Day 5 Wimbledon

defence of his Wimbledon title under way.

What a perfect start to the defence of his title here at SW19.

Murray is romping away with this one now. So good, so easy. The Murray

machine rumbles on. No trouble, no fuss.

SUE BARKER: It has been a great week for Andy Murray and he has certainly

been in the groove as the defence of his Men's Singles title has been

flawless so far. He lost to macro games on Wednesday, the least he has

conceded in his nine years here We look for a third-round victory today

against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut. The crowds are rising once

again. They need warmer clothes and umbrellas today but that will not

dampen their enthusiasm. We have seen some thrilling matches on many

of the outside courts. It is not just about Centre Court. But if the

rain continues here, it may be all we have on Centre Court under the

roof. There is Roberto Bautista Agut, Murray's opponent today. He

has seven match wins on the grass courts.

Agut, Murray's opponent today. He has seven match wins on Grigor

Dimitrov also, he is on Court Number One. He will be nervously looking at

the weather and hoping he gets on today. Rafael Nadal, no doubt he is

smiling. He came through the tricky match yesterday against Lukas

Russell. He is not playing today. Novak Djokovic on Centre Court

today. What a wonderful match he had against Radek Stepanek. He will be

hoping for an easier passage today though. Maria Sharapova did all the

hard work yesterday. She is not on match court today. A gentle practice

for her. I am delighted to say, the covers are coming off. The rain is

moving away. Not starting on time but we are hearing from the

referee's office that play is due to get underway around 11:45am. That is

good news for those who have queued for long time. The Centre Court

covers are coming off as well. Not a rush, a gentle walk across the

court. That is great news for those on the outside courts that play is

getting underway because we have still got some second-round matches

held over from yesterday still to be completed.

Hello and welcome to our studio Sound Smith and Tim, you are used to

the nervous conditions. It is great if you are on centre but not if you

are not. It will be a waiting game. When you have been playing

professional tennis all over the world, it happens. You have plenty

of space in the locker rooms. We sympathise up on the hill. The

forecast has been improving over the last four days. I am sure we will

have some action. We will hear about the weather in a moment. It makes it

hard to get some practice in. We have been spoiled over the last few

weeks for practice. The courts will be different and a bit wet. It is

all changing today. It is about managing. Billie Jean King said

champions adjust. Probably hear you have to make more adjustments than

any other. Is that right? I think so. It is not easy. You have got to

control the things you can control. You have to adjust. If your practice

time has to be put back, so be it. There is not much point worrying

about it. There are some matches held over from yesterday. We have to

catch up but we are not in a panic stage yet. Obviously those players,

Simona Halep is one of those still in the second round, it is about

managing and not getting too stressed out about it. If you have

good people around you, and if you are a big name, you should do, they

will help you deal with that. It is about muddling through. Some days

you have perfect preparation but other days nothing goes right and

you cannot get on the courts and then you play great, so who knows.

In Paris they did not have great weather for the French Open. Anyway,

play is getting underway very soon. Let's see who we can look forward to

this afternoon. Andy Murray has won his last 15 matches at the All

England Club. He will be looking to extend his run on Centre Court this

afternoon. It is more than five years since

Novak Djokovic failed to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam. The

top seed is on Centre Court today against Joel Simon.

Queens winner Grigor Dimitrov looks supreme on a grass court. -- Gilles

Simon. He will have to be sharp against Alexandr Dolgopolov.

Petra Kvitova is one of four ex-champions and she will be playing

another in Venus Williams. Second seed Li Na also has the

fourth round in her sights and has not dropped a set so far. The

two-time grand slam champion will be opening proceedings on Court One.

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Let's go to Carol. It is nice to see the covers coming off but I suspect

they will be going on and off all the time. Today, we are looking at a

showery picture for some of the day. Between one and three o'clock you

can expect some heavy showers. As we head on after three o'clock, things

will improve. The showers diminish and then the sun will come out,

leading to a lovely dry evening Temperatures up to 19, possibly 20

Celsius. By the end of the evening it will feel quite pleasant. The

other good thing about today is the pollen levels have come down. We are

looking at moderate so that is some relief for those of us who have an

allergy to grass pollen. I know you do, Carol. We will find out what

will happen tomorrow. Tomorrow, we are all so at risk of showers. As we

head into the beginning of next week, things looked like it will

settle down. We will have some sunshine around and things will be

pretty hunky-dory. Nice to finish on some good news. Hunky-dory is

perfect! This is the scene here getting ready for play. Let's look

to Andy Murray's second-round match where he was in no trouble at all.

He took it on Court Number One. He was up against Blaz Rola. Let's take

a look at how he did. This should be a good one. Blaz Rola

has admired Andy Murray for some time and now he gets a chance to

down the defending champ. Straight, Murray takes the initiative. There

it is, a double break for Andy Murray. Too hot for Blaz Rola to

handle. That will do for Andy Murray. In this second set, Andy

Murray is romping away with this now.

Murray is flying here on Court Number One. So good, so easy. Murray

better in every department. As comprehensive victory as you are

likely to see. The Murray rumbles on.

He was on court for less than an hour and a half. Everything was

working for him. He seemed very relaxed. I saw him wondering down

the interview area and it seemed all was well in his world. He says he is

feeling less pressure. We all are. No doubt about that. He has also had

a lot of problems with his back having surgery last year. Tim,

you're closer to Andy than I am I get a sense that his back is feeling

a lot better. Anyone who has had a bad back knows if you are trying to

play any sports and trying to play at a hard level, it is nagging you.

It is like toothache, they're all the time and clouds every practice

session. He seems to be much freer in his body when he moves on the

backhand and the back is a lot better. I think that is changing

everything for him. You pointed out after his first-round match that it

was equally impressive. It did not seem as if there was much opposition

against Blaz Rola. That is a good barometer, his backhand. And where

he is hitting it. Looking to get up the court and when he can really

dictate and flatten out the backhand. There he goes crosscourt.

He is within a yard of the baseline and looking to be aggressive because

I think sometimes when he is reactive and he lets his opponent to

the dictating, that is when he can struggle. Inside the court, it gives

him so many options. He is so tough to read as well. All the young kids

going up will want to copy Agassi's backhand and a lot of kids will copy

Murray's backhand. If you compare to how he was in the Davis Cup in Italy

a few months ago, there was no way he was rotating as much. He did not

look is free. It looks as if his body is OK now. That is the key

issue having trust in your body playing at this level. There is the

physical aspect of having to make the right movements. When you have

played in pain as he has done for a number of years, that almost becomes

ingrained mentally. When you are making movements, you expect it to

hurt. When he came back from surgery it has taken a long time to get the

confidence that almost becomes ingrained mentally. When you are

making movements, you expect it to hurt. When he came back from surgery

it has taken a long time to get I think the French Open was a big

stepping stone for him. He lost to Rafa and he lost easily but most

people do on clay against him in five sets. That has given him a good

foundation. He has looked very good. Long may that continue. We saw in

the stats how dominant he has been and you would expect that against a

player ranked 90 in the world but of course it will get a lot tougher. I

have to confess when I saw the name Bautista Agut I had to look at the

picture in the media guide. That is a shame because he is a top 30

player. He is having a great tournament. There seemed to be so

many of the Spaniards with double names that they get lost out there.

I think it would be easy for someone like me, irony should know who he

is, to think, this will just be rolling over. -- I really should

know who he is. He is very confident and he has had a good year. He has

played well in some big tournaments. He won last week. He has quite an

unorthodox game. He hits the ball quite flat, especially for a

Spaniard. His two-handed backhand, there is almost an element of slice.

He moves well and competes incredibly well. There will be a lot

of people who will be looking at this name on the back of Blaz Rola

and thinking Murray will cruise through but I think Andy knows all

the players and he will know that this will be a stern test. Still, do

expect him to come through. He was 73 at the start of the year, he has

gone up the rankings 50 places into the top 30 said not surprising that

you did not know him. Let's find out who he is. Let's hear from him.

Is there an main reason why you are playing so well? I feel fit, I feel

good physically. I had some problems last year. This year I can play

tournaments I have in the schedule. Everything is good this year. It's

great to be in good shape to face Andy Murray. I understand you know a

little bit about him from practising. We had the chance to

practice. It is going to be a difficult match. Andy is a good

player on grass. I will play my game and be focused. I understand when

you are practising with Andy, occasional chats about football We

have the chance to talk and chat about soccer. He had the chance to

go to a soccer game in Valencia We were talking about that. You are a

skilled footballer yourself and you played for Villarreal up until the

age of 14? Yellow macro I would also like to be a footballer. To do

everything together is impossible. The Spaniards do not have much to

cheer about in football but maybe in tennis? I hope that they will be

cheering for me in the next round. He will have a few fans out there

but he -- they will be outnumbered on Centre Court. He is learning but

he is having his best year of his career so far. When you are

confident you have a whole different feel approaching the match, don t

you? He can go out there and swing and that will make him dangerous.

