Day 6, part 1

:00:48. > :00:52.SUE BARKER: good morning. We will be watching the weather. Dark clouds

:00:53. > :00:54.come even thunderstorms, not a pleasant welcome for those

:00:55. > :00:57.come even thunderstorms, not a Long queues again, as always

:00:58. > :01:00.come even thunderstorms, not a middle Saturday the third round

:01:01. > :01:04.matches, but really uncomfortable at the moment for those trying to take

:01:05. > :01:07.their seats on the outside court. There is still some time before play

:01:08. > :01:11.is due to begin so hopefully the rain will move. We hope so because

:01:12. > :01:20.we have a cracking line-up in court today. -- on court today. Serena

:01:21. > :01:25.Williams is a five-time champion and favourite with the bookies but today

:01:26. > :01:30.she faces Alize Cornet, who beat her in Dubai earlier this year. Rafael

:01:31. > :01:36.Nadal has dropped sets in his first two rounds but the dream over third

:01:37. > :01:42.French Open and Wimbledon double is still alive. Today he faces Mikael

:01:43. > :01:46.cooker skin on Centre Court. 24 champion Maria Sharapova has dropped

:01:47. > :01:51.only four gains in her first two runs, today's target for her as a

:01:52. > :01:54.place in the second week of the ninth time. Centre Court is like a

:01:55. > :01:59.second-hand Roger Federer, the seven time champion will be there, as he

:02:00. > :02:06.continues his quest for a record eighth men's title. So far this year

:02:07. > :02:10.in which a Bouchard has reached the semifinals at both the Australian

:02:11. > :02:15.Open and the French Open and today she meets Andrea Petkovic another

:02:16. > :02:19.player who has been in great form in 2014 -- eg a Bouchard. The players

:02:20. > :02:23.have been arriving in the rain, Rafa is into the third round for the

:02:24. > :02:27.first time in three years, great to see him fit and healthy on the grass

:02:28. > :02:32.again. Eugenie Bouchard, the future of women's tennis, just 20, getting

:02:33. > :02:36.better and better all the time, seed number 13. She is the future but

:02:37. > :02:40.this is the queen of the courts, she is the queen of the courts, she's

:02:41. > :02:52.she will be watching the weather closely. -- she is on Court One.

:02:53. > :02:58.Milos Raonic, on Court eight, seeded and six tall, a big future for him

:02:59. > :03:03.ahead. And for this young man, just 19, from Australia, Nick Kyrgios

:03:04. > :03:08.come he saved nine match points against Richard Gasquet, another

:03:09. > :03:12.star of the future. Great to see Andrea Petkovic fit again, is a

:03:13. > :03:16.finalist at the French Open she plays Bouchard, and that is the much

:03:17. > :03:20.that we are going to win play gets underway helpfully. We have

:03:21. > :03:24.chickened out and headed into the studio. We are not going outside in

:03:25. > :03:31.the rain. Mark veggie and Tracy Austin with me. Horrible day when we

:03:32. > :03:36.have such a wonderful order of play! Rafa. Maria and Roger, and Rafa will

:03:37. > :03:42.get to play today, that is all they care about. We talked about the

:03:43. > :03:47.roof, everyone will wait for 2019 when the roof will go on court and

:03:48. > :03:52.the one. Wimbledon have great plans, not just with the roof but took deep

:03:53. > :03:56.up with the other three sons. It will be great, we've had some good

:03:57. > :04:03.weather yesterday, it was supposed to be a wash-out, let us look at the

:04:04. > :04:08.cup half full! Absolutely! You feel for the tournament referee because

:04:09. > :04:12.he has players, coaches, agents, saying to him, my player is on the

:04:13. > :04:16.outside court and wants to be on Centre Court. She wants to play

:04:17. > :04:21.first because we know it will get done. It was supposed to rain all

:04:22. > :04:25.day, what is with these weathermen? It was supposed to be a wash-out

:04:26. > :04:30.yesterday and no clothes until the afternoon. We have our weather

:04:31. > :04:37.girl, Sarah, she is under pressure now. Sorry Sarah! -- no clouds until

:04:38. > :04:45.this afternoon. Lets enjoy ourselves and look back at Mr Murray's week.

:04:46. > :04:48.Wimbledon is underway, the weather is glorious, so much excitement

:04:49. > :04:57.today, a real buzz around the grounds, because the Wimbledon

:04:58. > :05:00.champion is on court. COMMENTATOR: Expectations are high as Murray gets

:05:01. > :05:08.his defence of his Wimbledon title underway. Stunning defence from

:05:09. > :05:24.Murray. It is like he's never left this court. Ideal day, ideal start

:05:25. > :05:29.to his defence. What a perfect start to the defence of his title here at

:05:30. > :05:34.Asda Brion 19. A very high standard of March, he was a little nervous at

:05:35. > :05:37.the beginning but played some great rallies. I was glad to finish in

:05:38. > :05:43.three because he was playing very well -- a very high standard of

:05:44. > :05:46.March. This should be good. Blaz Rola has admired Murray for some

:05:47. > :05:53.time and now he gets a chance to beat the defending champion. It's

:05:54. > :06:01.running away fast. Too hot for Blaz Rola to handle! Murray is romping

:06:02. > :06:08.away with this one now. So good, so easy. Blaz Rola has been absolutely

:06:09. > :06:14.blown away. The Murray machine rumbles on, no trouble, no fuss. It

:06:15. > :06:16.was tough for him today because he hasn't had much grass court

:06:17. > :06:21.experience but he will definitely keep improving because he's got a

:06:22. > :06:25.good game. I took care of myself pretty well throughout the match.

:06:26. > :06:31.Andy Murray, how does it feel to be a tennis player? It feels good, a

:06:32. > :06:41.nice job, you get to travel the world, and play in mice stadiums,

:06:42. > :06:45.it's good. -- mice stadiums. COMMENTATOR: Roberto Bautista Agut

:06:46. > :06:50.of Spain has the task of taking on the defending champion and a few of

:06:51. > :06:55.his friends on Centre Court. These early skirmishes are interesting.

:06:56. > :07:05.The Murray sliced backhand. This is what we expected. He's beginning to

:07:06. > :07:10.have that aura of invincibility. Andy Murray seems to be well on his

:07:11. > :07:15.way. The man that he is dismantling is 23rd in the world. It's just

:07:16. > :07:24.superb. Andy Murray stays in for the second week. Wonderful performance.

:07:25. > :07:27.It was a step up. I felt I responded well, there were things I could have

:07:28. > :07:37.dealt with better but it has been a good first week and now I can rest

:07:38. > :07:42.and be fresh. What a week it has been, is most difficult encounter

:07:43. > :07:46.was with the dog! LAUGHTER Every player wants to cruise through

:07:47. > :07:52.the first week and you don't cruise any easier than he has done. The

:07:53. > :07:57.second round, losing only two games to Blaz Rola. Andy looked so good

:07:58. > :08:03.yesterday. So aggressive. He looked so calm and confident. I expected

:08:04. > :08:08.him to feel more pressure coming in Wimbledon, defending, but I think in

:08:09. > :08:12.the semifinals of the French Open, it helped to calm his nerves and

:08:13. > :08:17.he's feeling good with his back, so important. The French Open told him

:08:18. > :08:20.a bit, not that he needs to be told a lot about trying to get through

:08:21. > :08:24.the tournament because he had a couple of bottles that that customs

:08:25. > :08:27.energy, going into the clash with Rafael Nadal. I'm not saying it

:08:28. > :08:33.would have changed things on the day but in his own mind, he thought he

:08:34. > :08:36.lets on chances go where he could have got it done in four and

:08:37. > :08:40.suddenly he was in a big battle in five. I think he could be a bit

:08:41. > :08:43.worried about his second serve which was punished by the Spaniard

:08:44. > :08:47.yesterday but he is serving well enough in his own mind that will set

:08:48. > :08:59.himself up for a second week but he still has to play even better.

:09:00. > :09:04.Yesterday he was beating this guy like he was beating Blaz Rola.

:09:05. > :09:07.Roberto Bautista Agut has had a solid year and risen 50 places,

:09:08. > :09:12.winning several grasscourt matches in a rose and you expected Andy to

:09:13. > :09:17.win but I did not expect it to be this decisive. He was in complete

:09:18. > :09:20.control. One of the things has been, when you look at some of the winners

:09:21. > :09:25.that Andy is hitting from where he is on the court, Roberto Bautista

:09:26. > :09:28.Agut was too far behind his baseline, not because he wanted to

:09:29. > :09:32.but because that was how well and it was playing. When you spread the

:09:33. > :09:35.court and make it much deeper and you can exploit angles the way Andy

:09:36. > :09:40.can, you will be in all sorts of trouble. He's not a Grand Slam

:09:41. > :09:43.champion and Olympic champion without being a phenomenal player,

:09:44. > :09:48.he just happens to be in an era where he is judged with the three

:09:49. > :10:00.others, Novak Djokovic, Roger, Roger, and Rafa. When you see a will

:10:01. > :10:03.take something very special to knock him out of an event like this. I

:10:04. > :10:05.loved the way he moved forward on summary points and looked

:10:06. > :10:08.comfortable in the forecourt. As the match went on there was no way that

:10:09. > :10:11.his opponent would hurt him. He played a similar game, just not as

:10:12. > :10:14.well. As much as we talked about the fact that the Spaniard has a nice

:10:15. > :10:18.game for the grass and hits the ball flat, if you don't mix it, a great

:10:19. > :10:21.player will find his rhythm and Andy enjoys the ball coming through at

:10:22. > :10:27.the height it did yesterday. Impressive statistics. This is for

:10:28. > :10:34.his three matches. 20 break points one and he's only been broken twice.

:10:35. > :10:37.He'll be very happy with those. Those other correlative statistics

:10:38. > :10:42.come yesterday on second serves one it was just under 40% and that will

:10:43. > :10:44.be a worry, you'll be happy with his first serve percentage in terms of

:10:45. > :10:49.numbers going in and points one behind it. That will be an area when

:10:50. > :10:54.you get great return is like never joke of it or even Grigor Dimitrov,

:10:55. > :10:58.they will attack it. Isn't that one of the most important statistics for

:10:59. > :11:04.Andy? When Ivan Lendl came in that was his big plan, to get Andy to hit

:11:05. > :11:08.bigger second serves to win more points on that statistic. Sue it is,

:11:09. > :11:16.but you also need to get the serve in so you can use his defensive

:11:17. > :11:20.qualities. If you go back to Andy's statistics in terms of second serve

:11:21. > :11:25.points he's generally been above 50% but in margins that are so small

:11:26. > :11:28.against great players, three or 4% on a second serve can be the

:11:29. > :11:32.difference between winning the title or not. That is why, if you are

:11:33. > :11:38.looking at one area from the match yesterday that was not ideal, that

:11:39. > :11:41.is the one. He's a great student of the game and knows that better than

:11:42. > :11:47.anyone, sometimes when you winning so easily you think you don't have

:11:48. > :11:51.to be at your best. He didn't seem to be pushed. A great student of the

:11:52. > :11:56.game brings a family Mauresmo. She is also a great student of the game.

:11:57. > :12:01.That matchup is so good because she used the whole court, the depth, and

:12:02. > :12:04.the short balls as well that are merely Mauresmo. You saw Andy

:12:05. > :12:10.producing angles yesterday that he did not think possible. He can hit

:12:11. > :12:16.with power and the slices and the short balls with so much rioted, it

:12:17. > :12:23.is beautiful to watch. Moving up a level, Kevin Anderson, not easy to

:12:24. > :12:27.play, a giant from South Africa. He's a great professional, having a

:12:28. > :12:32.career year, he's improved a lot, has backhand, his new coach has come

:12:33. > :12:37.on board, another former South African player -- his backhand,

:12:38. > :12:41.Unisys way around a grasscourt. Kevin is usually determined and

:12:42. > :12:45.ambitious -- he knows his way around the grasscourt. You can say it is a

:12:46. > :12:49.good match for Andy because of his great returning, he will neutralise

:12:50. > :12:55.the serve, Kevin because of this site will not be as nimble and Andy

:12:56. > :12:59.will exploit that, especially with his sliced backhand -- Kevin,

:13:00. > :13:02.because of his height, will not be as nimble. It gets tough in the

:13:03. > :13:13.second week and this will be a stern test. He will say it is not a bad

:13:14. > :13:16.last 16 game. Anderson has a big serve but some of the other match

:13:17. > :13:21.ups are more difficult. In tennis and is all about the matchup. A big

:13:22. > :13:24.what Anderson has always been known for, he's done a great job in

:13:25. > :13:29.improving the other parts of his game but that variety and it has,

:13:30. > :13:35.once he gets the return in, Kevin Anderson will find it very difficult

:13:36. > :13:41.to win most those rallies. Got to get the racket on the ball! He has a

:13:42. > :13:44.bullet of a serve but that's a very different match. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

:13:45. > :13:47.Place Djokovic so I think Andy would prefer Anderson to Jo-Wilfried

:13:48. > :13:52.Tsonga. Now the good news is that they are taking the covers off the

:13:53. > :13:58.court. Caught them to and Court No three both have the covers off. They

:13:59. > :14:02.aren't using the other courts just yet. - caught in the two and caught

:14:03. > :14:08.them three. We'll be going out to Court No three for Andrea Petkovic

:14:09. > :14:11.against Eugene Bouchard. Everyone is beginning to take their seats and

:14:12. > :14:17.hoping they will cease play but watching the skies as well. Let's

:14:18. > :14:20.move on. We will talk about the state of British tennis because Bob

:14:21. > :14:24.Brett has been brought in by the LTA, he's been on the 60 day tour

:14:25. > :14:29.around the country to assess the state of British tennis and coaching

:14:30. > :14:33.around the country. He produced a report and got a job as director of

:14:34. > :14:37.player development. He's a tough guy, he's coached some of the

:14:38. > :14:41.greatest champions, Boris Becker, Goran Ivanisevic, and John Lloyd if

:14:42. > :14:45.I would mention him as well -- John Lloyd asked if I would mention him

:14:46. > :14:51.as well! LAUGHTER He's been talking to Lee McKenzie.

:14:52. > :14:54.Many people now think of one button as the fantastic Andy Murray final

:14:55. > :15:02.last year, what did you make of that? The historical value of it in

:15:03. > :15:07.terms of Fred Perry's title and Andy Murray winning, I think has brought

:15:08. > :15:13.a breath of fresh air to British tennis, but also for the rest of the

:15:14. > :15:20.world, having another really good player amongst the top four. You

:15:21. > :15:23.have a vast amount of coaching experience, what is the biggest

:15:24. > :15:31.problem with tennis coaching in Britain? Part of the problem is

:15:32. > :15:37.going from 14 to 18 to women's and men's tennis and how you can make

:15:38. > :15:41.that change, that transition, not staying with the same game but

:15:42. > :15:47.adding all the time, that's very important for the development of a

:15:48. > :15:52.player and I think that is possibly where I have seen there haven't been

:15:53. > :15:56.some changes that would be necessary to compete with the best players in

:15:57. > :16:03.the world. You need to have a structure that is important, but

:16:04. > :16:09.realise that every player is so different and treat them like that.

:16:10. > :16:13.Does Britain as a nation put too much pressure on itself, we invite

:16:14. > :16:18.in these wildcards and they often go out on the first day and then we

:16:19. > :16:24.criticise tennis. Surely we want to be in a position where they are

:16:25. > :16:27.getting in on their own abilities? It's important to look at the

:16:28. > :16:29.getting in on their own abilities? wildcard situation, which we are

:16:30. > :16:35.going to. But it is also important that players earned that right and

:16:36. > :16:44.understand that it is such an honour to receive it. They don't at the

:16:45. > :16:49.moment? I'm just saying that it needs to be the standard that they

:16:50. > :16:59.strive for, to be within reach, but you still have to take it. Goran

:17:00. > :17:03.Ivanisevic, used to coach him, he came out and said that you were the

:17:04. > :17:10.best thing to happen to British tennis in a generation! What would

:17:11. > :17:12.you most like to do in this post? I would like to have players

:17:13. > :17:19.competitive with the best players in the world. I would like to have a

:17:20. > :17:25.very strong girls programme, with female coaches, being much more

:17:26. > :17:31.involved, I believe schooling and centres are very important to put

:17:32. > :17:39.together education with children, and that they stay in the game a

:17:40. > :17:42.long time. You are a soft-spoken serene Australian, but are you

:17:43. > :17:46.typically Australian when things matter! I can imagine you could be

:17:47. > :17:52.incredibly tough otherwise you would not have worked with all the players

:17:53. > :17:56.that you have done. If I really believe in something I won't

:17:57. > :18:01.compromise. I will go to the end to do that. Maybe it is stubbornness,

:18:02. > :18:06.but I'm always trying to be better myself and to make other people

:18:07. > :18:12.better, but definitely no compromise, but I do it with a

:18:13. > :18:21.smile. That is also very important! I want this to be a team, a team

:18:22. > :18:27.that is successful. It's not about me, it's about the team, and trying

:18:28. > :18:35.to make everyone better, so that long-term, British tennis can have

:18:36. > :18:39.sustainability. SUE BARKER: do not be fooled by that soft-spoken manner

:18:40. > :18:43.because he's a hard coach. He came through the Harry Hopman School of

:18:44. > :18:48.coaching, the man who trained Rod Laver, and the like, and told them

:18:49. > :18:55.very hard lessons. I think this is a good appointment. I do too. I love

:18:56. > :18:58.Bob. I've known him for years. He's a fantastic coach and has worked

:18:59. > :19:07.with Canadian tennis for a number of years. And look what has happened

:19:08. > :19:11.with Canadian tennis! Absolutely. The big thing for me has always been

:19:12. > :19:16.grassroots. Give him the right players and he will turn into good

:19:17. > :19:19.players, Bouchard and Milos Raonic and the others we've mentioned, I

:19:20. > :19:22.think the greatest challenge from British tennis is to have such a

:19:23. > :19:26.competitive base that they don't need to select players. That is the

:19:27. > :19:31.one weakness we have, you get funnelled into a system, and it's

:19:32. > :19:36.very narrow. And if you are selected, do you want to play or are

:19:37. > :19:40.you just good at it, at a young age? Because you don't know what you

:19:41. > :19:44.want. Not many people do, some do, give Andy Murray ?100 million at the

:19:45. > :19:48.age of ten and he would still want to play tennis, it's his joy and

