Ladies' Final: Sharapova v Kvitova

:00:20. > :00:23.What a happy man he must be. Unbelievable.

:00:23. > :00:29.One of the greatest matches of all time.

:00:30. > :00:34.What a shot. You cannot be serious!

:00:34. > :00:44.Arguably the greatest champion of all-time.

:00:44. > :00:57.

:00:57. > :01:02.Game, set and match. The Wimbledon This maybe south-west London, but

:01:02. > :01:12.the sun will rise in the east. Over 11 days of struggle, icons of

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:01:18. > :01:28.repute and great rank have been toppled. And so, two daughters of

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:01:28. > :01:38.Eastern promise will have the final When two sisters ruled with no

:01:38. > :01:45.mercy, she dared to challenge, and triumphed. But there Weston umpire

:01:45. > :01:49.has not crumble away, and so it has taken her seven years to return --

:01:49. > :01:55.their Western umpire. There can be no capitulation now, only

:01:55. > :02:03.domination. Her comrades have known agony and

:02:03. > :02:08.ecstasy here. But she did minds -- demands her own slice of glory,

:02:08. > :02:13.again based a Russian empress who will give no quarter. -- against a

:02:13. > :02:19.Russian empress. There can be no retreat, only revolution. The final

:02:19. > :02:24.battle is at hand, total war. The victories are known, but this much

:02:24. > :02:34.is true -- the victor is unknown. At the end of this day, the sun

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:02:36. > :02:40.Yes, Maria Sharapova from Russia and Petra Kvitova of the Czech

:02:40. > :02:44.Republic, who will contest today's final. The drama will be played out

:02:44. > :02:49.here on this famous Centre Court. A few people are in their seats,

:02:49. > :02:53.being entertained by the band in this famous arena. This match

:02:53. > :02:58.promises to be a hard-hitting encounter, with the a former

:02:58. > :03:03.champion against a 21-year-old who champion against a 21-year-old who

:03:03. > :03:09.is tipped for greatness. On Centre Court, play gets under way at

:03:09. > :03:15.2:00pm. Maria Sharapova is 24, Petra is 21, this year's champion

:03:15. > :03:18.will be the youngest since Maria won in 2004 as a 17-year-old. Then

:03:18. > :03:28.at the Men's Doubles final, the Bryan brothers through to their 5th

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:03:30. > :03:37.final, they have only won wants. -- once. The Ladies' Doubles final be

:03:37. > :03:43.the last match on Centre Court Starting on Court No 1, a big

:03:43. > :03:51.moment for 17-year-old Liam Broady. He is in the Boys' Singles final,

:03:51. > :03:55.taking on Luke Saville of Australia. The Australian did not -- reached

:03:55. > :04:00.the Australian Open final this year, so he has experience, but this is a

:04:00. > :04:07.whole new experience for Liam Broady. We will join that match

:04:07. > :04:11.shortly. As for the weather, no problems, not only today, but

:04:11. > :04:18.tomorrow as well. It is blue sky all around, the sun has been

:04:18. > :04:23.shining. There should be no disruptions.

:04:23. > :04:31.I am delighted to say that Lindsey and John are here. We have been

:04:31. > :04:38.invaded by greenfly, there are bugs... I don't remember anything

:04:38. > :04:42.like this. Do you? No. There were a couple of tournaments in the States.

:04:42. > :04:47.These flies would drive you wild, you would eat them for lunch,

:04:47. > :04:52.breakfast and dinner. They will hopefully get out of here in the

:04:52. > :05:01.next hour. We hope so. Let's tell you the

:05:01. > :05:05.Today starts with just two. At day's end, only one will be

:05:05. > :05:09.champion. Succeeding Serena. Queen of Wimbledon the last two years,

:05:09. > :05:14.the younger Williams sister began her defence against the physical

:05:14. > :05:20.odds. A gashed foot and life threatening illness forced a 40

:05:20. > :05:26.nine-week absence, which explains the uncontrollable emotion after

:05:26. > :05:34.surviving. I usually don't cry, I don't understand it. It has been so

:05:34. > :05:38.hard, I never dreamt I would be here. To win, I just wanted to win

:05:38. > :05:43.at least one match. Her sister, Venus, had endured her own injury

:05:43. > :05:50.torment, almost five months of age. Burton menswear in round two was a

:05:50. > :05:57.diminutive figure from Japan. She only surrendered in the 14th game

:05:57. > :06:03.of the final set. Victory, but barely. Junior Wimbledon held few

:06:03. > :06:07.fears for Britain's Laura Robson. Girls' champion aged 14 in 2008,

:06:07. > :06:11.she won her first ever main draw singles match this year, to land a

:06:11. > :06:16.plum role in the Maria Sharapova or shower. Then set about stealing all

:06:16. > :06:22.the big scenes. However, the fifth- seeded Russian prevailed.

:06:23. > :06:28.Nonetheless, Robson's adult career suddenly had renewed purpose.

:06:28. > :06:35.Robson was truly a threat. No round two for the juniors start

:06:35. > :06:39.with senior ambition, Heather Watson. An arm injury was cruel

:06:39. > :06:45.misfortune for the talented teenager, who lost in three and

:06:45. > :06:51.couldn't conceal the her it. It is just frustrating, and I am

:06:51. > :07:01.disappointed that I lost. Abbey experience did before? I have never

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:07:02. > :07:07.told anything like this. -- never The Britain's other wildcards fell

:07:07. > :07:12.at the first. Those there by right moved on, Anne Keothavong was

:07:13. > :07:18.unfortunate to face Petra Kvitova in round two, and eventual finalist

:07:18. > :07:23.sliding through the gears. Elena Baltacha briefly had the home fires

:07:23. > :07:27.smouldering, if not roaring. She appeared poised for victory in the

:07:28. > :07:34.second round against Shuai Peng, only to lose her poise and the

:07:34. > :07:41.match. British interest, over. That we expect, but Vera Zvonareva pot

:07:41. > :07:46.shock exit was shocking. Runner-up last year, number two seed this,

:07:46. > :07:50.she was beaten by the woman she beat in the semis last year,

:07:50. > :07:56.Tsvetana Pironkova. Piles of the unexpected are her speciality. In

:07:56. > :08:04.2010, she beat Venus Williams -- tales of the unexpected. In 2011,

:08:04. > :08:08.she did it again, and how. Venus, vanquished, on last 16 day. Just

:08:08. > :08:11.over an hour after Serena had been swatted off court by former

:08:11. > :08:15.finalist Marion Bartoli. The Frenchwoman allowed her father back

:08:15. > :08:19.in the box after banishing him in the previous round, and did dad

:08:19. > :08:24.proud. Some said winning the title after a year out would have been

:08:24. > :08:29.bad for the women's game. Can you appreciate that? Does this result

:08:29. > :08:33.show it is competitive? Yeah, I am super happy that I lost. Go,

:08:33. > :08:38.women's tennis! Bartoli next came up against

:08:38. > :08:42.another comeback girl in Sabine Lisicki. The German wildcard made a

:08:42. > :08:46.name two years ago by reaching the quarters, and reminded us of her

:08:46. > :08:52.enormous talent and resilience as she fought from the brink of

:08:52. > :08:55.elimination to oust lean are under the Centre Court roof. Just a year

:08:55. > :09:00.after learning to walk again following serious injury. It was

:09:00. > :09:05.very hard, I had to start from 0 after being on crutches was seven

:09:05. > :09:09.weeks. It means so much, winning the title in Birmingham, and

:09:09. > :09:15.getting the wildcard. I appreciate it so much, to be back in Wimbledon.

:09:15. > :09:19.It is a place I love so much. been used Steffi Graf, but the

:09:19. > :09:24.first Sabine Lisicki, she insisted. She ground out a three-set quarter-

:09:24. > :09:29.final win over Bartoli. World number one and top seed, Caroline

:09:29. > :09:33.Wozniacki, was the anticipated last eight opponent for Sharapova.

:09:33. > :09:42.Dominika Cibulkova did not like that idea and down to the Danish

:09:42. > :09:52.player in three. Wozniacki awaits a major title break through, whilst

:09:52. > :09:53.

:09:53. > :09:57.Sharapova awaited the 24th seed Sharapova's grunting is the stuff

:09:57. > :10:02.of solid legend. 4th seed Victoria Azarenka has given her a pitch

:10:02. > :10:09.fight in the old gettable duel. The Belorussian squealed away into her

:10:09. > :10:13.first Grand Slam semi-final. Petra had been pushed to three sets by

:10:14. > :10:19.Pironkova. Could it have a, beaten by Serena Williams at this stage a

:10:20. > :10:29.year ago, came through the semi- finals this time -- could be to

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:10:30. > :10:34.The three-set affair was followed by wobbly serving from Sharapova,

:10:34. > :10:40.in an otherwise ritual romp over Lisicki, whose heroics have all

:10:40. > :10:45.been used up. Maria, back in the final for the first time since 2004.

:10:45. > :10:48.It means so much. It is interesting, it is a whole

:10:48. > :10:54.change. At the French Open, Maria was the youngest semi-finalist, and

:10:54. > :11:00.here she was the oldest. It release shows the difference on the two

:11:00. > :11:05.services and what players excel on the grass and on the clay. -- the

:11:06. > :11:12.two surfaces. These two players are playing the best tennis. There will

:11:12. > :11:20.be a lot of big hitting, but it will come down to the serve. Serve,

:11:20. > :11:26.and no, I think. -- and nerve. Sharapova had a horrible day

:11:26. > :11:31.serving. What is going to happen if she serves well? Petra Kvitova is

:11:31. > :11:36.in a position she has never been in before. They remind me a lot of

:11:36. > :11:41.each other. The way they strike the ball. She has worked herself into

:11:41. > :11:45.much better shape. I wonder what do you think the upside is, as far as

:11:46. > :11:51.movement. That is always key, the game has become so athletic, I am

:11:51. > :11:55.thinking she can win multiple Grand Slams. Absolutely, she is going to

:11:55. > :11:59.win a Grand Slam. She plays a big style of game, she is so much

:11:59. > :12:07.better than last year, she keeps improving. To have the advantage of

:12:07. > :12:10.being a lefty, have that serve and get three points, is so key. She is

:12:10. > :12:13.right into the limelight now. Martina has picked her to win and I

:12:13. > :12:18.think you are picking as well? started the tournament with

:12:18. > :12:23.Sharapova and I still think she is a great player, but watching Petra

:12:23. > :12:28.Kvitova and how she has handled the pressure, she played a terrible

:12:28. > :12:32.second set against Azarenka and it has not phased out. You have to be

:12:32. > :12:42.fearless in these big matches and she is certainly that. A lefty

:12:42. > :12:42.

:12:42. > :12:47.serve. Should that be allowed, to switch midstream? She is in the

:12:47. > :12:52.Royal Box, she is a royalty today. Don't rabbit in! Sharapova has won

:12:52. > :12:57.this, a couple of other majors -- don't rub it in. I'll be surprised

:12:57. > :13:02.if Petra go back to her is not overwhelmed, feeling the pressure -

:13:02. > :13:06.- if Petra Kvitova is not overwhelmed. In the first set

:13:06. > :13:16.against Azarenka, it looked like she could beat anyone, at any time.

:13:16. > :13:19.But then it's set in, oh my God, I am about to be in the finals.

:13:19. > :13:24.has worked so hard for the last three years to get back to this

:13:24. > :13:30.point. She is not a player that let's opportunity go by very easily.

:13:30. > :13:34.This is her earlier today, she is a great competitor. I call her the

:13:34. > :13:39.Rafa Nadal of the women's tour. I think she is one of the fiercest

:13:39. > :13:44.competitors men, all-women, in the history of our sport. Given the

:13:44. > :13:49.success, the money and endorsements, I think she has done a fantastic

:13:49. > :13:55.job of being able to put that aside, when she trains and plays matches.

:13:55. > :14:05.It is hard to do. She is the highest paid female athlete in the

:14:05. > :14:06.

:14:06. > :14:09.world -- highest paid. She still $24 million in a year, only 2

:14:09. > :14:19.million in prize-money. It is a whole different EEF -- whole

:14:19. > :14:20.

:14:20. > :14:24.You have got to find an excuse was serving 13 double faults. She had

:14:25. > :14:31.two break six-times, I am not sure she is going to get as many chances.

:14:31. > :14:36.-- she had to break six-times. last two big matches, semi-finals

:14:36. > :14:41.of the French and here, the serve went away again. She will be under

:14:41. > :14:47.more pressure with Petra Kvitova's return. She will have to find the

:14:47. > :14:50.rhythm. That is what can go off for have. She will have to have a good

:14:50. > :15:00.serving day. Petra could it ever did not have a great serving day

:15:00. > :15:08.

:15:08. > :15:15.Over she strikes the ball so well, she ends the point won the second

:15:16. > :15:20.shot. The first serve percentage, I think shook would be doing well --

:15:20. > :15:26.she would do well to take some pressure off. Maria has a huge win.

:15:26. > :15:30.Can you get over it when you get to the lips on the serve? Maria seems

:15:30. > :15:37.to block things are better than anyone. She has had this problem

:15:37. > :15:40.for a few years. She gets a bit more tense on the court and you can

:15:40. > :15:46.see that. She worked on her serve yesterday, will work on it today,

:15:46. > :15:56.she will be trying to stay relaxed on it. Against Lisicki started with

:15:56. > :15:59.

:15:59. > :16:04.two double faults in the first game To she has a stubborn mentality,

:16:04. > :16:08.she goes for huge second serves and that gets there in trouble when the

:16:08. > :16:12.toss is not in the correct spot. will continue our build up in about

:16:12. > :16:17.25 minutes. Enjoy your land, sorry we delayed you, you can join your

:16:17. > :16:22.husband in the Royal Box. I will enjoy my lunch in the cafeteria.

:16:22. > :16:25.will be heading off to Court No 1 to see the Boys' Singles final,

:16:25. > :16:28.featuring the 17-year-old, Liam Broady. We will hear from him in a

:16:28. > :16:38.moment but let's remind you of the incredible semi-final victory from

:16:38. > :16:46.

:16:46. > :16:49.Liam Broady is through to the final. I tried to treat it like any other

:16:50. > :16:54.match. He is a fantastic player, one of the better players here,

:16:54. > :16:58.which is why he is in the semi- finals, and I managed to come out

:16:58. > :17:02.in -- with a win. What does it mean to be in the final? It means

:17:02. > :17:06.everything. It would mean even more if I won it. After the Boys'

:17:06. > :17:11.Doubles last year, it feels great. The last British boy to win,

:17:11. > :17:14.Stanley Matthews, 1962, are you aware of the history of what you

:17:14. > :17:19.are trying to achieve? I have been told a few times already. It

:17:19. > :17:22.doesn't matter to me. It is one match to focus on and try to get

:17:22. > :17:26.the best result for us up growing up, when did you start thinking

:17:26. > :17:29.about tennis? I have been playing since I was about four. Eight or

:17:29. > :17:34.nine, I started to play tennis instead of football and other

:17:34. > :17:37.sports. I understand there is no funding from the LTA. Going further

:17:37. > :17:42.back when you were 14, I remember reading that you were funded

:17:42. > :17:46.because your parents had to sell their house, is this right? Yes. We

:17:46. > :17:50.had two houses on the same road, my dad used to rent one of them out.

:17:50. > :17:56.We ended up selling one and moving into the next one, to help fund the

:17:56. > :18:01.tennis. Did you have childhood heroes growing up? I love watching

:18:01. > :18:06.Federer and Rafa, I enjoyed watching Henman as well. I watched

:18:06. > :18:11.him in the French, the semi-finals one year. I love to his game and

:18:11. > :18:16.the way he played. You have had a knock with rapper in the practice

:18:16. > :18:20.courts. Yes, last year. I learnt a lot about the intensity that you

:18:20. > :18:24.need, even in the practice. To almost contribute to the match

:18:24. > :18:28.court. Obviously, he is an incredible fighter and that is what

:18:28. > :18:33.he brings to the game. A lot of young tennis players are loath to

:18:33. > :18:36.make predictions, or tell people what their ambitions are. For me, I

:18:36. > :18:42.focus year by year. I would love to be number one in the world, top 10

:18:42. > :18:45.in the world. I will see how far I can take it. Thoughts of appearing

:18:45. > :18:51.on the final on Court one? It will be one of the greatest experiences

:18:51. > :18:55.I have had. I did it in the doubles but on the singles, it will be

:18:55. > :19:01.something else. The match is under way and it has started very well

:19:01. > :19:05.for Liam, he has a break of serve, leading 2-1 against Luke Saville of

:19:05. > :19:09.Australia, hoping to become the first British buoyed to win the

:19:09. > :19:19.championship since Sir Stanley Matthews Junior in 1962. -- first

:19:19. > :19:20.

:19:20. > :19:23.COMMENTATORS: A very confident start, just broken the serve of the

:19:23. > :19:30.Australian. He had a couple of break points. He needed the second

:19:30. > :19:36.one. A confident opening to this match. They have similar game

:19:36. > :19:41.styles. They like to play from the back predominantly. Any opportunity

:19:41. > :19:45.will come forward. Liam Broady, a bit more solid at the moment. We

:19:45. > :19:49.alluded to the fact that the sense of occasion is everything out here.

:19:49. > :19:59.It is all about the start of this match, Broady coming out of the

:19:59. > :20:24.

:20:24. > :20:28.We know he has to take the ball. It is easy to miss those, they are

:20:29. > :20:32.fine margins, it low and flat over the net. He doesn't want to back

:20:32. > :20:42.off too much and give too much space and time to his Australian

:20:42. > :20:48.

:20:48. > :20:51.Both players, predominantly happy to trade blows from the baseline.

:20:51. > :21:01.Luke Saville, in particular, has shown a propensity for coming into

:21:01. > :21:20.

:21:20. > :21:30.the net, which Broady will need to 17-year-old from Stockport. Which

:21:30. > :21:45.

:21:45. > :21:55.is where Fred Perry came from. Need I am not sure that Fred used to

:21:55. > :22:33.

:22:33. > :22:37.blast them down 110 miles an hour. Shots serving from Broady.

:22:37. > :22:47.consolidates the break in the previous game as well. -- sharp

:22:47. > :22:51.

:22:51. > :23:01.Doesn't look like a 17-year-old who would be unnerved by the occasion.

:23:01. > :23:05.

:23:05. > :23:10.It is hard to remember a time when That was right on the line, Savell

:23:10. > :23:20.was very quick to hold his racket in the air, and summoned Hawk-Eye -

:23:20. > :23:23.

:23:23. > :23:33.- Saville was very quick. He was a little too hasty. Yes, the weight

:23:33. > :24:03.

:24:03. > :24:13.Blonde hair, white back-to-front baseball cap. Quite a fan of

:24:13. > :24:46.

