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What a happy man he must be. Unbelievable.

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One of the greatest matches of all time.

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What a shot. You cannot be serious!

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Arguably the greatest champion of all-time.

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Game, set and match. The Wimbledon This maybe south-west London, but

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the sun will rise in the east. Over 11 days of struggle, icons of

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repute and great rank have been toppled. And so, two daughters of

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Eastern promise will have the final When two sisters ruled with no

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mercy, she dared to challenge, and triumphed. But there Weston umpire

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has not crumble away, and so it has taken her seven years to return --

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their Western umpire. There can be no capitulation now, only

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domination. Her comrades have known agony and

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ecstasy here. But she did minds -- demands her own slice of glory,

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again based a Russian empress who will give no quarter. -- against a

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Russian empress. There can be no retreat, only revolution. The final

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battle is at hand, total war. The victories are known, but this much

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is true -- the victor is unknown. At the end of this day, the sun

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Yes, Maria Sharapova from Russia and Petra Kvitova of the Czech

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Republic, who will contest today's final. The drama will be played out

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here on this famous Centre Court. A few people are in their seats,

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being entertained by the band in this famous arena. This match

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promises to be a hard-hitting encounter, with the a former

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champion against a 21-year-old who champion against a 21-year-old who

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is tipped for greatness. On Centre Court, play gets under way at

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2:00pm. Maria Sharapova is 24, Petra is 21, this year's champion

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will be the youngest since Maria won in 2004 as a 17-year-old. Then

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at the Men's Doubles final, the Bryan brothers through to their 5th

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final, they have only won wants. -- once. The Ladies' Doubles final be

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the last match on Centre Court Starting on Court No 1, a big

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moment for 17-year-old Liam Broady. He is in the Boys' Singles final,

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taking on Luke Saville of Australia. The Australian did not -- reached

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the Australian Open final this year, so he has experience, but this is a

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whole new experience for Liam Broady. We will join that match

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shortly. As for the weather, no problems, not only today, but

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tomorrow as well. It is blue sky all around, the sun has been

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shining. There should be no disruptions.

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I am delighted to say that Lindsey and John are here. We have been

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invaded by greenfly, there are bugs... I don't remember anything

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like this. Do you? No. There were a couple of tournaments in the States.

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These flies would drive you wild, you would eat them for lunch,

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breakfast and dinner. They will hopefully get out of here in the

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next hour. We hope so. Let's tell you the

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

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champion. Succeeding Serena. Queen of Wimbledon the last two years,

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the younger Williams sister began her defence against the physical

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odds. A gashed foot and life threatening illness forced a 40

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nine-week absence, which explains the uncontrollable emotion after

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surviving. I usually don't cry, I don't understand it. It has been so

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hard, I never dreamt I would be here. To win, I just wanted to win

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at least one match. Her sister, Venus, had endured her own injury

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torment, almost five months of age. Burton menswear in round two was a

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diminutive figure from Japan. She only surrendered in the 14th game

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of the final set. Victory, but barely. Junior Wimbledon held few

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fears for Britain's Laura Robson. Girls' champion aged 14 in 2008,

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she won her first ever main draw singles match this year, to land a

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plum role in the Maria Sharapova or shower. Then set about stealing all

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the big scenes. However, the fifth- seeded Russian prevailed.

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Nonetheless, Robson's adult career suddenly had renewed purpose.

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Robson was truly a threat. No round two for the juniors start

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with senior ambition, Heather Watson. An arm injury was cruel

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misfortune for the talented teenager, who lost in three and

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couldn't conceal the her it. It is just frustrating, and I am

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disappointed that I lost. Abbey experience did before? I have never

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told anything like this. -- never The Britain's other wildcards fell

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at the first. Those there by right moved on, Anne Keothavong was

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unfortunate to face Petra Kvitova in round two, and eventual finalist

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sliding through the gears. Elena Baltacha briefly had the home fires

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smouldering, if not roaring. She appeared poised for victory in the

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second round against Shuai Peng, only to lose her poise and the

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match. British interest, over. That we expect, but Vera Zvonareva pot

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shock exit was shocking. Runner-up last year, number two seed this,

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she was beaten by the woman she beat in the semis last year,

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Tsvetana Pironkova. Piles of the unexpected are her speciality. In

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2010, she beat Venus Williams -- tales of the unexpected. In 2011,

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she did it again, and how. Venus, vanquished, on last 16 day. Just

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over an hour after Serena had been swatted off court by former

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finalist Marion Bartoli. The Frenchwoman allowed her father back

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in the box after banishing him in the previous round, and did dad

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proud. Some said winning the title after a year out would have been

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bad for the women's game. Can you appreciate that? Does this result

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show it is competitive? Yeah, I am super happy that I lost. Go,

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women's tennis! Bartoli next came up against

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another comeback girl in Sabine Lisicki. The German wildcard made a

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name two years ago by reaching the quarters, and reminded us of her

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enormous talent and resilience as she fought from the brink of

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elimination to oust lean are under the Centre Court roof. Just a year

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after learning to walk again following serious injury. It was

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very hard, I had to start from 0 after being on crutches was seven

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weeks. It means so much, winning the title in Birmingham, and

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getting the wildcard. I appreciate it so much, to be back in Wimbledon.

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It is a place I love so much. been used Steffi Graf, but the

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first Sabine Lisicki, she insisted. She ground out a three-set quarter-

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final win over Bartoli. World number one and top seed, Caroline

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Wozniacki, was the anticipated last eight opponent for Sharapova.

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Dominika Cibulkova did not like that idea and down to the Danish

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player in three. Wozniacki awaits a major title break through, whilst

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Sharapova awaited the 24th seed Sharapova's grunting is the stuff

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of solid legend. 4th seed Victoria Azarenka has given her a pitch

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fight in the old gettable duel. The Belorussian squealed away into her

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first Grand Slam semi-final. Petra had been pushed to three sets by

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Pironkova. Could it have a, beaten by Serena Williams at this stage a

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year ago, came through the semi- finals this time -- could be to

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The three-set affair was followed by wobbly serving from Sharapova,

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in an otherwise ritual romp over Lisicki, whose heroics have all

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been used up. Maria, back in the final for the first time since 2004.

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It means so much. It is interesting, it is a whole

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change. At the French Open, Maria was the youngest semi-finalist, and

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here she was the oldest. It release shows the difference on the two

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services and what players excel on the grass and on the clay. -- the

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two surfaces. These two players are playing the best tennis. There will

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be a lot of big hitting, but it will come down to the serve. Serve,

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and no, I think. -- and nerve. Sharapova had a horrible day

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serving. What is going to happen if she serves well? Petra Kvitova is

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in a position she has never been in before. They remind me a lot of

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each other. The way they strike the ball. She has worked herself into

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much better shape. I wonder what do you think the upside is, as far as

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movement. That is always key, the game has become so athletic, I am

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thinking she can win multiple Grand Slams. Absolutely, she is going to

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win a Grand Slam. She plays a big style of game, she is so much

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better than last year, she keeps improving. To have the advantage of

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being a lefty, have that serve and get three points, is so key. She is

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right into the limelight now. Martina has picked her to win and I

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think you are picking as well? started the tournament with

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Sharapova and I still think she is a great player, but watching Petra

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Kvitova and how she has handled the pressure, she played a terrible

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second set against Azarenka and it has not phased out. You have to be

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fearless in these big matches and she is certainly that. A lefty

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serve. Should that be allowed, to switch midstream? She is in the

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Royal Box, she is a royalty today. Don't rabbit in! Sharapova has won

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this, a couple of other majors -- don't rub it in. I'll be surprised

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if Petra go back to her is not overwhelmed, feeling the pressure -

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- if Petra Kvitova is not overwhelmed. In the first set

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against Azarenka, it looked like she could beat anyone, at any time.

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But then it's set in, oh my God, I am about to be in the finals.

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has worked so hard for the last three years to get back to this

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point. She is not a player that let's opportunity go by very easily.

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This is her earlier today, she is a great competitor. I call her the

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Rafa Nadal of the women's tour. I think she is one of the fiercest

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competitors men, all-women, in the history of our sport. Given the

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success, the money and endorsements, I think she has done a fantastic

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job of being able to put that aside, when she trains and plays matches.

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It is hard to do. She is the highest paid female athlete in the

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world -- highest paid. She still $24 million in a year, only 2

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million in prize-money. It is a whole different EEF -- whole

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You have got to find an excuse was serving 13 double faults. She had

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two break six-times, I am not sure she is going to get as many chances.

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-- she had to break six-times. last two big matches, semi-finals

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of the French and here, the serve went away again. She will be under

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more pressure with Petra Kvitova's return. She will have to find the

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rhythm. That is what can go off for have. She will have to have a good

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serving day. Petra could it ever did not have a great serving day

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Over she strikes the ball so well, she ends the point won the second

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shot. The first serve percentage, I think shook would be doing well --

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she would do well to take some pressure off. Maria has a huge win.

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Can you get over it when you get to the lips on the serve? Maria seems

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to block things are better than anyone. She has had this problem

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for a few years. She gets a bit more tense on the court and you can

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see that. She worked on her serve yesterday, will work on it today,

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she will be trying to stay relaxed on it. Against Lisicki started with

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two double faults in the first game To she has a stubborn mentality,

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she goes for huge second serves and that gets there in trouble when the

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toss is not in the correct spot. will continue our build up in about

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25 minutes. Enjoy your land, sorry we delayed you, you can join your

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husband in the Royal Box. I will enjoy my lunch in the cafeteria.

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will be heading off to Court No 1 to see the Boys' Singles final,

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featuring the 17-year-old, Liam Broady. We will hear from him in a

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moment but let's remind you of the incredible semi-final victory from

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Liam Broady is through to the final. I tried to treat it like any other

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match. He is a fantastic player, one of the better players here,

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which is why he is in the semi- finals, and I managed to come out

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in -- with a win. What does it mean to be in the final? It means

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everything. It would mean even more if I won it. After the Boys'

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Doubles last year, it feels great. The last British boy to win,

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Stanley Matthews, 1962, are you aware of the history of what you

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are trying to achieve? I have been told a few times already. It

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doesn't matter to me. It is one match to focus on and try to get

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the best result for us up growing up, when did you start thinking

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about tennis? I have been playing since I was about four. Eight or

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nine, I started to play tennis instead of football and other

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sports. I understand there is no funding from the LTA. Going further

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back when you were 14, I remember reading that you were funded

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because your parents had to sell their house, is this right? Yes. We

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had two houses on the same road, my dad used to rent one of them out.

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We ended up selling one and moving into the next one, to help fund the

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tennis. Did you have childhood heroes growing up? I love watching

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Federer and Rafa, I enjoyed watching Henman as well. I watched

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him in the French, the semi-finals one year. I love to his game and

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the way he played. You have had a knock with rapper in the practice

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courts. Yes, last year. I learnt a lot about the intensity that you

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need, even in the practice. To almost contribute to the match

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court. Obviously, he is an incredible fighter and that is what

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he brings to the game. A lot of young tennis players are loath to

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make predictions, or tell people what their ambitions are. For me, I

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focus year by year. I would love to be number one in the world, top 10

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in the world. I will see how far I can take it. Thoughts of appearing

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on the final on Court one? It will be one of the greatest experiences

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I have had. I did it in the doubles but on the singles, it will be

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something else. The match is under way and it has started very well

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for Liam, he has a break of serve, leading 2-1 against Luke Saville of

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Australia, hoping to become the first British buoyed to win the

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championship since Sir Stanley Matthews Junior in 1962. -- first

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COMMENTATORS: A very confident start, just broken the serve of the

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Australian. He had a couple of break points. He needed the second

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one. A confident opening to this match. They have similar game

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styles. They like to play from the back predominantly. Any opportunity

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will come forward. Liam Broady, a bit more solid at the moment. We

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alluded to the fact that the sense of occasion is everything out here.

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It is all about the start of this match, Broady coming out of the

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We know he has to take the ball. It is easy to miss those, they are

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fine margins, it low and flat over the net. He doesn't want to back

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off too much and give too much space and time to his Australian

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Both players, predominantly happy to trade blows from the baseline.

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Luke Saville, in particular, has shown a propensity for coming into

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the net, which Broady will need to 17-year-old from Stockport. Which

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is where Fred Perry came from. Need I am not sure that Fred used to

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blast them down 110 miles an hour. Shots serving from Broady.

