Day 3 Wimbledon

Two, if you weren't watching on one we are leave at Court Number One to

see Andy Murray play his second round match up against Blaz Rola, of

Slovenia. Murray making his way from the locker room. He will come out on

to court. Not a full house but he will get a great ovation.

well I am court side with hen hen and John Lloyd -- hen. I don't think

Andy realised what he did last year, I think he realises it more now with

the appreciate, that people are showing. Yes, we were on Centre

Court on the first Monday when he came on as defending champion as

tradition say, and to get the standing ovation there was an

amazing atmosphere, think when he walks out and gets these type of

ovations, I think it really makes him appreciate the support he has,

and it is great for him to be out on Court One, for these fans to get the

opportunity, a lot of the big players play on Centre Court. But to

have him on the schedule is is a bonus. It's a sunny day, there is no

roof so he will get his match on Court One early on. I think the

players would like to play on Centre Court, because it's the best in the

world. Having said that, the big advantage is the roof. If you are on

the schedule you guarantee play If they play on Court One, they want to

be playing on a good, nice sunny day so there won't be any interruptions

and fingers crossed he can have no interruption and come out on top.

So they are changing sides, so not sure who won the toss there, but we

will find out in just a moment, but it is interesting when you lock at

the weather though, it could rain on Friday, which would be the next day

this half of the draw will be in action, so whoever is scheduled for

Court One on Friday is not going to be that happy. No, well. You look at

the he dual, there can only be three matches on Centre Court and only two

are mens, one womens. There are great courts but only one has a

roof. For now. Work in progress on Court One, but it is an advantage

of, for the players to play their matches on centre if they guarantee

completing their matches. Where it comes into its own is over the

weekend. If you are playing on Saturday you guarantee to finish

your match. If you are on an outside court and you don't play on suspend,

that is when it can gets my, but fingers crossed we have had good

weather. When I was chatting to Andy, he said after

weather. When I was chatting to Andy, he said Wimbledon it went by

in a blur. He can't remember much about the day. He then went on

holiday, had to unwind and regroup in some way, so he said he didn t

realise what the reaction was back here, what was the reaction, you

live in America, what was the reaction to Murray winning over

there? It was huge. He has been popular in America because they love

the brand of tennis he plays, they like the variety and people I talked

to were pulling for him, and first one at Wimbledon, it was a big thing

there, and he became across over star in the States by winning and he

deserved that. It was a big reaction there. Absolutely, and also,

sometimes you don't enjoyment when grow away and you don't hear what

everyone is saying about you, so I don't think he realised. The

magnitude, it was probably too big to take in. He talked about how in

the weeks and months after winning the title he came back as the a

member of the club and he sometimes trains here, to come back when there

weren't 40,000 people here and to be able to sit on Centre Court and

savour the scene, it has been an amazing 12 months for him. You know

him well as a personality, he doesn't embrace the adulation that

comes with it. He is shy. Absolutely, you know, he has never

been one for, you know attracting attention grey the court, you know,

he is not, he is not really interested in the fame that goes

with being a top player, he wants to be out there and achieve in the

biggest and best results, that is what he has done in the last few

year, hopefully that can continue. We were talking about playing a

lefty but he likes it. He has a great record against lefties, their

strength goes into his on the back of the two handed backhand. He loves

playing left-handers. There was a good point from Tracey, playing

against Jamie his brother, he is a lefty and I mean he returns

everyone's serve very well. But having had a lot of practise against

Jamie, he does return the left handed serve very well. What a

difference in the stats there. It is only one Grand Slam Championship,

because he has been locked in the qualifying. It is only this yore he

has broken into the top 100. That is who he beat in the opening round. We

don't know much about him. We were asking who is Blaz Rola. Let us find

out frut the man who knows him very well, James Ward who has beaten him

twice this summer. He is talking to Gary. What can you tell us about his

point? I have played him a couple of times in the last three or four

weeks. Lefty, big serve, I think a few more errors come off his

forehand side, which I have told Andy about yesterday, so I am sure

he will be all right. What questions did Andy ask you? I spoke to Danny,

gave me a, asked me what my opinion was in theless couple of matches. I

won both, so it's a bit more helpful and better advice. The fact he a

left-hander, what difference does that make when you have Andy's

ability? Not much, obviously, but on the grass it is always tough on the

side when he swings wide, you have to get the ball back in to play He

said if I was to win, to beat Murray it would be a major upset and it

really would. You can't see it happening? No, I don't think it is

going to happen today. Obviously Andy plays great at this tournament,

going to happen today. Obviously Andy plays great at and he is going

to find it a tough day. Thank you. SUE BARKER: James is confident.

Amelie and Danny are confident. As far as Andy is concerned, tactically

he is the master and he is on court. He sets the tactics doesn't he? He

adjusted to a new point. He will see a couple of points but not much but

he has listened. He will adapt. If he needs to do something that is

unexpected he will adapt and change his game plan. He is brilliant at

doing that, finding a plan to go up against it, he is one of the best at

that. He has so many shot, so many choices. Very much so, there is

always important top understand bit about your point, but it is

important when you have the weapons of Andy to concentrate on your own

game, and needs to go out, continue, he had a good high percentage of

serves in the first match. He looked to dominate from baseline. If he

does that I am sure he will be all right. On paper it doesn't lock a

tough match. He still has to win it. He has to start well. He has to

start well. Best of five, he has plenty of time. I would be surprised

if he loses a set today, if he dote there is no panic, he will still win

this match. You make us feel calm. We better head out of the way before

we get hit by some of these serves. So they are about ready to get under

way, John you are aon commentary duty. Blaz Rola spoke in excited

terms about the prospect of stepping out on Centre Court to play Andy

Murray. It is not far short of that, it is, it a glorious arena, Court

Number One and a lot of people are saying who is Blaz Rola, and what

can he offer? He has to be careful Andy Murray, he will be, he will

give it his full attention. I know Blaz Rola was beaten by James Ward,

then at Queens where we covered that one, on the BBC, but that was his

first experience of grass. He is warming to the surface, a very

comfortable first round victory Gave Spain's Andujar a straight

thrashing. Far more comfortle on clay, but he has some weaponry, Blaz

Rola, as well as John Lloyd's favourite name.

He has looked up to Andy Murray and followed his progress.

He decided to give that a go himself. Lasted about a week. Didn't

fancy it. Now he gets a chance. A slim chance

perhaps but a chance to, to down the defending champion. Shefrs to get us

underway. -- he serves. .

Just looking to settle yourself into the match, in front of the biggest

crowd you have ever played in front of.

Ooking to settle yourself into the match, in front of the biggest crowd

you have ever played in front of. A little bit jittery.

A thing of beauty. Blaz Rola through everything at Murray. Can't get

through the defences and slightly short, it wasn't really short, it

was a decent forehand but that backhand just nailsiate for a

winner. What a shot. Immediately two break points.

-- nails Straight way Murray takes the

initiative. Poor old Rola. You can't just settle yourself in against a

player like Murray, you have to start chasing the shots He served a

double fault at 15 love, then 1 -15 he missed a bad forehand. The other

points after that Murray took over, but right away there, he is coming

back, you don't, he is thinking you know, he has to be so consistent.

"How do I find a weakness here? Second serve easily dealt with by

Rola. Quite simply it is one of the

tactics from Rola. Every time Murray misses his first serve, he is

determined to go off the Murray second serve, that is his best

chance to get ahead in the rally. Murray knew he wassy there, he came

in the net well. Caught his point off guard there, but not a good

backhand volley. Miss hit that, Rola should have put that one away.

Well. Caught his A warm welcome to the first days of

the match. Murray happy to get that opening

service out of the way. A few encouraging signs for Rola. Big

forehand but once again Andy Murray showing how good he is at soaking up

the pressure. Some big forehand gets his racquet to it somehow an

gets the ball back deep enough to put his point back under pressure.

Almost inevitably, the players are coming up with names for him. "Holi"

is one. "Bay city is the best so far."

-- holy. If you are of a younger generation you won't know who the

Bay City Rollers are. You are very fortunate!

When he starts to get some confidence Rola, he could offer some

real opposition. Intark so Rola is on the score board

but Murray leads by two games to one with that break of serve. Let us

check on what is happening elsewhere. A as a result to bring

you from Court Eight that Jamie Murray and his partner the 14th seed

have defeated two Brits Dan Evans and James Ward.

Murray and Peers through to the second round.

And a comfortable victory forly that of China. The -- Li Na of China She

won her match out on Court No. Two against Yvonne Meusburger and she

will face Vesnina or striction. When we were last with Venus

Williams she had taken the opening set. She raced through the second

set. Maybe the injury had something do with that, but the shortest

player in the top 100, Nara, is out of the tournament. It is Venus

Williams the five times champion who is through.