:24:46. > :24:50.He needs some of the battling spirit here, though. Because if he

:24:50. > :25:00.is unsuccessful with this walk I challenge, he is two break points

:25:00. > :25:27.

:25:27. > :25:33.He was right to challenge. It is one of the characteristics of

:25:33. > :25:37.Broady's play, that if he does get beaten by a good shot, he tends to

:25:37. > :25:47.acknowledge the shot, which is unusual. I think it is positive, it

:25:47. > :26:02.

:26:02. > :26:06.An ace followed by another double fault, and another break point.

:26:06. > :26:16.There's Tyson, on the right, with the baseball cap, on the coaching

:26:16. > :26:29.

:26:29. > :26:35.Oh, he's got it! Saville, the bravery to come to the net. Broady,

:26:35. > :26:41.the effrontery to beat him. Yes, it was a fantastic forehand pass,

:26:41. > :26:46.threaded the needle down the line, beautifully done. You feel he has

:26:46. > :26:56.to ride the wave of support and emotion that this No 1 Court crowd

:26:56. > :26:56.

:26:56. > :27:02.are giving him. He has got a double break. There is his father, Simon.

:27:02. > :27:07.He has contributed so much to his tennis career. He flew back from

:27:07. > :27:11.Spain yesterday, where he had been looking after his daughter, Naomi,

:27:11. > :27:16.who played in the first round of the women's singles at the

:27:16. > :27:21.beginning of these Championships. She lost to Anne Keothavong. Talent

:27:21. > :27:26.runs through the family. It is all about what they can do. They are

:27:26. > :27:31.doing it on their own at the moment. With all the expense, having two

:27:31. > :27:41.children on the tennis circuit, tennis First as a charity has

:27:41. > :27:44.

:27:44. > :27:49.It has been cash well invested so far, if early indications here are

:27:49. > :27:59.anything to go by. Broady, with two breaks at the start of this final,

:27:59. > :28:16.

:28:16. > :28:26.Something about a left-hander. There is an added elegance. Because

:28:26. > :28:34.the right hander is played in so few left-handers, it feel -- the

:28:34. > :28:38.right-handers play against so few It is hard to imagine that his

:28:38. > :28:48.quest to become the first Briton to win this title for nearly 50 years

:28:48. > :29:02.

:29:02. > :29:12.Beware, the Australian, that was some return. Didn't he get hold of

:29:12. > :29:25.

:29:25. > :29:35.You feel Saville, squeezing Broady a little more with the approach

:29:35. > :29:35.

:29:35. > :30:26.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:30:26. > :30:36.behind the forehand as well, to put The error from Broady gives Saville

:30:36. > :31:08.

:31:08. > :31:16.Held his nerve well. It was a difficult moment on the second

:31:16. > :31:26.serve. Absolutely, he will be delighted that that return from

:31:26. > :31:38.

:31:38. > :31:48.All the work they have done at the Nottingham Tennis Centre, leading

:31:48. > :32:27.

:32:27. > :32:35.He needed to get his legs down It was neat play from Saville, and

:32:35. > :32:45.it brings another break point. Both boys wrestling with the sense

:32:45. > :32:45.

:32:45. > :33:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:33:46. > :33:48.The money serve coming to the He has got all the approved routes

:33:48. > :33:58.to goal long way in British tennis, keeping the audience on the edge of

:33:58. > :34:13.

:34:13. > :34:23.There was a rather sombre field to win will today after Andy Murray's

:34:23. > :34:42.

:34:43. > :34:52.Shots like that will help. Fabulous serving, and what a follow-up.

:34:53. > :35:27.

:35:27. > :35:37.By some distance, the longest game In some respects, that will give

:35:37. > :35:38.

:35:38. > :35:43.him as much confidence as breaking Saville's serve. Absolutely, that

:35:44. > :35:53.was a really important long game. It is tough to lose games like that,

:35:54. > :35:54.

:35:54. > :36:04.but great to come out on the right side of it. Broady just the second

:36:04. > :36:04.

:36:04. > :36:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:36:45. > :36:53.Briton to make the final in nearly One thing you can say about the

:36:53. > :37:03.Aussie, he has eaten anything short. Yes, Luke Saville does need to find

:37:03. > :37:26.

:37:26. > :37:36.another gear, and it seems he is He grew up on a diet of videos of

:37:36. > :37:49.

:37:49. > :37:55.Marcelo Rios, the great Chilean That wasn't an easy overhead, he

:37:55. > :38:05.would have been looking right into the sun. Yes, he watches it very

:38:05. > :38:05.

:38:05. > :38:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:38:46. > :38:52.Second time in this game we have seen the ferocity of the Broady

:38:52. > :39:02.forehand. There is a really encouraging, metallic sound about

:39:02. > :39:02.

:39:02. > :40:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:40:52. > :40:56.SUE BARKER: Here on BBC One, we're going to leave this match. We will

:40:56. > :41:06.keep you up-to-date with it of course. If you want to continue

:41:06. > :41:11.

:41:11. > :41:21.watching, you can do so by pressing Here on BBC One, we're going to

:41:21. > :41:21.

:41:21. > :42:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:42:12. > :42:16.I'm delighted to say, I'm joined by Tracy Austin. This is a lovely

:42:16. > :42:19.match-up, a former champion back to match-up, a former champion back to

:42:19. > :42:21.her best, and one of the rising stars of the game. Very much so,

:42:21. > :42:26.and they have such a similar style of play.

:42:26. > :42:30.They both hit the ball just about as hard as they can on every stroke.

:42:30. > :42:36.One leftie, one with a ton of experience. And then of course

:42:36. > :42:39.Kvitova, her first Grand Slam final. How will she handle the situation?

:42:39. > :42:44.How will she handle the nerves? That will be critical. And of

:42:44. > :42:48.course, the nerves will be kicking in right now. We will take a look

:42:48. > :42:58.at both players, starting with Maria Sharapova, one of sport's

:42:58. > :43:08.

:43:08. > :43:11.Every once in a while, you get a sports star with that extra sparkle.

:43:11. > :43:21.But it is the craft behind the beauty that gives the final product

:43:21. > :43:21.

:43:21. > :43:26.its polish. Creating the perfect Maria was a labour of love. Her

:43:26. > :43:32.parents fled to Chernobyl for Siberia in search of the best

:43:32. > :43:40.opportunities for their daughter. My father was just a big tennis fan.

:43:40. > :43:45.He loved to play at the weekend. I used to come with him and watch.

:43:45. > :43:53.Kafelnikov's father, who used to play with my dad, gave me one of

:43:53. > :43:58.Kafelnikov's rackets. I played with that. The next move was to Florida,

:43:58. > :44:04.and the academy of Nick Bollettieri. The dream was finally crystallised

:44:04. > :44:11.at Wimbledon in 2004, when a 17- year-old Maria Ouch on all before

:44:11. > :44:16.her. I just kept doing better and better. I got to the quarter-finals,

:44:16. > :44:21.and then all of a sudden I was in the semis. I was beyond ecstatic. I

:44:21. > :44:25.was almost ready to go home, I was so happy. I was playing in the

:44:25. > :44:35.Davenport in the semi-final, and she was up, and then there was a

:44:35. > :44:37.

:44:37. > :44:43.rain delay. We came back and I And then, going into the final, I

:44:43. > :44:47.was just fearless. When you won, we were all reminded

:44:47. > :44:52.that actually, you were still a teenager. You were trying to find

:44:52. > :44:59.your mum, you went up and hug your father in the stands. It was a real

:44:59. > :45:05.reminder that you were still girl. I still feel like that, at 24 years

:45:06. > :45:14.old! She might still feel like girl, but she is the highest earning

:45:14. > :45:23.sportswoman on the planet. And she has got the diamonds to prove it.

:45:23. > :45:28.Bespoke earrings for every match. She really is living the dream.

:45:28. > :45:32.very fortunate to have the life that I have. I'm very fortunate to

:45:32. > :45:35.be a tennis player. But I want people to see that the bright side

:45:35. > :45:39.of things, when you're lifting the trophy is, only comes after putting

:45:39. > :45:44.a lot into it. It seems very glamorous, and you get your picture

:45:44. > :45:49.taken and all of that, but at the end of the day, I'm a pretty simple

:45:49. > :45:58.person. It has been an emotional ride since she first burst on the

:45:58. > :46:08.scene. Two more grand-slam titles were followed by a career-

:46:08. > :46:14.

:46:14. > :46:18.threatening shoulder injury, which The journey from teenage gem to 24-

:46:18. > :46:23.year-old woman has not been smooth, but Maria's strength carried her

:46:23. > :46:28.through. I have a lot more experience now, I have gone through

:46:28. > :46:33.a lot, the good and the band, the injuries, the Tuft days. It has

:46:33. > :46:38.been a long journey, but I do not regret one tough day, that bills a

:46:38. > :46:42.lot of character. I have learned a lot. I'm very happy to be at my age.

:46:42. > :46:47.It is those tough times which would make victory today more precious

:46:47. > :46:51.than anything she has achieved before. If I was able to win

:46:51. > :46:56.another major, after my injury, it would mean a lot more than the

:46:56. > :47:00.others I have won. Simply because when something is taken away from

:47:00. > :47:06.you, you have a lot of time to think how lucky you are to be

:47:06. > :47:08.playing the game of tennis. I'm a big competitor, and there is

:47:08. > :47:15.nothing like that feeling when you're in front of thousands of

:47:15. > :47:19.people, and you're just trying to win a match. When you wake up in

:47:19. > :47:29.the morning and you're not going out to make yourself at a, I missed

:47:29. > :47:33.

:47:33. > :47:38.that feeling, and I realised that I It is an incredible story. She's

:47:38. > :47:43.talking about the injury, the operation, that was career-

:47:44. > :47:48.threatening... It really was. She had the injury, and then she had

:47:48. > :47:52.rehabilitation down in Phoenix. She would be flying back and forth from

:47:52. > :47:58.Los Angeles. She did not really want the surgery, because it was

:47:58. > :48:02.not 100% guaranteed to work. The rehab didn't work, so she had to

:48:02. > :48:07.have the surgery in New York. Still it was not 100% that she was going

:48:07. > :48:12.to come back. That's why, if she would be able to win a Grand Slam,

:48:12. > :48:16.after having that shoulder surgery in October 2008, it would be worth

:48:17. > :48:22.all of the other three Grand Slams combined. It is a different Maria

:48:22. > :48:27.now, seven years have passed, she's still only 24! But daddy's not here,

:48:27. > :48:33.he will not be in the players' box. And of course, he was so

:48:33. > :48:37.instrumental in 2004. Yes, he has been there every step of the way,

:48:37. > :48:42.every practice since the time she started playing tennis, through all

:48:42. > :48:46.of her tournaments, all the way up to 2008, when she won her third

:48:46. > :48:51.Grand Slam in Australia. Apparently he sat her down afterwards and said,

:48:51. > :48:55.you have made it. I do not feel like you need me so much any more.

:48:55. > :49:00.You're on the right path. I want to go and do some things which I want

:49:00. > :49:05.to do, apparently, he loves skiing. But she's really made that

:49:05. > :49:08.transition from a young girl, always a mature young girl, but in

:49:08. > :49:14.to a winner. She has changed coaches at the beginning of this

:49:14. > :49:18.year as well. Michael Joyce had been her coach for five or six

:49:18. > :49:25.years, but she wanted something new. She wanted to hear a new voice. She

:49:25. > :49:29.got engaged at the end of last year to a NBA player. As an athlete, it

:49:29. > :49:34.is a terrific relationship, because he can understand what she's going

:49:34. > :49:39.through. To me, it seems like she's in such a great place in her life.

:49:39. > :49:49.Still very close to her parents. Her mother will be here. Her dad is

:49:49. > :49:51.

:49:51. > :49:55.off doing his own thing. Sacha is here. Remember, she has been back

:49:55. > :50:00.for a couple of years, and she has not had the results which she was

:50:00. > :50:04.getting before the surgery, so this is her opportunity to change that.

:50:04. > :50:08.Anybody who has had an injury knows that you cannot trust it for quite

:50:08. > :50:15.a while. Of course, she went over to the Bollettieri academy in

:50:15. > :50:18.Florida, she turned up, this tiny little thing, and he said she had a

:50:18. > :50:24.competitiveness which he had not seen in anyone. Everyone was

:50:24. > :50:28.frightened of her even at 12, she had that stare. It is still there.

:50:28. > :50:33.The intensity, she plays every point like her life depends on it.

:50:33. > :50:38.A lot like Rafa Nadal. Roger is a bit more relaxed. But those two are

:50:38. > :50:44.the best competitors in the game. You talk about gym being so tiny.

:50:44. > :50:50.She worked with my former coach, she would spend time with him over

:50:50. > :50:55.in Los Angeles, and I remember seeing her at 11. She was a skinny

:50:55. > :51:00.little thing. But the intensity was there. She had this huge second

:51:00. > :51:09.serve already. You just knew where she was going. You just got the

:51:09. > :51:17.feeling that, it is very unusual, for some kid to know where she is

:51:17. > :51:24.going at such a young age. We will have a look at Petra in just a

:51:24. > :51:30.moment. But over on Court No. 1, Liam Broady took the first set, and

:51:30. > :51:37.he has a break of serve in the second set as well. That match is

:51:38. > :51:47.on the red button. But now, let's look at Kvitova, who

:51:48. > :52:04.

:52:04. > :52:09.has really blasted her way through We had a flat with three rooms. We

:52:09. > :52:19.were there, five of us. I was sharing a room with my two brothers.

:52:19. > :52:22.

:52:22. > :52:27.It was fun sometimes and sometimes it was crazy. Fees and living one

:52:27. > :52:33.hour away from the city where I was born now. It is not far away. What

:52:33. > :52:38.did you want to be? Maybe I wanted to be a teacher, like my father. Do

:52:38. > :52:41.you remember the first time you started to play tennis? I was there

:52:41. > :52:51.from want to was born, because my brothers played. I was on the

:52:51. > :52:57.

:52:58. > :53:03.In between all these matches, what else do you like to do, away from

:53:03. > :53:13.tennis? I like watching movies and listening to music. What music do

:53:13. > :53:23.

:53:23. > :53:30.you like? I like Pink. Sometimes I # I should be locked up right on

:53:30. > :53:37.the spot... What about clothes, do you wear any designers? No, I do

:53:37. > :53:42.not do that. I like normal clothes, like jeans and T-shirt. Of course,

:53:42. > :53:48.sometimes I like wearing dresses. Lots of people get carried away

:53:48. > :53:54.with stardom - do you think you're more level-headed? I think so, for

:53:54. > :54:04.me, it is important, because I do not want to change myself. I just

:54:04. > :54:13.

:54:13. > :54:19.want to be the same. Nothing For some people it is all about

:54:20. > :54:29.being famous, and money and things like that. But for me, it is about

:54:30. > :54:30.

:54:30. > :54:40.the emotion. You are fighting, maybe you can beat her, and when

:54:40. > :54:49.

:54:49. > :54:52.you have a title, it is something COMMENTATOR: Delight for Kvitova,

:54:52. > :54:59.the first leftie through to the final here since her hero, Martina

:54:59. > :55:04.Navratilova. My father told me, look how she plays. She was so

:55:04. > :55:08.happy for me when I won, it was nice. Those days when you played

:55:08. > :55:13.tennis with your brother's, growing up, did you ever think that at the

:55:13. > :55:19.age of 21, you would be walking out to play in the final at Wimbledon?

:55:19. > :55:29.No, I did not think that. I did not think that I would play at

:55:29. > :55:37.

:55:37. > :55:41.And she will need to play even better if she's going to lift the

:55:41. > :55:48.trophy. It is an incredible story, a left-hander from the Czech

:55:48. > :55:53.Republic, it is a tough act to follow. But she has come from a

:55:53. > :55:59.club which has a lot of top players. A very much so, not an academy,

:55:59. > :56:04.Tomas Berdych plays there as well. There is something at that club.

:56:04. > :56:07.There's a lot of hitting partners, everybody is excited about playing

:56:07. > :56:11.internationally. Today is the biggest opportunity for her, and it

:56:11. > :56:15.is all about whether she will be able to hold her nerve. She comes

:56:15. > :56:18.out with a quick start and then she gets a bit nervous. It is all about

:56:18. > :56:25.whether she can maintain that intensity throughout the whole

:56:25. > :56:30.match. The build-up to this final is so different to any other match.

:56:30. > :56:35.You're in the locker room... And here they come. I always think it

:56:35. > :56:41.is strange that they are not carrying their equipment. You want

:56:41. > :56:47.to hold something! Yes, now, the Wimbledon Championship is on the

:56:47. > :56:51.line. For me, I always think at Wimbledon is the most special,

:56:51. > :56:55.because you will become a member here, there's so much tradition.

:56:55. > :57:01.You walk past one of the other former champions. You're definitely

:57:01. > :57:08.very, very nervous right now. They're so tall, that's what has

:57:08. > :57:18.changed in the game from when we were playing. 6ft and over is

:57:18. > :57:18.

:57:18. > :57:23.almost the norm now. It is going to be key, because the serve is going

:57:23. > :57:29.to be a key factor. Maria has got to have a better day in that

:57:29. > :57:35.respect. Yes, we know that Maria has come back and had the yips on

:57:36. > :57:39.certain days. Some days, she serves beautifully. In one match she

:57:39. > :57:45.served 13 double faults. She will not be able to do that today

:57:45. > :57:50.against Kvitova and win the match. She is a better opponent I think

:57:50. > :57:55.than Lisicki. So, Maria Sharapova is going to have to get a lot of

:57:55. > :58:01.first serves in. Because Kvitova will really go after the second

:58:01. > :58:09.serve. Even though Maria has been here before, she will be feeling

:58:09. > :58:15.this, won't she? She will, because this is all after the surgery.

:58:15. > :58:25.are just being briefed. That's the former player who now looks after

:58:25. > :58:25.

:58:25. > :58:30.the players. Paying your first Grand Slam final, like Petra, the

:58:30. > :58:34.whole build-up is so tricky, and you just want to get out there...

:58:34. > :58:40.One thing which might help her is that she was in the semi-final last

:58:41. > :58:48.year here against Serena. She played a pretty good match. But

:58:48. > :58:54.definitely, so keep quiet, just about ready to go on court, this is

:58:54. > :58:59.when the butterflies are really big time. The legs will be heavy. A lot

:58:59. > :59:03.of thoughts going on in your head. This is going to be such a big

:59:03. > :59:09.hitting match. Kvitova has got to go for it, and accept that she's

:59:09. > :59:13.going to make errors. That's when she plays her best. Going after the

:59:13. > :59:23.second serve. She hits so hard and flat, both of them have similar

:59:23. > :59:26.

