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Welcome once again to Wimbledon, we have tennis for you right through | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
the evening, here, but the big story here on men's finals day, is | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
that a new champion has been crowned. Novak Djokovic has dreamed | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
of winning Wimbledon and he did it today on his first Championship | :00:57. | :01:03. | |
point. Beating the two time winner here, Rafael Nadal. Not only has | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
Djokovic become the Wimbledon champion, he has become the world | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
number one as well. He has won 48 matches out of 49 this year. But | :01:11. | :01:18. | |
this is the one that meant the most. This is when he realised, as a | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
youngster dreaming of this moment, now it was reality. The wonderful | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
moment for Novak Djokovic who is the man of men's tennis right now. | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
Nobody thinking about him before the Championships. Everyone talking | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
about Rafa, Roger and maybe Andy. This man came through and he | :01:35. | :01:43. | |
produced awesome tennis in the final, to win it in four sets. 6-4, | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
6-4. Emotional scenes from his family and for Novak. I am not sure | :01:48. | :01:53. | |
he will be letting that go for some time. So that was the Tory on | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
Centre Court earlier. But we are heading back there now, because it | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
is the mixed doubles final. It is with serve, if you have been | :02:00. | :02:07. | |
watching on BBC One. We have only missed one game. It is two games to | :02:07. | :02:17. | |
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one to Jurgen Melzer and Iveta Both This one of the final finals. | :02:19. | :02:27. | |
--. There is a boys' doubles taking place and gentleman's invitational | :02:28. | :02:37. | |
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doubles final, but here we have I am interested to see the level of | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
the two women out Vesnina a top ten doubles player. She is the second | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
ranked Russian in doubles. I remember the words of Todd | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
Woodbridge, and he said he feels so often it depends on the level of | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
the woman, the performance of the woman that decides the outcome | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
these kind of matches, so we will be keeping quite a good eye on | :03:17. | :03:27. | |
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Melzer tries to break down Vesnina. It made it very difficult for bup | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
to get across there. If you watch Mahesh Bhupathi. Think it, I think | :03:56. | :04:01. | |
he has extra long arms. I think that has been the suck ret of his | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
success. You look at the extension he gets on his arms. I just think | :04:05. | :04:13. | |
he has very long arms. I think he is helped by that particular fiscal | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
attitude -- attribute. I will keep an eye on that! He couldn't reach | :04:18. | :04:28. | |
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This is good from Iveta Benesova. She was nervous in the semifinal, | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
particularly as they tried to close it out. It is a very big deal for | :04:34. | :04:42. | |
her to be in a Grand Slam final. First break opportunity for Melzer | :04:42. | :04:49. | |
and Benesova. Oh, it is Mahesh Bhupathi who fluffs his line and | :04:49. | :04:59. | |
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It has a very Czech feel to it, this year's Wimbledon, with Petra | :05:02. | :05:12. | |
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Kvitova winning the womenle's Singles. Boomer for Melzer. | :05:22. | :05:32. | |
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I was watching the mens' final earlier, the Czechs could bag four | :05:36. | :05:46. | |
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Wimbledon. It gives us a nostalgic feel. Russia seems to have replaced | :06:07. | :06:17. | |
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them. Hell ha was keen to remind me Melzer is an Austrian running the | :06:19. | :06:25. | |
show at the moment. Benesova played a big role in their run through and | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
he lost his doubles quarterfinal. He was defending the title. Very | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
depressed he was after that and they had to go and play mixed | :06:32. | :06:42. | |
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doubles. Melzer and Benesova back up that break. And that evening, it | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
was a few evenings ago, very down he was and Vesnina was a good | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
cheerleader. She cheered him up. She is smiley normally. She looks | :06:55. | :07:02. | |
tense here but she did a great job in thiv -- chivying him up and got | :07:02. | :07:08. | |
him fired up. Benesova, lost in the second round of the Ladies' | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
Singless to Azarenka. But an established singles player, in her | :07:14. | :07:22. | |
own right. A couple of titles in her career. And has a long | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
established Ladies' Doubles partnership. They lost in the Third | :07:27. | :07:35. | |
Round here. She has bounced between about 50 and 30 in the singles | :07:35. | :07:41. | |
ranking. She is only the fifth ranked Czech in doubles and singles. | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
They play in the Fed Cup final, which is the women's equivalent of | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
the day vid advice cup. I wonder if Benesova and Vesnina will be | :07:50. | :08:00. | |
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featuring in that final? That could It is great to see Bhupati playing | :08:33. | :08:40. | |
so well this year at Wimbledon. He's very much a businessman these | :08:40. | :08:46. | |
days. He has a company called Global Sports. Represents a lot of | :08:46. | :08:53. | |
India's sports stars, such as Mirza. Spends a lot of time working in the | :08:53. | :09:03. | |
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Yes, when I have seen him he has had his nose buried in a phone. | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
says it is difficult to hold the ambulance. If you -- balance. If | :09:11. | :09:21. | |
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you need any tips on stocks she the Did you enjoy playing doubles when | :09:29. | :09:39. | |
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you were... Yes, probably more And they will hope to profit now | :09:49. | :09:56. | |
from the Benesova serve. Rpbts it is not easy playing Benesova and | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
Melzer. You never get a break on that return of serve. The serve | :10:00. | :10:10. | |
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will be swinging away from you as a You just saw the value there, at | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
the moment Melzer is the man out here. He is dominating this court | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
you. See the value of just moving, when your opponent serves. You | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
don't really have to do anything more dramatic, just make a move. It | :10:34. | :10:44. | |
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If Bhupati starts to connect with a few return, which think he probably | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
will at some stage, they will have to change the formation, just | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
switch things up to negate that, but so far, Benesova serving well, | :10:55. | :11:05. | |
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Delegating. Like it. What would you delegate to me Andrew? There is no | :11:16. | :11:26. | |
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One step closer the first set. UMPIRE: New balls please. It is | :11:58. | :12:04. | |
rather dark and gloomy. It is quite warm though, muggy and Henman Hill | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
is more sparsely populated. They are the hard-core one, the ones | :12:09. | :12:18. | |