Back we go to Court One. Beautifully done, moving Murray

round nicely. Murray a bit troubled by the sun

here in this service game. Every little chance has to be taken

by Rola. Again he has some touches. . I

suspect she growing a bit in confidence. I would say so,

certainly, we have seen some big forehands, very confident. There was

the backhand taking over the rally. Full repertoire of shots coming

From Rola. Sew an opportunity for Blaz Rola to

get That is how you deal with these

points, the points of pressure that separate the very best from the

rest. Thats is his favourite serve. He can

hit the one down the middle a lot better, but that is his

bread-and-butter serve, big points. Briefly worried.

It is not quite such an intimidating players' box without Lendl there.

You look at the players' box of Novak Djokovic, it is terrifying.

Lendl really did good old menace. Rola serving. Break down.

You heard the explanation from Rola himself.

-- exia macing. It is because he is coming into volley against Murray.

He knows he has to make it absolutely perfect otherwise it will

come back at him, so he just tries a bit too hard with it.

A Cumbria of loose ones and Murray suddenly heading towards the double

break. -- couple of loose ones.

That's good. And the shot before that really deserved that finish.

The whole rally was fantastic from both players. Thought Murray won it,

the most delicate crosscourt forehand. I thought this was a

winner. Look that the half-volley from Rola. He managed to squeeze

that lob past him right on the linement that was a superb point for

both players there. Excellent stuff. Two break points.

There it is. Double break for Andy Murray. Cruising along all systems

go. Locking good against Blaz Rola. SUE BARKER: All going Murray's way

at the moment. Let us take you Ron and show you what is happening

elsewhere. It is good news on Court Two, where Britain's wild card Tara

Moore is 3-1 in the third and final set. Tara Moore has a break of serve

and stop that match is live on the red button.

And on court 12, Sergiy Stakhovsky, he is the man who put out Roger

Federer last year, he leads to set to love against Ernests Gulbis. That

is also on the red button. Back we go to court one.

No danger of a sluggish start for Andy Murray. He is looking

impressive from the word go. It seems a bit rare for him to be out

on Court one but this time last year he had a match against a Chinese

Taipei player which he got through in straight sets. They do like to

farm them out on to farm them out onto gets to see.

for Andy Murray, closing in on this first set. We talk about in the

early rounds, the biggest players trying not to expend too much energy

getting through the matches. Andy Murray was talking towards the end

of the French Open, he did feel that his endurance was not quite what it

was at his very fittest after his back operation.

But I couple of monster matches at Roland Garros would not have helped.

Can take a couple of matches to play yourself in if you want to win as

easily as possible and save your energy for the second week.

Rola to handle. Shots that you do not face in college. You hit a shot

like that, the most you would expect is you would have a decent shot to

hit a winner on the next ball, instead it comes right at you after

you have hit a very good shot. And again, you think you have the

point. Blaz Rola is just not used to the sort of shots coming back at

him. He is not really prepared for it. He did not expect it.

And that will do for Andy Murray. Emphatic in the straight.

He started like a train against David Goffin in his first-round

match and he has done so again here. David Goffin came back into it. You

could see Blaz Rola doing that Bert Andy Murray has the answer to all

the shots that Rola can offer. He has not got the balance right. He is

trying. He has hit some big winners but 13 errors. It is difficult when

he is coming up against somebody like Andy Murray. He has to go out

of his comfort zone and try and hit the ball little bit harder. It is

the only way he has a chance of creating some errors and then

obviously you're going to create some mistakes. You can see beyond

forced errors. 13 against two. Murray has been stingy with the

errors. He has had 50% first serves. We have seen the forehands. There is

some pace on both sides. APPLAUSE

That was the longest rally of the match.

He was just checking. It is a bit lonely out there. -- the wind is

blowing. Only the second fault of Andy

Murray's tournament. Come on, Andy! That is his favourite serve into the

left-hand court. But it is going to his opponent's favourite shop,

beforehand. -- shot. He should have whacked the other one

as well and hit two winners. It is unfortunate for Rola. A big

point has well. So Murray holds against this second

set up and running. -- and gets this second set up and running. We can

see where he has been putting the ball in on his forehand in

particular. We have seen some impressive groundstrokes from

Murray. I cannot work out if this is an

interactive graphic or these are all the balls which have fallen out of

Andy Murray's shorts! Was it last year that it happened a few times?

There is no hiding place out there on the big stage against the very

best. The unforced errors are creeping up.

There has been a mixture of some big winners and unforced errors.

He just forced the issue. That is the problem. That is what you do

against someone like Andy Murray. That will do. A break at the start

of this second set. All going to plan at the moment for

Murray. Dear remembered the good old days,

he used to do that almost every shot? It is still an awesome weapon

but now it is much more selective. It looks pretty good if you are an

Andy Murray fan. There was one lone Blaz Rola fan in here, but he has

been quiet of late. Out here, most of them, get ready to wave, most of

them are supporting Andy Murray It is still Henman Hill, mind you.

A grand place to watch, certainly with weather like this. Judy Murray

is there. She is sitting with weather like this. Judy Murray

away from the rest of the Murray camp. In the cheap seats! She is on

the other side of the court, actually. There is Amelie Mauresmo,

a long-time friend of Andy Murray and Matt Little. James Green is

wearing the white cap. And there is the physio. A big old entourage No

seat for Judy, completely full. Sorry, mum.

SUE BARKER:, we are leaving this match on BBC Two. It continues on

BBC One. So if you want to carry on watching, switch over now. Venus

Williams is through in straight sets.

And a straight sets victory for the number two seed, Li Na of China She

was up against Yvonne Meusburger on Court two.

Three Britons in action out on court eight today. Jamie Murray and his

Australian partner John Peers came through against Dan Evans and Dan

Ward. A busy day for the Murray family.

And Sergiy Stakhovsky has pulled off another big shot here with his big

volley game. He has put out Ernests Gulbis.

He must love playing here. So, we are going to take you now to

show you Young Tara Moore of Great Britain, a wild card in the draw, up

against the -- Vera Zvonareva. This match was stopped at one set all

last night and we are going to join it in the third set with Tara Moore

a break of serve up, leading three games to two. Our commentators are

Sam Smith and Guy McRae. shot from Zvonareva. Just those last

couple of balls, it is tricky for her. She can be wild with the

tennis. She has still got to go after it. She has got to tread that

very fine line. Zvonareva is stepping things up

here. Zvonareva was a great player, still thinks like a great player.

back hands, it is about feeling the match, and sensing, you know, when

to push and when to be steady, that is all the decisions she has to make

now. shots but so much is about

intensity, you know Zvonareva can bring that competitiveness, and

drive, can Moore do it consistently here?

The reaction that, Moore saves the break point.

The very nice job there of finding the space, but for me, what was

important, just read the match and made good decisions under pressure.

Still a lot more decisions to make out here, but, so far, so good in

this final set. Just seems to be the case, that when

you, at the moment with the way it is on the back of the court, when

you try to change direction, this doesn't seem to be the traction at

the moment. Just odd little patches. The courts are playing beautifully

though, this year. Zvonareva has made over 30 errors in

this match. I guarantee you about 80% of them have come off that

forehand, we have seen her falling off it. She folded the racquet over.

This is huge for Moore. That is tremendous strength, right

at the the end of her range. No one has ever doubted her ability. Maybe

except herself. Break points again for Moore.

Super safe play from Zvonareva. Trying to get as much action as she

can on that backhand wing. So well done. She saves break points

to stay in touch. Can't feel that Tara Moore did an

awful long wrong there, that was ant Zvonareva knuckling down, and in

many ways just bringing in her margins so much, she was plying --

playing and centrally and keeping away from the lines.

This would without doubt, if she could finish it off, there is still

work to do, plenty of do. Easily the biggest win of her young career for

all that Zvonareva is just returning really trying to make her way back

from serious injury, still, this would be a massive result. No doubt

about that. Maybe 5-2 wouldn't have been a good idea. That is what

happened in the first set, so it was all rather seat of her pants there

for a while: -- while. Still ahead by a single break. Tara

Moore. 4-3 final set. Same area, nearest to the commentary

position, the previous two slip have occurred at the other end.

Well, from one, from someone that was one of the best doubles players

in the world, that shows you how insecure she was. She laid her

racket back, she didn't punch through it exactly and she knows

that, that is how she is feeling out there. She is just not the player

she was at the moment. Moore might have to make a slight

tactical adjustment. I have to say the last game or so Zvonareva is

making more forehands, so maybe she needs to break up that strategy a

little. Zvonareva hasn't got it together

quite as often as she would like. It must be so frustrating when you

are used to it, to be able to produce it.

