:00:46. > :00:52.The best way to approach Wimbledon is in a bubble... There is some
:00:53. > :00:56.excitement at the prospect of a good run here for Konta. Floating above
:00:57. > :01:01.the melee, it insulates and concentrates. But it comes with no
:01:02. > :01:05.instructions, nor directions. That's a very tiny and impressive
:01:06. > :01:09.performance for Johanna Konta -- a very tidy. It may be surprisingly
:01:10. > :01:17.tough. What resilience from Joe Konta. And suddenly light and
:01:18. > :01:24.fragile. What a battle! On fine days in fair wind, you will effortlessly
:01:25. > :01:28.glide. Joe Konta into the second week of Wimbledon for the first time
:01:29. > :01:36.in her career. Before you know it, you floated further than you think.
:01:37. > :01:39.Jo Konta, Wimbledon quarterfinalist. But flying is easy. The tough test
:01:40. > :01:52.is how you land. It's been a grey and wet women's
:01:53. > :01:57.quarterfinals day, but we've had the added bonus of a leftover men's last
:01:58. > :02:01.16 match, is Novak Djokovic finally got on court against Adrian
:02:02. > :02:04.Mannarino. This has been an epic day of tennis.
:02:05. > :02:07.Lots to discuss in the company of Tracy Austin and Marion Bartoli,
:02:08. > :02:13.A lot of action to enjoy. We will stop with a woman who has been so
:02:14. > :02:15.impressive in her nerveless nurse. We'll start with the first British
:02:16. > :02:18.woman in a quarterfinal Jo Konta has been impressively
:02:19. > :02:22.nerveless in her matches so far, But in Simona Halep she faces
:02:23. > :02:25.the highest-ranked woman Halep raced into a 3-0
:02:26. > :02:29.lead in the first set. Konta broke back
:02:30. > :02:31.in the seventh game. And they have both held serve
:02:32. > :02:33.to take it to a tie-break, which is where we join our
:02:34. > :03:33.commentators - Chris Bradman, Hallett was complaining a little bit
:03:34. > :03:40.about the crowd being too loud. -- Halep. Got that back! You
:03:41. > :04:23.underestimated her legs, I think. Oh! It's in! Or is it? Either way,
:04:24. > :04:32.it'll be challenged. The linesman called it in. I think the umpire
:04:33. > :04:36.called it out. She's asking whether she got only one bounce. That is in.
:04:37. > :04:43.Unbelievable point! That's right, hung in there, Halep.
:04:44. > :05:52.She's breathing heavy now. Darren Cahill is leaning forwards a
:05:53. > :06:27.little more after that double fault. Her reaction to it.
:06:28. > :06:40.CROWD GASPS And those balls tougher to hit in
:06:41. > :06:46.the air? Letting the ball bounce, it seems like there wasn't much on it.
:06:47. > :06:51.It forces the opponent, most men and women take it in the air. I know I'm
:06:52. > :06:56.old score, but it seems like you don't practice that shot from there,
:06:57. > :07:00.or do you, that often? Are used to practice that at every practice,
:07:01. > :07:10.everyone up. All over the court? Because I wanted to use that one. --
:07:11. > :07:11.every warm up. Did you practice just in the air? Probably taking in the
:07:12. > :08:26.year. -- in the air. She's dialled in, right now, Halep.
:08:27. > :08:27.Prepare to get both of those points. She is the quickest that Konta has
:08:28. > :08:40.ever played. APPLAUSE
:08:41. > :09:13.Quite the tie-break. What a magnificent tie-break from
:09:14. > :09:19.Simona Halep. Konta has got to do what you did in Miami, and come from
:09:20. > :09:23.behind to win. STUDIO: Great playing from both of
:09:24. > :09:29.them, but the Romanian with the advantage. Konta found her focus and
:09:30. > :09:31.angles again, and both players held serve until we held on to another
:09:32. > :09:45.tie-break. Now is the time to Staples at. -- to
:09:46. > :10:24.stay positive. Raced into a 3-1 lead in the first
:10:25. > :11:25.set tie-break. Nice deep breath out from Konta
:11:26. > :11:31.before she has to serve. UMPIRE: Let, first service.
:11:32. > :11:36.That looked like it was about six inches over the net. You complain
:11:37. > :12:06.about that on the first point of the tie-break, I think.
