Day 1 Wimbledon

SUE BARKER: Walking into Wimbledon on day one, you get a special

feeling. The butterflies are there in anticipation of what lies ahead

over the next two weeks. You ask yourself what stories will emerge,

what shocks will we see, who will become the star of the future and,

of course, who will win. There's so much that happens here. Quite

simply, there is no other tournament in the world like it. For one

player, a new chapter emerges in an already historic career. For the

first time in generations, a British player will walk on to Centre Court

to start a defence of a Men's Singles title, a title that was won

in spectacular style 12 months ago. If Andy wins today, on the 7th day

of the 7th month, the wait at last will be over.

ANDREW CASTLE: This is the final we were looking forward to in so many

ways. The top two players in the world playing on the top stage. I'm

getting nervous. What a point! Soaking up the

pressure. He's a brick wall! Looks like he's

been sparring with Carl Froch! Djokovic is down. Wonderful,

wonderful stuff. This is the boy digging deep! He's got it! He's made

it down the line. BORIS BECKER: Any point will do.

UMPIRE: Game, set and match, Murray. ANDREW CASTLE: Andy Murray is the

Wimbledon Champion! SUE BARKER: We have waited 77 years

for this. The Men's Singles champion 2013 is Andy Murray! I don't know

whether you realise what you have done. I hope you enjoyed it. I tried

my best. SUE BARKER: What a day that was as

Andy Murray's victory against Novak Djokovic ended a 77-year wait for a

British man to win Wimbledon following the great Fred Perry's

third and final triumph in 1936. Andy's name will be forever etched

on the famous champions' board. Can he defend his title and add his name

again? We will find out the answer to that question over the next two

weeks as here on the hallowed turf the modern-day greats battle it out

with the silver gilt cup and the Venus Rose Water Dish, the ultimate

prizes. It is time for the action to start. Welcome to Wimbledon 2014!

SUE BARKER: Many of them will be on court today. We have so much to look

forward to over the fortnight. The Big Four in the men's all eyeing the

title. The Ladies Championship promises to be outstanding with so

many new talents emerging. Today is a day for British fans to celebrate.

First on Centre Court, Andy Murray steps out as defending champion. We

have waited 77 years for that, too! The fans, I was out with many of

them today, some of them queueing since Saturday morning to make sure

that they will be courtside to see this historic day. So much to enjoy

elsewhere. Someone who knows about defending the title, Roger Federer.

He's defended it seven times. Maria Sharapova has. She comes here as the

French Open Champion. Andy Murray drove himself into Wimbledon. He

went out to the practice courts with his new coach, Amelie Mauresmo, and

just getting the training done. He is not too nervous. We will hear

from him throughout the day. Andy Murray, the reigning Wimbledon

Champion. Everyone has been heading up to the hill here, if they can't

get on Centre Court, to see this historic day. I'm here with two

people who know what that's all like. It is John McEnroe and Lindsay

Davenport. You don't realise what a big day this is for British tennis?

Especially after what happened in the World Cup! You had to mention

it! I had to get it off quick. This is awesome. Now that this string has

been broken, everyone can relax, right? 77 years, come on! Take a

little - you can't tell me there is as much pressure on Andy now! I hope

he is not putting as much pressure on himself? He wants to do well, but

he should enjoy this. He won the title last year. The pressure should

be off him. Hold on! You don't want me this year? What? We are spoilt

with Wimbledon Champions! What are these? These were glasses before I

dropped them! I dropped everything on my way here. I am missing you

already. You are on your way? I have to stop by and say hello to my old

team! We are missing you. You have got a proper job? I have got a day

job, a proper day tennis job. We are going to see each other Thursday,

right? Absolutely. You know when this game is - Germany versus US,

what time? 8.00pm local time. The chicken will be ready for you. I

will leave you to it. How is your man? How are his preparations for

Wimbledon? He didn't play any matches. Are you concerned, coach?

Absolutely not. The weather was beautiful. He got enough practice

in. At the end of the day, you have to play your first match regardless

how many pre-Wimbledon tournaments you have played. He is ready. He

wants to go out there. The wrist is OK? Everything is fine. Very

diplomatic. You need a new pair of sunglasses. Thank you very much.

Good to see you. You talk about who is here - there is such a buzz here

at Wimbledon. It is very tough to pick a winner? I would say the four

guys, Boris is out of earshot, if you go - I don't know what the odds

are. They are close to being the same. You can make an argument for

anyone. Roger, his best bet is this tournament. That puts him in the

mix. The length of the match is not going to be an issue and the

physicality that you see at the French will be less of an issue. I

would say it would be - if you picked any of those four guys, you

could make a very good case for any one of them. I have been trying to

think about who would be my pick if one of those four guys didn't win. I

will save that for later in the show. OK. We will await that answer.

As far as the ladies are concerned, we are talking about Serena and

Maria, but there are so many new talents emerging? There are. This

next generation seem to be not in awe of the superstars. They believe

they can win. For the last decade, we have seen some of the newcomers

come up against the top and freeze. You don't get that sense with this

generation. This is Serena's tournament. Losing early at the

French, she has had more time to prepare. Those losses motivate her

even more. I would be surprised if we didn't see her deep into the

second week. She got angry, didn't she, after the French? That

preparation at the NBA Finals and Kim and Kanye's wedding - and some

tennis thrown in! Serena and Maria will be on court tomorrow. Here is

who is on today: Andy Murray begins his defence of

the Wimbledon title. He will face the world number 105, David Goffin.

Australian Open Champion Li Na is second on Centre. She is up against

Paula Kania. Last year's beaten finalist, Novak Djokovic, is the top

seed in the men's draw. He will be taking on Andrey Golubev in Round

One. Queen's Champion Grigor Dimitrov is having the best season

of his career. He begins his campaign against Ryan Harrison on

Court 1. In early action today, Johanna Konta is looking for a first

win at Wimbledon, but standing in her way is the world number one in

doubles, China's Shuai Peng. She is on Court 12. There it is. We will be

going live to that match around midday after we have set the scene

ahead of the Championships. If you want to watch her now, press the red

button. Also on the red button, Tomas Berdych, he faces s Victor

Hernescu. This is day one and we are going to

look ahead to the reigning champion, Andy Murray. Let's hear from him. As

the tournament gets closer, I'm starting to feel more nervous, feel

the pressure a little bit more. The week build-up has been a bit quieter

than usual. Some of the years, it was extremely busy. I don't know if

that is because of the World Cup, though, or not. It's been quieter.

You don't know how it is going to feel to walk on Centre Court as the

defending champion. You have had a similar experience at the US Open.

It is different there. You played Wednesday night and here there is

this famous tradition. How do you think it might feel? Well, I have

spoken to Amelie a little bit about it. Everyone deals with those

situations differently. I expect to be nervous. I expect to feel the

pressure, as I'm going towards the court. I hope, you know, when I walk

out there I can enjoy it for a few moments and then like most nerves

and stuff, once you get out there, you start to settle into the match.

Is that one of the areas where she has had the most impact, the fact

that she herself knows what it is like to defend a Wimbledon title?

That is one of the positives for sure. Being able to speak to her

about that. And how she handled it, the things that she did, the things

that she didn't do and what she may have done differently if she had to

do it again. That is why having someone in that position can only be

of benefit, really. Have you had a hit with her yet? On Friday, we had

a light hit on one of the courts, yeah. She was hitting the ball well,

actually. I was surprised. She hadn't played that much tennis

lately. Yeah, she hit the ball well. We had a call at the BBC earlier

from someone who says that they saw you chasing a loose dog down a busy

road on your way into Wimbledon? Yeah. This morning. Yes, that is

true. It wasn't my dog. I was driving to practice and there was a

dog running along the road so I parked the car and basically got out

the car and tried to stop the traffic and then I managed to get

the dog, I got it in the back-seat of my car. I called the number on

the tag and amazingly, my two dogs walk with that dog - I didn't

realise - walk with that dog quite a lot, so when I met the owner, she

said we know your dogs and stuff and, yeah, she was happy I had

picked it up. The dog was pretty strong. It didn't want me to grab it

by the collar and put it in the car. Yeah, thankfully, the dog was fine

and it's all good. He was a little late for practice. Now, he is a

dog-rescuing hero! Peter would be very proud of him. That is a good

story to start the tournament. You are always coming up with something,

Sue! He loves his dogs. That is how he relaxes, that is why he enjoys

being at Wimbledon, being at home, he has Kim there, the dogs there, he

is enjoying his home. It would relax him. He gets to drive in. Even

sleeping in your own bed is so much more comfortable. He has got more

comfortable here every year he's played. This year, defending

champion, less pressure on him. Should be a great year. Does he live

in London? Lives about half an hour away. He spends most of his time. I

understand he is opening a hotel and he spends a lot of time in Miami. In

the winner. He is here during the summer. A lovely home. He seems very

relaxed. We say there is less pressure. He wants to add to the

Grand Slam tally. Once you win one Wimbledon title, you can taste it.