The big players like Andy have a massive advantage going out on one

of the show courts because they are used to it. Andy is making it his

backyard. For a lower ranked player, I think it takes effect

really to settle down and get used to the depth perception, the feeling

of being on the court. Also, you have the added pressure of the crowd

which is not going to with you. There is a lot for him to get used

to. Not so much in the men's but in the women's, if you drop the first

set, you are highly likely to lose the match. It will be interesting to

see how he settles down. Having not played on that many, having stood in

his shoes a bit, going on the show courts against big players, I can

tell you if you first set you all over the place. You have been there

at the top player with lower ranked players coming on to your Centre

Court, you are a set up, aren't you? You would like to think you are but

it does very much highlight the importance of how they get off and

we were commentating on Gilles Muller last night and there's couple

of service games, to establish yourself and get a chance to settle

down, I think the problem for Bautista Agut is he does not have a

big weapon. He does a lot of things well but he can look to get cheap

points on his serve. And he returns very well. That is where Andy will

be looking to have an impact later on, to stamp his authority and make

Bautista Agut's life difficult. He is not a typical Spaniard with a big

heavy top-spin, that is perhaps why he is doing well. No weapons. But

incredibly efficient. I commentated on him last year when he played

David Ferrer on Court Number One. He got a set off him? Yes, he is a

great athlete who moves well. He hits the ball flat. And effective

because he won last week. His confidence is a massive part of this

sport. When you look at this banishment Halliday led by Rafa at

the top, they compete so well. They give nothing away, they play point

after point. -- if you look at the Spanish mentality led by Rafa. Here

are a list of players he has beaten. There are some good grass players

there. Benjamin Becker is good. Nicolas Mahut has had some

interesting matches here. It is bizarre when you talk about some of

the recent winners on grass. You had Lopez getting to the final of

Queens, a Spaniard. Rafa plays well on every surface. I think it shows

their mentality. Going back ten or 15 years it was just Spanish players

could only play on clay. Now they have realised that their skills can

transfer to other surfaces. They play well on hard courts. Ferrer has

won on grass before. You will never take a Spanish player likely. Andy

is on court against Roberto later on. This is him leaving practice. He

came here early today to get his practice out of the way. He may not

be on until five or six o'clock tonight. I think he would have liked

to have got hit on grass. That is why he is here early. If there are

delays or long match, he can go to the indoor courts and hit balls for

ten or 15 minutes to get his feet moving, feel his ball on the

strings. It is preparing for all eventualities today. This is his

quarter. There are some tricky matches to get

through. Anderson and Fognini are tough. They have got huge serves.

The courts will start to harden up as they are played on. Dolgopolov

has been playing pretty well. He has had some problems with injuries

There are some guys you never quite know. What Tim was saying about

Spaniards and grass, since Rafa has done so well on the grass, it is no

longer acceptable for them to come over for a day trip and then push

off back to Spain! The courts have slowed down a little as well which

has helped with the bounce but they feel that they should be doing well

on grass and there has been a whole mental shift and I think that has

made a whole mental shift and I think that has made whole

competition. Bautista Agut is a fantastic player. He is the Spanish

in the six or something. He can see what the other ones are doing. That

is part of their tennis tradition. That is what we have got to try and

replicate. We have to get some players competing in the biggest and

best tournament so they can have those internal rivalries and improve

the standards. Here we are on day five and it is all about Andy. I

know Tim loves me doing this when we look further ahead into the drawer

so I am going to do that! Andy could meet Grigor Dimitrov in the

quarterfinals. There has already been a bit of rivalry between team

Murray and team dinner trough because Grigor Dimitrov's coach

challenged Jazz Green who is Andy's fitness trainer to a race. This is

what happened. It all went back to the Australian

Open. We have chosen this is our feature event. I am going with Roger

Rashid, a former fellow player. He will take it in the 200 metres.

Something that we can laugh a little bit. It is exciting in the same

time. Andy can come along and support all that. I want to crush

the opposition. I wish I was taking on Andy, to be perfectly honest I

was nervous last night. I slept and watched a little bit of Usain Bolt

and tried to get some similar techniques. I do it for the kids in

my foundation which is pretty cool. Good luck. I am sure you will do

well. I cannot believe there are this many people here.

Pour Jez! He got awful stick when he challenged Evander Lendl in the gym

and he lost that battle basher Ivan Lendl. Roger is a fit coach. He is.

I would love to have seen him lose. He can talk underwater. They look

like he will have the bragging rights for a while! It is nice to

see how the players get on so well. Record and Andy get on. Why

shouldn't they? What really sparks and is there are always little games

and competitions between individuals and in the team. They have always

got lots of things going on. A good atmosphere. When you are travelling

the world and you're in each other's pockets for 35 weeks of the

year, you want to be having fun And he has a big team around him. It is

good that they interact with the other guys, they are practising

together and go out for dinner as well. They get that great atmosphere

and helps everyone. Roger Rashid is turning dinner trough into

physically a much stronger player. That is what he does. -- he is

turning Grigor Dimitrov into a much stronger player. Mentally and

physically he is looking to mature. He has worked with Lleyton Hewitt,

Tsonga and Gael Monfils. He has experience on the main tour. He is

doing a very good job. If that match were to happen in the quarters, it

would be a great one to watch. Absolutely. As Carol said, the

weather is clearing, although there could be a few showers later on

today. There could be some interruptions but the good news is,

the covers are off and the sun is coming out. Play will get underway

very soon. Players are making their way out onto some of the courts so

that is great news. On Centre Court, no worries because they will have

the roof on. The second match is a fascinating encounter between Petra

Kvitova and Venus Williams, both former champions so they know how to

win here. Phil Jones has been looking at the match up.

The first Friday, the first collision of champions. On one

side, Venus Williams, on the other, 2011 winner Petra Kvitova. It is the

biggest face-off of week one. Only one can survive in two-week two I

like watching a contest where I have no idea who will win. All the

matches have been tough. I think it will be a great fight. I know I have

to play better than her. Venus missed Wimbledon last year

with a debilitating injury. Two more matches won in a year of two more

title triumphs. We could witness a champion's last hoorah. She feels so

much more confident because her game is perfectly suited to grass.

Kvitova has made the quarterfinals here for the last four years. Her

title success in 2011 remains her only Grand Slam crown. A record

perhaps not best befitting a left-hander of such power and

presence. Quite frankly, she's underachieved since 2011, since she

won here and was the Wimbledon Champion. At that time, a lot of

people were thinking OK, 2012, she will take the tennis world by storm.

Last year, 2013, she was known as "threat-set Petra". She leads the

head-to-head history 3-1. Each match has gone three sets showing they

push each other all the way. In the final analysis, might it come down

to the survival of the fittest? She's been taped every match but she

says she is feeling fine. I don t think that we will know, I don't

think she will know until she think that we will know, I don't

think she will know until goes out there. It is a match that I can t

pick because so much of it depends on Petra's serves and her nerve

whether she is serving big and dominating, and whether she handles

her nerves and stays calm. When I watch a tennis match, that is what

makes it exciting, when I go in and don't have any idea about who is

going to win. They are both former champions. Venus's illness, will she

have the stamina to play well? Petra is so hot and cold. The way that

they handle the situation playing at the All England Club, both former

champions, playing another champion. There's a lot of interest in this

match. A mouth-watering match awaits us and is a day when Wimbledon

Champions collide. That is one to look forward to, Sam? Very much so.

From Kvitova, I know she's had the leg strapping. It is healing as the

days go by. For Venus, with the illness that she has, she doesn t

know how she is going to wake up each day. She has changed her diet

and she has done everything she can. This year, she's looked a lot

healthier, she's played a lot better. She won a title in Dubai.

So, they should both be coming in ready to go and Kvitova, I watched a

couple of her matches, she is in good form. Venus had that

auto-immune disease years ago. It's been incredible that she has been

able to keep going, getting far into a Grand Slam tournament? With the

Williams sisters, the best mantra about them is you never know. They

are very, very unpredictable. I think we know that Venus will throw

everything at this match because I have a feeling that this is the

place that she most loves to play. It is the place that she talks about

with the most affection. She has so many great memories here and this is

what keeps her going. Eight times in the final and she's won five. Let's

have a look at that bottom part of the draw.

Li Na at the bottom, she is the number-two seed. In some ways it is

a shame they are meeting this early. That is going to count against her.

You never know with Venus or Serena when they can pull something out.