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consolidates the break in the previous game as well. -- sharp

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Doesn't look like a 17-year-old who would be unnerved by the occasion.

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It is hard to remember a time when That was right on the line, Savell

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was very quick to hold his racket in the air, and summoned Hawk-Eye -

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- Saville was very quick. He was a little too hasty. Yes, the weight

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Blonde hair, white back-to-front baseball cap. Quite a fan of

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He needs some of the battling spirit here, though. Because if he

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is unsuccessful with this walk I challenge, he is two break points

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He was right to challenge. It is one of the characteristics of

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Broady's play, that if he does get beaten by a good shot, he tends to

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acknowledge the shot, which is unusual. I think it is positive, it

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An ace followed by another double fault, and another break point.

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There's Tyson, on the right, with the baseball cap, on the coaching

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Oh, he's got it! Saville, the bravery to come to the net. Broady,

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the effrontery to beat him. Yes, it was a fantastic forehand pass,

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threaded the needle down the line, beautifully done. You feel he has

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to ride the wave of support and emotion that this No 1 Court crowd

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are giving him. He has got a double break. There is his father, Simon.

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He has contributed so much to his tennis career. He flew back from

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Spain yesterday, where he had been looking after his daughter, Naomi,

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who played in the first round of the women's singles at the

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beginning of these Championships. She lost to Anne Keothavong. Talent

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runs through the family. It is all about what they can do. They are

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doing it on their own at the moment. With all the expense, having two

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children on the tennis circuit, tennis First as a charity has

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It has been cash well invested so far, if early indications here are

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anything to go by. Broady, with two breaks at the start of this final,

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Something about a left-hander. There is an added elegance. Because

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the right hander is played in so few left-handers, it feel -- the

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right-handers play against so few It is hard to imagine that his

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quest to become the first Briton to win this title for nearly 50 years

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Beware, the Australian, that was some return. Didn't he get hold of

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You feel Saville, squeezing Broady a little more with the approach

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behind the forehand as well, to put The error from Broady gives Saville

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Held his nerve well. It was a difficult moment on the second

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serve. Absolutely, he will be delighted that that return from

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All the work they have done at the Nottingham Tennis Centre, leading

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He needed to get his legs down It was neat play from Saville, and

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it brings another break point. Both boys wrestling with the sense

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The money serve coming to the He has got all the approved routes

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to goal long way in British tennis, keeping the audience on the edge of

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There was a rather sombre field to win will today after Andy Murray's

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Shots like that will help. Fabulous serving, and what a follow-up.

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By some distance, the longest game In some respects, that will give

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him as much confidence as breaking Saville's serve. Absolutely, that

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was a really important long game. It is tough to lose games like that,

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but great to come out on the right side of it. Broady just the second

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Briton to make the final in nearly One thing you can say about the

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Aussie, he has eaten anything short. Yes, Luke Saville does need to find

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another gear, and it seems he is He grew up on a diet of videos of

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Marcelo Rios, the great Chilean That wasn't an easy overhead, he

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would have been looking right into the sun. Yes, he watches it very

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Second time in this game we have seen the ferocity of the Broady

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forehand. There is a really encouraging, metallic sound about

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

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keep you up-to-date with it of course. If you want to continue

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watching, you can do so by pressing Here on BBC One, we're going to

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I'm delighted to say, I'm joined by Tracy Austin. This is a lovely

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match-up, a former champion back to match-up, a former champion back to

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her best, and one of the rising stars of the game. Very much so,

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and they have such a similar style of play.

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They both hit the ball just about as hard as they can on every stroke.

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One leftie, one with a ton of experience. And then of course

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Kvitova, her first Grand Slam final. How will she handle the situation?

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How will she handle the nerves? That will be critical. And of

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course, the nerves will be kicking in right now. We will take a look

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at both players, starting with Maria Sharapova, one of sport's

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Every once in a while, you get a sports star with that extra sparkle.

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But it is the craft behind the beauty that gives the final product

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its polish. Creating the perfect Maria was a labour of love. Her

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parents fled to Chernobyl for Siberia in search of the best

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opportunities for their daughter. My father was just a big tennis fan.

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He loved to play at the weekend. I used to come with him and watch.

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Kafelnikov's father, who used to play with my dad, gave me one of

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Kafelnikov's rackets. I played with that. The next move was to Florida,

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and the academy of Nick Bollettieri. The dream was finally crystallised

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at Wimbledon in 2004, when a 17- year-old Maria Ouch on all before

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her. I just kept doing better and better. I got to the quarter-finals,

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and then all of a sudden I was in the semis. I was beyond ecstatic. I

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was almost ready to go home, I was so happy. I was playing in the

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Davenport in the semi-final, and she was up, and then there was a

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rain delay. We came back and I And then, going into the final, I

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was just fearless. When you won, we were all reminded

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that actually, you were still a teenager. You were trying to find

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your mum, you went up and hug your father in the stands. It was a real

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reminder that you were still girl. I still feel like that, at 24 years

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old! She might still feel like girl, but she is the highest earning

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sportswoman on the planet. And she has got the diamonds to prove it.

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Bespoke earrings for every match. She really is living the dream.

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very fortunate to have the life that I have. I'm very fortunate to

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be a tennis player. But I want people to see that the bright side

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of things, when you're lifting the trophy is, only comes after putting

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a lot into it. It seems very glamorous, and you get your picture

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taken and all of that, but at the end of the day, I'm a pretty simple

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person. It has been an emotional ride since she first burst on the

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scene. Two more grand-slam titles were followed by a career-

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threatening shoulder injury, which The journey from teenage gem to 24-

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year-old woman has not been smooth, but Maria's strength carried her

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through. I have a lot more experience now, I have gone through

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a lot, the good and the band, the injuries, the Tuft days. It has

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been a long journey, but I do not regret one tough day, that bills a

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lot of character. I have learned a lot. I'm very happy to be at my age.

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It is those tough times which would make victory today more precious

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than anything she has achieved before. If I was able to win

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another major, after my injury, it would mean a lot more than the

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others I have won. Simply because when something is taken away from

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you, you have a lot of time to think how lucky you are to be

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playing the game of tennis. I'm a big competitor, and there is

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nothing like that feeling when you're in front of thousands of

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people, and you're just trying to win a match. When you wake up in

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the morning and you're not going out to make yourself at a, I missed

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that feeling, and I realised that I It is an incredible story. She's

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talking about the injury, the operation, that was career-

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threatening... It really was. She had the injury, and then she had

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rehabilitation down in Phoenix. She would be flying back and forth from

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Los Angeles. She did not really want the surgery, because it was

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not 100% guaranteed to work. The rehab didn't work, so she had to

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have the surgery in New York. Still it was not 100% that she was going

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to come back. That's why, if she would be able to win a Grand Slam,

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after having that shoulder surgery in October 2008, it would be worth

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all of the other three Grand Slams combined. It is a different Maria

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now, seven years have passed, she's still only 24! But daddy's not here,

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he will not be in the players' box. And of course, he was so

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instrumental in 2004. Yes, he has been there every step of the way,

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every practice since the time she started playing tennis, through all

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of her tournaments, all the way up to 2008, when she won her third

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Grand Slam in Australia. Apparently he sat her down afterwards and said,

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you have made it. I do not feel like you need me so much any more.

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You're on the right path. I want to go and do some things which I want

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to do, apparently, he loves skiing. But she's really made that

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transition from a young girl, always a mature young girl, but in

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to a winner. She has changed coaches at the beginning of this

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year as well. Michael Joyce had been her coach for five or six

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years, but she wanted something new. She wanted to hear a new voice. She

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got engaged at the end of last year to a NBA player. As an athlete, it

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is a terrific relationship, because he can understand what she's going

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through. To me, it seems like she's in such a great place in her life.

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Still very close to her parents. Her mother will be here. Her dad is

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off doing his own thing. Sacha is here. Remember, she has been back

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for a couple of years, and she has not had the results which she was

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getting before the surgery, so this is her opportunity to change that.

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Anybody who has had an injury knows that you cannot trust it for quite

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a while. Of course, she went over to the Bollettieri academy in

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Florida, she turned up, this tiny little thing, and he said she had a

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competitiveness which he had not seen in anyone. Everyone was

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frightened of her even at 12, she had that stare. It is still there.

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The intensity, she plays every point like her life depends on it.

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A lot like Rafa Nadal. Roger is a bit more relaxed. But those two are

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the best competitors in the game. You talk about gym being so tiny.

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She worked with my former coach, she would spend time with him over

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

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little thing. But the intensity was there. She had this huge second

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serve already. You just knew where she was going. You just got the

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feeling that, it is very unusual, for some kid to know where she is

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going at such a young age. We will have a look at Petra in just a

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moment. But over on Court No. 1, Liam Broady took the first set, and

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he has a break of serve in the second set as well. That match is

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on the red button. But now, let's look at Kvitova, who

:51:38.:51:47.
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has really blasted her way through We had a flat with three rooms. We

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were there, five of us. I was sharing a room with my two brothers.

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It was fun sometimes and sometimes it was crazy. Fees and living one

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hour away from the city where I was born now. It is not far away. What

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did you want to be? Maybe I wanted to be a teacher, like my father. Do

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you remember the first time you started to play tennis? I was there

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from want to was born, because my brothers played. I was on the

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In between all these matches, what else do you like to do, away from

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tennis? I like watching movies and listening to music. What music do

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you like? I like Pink. Sometimes I # I should be locked up right on

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the spot... What about clothes, do you wear any designers? No, I do

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not do that. I like normal clothes, like jeans and T-shirt. Of course,

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sometimes I like wearing dresses. Lots of people get carried away

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with stardom - do you think you're more level-headed? I think so, for

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me, it is important, because I do not want to change myself. I just

:53:54.:54:04.
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want to be the same. Nothing For some people it is all about

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being famous, and money and things like that. But for me, it is about

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the emotion. You are fighting, maybe you can beat her, and when

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you have a title, it is something COMMENTATOR: Delight for Kvitova,

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the first leftie through to the final here since her hero, Martina

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Navratilova. My father told me, look how she plays. She was so

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happy for me when I won, it was nice. Those days when you played

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tennis with your brother's, growing up, did you ever think that at the

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age of 21, you would be walking out to play in the final at Wimbledon?

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No, I did not think that. I did not think that I would play at

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And she will need to play even better if she's going to lift the

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trophy. It is an incredible story, a left-hander from the Czech

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Republic, it is a tough act to follow. But she has come from a

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club which has a lot of top players. A very much so, not an academy,

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Tomas Berdych plays there as well. There is something at that club.

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There's a lot of hitting partners, everybody is excited about playing

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internationally. Today is the biggest opportunity for her, and it

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is all about whether she will be able to hold her nerve. She comes

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out with a quick start and then she gets a bit nervous. It is all about

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whether she can maintain that intensity throughout the whole

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match. The build-up to this final is so different to any other match.

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You're in the locker room... And here they come. I always think it

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is strange that they are not carrying their equipment. You want

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to hold something! Yes, now, the Wimbledon Championship is on the

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line. For me, I always think at Wimbledon is the most special,

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because you will become a member here, there's so much tradition.

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You walk past one of the other former champions. You're definitely

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very, very nervous right now. They're so tall, that's what has

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changed in the game from when we were playing. 6ft and over is

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almost the norm now. It is going to be key, because the serve is going

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to be a key factor. Maria has got to have a better day in that

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respect. Yes, we know that Maria has come back and had the yips on

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certain days. Some days, she serves beautifully. In one match she

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served 13 double faults. She will not be able to do that today

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against Kvitova and win the match. She is a better opponent I think

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than Lisicki. So, Maria Sharapova is going to have to get a lot of

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first serves in. Because Kvitova will really go after the second

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serve. Even though Maria has been here before, she will be feeling

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this, won't she? She will, because this is all after the surgery.

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are just being briefed. That's the former player who now looks after

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the players. Paying your first Grand Slam final, like Petra, the

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whole build-up is so tricky, and you just want to get out there...

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One thing which might help her is that she was in the semi-final last

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year here against Serena. She played a pretty good match. But

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definitely, so keep quiet, just about ready to go on court, this is

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when the butterflies are really big time. The legs will be heavy. A lot

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of thoughts going on in your head. This is going to be such a big

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hitting match. Kvitova has got to go for it, and accept that she's

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going to make errors. That's when she plays her best. Going after the

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second serve. She hits so hard and flat, both of them have similar

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styles in that respect. This is Chloe, representing the muscular

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dystrophy Campaign, and I'm President of that charity. When the

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All England Club asked me to select someone, I chose her. I will tell

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you more about her in a moment. But this is a long wait, isn't it?