You want more of them. There is not the same pressure. We should be very

clear about that. And thankfully, for him. Yes - and us! Exactly. Need

I say more? But it hasn't gone according to plan, has it, since

Wimbledon 12 months ago? Matches lost and the back surgery. He has

not been in a final since? No, but the big step forward was the

semifinals at the French Open. That should give him confidence.

Interesting to hear him talk saying he was in more pain last year at

this time with his back Interesting to hear him talk saying

he was in more pain last than he is this year. It took a little while to

get his confidence going, but just with his performance a few weeks ago

at the French, that will give him a nice boost going into Wimbledon. I

have to say that when I heard all this talk about a new coach - and I

preface this by saying I was surprised it didn't work out with

Ivan and him - once I had heard that the possibility, I was thinking I

hope he does something out of the box again like he did with Ivan. I

must say that he passed with flying colours! Picking Amelie Mauresmo.

This is very interesting, the only part I - you worry about any team

when they get together, but doing it before Wimbledon. I was at the

French when it was announced a few hours ago before Novak played Rafa

and all of a sudden starting tomorrow... You know everything,

Sue. How long did they know before that announcement was made? A few

weeks before the French they started speaking on the phone. It wasn't

decided and she went to watch his first-round match and that is when

the rumours started. And then it was decided I think after that semifinal

loss, which was a bad loss for him against Rafa. She is interesting. A

lot of people saying why her. She came through a lot of difficulty in

her career and found a way to win and pressure and that is what she's

going to bring to the table? She is a fantastic woman. Speaking to her

for a few minutes, everyone will get a sense of her great energy. She is

a thinker. She's so good-natured and she doesn't take herself too

seriously. Just like Ivan(!) Could have been twins(!) She's wonderful

to sit down and talk to. She loves the sport. She loves talking about

the sport. Andy is a student of the game. Some people, looking at the

stats, he's won one match on grass. We shouldn't be worried about that?

He was flat-beat from the French. If you remember last year, he didn't

play. I think it was more important that he gets a match at Queen's. At

this stage, it doesn't matter. It's a totally different situation. It

may have done - it may turn out to do him some good. If you look at his

draw, it is fairly favourable. Yes. It certainly is. As we saw, Andy was

here earlier today. John Lloyd and Garry Richardson were watching.

GARRY RICHARDSON: Andy Murray has experienced everything at Wimbledon.

Something new today, on Centre Court as the defending champion?

JOHN LLOYD: Once a couple of games go by, he will be fine. He relishes

pressure here at Wimbledon. First couple of minutes might be more

interesting. After that, he will relax. Roger Federer said he thinks

possibly winning a second Wimbledon is easier than getting that first

one. What do you think? Not many people have done it. Two out of the

last eight champions have managed to retain their crown. I would think

it's easier. The pressure was on him last year and he has a great shot

this year. The title is going to come down between him and Djokovic.

Thank you very much. SUE BARKER: That was earlier today.

There is no statue of Andy Murray here at Wimbledon yet. There is a

picture of him at the practice courts. Last year, we finally saw an

end to that 77-year wait for a British man to win Wimbledon. It was

in 1977 that we celebrated the last Women's Singles winner, Virginia

Wade. What a day for that. She is with us this year working for the

team, commentating on the matches and no doubt will be enjoying seeing

these pictures again. So, let's hear from Virginia, she is with Rishi

Persad. RISHI PERSAD: There is a bust which

commemorates Virginia Wade and I have the real thing alongside me.

You came back to defend the title in 1978. You got to the semifinals.

What is the different mindset Andy has to overcome this year? You are

so thrilled that the tradition is there, that you come back and start,

you open up on the Centre Court. For the men, it is the first day, so the

court is perfect. So it is a big thrill. I think Andy is playing well

enough to win. Obviously, there's a long time between now and two weeks'

time. He's playing just as well as the other top guys. I can't see any

dark horses who I think could come and beat him, even on a phenomenal

day. I do think there might be more pressure on him because the other

players are - he's got all the attention on him and the other

players can get on with what they have to do without that extra

pressure. The British press have been a bit naughty, picking up on

one or two things you said about the appointment of Amelie Mauresmo. What

is actually your stance on this? Well, I was surprised. I think along

with everybody else I was surprised. Leading up to it, like Andy, he is a

past master at playing chess and we had the feeling he was doing a bit

of that. Then Amelie was a surprise. She is a wonderful person. She was a

fantastic tennis player. And maybe she's not going to give him the

Lendl forehand, but what she is going to do - and I have seen from

the pictures, they are both smiling on the court. That could be the

relaxation mode and the confidence mode and certainly she had success

with Marion Bartoli, so there's no reason why a woman shouldn't be a

good coach. In fact, you have to compensate by having almost

sometimes better technique because you don't have the strength and you

think about the game. Thank you very much for your time. There you have

it, the real thoughts of Virginia Wade.

SUE BARKER: Never doubted it for a moment. It is interesting, we were

talking about it that all the focus seems to be on Amelie, but in

fact... I want to ask one question. You interrupting, too? I'm getting

used to it! Do you remember - that was my first Wimbledon. I can't

remember who she beat in the semis that year. I don't remember, I was

one-year-old. Sue, do you remember? I knew... I'm sorry. What a day that

was when Virginia won again. Start over. Thank you for reminding me of

one of my worst days in tennis. That is a great day, you got to the

semies of a major. I lost in the semis, too! You then went on to...

Look at the smile. 2014, here we are. Talking about Murray's camp and

Amelie Mauresmo, but Danny is a big part of that team? Absolutely. He

has been doing the day-to-day work, scouting all the opponents, so you

had Lendl come in and add what he could add, now it is Amelie. The

focus should not be on Amelie. Andy said that the other day. He has his

team in place and then he brings in, now it was Lendl, now it is

Mauresmo, as advisors. You said, Lendl going - Le in, dl brought him

-- Lendl brought him right up to believe in himself and he will miss

that? The stage that Ivan was in his career and Andy was, it was eerily

similar. He turned out to be one of the greatest players that ever

lived. I think that made a lot of sense. You alluded to the fact that

Amelie Mauresmo had some - she had learned a lot from some difficult

losses and was able to win a Wimbledon and an Australian Open.

And overcoming nerves? Exactly. She's been coaching. This isn't the

first time she's coached: -- coached. Does she have locker room

access to the men? A bit like you, Mac, she is not allowed in!

We are even now. It will be a long fortnight! Andy Murray is on Centre

Court, a big day for him and for David Goffin. Let's hear from him.

Welcome to Wimbledon. The best possible welcome for you in many

ways in that you get a chance to play Andy Murray in the very first

match on Centre Court. How are you feeling about that? It will be a

difficult match. To play against Andy, it's an honour to open the

tournament on the Centre Court. It will be a great experience, I think.

A great moment for me. As a professional tennis player, is there

part of you that is cursing your luck that you should draw the

defending champion in the first round? Of course. It's probably the

most difficult match of the draw, but I'm feeling good on grass. I

hope it will be a good match for me. Even if it is Andy in front of me, I

will try to use the moment of Centre Court to play a good match. The

match against Federer is the match that many people remember you for.

You had lost in qualifying, but you got in as a lucky loser and made it

to the fourth round. What are your memories of your run there that

year? It was amazing. I was almost at home when I lost qualification

and I had the chance to play again and I won three matches in Paris, so

it was like, it was my first main draw in Grand Slams, it was like a

dream and a lot of memories in Paris.

SUE BARKER: He did well in that match against Federer when he took

that opening set a few years ago. How is he as a player? Does he have

the weapons on a grass court? He has weapons and he's got a lot of feel.

He is a natural tennis player. It is like a heavyweight playing a

welterweight. He doesn't consistently hurt you enough. He has

to take chances to take control of points. He is not big enough and he

can't wait on Murray. That is why he's dropped to 104 in the world or

something. That guy has the talent to be Top 40. He was Top 50 and

everyone was talking about him as one of the emerging young players to

challenge for the top? I think that you can see - you should respect the

guys more like David Ferrer and Nishikori establishing himself as a

Top 10 player. You realise the difficulty if you don't have that

height or a big weapon - his weapon is his hands. He can't use them

enough in important moments and he's also lost confidence. It seems like

he is always playing guys much bigger and stronger than him. That

is much harder these days. We will hear more from Mac before the match

at 1.00pm. Murray in the top four. If you look at the big three, those

big three - you look at the record, Federer, Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

You look at them - seven titles Roger Federer has won, Rafael Nadal

two wins here, but Djokovic just the one here. The question mark this

year is Rafa. Is he 100%? How will his knee hold up? He struggled with

it last year. Those five years in a row that he played winning the two

times and Djokovic has to be disappointed after last year,

getting to the final. It's - we talked about this at the start of

the show. It seems a stretch to think that somebody outside the top

four is going to win here. These guys have been so good here.

last 37 Grand Slams. Did you think this rivalry would go on so long?