How do you feel about it, Tim? With Kvitova and Williams, they are

similar builds, they are tall girls, they both like to dictate play. It

will come down to who serves well, who hits the spots, who can dictate

play and I think given the nature of grass court tennis, the winner of

that match has a good chance of progressing. They also have the

experience going into the second week. So I would like to see Venus

progress. She has dealt with a lot of adversity. She is a great

champion here. It would be fun to see her go on a good run. They are

in the doubles as well. Talk about the injury with Kvitova. She's only

lost five games in two matches, so the strapping is more prevention?

Exactly. She has looked extremely smooth. The last two went to 7- in

the final set and there was one in Doha which was a huge match - Venus

had some match-points as well. We will be sitting back surprised if it

isn't close. They both serve so well and also Venus is a great returner

as well and doesn't have any problems returning the lefty's

serve. Be prepared to have a comfortable chair for that one.

Yeah. Also, with the head-to-head, it is 3-1 in favour of Kvitova. But

all have gone to three sets. We could be in for a tasty one. A

comment about Heather Watson yesterday and her performance

against Angelique Kerber, who is a tough player? I have always enjoyed

watching Heather. It was frustrating last year when she had injury. We

talked about it with other players - she is confident, she's played a lot

of good matches. She was in the semis in Eastbourne last week and

she was up against it for a lot of the match. She hung in well

yesterday and it would have been a great experience for her. She will

be disappointed she lost. Sometimes these experiences are the ones that

you need to motivate you to keep pushing on. There is a lot more left

in her game to get her ranking back where she was before. She's had a

great year. As Tim said, she's fit now, she is healthy now, but Kerber

is a tough cookie and coming off Eastbourne, being in the final, she

came in very confident and she runs everything down? Kerber has had some

injuries but she's hit form. She is one of the toughest nuts to crack in

women's tennis. She is a great mover. She makes a lot of balls She

has an offensive game as well. Anything short or middle of the

court, she will hurt you. I was lucky enough to sit out there and

watch the whole match yesterday and Heather Watson has improved so much.

And Heather identified exactly where - not where it went wrong with her -

but what she needs to do to beat a player like Kerber which is start

with much greater intensity. It took her a little while to get going

They may well have been going on to Centre. And then... Walking out

after the Rafa result... There was a lack of atmosphere, the energy was

sucked out. It was getting used to the dimensions of the court. The

second set, she invested an enormous amount in it. By the end of the

match, she was a little spent. Physically and mentally, and really

Heather, for me, I saw the level is there but it is maintaining it over

that two-hour period against one of the best players in the world. We

know she can do it for a set, maybe a set-and-a-half. It is taking the

conditioning up to the next level, playing more top ten players, which

she will do as the ranking goes up. Heather has made so many gains, but

there are still lots of areas to work on. She needs to get into the

top 50 now. Then onward and upward. Sam, Tim, thank you very much. We

have some tennis going on outside. So we are heading there in a moment.

Let's have a look at the order of play on the two show courts:

It is Novak Djokovic first up against Gilles Simon.

I love this - this is probably the longest name in the draw against the

shortest - Barbora Zahlavova Strycova against Li Na! I thought

that would get a round of applause! Sam, you have a go? Barbora

Zahlavova Strycova! Well done. Am I going to get a go? Go on. The young

Czech girl! This is the scene on the outside

courts. We are all going and Caroline Wozniacki is back out there

against Ana Konjuh. If you want to watch that, you can on the Red

Button. We are going to Court 2 to see Simona Halep against Lesia

Tsurenko of Ukraine. That is the match we are going to drop in on now

and we can join Anne Keathovong and Barry Davies.

BARRY DAVIES: She takes the opening game against her more vaunted

opponent. Alongside me is Anne. And Simona Halep will have drawn several

people here after her performance in Paris and her performance in the

year 2013 prior to that. You don't often win six titles in your first

four years but she managed to do that and has carried it on. It is

her fourth appearance here at Wimbledon.

ANNE KEOTHAVONG: Simona Halep has a very good all-court game. But she

says her serve is her favourite shot.

She's prepared to trade shots from the back of the court. That may wear

her down in the end against Halep. Her favourite shot comes up with the

first ace. Simona Halep has been one of the most exciting players to

watch over the last 12 months. Her rise up the rankings has been quite

spectacular. She is sitting at number three in the world right now.

That's fabulous tennis from Simona Halep. Not easy to create the angle

that she did off that backhand, opening up the court for herself.

A very creditable start by a player ranked down at 170. She has dropped

a lot this year from turning the year in the position of 70.

SUE BARKER: Let's show you Caroline Wozniacki. She is under way now 2-1

she leads against the 16-year-old. That match is on the Red Button on

Court 3. If you are also wanting to check out a potential opponent for

Andy Murray, providing he gets through today, in the next round he

would face the winner of Kevin Anderson and Fabio Fognini, so they

are on Court 17, early stages there. So Red Button, that is on the Red

Button and the camera will stay on Fognini. We are heading back to

Court 2. ANNE KEOTHAVONG: There is Simona

Halep's team, on the right of your picture there is her Belgian coach.

She's been working with him since February.

BARRY DAVIES: A couple of easy points.

She made that look a lot easier than it was, Halep.

That's a pretty useful forehand that her opponent has. Lesia Tsurenko is

a very flat ball striker from the back of the court. Give her time and

she will step in. She was ranked as high as 60 in July last year. She

can play. big strike in whenever she can

against Halep, to try and take the initiative out here.

An early change of racket. Just looking back - 2010, she was playing

in the first round and losing love and one to Samantha Stosur. What a

climb up the rankings? It has been an incredible 12 months for Simona

Halep. She was a successful junior, number one in the world in 2008

Yes. And won the Junior Championship at Roland Garros. That's right.

It took Simona Halep more time than some of the others to make that

transition from the junior to the senior game. She has made up for

lost time, that's for sure. That is a smart serve from Lesia

Tsurenko. SUE BARKER: 3-2 she leads. We are

going to take you to Court 8 and show you what happened in a doubles

match. I don't think her partner was expecting that. These women hit the

ball, they serve at 100mph, so, boy, did that hurt! She needed a bit of

time to recover so went to the chair. And then the tears came.

Sportingly, the opponents allowing her to have a bit of time to

recover. We will see that again That's a first serve right in the

back of the head. That was a short time ago. Play has resumed and there

is Monica now. It is early stages of that match. She is back playing no

harm done, I hope. Maybe an ice pack later on tonight. That is a doubles

match. You can follow that online. On the Red Button you have Caroline

Wozniacki, Kevin Anderson and Fabio Fognini. Let's go back to Court 2.

BARRY DAVIES: She hasn't quite found the rhythm yet, has she?

ANNE KEOTHAVONG: Not quite yet. She has different pressures now

after her performance in Paris. Her opponent seems to have a

no-nonsense game that she gets on with without any concern.

She played such a good forehand straight up the line. She had Simona

Halep in trouble and should have been in to take that ball out of the

air. serve on the ad side. It opens up

the court for her. A simple one too, from the Romanian.

It's a superb serve, the sliced serve out wide on the deuce side.

I'm sure it is a serve she won't get fed up of hitting if she keeps

getting success like that. Seemed to be drawn in a little

unwillingly then. Never quite there. She is taking her chances whenever

she can and when she does that, she doesn't look like a player ranked

170. Excellent rotation here from Simona

Halep on that backhand. Again, coming around the outside of the

ball to get that angle. So the first break-point of this

opening set in favour of the number three seed.

we will take you round some of the other courts. This one on the red

button with Caroline Wozniacki. It is still on serve.

Court 17, Fabio Fognini has a break of serve against the big serving

South African Kevin Anderson. The winner of that will play the winner

of the Murray match later on. That is on the red button.

And Luciano Lopez has a break in serve out on court 12. -- the

Luciano Loup -- the Luciano Lopez. She has this ability to look so

balanced when she strikes and her movement around the court.

That was a little careless. Still trying to find her consistency out

here, Simona Halep. This match was meant to be played

yesterday. Tsurenko doing a good job here.

Getting herself further inside the court.

That has caused a couple of frowns on faces in the commentary box. She

is challenging Simona Halep's serve. I am not quite sure what she was

thinking there! She played on, the ball went out. The appeal looked

like the ball had gone in but in fact, she was querying the original

serve. I am still trying to get my head

around the fact that she challenged the server! The serve was perfectly

legitimate as well! All right, press on.

Almost went into slow motion early then. I think Hallett was thinking

about querying the call. What Tsurenko was thinking about, I am

not sure. -- I think Halep was thinking about challenging the

call. An interesting family. Her mother is an economist, her sister a

lawyer and her father was involved in international relations at a

nuclear plant. She comes from Kiev. It must have been an interesting

job. It must have been! She has done well but it is a pity she fell away

at the end. First serve percentage from both players was low key but

not incredible. -- OK. Simona Halep, one of the most

exciting players to watch. She does have the ability to make the game

look so easily. She moves effortlessly. Her anticipation is

superb. The first double fault of the match

from Simona Halep. She is very quick in between points.

