Day 5 Highlights Today at Wimbledon

The what a thriller we just heard on Centre Court. Everybody biting

you're nails. Tim Henman beside me. Lons to analyse. Let's reflect on

our Andy Murray won that match against Fognini without it going

into a fifth set. He had to say five set points. He finally clinched it

in the fourth set. He looked in pain at times. But Fognini is out. Andy

Murray is through. Let's get his reaction, he has just been speaking

courtside. Congratulations. An outstanding

match for everybody watching. What are you feeling, pride, relief, a

combination of everything? The end of the match was tense. Maybe four

set points there. And then a tight game to break him, as well, at the

5-5 game. Then, yes, I served it out well to finish. But it was up and

down. I didn't feel it was the best tennis at times. It was tense today.

I managed to get through. You stayed strong in the critical moments. Can

you describe to the people at home how difficult that is to do mentally

and physically when you are faced with such danger from a player like

Fabio Fognini? It obviously difficult. When you are playing a

guy who has all of the shops it's difficult. He generates power with

very short swings. -- shots. It's difficult to see when he was going

to hit the ball big. It was also getting dark towards the end. We

probably would have had to come off and closed the roof had I lost. We

were thinking about that as well. A change of conditions, a 20 minute

break to change things and get ready. How was the body feeling

after that titanic tussle? I am feeling OK. I did not feel like I

moved as one as I did in the first couple of matches. But I have a

couple of days to have a rest. Where I can work on that. You know, and

hopefully get myself into good rhythm over the weekend. Come out

and play good tennis on Monday. Happy to get through the first week.

Anything can happen now. Enjoy your weekend. Well done. Thanks. I don't

know how much he will be able to enjoy his weekend. But we can rest

easy. Tim, you were watching that, what did you think what's going on?

Tough battle. As Andy said, he wasn't playing his best. At times he

wasn't allowed. Fabio Fognini is such a talented baseline player. He

can generate a lot of power on the forehand. He was using the change of

pace on the backhand was the slice. Andy can get through even when he

isn't playing his best. But there was great tennis. In the context of

this tournament, Andy playing the first match on Monday, to play

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and be through to the second week, it is

ideal he has two days off now. He did a lot of running. Fognini was

trying to dictate. Murray was still able to run him down. Yes, Andy said

his movement perhaps hasn't been his best, but, you know, he is still

moving plenty well enough to be a contender for the title. There were

times when he looked sore. He could not run, it looked ridiculous, but

he finds a way. He is an unbelievable competitor. He is going

to need to play better, as well. Rafael Nadal's performance today was

fantastic. But what and is doing and what he did at the French Open, he

didn't come into the French in great form, but he found a way to get

through to the semifinals. He was one game away from the final. This

is no different. Not playing as best as he can. But he's still the

tournament. You can certainly lose the tournament in the first week. He

has a couple of days to get the balance right with rest and

recuperation. But also to work on a few things. Come Monday he has to

hit the ground running. Let us wrap up as much as we can. We

move from the men's number one to the women's number one. Johanna

Konta was in action earlier on, against the world 101, Sakkari of

Greece. Jo started pretty well. Her first set point here. And Konta

looking very, very strong against Sakkari. Now she is the bookies'

favourite. Even if she has been avoiding the press, she's been told

it enough in press conferences. She knows it. But she says that pressure

is self-imposed. She tries to keep herself calm. She tries to keep her

mind light, she says. Let's pick it up again, closing stages of the

second set, we hope. Let's rejoin our commentators.

You've got to give cred tight this young lady -- credit to this young

lady as well. She could have just disappeared emotionally. Gritty

performance, hanging in there. Well, she's on court one and she's

going to stay here as long as pob. -- possible.

Such a strong shot from Konta down-the-line there. Her

positioning, she holds the baseline, doesn't give up the real estate.

Forehand, backhand, it's all the same.

Big shots, and a big moment for Jo Konta. An opportunity here to get

into the second week of Wimbledon for the first time in her career.

Jo Konta, three down, four to go! To end four years of you know what.