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with staying power. We admire you. They are outside Court One where | :12:30. | :12:37. | |
the boys' double final is takeing place. Oliver Golding, young | :12:37. | :12:44. | |
English player involved and is George Morgan is as well. | :12:44. | :12:48. | |
Golding is playing with Jiri Veseley and Jiri Veseley is a Czech, | :12:48. | :12:54. | |
so Czechs going very well. I am going to try and not bump into | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
Elena after all the matches have finished. There is a lot of Czech | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
bragging at the moment. There is a lot of Czech bragging, in the | :13:03. | :13:13. | |
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nicest possible way. Vesnina Now, what I like about Elena | :13:31. | :13:37. | |
Vesnina, good solid player. One of a number of Russians in the top 100, | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
ranked seventh in Russia. She does a smile before she serves, down at | :13:42. | :13:52. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :13:52. | :14:36. | |
her opponent. Is she going to smile She lives near the Black Sea. | :14:36. | :14:46. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :14:46. | :15:33. | |
Forces Melzer at least to serve for He might have lost a little bit of | :15:33. | :15:43. | |
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He really is playing well in doubles these days, Jurgen Melzer. | :16:01. | :16:05. | |
We always saw him as a wonderful singles player. He got to the semi- | :16:05. | :16:10. | |
final of the French and beat Roger Federer in Monte Carlo this year. A | :16:10. | :16:20. | |
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former Boys' Singles winner here. I have always thought of him as a | :16:24. | :16:28. | |
player as a bit like a bull in a china shop, but he really does show | :16:28. | :16:34. | |
a lot of feel, which is remarkable considering how tight G-strings his | :16:34. | :16:44. | |
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racket. Put to good use their and Quite a bit of British success in | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
the Mixed Doubles over the years. John Lloyd and Wendy Turnbull in | :17:12. | :17:20. | |
1983 and 1984. And of course Janey married four years ago. And | :17:20. | :17:27. | |
peerages Jurgen Melzer and Elena Benesova with the first set. -- and | :17:27. | :17:37. | |
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he kitties. More people trickling What I like about these two is they | :17:39. | :17:47. | |
have really good chemistry. I wonder if we will get a smile from | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
Benesova. She smiles through her singles matches through the years, | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
and a very jolly person. They have combined really well together | :17:55. | :18:01. | |
almost instantly. Not one that is a dominant force, they really | :18:01. | :18:05. | |
complement each other. I think Jurgen Melzer's girlfriend is here. | :18:05. | :18:13. | |
She is a swimmer, a very good swimmer. She is an Olympic bronze | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
medallist. I think she is not here because the world swimming | :18:17. | :18:20. | |
championships are in Shanghai in a couple of weeks' time, so she is | :18:20. | :18:27. | |
preparing for that. But I am sure she is watching this match from | :18:27. | :18:33. | |
some sort of portal, whether they are in Croatia or may be out in | :18:33. | :18:43. | |
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Bhupathi to serve to stop the He has done a career Mixed Doubles | :19:00. | :19:10. | |
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He has not been at his sharpest, I have to say. I wonder if he has | :19:16. | :19:26. | |
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been busy trading on the phone You talk about his use of different | :19:31. | :19:34. | |
partners over the years. Seven Mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. | :19:34. | :19:44. | |
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Everyone with different partners. And he is also a wonderful Mixed | :19:56. | :20:05. | |
Doubles player. The queue around the block when Mahesh Bhupathi is | :20:05. | :20:15. | |
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And they get off to a good start in Originally from Madras. He has a | :20:39. | :20:49. | |
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house there, and in London. That is They have been very smart, | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
tactically. They have not allowed Bhupathi to get settled on the | :21:25. | :21:33. | |
returns. You can see Benesova being allowed to do her thing on the | :21:33. | :21:43. | |
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Talking about his racket earlier, he has these luxury nylon strings | :21:53. | :22:00. | |
that cost �70. I don't know how expensive the frame that her whole | :22:00. | :22:05. | |
cities. Sometimes they go up to �75. It is extraordinary -- I don't know | :22:05. | :22:15. | |
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how expensive the frame at ease Just at the moment the team are | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
able to make hay, because Vesnina and Bhupathi are not doing the | :22:25. | :22:35. | |
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basics well, making returns and They are rattling through this | :22:36. | :22:46. | |
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Still thousands upon thousands of the little green fly in the air. | :22:49. | :22:59. | |
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There were plenty day yesterday It is not just the greenfly, did | :23:08. | :23:14. | |
you see the swarm of bees over Court No. 18, during the ladies | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
Invitational final? They were buzzing around near the highlights | :23:18. | :23:22. | |
studio and just came whizzing through. They probably took out a | :23:22. | :23:32. | |
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It was Vesnina who has a bit of a straight up-and-down delivery. Not | :23:54. | :23:59. | |
a lot on the second serve. A slightly slower version of her | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
first serve, particularly by Russian standards, as they are not | :24:03. | :24:06. | |
known for one before serving. But the second serve has not a lot of | :24:06. | :24:16. | |
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cake. It is vulnerable and sits up. Melzer wins the battle of the | :24:22. | :24:29. | |
reaction at the net. He really has channelled all of his fury into | :24:29. | :24:33. | |
losing in the doubles quarter-final into the Mixed Doubles. I've never | :24:33. | :24:37. | |
seen him so passionate about the Mixed Doubles. He has been super | :24:37. | :24:47. | |
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Vesnina does nothing wrong, maybe slightly short of a length, but | :25:03. | :25:13. | |
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And it brings up to break points. - I thought there might be an | :25:29. | :25:39. | |
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extensive discussion. Surely it If no? They are staying | :25:41. | :25:51. | |
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That second serve was there to be punished by Melzer, and they take | :26:08. | :26:18. | |
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And they are in control and nail. - - now. He does like to use a hammer | :26:27. | :26:32. | |
to crack a nut, Jurgen Melzer. A wonderful stroke maker. He had a | :26:32. | :26:35. | |
wonderful year on tour in the singles and elevated himself from a | :26:35. | :26:43. | |
player that was always around 15 bought 20 in the world into the top | :26:43. | :26:49. | |
10. Always going up in the shadow of the former French Open champion, | :26:49. | :26:56. | |
Thomas Berdych, and very physical player. That was tough, always | :26:56. | :27:02. | |
trying to live up to those kinds of expectations and levels. There is a | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
lot of talk about former winners of the Boys' Singles like Pat Cash, | :27:06. | :27:13. | |
Roger Federer, and Jurgen Melzer was in 1999. He has always had | :27:13. | :27:16. | |
great promise. I think sometimes that was the frustration when he | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
went on to the main tour, because he is a fiery character. He has | :27:22. | :27:25. | |
calmed down in recent years and the results have improved because of | :27:25. | :27:29. | |
that. I think he was frustrated with not being so successful on the | :27:29. | :27:39. | |
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Well, if this Russian and Indian pairing are to get back into the | :27:48. | :27:51. | |
match they have to be a little more proactive and take a few more | :27:51. | :28:01. | |
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chances and get a bit more This pair have served very well | :28:12. | :28:22. | |