She obviously believes in the Federer principle. He was quoted as

saying that players do not need any more than ten seconds in between

points. He has a point. It is best to get on with it.

Simona Halep is starting to time the ball very cleanly out here.

You were saying? Just like that This came right out of the middle of

the racket. A very wayward game from her point

of view. It was even Steven until 3-3. Since

then it has been Halep. Simona Halep growing in confidence

with her game. SUE BARKER: All going Halep's way on

Court Number Two. We will be back in a moment. Let's take you around the

grounds. This is Andy Murray's opponent later on, Roberto Bautista

Agut. He has improved 50 places in the world rankings this year. A big

hitter, big flat shots. It will not be easy for Andy later on. But

Murray has looked in or some form in his opening two rounds. On the red

button Caroline Wozniacki has a set point against Ana conjurer. -- Ana

Konjuh. Also on the red button, Kevin

Anderson versus Fabio Fognini. He has got to be on his best behaviour

after a fine of $27,500 in his second round match. He is a set up

but he is facing break point. Back we go to Court Number Two.

I'm not quite sure what call that! There is a danger the crowd will not

have to long to watch in this match. She needs a little luck, Lesia

Tsurenko. She had the whole court to play into

with that volley. Where has Halep disappeared to now?

Just gone on a little walkabout Simona Halep.

I am amazed that Tsurenko did not step in and give that second server

real wallop. Back to what she was doing well at

the start of the set. Some prostration from Simona Halep

there. She sets such high standards for herself.

SUE BARKER: We are leading this match now because we are heading

over to Centre Court to see Novak Djokovic. But you can access the red

button if you want to continue watching. The other match on the red

button is between Fabio Fognini and Kevin Anderson. Fognini has taken

the first set but he has a break point against the Anderson serve.

All eyes on Fognini after his fine in the second round. Just to say

that other courts are available online. Caroline Wozniacki has taken

the first set in her match, 6-3 The Luciano Lopez was a break down but

he has now broken back. We have headed in here. Mark Petchey and

John Lloyd with May. Novak Djokovic is coming up against Gilles Simon.

He had a key match against Radek Stepanek. He will not want another

one like that, will he? I think you are right. His record against Simon

suggests he should come through this relatively quickly. Simon does not

have a lot to hurt him with. relatively quickly. Simon does not

have a lot I think if he is coming in that is probably planned sea for

the Frenchman, he is not the most adept around the net. He has lost

the last six meetings. He has got to try something against Novak, hasn't

he? He has. It is not a good matchup. You look at his game in

comparison with Djokovic and you say, where can he hurt him? He

cannot hurt him in many places. I think Djokovic will want to be

establishing self more after his match with Stepanek. He should have

closed the match a lot quicker than he did. Boris Becker will be there

and he will say, let's stay on top and get this match over with. He

does not want to keep having long matches. Let's hear from Novak.

Being back on grass courts is always very special. Today it is only three

or four weeks of the grass court season. Wimbledon is the biggest,

most valuable event we have in sport. It does not matter how many

matches I have played about court, it feels different, it feels very

special. It is always an extra motivation to play for my country. I

know that the success that the other tennis players in Serbia had, people

respect that and appreciate the effort. They know we are trying to

represent our country in the best possible way. I always

subconsciously have that in my mind and I see the support when I go back

to my country. It gives me always an extra point and motivation to do

well. I lost a Grand Slam final against Nadal. It is not easy to

eliminate all traces of this loss. I lost to Nadal in 2012 and last

year's semifinal, I am getting used to losing to him at Roland Garros

and coming to Wimbledon. That is sport. It helps me to forget about

Roland Garros by being here. And mentally reset myself, recharge the

batteries and get the confidence back. I have had experiences with a

psychologist. Right now I don't have one. You can read as many books as

you like, talk to as many people as you like, but you have to be the one

that plays a lot of matches, understands what your weaknesses and

strengths are and overcome the pressure.

He is a patriotic Serb. How much he talks about that loss against Rafa

at the French Open. It was an emotional loss. He has OHN MCENROE:,

jorchg John Kerry, JOHN MCENROE They react well as he did

You wonder how much the semi final with Del Potro took out of him.

That's right. But to me in the finals, at times he almost looked

confused about his tactics. He didn't know what to do, Murray

played well. That is the main reason he has brought in Boris. I think

that is what he needs to do it. That may help him get over the line.

So on court against Simon of France. But let's talk about Novak Djokovic.

Winning a Grand Slam, there is so many different fa Septembers that go

on in -- facets go on in winning. It could be the weather or injuries. It

is tough. Yes and perhaps more telling was his semi final at the US

Open with wav ran Ca -- wav Rennes Ca. He was saying, look how tough

this is. I feel as if that was the precursor to get an ex-Grand Slam

champion in the camp. It was like he needs to be able to know how to

handle that pressure. You know Boris well. Maybe it was the fact that

Andy brought in Ivan Lendl and it worked so well and they thought let

me bring in a Grand Slam winner Yes for me great champions don't show it

on the the court that they doubt themselves, but they do. There are

occasions before finals and systemy finals where even the great ones

have doubts. When you have a Grand Slam winner in your corner, just to

say a couple of things and tell you what might happen. Although Djokovic

has won multiple Grand Slams there are occasions where they might just

doubt themselves. I think it was a great signing. At Wimbledon, this is

Boris's home. Anything that will help Djokovic with Boris in his

corner, this is the place. What do you feel Boris has brought in? Do

you see him being different. Is he being more aggressive on the grass.

I think so You won't change their game dramatically. You're not going

to see a massive change in terms of serving and volleying. Mau bib

later? E-- But maybe later. Yes you can't necessarily beat these guys

from the back. Sigh man wants s to -- Simon wants to build his points

from the back. He doesn't have any weaknesses, Djokovic, does he? No,

he is a superb athlete. His defensive skills are brilliant. His

serve has improved lights out in the last two or three years. He is more

aggressive. If you were going to be really picky, you could say he

doesn't volley as well as he could. But other than that he is

impeccable. They will show the stats. He has won so much and when

you look at the top players, he has been so consistently good over the

years. That is one of the huge mrupss in his corner, how deep he

goes into these slams. -- huge plusses. Only three tournaments

since 2010 has he failed to get past the quarter finals in any event

That is an outrageous stat. World ranking two, but seeded one. I think

we would all agree with that. Maybe Rafael Nadal would not. Yes, I think

he deerdeserved that seeding. - I think he deserved that seeding. I

think he will be very aggressive here. Particularly if he gets to

play Murray. You will sigh him go after the -- see him go after the

Murray second serve more. In that match with Stepanek, he gave

Stepanek a point. He is a generous player. That was 5-5 in that set.

Yes and they had the Edburg sportsman award. I think that Novak

at the French put in a good case for him to win it. There is Boris. We

miss him working on the BBC team. But he is enjoying that role and

that is something that great champions they love to be around

other champions. He is relishing that. I guarantee when he walked

through the gates at Wimbledon, Boris is confident at the worse he

is always confident, but he would have been, he would have that extra

air and I'm sure that is transmitted into Novak. He was reunited with

Stefan Edburg. They had some matches. Yes it was a different

game. But Simon poses problems for the top guys. You can see him with

his best ranking of six. He has only faced one break point so far. I

spoke to Andy a couple of years ago when he was in the top ten, he said

his game doesn't look big. What is it about him that is so tough. He

said he tends to have an ability to hit the ball quite late in the swing

and it keeps you off balance. One of the great things from these top guys

is their ability to be balanced He said Simon sigh knack of keeping you

guessing where he is going to hit the ball. As far as the ranking he

has had a poor year is in year. He was 19 at the end of 2013. So

confidence is not high. But when you get a run going in a Grand Slam and

he has won two matches. Particularly in the second round. To win that in

three straits and -- straights and then you get more confident. He has

done that. You talk about how tricky he is. He has a big serve. But with

his ground strokes, he seems to absorb pace. Yes, he has an amazing

ability as you see on the head-to-head and how Novak has

dominated. Yeah, he does. That is the thing he lulls you into is in

sense of I'm too deep and not working well and then boom he hits

you hard. You have got to play a smart match against him. But that is

something that Novak is well equipped to do. I think Novak wants

to get a good belt after the worrying moments agains Stepanek.

Yes that was a great match and Stepanek, we knew that could be

tough and it was. He will want to close out these sets better. He

should have won that match in three straight. You don't want to have

long matches at this stage if you can avoid it. Thank you very much.