It is unlikely that the review system will reprieve her.

Tara Moore, just a game away now. That was a very good hold. Really

switched up the play, sensed the match, just needs to keep the dren

Lynn levels now, not get too carried away.

-- the adrenaline levels. Zvonareva serving to

I have a feeling when Zvonareva had the shoulder surge I have she wasn't

under any illusion to come back but, I am not sure even she imagined

it was going to be this hard. This is really tough on her.

A littles he's tapes there from Moore. Zvonareva was right on the

stretch and it was ripe for the close. Just coming in, ghosting in

behind it. She would have had a volley into an open court but

nothing is simple when you are trying to win a match at Wimbledon.

Scurrying round the court. Zvonareva played time and time. -- time and

time again. Getting maximum reward for it.

Up Zvonareva has one challenge remaining.

Have to admire the pluck, the effort from Zvonareva. She digs herself out

there, two points from defeat. Forces Moore to serve this one out.

Intark we are not sitting here falling off our chairs in surprise

that Zvonareva found something She knows that has been her most solid

shot. That is really how Moore uses this

time, she will decide whether she is going to be happy in five minutes

time or rather more miserable, in ten minutes time. I wonder how the

experiences of last year, losing that tight match where she was

superb, played a wonderful match. Canopy was too good at the end -

Kanepi. It's a tight third serve match. She has opportunities up

against a very good player. It is a similar scenario, Wimbledon, grass

courts. We will see if she can draw on that. Lost 7-5 to the stonian 12

months ago. Is go itting to be a very different outcome this time for

the British wild card. Two and a quarter hours played here

in all. It resumed today, finishing late last night. We might have

reached the very end of it. Tara Moore will hope so, serving for the

match. 5-4 deciding set. If she wanted to put a sign up to

Vera Zvonareva saying I am very nervous, 74mph first serve was about

as clear a sign as you could give your point.

What a disappointment that is for Tara Moore. Zvonareva a steely look

on the face of the Russian. She works her way back to parity in

this deciding set. Two points from defeat, remembering that previous

game, managed to pull through. This first round match right in the

balance once again. It is funny different pressures are

on both players. Moore just has to understand that

you absolutely have to go at these great players, they are not going to

give it to you. She has certainly broken serve

plenty of times in this contest With three break point opportunities

here. It is Moore who breaks once again

and she will have the opportunity to serve this one out, in a few moments

time. The British wild card, 6- final set now.

She has been given a reprieve there, because when she served for it at

5-4 she got it wrong. He knows that. Multiple Grand Slam finalist, they

don't give you these matches, you have to push, you have to push them

out of the draw and you have to place them, you have you don't have

to play lights out tennis but you have to play well. You are going to

have to hit winners and keep the pressure on. She did the opposite

when she was serving for the match. We will see if she learned.

Tara Moore is the world 250. She had the opportunity to serve this out,

couldn't take it, now she has a second chance against the formula

finalist of four years ago, the former world number two. Vera

Zvonareva. She sees the funny side of that

Out here she has had to rely on her serving and that backhand, she has

so much control, so much left hand she uses.

These games can get away from you so quickly, can't they? It has done so

again here. And the same thing has happened

again sadly, for Tara Moore. The French umpire just confirming that

the players get their full allocation of challenges. Once again

we go on. No tie-break, final set. Weapon you are playing a fosmer top

player and you fail to serve out twice, you have led 5-3, and just

had squeeze it through, you start to think this girl dent think she can

win this match. When we talked about the opportunity

for Moore, you come down to question of belief. That is what you are

getting to. Does she believe she can do this? This is time for Moore to

start playing positively out here. There was that great point

construction she had early on in the set. Used the forehand, where has

that gone? They don't give this to you. They have to take it. That is

the mantra she has to have in the front of her mind at the moment

You can write the script here to be honest with you. You really can

What are you writing? When you serve for it twice, you don't close it out

and you don't close it out. for it twice, you don't close it out

tennis, she just backed off, she wasn't

tennis, she just backed off, she playing the sort of tennis she was

at the start of the set or how she was through the second set, and she

showed a lot of, a lot of self-doubt.

It will be quite something if she emerges the winner in this match

now. It really will. It is a very hard job.

It would be interesting to see how Tara Moore goes. About to serve to

stay in the match, having served for it on two occasions. Vera Zvonareva

three down in this decider. Showing is all her fighting

qualities. She is now potentially just four points away.

This wasn't easy, needed a lot of control. She does the difficult

stuff really well. She looks a better player when she is looking

for that forehappened. That is what I like to see from her in this game.

Some confusion there. It was originally out but it was overruled.

That is why. It was worth the try but it was a

long shot. There was no way that point should have been replayed and

it is not, thank goodness. It is not easy to close out a match,

but it is not easy to close out a match when you are a British player,

especially when there is a big name at the end of the court, and it

showed. Just conferring there, checking it

was wide. Still much rather she would go after they shot like that

rather than allow Zvonareva to push her around and take the point. She

has got to be the boss out here A very strong play from Zvonareva.

You can see patches of when it is good and when the game holds

together, especially when she impresses with the serve out here,

and it has held up the whole match. That is good going after that

surgery that she had on her shoulder. Zvonareva to close out

that game. Zvonareva did all her rehabilitation

for that surgery in Arizona, where all the top American football

players go, basketball players, or when goes to this particular place.

Maria Sharapova spent a long time there and often goes back for a

check up visits anytime the shoulder is not feeling too good. At least

she has gone to the best place, but the recovery from shoulder surgery

for most player, the outcomes tend not to be that's good. Most players

who have had shoulder surgery, it is difficult for them to come back

Maria Sharapova is one of the few that have returned from it. Steadily

filling up here on this court. They are hoping for a good outcome. Just

needs another positive gain here, keep building pressure.

Serve for it twice. Moore is now two points from the feet. -- defeat

Another excellent bit of defence from Moore, who was on the back foot

for so much of that exchange. Just a great hustle. When you are eight

down in a deciding set, that is what you have to do, just it out, keep in

the match. Control on that return from

Zvonareva. Is it going to be a case of so near but yet so far for Tara

Moore? Match point for the Russian. Extremely clever choice of shot

there from Zvonareva. Back behind the run to bring back a second match

point. On the brink so many times. She

survives, but you can't help but think this is one that really got

away from Tara Moore. As it is, it is Zvonareva who comes through in

the end. 9-7 in the decider, to make rounds to you in this year's

Championships. A great dig out from Zvonareva, but Tara Moore played

such a good tennis in this match. One disastrous mistake, and that was

when she served at 5-3 and waited for Zvonareva to give it to her and

she did not take it, and that is a real shame, because she is good

enough to be in the second round. This is how it was finished off two

hours and 43 minutes of gripping tennis, but it is Zvonareva who goes

through. Heartbreaking for Tara Moore. Second year she has lost She

is out, but let's hear what she had to say after the match.

Commiserations. What is the overriding emotion at the moment?

Disappointment at the moment. I d gave all ahead and fought really

hard. I was very nervous. You showed lots of ability and aggression

against a top opponent. She is a good player and she played well

today in the tough moments and she gave a little bit too much out there

for me. The defeat is hard to take, at least the fist pumps have earned

the money for a good cause. It has been really good. I've tried to

fight as hard as she did out there. You most certainly dead.

Commiserations. And well said. Andy Murray was on court for just one

hour and -- you most certainly did. Andy Murray was on court for under

two hours. Another awesome performance that will no doubt

please his new coach and certainly pleased the crowd. Let's hear what

he thought of that. Congratulations. No disrespect, but that looked a

fairly easy win for you. Yes. I ve played well today. This is the first

year he has played on grass before. He had just come out of college and

has broken into the top 100, so it was tough for him to stop he does

not have much -- for him. He does not have much experience on the

grass. He has a good game but I had to concentrate and take care of my

serve for the majority of the match. In these advance, how much does it

help to have a match where you do not expend too much energy? It

helps. It cost me a little bit at the French Open. Not that I would

have won in the semifinals even if I've felt perfect. I've played a lot

of matches their and a lot of the sets I was a had -- I was ahead If

you can finish matches as quickly as possible, it helps in the long run.

What do you think your new coach will think of to date's performance

Mr Mark -- performance? We will have a chat and rest up and get ready for

the next match. Well done. This is what is happening over on

Centre Court. The champion of Queen's seeded 11, up against Luke

Saville. Dimitrov leads. You can watch it live over on BBC One.