:19:49. > :19:51.passion and unconditional love, whereas some players selected

:19:52. > :20:01.because they are good and they lose a bit of that burning desire. That's

:20:02. > :20:03.what we need to get away from, fun clubs, fun programmes, not get away

:20:04. > :20:12.from funding individuals. That's a big weakness of hours. Building the

:20:13. > :20:15.base. If you fund clubs you will build the base, make it cheaper

:20:16. > :20:19.locally, make competition good so you don't have to travel all over

:20:20. > :20:22.the country, you've got parents with one child who plays and one who

:20:23. > :20:26.doesn't so one is in Sunderland for the weekend, how long will you stick

:20:27. > :20:31.with it? When Bob talked about the ages of 14 to 18 that is the big

:20:32. > :20:33.drop off the cliff because kids get more independent and wonder if they

:20:34. > :20:42.really want to do this, parents think, I have been putting thousands

:20:43. > :20:48.into this. I've got a 16-year-old who plays nationally now, some

:20:49. > :20:52.husband is gone for weeks every year but it has been terrific, my son

:20:53. > :20:55.Brandon has worked with the authorities for years and we are

:20:56. > :20:59.doing a better job in the USA of building a better base and I think

:21:00. > :21:02.we are starting to see dividends now with Madison Keys winning in

:21:03. > :21:08.Eastbourne, she has been with the USDA for a number of years, with

:21:09. > :21:15.their coaches, Coco has been with them for a number of years and she

:21:16. > :21:20.won a grasscourt tournament as well. And you have Lauren Davis, you'll

:21:21. > :21:25.have so many. Finally I am starting to see a good strong base of

:21:26. > :21:31.14-year-old girls and boys, and I think what happens is, when you have

:21:32. > :21:37.those boys of 14, 15, 16 walking -- working with terrific coaches and

:21:38. > :21:41.taking the US team to local parts of the USA, not just the three big

:21:42. > :21:45.training centres in New York, Florida and Los Angeles, that is

:21:46. > :21:49.important, but when the other 15-year-olds start to see Lauren

:21:50. > :21:53.Davis, who is five foot two and still in the tournament here, and

:21:54. > :21:58.has worked so hard, they think, I can do this as well. It starts with

:21:59. > :22:02.discipline, a great base, getting a lot of kids playing the game, and

:22:03. > :22:07.trying to find the best athletes at a very young age. I would rather

:22:08. > :22:11.pick a kid that is so passionate about tennis, that would be my most

:22:12. > :22:15.important thing because I've seen so many kids, but soon coming through

:22:16. > :22:19.and it is really often the parents who want them to play. I want the

:22:20. > :22:23.kids that want to play because they will be the Andy Murray types, who

:22:24. > :22:31.put in the extra hours in the end of the day. Interesting that Tracy says

:22:32. > :22:34.that you have other centres around, because here, everything is centred

:22:35. > :22:42.around London and kids don't want to leave home. It was a mistake to

:22:43. > :22:45.world the National tennis Centre. It was the first piece in the puzzle.

:22:46. > :22:49.It should have been the final piece in the puzzle once you had built

:22:50. > :22:52.regional centres for people to keep competition local and good, that

:22:53. > :22:56.would have been a start in the right direction. There was some edge onus

:22:57. > :23:00.on it, it's tough to get there, there was a mistake, too much money

:23:01. > :23:06.spent on it and we haven't seen the rewards from it being built. It is

:23:07. > :23:10.called the elite training centre and we haven't got enough elite players,

:23:11. > :23:15.just Andy Murray at the top and the distance between him and the next

:23:16. > :23:19.rank players is a long way down. This is why it was wrong because

:23:20. > :23:21.even when we were building the National tennis Centre and it was

:23:22. > :23:25.mooted that we didn't have enough potential elite players to fill it

:23:26. > :23:29.for the vast cost that would be spent on it, therefore, when you

:23:30. > :23:32.look around the country and look at areas where there are no indoor

:23:33. > :23:35.courts and occasionally we do have bad weather in Britain when it is

:23:36. > :23:43.tough to play and you need to go indoors. 15 regional centres for ?30

:23:44. > :23:51.million would have been a better investment than ?40 million on only

:23:52. > :23:58.one. How many indoor courts? Only six? I've never understood that. We

:23:59. > :24:02.need more players in the top 100. This is where Bob will come in. The

:24:03. > :24:05.same old story, Tracy, you must be an expert, you have been just the

:24:06. > :24:11.many years, we must give them time to make the changes. It does take

:24:12. > :24:15.time. And he is an excellent appointment. He said the history

:24:16. > :24:20.working with champions so he's come from the top and worked with Tennis

:24:21. > :24:23.Canada for years so he knows the system and he is very passionate. He

:24:24. > :24:29.would not take on the job just have the money. He loves tennis and he

:24:30. > :24:32.wants to build champions. A very good appointment, the story will

:24:33. > :24:39.rumble and rubble. Further reflections on the first week of

:24:40. > :24:45.Wimbledon with Gary. Good morning. Andy is the lead story. Neil Harman,

:24:46. > :24:52.what have you got? I is on the price of a great image of Andy playing

:24:53. > :24:57.yesterday. We haven't got your paper from New York but this headline says

:24:58. > :25:01.that Andy is cruising. Three matches, no dropped sets, played

:25:02. > :25:04.beautifully yesterday, he hasn't played as well since the final last

:25:05. > :25:11.year at Wimbledon, tremendous performance. He is the back page

:25:12. > :25:18.lead in all our papers, what about the New York Times? Not much, we

:25:19. > :25:22.were not sure he was playing, didn't he already win? We tend to feature

:25:23. > :25:29.people who we think might be break-out stars. And recover some of

:25:30. > :25:33.the Americans like Serena. And Maria Sharapova who is almost American.

:25:34. > :25:38.And the others who we think will be therefore a second week, we'll wait

:25:39. > :25:44.a week. Serena has been doing very well. A potential fourth-round

:25:45. > :25:49.against Bouchard who has made the semifinals of the last two Grand

:25:50. > :25:56.Slams -- Grand Slams as John McEnroe would say, a standard prospect, what

:25:57. > :25:59.a match that will be on Monday. Many great American champions in the

:26:00. > :26:06.past, now you have Serena and Venus but you tend to focus on all sorts.

:26:07. > :26:09.We've given up trying to find the next person so it is the Williams

:26:10. > :26:16.sisters and John Isner but that is as deep as it goes. Next weekend it

:26:17. > :26:23.will be finals weekend. Who will we have in the final? Serena all

:26:24. > :26:29.Bouchard and we might have Caroline Wozniacki which would be one of the

:26:30. > :26:31.stories of the year. Serena all Petra Kvitova,

:26:32. > :26:40.stories of the year. Serena all she beat Venus yesterday. Regarding

:26:41. > :26:48.the men. I said Andy, I think that he will probably win it. I think

:26:49. > :26:51.Djokovic will win the whole thing. SUE BARKER: they think it's going to

:26:52. > :26:55.come from the top half of the draw. In the bottom half, two big names,

:26:56. > :27:03.Roger and Rafa coming through the first week in different ways. Rafa

:27:04. > :27:07.lost the first set against Lukas Rosol and was close to trailing 2-0

:27:08. > :27:12.and that would have been tough because because Rosol has such a

:27:13. > :27:15.huge serve but the champion that Nadal is come he came through and

:27:16. > :27:19.that will give him a big sigh of relief because he hasn't played much

:27:20. > :27:23.on grass in the past few years, and moving forward, the draw looks a

:27:24. > :27:27.little wide open. He is gaining in confidence. Roger being Roger, use

:27:28. > :27:36.hardly broken sweat! He has looked phenomenal. -- he has hardly broken

:27:37. > :27:40.sweat. Rafa has had the toughest draw with Martin Klizan and Lukas

:27:41. > :27:47.Rosol. How would you assess his form? One of the big things from his

:27:48. > :27:51.point of view is the adjustment to grass. You can see where he's been

:27:52. > :27:55.playing on the grass, 26% of the points, that's a big difference for

:27:56. > :27:59.him having to get up inside the court. Less reaction time, the ball

:28:00. > :28:03.is coming through a touch lower, he's not able to defend is often

:28:04. > :28:07.from the back of the court, he has won that title nine times, you can

:28:08. > :28:30.see how comfortable he is from playing well behind the baseline.

:28:31. > :28:33.That is clearly something that is difficult for him. There are just a

:28:34. > :28:36.couple of players on the tour that will make Rafa change his game. I

:28:37. > :28:39.would say that is Novak Djokovic and maybe John Isner. The rest of the

:28:40. > :28:42.players, he can put his game on the court. But this surface and the time

:28:43. > :28:44.he has to adjust is so difficult for him. He's managed to get at least

:28:45. > :28:47.three singles matches before coming here in the past but I think that

:28:48. > :28:49.last win over look us Rosol will stand him in good stead. He's

:28:50. > :28:53.finally finding his grasscourt shoes. You picked up a couple of

:28:54. > :28:57.illustrations from the match. Pete Sampras says how important the

:28:58. > :29:03.return of serve is. At the French Open Rafa is comfortable, he can see

:29:04. > :29:07.the ball, stand deep, take it. For. Already you can see how much is

:29:08. > :29:12.reaction time has been cut. And where he has had to move up the

:29:13. > :29:16.court. He's not able to take the big swings. In the opening set

:29:17. > :29:22.specifically against Lukas Rosol, he was so deep, 100% of the balls,

:29:23. > :29:26.that's like his clay-court positioning. Lukas Rosol was able to

:29:27. > :29:30.exploit it. Rafa loves to jump to the centre, to your right, in the

:29:31. > :29:36.picture, Lukas Rosol slips it out wide, more, look how deep it is, no

:29:37. > :29:40.forward movement, so when Rosol goes to that particular play, as he does

:29:41. > :29:45.here, Rafa, even when he puts a racket on the ball, isn't able to do

:29:46. > :29:49.anything with it, and Rosol is able to take it on, but like all great

:29:50. > :29:56.champions come he may be stubborn but he is not stupid! Look at the

:29:57. > :30:01.changes that Rafa made. 72% of. That is the hit point. That is not where

:30:02. > :30:06.he's standing. Look at what Rafa does. Massive jump forward. Not to

:30:07. > :30:11.the side, forward and the court. So he's able to come off the angle that

:30:12. > :30:15.Rosol is trying to exploit, Nadal is well outside in front of the body

:30:16. > :30:35.and this cuts down his opponent's ability to see the ball coming.

:30:36. > :30:39.the just and that is just phenomenal. So many times he has

:30:40. > :30:47.come from the clay courts, where he is allowed to take such a big swing.

:30:48. > :30:53.That is a great stat. He is shortening the backswing which is so

:30:54. > :30:57.difficult to do. Mauresmo did that so well to take the Championships

:30:58. > :31:04.here. She had the windups, she had to jump closer to the baseline. It

:31:05. > :31:08.is just phenomenal. Only two weeks in that turnaround, it is amazing.

:31:09. > :31:12.Next year there will be three weeks in between. It is amazing that we

:31:13. > :31:18.asked our champions to have two weeks to turnaround from the slow

:31:19. > :31:25.clay to the quick of grass. The three weeks will help. Rafa has only

:31:26. > :31:29.had one match. He lost it, not surprisingly after the emotions of

:31:30. > :31:32.winning the French Open. He needs to make these adjustments before

:31:33. > :31:44.Wimbledon. It makes the achievement of your book just sensational -- the

:31:45. > :31:52.achievement of Borg. You think of the fire and ice rivalry. When you

:31:53. > :31:59.go back and watch it, watch how Borg was serving and volume. Yes,

:32:00. > :32:08.complete adjustment. -- Serving and volleying. Rafa makes subtle

:32:09. > :32:13.adjustments on different surfaces. Roger Federer just knows how to play

:32:14. > :32:18.on a grass court. He does, he has won here seven times and he looked

:32:19. > :32:22.very comfortable. To me he is moving forward and finishing some points

:32:23. > :32:27.off at the net, serving and volleying. I think that is the

:32:28. > :32:30.Stefan Edberg influence. He did that on basically every serve. Roger

:32:31. > :32:37.knows he is going to need to do that. At 32 he cannot hang at the

:32:38. > :32:45.baseline. Sporadically, not every time, because then he becomes a

:32:46. > :32:50.target for the return. But I think Roger needs to implement the serve

:32:51. > :32:54.and volley sometimes, sporadically. He has still got it, at the age of

:32:55. > :32:59.32, he makes it look so easy on this surface. He does, knee has not

:33:00. > :33:01.dropped serve in his opening couple of matches and that builds so much

:33:02. > :33:10.confidence. It of matches and that builds so much

:33:11. > :33:15.your opponents. This year he has proved it was problematic, he did

:33:16. > :33:20.not have enough wins coming in here last year. He talked candidly that

:33:21. > :33:25.he was scouting opponents. He always said, they can worry about me.

:33:26. > :33:29.Towards the end of 2013, he was looking a bit at their weaknesses.

:33:30. > :33:35.You feel this year come yous got back into the groove of, they can

:33:36. > :33:39.worry about me, and why not? To me he looks stronger in the lower body

:33:40. > :33:45.and I think he has been healthy for the whole year, whereas last year he

:33:46. > :33:49.was fighting the bad back. He said it not only got him down emotionally

:33:50. > :33:55.but it was tough to have the stop start so frequently. The only one

:33:56. > :33:59.one title last year -- he only won one title last year. He is still as

:34:00. > :34:04.hungry as ever and that is incredible. It is, it is like Serena

:34:05. > :34:10.on the women's side. Roger just loves the lifestyle. He still loves

:34:11. > :34:13.to challenge himself and I think he still thinks he has a Grand Slam or

:34:14. > :34:20.two in him. You would think this would be his best chance, on the

:34:21. > :34:25.grass at Wimbledon. It is great to see him hungry, healthy and a father

:34:26. > :34:31.of four, I wonder why that is. It is probably why he wants to be on the

:34:32. > :34:36.court! I think it was a bit too much to adjust to at the French. He is

:34:37. > :34:42.getting used to having his two girls and then Leo and Lenny, I hope they

:34:43. > :34:47.are quiet at night! He is so laid back, they have obviously got the

:34:48. > :34:55.same genes! After his match, Roger Federer spoke about how quickly he

:34:56. > :35:02.finished his match off. I don't see at any point whatsoever, taking more

:35:03. > :35:05.than ten seconds between points. It is important also for spectators in

:35:06. > :35:09.the stadium and especially on TV, but we keep it moving and I try to

:35:10. > :35:18.do that without trying to rush my opponent. Without not being focused.

:35:19. > :35:21.Today was not physical in anyway so I am happy we kept

:35:22. > :35:26.Today was not physical in anyway so nicely. What we read into that? His

:35:27. > :35:36.big rival takes a bit longer than that, right? He is disciplined and

:35:37. > :35:43.particular. Rafa has been averaging 25... Rosol actually complained, he

:35:44. > :35:48.said it takes too long, it gets people out of their rhythm when they

:35:49. > :35:54.are having to wait. Rafa has frequently been called for a time

:35:55. > :35:59.violation this year. Never coded. That is one of the things. I really

:36:00. > :36:03.feel as though some sort of conclusion to this kind of debate

:36:04. > :36:06.needs to come. Roger was talking about something that we have been

:36:07. > :36:10.talking about for a while. First things first, let's have the Grand

:36:11. > :36:16.Slams with the same time between points. It seems so bizarre coming

:36:17. > :36:22.in here, you have the same sport but two different times that you have to

:36:23. > :36:26.play, and make that adjustment. I feel as though we in fermented

:36:27. > :36:30.properly or we don't. Aren't you supposed to play to the speed of the

:36:31. > :36:36.server as well? That was kind of an unwritten rule. I feel somebody's

:36:37. > :36:40.dude take control of the situation -- somebody needs to take control.

:36:41. > :36:44.It is interesting to watch the top guys against Rafa, their time

:36:45. > :36:49.between points gets extended as well, they kind of end up playing to

:36:50. > :36:53.his rhythm. Maybe it is best to have a clock on the court, so there is no

:36:54. > :36:58.debate. If you have overrun the clock... I think that would be

:36:59. > :37:01.good, another element like the challenge system, where you are

:37:02. > :37:05.bringing the crowd into it. The challenge system has been wonderful.

:37:06. > :37:10.The players have loved it. The big screen comes up and the fans wonder

:37:11. > :37:15.if it will be in or out. The debate would go out of the window and it

:37:16. > :37:18.would be plain and clear. It feels that 20 seconds is not right,

:37:19. > :37:23.sometimes you need a bit of time to recover and the crowd needs to

:37:24. > :37:27.settle. That is when the umpire gives a bit of leeway. But for

:37:28. > :37:34.regulation points, they need to be a bit more strict. Someone was getting

:37:35. > :37:39.mad during the French Open. It puts you off your rhythm if you are

:37:40. > :37:44.always waiting for the other person. Thank you for joining me this

:37:45. > :37:48.morning. We have tennis coming up. It is the middle Saturday of

:37:49. > :37:52.Wimbledon. Special guests arrive in the Royal box including David

:37:53. > :37:56.Beckham. He will be sitting in the Royal box and will be on Centre

:37:57. > :38:03.Court to welcome the guests from the world of sport. Talking of the order

:38:04. > :38:10.of play, let's look at who is on centre and Number 1 Court. On Centre

:38:11. > :38:15.Court, Mikhail Kukushkin against Rafael Nadal and Alison Riske

:38:16. > :38:25.against Maria Sharapova. Then Roger Federer is on court. On court in the

:38:26. > :38:31.one we have Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic. Play hopefully we'll get

:38:32. > :38:33.on in just a moment. We were talking about the weather and the forecast.

:38:34. > :38:44.The pressure is on... It was a glorious start to the day

:38:45. > :38:48.at Wimbledon. We had blue skies. Over the past few hours the cloud

:38:49. > :38:53.has been building and we have seen the first heavy shower of the day. A

:38:54. > :38:58.bit of respite at the moment, some blues guide but we will see further

:38:59. > :39:02.heavy showers on and off. By this afternoon there is a small chance

:39:03. > :39:06.some of those showers could bring some hail, some thunder and

:39:07. > :39:11.lightning. It is not going to be a complete wash out, there will be

:39:12. > :39:16.sunshine in between those showers and temperatures reaching 17 or 18.