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between them. Winning almost 90 % Not often the way in doubles, but | :28:26. | :28:31. | |
we have -- not unusual in doubles, but we have not had prolonged | :28:31. | :28:36. | |
rallies. Well the reason for that is that their opposition are only | :28:36. | :28:46. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :28:46. | :29:46. | |
Bhupathi will rule that. They just didn't really pressure the Benesova | :29:46. | :29:56. | |
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serve at all. Benesova is the least She certainly looks nervous trying | :30:03. | :30:07. | |
to serve out for a place in the final. There were all sorts of | :30:07. | :30:17. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :30:17. | :31:05. | |
discussions. Vesnina much more Well, they do what they had to do. | :31:05. | :31:15. | |
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Might not re, but last year, it was Vesnina who had to be the shoulder | :31:20. | :31:25. | |
the cry on for Vera Zvonareva because they made the finals last | :31:25. | :31:30. | |
year, and that her fellow Russian had it tough. Losing in the singles. | :31:30. | :31:36. | |
As they were losing in the doubles, Vera really started to crack a | :31:36. | :31:41. | |
little, and I have to say, Elena was terrific in just getting them | :31:41. | :31:46. | |
at least through the match, without too many dramas. They didn't win | :31:46. | :31:53. | |
but she is experienced at this level. She has developed, but | :31:53. | :32:00. | |
lovely player. Struggles to break- in to the Russian teams. But really | :32:00. | :32:03. | |
making a name for herself in the doubles now. And lost in the second | :32:03. | :32:09. | |
round of the singles here to Vera Zvonareva. Reached the semifinals | :32:09. | :32:14. | |
of the Ladies' Doubles as the number four seeds with Mirza. Lost | :32:14. | :32:24. | |
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to the eventual winners. Now, If you are a good singles player | :32:32. | :32:36. | |
and a decent doubles player with plenty of stamina, you can pick up | :32:36. | :32:42. | |
a bit of cash. Not that that is what it is all about. Early on in | :32:42. | :32:46. | |
your career, that is, what it is about. So many of the eastern | :32:46. | :32:49. | |
Europeans and the Russian, they play doubles because that is only | :32:49. | :32:59. | |
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way they are going to get from A to You can see that black sweat band | :33:11. | :33:16. | |
on her right wrist. She has had terrible, terrible wrist problems | :33:16. | :33:23. | |
this year. Her partner in women's doubles has had the same problem. | :33:23. | :33:28. | |
They have been able to help each other. Mirzy has been useful as a | :33:28. | :33:32. | |
doubles partner. They made the final of Roland Garros but also | :33:32. | :33:39. | |
medical advice, that is what I call great value in a double s partner. | :33:40. | :33:49. | |
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I can hear some Serbian singing Makes me feel we are at the | :33:55. | :33:58. | |
Australian Open. There was a lot of Serbian singing tat Australian open. | :33:58. | :34:08. | |
That is what I have been waiting for from Bhupati. This is | :34:08. | :34:18. | |
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Melzer is untroubled in his serve. You suspect it will have to be on | :34:33. | :34:43. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :34:43. | :35:29. | |
APPLAUSE. Amazing from Melzer. I am not sure he has missed a ball out | :35:29. | :35:39. | |
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here. He has the bit between his Again, the pressure pouring down on | :36:10. | :36:17. | |
tn Vesnina serve. If they are to have a chance, they surely have to | :36:17. | :36:27. | |
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At 15-30 and second serve by Vesnina to Melzer. You fear for | :37:06. | :37:16. | |
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APPLAUSE. It is the only shot they have got these two. Hold it and try | :37:39. | :37:43. | |
and pressure Benesova. I am sure as this set gets to the end game, | :37:43. | :37:47. | |
really, for Benesova and Melzer. It will be Benesova, I am not saying | :37:47. | :37:50. | |
this unfairly. I think she will feel it out there, the enormity of | :37:50. | :37:54. | |
the moment, so the more they can pressure her, the better. They will | :37:54. | :38:04. | |
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Look at this end range power from Melzer on the stretch. So strong, | :38:10. | :38:14. | |
so strong with the right arm coming through there. On the double hander. | :38:14. | :38:18. | |
He is very concerned. He would love the double break here. I think they | :38:18. | :38:22. | |
feel it is certainly on. I wonder if he will look to move across | :38:22. | :38:27. | |
straight after his partner has return serve. Keep an eye out for | :38:27. | :38:37. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :38:37. | :39:19. | |
You're kidding me. The space opens There was everything in that point, | :39:19. | :39:23. | |
there was the delegation that you like so much, and then there was | :39:23. | :39:33. | |
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the kitchen sink from Vesnina and Melzer again. Wonderful | :40:13. | :40:21. | |
anticipation and execution... not sure Vesnina knows where to | :40:21. | :40:25. | |
serve for, this is when your partner can help you out. Give you | :40:25. | :40:30. | |
just a bit of support on your decision. They are going to go I | :40:30. | :40:34. | |
formation. They would love to get the first volley after that return. | :40:34. | :40:44. | |
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Almost inevitable. Double break for That is the former women's doubles | :41:21. | :41:27. | |
champion there with Hingis, and her brother used to play mixed doubles | :41:27. | :41:32. | |
together. I will avoid her if this match is wrapped up here, I will | :41:32. | :41:42. | |
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duck her definitely on the way out! Give her her moment. It is not a | :41:42. | :41:46. | |
lot these two can do about this. They have tried to switch things up. | :41:46. | :41:51. | |
Apart from doing the basics a little better, it has been the | :41:51. | :41:58. | |
Jurgen Melzer show. Happily backed up by Iveta Benesova, who has been | :41:59. | :42:08. | |
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given loads of things to put away The honour t duty, the pressure of | :42:10. | :42:14. | |
serving for this Championship falls upon Iveta Benesova. And serving | :42:15. | :42:24. | |
:42:25. | :42:25. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :42:25. | :43:10. | |
No science of pressure. -- signs of It has taken a little time, the | :43:10. | :43:17. | |
noise inside Centre Court grows. As it always does, from when they | :43:17. | :43:27. | |
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anticipate the end. Three That is long. It is there. A smile | :43:29. | :43:37. | |
and a squeal and a hug. Jurgen Melzer and Iveta Benesova. The | :43:37. | :43:47. | |
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A first doubles Grand Slam title for Benesova. Melzer has been here | :43:59. | :44:03. | |
before in the mens. Showing their appreciate to -- appreciation to | :44:03. | :44:11. | |
the crowd. Who have of course seen a marvellous day's tennis here on | :44:11. | :44:17. | |
Centre Court. And this round it off well. Comfortable controlled | :44:17. | :44:21. | |
winners as well They played the perfect match. They did everything | :44:22. | :44:26. | |
right. I thought Jurgen Melzer was the stand out player on the court. | :44:26. | :44:32. | |
Maybe that goes some way to erasing the disappointment for not | :44:32. | :44:36. | |
defending his men's title. Iveta Benesova what a moment for her, | :44:36. | :44:40. | |
lovely player, lovely young woman. Been on tour a long time and this | :44:40. | :44:45. | |
is the high light probably, of all those years out there playing | :44:45. | :44:49. | |
professional tennis. As is the tradition for the double, the | :44:49. | :44:53. | |
presentation is down upstairs, as Andrew points out with a handshake | :44:53. | :44:58. | |
to Jurgen Melzer. He will know the form. Up that go to the Royal Box | :44:58. | :45:03. | |
to collect their silverware, and a cheque, vulgar to mention such | :45:04. | :45:09. | |
things but �92,000 for the winning pair. They can divide it as they | :45:09. | :45:19. | |
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So, they will disappear from moment, A reminder of the scoreline, and it | :45:42. | :45:52. | |
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was quite simple for Melzer and Beating the 4th seeds, 6-3, 6-2 in | :45:52. | :46:01. | |
just 51 minutes. And the moment of victory and celebration here. The | :46:01. | :46:05. | |
