on Lajovic. You have got to make

sure you get over that. He had a long time to think about

that and the demons were swirling around his head as he was thinking

about it. CLARE BALDING: poor And old Lajovic,

I am afraid Federer doesn't take his foot up and when he starts to roll,

he rolls. Lajovic, having won 29 points in the first set, only

managed to win 16 points in the third set. Federer in the end

winning 7-6, 6-3, 6-2. But really interesting opening for that match

let's hear from Roger. Yeah, I mean, I struggled early on,

couldn't get rid of the nerves and just struggled to find my rhythm. It

was a pity I couldn't hold down my serve, coming back to deuce and

still dropping the serve and even though I got back into the game

after that, because I broke him but I just struggled through the first

set and I was happy to get rid of those nerves and start of rice more

free tennis and in a end, it was very good. Our nerve something that

is always a part of your game or is it special when you come out to

Centre Court, somewhere you have dominated? Right, I should feel

comfortable here and I do and I try to remind myself that eventually it

will come but the problem is, on grass, if you are struggling, it can

take a long time to find your rhythm back, especially from the baseline

but I wasn't too worried about it because I have been at their summit

times. Nerves are a funny thing, some matches you might be horribly

nervous and others, it is a piece of cake and it could be a final where

it is easy and the first round where it is terrible and I'm happy today.

Isn't that interesting, we all just went, what? Roger has nerves? I have

never heard him admit that, we have heard Nadal say that when he had a

dip in form and lost confidence but I have never heard Roger Federer

talks openly about feeling nervous out there and when he does get

nervous, the poor and starts to get a little bit tight. I thought he

looked pretty free-flowing by the end of the match but when you watch

him, what he does bring out onto court is so many options at his

disposal so you know that even if things are not going well in one

department, he can call on another area of his going to make life

difficult for his opponent. But fascinating. Maybe it is because his

parents were here, can things like this throw you? His parents have

seen him play here before but the good news is, he is human, he has

emotions and it is wonderful for him to be so honest. Most players

sugar-coated with, I don't know, I had a difficult start but, yeah, he

was nervous. Most players are nervous on Centre Court, even the

greatest of all time. And he plays the holder of the Zverev Brothers

next. He knocked out Andy Murray earlier this year, he will come to

the net and ass questions and Roger were not underestimating because the

rid of that match will not be much rhythm, because he will have to come

up with early passing shots because it will not have long rallies. He is

from Germany, so I know him well, and they played each other in the

warm up tournament, the quarterfinal and it was a proper grass court

match and you are absolutely right, Mischa plays it old-style, chipping,

dipping, using the courts so it will be a very different match to what we

usually see on a tennis court. I think it is the first time brothers

have got that far since 1934. Anyway, a long time. Before our

time. Right, let's catch up on Houghton Caroline Wozniacki got on

and whether she did indeed managed to go on and win this match against

Pironkova. Here is match point. Many congratulations to Caroline

Wozniacki, she is through to the third round, a good with against

Pironkova. Now, an upset in the men's another one today, Jack Sock,

the 17th seed from the USA, is out, beaten by Sebastien Hoefner, that is

a big upset. And there was the most horrific injury out on court today

for Bethanie Mattek-Sands and she went for a split step and her knee

buckled, she was screaming in agony and the All-England Club confirmed

it was an acute knee injury. She is not a bad singles player but she is

a really good doubles player, Gold medallist in the Mixed Doubles in

Rio, with Jack Sock, who we just saw getting knocked out and her doubles

player Lucie Safarova also got knocked out today after that

incident, she was there and trying to comfort her because it clearly

hurt so much. They were trying to win Wimbledon and if they had done

as a doubles pairing, they would have held all four Grand Slam

doubles titles together but that is over and it will take a long time to

recover. If she does, because it was excruciating to watch the coverage

of it, the screams were piercing and everybody felt sick watching the

footage, so everybody wishes her a speedy recovery. I hope once they

got at a hospital... Actually, the All-England Club said the first

responders were one minute, a qualified amaryllis technician and

the player was kept on court while pain relief was given -- a qualified

medical technician. We have both worked with her on 5 Live and she is

a brilliant, bubbly character and I doubt whether she is in any state to

be watching this tonight but those that love her and supporter sent her

the message we are all thinking of her. A couple of other bits of news.

In the fining department, you didn't ever get find here, did you question

mark never. Bernhard, it -- Bernard Tomic, people can have some sympathy

with him, people go through this, but some are saying he took a

deliberate injury time-out when he didn't need it, he has been fined

$15,000, the second biggest fine in Wimbledon history and has also been

dropped by his racket sponsor. So I am afraid it is coming down hard on

him. And Daniil Medvedev, did you see this, chucking the money under

the umpire's chair having had five overrules go against him. He was

fined $14,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct. It is sending a very clear

message. I think so and it is right. These players sometimes

underestimate what Wimbledon really is throughout the sporting world.

I'm not going to dwell on how much prize money they make, but plenty,

and there are rules and regulations. I broke a couple as well, I paid a

couple of times, but it is the only way they learn. If you tell them the

next time, they will not listen to you and Bernard had a history of not

trying in matches. An incredible talent, reached the quarterfinal

here when he was 18. I almost think he needs psychological help from a

professional because he lost motivation, he doesn't like tennis,

fine, but then take a break. Take a break and find reasons to come back

again. And come back stronger, let's hope so. We have been talking about

how wide open the draw is in the women's competition so let's have a

look at who might be making their mark. Well, the obvious place to

start is world number one and last year's vilest Angelique Kerber.