Tennis on the red button as well. Leonardo Mayer up against Marcos

Baghdatis. Baghdatis was a runner up at the Australian and he is a break

up in the second set, having trouble the first set, but it is not looking

good for me are out there, and that is on the red button. The -- for

Meyer. A quarterfinalist here for the past

two years, David Ferrer. Let's join our commentators.

Some wonderful forehand, giving the number seven seed what looks like a

tough work-out early on here. First time they have met.

quarterfinalist in the last two Wimbledon Championships.

He has made an encouraging start. He won the juniors here back in 20 9,

so he knows his way around a grass court. He is trying to develop his

games over the last couple of seasons and has developed reasonable

weaponry. He is going to have to play really

good on a surface like this. Nice and flexed, moving forwards to the

second volley. Rate grass tennis. -- great grass tennis.

Just wide. Break point for Ferrer. He knows he has to take that shot on

and bring the ball back into a safe area off the court.

The first sign of weakness. That started promisingly, but it is ten

three macro who gets the early rate. -- Ferrer who gets the early break.

Gone are the days when he did not really fancy Wimbledon. That has

been over a period of over two decades. If you think of his career,

he started to do really good on hard courts, US. Open, before making the

final of the French Open. Everybody thinks they are brought up solely on

play over in Spain, but they are not. He played a fair bit on clay.

The two go hand in hand. As these grass courts have slowed down and

the ball bounces a little higher, these guys have realised that there

is no reason why they can't go deep into the second week. A fantastic

match with Andy Murray previously, incredible shotmaking. They can go

very deep. The pace of the court is very similar. It is the footwork

that is different. The courts are a little greener. We have had some

pretty decent weather coming into the tournament, so we are already

three days in, but you can see there is some wear and tear on the

baseline, and it is looking for and there is more confidence in the

movements, which helps layers like Ferrer. -- players.

That is so important on a natural surface like this. There is no time

for the server to return. A little stumble their, and it looks

like he could have a bit of a problem there. It was nasty. He had

his full weight on that knee and was not expecting that little slip. He

is carrying on. That did not look good. Just a little wide of that

white patch, a little green of the court.

That was a poor mess, because you want to test that need there, as

well. -- that knee. He is not thinking about his knee

now! Digging himself a really hard time. -- giving himself.

He won the point, but you can see, he is struggling on the surface

That is why that was a very intelligent shot from Kuznetsov

Suddenly you start to lose confidence in your ability to move

confidently. Beautifully directed. He has got

talent, of course he has talent His physicality is the essence of his

game. The footwork here. Nobody else would think about hitting a forehand

from that heart of the courts, and then he brushes up the back of the

ball, incredible work with the rest. Superb tennis.

He looks down at his knee again He looks to be moving well those last

couple of points. What a crucial hold that was. A lot of players

would have gotten frustrated with the conditions and worried about

what happened in that game, but not Ferrer. A lovely day.

really improved, the quality of his return of serve, though he does

favour the backhand return. A sensible serve. He was forced to

replied defensively and then you can dictate with the first shot of the

rally. Two good shots under pressure. I'd

don't think he ever plays the scoreboard. When you watch impact

is, that is the attitude that he brings to the -- when you watch him

practice, that is the attitude that he brings to the practice

practice, that is the attitude that he brings to court as well.

Lovely. He has got that kind of talent. Incredible feel him that

final lob. Kuznetsov made the mistake of just moving to his left

instead of being on balance and could not respond.

Seeing Ferrer struggling with his knee and his third work, I have

never seen him injured, looking back, and his record is endorsed by

that. His 47th successive Grand Slam. Third place on the ATB tour

since the open year began. Fitness is a pure requisite for the

consistency and the kind of play that he produces, and he has to work

so hard to get relatively easy wins. I'd think he is one of these players

that we are not going to see playing at the age of 35 or 36, because it

is difficult to churn out the miles that he puts on those legs on a

yearly basis, but he did say that one difference he can feel is that

it is tougher to recover Thomas so he feels he has not lost --

recover, so he feels he has speed and can match up with the best in

the business come up but he wakes up to the next day and has to work that

much harder for the next match. This is good tennis, I like that

tactic of going to the forehand He is one of those players who likes to

camp out slightly to the left of the baseline. To cover that I can't If

you can attack that forehand, it does work well. -- backhand. Quick

motion. Very difficult to read. Very tough to get the lead on that.

In Spain, they are taught to use that serve most of the time when

serving to the right of the court. He might not necessarily get the

cheap point but that will open up the court for the first ground

stroke of the rally and get the opponent moving.

Well played! That was out of nowhere. He is a danger with that

forehand. If he gets time to set that up, he can hurt you.

No one was getting that back. The ball was shorter up that single

sideline. Earlier in the grass court tournament 's, everything just

shoots off. -- tournaments. That was a tricky shot. Great

defence. If you can get that ball low and relatively soft, coming into

the volley, it is difficult because you must do something with it to get

some pace on it. That is the variation. Leaning to

the right, looking for the slice serve to the right and suddenly

Ferrer can drop the hammer. I thought he was going to challenge

that, but no. The forehand again. It is becoming

his features shot in this match When he combines his pace and

death, it is almost impossible to defend against. Lovely combination

of shots, opening up the court beautifully. He took advantage of

all of that real estate with his second shot.

Ferrer as the umpire. He said, I don't know! -- he asked the umpire.

He was hustling him! Good tactic! Nice tactics on his serve. Playing

against somebody who takes big cuts at the ball. You can handcuff them.

It is very difficult. Yes, it had better be good with the

forehand. As soon as Kuznetsov could get onto the ball, it was going to

go across the court. Recently could not sustain that rally. -- he

simply. And there is a surprise. Irritation

from Ferrer, and you can understand. Break point.

Quite excellent play from Kuznetsov. Not just on his forehand. He is

proving aerial threat with superb returns, nice and state. And he

realised he must keep his rallies nice and short so he can take the

risk with his backhand, perfect tactics. Don't get involved in

baseline rallies with Ferrer. First strike tennis and hope that you are

on form. If you look at his season, there

have been some good players, Blaz Rola, who played earlier, some very

good players, Sergiy Stakhovsky it has been consistency that has been

the problem. As a junior, he was consistent so he has tried to

develop his game and take more risks to have the ability to beat those

higher ranked opponents but it is more difficult to do that regularly.

He has not beaten a top ten player. If he was to do something here, that

would be the biggest win of his career, that is for sure.

He is a very long way from winning this. But he has got the tools to

make this a very interesting match. Ferrer will be well aware of that.

Some really good stuff from Kuznetsov.

His serve did half of the job and his forehand just mopped up.

He must be very content sitting down. You mentioned the fact that he

won the boys title five years ago. Better on grass. This year, it has

been a problem. He lost to dust and Brian. He qualified at Eastbourne.

Lost in the first round. This is really good. He beat Alan Evans in

the opening round here. That type of shot could be a threat to anyone.

What I like about his attitude and the bigger picture is he is prepared

to make changes to his overall game plan and hope that he is going to

improve from being a very good junior so that by the time he hits

his mid-20s, it is important to think about what is effective at any

given time when playing matches But also, what type of player will you

be in five years time? And you can see that he is starting to be more

effective with each season he can put under his belt.

So, Ferrer, he was one break up and he is now serving to stay in this

set. Just good enough. That forehand

Really intelligent shot from Ferrer. Not trying for the winner, just

getting as much spin as possible to forge Kuznetsov to head that volley.

-- to force Kuznetsov to hit that volley. This is a tactic that Rafa

Nadal users on grass. On the clay court, he goes to the body, same

with Ferrer. His opponent cannot take that shot.

Oh, yes! I thought that backhand from Ferrer was the winner. Great

stretch from Kuznetsov. Superb tennis. Humiliate wept that

backhand, following the ball intelligently. He made that volley

because he knew that anything over the net would suffice. Superb

dynamic balance. That forehand is starting to

dominate this match. Such intelligent tennis. He is moving

Ferrer from side to side and that tactic is always so effective on the

grass court, going back, behind the opponent when you have the

opportunity, he changed election. -- direction.

He never really moved with the pitch of the ball and that is so

important, trying to generate lots of speed, you can use -- lose

control of the ball very quickly. Yes. Plenty of time. He is

constructing these points so very well. Beautiful tennis, lovely

variation through that rally without backhand to give Ferrer something to

think about as far as the contact point is concerned. And he can look

that ball across the court and open it up, just so easily. -- hook.

Well, that is like Ferrer, digging in. He is so good in managing his

relatively weak shot, the backhand, and uses his strength to dominate.