:39:17. > :39:24.A day of the covers on and off the courts, brollies up. There will be

:39:25. > :39:29.some potential torrential downpours at times. Interruption is likely

:39:30. > :39:36.today but at least some sunshine in between. Thank you for that good

:39:37. > :39:40.news in the end. This is the scene here, the covers are back on the

:39:41. > :39:44.courts. Not looking good at the moment for play on the outside

:39:45. > :39:52.courts and Court Number One, although that won't start until one

:39:53. > :39:56.o'clock P. -- 1:00pm. We have talked about the top two men on court

:39:57. > :40:02.today, we also have the top two women. I know she has a big

:40:03. > :40:07.charisma. She is very impressive to play against. Physically, she is so

:40:08. > :40:11.impressive. That is the word. The way she is playing, the way she is

:40:12. > :40:18.aggressive, supporting herself, that makes a big champion. I think I have

:40:19. > :40:24.to forget about it. Watched the ball and be focused on my game, don't

:40:25. > :40:29.look too much at her or you can lose yourself. Do you work on the

:40:30. > :40:35.psychology in your approach to matches a lot? Yes, the best way is

:40:36. > :40:41.to take this match as any other match and play my game, forget I am

:40:42. > :40:48.on the big court in Wimbledon and enjoy myself. Try to play my game,

:40:49. > :40:53.that will be the key. It is always easy to say in joy yourself, try

:40:54. > :40:58.your best, have fun. When you're on the court you want to do good and

:40:59. > :41:04.you are frustrated. I think it is going to be very important for me to

:41:05. > :41:08.enjoy this match and take the best out of it and improve for the next

:41:09. > :41:12.tournament. Psychologically as well, even with the experience she

:41:13. > :41:19.has, she will remember the last time you played, you won. Maybe, maybe

:41:20. > :41:22.not. She is a great champion and she will try to forget about this match

:41:23. > :41:28.and focus on the other matches where she beat me. I don't know how she is

:41:29. > :41:38.psychologically. For myself it will help me. Every match is different.

:41:39. > :41:46.That is how I am going to take it. I mentioned the two top women. Alize

:41:47. > :41:51.Cornet place Serena on Centre Court, she beat her in Dubai this year. She

:41:52. > :41:55.will go on court with some confidence. Hopefully she will go on

:41:56. > :42:04.court because it is on Court Number One. Tracey and Mark have gone,

:42:05. > :42:11.Marion, our Wimbledon champion is here, alongside Andrew Castle. You

:42:12. > :42:18.have your members badge on. I do, do you have yours? You earned that, you

:42:19. > :42:23.must enjoy yourself! I am when a French -- with a Frenchwoman who won

:42:24. > :42:29.when the them, and a British woman who won the French Open -- a

:42:30. > :42:35.Frenchwoman who won Wimbledon. Will you play in the Mixed Doubles? The

:42:36. > :42:41.internal club championship with me? I will come next time. It is for the

:42:42. > :42:44.cutting of the grass? It is over the winter, it means being in the UK for

:42:45. > :42:50.four or five months, I don't think you will want to do that! May be,

:42:51. > :42:56.you never know! You have another Wimbledon title for the club

:42:57. > :43:03.champion. That is very important! You are probably wishing you on

:43:04. > :43:07.court, or not? Those days when you're in Wimbledon on the outside

:43:08. > :43:12.court and there is no roof, it is absolutely a pain. It is so

:43:13. > :43:21.difficult. You never know if you are going to be on at 1:00pm, 5:00pm,

:43:22. > :43:25.maybe not at all. When you are third, you can wait outside of fear,

:43:26. > :43:28.you don't even come in here. You wait until the first match goes on

:43:29. > :43:33.and then you start to warm up so you feel more relaxed. When you are on

:43:34. > :43:39.first you have to be on side right away, in order to be ready to play

:43:40. > :43:43.and it is tricky to deal with. We are hoping it will clear up by the

:43:44. > :43:48.time caught one gets underway. The likes of Eugenie Bouchard, how much

:43:49. > :43:56.does experience coming two days like today? She is a pretty competitive

:43:57. > :44:00.animal and I think every element of what she does, even though she is

:44:01. > :44:03.young, is done in a professional manner and I don't think anything

:44:04. > :44:08.will put her off, whether it is a delay in the weather or what ever.

:44:09. > :44:14.The biggest talker on the men's tour was Brad Gilbert and the was leaping

:44:15. > :44:17.around the place, there was ice attached to every part of his body,

:44:18. > :44:20.around the place, there was ice he would talk to everybody about

:44:21. > :44:27.statistics... Whether they wanted to listen or not? Exactly. You would

:44:28. > :44:35.just say absolutely, every ten minutes. Other people are calmly in

:44:36. > :44:40.the corner. She is an experienced player although she is young. What

:44:41. > :44:45.was it like in the ladies locker? People would want to be on their

:44:46. > :44:48.own? It is extremely quiet and everybody has their own space

:44:49. > :44:53.because it is a small group of players. You can make yourself some

:44:54. > :44:58.room. There are some nice places around Wimbledon that are not open

:44:59. > :45:09.to the public, for players to have quiet time. Downstairs you have some

:45:10. > :45:18.private rooms and you can wait to see how it looks. As far as the

:45:19. > :45:22.women are concerned, having Serena and Maria in the same quarter of the

:45:23. > :45:28.draw is a shame but Serena seems to blossom on the grass court. For

:45:29. > :45:34.sure. I think the surface suits her game extremely well. She is someone

:45:35. > :45:39.who is taking charge of the game and she is playing very well, the first

:45:40. > :45:44.shots, the serve and the return. On grass it is even more effective. I

:45:45. > :45:47.feel because there was a bit of a lack of confidence and she was

:45:48. > :45:52.annoyed by her defeat, coming back here with even more desire to prove

:45:53. > :45:57.she is number one and can take over the title one more time and take

:45:58. > :46:04.over women's tennis. She did not win the Australian or the French Open.

:46:05. > :46:10.For Serena it is quite a bad year, she will want to establish herself

:46:11. > :46:14.again. Maria Sharapova is moving well, that has often been an issue.

:46:15. > :46:22.She doesn't seem to rely on the grass as she does other surfaces. I

:46:23. > :46:27.think she is interesting in that she maximises her possibility of doing

:46:28. > :46:32.well on every single surface. She is not one of the great natural

:46:33. > :46:38.athletes and natural movers. I feel work has been done for her to

:46:39. > :46:42.maximise. I can't believe it has been ten years since she won here

:46:43. > :46:46.when she beat Serena in the final, everybody thought she would dominate

:46:47. > :46:51.on this surface and she hasn't, but she continues to maximise. It was

:46:52. > :46:57.put into her as a young girl, this work ethic that she takes out onto

:46:58. > :47:01.court. We focus on the noise she makes but the sheer pace she had

:47:02. > :47:04.speed ball at, it must be intimidating to serve to her. You

:47:05. > :47:08.have got to keep her guessing or she will take control early on. It is

:47:09. > :47:13.the force of her character, even under the criticism that she takes,

:47:14. > :47:18.the attention she has as one of the most celebrated female athletes, she

:47:19. > :47:22.just takes it. Even if the crowd disapprove, it is her stage. I like

:47:23. > :47:28.the way she dominates with her personality. You almost feel like

:47:29. > :47:34.your sport -- speaking like Balzac, opening his arms! Standing there and

:47:35. > :47:40.showing everyone that she doesn't care about what everyone else says.

:47:41. > :47:43.It is about her and trying to win. I have known her since she was 12

:47:44. > :47:47.years old. She was exactly the same. I remember seeing her at the Nick

:47:48. > :47:57.Pollard -- seeing her at an academy and she

:47:58. > :48:03.was doing the same routine. It is really something she as carried on

:48:04. > :48:07.for so long. She has this desire that is the same as a 12-year-old

:48:08. > :48:12.girl who is trying to become a champion that she is right now. And

:48:13. > :48:16.the fact that she still wants to do it, she has had injuries and

:48:17. > :48:23.problems, she is worth $150 million or something. We can but guess what

:48:24. > :48:27.her endorsements are worth. She still wants to be out there and

:48:28. > :48:33.competing and winning titles. It is the same thing that Roger Federer

:48:34. > :48:39.talks about. He says, why do the media say that I should quit? Maria

:48:40. > :48:44.is the same. Widely you put yourself through it? Because they enjoy what

:48:45. > :48:50.they are doing -- why do you put yourself through it. Marion bravely

:48:51. > :48:54.walked away as Wimbledon champion, a very personal decision, it must be

:48:55. > :48:58.very difficult to arrive at that. Maria will walk away when she is

:48:59. > :49:04.ready and at her own pace. Yes, you had your doubts? Of course.

:49:05. > :49:11.Basically I was pursuing my dream, to win a Grand Slam, and mainly that

:49:12. > :49:13.one. I felt that even if my whole body was breaking down piece after

:49:14. > :49:22.peace, I still had to achieve something. Something was missing. I

:49:23. > :49:27.entered Wimbledon thinking, I just want one thing come to enjoy playing

:49:28. > :49:32.tennis again. That was really what was striking me the most, I was not

:49:33. > :49:38.enjoying it any more. I wanted that as a basic and see where it takes

:49:39. > :49:42.me. That was probably my last Wimbledon and I kind of knew it but

:49:43. > :49:47.I wanted to take the most from it. Somehow I was able to win without

:49:48. > :49:52.copping a set. I really felt it was almost a miracle. Something of a

:49:53. > :49:58.sparkle of magic happen. Everything turned out to go your way. Kind of

:49:59. > :50:03.having a cycle, the bit of luck plus a bit of luck and it goes to winning

:50:04. > :50:09.the title and it was the most beautiful moment of my life. Now you

:50:10. > :50:15.have the next most beautiful moment, winning the Mixed Doubles with

:50:16. > :50:19.Andrew. We have got it on tape! The critical thing is who takes the

:50:20. > :50:27.backhand side or the forehand side, or maybe I take both sides! Please!

:50:28. > :50:33.His favourite word is, yours! Anything up in the air, I will take!

:50:34. > :50:37.Thank you for joining me. The thing that is not beautiful is the weather

:50:38. > :50:42.at the moment. It has got even worse since we have come on air. The rain

:50:43. > :50:45.is falling heavily. There is not enough cover for the spectators so

:50:46. > :50:53.many of them are finding what ever ways they can to keep themselves

:50:54. > :50:58.dry. The Braves are on Henman Hill waiting for play to get underway --

:50:59. > :51:03.the brave. We know the courts are dried so that as soon as the weather

:51:04. > :51:07.clears, plane will get underway -- play will get underway. We will show

:51:08. > :51:13.you something rather special that went out on Monday at 1030, taking

:51:14. > :51:17.you back to last year and along with Marion's wonderful moment, it was

:51:18. > :51:21.Andy's wonderful moment, winning Wimbledon and ending the 77 year

:51:22. > :51:26.wait for a British champion. We decided to find out how you

:51:27. > :51:39.celebrated Wimbledon and Andy's victory, and we made Kim and Andy

:51:40. > :51:47.watch it. This is, When Andy Won Wimbledon. .

:51:48. > :51:57.Djokovic is out and ready as Andy Murray looks to put 70 years of hurt

:51:58. > :52:04.behind British tennis. What a point. It was the day last year when Andy

:52:05. > :52:09.Murray made a sleep from our seats. The waiting is over! It was one of

:52:10. > :52:17.the most memorable moments in my sporting life. This was the be all

:52:18. > :52:23.and end all, it was win or nothing. We don't have a Scottish Wimbledon

:52:24. > :52:28.finalist every day. This was so deserved. A huge moment for Great

:52:29. > :52:36.Britain but also for our sport. It is not every day a lone Scotsman can

:52:37. > :52:46.clear the streets. And put the nation through the mill of the

:52:47. > :52:53.emotion. When he won, my eyes steamed up, everyone was poking each

:52:54. > :52:57.other, my eyes were welling up. It is a build-up of years of watching

:52:58. > :53:05.him and thinking, it is going to be today, I had it in my mind.

:53:06. > :53:14.So many people are supporting and You lucky salt!

:53:15. > :53:21.So many people are supporting and hoping you can do it. There -- it is

:53:22. > :53:26.a good job I am not thinking of that. This year I might be thinking

:53:27. > :53:32.a bit more of it. I would love to be able to enjoy it more but it has got

:53:33. > :53:35.more stressful with the expectation. This is my boy who has just won when

:53:36. > :53:41.will come it is crazy. It is very surreal. He is a boy, really, who is

:53:42. > :53:51.ready good at playing tennis and wants nothing more than to make us

:53:52. > :53:59.happy. It emotionally involved the whole nation, whether you liked

:54:00. > :54:10.tennis or not. Still special, one year on.

:54:11. > :54:19.It is amazing how many people camped outside. People have been camping

:54:20. > :54:27.out all night at Wimbledon ahead of the Men's Singles final when Andy

:54:28. > :54:30.Murray takes on Novak Djokovic. I remember someone saying on the

:54:31. > :54:34.morning of the final, did you cook for him the night before and I was

:54:35. > :54:38.offended, that there was nothing wrong with my cooking and think they

:54:39. > :54:45.were worried he would come down with food poisoning! I remember waking up

:54:46. > :54:50.very early and thinking of 12 months previously when he had been in his

:54:51. > :54:55.first final. The support has been incredible. Thank you. When you have

:54:56. > :55:02.gone through it once before, you are a bit better prepared for what is

:55:03. > :55:06.going to happen. It took a long time between ten o'clock in the morning

:55:07. > :55:15.and two o'clock in the afternoon. It was a fair length of time to fill

:55:16. > :55:19.in. I had deliberately elected to go down and help with the open golf

:55:20. > :55:23.competition at the golf club and I thought, that will take care of a

:55:24. > :55:25.big chunk of the morning. I got slightly embarrassed when the men

:55:26. > :55:31.were coming up to register and they said, you will need to take my name

:55:32. > :55:39.out, I will not be back in time for the match. It was touching they were

:55:40. > :55:45.prepared to give up their golf! I was thinking, please have a good

:55:46. > :55:49.game today! The morning was beautiful, I had done a bit of

:55:50. > :55:53.shopping, I came back and sat in the garden, was getting prepared,

:55:54. > :55:56.organised for watching on TV. My husband happened to come out into

:55:57. > :56:00.the garden and I said, we are going to take an blame, and he went, what?

:56:01. > :56:14.-- done it was built into the hen do

:56:15. > :56:19.itinerary. It was on our little schedule, that we will definitely be

:56:20. > :56:23.having champagne, watching the tennis and having tapas in

:56:24. > :56:29.Barcelona. That was the master plan and it worked. We booked some train

:56:30. > :56:36.ticket and decided to camp on the queue. We woke at about 5:30am, you

:56:37. > :56:39.have to pack up your tense. At about 7:30am you are led down the queue

:56:40. > :56:44.until you arrive at the gates just before 10:30am, where they hold you

:56:45. > :56:50.and eventually they release you and you make your way into Wimbledon. A

:56:51. > :56:57.beautiful morning, I decided I would go for a run to get the time

:56:58. > :57:04.passed. The rest of it was able, I have to say. -- was able.

:57:05. > :57:10.Judy Murray said if you are around and you want tickets, let me know. I

:57:11. > :57:14.said, I am free on Sunday. She said, if you want to come down on Sunday,

:57:15. > :57:18.that is great. I said, I don't want to tempt fate but we will see. I had

:57:19. > :57:24.believed he could get there but I didn't want is a team at until he

:57:25. > :57:28.did. I remember having to organise a lot of tickets, kind of at the last

:57:29. > :57:35.minute. My phone was jammed with people saying, I don't suppose you

:57:36. > :57:38.can get me a ticket? I sent a text message to say, congratulations. She

:57:39. > :57:42.said, the offer is still there if you want it. I didn't need asking

:57:43. > :57:48.twice to get the chance to be there for the big day. The atmosphere and

:57:49. > :57:54.attention are building. Welcome to Wimbledon, the Men's Singles final

:57:55. > :57:57.is just a few minutes away. It is Andy Murray against Novak Djokovic,

:57:58. > :58:07.it is blue skies all the way. The hottest day of the. -- the year. And

:58:08. > :58:11.they're in Scotland, in Andy's hometown, crowds have gathered in

:58:12. > :58:20.anticipation to watch their famous son, at the Dunblane Centre,

:58:21. > :58:25.cheering him on. We noticed a few people were laughing and giggling,

:58:26. > :58:30.they had masks on, there was a bit of excitement, although it was quite

:58:31. > :58:35.quiet. The eyes of a nation will be focused on Centre Court and the most

:58:36. > :58:39.famous piece of grass, measuring 78 feet long, 36 feet wide, and the

:58:40. > :58:43.sporting cathedral has seen it all over the years, but it has not

:58:44. > :58:49.witnessed a Men's Singles winner for generations.

:58:50. > :58:59.What a pleasure it is to be here this afternoon. Such a beautiful

:59:00. > :59:05.festival. We set off the day before from a place in Switzerland. I had

:59:06. > :59:10.been doing a festival there and then we had a long drive to get back to

:59:11. > :59:15.the UK and Oxfordshire, to take part in the corn brie music festival.

:59:16. > :59:20.I felt really nervous, I didn't want to leave the house but then we

:59:21. > :59:23.played a fun game in the paddling pool. I was at home, at my family

:59:24. > :59:37.there, rude and I had my family down from Leeds, we

:59:38. > :59:40.were building a shed! I was disappointed that my stage time was

:59:41. > :59:44.right in the middle of the final, I resigned myself to the fact that I

:59:45. > :59:48.wouldn't be able to see it. That was a total shame because you don't have

:59:49. > :59:51.a Scottish Wimbledon finalist every day.

:59:52. > :59:57.What an amazing time to do a set, not! We went down to the pool and

:59:58. > :00:01.had some Diet Coke and we went in the pool. And I did a belly flop and

:00:02. > :00:44.it really hurt. realised I had just got the number

:00:45. > :00:54.one! Everybody was going crazy, and I thought, the Murray game! As soon

:00:55. > :01:01.as he walked out, it was just an uproar. That was my son walking out

:01:02. > :01:07.onto that courts to play a Wimbledon final. Great feeling. You

:01:08. > :01:09.onto that courts to play a Wimbledon used to carrying your bag, how does

:01:10. > :01:18.it feel to have someone carrying it for you? It felt nice! He was

:01:19. > :01:25.struggling because they carry these extra bags, it was ridiculous. The

:01:26. > :01:29.matter where you are come in Wimbledon watching on TV, there is

:01:30. > :01:36.something gladiatorial going on, which you can't take your eyes off.