Let us hear what Jo Konta felt about her performance today. I feel

actually quite honestly blessed that I got to play two matches on court

one and a really great battle on Centre Court. I got to play on the

two biggest stages in the world. I feel humbled by that and also very

excited to have come through some really tough matches and have given

myself a chance to come back and play on Monday. It's been an

interesting first week, Pliskova, who won Eastbourne and Kvitova twice

a champion here, are out. How do you rate the competition ahead in the

second week? Just as difficult. I think it's been proven time and time

again the depth in women's tennis. Every single woman in the draw can

play at a very high level on Any Given Day. I'm fully prepared for

every single match that I'm going to be playing, that it's going to be a

tough battle. She's so sensible and practical in her approach. You know

what it's like to suddenly have the cameras on you, all the reporters

asking you questions. How does she deal with it? She deals with it very

well. I think she's showing her experience when you listen to her

there, she's got a wise head. She's not getting distracted. She's not

getting ahead of herself. She appreciates the deeper into the

tournament she goes the tougher the challenges will be. She's been

playing so well for a long period of time. This year he's made great

strides, winning in Miami. The matches she's talked about, to have

that big win on Centre Court, where she played fantastically well

against Vekic. There was no let down. A big court today and produced

another very good performance. Like-wise with Murray she's got a

couple of days to regroup and get ready. When it comes to the lift in

attention, can you go through the weekend not listening to the radio

or watching the telly? Pretty much, it's not obviously easy when you are

a home grown player in the biggest tournament in the world. There is a

lot of attention that goes with that. But she understands it's about

controlling the things you can control. That's preparation and

performance. What the bookies are saying, what is being said in the

press is meaningless when you're the athlete. You've got to go out there

and keep delivering the goods on the court. That's what she's got to

focus on. When you hear her speak and obviously, having got to know

her a bit, yeah, she's got a good head on her shoulders. She seems to

have all the shots. Good movement, good power, do you think her serve

is strong enough? Yeah, I was very impressed. I didn't see so much of

the match today on court one, but on Centre Court, she hits her spots

well. She has a big serve, there's no hitting them if it's straight

into the strike zone of your opponents. That's a useful weapon on

any surface. On a grass court it's even more important. So she'll be

looking to maintain that rhythm. I'm sure she'll practise that over the

weekend. As she goes into the second week, it's that combination of big

serving, big ground strokes to keep her opponents on the defensive. You

can see how she might get to the final, if indeed she does. Garcia

next, Williams, Wozniacki. That's the bottom half of the draw. You

will hear all the players, men and women saying "I don't look ahead".

She'll know who is playing well and who has lost. It is one match at a

time. She'll be aware of the opportunities ahead of her.

Tim mentioned how impressed he was with Rafael Nadal's performance

today. Let's look at some of it. He won the first set easily 6-1. This

is him in action in the second. He was up against Chachanov. He looks

like a man constantly hungry. He's massively confident. I commentated

on this match. So impressive the level he was playing, the shots he

was hitting, his foot work and overall consistency and against a

dangerous opponent. He's won a lot of sets in the row, on the back of

the French Open title, Number Ten. Through to the second week without

dropping a set. He'll be happy with how things have gone. Let's hear Tim

in commentary and watch a bit more of Rafa in action in the third set

tie-break. Oh, second serve, had to be into the

court. Three donations in the tie-break.

Nadal's hit good shots as well. But he cannot afford to keep making

these unforced errors, Chachanov. If you open the door, even slightly,

Nadal will barge his way through it. He doesn't miss too many crosscourt

passes. Staying low this time and driving through on the forehand as

his backhand before. Rafael Nadal advances to Monday's

Fourth Round, the last 16. You're going to hear an awful lot more of

Chachanov, this Russian 21-year-old who has made his debut here.

But not enough artillery to see off Nadal.

CHEERING I think I played very, very great,

two sets. Then in the third, I slow down a little bit intensity. It was

tough. He's a tough opponent. I think I played a solid match in

general terms, very happy to be through in the second week here in

Wimbledon is fantastic news. I'm enjoying every day. Just two days

off now. You had a lot of fans already, but you have even more

because they've seen you doing your own shopping. Well, I am doing

always at home. Here too. We are in a house here. We are not in a hotel.

So we need to buy the things to eat. I love to go. Did you ask a fellow

shopper for a bit of help with the self-service? Yeah, in Spain we

don't use that very often. We normally pay, yeah... At the till.

Yeah. I saw it and it was quick. Some people waiting so I do it and I

get lost a little bit. When guy helped me, it was very nice. He's

just so lovely. He's brilliant. He is. He's so humble, down to earth.

He's 15 times Grand Slam champion but there he is shopping for his

groceries in the village. There'll be a few surprised locals. I did ask

him how does he think he is now compared to the Rafael Nadal 2008,

09, 10? He says he doesn't make those compare sons. He's looking

close to his best. I think better than ever. Irrespective of how well

he played on the clay this year, coming onto grass, he didn't play a

tournament. He's always a little bit susceptible with his knees in the

early stages. But the way he's hitting the ground strokes, he's

been serving aggressively and because of the hot weather, the

courts are definitely harder, the ball is going to bounce a little bit

higher. You know, he really fancies his chances. Again, playing the

first day on Monday, you get that Monday, Wednesday, Friday, he talked

about it there, two days off. Things are falling into place nicely for

Rafael Nadal. He might call you for a game of golf. He was in the locker

room putting with Tony and Francisco, his stroke was looking

pretty good. They were complaining about the carpet as well. Not the

best putting surface. Bit of right to left break. He was playing golf

last week. I asked if he won. He said, "Yes, of course." Let's look

now at Heather Watson. She is the reigning mixed doubles champion. She

was up against new mum Victoria Azarenka. At the beginning of this

match, it looked like it might be one-way traffic. Heather lost three

points in the opening game. That's where we pick it up. Watson is

serving Already very early on, but to me,

Azarenka looks like she's picking up Heather's serve very easily. Great

timing and the distribution of her ground strokes looks a little

frightening at the moment. Serve has improved. Yeah, it has. It

will be very important to serve well today. Because she's facing one of

the best returners in the women's game.