:59:26. > :59:31.styles in that respect. This is Chloe, representing the muscular

:59:31. > :59:35.dystrophy Campaign, and I'm President of that charity. When the

:59:35. > :59:40.All England Club asked me to select someone, I chose her. I will tell

:59:40. > :59:50.you more about her in a moment. But this is a long wait, isn't it?

:59:50. > :59:54.is, you can see Maria's legs going back and forth. We are waiting for

:59:54. > :00:04.2 o'clock. It is another 20 seconds! They have to be bang on

:00:04. > :00:04.

:00:04. > :00:14.time. Both of them are going to want to have a quick start. They

:00:14. > :00:18.

:00:18. > :00:22.I feel for them, we have never seen anyone have to wake -- wait this

:00:22. > :00:32.long. They brought them down too early. It will play more on the

:00:32. > :00:42.mind of Pedro than Maria. -- of Petra. Because Maria has been here

:00:42. > :00:42.

:00:42. > :00:49.before. OK, here they come. A big crowd and a big moment awaits them.

:00:49. > :00:59.Maria, with more pressure. Go better there, low were ranked, she

:00:59. > :01:00.

:01:00. > :01:06.will have nothing to lose going in.. -- Kvitova, lower ranked. The serve

:01:06. > :01:10.will be key, Maria had two break six times in her semi-final.

:01:10. > :01:20.Kvitova, if she says as she has been serving throughout the

:01:20. > :01:20.

:01:20. > :01:23.tournament, is not going to give up many opportunities. Exactly. Maria

:01:23. > :01:29.served 13 double faults, 10 when she lost in the semi-finals of the

:01:29. > :01:33.French. It will be the crucial element for both players. Both of

:01:33. > :01:40.them, if there was a weakness, it would be movement about the court.

:01:40. > :01:44.I would say in the last year, both players have become more fit. Her

:01:44. > :01:51.legs are stronger because she has played so many matches on the clay.

:01:52. > :01:57.Maria feels like she has grown as a tennis player. She says she let

:01:57. > :02:03.learns -- has learnt to construct points better. The OK, it Petra is

:02:03. > :02:08.ready. There is Chloe, she has a muscle-wasting disease. It causes

:02:08. > :02:14.weakness in the arms, lake, throat and face muscles. She has used a

:02:14. > :02:18.wheelchair since primary school. -- the arms, legs, throat and face

:02:18. > :02:23.muscles. She laughs wheelchair tennis and says this is a dream

:02:23. > :02:30.moment to be out here with these two great players. Just to remind

:02:30. > :02:40.you we are using electronic review. Any Questions? Which player would

:02:40. > :02:42.

:02:42. > :02:51.you like to call? Petra. Heads, please. It is tails. Maria? I will

:02:51. > :02:55.receive. OK, a few photos. That is not a very positive start.

:02:55. > :02:59.It is interesting, they both rely on their serve so much. I don't

:02:59. > :03:02.think Martina Navratilova would have let anybody serve first, but I

:03:02. > :03:07.think Maria is thinking it will give her a game to get her arm

:03:07. > :03:13.warmed up and get the feet moving, get the nerves out before she has

:03:13. > :03:20.to serve and think she has do hold serve. And maybe think that Petr is

:03:20. > :03:29.petrified and that she is not going to serve at her best. -- Petra is

:03:29. > :03:39.petrified. When Azarenka paid Kvitova,, cadet are best served

:03:39. > :03:40.

:03:40. > :03:44.first and faced a few break points There Chloe will be watching this

:03:44. > :03:50.match with her family. As far as Maria Sharapova is concerned, I

:03:50. > :03:56.love the return of serve and she is so intimidating took serve against.

:03:56. > :04:00.You know you need a high serve -- first serve percentage. Maria

:04:00. > :04:04.spends a lot of time on the practise court. I am talking half

:04:04. > :04:14.an hour frequently, and before every match, at least five or 10

:04:14. > :04:14.

:04:14. > :04:19.minutes on her return, picking a target and going after them. Maria

:04:19. > :04:26.rarely lets up on her second serve. Both of them play their best tennis

:04:26. > :04:33.when they play second shots. It is a risk, but also a great game, it

:04:33. > :04:39.translates well to the grass court service. They talked a bit about

:04:39. > :04:43.her being left-handed, and that serve will be key. She could really

:04:44. > :04:53.use the movement, to get Maria out of court, but to serve into the

:04:54. > :05:09.

:05:09. > :05:14.In the last couple of days, Maria has had press conferences, and the

:05:14. > :05:20.first thing she mentioned was the fact that Kvitova was left-handed.

:05:20. > :05:30.It is difficult to get used to. The serve can go out wide, it can go up

:05:30. > :05:37.the T. I'm going to ask you where you're going to put your money.

:05:37. > :05:45.Well, gosh, I have gone with Maria since the beginning. Lynsey has

:05:45. > :05:49.changed her mind, she's Gone With Kvitova. I know, it is tough. But

:05:49. > :05:54.I'm going to stick with Maria. has been lovely to talk to you,

:05:54. > :06:01.Tracy. I know you will be heading off to the commentary box now. This

:06:01. > :06:11.match is also being broadcast in 3D. If you have an h-t box and a 3D

:06:11. > :06:12.

:06:12. > :06:17.television, you can watch this in We are ready for this final, it

:06:17. > :06:27.promises to be a thriller. Tracy is on her way to join John McEnroe and

:06:27. > :06:31.Good afternoon. As usual the expectations surrounding the Centre

:06:31. > :06:34.Court for ladies' final stage, and what a file it potentially could be.

:06:34. > :06:38.Maria Sharapova knows how to win this tournament, and you wonder

:06:38. > :06:44.whether that would be the edge that get Sir through to this second

:06:44. > :06:50.title here. -- gets her through. Up against a potentially dangerous

:06:50. > :06:56.opponent. This is the tall Russian, who has rediscovered her form in

:06:56. > :07:04.2011 after the terrible shoulder injury. Still, fairly young, so

:07:04. > :07:10.maybe many more major titles for her. She is currently ranked six,

:07:10. > :07:14.has the potential to go to three if she can win here. And of course,

:07:14. > :07:24.like the person sitting next to me, John McEnroe, has been world number

:07:24. > :07:29.one. It is always an incredible thing. A Wimbledon final. You can

:07:29. > :07:34.see her road has been pretty easy. You thought she would have been in

:07:34. > :07:40.more of these finals after winning at 17 years of age. What was the

:07:41. > :07:44.last name? The Williams. They caused some headaches. It was her

:07:44. > :07:48.shoulder that curtailed her for quite a while. It is part of why

:07:48. > :07:52.she is having serving problems. She has tried everything, an

:07:52. > :07:56.abbreviated motion, a different take back. Seems to have gone back

:07:56. > :08:03.to what she did at the beginning. It has been a headache, caused

:08:03. > :08:07.problems in her semi-final. Here, and maybe the reason she lost to Li

:08:07. > :08:12.Na in the semi-finals of the French. Mentally, she is as tough as anyone

:08:12. > :08:16.I have seen on a tennis court, man or woman. This is what this 21-

:08:16. > :08:20.year-old, who I think will be more prepared than many may expect...

:08:20. > :08:24.She has never been in a Grand Slam final. She was at the semi-finals

:08:24. > :08:28.here last year. She has worked her way methodically up the rankings

:08:29. > :08:34.since breaking through here. A fantastic year, winning on all

:08:34. > :08:40.surfaces. It is clear when you watch it, she uses the lefty serve

:08:40. > :08:49.so well. Her best surface is the one she is playing on right now.

:08:49. > :08:55.She is a player who was troubled a couple of times. Nerves, in both

:08:55. > :08:59.cases, got the best of her. She sensed something spectacular was

:08:59. > :09:05.going to happen, particularly for the match against Azarenka. That

:09:05. > :09:09.first set, wow, she was unbelievably good. Interesting that

:09:09. > :09:16.she has been on court less time than Sharapova, even though she has

:09:16. > :09:26.dropped a couple of sets. That is interesting. He plays at a couple -

:09:26. > :09:26.

:09:26. > :09:33.- a very quick pace. It is part of what worries me. If things go off,

:09:33. > :09:38.if she is able to slow herself, to recognise that maybe, she needs to

:09:38. > :09:46.go to a plan B or try something different... This is going to be

:09:46. > :09:47.awfully interesting. awfully interesting.

:09:47. > :09:56.Alison Lang from Great Britain will Alison Lang from Great Britain will

:09:56. > :10:00.chair this final. The 5th Ladies' Singles final for Alison. Kvitova

:10:01. > :10:10.to serve first, my strength against yours. Maria's return game is right

:10:11. > :10:15.

:10:15. > :10:20.up there. It started with Monica Seles. There is Sasha Abuja chick -

:10:20. > :10:25.- Sacha Vujacic. He used to play for the LA Lakers. He is a free

:10:25. > :10:34.agent now. Maria is probably thinking, I think you should go to

:10:34. > :10:44.New York or LA. We will see how the young 21-year-old comes out of the

:10:44. > :10:44.

:10:44. > :11:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:11:56. > :12:04.Out wide. Trying to take away the Four years, I wondered why Roger

:12:04. > :12:08.Federer didn't do that very thing - - for years. Sharapova is outside

:12:08. > :12:18.the doubles Ali and it causes Kvitova to rethink. It is a good

:12:18. > :12:18.

:12:18. > :12:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:12:59. > :13:04.That potentially, a nerve settling As was that. Another option is to

:13:04. > :13:10.slice it into her body. Maria doesn't often return from that

:13:10. > :13:20.position. It is a bit of a new look for her, to have to deal with. The

:13:20. > :13:44.

:13:44. > :13:50.lefty spin, coming into her Do you know who won the toss?

:13:50. > :14:00.won the toss, and chose to receive. That is surprising. That was also a

:14:00. > :14:21.

:14:21. > :14:26.good call. She has a break point Perfect start for the Russian. Just

:14:26. > :14:32.the 5th time that Kvitova has been broken in The Championships. She is

:14:32. > :14:38.not used to the return of serves coming back with such pace.

:14:38. > :14:42.Finishing her service motion and the return of serve is on her.

:14:42. > :14:48.is more nerves. I remember a semi- final when my legs were shaking, as

:14:48. > :14:54.I tried to deal with Jimmy Connors' return, which was not too shabby.

:14:54. > :14:57.She has ever been in this position. She is trying to get the

:14:57. > :15:02.butterflies out, and there are some annoying flies out there as well,

:15:02. > :15:12.haven't seen that before on Centre Court.

:15:12. > :15:23.

:15:23. > :15:30.Might cause some problems with the Sensational forehand! That bodes

:15:30. > :15:35.well, a good response after dropping her serve. One of Maria's

:15:35. > :15:45.best shots, the backhand on the run, she is able to flick it so well

:15:45. > :16:00.

:16:00. > :16:06.I think it is safe to say, you will We interviewed Maria for American

:16:06. > :16:16.TV, and she said, that is women's tennis, just deal with it. Returns

:16:16. > :16:16.

:16:16. > :17:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:17:33. > :17:42.Opportunity for Kvitova to get the There is the break back. Her coach

:17:42. > :17:47.was on the right of the picture there, briefly. He will also be

:17:47. > :17:52.breathing a sigh of relief. The trainer on the left, there. Both

:17:52. > :17:59.clearly doing an excellent job. This young lady is playing better

:17:59. > :18:09.than ever, there is no doubt about it. That was just what she needed.

:18:09. > :18:14.

:18:14. > :18:20.That is that lefty slice that is going to come into her body. That

:18:20. > :18:25.is a good call for her. Kvitova credits those two young men for

:18:25. > :18:29.helping her too much -- so much. She said she has had to work hard

:18:29. > :18:39.to make her serve a weapon. She has been with that team for three years

:18:39. > :18:39.

:18:39. > :19:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:19:27. > :19:37.UMPIRE: Me Sharapova is challenging the call. -- Miss Sharapova.

:19:37. > :19:39.

:19:39. > :19:44.one element that Kvitova has is I am very impressed with how well

:19:44. > :19:52.Kvitova uses the slice, for such a tall girl. That will be important

:19:52. > :20:02.for her. She has more variety, she has been to the net twice as much

:20:02. > :20:05.

:20:05. > :20:10.as Maria and she is quite handy at For someone as tall as she is, she

:20:10. > :20:20.gets down very low. Excellent knee bend off the ground when she needs

:20:20. > :20:58.

:20:58. > :21:04.Sharapova at saw it coming. guessed right. She was forced to.

:21:04. > :21:14.She doesn't have that sprint speed that some of those ladies have. A

:21:14. > :21:30.

:21:30. > :21:37.good, calculated risk. Still in the That is what she will do if you

:21:37. > :21:47.serve a soft second serve. Which of course, put so much pressure on

:21:47. > :22:19.

:22:19. > :22:24.Obviously, that is the plan for both players, they hit so hard and

:22:24. > :22:27.flat, trying to rush the other, get the other off balance. When they

:22:27. > :22:37.continue to hit hard and flat, that is when they draw the unforced

:22:37. > :22:48.

:22:48. > :22:54.Here comes a challenge again from Sharapova. She looks convinced as

:22:54. > :23:04.well. This is why this challenge system has come a long. Look at

:23:04. > :23:27.

:23:27. > :23:31.this. Instead of it being jews, it Once you have committed to your

:23:31. > :23:35.shot, whether or not the player ends up being there or not, it is

:23:35. > :23:43.hard to change gears. It is better to hit a firm ball and make Maria

:23:43. > :23:53.come up with a tough past. She couldn't do it. Maria is used to

:23:53. > :24:04.

:24:04. > :24:08.doing this to others. She's not She got used to it, dealing with

:24:08. > :24:13.the Williams sisters. It is a different shot because I think

:24:13. > :24:23.Kvitova hits flatter than the Williams sisters. That is more

:24:23. > :24:36.

:24:36. > :24:43.That is special. If that is a glimpse into the future, this could

:24:43. > :24:45.be a special afternoon. STUDIO: Indeed, tennis of the

:24:45. > :24:50.highest quality in just three games. highest quality in just three games.

:24:50. > :24:54.We will just dropped into No 1 Court, to see how Liam Broady is

:24:54. > :24:59.going. When we were last there, he was a break of serve up in the

:24:59. > :25:04.second set, but he was broken twice, he has dropped the second set. It

:25:04. > :25:14.is into a third and final set. That is live on the red button and

:25:14. > :25:14.

:25:14. > :25:18.is live on the red button and COMMENTATORS: Kvitova will be

:25:18. > :25:23.sitting there and she will be delighted with the way she got out

:25:24. > :25:28.of that last service game, very tough. There was that call that got

:25:28. > :25:34.Maria back in, and then a another call, and suddenly she was under

:25:34. > :25:39.severe pressure, looking like she may be broken again. Condoleezza

:25:39. > :25:43.Rice. There are lots of former Champions in the Royal Box, and a

:25:43. > :25:50.former Secretary of State. She was in Prague, where Kvitova is from,

:25:50. > :25:55.yesterday. They named a street after Ronald Reagan. It would have

:25:55. > :26:05.been the -- his 100 birthday. They felt he was the main contributed to

:26:05. > :26:23.

:26:23. > :26:30.the demise of contribution, so she There is the backhand slice, that

:26:30. > :26:37.can cause the error. It comes at a different speed. It is a nice

:26:37. > :26:47.backed can slice. Really cuts it well -- nice backhand slice.

:26:47. > :27:02.

:27:02. > :27:12.Is Kvitova weaker off one wing of the return? I think she's pretty

:27:12. > :27:16.

:27:17. > :27:26.I think she is weaker when she has to stretch out on her backhand.

:27:27. > :27:33.

:27:33. > :27:39.can't put enough weight behind her We saw a lot of those in the semi-

:27:39. > :27:47.finals, that is for sure. Became an issue in the semi-finals of the

:27:47. > :27:52.French, she lost to Li Na. It is a headache, to have to deal with.

:27:52. > :28:02.just the double fault, but the first serve percentage, under 50%.

:28:02. > :28:15.

:28:15. > :28:25.48%, not what she can afford to Her camp might be getting nervous.

:28:25. > :28:53.

:28:53. > :28:59.I think she could have taken an extra step, and the shot would have

:28:59. > :29:09.been easier to pull off. Marie are doing what she has to do, get the

:29:09. > :29:19.first serve in. Maria taking so much time in between points.

:29:19. > :29:46.

:29:46. > :29:56.Supposed to be 25 seconds. We have had a couple of breaks, a

:29:56. > :30:04.

:30:05. > :30:14.You sense that she thought that was more than half a chance. I think

:30:15. > :30:26.

:30:27. > :30:34.she likes to play at a quicker pace A think she maybe actually helping

:30:34. > :30:44.her settle down. You are playing fast, you look up and the set will

:30:44. > :31:08.

:31:08. > :31:18.be over. Let this sink in for Very different service positioning

:31:18. > :31:21.

:31:21. > :31:29.She got lucky there because the court was wide-open for Sharapova.

:31:29. > :31:34.She doesn't miss that very often. She does like to get a little bit

:31:34. > :31:44.wider, Kvitova, to get that angle but that opens the door for

:31:44. > :31:53.

:31:53. > :32:00.She would prefer if Maria tries to go cross-court, that is any easier

:32:00. > :32:10.shot for her to deal with. easier shot from Maria as well. She

:32:10. > :32:10.

:32:10. > :33:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:33:12. > :33:15.First time in a Wimbledon final and Everything that we really wanted

:33:16. > :33:21.from Kvitova. We knew that Sharapova can handle these

:33:21. > :33:26.occasions, but the question was how Kvitova was going to come out here

:33:26. > :33:30.and the signs are great. She is taking her time. She did seemed

:33:30. > :33:39.annoyed that Maria on her own serve was taking that extra time but she

:33:39. > :33:45.needs to get used to the pace of the server. Billie-Jean King.

:33:45. > :33:51.time winner here at Wimbledon. Just the most passionate tennis fan

:33:51. > :34:01.around. Martina Navratilova, nine- times singles champion. It was her

:34:01. > :34:04.

:34:04. > :34:14.lefty serve that helped her so much. Jana Novotna. Back in 98.

:34:14. > :34:16.

:34:16. > :34:26.Czechs are out in force! Maria boy no, she is always here. Such an

:34:26. > :34:47.

:34:47. > :34:51.It looked awkward but it was effective. That is why she does not

:34:51. > :34:56.volley a whole lot, because she pretty much goes four winners on

:34:56. > :35:06.the approach shot. That's right, a lot of swinging volleys as well.

:35:06. > :35:12.

:35:13. > :35:22.That is really unusual for a top player not to hit an overhead. She

:35:23. > :35:38.

:35:38. > :35:48.goes matches where she doesn't hit Her depth of shot, Kvitova, is

:35:48. > :36:15.