new partnership. Perhaps we will see them again. They are off to a | :46:05. | :46:15. | |
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There is Helena Sukova leading the applause, thinking of things to say | :46:18. | :46:28. | |
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The runners up, Mahesh Bhupathi and Elena Vesnina. Sir, To the runners | :46:32. | :46:38. | |
up, Elena Vesnina, followed by Mahesh Bhupathi, a silver salver | :46:38. | :46:48. | |
:46:48. | :46:55. | ||
A few tears from Elena Vesnina. And again, warm appreciation from the | :46:55. | :47:03. | |
crowd. It has been a great run. the Wimbledon mixed doubles | :47:03. | :47:12. | |
champions 2011, Jurgen Melzer and Iveta Benesova. Champions on Centre | :47:12. | :47:17. | |
Court at Wimbledon. Whether singles or doubles, it is a special, a | :47:17. | :47:27. | |
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The 2011 mixed doubles champions, Each collecting one of the | :47:39. | :47:46. | |
Challenge Cups. That a company's their healthy checks and smiles for | :47:46. | :47:49. | |
the photographers there. And a very nice way to round off the action | :47:49. | :47:58. | |
I think everybody thought that would be a long and close match, | :47:58. | :48:03. | |
but they have been in tremendous for -- form, Melzer and Benesova, | :48:03. | :48:07. | |
and they are enjoying their moment in the royal box. So that is the | :48:07. | :48:11. | |
last match completed on Centre Court at these championships. But | :48:11. | :48:16. | |
earlier today there were scenes of joy for this man, Novak Djokovic, | :48:16. | :48:21. | |
kissing the trophy, the trophy he has dreamed about holding since he | :48:21. | :48:24. | |
started, the tournament he wanted to win above all others. He has a | :48:24. | :48:30. | |
tight grip on that famous trophy. BP -- she became world No. 1 on | :48:30. | :48:35. | |
Friday and he defeated Rafael Nadal in four sex and played awesome | :48:35. | :48:40. | |
tennis. Novak Djokovic is the big story of the championships -- in | :48:40. | :48:48. | |
The junior girls' singles was completed earlier, one by the | :48:48. | :48:53. | |
Australian, who put out the much higher ranked player of Russia. She | :48:54. | :48:59. | |
won it 7-5, 7-6. And what a shock to finish on. Well done, and I'm | :48:59. | :49:06. | |
sure we will hear a lot more from That makes it a double for the | :49:06. | :49:12. | |
Australians, because look Savell won the boys' singles yesterday, | :49:12. | :49:14. | |
and there isn't Eighteen-year-old called Bernard Tom which he was | :49:14. | :49:22. | |
doing well. And then to look out Talking of the juniors, we will | :49:22. | :49:25. | |
take you to court number one, because we are guaranteed a British | :49:25. | :49:35. | |
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winner. Oliver Golding will be up against Morgan in the boys' doubles. | :49:38. | :49:48. | |
:49:48. | :49:53. | ||
It is one set apiece as we join We did mention earlier that | :49:53. | :50:00. | |
sometimes Goulding does let the cork popped out of the bottle. | :50:00. | :50:03. | |
Important that they respond positively here. No time for a | :50:03. | :50:13. | |
:50:13. | :50:30. | ||
It is all about returns down to the diagonal service box at this stage. | :50:30. | :50:40. | |
:50:40. | :50:40. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :50:40. | :51:53. | |
Returns need to be firmly struck. Again, not quite the right shot | :51:53. | :51:59. | |
from Oliver Golding. You have to go hard and flat from that position. | :51:59. | :52:06. | |
We did talk about the fact that there are power houses there, but | :52:06. | :52:11. | |
have you seen enough variation to impress you so far in the match? Or | :52:11. | :52:17. | |
are they in need of the ability to hit the odd shot with top-spin, | :52:17. | :52:21. | |
dink it to the feet. We saw the lob from Oliver Golding in the first | :52:21. | :52:25. | |
set, but we didn't see much in the second. They did start out with a | :52:25. | :52:28. | |
rich variety but now they are going to their natural game, powering | :52:28. | :52:34. | |
through. That one needed to go down to the toes. That is what happens | :52:34. | :52:39. | |
when you get a little tight. The hands can stiffen up a bit. Of | :52:39. | :52:44. | |
course, this is such a big stage and the big occasion for all four | :52:44. | :52:48. | |
boys. You can understand how that might happen. But they do have to | :52:48. | :52:51. | |
take care of the small moments and the big moment will take care of | :52:51. | :53:01. | |
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It is all about you can get it together, right here, right now. | :53:11. | :53:21. | |
:53:21. | :53:29. | ||
One ball at a time, they have to Oliver Golding has just gone off | :53:29. | :53:36. | |
the boil a little bit. And when that happens in doubles it is | :53:36. | :53:40. | |
important for your partner to the GU up and get the focus back on | :53:40. | :53:50. | |
This happened in yesterday's game, and Oliver Golding went walkabout | :53:50. | :53:53. | |
on a service game. But he got pulled through by his partner. They | :53:53. | :54:03. | |
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He is earning the court and giving them a hard time. They will have to | :54:04. | :54:09. | |
change the scenery and maybe do and by a formation. Some sort of | :54:10. | :54:19. | |
:54:20. | :54:32. | ||
different stance all look. Too many I think Oliver Golding has put off | :54:32. | :54:42. | |
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But you do have to be prepared for Good skills from Oliver Golding, | :54:51. | :54:54. | |
but he was distracted, but he brought it back and refocused. He | :54:54. | :55:04. | |
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did not let that contaminate the 810 shot rally. Each and every | :55:28. | :55:38. | |
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Another phenomenal rally. Oliver Golding apologises, but he | :55:54. | :55:57. | |
certainly wanted to make a statement there and was able to do | :55:57. | :56:07. | |
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A nice bruise there tomorrow, but I can't recall the last time that | :56:46. | :56:56. | |
:56:56. | :56:58. | ||
Working that ball back into play. It streamy focused, isn't he? -- | :56:58. | :57:08. | |
:57:08. | :57:23. | ||
That was a very sensible shot from And, of course, that could be a | :57:23. | :57:33. | |
:57:33. | :57:36. | ||
He has got to be careful. Just losing his rag a bit at the moment. | :57:36. | :57:40. | |
You can understand the anguish and the pain. But the match isn't over | :57:40. | :57:50. | |
:57:50. | :57:54. | ||
yet. He needs a positive response No question that Morgan and his | :57:54. | :58:04. | |
:58:04. | :58:11. | ||
partner have wrestled the momentum He just took his eye off the ball | :58:11. | :58:21. | |
:58:21. | :58:35. | ||
Hesitancy there. Having missed the penultimate volley just now, very | :58:35. | :58:41. | |
hesitant around the volley. That puts George Morgan Ilic -- in a | :58:41. | :58:48. | |
little bit of a serving a whole. He will have to get the big ones M. -- | :58:48. | :58:58. | |
:58:58. | :59:00. | ||
It just shows you how important the first point of the game is. An easy | :59:00. | :59:06. | |
volley, took his eye off it, it missed it and suddenly there is the | :59:06. | :59:16. | |
:59:16. | :59:28. | ||
merest hint of a chance for Oliver On reflection, you could say that | :59:29. | :59:34. | |
the one easy forehand volley could cost them the title. A nice | :59:34. | :59:37. | |
response, and a lot of responsibility on his shoulders, | :59:38. | :59:43. | |
because his partner is struggling and that was a good response and he | :59:43. | :59:47. | |
will talk him round and keeping calm and get back on track. That | :59:47. | :59:57. | |
:59:57. | :00:02. | ||
The 13th day of the 125th Championships at SW19. An historic | :00:02. | :00:08. | |
day on Centre Court. Creating our own little piece of history out on | :00:08. | :00:18. | |
Court No. 1 but as far as the Fabulous match so far. Of course, | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
we are not beautifully poised, early stages of this deciding set, | :00:23. | :00:33. | |
:00:33. | :00:33. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :00:33. | :01:52. | |
APPLAUSE. Ninth ace seals the game. Such a bonus when you can hold | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
service as comfortably as that. We were talking about the momentum | :01:56. | :02:01. | |
switch in the early stages of this third set. That has gone now. And | :02:01. | :02:11. | |
:02:11. | :02:28. | ||
if anything, it is now with Golding Well taken, George Morgans calls | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
assertively. "That's mine." He despatchs that nicely. Good, calm | :02:33. | :02:43. | |
:02:43. | :02:43. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :02:43. | :03:51. | |
No call. The umpire steps in. Good Pavic was backing off there, he | :03:51. | :03:57. | |