:01:37. > :01:39.Wimbledon is always a dream tournament for me, when that has

:01:40. > :01:43.given me so much inspiration to become a professional tennis player

:01:44. > :01:48.one I was in my early childhood days, one of those moments where you

:01:49. > :01:52.feel like you are experiencing an out of body experience, when you are

:01:53. > :01:58.there, but you have this sense that this is something greater than just

:01:59. > :02:00.a tennis match. The first time at whim and, before the game even

:02:01. > :02:09.started, the whim and, before the game even

:02:10. > :02:13.experience that. What a time. I've competed at many sporting events

:02:14. > :02:20.myself but it was unique. This feeling that 99.99% of the people in

:02:21. > :02:23.the Serena wanted Andy to win. I think the 0.01% were sitting right

:02:24. > :02:30.in front of me, the family and friends of Djokovic. We had to shift

:02:31. > :02:34.to another site which meant that we were mixed in with some of his

:02:35. > :02:39.supporters so I moved further back, because there is nothing worse than

:02:40. > :02:46.sitting there with somebody else's supporters shouting against your

:02:47. > :02:49.child. We don't put the television on before a big match because all

:02:50. > :02:56.the build-up makes you feel really nervous. We don't allow anyone in to

:02:57. > :03:05.watch Andy's matches when we are watching them. It's too dangerous!

:03:06. > :03:09.LAUGHTER It is quintessentially British. I

:03:10. > :03:12.love at, the outfits, the strawberries and cream, the emotions

:03:13. > :03:19.that the people are feeling together united. All the things that we don't

:03:20. > :03:23.do normally as British people. Even was pottering around the house, I

:03:24. > :03:27.was glued to the TV from early morning, watching the build-up. She

:03:28. > :03:31.was one week away from her due date, and in no real pressure at

:03:32. > :03:50.that particular day, so I could sit and relax and watch the tennis.

:03:51. > :03:56.UMPIRE: Djokovic to serve. I was like the rest of the country,

:03:57. > :04:03.willing Andy on. The tension was building in other areas. I was glued

:04:04. > :04:11.to the screen and she said, game on. I said, I know. I'm watching it. I

:04:12. > :04:17.said, no, the baby is coming. Now, darling! We were quite calm about

:04:18. > :04:23.the baby but I was panicking that I would miss the final games! It was

:04:24. > :04:39.electric, excitement, tension. I remember the first point that he

:04:40. > :04:43.won, going 15-0 up in the first game of the first set, a massive roar,

:04:44. > :04:48.the role you would expect for the home team scoring in the cup final.

:04:49. > :04:55.And it continued, every point got a huge roar from the crowd. I felt

:04:56. > :05:06.that, how strongly the crowd were for him, and he felt it too.

:05:07. > :05:18.He just doesn't look any different. Trust me, it was different that day,

:05:19. > :05:25.I was so nervous. He's trying to adjust his shoe. I watched him on

:05:26. > :05:33.the Jonathan Ross show after Wimbledon when he remembered a

:05:34. > :05:40.problem he had had with his shoe. He's not doing badly with it. And I

:05:41. > :05:46.was thinking, I don't remember that. And actually I don't remember hardly

:05:47. > :05:51.anything about the match. COMMENTATOR: Five straight points.

:05:52. > :05:57.The top seed winces opening service game from 0- 40 down, and all senses

:05:58. > :06:04.heightened. For everybody in this great theatre of Centre Court -- he

:06:05. > :06:08.wins his opening game. First game, first set, I got a phone call from

:06:09. > :06:14.my mother and she said that my father had gone out on his motorbike

:06:15. > :06:22.and he was stuck in a hedge. I thought, why has he left the house

:06:23. > :06:26.while a Wimbledon final is on? I said, I can't watch it, the tension

:06:27. > :06:31.is too much, I'm going out on the bike and I'll come back later. Went

:06:32. > :06:36.around this left-hand bend, add ballast in the sidecar but the wheel

:06:37. > :06:40.had a great and bounced up, and it showed me across the road, over a

:06:41. > :06:43.little bit of grass and straight into the hedge. They got me into the

:06:44. > :06:48.ambulance and checked my pulse and everything, I said, I'm all right.

:06:49. > :06:53.He came up in the car and picked me up and brought me back. My daughter

:06:54. > :06:56.and my wife were quite upset at missing the match and it was my

:06:57. > :07:00.fault because I should have sat there and watched it instead of

:07:01. > :07:07.being squeamish and running of! LAUGHTER

:07:08. > :07:16.Everyone was in the bar with the same agenda, watching Wimbledon,

:07:17. > :07:22.hoping Andy Murray was going to win. I was secretly thinking, please

:07:23. > :07:28.win, it might put a bit of a dampener on it. It was very tense.

:07:29. > :07:36.When we walked in we were quite high-spirited and then we sat and

:07:37. > :07:43.started watching the match. Come on, come on, Murray! Kill it! Kellett!

:07:44. > :07:52.COMMENTATOR: That is just brutal. 25 strokes. We watched it like there's

:07:53. > :08:01.all the time. My wife was having a nervous break down. The crowd cannot

:08:02. > :08:11.believe what they are seeing. It did go really silent at the end of every

:08:12. > :08:17.set. He didn't miss that one! He's giving it everything. He has always

:08:18. > :08:22.been that way when he is a little lad, and he still is, when you see

:08:23. > :08:24.some of the work he's put in your understand the type of individual

:08:25. > :08:39.peers because it doesn't come easy to achieve that success.

:08:40. > :08:49.COMMENTATOR: Andy Murray's shirt is absolutely drenched. Here's one

:08:50. > :08:58.third of the way there! Andy Murray wins the first that! -- he wins the

:08:59. > :09:03.first set. I served well, that was good for the nerves. The camera goes

:09:04. > :09:09.into the box and I can see everyone's faces. It's actually not

:09:10. > :09:17.very nice for me to see, because they look so stressed and nervous. I

:09:18. > :09:25.say sometimes that watching is worse than playing because you have no

:09:26. > :09:28.control over what is going on. Sure! You want watch your brother play

:09:29. > :09:35.because you get so nervous so you know what it feels like. I remember

:09:36. > :09:43.thinking, right, only two sets to go, no problem, use playing well.

:09:44. > :09:47.Sets to go. On final stake if you can't get to the front of the queue

:09:48. > :09:51.you want get in for the first set but then they sell the resale of

:09:52. > :10:05.tickets and there is a chance you could a seat -- you won't get into

:10:06. > :10:08.the first set. Looking good so far, whenever Murray has played Djokovic

:10:09. > :10:14.and taken the first set, he has never won a match! I'm starting to

:10:15. > :10:23.wonder if we are going to see tickets. All of a sudden, a group of

:10:24. > :10:28.tickets came up, and her word, as she handed me the ticket was "we

:10:29. > :10:32.want returned this one". The veteran behind me said, you've got a

:10:33. > :10:37.debenture seat! I did not know what that was. He explained that these

:10:38. > :10:41.were the only tickets available at Wimbledon for resale and that I will

:10:42. > :10:45.have an amazing view. I walked up the steps, and the atmosphere was

:10:46. > :10:53.incredible. Hairs on the back of my neck standing up. You just feel the

:10:54. > :11:02.energy. COMMENTATOR: That is well played. It can be overwhelming. You

:11:03. > :11:11.don't have anyone to share that load with, that pressure. It is just

:11:12. > :11:28.review. -- it is just with you. I felt very tense, very excited, on

:11:29. > :11:37.edge, probably how he was feeling. COMMENTATOR: It is an error from

:11:38. > :11:44.Murray in the end! Djokovic has a different look about him than he did

:11:45. > :11:48.20 minutes ago. He's a hell of a player, there was no way he would

:11:49. > :11:57.give up, too determined young guys. You expect him to fight back at some

:11:58. > :12:03.stage. -- two determined young guys. COMMENTATOR: Break of serve, the

:12:04. > :12:08.first one of the second set. I didn't think he had a chance. I

:12:09. > :12:13.thought Djokovic would beat him. Djokovic is an extraordinary athlete

:12:14. > :12:19.and looked invincible. COMMENTATOR: That was naughty fact the school was

:12:20. > :12:24.going the way of Djokovic and I remember thinking, oh my goodness,

:12:25. > :12:31.this must not go wrong. My heart sank because I thought, would this

:12:32. > :12:39.be the turning point. -- the score was going Djokovic's way. To be

:12:40. > :12:43.sitting on finals day on the biggest caught in the land is something else

:12:44. > :12:55.but we are also nervous and it is quite difficult to try to act the

:12:56. > :13:03.same. Come on, Andy. COMMENTATOR: It is a little bit tense. He probably

:13:04. > :13:07.realised that this was the turning point of his life. If he had lost

:13:08. > :13:16.that it would have been very hard to go back and try again and again and

:13:17. > :13:25.again. COMMENTATOR: That's more like it! He turned it around by force of

:13:26. > :13:29.will. You always have to admire that in any athlete. Because in the end

:13:30. > :13:42.that is often the defining feature of a winner.

:13:43. > :14:09.COMMENTATOR: Djokovic is down! Esme, from Scotland, 18 years old and

:14:10. > :14:16.dying of a brain tumour. Judy sorted it out, got us tickets for Centre

:14:17. > :14:21.Court, tickets for all four of us. Esme's mobility was pretty bad. We

:14:22. > :14:26.were sitting right near the court, you could not get any closer.

:14:27. > :14:29.Afterwards Judy took us to the players lounge, and Andy came

:14:30. > :14:36.through, we were sitting there, and he came up, and he was really

:14:37. > :14:39.normal, normal guy. After my first round match I met her, her brother

:14:40. > :14:51.and her parents. It is a tough thing to see, because I was aware of the

:14:52. > :14:53.situation. Esme said to him I watched Roger Federer and Maria

:14:54. > :15:02.Sharapova today and then yourself and you were the best! She seemed

:15:03. > :15:07.incredibly happy and brave, considering everything that was

:15:08. > :15:13.happening to her. She's obviously a very inspirational character. Esme

:15:14. > :15:17.really appreciated speaking to him because she had been through a lot

:15:18. > :15:24.of things where she had to step up and she was really determined, much

:15:25. > :15:28.like Andy as well. I got an e-mail from her with her story, saying that

:15:29. > :15:35.her time at school had been hard, and all these things you would like

:15:36. > :15:40.to achieve. She had singers on the list, bands, she wanted to see one

:15:41. > :15:45.of them, which she did and a lot of other things she wanted to do, go on

:15:46. > :15:49.a hot air balloon, meet Sir Chris high and she had various people and

:15:50. > :15:55.she admired such as Andy, and also that you would like to go to

:15:56. > :15:59.Wimbledon. It was a question of making that come true. The whole

:16:00. > :16:04.family tennis fans and it was lovely to share them and she is a

:16:05. > :16:08.remarkable character, young Esme, you could tell that she was blown

:16:09. > :16:13.away by the whole experience. -- it was lovely to share it with them.

:16:14. > :16:17.Every day we would look at which games were on, especially when Andy

:16:18. > :16:23.was playing she would be excited and we would all watch TV together in

:16:24. > :16:30.the evening. That was a positive thing to focus on and she really

:16:31. > :16:33.enjoyed it. We built it up and up because in those last few weeks Esme

:16:34. > :16:39.was getting more and more ill so it was good to have something to focus

:16:40. > :16:43.on. She knew she was in the final but by that day we knew that she

:16:44. > :16:47.didn't have long left with us, -- she knew that he was in the final.

:16:48. > :17:00.She had been very ill on a Saturday, and we had been told that this was

:17:01. > :17:07.the end of her journey. We had got the Sunday papers as usual, there

:17:08. > :17:12.was a big centres bread, a big photo of Andy, and we pinned it in her

:17:13. > :17:20.bedroom, it is still pinned up in her bedroom. We all on her bed in

:17:21. > :17:24.her room and I got a laptop and put it on the chair in front of her bed

:17:25. > :17:32.so we all watched the final. I think she was aware of what was going on,

:17:33. > :17:38.definitely. Before she went, Esme wanted Andy to win Wimbledon, to

:17:39. > :17:42.fight for the title. She always had dog-eared determination, much like

:17:43. > :17:47.Andy, when he's in a match and losing he somehow fights back, and

:17:48. > :17:50.Esme had those qualities. I think that is what a lot of people are

:17:51. > :17:57.inspired by Esme four, in the face of huge adversity, she managed to

:17:58. > :18:06.still enjoy life and get more out of it than most, that is the legacy

:18:07. > :18:14.that she has left. Esme didn't make it to the end of the final.

:18:15. > :18:17.COMMENTATOR: It is 4pm on this Sunday afternoon, the Wimbledon

:18:18. > :18:25.Men's Singles final, the first set to Andy Murray. When we played back

:18:26. > :18:29.the final match, it was just at the point where Andy was one game down

:18:30. > :18:36.in the set, but then he managed to come back, and from then on, he was

:18:37. > :18:43.on his way to victory. And Esme died out 4pm. It was as though she was

:18:44. > :18:46.saying to herself, I've done my bit to help Andy and now I'll go. -- she

:18:47. > :19:19.died out 4pm. -- at 4pm. I feel this is the most important

:19:20. > :19:27.game of the match so far. He finds the line once again, three straight

:19:28. > :19:30.games, Murray back on the set! I remember at one stage Djokovic

:19:31. > :19:37.making an unforced error, and finding myself on quite a big point

:19:38. > :19:41.clapping and cheering. The gentleman next to me said Camille are not

:19:42. > :19:45.supposed to clap other people's mistakes commonly was 100% right and

:19:46. > :19:50.I would never normally do it -- he said, you are not supposed to that

:19:51. > :19:53.other people 's mistakes. I am sure that a lot of Babel would not do

:19:54. > :19:57.that either but we were so wrapped up in a match. So I said to him "I'm

:19:58. > :20:02.really sorry, I would not normally do it, but it was a big point and we

:20:03. > :20:06.have waited 77 years. " A smile appeared on his face and he gave me

:20:07. > :20:17.a little nod as if to say, I understand. CHEERING

:20:18. > :20:23.What a point that was! Yes! Yaz! COMMENTATOR: Murray goes up one

:20:24. > :20:30.break in the second set, 6-5, she will serve for a two set lead.

:20:31. > :20:42.COMMENTATOR: Lets just hope that the man from Dunblane keeps his cool.

:20:43. > :20:55.Where's that emphatically what? -- was that emphatic or what? Two sets

:20:56. > :21:05.to Murray. He is one set away from history. In the first that we were

:21:06. > :21:11.eating sangria jazz and having a picnic, and in the second set we

:21:12. > :21:15.watched most of it and went back in the paddling pool, and the third set

:21:16. > :21:22.which was the last sad because he won in straight sets, we were in and

:21:23. > :21:29.out and in and out! -- in the first set we were eating sandwiches and

:21:30. > :21:33.having a picnic. I have a lot of air miles so I could be with my grandson

:21:34. > :21:38.on his birthday and they had a trip to admire Grub booked for his

:21:39. > :21:43.birthday present. When I was there I realised we would then be travelling

:21:44. > :21:49.back on the Sunday of the men's final -- they had a trip to Niagara

:21:50. > :21:55.Falls booked. I was a bit upset. I was not going to put sport in front

:21:56. > :21:59.of my family but I wanted both. We were all here. It was a nice sunny

:22:00. > :22:11.day, we were having a barbecue later and we said, come and watch

:22:12. > :22:14.Wimbledon with us. And we were watching it on the big screen and we

:22:15. > :22:20.could not believe it that we could have a power cut on such an

:22:21. > :22:23.occasion. And then these two genius is thought of watching it on the

:22:24. > :22:30.phone, which is something I would not have trimmed of doing. We got up

:22:31. > :22:35.and I looked to see if it was on TV, and it was, so we watched and why we

:22:36. > :22:39.got ready. We had breakfast and watched some more and then we went

:22:40. > :22:43.to the train and I was able to watch it on the phone. I wouldn't choose

:22:44. > :22:52.to watch it on a small screen but that was my only option. I was on

:22:53. > :22:59.vacation. I was following all the match on the live schools. I was on

:23:00. > :23:07.the board for some moments, -- on the live scores. I wasn't able to

:23:08. > :23:15.see every point. It depends where I was. I was on the boat for some

:23:16. > :23:18.moments. The power went out before the third set and we eventually

:23:19. > :23:27.figured out we could watch it on the phone, and the only phone with 3G

:23:28. > :23:32.had a 10% battery on it. We followed the live text, trying to figure out

:23:33. > :23:39.the right time to turn it on. So we were thinking that, come on Andy, at

:23:40. > :23:48.least do it for the battery part! COMMENTATOR: Has he won this battle?

:23:49. > :23:55.Absolutely not from it. Djokovic is not number one for nothing. He will

:23:56. > :24:09.not give up. My mother is famous for her home made shortbread, it's

:24:10. > :24:18.unbelievable. You heard that Chris Hoy was eating the short but! We

:24:19. > :24:24.were passing around the shortbread. It just brought it home how much of

:24:25. > :24:28.a family occasion that this was. He passed it to me and I just glared

:24:29. > :24:32.and did not say anything because for me, it was like, this is not a

:24:33. > :24:38.picnic, this is serious! You have relaxed because you think he is

:24:39. > :24:41.going to win and you're handing out the shortbread. I was secretly

:24:42. > :24:48.fuming but I remember that clearly, and thinking it was never over until

:24:49. > :24:58.it's over. COMMENTATOR: The third set. This happened at the U.S. Open.