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is, you can see Maria's legs going back and forth. We are waiting for

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2 o'clock. It is another 20 seconds! They have to be bang on

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time. Both of them are going to want to have a quick start. They

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I feel for them, we have never seen anyone have to wake -- wait this

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long. They brought them down too early. It will play more on the

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mind of Pedro than Maria. -- of Petra. Because Maria has been here

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before. OK, here they come. A big crowd and a big moment awaits them.

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Maria, with more pressure. Go better there, low were ranked, she

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will have nothing to lose going in.. -- Kvitova, lower ranked. The serve

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will be key, Maria had two break six times in her semi-final.

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Kvitova, if she says as she has been serving throughout the

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tournament, is not going to give up many opportunities. Exactly. Maria

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served 13 double faults, 10 when she lost in the semi-finals of the

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French. It will be the crucial element for both players. Both of

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them, if there was a weakness, it would be movement about the court.

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I would say in the last year, both players have become more fit. Her

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legs are stronger because she has played so many matches on the clay.

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Maria feels like she has grown as a tennis player. She says she let

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learns -- has learnt to construct points better. The OK, it Petra is

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ready. There is Chloe, she has a muscle-wasting disease. It causes

:02:03.:02:08.

weakness in the arms, lake, throat and face muscles. She has used a

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wheelchair since primary school. -- the arms, legs, throat and face

:02:14.:02:18.

muscles. She laughs wheelchair tennis and says this is a dream

:02:18.:02:23.

moment to be out here with these two great players. Just to remind

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you we are using electronic review. Any Questions? Which player would

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you like to call? Petra. Heads, please. It is tails. Maria? I will

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receive. OK, a few photos. That is not a very positive start.

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It is interesting, they both rely on their serve so much. I don't

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think Martina Navratilova would have let anybody serve first, but I

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think Maria is thinking it will give her a game to get her arm

:03:02.:03:07.

warmed up and get the feet moving, get the nerves out before she has

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to serve and think she has do hold serve. And maybe think that Petr is

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petrified and that she is not going to serve at her best. -- Petra is

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petrified. When Azarenka paid Kvitova,, cadet are best served

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first and faced a few break points There Chloe will be watching this

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match with her family. As far as Maria Sharapova is concerned, I

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love the return of serve and she is so intimidating took serve against.

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You know you need a high serve -- first serve percentage. Maria

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spends a lot of time on the practise court. I am talking half

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an hour frequently, and before every match, at least five or 10

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minutes on her return, picking a target and going after them. Maria

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rarely lets up on her second serve. Both of them play their best tennis

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when they play second shots. It is a risk, but also a great game, it

:04:26.:04:33.

translates well to the grass court service. They talked a bit about

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her being left-handed, and that serve will be key. She could really

:04:39.:04:43.

use the movement, to get Maria out of court, but to serve into the

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In the last couple of days, Maria has had press conferences, and the

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first thing she mentioned was the fact that Kvitova was left-handed.

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It is difficult to get used to. The serve can go out wide, it can go up

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the T. I'm going to ask you where you're going to put your money.

:05:30.:05:37.

Well, gosh, I have gone with Maria since the beginning. Lynsey has

:05:37.:05:45.

changed her mind, she's Gone With Kvitova. I know, it is tough. But

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I'm going to stick with Maria. has been lovely to talk to you,

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Tracy. I know you will be heading off to the commentary box now. This

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match is also being broadcast in 3D. If you have an h-t box and a 3D

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television, you can watch this in We are ready for this final, it

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promises to be a thriller. Tracy is on her way to join John McEnroe and

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Good afternoon. As usual the expectations surrounding the Centre

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Court for ladies' final stage, and what a file it potentially could be.

:06:31.:06:34.

Maria Sharapova knows how to win this tournament, and you wonder

:06:34.:06:38.

whether that would be the edge that get Sir through to this second

:06:38.:06:44.

title here. -- gets her through. Up against a potentially dangerous

:06:44.:06:50.

opponent. This is the tall Russian, who has rediscovered her form in

:06:50.:06:56.

2011 after the terrible shoulder injury. Still, fairly young, so

:06:56.:07:04.

maybe many more major titles for her. She is currently ranked six,

:07:04.:07:10.

has the potential to go to three if she can win here. And of course,

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like the person sitting next to me, John McEnroe, has been world number

:07:14.:07:24.

one. It is always an incredible thing. A Wimbledon final. You can

:07:24.:07:29.

see her road has been pretty easy. You thought she would have been in

:07:29.:07:34.

more of these finals after winning at 17 years of age. What was the

:07:34.:07:40.

last name? The Williams. They caused some headaches. It was her

:07:41.:07:44.

shoulder that curtailed her for quite a while. It is part of why

:07:44.:07:48.

she is having serving problems. She has tried everything, an

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abbreviated motion, a different take back. Seems to have gone back

:07:52.:07:56.

to what she did at the beginning. It has been a headache, caused

:07:56.:08:03.

problems in her semi-final. Here, and maybe the reason she lost to Li

:08:03.:08:07.

Na in the semi-finals of the French. Mentally, she is as tough as anyone

:08:07.:08:12.

I have seen on a tennis court, man or woman. This is what this 21-

:08:12.:08:16.

year-old, who I think will be more prepared than many may expect...

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She has never been in a Grand Slam final. She was at the semi-finals

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here last year. She has worked her way methodically up the rankings

:08:24.:08:28.

since breaking through here. A fantastic year, winning on all

:08:29.:08:34.

surfaces. It is clear when you watch it, she uses the lefty serve

:08:34.:08:40.

so well. Her best surface is the one she is playing on right now.

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She is a player who was troubled a couple of times. Nerves, in both

:08:49.:08:55.

cases, got the best of her. She sensed something spectacular was

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going to happen, particularly for the match against Azarenka. That

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first set, wow, she was unbelievably good. Interesting that

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she has been on court less time than Sharapova, even though she has

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dropped a couple of sets. That is interesting. He plays at a couple -

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- a very quick pace. It is part of what worries me. If things go off,

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if she is able to slow herself, to recognise that maybe, she needs to

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go to a plan B or try something different... This is going to be

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awfully interesting. awfully interesting.

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Alison Lang from Great Britain will Alison Lang from Great Britain will

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chair this final. The 5th Ladies' Singles final for Alison. Kvitova

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

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up there. It started with Monica Seles. There is Sasha Abuja chick -

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- Sacha Vujacic. He used to play for the LA Lakers. He is a free

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agent now. Maria is probably thinking, I think you should go to

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New York or LA. We will see how the young 21-year-old comes out of the

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Out wide. Trying to take away the Four years, I wondered why Roger

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Federer didn't do that very thing - - for years. Sharapova is outside

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the doubles Ali and it causes Kvitova to rethink. It is a good

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That potentially, a nerve settling As was that. Another option is to

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slice it into her body. Maria doesn't often return from that

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position. It is a bit of a new look for her, to have to deal with. The

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lefty spin, coming into her Do you know who won the toss?

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won the toss, and chose to receive. That is surprising. That was also a

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good call. She has a break point Perfect start for the Russian. Just

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the 5th time that Kvitova has been broken in The Championships. She is

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not used to the return of serves coming back with such pace.

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Finishing her service motion and the return of serve is on her.

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is more nerves. I remember a semi- final when my legs were shaking, as

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I tried to deal with Jimmy Connors' return, which was not too shabby.

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She has ever been in this position. She is trying to get the

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butterflies out, and there are some annoying flies out there as well,

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haven't seen that before on Centre Court.

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Might cause some problems with the Sensational forehand! That bodes

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well, a good response after dropping her serve. One of Maria's

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best shots, the backhand on the run, she is able to flick it so well

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I think it is safe to say, you will We interviewed Maria for American

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

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Opportunity for Kvitova to get the There is the break back. Her coach

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was on the right of the picture there, briefly. He will also be

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breathing a sigh of relief. The trainer on the left, there. Both

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clearly doing an excellent job. This young lady is playing better

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than ever, there is no doubt about it. That was just what she needed.

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That is that lefty slice that is going to come into her body. That

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is a good call for her. Kvitova credits those two young men for

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helping her too much -- so much. She said she has had to work hard

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to make her serve a weapon. She has been with that team for three years

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UMPIRE: Me Sharapova is challenging the call. -- Miss Sharapova.

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one element that Kvitova has is I am very impressed with how well

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Kvitova uses the slice, for such a tall girl. That will be important

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for her. She has more variety, she has been to the net twice as much

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as Maria and she is quite handy at For someone as tall as she is, she

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gets down very low. Excellent knee bend off the ground when she needs

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Sharapova at saw it coming. guessed right. She was forced to.

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She doesn't have that sprint speed that some of those ladies have. A

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good, calculated risk. Still in the That is what she will do if you

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serve a soft second serve. Which of course, put so much pressure on

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Obviously, that is the plan for both players, they hit so hard and

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flat, trying to rush the other, get the other off balance. When they

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continue to hit hard and flat, that is when they draw the unforced

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Here comes a challenge again from Sharapova. She looks convinced as

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well. This is why this challenge system has come a long. Look at

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this. Instead of it being jews, it Once you have committed to your

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shot, whether or not the player ends up being there or not, it is

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hard to change gears. It is better to hit a firm ball and make Maria

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come up with a tough past. She couldn't do it. Maria is used to

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doing this to others. She's not She got used to it, dealing with

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the Williams sisters. It is a different shot because I think

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Kvitova hits flatter than the Williams sisters. That is more

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That is special. If that is a glimpse into the future, this could

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be a special afternoon. STUDIO: Indeed, tennis of the

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highest quality in just three games. highest quality in just three games.

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We will just dropped into No 1 Court, to see how Liam Broady is

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going. When we were last there, he was a break of serve up in the

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second set, but he was broken twice, he has dropped the second set. It

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is into a third and final set. That is live on the red button and

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is live on the red button and COMMENTATORS: Kvitova will be

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sitting there and she will be delighted with the way she got out

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of that last service game, very tough. There was that call that got

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Maria back in, and then a another call, and suddenly she was under

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severe pressure, looking like she may be broken again. Condoleezza

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Rice. There are lots of former Champions in the Royal Box, and a

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former Secretary of State. She was in Prague, where Kvitova is from,

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yesterday. They named a street after Ronald Reagan. It would have

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been the -- his 100 birthday. They felt he was the main contributed to

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the demise of contribution, so she There is the backhand slice, that

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can cause the error. It comes at a different speed. It is a nice

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backed can slice. Really cuts it well -- nice backhand slice.

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Is Kvitova weaker off one wing of the return? I think she's pretty

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I think she is weaker when she has to stretch out on her backhand.

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can't put enough weight behind her We saw a lot of those in the semi-

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finals, that is for sure. Became an issue in the semi-finals of the

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French, she lost to Li Na. It is a headache, to have to deal with.

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just the double fault, but the first serve percentage, under 50%.

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48%, not what she can afford to Her camp might be getting nervous.

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I think she could have taken an extra step, and the shot would have

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been easier to pull off. Marie are doing what she has to do, get the

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first serve in. Maria taking so much time in between points.

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Supposed to be 25 seconds. We have had a couple of breaks, a

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You sense that she thought that was more than half a chance. I think

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she likes to play at a quicker pace A think she maybe actually helping

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her settle down. You are playing fast, you look up and the set will

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be over. Let this sink in for Very different service positioning

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She got lucky there because the court was wide-open for Sharapova.

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She doesn't miss that very often. She does like to get a little bit

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wider, Kvitova, to get that angle but that opens the door for

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She would prefer if Maria tries to go cross-court, that is any easier

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shot for her to deal with. easier shot from Maria as well. She

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First time in a Wimbledon final and Everything that we really wanted

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from Kvitova. We knew that Sharapova can handle these

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occasions, but the question was how Kvitova was going to come out here

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and the signs are great. She is taking her time. She did seemed

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annoyed that Maria on her own serve was taking that extra time but she

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needs to get used to the pace of the server. Billie-Jean King.