This is what Kuznetsov does not do. Waiting for the opportunity to

dominate with his forehand rather than trying to force with his weaker

shot. 89 mph and it came back almost as

quickly. Ferrer is struggling to know where to serve to him. He is

making only 57% so far. Again, Ferrer pay the price of going

with his forehand. His game plan is to move his opponent as much as he

can so one shot to the corner and the next to the other corner but he

must think about going to his backhand more regularly and do not

hit the Kuznetsov forehand because he is using that shot to great

effect. And here is set point for the

Russian. Very close. He is going to

challenge. There is not much in this. It might well be wide. But

just by a fraction. It is in. On her macro we will replay that point --

UMPIRE:. That was the right decision.

That was going to be tricky, Ferrer have the position. His first

forehand got Kuznetsov off-balance. He was always in control of that

rally. Great movement forwards. So important when volleying. And the

attempt at a passing shot, he did that wonderfully.

That was a very sneaky move in and he paid the price. Kuznetsov could

hardly believe his luck, often Ferrer is so good when sneaking in.

Yes, he has got that down the line. For once, not doing enough with his

forehand and a few drops short and central, the best players will hurt

you all day long. -- if it drops short.

Ferrer had to cover some acreage, there. Commanding. He has

constructed that point wonderfully, not doing much with his approach

shot, nice balance, stepping into the volley, great target, he did not

try to do too much with that. It is possible to swing too much at that.

Again, the return was punished. Kuznetsov has very fancy that second

serve from Ferrer and he would like another one here. His second set

point. -- really fancied. Brilliant! That

was one of the rallies of the tournament. Sensational stuff from

Kuznetsov. From both, really. I did not believe that Ferrer had left

that volley midway through, and that caused him all sorts of problems.

After that little stumble, Kuznetsov did so well to stay in that rally.

And then, of course, he finished that in fine fashion. Set point

number three. Again, that serve works. He got enough with on that.

Only serving 61% first serves but when he needs it, he has made it,

making life more difficult for Kuznetsov.

Yes, that was long. No challenge. He only has one challenge left.

The forehand, which has served him so well, lets him down. He did not

quite get his feet into the right position and he just had to make

that very slight adjustment before making contact with the ball. And

you try to hit that winner relatively flat so there was no

margin for error. Well, that brought Ferrer in and

held him construct that point. Can he finish this off? Lovely little

volley with the Open racquet. Trying to take some pace of that. Lovely

shot selection. No panic under pressure.

Well, he has held on. Five games all.

It will be fascinating to see just how Kuznetsov reacts. Because he was

so close. Difficult to put that out of your mind after a very long game,

the pressure building and if you do not claim that's it, it is like I

let down in the next game. -- that set. Adding insult to injury.

That was a cracker! Especially when you consider that unforced error on

the first point. To take that courageous execution, but was

superb, you cannot time that any better. Again, he is sticking to his

game plan, he knows that he must keep taking those risks.

That was a really good second serve, he did so well to slip that in

behind. That was valiant. When you consider that Ferrer has slipped a

couple of times, the last thing he wants to do is put the brakes on.

Such intelligent tennis from Kuznetsov.

That was masterful. He has had so much to do. All of that happening in

the previous game, those faults Still playing some incredible

tennis. Kuznetsov leads 6-5.

SUE BARKER: What great tennis on that court, he will be straight back

in just a moment but the news is that Andy Murray is three, he was on

Court Number One earlier today and after one hour and 24 minutes, he

beat the world number 92, Blaz Rola from Slovenia. He will face the

winner of the match currently on court 18. Although the 27th seed to

the first set, he is one break down. If you want to look at his next

opponent, but is online. On Centre Court, Dimitrov is in charge against

the qualifier from Australia. That is live over on BBC One.

And the former champion, the break of serve up and on course to face

Venus Williams in right in round three. And that one is on the Red

Button. And Marcos Baghdatis has levelled. One game each. And the

winner of that match will play the winner of the match on Court Number

Two. And back we go. Ferrer is serving to stay in the

match. He must be careful. If that slice is not inch perfect, in terms

of being short on the sideline, Kuznetsov is all over that.

Look at that. 12 forehand winners from Kuznetsov.

And winners against Ferrer will count double! At least! I love that

I can't. He has been very aggressive, Ferrer moving to the

right and he is going behind the Spaniard, that is so intelligent, it

is a safer shot but highly effective.

He was bowled going for that forehand but he just got enough on

that. That could have been very dicey. -- bold.

Grinding him down again on the and so quick to pounce upon the short

wall in the rally, allowing him to change it up a bit and dictate play.

He will take that insight out, all day. -- inside out.

He took a page out of Ferrer's playbook there. He went forwards.

Great tennis. Well played. Ferrer, a point away

from taking us into a Raker here. -- breaker.

I just wonder, I feel that Kuznetsov has to win this set. Talking about

his fitness, he is a physical freak. He is obviously fit but not

in the same league as this guy. You have played the best tennis you

can, and if you do not win the set, you wonder what chance you have It

is hugely important that he wins this, having played so well.

It is a breaker to decide this. It has been high-class stuff and also

an exhausting first set for both players. Andrey Kuznetsov, this is

critical for him now. Well done. Doing exactly what

Kuznetsov has done so often to him. He has been burnt. Kuznetsov has

gone behind him time and time again in this set. It was clever tennis.

Wasn't that smart? How quickly did his reign work there? Powerful

ground stroke after powerful ground stroke. A drop shot of that quality

at this stage in the set, remarkable.

Just long! We talked about his amazing physical fitness, Ferrer

come a he needed all of it there, and he very nearly needed the point

-- got the point. That never looked like happening,

that one. That is the first four shots that we have seen under

pressure from Kuznetsov. -- poor shot.

It is still nip and tuck. What I'd like about his game plan, even

though he has been burnt on a couple of occasions, a tech deck that some

players -- ataxic that some like to use, work and surprise your

opponent, and as long as you do not drop the ball short, it can work.

Still there, hammering them down. A lovely return of serve as well. He

lent out of the way up the ball and controlled the rally thereafter with

That is the third time he slipped his favourite shots.

That is the third time he slipped behind the base down -- baseline. It

is just when he tried to put the Raikes on. He cannot do it. A good

tactic to use. Right in the hitting zone. Now it is

Ferrer, having saved four set points with one of his own.

All the resilience that he possesses needed their, and he has taken that

first set after an hour and seven minutes. Just have to feel tough for

Kuznetsov. It was difficult, he played so well. I have seen him play

a few matches over the years, but nothing like that. He came into the

match with an aggressive gameplay and, went back behind Ferrer time

and time again, but Ferrer served well and it really mattered and it

allowed him to stick around, and a couple of unforced errors at the tie

break, as well as that poor effort when he failed to hit the backhand

shot, cost him yearly. It really matters at the tail end of the

sets. Those ring a little lower are not quite as good as that. Ferrer

will be delighted with 67% of first serves in. He didn't get more in

when it really mattered. -- he did get more. The guy who lost the set

has the better statistics by and large. Same number of unforced

errors, serving points pretty much the same, and when it came to the

crunch, he could not get it done. Serve just needed the one break

point converted. It is making good use of the opportunities that you

have that makes all the difference, and when he had all those that

point, 10th game in a set, that was the golden opportunity. Some

wonderful tennis throughout. This was the pick of it. A fantastic

rally. 26 shots, I think it was and every one with purpose. That is what

is so nice throughout this set. He was working so hard to get as many

balls back in play as possible. Always looking to try and do

something with his ground strokes. Digging so deep to stay in the

rally. Always prepared to take that shot on when he was given the

opportunity. Really good feel about Wimbledon today. Andy Murray and

easy winner. A little bit of relaxation and some wonderful tennis

all over the place, but especially on this court. The conditions this

year have allowed us to get better tennis earlier in the Championships.

12 months ago, players were slipping and falling. We have had more

sunshine before the start of the tournament which means it has dried

out little bit more and players have more confidence in their moment --

movement. They are not slipping as much as they did 12 months ago. When

they are more confident in their movement, use the better tennis

better shot making. It is better for all concerned. -- you see better

tennis. Let's hope the second set is as good as the first. Will there be

a let down for Kuznetsov? Can he keep it at a? -- at the Bay is to

mark can he keep the Spanish love pound away from him? -- Spanish

bloodhounds. A hangover from the loss of the

opening set. You have invested so much into it, it is easy to feel

despond and at the beginning of the next set.

Terrific play from Ferrer. If you can play two or three really good

games at the start of the second set, the match can be one.