:24:59. > :25:03.He was two sets up and then lost the next two and they went into a fifth

:25:04. > :25:09.and still came through so he's done this before. Please let this be the

:25:10. > :25:11.day. -- he still came through. Because we knew how absolutely

:25:12. > :25:14.desperate he was to win for the country, from Britain, for us, for

:25:15. > :25:44.Dunblane, for everybody. Whence the game got underway and he

:25:45. > :25:47.got those first couple of sets under his belt I thought he would

:25:48. > :25:56.definitely win it -- when the game got underway. COMMENTATOR: Was the

:25:57. > :26:04.ball out, did it flowed long? Oh yes! Murray is on his way! Already

:26:05. > :26:08.one break up in the third set. Djokovic is amazing, there's always

:26:09. > :26:11.a chance that he will pull something out of the bag and Murray might let

:26:12. > :26:23.it get to him but he seemed quite calm for most of it. COMMENTATOR:

:26:24. > :26:24.And the ball is wide. The linesman's arm goes up and this man

:26:25. > :26:49.is back in! This is desperate stuff! out of sorts. -- all of a sudden. I

:26:50. > :26:52.felt on several occasions during the match that I could recover, turn the

:26:53. > :27:05.match around, I felt physically fine. It is hellish. You feel really

:27:06. > :27:13.bad for your son. It's really difficult to see because you know it

:27:14. > :27:17.is hurting and so are we. COMMENTATOR: It has all gone south

:27:18. > :27:24.in the last 15 minutes of Andy Murray. Rory is the most

:27:25. > :27:28.mild-mannered of people but when he's watching his grandson play

:27:29. > :27:35.tennis, it's a complete transformation! -- Roy. I still know

:27:36. > :27:46.better than him, of course! I know exactly how he should play shots and

:27:47. > :27:50.how he should win matches! I have been known to disappear into the

:27:51. > :27:58.kitchen and watch it on the small TV when I can't take any more! I would

:27:59. > :28:02.love to be able to enjoy it more. I really would love to. But it has got

:28:03. > :28:22.more stressful with the expectation. I have lots of respect because it is

:28:23. > :28:27.an individual sport where everything is on your shoulders. If you win,

:28:28. > :28:36.you succeed. If you lose, you fail. It's about you and you. Tennis is

:28:37. > :28:55.only them. COMMENTATOR: Game point, Murray. He's made it down the line!

:28:56. > :28:59.Wonderful forehand. A lesser person would have crumbled and gone, no, I

:29:00. > :29:05.can't do it, it's too much of a burden. The nation is weighing on my

:29:06. > :29:23.shoulders, I'm sorry. But he did it. It was just an amazing moment.

:29:24. > :29:28.And the crowds are just so up for it. Two weeks of the when tennis is

:29:29. > :29:30.suddenly the most important thing in the world and as a tennis fan, a

:29:31. > :29:41.sports fan, I think that is amazing. COMMENTATOR: He's got it! My

:29:42. > :30:00.goodness! I think that may have been at the

:30:01. > :30:08.point where I was behind the Sethi, peering over the top! Take your

:30:09. > :30:12.time, take a breather -- behind the settee. The sheer will, the

:30:13. > :30:27.determination to get to that ball before it bounces twice. CHEERING

:30:28. > :30:30.I think Andy did something amazing. Everybody forgot that he was

:30:31. > :30:40.Scottish and everybody thought that he was British! The whole of the UK

:30:41. > :30:44.was behind him. I remember just before Andy served for the match,

:30:45. > :30:46.everybody just chanting his name. Andy, Andy. It was

:30:47. > :30:55.everybody just chanting his name. Andy, Andy. more like the Davis Cup

:30:56. > :30:57.than the Wimbledon final. When I got on stage and remembered the

:30:58. > :31:03.Wimbledon final was going on. Randomly, through the set I would be

:31:04. > :31:09.shearling cheering but I had no idea what the score was, -- I would be

:31:10. > :31:14.hearing cheers. So I hoped that they were good cheers. He is serving for

:31:15. > :31:19.the match! People had been shouting "he's going to win." I thought, if

:31:20. > :31:22.he's going to win, I can't be singing, we need to focus on the

:31:23. > :31:40.television and see what is happening.

:31:41. > :31:44.did not feel too bad. I was expecting myself to feel awful. I

:31:45. > :31:48.think when you build something in your head, whether you get to that

:31:49. > :31:52.moment, it is not as bad as you think.

:31:53. > :32:00.Novak Djokovic is out and ready. Andy Murray looks to put 77 years of

:32:01. > :32:07.hurt behind British tennis. That last game was torture. Torture.

:32:08. > :32:15.I could hear my heart. It was after the match, that if he

:32:16. > :32:24.felt he lost that game, he could easily lose the set. He should have

:32:25. > :32:29.told me that before, not after! Andy Murray coming out to serve for

:32:30. > :32:35.Wimbledon. You will never forget that. It was a

:32:36. > :32:42.blur! It was the be all and end all it was win or nothing. You could not

:32:43. > :32:55.hear anything. Nobody was breathing. They were just hanging in there.

:32:56. > :33:05.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE One down, three to go. Let's get that first

:33:06. > :33:10.serve working right now. Often when he gets tight when he is

:33:11. > :33:16.playing, he does not throw the ball high enough when he is serving. I

:33:17. > :33:23.was thinking "throw the ball up, crack it will not come back"! Come

:33:24. > :33:44.on... I am so sweaty! ALL SPEAK AT ONCE Yes!

:33:45. > :34:34.Two down. Two to go. It got to 40/love. I thought, oh, my

:34:35. > :34:40.God. He has to come back. All I am thinking is ace, ace, ace.

:34:41. > :34:45.That's what I am thinking. I just remember thinking he deserves

:34:46. > :34:47.this. You thought, yes, he is going to walk it from he. He has three

:34:48. > :35:29.championship points. Djokovic not giving in just yet.

:35:30. > :36:01.Championship point number three. The next thing it is deuce.

:36:02. > :36:06.Can't believe it. Like in a blink it seemed it was

:36:07. > :36:10.deuce. You are like, oh, no. Thinking this is not real. This

:36:11. > :36:15.can't happen. It was up, you think he is going to

:36:16. > :36:18.do it, he is going to do it. Then, it is, he is not going to do it.

:36:19. > :36:44.This guy just won't go away! Oh! The

:36:45. > :36:49.On the back end of the court, I went to pick up my towel. My arm was

:36:50. > :36:57.shaking. I knew I was in a bit of trouble there. If I could not finish

:36:58. > :36:59.the game, it could have gotten ugly. At that point I was practically

:37:00. > :37:17.sitting in the set! One minute I was wanting to cry. The

:37:18. > :37:23.next minute I was feeling sick. The next minute it was hot, you were

:37:24. > :37:31.thirsty. So many emotions, it was like a rollercoaster. Let's go,

:37:32. > :37:51.Andy, let's go. Come on, Andy, let's go.

:37:52. > :38:02.Andy put that back. Oh... You lucky sod! Jammy! The longer it went on,

:38:03. > :38:07.there was a feeling this could be the turning point of the match. If

:38:08. > :38:13.Andy did not win the set and the match, there was a good job that

:38:14. > :38:16.Novak Djokovic could have gotten back into this.

:38:17. > :38:22.It would have been the worst thing in history. You start to think, what

:38:23. > :38:26.if this goes ugly. Two sets up and three match points and you lose it

:38:27. > :38:31.and you don't regroup. As a parent you are always thinking you may have

:38:32. > :38:42.to do a whole load of rescuing here. This is going to be really tricky.

:38:43. > :39:18.The resilience! Soaking up the pressure.

:39:19. > :39:25.He is going to collapse if he gets through this game. Wonderful,

:39:26. > :39:29.wonderful stuff. This is the boy digging deep.

:39:30. > :39:34.I literally could not breathe at this point.

:39:35. > :39:38.Sporting immortality does not come easy.

:39:39. > :39:46.I could not believe this shot. Just stop it! This is reaching new

:39:47. > :39:54.heights. We talk about physical prowess but

:39:55. > :40:02.it is emotional prowess as well. He is staying in control. Another

:40:03. > :40:04.break-point. Andy Murray has had three championship points.

:40:05. > :40:19.I can't remember at this point. Winner, no, volley.

:40:20. > :41:35.Yes! Well done. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:41:36. > :42:10.He has got to win this, yeah! Any point will do.

:42:11. > :42:24.That was Boris. The waiting is over! He won! Andy

:42:25. > :42:41.Murray is the Wimbledon champion! He's won Wimbledon! He's the

:42:42. > :42:46.champion! And he was going, look, look, your son has just won

:42:47. > :42:52.Wimbledon. I could not look. A massive cheer went up. I knew he had

:42:53. > :42:58.won. Even now talking about it, I am getting goose bumps.

:42:59. > :43:02.Well, I may have welled up a touch. I don't know. I can't remember,

:43:03. > :43:08.exactly. I think I may have lost a bit of my

:43:09. > :43:12.voice that day. I am not embarrassed to admit it, I

:43:13. > :43:19.got very emotional. I went to the bar asking for loads

:43:20. > :43:31.of shots! Give me a shot! I can't believe this. This is the best day

:43:32. > :43:37.ever. S, einna was born. And Andy Murray

:43:38. > :43:52.had won. Finally, I just relaxed.

:43:53. > :43:56.My mum went, " well, he will win Sports Personality, won't he? " He

:43:57. > :44:02.has done it. Right, down to the sports club. The atmosphere was just

:44:03. > :44:06.amazing. Wasn't it? We walked in. They were all cheering and stamping

:44:07. > :44:10.their feet. These are the sort of things that

:44:11. > :44:16.you think will live with you forever. It is very difficult for me

:44:17. > :44:20.to put into words, I have to say, without me bursting into tears.

:44:21. > :44:25.I sat down after I celebrated on the court. I asked the referee if I had

:44:26. > :44:32.time to go off to the side of the court. To me it was quite nice. On

:44:33. > :44:39.my way up was John McEnroe. To see him as soon as I finished was cool.

:44:40. > :44:45.Then the first person I went to was Ivan. In terms of influence, he had

:44:46. > :44:50.a great influence on me. He shook everyone's hands.

:44:51. > :44:54.I didn't see my family that much. They are set sitting in the row

:44:55. > :45:00.behind. I could not reach them. I remember my uncle, three rows behind

:45:01. > :45:10.them and behind Chris Hoy. When I won, when I saw it back, he was

:45:11. > :45:16.leaning over, sweaty armpits, you could see him rubbing it on Chris

:45:17. > :45:25.Hoy's head. Then I turned to say, Andy, don't

:45:26. > :45:32.forget your mum! I think it was Novak. He said you better see your

:45:33. > :45:36.mum. Then he walked over "oh, hi mum" that was just like him.

:45:37. > :45:38.mum. Then he walked over "oh, hi had just come in from work or

:45:39. > :45:43.something. And it is wonderful to be

:45:44. > :45:50.congratulated by the parents her son defeated in the final.

:45:51. > :45:56.. I have known them since they were 12 or 13. We have been through it

:45:57. > :46:01.all together. I know that everyone of them came over to say

:46:02. > :46:06.congratulations and gave me a hug. Regardless of losing that match, I

:46:07. > :46:11.enjoyed it. It was a very special moment for British tennis for Andy.

:46:12. > :46:15.He deserved to win the match, he was a better player in the more

:46:16. > :46:29.important moments. What is amazing, he is such a class

:46:30. > :46:34.act, genuinely disappointed Forsythe him. But he is like that, an amazing

:46:35. > :46:42.dude. I loved it. Seeing Andy with the

:46:43. > :46:49.trophy, you could see him, you don't remember that? You dropped the lid!

:46:50. > :46:55.I was looking at the names and I dropped the lid. It came off! I

:46:56. > :47:00.remember going to the locker room after and I said, I don't know how

:47:01. > :47:04.you did that. He said he did not know either. He was literally in a

:47:05. > :47:09.state of shock. The #5078s was unreal. Then we got a phone call

:47:10. > :47:16.from Andy. And we couldn't hear it! For the

:47:17. > :47:21.noise! It was a terrific party going on. Everybody was thrilled the whole

:47:22. > :47:26.of Dunblane was thrilled for him. Very well done. He said, thanks,

:47:27. > :47:32.grain. He asked if I was all right. I said we were absolutely fine.

:47:33. > :47:38.30 minutes after the match, I was sitting down waiting to do my drugs

:47:39. > :47:43.test it all hit me. I was so tired. We were all up on the grass bit of

:47:44. > :47:49.the players' lounge, everyone having champagne. Everyone happy. I got a

:47:50. > :47:55.message from you saying to come down and say hi.

:47:56. > :48:02.You were there in your Jea income tax s watching the final. And in two

:48:03. > :48:09.hours you have to go to the Wimbledon Ball. How does that

:48:10. > :48:12.happen? You are whisked away to this basement room and there are the

:48:13. > :48:21.clothes. Everybody is there. . Then, aunty Judy said she had to

:48:22. > :48:24.get ready for the Wimbledon Ball. So we helped.

:48:25. > :48:28.I had forgotten about it. Then I remember thinking I have nothing to

:48:29. > :48:33.wear. Of course, I did not realise at that stage that they have people

:48:34. > :48:39.on site to fit you out. I was whisked away for that. It was after

:48:40. > :48:43.a meal, that Judy and I were getting our photograph taken, I think then

:48:44. > :48:49.people realised who they were with, with the trophy. They started to

:48:50. > :48:54.applaud. It was lovely. We went to Andy's table. He saw us, got up and

:48:55. > :49:02.gave us a hug that was pretty special. It is making me emotional

:49:03. > :49:05.thinking about it. To have me and my brother having both won a Wimbledon

:49:06. > :49:11.title. It was great to have them there. A nice photo and nice for all

:49:12. > :49:15.of us. It is actually in our downstairs

:49:16. > :49:21.loo! That is nice. Yeah.

:49:22. > :49:25.Four or five days after the match finished, I went back to Wimbledon.

:49:26. > :49:31.I went to Centre Court. There was no-one there. It was empty. I walked

:49:32. > :49:36.around the court. No security men, groundsmen, nothing. I took my phone

:49:37. > :49:46.and filmed what in my mind was how the last point played out.

:49:47. > :49:49.Any point will do. With obviously no rackets or balls

:49:50. > :49:57.or nets or anything, and that was it.

:49:58. > :50:01.The day I was thinking about, it I was like, my cousin is one of the

:50:02. > :50:05.best tennis players in the world. Then I thought about it for a while,

:50:06. > :50:20.because then I started to think about what I would have for lunch!

:50:21. > :50:25.The waiting is over! Come on! Sue Sue Sue it is nerve-wracking

:50:26. > :50:27.watching it, even knowing the results.

:50:28. > :50:32.An amazing moment. It was. You were talking to me

:50:33. > :50:36.watching it, about how you felt. The weight of the nation, how much

:50:37. > :50:40.everyone wanted Andy to win it? Absolutely it was so special. And

:50:41. > :50:45.obviously being here on Sunday watching the match, you could really

:50:46. > :50:50.see the whole nation behind one sports person. You rarely see an

:50:51. > :50:53.atmosphere like this one. I felt it was the celebration of a whole

:50:54. > :50:56.country. That is absolutely amazing about the sport it is bringing

:50:57. > :51:01.everyone together. They were embracing the situation. I remember

:51:02. > :51:05.the ball, when Andy came out, he was so tired. Judy was there a

:51:06. > :51:13.bitterlier. She was really having a lot of fun! She knows my dad. My dad

:51:14. > :51:19.was there, so it was really like, son and mum and daughter and dad, it

:51:20. > :51:27.was so lovely to see. But she was really having a lot of fun was Judy

:51:28. > :51:32.Murray. Say no more! But that Wimbledon ball is a lovely

:51:33. > :51:37.tradition. That you can go and celebrate and both champions there

:51:38. > :51:44.together? It is special. I think that they have changed it a little.

:51:45. > :51:51.In 2013, they played a clip of you winning and you are holding

:51:52. > :51:55.backwards, outside of the room with the trophy in the hand, you are

:51:56. > :52:00.trying to slide open the door to see the clip and then they have a

:52:01. > :52:04.standing ovation. You are walking towards the catwalk with the trophy.

:52:05. > :52:09.You pose for a picture. The security guard takes the trophy, you sit

:52:10. > :52:13.down. Then the same for the men's winner. And then you have a proper

:52:14. > :52:18.dinner. The chairman of the club is coming

:52:19. > :52:23.between the main courses and the desserts to recap the tournament,

:52:24. > :52:28.making a speech. Then they give you your replica and your badge.

:52:29. > :52:33.Lovely. Such a nice tradition. Where were you watching that match? I was

:52:34. > :52:38.in the box. Right behind the main box. There are the players' boxes

:52:39. > :52:42.and two rows for the guests. I was very lucky to get into the stadium

:52:43. > :52:48.for the full match. I can tell you that the atmosphere was amazing. I

:52:49. > :52:52.can remember during that match point, everyone was starting to

:52:53. > :52:57.scream. As a player, whether you have the people screaming, you are

:52:58. > :53:03.thinking please make this ball land inside the baseline it is the worse

:53:04. > :53:08.thing in the world. And just when he won everyone went absolutely crazy.

:53:09. > :53:12.As a player, you have seen big matches around the world. Was it

:53:13. > :53:17.different that day? It was different as you could feel something about

:53:18. > :53:26.history was about to change. I think because Andy lost in the

:53:27. > :53:30.final before, I think that the whole country really was behind him, they

:53:31. > :53:34.did not want him to repeat that, or for him to feel that bad again.

:53:35. > :53:39.Winning the Gold Medal was a huge step forward. He won on that court.

:53:40. > :53:42.The last memory had had playing a big match was winning. He won the

:53:43. > :53:48.Gold Medal. That was crucial for him. But I remember on the Sunday,

:53:49. > :53:54.the Sunday between the first and the second week we were both into the

:53:55. > :53:59.same physio room. There is a small garden and a private physio room. My

:54:00. > :54:05.physio is talking to Andy's physio. The two guys say, see the two

:54:06. > :54:09.players there, here are the two Wimbledon champions. That was on the

:54:10. > :54:14.Sunday before. It was very special. Gosh! I am going to ask them

:54:15. > :54:19.tomorrow, what they think will happen next week! Have you been on

:54:20. > :54:23.Centre Court, doing a mobile phone recreation of your final point? No

:54:24. > :54:28.but I think that is a good idea. I will do that. Sneak in after the

:54:29. > :54:33.championship is over and remember, I am about to serve my point. It will

:54:34. > :54:36.be shorter! I know it will be filming the line and having someone

:54:37. > :54:40.dropping a ball over the line, repeating the scene. But it is all

:54:41. > :54:44.very much in my head, that is for sure.