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time winner here at Wimbledon. Just the most passionate tennis fan

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around. Martina Navratilova, nine- times singles champion. It was her

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lefty serve that helped her so much. Jana Novotna. Back in 98.

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Czechs are out in force! Maria boy no, she is always here. Such an

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It looked awkward but it was effective. That is why she does not

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volley a whole lot, because she pretty much goes four winners on

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the approach shot. That's right, a lot of swinging volleys as well.

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That is really unusual for a top player not to hit an overhead. She

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goes matches where she doesn't hit Her depth of shot, Kvitova, is

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really impressive here. That thing She just stayed ahead enough in

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that point to get it done, impressive. Good scrambling by

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Kvitova. Good movement from Sharapova, who said she feels like

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she is stronger. It is so important for her to be a little bit quicker

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to the ball. She has played a lot You see that more often with the

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players going up the middle, that gives you three options. It is a

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The Achilles heel reappears. It is It seems to offer to time, waiting

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for it to drop down. -- tougher to time. It affected her performance

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in the semi-finals but Sharapova was still able to get through. But

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she has just gifted Kvitova that break of serve. Two doubles in a

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row, and the last one was not even A softer serve there, and it really

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For a moment there, another all left-handed final. She will often

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go to the left hand when she is on the stretch. She obviously didn't

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want to hit this shot. That means she is in big trouble. Kvitova

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Looking comfortable. That is such a nasty served to return. 100 that

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What an excellent half-hour that has been for Kvitova. Think about

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it, she walked out on Centre Court, never been there before, she loses

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her serve in the first game and now we sit back 30 minutes into the

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match and she looks like she's unbeatable almost. Playing so well,

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like she did in the first set of the semis. Azarenka was the same,

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

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this for the two sets. She has so much experience, she lost to Serena

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Williams last year in the semi- finals. It was not that she let up,

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more that she tightened up, seeing how close she was to get in here.

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That is what we are all asking. think she tightened up, therefore

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she leapt up and backed away from her shots. There is a leftie that

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one this, and Jones. There is Nick Clegg. Captain of his college

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tennis team, says he plays his best tennis in the warm up. That is

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That is three doubles in a row, two at the end of the last game. It is

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a big second serve, isn't it? When you have just missed two in your

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previous game, then you put one in there at 100 mph. She knows that

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I think she should try to get her percentages up to like 80. She is

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little or bought 60%. She should basically cut out the second serve

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entirely, try different spins, cricket sometimes, slice it into

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the body, place it, but try not to Got a glimpse of just how flat

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Kvitova was hitting the ball in this, just 48 centimetres the net

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clearance compared to 78 for the Russian. Nine mph faster on the

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Maybe she should have sliced that. She tried a very tough shot, maybe

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Beautifully done again, the slice set it up. That is a tough shot to

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deal with. Sharapova taking some Even there, she will not hit the

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overhead. Still gets the job done. She learned from a couple of points

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to go on the full stretch on the backhand, she went to the slice

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this time. Got it back in play, Sharapova yet to drop a set in

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these championships, in danger of She got her first ace in the semis

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a set point up, this time a set point down. She has got to hang in

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There it is, the first over head of The set point saved, the service

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game held, but still a lot of work So many obvious attributes, the

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Russian, but that competitiveness get her through so many encounters.

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That is true, her tenacity, her will to win is incredible. Right

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now, only matched by Serena Williams on the women's tour right

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It is disturbing former rear that she is not hitting the ball as

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clean off the ground as we are used to seeing, especially in this

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tournament. She is feeling a lot more rushed than players she is

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That was the perfect serve. Triple set point now for Kvitova or on her

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50% of the journey undertaken on the journey to her opening title.

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SUE BARKER: Are the overwhelming favourite was Sharapova but it is

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Kvitova who has taken the first set Kvitova who has taken the first set

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and in some style. We will be back on centre in just a moment, but

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disappointing news for Britain over on Court One because Liam is now

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having to serve to stay in this match. That is live on the red

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button, on all platforms and online. We now know who is through to the

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ladies doubles final. It is Lisicki and Stosur. They are through to the

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final and will be on Centre Court later on today. Back we go to the

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For this reminds me of seven years ago when I saw Sharapova play in

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Serena Williams and going out were as if it was no big deal,

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dominating. I think that score was 6-1, 6-4. This is almost as

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impressive, considering that she dumped served the first game. Look

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at her percentage compared to Sharapova. 76% and she is losing so

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she is faced with a dilemma about what to do. It will be interesting

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if she has got an alternative to what has happened so far. You

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suspect she will have something up her sleeve. And whether Kvitova can

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She tightened up in the second set of the semis, it would be

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surprising if she didn't. She is just one set away from her first

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That is wonderful! Testing her to the limit, but once again finding

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all the answers. She has such a loose swing on the forehand. This

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one here was very impressive to get the angle. Sharapova tries to get

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the angle back. I would like to see her tribe that drop shot. She had

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her off the court and hit it right back to her, paid the price. A late

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call that Sharapova will challenge. This isn't watching needs, more

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time to think about her second UMPIRE: Sharapova has two

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challenges remaining. I think she knew it was out, it was pretty

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clearly out, but here we are again If it was called in, that will be a

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challenge. She has got to challenge that because it will be a break.

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What was your sense? My sense is that it caught a bit of the back

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Mine eyes haven't totally deceived me yet. That was a special forehand.

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She talked a bit about the slice, and this is the speed that it has

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come through to Sharapova. She has been struggling to deal with this

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particular shot. You wonder if that is in her repertoire, that is part

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of the problem. Tracey said that she has more variety in her game,

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and you can see that right now. Plus she is moving better. Maria

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has got to impose her will. She seems a little bit shaken at the

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moment, you don't see that very Same style, Kvitova doing it better

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That is her first double. And when does the change come from Kvitova's

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mindset, from the underdog, the one who has got to produce the tennis,

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now a set and a break-up. That is when it comes out, exactly, there

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you go! That is why the double just That is really surprising to see

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her miss it by that much. On her back foot. That is what I was

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talking about earlier, where they let up. They need to continue to

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drive the ball and stay on the What a pick up! I am not sure she

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will admit that is what she meant, but she will take that. Just to get

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it back in play! Instinct can't be coached. You got that right. It

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seems like the better players somehow go in knowing it almost

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every time. How often do you see that with Nadal when he comes up

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A great serve to open the court, and Kvitova knows that very end

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nine times out of 10 will go cross- JOHN MCENROE: Much better serve

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Even with a couple of double faults, Even with a couple of double faults,

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she consolidates the break of serve. That left the spin is really

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

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Kvitova has won the last six games in a row. Can Sharapova stop the

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in a row. Can Sharapova stop the The acoustics are so good here that

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there was someone on the phone almost at the top of the stadium,

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

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back on Centre Court. But over on Court No. 1, I'm afraid it has

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ended in disappointment for the British youngster, Liam Broady.

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Huge disappointment for Broady, who was a set and a break up in that

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And Kvitova is in exactly the same position, a set and a break up. It

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is interesting to look at Sharapova's record against left-

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handers. She has only played 34 matches against left-handers,

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compared to more than 420 against right-handers. It is a massive

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adjustment. JOHN MCENROE: It is an adjustment

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

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the quality of the opposition. They do not come around too often as

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good as Kvitova. She's not playing well right now, surprisingly, after

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getting that break in the first Sharapova has had more races than

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She put enough on that one to put it up the line, and Sharapova could

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not react. She was not able to get on the front foot properly, but she

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was powerful enough to get it away. Sharapova has moved back to give

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herself some more time on the return. That's a good adjustment.

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She will keep searching for a way back, make no mistake about it.

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I have watched her play a couple of matches where she keeps going up

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the middle, and I will bet you Maria's new coach warned her about

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this, and boy, did it pay-off No doubt Sharapova can sense

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That's a very poor shot, as simple as that. Not surprising that she's

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JOHN MCENROE: That's the best shot she has hit today.

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TRACY AUSTIN: She was so off balance, it was way behind her. And

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then to send it back with that kind I'm sure she thought that point was

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hers. Kvitova played some really She keeps passing all the mental

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Either player just takes a bit of pace of the shot, and the other one

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There's that ball you were talking about, didn't have enough on it,

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Not often that Sharapova's constantly on the back foot after

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her first serve. I loved the way that Kvitova was

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more than willing to move in. Some of the players on tour do not like

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Just a humongous return of serve. Half that box is standing after a

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She just continues to impress. TRACY AUSTIN: She just takes such a

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full swing. She gets so much penetration.

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JOHN MCENROE: Maria's trying to use the slice to get it into Kvitova's

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forehand. But because she's so lacking in confidence on her serve,

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she is having to go for safety a bit too much to get it in, and it

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is sitting up just enough so that Kvitova is absolutely ripping it.

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It is being hit harder than the serve, no doubt about it. She's

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taking her game to a new level now, This is a 21-year-old Czech who has

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never been in a Grand Slam final, and look how well she's playing -

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There's no way this lady's going to Both of them very tall, they're

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getting down nice and low for these And a graphic illustration of that

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here. She finishes that stroke literally on her knees. I think

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Sharapova feels like she's on her Took her eye off the ball. Remember

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what happened to Murray when he was up in the second set, missed a shot

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about as easy as that and turned the whole thing around against

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Nadal. Didn't seem to bother her in JOHN MCENROE: She loves pace -

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How costly could that easy backhand Smart serve. That is absolutely a

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smart serve, jamming Sharapova for Oh, no! How did she miss that? That

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is unbelievable. She did not need to go so close to the line. Not at

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all. Once again, the serve, totally And Sharapova good enough to

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Two basic errors, that's going to You don't want to give gifts at

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this moment. Kvitova has got JOHN MCENROE: It doesn't even look

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Maria taking a look at the grass, I have never seen that reaction from

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her. Still thinking about that Trying to go up the line with the

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forehand, but not successful. pendulum perhaps swinging back

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towards Kvitova once again in this Once again, Kvitova regains the

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That certainly is the sign of a champion, to be able to shrug off

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something as bad as what happened in the previous game. Just to be

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able to bounce back again and look like she believes again. Talk about

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unpredictable - how does anyone get momentum right now? 16 games, eight

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breaks of serve. Only half the time they have been able to hold. Set

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and a break, it is more like a set Henman Hill, it is pretty well pack,

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well done. It has been an intriguing final, it has been a

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good build-up to it, no-one quite sure what was going to happen out

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here. And it has proved to be The problem with new balls, they

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fly a bit. It certainly did on that That was called out, but changed.

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They are going to play a let. So intimidating to play someone

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like Sharapova because you know she will never disappear. She will

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Good composure shown by Kvitova. She made sure of her first serve,

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100 mph. Didn't want to give Sharapova a look-in on her second.

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Same serve, same play. Gets another 80 minutes played, and now cover to

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there is just one game away from You can't accuse Maria, if she's

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not playing well, of not being to A little bit of a loose game from

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Kvitova. Something tells me she realise it's one game away from

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Maria's fiance still believes, but does Maria herself? How difficult

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is this now? JOHN MCENROE: this is extremely

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exciting, it is so exciting. Your heart starts beating faster and

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faster, as you try to tell yourself, just keep what you were doing,

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simple as that. TRACY AUSTIN: And don't think of

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the finish line. Just think about the next point. Think about

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something real basic. Think about the first point or two. Don't look

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in the Royal Box. No, don't do that. Don't look anywhere, just keep it

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within the rectangle. Try to get those legs moving, that's a good

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For Sharapova, get more balls back Such a great couple of points.

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gets so much power from anywhere on She couldn't have asked for it to

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go any better, this game. On a Her first ever Wimbledon title,

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A stunning end! Petra Kvitova is Her first ace of the final, and

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everybody standing, including the nine times champion. She knows how

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it feels to win the first one. One wonders how many this player has in

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front of her. I think it is the first of many. She has a very

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complete game. Big shots from both forehand and backhand, finishes

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points at the net well, could finesse. Now, as a Wimbledon

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champion, she will feel a big part of the elite in women's tennis.

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couldn't agree more. I think she's going to win many Grand Slams. We

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are seeing a very special talent. We first saw her last year, and boy,

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has she improved her game. To go out for the first time and play the

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way she did, to handle the adversity as well, it was

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shockingly good. That is not easy to do at all. She made it look

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pretty easy, I will tell you. Youngest champion since Roland

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Garros in 2008 when Ana Ivanovic won there. But the composer she --

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composure she showed every single time. Great resilience. This is the

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moment. A pretty good time to serve your first ace! Sheer joy, and

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She will be able to watch that many One of several left-handed players

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to win in the final here, including Martina Navratilova and Ann Jones.