:36:15. > :36:19.really impressive here. That thing She just stayed ahead enough in

:36:19. > :36:24.that point to get it done, impressive. Good scrambling by

:36:24. > :36:29.Kvitova. Good movement from Sharapova, who said she feels like

:36:29. > :36:39.she is stronger. It is so important for her to be a little bit quicker

:36:39. > :37:09.

:37:09. > :37:13.to the ball. She has played a lot You see that more often with the

:37:13. > :37:23.players going up the middle, that gives you three options. It is a

:37:23. > :37:23.

:37:23. > :38:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:38:10. > :38:20.The Achilles heel reappears. It is It seems to offer to time, waiting

:38:20. > :38:25.

:38:25. > :38:31.for it to drop down. -- tougher to time. It affected her performance

:38:31. > :38:37.in the semi-finals but Sharapova was still able to get through. But

:38:37. > :38:47.she has just gifted Kvitova that break of serve. Two doubles in a

:38:47. > :39:00.

:39:00. > :39:10.row, and the last one was not even A softer serve there, and it really

:39:10. > :39:10.

:39:10. > :40:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:40:06. > :40:10.For a moment there, another all left-handed final. She will often

:40:10. > :40:16.go to the left hand when she is on the stretch. She obviously didn't

:40:16. > :40:26.want to hit this shot. That means she is in big trouble. Kvitova

:40:26. > :40:39.

:40:39. > :40:49.Looking comfortable. That is such a nasty served to return. 100 that

:40:49. > :41:02.

:41:02. > :41:08.What an excellent half-hour that has been for Kvitova. Think about

:41:08. > :41:12.it, she walked out on Centre Court, never been there before, she loses

:41:12. > :41:16.her serve in the first game and now we sit back 30 minutes into the

:41:16. > :41:24.match and she looks like she's unbeatable almost. Playing so well,

:41:24. > :41:34.like she did in the first set of the semis. Azarenka was the same,

:41:34. > :41:41.she didn't step up quite so much. The key is whether she can sustain

:41:42. > :41:46.this for the two sets. She has so much experience, she lost to Serena

:41:46. > :41:51.Williams last year in the semi- finals. It was not that she let up,

:41:51. > :41:56.more that she tightened up, seeing how close she was to get in here.

:41:56. > :42:04.That is what we are all asking. think she tightened up, therefore

:42:04. > :42:14.she leapt up and backed away from her shots. There is a leftie that

:42:14. > :42:17.

:42:17. > :42:23.one this, and Jones. There is Nick Clegg. Captain of his college

:42:23. > :42:33.tennis team, says he plays his best tennis in the warm up. That is

:42:33. > :42:57.

:42:57. > :43:01.That is three doubles in a row, two at the end of the last game. It is

:43:01. > :43:10.a big second serve, isn't it? When you have just missed two in your

:43:10. > :43:20.previous game, then you put one in there at 100 mph. She knows that

:43:20. > :43:20.

:43:20. > :44:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:44:07. > :44:12.I think she should try to get her percentages up to like 80. She is

:44:12. > :44:17.little or bought 60%. She should basically cut out the second serve

:44:18. > :44:27.entirely, try different spins, cricket sometimes, slice it into

:44:28. > :44:35.

:44:35. > :44:42.the body, place it, but try not to Got a glimpse of just how flat

:44:42. > :44:48.Kvitova was hitting the ball in this, just 48 centimetres the net

:44:48. > :44:58.clearance compared to 78 for the Russian. Nine mph faster on the

:44:58. > :45:15.

:45:15. > :45:25.Maybe she should have sliced that. She tried a very tough shot, maybe

:45:25. > :45:49.

:45:49. > :45:59.Beautifully done again, the slice set it up. That is a tough shot to

:45:59. > :46:23.

:46:23. > :46:33.deal with. Sharapova taking some Even there, she will not hit the

:46:33. > :46:56.

:46:56. > :47:00.overhead. Still gets the job done. She learned from a couple of points

:47:00. > :47:10.to go on the full stretch on the backhand, she went to the slice

:47:10. > :47:38.

:47:38. > :47:48.this time. Got it back in play, Sharapova yet to drop a set in

:47:48. > :48:01.

:48:01. > :48:06.these championships, in danger of She got her first ace in the semis

:48:06. > :48:16.a set point up, this time a set point down. She has got to hang in

:48:16. > :48:16.

:48:16. > :49:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:49:05. > :49:15.There it is, the first over head of The set point saved, the service

:49:15. > :49:22.

:49:22. > :49:27.game held, but still a lot of work So many obvious attributes, the

:49:27. > :49:32.Russian, but that competitiveness get her through so many encounters.

:49:32. > :49:37.That is true, her tenacity, her will to win is incredible. Right

:49:37. > :49:47.now, only matched by Serena Williams on the women's tour right

:49:47. > :50:11.

:50:11. > :50:15.It is disturbing former rear that she is not hitting the ball as

:50:15. > :50:22.clean off the ground as we are used to seeing, especially in this

:50:23. > :50:32.tournament. She is feeling a lot more rushed than players she is

:50:33. > :50:44.

:50:44. > :50:54.That was the perfect serve. Triple set point now for Kvitova or on her

:50:54. > :51:13.

:51:13. > :51:17.50% of the journey undertaken on the journey to her opening title.

:51:17. > :51:20.SUE BARKER: Are the overwhelming favourite was Sharapova but it is

:51:20. > :51:24.Kvitova who has taken the first set Kvitova who has taken the first set

:51:24. > :51:34.and in some style. We will be back on centre in just a moment, but

:51:34. > :51:40.

:51:40. > :51:43.disappointing news for Britain over on Court One because Liam is now

:51:43. > :51:50.having to serve to stay in this match. That is live on the red

:51:50. > :52:00.button, on all platforms and online. We now know who is through to the

:52:00. > :52:04.ladies doubles final. It is Lisicki and Stosur. They are through to the

:52:04. > :52:14.final and will be on Centre Court later on today. Back we go to the

:52:14. > :52:14.

:52:14. > :52:18.For this reminds me of seven years ago when I saw Sharapova play in

:52:18. > :52:26.Serena Williams and going out were as if it was no big deal,

:52:26. > :52:35.dominating. I think that score was 6-1, 6-4. This is almost as

:52:35. > :52:42.impressive, considering that she dumped served the first game. Look

:52:42. > :52:46.at her percentage compared to Sharapova. 76% and she is losing so

:52:46. > :52:51.she is faced with a dilemma about what to do. It will be interesting

:52:51. > :52:57.if she has got an alternative to what has happened so far. You

:52:57. > :53:07.suspect she will have something up her sleeve. And whether Kvitova can

:53:07. > :53:45.

:53:45. > :53:50.She tightened up in the second set of the semis, it would be

:53:50. > :54:00.surprising if she didn't. She is just one set away from her first

:54:00. > :54:00.

:54:00. > :55:00.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:55:00. > :55:05.That is wonderful! Testing her to the limit, but once again finding

:55:05. > :55:14.all the answers. She has such a loose swing on the forehand. This

:55:14. > :55:19.one here was very impressive to get the angle. Sharapova tries to get

:55:19. > :55:26.the angle back. I would like to see her tribe that drop shot. She had

:55:26. > :55:33.her off the court and hit it right back to her, paid the price. A late

:55:33. > :55:43.call that Sharapova will challenge. This isn't watching needs, more

:55:43. > :56:01.

:56:01. > :56:07.time to think about her second UMPIRE: Sharapova has two

:56:07. > :56:17.challenges remaining. I think she knew it was out, it was pretty

:56:17. > :56:37.

:56:37. > :56:42.clearly out, but here we are again If it was called in, that will be a

:56:42. > :56:46.challenge. She has got to challenge that because it will be a break.

:56:46. > :56:56.What was your sense? My sense is that it caught a bit of the back

:56:56. > :57:06.

:57:06. > :57:12.Mine eyes haven't totally deceived me yet. That was a special forehand.

:57:12. > :57:15.She talked a bit about the slice, and this is the speed that it has

:57:15. > :57:21.come through to Sharapova. She has been struggling to deal with this

:57:21. > :57:25.particular shot. You wonder if that is in her repertoire, that is part

:57:26. > :57:31.of the problem. Tracey said that she has more variety in her game,

:57:31. > :57:36.and you can see that right now. Plus she is moving better. Maria

:57:36. > :57:46.has got to impose her will. She seems a little bit shaken at the

:57:46. > :58:04.

:58:04. > :58:14.moment, you don't see that very Same style, Kvitova doing it better

:58:14. > :58:17.

:58:17. > :58:23.That is her first double. And when does the change come from Kvitova's

:58:23. > :58:28.mindset, from the underdog, the one who has got to produce the tennis,

:58:28. > :58:38.now a set and a break-up. That is when it comes out, exactly, there

:58:38. > :58:39.

:58:39. > :58:46.you go! That is why the double just That is really surprising to see

:58:46. > :58:52.her miss it by that much. On her back foot. That is what I was

:58:52. > :59:02.talking about earlier, where they let up. They need to continue to

:59:02. > :59:04.

:59:05. > :59:11.drive the ball and stay on the What a pick up! I am not sure she

:59:11. > :59:20.will admit that is what she meant, but she will take that. Just to get

:59:20. > :59:27.it back in play! Instinct can't be coached. You got that right. It

:59:27. > :59:32.seems like the better players somehow go in knowing it almost

:59:32. > :59:42.every time. How often do you see that with Nadal when he comes up

:59:42. > :00:02.

:00:02. > :00:12.A great serve to open the court, and Kvitova knows that very end

:00:12. > :00:12.

:00:12. > :01:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:01:15. > :01:25.nine times out of 10 will go cross- JOHN MCENROE: Much better serve

:01:25. > :01:49.

:01:49. > :01:55.Even with a couple of double faults, Even with a couple of double faults,

:01:55. > :02:05.she consolidates the break of serve. That left the spin is really

:02:05. > :02:05.

:02:05. > :03:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:03:12. > :03:16.TRACY AUSTIN: That was a slower serve. I think that's a good play.

:03:16. > :03:26.Kvitova has won the last six games in a row. Can Sharapova stop the

:03:26. > :03:43.

:03:43. > :03:45.in a row. Can Sharapova stop the The acoustics are so good here that

:03:45. > :03:50.there was someone on the phone almost at the top of the stadium,

:03:50. > :03:54.and you could hear it on the court. SUE BARKER: We will be straight

:03:54. > :04:04.back on Centre Court. But over on Court No. 1, I'm afraid it has

:04:04. > :04:07.

:04:07. > :04:14.ended in disappointment for the British youngster, Liam Broady.

:04:14. > :04:24.Huge disappointment for Broady, who was a set and a break up in that

:04:24. > :04:42.

:04:42. > :04:48.And Kvitova is in exactly the same position, a set and a break up. It

:04:48. > :04:54.is interesting to look at Sharapova's record against left-

:04:54. > :04:58.handers. She has only played 34 matches against left-handers,

:04:58. > :05:00.compared to more than 420 against right-handers. It is a massive

:05:00. > :05:05.adjustment. JOHN MCENROE: It is an adjustment

:05:05. > :05:10.you should be able to make pretty easily, I would think. It is about

:05:10. > :05:20.the quality of the opposition. They do not come around too often as

:05:20. > :05:20.

:05:20. > :05:30.good as Kvitova. She's not playing well right now, surprisingly, after

:05:30. > :05:52.

:05:52. > :06:02.getting that break in the first Sharapova has had more races than

:06:02. > :06:20.

:06:21. > :06:26.She put enough on that one to put it up the line, and Sharapova could

:06:26. > :06:36.not react. She was not able to get on the front foot properly, but she

:06:36. > :07:02.

:07:02. > :07:08.was powerful enough to get it away. Sharapova has moved back to give

:07:08. > :07:12.herself some more time on the return. That's a good adjustment.

:07:12. > :07:22.She will keep searching for a way back, make no mistake about it.

:07:22. > :07:58.

:07:58. > :08:04.I have watched her play a couple of matches where she keeps going up

:08:04. > :08:14.the middle, and I will bet you Maria's new coach warned her about

:08:14. > :08:14.

:08:14. > :09:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:09:06. > :09:16.this, and boy, did it pay-off No doubt Sharapova can sense

:09:16. > :09:27.

:09:27. > :09:37.That's a very poor shot, as simple as that. Not surprising that she's

:09:37. > :10:14.

:10:14. > :10:19.JOHN MCENROE: That's the best shot she has hit today.

:10:19. > :10:29.TRACY AUSTIN: She was so off balance, it was way behind her. And

:10:29. > :10:29.

:10:29. > :11:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:11:30. > :11:40.then to send it back with that kind I'm sure she thought that point was

:11:40. > :12:08.

:12:08. > :12:18.hers. Kvitova played some really She keeps passing all the mental

:12:18. > :12:18.

:12:18. > :13:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:13:17. > :13:27.Either player just takes a bit of pace of the shot, and the other one

:13:27. > :13:54.

:13:54. > :14:04.There's that ball you were talking about, didn't have enough on it,

:14:04. > :14:04.

:14:04. > :15:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:15:07. > :15:12.Not often that Sharapova's constantly on the back foot after

:15:12. > :15:16.her first serve. I loved the way that Kvitova was

:15:16. > :15:26.more than willing to move in. Some of the players on tour do not like

:15:26. > :15:54.

:15:54. > :16:04.Just a humongous return of serve. Half that box is standing after a

:16:04. > :16:04.

:16:04. > :16:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:16:50. > :16:54.She just continues to impress. TRACY AUSTIN: She just takes such a

:16:54. > :17:02.full swing. She gets so much penetration.

:17:02. > :17:10.JOHN MCENROE: Maria's trying to use the slice to get it into Kvitova's

:17:10. > :17:15.forehand. But because she's so lacking in confidence on her serve,

:17:15. > :17:23.she is having to go for safety a bit too much to get it in, and it

:17:23. > :17:29.is sitting up just enough so that Kvitova is absolutely ripping it.

:17:29. > :17:39.It is being hit harder than the serve, no doubt about it. She's

:17:39. > :17:53.

:17:53. > :17:57.taking her game to a new level now, This is a 21-year-old Czech who has

:17:57. > :18:07.never been in a Grand Slam final, and look how well she's playing -

:18:07. > :18:07.

:18:07. > :18:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:18:57. > :19:06.There's no way this lady's going to Both of them very tall, they're

:19:07. > :19:20.

:19:20. > :19:30.getting down nice and low for these And a graphic illustration of that

:19:30. > :19:32.

:19:32. > :19:42.here. She finishes that stroke literally on her knees. I think

:19:42. > :19:54.

:19:54. > :20:01.Sharapova feels like she's on her Took her eye off the ball. Remember

:20:01. > :20:04.what happened to Murray when he was up in the second set, missed a shot

:20:04. > :20:14.about as easy as that and turned the whole thing around against

:20:14. > :20:25.

:20:25. > :20:35.Nadal. Didn't seem to bother her in JOHN MCENROE: She loves pace -

:20:35. > :20:35.

:20:35. > :22:00.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:22:00. > :22:10.How costly could that easy backhand Smart serve. That is absolutely a

:22:10. > :22:26.

:22:26. > :22:32.smart serve, jamming Sharapova for Oh, no! How did she miss that? That

:22:32. > :22:42.is unbelievable. She did not need to go so close to the line. Not at

:22:42. > :23:05.

:23:05. > :23:15.all. Once again, the serve, totally And Sharapova good enough to

:23:15. > :23:15.

:23:15. > :24:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:24:22. > :24:32.Two basic errors, that's going to You don't want to give gifts at

:24:32. > :24:49.

:24:49. > :24:59.this moment. Kvitova has got JOHN MCENROE: It doesn't even look

:24:59. > :25:01.

:25:01. > :25:11.Maria taking a look at the grass, I have never seen that reaction from

:25:11. > :25:31.

:25:31. > :25:37.her. Still thinking about that Trying to go up the line with the

:25:37. > :25:47.forehand, but not successful. pendulum perhaps swinging back

:25:47. > :25:47.

:25:47. > :26:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:26:44. > :26:54.towards Kvitova once again in this Once again, Kvitova regains the

:26:54. > :26:58.

:26:58. > :27:04.That certainly is the sign of a champion, to be able to shrug off

:27:04. > :27:13.something as bad as what happened in the previous game. Just to be

:27:13. > :27:23.able to bounce back again and look like she believes again. Talk about

:27:23. > :27:23.

:27:23. > :27:33.unpredictable - how does anyone get momentum right now? 16 games, eight

:27:33. > :27:35.

:27:35. > :27:45.breaks of serve. Only half the time they have been able to hold. Set

:27:45. > :27:52.

:27:52. > :28:00.and a break, it is more like a set Henman Hill, it is pretty well pack,

:28:00. > :28:03.well done. It has been an intriguing final, it has been a

:28:03. > :28:13.good build-up to it, no-one quite sure what was going to happen out

:28:13. > :28:13.

:28:13. > :28:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:28:56. > :29:05.here. And it has proved to be The problem with new balls, they

:29:06. > :29:22.

:29:22. > :29:32.fly a bit. It certainly did on that That was called out, but changed.

:29:32. > :29:32.

:29:32. > :30:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:30:15. > :30:20.They are going to play a let. So intimidating to play someone

:30:20. > :30:30.like Sharapova because you know she will never disappear. She will

:30:30. > :30:40.

:30:40. > :30:49.Good composure shown by Kvitova. She made sure of her first serve,

:30:49. > :30:59.100 mph. Didn't want to give Sharapova a look-in on her second.

:30:59. > :31:31.

:31:31. > :31:41.Same serve, same play. Gets another 80 minutes played, and now cover to

:31:41. > :31:41.

:31:41. > :32:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:32:25. > :32:35.there is just one game away from You can't accuse Maria, if she's

:32:35. > :33:05.

:33:05. > :33:13.not playing well, of not being to A little bit of a loose game from

:33:13. > :33:23.Kvitova. Something tells me she realise it's one game away from

:33:23. > :34:02.

:34:02. > :34:07.Maria's fiance still believes, but does Maria herself? How difficult

:34:07. > :34:11.is this now? JOHN MCENROE: this is extremely

:34:12. > :34:17.exciting, it is so exciting. Your heart starts beating faster and

:34:17. > :34:20.faster, as you try to tell yourself, just keep what you were doing,

:34:20. > :34:25.simple as that. TRACY AUSTIN: And don't think of

:34:25. > :34:31.the finish line. Just think about the next point. Think about

:34:31. > :34:38.something real basic. Think about the first point or two. Don't look

:34:38. > :34:41.in the Royal Box. No, don't do that. Don't look anywhere, just keep it

:34:41. > :34:51.within the rectangle. Try to get those legs moving, that's a good

:34:51. > :34:51.