:12:07. > :12:15.APPLAUSE That was a point that Halep
:12:16. > :12:25.desperately wanted to establish a lead. A little tight. Every shot
:12:26. > :12:27.seems to just... Mean more in this particular way to end the set. A
:12:28. > :12:44.unique tie-break. APPLAUSE
:12:45. > :12:50.Oh, it's well done. Still mods of approval everywhere. The handling of
:12:51. > :12:54.this pressure. -- nods of approval. Both still going for it. Still the
:12:55. > :12:58.excess for Konta going back behind Halep. That's the only way you're
:12:59. > :13:05.going to be able to win a match, if they're going to keep going for it.
:13:06. > :13:07.I think it's safe to say that Konta always will go for it! Win, lose or
:13:08. > :13:25.draw. Oh, this could be a big one there.
:13:26. > :13:38.The shot that she hit was in. Or nothing with the call. -- all won
:13:39. > :13:46.nothing. Our Oh! That's a good I. Wow! I knew it all along!
:13:47. > :13:50.LAUGHTER The umpire, Kadir, is like, wow, I'm
:13:51. > :14:19.impressed! CHEERING
:14:20. > :14:25.The return is just a little bit short. Enough behind it. We see
:14:26. > :15:11.Konta just immediately grabs the opportunity to go for the winner.
:15:12. > :15:22.CHEERING These moments are great. You know,
:15:23. > :15:25.when I was playing too, you always just tried to hang in there, be
:15:26. > :15:31.positive, and give yourself the opportunity that when your opponent
:15:32. > :15:48.is just dropping a little bit, you get a chance.
:15:49. > :15:52.She got it! And a set point with it! People are starting to stand around
:15:53. > :16:46.Centre Court. Most are standing, look at that! An
:16:47. > :16:54.hour and 50 minutes. Somehow, Jo Konta has forced a final set. CLARE
:16:55. > :16:58.BALDING: The Centre Court crowd absolutely loving this. It was first
:16:59. > :17:09.strike to Konta. She broke the Halep serve to lead 3-2.
:17:10. > :17:15.Everybody watching was far more tense and nervous than Konta
:17:16. > :17:18.herself, who jogged out to serve for a place in the semifinals
:17:19. > :17:35.as if it was a first-round match in a local park.
:17:36. > :18:33.If you were Halep, that's how you wanted that game to start.
:18:34. > :19:02.She just uses that whole court so well, moving her from side to side.
:19:03. > :19:06.Until she has a bit more of an opening, then just really
:19:07. > :19:37.exhilarating into the". -- the opening quarter.
:19:38. > :20:10.The adrenaline must be pretty high at the moment.
:20:11. > :20:37.CHEERING Oh, my God, she stopped playing!
:20:38. > :20:53.What a shame. It's over. British tennis history is
:20:54. > :20:57.made. It's been 39 years. Since a British woman can say, I'm a
:20:58. > :21:06.Wimbledon semifinalist. She's done it in front of the last woman to do
:21:07. > :21:11.it. Virginia Wade. Right now it's a bit surreal. Just because it's quite
:21:12. > :21:16.incredible how quickly things go in tennis. Smack minutes ago I was just
:21:17. > :21:21.playing, now I'm in here. Things happen very quickly -- two minutes
:21:22. > :21:23.ago. I'm still die jesting things. I felt I was clear on what I was
:21:24. > :21:29.trying to achieve out there, regardless of whether it was going
:21:30. > :21:33.my Way or not I stuck to my true self and tried to create as many
:21:34. > :21:37.opportunities as possible. I knew that going into the match against
:21:38. > :21:42.Simona that she was really not going to give me much for free. So I
:21:43. > :21:47.definitely had to be the one out there to create my own chances. And
:21:48. > :21:52.I felt I did that. I feel fortunate enough that I took a few of them.
:21:53. > :21:56.How much did the crowd helped to date? They were incredible. I think
:21:57. > :22:02.they were little overenthusiastic in part! I def crew cannot complain --
:22:03. > :22:10.I definitely got a complaint with the amount of support and just the
:22:11. > :22:14.good feeling. CLARE BALDING: So many congratulations to Jo Konta. She did
:22:15. > :22:19.a terrific job of hanging on in there. I want to talk about. What
:22:20. > :22:23.happened here? When Simona hit the ball close the baseline with a
:22:24. > :22:27.backhand down the line, a fan thought it was going wrong and
:22:28. > :22:32.shouted out. There was a big screen right there. And Simona just lost
:22:33. > :22:36.her concentration and didn't get up to that ball, didn't drive the ball.