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It has taken 20 years or so. trophies will now be presented on

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court by his Royal Highness, the Duke of Kent. The Duke's a company

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by Philip Brook, chairman of the All England Club, and the President

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of the Lawn Tennis Association. is already on the roll of honour

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here. Boy, that doesn't take long! They have been doing it for a few

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years, haven't they? Lay dazed and gentlemen, the chair umpire, Alison

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And the runner-up, Maria Sharapova. Still a favourite with the fans.

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She was the favourite, but I think even she would agree she has been

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outplayed today. But she knows how it feels, did the same thing to

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Serena Williams seven years ago. Serena was a heavy favourite then.

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And the Wimbledon ladies' singles champion 2011, Petra Kvitova.

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champion. It has been a long journey, but this is a short walk.

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The Venus rosewater dish in her hands for the very first time, what

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a feeling that must be. Made all the way back in 1864, so much

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history attached to it, so many great names engraved on it. Ian

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Ritchie, the chief executive of the All England Club adding his

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congratulations, there will be many more.

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SUE BARKER: I know it wasn't the result you wanted, but you came

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across a player who was just inspired today. Yes, absolutely.

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Unfortunately in tennis there is only one winner at the end of the

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day. That is what makes this tournament so special, so

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congratulations on a wonderful victory. I have had so much amazing

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support over so many years, and to be back on the stage and holding

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the runner-up trophy is something - I would have wanted that big one

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obviously, but it is something I will be back four and hoping to get

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again soon. Thank you very much. Maria Sharapova!

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Petra Kvitova, Wimbledon champion - how does that sound? To see the

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great players in the Royal Box, I am so happy that I'm won.

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showed no sign of nerves. In that final game, your coach and your

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trainer were so excited but you looked so can't! -- calm. Of course

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I was nervous but I had to focus on each point. Is that the best match

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you have ever played? I think so, of course, in the final Wimbledon!

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-- the final of Wimbledon. mentioned so many great champions

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in the Royal Box today, and I know Martina Navratilova and Jana

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Novotna are especially proud. Have they inspired you? Yes, it is very

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nice they are watching me. They have watched me through the

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tournament and given me some advice. It is great. And your family is

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here today, your parents and your brothers have come over here. Where

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are they? Over there. Have you got a message for them? I love you guys.

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You now know that you have a lot of interviews to do, but first

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everybody here wants to have a picture of you with that trophy.

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Are you ready for your lap of honour? Yes, I am ready. Fantastic.

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The champion this year, Petra She speaks as well as she plays.

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Maria is gracious in defeat, leaving Kvitova to have her moment

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in the sun. Sterling silver, the Venus rosewater dish, but that must

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feel like pure gold in her hands It is a remarkable story because

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this wasn't necessarily her most famous surfaced at the start of her

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career. She lost her first ever four matches on the surface, but

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has won the last 16 of 18 and it will take a very special player to

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stop her in the future. Her coach As ever, you can hear the crowd

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giving their sympathy to the runner-up. It has been a wonderful

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tournament for Sharapova, and it has been a good 2011 for the

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This is a tradition that was started a number of years ago now,

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and it gives all the spectators and fans who are fortunate enough to be

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on Centre Court the opportunity to give get their own picture of the

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newly crowned champion. So many questions answered today by Kvitova

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in terms of her temperament on the big stage. We knew she had the

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ability and the game to be the champion here, it was just a

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question of whether she could produce it on the day, up against

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one of the fiercest competitors on the women's tour. Maria Sharapova

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fought back so valiantly from the shoulder injury, tested her, but

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Jana Novotna the last champion back in 1998 from the Czech Republic,

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and there she is. Absolutely thrilled for her fellow

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We all remember the emotional Andrew Jarrett, and as this

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tournament comes to a close another successful championships. Her

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brother, and father. She takes the original trophy off the court. She

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is the champion. She leaves the SUE BARKER: You just get the

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feeling she will be the champion of Grand Slams for many years to come.

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It was such a polished performance from this 21 year-old. Reached the

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semi-finals last year, but now she is the champion. The new chairman

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this year, Philip Brook, she is meeting him. There she is, her name

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is already on the board. She seems overwhelmed by the whole occasion,

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but she was as cool as a cucumber on court right through that final.

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No sign of nerves at all. What a time to pick to serve your first

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ace, and to win the Wimbledon trophy. I don't think she quite

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believed it. The junior and Tracey are with me. Virginia, you remember

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that feeling I'm sure. You would have been very impressed with her

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performance today. I wish I had served like that. What was so

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impressive was the way she mixed up her serve. It was just sort of like

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a swinging thing, and her groundstrokes, she gets on a roll

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and when she is good she is unbelievable. But to be that good

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in the first final that you ever play at Wimbledon, that is what is

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really good. That says a lot about her as a person, doesn't it? That

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she can produce that tennis and hold her nerve. Yes, she started

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out so well and you felt she was going to have a struggle in the

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second set. She missed the easy backhand, and the easier queued

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forehand and lost her serve. That to me was the crucial time in the

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match. That was when Maria needed to grab hold of the match, and she

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couldn't. She double-faulted, and she really let it back into

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Kvitova's court. A lot of changes and momentum and Kvitova handled it

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beautifully. It is not often you see Maria on the back foot like

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that. One of the things that has been impressive about Maria this

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year is have improved speed around the court. She is in perfect

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physical shape. At certain stages she has been carrying extra weight,

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or underweight, but she is still not the quickest round the court.

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You look at someone like Kvitova who is also tall and gangly. They

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might say that is one area she might need to work on, her foot

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speed, but she was everywhere today. It was so great sitting behind the

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court because you can really see the explosiveness of the shots and

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she was really swinging. She could have hit winners with her eyes shut

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today. You have done this Virginia, she is heading out to the front of

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Centre Court. This is one of the great traditions of this tournament,

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to come out and show those who were not lucky enough to get a ticket to

:53:29.:53:33.

Centre Court to show them the trophy. I am sure she will be

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encouraged to wander down the line. But this is a whole new experience

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for her. And I am telling you, that drove the is so heavy! She is a

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strong girl. The photographers keep asking you to hold it up, and that

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is the best you can do. If you hold it over your head, your arms start

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falling off! It is a magnificent trophy. I knew when I won it, I was

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so excited that all I was thinking was I know I am going to see

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pictures of me in the paper holding the trophy, because you are just so

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overwhelmed with the occasion. is life-changing. She was number

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eight in the world, three titles this year, now Wimbledon champion,

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Grand Slam champion, and everyone will be going after her. How will

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she handle that? She will be so famous and it is such an exciting

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day for her, to be able to have that luxury of having three match

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points as well. That was fantastic because you have that cushion, and

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then to finish it with any case, to not even have to play that point.

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You were in the studio with me when the coin toss was played. When the

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serve was broken we thought it was such a good decision but we will

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show you the second game because this was key to the match. If she

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had lost this game, it could have been over very quickly in

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Sharapova's favour. Just so hard hitting, both of them. Look at the

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depth she hits. Sharapova is usually the one moving her opponent

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about the court and keeping them off balance, but Sharapova got a

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bit of her own medicine today. Kvitova, in that first set she was

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hitting her ground strokes around nine mph faster than her opponent.

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Did you know that at the start of the match, if you do lose your

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serve and lose a game, it is hard to come back from that, isn't it?

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Yes, Kvitova seemed to be all hard hitting forehands. Is Maria ever

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going to find a way of preventing that? Maria likes to move her

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opponents around, and she was on the back end of the steam engine

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there. Because you don't often see people returning her serve like

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this, do you? No, I think Kvitova plays defence a little better than

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the rear. Maria needs to be on a fence to win. Once you get in a

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defensive position, she finds it hard to get the point back into

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neutral. A lot of people were thinking Kvitova is an unknown so

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it is an anti-climax but I hope they realise how good she is. She

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should be around for a long time, with the talent that she has. She

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will already be a household name, a worldwide name, and I think people

:56:53.:56:59.

will really enjoy watching her. The power and the accuracy. I would

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like to see a little more variety in a match like this. I think there

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is capability have more variety for Kvitova. She is quite good around

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the neck, she doesn't have to go up there too frequently but that is

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another dimension she can work on with her coach to add more to her

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game. And that is exciting, to win her first Grand Slam and there is

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still more room for improvement. You would expect her to be nervous

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at this stage, but that point was particularly keep and she looked so

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cool out there. She made a few errors. You thought she might get a

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little joke, but she hit some of the returns and then finished off

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Kvitova had made a number of unforced errors at 5-3, kind of a

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loose game, and you thought OK, well she play another loose game?

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But she came out, cleaned up, dictated again, and got back on

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track. If you play on your debut, because did you win your first

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Grand Slam? Never. I wasn't a regular in the finals are so I have

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to win it when I was there! This girl is going to be a regular. I

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watched her beat Kim Clijsters in the final of an indoor tournament

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in Paris a few months ago, and she was incredible. That time she was

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coming up to the net a bit because she was hitting so aggressively

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that she was throwing herself into the court and volleying well, too.

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Sharapova didn't find her rhythm, Kvitova didn't allow her to. Match

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point. This is the perfect way to end it, look at that. All through

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the match, Maria was struggling to meet her shots. They are so well-

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disguised, she can hit the forehand across the court, down the line

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equally, and she conserving to any corner of the box with any kind of

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spin. She is almost embarrassed by her success, isn't she? It reminds

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me of what Maria did two so Arena. Serena was the more experienced

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players for -- player. Never in history of women's Grand Slams has

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a number eight seed won the title, until today! So she has broken that

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record as well. Thumbs-up from Martina, who picked her to win the

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tournament right from the start. Of course she knows that feeling well,

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too. She was always looking like a potential winner. If things went

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right, and they went so right today. It is pretty nice to go on and play

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a match when you see the ball like a football and you can't do any

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will star and a word for Maria Sharapova because she was not

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allowed to play her best today but semi-finals of the French she

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looked good and the final here, it is good to have her back. It is

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very good to have her back because it has been a long time after the

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surgery to come back a full circle. I think she is back all the way now.

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She just played against a player who was hot today. Similar styles

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of play but played it a bit better than the rear. You know she will be

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so disappointed, and she will get back on the practice court. That is

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exactly what she wants, more Grand Slam titles. You would think she

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would have enough, with the money and the titles but she is so

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passionate about the game. This will be tough for her to swallow.

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The only Grand Slam title she lost before this was again Serena

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Bakery the semi-finals had been decided, and the Williams sisters

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were not there, she would have been expecting it. She's so professional.

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Her mind is so tough. You thought she would come back. I was

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surprised that she went off the boil a bit in the middle of the

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second set. Kvitova threw in some marginally slower service, and

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suddenly, Maria got a bit messed up. She's a great player, I thought she

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might win the tournament, I thought she might win the French. I'm only

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disappointed from her point of view, I thought it was great for the game

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that Kvitova one this. After Royal, she's only 24 years old, Maria

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Sharapova. If she can stay in decent condition, hopefully I think

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people will appreciate her game and she will be up at the top. Just to

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get a comment from both of you about women's tennis - the Williams

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sisters are back, we have got new stars emerging, we have been very

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critical of the women's game, but you get a feeling that it is

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beginning to turn. And hopefully Kim Clijsters will be back as well.

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The Williams sisters, just not enough matchplay before Wimbledon

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to make a huge threat here. The women's game has taken some hits,

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but now we have a new star. Azarenka also get into the semi-

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finals of a Grand Slam for the first time. It is a transitional

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period. Li Na winning the French Open at 29 years old. Schiavone

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winning at last year at 29 Aug 30. There's a lot of stars. I thought

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it was very good news that the three most promising of the new

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generation got to the semi-finals. Sabine Lisicki, she was not quite

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ready to win this tournament, but boy, is she a threat? And Azarenka

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as well. I was listening to somebody on the radio today, saying

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that they had heard comments that the final might be a bit of an

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anti-climax. They said, no, there have been so many great matches on

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the women's side, so I think we turned a big corner. The men have

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got these superstars at the top. It is just a privileged generation.