:34:51. > :35:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:35:40. > :35:50.For Sharapova, get more balls back Such a great couple of points.

:35:50. > :36:12.

:36:12. > :36:22.gets so much power from anywhere on She couldn't have asked for it to

:36:22. > :36:28.

:36:29. > :36:38.go any better, this game. On a Her first ever Wimbledon title,

:36:39. > :37:05.

:37:05. > :37:09.A stunning end! Petra Kvitova is Her first ace of the final, and

:37:09. > :37:16.everybody standing, including the nine times champion. She knows how

:37:16. > :37:20.it feels to win the first one. One wonders how many this player has in

:37:20. > :37:25.front of her. I think it is the first of many. She has a very

:37:25. > :37:31.complete game. Big shots from both forehand and backhand, finishes

:37:31. > :37:36.points at the net well, could finesse. Now, as a Wimbledon

:37:36. > :37:41.champion, she will feel a big part of the elite in women's tennis.

:37:41. > :37:48.couldn't agree more. I think she's going to win many Grand Slams. We

:37:48. > :37:52.are seeing a very special talent. We first saw her last year, and boy,

:37:52. > :37:57.has she improved her game. To go out for the first time and play the

:37:57. > :38:01.way she did, to handle the adversity as well, it was

:38:01. > :38:08.shockingly good. That is not easy to do at all. She made it look

:38:08. > :38:18.pretty easy, I will tell you. Youngest champion since Roland

:38:18. > :38:20.

:38:20. > :38:29.Garros in 2008 when Ana Ivanovic won there. But the composer she --

:38:29. > :38:38.composure she showed every single time. Great resilience. This is the

:38:38. > :38:48.moment. A pretty good time to serve your first ace! Sheer joy, and

:38:48. > :39:10.

:39:10. > :39:20.She will be able to watch that many One of several left-handed players

:39:20. > :39:20.

:39:20. > :39:28.to win in the final here, including Martina Navratilova and Ann Jones.

:39:28. > :39:38.It has taken 20 years or so. trophies will now be presented on

:39:38. > :39:39.

:39:39. > :39:46.court by his Royal Highness, the Duke of Kent. The Duke's a company

:39:46. > :39:50.by Philip Brook, chairman of the All England Club, and the President

:39:50. > :40:00.of the Lawn Tennis Association. is already on the roll of honour

:40:00. > :40:03.

:40:03. > :40:09.here. Boy, that doesn't take long! They have been doing it for a few

:40:10. > :40:19.years, haven't they? Lay dazed and gentlemen, the chair umpire, Alison

:40:20. > :40:39.

:40:39. > :40:43.And the runner-up, Maria Sharapova. Still a favourite with the fans.

:40:43. > :40:48.She was the favourite, but I think even she would agree she has been

:40:48. > :40:57.outplayed today. But she knows how it feels, did the same thing to

:40:58. > :41:06.Serena Williams seven years ago. Serena was a heavy favourite then.

:41:06. > :41:16.And the Wimbledon ladies' singles champion 2011, Petra Kvitova.

:41:16. > :41:19.

:41:19. > :41:23.champion. It has been a long journey, but this is a short walk.

:41:23. > :41:33.The Venus rosewater dish in her hands for the very first time, what

:41:33. > :41:33.

:41:33. > :41:41.a feeling that must be. Made all the way back in 1864, so much

:41:41. > :41:45.history attached to it, so many great names engraved on it. Ian

:41:45. > :41:50.Ritchie, the chief executive of the All England Club adding his

:41:50. > :41:54.congratulations, there will be many more.

:41:54. > :42:00.SUE BARKER: I know it wasn't the result you wanted, but you came

:42:00. > :42:03.across a player who was just inspired today. Yes, absolutely.

:42:03. > :42:08.Unfortunately in tennis there is only one winner at the end of the

:42:08. > :42:11.day. That is what makes this tournament so special, so

:42:11. > :42:15.congratulations on a wonderful victory. I have had so much amazing

:42:15. > :42:21.support over so many years, and to be back on the stage and holding

:42:21. > :42:25.the runner-up trophy is something - I would have wanted that big one

:42:25. > :42:35.obviously, but it is something I will be back four and hoping to get

:42:35. > :42:37.

:42:37. > :42:47.again soon. Thank you very much. Maria Sharapova!

:42:47. > :42:52.

:42:52. > :42:58.Petra Kvitova, Wimbledon champion - how does that sound? To see the

:42:58. > :43:04.great players in the Royal Box, I am so happy that I'm won.

:43:04. > :43:14.showed no sign of nerves. In that final game, your coach and your

:43:14. > :43:15.

:43:15. > :43:20.trainer were so excited but you looked so can't! -- calm. Of course

:43:20. > :43:30.I was nervous but I had to focus on each point. Is that the best match

:43:30. > :43:31.

:43:31. > :43:40.you have ever played? I think so, of course, in the final Wimbledon!

:43:40. > :43:45.-- the final of Wimbledon. mentioned so many great champions

:43:45. > :43:49.in the Royal Box today, and I know Martina Navratilova and Jana

:43:49. > :43:54.Novotna are especially proud. Have they inspired you? Yes, it is very

:43:54. > :43:58.nice they are watching me. They have watched me through the

:43:59. > :44:03.tournament and given me some advice. It is great. And your family is

:44:03. > :44:13.here today, your parents and your brothers have come over here. Where

:44:13. > :44:18.

:44:18. > :44:22.are they? Over there. Have you got a message for them? I love you guys.

:44:22. > :44:26.You now know that you have a lot of interviews to do, but first

:44:26. > :44:32.everybody here wants to have a picture of you with that trophy.

:44:33. > :44:42.Are you ready for your lap of honour? Yes, I am ready. Fantastic.

:44:43. > :45:00.

:45:00. > :45:05.The champion this year, Petra She speaks as well as she plays.

:45:05. > :45:12.Maria is gracious in defeat, leaving Kvitova to have her moment

:45:12. > :45:22.in the sun. Sterling silver, the Venus rosewater dish, but that must

:45:22. > :45:34.

:45:34. > :45:36.feel like pure gold in her hands It is a remarkable story because

:45:37. > :45:44.this wasn't necessarily her most famous surfaced at the start of her

:45:44. > :45:48.career. She lost her first ever four matches on the surface, but

:45:48. > :45:58.has won the last 16 of 18 and it will take a very special player to

:45:58. > :46:20.

:46:20. > :46:24.stop her in the future. Her coach As ever, you can hear the crowd

:46:24. > :46:28.giving their sympathy to the runner-up. It has been a wonderful

:46:28. > :46:38.tournament for Sharapova, and it has been a good 2011 for the

:46:38. > :46:38.

:46:38. > :47:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:47:52. > :48:00.This is a tradition that was started a number of years ago now,

:48:00. > :48:08.and it gives all the spectators and fans who are fortunate enough to be

:48:09. > :48:13.on Centre Court the opportunity to give get their own picture of the

:48:13. > :48:17.newly crowned champion. So many questions answered today by Kvitova

:48:18. > :48:21.in terms of her temperament on the big stage. We knew she had the

:48:21. > :48:24.ability and the game to be the champion here, it was just a

:48:24. > :48:30.question of whether she could produce it on the day, up against

:48:30. > :48:34.one of the fiercest competitors on the women's tour. Maria Sharapova

:48:34. > :48:44.fought back so valiantly from the shoulder injury, tested her, but

:48:44. > :48:54.

:48:54. > :48:58.Jana Novotna the last champion back in 1998 from the Czech Republic,

:48:58. > :49:08.and there she is. Absolutely thrilled for her fellow

:49:08. > :49:27.

:49:28. > :49:37.We all remember the emotional Andrew Jarrett, and as this

:49:38. > :49:42.

:49:42. > :49:50.tournament comes to a close another successful championships. Her

:49:50. > :50:00.brother, and father. She takes the original trophy off the court. She

:50:00. > :50:19.

:50:19. > :50:24.is the champion. She leaves the SUE BARKER: You just get the

:50:24. > :50:29.feeling she will be the champion of Grand Slams for many years to come.

:50:29. > :50:34.It was such a polished performance from this 21 year-old. Reached the

:50:34. > :50:44.semi-finals last year, but now she is the champion. The new chairman

:50:44. > :50:49.this year, Philip Brook, she is meeting him. There she is, her name

:50:49. > :50:54.is already on the board. She seems overwhelmed by the whole occasion,

:50:54. > :51:02.but she was as cool as a cucumber on court right through that final.

:51:02. > :51:12.No sign of nerves at all. What a time to pick to serve your first

:51:12. > :51:18.ace, and to win the Wimbledon trophy. I don't think she quite

:51:18. > :51:22.believed it. The junior and Tracey are with me. Virginia, you remember

:51:22. > :51:27.that feeling I'm sure. You would have been very impressed with her

:51:27. > :51:32.performance today. I wish I had served like that. What was so

:51:32. > :51:36.impressive was the way she mixed up her serve. It was just sort of like

:51:36. > :51:40.a swinging thing, and her groundstrokes, she gets on a roll

:51:41. > :51:44.and when she is good she is unbelievable. But to be that good

:51:44. > :51:50.in the first final that you ever play at Wimbledon, that is what is

:51:50. > :51:54.really good. That says a lot about her as a person, doesn't it? That

:51:54. > :51:59.she can produce that tennis and hold her nerve. Yes, she started

:51:59. > :52:04.out so well and you felt she was going to have a struggle in the

:52:04. > :52:08.second set. She missed the easy backhand, and the easier queued

:52:09. > :52:14.forehand and lost her serve. That to me was the crucial time in the

:52:14. > :52:20.match. That was when Maria needed to grab hold of the match, and she

:52:20. > :52:24.couldn't. She double-faulted, and she really let it back into

:52:25. > :52:29.Kvitova's court. A lot of changes and momentum and Kvitova handled it

:52:29. > :52:34.beautifully. It is not often you see Maria on the back foot like

:52:34. > :52:38.that. One of the things that has been impressive about Maria this

:52:39. > :52:45.year is have improved speed around the court. She is in perfect

:52:45. > :52:49.physical shape. At certain stages she has been carrying extra weight,

:52:49. > :52:55.or underweight, but she is still not the quickest round the court.

:52:55. > :53:00.You look at someone like Kvitova who is also tall and gangly. They

:53:00. > :53:06.might say that is one area she might need to work on, her foot

:53:06. > :53:10.speed, but she was everywhere today. It was so great sitting behind the

:53:10. > :53:14.court because you can really see the explosiveness of the shots and

:53:14. > :53:20.she was really swinging. She could have hit winners with her eyes shut

:53:20. > :53:24.today. You have done this Virginia, she is heading out to the front of

:53:24. > :53:29.Centre Court. This is one of the great traditions of this tournament,

:53:29. > :53:33.to come out and show those who were not lucky enough to get a ticket to

:53:34. > :53:37.Centre Court to show them the trophy. I am sure she will be

:53:37. > :53:44.encouraged to wander down the line. But this is a whole new experience

:53:44. > :53:48.for her. And I am telling you, that drove the is so heavy! She is a

:53:48. > :53:54.strong girl. The photographers keep asking you to hold it up, and that

:53:54. > :54:01.is the best you can do. If you hold it over your head, your arms start

:54:01. > :54:05.falling off! It is a magnificent trophy. I knew when I won it, I was

:54:05. > :54:10.so excited that all I was thinking was I know I am going to see

:54:10. > :54:15.pictures of me in the paper holding the trophy, because you are just so

:54:15. > :54:21.overwhelmed with the occasion. is life-changing. She was number

:54:21. > :54:26.eight in the world, three titles this year, now Wimbledon champion,

:54:26. > :54:30.Grand Slam champion, and everyone will be going after her. How will

:54:30. > :54:34.she handle that? She will be so famous and it is such an exciting

:54:34. > :54:39.day for her, to be able to have that luxury of having three match

:54:39. > :54:45.points as well. That was fantastic because you have that cushion, and

:54:45. > :54:51.then to finish it with any case, to not even have to play that point.

:54:51. > :54:56.You were in the studio with me when the coin toss was played. When the

:54:56. > :55:00.serve was broken we thought it was such a good decision but we will

:55:00. > :55:05.show you the second game because this was key to the match. If she

:55:05. > :55:13.had lost this game, it could have been over very quickly in

:55:13. > :55:17.Sharapova's favour. Just so hard hitting, both of them. Look at the

:55:17. > :55:21.depth she hits. Sharapova is usually the one moving her opponent

:55:21. > :55:31.about the court and keeping them off balance, but Sharapova got a

:55:31. > :55:33.

:55:33. > :55:37.bit of her own medicine today. Kvitova, in that first set she was

:55:37. > :55:47.hitting her ground strokes around nine mph faster than her opponent.

:55:47. > :55:47.

:55:48. > :55:52.Did you know that at the start of the match, if you do lose your

:55:52. > :56:00.serve and lose a game, it is hard to come back from that, isn't it?

:56:00. > :56:05.Yes, Kvitova seemed to be all hard hitting forehands. Is Maria ever

:56:05. > :56:10.going to find a way of preventing that? Maria likes to move her

:56:10. > :56:15.opponents around, and she was on the back end of the steam engine

:56:15. > :56:21.there. Because you don't often see people returning her serve like

:56:21. > :56:26.this, do you? No, I think Kvitova plays defence a little better than

:56:26. > :56:30.the rear. Maria needs to be on a fence to win. Once you get in a

:56:30. > :56:37.defensive position, she finds it hard to get the point back into

:56:37. > :56:44.neutral. A lot of people were thinking Kvitova is an unknown so

:56:44. > :56:48.it is an anti-climax but I hope they realise how good she is. She

:56:48. > :56:53.should be around for a long time, with the talent that she has. She

:56:53. > :56:59.will already be a household name, a worldwide name, and I think people

:57:00. > :57:05.will really enjoy watching her. The power and the accuracy. I would

:57:05. > :57:13.like to see a little more variety in a match like this. I think there

:57:13. > :57:17.is capability have more variety for Kvitova. She is quite good around

:57:17. > :57:21.the neck, she doesn't have to go up there too frequently but that is

:57:21. > :57:26.another dimension she can work on with her coach to add more to her

:57:26. > :57:31.game. And that is exciting, to win her first Grand Slam and there is

:57:31. > :57:36.still more room for improvement. You would expect her to be nervous

:57:36. > :57:42.at this stage, but that point was particularly keep and she looked so

:57:42. > :57:48.cool out there. She made a few errors. You thought she might get a

:57:48. > :57:58.little joke, but she hit some of the returns and then finished off

:57:58. > :58:02.

:58:02. > :58:07.Kvitova had made a number of unforced errors at 5-3, kind of a

:58:07. > :58:11.loose game, and you thought OK, well she play another loose game?

:58:11. > :58:17.But she came out, cleaned up, dictated again, and got back on

:58:17. > :58:23.track. If you play on your debut, because did you win your first

:58:23. > :58:29.Grand Slam? Never. I wasn't a regular in the finals are so I have

:58:29. > :58:32.to win it when I was there! This girl is going to be a regular. I

:58:32. > :58:38.watched her beat Kim Clijsters in the final of an indoor tournament

:58:38. > :58:42.in Paris a few months ago, and she was incredible. That time she was

:58:42. > :58:50.coming up to the net a bit because she was hitting so aggressively

:58:50. > :58:55.that she was throwing herself into the court and volleying well, too.

:58:55. > :59:01.Sharapova didn't find her rhythm, Kvitova didn't allow her to. Match

:59:01. > :59:07.point. This is the perfect way to end it, look at that. All through

:59:07. > :59:11.the match, Maria was struggling to meet her shots. They are so well-

:59:11. > :59:16.disguised, she can hit the forehand across the court, down the line

:59:16. > :59:26.equally, and she conserving to any corner of the box with any kind of

:59:26. > :59:36.spin. She is almost embarrassed by her success, isn't she? It reminds

:59:36. > :59:46.me of what Maria did two so Arena. Serena was the more experienced

:59:46. > :59:49.

:59:49. > :59:58.players for -- player. Never in history of women's Grand Slams has

:59:58. > :00:04.a number eight seed won the title, until today! So she has broken that

:00:04. > :00:09.record as well. Thumbs-up from Martina, who picked her to win the

:00:09. > :00:15.tournament right from the start. Of course she knows that feeling well,

:00:15. > :00:22.too. She was always looking like a potential winner. If things went

:00:22. > :00:27.right, and they went so right today. It is pretty nice to go on and play

:00:27. > :00:31.a match when you see the ball like a football and you can't do any

:00:31. > :00:35.will star and a word for Maria Sharapova because she was not

:00:35. > :00:38.allowed to play her best today but semi-finals of the French she

:00:38. > :00:43.looked good and the final here, it is good to have her back. It is

:00:43. > :00:48.very good to have her back because it has been a long time after the

:00:48. > :00:52.surgery to come back a full circle. I think she is back all the way now.

:00:52. > :00:56.She just played against a player who was hot today. Similar styles

:00:56. > :01:01.of play but played it a bit better than the rear. You know she will be

:01:01. > :01:05.so disappointed, and she will get back on the practice court. That is

:01:05. > :01:08.exactly what she wants, more Grand Slam titles. You would think she

:01:08. > :01:14.would have enough, with the money and the titles but she is so

:01:14. > :01:18.passionate about the game. This will be tough for her to swallow.

:01:18. > :01:28.The only Grand Slam title she lost before this was again Serena

:01:28. > :01:29.

:01:29. > :01:36.Bakery the semi-finals had been decided, and the Williams sisters

:01:36. > :01:42.were not there, she would have been expecting it. She's so professional.

:01:42. > :01:45.Her mind is so tough. You thought she would come back. I was

:01:45. > :01:53.surprised that she went off the boil a bit in the middle of the

:01:53. > :02:03.second set. Kvitova threw in some marginally slower service, and

:02:03. > :02:04.

:02:04. > :02:08.suddenly, Maria got a bit messed up. She's a great player, I thought she

:02:08. > :02:12.might win the tournament, I thought she might win the French. I'm only

:02:12. > :02:18.disappointed from her point of view, I thought it was great for the game

:02:18. > :02:22.that Kvitova one this. After Royal, she's only 24 years old, Maria

:02:22. > :02:27.Sharapova. If she can stay in decent condition, hopefully I think

:02:27. > :02:31.people will appreciate her game and she will be up at the top. Just to

:02:31. > :02:36.get a comment from both of you about women's tennis - the Williams

:02:36. > :02:39.sisters are back, we have got new stars emerging, we have been very

:02:39. > :02:44.critical of the women's game, but you get a feeling that it is

:02:44. > :02:48.beginning to turn. And hopefully Kim Clijsters will be back as well.