:54:45. > :54:49.Lovely. And a lovely souvenir for Andy to keep, to watch how the

:54:50. > :54:53.nation celebrated with him throughout it all. Thank you very

:54:54. > :54:59.much for your company. Sadly we have no live tennis yet. There are still

:55:00. > :55:04.brollies up. The rain is falling at Wimbledon. We were hoping to play at

:55:05. > :55:10.12. 30pm but the rain has come down again. There is a roof on Centre

:55:11. > :55:15.Court, play will be under way at 1.00pm. Rafael Nadal first up on

:55:16. > :55:20.court on BBC One. In the meantime, though, here on BBC Two, we take you

:55:21. > :55:26.back to yesterday an a thrilling match on court number one too two

:55:27. > :55:31.talented players, Grigor Dimitrov and Alexandr Dolgopolov. We join it

:55:32. > :55:40.in the third set. Grigor Dimitrov is serving to stay in the third set at

:55:41. > :56:29.2-5 down. The commentators are Chris Bradley and Peter Fleming.

:56:30. > :56:34.Dimitrov certainly wants to hold serve, for no other reason,

:56:35. > :56:37.obviously to stay competitive in the set. But to serve first to start the

:56:38. > :57:02.fourth. It is almost as though they are

:57:03. > :57:06.mentally fatigued, for the amount of choice shots they have available?

:57:07. > :57:21.Absolutely. They have played two hours of really arduous tennis.

:57:22. > :57:48.Three set points. And pressure-packed tennis. There

:57:49. > :57:53.have not been many break points. Got him! What a spectacular way to

:57:54. > :58:01.finish the third set. No wonder his father is out of his chair.

:58:02. > :58:11.Dolgopolov! Two sets to one after an hour and 52 minutes.

:58:12. > :58:14.This is now a real test of Grigor Dimitrov's champion qualities as we

:58:15. > :58:20.see him leave the court. Both players in fact, now, going off for

:58:21. > :58:26.a toilet break. People came into this event talking

:58:27. > :58:32.about Dimitrov as a potential future Grand Slam champion. You would have

:58:33. > :58:36.to think that if he were to win a major that this one is the most

:58:37. > :58:48.likely candidate. He is so comfortable on this surface. He has

:58:49. > :58:56.had such very positive results. If he is to make a challenge, he has to

:58:57. > :59:00.start right here. It's wonderful to see this man,

:59:01. > :59:06.though. The first to make a quarter-final in the Australian Open

:59:07. > :59:10.three years ago. He is number 13 in the world in January 2012. He is

:59:11. > :59:14.back in the top 20. He has had a wonderful year together. His father

:59:15. > :59:20.standing there. A former player, back in charge of his son. He

:59:21. > :59:29.coached him to 2008. Jack Riyadher had a go to the end of 2012. But

:59:30. > :59:33.father and son are back side to side, and playing wonderful tennis.

:59:34. > :00:02.The statistics therein: -- there: You said earlier that Dimitrov had

:00:03. > :00:07.fatigued and he has blinked but up until then, the quality of the

:00:08. > :00:11.tennis was astounding and shock-making. It has been

:00:12. > :00:16.spell-binding. When you have so much variety you

:00:17. > :00:20.are spoiled for choice, Peter. Shot choice is a fascinating subject at

:00:21. > :00:25.the best of times but you have a split second, at the pace that these

:00:26. > :00:29.guys are playing to make the choice. Some of it is instinctive but

:00:30. > :00:34.Dimitrov for a wheel, he needed to find out where the strength lay. The

:00:35. > :00:53.backhand is good shot but the forehand is the weapon. Is that what

:00:54. > :00:57.he must try to do more than? Obviously he would like to but

:00:58. > :01:03.that's not a choice. He cannot say, I'm going to camp in the alley the

:01:04. > :01:06.way that Nadal Federer might, but Dolgopolov is hitting the ball so

:01:07. > :01:14.aggressively, he cannot take that risk. It is a really social day out

:01:15. > :01:18.at Wimbledon. It is like being in the car with your kids in the back.

:01:19. > :01:24.What do you think of it so far? Send. It is a good match, isn't it?

:01:25. > :01:38.Or too much for some. Catching some rays. I think most people here would

:01:39. > :01:43.be quite happy if it went the distance. Virtually clear skies. A

:01:44. > :01:48.big ask for Dimitrov but he has won a lot of tight matches this year,

:01:49. > :01:52.two of them in Acapulco, and he beat Andy Murray 7-6 in the third and

:01:53. > :01:59.then Kevin Anderson the big serving South African, in the third. And in

:02:00. > :02:07.the final at Queen's, saving championship point. When you talk

:02:08. > :02:11.about potential five set matches you have do consider the potential

:02:12. > :02:26.fatigue factor. And they still haven't been out on court for two

:02:27. > :02:30.hours. Both of them play so quickly. I would not have thought that

:02:31. > :03:11.physical fatigue had even begun to enter the picture. Dolgopolov to

:03:12. > :03:16.begin the fourth set. That is just magical. He has come back with a

:03:17. > :03:28.wand! Both made good use of that break.

:03:29. > :03:54.The aces return. Ten in the first set, four in the second.

:03:55. > :04:03.And third. Literally four aces in two sets for the Ukrainian, after

:04:04. > :04:38.that phenomenally good serving opening set.

:04:39. > :05:11.Uses that side spinning is to such great effect. Pushing Dimitrov all

:05:12. > :05:18.over the place. The backhand is so strong that, still aiming at

:05:19. > :05:23.Dimitrov's backhand, predominantly. This has been incredibly impressive

:05:24. > :05:28.grand stroking performance from Dolgopolov. He has always had flashy

:05:29. > :05:31.ground strokes but inevitably he would be erratic from time to time.

:05:32. > :05:43.That just hasn't been the case today. He's been very consistent.

:05:44. > :05:47.For the man of the moment, it's a big service game. The start of the

:05:48. > :06:03.fourth, going into a third hour. 0-1. That looked a tired point from

:06:04. > :06:44.Dimitrov. Pillar to post in the last game. No time for that! The serve

:06:45. > :06:47.and volley is becoming more crucial, the way that Dolgopolov is

:06:48. > :07:03.returning right now, straight back at the feet. He's really struggling

:07:04. > :07:09.all of a sudden. It is like Somerby has taken his blood that! -- Sunday

:07:10. > :08:18.has taken his blood out! Two more break points. Two from ten so far,

:08:19. > :08:46.the Ukrainian. And the line. -- on the line. Ace number six. What a

:08:47. > :08:59.huge hold from 15 - 40. Absolutely, terrific response. Three first

:09:00. > :09:04.serves. That will give Dimitrov a lot more encouragement. Amazing!

:09:05. > :09:30.LAUGHTER He's got his own style!

:09:31. > :11:42.In interesting, pump at this time of year there is so much talk about

:11:43. > :11:45.British tennis and I feel that the word technique is overused. When you

:11:46. > :11:50.watch some day like this man constructing points, the shots that

:11:51. > :11:55.he makes up, you get the feeling that he has played loads and loads

:11:56. > :11:59.of sets and points and badgers Khmers, there is an element of

:12:00. > :12:05.technique and so naturally, he plays the ball on its own terms.

:12:06. > :12:09.Technique, obviously, is important in the development of a player, but

:12:10. > :12:13.if you get the racket head going through the ball, then the nuances

:12:14. > :12:17.of your technique are probably not that important. What is that more

:12:18. > :12:21.of your technique are probably not important is how well you compete,

:12:22. > :12:31.how well you maintain a high intensity level and don't have these

:12:32. > :12:36.little blips in concentration loss. Both these guys come EU would have

:12:37. > :12:39.do say that Dolgopolov has done that better so far today. Bos you would

:12:40. > :12:44.have to say that. He has been the stronger man mentally, which is this

:12:45. > :12:49.a prize, because that is not always been a characteristic that you would

:12:50. > :12:53.associate with him. His stroke play and some of the shots he has come up

:12:54. > :12:57.with, are they almost frightening Dimitrov a little? They have both

:12:58. > :13:08.put pressure on one another because they have hit the ball so soundly.

:13:09. > :14:08.Dimitrov trailing by one set. New balls.

:14:09. > :15:02.Six, one metre 90. And he looked tall on that serve. Ace number

:15:03. > :15:10.seven. A quick game. And when you look at the way Dolgopolov places

:15:11. > :15:16.tennis, -- plays his tennis, he is so often on his back foot, flicking

:15:17. > :15:20.his wrist here and there and arching his back, no wonder that he

:15:21. > :15:32.stretches out at times. That was just a slip, nothing more, really.

:15:33. > :15:47.His body seems to be a king. -- it seems to be a king. -- aching. He

:15:48. > :15:50.does have an extravagant style. Often leaning backwards, all over

:15:51. > :15:59.the place like an octopus or something! But so much more

:16:00. > :16:07.recently. He seems to be under control. The wild spells have not

:16:08. > :17:05.been nearly as evident. Effortless! He certainly made it

:17:06. > :17:11.appear effortless. He hit that ball dead flat at the line, probably 90

:17:12. > :17:21.miles an hour. An incredibly difficult shot to hit as accurately

:17:22. > :17:28.as he did. No spin at all Ahmad ball. He was expecting it back,

:17:29. > :17:38.stepping back to the middle. As you must. Every ball is coming back,

:17:39. > :17:46.until it doesn't. -- knows bin at all on that ball. The ball boys

:17:47. > :17:53.doing a great Job, 30 schools, locally, trained for months,

:17:54. > :18:00.regimented leave. -- regimented leave. You only notice them when

:18:01. > :18:05.they are in shock. -- in shot. A bit of a lull on the return games, they

:18:06. > :18:14.are putting so much emphasis on holding now. If you quick games each

:18:15. > :18:19.on serve. -- a few quick games each on serve. Building to the important

:18:20. > :19:49.time. Serving behind Dimitrov, in every sense, too- three, fourth set.

:19:50. > :20:01.Spectacular! And those sort of shots have been conspicuous by their

:20:02. > :20:06.absence thus far, because Dimitrov is such a skilled net player and yet

:20:07. > :20:28.we haven't seen him at their many times at all today.

:20:29. > :20:31.How many choices were available there? He lost his balance in the

:20:32. > :21:08.end. Rovers even again. Trying to get the

:21:09. > :21:20.spring in the step, make that little extra difference - honours even

:21:21. > :21:23.again. From the shadow into the spotlight again, this man. And the

:21:24. > :21:48.breeze picking up again. It's not consistent. Look at the faces of

:21:49. > :23:11.people after this shot. It is so good to watch the variety.

:23:12. > :23:51.That's the one! Ran around the backhand. A monster forehand. Talk

:23:52. > :24:55.about moments of inspiration! From 40-02 deuce. - from 40-0 two deuce.

:24:56. > :25:02.Fabulous! And as entertaining as the two hours and 20 minutes have been

:25:03. > :25:03.until now, you can't help thinking, the tastiest bits are still in front

:25:04. > :26:17.of us. It's on a hat-trick. 19 in all. 42

:26:18. > :26:51.in this second round. 42. Benjamin Becker.

:26:52. > :26:58.Didn't exactly succumbed to nerves, did he? What is serve on the break

:26:59. > :27:03.point! Fearless. We said that earlier, they are both fearless shot

:27:04. > :27:12.makers. They wanted the match on their racket at all times. He has

:27:13. > :27:20.been a revelation. Dolgopolov, this is the best match I've ever seen him

:27:21. > :27:25.play. This is a grass court and the ball takes erratic bounces. It

:27:26. > :27:30.hasn't appeared to do that but it does. Let's face it. They have

:27:31. > :27:42.struck the ball so cleanly throughout. We haven't seen either

:27:43. > :27:53.man slipping as so many have done this week, both just skating along

:27:54. > :28:03.the top of this service. It has been a joy to watch for all here. One of

:28:04. > :28:11.the pics of the third round. The first set and a half, the heady

:28:12. > :28:21.heights of sheer quality. The pressure is still on Dimitrov,

:28:22. > :28:35.trailing by two sets to one. And 3-4 in the fourth set.

:28:36. > :28:45.Dimitrov got away with that one there. The forehand was completely

:28:46. > :29:25.mishit, barely touched the strings yet still went in the court.

:29:26. > :29:57.It is not easy approaching the net against a guy like this.

:29:58. > :30:06.His body position at times defies belief. You must have such a

:30:07. > :30:36.flexible back. -- he must have such a flexible back. Again there.

:30:37. > :30:46.And the octopus is a good analogy. It is like arms and legs everywhere!

:30:47. > :30:49.There was a bit of pressure there for a moment.

:30:50. > :32:08.He acted well. Oh! How good is that? Beyond good.

:32:09. > :32:29.Way beyond good! Applauded by Dolgopolov.

:32:30. > :32:36.It was worth the bonus point. The pressure on the other side of

:32:37. > :33:14.the net. Brilliant. Again, there seems to be

:33:15. > :33:17.no way forwards. When Dolgopolov keeps the ball below

:33:18. > :33:20.the height of the net as he does there, he is so quick he has

:33:21. > :34:08.everything covered. Well we have seen it before. Not

:34:09. > :34:26.many doubles but they come at crucial times.

:34:27. > :34:46.Grit response. Again.

:34:47. > :36:12.-- great response. Again. It's going to be close.

:36:13. > :36:55.Again! And still not one body serve, not one.

:36:56. > :37:26.Second double Le of the game. You think how gutsy he has been with it.

:37:27. > :37:38.It's in! Dimitrov with a little bit of help breaks.

:37:39. > :37:48.And Dolgopolov perhaps fooled by the wind.

:37:49. > :38:29.Because as this ball crossed the net it was quite a height. It just

:38:30. > :38:35.dropped like a stone. He will be so pleased with that. His

:38:36. > :38:39.man is digging deep. All the hard work. It has reaped so many rewards

:38:40. > :38:46.since October last year. He has that feeling now. It is so important in

:38:47. > :38:50.the locker room. Dimitrov has a the reputation, he is a big-match

:38:51. > :38:54.player. He is going to pull this match out of the bag.

:38:55. > :39:03.That is the phrase, digging deep. That is exactly what he has had to

:39:04. > :39:07.do. So far, so good. Two hours and 33 minutes.

:39:08. > :40:28.Dimitrov is serving to take the fourth set. It is 5-4.

:40:29. > :40:33.APPLAUSE Beautiful grass court tennis.

:40:34. > :40:40.We talk about shifts in matches. Well, Dolgopolov is feeling it right

:40:41. > :41:55.now. He's up against it. Three set points.

:41:56. > :42:22.Look at that! He hit the side line. Not out of it yet.

:42:23. > :42:30.They're going to a decider on an ace. Two things are going to change

:42:31. > :42:35.for these men. One of them is going to make fourth round of Wimbledon

:42:36. > :42:39.for the first time and one of them is going to win a five-set match at

:42:40. > :42:49.Wimbledon. They have both played five sets here. They have not won

:42:50. > :42:54.one yet. Two hours and 37 minutes. Sue Sue Sue But Grigor Dimitrov did

:42:55. > :43:01.win this match. Two breaks of serve and here he is,

:43:02. > :43:12.three match points on the Alexandr Dolgopolov serve -- Sue Sue Sue.

:43:13. > :43:18.Still producing the outstanding rallies.

:43:19. > :43:24.What a winner to finish. What a reaction from Grigor Dimitrov. The

:43:25. > :43:27.Queen's champion is through. One step closer to possibly meeting Andy

:43:28. > :43:30.Murray in the quarter-finals. What a match that will be.

:43:31. > :43:35.He is back on Monday for the fourth round.

:43:36. > :43:39.Yes! That's how much it meant to him. That was yesterday. I am

:43:40. > :43:43.pleased to say that here at Wimbledon, the rain has moved away.

:43:44. > :43:47.Although there are clouds around and the threat of rain is still here at

:43:48. > :43:54.Wimbledon. But at the moment we have play on court and on Centre Court

:43:55. > :43:59.Rafael Nadal is on court. Jet getting under way against Mikhail

:44:00. > :44:06.Kukushkin of Kazakhstan. That match is on BBC One. David Beckham,

:44:07. > :44:10.Bradley Wiggins, Sir Bobby Charlton, many sports stars watching from the

:44:11. > :44:15.Royal Box on this Saturday. That is on BBC One. But ear here on two we

:44:16. > :44:20.are to take you to court number one, to see Serena Williams up against

:44:21. > :44:27.Alize Cornet, who is seeded 25 at this championship.

:44:28. > :44:34.We can join if now. The match is just underway it is 1-1.

:44:35. > :44:44.One break a piece. Let's join the commentators out on court, Martina

:44:45. > :44:49.Navratilova is alongside Simon Reid. We had a shock with Alize Cornet

:44:50. > :44:56.braking Williams. Alize Cornet who beat theless time

:44:57. > :45:07.they met each other in Dubai, beat her in straight sets. So Williams

:45:08. > :45:12.knows the threat that is there. That is Serena's money serve. Where

:45:13. > :45:20.she goes if she is in trouble. To get an easy point. It is effortless.

:45:21. > :45:25.She can hit that ball with her eyes closed in her sleep. She has it down

:45:26. > :45:30.pat. An effective serve. If somehow you get it back, it opens up the

:45:31. > :45:52.Courtney way. So she is in the driver's seat when that ball is

:45:53. > :45:58.going in. Serena would have been quicker off

:45:59. > :46:05.the mark. There it died down, she could not

:46:06. > :46:11.scoop under it. I am noticing that Serena was deliberately walking

:46:12. > :46:13.slowly. When I got nervous, I walked slowly but sometimes you can walk

:46:14. > :46:35.too slow. Well played! Cheeky.

:46:36. > :46:43.The crowd like it is. Another break point. And that backhand. Serena

:46:44. > :46:48.took big steps to go to it. It floated the ball up and this got her

:46:49. > :47:08.on the run. This was smoothly played by Alize Cornet.

:47:09. > :47:14.That was there for the taking. Serena is at the net not of her own

:47:15. > :47:19.volition. She had to come in. Cornet had lots of time to line the ball

:47:20. > :47:20.up. She has been as quiet as a mouse

:47:21. > :47:42.until then. A big come on and a stare right down

:47:43. > :47:46.the court. That was the hardest serve of the

:47:47. > :47:52.match so far. Going down the middle of the court. Figuring that Cornet

:47:53. > :47:58.would guess. She did. We're in the third game.

:47:59. > :48:17.And she is fired up already. It has turned to spit... Even though

:48:18. > :48:21.the sun it out, it's raining. Pretty big rain drops. But not too

:48:22. > :48:27.many of them. I'm not sure how much longer they will be out here.

:48:28. > :48:51.She looks up above. But there does seem to be a bit of grey cloud.