Yes, the more that you would see them turning in and turning at, they

seemed that far ahead. I remember when I first came on the tour, and

Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors were dominating and I tried to be a bit

like Djokovic, just getting into the mix consistently. These are the

odds, OK? Is this the order you would have them in? It is a pretty

accurate order. I like that quite a bit. Grigor Dimitrov 20-1, with a

bat? He is the one I would pick. You read my mind! And he is in the area

of this guide by the name of Andy Murray! Not too far down the line.

-- of this guy. With what he has done, you has the best shot of one

of the top guys does not win it. Of the young guys that are hungry, like

Ryan Harrison, who he plays, a guy like Donald Young, trying to hold on

and say, give me respect, that is tricky. He is actually playing some

guys younger than him. I will ask you who you think will win the

title, you can have your say as well, vote via the live Wimbledon

page on the BBC website or send a tweet using the surname of the

player that you think will win. This will close just before 1pm and we

will announce the final result shortly afterwards. Full terms and

conditions available on the BBC sport website. Who will win

Wimbledon? Lindsay, where would you put your vote? Novak has been my

pick. I am curious to see how his arm and wrist feel through the first

few rounds. He moves so well on grass. He's very comfortable playing

out there. I think it is going to be tough for Murray to defend just one

year later. I will go with Novak. Exactly the same feeling. I feel

that Novak, now he has been in 13 or 14 Grand Slam finals, so he's trying

to approach with the consistency that Roger Federer had all those

years, which is rather remarkable. The reason why that man who came by

about half an hour ago was this reason and Boris Becker could add

that little extra bit at Wimbledon. He has only won one grandson out of

its last six grand slam finals. It is nice to get there, but once you

get there it becomes an acceptable if you don't win some of them.

Lindsay, the ladies championship? I would be surprised if it was not

Serena Williams. She has not had the 12 months she would have liked after

winning the US Open, she comes here not having won in Australia or won

the French. She wants to tie with Chris Evatt and Martinez are badly

at 18 titles. She's very, double on grass, and that she is injured I

feel it is her title this year. She is 5-4, the favourite, what about

Maria Sharapova? She did not like grass last year. I think she is

better on play them on grass, I never thought I would say that

especially when I saw her ten years ago beating Serena. Eugenie

Bouchard, it would be fantastic for the sport if she made that next

step. She looks great at the French, she made the semifinals, she had a

shot but Maria was fighting unbelievably well. You've got to

hand it to her. Eugenie Bouchard likes grass more than play, they

say. If that is true... She did well in the Juniors competition. She has

proved she can win on the grass. I think she's ready to make that

move. Thank you very much. Let's find out what the weather holds. It

is warm and hot and sticky. Let's have the weather forecast with

Carol. On the outside courts, play is underway already, some nifty

hats, sensibly because it is very warm. The forecast for today is

after the cloudy start, we will see sunny spells. We've had them

already. Through the afternoon the cloud will come and goes we will

have sunny intervals and gentle breezes. When the clouds does come

over it is very welcome because the temperature falls slightly. In the

latter part of the afternoon and into the evening we are at risk of a

shower. A low risk, about 40%, but we could see it, equally they could

just slip by and we could miss it altogether. Even into the evening

the temperature is going to be fine, 22 Celsius, in old money, 72

Fahrenheit! Sue, we are always keen to know about the pollen level and

today it is very high. I heard that he was suffering a little this

morning! I hope the pollen level dips -- I hear that you were

suffering a little. Let's take you around the grounds. Live tennis

began at 11:30am on the opening day of the Championships. At 1pm no

prizes for guessing who is first on Centre Court, the reigning Wimbledon

champion, Andy Murray of Britain against the very talented Belgian,

David Coffin. Paul Kenny takes on Li Na Mac, the Australian champion. -

Paula cannier takes an Li Na Mac. Victoria Azarenka, twice an

Australian Open champion, she's only played twice since January because

of a foot injury and she plays Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, now aged 32.

Mac fancies his chances, triggered a trough, the Queen's champion,

playing Ryan Harrison. He is one of three US men to have qualified for

Wimbledon here. And Jurgen Melzer, 32, his highest rank was eight in

the world and he plays Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is

leading their head to head for-1 so he is the favourite. A selection of

matches on the outside court. Tomas Berdych is out there. He's a former

finalist, he is six tall but he is dwarfed by his opponent, Daniel

Hanna is good, who is six foot six! A couple of giants. James Ward will

be second on court and three. We'll keep you up-to-date with that. We

are going to watch John Konta against showing playing - Johanna

Konta against shoe a pen of China. The game is going with serve. Anne

Keothavong and Sam Smith are commentating.

SAM SMITH: Johanna Konta, the British and three, broke to love in

the first game and has been broken, and since then it has gone with

serve. Saved a break point in her last service game. She's used to be

hanging on here. -- she seems to be hanging on here.

The 28-year-old Peng from China, China's third best player, she comes

from about an hour China's third best player, she comes

from about and a half south of baking. She has twice been in the

fourth round at Wimbledon. It has been a splendid start for

both of them, hasn't it? I think they are both starting to settle.

ANNE KEOTHAVONG: they are starting to settle, they are both out here

trying to figure each other out -- it has been a splintered start for

both of them. Rhys Evans ace of the match for Johanna Konta. -- the

seventh ace of the match for Johanna Konta. They

match for Johanna Konta. -- the seventh ace of the match for have

met here on one occasion, they met in southern China and it was Johanna

Konta who won very comfortably, in straight sets. That was on hard

courts. And Peng is a tough customer. She

really is. Grass suits her game. She is a player with big ground strokes

off both wings, likes to take it early, never wants to go too far

back behind the baseline. And so far she has been serving very well. She

has won the majority of her points behind her first serve once she gets

it into play. Always has this look of intense

concentration, does Peng, but can get very, very nervous on the big

moments, on the singles court, not on the doubles court because she is

one half of the defending champion in the women's doubles. -- one half

of the defending champions. did not connect cleanly with a

backhand of the return, but it was effective. Very quick up for the

forehand. Another comfortable hold. Apart from

those opening couple of breaks of serve it is pretty straightforward

for Peng and Johanna Konta. And, you know Johanna Konta well. She was

born in Sydney, Australia, came here with her parents and she has a

sister as well, when she was 14, they moved to Canary Wharf, London,

they were not keen on the city so they went to Eastbourne, and she

gained British citizenship a couple of years ago just before Wimbledon.

You have been on Federation cup with her and have hit with her at the

National tennis Centre, what's odd of character is she? A shy and

unassuming girl but a very hard worker, the ultimate professional,

very meta killers and how she goes about her job. Dedicates everything

to her tennis. She really does. She works hard, she is a great person to

practice with, -- she is very meticulous. We have had so many

practice training sessions together at the National tennis Centre in

Roehampton. Her mother is a dentist and her father is in the hotel

business. His sister works in fashion. Johanna Konta with the new

balls, on serve, at 3-4. UMPIRE: Correction, the ball was good. There

isn't Hawk-Eye on this court, it is only available on the Centre Court,

Court One, called to, and Godfrey. -- Court Two, and caught three.

Very clean! That backhand is Konta's best shot. Staying very low

on this, connecting with it right out in front of her.

Just too good from Peng. Incredible angle of that backhand. -- of that

backhand. A very solid hold from Konta and

they should be pleased. On your screen to the right Judy Murray the

Federation cup captain, next to her, Ian Bates, head of women's tennis

and next to him is the coach of Johanna Konta, a Frenchman, a former

ATP Tour player. Currently ranked at 60 in the world

in the singles, number one in doubles, with her partner. Way of

her best ranking of 14 which was three years ago when she made the

fourth round at Wimbledon. -- way off.

What are the strengths of Peng for Konta to have to neutralise? The

first service is effective as well as flat ground strokes, Peng is good

at changing the direction of the ball from the back of the court. She

doesn't like to budge to far back from behind the baseline. -- too far

back. Very nicely done. She is quick to

see her opportunities, to take the ball out of the air, Peng is a very

experienced doubles player and not afraid of getting close to the net.

Very quick up to this drive volley, taking all the time away from Konta.

Another very comfortable hold the Peng. -- for Peng. And, you are for

your final Wimbledon, you noted is like for Johanna Konta but it is not

easy, day one for a British player, a lot of distractions. It is never

easy for any of the British players. There are always huge expectations.

This is the one tournament where you want to play your best tennis, show

everyone what you are able to do on the tennis court, you are aware that

it is where you receive the most attention so you want to maximise

it. Is the sort of day like today, where'd it is beautiful out there,

where you leave your phone in the locker room and maybe don't switch

it on for a few days! And is best not to have your phone on leading up

to Wimbledon and steering the time that you are here, it's just not

worth it! The time that you are here, it's just not worth it! There

are so many people trying, wishing you well and everything, which is

great. She had a great leader, making the semifinals at Nottingham

and winning a round in Edgbaston. And she beat one talented player at

Eastbourne is coming in some confidence. -- she had a great lead

up to Wimbledon. -- so, coming in with some confidence.

Excellent play by Konta. She is always a much more effective player

when she has that aggressive mindset and looks to get at the court. -- up

the court. That's better! Hitting through that

forehand. That is a big change, that forehand seems to have improved an

awful lot busier. Something she has been working very hard on, with her

coach. That Mac it seems to have improved an awful lot, this year.