John is on his way to commentary box. At court two Tsurenko has broke

back against Halep and is serving for 1-1. Here we are on Centre Court

for what promises to be a very entertaining match and good

afternoon to our commentator. COMMENTATOR: Novak Djokovic wants a

simple win. What a match it was with Stepanek. The Centre Court crowd on

that occasion royally entertained. But you do not want to spend too

much energy. Not to be tested. Keep you honest. But Djokovic will want

to move on now with as little fuss as possible. Although Simon at his

best could give Djokovic a match. He has slipped down the rankings, but a

lot of that has been because of an ankle problem, which he is over now.

He was on crutches just before the Australian Open. And he only started

to feel fully fit again in May. He gave Rafael Nadal a good name on

clay. That was in Rome. He was a semi finalist in Nice. The sun is

nining. Which is nice for now. But... A bit of greyness over head.

We might have a shower or two. But that incredibly impressive roof will

do its work. So the world number two, but the

number one seed will get us going. JOHN LLOYD: Novak Djokovic just held

that ball for a split second and went behind him.

UMPIRE: Replay. A swift correction of his own mistake. From the line

judge. Great play from Djokovic. Good hold.

After the initial insult of Simon winning the opening point on

Djokovic's serve. He settles into this match very quickly. Talking

about how he turned his form around and became that dominant player in

late 2010, 2011. Everyone talked about his fitness and cutting gluten

from his diet, but it was his serve as well that started to look a lot

stronger. Now, Simon's turn. Djokovic knew he was baiten there.

What an impress jif opening service game from Simon. He doesn't over

power you with those serves. He is not a big man. Not slight, but. . He

is an accurate server, but not particularly powerful. He finds his

spots. He did well to stay in that rally as

long as he did. He was being punished all over the court. He hits

the ball very flat. Great serve and great play from

Novak Djokovic. We remain on serve. SUE BARKER: We will be back in a

moment. But plenty is happening on the outside courts. Tsurenko has

served out for the second set and now 1-1 with Simona Halep. You can

watch that one on the red button. That is how she won it. These are

live pictures. It is on serve, Halep having held serve in the opening

game. And Caroline Wozniacki at match point against Konjuh from

Croatia. She is through to the fourth round. The former world No 1.

On court 17, Fabio Fognini is a set up. And Lopez is in action in a

tie-break. Li Na is on court. This match is on the red button and

others are online. But back to Centre Cour.

Simon hanging with Djokovic and the mistake comes.

Talk about the placement of the serve.

Simon defending very well. There was one shot that came at him very deep

and seemed to shoot off the court and he hit it late, but still he has

got such good control he directed it back deep to Novak. A very good hold

for the Frenchman. Simon was talking about this match and everyone said

poor you, he said, no, I love playing the bigger players. So a

suggestion that perhaps he might lift his game for this one.

That had immense back spin. He knew he would be in trouble.

It is rare to see two bad points in a row. That looked like he, that one

ended up half way up the net. He almost lost his grip on the

forehand. Just! These are all encouraging

signs from Simon though. He is hitting the ball so cleanly at the

moment. He was half an inch there from having a break point.

It is a hole Djokovic, but he is working hard for it. Still on serve.

SUE BARKER: Djokovic 3-2 up. This is the first match on Centre Cour. The

third match features Andy Murray. He is just north of Centre Court at the

moment. These are live pictures at the practice courts. He is going

through a bit of training with his coach, Amelie Mauresmo. Andy has

been in awesome form. He is playing Bautista of Spain. He is a player he

hasn't played before, but he won't be taking him lightly. Now back to

Centre Cour. Andy Murray up later. For now the man that he might meet

in the semi final. Again we look a long way down the line. A lot of

tennis to be played. He read that one well. Just a slight

feint there and he was up at the net, Djokovic. A comfortable shot.

But he did a fake there. Made Simon go down the line and the cross court

was empty if he had gone that way. A minor slip there from Djokovic.

Lost his balance a bit. I was about to say that forehand

side he could run round this and hit a forehand. But why bother? If you

can hit that you don't have to come around it.

mistake comes from Simon. Sometimes they seem to be living

with the best players for a while, they think everything is OK. It

changes for one game, for half a game. Djokovic closes in on a break

point. That was a bad shot there. He set it

up perfectly. Very good serve. He wants to get in those positions but

he hit that forehand late. So here it is. Break point Djokovic.

Just hanging in Simon. The longest rally of this very young match.

It wasn't that difficult a serve. He just blocked it wide.

That was the return that got Simon in trouble. He followed up nicely

there. Got on top of the ball. Took it on the rise. Poor second serve.

He is annoyed. There was no direction, it was 83mph but right in

the middle of the service box, and that is a dangerous, you are going

up against Djokovic, he will hurt you -- hurt you with that type of

serve. Break point again. I can hear the bashes of frustration

from Gilles Simon, because, just gave that one away at the end. He

said the drop off between the first and second serve... Shouldn't have

lost that game, really. He has the break. A couple of

mishits, a couple of, a couple of loose ones.

Beautifully done. Racket head acceleration on that backhand.

There the winner, it it was the same shot doing the dam before that.

Simon with a chance to hit back We have match on hurt hands. Simon.

Back on serve. -- map on our hands.

-- match on our hands. SUE BARKER: To Simon breaks back, we

will back on centre in a moment To see the continuation of this match,

but let us show you what has been happening elsewhere. Caroline

Wozniacki raced through her second set against Ana Konjuh of Croatia,

winning it 6-0. So a straight sets victory for Caroline, who is seeded

16 at the Championships and she is through to the Fourth Round, to face

Strycova or Li Na. And a win for Bencic. She has beaten

Victoria Duvall in straight sets. A real talent for the future, trains

at the chess evet academy. Coached by her dad, but a big future for

this young lady. So she is through. That is the second round match. And

she will play tomorrow, the winner of the match on Court Two. Simona

Halep has a break in the third set, leading 4-2. That is what is

happening elsewhere. Back we go to centre.

You don't get to sixth in the world as Gilles Simon was a few years ago.

That is why we highlighted if he is playing close to his best, he can

certainly threaten Djokovic. We are on serve.

It is Simon with new balls. P Uld would like to see the challenge

of that, to see where it landed exactly.

Let us have a look at the, let us look that the first serve which

landed just by his feet, almost I I like the way he looks down and

then up at the sun here, he looks up at the sun here, see, that is what

happened. Lost it there.

Shaky points. Worked hard to get this break back, doesn't want to

throw this one away. He landed a couple of big first receives to

start this game, it has deserted him.

-- serves. Wonderful. Wonderful rally and Simon

takes the point. More than equal to Djokovic.

That is the best rally of the match. Both players absorbing power so

well. Making them play one more shot. Amazing get from Djokovic But

fantastic hitting from the ground strokes there of Seymour.

It's good. It is better than that from Djokovic.

Simon will be breathing heavy after that rally. If they keep this up...

Playing points like this, it is just exhausting. Novak doesn't look like

he is breathing at all. You talk about Simon breathing hard,

that is where Djokovic will have the edge, on fitness and stamina, we

talked about the injury problems with his ankle, that Gilles Simon

had at the start of the year. That is right and you know that the

top players, they are consistently in the semifinals, finals of all

their tournament, the top ten, that gives them a great advantage, you

can train off the court but it is not the same as match fitness, match

playing. He has been losing early in tournament, you can't build up the

reservoir like the top player have. That was a rather weary looking

shot. He looks like he needs a break here.

He is going to play out the full amount.

Rest time between points, needs to collect him. He is really gasping

for breath. Djokovics spares him on that

occasion. A bit more like that He was disappointed, the backhand

wasn't particularly... It was the forehand the previous shot he was

looking at there, because he didn't do anything with it. He half caught,

enabled Simon to take over in the rally.

Uncharacteristic that Djokovic is just letting his point off the hook.

-- opponent off the hook. 75mph the second serve. I am being

officious and putting a clock on Simon. They are getting strict on it

now. Not as much as they should be.

That is marvellous stuff again. .com flings out his arms "What can I do?"

. ". -- Djokovic. I think Simon needs to close out

this service game soon, otherwise they will be picking him up off the

court. That is why time between points is time to crackdown, you

have to be fit, you have to be strong.

He just wants one first serve here, Simon.

He breathes a sigh and goes off for a lie down.

He hasn't even played a first set yet! He is taking a moment to

himself. Blistering return, but Djokovic

nearly down. There was a rocket of a forehand

Simon hit, I don't think he would have got that if he had

Stand stick stuff from Gilles Simon. Challenged by Djokovic first of all.

The neutrals in the crowd want Simon to win this point. He did so well,

he struggled a bit on the overhead. Again, that is the second overhead.

The sun is really affecting him in that shot. He worked so hard to hold

his own serve, and just a hint of a chance here.

Simon knows he won't get too many opportunities.

Intark here we are going to leave Centre Court. If you want to watch

it is on BBC One. We are going to drop in on Court No.