She pays 2013 semifinalist Kirsten Flipkens, who produced the odd

magical moment in their second-round encounter. But Kerber, slowly

finding her range and rhythm, eventually proved too strong,

winning in straight sets, 7-5, 7-5. Quarterfinalist here, banned away

has emerged as a credible contender for the title after two impressive

performances so far, beating Tatjana Maria 6-4, 6-2. Another American

Alison Riske squared up against Mladenovic of France. Both players

struggled with their footing, calling the surface into question.

Slips and slides were often seen but they soldiered on in front of a

watchful eyes of former Grand Slam champion Mary Pierce. Risk emerged

on top. Having completed a remarkable comeback, there is no

risk for the wicked, as Pat Cash was alongside the court assessing her

performance. Agnieszka Radwanska survived a huge scare on Court Two

today. After losing the first set to American Christina McHale, the

number nine seed was forced to save two match points in the second set

tie-break before forcing the match to a deciding set, which she

eventually won 6-3. It means Christina McHale has not defeated a

seeded player and a Grand Slam match since 2012. Former finalist Muguruza

continued her Serena progress at Wimbledon this year, winning her

second match in straight sets in front of her coach Conchita

Martinez. In 1994 women and champion was another former tennis star

spotted around the courts and well be pleased with the Spaniard's win.

Less pleased was Kim Clijsters, now in a corner of her defeated

opponent. Three-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist and number seven

seed Svetlana Kuznetsova is through at the expense of her compatriot

Ekaterina Makarova. It is also over the number 32 seed, Lucy Sarah --

Lucie Safarova. Now, who impressed you? You were doing Angelique

Kerber, when Chew? Yes. Obviously, she is the top seed here and every

time she walks out on court, she looks completely anguished and

burden. She really doesn't look a picture of joy at their but we

suddenly saw the smile at the end of the match. But she had a very tricky

opponent in Kirsten Flipkens, who played the most wonderful creative

kind of chipping and drop shots and lots of little angles and

serve-volleys. We saw a bit of everything from her. Angelique

Kerber, there is a marked difference in terms of how she is playing

tennis in terms of -- compared to last year when she reached the

final. She is not being brave, she a tentative and talk about bringing

the margins in, she is playing most of her tennis at the centre of the

court and waiting for her opponent... Why are you laughing?

Margins are coming in. That is how she is playing tennis, she got the

job done but she is not playing the sort of tennis you would expect to

win these championships. Boris, if you had to narrow down the players

left in the women's draw, where are you thinking the winner is coming

from? Venus Williams is the only former champion left in there. I

like what I have seen from Muguruza, I think she has a point to prove.

Every time she has -- ever since the French Open win, it has been

downhill, she is a proud Spaniard slash Colombian and she wants to

show the world she is not a couch potato. And with her new coach Pat

Cash, who knows? A natural grass court player, she is the most

natural but can she handle the pressure? And they have got to get

through to the first round. Heather Watson has a subtle take into the

third round for the first time and this is how she has been preparing,

playing doubles with Naomi Broady in an all British affair out on court

seven, hence the big crowds around and Heather and Naomi came through

victorious. And she is so much stronger and fitter, Heather Watson,

she is really fired up. She is getting better with every match I

have seen her play and it is hard to believe that when she got to

Eastbourne, where she had her best wind, that she had only had

back-to-back wins once in the year and something has ignited and her

confidence is back and one of the strengths is her foot speed. She is

really quick around the court, very light footwork, gets very balanced

and makes life difficult for opponents because she gets so many

balls back into play. And it seems it is good timing to play Victoria

Azarenka in her first Grand Slam tournament back after having a baby.

You would ordinarily say that but what I'm picking up from other

commentators and players who have been watching Victoria Azarenka,

they have said the ten issues putting out there is impressive and

doesn't look like a lady who has just had a baby hand hasn't played a

lot of matches. It is like when we talk about Kyle Edmund, when

Victoria Azarenka is on the court, she is like a peacock, stands very

tall and is poised and elegant but very strong mentally. A former world

number one, two-time Grand Slam champion and she has beaten Heather

I think four times out of four and Heather has only one time got to

set. She has annihilated her in the past but they have never met on

grass, I think, so it'll be interesting to see if Heather can do

more on the grass court and may unseat but it will be fascinating.

And Boris, we like to have fun on the show, as you know and we have

been doing social media moment of the day and it has come from a

Twitter feed that I don't know if you are familiar with, called

PseudoFed. It is not Roger Federer but whoever it is, knows how to do

this. Very cute. That is Federer toast. It

is very cool. The one player we haven't yet mentioned and angered to

whisper this very quietly because she is now favourite for the women's

title, Joanna Konta. What do you think? Well, she has come through

two very tricky matches, because both of the player she has beaten,

she lost in the last month and that match against Donna Vekic chip was

absolutely phenomenal, it was an emotionally draining match, up

against somebody with the one of the biggest serves in the women's game

and she has just helped up, she is so mentally strong now. She has

these formulas she applies, it is like switching on a switch in the

machine and she just goes out there and doesn't give you any frills,

just get on with it. I will show you the order of play for tomorrow and

Centre Court is going to open up with Victoria Azarenka and Heather

Watson, followed by Rafael Nadal, followed by Andy Murray, against

Fabio Fognini, which means that Joanna Konta is on Court One and she

will be the second match after Maren Cilic and Steve Johnson, which will

be a serve best. The weather not as hard as today, long sunny spells,

temperatures will be hitting 28 degrees but most importantly, it is

going to be dry. Another glorious day here at Wimbledon if a little on

the warm side. Thanks to Boris and Annabel and good luck tomorrow to

Johanna Konta and Watson.