The two biggest improvements Konta has made to her game is her forehand

because she used to get awfully tight on that side of the game, but

also using the slice, adding variety to her game.

Just makes this game slightly more complicated. She has won a lot of

matches this year and has just broken into the world's top 100 for

the very first time. from Konta. It was a game that

looked so comfortable. And it just got away from her. She needs to

steal herself. Peng with set point. Well done! Konta did a great job,

staying in that point, giving herself big targets, not going for

anything to me other lines. These are the moments when it is great to

be a British player, these stands packed, from the first point of the

match. The crowd right behind Konta the whole way. -- not going for

anything to near the lines. A superb angle that she found from

that! That time, not quite balanced on the

backhand, Konta, a little too upright. The ball was moving away

from her. A lot of experience with Peng in her ninth Wimbledon and

Johanna Konta in only her third, a direct entry this year for the first

time. That first serve percentage is

really costing Johanna Konta. Automatically she is on the back

foot of Peng's return. Peng with a second set point.

ANNE KEOTHAVONG: She needs to keep her head up, keep getting up, up,

up. She's keeping the ball boys and the

ball girls very busy, but doing the right thing, taking her time.

Absolutely. She is never one to rush, Johanna Konta.

She hustled so well. You have to admire the determination of Peng.

Maybe it is just first-day nerves for Konta. She has to put them

behind her because she is facing a third set point in this game.

A few deep breaths needed for Konta right here.

It is such a good strategy to go back behind Shuai Peng, send her the

wrong way, she doesn't turn terribly well, so Konta could yet escape this

difficult game. UMPIRE: Time violation warning, Miss

Konta. Best point of the match for Konta.

That was a really good response from Konta after the code violation. She

has to keep going after it. Very well played by Peng. That is

where she is so effective, so good at changing the direction of play.

Very tough to read. A little wild. It is always tempting

to look for short cuts when you have been in a game and serving as long

as this. Coming up to quarter of an hour now. Peng has a fourth set

point. Couldn't quite make it and a very

determined Shuai Peng wraps up the opening set in 52 minutes 6-4.

SUE BARKER: All eyes on Centre Court very shortly for the emergence of

the defending men's champion, Andy Murray. What a moment that will be.

For the meantime, we will stay on Court 12.

SAM SMITH: To the right is Court 2. Matches going on at the back is

Court 8 and Court 9. It is a very busy end of the ground. Peng was

tough there, wasn't she? Is that just experience?

ANNE KEOTHAVONG: It was. Konta, who has gone off on a bathroom break,

got a little tight towards the end. I don't think we have seen the best

of Johanna Konta just yet. We take a look at the first set summary. What

was the main difference for you, Anne? Peng's first serve percentage

was not that much better than Konta's. She really attacked Konta's

second serve really well. Konta was under pressure straightaway. She

started well, Konta, broke to love and we thought we are away here? The

first three points of the match were all clean winners from Johanna

Konta. It was the unforced errors that cost her in the end. What sort

of character is she? She's not there at all at the moment, she's just

ended off to the bathroom. She will be giving herself a good talking to.

Like I said, we didn't see the best from Johanna Konta in that opening

set. What sort of character is she? Is she a young woman that digs in

and fights in these kind of moments? She has no choice but to find a way

right now! This is one of the biggest moments in her young career.

She's gone off on that bathroom break. I'm sure she will be giving

herself a good talking to in there. Hopefully, she will come back out

refreshed, energised, pick up her intensity. We know Shuai Peng can

play better tennis, too. She weathered the storm and did all the

basic things as well as she could have. A very determined character,

Peng. She was born in 1986, the Year of the Cow, which means she is

hard-working, dependable, independent-thinking and Thursday is

her lucky day. So it is a shame it is Monday!

She has a lucky day, but not an unlucky day. She has a lucky day.

She is an outstanding doubles player. She won the doubles title

last year and then they have come off winning the French Open for the

first time and tough to combine, isn't it? She went out first round

in Eastbourne, she hasn't had a lot of preparation here. Not sure how

you combine both. She seems to enjoy her doubles and some players do.

Players are often more relaxed on the doubles court than they are on

the singles. Barely a breath of wind here at

Wimbledon on the very first day of the Championships. Konta a set down

with it all to do. Peng to start the second.

It is not easy having to have longer than the two minutes at the change

of ends. Your adrenaline levels fall. Peng is making a sluggish

start here. And Konta breaking to love just as

she did at the start of the match. So, tactically, would you like to

see anything a little different from Konta? Do you feel she is - what

would that man say? Does she need to - has she been going at the right

areas? I do feel like Konta needs to step up her aggression. She needs to

improve that first serve percentage. That first serve is her strength.

When she serves well, the rest of her game is better as well. She gets

a lot of confidence from serving well.

Konta will have to step up the use of the angles in this second set,

really get Shuai Peng on the run. Much better intense despite that

missed backhand from Konta. There's been a couple of tight calls on that

line. Just to the left of our commentary box, so we don't have the

best view of it. That's good. A lot of kick and depth

on that second serve from Konta. There's a wonderful freshness to day

one of the Championships, these courts would have been played on on

Saturday and maybe by a few members in May. They are barely trodden on

these courts. Johanna Konta leads 2-0 and a break

in the second set. SUE BARKER: Johanna fighting hard on

Court 12. If you want to continue watching that match, it is live on

the red button. We are going to be heading to Centre Court for the

defending champion, Andy Murray, in a moment. Other matches on the red

button - Tomas Berdych is in trouble. A former finalist here.

He has dropped the opening set to Victor Hanescu of Romania. That is

on the red button, too. Over on Court 3, Samantha Stosur is

facing match point, match point for Yanina Wickmayer. She was ranked 12

in the world four years ago. We will stay with this to see if this point,

if she can clinch victory, and a famous victory and put the 17th

seed, Stosur of Australia, out of the Championships.

That is out, although they are asking for Hawk-Eye to be used in

that match. We will wait to see if that is out. It certainly looked out

from where we were watching. Indeed, it's in. That still means it is

match point to Wickmayer. So, that match continues. If you want to

continue watching that - and we will update you on BBC Two - you can

watch it online. Over on Court 18, Sloane Stephens was in trouble, 6-2

she lost the first set to Maria Kirilenko. Her ranking has dropped.

So much is expected of Sloane Stephens. She was 4-2 up in the

second set. It is now 4-4. We will keep you up-to-date on Two. You can

follow it online if you want to. All eyes will be on Centre Court in a

moment to see this man, Andy Murray, start the defence of his title.

She's been on the practice courts this morning with his coach, Amelie

Mauresmo, his good friend and coach, but have they got everything right

for the defence of the title? Last year was a real where were you

moment. Before Andy returns to the scene of his triumph, let's go back

to last year's final and take a look at that final game that he won

against Novak Djokovic that had us all on the edge of our seats.

ANDREW CASTLE: Novak Djokovic is out and ready as Andy Murray looks to

put 77 years of hurt behind British tennis. That last game was torture,

torture, I could hear my heart. BORIS BECKER: All eyes on Murray. He

is a brick wall. 40-0. 40-15. Then the next thing is

deuce. Like in a blink, it seemed like in a blink it was deuce and I

thought oh no. This isn't real. This can't happen. This can't happen. Oh

goodness! One of the shots he hits here, it is

so lucky. ANDREW CASTLE: I don't believe that!

You lucky sod. Jam mi! -- Jamm y. There's a good chance Djokovic could

come back into this. ANDREW CASTLE: The resilience.

Wonderful, wonderful stuff. This is the boy digging deep! I couldn't

breathe after some of these points. Any point will do.

BORIS BECKER: Any point will do. UMPIRE: Game, set and match, Murray.

ANDREW CASTLE: The waiting is over. Andy Murray is the Wimbledon

Champion! He's won Wimbledon? Yes! There were so many people out there

that were supporting and hoping you could do it. It is a good job I'm

not thinking about that when I throw up to serve.

Maggs, come. SUE BARKER: Even Maggie was cheering

him on. If you want to see more of that, When Andy Won Wimbledon, that

is tonight at 10.35pm on BBC One. Here on Centre Court, Mac is back

and welcome to Tim. Yanina Wickmayer has beaten Samantha Stosur, so

already a seed out of the Championships on day one. What is

going to happen here, Tim? It is amazing when you see a result

like that. The Championships is under way. The seed of players have

to be alert and the defending champions have to be alert. I think

Goffin has only ever won two matches on grass, he's only won three

matches this year on the tour. It is a good opportunity for Andy to get

his title defence under way. This is a tradition, isn't it, that is

unique to this tournament. Did you enjoy coming back here first on?

Very much so. They considered changing the rule when I first won.

Thankfully, we started to restore confidence in each other before it

was too late. I personally think that all the tournaments should do

something along these lines. It is awesome. As we were talking up

there, there isn't the pressure, it doesn't feel like the pressure

anymore on Andy. That's gone now? I think John has touched on it a few

times before. For me, I feel like he did the hard work, given our history

in this country, 77 years since a British male player had won the

Championships. Some people are saying it is 77 years since a

British male player has defended the title. You will never please

everyone. For me, it was such a monumental achievement. You saw that

last game in the highlights. It was incredible, the atmosphere.