didn't fancy another in the ribs, did he? Absolutely. Once bitten | :03:57. | :04:07. | |
:04:07. | :04:45. | ||
That will get them back on track. It is a little quieter now on | :04:45. | :04:51. | |
Henman Hill. All the excitement earlier today of Novak Djokovic | :04:51. | :05:00. | |
winning his first Wimbledon title, defeating Rafael Nadal in keeping | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
an eye on the mixed doubles there. Just about to get the trophy now. | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
It is a nice way to finish the Championships that. The screens | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
have been a real bonus, Henman Hill t screen on number one court, | :05:15. | :05:25. | |
:05:25. | :05:43. | ||
number two and three where fans can Shame, that was a good return | :05:43. | :05:53. | |
Morgan has started to hit that forehand a little better but too | :05:53. | :06:03. | |
:06:03. | :06:05. | ||
much spin on the last one. A little This will help Golding I think, | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
after that poor service game in the early stages of this deciding set. | :06:09. | :06:19. | |
:06:19. | :06:33. | ||
This one started an awful lot It is tricky for gold in that | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
situation, because that team are playing catch up the whole time. | :06:37. | :06:43. | |
They are always having, they are having to tie up to three all, four | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
all and it is quite a strain, but him doing with, so with aplomb | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
there, holding to love very assertive game. Interesting eye | :06:51. | :07:01. | |
:07:01. | :07:04. | ||
Bag to regulation for the second. That is what normally happens. -- | :07:04. | :07:14. | |
:07:14. | :07:28. | ||
Oh such a shame. What a rally. What Great get from George Morgan there. | :07:28. | :07:33. | |
Gets up to his feet. And ready to spring and so he does. Clash of | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
racket, too much power, the ball sent long. Having a great time out | :07:38. | :07:48. | |
:07:48. | :07:49. | ||
Nicely done, so close to the net, those angles are a lot easier as a | :07:49. | :07:54. | |
result. Of course, they are so confident, they are not going to | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
get lobbed off such a big serve, that is, why why they can get nice | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
and tight on the net. But we saw Golding use the lob intelligently | :08:04. | :08:14. | |
:08:14. | :08:48. | ||
Again Pavic with great hands here, getting the ball nice down wide of | :08:48. | :08:58. | |
:08:58. | :09:05. | ||
APPLAUSE. Dropping the hammer again, We are now very much this the | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
business end of this deciding set. Who is your money on Paul? It is | :09:09. | :09:14. | |
really tight. It is hard to say. I mean, the momentum can sway so fast | :09:14. | :09:17. | |
can't it, double fault here and suddenly it sways back. I am going | :09:17. | :09:23. | |
to sit on the fence at this stage, just for a change! It is only a two | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
horse race. Who is your money on? The third pair. I don't know, it is | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
tough isn't it. At the moment, I'm going with Morgan Pavic, because | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
they seem to have an edge of momentum but we know how quickly | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
that can swivel round. You? Perhaps because they have that one game | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
advantage as well, as you get to the tail end of the third set, that | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
could prove vital. Yes, we have spoke oven that early. Abound with | :09:51. | :10:01. | |
:10:01. | :10:03. | ||
energy as well right now. We need She didn't look particularly happy | :10:03. | :10:11. | |
with it? Think she got some in her hair! Now is this the chance, a | :10:12. | :10:19. | |
sloppy volley there, first point of the game. A chance now for Morgan | :10:19. | :10:29. | |
:10:29. | :10:29. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :10:29. | :11:29. | |
They only hit at 94mph but APPLAUSE. Well they have not had a | :11:29. | :11:35. | |
lot of... Opportunity the returning team there, that is so far a very | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
solid service game from Vesely and Morgan. He keeps the weight on the | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
serve, very difficult to make inroads on return when he is | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
getting the first serve in, Jiri Veseley, window of opportunity here, | :11:47. | :11:57. | |
:11:57. | :12:13. | ||
Beautiful hand skills. Gets the ball up and down with aplomb. | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
Vesely didn't quite commit to chasing that one, I think he | :12:17. | :12:27. | |
:12:27. | :12:35. | ||
thought it was going out P -- out. He has some lovely feel, those | :12:35. | :12:40. | |
ground strokes. Yeah, he has rarely missed a return, the man in the | :12:40. | :12:50. | |
:12:50. | :12:50. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :12:50. | :13:51. | |
It is all about holding your nerve now. At this stage in the final. | :13:52. | :14:01. | |
:14:02. | :14:14. | ||
has certainly been nip and tuck the He let the racket head drop on this | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
volley a little too fast. He is losing control. That sometimes | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
happens with players who double hand backhand, when the other hand | :14:24. | :14:30. | |
comes off their occasionally lose control. -- they occasionally lose | :14:30. | :14:40. | |
:14:40. | :14:56. | ||
Just made it. Great anticipation there from Vesely. He knew that | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
they were trying to create the angle with the volley, so he was | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
already on the move. And a very sensible shot, in the middle of the | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
court. Such a good tactic to use. They have created a window of | :15:11. | :15:21. | |
:15:21. | :15:34. | ||
Again the return from Golding, not quite hit with enough spin. We have | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
seen him struggle in that regard, throughout the course of the match. | :15:37. | :15:40. | |
Likes the power play. Doesn't necessarily have control of the | :15:40. | :15:50. | |
:15:50. | :16:23. | ||
ball when trying to dip it to the UMPIRE: Mr Morgan is challenging | :16:23. | :16:33. | |
:16:33. | :16:49. | ||
the call on the right. The ball was That was a good serve. Excellent | :16:49. | :16:55. | |
second serve from Pavic. A lot of movement on it, through the air and | :16:55. | :17:00. | |
off the court. It was difficult for Golding to get that back in play. | :17:00. | :17:06. | |
Nice Hanger time from Morgan. he did seem to hang up there on a | :17:06. | :17:13. | |
stepladder. A great dispatch. A There have not been many of those | :17:13. | :17:18. | |
today. Just a sloppy volley from Morgan. Again, under pressure. The | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
tension of the occasion and the hands stiffening up. It is tough to | :17:23. | :17:33. | |
:17:33. | :17:57. | ||
The slightly better return, a Remember, they were a break down in | :17:57. | :18:00. | |
the early stages of this deciding set, now an opportunity to break to | :18:00. | :18:10. | |
:18:10. | :18:11. | ||
give them just one game away from A courageous shot from Pavic. | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
I don't know many players who would have gone with that option. Very, | :18:15. | :18:21. | |
very brave under that sort of pressure. Most people would have | :18:21. | :18:29. | |
So where are we going to serve? White, middle, body? Are you going | :18:29. | :18:39. | |
:18:39. | :18:41. | ||
It is always quite telling in those discussions at this stage in such | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
an important match who makes the decision. The service, because | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
clarity is power and -- clarity is paramount. He has to put the serve | :18:52. | :19:02. | |
:19:02. | :19:09. | ||
Again, there is the top spin. That did the damage. A really good shot | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
from Golding. Yes, he got it up and down very quickly, Golding and got | :19:13. | :19:23. | |
:19:23. | :19:55. | ||
some pace in it. Always a tough This takes courage from the Croat. | :19:55. | :20:01. | |
The regular service is hard, but it takes bravery to go out with your | :20:01. | :20:11. | |
:20:11. | :20:17. | ||
least favourite surface. -- least Beautifully done. Terrific hands | :20:17. | :20:27. | |
:20:27. | :20:32. | ||
A really great a lengthy exchange. Dispatched this at -- assertively | :20:32. | :20:36. | |