:02:48. > :02:54.The Williams sisters, just not enough matchplay before Wimbledon

:02:54. > :02:59.to make a huge threat here. The women's game has taken some hits,

:02:59. > :03:02.but now we have a new star. Azarenka also get into the semi-

:03:02. > :03:08.finals of a Grand Slam for the first time. It is a transitional

:03:08. > :03:16.period. Li Na winning the French Open at 29 years old. Schiavone

:03:16. > :03:20.winning at last year at 29 Aug 30. There's a lot of stars. I thought

:03:20. > :03:24.it was very good news that the three most promising of the new

:03:24. > :03:30.generation got to the semi-finals. Sabine Lisicki, she was not quite

:03:30. > :03:35.ready to win this tournament, but boy, is she a threat? And Azarenka

:03:35. > :03:38.as well. I was listening to somebody on the radio today, saying

:03:38. > :03:43.that they had heard comments that the final might be a bit of an

:03:43. > :03:49.anti-climax. They said, no, there have been so many great matches on

:03:49. > :03:55.the women's side, so I think we turned a big corner. The men have

:03:55. > :04:00.got these superstars at the top. It is just a privileged generation.

:04:00. > :04:10.was a terrific final and a great story. Thank you very much, both of

:04:10. > :04:13.you. The Women's Final has been completed, but about to takes place

:04:13. > :04:21.is the men's doubles. It is the Bryan brothers. They have won this

:04:21. > :04:25.once before, Bob and Mike Bryan, up against last year's runners-up,

:04:25. > :04:31.Horia Tecau and Robert Lindstedt. Walking on to Centre Court for the

:04:31. > :04:34.doubles. They are a great story, the Bryan brothers. They have been

:04:35. > :04:39.around for a long time. They have won numerous Grand Slam titles.

:04:40. > :04:49.Before the tournament, John Inverdale caught up with the twin

:04:50. > :04:52.

:04:52. > :04:57.brothers from America. 71 tor titles, 10 Grand Slams, the best

:04:57. > :05:02.known doubles partnership in the world. So, where do you go for a

:05:02. > :05:06.chat with two of the most genial men of the tour? The pub. Was there

:05:06. > :05:08.ever any likelihood of one of you being a tennis player and one of

:05:08. > :05:13.being a tennis player and one of you being a nuclear scientist?

:05:13. > :05:19.don't think so, we were always a package deal. We have the same DNA,

:05:19. > :05:23.we both loved tennis. Our parents had it all set up for us. My dad

:05:23. > :05:28.owned a tennis club, they were both prose, and they treat us into

:05:28. > :05:33.following this path. At any stage did either of you think, during

:05:33. > :05:38.those rebellious teenage years, did you think, I hate this game, get

:05:38. > :05:43.out of here. I thought I hated my brother, but I never thought I

:05:43. > :05:50.hated the game. My dad did a good job, he made it fun for us. He took

:05:50. > :05:56.us to matches. When we went to tournaments, we went with our

:05:56. > :06:04.friends, we were always having a blast. We set our goals and never

:06:04. > :06:09.wanted to do anything else. What age were you when you set those

:06:09. > :06:17.goals? We played our first tournament at age six. Was that

:06:17. > :06:24.doubles? Yes. Every January 1st, we put our goals on the refrigerator.

:06:24. > :06:32.If it was just to win 10 trophies or get a college scholarship, there

:06:32. > :06:40.was always a goal on the refrigerator. An were you winning

:06:40. > :06:45.aged six? Yes, it was a novice, local tournament, but we made sure

:06:45. > :06:51.we did the stepping stone. You start off low and then you go up.

:06:51. > :06:54.How many times have you faced each other in singles? We have met in

:06:54. > :06:58.the finals of more than 100 tournaments, but our parents did

:06:58. > :07:02.not let us play against each other until we were 17 years old. They

:07:02. > :07:11.did not one of us to dominate the other. Because that was when we

:07:11. > :07:14.might lose interest and not love the game. That developed our

:07:14. > :07:20.friendship, and that's why we're playing doubles together, we don't

:07:20. > :07:27.hate each other. So, when you did play against each other, at 17, who

:07:27. > :07:34.was winning? I took him out. No, we were pretty even. We have played 20

:07:34. > :07:40.times, and it is 10-10. I got you in the US Open final. It is pretty

:07:40. > :07:45.even. Even in mixed doubles. We are one complete player, he has got the

:07:45. > :07:49.big serve, I have got the good return. When you were setting those

:07:49. > :07:57.goals, you probably imagine what life as a tennis player was going

:07:57. > :08:00.to be like - is it like that? it is a great life. We went to see

:08:00. > :08:06.Agassi play at Indian Wells when we were 10 years old, we wanted to be

:08:06. > :08:11.just like him. And you read his book, and he talks about the

:08:11. > :08:17.turmoil, and there times when he was hating the game. Yes, there's

:08:17. > :08:21.pressure. There's money and points on the line every week. We put a

:08:21. > :08:25.lot of pressure on ourselves and each other to play Bath. We expect

:08:25. > :08:31.to be number one at the end of the year. That takes winning a lot of

:08:31. > :08:35.matches and not really getting up at any time. When you win a

:08:35. > :08:38.tournament on Saturday night, you want to go party, but you think of

:08:38. > :08:44.a voice in the back of your head saying, but you have got to play on

:08:44. > :08:49.Tuesday next week, let's keep it tight. Yes, for the past 13 years,

:08:49. > :08:54.we have made sacrifices. We don't go out very often, we're always

:08:54. > :08:59.training. We have been in Europe for two months straight now. You

:08:59. > :09:06.have just got to pack your bags and become road warriors, basically.

:09:06. > :09:11.Having had tennis in your blood from day one, can you conceive of a

:09:11. > :09:14.life without tennis? We're going to try to milk this as long as we can.

:09:14. > :09:20.We have spoken to players who retire early, and they just get

:09:20. > :09:25.bored. Stay on the tour as long as possible. Yes, you get that

:09:25. > :09:31.adrenalin. The highs and lows. A lot of players, they go home, and

:09:31. > :09:36.they're dead, they don't have the thrill of the win. So we're going

:09:36. > :09:46.to take their advice and keep going as long as we can. We are 33, we

:09:46. > :09:46.

:09:46. > :09:53.can see the finish line. One last sprint, and like Mike said, milk it.

:09:53. > :09:57.Whose idea was the bumping chests? We started at move when we were in

:09:57. > :10:02.college. We wanted to get all of our College teammates excited. For

:10:02. > :10:11.some reason, we jumped up in the air and did that, and it was on the

:10:11. > :10:18.front cover of the Stanford Daily News. So we started doing it. And

:10:18. > :10:23.now it is our signature move. actually took a lot of heat when we

:10:23. > :10:28.did it on the tour, a lot of the veteran guys in the locker room

:10:28. > :10:32.where, these cocky little twins, doing that. One of them wanted to

:10:32. > :10:39.fight this one time in Indianapolis, in our first rookie year on the

:10:39. > :10:43.tour. Then we started winning, and we got the respect of the guys.

:10:43. > :10:50.They're extremely nice guys, but isn't it impossible to tell the

:10:50. > :10:55.difference? Luckily, Bob is left- handed, and Mike is right hand it,

:10:55. > :11:05.so we have got a chance. Let's join this match, with John Lloyd and

:11:05. > :11:10.

:11:10. > :11:16.Yes, the Bryan brothers playing their fifth final at Wimbledon, but

:11:16. > :11:21.surprisingly, they have only won once. They're up against the pair

:11:21. > :11:28.who were runners-up last year, that's Robert Lindstedt of Sweden

:11:28. > :11:33.and Horia Tecau of Romania. Straw Dundee eighth seeds up against the

:11:33. > :11:43.number 1 seeds. This is the youngest man on the court, Horia

:11:43. > :11:50.

:11:50. > :11:59.The Bryan brothers easy to tell apart, because Bob is the left-

:11:59. > :12:05.hander, and a Mike is the right hander. Actually play the wrong way

:12:05. > :12:09.round, don't they? Yes, but the reason they do that it is so that

:12:09. > :12:17.they can both get the forehands down the middle. And you will see

:12:17. > :12:20.some big forehands from them when they get that opportunity. I am

:12:20. > :12:30.that there is a difference between them because I cannot tell them

:12:30. > :12:35.

:12:35. > :12:41.DAVID MERCER: So, it is Bob, who has a massive serve, to get us and

:12:41. > :12:51.a way. They were put into bat, as it were, their opponents chose to

:12:51. > :13:29.

:13:29. > :13:37.Powerful forehand from Robert Lindstedt, who lives in southern

:13:37. > :13:47.Sweden, where they play the Swedish Open.

:13:47. > :14:11.

:14:11. > :14:16.JOHN LLOYD: Well, the linesman had The Bryan brothers have won 72

:14:16. > :14:26.titles together, a new record in the Open era. Today they are

:14:26. > :14:27.

:14:27. > :14:32.looking to match Woodbridge and Woodford, who held the record. The

:14:32. > :14:42.Open era started in 1968, when Wimbledon said, we're going to go

:14:42. > :15:16.

:15:16. > :15:26.open, and the rest of the world had Double fault, not the way you want

:15:26. > :15:26.

:15:26. > :16:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:16:07. > :16:10.It is a nervy start from Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau. Having

:16:10. > :16:20.played in the final last year, you would have thought they would not

:16:20. > :16:35.

:16:35. > :16:42.Oh, my word. Dear, oh dear, that one was in the middle of the net.

:16:42. > :16:52.He has got to calm himself down here. The captain of the team,

:16:52. > :16:52.

:16:52. > :17:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:17:52. > :18:02.Robert Lindstedt, just telling his Just not giving them any chance to

:18:02. > :18:07.

:18:07. > :18:12.settle here. They're so fast If I was them here, I would really

:18:13. > :18:22.slow up the return of serve, just take the full time allotted, slow

:18:23. > :18:24.

:18:24. > :18:28.the Americans down a bit. You can't keep it, that's not allowed. US

:18:28. > :18:38.Open, of course, you are allowed to keep the ball if it goes into the

:18:38. > :18:43.

:18:43. > :18:53.stands. No, here, they will hunt you down. You can come again next

:18:53. > :19:00.

:19:00. > :19:05.Well, there we were expecting a really competitive start to this

:19:05. > :19:13.match, we have had three games, and the Bryan brothers have lost one

:19:13. > :19:19.point. It is just a nightmare, unfortunately. They won the toss,

:19:19. > :19:26.and elected to receive, just to get their nerves out a bit, but it only

:19:26. > :19:30.lasted about to seconds. And then when Horia Tecau served, probably,

:19:30. > :19:38.it is easy to say, but it might have been better for Robert

:19:38. > :19:44.Lindstedt to go first. They are getting rushed here, and this set

:19:44. > :19:54.is almost over already. People coming back in, having nipped out

:19:54. > :20:04.

:20:04. > :20:07.to get some refreshment after the Ann Jones, she's remained in the

:20:07. > :20:17.Royal Box, as indeed has the President of the club, the Duke of

:20:17. > :20:29.

:20:29. > :20:34.JOHN LLOYD: Well done, there you go. I think at the end of these matches,

:20:34. > :20:38.they should have seat warmers, like they do at the academy Awards, when

:20:38. > :20:42.someone goes off, they bring someone in to have the seat taken

:20:42. > :20:50.so it doesn't look empty. Do you think that would go down well?

:20:50. > :20:58.maybe not in the Royal Box. Have you been to the academy Awards? I

:20:58. > :21:02.know you're a big film buff. but I watch it. They are just

:21:02. > :21:12.anticipating at the moment, they're just attacking. You can see the

:21:12. > :21:31.

:21:31. > :21:35.volley, not enough punch on it. And It is an interesting tactic, the

:21:35. > :21:41.lefty being on that side of the court. When they come into volley,

:21:41. > :21:45.and he moves over the tramline, it forces the Pare to volley out wide

:21:45. > :21:55.if they want to get it on to his backhand, otherwise he has got that

:21:55. > :22:04.

:22:04. > :22:07.In other words, they narrow the angle, they make it really

:22:07. > :22:17.difficult on the boarder, because you do not want to come against

:22:17. > :22:40.

:22:40. > :22:45.this man's forehand, he has got a Really solid service game there, by

:22:45. > :22:55.Robert Lindstedt. Relief for Dedham support team, they're on the

:22:55. > :23:32.

:23:32. > :23:37.Poorer old Horia Tecau just cannot do anything at the moment. There

:23:37. > :23:47.was a second serve, a real opportunity to get into it. He has

:23:47. > :24:03.

:24:03. > :24:13.frozen at the moment, unfortunately Oh, it has landed on the line. They

:24:13. > :24:32.

:24:32. > :24:37.Lovely stuff, that might just help Horia Tecau to relax a little.

:24:37. > :24:47.was the best exchange we have had so far. Good pick up from Horia

:24:47. > :25:17.

:25:18. > :25:27.Well, this is a big comeback, from 40-0. Lovely angle, got round the

:25:28. > :25:28.

:25:28. > :26:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:26:22. > :26:32.Suddenly the match has taken off Great second serve, and the Bryan

:26:32. > :26:33.

:26:33. > :26:43.SUE BARKER: Confident start from the Americans. We will be back on

:26:43. > :26:45.

:26:45. > :26:49.Centre Court in a moment. Out on court 12, Oliver Goulding and his

:26:49. > :26:53.partner, Jiri Vesely, of the Czech Republic, have made it through

:26:53. > :27:00.their semi-final. So, we are guaranteed a British winner.

:27:00. > :27:08.Because the other semi-final has a brick chick on each side of the net,

:27:08. > :27:11.that's George Morgan and Liam Broady. Back to Centre Court.

:27:11. > :27:17.And amongst the former champion's be in the Royal Box, Lindsay

:27:17. > :27:27.Davenport. She was a very useful doubles player herself, as well as

:27:27. > :27:36.

:27:36. > :27:40.being the number one player in the You feel now that Horia Tecau and

:27:40. > :27:46.Robert Lindstedt are at least into the match. Yes, at the beginning it

:27:46. > :27:51.was looking like they were getting brushed off. Horia Tecau

:27:51. > :28:01.particularly was so nervous in his first service game. He might need

:28:01. > :28:01.

:28:01. > :29:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:29:18. > :29:25.to slow down that first serve just DAVID MERCER: Lost his first

:29:25. > :29:35.service game to love, holds his second service game to love. What a

:29:35. > :29:38.

:29:39. > :29:48.They are in the defensive formation for the first serve, both men back

:29:49. > :29:54.

:29:54. > :30:03.for the first serve, both men back Now for the second serve, Horia

:30:03. > :30:08.Tecau moves forward. Not the most gorgeous technical volley I have

:30:08. > :30:12.ever seen, but it didn't matter, it was a winner. He took a bit of a

:30:13. > :30:22.swing, it came at him very fast. Not sure what you would call that

:30:23. > :30:55.

:30:55. > :31:02.Yes! That was only 91mph, that Looking down at the court and

:31:02. > :31:12.shaking his head. Sorry, Robert, you don't get bad bounces on Centre

:31:12. > :31:12.

:31:12. > :32:13.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:32:13. > :32:19.Lovely tale about the Bryans. When they would unions, their parents

:32:19. > :32:25.banned them from playing each other in singles. One week, Mike would

:32:25. > :32:29.have to give a walkover to Bob, and the next week, or vice versa. They

:32:29. > :32:34.did not have the angry competitiveness that certain

:32:34. > :32:40.siblings can have. I agree that it wasn't a bad decision. It is always

:32:40. > :32:44.awkward, when you play brothers or sisters in a tournament. You were

:32:44. > :32:49.the middle of three brothers? older brother, David, no one beat

:32:49. > :32:59.him, or he might give you a clip around the ear. He always won. My

:32:59. > :33:20.

:33:20. > :33:30.youngest brother was respectful to Oh, that would be nice! Afterwards,

:33:30. > :33:30.

:33:30. > :33:40.though, after we've finished! New balls, 2-5, serving to stay in the

:33:40. > :34:09.

:34:09. > :34:15.first set. A tough volley, there, Tecau looked

:34:15. > :34:20.like he was going to cross, made the move and decided not to, he

:34:20. > :34:25.jumped back, didn't really have a good view of that ball, it came at

:34:25. > :34:35.him to quit, he was unfortunately blocked. -- it came at him too

:34:35. > :34:35.

:34:35. > :35:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:35:16. > :35:25.That was a really good volley from Lindstedt, because the return was

:35:25. > :35:35.dipping down low. He did well, to manoeuvre the racket head, just to

:35:35. > :36:09.

:36:09. > :36:19.It comes at you so fast, he just didn't get hold of that right, and

:36:19. > :36:19.

:36:19. > :37:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:37:02. > :37:09.an easy set-up. From Bob Bryan, Lindstedt and Tecau have settled

:37:09. > :37:13.down, playing well, but the awful start, from Tecau particularly with

:37:13. > :37:23.the two double faults in his first service game, have given the Bryan

:37:23. > :37:39.

:37:39. > :37:49.twins at the opportunity of serving That's the sort of return they have

:37:49. > :37:49.

:37:49. > :38:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:38:56. > :39:06.That was pretty good, calling it We will get the ball back

:39:06. > :39:43.

:39:43. > :39:50.eventually! That was a good one-two punch, very

:39:50. > :40:00.good return of serve from Tecau. Well done, here, stepping in and

:40:00. > :40:14.

:40:14. > :40:24.hitting the drive volley. Not Oh! The trademark chest bump.

:40:24. > :40:27.was a brilliant point. A great dive, good control, got up quick, good

:40:27. > :40:37.anticipation from Bob Bryan, to take over, cover the middle of the

:40:37. > :40:48.

:40:48. > :40:53.They are off. A little bathroom break, one presumes. After a very

:40:53. > :40:58.slow and disappointing start, the match really warming up now.

:40:58. > :41:04.whole set was... It came down to the first service game from Tecau.

:41:04. > :41:13.He was just so nervous. He threw it away. Since then, it has been very

:41:13. > :41:18.even. But we have had some good points already. If these four start

:41:18. > :41:24.to play at their best, we are going to get some wonderful rallies. This

:41:24. > :41:28.was about the best of them all. A good pick up from Bob Bryan, the

:41:28. > :41:32.diving volley from Mike. Bob takes over and covers the middle of the

:41:33. > :41:38.court. That's where he knew the ball was going, the lowest part of

:41:38. > :41:44.the net. He just moved over and helped his brother out. There is

:41:44. > :41:54.that move. There is the advantage of having the two forehands down

:41:54. > :41:55.