Hopefully, Andy can come out there and embrace it. It was an incredible

achievement. No-one can ever take that away from him. If he goes out

there and enjoys it, I'm sure he will come through. Yeah. I'm sure

Judy will enjoy it more. She said it was agony watching that last year.

The whole family, the whole team feels the pressure and the

expectation. Probably a bit worried about the year that he's had so far?

They are worried, of course. It's a turn for the better. Even though he

got thrashed by Rafa at the French, that was a great result for him to

get there. In terms of his confidence, in terms of his

preparation, he's as well prepared for this event than any event this

year. Let me just add one thing to what Tim said about coming back and

trying to defend your title. I went through total different things and a

lot of mine were self-inflicted, the pressure, the press, everyone after

me. I remember thinking to myself, if I ever win this damn thing, I'm

never coming back! Then the moment, that feeling, that exhilarating

feeling of winning that last point, the first thing I thought of was I

want to win this again. And so for Andy, he's - of course, any time you

play any player, especially what he's been through, is under

pressure. Now, of course, now that he's done it once, they will start

to say he can do it again. There is less pressure. There is still

pressure. I bet he wants it more than before, or no? That is what we

will find out. It will be interesting to watch. For me, the

first set is an important aspect. He said yesterday he is going to be

nervous. He understands the history and tradition walking out on the

first Monday as defending champion. I think it will be interesting for

John and I to watch how his feet move early on and how aggressive he

can be. If he can, if he can impose himself. In a nice way, he needs to

go out there and bully Goffin. He has more weapons. He can dictate

play. It was a few years ago we saw Goffin play Federer at the French

and we saw what talent he has. Murray will be on his game and ready

and raring to go. Here they come. Out to Centre Court. I was with Andy

earlier this week, he said he slept really well before the final last

year. He didn't feel nervous at this bit, just the first two or three

games and then you lose it. I challenge that call! I can't believe

he slept well before last year's final. It is hard to sleep before a

first-round match. You are more amped up because it is about to

begin. There is no feeling like it. I had one occasion where I came as

defending champion and they asked my opponent heads or tails and he was

like... I've got this guy now and he couldn't get out head or tails. Some

of the fans have been camping out since Saturday morning to make sure

they are here. This is historic as well, to see a British man come here

to defend the title. It is great to see the Centre Court is very, very

nearly packed. That is the way see the Centre Court is very, very

nearly packed. That is it should be to give him a massive

nearly packed. That is it should be to give him a welcome and a well

done for last year. appropriate. It is overt, he won it.

Here they come. You were right, a standing ovation.

A great ovation for Andy, making him feel very much at home. And he will

do, happy memories. From the Olympics and the last two

Wimbledons. We hope it is happy memories because he speaks about

that final game, not remembering it at all, but the tournament was an

incredible achievement last year. I'm sure for him to get back on

court and received a standing ovation like that is fantastic. He

will be keen to get out on court, get the legs moving, and get

underway. I just felt chills and I'm commentating! Something tells me he

is feeling pretty good. Did you get a standing ovation? Sometimes I

enjoy working with you and other times, I'm not so sure. I think you

know the answer. UMPIRE: times, I'm not so sure. I think you

Problems. Having a little trouble with his microphone there. We cannot

listen for the coin toss but it looks as though David is certainly

won the toss. He managed to say something out there at least. Just

looking at his biography, he is five foot 11. He does not look that all.

Andy is six foot three. We spoke about this earlier, but this really

is a case of comparing a heavyweight boxer to a middleweight or

welterweight. This guy cannot hurt him. He has some great hands and

love the way he plays, I think as far as tennis skills, he is top 40.

Because it is so physical, he gets beat up by stronger guys. And that

is why he has lost his confidence. He does not know if he can survive

in this type of two. And that is why you see him with a ranking below

100. A couple of years ago, it took his opponents a while to work out

his strengths and weaknesses. He got up to 42 in the world and you saw

him really playing with the confidence and momentum to win

matches, but the players worked out his game and then he struggled. He

has only won three matches this tour. Think it is a tough ask today.

We asked you to vote to say who you thought would win Wimbledon. What

would you expect? I would expect that they are going to put Murray as

number one, Roger Federer as number two, Nadal three and Djokovic... No.

Let's have a look. Novak Djokavic, 36% of the vote. Rafa Nadal, 23%.

24% for Andy Murray, second favourite. Roger Federer, only 8%.

And Grigor Dimitrov, only 3%. Along with Stanislav Wawrinka. I would not

disagree with that. Djokovic has had some tough results, but he has won

here before. He knows his way around a grass court. I would be surprised

if the winner is going to come from outside the top four. Rafa Nadal and

Roger, given their performances last year, they will be keen to get into

the tournament. I do not see them losing early. If they get a run on,

they will both be so strong. Especially in the second week. And

with Rafa Nadal, the more he gets confident, that offer he gets. It

will be less slippy, more to his liking in the second week. That is

where it gets tough Roger, to beat Nadal for example, or Murray or

Djokovic. These guys, at this stage, you could do one, and this is the

best chance he has got, or both, and some other top-notch opposition, I

don't know if you can go all the way. Andy is up against David

Goffin, and we talk about a happy hunting ground, but also what a

great service on paper. He has the best grass court record. Yes. I

would not read into the match ten days ago and Queens. He had eight

set points in the first set Sony should probably won that. But given

his grass court form over the last few years, he plays as well as

anyone. I think Federer would say record is better than anyone's. --

his record. This is a tough surface to defend on. That is why Federer, I

think, has a chance to compete. He is the most aggressive. As far as

match at go, this must be quite nice. You will get a lot of rhythm

against this guy. It is a good match to start with if you can win it. He

is a bit streaky. He can take the ball early and think he should. He

should try to make things happen. But I'm not sure he is confident

enough to do that. But one thing you knows for sure, he will not get

blown off the court. He is going to be in every service game. Goffin is

not known for his return. And Murray did not do as well as he would have

liked to have done at the Queens club. But he has been your everyday

and he is very used it. If you ask me about his chances seven weeks

ago, I would have had a bigger question mark next to his name

because he did not have the form. But after Roland Garros, getting

five wins under his belt, and getting beaten easily by Nadal,

well, most people do over five sets! But he has had plenty of time to

prepare and recharge the batteries, make the adjustments. I think he has

a good chance. The thing to look out for is how proactive years from the

baseline. If he gets reactive and let his opponent dictates, that is

when life is difficult. If he can stand up on the baseline and

dictate, I do not see him having any trouble. That is what Ivan Lendl

demanded, aggression, to attack the player. He has a tendency to

counterpunch. If you remember the year that Amelie Mauresmo beat

Justin Hannon in the final, I remember, correct me if I'm wrong,

but I believe it was Nadal and Federer, serving and volleying more

than the men. Amelie Mauresmo was the type of player who likes to play

like that. And that is my long-winded way of saying that I

would expect that she would be expecting autumn the man thing might

be too strong a word, pushing Andy to do the same thing that Tim talked

about. And that helped him, obviously. Well, David made the --

won the toss, and he has elected to receive them. That shows you how

confident he is about his serve(!) If you say receive, maybe you have a

chance to get onto the guy's server early. And if you do a good job on

your own serve, you could start to build pressure. One break at 6-3,

and it is over in 27 minutes. And you have not done anything. And then

all of a sudden Murray has a feel for his serve and then it gets more

and more difficult to hold. For me, that does not send a positive

message. And they are already. The team is in place and Andy is ready

to start the defence of his title. Thank you very much. Matt and Tim

are on their way to the commentary box.

And a very special afternoon as well. 77 years in waiting, and after

another year of waiting to see Andy Murray make his appearance back on

the court. We have already had the standing ovation, and now we just

have a fairly raucous ovation. Expectation is high. Murray gets his

defence of his Wimbledon title underway.

An early glimpse of the hand skills that the Belgian possesses. His

hands were very quiet last year, when he broke his wrist. He had the

rest of the year off recovering. It has been a slow year for the

Belgian. Looking to record just his fourth win of the season.

Amelie Mauresmo is here, and John and Tim have joined me. It would've

been a long afternoon for the viewers if they have not. We would

not have you hanging. John MCENROE: Playing a pretty safe.

-- playing it. You are a little tentative, as this match progresses

I expect he will move forward more. He will take the fence. Ultimately,

if he's going to win more majors, he needs to do more of that against the

top guys. His volleying skills could be outstanding. Great hands. We will

have to see over the next couple of years whether someone can convince

him of that. That is why he is 100 in the world.

To get back to that point, you cannot miss it like that.

That is going to be one of the key things today, Murray taking on the

first serve, and particularly bullying the second serve. There are

two sides to that coin. Playing against Murray, one opportunity you

have to impose yourself is on his second serve.

Murray, looking to make the perfect start.