:22:37. > :22:42.And you learn that at the very early age that unless the ball is called
:22:43. > :22:46.out or hits the ground twice, the point is not over. Especially after
:22:47. > :22:50.this long of a match, I'm really surprised that she lost her focus
:22:51. > :23:01.and didn't still drive that forehand into the other corner. It's
:23:02. > :23:03.really... I mean, you can't replay a point like that because the crowd
:23:04. > :23:06.will always get involved. How impressed by you, Marion, with the
:23:07. > :23:08.way that Konta keeps her composure? She wasn't asking for the support
:23:09. > :23:12.from the crowd, they were giving it but she wasn't feeding of it. I
:23:13. > :23:15.think the scream of the person disturbed that Michael Moore. It
:23:16. > :23:23.came right before she was about to hit the ball, -- before it disturbed
:23:24. > :23:27.Jo. When you hear a screen right that, that should disturb you more
:23:28. > :23:33.than I think Simona. She has been able to meet, to really stay into
:23:34. > :23:37.her bubble. The clip at the beginning when she was inside the
:23:38. > :23:41.bubble, it's perfectly that. She plays so much within herself, the
:23:42. > :23:46.crowd is overenthusiastic but she doesn't want to have any more sort
:23:47. > :23:50.of pressure from them. She's taking the club that I think is coming more
:23:51. > :23:53.under pressure on the other side, you feel the pressure from the crowd
:23:54. > :23:57.but she wants to stay within her pen is because the history of having her
:23:58. > :24:01.really be not able to deal with sort of pressure, she finds a new way to
:24:02. > :24:05.deal with it, to play within herself. I think that is the main
:24:06. > :24:09.quality and that is why she the semifinal. I have messages from
:24:10. > :24:14.people watching at home saying how impressed their kids had been with
:24:15. > :24:15.the ability to stay calm on court. We will talk more about Jo Konta
:24:16. > :24:21.later in the programme. Earlier in the afternoon,
:24:22. > :24:23.Venus Williams strode out for her 100th singles
:24:24. > :24:25.match at Wimbledon. Against Jelena Ostapenko,
:24:26. > :24:33.who was making her first The first appearance of Venus
:24:34. > :24:39.orbiting planet Wimbledon was in 1997. A couple of weeks before that,
:24:40. > :24:48.a baby girl was born in the Gulf. They named her Jelena, and at 17
:24:49. > :24:55.years old by she became an champion. Ostapenko won are very first tour
:24:56. > :25:00.title, no big one, just the French Open! Oldest against youngest. Most
:25:01. > :25:08.experienced against the least. But both Grand Slam champions. CLARE
:25:09. > :25:12.BALDING: Venus started the more confidently, breaking the game of
:25:13. > :25:14.the second set which continued on serve before she won the first set
:25:15. > :25:26.in 29 minutes. Ostapenko shaking her head in
:25:27. > :25:30.disbelief. It's going so fast! A break in the first and sixth game of
:25:31. > :25:33.the second set lead to some of Ostapenko's best tennis.
:25:34. > :26:02.Commentary from Nick Mullins and Martina Navratilova.
:26:03. > :26:05.COMMENTATOR: I don't think there's anyone smarter on Centre Court
:26:06. > :26:18.today! Very bright. Oh! That's the touch of genius,
:26:19. > :26:24.that's the touch of a very special player. Exactly, what she does get
:26:25. > :26:28.there, she still has the confidence to get imaginative. This is great
:26:29. > :26:52.hands. She looks in trouble. She should get out of it.
:26:53. > :26:59.Ostapenko's pressure is starting to pay off. Venus Williams is backing
:27:00. > :27:21.up a little bit on the court, the openings are bigger for Jelena.
:27:22. > :27:43.She is slap bang in the middle of this scrap, Jelena Ostapenko.
:27:44. > :27:51.Well, just a little punch from the five-time former champion.
