:00:00. > :00:20.Now on BBC News, it's time for Sportsday.
:00:21. > :00:21.Hello, and welcome to Wimbledon Sportsday.
:00:22. > :00:26.A blistering day at the All-England Club,
:00:27. > :00:29.but Andy Murray keeps his cool on Centre Court to see off
:00:30. > :00:38.A roar of relief from Johanna Konta, as she comes through a three-hour
:00:39. > :00:46.And she has company in the third round, as an inspired Heather Watson
:00:47. > :00:52.dispatched the 18th seed, Anastasia Sevastova.
:00:53. > :00:55.And it's 30 years today since the most famous climb
:00:56. > :01:04.So off I went, and it looked like it was a sort of spur of
:01:05. > :01:06.the moment thing, but it wasn't really.
:01:07. > :01:08.It was something that I really wanted to do.
:01:09. > :01:11.To go and thank my father and the team, and you
:01:12. > :01:14.know, it was a very special moment for us all.
:01:15. > :01:17.And also coming up, find out how Chris Froome took the lead of
:01:18. > :01:44.Andy Murray turned up the heat on Centre Court, and did away with
:01:45. > :01:48.Germany's Dustin Brown in straight sets. A clinical performance from
:01:49. > :01:52.the defending champion, making just five unforced errors in the whole
:01:53. > :01:56.match. Adam Wilde was watching for us.
:01:57. > :02:01.At Wimbledon these days, become less and hope, more in expectation.
:02:02. > :02:06.Nobody draws the crowds quite like Andy Murray on Centre Court, and
:02:07. > :02:12.with that, comes a certain pressure. A moment of calm before that heat.
:02:13. > :02:15.In his way, Dustin Brown, few more recognisable, few with a tennis
:02:16. > :02:21.style more eye-catching. Murray, though, has the game to match. This
:02:22. > :02:25.was going to be entertaining. Oh, that was brilliant. Please in this
:02:26. > :02:30.crowd is what money does best, and he would have two be at his best if
:02:31. > :02:37.you was when to stop too many more shots like this. Oh, wow, that was
:02:38. > :02:41.awesome! The first set was won with a mighty ace, but the celebrations
:02:42. > :02:45.muted, at least for the moment. It took until the second set for the
:02:46. > :02:48.world number one to find the shots that have brought in such success.
:02:49. > :02:56.This is what they had all come to see. Two sets down, but Brown was
:02:57. > :03:01.far from done. Here's one of the game's great entertainers, but he is
:03:02. > :03:05.also very much more than that. The delight for those watching on clear
:03:06. > :03:09.to see. Still, these are the occasions that bring out the
:03:10. > :03:18.champion in Andy Murray. An playable brilliance steered him to the brink
:03:19. > :03:21.of the win. And finally, Brown's a thematic touch -- enigmatic touch
:03:22. > :03:28.deserted him. Centre Court was royally entertained. Once I got the
:03:29. > :03:32.break in the first set, I felt the momentum was with me. I saw the
:03:33. > :03:35.shots he was great to play a little bit quicker, and that allowed me to
:03:36. > :03:37.get to some of the drop volleys but also come up with some good passing
:03:38. > :03:46.shots, and I played well. Andy Murray Strait of court there
:03:47. > :03:50.talking to that reporter, and we have got somebody straight off the
:03:51. > :03:55.court as well William Smith. He dashed over from Andy Murray's box
:03:56. > :04:06.as well. -- Lee Smith. What did you make of that performance?
:04:07. > :04:24.-- Lion Smith. Brown'S tennis did not materialise, not anxious about
:04:25. > :04:29.how to adjust his game, and it was a comfortable win for Andy Murray.
:04:30. > :04:34.What can you tell is about Andy Murray's hep? I am watching the same
:04:35. > :04:39.as everyone else and seeing a guy sprinting, changing direction. --
:04:40. > :04:45.Andy Murray's hip. The number of drop shots that is Dustin Brown it
:04:46. > :04:49.is today, there was no issue. That is how he walks anyway, don't worry
:04:50. > :04:59.about his wok. He is moving great, so two matches, all fine so far. His
:05:00. > :05:04.next opponent, Fabio Borini, knocked him out on the clay in Rome. What do
:05:05. > :05:13.you think about him? -- Fabiola Fognini. It is Andy's best surface,
:05:14. > :05:22.so it is a different story from when the played on clay. But they have
:05:23. > :05:26.had some big matches in Rome, but it will not be straightforward. Fabio
:05:27. > :05:32.is a Shilbottle, he loves the big stage, but I think Andy is in a
:05:33. > :05:36.really good place. -- Fabio is a Shilbottle.