Terrific. STUDIO: Watson has a reputation for

starting fast. She won that first set 6-3. Azarenka then turned on the

after burners and raced through the second set, winning it 6-1 to level

things up. We're going to join it in the deciding third set with

Azarenka, they've exchanged breaks already. Azarenka serving for the

match. I would have loved to see Heather

just step inside that court to take that second serve. Azarenka has

thrown in quite a few double faults in this match. It's been a while

since I've seen her do it. She did it a couple of times in the first

set but not lately. At the spin of the coin, the umpire

says to the players if you're going to challenge, please do it verbally,

and I don't think the umpire saw Heather's arm up to challenge. Now

she's saying it's probably too late. There's that, but no verbal

challenge. It came late.

Too late as far as the umpire was concerned.

I wonder if it would have made a difference. It's well in, we are

being told. It's long. Azarenka puts a silencer

on the crowd. Terrific effort from Heather Watson, ranked outside the

top 100. What about Victoria Azarenka? Just her fifth match back.

She's booked a place in the second week of Wimbledon again. Champion.

In every sense. STUDIO: Really was a tough opponent

for Heather Watson. The challenge wouldn't have mattered, because the

ball was in. Due feel it was a cased of missed opportunities there for

Heather? Yeah, a little bit. Azarenka is a great player, but

she's coming back from having her first child. She's probably a bit

ring rusty. Heather has been playing great tennis. She made the final at

Surbiton. She played well at Eastbourne. This is the level of

tennis I expect from her. It's really important she builds on this,

because before the grass court season, ranked 126 in the world,

that's not where she belongs. She has to make sure she puts in this

level of performance and the consistency with the training to get

her ranking inside the top 50. That's where she should be. She has

a fabulous forehand. Sometimes the forehand works brilliantly well and

sometimes then it becomes something maybe she overrelies on. I mean it's

probably can be a bit erratic. That shouldn't stop her being aggressive

with it. When she's playing well, it's a dangerous shot. It's a good

weapon for her. Again, all these different aspects are things she can

improve on. That's exciting. If she keeps working and developing those

areas, then she can get back into the top 40, top 30 in the world. I

mention she is the reigning Mixed Doubles champion. She had to go back

out on court, barely an hour later. Bizarrery they were up against

Victoria Azarenka playing mixed doubles too. As you can see here,

Kontinen and Watson won that match. They go through to the second round

of the Mixed Doubles, in which Jamie Murray is playing with Martina

Hingis. That's an exciting pairing. Victoria Azarenka, after that

doubles match, said this: REPORTER: How much are you enjoying

being in the heat of battle once again at a Grand Slam and at

Wimbledon? Very much so. I think a match like today really is important

for me to have. The early stages of me playing again, and to find a way

to win, not necessarily when everything works on a particular

day. I'm very happy I went through that, playing on Centre Court

obviously is always a pleasure. How are you combining being a top tennis

player and a mum at a major event like this? It's pretty tough. But

it's also so fun, you know. It's something that is more meaningful

than any tennis match ever will be, also at the same time, for me to be

able to chase my dreams and go after what I love and do it every day,

it's also very special. STUDIO: Victoria Azarenka will now

play Simona Halep in the Fourth Round. If you were watching Murray

earlier his mum Judy arrived late to watch his match. It's because she

was watching Jamie Murray and sadly Jamie and Bruno Suarez, such a

success in the doubles, went out 7-5 in the fifth set. Jamie now just has

the Mixed Doubles to rely on. A real shame there. Massive crowd had staid

to watch on court 18. Aljaz Bedene, we thought maybe, he's been playing

well, he had a chance against Gilles Muller. Sadly, for British fans, it

wasn't to be. He had a chance. He's been playing great tennis.

Like-wise, Gilles Muller, I can't remember, 34, 35? 34 I believe. He's

playing brilliant tennis. Won a couple of grass court titles in his

career. HORN SOUNDS Hello! A great lefty serve, he's aggressive. A

tough match up. Let's look at the order of play for tomorrow:

The weather forecast for tomorrow is pretty good. It is geting cooler, a

bit cloudy. Low risk of a light shower. 10% risk of that. Brighter

interludes at time. Not as hot. Phew! With a high of 24. Jo-Wilfred

Tsonga's match has been suspended against Sam Querrey because of bad

light, not surprising, because it is basically dark. The score is? 6-5

to? On serve, I'm assuming. To Querry in the fifth set. Had that

carried on, Lord knows what time it would have finished. The grounds are

closing. We have to lever. Thank you to Tim. Thank you for watching and a

massive sigh of relief, Andy Murray is through. See you tomorrow.