:27:52. > :27:53.CLARE BALDING: Williams broke in the 11th game,
:27:54. > :27:56.and came out to serve for a place in the semifinals at Wimbledon
:27:57. > :28:13.What they serve. 98 mph -- what a serve. What a slice, the ball stayed
:28:14. > :28:24.low. Ostapenko, the big swing, never catches up. Where did this end up?!
:28:25. > :28:30.Oh, dear me. Right by his nose. It's just a tennis ball, but it still
:28:31. > :28:45.hurts when it hits you in the face. UMPIRE: Let, first service.
:28:46. > :29:18.The ageless Venus Williams, at the age of 37, for another Wimbledon
:29:19. > :29:46.semifinal. Well, a month on from Paris there
:29:47. > :29:54.will be no London fairy tale for Jelena Ostapenko. But Venus Williams
:29:55. > :30:01.continuing to take care of business. CLARE BALDING: Next up for Venus is
:30:02. > :30:07.Jo Konta. Afterwards, she was asked about playing the home favourite.
:30:08. > :30:13.I'm sure she's confident and determined, paying with a different
:30:14. > :30:17.kind of pressure at home, but she is handling it well. Looks like she
:30:18. > :30:26.does well under the pressure. I've her before. A lot different to
:30:27. > :30:29.today, definitely. I play a similar style, aggressive, serving and
:30:30. > :30:37.returning well. Very solid off the ground. So really it is about
:30:38. > :30:42.playing the game better and seeing where you find openings on the day.
:30:43. > :30:44.The amazing thing is that despite being the oldest player here, Venus
:30:45. > :30:50.Williams is the most consistent on the tour, the only one to reach the
:30:51. > :30:55.round of 16 in the last 16 Grand Slams or better. Is he playing as
:30:56. > :30:59.well now as she ever has done? Amazing how consistency is, at dirty
:31:00. > :31:05.seven, getting back into the top ten last year. Venus Williams out there
:31:06. > :31:10.today like a champion, she knows how to handle the situation, she was
:31:11. > :31:15.forceful, she moved extremely well. She served very well, hitting the
:31:16. > :31:21.ball cleanly. She played a clean match against a player who can be so
:31:22. > :31:26.dangerous, just winning the French Open and loves playing on grass,
:31:27. > :31:32.young Ostapenko. I don't think she was born yet when Venus started
:31:33. > :31:36.playing? It was really impressive because so much happened to Venus
:31:37. > :31:41.the week before the Championships started, so emotional with the car
:31:42. > :31:45.crash and everything. She seemed to get better with each match. She
:31:46. > :31:51.never plays a lead up grass court tournament. Simona Halep has gone to
:31:52. > :31:56.the press after losing to Jo Konta and said that Konta can beat Venus.
:31:57. > :32:03.Yes, she can, the head-to-head is in favour of Jo, leading 3-2. You can
:32:04. > :32:08.look at the head-to-head is, but a semifinal at Wimbledon is a special
:32:09. > :32:14.match. What Venus is absolutely true, it's about finding the opening
:32:15. > :32:18.on the day. I think for Jo it will be about her first serve percentage,
:32:19. > :32:23.she must serve well if she would like to play over Venus because
:32:24. > :32:35.wieners will be all over the second serve. -- because Venus will be all
:32:36. > :32:39.over the second serve. When you look at the toughest match that Jo had to
:32:40. > :32:43.play, it was against the players when she was on the brink of losing,
:32:44. > :32:48.she doesn't like it when the ball is coming fast at her, which is what
:32:49. > :32:52.Williams is going to do in this semifinal. It is about handling that
:32:53. > :32:58.very well. It will be a fabulous match. Today is quarterfinals day in
:32:59. > :33:05.the women's but we had a cheeky interloper. They were due to play on
:33:06. > :33:08.number one Court yesterday but Rafa and Gilles Muller kept them in the
:33:09. > :33:13.locker room so out onto a half empty Centre Court they walked at midday.
:33:14. > :33:17.Let's see some of the best bits of Djokovic against Mac Torino --
:33:18. > :33:46.against Mannarino. That is outstanding. Great strike,
:33:47. > :33:56.wasn't it? That's brilliant. Ooh! And that's
:33:57. > :34:52.unlucky. Fantastic. That was like a game of
:34:53. > :35:02.chess and then Mannarino just turned the board over.
:35:03. > :35:12.That's fantastic. That is the roar of a champion. A 12 time Grand Slam
:35:13. > :35:51.winner. It has been a hugely entertaining
:35:52. > :35:59.match and he will have his 39th Grand Slam quarterfinal tomorrow.