:05:37. > :05:41.Andy Murray had to wait to get on court, and that's
:05:42. > :05:43.because the other British Number One, Johanna Konta, was locked
:05:44. > :05:46.in a three -our battle with Croatia's Donna Vekic,
:05:47. > :05:49.one she needed all her grit and guts to get through.
:05:50. > :06:01.For Brits at Wimbledon, prominence brings pressure. The last ladies
:06:02. > :06:05.home champion was 40 years ago, but Konta's path to Radzi would not be
:06:06. > :06:09.straightforward. Donna Vekic beat her on grass just weeks ago in
:06:10. > :06:15.Nottingham. She is on the 21, but she has the skills to be a
:06:16. > :06:21.superpower. Konta was having to fight for our locality. A large
:06:22. > :06:26.battle of Wills going on out there between two determined opponents.
:06:27. > :06:36.Konta found a way to seize the advantage. But the Brit had the same
:06:37. > :06:41.winning possession when these two last met. The Croatian's energy
:06:42. > :06:48.brought out the extraordinary. , What poise! It forced this match to
:06:49. > :06:53.a deciding set. With so little between them, every service game,
:06:54. > :06:58.pressure. Beyond three hours and beyond 12 games, every stride had to
:06:59. > :07:03.be worth it. You censor millimetres are going to decide the outcome of
:07:04. > :07:08.this match. To force the opportunity, Konta had to dig deep.
:07:09. > :07:16.Break points were so rare, so take them. What a battle, what
:07:17. > :07:20.resilience. It is just a nice feeling now not having to keep going
:07:21. > :07:23.out there. We were out there for a long time, and both of us baffled
:07:24. > :07:29.incredibly hard, so whoever was going to come out... River was going
:07:30. > :07:33.to draw the short straw was going to be hurting, and obviously, I feel
:07:34. > :07:38.very fortunate to have come to that. To the third round for the first
:07:39. > :07:43.time, but Johanna Konta has high hopes for here. They have waited 40
:07:44. > :07:46.years for a home champion, and they know never comes easy.
:07:47. > :07:56.You could see Donna Vekic absolutely beside herself. As Leon has just
:07:57. > :08:02.pointed out, she is back on court playing in Doubles tonight. It is a
:08:03. > :08:06.measure of how far she has come as a player. She is aware that the
:08:07. > :08:10.woman's draw is open. There is it was about ten names that can
:08:11. > :08:15.probably win it, and she is one of them, for sure. The expectation that
:08:16. > :08:18.is surrounding her now, the last couple of years of developing her
:08:19. > :08:24.own coping mechanisms, this is where it counts. That is a big win today.
:08:25. > :08:27.A dangerous opponent will beat in the final at Nottingham a couple of
:08:28. > :08:31.weeks ago. She has done really well to come through and tough battle,
:08:32. > :08:51.and it will help her to move forwards. A great when also for
:08:52. > :08:55.Heather Watson with a win against Anastasija Sevastova. I remember
:08:56. > :08:59.watching Heather at the Olympics, and she looked rudderless. She looks
:09:00. > :09:06.a completely different player now. She certainly does, hats off to her,
:09:07. > :09:11.she has rekindled the motivation. The two coaches working with just
:09:12. > :09:15.now have done terrific job with her. She is not really defending any
:09:16. > :09:20.points for the rest of the year, saw her ranking is just going to go one
:09:21. > :09:25.way. She made the final of a lower ranking event about four weeks ago,
:09:26. > :09:28.so she has in on grass for five weeks. She had a good week in
:09:29. > :09:33.Eastbourne last week, making the semifinals, so she is any good place
:09:34. > :09:39.and looks terrific today. Very aggressive on the court, signs of a
:09:40. > :09:46.player full of confidence. Yours what she had to say after her win
:09:47. > :09:51.today. I felt very good after the beginning of the match. Very on it,
:09:52. > :09:56.and more relaxed after I was my first match. I know how she plays,
:09:57. > :10:01.she is a great player, and I was expecting her to be playing her
:10:02. > :10:06.best. I was prepared for that, and she started to step up in the second
:10:07. > :10:11.set, which I knew she would. What I was able to keep my cool and just
:10:12. > :10:16.stick with her. She will definitely need to keep her cool against her
:10:17. > :10:18.next opponent, Victoria Azarenka, the former world number one.