:41:55. > :42:01.the middle. Very good set. It has been an amazing career for the

:42:01. > :42:10.twins. Doubles has been there for tear from the beginning. It was

:42:10. > :42:17.only about two years ago... It all came down to one game, really. It

:42:17. > :42:21.was pretty even other than that one service game. They had joint bank

:42:21. > :42:27.accounts. They stayed in the same house. That changed about two years

:42:27. > :42:34.ago. They started to live a bit more out separately. Now one of

:42:34. > :42:40.them is married. It would have been smart to have moved out! Times are

:42:40. > :42:44.a-changing, but what a great career they have had. Condoleezza Rice,

:42:44. > :42:50.former Secretary of State for the United States. I am told she is a

:42:50. > :42:55.very good pianist. I thought you were going to say tennis player.

:42:55. > :43:05.Don't know about that. A few presidents have played tennis,

:43:05. > :43:07.

:43:07. > :43:17.including the current one. Although Certainly, Michelle Obama plays a

:43:17. > :43:24.

:43:24. > :43:34.The US Tennis Association have a lovely advert featuring the

:43:34. > :43:35.

:43:35. > :43:45.American first Lady, and Steffi Graf as a ball kid. It is with the

:43:45. > :44:20.

:44:20. > :44:24.aim of getting them to play tennis. We saw that serve being used so

:44:24. > :44:34.effectively by Petra Kvitova in the ladies' final, being jabbed into

:44:34. > :45:01.

:45:01. > :45:05.Ended up the right way for the Americans, but didn't do too much

:45:05. > :45:09.with the overheads. Almost lost that point, they should have put

:45:09. > :45:14.one of these away. Didn't do much with it. It looked like they were

:45:14. > :45:24.going to lose this rally, but a lovely forehand, flicked it down

:45:24. > :45:39.

:45:39. > :45:42.An excellent serve on a real pressure point. He wall know he

:45:42. > :45:49.lost his opening serve of the first set, and that was the set gone,

:45:49. > :45:59.can't afford to lose this one. Still doing I formation. He gets

:45:59. > :46:34.

:46:34. > :46:39.He has left it, and it has landed What is the purpose of I formation?

:46:39. > :46:49.It is to confuse the returners. It is to put them off, to not give

:46:49. > :46:52.

:46:52. > :46:55.them the same pattern to where they There, they went back into the

:46:55. > :47:05.conventional formations, to try to break up the pattern of play?

:47:05. > :47:05.

:47:05. > :47:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:47:46. > :47:56.Well, double faults cost them dear in the first set. The two in the

:47:56. > :48:18.

:48:18. > :48:23.Oh, my word. This is where Lindstedt, as the captain of the

:48:23. > :48:29.two, he needs to do some calming down with his partner. He is not

:48:29. > :48:39.chatting too much at the moment, but he needs to start talking. His

:48:39. > :48:47.

:48:47. > :48:57.partner is not reacting well to Another pair of double faults.

:48:57. > :49:12.

:49:12. > :49:16.Lovely use of the angle. They get a break, they are so quick on their

:49:16. > :49:26.serves, everything is quick motion, you feel the set goes away so

:49:26. > :49:32.

:49:32. > :49:42.They don't give their opponents a chance to breathe, I don't know why

:49:42. > :49:46.

:49:46. > :49:56.they are not taking more time and The brilliant. The game is all

:49:56. > :50:24.

:50:24. > :50:34.being played to the Americans'' There we are. That means Lindstedt

:50:34. > :50:43.and Tecau are illegal, it is That forehand, taking over, in that

:50:43. > :50:53.rally. There is the first one, good reflexes, a wind-up, and the whip,

:50:53. > :50:53.

:50:53. > :51:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:51:56. > :52:02.Oh, well played! If they lost that point, they might as well have gone

:52:02. > :52:08.home. Unbelievable. Unbelievable reflexes from Mike Bryan. What a

:52:08. > :52:18.lob this was. Great pick-up. They looked like they would win the

:52:18. > :52:44.

:52:44. > :52:47.I think that illustrated the danger of the formation. If you have got

:52:47. > :52:52.to cross to the far side, you have a lot of difference with the server

:52:52. > :53:02.coming in, to cover. A good place to hit the return, down the

:53:02. > :53:02.

:53:02. > :53:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:53:49. > :53:54.A lovely kick of serve from Robert Lindstedt. That see how this one

:53:54. > :53:59.really Riaz up. Mike Bryan is six foot three and he couldn't get to

:53:59. > :54:04.it. You mentioned the fact they were so close, the other thing the

:54:04. > :54:09.Bryan brothers share is a love of music. They love to have jam

:54:09. > :54:14.sessions, Bob plays the keyboards. You know the way to tell them apart

:54:14. > :54:24.if you are chatting to them. Bob on the right, on the right and, he has

:54:24. > :54:24.

:54:24. > :55:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:55:23. > :55:33.They do use those acute angle bullies at the net a lot, very

:55:33. > :55:33.

:55:33. > :56:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:56:38. > :56:46.effectively. -- acute angled Just to illustrate how quickly the

:56:46. > :56:51.Bryans play, they won that in one minute and 30 seconds, and they

:56:51. > :57:01.lost a point of it. It is so quick, they get their service game out the

:57:01. > :57:01.

:57:01. > :58:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:58:39. > :58:47.way, and they put the pressure back A much better serving game from

:58:48. > :58:54.Horia Tecau. He is not going to be able to forget those four double

:58:54. > :58:58.faults that have really cost them. They play a tremendous amount of

:58:58. > :59:05.exhibitions all around the world. Not only would the prize money they

:59:05. > :59:11.have made, but they do extremely well for themselves. Some of the

:59:11. > :59:14.tournaments in the States that they play, they actually feature them in

:59:14. > :59:18.the promotional advertisements that they have, which is very rare for a

:59:18. > :59:22.doubles team these days. Because you don't have the big names

:59:22. > :59:27.playing in doubles generally speaking. The Bryan brothers are

:59:27. > :59:31.household names, almost, in the States. They get promoted, they get

:59:31. > :59:36.big appearance fees, they do very well for themselves. They love the

:59:36. > :59:40.doubles, they promote it as much as they can. They try to get more

:59:40. > :59:44.people out here to watch doubles. At Wimbledon, we don't have that

:59:44. > :59:51.problem, but at some of the other tournaments, not so well supported,

:59:51. > :00:01.unfortunately. No, Wimbledon, the only major to still play best of

:00:01. > :00:06.

:00:06. > :00:12.The ironic thing is that, 75% of the crowd watching today, who play

:00:12. > :00:22.tennis, play doubles at their local clubs. And not singles, it so much.

:00:22. > :00:33.

:00:33. > :00:38.It always used to be the great tradition at Wimbledon, the last

:00:38. > :00:47.match of the evening would be men's doubles. At a time when all the top

:00:47. > :00:51.players played doubles as well as singles. And think Bjorn Borg

:00:51. > :00:55.really was the first great champion to stop playing doubles. Until then,

:00:55. > :01:05.pretty much everybody played doubles but he was the first want

:01:05. > :01:25.

:01:25. > :01:30.to not do it. Then the top players Singles players these days make a

:01:30. > :01:34.vast amount of money and they would want to concentrate, understandably,

:01:34. > :01:39.on singles. Occasionally Andy Murray plays a doubles tournament

:01:39. > :01:49.with his brother. Roger Federer is the Olympic doubles champion with

:01:49. > :01:57.

:01:57. > :02:07.Rafael Nadal plays to walk three doubles tournaments a year, I think

:02:07. > :02:07.

:02:07. > :02:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:02:53. > :03:02.That is rare error from Robert Minstead who has played a solid

:03:03. > :03:23.

:03:23. > :03:30.match, he has been the rock in this That is where they are so good, so

:03:30. > :03:34.sharp on these crosses, these interceptions. May make their minds

:03:35. > :03:39.up very early when they are going to go. He starts to move just as he

:03:39. > :03:49.is about to hit the volley, so he doesn't have time to direct it

:03:49. > :03:49.

:03:49. > :04:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:04:34. > :04:37.behind them and they are on to it Of course the regular tour has made

:04:38. > :04:45.all sorts of changes to try and encourage the top guys to play

:04:45. > :04:50.doubles again. When they get to deuce, the next point decides. They

:04:50. > :04:56.don't play a full set, they play a match tie-break, the first to 10

:04:56. > :05:02.points. But let's be realistic, the top guys will play at Queen's Club

:05:02. > :05:08.for example, Nadal and Andy Murray will play doubles to get practise

:05:08. > :05:14.but the days of them playing doubles at the major Grand Slams

:05:14. > :05:17.are gone. It is unfortunate because it is fun to watch, also the

:05:17. > :05:22.spectators like it and there would be more chance of matches being

:05:22. > :05:27.televised if the top names were playing. It is sad, but it is the

:05:27. > :05:32.way of the world now. The women's have supported it better, but even

:05:32. > :05:35.there some of the top women don't play as much as they used to.

:05:35. > :05:45.would be lovely to see Sabine Lisicki playing in the women's

:05:45. > :05:55.doubles final after this one, after being a semi-finalist in the

:05:55. > :05:59.

:05:59. > :06:09.singles. The art is a pity, it was That guy can play a little bit of

:06:09. > :06:29.

:06:29. > :06:36.One of the greatest doubles players That was a slight chance in the

:06:36. > :06:45.scheme of things. 15-15 from the Bryan serve, at least they had a

:06:45. > :06:51.slight chance there, but snuffed out so quickly by the Bryans. They

:06:51. > :07:00.can't get into these service games, they are not picking the returns.

:07:00. > :07:10.The Bryans are all over them at the net, there is pace, this is tough.

:07:10. > :07:21.

:07:21. > :07:31.That might be the hardest forehand he has hit all day. A bit of anger

:07:31. > :07:55.

:07:55. > :08:05.on Nov 4 and I think, frustration Second serve again from Mike Bryan

:08:05. > :08:24.

:08:24. > :08:34.and it was punished. A slight 123 mph serve coming at you, you

:08:34. > :08:50.

:08:50. > :08:55.get about 0.6 of the second to That is David make fierce and, the

:08:55. > :09:05.Australian coach. He was a very useful doubles player himself, a

:09:05. > :09:12.

:09:12. > :09:18.Quick reactions from both players. Unbelievable. The first one here,

:09:18. > :09:28.quick reactions from Mike Bryan to shovel that one back, and then the

:09:28. > :09:28.

:09:28. > :10:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:10:27. > :10:32.OK, so they have now got a break serve to avoid going two sets to

:10:32. > :10:36.love down. They have got to do something different here. They have

:10:36. > :10:41.got to try. The lob, you look at the court position of the players

:10:41. > :10:48.these days and the Net man is so close to the Net that you think why

:10:48. > :10:52.don't they lop? But the serves are so big, that the timing to hit that

:10:52. > :10:56.shot quick enough to get over their head, and they are such good

:10:56. > :11:00.athletes, it is almost impossible. I understand what you are saying,

:11:00. > :11:05.it looks like they should do it and they don't do it very often but it

:11:05. > :11:15.is a tough shot to control. Hang on a minute, I have heard of Christmas

:11:15. > :11:31.

:11:31. > :11:41.coming early, but this is They ended up on the same side of

:11:41. > :11:43.

:11:43. > :11:48.the court and left a hole. Not that he ever gets angry, but his

:11:48. > :11:58.reaction was that this was his ball. He was on that side of his court,

:11:58. > :12:01.

:12:01. > :12:11.They almost looked like they were not sure who should hit that one as

:12:11. > :12:20.

:12:20. > :12:30.well! I think Lindstedt is: to I think he is talking about the net

:12:30. > :13:03.

:13:03. > :13:13.Not a very Swedish reactions from Another massive serve and it is two

:13:13. > :13:36.

:13:36. > :13:41.Two bad service games from Tecau, two doubled service faults in each

:13:41. > :13:47.of them. Obviously they have got to be saying to each other here, we

:13:47. > :13:52.have got to play more solid at the beginning of this set. We have got

:13:52. > :14:00.to stay with them to the business side, and something may happen at

:14:00. > :14:04.least in the tie-breaker. I am not saying the Bryans have not played

:14:04. > :14:08.well but the first break was handed to them and the second one was not

:14:08. > :14:16.much better. You can't do this at this level so they have got to play

:14:16. > :14:22.more solidly at the start. They just have to do that.

:14:22. > :14:29.statistics actually don't look that bad. You just look to the two

:14:29. > :14:31.double faults. That is what it comes down to really. At this level,

:14:31. > :14:38.it is just a small things can happen and that has been the story.

:14:38. > :14:48.They have got to be more solid on this first service game. The good

:14:48. > :15:21.

:15:21. > :15:24.news for them is that it is not Amazing watching the Bryans how

:15:24. > :15:28.well they have played, they have struggled so much in this

:15:28. > :15:38.tournament. They almost went out twice, hard to believe it the way

:15:38. > :15:38.

:15:38. > :16:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:16:27. > :16:37.Not far away! Reflexes are so fast. Too big a swing. It was a bad

:16:37. > :16:39.

:16:39. > :16:49.volley. All a bit rushed. Wanting to force the action too much, Tecau.

:16:49. > :16:53.

:16:53. > :17:03.He just needs to use the pace of Brilliant return, and here we go

:17:03. > :17:23.

:17:23. > :17:33.again. First game of the set, break First time they have been able to

:17:33. > :18:09.

:18:09. > :18:19.UMPIRE: Quiet, please. A bit of Boy, that was Tecau there. That

:18:19. > :18:53.

:18:53. > :19:03.That would have been cool if the mishit return had landed in. --

:19:03. > :19:03.

:19:03. > :19:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:19:44. > :19:49.One of those days. Even on the overhead, Tecau mishit that. He is

:19:49. > :19:59.not hitting the ball cleanly, just trying too hard at the moment. He

:19:59. > :20:15.

:20:15. > :20:21.needs to try and calm down a little And there was a massive hole full

:20:21. > :20:28.instead and Tecau. If they had lost that game, you could have written

:20:28. > :20:37.at the Bryans' names on the trophy. This is where they are hitting the

:20:37. > :20:47.ball, the Bryan twins. But coming forward, look at the number of

:20:47. > :20:48.

:20:48. > :20:58.volleys. They are nearly breeding over the net, they are closing in.

:20:58. > :21:05.

:21:05. > :21:13.You will notice that Bob Bryan has changed ends for serving. They

:21:13. > :21:18.always get him to serve first in the set. And you are allowed to

:21:19. > :21:28.change ends at the start of a new said. You can even change receiving

:21:29. > :21:39.

:21:39. > :21:45.sides, although I have never seen Gorgeous. Another one of those

:21:45. > :21:50.quick games. They start to serve and it is over in a flash. There is

:21:51. > :22:00.not enough balls coming back, and right away the pressure is back on

:22:01. > :22:01.

:22:01. > :23:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:23:36. > :23:41.This is the man who has proved Lindstedt looking very sharp at the

:23:41. > :23:51.net. It is important for his partner that he is, takes some of

:23:51. > :24:18.

:24:18. > :24:22.A much better start to this set the on the previous two for Lindstedt

:24:22. > :24:28.damned Tecau and that is good because we need a competitive said

:24:28. > :24:33.to bring this final alive. With the early breaks, the first two sets

:24:33. > :24:38.were a little predictable. Wembley Stadium. I don't know, I still miss

:24:38. > :24:45.the twin towers, even though that arch is quite spectacular. We come

:24:45. > :24:52.back over the borough of Wandsworth, back down to Wimbledon and Court

:24:52. > :24:58.One. There is a mixed doubles semi- final going on, the winners of it

:24:58. > :25:02.will appear on the Centre Court tomorrow. It is always the way the

:25:02. > :25:12.finals pan out, if there has not been bad weather. We have the

:25:12. > :25:12.

:25:12. > :25:22.women's singles final, and the men's doubles on the Saturday and

:25:22. > :25:45.

:25:45. > :25:52.the men's singles final and the Still looking for their first break

:25:52. > :26:02.point of course. Nicely done here. The ball stays pretty low. Saw the

:26:02. > :26:07.

:26:07. > :26:11.gap, went for it, made it. The They are certainly having more

:26:11. > :26:21.chances on Mike Bryan's serve. They seem to be getting their racket on

:26:21. > :26:29.

:26:29. > :26:39.Again, if the server is struggling, his partner has to get involved.

:26:39. > :26:43.

:26:43. > :26:51.Brilliant sunshine or the sudden. It all happens in a flash, doesn't

:26:51. > :27:00.it? You guess, and he guessed Bob Bryan was going across on this one,

:27:00. > :27:05.instead he hit a great return but unfortunately he stayed there. Talk

:27:05. > :27:13.about helping your partner out, three magnificent volleys there

:27:13. > :27:20.from 15-30. Yes, they have played superbly. No wonder they are right

:27:20. > :27:30.up there with the great pairs of all time. Win this, and they match

:27:30. > :27:46.

:27:46. > :27:56.And they could play for another In two years' time, they will be

:27:56. > :28:07.

:28:07. > :28:17.Yes, that is what you want to see. All four men at the net. Lovely

:28:17. > :28:18.

:28:18. > :29:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:29:09. > :29:19.exchange here. Reflexes, touch. Super return, that time from Mike

:29:19. > :29:52.

:29:52. > :29:57.Bryan, really getting the ball down Best part of the match, now. A

:29:57. > :30:01.lovely exchange in that last game. It was lovely to watch. When you

:30:01. > :30:05.see the reflexes from the players on the court, particularly the

:30:05. > :30:09.Bryan brothers, it is amazing how quick they are. I have seen them do

:30:09. > :30:13.these drills, a lot of times they will have their coach and they will

:30:13. > :30:19.stand a foot from the net, the coach will just blast balls right

:30:19. > :30:24.at them. You look at it and you think, are these blokes nuts? But

:30:24. > :30:30.they pick up a ball... That was a wonderful ending there. It can

:30:30. > :30:36.happen. Just one reflex shot can be the difference of winning it. When

:30:36. > :30:46.you get the hand speed of this quality in the doubles, that can

:30:46. > :31:00.

:31:00. > :31:06.make the difference. It is amazing, There is the vulnerability to the

:31:06. > :31:11.lob, but it has got to be perfect. It is easier, during a rally,

:31:11. > :31:19.rather than off the serve. They have more time, not much more time,

:31:19. > :31:29.but a little bit more time to get the ball over the head. Still, no

:31:29. > :31:34.

:31:34. > :31:44.He is almost leaning over the net, when he hits that volley. So close.

:31:44. > :31:45.

:31:45. > :31:53.It was a good return of serve. A lovely lob, that one. The first

:31:53. > :31:56.point of this game. That is a great return. Now, again, 15-30, these

:31:56. > :32:04.are the half chances that if Lindstedt and Tecau are going to

:32:04. > :32:12.get into the match, they have to take. If Mike helps his brother

:32:13. > :32:22.out... Doesn't need to. It is a lovely serve, only 106, but he cut

:32:23. > :32:52.