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was a terrific final and a great story. Thank you very much, both of

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you. The Women's Final has been completed, but about to takes place

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is the men's doubles. It is the Bryan brothers. They have won this

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once before, Bob and Mike Bryan, up against last year's runners-up,

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Horia Tecau and Robert Lindstedt. Walking on to Centre Court for the

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doubles. They are a great story, the Bryan brothers. They have been

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around for a long time. They have won numerous Grand Slam titles.

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Before the tournament, John Inverdale caught up with the twin

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brothers from America. 71 tor titles, 10 Grand Slams, the best

:04:52.:04:57.

known doubles partnership in the world. So, where do you go for a

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chat with two of the most genial men of the tour? The pub. Was there

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ever any likelihood of one of you being a tennis player and one of

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being a tennis player and one of you being a nuclear scientist?

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don't think so, we were always a package deal. We have the same DNA,

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we both loved tennis. Our parents had it all set up for us. My dad

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owned a tennis club, they were both prose, and they treat us into

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following this path. At any stage did either of you think, during

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those rebellious teenage years, did you think, I hate this game, get

:05:33.:05:38.

out of here. I thought I hated my brother, but I never thought I

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hated the game. My dad did a good job, he made it fun for us. He took

:05:43.:05:50.

us to matches. When we went to tournaments, we went with our

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friends, we were always having a blast. We set our goals and never

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wanted to do anything else. What age were you when you set those

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goals? We played our first tournament at age six. Was that

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doubles? Yes. Every January 1st, we put our goals on the refrigerator.

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If it was just to win 10 trophies or get a college scholarship, there

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was always a goal on the refrigerator. An were you winning

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aged six? Yes, it was a novice, local tournament, but we made sure

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we did the stepping stone. You start off low and then you go up.

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How many times have you faced each other in singles? We have met in

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the finals of more than 100 tournaments, but our parents did

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not let us play against each other until we were 17 years old. They

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did not one of us to dominate the other. Because that was when we

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might lose interest and not love the game. That developed our

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friendship, and that's why we're playing doubles together, we don't

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hate each other. So, when you did play against each other, at 17, who

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was winning? I took him out. No, we were pretty even. We have played 20

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times, and it is 10-10. I got you in the US Open final. It is pretty

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even. Even in mixed doubles. We are one complete player, he has got the

:07:40.:07:45.

big serve, I have got the good return. When you were setting those

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goals, you probably imagine what life as a tennis player was going

:07:49.:07:57.

to be like - is it like that? it is a great life. We went to see

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Agassi play at Indian Wells when we were 10 years old, we wanted to be

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just like him. And you read his book, and he talks about the

:08:06.:08:11.

turmoil, and there times when he was hating the game. Yes, there's

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pressure. There's money and points on the line every week. We put a

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lot of pressure on ourselves and each other to play Bath. We expect

:08:21.:08:25.

to be number one at the end of the year. That takes winning a lot of

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matches and not really getting up at any time. When you win a

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tournament on Saturday night, you want to go party, but you think of

:08:35.:08:38.

a voice in the back of your head saying, but you have got to play on

:08:38.:08:44.

Tuesday next week, let's keep it tight. Yes, for the past 13 years,

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we have made sacrifices. We don't go out very often, we're always

:08:49.:08:54.

training. We have been in Europe for two months straight now. You

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have just got to pack your bags and become road warriors, basically.

:08:59.:09:06.

Having had tennis in your blood from day one, can you conceive of a

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life without tennis? We're going to try to milk this as long as we can.

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We have spoken to players who retire early, and they just get

:09:14.:09:20.

bored. Stay on the tour as long as possible. Yes, you get that

:09:20.:09:25.

adrenalin. The highs and lows. A lot of players, they go home, and

:09:25.:09:31.

they're dead, they don't have the thrill of the win. So we're going

:09:31.:09:36.

to take their advice and keep going as long as we can. We are 33, we

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:09:46.:09:46.

can see the finish line. One last sprint, and like Mike said, milk it.

:09:46.:09:53.

Whose idea was the bumping chests? We started at move when we were in

:09:53.:09:57.

college. We wanted to get all of our College teammates excited. For

:09:57.:10:02.

some reason, we jumped up in the air and did that, and it was on the

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front cover of the Stanford Daily News. So we started doing it. And

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now it is our signature move. actually took a lot of heat when we

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did it on the tour, a lot of the veteran guys in the locker room

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where, these cocky little twins, doing that. One of them wanted to

:10:28.:10:32.

fight this one time in Indianapolis, in our first rookie year on the

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tour. Then we started winning, and we got the respect of the guys.

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They're extremely nice guys, but isn't it impossible to tell the

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difference? Luckily, Bob is left- handed, and Mike is right hand it,

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so we have got a chance. Let's join this match, with John Lloyd and

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Yes, the Bryan brothers playing their fifth final at Wimbledon, but

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surprisingly, they have only won once. They're up against the pair

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who were runners-up last year, that's Robert Lindstedt of Sweden

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and Horia Tecau of Romania. Straw Dundee eighth seeds up against the

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number 1 seeds. This is the youngest man on the court, Horia

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The Bryan brothers easy to tell apart, because Bob is the left-

:11:50.:11:59.

hander, and a Mike is the right hander. Actually play the wrong way

:11:59.:12:05.

round, don't they? Yes, but the reason they do that it is so that

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they can both get the forehands down the middle. And you will see

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some big forehands from them when they get that opportunity. I am

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that there is a difference between them because I cannot tell them

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DAVID MERCER: So, it is Bob, who has a massive serve, to get us and

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a way. They were put into bat, as it were, their opponents chose to

:12:41.:12:51.
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Powerful forehand from Robert Lindstedt, who lives in southern

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Sweden, where they play the Swedish Open.

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JOHN LLOYD: Well, the linesman had The Bryan brothers have won 72

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titles together, a new record in the Open era. Today they are

:14:16.:14:26.
:14:26.:14:27.

looking to match Woodbridge and Woodford, who held the record. The

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Open era started in 1968, when Wimbledon said, we're going to go

:14:32.:14:42.
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open, and the rest of the world had Double fault, not the way you want

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It is a nervy start from Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau. Having

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played in the final last year, you would have thought they would not

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Oh, my word. Dear, oh dear, that one was in the middle of the net.

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He has got to calm himself down here. The captain of the team,

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Robert Lindstedt, just telling his Just not giving them any chance to

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settle here. They're so fast If I was them here, I would really

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slow up the return of serve, just take the full time allotted, slow

:18:13.:18:22.
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the Americans down a bit. You can't keep it, that's not allowed. US

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Open, of course, you are allowed to keep the ball if it goes into the

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stands. No, here, they will hunt you down. You can come again next

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Well, there we were expecting a really competitive start to this

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match, we have had three games, and the Bryan brothers have lost one

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point. It is just a nightmare, unfortunately. They won the toss,

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and elected to receive, just to get their nerves out a bit, but it only

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lasted about to seconds. And then when Horia Tecau served, probably,

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it is easy to say, but it might have been better for Robert

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Lindstedt to go first. They are getting rushed here, and this set

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is almost over already. People coming back in, having nipped out

:19:44.:19:54.
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to get some refreshment after the Ann Jones, she's remained in the

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Royal Box, as indeed has the President of the club, the Duke of

:20:07.:20:17.
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JOHN LLOYD: Well done, there you go. I think at the end of these matches,

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they should have seat warmers, like they do at the academy Awards, when

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someone goes off, they bring someone in to have the seat taken

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so it doesn't look empty. Do you think that would go down well?

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maybe not in the Royal Box. Have you been to the academy Awards? I

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know you're a big film buff. but I watch it. They are just

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anticipating at the moment, they're just attacking. You can see the

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volley, not enough punch on it. And It is an interesting tactic, the

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lefty being on that side of the court. When they come into volley,

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and he moves over the tramline, it forces the Pare to volley out wide

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if they want to get it on to his backhand, otherwise he has got that

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In other words, they narrow the angle, they make it really

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difficult on the boarder, because you do not want to come against

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this man's forehand, he has got a Really solid service game there, by

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Robert Lindstedt. Relief for Dedham support team, they're on the

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Poorer old Horia Tecau just cannot do anything at the moment. There

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was a second serve, a real opportunity to get into it. He has

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frozen at the moment, unfortunately Oh, it has landed on the line. They

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Lovely stuff, that might just help Horia Tecau to relax a little.

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was the best exchange we have had so far. Good pick up from Horia

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Well, this is a big comeback, from 40-0. Lovely angle, got round the

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Suddenly the match has taken off Great second serve, and the Bryan

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SUE BARKER: Confident start from the Americans. We will be back on

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Centre Court in a moment. Out on court 12, Oliver Goulding and his

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partner, Jiri Vesely, of the Czech Republic, have made it through

:26:49.:26:53.

their semi-final. So, we are guaranteed a British winner.

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Because the other semi-final has a brick chick on each side of the net,

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that's George Morgan and Liam Broady. Back to Centre Court.

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And amongst the former champion's be in the Royal Box, Lindsay

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Davenport. She was a very useful doubles player herself, as well as

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being the number one player in the You feel now that Horia Tecau and

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Robert Lindstedt are at least into the match. Yes, at the beginning it

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was looking like they were getting brushed off. Horia Tecau

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particularly was so nervous in his first service game. He might need

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to slow down that first serve just DAVID MERCER: Lost his first

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service game to love, holds his second service game to love. What a

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They are in the defensive formation for the first serve, both men back

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for the first serve, both men back Now for the second serve, Horia

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Tecau moves forward. Not the most gorgeous technical volley I have

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ever seen, but it didn't matter, it was a winner. He took a bit of a

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swing, it came at him very fast. Not sure what you would call that

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Yes! That was only 91mph, that Looking down at the court and

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shaking his head. Sorry, Robert, you don't get bad bounces on Centre

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Lovely tale about the Bryans. When they would unions, their parents

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banned them from playing each other in singles. One week, Mike would

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have to give a walkover to Bob, and the next week, or vice versa. They

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did not have the angry competitiveness that certain

:32:29.:32:34.

siblings can have. I agree that it wasn't a bad decision. It is always

:32:34.:32:40.

awkward, when you play brothers or sisters in a tournament. You were

:32:40.:32:44.

the middle of three brothers? older brother, David, no one beat

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him, or he might give you a clip around the ear. He always won. My

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youngest brother was respectful to Oh, that would be nice! Afterwards,

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though, after we've finished! New balls, 2-5, serving to stay in the

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first set. A tough volley, there, Tecau looked

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like he was going to cross, made the move and decided not to, he

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jumped back, didn't really have a good view of that ball, it came at

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him to quit, he was unfortunately blocked. -- it came at him too

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That was a really good volley from Lindstedt, because the return was

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dipping down low. He did well, to manoeuvre the racket head, just to

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It comes at you so fast, he just didn't get hold of that right, and

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an easy set-up. From Bob Bryan, Lindstedt and Tecau have settled

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down, playing well, but the awful start, from Tecau particularly with

:37:09.:37:13.

the two double faults in his first service game, have given the Bryan

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twins at the opportunity of serving That's the sort of return they have

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That was pretty good, calling it We will get the ball back

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eventually! That was a good one-two punch, very

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good return of serve from Tecau. Well done, here, stepping in and

:39:50.:40:00.
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hitting the drive volley. Not Oh! The trademark chest bump.

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was a brilliant point. A great dive, good control, got up quick, good

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anticipation from Bob Bryan, to take over, cover the middle of the

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They are off. A little bathroom break, one presumes. After a very

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slow and disappointing start, the match really warming up now.

:40:53.:40:58.

whole set was... It came down to the first service game from Tecau.

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He was just so nervous. He threw it away. Since then, it has been very

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even. But we have had some good points already. If these four start

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to play at their best, we are going to get some wonderful rallies. This

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was about the best of them all. A good pick up from Bob Bryan, the

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diving volley from Mike. Bob takes over and covers the middle of the

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court. That's where he knew the ball was going, the lowest part of

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the net. He just moved over and helped his brother out. There is

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that move. There is the advantage of having the two forehands down

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the middle. Very good set. It has been an amazing career for the

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twins. Doubles has been there for tear from the beginning. It was

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only about two years ago... It all came down to one game, really. It

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was pretty even other than that one service game. They had joint bank

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accounts. They stayed in the same house. That changed about two years

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ago. They started to live a bit more out separately. Now one of

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them is married. It would have been smart to have moved out! Times are

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a-changing, but what a great career they have had. Condoleezza Rice,

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former Secretary of State for the United States. I am told she is a

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very good pianist. I thought you were going to say tennis player.