The nightmare of playing Ferrer is that there will be a minimum of four

seats. He has not got his heart rate above an hundred and 20 yet! -- 120

yet! He is just getting started His play has got to be as good as

that. They enjoyed the process of competing more than actually

winning. For serve to be involved in a match like this, that is what --

for Ferrer to be in a match like this, every ball that they hate is

hate with purpose and they are putting the maximum amount of

concentration. It is so difficult to apply yourself

like that on a daily aces. Good reaction -- daily basis. Good

reaction from the Russian. Thought he might falter after dropping the

set. A lot of players can take the ball

on. It is one thing to be behind your baseline and still hit so

aggressively. This is as good as it gets. He has played even better in

the opening couple of games here. How low he gets there, underneath

the ball, superb technique for a rascal or that. -- a grass court.

Hit it to centrally there. Got to try and put him under pressure in

terms of movement. Pressure again for temp. Lovely

depth on the return, so important. -- pressure again for Ferrer. Lovely

depth on the return, so important. I'd do not think the sound effects

are particularly good today, that I think Ferrer is getting noisier and

noisier. Anything in his zone, he really

fancies. Good crack. It is admirable, the way that he has

reacted to dropping the first set. A chance here for a double break.

It was the tail of the opening set when he had the chances to break the

points on the Ferrer always found a really good serve.

that shot, Kuznetsov was not attempting to hit a winner. He was

constructing the point in his mind and he knew that he had so few

options and an excellent chance to win the point.

To good! This is some performance from Andrey Kuznetsov.

My mind goes back to that first set, when the ball was called out. He is

playing so much better. I did not think it was possible. When you are

under pressure you can use the left-hand to roll the ball across

your opponent's body. An early break always helps and gives you a bit of

a boost, just when you need it most. He just can't think that all of the

hard work has and done. He leads by a double break. A brilliant junior.

He won here five years ago. He found the transition from junior to senior

very difficult. He qualified in Casablanca as a lucky loser and has

been living on some wraps, really. -- living on scraps. Here he is

showing us what a fine player he is. It will do. A collector's item right

there. You can excuse him for being put off.

He can create some nice angles with the serve.

The first time in the match that Ferrer has started to think about

what might happen at the beginning of the third set and is conserving

energy, both physically and emotionally.

He is comprehensively outplaying him at the moment. His net play has been

a movement through the ball all stop he is not lunging to the ball. -

through the ball. He is not lunging to the ball all stop -- wall.

Is it going to stop in next time? I'd like his courage of his

convictions. He knows how well he needs to execute his game plan and

he has done it supremely well so far. The continues to serve to the

forehand -- Ferrer continues to serve to the forehand.

On the back foot. All that has happened in the last 20 minutes is

starting to it to Ferrer. It is break point for five love. That

serve down to the forehand works a lot better for Ferrer. He likes that

angle that he gets. We said before he might not have the

weaponry to give Ferrer a nightmare. It is the forehand that primarily

does most of the damage. Ferrer is guilty of feeling a little to

centrally. He is much too good at the moment. And a very big upset

might be on the cards. Hopefully you were not speaking loudly because

Ferrer would be right up your! He does not even contemplate defeat but

he has been manhandled in the last 25 minutes. Even on a grass court,

the ball is bouncing higher, and it is very difficult. Against Andy

Murray a couple of years ago, he almost died played him for the

opening sets. It was very tight but Andy Murray eventually prevailed in

a very close match but Kuznetsov here is playing world-class tennis.

Ferrer is trying to dictate the play and he must defend the vast majority

of the time and is constantly pushed onto his back foot. Kuznetsov is

keeping incredible depth. There is nothing worse than constantly

feeling that you are under pressure and you are rushing and off-balance

and you cannot dictate. That is what has happened throughout this set.

The second set has lasted only 0 minutes until now.

It is difficult not to get carried away! He will hope that he wins this

set very quickly when thinking about the bigger picture. Conserving

energy. Ferrer is finding this incredibly

difficult to read. He normally prides itself on getting the lead on

the server. Always making contact with the ball.

That is incredible, that was half of a metre from the baseline, and he

normally thinks that his opponent must defend and at least able get

that neutralising shot. But another winner. -- I am able.

He has got to set points, Kuznetsov is ranked number 118 in the world.

-- two. I guess the number seven seed. The number seven in the world,

it is one set all. I have seen the likes of Roger Federer blowing

Ferrer away on occasion and also Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray and

Tomas Berdych, but not somebody ranked 118. That will show you just

depth of men's tennis on the World Tour, this is someone who has been

living on scraps and trying to come through qualifying and he can turn

up year at Wimbledon with no real winners on grass and playing tennis

like that, 23 minutes is all that it took to beat Ferrer. There cannot be

many people in this game that can say they have done that. It tells me

about the strength of the tennis with the men but it also makes me

wonder a little bit about Kuznetsov, if he can play this well, why is he

arrived only 118? Perhaps we will find out. That was world-class

tennis. 86% of the first serves finding the mark. Look at the

difference, those break points. He has made only one unforced error in

the whole set. Kuznetsov has called for his

trainer. He has blisters. Taking his shoe and sock of. When you change

services, he has played on clay courts, coming onto the grass

courts, the body must react differently, staying low all the

time and you slip more frequently. The shoes will start to rub against

you and you will start to get listers. You must be aware of that,

especially when playing the best-of-5 sets compared to only

three. -- blisters. It is managing these grand slam events, and that

can make a difference. He obviously feels that he needs treatment. The

problem is, all of that momentum that he did build up so conclusively

has been dissipated. I would agree entirely, that must be killing him

to call for the trainer. We are dying at the far end of Wimbledon,

so it will take a very long time to get from the locker room to this

particular court and this will allow Ferrer to just calm things down and

think, OK, I was blown away in that set but I am still in this match and

he cannot keep this up. There is a very long distance for the trainer

to come away from the locker room, all the way down to where we are. We

are at the furthest point away from the changing room so I would agree,

at the final in Madrid, they were playing brilliant tennis and I was

an injury time-out. It took six minutes to get back and he did not

win another game. Had to pull out in the third set. Momentum is just so

difficult to create so once you have done that, you do everything you can

to maintain that. We still wait This will give Kuznetsov some

to maintain that. We still wait This will time to contemplate about

what he has achieved. Having never beaten any top ten player in his

career. He beat everybody as a junior. Here is his trainer. He is

out of breath. He had to run! I am sure this will be just take. --

tape. This will give Ferrer the chance for arrest. We did mention

that he has extraordinary powers of recovery. He was full out. This is a

shock, when you are as good as Ferrer, finalist in grand slam

matches, to be blown away in 23 minutes by someone ranked 118, you

do start asking some serious questions about yourself. This will

really help them. Kuznetsov had to take this time-out. You will see a

much stronger Ferrer at the start of the third set. But can Kuznetsov

keep this up? That will be questionable.

Ferrer is doing the right thing Just moving around. Practising some

servers. -- service. I don't think that slip has affected him too much.

-- serves. When something like that happens to him, he can shake it off,

he will push themselves so hard physically on the practice court,

training in the gym. His trainer used to do some running off-season,

he will pride himself on just starting the season in the best

possible shape. He is used to playing with little injuries,

pushing himself physically and emotionally. I'm still able to play

good tennis. This will not be too problematic. I always marvel at how

well they can treat blisters as well as they do. And it is so public And

it does put some stress on the Achilles. On the clay-court you will

react to those high bouncing balls. You are elevated for most of the

time but on the grass court, you will stay much lower, that will put

more stress on the Achilles and the calf muscles. That is why you

more stress on the Achilles and the calf muscles. That is why will get

such a strain when you change services. This is a very busy time

for the trainers. People at home who will not have heard of Kuznetsov,

the Australian Open, Roland Garros? He failed to qualify. He could not

do it. And here he is, he just scraped in. And he is not on the

verge, but he is a serious scraped in. And he is not on the

verge, but he is a contender to put out the number seven. It is

important for him to be able to maintain that level of intensity

that we could see throughout that second set, that concentration, he

played a brilliant first game and he lost the first one to get that

initial break. That put him on a roll. He does need to respond

positively, as does Ferrer. Here we go. Set number three.

Well, this is surprising. This is not what we thought. Ferrer has not

really got going yet. He could be one break down.

The beauty of the system is, you can draw a line in the sand. And start

again. That was so deep and strong. And he

is ahead in this match. That was a brilliant response. It can be

difficult to maintain that level of focus and concentration after that

injury time-out but Ferrer is continuing to struggle. He has been

broken on four successive times He needs to open it up and mix it up.

That has not worked at all for him today. The Russian has been able to

hurt him with his return. He is struggling for a game plan.

His anticipation was so good. He will be disappointed he missed that

final pass. He was already moving in that direction. That is why he is so

annoyed, there. Can't Ferrer get something going? It

has been a very long time since he has.