:32:52. > :32:58.There is that jamming serve. It was following Lindstedt, he couldn't

:32:58. > :33:02.get out of the way of it. It is not the wisest thing, to try to get

:33:02. > :33:04.around and hit a forehand, if you are right handed, with the left

:33:04. > :33:14.deep swerving the ball, it is coming into your body the whole

:33:14. > :33:23.

:33:23. > :33:29.time -- the lefty swerving the ball. Time for a new set of balls. The

:33:29. > :33:32.ball boys and girls going so efficiently about their duties. We

:33:32. > :33:37.never noticed them, because you only notice when something goes

:33:37. > :33:43.wrong. The ones here are from local schools, they go through the most

:33:43. > :33:53.rigorous training. And of course, the ones on the Centre Court are

:33:53. > :34:10.

:34:10. > :34:20.Tecau has served very well, apart from those two service games, when

:34:20. > :34:53.

:34:53. > :35:01.he chucked in two double faults in Oh, another example. Wonderful

:35:01. > :35:05.reactions. The net cord, could have been awkward, it wasn't. This one,

:35:05. > :35:15.it is unlucky, it hit the net because it would have been a winner.

:35:15. > :35:30.

:35:30. > :35:40.It gave the chance for Tecau to put An amazing return! It was a self-

:35:40. > :35:48.

:35:48. > :35:58.preservation shot, I think! Right Lovely reaction from instead. --

:35:58. > :35:58.

:35:58. > :36:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:36:48. > :36:54.Another lovely exchange. This use of these short angles. Gorgeous

:36:54. > :36:59.point, this one. That is why Bob Bryan is so dangerous, he gets all

:36:59. > :37:04.the way around, he tries the offer shot, Tecau just picked it in time.

:37:04. > :37:08.There is such a nice mixture with the pace and the field. There is

:37:09. > :37:12.that lovely volley. For the first time, they have held their serve

:37:12. > :37:16.together. Now they are at the business end of the set, at least

:37:16. > :37:21.they have got that job done. They have sort of thrown away two sets

:37:21. > :37:31.because of one shaky service game in both, but at least they are in

:37:31. > :37:39.

:37:39. > :37:42.You feel, if they are going to break, this is the game. It is Mike

:37:42. > :37:52.Bryan that they are getting more returns into court. He doesn't

:37:52. > :37:57.

:37:57. > :38:02.quite have the pace or swing of his But he does have Bob in the

:38:02. > :38:07.forecourt. Lindstedt looked up after that shot, he hit a good

:38:07. > :38:17.return again, he thought it was crossing. He's just picking the

:38:17. > :38:19.

:38:19. > :38:26.He stands very close to the net. At the start. He then just moves up.

:38:26. > :38:31.He is almost on the net when he hits that volley. Starts off about

:38:31. > :38:41.four or five feet away. As soon as the ball goes past his head, he is

:38:41. > :39:03.

:39:03. > :39:10.To his full stretch, but he is so close to the net that if he just

:39:10. > :39:20.gets anything on the ball, it is a winner. Yes, it was more frame than

:39:20. > :39:40.

:39:40. > :39:47.No breaks in this third set. Rapid fire tennis once again. A huge game

:39:47. > :39:57.for Lindstedt and Tecau. They have forced the Bryans to serve to save

:39:57. > :40:06.

:40:06. > :40:16.One statistic that is very much in favour of Lindstedt and Tecau, they

:40:16. > :40:16.

:40:16. > :41:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:41:52. > :41:57.had served 15 aces to just four First double fault of the match

:41:57. > :42:07.from Lindstedt. The other four from his team of all come from Tecau.

:42:07. > :42:23.

:42:23. > :42:30.Oh, dear. Tecau, very conservative with that put away. I don't know

:42:30. > :42:40.what he was thinking. He actually could have hit it straight at Mike

:42:40. > :42:56.

:42:56. > :43:01.Bryan, he got away with it, but They have clung on well in this set.

:43:01. > :43:06.Lindstedt and Tecau would have been easy to let their heads go down. 2-

:43:06. > :43:10.0 down to the best players in the world. They haven't. Out on the

:43:10. > :43:15.hill, not as packed as it was yesterday, of course. But it has

:43:15. > :43:18.still become a great institution, hasn't it? The number of people who

:43:18. > :43:24.will come down to get a grounds pass, because they just want to

:43:24. > :43:30.share in the wonderful atmosphere down there. And there's a little

:43:30. > :43:37.bit of refreshment. I'm sure there will be a lot of people there

:43:37. > :43:47.tomorrow. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the two best players in

:43:47. > :44:15.

:44:15. > :44:25.the world, going head to head. He I don't believe they won that point.

:44:25. > :44:32.

:44:33. > :44:40.A full turn! Landed just on the That's gorgeous. What a serve. What

:44:40. > :44:44.a volley. Good anticipation from Mike Bryan, he knows he has to move

:44:44. > :44:54.out there. That is the obvious place for that return to go, but

:44:54. > :44:56.

:44:56. > :45:06.Every now and again, Lindstedt has really connected with the forehand

:45:06. > :45:22.

:45:22. > :45:29.A little unlucky, Tecau. It was a good return. The net cord just

:45:29. > :45:39.pushed it wide. It would have been a very difficult ball for Bob Bryan

:45:39. > :45:58.

:45:58. > :46:03.We talked before the match began, of the likelihood of tie-breaks. I

:46:03. > :46:10.have a feeling, big pressure on the Tecau serve. The only man on court

:46:10. > :46:20.to have lost his serve in this match. He has lost it was. -- lost

:46:20. > :46:20.

:46:20. > :47:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:47:22. > :47:32.He is really feeling the pressure, In the semi-final, the Bryans were

:47:32. > :47:42.

:47:42. > :47:46.up two sets to love, and lost three They have done their job, held

:47:46. > :47:51.serve throughout this third set, something they were unable to do in

:47:51. > :47:56.the first two. They almost have a free game here. That's exactly

:47:56. > :48:04.right. Lindstedt has been returning pretty well, but when he has made

:48:04. > :48:08.that return, a number of times he has hit a good return and gone down

:48:08. > :48:14.the line and they have stayed, or they have gone across court. He

:48:15. > :48:18.hasn't quite pick it yet. You never know. They just need a one-two

:48:19. > :48:22.punch here. They have had a couple of very good points but they have

:48:22. > :48:32.never done much combination together at the same time, so that

:48:32. > :48:32.

:48:32. > :49:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:49:58. > :50:08.they can get a lead in one of these A bit of a change up, only 73 mph,

:50:08. > :50:26.

:50:26. > :50:36.Paul returning from Minstead, missed all three. -- it is Paul

:50:36. > :50:36.

:50:36. > :51:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:51:42. > :51:52.It will be a tie-break to decide That serve went right into his

:51:52. > :52:13.

:52:13. > :52:23.hitting zone, just rushed it a Lindstedt hit a good return. He

:52:23. > :52:46.

:52:46. > :52:56.says, why didn't I go down the Tecau serving at the Royal box end,

:52:56. > :53:17.

:53:17. > :53:27.he has always served from the Well one mini-break be enough? --

:53:27. > :53:27.

:53:27. > :54:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

:54:28. > :54:37.Here is the first challenge of the It is good! Lindstedt has just

:54:37. > :54:47.thrown his racket to the ball girl, he has had enough. He has just had

:54:47. > :55:20.

:55:20. > :55:29.enough. Come on, he is saying! I That's a brilliant return, and the

:55:29. > :55:36.best pair of their generation have four championship points.

:55:36. > :55:46.UMPIRE: Code violation, ball abuse, warning, Lindstedt. That is a shame,

:55:46. > :56:03.

:56:03. > :56:09.getting a warning and probably a A terrific performance by the

:56:09. > :56:19.Bryans. Got the dream start, the first three games. From then on,

:56:19. > :56:26.

:56:26. > :56:30.were always in charge. They join it the would ease -- they joint Todd

:56:30. > :56:34.Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde on 11 major titles, but surely they are

:56:34. > :56:39.going to break another record in the not too distant future. They

:56:39. > :56:49.could go on for five years winning these tournaments, no reason why

:56:49. > :56:56.

:56:56. > :57:00.not. They win Wimbledon for the SUE BARKER: It was a terrific

:57:00. > :57:05.performance from the Bryans. Straight sets today, their 11th

:57:05. > :57:10.Grand Slam title, their second at Wimbledon. Well done to them. If

:57:10. > :57:20.you are coming in, we can tell you what happened earlier today. We had

:57:20. > :57:22.

:57:22. > :57:26.a terrific ladies' final and a new The new star is Petra Kvitova. She

:57:26. > :57:34.won the title today. Playing in her first Grand Slam final, she beat

:57:34. > :57:38.Maria Sharapova or 6-3, 6-4, and no sign of nerves as she clinched

:57:38. > :57:42.victory. A huge disappointment for Liam Broady, who lost in the final

:57:42. > :57:47.of the ball use singles to Luke Saville. The 17-year-old from

:57:47. > :57:54.Stockport was a set and a break up, but he let it slip away and the

:57:54. > :57:57.Aussie went on to win 6-2 in the final set.

:57:57. > :58:01.Those are the headlines from earlier today. It has been 10 years

:58:01. > :58:06.since one of the greatest sporting tales of all unfolded on the courts

:58:06. > :58:11.at SW19. Goran Ivanisevic, three times a losing finalist, had fallen

:58:11. > :58:15.down the rankings and only a letter to the All England Club secured him

:58:15. > :58:25.a wildcard. From the moment he stepped on to the grass, you could

:58:25. > :58:28.

:58:28. > :58:33.Growing up, my favourite tournament, definitely Wimbledon, maybe because

:58:33. > :58:37.of the grass. Watching Bjorn Borg, McEnroe, Connors, playing the there,

:58:37. > :58:42.something different, green grass. It was always like a goal for me,

:58:42. > :58:45.to one day be there. Play, watch, doesn't matter. That was my

:58:45. > :58:55.favourite tournament, since I was 10 years old, since I started to

:58:55. > :58:58.

:58:58. > :59:03.How vivid are the memories of that day? I can't believe it is 10 years.

:59:03. > :59:06.People are coming to me, remembering every detail, saying

:59:06. > :59:11.how I change their life. I don't know how I did that, but I changed

:59:11. > :59:21.my. It is just so many memories, especially when I am sitting here

:59:21. > :59:32.

:59:32. > :59:36.92, I was favourite in that final. I was playing well, a then that

:59:36. > :59:46.happened. I had so many chances in the 5th and I still didn't believe

:59:46. > :00:02.

:00:02. > :00:11.Ivanisevic is thinking what might have been. If I could play in the

:00:11. > :00:17.first week, I would beat him for sure. But because he played some

:00:17. > :00:24.terrible matches in the first week, and in the second week he came out

:00:24. > :00:31.a different player. And Ivanisevic, the disappointment of being twice a

:00:31. > :00:38.losing finalist. I had a lot of chances in the final of 1998, it

:00:38. > :00:44.was the final I should have won. It was missing, and then somehow he

:00:44. > :00:54.put a few unbelievable returns in. It was so upsetting when I lost my

:00:54. > :01:16.

:01:16. > :01:21.This is the worst thing ever. Twice beaten, I was watching him

:01:21. > :01:25.hold that beautiful trophy. I said I don't want to hold that plate

:01:25. > :01:35.ever again because second place, saying you are runner-up at

:01:35. > :01:37.

:01:37. > :01:42.Wimbledon is great but it is not In 2001, I played horrible. I

:01:42. > :01:50.played the Queen's Club, I lost a terrible match and on that day they

:01:50. > :01:55.were deciding over my wildcard. I hoped they didn't watch that match.

:01:55. > :02:03.You wrote your own letter for the wild card. You have to ask for an

:02:04. > :02:12.invitation, don't you? Do you remember what you put in the

:02:12. > :02:22.letter? Police have to me?! I was three times a finalist, twice

:02:22. > :02:24.

:02:24. > :02:31.Cemaes. Still I have credit, maybe I will get one. Goran Ivanisevic

:02:31. > :02:36.and Frederick Johnson have come out... When I started to play, I

:02:36. > :02:43.can't explain. He has had a terrible year. He really is the

:02:43. > :02:53.shell of a player he once was. started to feel good. I was serving

:02:53. > :02:56.

:02:56. > :03:06.Even now, I am trying to explain to myself how I started to play that

:03:06. > :03:23.

:03:23. > :03:31.Against Andy Roddick, I mean the guy could not return my serve and I

:03:31. > :03:38.felt very good. I believe nobody even talked about me and I really

:03:38. > :03:48.started to believe because I felt the first time after a long time, I

:03:48. > :03:58.

:03:58. > :04:02.But I couldn't say I was going to win so I just kept it to myself.

:04:02. > :04:09.You're feeling deep down at this point I have got a great chance

:04:09. > :04:19.here but you couldn't share it. They would say look at this guy, OK,

:04:19. > :04:19.

:04:19. > :04:23.so I just kept it to myself. Round four and my friend Greg. I am

:04:23. > :04:31.looking forward to it, it will be a good match and hopefully I can

:04:31. > :04:41.continue my run. It will be another beautiful match to watch. And very

:04:41. > :04:42.

:04:42. > :04:48.exciting, you know. I was begging not to play on Court One. As soon

:04:48. > :04:54.as it was on Court One, I knew it was gone. I thought I had a good

:04:54. > :05:04.chance that day. He was too good, served unbelievably well, played

:05:04. > :05:09.

:05:10. > :05:16.A little bit of play-acting from Rusedski! He has given the ball boy

:05:16. > :05:22.his racket. I knew he was thinking about Court One, why did they put

:05:22. > :05:32.him on Court One? They just seemed some kind of destiny. Every time he

:05:32. > :05:38.

:05:38. > :05:48.needed a break or a good shot, it It is a scorching day and we are

:05:48. > :05:52.

:05:53. > :05:56.wondering if the fairy-tale can It is the story of the

:05:56. > :06:03.Championships, no doubt about it. What an occasion the semi-final was

:06:03. > :06:08.going to be. Then the semi-final came. My think it was great

:06:09. > :06:12.expectation. It was my third semi- final. Ivanisevic came into the

:06:12. > :06:19.tournament with no form, he was a wild card entry. He was playing

:06:19. > :06:23.some great tennis to start off with, and could have quite possibly been

:06:23. > :06:30.up two sets to love but I was able to hang in there and improve my

:06:30. > :06:34.game. I won the second set on the tie-break and that was a massive

:06:34. > :06:42.boost to me psychologically, and a Downer to him. I have to say the

:06:42. > :06:48.rain saved me because on two sets to one, Tim started to play very

:06:48. > :06:54.well and I didn't have any answers. He did everything that he had to do.

:06:54. > :07:04.I didn't do anything wrong, he just killed me. I can't believe Tim

:07:04. > :07:09.

:07:09. > :07:14.Henman has ever played a better set And then we stopped, and the next

:07:14. > :07:20.day I came stronger, better. He was playing worse and worse, I played

:07:20. > :07:30.better and better. All these little signs, they were like something big

:07:30. > :07:32.

:07:32. > :07:42.is coming. Would you believe it? All need is a roof. Just give us a

:07:42. > :07:45.

:07:45. > :07:55.route! At the moment I won the match, I just knew it. He missed

:07:55. > :07:56.

:07:56. > :08:06.shots he had never missed in his life. I just knew I could not lose.

:08:06. > :08:16.

:08:16. > :08:20.Ivanisevic is into the final for It was a Monday final obviously, a

:08:20. > :08:25.slightly unusual. What was the thought process for you that day?

:08:25. > :08:30.was very nervous, I didn't sleep. I had all my things to do before the

:08:30. > :08:38.final because I had so many things on my mind. When I came in, there

:08:38. > :08:42.was an unbelievable atmosphere. atmosphere I have never experienced

:08:42. > :08:47.at Wimbledon before. This time was different because it was Monday.

:08:47. > :08:53.Maybe I would have lost on Sunday but this time it was a Monday.

:08:53. > :08:58.will be devastated if Ivanisevic loses. He would be devastated.

:08:58. > :09:05.was in the final against a guy I really admire. A great guy, a good

:09:05. > :09:11.friend. I was very nervous, but I was ready to go. He was still not

:09:11. > :09:15.ready. That is why I won the first set because I was much more relaxed

:09:15. > :09:19.than him. What about that at this fear because it is probably the

:09:19. > :09:26.only time we are ever going to see something like that at Wimbledon.

:09:26. > :09:30.It was a unique occasion. It was unbelievable. Now we have a roof so

:09:30. > :09:40.it will always be a Sunday final, I don't think it will ever happen

:09:40. > :09:42.

:09:42. > :09:51.again. And it was like I loved it, even when I was struggling. It was

:09:51. > :10:01.great. The 5th set, I was very confident I was going to win and I

:10:01. > :10:34.

:10:34. > :10:40.For the second time then, it is And one can only guess that the

:10:40. > :10:46.turmoil raging in the mind of Goran Ivanisevic at this moment.

:10:46. > :10:50.What was the thought that got you back on track? To regroup at that

:10:50. > :10:55.point, that showed a lot of strength, a lot of character.

:10:56. > :11:05.just said to myself, put a first serve in, or try to put in a

:11:06. > :11:14.

:11:14. > :11:24.And maybe it was not perfect but my leg was blocked. I said to myself

:11:24. > :11:35.

:11:35. > :11:45.jump, what are you doing? Why are I said to myself he is nervous just

:11:45. > :11:56.

:11:56. > :12:06.like you, so put the serve in At last, the waiting is over. A man

:12:06. > :12:07.

:12:07. > :12:16.who four times now has attempted to scale the ultimate height. I didn't

:12:16. > :12:21.become a good tennis player that had never won a major. You were

:12:21. > :12:25.already a national hero, and he became some legend in that moment.

:12:25. > :12:30.What was it like when you first saw how many people were there?

:12:30. > :12:36.couldn't believe they came for me. I was like, why are these people

:12:36. > :12:43.here? Who is coming? Then I realised it was funny. It was a

:12:43. > :12:50.victory for the whole country, and my home town made it happen. It was

:12:50. > :12:55.just unbelievable. For all these years I didn't do it, and there was

:12:55. > :13:00.this massive welcoming. Everyone was there. After wavering on the

:13:00. > :13:05.brink, at last he clutches the Challenge Cup. I was destined to

:13:05. > :13:11.win because everything was different. Three days the semis, a

:13:11. > :13:16.Monday final, all the little things but different. It was meant to be

:13:16. > :13:21.like that. SUE BARKER: It was one of the great

:13:21. > :13:25.stories. We are moving now over to BBC Two because we are having live

:13:25. > :13:30.coverage of the women's doubles final but now we are going to leave