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Don't know about that. A few presidents have played tennis,

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including the current one. Although Certainly, Michelle Obama plays a

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The US Tennis Association have a lovely advert featuring the

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American first Lady, and Steffi Graf as a ball kid. It is with the

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aim of getting them to play tennis. We saw that serve being used so

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effectively by Petra Kvitova in the ladies' final, being jabbed into

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Ended up the right way for the Americans, but didn't do too much

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with the overheads. Almost lost that point, they should have put

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one of these away. Didn't do much with it. It looked like they were

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going to lose this rally, but a lovely forehand, flicked it down

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An excellent serve on a real pressure point. He wall know he

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lost his opening serve of the first set, and that was the set gone,

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can't afford to lose this one. Still doing I formation. He gets

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He has left it, and it has landed What is the purpose of I formation?

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It is to confuse the returners. It is to put them off, to not give

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them the same pattern to where they There, they went back into the

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conventional formations, to try to break up the pattern of play?

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Well, double faults cost them dear in the first set. The two in the

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Oh, my word. This is where Lindstedt, as the captain of the

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two, he needs to do some calming down with his partner. He is not

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chatting too much at the moment, but he needs to start talking. His

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partner is not reacting well to Another pair of double faults.

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Lovely use of the angle. They get a break, they are so quick on their

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serves, everything is quick motion, you feel the set goes away so

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They don't give their opponents a chance to breathe, I don't know why

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they are not taking more time and The brilliant. The game is all

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being played to the Americans'' There we are. That means Lindstedt

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and Tecau are illegal, it is That forehand, taking over, in that

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rally. There is the first one, good reflexes, a wind-up, and the whip,

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Oh, well played! If they lost that point, they might as well have gone

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home. Unbelievable. Unbelievable reflexes from Mike Bryan. What a

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lob this was. Great pick-up. They looked like they would win the

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I think that illustrated the danger of the formation. If you have got

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to cross to the far side, you have a lot of difference with the server

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coming in, to cover. A good place to hit the return, down the

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A lovely kick of serve from Robert Lindstedt. That see how this one

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really Riaz up. Mike Bryan is six foot three and he couldn't get to

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it. You mentioned the fact they were so close, the other thing the

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Bryan brothers share is a love of music. They love to have jam

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sessions, Bob plays the keyboards. You know the way to tell them apart

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if you are chatting to them. Bob on the right, on the right and, he has

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They do use those acute angle bullies at the net a lot, very

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effectively. -- acute angled Just to illustrate how quickly the

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Bryans play, they won that in one minute and 30 seconds, and they

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lost a point of it. It is so quick, they get their service game out the

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way, and they put the pressure back A much better serving game from

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Horia Tecau. He is not going to be able to forget those four double

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faults that have really cost them. They play a tremendous amount of

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exhibitions all around the world. Not only would the prize money they

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have made, but they do extremely well for themselves. Some of the

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tournaments in the States that they play, they actually feature them in

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the promotional advertisements that they have, which is very rare for a

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doubles team these days. Because you don't have the big names

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playing in doubles generally speaking. The Bryan brothers are

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household names, almost, in the States. They get promoted, they get

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big appearance fees, they do very well for themselves. They love the

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doubles, they promote it as much as they can. They try to get more

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people out here to watch doubles. At Wimbledon, we don't have that

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problem, but at some of the other tournaments, not so well supported,

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unfortunately. No, Wimbledon, the only major to still play best of

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The ironic thing is that, 75% of the crowd watching today, who play

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tennis, play doubles at their local clubs. And not singles, it so much.

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It always used to be the great tradition at Wimbledon, the last

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match of the evening would be men's doubles. At a time when all the top

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players played doubles as well as singles. And think Bjorn Borg

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really was the first great champion to stop playing doubles. Until then,

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pretty much everybody played doubles but he was the first want

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to not do it. Then the top players Singles players these days make a

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vast amount of money and they would want to concentrate, understandably,

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on singles. Occasionally Andy Murray plays a doubles tournament

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with his brother. Roger Federer is the Olympic doubles champion with

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Rafael Nadal plays to walk three doubles tournaments a year, I think

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That is rare error from Robert Minstead who has played a solid

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match, he has been the rock in this That is where they are so good, so

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sharp on these crosses, these interceptions. May make their minds

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up very early when they are going to go. He starts to move just as he

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is about to hit the volley, so he doesn't have time to direct it

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behind them and they are on to it Of course the regular tour has made

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all sorts of changes to try and encourage the top guys to play

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doubles again. When they get to deuce, the next point decides. They

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don't play a full set, they play a match tie-break, the first to 10

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points. But let's be realistic, the top guys will play at Queen's Club

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for example, Nadal and Andy Murray will play doubles to get practise

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but the days of them playing doubles at the major Grand Slams

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are gone. It is unfortunate because it is fun to watch, also the

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spectators like it and there would be more chance of matches being

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televised if the top names were playing. It is sad, but it is the

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way of the world now. The women's have supported it better, but even

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there some of the top women don't play as much as they used to.

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would be lovely to see Sabine Lisicki playing in the women's

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doubles final after this one, after being a semi-finalist in the

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singles. The art is a pity, it was That guy can play a little bit of

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One of the greatest doubles players That was a slight chance in the

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scheme of things. 15-15 from the Bryan serve, at least they had a

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slight chance there, but snuffed out so quickly by the Bryans. They

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can't get into these service games, they are not picking the returns.

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The Bryans are all over them at the net, there is pace, this is tough.

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That might be the hardest forehand he has hit all day. A bit of anger

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on Nov 4 and I think, frustration Second serve again from Mike Bryan

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and it was punished. A slight 123 mph serve coming at you, you

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get about 0.6 of the second to That is David make fierce and, the

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Australian coach. He was a very useful doubles player himself, a

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Quick reactions from both players. Unbelievable. The first one here,

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quick reactions from Mike Bryan to shovel that one back, and then the

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OK, so they have now got a break serve to avoid going two sets to

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love down. They have got to do something different here. They have

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got to try. The lob, you look at the court position of the players

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these days and the Net man is so close to the Net that you think why

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don't they lop? But the serves are so big, that the timing to hit that

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shot quick enough to get over their head, and they are such good

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athletes, it is almost impossible. I understand what you are saying,

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it looks like they should do it and they don't do it very often but it

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is a tough shot to control. Hang on a minute, I have heard of Christmas

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coming early, but this is They ended up on the same side of

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the court and left a hole. Not that he ever gets angry, but his

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reaction was that this was his ball. He was on that side of his court,

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They almost looked like they were not sure who should hit that one as

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well! I think Lindstedt is: to I think he is talking about the net

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Not a very Swedish reactions from Another massive serve and it is two

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Two bad service games from Tecau, two doubled service faults in each

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of them. Obviously they have got to be saying to each other here, we

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have got to play more solid at the beginning of this set. We have got

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to stay with them to the business side, and something may happen at

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least in the tie-breaker. I am not saying the Bryans have not played

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well but the first break was handed to them and the second one was not

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much better. You can't do this at this level so they have got to play

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more solidly at the start. They just have to do that.

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statistics actually don't look that bad. You just look to the two

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double faults. That is what it comes down to really. At this level,

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it is just a small things can happen and that has been the story.

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They have got to be more solid on this first service game. The good

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news for them is that it is not Amazing watching the Bryans how

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well they have played, they have struggled so much in this

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tournament. They almost went out twice, hard to believe it the way

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Not far away! Reflexes are so fast. Too big a swing. It was a bad

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volley. All a bit rushed. Wanting to force the action too much, Tecau.

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He just needs to use the pace of Brilliant return, and here we go

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again. First game of the set, break First time they have been able to

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UMPIRE: Quiet, please. A bit of Boy, that was Tecau there. That

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That would have been cool if the mishit return had landed in. --

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One of those days. Even on the overhead, Tecau mishit that. He is

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not hitting the ball cleanly, just trying too hard at the moment. He

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needs to try and calm down a little And there was a massive hole full

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instead and Tecau. If they had lost that game, you could have written

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at the Bryans' names on the trophy. This is where they are hitting the

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ball, the Bryan twins. But coming forward, look at the number of

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volleys. They are nearly breeding over the net, they are closing in.

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You will notice that Bob Bryan has changed ends for serving. They

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always get him to serve first in the set. And you are allowed to

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change ends at the start of a new said. You can even change receiving

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sides, although I have never seen Gorgeous. Another one of those

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quick games. They start to serve and it is over in a flash. There is

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not enough balls coming back, and right away the pressure is back on

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This is the man who has proved Lindstedt looking very sharp at the

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net. It is important for his partner that he is, takes some of

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A much better start to this set the on the previous two for Lindstedt

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damned Tecau and that is good because we need a competitive said

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to bring this final alive. With the early breaks, the first two sets

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were a little predictable. Wembley Stadium. I don't know, I still miss

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the twin towers, even though that arch is quite spectacular. We come

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back over the borough of Wandsworth, back down to Wimbledon and Court

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One. There is a mixed doubles semi- final going on, the winners of it

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will appear on the Centre Court tomorrow. It is always the way the

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finals pan out, if there has not been bad weather. We have the

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women's singles final, and the men's doubles on the Saturday and

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the men's singles final and the Still looking for their first break

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point of course. Nicely done here. The ball stays pretty low. Saw the

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gap, went for it, made it. The They are certainly having more

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chances on Mike Bryan's serve. They seem to be getting their racket on

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Again, if the server is struggling, his partner has to get involved.

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Brilliant sunshine or the sudden. It all happens in a flash, doesn't

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it? You guess, and he guessed Bob Bryan was going across on this one,

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instead he hit a great return but unfortunately he stayed there. Talk

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about helping your partner out, three magnificent volleys there

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from 15-30. Yes, they have played superbly. No wonder they are right

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up there with the great pairs of all time. Win this, and they match

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And they could play for another In two years' time, they will be

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Yes, that is what you want to see. All four men at the net. Lovely

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exchange here. Reflexes, touch. Super return, that time from Mike

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Bryan, really getting the ball down Best part of the match, now. A

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lovely exchange in that last game. It was lovely to watch. When you

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see the reflexes from the players on the court, particularly the

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Bryan brothers, it is amazing how quick they are. I have seen them do

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these drills, a lot of times they will have their coach and they will

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stand a foot from the net, the coach will just blast balls right

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at them. You look at it and you think, are these blokes nuts? But

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they pick up a ball... That was a wonderful ending there. It can

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happen. Just one reflex shot can be the difference of winning it. When

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you get the hand speed of this quality in the doubles, that can

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make the difference. It is amazing, There is the vulnerability to the

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lob, but it has got to be perfect. It is easier, during a rally,

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rather than off the serve. They have more time, not much more time,

:31:11.:31:19.

but a little bit more time to get the ball over the head. Still, no

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He is almost leaning over the net, when he hits that volley. So close.

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It was a good return of serve. A lovely lob, that one. The first

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point of this game. That is a great return. Now, again, 15-30, these

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are the half chances that if Lindstedt and Tecau are going to

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get into the match, they have to take. If Mike helps his brother

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out... Doesn't need to. It is a lovely serve, only 106, but he cut

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There is that jamming serve. It was following Lindstedt, he couldn't

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get out of the way of it. It is not the wisest thing, to try to get

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around and hit a forehand, if you are right handed, with the left

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deep swerving the ball, it is coming into your body the whole

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time -- the lefty swerving the ball. Time for a new set of balls. The

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ball boys and girls going so efficiently about their duties. We

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never noticed them, because you only notice when something goes

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wrong. The ones here are from local schools, they go through the most

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rigorous training. And of course, the ones on the Centre Court are

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Tecau has served very well, apart from those two service games, when

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he chucked in two double faults in Oh, another example. Wonderful

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reactions. The net cord, could have been awkward, it wasn't. This one,

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it is unlucky, it hit the net because it would have been a winner.

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It gave the chance for Tecau to put An amazing return! It was a self-

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preservation shot, I think! Right Lovely reaction from instead. --

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Another lovely exchange. This use of these short angles. Gorgeous

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point, this one. That is why Bob Bryan is so dangerous, he gets all

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the way around, he tries the offer shot, Tecau just picked it in time.