Understandably tight. The ball is flying early. Good chance for Murray

to take charge. Shaquille O'Neal is in the house.

And this should prove to be a slam dunk for Murray in the opening

round. The perfect start, getting an early break. Goffin, you feel, is in

a sense of transition since 2012 where he made the fourth round. He

lost to Federer, his boyhood idol. He has not made the progress that

many felt that he could. His opening game was very aggressive.

Given the circumstances, he is the type of player that absolutely

cannot afford to beat himself. He has got to make you are in it. A

couple of forehands there, he did not make Murray hit a passing shot

or do anything. He did well to recover. It looked --

and he looked like Tim Howard, the American goalie. Cleaning the wrong

way, but making an incredible recovery. -- leaning. Helping the US

ties with Portugal. Not to bring up a sore subject. Not

on these shores(!) It is like years never left the

court. Reminiscent of his playing from last year. He definitely had

some chances to move forward but he ended up bringing Goffin into the

net. He found the outside edge of the line.

Murray, trying to regain his balance there.

Murray goes ahead. Free love, opening set. -- three love.

SUE BARKER: The perfect start. We can show you what is happening

elsewhere. Good news for Yohanna Konta, who has come back to take the

second set 6-3. One set all. You can follow that match on the red button

if you would like to. And that is on courts 12. Over on Court number

three, James Ward of Great Britain has had a tremendous year,

qualifying for the French Open and beating Sam Querrey earlier in the

year. He is up against Mikhail Youzhny, the 17th seed. Two all, the

early stages of that match. Follow it also won the red button. And one

big result to bring you as Sam stores are -- Samantha Stosur is

out, losing to Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium, 6-4, 6-4. That is what is

happening elsewhere. Back we go centre court.

Much for Goffin to ponder out there. You look at his stats and one of the

areas where you feel he is going to struggle is on serve. And it has

been a negative weapon for him over the last couple of years. He has

served more double faults than aces. You feel as though at five foot 11,

he is not that short... Djokovic did that one year, four or five years

ago, he served more doubles than aces. And he finished three in the

world. But when you do not have other things going for you, the

server comes more critical. This guy is a good player. He gets a nice

tennis ball. That is one example of how mental this game is. He does not

have the same belief that he did a couple of years ago.

If you do not believe in yourself as much, you start making decisions

that if you look back on, you regret them.

environment like this, it is so important that he has a game plan.

He is obviously not that confident considering his performance this

year but he has to have an idea about the way he wants to play.

You talked about a game plan. Name one thing he does better than

Murray? It is tough to come up with a winning game plan. Pray that he

does not play well she might --? I know about that game plan.

The highest ranked player he beat last year was 21. He has never

beaten a top ten player. 049 against them. -- zero four nine.

He is breathing a huge sigh of relief right now. His first game

under his belt. At the end of March, split from his wrong time --

long-time coach, with whom he had been three years with. There was

obviously a need for change. And John, iSight comments you made

to Goffin after the US open last year, you came up and said, I like

your game but work on your legs. Have they changed much? I have not

seen any change. That does not mean he is not trying.

That is what he is capable of. He has quickness and he has feel. He

has a lot of attributes that you need to make it big.

The point before, when he did have an impact, it was Marie's slow

second serve, 75 mph will stop you going to build a game plan, it is

those aspects you have to take advantage of.

usually where they feel the groin, and the umpire asking, feeling the

pain of that, asking if he is all right.

Those ladies that come out, they have that tridigs, they are not

usually that far behind the baseline, wearing the court down for

these fellows. -- tradition.

Gorgeous finish to that game for Murray.

You guys ever told, as you asked me about Goffin, his legs, Harry, the

greatest Davis Cup captain who used to work with the Aussie, he had us

lean against a wall. Wall sit, as if you were a chair. That guy Goffin.

He is a prime candidate. So if he can last 10, 15 minutes like that,

see what he is made of? Take the chairs away, rest against the

umpires chair. Maybe he could get in Murray's head. That is not a

badical. -- call. I hadn't thought of it but

I like that. You look the change in Andy over the

years in terms of his sort of physical shape and you feel as

though Goffin could take a leaf out of his book, maybe it is not the

tennis coach he needed to change, but the physical coach he needed to

get onboard. I am happen which to be one of those people, I could go in a

gym and you can't tell but I go in regular Harley and lift, and you

need a micro scope to see the difference, and some guys are just,

it doesn't... Michael statistic, he never had the biggest legs, he moved

all right. He won here. He is also 6'4".

-- Michael Stich. Is that the man you were talking

about? Right on cue. Behind the Chairman.

Here it goes again. That is a martyr move as you saw Goffin tried to do.

Stich won Wimbledon in 91. I believe the next year Edberg beat him. That

is tough. Don't lose your serve and still lose. It was the other way

round, wasn't it? My mistake, I apologise. Thank you. Get your facts

right! You were Jew just checking I was -- you were just checking I was

awake. Heavy weight hitting.

It is early days but that is Murray, that dictates Murray's play, when he

looks to step up and hit that big forehand and move forward, that is

when he plays his best. It the right play for Goffin to move

forward but you have to do more. It was eight feet from the baseline and

four from the sideline. That is the type of risk you take at

5-1. A couple of brain, first set in hand. You could still see Murray

saying "Don't do that, there is no reason for attempting that shot."

Very shaky on that forehand is Goffin.

Feel like we should make note when there is a volley winner these day,

you don't see it too often. -- days.

That is a big play by Goffin. Too little too late. Hopefully gives him

some confidence as he moves into the second set. Hopefully for his sake

he will get a better start. Hasn't put a foot wrong in this

opening set, Murray. Just shy of half an hour, and here he is already

with a set point. UMPIRE: Game, first set Murray. New

balls please. Ideal day, ideal start to his

defence. This was the start, the very start

as he stepped back out on to this hallowed turf. And began stage one

of a seven stage journey to potentially defend the title, that

Captain putted him so greatly into the public's consciousness last

year. You guys are expo innocents of the serve and valley, you said we

should make a note of the volley, you said, John, he doesn't feel as

if it is the game that changed, that technically the players don't feel

as comfortable volleying, when the ball is below the height of the net.

Do you agree? Or do you think the game has changed with racquets it

has got tougher to volley. I was going to say from in every aspect

the game has changed. One one of the features of that set, when you see

the players trading from the baseline they look so comfortable.

The ball is bouncing higher, the grass is a different type of grass.

The ball doesn't go through so quickly. The surfaces are slower,

they are more abrasive so there are more baseline rally, with the

juniors coming up, they aren't coming to the net so much, they are

taught less, they don't have the skills to come to the net, and it is

is a snowballing effect. You used to say you, the gut gave you a better

feel of the ball. Synthetic is not the same. You are rewarded for

swinging harder so you have lighter racquets but less feel at the net.

It is harder to volley. Goffin who grew up by coached by his

father, and a female coach, who used to play on a WTA tour, made the

quarter-finals of the Australian Open in 1979, also the Fourth Round

at Wimbledon. Twice in that rally Goffin had

opportunities to move forward and didn't.

And he paid pretty stiff price there.

That is a point he should have won. He has got to use his quickness to

his advantage. So leading on from that conversation

about the racquets and the technology and grass, do you think

we will see a net rusher, a guy come into the net? I think it is going to

change, I think they will change the rules.

It's a theory, on one of the change overs. It may take a while to

explain. You need to back that up! Yes.

That may turn out to be a pretty big point for Goffin, to get a lead

here. At least get some confidence and belief.

Talk about losing... He hit a shot like he just did, then you double

fault. Themph is about the same as Murrays,

it has a pretty good pop on it. -- the miles per hour.

A couple of fine first serves and it will be crucial to his challenge

here in the second set. He learned his tennis in the

backyard, did Goffin. A chalk court with his brother, they used to play

five set matches against each other. He will be hoping he could get at

least four today. He went to the bell upnational

academy -- Belgium National Academy. Trained in his formative years at

the same place Justine Henin did. That must be a pretty good academy.

Yes. Was that the academy where Rodriguez

was? I don't think Carlos was there as that particular time, in Mons.

ORCEDWHITE I don't think Carlos was there as that particular time, in

Mons. That is what you don't want also, is

to get the hold, the tough hold, then you look up and it felt like a

minute and now he is serving again. He is not making Murray work hard

enough on his serve. I wonder how often he practises that

shot. Whether he practises or not he shouldn't miss it. That is also

true. Makes me think he doesn't practise

it much. Much more impact on that forehand

than David Goffin. A little desperation you felt in

that shot from Goffin. He is better than that, he has to have better

footwork, he can't allow himself to get himself in that position.

Cleans up with a sweeping forehand drive, this time, Goffin.

Desperately trying to cling on here as the start of the second set -- at

the start of the second set. He will definitely challenge.

He has to challenge. At worst it is a replay first serve, at worst. At

best, break. I am feeling high and mighty right

now. It is a good overall as well. Goffin would have challenged any

way. Why does get a first serve? That is in the rules of the game.

Because it has been called out. I understand why, because it's the

rules of game. Why is it the rule of the game? You have got benefit of

not losing the game. You get double benefit, don't you?