Two here, we were watching this one earlier. Simona Halep has two match

points. Lesia Tsurenko has saved two match points so let us see if she

can finish it off here. So let us drop in with our

commentators and see the conclusion of this match.

Oh she had ha has got it. On the fourth match point she's had.

She was very well tested out there. She always blew it from a set and

three up. Allowed her opponent back into the match, and eventually found

way, all those matches she has won over the past 12 month, really came

through there, the confidence of the crucial moments. One hour and 4

minute, she fought her way back so well, Lesia Tsurenko from dropping

her service because of two error, and the second game she got back to

square the match. Halep the number three seed goings through.

-- goes through in an hour and 9 minutes.

What an exciting end to that. Next she will face Bencic of Switzerland.

We are heading off to Court One If you want to watch on the red button,

the options are. We will be staying on court too four Jerzy Janowicz. We

are off to see Li Na who is serving to stay in this opening set.

You join us at a tricky moment forly that. She start -- Li Na. She was

broken back immediately. She broke back, we have had four breaks so far

and it has been on serve but there hasn't been a lot of rhythm or

momentum to this match. It has been a struggle for Li Na.

Very difficult to find her rhythm and timing out here.

Li Na's game has been troubled by an inconsistent serve as well, and the

the forehand and serve have been a bit shaky. The number two seed. She

has played some patches of really great tennis and patches that have

your shaking your head. She has recally struggle whenever Strycova

has taken pace off it. Li has not been able to make that adjustment.

Leaf for Li Na. -- relief. There is her coach. He is

more in charge of the hitting and the rackets and the water bottles

That seems to be working a lot better for these two. That is

helping things along. There is her coach, who you might remember. He

has been in charge for a couple of seasons now. We have had a lot of

success today, but there is a very difficult afternoon.

Still searching for the A game. Li Na, but today she is up against a

tough competitor in Zahlavova Strycova. 28 years of age from the

Czech Republic where they make that wonderful beer. Ranked outside the

top 40. She is the fourth ranked player in the Czech Republic.

Never beyond the third round at any Islam, Strycova. So looking to break

new ground here. A better job with the forehand there

from Li Na. She hits her shot so much better

when she stays with it through contact. It starts to fly and she

starts to lose control when she pulls off it and falls to her left.

She was the world's best junior in 2007. To a lot of expectation. She

took on a sports psychologist and it made quite a lot of difference, she

said. Two unhappy women out there! And one

ra her miserable coach as well. The level has been below what either of

these two are capable of playing. That did come through and you put

your thumbs up at the window of our commentary box. You liked that last

shot. It came off the racquet cleaner.

That was a huge opportunity for Li. This first set is massive, but more

so for Zahlavova Strycova, because she has had so many chances. She has

never been the most positive player. That has been the pattern of the

match for Li Na. So up and down She is lucky to still even be in this

opening set. A strange feeling around this match,

is it nerves, or is it tension? Both below par. Zahlavova Strycova a

former ice skate iras a youngster. -- skater as a youngster.

I'm not quite sure what is amazing the crowd here.

I am sure all the times you played Wimbledon when you were a high seed,

you had days where it wasn't exactly singing off-the-rack etc. How did

you -- singing off the racket. In the 14 days, on one day you won t be

on your A game and it is how you manage your emotions. Li has not

been consistent. A lot of unforced errors. She needs a better

recognition of who she is playing. She can win this match without her A

game and that number is abysmal for playing on grass. A lot of sloppy un

forced errors. She needs to take stock of even her B game. Even an

C-plus game would beat Zahlavova Strycova. She is in a spot here For

a second time serving to stay in the opening set.

Zahlavova Strycova, who lost to Li Na on the last two occasions they

played, it was a while ago, hasn't come out here with her autograph

book open! That was a huge backhand. A much

needed one. Again the great preparation on the backhand wing.

She moves to it so much more naturally than her forehand.

Those last two points, an example of some of the tennis we have seen in

this first set. This is the most important part of this first set and

still too many sloppy, unforced errors.

That is more like it from Li Na This is the best forehand Li has hit

this match. Cut the angle off. Back into court. It has been a labour of

love for both women out here. Introthe break, Zahlavova Strycova

has won eight out of eight tie-breakers this year. Li Na, five

out of eight. What an amazing tie-break record for

Zahlavova Strycova, considering doesn't have a great serve record.

That is incredible. I thought maybe I was misreading that. I looked it

up too after you said that. You checked, thanks! That cannot be

right. I'm pleased you checked though!

Li Na looking for some traction here.

That is one of the best serves we have seen from Zahlavova Strycova in

this match. Went for a bit more on that. Especially out wide on the

outside. What aggressive playing there f r-

-- from Zahlavova Strycova. She is serving bigger than Li Na.

It is not really an official stopping off point. But it has

become one. Rngts It has become established by the players. It is

the first set that is taking ore the hour. Still not clear as to who

might take it. What a time for that forehand to

find its mark. Right in the corner. That is right in front of our

commentary box. What do you think? I think it might have taken a piece of

the line. I tend to agree. Well well... Well called by the linesman.

That takes us off umpire duties for a few years. You wonder why she is

trying to play so close to the lines when she is clearly not on it here

today. She has made it! Zahlavova Strycova

has done a great job when she has moved forward. Great awareness of

what to do with her volleys. And her coaching camp urging her to go

forward and she has come in nine out of the 14 times she has been

successful. It has been an absorbinf

BARKER: Ape we ol for a s`ock. We It has been an absorbinf

Bencac in t`e next round. It has been an absorbinf

here. There haven't been many

comprehensive, confident holds of serve yet in this match. You're so

polite Lindsay! That is a lovely way to explain some of the service

games. There we go! Nice and clean for Li

Na and by my reckoning, the first love hold of the match. You're a top

player, a lot of expectations coming in here, that has happened to you so

many times, you have dropped the first set, big court, how do you

respond? Early in this second set and try and get a handle on your

game. Li Na is fighting herself and the loss early of the French oech

doesn't help in -- Open doesn't help. She knows she is potentially

vulnerable in these stages. And she will still be having memories of

Paris. Even after the early round loss at

the French Open, Li did not play any grass court tournaments leading in

here. She had about a month off before starting her Wimbledon

campaign. spends a lot of time in Munich in

Germany, where her physical therapist, the chap in the middle,

he is based. She has a lot of medical support. It has almost

become a second home for her and the Chinese media are kept away and she

can have a more normal life there. playing below par. She has played

well. She has taken advantage of what has been given to her.

Do you think what has put Li Na off is she has got a player that is

looking to come forward and come at her. Yes, it is tough on grass when

your opponent is put gt more pressure on you than you are on

them. If you're Li Na, you're focussed on

getting your game back together Throughout the first set, Zahlavova

Strycova was troubled by something going on in her left foot. Whether

her toe, she tried to fix it. The tape job a few times. But it seems

to affect her quite regularly. She hasn't had the trainer out. She has

had some scissors sent out and then some pliers. We are waiting for the

saw! She is a DIY when it comes to her injuries. Maybe she should get

the trainer out, there is obviously some sort of problem there.

This is a really good opportunity for Strycova to take some chances on

her return games. She has the set lead now. She has started to get a

handle on her own service game, so a good chance to take a little more

risk. That's more like it.

A great anticipation here from Li. We haven't seen her change the pace

often in this match. There, a nice time to go for the drop shot.

Toed first serve when she needed it. Li. -- good. If she could change one

aspect of her game what should it be? On the ground stroke he has to

take a little bit of the risk. Go for some bigger targets and spots on

the court. Also with her serve, she has got to start placing it better.

Li Na doing really well. The going for Li Na is pretty tough.

She hasn't made life easy, but she is fighting hard mentally, she has

stayed pretty positive from what we have seen in the past.

We talked so much about the serve on grass, but is one of the problems

for Li Na the fact that Strycova is making so many returns? Yes, but on

grass you should be able to hold that yourself accountable for that

for and amazing percentage of returns into play on the first

serve. On grass, you really control your own destiny when you serve and

Li, she is not hitting the corner, she is not hitting her targets, and

that is going to make life difficult on this surface. If you were serving

at distribute visit from, where would you go I think Li needs to put

a bit more slice on her serve, she is a little too flat at visit. You

have to hit a few more with slice that are bendingia I from Strycova.

Then go for the hard one, and that is something Rodriguez has a very

technical service motion, we saw it with Justine Henin as well and Li Na

has adopted that same position. It is very tense, it is not a very

relaxed service motion, and there is more tension in the score, the serve

tends to break down. More tension in the score, the serve

tends to break down. Strycova going for that shot, a

little too often now, especially when the ball is coming hard, fast,

low, right do you, the drop shots are very tough to pull off.

She is very good at getting herself in a stew, Strycova. She needs to

maintain some calmness here, what do in the service game.