:48:52. > :49:00.I think they are going to call it pretty soon. I don't know if I have

:49:01. > :49:10.ever seen Serena serve like that. 67 miles. At the bottom of the net.

:49:11. > :49:21.Another break point for Cornet. She's in danger here again.

:49:22. > :49:25.No, she was not messing around. Not trying to be clever.

:49:26. > :49:30.It's raining a little harder now. I think they are going to call it.

:49:31. > :49:36.They can't play now. It is too wet. I can't believe they have not called

:49:37. > :49:51.it yet. The umbrellas are coming out.

:49:52. > :50:02.Listen to Serena! Well, this is when you know that the noises that the

:50:03. > :50:07.women make can be controlled. This last big game she was loud on

:50:08. > :50:13.ever shot. This is raining so hard. There is no way they should be

:50:14. > :50:19.playing. What is she waiting for? This is too wet. If I were Serena, I

:50:20. > :50:23.would not want to play. I guess she is going for the big serve.

:50:24. > :50:27.The longer that they play, the longer they have to wait for the cup

:50:28. > :50:31.of tea. This is crazy.

:50:32. > :50:36.She has started the point. You can't stop in the middle of the point.

:50:37. > :50:48.I would stop after this point, regardless.

:50:49. > :50:54.Ladies and gentlemen, play is suspended, unfishally. They are

:50:55. > :51:02.still carrying on. It is raining hard.

:51:03. > :51:10.The players are suspending. There you go.

:51:11. > :51:15.Is she going to test the court? No. On come the cavalry.

:51:16. > :51:20.The girls better hurry up before they get over. Serena should know

:51:21. > :51:25.that by now. Go, Serena, get out of the way!

:51:26. > :51:28.They're waiting. It is a pity, it was a really

:51:29. > :51:35.interesting time. Yes, it was. But when Serena

:51:36. > :51:40.Williams wants to stop play at deuce, I would have stopped when I

:51:41. > :51:45.was a point up. That way it does not matter. Deuce is more difficult.

:51:46. > :51:52.But in any case, we have a rain delay.

:51:53. > :52:01.And Alize Cornet has shown Serena she fancies the task here. We could

:52:02. > :52:05.be in for a very interesting match. Ladies and gentlemen, clearly, rain

:52:06. > :52:09.is suspended. She is sitting in the umpire's chair

:52:10. > :52:15.with the covers on. I have never seen that before. This is funny.

:52:16. > :52:17.Sorry, Simon, I get excited about the little stiff stuff. This, I have

:52:18. > :52:29.not seen before! I am sure that the players will go

:52:30. > :52:36.to their respective corners to get some wisdom based on the two games,

:52:37. > :52:40.three games. I don't know if it flavours either player. It is too

:52:41. > :52:47.early. But Alize Cornet has played well.

:52:48. > :52:52.But I favour Serena. She looks settled. Alize Cornet,

:52:53. > :52:55.though, is standing up to her. We will see if it makes a

:52:56. > :52:59.difference. But here we are.

:53:00. > :53:06.We hope that we will be back to you soon. We leave it for the moment.

:53:07. > :53:10.SUE BARKER: Well what a shame it is, not just for the spectators who

:53:11. > :53:15.watch the covers and the rain coming down. But for the players, to get

:53:16. > :53:20.warmed up, to get ready for a big match out there at Wimbledon and not

:53:21. > :53:26.play even three games it is a long walk from the court number one to

:53:27. > :53:31.the ladies's members' dressing room. We have heard from our weather

:53:32. > :53:34.forecaster earlier that many showers are expected through the day.

:53:35. > :53:38.Hopefully getting better this evening. But I think it will be a

:53:39. > :53:42.frustrating day for those who have tickets for outside of the courts.

:53:43. > :53:49.Not such a problem for those on Centre Court. We have the roof

:53:50. > :53:54.closed and Rafael Nadal is on court against Mikhail Kukushkin of

:53:55. > :54:00.Kazakhstan. It is 1-1 in the opening set. That match is over on BBC One.

:54:01. > :54:04.We will keep an eye on the weather and bring the live tennis when the

:54:05. > :54:08.players are back on. But it gives the opportunity to look back to a

:54:09. > :54:15.match yesterday. Almost in the gloom of yesterday. Between Marin Cilic,

:54:16. > :54:19.up against the former finalist sixth seed, Tomas Berdych. Always a

:54:20. > :54:26.big-hitting tussle. We join it in the third set. Marin Cilic is

:54:27. > :56:02.leading #2 two sets to love. match. Two of them in quick

:56:03. > :56:16.succession. Oh! Cilic. That was a horror show!

:56:17. > :56:26.That sums it up. Cilic would pay a lot of money for a do over there.

:56:27. > :56:28.Another second serve. Can Cilic create a break point or two out of

:56:29. > :56:53.this? Two break points.

:56:54. > :57:03.The Croatian supporters. Sense the winning line here.

:57:04. > :57:38.Tomas Berdych taking plenty of time. One saved! Nerves of steel from

:57:39. > :57:39.Tomas Berdych to save the two break points in the gathering gloom of

:57:40. > :58:06.court three. I wonder if that might have been

:58:07. > :58:10.heading out? He played it. It was going to be close.

:58:11. > :58:17.A risky shot to attempt in the fading light when you are playing

:58:18. > :58:22.poorly in this game. He has coughed up a couple of doubles and unforced

:58:23. > :58:29.errors. One or two of the supporters looking

:58:30. > :58:50.for Divin intervention! Another break point.

:58:51. > :58:58.That's incredible. I mean, Cilic must have thought he had already won

:58:59. > :59:04.the game. Berdych is under so much pressure.

:59:05. > :59:09.Then Berdych just decided to take matters into his own hands here. The

:59:10. > :59:52.final two shots of the rally were struck superbly.

:59:53. > :00:23.Marin Cilic has another break point, his fourth.

:00:24. > :00:28.Out! It's out. Cilic thought about challenging but

:00:29. > :00:38.once he had checked with the umpire, he realised that it was definitely a

:00:39. > :00:40.good call. Round we go, deuce number three. It

:00:41. > :02:21.is getting darker. what a point! Superb tennis. Both

:02:22. > :02:27.players trying to do to play at same time -- dictate play. Berdych was

:02:28. > :02:33.able to gain the upper hand and sensibly following into the net,

:02:34. > :02:36.making good use of the chipped return. So difficult to play any

:02:37. > :02:55.kind of decent tennis from that deep behind the baseline. Well played,

:02:56. > :02:57.Cilic! He was a little fortunate because there was nothing Berdych

:02:58. > :03:04.could do once the ball clipped the baseline. He wasn't able to time

:03:05. > :03:12.beforehand as well as he would have wanted. Cilic has done well, mopping

:03:13. > :04:37.up anything that dropped short. It is nearly dark. Deuce number five.

:04:38. > :04:45.Cilic will have to serve to stay on the set once again. 5-6. You

:04:46. > :04:49.Cilic will have to serve to stay on it is completely on the line. There

:04:50. > :05:01.is no line at all, it is completely like dust. Great. Great! Berdych is

:05:02. > :05:07.right. The lines are barely discernible. The baselines are kind

:05:08. > :05:15.of merged into the dust at this time of day. Each and every day they will

:05:16. > :05:19.repaint the lines. At this stage it is difficult to see, especially in

:05:20. > :05:26.the fading light. He did so well to hold, he was literally fighting for

:05:27. > :05:43.his very life. The lights are on in the neighbours' houses.

:05:44. > :05:52.No flash photography, that means no photography, with everybody's phones

:05:53. > :06:01.and cameras working automatically. Berdych is heading back to his

:06:02. > :06:09.chair, for a new racket, possibly? It will get a little darker while he

:06:10. > :06:19.rummages around here. It looks a little lighter above, but it is

:06:20. > :06:28.pretty dull out there now. Classic Wimbledon twilight tennis. Cilic,

:06:29. > :06:39.serving to stay in the set once again, 5-6. To take it to a

:06:40. > :06:41.tie-break. And he circles around. There is a bit of distraction coming

:06:42. > :06:46.from the crowd. LAUGHTER

:06:47. > :06:57.UMPIRE: The umpire is enjoying a joke with

:06:58. > :07:00.Berdych, Cilic remains poker-faced. At least I think he is, I can't see

:07:01. > :07:02.him! At least I think he is, I can't see

:07:03. > :08:10.him! Such a good tactic to use when it is

:08:11. > :08:16.dark. Making it difficult to time the ball. Bright sunshine when you

:08:17. > :08:22.have a ball at full stretch. Virtually impossible when given the

:08:23. > :08:56.circumstances now. First-time Berdych has used that tactic.

:08:57. > :09:07.A great return! A classy, classy move. Against the variation,

:09:08. > :09:10.normally he would look to go down the line. The fact he surprised

:09:11. > :09:39.Cilic has worked well in his favour. 6-6, second tie-break of the match

:09:40. > :09:48.will follow. The lights are on in central London.

:09:49. > :10:04.We are in the twilight zone. We have a tie-break to be played at

:10:05. > :10:55.dusk. Cilic in trouble, Berdych is off and

:10:56. > :11:28.running. It is all about trying to get the

:11:29. > :11:29.first hit in a rally, it is so difficult to defend in circumstances

:11:30. > :12:06.like these. The Berdych boys beginning to

:12:07. > :12:22.believe now, they want to return tomorrow. Right on the line.

:12:23. > :12:58.How is this possible? You know what, it is too dark for Hawk-eye, that is

:12:59. > :12:59.why it who can't challenge. Hawk-eye doesn't work any more in these

:13:00. > :13:14.gloomy conditions. At the change of ends, they are all

:13:15. > :13:30.square. The same guy that was on the service

:13:31. > :13:32.line, you just change him. Focus, focus!

:13:33. > :13:40.LAUGHTER The discussions continue. Nothing is

:13:41. > :14:13.going to change. A big serve from Cilic. 124 mph.

:14:14. > :14:19.That is the one thing they have worked on more than any other. Goran

:14:20. > :14:47.Ivanisevic and Cilic. These two guys are just swimming

:14:48. > :14:51.freely at the ball in the hope of just connecting with one. You can

:14:52. > :14:57.see how difficult it is to do just that. Cilic almost with a swing and

:14:58. > :15:13.a miss. Nobody there to collect it. This is the only tennis in town now.

:15:14. > :15:21.Berdych with a double fault. Only the fourth he has served this much.

:15:22. > :16:01.It might just come back to haunt him.

:16:02. > :16:40.That miss from Cilic gives Berdych hope.

:16:41. > :16:48.shot at the best of times. Really gutsy tennis. Normally he has been

:16:49. > :16:49.pounding his forehands from a similar position.

:16:50. > :16:49.gutsy tennis. Normally he has been pounding his forehands from The

:16:50. > :17:21.variation worked. Match point. Incredible tension and drama out

:17:22. > :17:33.here. Absolutely crammed in on Court three. Huddling together for warmth

:17:34. > :17:44.and despite the darkness, the tennis is absolutely thrilling.

:17:45. > :17:46.UMPIRE: Please, ladies and gentlemen, no flash photography.

:17:47. > :18:05.Thank you. The return of serve straight at the

:18:06. > :18:09.feet of Tomas Berdych. Couldn't clear the fence. Cilic has his

:18:10. > :18:46.second match point. It is over! Cilic takes his place in

:18:47. > :18:56.the fourth round. At 9:38pm on this Friday evening, the Croatian defeats

:18:57. > :19:07.the number six seed. Straight sets. In near darkness.

:19:08. > :19:14.STUDIO: The time was 9:38pm. It is a Wimbledon record. I am slightly

:19:15. > :19:22.gutted because I held the previous record of 935, so I now have no

:19:23. > :19:30.Wimbledon record. Yours was a doubles match? Could you see the

:19:31. > :19:34.ball? It was actually all over the newspapers because the crowd went

:19:35. > :19:39.crazy and through these questions on the court. One hit me on the leg and

:19:40. > :19:39.the front pages were, Sue Barker hit on Centre

:19:40. > :19:46.the front pages were, Sue Barker Court riot! It was only a cushion

:19:47. > :19:53.and it wasn't really a riot! You were a bit tougher than that! I was

:19:54. > :19:59.up against Joanne Russell. My record is gone. That is a doubles match.

:20:00. > :20:03.But a singles match that is so important to finish in darkness, it

:20:04. > :20:08.wasn't good. Tomas Berdych had a great argument. It was too dark for

:20:09. > :20:13.Hawk-eye to work, then how are they supposed to see the ball? From about

:20:14. > :20:17.4-4 they were -- he was complaining to the umpire that it was too dark.

:20:18. > :20:21.In such an important match, they still had today to finish it before

:20:22. > :20:28.the round of 16 on Monday, sometimes you have to listen to the players. I

:20:29. > :20:35.am with Lindsay on this. We agree on a lot. Not always! If a player can't

:20:36. > :20:39.see the ball, then come. I don't there has been a comment from the

:20:40. > :20:42.referee 's his comedy is getting on with it. You would not call it a

:20:43. > :20:47.scandal but I would be upset if was Tomas Berdych. Absolutely, grand

:20:48. > :21:02.slam Stone, around a lot. He has a sense of humour -- Grand Slams. He

:21:03. > :21:11.sent this to eat... -- sent this Tweet.

:21:12. > :21:26.His girlfriend tweets very finally as well.

:21:27. > :21:35.He is very amusing to follow. What a win for Marin Cilic, knees dangerous

:21:36. > :21:39.on this stuff. Goran Ivanisevic has helped him with his game to make him

:21:40. > :21:43.so good on grass. That serve, I can't imagine returning in the

:21:44. > :21:48.sunlight. Then you put it where you can't see it, it seems it was a

:21:49. > :21:54.tough obstacle for Berdych. You put a bit of confidence into Cilic's

:21:55. > :21:57.system and you are thinking, semifinal, here we go. Why not? He

:21:58. > :22:04.has the tools and the grasscourt and agree. The reason we are in the

:22:05. > :22:08.studio talking is because we have had plenty of rain at Wimbledon.

:22:09. > :22:14.That means that some spectators have to sit it out and just wait with the

:22:15. > :22:20.brollies up on the covers to come off. For some of the players it is

:22:21. > :22:28.indoors as well, including Andy Murray, he won't truly care about

:22:29. > :22:31.that, you got the job done in some style last night. Andy will be

:22:32. > :22:36.thinking, there will be a few people sitting and waiting at Wimbledon

:22:37. > :22:41.committee can go home and have a cup of tea and an early dinner and wait

:22:42. > :22:45.until Monday. He will be playing Kevin Anderson, that will not be

:22:46. > :22:52.easy. The big server from South Africa. The roof is on Centre Court

:22:53. > :22:57.and that means that play goes on on this middle Saturday. It is on

:22:58. > :23:06.BBC1. It is Rafael Nadal who is about to come out to serve against

:23:07. > :23:10.Mikhail Kukushkin on Kazakhstan. Big sports stars are in the Royal Box

:23:11. > :23:14.today. Play continues on Centre Court. For everyone here at

:23:15. > :23:19.Wimbledon we are waiting for the outside courts to get underway.

:23:20. > :23:25.Let's go back to Sarah, our weather forecaster. It is a bit mixed

:23:26. > :23:28.through the rest of the afternoon. There are a few spots of rain but

:23:29. > :23:31.some brightness. Nothing too torrential over the next hour or so,

:23:32. > :23:35.a bit of a dryer interlude. We are a bit of a dryer interlude.

:23:36. > :23:37.inspecting to see further heavy showers coming and going on and off.

:23:38. > :23:40.inspecting to see further heavy showers coming The covers will be on

:23:41. > :23:44.and off at times and more interruptions are likely.

:23:45. > :23:50.Temperatures around 17 degrees or so. They will be hit and miss and

:23:51. > :23:53.there is the small chance we could see Hale and thunder and lightning

:23:54. > :24:00.mixed in with one or two of those showers. He mixed bag and

:24:01. > :24:05.interruptions to play but into the evening we should see the shower

:24:06. > :24:12.starting to fade. Thank you. It is a shame. There has been no rain all

:24:13. > :24:16.week while Carol Kirkwood has been there. Poor Sarah, sorry about that!

:24:17. > :24:22.We are going to look ahead to some matches coming up including Eugenie

:24:23. > :24:26.Bouchard against Andrea Petkovic. They have both been in good form,

:24:27. > :24:33.Petkovic has bounced back from injury, let's hear from her. Enjoy

:24:34. > :24:41.when you can and in July when you must. Imagine having -- and endure

:24:42. > :24:44.when you must. Imagine having something taken away from you and

:24:45. > :24:49.you can't do anything because you are injured. Even if I wanted to, I

:24:50. > :24:52.could not play tennis. The worst part for me was throughout the

:24:53. > :24:56.injuries, you keep a positive head because the only thought you have,

:24:57. > :25:00.once I am back on court, everything will be fine. My life will be in

:25:01. > :25:05.order again and you will have a sense to live again. Then when I was

:25:06. > :25:09.back on court, it was the worst time because my timing was off, I did not

:25:10. > :25:14.play well any more, I was moving awfully. All of these reasons why

:25:15. > :25:21.you enjoy tennis are gone. I was bad at tennis. Everyday one should at

:25:22. > :25:25.least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and

:25:26. > :25:31.if at all possible, speak a few sensible words.

:25:32. > :25:35.I think what relaxed me most is just any kind of art. I love to read and

:25:36. > :25:41.go to museums and listen to pod casts. The best thing for me is when

:25:42. > :25:45.I can do it in nature, that is why I love London so much, I can go

:25:46. > :25:49.straight across the street, I am in a park, I am sitting on a bench,

:25:50. > :25:55.listening to my pod casts, reading a book. That just relaxes me most, I

:25:56. > :26:00.don't know why. The soul that sees beauty may

:26:01. > :26:07.sometimes walk alone. I was born in Yugoslavia, in Bosnia.

:26:08. > :26:11.My parents are both Serbian. I was brought up in this kind of

:26:12. > :26:17.conservative household. I have this Serbian fire and sometimes this

:26:18. > :26:23.uncontrollable emotion that I am going through, that I can't really

:26:24. > :26:28.control. But I am very disciplined and I learned the German hard work,

:26:29. > :26:35.that you have to be disciplined if you want to gain something. Once I

:26:36. > :26:39.am in balance I feel really good with myself. Sometimes one or the

:26:40. > :26:45.other takes over and I need to find the balance again the because I

:26:46. > :26:52.don't feel as before. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.