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There is such a nice mixture with the pace and the field. There is

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that lovely volley. For the first time, they have held their serve

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together. Now they are at the business end of the set, at least

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they have got that job done. They have sort of thrown away two sets

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because of one shaky service game in both, but at least they are in

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You feel, if they are going to break, this is the game. It is Mike

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Bryan that they are getting more returns into court. He doesn't

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quite have the pace or swing of his But he does have Bob in the

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forecourt. Lindstedt looked up after that shot, he hit a good

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return again, he thought it was crossing. He's just picking the

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He stands very close to the net. At the start. He then just moves up.

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He is almost on the net when he hits that volley. Starts off about

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four or five feet away. As soon as the ball goes past his head, he is

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To his full stretch, but he is so close to the net that if he just

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gets anything on the ball, it is a winner. Yes, it was more frame than

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No breaks in this third set. Rapid fire tennis once again. A huge game

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for Lindstedt and Tecau. They have forced the Bryans to serve to save

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One statistic that is very much in favour of Lindstedt and Tecau, they

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had served 15 aces to just four First double fault of the match

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from Lindstedt. The other four from his team of all come from Tecau.

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Oh, dear. Tecau, very conservative with that put away. I don't know

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what he was thinking. He actually could have hit it straight at Mike

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Bryan, he got away with it, but They have clung on well in this set.

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Lindstedt and Tecau would have been easy to let their heads go down. 2-

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0 down to the best players in the world. They haven't. Out on the

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hill, not as packed as it was yesterday, of course. But it has

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still become a great institution, hasn't it? The number of people who

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will come down to get a grounds pass, because they just want to

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share in the wonderful atmosphere down there. And there's a little

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bit of refreshment. I'm sure there will be a lot of people there

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tomorrow. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the two best players in

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the world, going head to head. He I don't believe they won that point.

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A full turn! Landed just on the That's gorgeous. What a serve. What

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a volley. Good anticipation from Mike Bryan, he knows he has to move

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out there. That is the obvious place for that return to go, but

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Every now and again, Lindstedt has really connected with the forehand

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A little unlucky, Tecau. It was a good return. The net cord just

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pushed it wide. It would have been a very difficult ball for Bob Bryan

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We talked before the match began, of the likelihood of tie-breaks. I

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have a feeling, big pressure on the Tecau serve. The only man on court

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to have lost his serve in this match. He has lost it was. -- lost

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He is really feeling the pressure, In the semi-final, the Bryans were

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up two sets to love, and lost three They have done their job, held

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serve throughout this third set, something they were unable to do in

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the first two. They almost have a free game here. That's exactly

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right. Lindstedt has been returning pretty well, but when he has made

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that return, a number of times he has hit a good return and gone down

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the line and they have stayed, or they have gone across court. He

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hasn't quite pick it yet. You never know. They just need a one-two

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punch here. They have had a couple of very good points but they have

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never done much combination together at the same time, so that

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they can get a lead in one of these A bit of a change up, only 73 mph,

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Paul returning from Minstead, missed all three. -- it is Paul

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It will be a tie-break to decide That serve went right into his

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hitting zone, just rushed it a Lindstedt hit a good return. He

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says, why didn't I go down the Tecau serving at the Royal box end,

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he has always served from the Well one mini-break be enough? --

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Here is the first challenge of the It is good! Lindstedt has just

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thrown his racket to the ball girl, he has had enough. He has just had

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enough. Come on, he is saying! I That's a brilliant return, and the

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best pair of their generation have four championship points.

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UMPIRE: Code violation, ball abuse, warning, Lindstedt. That is a shame,

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getting a warning and probably a A terrific performance by the

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Bryans. Got the dream start, the first three games. From then on,

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were always in charge. They join it the would ease -- they joint Todd

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Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde on 11 major titles, but surely they are

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going to break another record in the not too distant future. They

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could go on for five years winning these tournaments, no reason why

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not. They win Wimbledon for the SUE BARKER: It was a terrific

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performance from the Bryans. Straight sets today, their 11th

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Grand Slam title, their second at Wimbledon. Well done to them. If

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you are coming in, we can tell you what happened earlier today. We had

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a terrific ladies' final and a new The new star is Petra Kvitova. She

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won the title today. Playing in her first Grand Slam final, she beat

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Maria Sharapova or 6-3, 6-4, and no sign of nerves as she clinched

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victory. A huge disappointment for Liam Broady, who lost in the final

:57:38.:57:42.

of the ball use singles to Luke Saville. The 17-year-old from

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Stockport was a set and a break up, but he let it slip away and the

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Aussie went on to win 6-2 in the final set.

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Those are the headlines from earlier today. It has been 10 years

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since one of the greatest sporting tales of all unfolded on the courts

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at SW19. Goran Ivanisevic, three times a losing finalist, had fallen

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down the rankings and only a letter to the All England Club secured him

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a wildcard. From the moment he stepped on to the grass, you could

:58:15.:58:25.
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Growing up, my favourite tournament, definitely Wimbledon, maybe because

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of the grass. Watching Bjorn Borg, McEnroe, Connors, playing the there,

:58:33.:58:37.

something different, green grass. It was always like a goal for me,

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to one day be there. Play, watch, doesn't matter. That was my

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favourite tournament, since I was 10 years old, since I started to

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How vivid are the memories of that day? I can't believe it is 10 years.

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People are coming to me, remembering every detail, saying

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how I change their life. I don't know how I did that, but I changed

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my. It is just so many memories, especially when I am sitting here

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92, I was favourite in that final. I was playing well, a then that

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happened. I had so many chances in the 5th and I still didn't believe

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Ivanisevic is thinking what might have been. If I could play in the

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first week, I would beat him for sure. But because he played some

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terrible matches in the first week, and in the second week he came out

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a different player. And Ivanisevic, the disappointment of being twice a

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losing finalist. I had a lot of chances in the final of 1998, it

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was the final I should have won. It was missing, and then somehow he

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put a few unbelievable returns in. It was so upsetting when I lost my

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This is the worst thing ever. Twice beaten, I was watching him

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hold that beautiful trophy. I said I don't want to hold that plate

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ever again because second place, saying you are runner-up at

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:01:35.:01:37.

Wimbledon is great but it is not In 2001, I played horrible. I

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played the Queen's Club, I lost a terrible match and on that day they

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were deciding over my wildcard. I hoped they didn't watch that match.

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You wrote your own letter for the wild card. You have to ask for an

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invitation, don't you? Do you remember what you put in the

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letter? Police have to me?! I was three times a finalist, twice

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Cemaes. Still I have credit, maybe I will get one. Goran Ivanisevic

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and Frederick Johnson have come out... When I started to play, I

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can't explain. He has had a terrible year. He really is the

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shell of a player he once was. started to feel good. I was serving

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Even now, I am trying to explain to myself how I started to play that

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Against Andy Roddick, I mean the guy could not return my serve and I

:03:23.:03:31.

felt very good. I believe nobody even talked about me and I really

:03:31.:03:38.

started to believe because I felt the first time after a long time, I

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But I couldn't say I was going to win so I just kept it to myself.

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You're feeling deep down at this point I have got a great chance

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here but you couldn't share it. They would say look at this guy, OK,

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:04:19.:04:19.

so I just kept it to myself. Round four and my friend Greg. I am

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looking forward to it, it will be a good match and hopefully I can

:04:23.:04:31.

continue my run. It will be another beautiful match to watch. And very

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exciting, you know. I was begging not to play on Court One. As soon

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as it was on Court One, I knew it was gone. I thought I had a good

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chance that day. He was too good, served unbelievably well, played

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:05:04.:05:09.

A little bit of play-acting from Rusedski! He has given the ball boy

:05:10.:05:16.

his racket. I knew he was thinking about Court One, why did they put

:05:16.:05:22.

him on Court One? They just seemed some kind of destiny. Every time he

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needed a break or a good shot, it It is a scorching day and we are

:05:38.:05:48.
:05:48.:05:52.

wondering if the fairy-tale can It is the story of the

:05:53.:05:56.

Championships, no doubt about it. What an occasion the semi-final was

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going to be. Then the semi-final came. My think it was great

:06:03.:06:08.

expectation. It was my third semi- final. Ivanisevic came into the

:06:09.:06:12.

tournament with no form, he was a wild card entry. He was playing

:06:12.:06:19.

some great tennis to start off with, and could have quite possibly been

:06:19.:06:23.

up two sets to love but I was able to hang in there and improve my

:06:23.:06:30.

game. I won the second set on the tie-break and that was a massive

:06:30.:06:34.

boost to me psychologically, and a Downer to him. I have to say the

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rain saved me because on two sets to one, Tim started to play very

:06:42.:06:48.

well and I didn't have any answers. He did everything that he had to do.

:06:48.:06:54.

I didn't do anything wrong, he just killed me. I can't believe Tim

:06:54.:07:04.
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Henman has ever played a better set And then we stopped, and the next

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day I came stronger, better. He was playing worse and worse, I played

:07:14.:07:20.

better and better. All these little signs, they were like something big

:07:20.:07:30.
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is coming. Would you believe it? All need is a roof. Just give us a

:07:32.:07:42.
:07:42.:07:45.

route! At the moment I won the match, I just knew it. He missed

:07:45.:07:55.
:07:55.:07:56.

shots he had never missed in his life. I just knew I could not lose.

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Ivanisevic is into the final for It was a Monday final obviously, a

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slightly unusual. What was the thought process for you that day?

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was very nervous, I didn't sleep. I had all my things to do before the

:08:25.:08:30.

final because I had so many things on my mind. When I came in, there

:08:30.:08:38.

was an unbelievable atmosphere. atmosphere I have never experienced

:08:38.:08:42.

at Wimbledon before. This time was different because it was Monday.

:08:42.:08:47.

Maybe I would have lost on Sunday but this time it was a Monday.

:08:47.:08:53.

will be devastated if Ivanisevic loses. He would be devastated.

:08:53.:08:58.

was in the final against a guy I really admire. A great guy, a good

:08:58.:09:05.

friend. I was very nervous, but I was ready to go. He was still not

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ready. That is why I won the first set because I was much more relaxed

:09:11.:09:15.

than him. What about that at this fear because it is probably the

:09:15.:09:19.

only time we are ever going to see something like that at Wimbledon.

:09:19.:09:26.

It was a unique occasion. It was unbelievable. Now we have a roof so

:09:26.:09:30.

it will always be a Sunday final, I don't think it will ever happen

:09:30.:09:40.
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again. And it was like I loved it, even when I was struggling. It was

:09:42.:09:51.

great. The 5th set, I was very confident I was going to win and I

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For the second time then, it is And one can only guess that the

:10:34.:10:40.

turmoil raging in the mind of Goran Ivanisevic at this moment.

:10:40.:10:46.

What was the thought that got you back on track? To regroup at that

:10:46.:10:50.

point, that showed a lot of strength, a lot of character.

:10:50.:10:55.

just said to myself, put a first serve in, or try to put in a

:10:56.:11:05.
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And maybe it was not perfect but my leg was blocked. I said to myself

:11:14.:11:24.
:11:24.:11:35.

jump, what are you doing? Why are I said to myself he is nervous just

:11:35.:11:45.
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like you, so put the serve in At last, the waiting is over. A man

:11:56.:12:06.
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who four times now has attempted to scale the ultimate height. I didn't

:12:07.:12:16.

become a good tennis player that had never won a major. You were

:12:16.:12:21.

already a national hero, and he became some legend in that moment.

:12:21.:12:25.

What was it like when you first saw how many people were there?

:12:25.:12:30.

couldn't believe they came for me. I was like, why are these people

:12:30.:12:36.

here? Who is coming? Then I realised it was funny. It was a

:12:36.:12:43.

victory for the whole country, and my home town made it happen. It was

:12:43.:12:50.

just unbelievable. For all these years I didn't do it, and there was

:12:50.:12:55.

this massive welcoming. Everyone was there. After wavering on the

:12:55.:13:00.

brink, at last he clutches the Challenge Cup. I was destined to

:13:00.:13:05.

win because everything was different. Three days the semis, a

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Monday final, all the little things but different. It was meant to be

:13:11.:13:16.

like that. SUE BARKER: It was one of the great

:13:16.:13:21.

stories. We are moving now over to BBC Two because we are having live

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coverage of the women's doubles final but now we are going to leave

:13:25.:13:30.

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