by the Croat. Very, very alert. What a big holder of serve that was | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
for him. If you weren't we this earlier in the match, it was Pavic | :20:40. | :20:46. | |
who took the match either struck -- graph of the neck in a certain set | :20:46. | :20:52. | |
-- second set. It was Morgan who had played a good game and Pavic | :20:52. | :20:55. | |
really took the responsibility in the second set to say they would | :20:55. | :20:58. | |
get back into the match and this is how we will do it. And again, | :20:58. | :21:01. | |
taking responsibility well throughout the course of the last | :21:01. | :21:09. | |
service game. Yes, he has taken the ownership, and it comes down to | :21:09. | :21:13. | |
mental toughness skills. Focus, body language, positivity and | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
showing the other team you need a business. These two were are doing | :21:17. | :21:23. | |
well in snowballing their momentum. Interesting to see if Oliver | :21:23. | :21:33. | |
:21:33. | :21:59. | ||
Golding can rise to the occasion At least Vesely was positive. There | :21:59. | :22:09. | |
:22:09. | :22:10. | ||
is nothing worse than missing the Well, he is apologising because he | :22:10. | :22:18. | |
did not quite get hold of the volley. Withstanding a barrage of | :22:18. | :22:28. | |
:22:28. | :22:36. | ||
That is a little sloppy. Just seemed to lay back on the wrist, | :22:36. | :22:43. | |
and it spilled over the baseline. Real pressure now on Morgan and | :22:43. | :22:53. | |
:22:53. | :23:00. | ||
Again, the return of serve, dipping to the feet of Golding. Remember, | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
he lost his serve in the early stages of this deciding set. Can he | :23:05. | :23:15. | |
:23:15. | :23:29. | ||
recover here or will it cost him? He threw everything bar the kitchen | :23:29. | :23:39. | |
:23:39. | :23:57. | ||
sink at the top seeds there. Stood Cometh the hour, cometh the man. | :23:57. | :24:07. | |
:24:07. | :24:10. | ||
Golding performing very well under What a crucial hold. Showing real | :24:10. | :24:20. | |
:24:20. | :24:20. | ||
Never easy when you missed a relatively routine shots like he | :24:20. | :24:25. | |
did midway through the game, but he recovered valiantly. The course, | :24:25. | :24:31. | |
the more often you are in that situation, it is of Peps weight -- | :24:31. | :24:41. | |
:24:41. | :25:13. | ||
What a rat-a-tat it was. Jiri Vesely going down the line of | :25:13. | :25:21. | |
Morgan. Vesely not quite getting Probably indicative of a little | :25:21. | :25:31. | |
:25:31. | :25:54. | ||
That is a nice smash. He did not Pavic has such quick hands at the | :25:54. | :26:04. | |
:26:04. | :26:18. | ||
The nice team work to help each other around. Morgan and Pavic are | :26:18. | :26:24. | |
rock solid. Yes, looking very solid around the net, and Morgan ruled | :26:24. | :26:29. | |
that in and 91 mph but very accurate. He has recorded one at | :26:29. | :26:39. | |
:26:39. | :26:54. | ||
125 mph early in the match that is A lovely change it from Vesely. -- | :26:54. | :27:04. | |
:27:04. | :27:19. | ||
Dropping Le Hamel once more, and that is even bigger. 127 mph -- | :27:19. | :27:29. | |
:27:29. | :27:32. | ||
Even though there is only one game in it, you get the impression it is | :27:32. | :27:35. | |
Morgan and Pavic who have just worked the momentum a little bit | :27:35. | :27:39. | |
better in the deciding set. Of course, they do have the advantage | :27:39. | :27:43. | |
of being a game ahead and there is always more pressure on Golding and | :27:43. | :27:51. | |
Vesely. Yes, has returned so well and created the micro opportunities | :27:51. | :27:57. | |
earlier in the game, then Morgan started to steamroller, but it is a | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
well contested and spirited match. But both teams have acquitted | :28:01. | :28:11. | |
:28:11. | :28:12. | ||
For a nice bonus for those with tickets to Court Number One. They | :28:12. | :28:22. | |
:28:22. | :28:23. | ||
have seen some great matches. This They handled the pressure initially | :28:23. | :28:28. | |
of having to hold serve to stay in the match. Can they do it again at | :28:28. | :28:38. | |
:28:38. | :29:02. | ||
George Morgan did well to get the forehand down to Jiri Vesely, who | :29:02. | :29:07. | |
was a tall boy at 6 ft 4. He dropped his racket and did not | :29:07. | :29:17. | |
:29:17. | :29:41. | ||
quite get his big frame down to the He really was a lurch and focused | :29:41. | :29:44. | |
to this, Oliver Golding. Right on to the middle of a string -- really | :29:44. | :29:54. | |
:29:54. | :30:07. | ||
That is the favourite return of Morgan. So solid off the backhand. | :30:07. | :30:11. | |
Just taking a bit of pace of the return, so it makes it more | :30:11. | :30:21. | |
:30:21. | :30:33. | ||
difficult for the volley. Another Good hands. But again the point set | :30:33. | :30:36. | |
us wonderfully well by Pavic. Morgan's certainly playing his part | :30:36. | :30:46. | |
:30:46. | :30:46. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :30:46. | :31:58. | |
A victory for the second seeds, over the top seeds. In a | :31:58. | :32:04. | |
magnificent final. All four players certainly playing their parts in a | :32:04. | :32:10. | |
highly entertaining match. But it is Morgan and Pavic who eventually | :32:10. | :32:19. | |
SUE BARKER: And a big cheer from Court Number One crowd and they | :32:19. | :32:24. | |
were given their trophy by Anne Jones who was on court. There they | :32:24. | :32:33. | |
are, the champions of Wimbledon. Congratulations to George Morgan | :32:33. | :32:38. | |
and to Mate Pavic, winners of the Boys' Doubles. And we are going to | :32:38. | :32:42. | |
stay on the air for about another half hour to look back at these | :32:43. | :32:46. | |
Championships. Raise John is still with me and John, we are talking | :32:46. | :32:50. | |
there about the boy, because Liam Broady got through to the singles | :32:50. | :32:54. | |
final and then George beating Oliver Golding. We had two in the | :32:54. | :32:58. | |
doubles final. It is, has been a good Championships for the | :32:58. | :33:05. | |
youngsters. It has been. But as always we have to be temperate a | :33:05. | :33:07. | |
bit. There is some juniors that could be playing here that are on | :33:08. | :33:12. | |
the main tour, so it is not the best in the world here in this | :33:12. | :33:17. | |
junior, so we can't go overboard. What we have to look at is whether | :33:17. | :33:21. | |
the juniors we are watch, do they have the parts of the game they | :33:21. | :33:26. | |
will be able to make the transition into the seniors? So often in the | :33:26. | :33:30. | |
past we don't. There is something different about Liam Broady. He is | :33:30. | :33:35. | |
fiesty, think we have to take it down a level, a bit. Not go vover | :33:35. | :33:41. | |
board. See how they do when they get in with the big guys. Heather | :33:41. | :33:45. | |
Watson and Laura Robson in the women, we saw Laura pushing Maria | :33:45. | :33:49. | |
Sharapova. They can do it but we should just take it easy, it was | :33:49. | :33:53. | |
good, good experience, get good wins in front of a lot of people. | :33:53. | :33:57. | |
It is what counts when they get to the next level. It's a good start. | :33:57. | :34:01. | |
Bernard Tomic who was 18, and he went right the way through the draw | :34:01. | :34:05. | |
to the quarterfinals, you know, he is, he is a rarity in way because | :34:05. | :34:09. | |
he was the youngest one in this tournament, so in the mens they | :34:09. | :34:14. | |
take longer to develop don't they? There is no question. If you look t | :34:14. | :34:19. | |
the average age on the top 100 is 24, 25 maybe. So yes, it does. You | :34:19. | :34:23. | |
have to look at whether or not we are building, we have juniors in | :34:23. | :34:28. | |
there that have all round games, that will, when they go up against | :34:28. | :34:31. | |
the senior, they can make that difference and not just be sort of | :34:31. | :34:35. | |
good juniors but don't have the power to go to the next level. But | :34:35. | :34:39. | |
there is good signs, but there is a long way to go yet. We will talk in | :34:39. | :34:43. | |
a moment, we have friends of ours to tell them what happened in their | :34:43. | :34:53. | |
matches, first of all we had the senior mens' doubles.. No title for | :34:53. | :35:00. | |
Britain this time but as Jeremy Bates was beaten. So Cash and | :35:00. | :35:07. | |
Woodforde won their title 10-5 in that tie-break. And Hingis, the | :35:07. | :35:14. | |
champion here in 97 as a 1-year-old along with our BBC colleague | :35:14. | :35:19. | |
Lindsay Davenport. They won over Martina Navratilova and her partner. | :35:19. | :35:25. | |
Well done to them. Now in the last few days out on court 14, the stars | :35:25. | :35:30. | |
of wheelchair tennis have been Newcastle in action. Two finals | :35:30. | :35:40. | |
:35:40. | :35:48. | ||