:36:00. > :36:06.I just think it was the wrong decision not to play us last night
:36:07. > :36:10.because we could have played. I think the last match on the Centre
:36:11. > :36:16.Court was done before 7pm. And having in mind that Centre Court has
:36:17. > :36:24.a roof and lights, we could have played until 11pm. We went to the
:36:25. > :36:30.referee's office before 8pm and there were security reasons and that
:36:31. > :36:33.was the only excuse, the only explanations we were getting. I just
:36:34. > :36:39.didn't see any logic in not playing us on the Centre Court. Djokovic
:36:40. > :36:44.really not happy with what happened last night because he had to hang
:36:45. > :36:47.around for so long. He did and that was a ticketed match for Court One,
:36:48. > :36:51.but Rafa was still playing Gilles Muller and they thought that the
:36:52. > :36:55.match would end soon and then they could put Djokovic on the court but
:36:56. > :37:01.it went to 15-13 in the fifth and that is the unfortunate part, that
:37:02. > :37:04.Novak had to wait around with Mannarino 42 and a half hours before
:37:05. > :37:08.they said it was too late because they don't want to move the crowd
:37:09. > :37:13.from number one court over to Centre Court for safety reasons. And I have
:37:14. > :37:20.never seen the Hill soap easy. Maybe they wouldn't have moved if they
:37:21. > :37:26.hadn't started before Rafa finished -- so busy. Al Worra were you about
:37:27. > :37:32.Djokovic's shoulder? -- how worried were you. His serve was a couple of
:37:33. > :37:36.miles an hour slower. I would be quite worried because now he doesn't
:37:37. > :37:40.have a day off, he will have to play tomorrow. That's also why he was so
:37:41. > :37:47.annoyed about the decision not to play on Centre Court. He took some
:37:48. > :37:52.painkillers early in the match. It looks like tendinitis, that can be
:37:53. > :37:57.treated with anti-inflammatories, getting good physio work on it. If
:37:58. > :38:03.it isn't a muscle, I'm not too worried. He played in Eastbourne,
:38:04. > :38:12.something he hasn't done I think since 2010. He needed that
:38:13. > :38:16.confidence. The way he was playing in Eastbourne, you could see, match
:38:17. > :38:23.by match, he was improving. He loves to be there. The craziness of
:38:24. > :38:27.Wimbledon. He seemed in a good mood coming in, he was pointing out
:38:28. > :38:32.problems with the court. A few things are annoying him and he might
:38:33. > :38:36.have a point. The shoulder could be problematic, he said he didn't want
:38:37. > :38:41.to talk about it in the second week and it wasn't just today, it has
:38:42. > :38:45.been lingering. When you are hanging around until late last night, you
:38:46. > :38:48.come out at 12pm and now you only have 24 hours before you play
:38:49. > :38:54.verdict who is going to have a day off... -- played Tomas Berdych. He
:38:55. > :38:58.has had this before with Andre Ellington Mario in his camp, they
:38:59. > :39:08.will have a talk and he will calm down -- Andree and Mario. Up
:39:09. > :39:11.Let's have a look at one match that did manage to get
:39:12. > :39:14.The runner-up from two years ago, Garbine Muguruza, who is trying
:39:15. > :39:17.to become the first Spanish winner here at Wimbledon since the coach
:39:18. > :39:19.she has in her corner, Conchita Martinez.
:39:20. > :39:27.look at what Kuznetsova was wearing as an earring here. I don't know if
:39:28. > :39:32.this is a sign of safety first, it is a safety pin in her earring. She
:39:33. > :39:34.hasn't dropped a set so far, scampering around like a spring
:39:35. > :39:38.chicken. We join it early in the first set
:39:39. > :39:40.with Kuznetsova serving. Commentary from Gigi Salmon
:39:41. > :39:53.and Annabel Croft. Kuznetsova, 32 years old now, has
:39:54. > :39:54.been as high as number two, currently number eight, the seventh
:39:55. > :40:19.seed here. She has kind of altered her service
:40:20. > :40:24.motion over the years, she experimented. She had shoulder
:40:25. > :40:35.problems a while back. Sometimes she goes for broke on the first serve.