As it is it is academic. Murray breaks.

I think the answer... The answer is you are right. No he is not. The

answer is you are replaying the point. You are not replaying the

serve, so the serve was part of the point, the point ended when the ball

was called out. So you are not replaying the shot, you are

replaying the point. I agree but I feel as if the return is being

penalised. You have hit a thousand million serves you don't need a warm

up serve, the returner is on break point and he has missed his first

serve, he hasn't made it. It could have within any shot. If it was a

forehand of 37 shots the ball was called out. It is corrected.

Excellent arguments on both sides, I must say. It is rare moment you

being the diplomat. I am not sure which way to lean. I am leaning to

Mark because he, it gives the server a better shot. I don't like it when

I agree with you! Are we still allowing Tim, being a hero at

Wimbledon, are we allowing coloured sweat bands? No. So that is gone.

That was part of the tradition, I was watching the documentaries in

South Africa, watching John with his redhead band, Bjorn with his blue

and yellow ones. Next you will tell me it is part of the tradition for

the player to walk on in blue shorts and have to go off and change them!

Honest mistake! UMPIRE: Mr Murray has one challenge

remaining. It has been a strong challenge and extraordinary start to

the defence of his title for Britain's number one. Already a set

and a break to the good. And that is good.

This time from the Belgian. That second only 75mph in the middle

of the box. Really there to be punished.

The fastest serve he has hit is 124. It his percentage of first serves is

quite high, so far, that is making life a whole lot easier for him.

Almost 70% for him in this particular match. He has been

averaging 60 on the season. That is much better. Murray is not

as... Andy is in the driving set on Centre

Court. We are leaving that match on BBC Two, if you want to continue

watching you can on BBC One. So Murray's match on BBC One, here on

two we will take you back to court 12, to see Johanna Konta, a match we

were watching earlier, up against it here because in a moment Shuai Peng

of China is coming out to serve for the match. It has been a gallant

effort of Konta, can she break to keep her hopes alive? Let us joint

our commentators. So Peng after over two and a quarter

hour, serving now for the match. Ge hours.

-- hours. Just been three breaks of serve.

Konta blow, opening service game, broke back but Peng has had her nose

in front pretty much from the very start of this match. It has been

tough for Konta to always play catch up.

what a time. It has been tough out here, Peng. She has given Yohanna

Konta very few opportunities and now has three match points.

One is saved. One can get very nervous at the close.

That was a clean finish. She wins a tremendous baseline battle against

Yohanna Konta, Britain's number three. Two hours and 15 minutes it

took and she is through to the next round 6-4, the pre-6, 6-4. -- 3-6.

And in the end, Yohanna Konta just fell a little short. She did. She

tried her absolute best. I have seen her play much better tennis but Peng

was just too strong. The ground strokes played with a lot of depth,

really putting Konta under pressure. And in the end, maybe just a few too

many nervous. I've never felt as if she was able to fully relax. It is a

huge opportunity for all the British players, not just Yohanna Konta. It

means so much, and you are so desperate to do well out there that

it affects your game. Peng goes through in three very tight sets.

And disappointment for Yohanna Konta.

SUE BARKER: Well done to pain, but what a gallant effort from Yohanna

Konta. -- Peng. Other results to bring you. Two big sharks. Samantha

Stosur, the 17th seed is out, beaten by Wickmayer of Belgium, 6-3, 6-4.

The former U.S. Open champion is out. Tim Kleist is -- Kim Kleist is,

watching on. And another seed is out, Sloane Stephens, the talented

American, seeded 18th at these championships, beaten by Maria

Kirilenko of Russia. Also in straight sets. 6-2, 6-4. Two and

sharks on this opening day. Kirilenko, a former top-10 player

Andy quarterfinalist in Wimbledon two years ago. -- and a

quarterfinalist. All happening on this opening day of

Wimbledon 2014. We will be keeping an eye on many of the British

players who are in action. James Ward is out there at the moment, on

Court number three. And you can watch his match on the red button if

you wanted we are heading over to Court number one now to see Victoria

Azarenka, who has taken the first set. But down a break of serve in

the second set to Moran Lucic-Baroni, 32, but as a Ranger

has had trouble with a foot injury. -- Azarenka. Lindsay Davenport and

Nick Mullins are our commentators. Perhaps not quite the player she was

in 1999 as a young, thrusting teenager. How well has Marianna

Lucic-Baroni played here on number one court? Not at all overawed.

She has come out happy to be playing, happy to be back on the

show Court at Wimbledon. And you can tell by watching her play, she is

not overawed by the occasion. And she has been aided by sloppy play

from as. -- Azarenka. Confirmation from the umpire. Just

the wrong side of the line. Did not miss it by much. But no question, it

was a little wide. Just a well hit shot. That shot has been travelling

Azarenka, her serve. -- troubling. Movement is such a key component for

Azarenka. While she is not bothered by the foot injury, she's not as

crisp with her movement around the court.

Getting a little choppy up to that point.

A shake of the fit -- -fest from coach. Fascinating to see any big

name in any sport trying to themselves to the sport. To us,

Azarenka is one of those. A career punctuated by injury. This is just

her fifth tournament in 2014. She has not won since the Australian

open, when she picked up the foot injury that so affected her

defence. Ultimately, it cost her the match against Radwanska in the

quarterfinal. She had an aborted comeback on the hard courts in

Indian wells, and then having missed the clay-court season, we saw her

for the first time in a long time last week at Eastbourne. And we saw

those nails for the first time, painted in Argentinian blue. If you

are not sure why they are painted in Argentinian blue, it is because she

has decided that Lionel Messi is your favourite football player of

all time. She a little Argentinian flag to emphasise the point. -- she

also has a little Argentinian flag. Will she have some Messi magic ear?

-- here. You are exactly right. She is

playing better than she did a week ago but still not up to her own

standards. It has been a tough 12 months of injury. It started here

last year when she fell on this court and let out a horrible shriek.

She hurt her knee. She had to take some time off to

come back from that injury and then the foot injury at the beginning of

this year. A disconsolate look on the face of a

woman who is 32 no. Still a teenager when she made all the headlines in

1999, reaching the last four. Decent moving. Solid setting from

both players. -- hitting. A critical moment for her coach, who you may

remember as a player from the 80s and 90s, representing Yugoslavia.

Azarenka, began the year as the world number two. How much is that

injury impacted on her world ranking?

That second serve, it has been the weaker part of her game so far

today. Lucic-Baroni has an aggressive return. But Azarenka has

been out of rhythm. It has cost problems this year.

take control of. Azarenka, serving at 49%. But the key thing with that,

she does not go for much with her first serve so she is not getting a

lot of free points when she makes her first serve.

From a technical point of view, we have been wondering about the

direction of the ball toss, as far in front of her it is when she hits

it. Every single Azarenka shot was

perfect up to the point that she needed to hit the one that mattered.

She was doing the right thing, moving Lucic around the court.

Credit Lucic for making her play an extra ball. And Azarenka, not as

comfortable and net as she would like. -- at net.

It is a tough start to these championships, not just for the

players. The ball boys and girls are whizzing around. Yes!

It is almost like it is the late 90s here on number one Court. Mirjana

Lucic-Baroni as a teenager all over again. She has hit some screech as

this afternoon. She loves to go for her shots. The consistency has been

up and down, but when she has made contact, when she hits the ball in

her sweet spot, it is still a thing of beauty. If you are wondering what

happened to her, having reached the semifinals in 1999 and becoming the

lowest ranked player ever to get to the last four of the Grand Slam at

that point, one or two major issues of court. Financially, the work

issues, but more importantly, she had a relationship with her father

that was a long way from ideal and that really messed around with her

head and she needed some time away from the sport, just to regroup. Her

father was always very present. A tennis parents. Unfortunately, he

was also abusive to her, and it took her quite a few years to learn to be

independent. That is her coach, by the way. She did not want to play

the game and felt like she had been playing for him. She took a few

years away from it and then wanted to come back and with the support of

her husband and sister, and her coach, she has come a long way.

Sometimes, winning is just being back out on the court, adding

another chance to play, especially here at Wimbledon where she had her

bigger success. And she was plain old Azarenka we saw last. -- Mirjana

Lucic. The name now is Lucic-Baroni. A great example of a shot that needs

a bit more margin, more spin. So that the ball drops in the court.

Perfect crosscourt play from Lucic. Started with a great Audie serve and

then an aggressive backhand. No hesitation. -- a great serve.

Azarenka, forcing herself to be more aggressive there. Stepping inside

the baseline, taking it early. And she has got it. Tested the

mobility of Azarenka and paid the full price. Lucic did not move with

the ball. She wants to be moving forward but also right. She left too

much space. It is important to follow the path

of your shot. Two great points have come and gone.

Those of you who were watching her against Camila Giorgi at Eastbourne

last week will have almost seen the flakes of rust falling off her game.

But some signs again... Two break points were played by a

player with not a lot of confidence. Those shots are automatic when you

are playing well. Harder to make when your confidence is gone.