were completed and Nick Hope can Peter fo for folk and his partner | :35:48. | :35:54. | |
are the two big names in the world of wheelchair tennis. Ladies first. | :35:54. | :36:00. | |
She is simply a champion like no other. Five Paralympic golds, | :36:00. | :36:04. | |
undefeated in singles since 2003. That is a run that stretches over | :36:04. | :36:09. | |
400 matches. I know I can win a tournament. I know I can beat | :36:09. | :36:11. | |
everybody, but then, you know I everybody, but then, you know I | :36:12. | :36:16. | |
have to tell myself it is not a for sure thing. That is what makes me, | :36:16. | :36:21. | |
you know, eager to win every single time. Something she has done in | :36:21. | :36:25. | |
doubles for the last two years. know it is a dream, a dream playing | :36:26. | :36:30. | |
here, it's a dream coming here, and the venue looks great. The people | :36:30. | :36:35. | |
are awesome. It's the whole add mots fear and the tradition based | :36:35. | :36:42. | |
here. -- atmosphere. In the final they took the opening sets 6-4 but | :36:42. | :36:45. | |
things were more tricky in the second and after the match was | :36:45. | :36:51. | |
levelled the favourites found themselves 5-2 in the decider. Cue | :36:51. | :37:01. | |
:37:01. | :37:05. | ||
It was close to losing but I never felt that we didn't have a chance,, | :37:05. | :37:10. | |
so you know, even 5-2 down I was like, you know, we have to change | :37:10. | :37:15. | |
something. But we still have a chance, and you know, being in the | :37:15. | :37:20. | |
final gives you just a bit extra motivation to fight for it, and try | :37:20. | :37:28. | |
your hardest. And despite being a two time plim tick -- Paralympic | :37:28. | :37:38. | |
Having experienced the Centre Court atmosphere, he is keen to change | :37:38. | :37:45. | |
that. I did the coin toss for Roger and Andy Roddick. It is one of | :37:45. | :37:49. | |
those experiences that is fantastic. A bit like when you are going into | :37:49. | :37:54. | |
a Paralympics. We are trying to get the Quad exhibition here for next | :37:54. | :37:58. | |
year, leading into the Paralympics. It is one of those challenges I | :37:58. | :38:02. | |
haven't succeeded in. I would love to win a Wimbledon Championship. I | :38:02. | :38:07. | |
have won most things but not that yet. There were some guys in action. | :38:07. | :38:14. | |
The men's doubles final was contested between the French | :38:14. | :38:19. | |
pairing and the Dutch pair. It was a repeat of last month's French | :38:19. | :38:24. | |
Open final but it was the Dutch pair who triumphed here. We didn't | :38:24. | :38:30. | |
do bad this week. I mean, it means really a lot for us, we won,, three | :38:30. | :38:34. | |
Grand Slams before, we never won this. Winning is really important | :38:35. | :38:40. | |
for us, especially, the fourth Grand Slam for us, and last week we | :38:40. | :38:48. | |
lost from them in a final, in the French Open, so now we beat them, | :38:48. | :38:52. | |
and then at Wimbledon, it is incredible. Lovely to see them here, | :38:52. | :38:56. | |
it was a good day for the Dutch. We wish them well in their preparation | :38:56. | :39:00. | |
for the Paralympic. Someone who didn't have a good day on Centre | :39:00. | :39:04. | |
Court was Rafael Nadal. He was on a 20 match winning streak but that | :39:04. | :39:08. | |
came to an end where he was beaten by an inspired Novak Djokovic who a | :39:08. | :39:13. | |
couple of days has taken his world number one ranking. Let us hear | :39:13. | :39:21. | |
from him. I am sorry about the result, give us your story of the | :39:21. | :39:27. | |
match. Well, the story is... He played better than me. He is 2 | :39:27. | :39:34. | |
champion. For sure I have to analyse whether, but today, I think, | :39:34. | :39:39. | |
I did a few things. When you won that third set, you must have | :39:39. | :39:46. | |
thought "I've got a chance now." Well, always. Even with two sets | :39:46. | :39:52. | |
there, I am fighting every moment, but... Yeah, first set was | :39:52. | :39:57. | |
important set, but that's, that's the thing is, I didn't play well. | :39:57. | :40:00. | |
The important moment during the match. To win this kind of match, | :40:00. | :40:06. | |
you have to play really well mentally and all the important | :40:06. | :40:10. | |
moment, that is, something I didn't. Is that what makes the result so | :40:10. | :40:13. | |
much more disappointing and annoying, because you know you | :40:13. | :40:22. | |
didn't play your best? No, no, no. You know, I accept that the sport, | :40:22. | :40:26. | |
you cannot win every time. I am happy to be here, enjoying this | :40:26. | :40:31. | |
moment, enjoying the final, you know. He played better than me. | :40:31. | :40:36. | |
That's what I can do, the thing that I can do, is keep working hard, | :40:36. | :40:43. | |
try the find the way the try to beat him this time. And you know, | :40:43. | :40:50. | |
be the second of Wimbledon is a fantastic result for me. You are | :40:50. | :40:55. | |
still very young, only 25. Could you even describe how you get over | :40:55. | :40:58. | |
such a sporting disappointment? You are maying in the biggest final in | :40:59. | :41:02. | |
the world, yet you have lost. How long does it take you to recover | :41:02. | :41:09. | |
from a disappointing result like this? You know, life is more | :41:09. | :41:18. | |
important than game. You know it is impossible to win every time. I was | :41:18. | :41:24. | |
with the trophy in Roland Garros a few weeks ago. Today I I lost but I | :41:24. | :41:29. | |
was in the final. I was there. I am a good competitor, I like to win, | :41:29. | :41:33. | |
but I accept when somebody plays better than myself, and when | :41:33. | :41:40. | |
somebody is doing a few things better than me. Today, that is what | :41:40. | :41:44. | |
happen. Tomorrow we are at home enjoying the summer. You are going | :41:44. | :41:49. | |
to fly home to Majorca, do you go fishing, do you play golf, do you | :41:49. | :41:53. | |
sit on the beach to get over the disappointment? I have a lot of | :41:53. | :41:57. | |
people round. I have a fantastic family round me, fantastic friends. | :41:57. | :42:02. | |
A lot of people supporting me. Even today, when I lost, the crowd here | :42:02. | :42:11. | |
were supporting me a lot, and that is something that is impossible to | :42:11. | :42:16. | |
to fill outside of this tournament You will still think yourself I | :42:16. | :42:21. | |
have won ten Grand Slam, which is a wonderful achievement I for sure, | :42:21. | :42:27. | |
if I stopped my career today, what I won is more that I ever dreamed, | :42:27. | :42:31. | |
so, I have got everything. I cannot be very disappointing, to lose | :42:31. | :42:36. | |
today, for sure I want to win, but I already won a lot of times in the | :42:36. | :42:40. | |
past. Yes, he has to remember that. That is the interview no plauer | :42:40. | :42:43. | |
wants to give is it, your heart is broke, and you have to sit there | :42:43. | :42:48. | |
and go through all the duties. and he will reflect in the next few | :42:48. | :42:51. | |
day, because that is what they do, the champion, because he will want | :42:51. | :42:55. | |
to make sure it doesn't happen again, and he will realise today on | :42:55. | :43:00. | |
big points he's didn't play well, which is unusual for him. Credit to | :43:00. | :43:05. | |
Novak, but Rafa can play better than that, he will be disappointed | :43:05. | :43:08. | |
but has the US Open coming up round the corner and he will be back for | :43:08. | :43:13. | |
that for sure. You know he will pick himself up. He is young, he is | :43:13. | :43:17. | |
only 25, and he has many more years at his best, at his peak to do it. | :43:17. | :43:22. | |
Absolutely, I mean he has won ten, he could still win another ten bg | :43:22. | :43:26. | |
easily. But he will be disappointed. He will work on thing, he will | :43:26. | :43:30. | |
analyse it with his coach, with Uncle Toni, they will say this is | :43:30. | :43:34. | |
what we immediate to do to beat Novak. They will come up with a | :43:34. | :43:39. | |
plan. I want to see what he does next time he plays him. Today | :43:39. | :43:42. | |
belonged to Novak Djokovic. He has the President of Serbia in the | :43:42. | :43:46. | |
Royal Box, but also the Foreign Minister of Serbia, who is also the | :43:46. | :43:49. | |
President of the Tennis Association, we can hear from him, because after | :43:49. | :43:56. | |
he spoke to John Inverdale. Listen, here we are surrounded by a load of | :43:56. | :44:01. | |
Serbian fans, what does today mean for your country? This is probably | :44:01. | :44:05. | |
the most important day in the sporting history of the country. | :44:05. | :44:07. | |
Today everyone is very proud. I don't think there is a Serb who | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
lives anywhere in the world who is not very very proud. How can you | :44:12. | :44:17. | |
reward Novak for what he has done for your country today? Well, it is | :44:17. | :44:23. | |
very very difficult to reward him for today, but what we did is, he | :44:23. | :44:29. | |