:10:19. > :10:22.Backplane at Wimbledon for the first time since having a baby in
:10:23. > :10:28.December, which is looking good. I saw her yesterday coming in with the
:10:29. > :10:35.pram, and she looks very happy. Chipotle has a different perspective
:10:36. > :10:40.on things, but she has not lost our competitiveness. -- she probably has
:10:41. > :10:43.a different perspective. She has got the weapons, she has got the
:10:44. > :10:46.know-how, the experience to come back into a major tournament this
:10:47. > :10:50.fortnight. It will be a big match for Heather, a tough one, but the
:10:51. > :11:07.way Heather is plain, she can challenge anyone. And all for Brits
:11:08. > :11:17.coming through today. We need to talk about Aljaz Bedene, who beat
:11:18. > :11:22.his friend, Damir Dzumhur. He had to wait for his chance and he kept his
:11:23. > :11:25.composure. Today he is playing his good friend, and he came through
:11:26. > :11:31.really well. A lots more rallies, and he will now revert against what
:11:32. > :11:40.he played against in the first round, a huge server in Gilles
:11:41. > :11:46.Muller. But Aljaz Bedene is on a wave just now. I just interview
:11:47. > :11:51.Gilles Muller minutes ago. He is a cool customer. Leon, thank you for
:11:52. > :11:52.dashing over from Centre Court. We will let you enjoy some sunshine.
:11:53. > :11:55.Thank you. It wouldn't be Wimbledon without
:11:56. > :11:58.a bit of controversy, would it? We had injuries and Bernard Tomic's
:11:59. > :12:00.comments yesterday. Today it's the turn
:12:01. > :12:02.of Danil Medvedev, the Russian who beat Stan Wawrinka on Monday,
:12:03. > :12:05.and who spoke to us He was involved in his second
:12:06. > :12:08.round match against Belgium's Ruben Bemelmens, and was leading
:12:09. > :12:11.in the fifth set when he took exception to the call
:12:12. > :12:13.from the umpire, so much so that he lost the set
:12:14. > :12:18.and the match. But he took things further
:12:19. > :12:21.afterwards, and began to throw coins at the umpire's chair, in protest
:12:22. > :12:24.at what he perceived as her mistakes There might be repercussions,
:12:25. > :12:40.though, for the Russian afterwards. Not quite sure what he was saying
:12:41. > :12:46.by throwing those coins. Kei Nishikori has never been past
:12:47. > :12:49.the fourth round at Wimbledon. The ninth seed is through, though,
:12:50. > :12:51.coming through a four-setter against Sergei Stakhovsky,
:12:52. > :12:53.a man who once knocked Venus Williams knows
:12:54. > :13:08.what it takes to win here. She had to come from behind though,
:13:09. > :13:12.needing three sets to get past Now, 30 years ago
:13:13. > :13:31.today, this happened. Pat Cash won the men's title,
:13:32. > :13:39.beating Ivan Lendl in 1987, and he's been sharing his memories
:13:40. > :13:46.of his greatest day. As I stood up to go out and serve
:13:47. > :13:49.for the match, inside my head was, basically, my ego, saying,
:13:50. > :13:53."Right, you are serving for "the Wimbledon title.
:13:54. > :13:57.Don't screw it up." And that was the worst thing
:13:58. > :14:00.you could possibly say to yourself but it was so bad that I actually
:14:01. > :14:03.laughed, and it relaxed The night before, I was relaxing and
:14:04. > :14:18.visualising the match, and doing all the stuff that
:14:19. > :14:21.I usually did, and it came into my head and said, "yeah,
:14:22. > :14:37.tomorrow I am going to win, There he goes, up to the box, to his
:14:38. > :14:38.family up there. What a wonderful moment for Australia, and Cash in
:14:39. > :14:43.particular, and the family. Ball boys were lined up, the carpet
:14:44. > :14:46.was almost out, the table was set up, the trophy was just
:14:47. > :14:49.about on the table, and I went, But then I went, "Well,
:14:50. > :14:53.if I don't go now, So off I went, and it looked
:14:54. > :14:59.like it was a sort of spur of the moment thing,
:15:00. > :15:00.but it wasn't really. It was something that
:15:01. > :15:02.I really wanted to do. To go and thank my father
:15:03. > :15:05.and the team, and you know, it was a very
:15:06. > :15:08.special moment for us all. And to this day, I can't
:15:09. > :15:10.watch it on the TV. My father is no
:15:11. > :15:13.longer with us, so... But people play it and replay it,
:15:14. > :15:28.but I just can't watch it. There has his father, congratulating
:15:29. > :15:31.his son, the new Wimbledon champion. -- there is his father.