Li Na holding her ground on that last forehand, jumping out of the

shot before she made contact. This is another game, Li Na has a 30

love advantage, the points go by quickly, this was a real opportunity

again for Li Na to try and get a bit of a lead here.

Just about sums is up her afternoon. Normally in tennis matches we talk

so much about momentum swings going this way and this. It feels like it

as been a momentumless match, a bit of this, a bit of that, no-one has

really got hold of it. We have been waiting for Li Na to turn it round

and get a handle on this match, and each time we think maybe she is

about do that, she lets Strycova back in.

Four doubles in this set, the first of the second.

Always so much pressure on Li Na's shoulders. The second highest paid

sports woman after Maria Sharapova, it feels like she is representing

the Chinese state out here, all eyes are always on her.

Not really her strong suit the challenges we have been from her so

far. Again, a nice thrang of pace from

Strycova. That is another shot Li Na was there in plenty of time, to at

least put that into play. Yes, we sit here, searching for

explanations, as I am suring they are doing in her player box.

Rodriguez her coach, shifting uncomfortably in his chair.

That is the type of point you don't want to see pass you by if you are

Strycova. Li Na is on the edge of cracking, and if you want to make

her earn her point, not give them to her -- points.

Li Na gives it right back to her with a relatively easy shot missed.

Even the simplest shorts are straight forward When you don't

believe and your confidence is low, every hot is a challenge.

Clearly she is still, has a hangover from what happened at the French

Open. Long hangover.

Li Na muddles her way through another service game. On serve in

this second set. You are been talking the about Li

Na's service direction, and the spots where she is hitting is not

quite right, so let's just take a look at exactly where she is

receiving. She is serving on the deuce side, far too many balls to

the Strycova back end, which is the better shot, then on, maybe a bit

too predictable with going too many serves up the T. Where would you go?

I would go up the T. They are not near that centre line, they are more

into Strycova, where her forehand, I would love to see Li hit a few more

with exaggerated serve, one that maybe tails away from Strycova, get

her reaching on that forehand wing. Snoismt What about Strycova, has she

been broadly getting it right? It is a pretty good number there on both

sides, on that court distributed more equally, a few more body serves

might serve her well. But overall, you are impressed. So

with Li, it not so much the direction, it is accuracy It is the

accuracy, she is never going to over power an opponent with the power

that miles per hour on her serve, she is hitting the same serve and

not hitting the corners. Strycova 2-3 second set.

Other dear, same old dupe, we have an expression in England, you know

what a Sunday roast is, when you are making the Sunday roast you get the

chicken out to have a look to see how it is looking, you think I must

take the ice-cream to let it melt and you end up putting the ice-cream

in the oven and the roast in the freezer. It is one of those days

where everything is upside down That is a good one, I hadn't heard

that one before. We do say some funny thing, as you

know. I'm learning. That is one of my Sunday roasts

Have you ever put a roast in the freezer? I might have done. No-one

comes round for Sunday roast any more.

It has been amaze. We had so many breaks of serve early on in the

match and the players now have settled in to hold on to their

service games. Opening five game, four breaks, we couldn't move for

breaks of serve, could we? What do you say to that? I am shaking my

head just like you are, Sam, everything was set up beautifully

here, the forehand she lets it drop so low, didn't time her movement

forward well at all, and then deaccelerated when she made contact.

Just not a confident shot, and normally Li Na's very good at those

swing volleys. So in your opinion is Strycova

winning this or is Li Na losing it They have been out here almost an

hour and quarter and I am am none the wiser. The sun has won its

battle with a few clouds up there, I can talk about the weather. I will

leave the tennis to you, Lindsey. That is a much more confident

forehand there. So what is the internal dialogue. It

is about steadying the ship she plays a high risk game. She is not

playing the percentages so far, there has to be a still just some

negative motion from that early round loss at the French Open. She

is trying to battle through it here, but she just seems to be... Just not

that enthused, to be here playing. It is an issue for some of the pop

women playing like Kvitova? There is nowhere to pull back to? She should

S Li Na can move round the coward so well. She has the ability to rely on

her foot speed to make some balls until the timing or the rhythm come

back, she is stubbornly going about her game, still missing the mark,

not thinking her way through this match.

Strycova has shown some excellent work with that backhand volley.

Keeps two hands on the racket. She has made another one of those

errors. Her finishing has been inex Palestinianable -- inexplicable She

set herself up so well, she is getting the rhythm back, the easy

ones. You added up all the easy misses out here, that would equate

to a few games. Absolutely. We haven't seen many break points

since the middle stages of the first set. This is important for Li to get

this point, try an get some positive momentum going.

That is too good. That is very good. When you are

5'4"-and-a-half, you know you are on the something. Dealing with the

pressure well, here, Strycova. Very few of those from her in this

match. That is just her third. Just another gift wrapped

opportunity for Li Na here. Surely she is going to take one of them

soon. And that again, it is just too good.

Strycova managed to only do come up with her best serve sons the biggest

points on her service game. You know when they put in their

media notes best shot is forehand crosscourt. I think she would put

backhand drop shot. Two handed. It is very much her own, she has not

been afraid to use it. Strycova was raising the level of

her game, whenever it did look like Li Na was going to turn things

round. her game, whenever it did look like

Li Na was going Even when you know it is coming, it is good. There is

not a lot you can do about it. Second set...

You are right, Strycova has never hired a top ten win. -- never had.

And to win in a Grand Slam, she will have to keep an eye on Strycova and

how she handles her emotions. went to one month ago, that is

extraordinary, considering the emotional time she has had on court,

that has already had an immediate effect.

So, the challenge... Routine service game for Li Na. It has gone flat?

The fans are not investing. They are serving just. Almost two hours of

some patchy tennis, we shall call it. The fans are still just waiting,

as we are, to see Li Na kicking things up. This is a Grand Slam

You're trying to win another. things up. This is a Grand Slam

You're trying She has already won two different Grand Slam titles and

we are just a little bit disappointed and shocked that Li has

not been able to raise her game yet. Why is she not able to do that? She

fell short at the French Open? Your generation did not have that

problem. In the past, the top three players historically, it was

uncommon to ever take any early losses or struggle. Li Na has not

been able to find any consistent gear to get easily through the early

rounds. Serving to say in the second set. -- stay.

You are wondering why she is so good at the net. She has been fairly

prolific in that department. Ranked just inside the top 30 in doubles.

That was a very nice job with the overhead. Take a little pace off and

hit more slice, round the outside of the ball to get it to move away

And the fans here are really responding to how hard Strycova is

working and how many times she is making Li Na play just one more

ball. They are taking to this 28-year-old.

Strycova knows that she cannot afford to give away points like

that. Double fault in the last service game and she did manage to

get through that and she is putting herself under pressure here again

with another loose one. Maybe we are starting to understand

why Strycova has never eaten any top ten player. The sense that she might

be linking here. All of a sudden, Li Na has the set point.

-- blinking. Can you believe it We even get a smile from Strycova. Li

Na play that her faith, she did not try to hit their pastor, just add

her feet but she was not able to handle that. -- hit that passed her.

It was the overhead. Strycova staying alive in this second set.

That is a type of tennis we have been waiting for. We have waited for

a very long time but Strycova possibly is playing the match of her

life at the moment. On the go. That is all of the test forehands

that Li has had this much. Great operation, she took time and it

executed beautifully. Well, three winners from Li. She was

unable to win the second set and she had some set points. She has

rebounded nicely. The number two seed keeping the

pressure on. She's stronger together. Is this

what we have been waiting for? We have been waiting for the winning

streak to go her way. SUE BARKER: Will she get some more?

We will find out. Briefly over to Centre Court, dramatic moments, a

short time ago, with Novak Djokovic falling very badly on his left

shoulder. He had his trainer on the court and the doctor. The medical

time-out. There was a worry if he could even continue, he was in such

pain. The good news for his fans is that he has continued and he has

held his next service game and he is just two points away from getting

through to the next round. But that was such a very painful fall. Novak

Djokovic leading and you can see that over on BBC One. No worries. He

is back playing. It has been a battle out here for Li

Na. She has been struggling with a game against Strycova. Serving to

stay in the second set. No break of serve since the fifth

game of the opening set. Both players doing a very nice job in

managing the service game despite lacklustre play. We get the sense

that one of the best shots is the return of serve from Li Na. She has

to get that going. What Li Na does not want to do is

end up in another tie-break! Strycova has won both of her

tie-breaks against Li Na. One today and one in their previous meeting at

the French Open three years ago Just running through that forehand.

She has had a very hard time setting her feet up. She does that naturally

on the backhand. That was ever so close. The double

fault. The demons are raising their heads. The double fault has made

life very difficult. And here is another one. Li Na will take

advantage. Strycova is getting so anxious.