was made ambassador, and Foreign Minister I so made his ambassador | :44:29. | :44:34. | |
for Serbia. Ha was a small thing we could do to help him facilitate, to | :44:35. | :44:38. | |
travel round the world and keep doing what he is doing for Serbia. | :44:38. | :44:42. | |
Novak Djokovic is the best ambassador, that Serbia has ever | :44:42. | :44:47. | |
had, probably. Now Now you have had two women be world number one, now | :44:47. | :44:53. | |
you have a man at the top. Number one tomorrow. How important for | :44:53. | :44:58. | |
Serbia is tennis, if I say a political web, do you know what I | :44:58. | :45:02. | |
mean, the way of spreading how your country is at the moment? This is | :45:02. | :45:06. | |
indeed the case. Serbia is doing exceptionally well in tennis, and | :45:06. | :45:12. | |
probably we are punching above our weight in the tennis sport, but | :45:12. | :45:16. | |
Novak has made it possible, in every corner of the world they know | :45:16. | :45:19. | |
about Serbia, and they know in the best possible light about Serbia, | :45:19. | :45:25. | |
because there is so much to be known about Serbia. It is nobody is | :45:25. | :45:27. | |
listening, except to Novak, everybody is listening to him and | :45:27. | :45:32. | |
that is why he is is doing a great job for his country. Your country | :45:32. | :45:36. | |
has had so many issue, ten, 15, 20 years ago, is this in a sense a | :45:36. | :45:40. | |
great opportunity for a very positive spin, about Serbia and its | :45:40. | :45:46. | |
future? Definitely. I think that nobody can doubt the fact that | :45:46. | :45:51. | |
Novak is a positive face of Serbia, everybody is excited about his | :45:51. | :45:56. | |
victory, everybody was a bit surprised that jock wasn't greet | :45:56. | :46:01. | |
here in Wimbledon after he had won, like our champions but I am sure | :46:01. | :46:05. | |
when he comes next year and the year after and when he wins next | :46:05. | :46:08. | |
year and the year after next the crowd will warm up to him. Let me | :46:08. | :46:13. | |
ask you in Belgrade and everywhere else, a few parties do you think? | :46:13. | :46:17. | |
think the entire nation will be partying tonight. Watch for the | :46:17. | :46:21. | |
news bulletins from Serbia, I think there are things to be seen from | :46:21. | :46:31. | |
:46:31. | :46:55. | ||
Are you going to sing a song for I think they will be singing for | :46:55. | :46:59. | |
some time in Serbia. Novak Djokovic has merged into this superstar of | :46:59. | :47:03. | |
the game. We are lucky. We had Roger Federer and Nadal and we were | :47:03. | :47:06. | |
blessed with those two players because they got what it was about | :47:06. | :47:11. | |
to be number one and all the things you do outside of the sport to make | :47:11. | :47:15. | |
tennis bigger and bigger, and now we have Novak Djokovic who has | :47:15. | :47:18. | |
great personality and will be a fabulous number one. He is very | :47:18. | :47:23. | |
charismatic. I think he will be a megastar. Winning 48 out of 49 | :47:23. | :47:27. | |
matches, he will be number one for some time. So he should be. It's an | :47:27. | :47:30. | |
unbelievable record with the US Open coming up and he is the | :47:30. | :47:37. | |
favourite to win that. You cannot see anyone beating him at the | :47:37. | :47:41. | |
moment. A brief line on Andy Murray, you were saying that he needs a | :47:41. | :47:46. | |
coach and he should give Jimmy Connors a call. The suggestion is | :47:46. | :47:50. | |
if you want to be a great, you hire someone who was a great. That is | :47:50. | :47:54. | |
someone who has been there and done it, and someone like Jimmy, we have | :47:54. | :47:58. | |
seen that Andy has got the game, because we saw it against Nadal for | :47:58. | :48:01. | |
eight set and a bit, but the mental side is a bit behind the top two or | :48:01. | :48:07. | |
three. With someone like Jimmy in his corner every practice session | :48:07. | :48:10. | |
will getting tougher so he can compete at a level he needs to. It | :48:10. | :48:16. | |
would not be a bad suggestion. says he wants to think about it and | :48:16. | :48:22. | |
get it right and he has taken on at that clothing line. Darren Cahill | :48:22. | :48:25. | |
is a wonderful coach, but he has other people in the job he has to | :48:26. | :48:29. | |
work with because he is not full time. When you talk about what | :48:29. | :48:35. | |
separates the top, you want someone who is not part time, in my opinion. | :48:35. | :48:39. | |
Not a bad championship for him. A bad set, and it let him get away. | :48:39. | :48:45. | |
He has made two semi-finals in the last two Grand Slams. He just needs | :48:45. | :48:55. | |
an extra bit, but quite a bit at the moment, and he can do it. | :48:55. | :48:58. | |
2011 championships coming to a close. We have ground to new | :48:58. | :49:01. | |
champions here, but let's remind you of what has been happening over | :49:01. | :49:11. | |
:49:11. | :49:32. | ||
the last fortnight. Phil Jones For it was a wonderful 120 fit | :49:32. | :49:38. | |
celebration. Something special was stirring. In close-up, back from | :49:38. | :49:41. | |
her self-titled deathbed experience, Serena Williams was moved to | :49:41. | :49:46. | |
emotion never before seen from a champion. Relieved to be through | :49:46. | :49:51. | |
her opener, but more relieved to be playing at all, to have more | :49:51. | :49:55. | |
tomorrows. Tears as well for British teenager Heather Watson, | :49:55. | :49:59. | |
but so so many bright tomorrow's for her on this painful evidence. | :49:59. | :50:05. | |
She led, she was hurt, she fought, she lost, but the guts and guile | :50:05. | :50:15. | |
:50:15. | :50:37. | ||
For marathon man was back. A year after winning the long this man -- | :50:38. | :50:42. | |
match of all time he was pitched into a shoot-out with his old | :50:42. | :50:47. | |
gunslinger in power. This was a sequel less gripping, and beat John | :50:47. | :50:53. | |
was the hottest shot again. -- be Dijon. There was a new young gun in | :50:53. | :51:03. | |
:51:03. | :51:32. | ||
town, Australia's burgeoning hot Oh my goodness! Around the net | :51:32. | :51:42. | |
:51:42. | :51:42. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :51:42. | :52:27. | |
And he knew it was coming, and he Screams were a theme. The trilogy | :52:27. | :52:32. | |
kept our brave hard going in week one, and the shrieking had it ear- | :52:32. | :52:42. | |
:52:42. | :52:42. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :52:42. | :53:34. | |
piercing pitch around the ground. Out of this world. That was | :53:34. | :53:44. | |
:53:44. | :53:49. | ||
Feliciano Lopez in week one. Mrs Venus, back from five months of | :53:49. | :53:54. | |
injury woes, found the force was not with her. Zapped for a second | :53:54. | :53:59. | |
year by a Bulgarian in orbit. Her sister Serena Williams used to have | :54:00. | :54:04. | |
opponents at her will, but not after a year of injury and illness. | :54:04. | :54:14. | |
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Marion Bartoli beat her in the last A new headline star, practically | :54:28. | :54:37. | |
Wimbledon is like a box of chocolates. You never know what | :54:37. | :54:42. | |
you're going to get, and like a tough young but not too hard and | :54:42. | :54:47. | |
the soft centre. Or a brittle legend, fudging it and falling when | :54:47. | :54:52. | |
two sets to the good. An unwelcome first for the great man. Jo- | :54:52. | :54:57. | |
Wilfried Tsonga seized his moment, and it was a comeback extraordinary | :54:57. | :55:00. | |
from the win some Frenchmen. Andy Murray insisted there was no place | :55:00. | :55:10. | |
like home. Brains, heart, all on show in his road to the semis. But | :55:10. | :55:13. | |
Nadal's Tornado sent him into another mesmerising and | :55:13. | :55:21. | |
kaleidoscopic whirl. The wizardry of Rafael Nadal just two magical. | :55:21. | :55:25. | |
Until Novak Djokovic pulled back the curtain and realise that Nadal | :55:25. | :55:29. | |
is a mere mortal after all. He took his number one ranking, his | :55:29. | :55:35. | |
Wimbledon title and has lost just once all year. The air is a new | :55:35. | :55:39. | |
champion at Wimbledon! Novak Djokovic! A Serbian twist in the | :55:40. | :55:47. | |
tail at the end of the fortnight. Pure box-office. Wimbledon, yearly | :55:47. | :55:51. | |
sequel, and never equalled. And just like that it was Gone With the | :55:51. | :56:01. | |
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And indeed that is the end of the Championships. We have had some | :56:02. | :56:05. | |
entertaining tennis and welcomed back some old favourites, but in | :56:06. | :56:09. | |
the end we saw some new champion's crown and some players who could | :56:09. | :56:13. | |
stay at the top of a game for some time. It is time for me to say | :56:13. | :56:16. | |
goodbye and everybody here at Wimbledon is making their way home | :56:16. | :56:20. | |
after an exciting day of tennis. Where we saw Novak Djokovic crowned | :56:20. | :56:26. |