:15:32. > :15:33.People say, "It's crazy, you don't even know where the trophy is?"
:15:34. > :15:35.And I'm like, well, I'm embarrassed to
:15:36. > :15:39.But, you know, it is not about a piece of tin
:15:40. > :15:43.It is about winning that title, and having your name on the
:15:44. > :15:46.I wouldn't say I don't care about the actual
:15:47. > :15:48.trophy, but it is about winning the title, not
:15:49. > :16:05.Pat Cash reminiscing about winning the bundled on title, but he says he
:16:06. > :16:13.has not been reminiscing with even lend all. -- winning the Wimbledon
:16:14. > :16:14.title. -- he has not been reminiscing with Ivan Lendl.
:16:15. > :16:17.No crashes or controversy on the fourth stage of the Tour de
:16:18. > :16:19.France as we saw yesterday, with Mark Cavendish's
:16:20. > :16:20.broken shoulder and Peter Sagan's expulsion.
:16:21. > :16:23.But there's a new leader, and a familiar one,
:16:24. > :16:33.The Tour de France can be deceptive. The first claim to test this year's
:16:34. > :16:45.main contenders. -- the first climb. Many of Chris from's main rivals
:16:46. > :16:52.wilted -- Chris Froome. This gradient of up to 20% for a stunning
:16:53. > :16:54.summit victory, the real race was behind, as Chris Froome outsprinted
:16:55. > :17:02.all but Dan Martin to take second place. He overtook an exhausted Greg
:17:03. > :17:07.Thomas, who slips back to second. The last two men to don the yellow
:17:08. > :17:09.jersey here have gone on to win in Paris, and this is the prettiest
:17:10. > :17:14.pictures for Chris Froome. England have beaten South Africa
:17:15. > :17:16.at the women's Cricket World Cup by 68 runs,
:17:17. > :17:18.thanks to a record-breaking partnership of 275 from
:17:19. > :17:20.Tammy Beaumont and Sarah Taylor in The hosts have overtaken
:17:21. > :17:24.South Africa to move third in the group stage table,
:17:25. > :17:36.as Hugh Ferris reports. Watching on, the potential stars of
:17:37. > :17:41.England's cricket future. South Africa are an emerging force in the
:17:42. > :17:46.woman's game. Their strength is their bowling, not that that was
:17:47. > :17:50.immediately obvious. Sarah Taylor was not far behind, rapidly becoming
:17:51. > :17:59.the story of the day. The writing was on the wall for South Africa.
:18:00. > :18:06.They formed the highest partnership in World Cup history. Could South
:18:07. > :18:09.Africa pull off the highest chase. England looks like they might let
:18:10. > :18:13.this slip through their fingers. South Africa managed with the bat
:18:14. > :18:18.what they failed to do with the ball, apply pressure. England had it
:18:19. > :18:20.under control, though. Their third victory in a row, and their
:18:21. > :18:30.immediate future looks pretty positive.
:18:31. > :18:32.Tomorrow sees the start of Joe Root's reign
:18:33. > :18:35.as England's Test captain - the first test of the summer,
:18:36. > :18:38.Gary Ballance returns to the side after being dropped
:18:39. > :18:41.Spinner Liam Dawson makes his home test debut.