That was risky from Strycova. After the easy forehand. Then the double

fault. She goes for the second serve and she has not hit many of those on

the outside. What you said earlier about the easy

points that she has one. You can almost write the script. We are

going to the second set break. Strycova has not lost any tie-break

this year. That is better play, she took some

pace from her shot, she had bought top spin, more safety. She is trying

desperately hard. -- she had more top spin. Remaining positive

throughout this much. She has not played her best tennis. But she is

not looking down. Well, she was up with that

mini-break. She has had advantages but she has been unable to

capitalise. Can she do something here?

Are we waiting for Li Na to become inspired? We are waiting for her to

do something! Based on being the Grand Slam champion, just this year,

expecting a higher level. Especially after losing at the French Open You

can see she is hungry to turn that around.

What a fantastic defence earlier in the rally from Strycova. She got

herself back in position. And she has done it again! She is

not afraid to visit the well? I would like to see her hitting some

top spin. Instead of just pushing back with the slice. She has not

been successful in that pattern Are we on the verge of the biggest upset

in the women's draw? Strycova, as you mention, has never beaten any

top ten player. She has had plenty of good wins. But this is her best

effort so far in her career. This would open up that what portion

of the draw. Perhaps Caroline Wozniacki, maybe even Venus

Williams... -- bottom portion. That was stunning

from Li Na. She does need something to get her going, here. The best

backhand of the match so far. Wonderful player! She left that

late. The pressure is right back on

Strycova. The pressure has been relentless on her back-up team.

A deep breath. Potentially two points away from the biggest win of

her career. She has got one challenge left. She

might as well use it. Sometimes risky to challenge between serves.

Or not! It does break up the timing. I have to say, perhaps it is that

figure skating background, she is not afraid to take risks.

Well, she has been the Queen of the tie-break this year, Strycova. Set

point earlier on in this set. This is much point. -- match.

That is long. It is being challenged. Her team is not

convinced. What a moment! Between them, they have got very few

challenges right. Oh, my goodness! 13 focusing... Trying to

concentrate. The crowd was on their feet. -- her team. Take a very deep

rough. Still, match point. And she is there. Strycova has the

biggest win of her career. And the number two seed in the championship

is out. That is the biggest upset in the draw so far.

SUE BARKER: This is a very vague upset. -- big. Strycova is marching

through. But tonight the number two seed. What an upset! -- putting out.

Lleyton Hewitt lost a battle. He has come back after saving two different

match points against Jerzy Janowicz, there was a semifinalist last year.

They will join this one live. They both are playing very pumped up

tennis. It is really exciting. Packed crowd. 4000 people. And they

have a treat. Vintage Lleyton Hewitt at the moment.

That was good from the annelids That was

he's 33 now, ranked 48 in the world and injury free.

Janowicz was a semifinalist last year.

That was good play from the annelids. -- ya know it.

It has been exciting. It has been really exciting.

Lleyton Hewitt, that sums up his career there. He was getting crushed

by the bombardment that Janowicz was raining down on him. There are not

many guys that can neutralise a point like this. To be able to dig

in a defensive lob against a guy like that, that tells you how

specific Lleyton Hewitt is. Lleyton has returned so well. I

think when he can get that ball to penetrate nice and deep, he is

really in with the shot. I am really impressed with the

variations that Janowicz has. He would have been a tall youngster.

You see a lot of shorter guys who are great on clay. Not a big tall

server who relies on power. Terrific.

I think this is where Lleyton, if you can take these bits of

confidence, he is starting to see these moments, double faults and

doubt, Lleyton has got to take strength from any little thing that

he can. It is huge match for Jerzy Janowicz.

He burst onto the scene in 2012 Last year he got to the semifinal.

Andy Murray beat him. A ranking of 25. If he loses this match, he drops

out of the top 50. That is career changing. There is no doubt he will

be focusing on the faster courts. He loves playing indoors and the faster

hard courts. This is where he knows he has got to bring it. He has got

to be playing his best tennis on the grass. And particularly Wimbledon,

he loves it here. If he was to go down now, this would be a real blow

in his career. He had this match. The way he approached that serve, he

will have to think about that. Did he just want to get a quick point? I

wonder why he does sometimes go for that drop shot early and sometimes

over uses it. He has now got to forget what we have been talking

about and concentrate on winning this match.

I had the feeling in the third set that Lleyton enjoyed serving first.

Outstanding play. I like how he chooses the times. He can see

Lleyton moving back against the way he is going to skew this ball. It is

almost impossible to stop and get into that short ball.

Good acceleration to get up and quickly be able to control that

forehand. It is windy today. The flags are

really gusting. Janowicz just came off that

backhand. He was making clean winners. Yes, he was. He was

controlling the point in the rallies.

He's going to challenge. He played a full shot after it, to be honest. He

might be a little late. He can't challenge this, he has already

played the ball. He got that completely wrong.

UMPIRE: Warning for audible obscenity, Mr Hewitt. Mate, I said

set. I think we know what he thought he said. I am arguing about the

word. Don't say anything that is close to another word. That is

ridiculous. But a fired up Lleyton Hewitt is not

necessarily a bad thing. Hewitt is sitting down. He is not

looking at Fergus Murphy or arguing at the moment. But I have never

heard that, that it was close to a word he shouldn't have said. The

three letter word instead of the four letter word. But he was clearly

getting frustrated. The lines person was moving and he wanted him to get

out of the way and sit down. The key thing here is for later not to let

that completely take his focus away. Not get over frustrated. He has got

to get back to that clear thinking. It is so fragile. If it had been

Janowicz that it happened too, that would be a game changer. He is upset

right now but I can't think it will last very long. It can't. He is

going back to his routines. He is pulling up his socks and going back

to the things which will make him channel his thoughts again. Lleyton

is fro good at that. He will start fixing his strings soon and focus on

what he needs to do. An apology but he would do it again

if he could. pretty flat and fast. He can close

right on top of the net there. Good play. He gets up on top of that

volley. CHEERING

What a super rally. Janowicz played his part but that is not what Hewitt

is thinking. He is so creative. Just thinking all the time. That is a fit

lob. -- to restrict lob. There are a lot of Aussies and

honorary Aussies around the place. His family and wife are there.

We are having a great function tonight at Tennis Australia's house,

celebrating Ken Rose will's life and his career.

Every year they have a dinner for a past champion.

The feat not moving on that occasion from Janowicz. A low bounce down

there. Janowicz looked down. There was nothing he could do about it. He

is six foot eight, that is a long way down!

The doubles are hurting him. This is where more reason for Lleyton to try

to make the return. Put pressure on the serve.

Break point for Hewitt. The first break in this set.

He was dicing with death. That second serve was just inside the

line. A well constructive point from

Janowicz. Really difficult for Hewitt to crane traction.

Well played, Hewitt. He had the ideal riposte.

He is challenging. It is the far side from us.

Same again! Hewitt has got his tail up. He is a break up in this fourth

set. SUE BARKER: You can never count this

man out, can you. We will be right back with this match in just a

moment. There has been plenty happening elsewhere. Novak Djokovic

fell and landed heavily on his left shoulder. He had the trainer and

Doctor on court. There were some very worrying looks from his camp,

from Boris Becker his coach, but the good news is, he was able to carry

on. Then he had match point against Gilles Simon from France. Novak

Djokovic finishes it off. A worrying time for the top seed,

the bookies' favourite, Novak Djokovic. No doubt he will have

plenty of treatment over the weekend but he will be back for a

fourth-round match on Monday. We know that he will face Jo-Wilfried

Tsonga, the 14th seed. He has had to battle through two five set matches

but he is through. It is Djokovic against Tsonga on Monday. That is

what has been happening elsewhere. This is on BBC One at the moment.

Venus Williams is 2-1 up against Petra Kvitova in the battle of the

former champions. Right now, Hewitt is becoming the

favourite. Sometimes your strengths become your biggest weaknesses.

The two things Janowicz has been glueing to is the big first serve

and the drop shot. nothing quiet about Lleyton Hewitt

whenever he is in this mood. On less Janowicz can find his game, which

was so potent yesterday. -- unless. He is so fast. Janowicz has to earn

every single point. It is there, sporadically. Other

times, it just collapses. The drive and that synchronicity, he loses

that trophy position. What was that? Second serve, and

then that slap. I think he is just frustrated, he wants those quick

points. Just in the middle of nowhere.

He is not helping himself. You can feel his head whirling around.

Everything is going fast for him. He must slow things down just a

fraction. More composure. Well, that is fine when you trust

that second serve, you can go for more on that first shot. But not

when everything is starting to go. There must be some discipline.

Not sure about that. But it worked. High-risk, but that does show where

his minders. -- mind is. That was his quickest service so far.

There is no doubt that he is dangerous when he is in this

mindset, you can think, I am out of this set, I am going to swing.

Hewitt Pastorelli get the simple stuff done very well in this. - has