And that is a big hole for Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.

The one big shot that has been holding her back is the serve. It's

not providing any kind of guaranteed foundation at the moment.

The first real signs of frustration from Azarenka as she smashes her

racquet into the turf of all stop she has not been able to fight off

the tower. -- into the turf. She has not been able to fight off the

power. She is frustrated with her serve and being bullied around the

court. And set point for the Croat. It was a well-placed first serve

when she needed it. Azarenka is not going for much on her first serve at

all. The fastest of the day, 104 mph but that has been view and far

between. She is not getting three points and not been consistent. --

three points. She ran an awfully long way for

precious little. Hence the frustration.

Azarenka make sure that if Mirjana Lucic-Baroni takes us into a third

set, she will have to work through her next service game.

You felt a little bit of sympathy last week in Eastbourne, being drawn

against the mobile firework that is Camila Giorgi. She will really would

not have hand-picked her. And Camila Giorgi was firing her shots all over

the park. Do a certain extent, in Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, she has

someone who is hitting her with the power game. Absolutely. And her game

is rewarded by doing on -- being on this surface. It is tough to

constantly defend against that power. Azarenka, being a bit rusty

still, she has come a long way in a week. Her game looks more put

together but still not firing on all Saunders. -- all cylinders. What a

moment for Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. The world lay at her feet in 1999 when

she was a Wimbledon semifinalist against Lindsay Davenport. Whatever

happened to her(!) The court gets you!

A glint of a future here again for her. -- a glimpse of the future.

It will have been a while since she felt the pressure like this, the

nerves coming back. The nerves she conquered all those years ago.

Seles on the way to that date on Centre Court, here are two sets

point against Azarenka. -- set points.

Azarenka Hsiehs one of her best returns of the match, for set point

down. Azarenka's had so much success when she able to get her shots to

the corners, when she is able to use the whole court. Move Lucic out of

the middle of the court. She hasn't been able to do it because of the

depth and pace of Lucic's shot. Depth and pace of Lucic's shot.

What a point. What a point from Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. Rekindling the

Wimbledon memories of 99. Azarenka, when she is able to take

control with her return, she is able to place it near the corner, it is

very touch for Lucic to get back into the rally.

Lucic needs a couple of big first serves here.

. UMPIRE: The ball was called in.

Well, well, well. I think she realised she might have stopped

prematurely. She doesn't look sure about this.

And she was right to. Oh. UMPIRE: Game Azarenka. She had three

points in that match to take us into a third set. And she has got to get

herself back off the floor now. So many times you hope as a player

it is going Lens, you want it to go long, it is tough when you have a

play on the ball and she made that back in the court, but... Stop

played to check the mark. So, 5-5. Azarenka having won the first set.

It is going to be tough for Lucic to recover, she had set point on

Azarenka's sever, then had three on her own serve. -- serve. She is not

able to come through with the second set.

As much as you might feel the frustration of Mirjana Lucic-Baroni

how Will did Victoria Azarenka play those -- how well did Victoria

Azarenka play those? How well did she play those big, big points as

those games reach their crescendo She has been such a great returner,

it hasn't been on display for the whole match, but it was on display

in that last return game, when she was down the set points. Got more

aggressive. Took her returns earlier and tried to get Lucic moving, from

the get go. For the first time in the set, she

is ahead. Broken in her very opening service

game, having won the first set. I am sure she wasn't allowed her

mind to drift back to 99, rather like we were poetically, but she is,

she wasn't sure about what top line tennis at this level means, she has

just had a fairly rough reintroduction for it. That was

brutal for her. She needs to come out, and play one of her best

service games. Try and put the last ten or 12 points behind her.

Try to get this second set into a tie-break. He has to be more

consistent with that first serve. She is making 50%.

She has faced some challenges in her life over the last decade or so,

here is another little one here, to stay in this match.

Starting to be more confident with her returns.

Getting back on the court for matches, knowing when to go for

more, when to make sure you are consistent with them.

Than gives Victoria Azarenka a couple of points, to chalk up her

first win since the Australian Open in January.

Two match points. What is going on here? The umpire

wants to have a word with one of the ballgirls. Oh, she is not well.

And she's taken off court by... By an umpire who is very well aware

that she wasn't in the best of states.

Well done to him, the eagle eyes. However, at a critical point in this

match, Lucic, deuce. And third match point for the eighth

seed from Belarus. They are brave shots from Lucic and

a shake of the head understandably from Azarenka. Lucic is able to

focus, and hitting some great shots to still be round here.

No. She toyed with the top of the net once too often.

Once again it is Azarenka who stands on the brink of her most important

point in a few months. It starts off with a return from

Azarenka... And as soon as she gets Lucic move, it is very advantageous

position for Azarenka. Another match point.

Oh, she is not yet the Azarenka of old, but that is a big win.

Her first since January, since the Australian Open.

She is on her way at this year's Wimbledon.

For Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, the reheating of some old Wimbledon

dream, but that is as far as it goes for her this year. We will see much,

much more of Victoria Azarenka. There is happiness, a bit of reef

from Azarenka, as you said, to get that first win, and just about five

month, it has been a tough road for Azarenka, but she will be happy to

get that first win under her belt, here, at Wimbledon. Now look to try

and move forward. She knows she needs to improve her game, we will

see if she can relax a bit and get into the flow of the tournament.

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni as well, 32 now, when tennis is up for her as a

game, she will have some story to tell, not all of it happy news, but

how well has she fought back to be battling again at this level on this

kind of stage. Her best memory, tennis wise have come from this

tournament. Making the semi-finals in 99 and a little way, the way she

conducted herself out there this afternoon, ought to be on that list

somewhere as well, because she really pushed Azarenka, the eighth

seed, twice a semifinalist in 2011, 2012. Very very hard. Fascinating to

see what she can do this fortnight. She is in the same half of the draw

as the second seed, and Agnieszka Radwanska. A potential third round

match against Mugunuza Blanco. That will be fan nitting. That a good

selfie to have to show your school mates. That is showing off.

Any way, Victoria Azarenka -- fascinating. Safely into the next

round, and she may well upset one or two on the way, as she is the eighth

seed. It would be interesting, as time

progresses to see how she becomes more and more used to the situation,

to the grass, being back into the big time. It will be fun watching

her. We will hear from her now, she is about to have a chat with Rishi.

Congratulations, how good does it feel to get that win under your

belt? It is just, I am so happy to get the win, you know, it has been a

while since I had that feeling, it was important to stay in, I thought

the second set was trickier, my game was a bit up and down. There were

good moments and she came out with strong shots. I am happy stayed in

and fought for every point. I think that is the way to kind of build up,

build up your game, and try to improve from every match. When you

have been on the sidelines as long adds you have this season, how hard

is it to stay patient in the process and not want things to happen too

quickly? You know, I just stay in the moment, I don't think about what

is going to happen, I just try to take the best out of each moment,

try to play every point no matter what the score is, and I think that

is the best way for me to improve, and to get into that rhythm of

playing, so I am happy I can maintain my focus, and the game is

going to come. Well done, we have enjoyed looking

at your nails throughout the tournament. You will be supporting

Argentina. Do you know when they are playing next? They won on Saturday

so Yong I don't know the next time they are going to win. Next time

they are going to win. Perfect. Thank you so much.

How lovely it is to see Victoria Azarenka smiling again. This was a

really tricky opening match for her, her lack of match practise had

everybody talking. Wondered whether another #150ed might fall but she

dug deep in that second set and come through, so the two-time Wimbledon

semifinalist is safely through. So that was Azarenka out of Court

One, but I have talked about seeds going out. A big shock on Court

Eight with Matosevic who has put out Fernando Verdasco, he was the player

who led Andy Murray by two sets to love. But Matosevic has done so well

in the grass court season. In Nottingham he reached the final and

he beat Tsonga at Queen's Club. He is an outspoken Aussie, he is

through. Putting out the 18th seed. Makarova of Russia. A

quarterfinalist has come through against Krumm of Japan. Lovely to

see Krumm back here. Former semifinalist, now 43 years of age.

Just missing out in the third. Disappointing for Johanna Konta but

she put up an immense battle on court 12 but came up short against

Shuai Peng of China, losing 6-4 in the third and final set. She has a

lot to be proud of in this grass court season. Johanna Konta of Great

Britain out. And Thomas Berdych, the sixth seed

and former finalist, he lost the opened set to Victor Hanescu but

then came flu comfortably. He could meet Tomic in the next round.

-- through comfortably. And just a few moments ago, out on

Court Three James Ward is out, beaten very comfortably by Mikhail

Youzhny of Russia, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. So James Ward, who was hoping for a run

goes out on the opening round on the opening day of the tournament. Andy

Murray is marching on, two sets to love against David Goffin of

Belgium. Three games all in the third set. That match is live over

on BBC One. In a moment, here on BBC Two, we

will be heading back to Court Number One, to see the king of Queens.

And he is many people's pick to go well in this tournament. Grigor

Dimitrov will be on court against Ryan Harrison of the United States

who came through the qualifying. We will be there in a moment, but let