I love that serve. That is one tactic you can use against an

opponent who will stand well of the court. They do not have time to get

out of the way. -- well up. That is good. That was like a rifle

shot. Again, that return was central, it was too short. Kuznetsov

is prepared to take that on every time he does get that shot.

But here is Ferrer with the break point. He broke in the fifth game

and has not broken since. That might have been a mistake from

Kuznetsov but Ferrer has got something, at last. It is so

important for him to be able to rebuild his confidence after losing

seven games in a row. So that was vital.

Another vamos. He can sense that it has switched, he is trying to assert

his authority. And verbally. Making his mark on his opponent.

That is important, when you lose seven games in a row, your opponent

might think you are sliding away. You must make sure that he knows

that you are not. At last, some optimism for the

Spaniard. In that second set, Ferrer must have been feeling powerless. He

was not in control of any of the rallies, trying to make as many

balls as he could but every single point was coming from Kuznetsov The

trouble is, he was playing high risk tennis. Then that is working, it is

incredibly effective. But as soon as he starts to miss, he will miss it a

lot quickly. And that is what has started to happen. When it is

working well, highly effective but when not, you will shoot yourself in

the foot. Ferrer will be hoping that he can just keep making balls and

Kuznetsov will give him some cheap points. On forged errors, they are

the meat and drink for Ferrer. - on forged. -- unforced. Can he put a

lid on this? He only made three in that second

set and he has made four of them already in the third.

Close, but he did not think that was worth challenging. He has already

lost one challenge in this set. What was that? That was a great

return because Kuznetsov has been getting cheap points from the serve

out wide. But that poor shot, just struggling to raise the level of his

intensity. Errors coming thick and fast.

Beautifully directed and powered home. Great return. He is making

Kuznetsov hit a shot this good in order to win the point.

You can understand his frustration, he wanted to keep Kuznetsov working

hard in such an important game. Error after error. It is because he

hits the ball hard and flat, they can look like poor errors.

The standard of this match has been phenomenally high but it is dropping

dramatically in this game. Kuznetsov will not worry too much.

Ferrer missed a trick, there. Those backhand returns that he did mess

where crucial. The momentum was very much on his side. He has allowed

Kuznetsov to hang around. -- he did mess where crucial.

to take another look. He did not miss by much. He did not miss at

all. In terms of Ferrer, that is

unforgivable. Maybe it is your kind of day when it

lands on the baseline. It is so difficult to read how the ball is

going to react because it has got so much side spin on it. Very tough.

Again, he completely wrong-footed Ferrer. He does hit that a little

bit like Tomas Berdych. When he just hops across the court. Ferrer was

expecting that want to go down the line. So, a couple of break points.

Down the line. He has just missed. About one inch,

maybe. When you miss it that deeply, you are eating opponent for the

change in direction. When you hit things hard and flat, it is tough to

get the ball to dip down into the court.

The Russian was leading to his right, he thought that was the

slider. So, a couple of break points have

been saved by Ferrer. 3-2. SUE BARKER: He looks like he means

business. We will be straight back but some results. Fabio Fognini from

Ed Leigh, coming through in four sets. In the next round he will play

Kevin Anderson. That big serving South African. -- from Italy. And

Leonardo from Argentina, coming through against Marcos Baghdatis. He

will wait for the winner of Kuznetsov and Ferrer. One Centre

Court, Novak Djokovic of which, the top seed is an action against Radek

Stepanek. That is life over on BBC One. Early stages, there. And Thomas

Burdick, he was one break of serve down, he has the break point against

Bernard Tomic. That has gone back. So, the quarterfinalists battle on.

That is on the Red Button. This one is also. Victoria Azarenka. Good to

see her back against -- after injury. That is only read out in

also. But back we go. -- that is on the Red Button.

He will feel a little aggrieved that he could not get the break last

time. Last time he was frustrated he came back and took the second set

6-0. There was a rally that belonged to

the second set. Choosing precisely the right moment to move up the

court. It is all about brushing up the back of the ball to hit that

shot effectively. So clever. He has a nice demeanour

about him. Very well played. Again, he bounces

back. He was struggling but now I think

there is something better about his game.

You have got to understand when you're playing a match that is the

best-of-5 sets, it ebbs and flows. I thought this could go five sets

after the second set. Looking at Kuznetsov, he has played a five set

match three times and lost every time. You can imagine, Ferrer, 9

wins, ten losses. He's making a big push emotionally

now, Ferrer. So one love service game countered

by another. It is less physically demanding than

it was. The first set was very physically demanding. The second set

had some long rallies in it. I think Ferrer has just started to play bore

aggressively as well. Wanting to try and finish the points -- he is now

playing more aggressively. If you can get Kuznetsov off balance

by playing more aggressively, then he has got more of a chance of

drawing an error from the Russian. He plays his best tennis when he

gets a good solid foundation when Ferrer is guilty of dropping the

ball. If you can keep him off balance by playing more

aggressively, I think that will really help his cause.

They have been going exactly two hours. There could be another two

hours left in this. He was shaking off his arm there a

bit. It starts to tighten up. It has gone down the line a few

times in this set and has not really worked for him.

There are really working now. For the first time, Kuznetsov looked a

little fatigued as he went to get his towel.

Kuznetsov looks as if he is starting to fray. Maybe it is a disguise He

is suddenly looking very tired. That is a sign of how confident he

is now. You could see there was a bit of a gap there and he knows

Kuznetsov is not moving as well as he did in the opening set so it was

worth taking the risk. Kuznetsov turned away rather

sluggishly after that shot. Here are two set points for Ferrer to go set

up again. He is challenging. This will be very

close. He has a couple of challenges left.

There are countering as we know he can. -- David Ferrer countering And

a match which looked out of his control in the second set is now

more or less where he wants that. It is funny how quickly this situation

can change. He was outplayed, the vast majority of the points which

were played in the second set but here in the third, the dip has come

so quickly for Kuznetsov. He is not moving as well as he did in the

early stages of the match. He is not able to hit as aggressively without

missing. The more confident the Spaniard gets. He has started to

play with more authority and started to assert his authority. Verbally,

every time he won the point and when he builds momentum he can make good

use of it. We talked about the momentum. Here is how it is

interpreted in the stats. Kuznetsov is not as quick to move up

the court. 12 unforced errors. He needs to improve all aspects of his

game. I'm sure it will start with the serve. With more first serves

in, that will allow him to dominate. I wonder if he will go for a few

more glory shots. It could be a very entertaining

fourth set. Just what the doctor ordered. A

Young man who said he would have been a doctorate he had not been a

tennis player. That is interesting. I interviewed him a few years ago in

St Petersburg. I asked him what he was trying to achieve in the game

and he said he would like to be number one in the world. He was

number three junior. He was the junior champion at Wimbledon in

2009. Sometimes when you play a match you

have got good intentions but the shot is not working so you have to

stop using it. That is what makes that shot more

difficult. When he makes it, it is so much more enjoyable.

He got that spot-on. It surprised Ferrer.

It will not work every time and it is not working often enough.

Always at the back of his mind, Kuznetsov must be thinking, David

Ferrer will not tire. It makes a difference to your Outlook.

That was clever. So many players would try and hit it with a

two-handed backhand. You need a deft touch to be able to pull it off

Hop, skip and a jump always helps as well.

He was foot faulted early on but not for the last hour or so.

He was a little slow there. That was a tell-tale sign. It was a great dig

from Ferrer. I have been watching Kuznetsov. It looks as if he's a bit

hobbling -- he's hobbling a little bit.

Well played! A stunning rally. Incredible control. To half-volley

this one into the space, the timing has to be absolutely perfect.

This is brilliant from both guys. It could be very significant as far as

the match is concerned. Though there was a nice big gap for

him to hit into. A couple of really good first

serves. Top-flight player and he stays in

front. You wouldn't feel he is hanging on but he is just about

their, holding Ferrer of bite you feel that could be more damage to

come. You get the distinct impression that if he was to get a

break it would seal the match. These are the type of matches that really

builds character when you are young player, making your way up the

rankings. It is really important that he responds positively, even if

he loses it. There are so many positives that he can take out of

the Championships, particularly playing against someone who is

ranked as high as Ferrer. You can take that confidence into the

smaller tournaments. It is so important to be able to believe that

when you get to the majors, and you do draw a superstar, a seeded player

and you have a game that can hurt them. Win or lose here, and it is

beginning to look like the latter, he has certainly proved he has got

the tools to do so. That was not a David Ferrer shot,

that one. Come on, Ferrer, put your back into

it! APPLAUSE

He just did enough with the final forehand.