:40:36. > :40:45.Just missing. Feels as if she is with the wind down this side so that
:40:46. > :40:53.one flattened out a bit, needs a bit more spin on the ball. The last
:40:54. > :40:56.serve was only 86 mph, sometimes she pulls back and goes for spin so as
:40:57. > :41:16.an opponent you must guess what she's going to go for.
:41:17. > :41:23.And from holding to love, Kuznetsova has been broken to love.
:41:24. > :41:27.Service holds for both players until Garbine Muguruza comes out to
:41:28. > :41:44.She'll be disappointed with that, you can see, getting quite bizarre
:41:45. > :41:49.serrated with herself. That was an opportunity, wasn't it, the floated
:41:50. > :43:12.second serve -- quite annoyed with herself.
:43:13. > :43:21.There is another freedom point off that serve. Found it difficult to
:43:22. > :43:58.read some of these serves, she has mixed it up well today.
:43:59. > :44:15.Once again, that kind of whipping action, the acceleration of the
:44:16. > :44:55.racket face. Fantastic rally and there's the
:44:56. > :45:03.reaction from Muguruza. 32 minutes on the clock, a clean set of tennis,
:45:04. > :45:07.a happy coach, Martinez. Looking on approvingly as Muguruza
:45:08. > :45:13.took the first sets. Some great tennis on show in the fifth game of
:45:14. > :45:15.the second set, what a rally. Great positioning from Muguruza, close to
:45:16. > :45:22.the baseline, looking to be aggressive or stop she seemed so
:45:23. > :45:27.contained. Not making many unforced errors, the right shot selection and
:45:28. > :45:31.moving well. Kuznetsova trying to outhit her. When she was throwing
:45:32. > :45:39.some slices it seems to suit Muguruza more. She didn't keep it up
:45:40. > :45:43.well enough. We join it with Muguruza 5-4 up in the second,
:45:44. > :46:07.serving for a place in the semifinals.
:46:08. > :46:17.Muguruza moving to within two points of the Wimbledon semifinals. She was
:46:18. > :46:20.going for big targets, Muguruza, not giving an inch, but greater depth on
:46:21. > :46:25.it, still that place on the ball but not going to the corner. She was
:46:26. > :46:27.just going to ask Kuznetsova, see if she would come up with the error
:46:28. > :46:44.first, and she did. That's only the second forehand that
:46:45. > :46:51.we've seen that has just rolled into the net where she hasn't struck
:46:52. > :46:52.through the ball. I'm sure Martinez's heart rate has gone up a
:46:53. > :47:18.couple of notches. Ooh! Well, well, well. Can you
:47:19. > :47:24.believe it? She has played some of those driving volleys so bravely,
:47:25. > :47:26.more difficult than that one. Look at her intensity, doing everything
:47:27. > :47:33.right apart from getting it over the net. Rolling the ball, you can see
:47:34. > :47:39.the spin and the rotation. She must have taken her eye off it a bit.
:47:40. > :47:47.There is the tension as well. Yesterday there were a few aborted
:47:48. > :47:58.ball tosses. I'm sure that her heart is racing right now.
:47:59. > :48:05.That will slow it down a little bit, the perfect way to bring up match
:48:06. > :48:12.point. Kuznetsova will have a challenge, though.
:48:13. > :48:27.It was good. That means it is match point, Muguruza.
:48:28. > :48:33.And there it is, Garbine Muguruza is into her second Wimbledon semifinal
:48:34. > :48:38.and she is also back in the world's top ten. Delight from her camp
:48:39. > :48:44.including the 94 champion, Conchita Martinez. Disappointing for
:48:45. > :48:48.Kuznetsova but today is about Muguruza, who rarely put a foot
:48:49. > :48:53.wrong, a clean performance from the Spanish player who moves through to
:48:54. > :48:57.the Wimbledon semifinals. Having to adapt to the changes, the weather
:48:58. > :49:03.today, it was colder and it was a bit rainy. But I'm happy to be able
:49:04. > :49:06.to be in the semifinals, it's a great achievement. Never easy to
:49:07. > :49:11.compare but you look so comfortable on the grass, reminiscent of when
:49:12. > :49:17.you got to the final here before. Can you compare where your game is
:49:18. > :49:21.from two years ago to now, is it a fair comparison? I was learning how
:49:22. > :49:27.to play then because I didn't play many matches on the grass so it was
:49:28. > :49:31.love hate but I have learned with experience. I feel I'm a different
:49:32. > :49:38.player, a bit more calm and figuring out what to do in certain moments.