:18:42. > :18:44.Root will bat at four, and says he hasn't changed too much
:18:45. > :18:49.I have always said, you have got such a great opportunity going out
:18:50. > :18:52.and representing England, and it is for such a short period of your life
:18:53. > :18:55.that you need to make sure you enjoy it. Either we want to get that
:18:56. > :18:59.across to the players, every time they go out and play, you are under
:19:00. > :19:03.huge amounts of pressure. You do not need to put yourself under more, and
:19:04. > :19:07.whenever we can off-load that and have a bit of fun in the dressing
:19:08. > :19:11.room, that should happen. I think it is really good for the environment
:19:12. > :19:14.and for the guys. They naturally get on well with each other, so it is
:19:15. > :19:15.not something that is fake, I think it is really good for the atmosphere
:19:16. > :19:21.in the changing room. Arsenal have broken their transfer
:19:22. > :19:23.record to sign France striker, The deal was completed
:19:24. > :19:26.just over an hour ago, with Lacazette joining the Gunners
:19:27. > :19:29.for a fee of ?46.5 million That could go up to as
:19:30. > :19:39.much as ?52 million. Full-back Liam Williams
:19:40. > :19:41.is the British and Irish Lions only injury worry ahead of Saturday's
:19:42. > :19:43.deceiding Test against The Welshman is struggling
:19:44. > :19:47.with what the Lions camp say Leigh Halfpenny is the
:19:48. > :19:50.likely choice as cover. Warren Gatland will name his side
:19:51. > :20:02.at eight o clock tonight. New Zealand have already announced
:20:03. > :20:13.their team. Centre Ngani Laumape replaces
:20:14. > :20:15.the suspended Sonny Bill Williams, who was sent off in the second test
:20:16. > :20:22.on Saturday Back to Wimbledon and the search
:20:23. > :20:25.is on via social media for a boy who thought he had grabbed
:20:26. > :20:28.a souvenir from the American Sock threw a towel into the crowd
:20:29. > :20:41.where the boy - to the left here - grabbed it only for a man to take
:20:42. > :20:44.exception to this and Not exactly gentlemanly
:20:45. > :20:47.conduct, you might think... But this afternoon the boy has
:20:48. > :20:57.contacted Jack Sock via Instagram so he will receive his towel
:20:58. > :21:06.after all. And there's still plenty of fallout
:21:07. > :21:09.from Bernard Tomic's admittance that he wasn't injured
:21:10. > :21:11.when he called for the trainer during his defeat yesterday -
:21:12. > :21:14.leading to calls for him to have his prize money taken away
:21:15. > :21:16.from him after he said Well, today the Western
:21:17. > :21:25.Australia Police force have weighed in to the debate,
:21:26. > :21:27.their new recruitment drive centering around a picture of Tomic
:21:28. > :21:31.with the slogan Bored of your job? One of the feel-good stories at this
:21:32. > :21:35.year's Wimbledon has been the return of two-times champion Petra Kvitova
:21:36. > :21:37.after she sustained horrific injuries to her hand
:21:38. > :21:40.after being attacked by a knife Kvitova has invited the surgeon
:21:41. > :21:43.who operated on her to Wimbledon as her guest, and he's been speaking
:21:44. > :21:57.to the BBC's Rishi Persad. She is playing her second round
:21:58. > :22:02.match now against the American, Madison Brengle.
:22:03. > :22:09.She had a severe laceration of her tendons on all fingers, and to gain
:22:10. > :22:13.a good range of motion and to gain full function is very difficult.
:22:14. > :22:18.There are lots of possible convocations, even if you treated
:22:19. > :22:24.well. You cannot be sure that she will come back, and she is now
:22:25. > :22:30.training for a match. Two and a half months, and she is back, winning in
:22:31. > :22:32.Birmingham. Outstanding. Did you have the discussion with Petra
:22:33. > :22:37.Kvitova that she may not be able to do what she once did before? At the
:22:38. > :22:42.beginning I told her that it was a severe injury, there is a very high
:22:43. > :22:46.risk that she will not pass and she will not come back. But we will do
:22:47. > :22:49.everything we can so that she will be able to come back. You said you
:22:50. > :22:53.have not seen her for a month. Was that a surprise that you are going
:22:54. > :22:59.to be here, Berdych to have in England you would appear to support
:23:00. > :23:05.her? She told me that she would invite me for Wimbledon, and that
:23:06. > :23:09.was three months after the injury, but I said, let's be realistic.
:23:10. > :23:17.First goal in the healing process and we will see. The fact first goal
:23:18. > :23:28.in the healing process. I said I will answer her in the end, but I am
:23:29. > :23:34.happy that I am here. We understand that she cannot still close her
:23:35. > :23:38.racket hand, so it is amazing that she is playing at all. Rafael Nadal
:23:39. > :23:41.is in action, fresh from his astonishing tenth French Open title
:23:42. > :23:47.last month. He is playing the American, Donald Young. And not
:23:48. > :23:51.going badly at all for Rafael Nadal, he sometimes struggles in the early
:23:52. > :23:58.stages of Wimbledon, switching from play to grass. But it is 3-2, Nadal
:23:59. > :24:00.a break-up in the first set, after Andy Murray Johanna Konta have both
:24:01. > :24:17.gone through on Centre Court. Here is a plague of flying ants
:24:18. > :24:20.blowing into SW19. You can see them landing on people's faces,
:24:21. > :24:27.struggling around on the grass. Thousands of them, they have been
:24:28. > :24:31.everywhere. Happily, the ants have drifted away on the summer breeze,
:24:32. > :24:36.and so must we. Join as again at the same time tomorrow. Goodbye. -- join
:24:37. > :24:46.as again.