A nice little volley from Ferrer. It may be beautiful sound when he

struck the ball. A bit of slice on it, moved through it beautifully.

Excellent tennis. It was not an easy shot. You have to

make contact with the ball. It is not easy when you are racing up the

court. He has got at. Momentum was going so

firmly Ferrer's way. And it has been blocked. Incredible, what a boost

for the Russian. If years as tired as he looks

sometimes, it is a timely boost I remember we talked about him

needing to improve his quality of serving in this set. He only made

46% of first serves in the last set but it is up to 70%.

This is very unusual from Ferrer, letting that initiative slip.

He has not been saying vamos so much at the moment. The job is far from

done. fading out of this, he has come

back. And Ferrer has let that happen. There is no question, he has

responded by fine tuning his game and serving better. If you serve

well, the attempt to play well and that is certainly the case on grass,

an opportunity to shorten those points and we can see some positive

body language, there. In the third set we were talking about holding

character and responding positively. And he has done so. That is a really

impressive thing. We thought this would be a very comfortable much on

paper for Ferrer but this is showing some very contrast in styles. All of

those people have really enjoyed themselves. 40,000 seats and very

few are empty. -- 4000. They have been richly reworded.

This is what was happening earlier on. Very quick to move up to that

short ball, he hits that so well. You played your strengths, but is

always so important at whatever level of tennis. -- that is.

It is amazing how just a little bit of success can change the body

language. He is looking more sprightly.

He needs to keep telling himself, just one break.

It is the ability to realise the quality of the ground stroke and if

you have had a good one, you must understand your opponent has to

defend and that is the time to surge forward. And he does that so well.

That was the right idea but it was nowhere near coming off. But you are

right, looking at Kuznetsov, there is that distinct limp. Some people

almost have an affectation, perhaps as a result of an older injury, but

he is limping whenever he is walking. He needed that strapping.

He had that injury time-out. That is when all that is happening here in

the fourth set is all the more remarkable.

When you have a problem, that kind of injury, you must keep those

rallies shorter. It sometimes simplifies the situation.

His serving is so much better. Especially when you are an

aggressive player, this is your first chance to dominate.

It did not miss by much but it did, importantly, Miss. And Ferrer

optimistic again. Good shot selection. He is OK. That

was really nasty. He was deep and wide. It is greener, there is more

moisture to the surface. The challenge, feeling it was wide.

The umpire is moving to his chair, as if he has not got any doubt. They

are looking up the screen. It was odd. -- out. And the momentum has

been destroyed. Kuznetsov is once again a very lively contender in

this match. As long as he can keep those rallies nice and short, if he

gives Ferrer too many looks at his second serve... That was a

fundamental difference in the third set, Ferrer was able to dictate and

he had Kuznetsov off-balance and under pressure. He is hurting that

Achilles even more and he will make more unforced errors. If you can

keep those rallies short, coming in whenever Ferrer drops short, he has

got every chance. He must stick to that game plan, choosing the pattern

of play that has worked in this match and that is his forehand

across the court and the backhand and occasionally the forehand inside

out. Kuznetsov has played seven Grand Slam matches and has won only

two of those. That was until the first round against Dan Evans, and

he must be feeling a little bit better about himself watching this.

He is telling everybody that he played even better than this against

him. That was long. The umpire is not

going to get involved. That is good play from Ferrer, which

is not easy when you have an injury, to keep pushing off and

changing direction. There was just too much velocity.

They pressure on Kuznetsov. He has an opportunity to see what he is

made. He deserves the lead, he has played very good tennis in the

fourth set. Especially when you consider the third set.

Cool as you like. No hesitation whatsoever, that player has worked

so well for him. Use it, settle those nerves.

That was a scorcher. No hesitation whatsoever. Such a very loose arm,

those superb forehands. Here we go, then. He has got to set

points to take this into the decider.

He is challenging. Kuznetsov fears that this might be why he has not

made any move but he has got the set.

SUE BARKER: The drama goes on and Ferrer has got it at all. We will be

back. You said Andy Murray is through after just one hour and 24

minutes, dismissing Blaz Rola from Slovenia. Wonderful ovation for Andy

Murray. The crowd loved that. Very impressive from the defending

champion. And we know that he will meet Roberto Bautista, he is next.

He has reached the fourth round of the Australian and the third-round

in the French Open, he will be a much tougher opponent for Andy

Murray. We will be heading back but on Court Number One, this is only

read button, Tomas Berdych in trouble. He will have to battle --

on the Red Button. And this one also. Victoria Azarenka. Coming back

from injury, but she has dropped the opening set. That is also on the Red

Button. You will keep our eyes on this one... -- we will.

Hold onto your hats. This'll a very good ride. Will this be the making

of this fellow? He has never beaten any top ten player in his six-year

professional career. This into the crowd. -- listened to the crowd --

listened. -- listen. Ferrer has a record 19 wins.

Normally, you would back Ferrer Going into the fifth set, all of his

experience and skills. But I am much. You would. But could this be

one occasion in which he is surprised.

-- I am not sure. This will be more difficult, he has played his best

tennis when he has been behind and there is less pressure. Into the

fifth set, this is unknown, he has never beaten any top ten player

before. This is doubly difficult. Fantastic! Still, cool as you like,

trusting his skill. He does understand his game plan, simple,

take advantage of anything that drops short. On both wings. He has

got nice extension through the ball on his backhand.

Would you believe it? Break point for Kuznetsov to go ahead in the

fifth set. He is going to challenge and I think

he might be right. Well done! He was sharp as a razor.

Brilliant tennis. You always want to play best tennis on these points.

And he was able to do that superbly. He has primarily played at the

baseline as a junior and has tried to add aspects to his game plan He

followed the line of the ball, no big swing on that high volley. Great

body language. He sends out a very strong message to the Spaniard.

Getting that break at the very earliest opportunity. What a start!

Me mention fatigue A body language. I do not think he was bluffing. I

think he was genuinely jaded. Forget that night! -- now. It is a case of

controlling the adrenaline. It is very easy for the mind to wander.

You must just take care of business on each individual service game

He has a little support from the crowd as well. They would appreciate

the Tennessee has played this afternoon and that will also help in

this final set. -- the tennis he has played.

Well, he had better be right. To stop right in the middle of the

rally. I guess he is probably right. He has scarcely made any error as

big as this. Oh! That is always the toughest to see, the one underneath

your very nose. You tend to see it as it leaves the court as opposed to

when it bounces. He has turned particularly well from

the forehand, that was an absolute peach.

That looks like it hired shot. - a tired.

That was the right shot. Ferrer has got a chance to bite back at him.

Fantastic! Who else but Ferrer would have let that rally go on as long as

that? Deconstructed that point beautifully, Kuznetsov. He did not

quite time that smash. It would have been easy to panic on that forehand

volley. That was a brilliant approach. The execution of the

volley was perfect. The second forehand that has been

missed. Went flat and hard, if you are not in the right position, it

just exaggerates any error that you make, and with spin you can get away

with Miss timing. That is a lovely shot and also a

lovely attitude. Ferrer got the ball back and play. That is so important,

be proactive, not waiting for the ball to come back before deciding

what to do. There have been some brilliant

points in this game but also errors for Kuznetsov and they might prove

crucial. Another chance for Ferrer. Very important for him to make his

point. Nothing wanting to be lost. Disappointing game from Kuznetsov.

Unforced errors. This is a bonus for Ferrer.

Not really close. Ferrer putting the pressure on. That is four times in

this match that he has attempted the drop shot from the backhand. And he

is yet to win one single point from that.

that it looked like a decent challenge. Perhaps a fraction of the

line. And it did. So, Ferrer is in front once more.

The momentum is switching backwards and forwards so fast. It is one

thing you must deal with as an experienced player at the highest

level, something Ferrer has been dealing with for ten years and

something Kuznetsov is just getting used to. That is the beauty of

matches like this, you will gain so much experience, money in the bank

that you will draw upon in the future. That is the advantage that

Ferrer has, he has done this, he understands what to expect.

Kuznetsov has never won any five set match. He is always unsure of what

is going to happen. He is dealing with the negative process of being

one break up. Having had the chance to get that decent lead and having

failed to make the most of that he must deal with that. Those negative

thoughts at the back of the mind. It is a very British attitude to say

he will get a lot out of this match, win or lose. But he will. But if he

should lose another five set match... That will not do him any

good. You start to get that mental thing, after five sets, you think

about the previous record. And so it goes.

Good depth, forceful opponent into the half volley. -- force your

opponent. Well played. The forehand has been

the key weapon. 304I dread winners. But the backhand is very effective

as well. He generated enough of an angle to force Ferrer to go onto one