:49:39. > :49:43.I'm improving. Is she a potential champion? Tall, strong, confident,
:49:44. > :49:47.aggressive. I can see the old Garbine Muguruza, the French
:49:48. > :49:55.champion of last year, who made it to the final two years ago. More
:49:56. > :50:00.confident, her footwork is better because she isn't trying to hit a
:50:01. > :50:04.winner every time, she's trying to move better and find bigger targets.
:50:05. > :50:10.I feel the influence of Conchita Martinez is massive on her. She
:50:11. > :50:15.likes to play more, you can see the freedom, focused but relaxed. When
:50:16. > :50:22.she plays like that I think she is right there with Venus Williams to
:50:23. > :50:24.win the title. Now to the question of who Muguruza is going to place in
:50:25. > :50:26.the semifinals. Now to the fastest rising player
:50:27. > :50:28.on the women's circuit, Magdelena Rybarikova,
:50:29. > :50:32.who has arrived at Wimbledon via titles at Ilkley and Surbiton
:50:33. > :50:36.against Coco Vandeweghe of the USA, who comes from a family of
:50:37. > :50:56.basketball players and the daughter Introducing Maddalena Rybarikova and
:50:57. > :51:00.Coco Vandeweghe, two of the more mysterious quarterfinalists. To
:51:01. > :51:08.search for clues it is better to search social media. Vandeweghe is
:51:09. > :51:13.Californian white spirit -- white spirit. She is the Australian
:51:14. > :51:17.semifinals. Rybarikova's rise is more stealthy, after injury she was
:51:18. > :51:22.453 in the world back in March but the ranking was hiding an underrated
:51:23. > :51:28.skill and now, her next trick. She had booted out the favourite,
:51:29. > :51:34.Pliskova and got stuck into Vandeweghe straightaway. The
:51:35. > :51:39.American, broken in game one. She has hired Pat Cash to guide her
:51:40. > :51:40.through the grass court but Vandeweghe was providing her own
:51:41. > :51:51.analysis. In style, Rybarikova is decidedly
:51:52. > :52:00.old school, the Slovak is a throwback, entertainingly retro.
:52:01. > :52:03.First set to the world number 87, 6-3, another surprise but her
:52:04. > :52:07.progress stalled when the second started.
:52:08. > :52:17.That was a very soft point there. Vandeweghe, in charge and changing
:52:18. > :52:23.momentum, it seemed. But the weather was also changing. A big gust of
:52:24. > :52:34.wind, this is a very open court and the league is off. -- the lid is
:52:35. > :52:39.off. Great foot speed from Rybarikova. Vandeweghe was blown off
:52:40. > :52:45.the court and not long later they were both taken off the court. Play
:52:46. > :52:49.is suspended. More than three hours later they resumed, now in the
:52:50. > :52:56.shelter of Centre. The rest had made Vandeweghe Rusty within two games,
:52:57. > :53:01.break point. Another one, can't believe what has happened. This has
:53:02. > :53:05.been a nightmare for Vandeweghe. Pat was powerless, the frustration was
:53:06. > :53:10.all the more raw when Vandeweghe showed what she could do when she
:53:11. > :53:14.saved two match points but then it bubbled over. I'm being serious,
:53:15. > :53:19.what are you talking about? I am in play. One month ago, Rybarikova was
:53:20. > :53:24.playing down the road in Surbiton and now she is in the last four. One
:53:25. > :53:28.thing is for sure, we have heard of her now. I would never believe I
:53:29. > :53:33.could be in the semifinal before this tournament. I am really
:53:34. > :53:39.speechless right now. I'm so happy and grateful. Incredible story, it
:53:40. > :53:42.really is, Rybarikova is arguably the story of the women's
:53:43. > :53:48.championships. Fairy tale, missing the second half of last year because
:53:49. > :53:52.she had two surgeries, on her left wrist and her right knee and she had
:53:53. > :53:58.to start again, she was ranked outside the top 400. She played the
:53:59. > :54:02.ITF, lower ranking and lower-level tournaments but once she beat this
:54:03. > :54:07.cover, arguably the best player on the tour this year, I thought she
:54:08. > :54:12.would be a let down but she has got better and she is riding this
:54:13. > :54:17.confidence -- when she beat Pliskova. She hit the volley, the
:54:18. > :54:22.backhand slice, perfect game plan, not giving Vandeweghe any chance. I
:54:23. > :54:25.want to wrap up some of the mixed doubles.
:54:26. > :54:27.More British interest in todays' double and we start
:54:28. > :54:29.with Jamie Murray and new partner Martina Hingis.
:54:30. > :54:34.Commentary comes from Simon Reed and Liz Smilie.
:54:35. > :54:42.What a feeling it must be for Jamie Murray. The most perfect exhibition
:54:43. > :54:48.of mixed doubles that you will ever see. So, the third round match in
:54:49. > :54:55.the max doubles, Murray and Hingis, the number one seeds, against Jebavy
:54:56. > :55:11.and Hradecka. That's good reach from Murray. There is the break.
:55:12. > :55:20.What a super lob shot that was from Murray.
:55:21. > :55:47.Delicate touch again. First set, Murray and Hingis, 6-3. Yes, there's
:55:48. > :55:55.no getting past him, is there? No, telescopic arms. Oh, that's as good
:55:56. > :55:57.a shot as he has played in the match because that was a challenging
:55:58. > :56:19.return from Hingis. The way it goes. And they are
:56:20. > :56:21.through to the last eight. A lot of fun points, there always are in
:56:22. > :56:26.mixed doubles and a lot of people gave us some great support. You
:56:27. > :56:32.know, not much better for us than getting out and playing in front of
:56:33. > :56:35.a lot of people. I had a great partnership with Leander Paes in the
:56:36. > :56:46.past and when that stopped the first option was Jamie for me. That's what
:56:47. > :56:51.she's saying! No, that's not true. You were my number one pick. A very
:56:52. > :56:55.happy couple and they are into the quarterfinals. They make me smile.
:56:56. > :57:01.The quality of the women's championships this year and the last
:57:02. > :57:06.four, Rybarikova against Muguruza and Konta against Venus Williams.
:57:07. > :57:10.You have the run of 16, the level of play from all of the girls,
:57:11. > :57:16.absolutely amazing and it's so great to see Azarenka coming back.
:57:17. > :57:20.Although the stories. I love seeing all of the players, Serena Williams
:57:21. > :57:24.not being there, it gave hope to everybody. Hope to take the title
:57:25. > :57:29.and I can't wait until Saturday to see a new champion. It's going to be
:57:30. > :57:40.incredible and we still have the semifinals to come.
:57:41. > :57:49.Gilles Muller is the man who knocked out Rafael Nadal. Cilic hasn't
:57:50. > :57:51.dropped a set yet. At least Novak has a little bit of time in the
:57:52. > :57:58.morning. We wanted to share this with you
:57:59. > :58:05.from the BBC Twitter account. The social action of the day. And you
:58:06. > :58:12.know how hard it is when it keeps raining to grab a poncho and put it
:58:13. > :58:19.on and work out which hole is which! He should start over. Whether this
:58:20. > :58:24.took longer than a set of tennis, I'm not sure if he was trying to get
:58:25. > :58:29.in or out. Tomorrow is going to be a better day which is a relief for all
:58:30. > :58:34.poncho wearers, drier and brighter in the afternoon, damp in the
:58:35. > :58:42.morning. It's nice to see that his wife is trying to help. LAUGHTER
:58:43. > :58:45.Still going! He's still going! I just think that's one of the
:58:46. > :58:47.funniest things I've ever seen, my word!
:58:48. > :58:49.Tomorrow we have Andy Murray fighting for a place
:58:50. > :58:59.That will be a great match against Sam Querrey. Can he win? Of course.
:59:00. > :59:07.Tomorrow or the whole thing? Tomorrow, both. Roger is going to be
:59:08. > :59:11.the biggest threat but I will always be Andy's biggest fan. For you
:59:12. > :59:15.tomorrow, is it federal you are both looking forward to seeing? Federer
:59:16. > :59:23.and Raonic because Welbeck beat Roger last year but Roger had a bad
:59:24. > :59:27.knee and now he is playing incredibly -- because Raonic beat
:59:28. > :59:29.Roger. Today was all about the confidence, the courage and calmness
:59:30. > :59:32.of Konta.