:26:53. > :26:56.Boldness is -- has genius, power and magic in it. I have never passed the

:26:57. > :27:00.third round of Wimbledon so that is a thought that is far from my mind

:27:01. > :27:04.and I am trying to focus on doing the right things and taking it match

:27:05. > :27:07.by match. Magic is believing in yourself. If

:27:08. > :27:13.you can do that you can make anything happen.

:27:14. > :27:19.That is how she motivates herself and it is working this year, isn't

:27:20. > :27:22.it? She is an amazing lady and there is not a player in the locker room

:27:23. > :27:24.that doesn't want to see her do well. She has blown her knee out

:27:25. > :27:35.twice with the I lost my breath the other day, she

:27:36. > :27:39.fell again on court and the trainer had to wrap up her knee. She is a

:27:40. > :27:47.very thoughtful young lady. She plays thoughtful tennis and she is a

:27:48. > :27:52.delight of the court. She has that German work ethic and the Serbian

:27:53. > :27:57.fire. A great combination. It reignites a debate in my head about

:27:58. > :28:04.whether it is better to be an intelligent person playing a sport,

:28:05. > :28:11.or unintelligent and an bright and thick, what is best? Because this

:28:12. > :28:15.one is bright. She is well rounded and thoughtful. The life itself

:28:16. > :28:18.lends itself to difficult women's, doing the same thing in the same

:28:19. > :28:23.places year after year. At the end of the day it is a fuzzy yellow ball

:28:24. > :28:27.that you're hitting over the net. It hurts physically as well, it is easy

:28:28. > :28:30.to turn away from it. Is it better to be bright as a sports person and

:28:31. > :28:34.doing things repetitive Lee, or better to be not so bright? -- doing

:28:35. > :28:44.things I think Roger Federer might have a

:28:45. > :28:57.comment or two about that. matter whether you are bright or

:28:58. > :29:04.not. It is whether you want to compete. That's right, so where do

:29:05. > :29:09.you find your joy? All of this takes time to find. When you're going to

:29:10. > :29:12.places for the first time, playing opponents for the first, smashing

:29:13. > :29:16.people up and people are saying wonderful things, that is great.

:29:17. > :29:20.After four or five years, coming back from injury, it takes

:29:21. > :29:25.self-motivation and a love of the game. That is when I like watching

:29:26. > :29:31.people play. You say she is so popular. She is. Her Twitter is

:29:32. > :29:35.hilarious, she gets along with everybody. She is one of those

:29:36. > :29:40.ladies that everybody likes. I have never heard one player say a bad

:29:41. > :29:48.thing about her. She will be running a taught one day. A lovely match for

:29:49. > :29:54.her to enjoy today against one of the rising stars of the game.

:29:55. > :29:58.Bouchard has never beaten Petkovic. Bouchard is the next generation. I

:29:59. > :30:04.believe she is going to win a Grand Slam, 2014 might be too soon. She

:30:05. > :30:10.has put it together this year, she has had two semifinals and she

:30:11. > :30:16.believes. Petkovic is not a grasscourt player. Her court

:30:17. > :30:17.position is normally far behind the baseline. This might be the

:30:18. > :30:21.position is normally far behind the baseline. This time for Bouchard to

:30:22. > :30:26.get her first win. She has a great game for grass. She doesn't really

:30:27. > :30:38.like the comparisons between her and Maria. It is not a bad one to make.

:30:39. > :30:44.To find yourself and what works for you and to smoothly go ahead and do

:30:45. > :30:49.your business, I think she is the centre of attention. She is at the

:30:50. > :30:53.centre of a storm now. That is as much of an adjustment as beating

:30:54. > :30:57.people she has not beaten before at this point, settling into a

:30:58. > :31:02.lifestyle of stardom. A couple of years ago, I watched her on the

:31:03. > :31:09.court behind us in the juniors. She won a couple of years ago. Two

:31:10. > :31:14.semifinals at Grand Slam level, that is probably a little bit earlier

:31:15. > :31:21.than most people were picking to go to the semifinals. With Canadian

:31:22. > :31:27.tennis on the up with Bouchard and Raonic. I know you wanted to talk

:31:28. > :31:31.about Bob Brett. He has been brought in with the LTA, director of player

:31:32. > :31:39.development. We talked about it earlier. Marin Cilic beating Tomas

:31:40. > :31:46.Berdych yesterday. This is an experienced man going all around the

:31:47. > :31:50.world coaching. He knows the game. I thought Mark Petchey was eloquent

:31:51. > :31:56.only. 1.I wanted to make, we have seen it all before and people should

:31:57. > :32:02.not think we are being negative or trying to demoralise anybody coming

:32:03. > :32:07.up through the system -- one point. He has to address who was working

:32:08. > :32:14.with our best kids. The transition, 16, 17, 18 years old, 21, 22, that

:32:15. > :32:19.is when you are ready. Bob Brett hast to employ good people to coach.

:32:20. > :32:26.Looking at Spain and France, they have 13, 14, 15 people in the top

:32:27. > :32:32.100. They never allowed... They are spoilt for choice with coaches. The

:32:33. > :32:41.coaches often have experience either on the OD there as players. You do

:32:42. > :32:44.not... -- on the road. It is not about that when you are trying to

:32:45. > :32:48.carve out professional tennis players at the very high level. The

:32:49. > :32:58.elite nature of this is something which is difficult to coach. Coach

:32:59. > :33:06.may be the wrong word. Inspire. I will not have what Gillian Hoffman

:33:07. > :33:12.said, the Belgian coach, he has been capturing Ali coaching Dan Evans and

:33:13. > :33:17.doing well financially out of it -- he has been coaching Dan Evans. He

:33:18. > :33:22.has said that kids are to sport in this country. I don't see it that

:33:23. > :33:29.way. If a 14, 15, 16-year-old is not doing the right thing, it is because

:33:30. > :33:33.either the parents or the coach are not leading them in the right way.

:33:34. > :33:36.As a parent, if your child is not doing something the right way, you

:33:37. > :33:43.say, you are doing it the wrong way. That presupposes that you know

:33:44. > :33:47.what it is. To be fair, over the years, you have to look at the

:33:48. > :33:51.coaches who have worked with our best kids and you have to ask, have

:33:52. > :33:59.they been good enough? Do you feel better now? If we had not lost so

:34:00. > :34:09.much talent over the years... I know. You are spot on. You can talk

:34:10. > :34:14.about Canada and Germany, the third round German, she is seeded 20 in

:34:15. > :34:15.the draw. Australian tennis, what a resurgence they have had. So many

:34:16. > :34:22.men including me new young star resurgence they have had. So many

:34:23. > :34:27.men including me who was out on court against Richard Gasquet and

:34:28. > :34:34.this is much point. He had saved nine right Ali match point against a

:34:35. > :34:40.former semifinalist. -- he saved nine match points. Very gracious

:34:41. > :34:47.response from Richard Gasquet. The 13th seed is out. The Australian is

:34:48. > :34:51.through. He could stay out forever enjoying that. Let us hear from

:34:52. > :35:03.someone who knows him well. In your role as mentor, you have

:35:04. > :35:11.predicted a big showing from Nick this week. Why was that? It has been

:35:12. > :35:18.building. Over the past 18 months, he has made some really big games.

:35:19. > :35:24.He played Davis Cup in doubles and singles. He won a round at the

:35:25. > :35:30.French last year at 18. He beat Radek Stepanek. All of the things he

:35:31. > :35:33.has done, most kids do not do that first time around. He is getting

:35:34. > :35:38.these moments and running with them and he is not scared to take them

:35:39. > :35:42.on. I just felt it was time that he would have a big win like against

:35:43. > :35:50.Richard Gasquet, take out a seed. Now he has got an opportunity to go

:35:51. > :35:57.further. He showed great qualities, saving match points. What has he got

:35:58. > :36:07.that we have yet to see? I have described him as having the X factor

:36:08. > :36:12.on court and. -- and off. He got a warning and he will get a fine. You

:36:13. > :36:16.will see from Nick over the next few years some great stuff and you will

:36:17. > :36:21.see him probably blow up occasionally will stop but that is

:36:22. > :36:25.what you need young player. You have to have the inner fire to have

:36:26. > :36:36.something happened -- blow up occasionally. He is not scared to go

:36:37. > :36:41.for the big points. Great serve, he won the junior doubles twice. He has

:36:42. > :36:44.got a really good game. It is not just with consistency, he has got

:36:45. > :36:50.the ability to make winners. About three years ago we sell Bernard

:36:51. > :36:55.Tomic appear on the scene in style -- we saw Bernard Tomic to. Some

:36:56. > :36:58.people are saying Nick is an even more exciting potential star. I

:36:59. > :37:06.think he has got the potential to go further than Bernard Tomic. His best

:37:07. > :37:13.performances have been here, I think Nick is a better mover. I think he

:37:14. > :37:18.has a better all court game. Bernard Tomic has not got the ability to

:37:19. > :37:23.play well on clay. What is exciting for Australian tennis is that we

:37:24. > :37:28.have got to players and another one behind who in my view is equally as

:37:29. > :37:31.good as Nick but the year younger. These three are starting to push

:37:32. > :37:35.each other. They have got another group of young men behind them and

:37:36. > :37:40.they feel they can hang onto them as well and they are starting to

:37:41. > :37:45.improve. It is really exciting times for us. Most Australians in the

:37:46. > :37:48.field we have had for 14 years. Exciting times at the moment. It

:37:49. > :37:54.looks as if Lleyton Hewitt might be calling in a day. I have asked him

:37:55. > :37:59.personally and professionally and on-air and he has not said it is

:38:00. > :38:02.going to happen. We are all expecting the Australian Open might

:38:03. > :38:08.be his last tournament. He did not want to initiate yesterday. We talk

:38:09. > :38:16.about mentor and things. He is doing a great job get these guys going. He

:38:17. > :38:19.has made it clear that when Pat Rafter is ready to retire as Davis

:38:20. > :38:25.Cup captain, he will go into that space. Thank you.

:38:26. > :38:32.SUE BARKER: He would be a great Davis Cup captain. How impressed

:38:33. > :38:41.were you with young Nick? It was an amazing win. Saving any match point

:38:42. > :38:48.and nine much points was about I got the goose bumps -- nine match

:38:49. > :38:51.points. They have taken the step to the next level. Some players you

:38:52. > :38:55.have hoped for never get that. You felt the other day was the match for

:38:56. > :38:59.him and this is going to be a springboard to more success. There

:39:00. > :39:08.is no question he will build on this kind of result. Did you have a match

:39:09. > :39:12.changing when? I was 16, 17 and I played on a grandstand court and I

:39:13. > :39:20.got to the quarters. I lost in three sets but it was one of those matches

:39:21. > :39:26.when it was, OK, I can do this. What was yours? Playing on Centre Court,

:39:27. > :39:34.first singles match on centre, I won. She was on a comeback. That was

:39:35. > :39:41.good. Some of us are still waiting! The application for the wildcard

:39:42. > :39:45.went in was done nothing. He was even wanting to get a win in the

:39:46. > :39:51.club championship earlier! Lleyton Hewitt, did not want to retire here.

:39:52. > :39:58.He is already working with the kids. He was watching one of the Aussies.

:39:59. > :40:01.He loves the game. He has come through five surgeries, lost four

:40:02. > :40:05.years of his career. He is never going to leave the game. Talking to

:40:06. > :40:10.Todd Woodbridge and everything and the British tennis chat we just

:40:11. > :40:14.had, I am off my soapbox now, the thing is, it is people with

:40:15. > :40:17.experience at the top of the game, it is invaluable. It is unique and

:40:18. > :40:25.should not be wasted and that is they let them -- that is a lesson we

:40:26. > :40:37.should learn. Why are you not working with our best juniors? You

:40:38. > :40:41.presented beautifully though. Just a few questions to put out there. We

:40:42. > :40:46.thought Lleyton Hewitt might say it was his last Wimbledon. He just

:40:47. > :40:51.loves it so much. When he can play so well as he did yesterday, he does

:40:52. > :40:56.not want to give up. He has always been a fighter. He does not want to

:40:57. > :41:00.go out of the game not on his own terms. Everyone is suspecting he

:41:01. > :41:06.will play in six, eight months and call it a day in Australia and have

:41:07. > :41:11.a 4%. Knowing him, if he plays well in Australia and he is injury free,

:41:12. > :41:17.he will keep going -- have a proper sendoff. Maybe it will be Australia,

:41:18. > :41:22.no one knows. We will have a bit of fun now. With the World Cup going

:41:23. > :41:29.on, we have given out a challenge to those in Brazil. What better than a

:41:30. > :41:47.keeper up challenge with a tennis ball. Does not sound too easy. Look

:41:48. > :41:59.at this. What is this? I am Russell. This is Clare Balding. The this is

:42:00. > :42:02.my challenge. I am about to have a poor attempt at the challenge. Not

:42:03. > :42:15.for lack of trying, but lack of technique.

:42:16. > :42:29.I am out of breath! Rehearsals have not gone well. But here we go. Give

:42:30. > :42:41.me a smash Matt at Twickenham, I can do that! One, two. You have to do

:42:42. > :42:43.your own fielding as well! Give me a couple of hours and come back. Does

:42:44. > :43:13.it matter which foot? I don't think we should go for a

:43:14. > :43:22.second one! One more try. SUE BARKER: Mark Petchey, didn't he

:43:23. > :43:26.do well? I have never seen foot work like that. I have never seen him

:43:27. > :43:32.move so fast. Here is a challenge for you at home. If you think you

:43:33. > :43:39.can do better than them, trust me, I think you can, why don't you film

:43:40. > :43:44.your attempts? You can send them in using the hash tag at the bottom of

:43:45. > :43:51.the leaderboard. Andy Murray had a go. Do you think he will be good? He

:43:52. > :43:57.had a trial for Ranges so I think he will be good. Roberto Bautista Agut

:43:58. > :44:03.had his legs crossed and he kept it up for ages. I waited before I moved

:44:04. > :44:08.fast. He said, no worries. Then he started again. If you're still here,

:44:09. > :44:13.I want him on. Will you have a go? Yeah. I will make sure I have wide

:44:14. > :44:20.and flat shoes. Will you be like me and busy? Last year, you had the

:44:21. > :44:30.plan competition with Tracy Austin. I did. I filmed it. I watched that

:44:31. > :44:35.and I will watch you doing this as well. She has got core strength like

:44:36. > :44:39.you can believe. Thank you very much and thank you to all of those taking

:44:40. > :44:44.part in that. I can't wait to see Andy Murray in action later on. Let

:44:45. > :44:49.us show you what is happening. On Centre Court, Rafa Nadal is on court

:44:50. > :44:55.but look a mess he has dropped the opening set. He struggled in the

:44:56. > :45:06.first two rounds and he is struggling now -- Nadal is on court

:45:07. > :45:11.and he has dropped the opening set. That is on BBC One. This is the

:45:12. > :45:15.scene outside. Really disappointing for all of those who have queued so

:45:16. > :45:22.long to get into Wimbledon. For many people, their first experience and

:45:23. > :45:29.they have seen not many balls hit. We are hoping there will be some

:45:30. > :45:34.letup in the rain. We will remain hopeful and we will bring it to you

:45:35. > :45:39.as soon as we get it. So, in the meantime, we have a little bit of

:45:40. > :45:46.time on BBC Two. We are going to take you back to one of the all-time

:45:47. > :45:54.great Wimbledon finals in 2008, Roger and Rafa.

:45:55. > :45:55.It was an epic struggle. What it came down to was focus and willpower

:45:56. > :46:08.and determination. It would get the vote of the best

:46:09. > :46:12.match I have ever seen. The quality of the tennis and the nature of the

:46:13. > :46:22.match with the rain delays and the length of the match. It would get my

:46:23. > :46:27.vote. I could not believe it. A moment when I thought, this match is

:46:28. > :46:28.not going to end. Nobody wants to lose. We will go to Tuesday,

:46:29. > :46:45.Wednesday, we will be here. It was a memorable day, obviously. I

:46:46. > :46:52.guess my much with Bjorn Borg is now not going to be seen a whole lot.

:46:53. > :46:56.The two best players in the world. That is how it should be. It should

:46:57. > :47:04.be a huge match. It is an important match.

:47:05. > :47:20.I am telling you. The greatest match we have ever seen on a tennis court.

:47:21. > :47:27.We were hoping the players would be walking out at 2pm. I reasonably

:47:28. > :47:32.hopeful for a decent amount of play, but it is pretty miserable at the

:47:33. > :47:40.moment. Good news. It is a little brighter. I bet this will get a big

:47:41. > :47:45.cheer. The court is being uncovered. I would put it in the very high

:47:46. > :47:51.percentile, the top 2%, 3%, of my favourite experiences. I became a

:47:52. > :47:56.fan of tennis again, of this beautiful sport with so much drama

:47:57. > :48:03.and up and willpower will stop I said, yeah, I am happy to be here.

:48:04. > :48:08.It was my first experience on the other side of the fence, if you

:48:09. > :48:12.like. You could feel the tension. I played in a few tight matches in my

:48:13. > :48:19.time, but it is so much easier playing than it is watching. I did

:48:20. > :48:27.not expect the clash that took place. It is about confidence,

:48:28. > :48:31.regardless of the environment. If you happen to be Wimbledon champion

:48:32. > :48:39.and you walk into the locker room, it all adds up. If there is any

:48:40. > :48:44.contact, it will only be I contact, through the mirrors in a locker

:48:45. > :48:52.room. There will not be much of a conversation going on because both

:48:53. > :48:57.men know how important it is. You have to beat your inner Demons

:48:58. > :49:02.because they are human after all even if they don't look like a human

:49:03. > :49:05.on the court. They have emotions and expectations and butterflies in

:49:06. > :49:09.their stomach. Once they are both on the court, they feel more

:49:10. > :49:15.comfortable. They are waiting for the match and the ten, 15 minutes

:49:16. > :49:36.before is the hardest part. The 2008 Men's Singles final. Here we go.

:49:37. > :49:48.If you can keep your head when all about you while you... If you can

:49:49. > :49:56.trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their

:49:57. > :50:05.doubting too. If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, or being

:50:06. > :50:10.lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to

:50:11. > :50:24.hating. And yet don't look too good or talk too wise. If you can dream

:50:25. > :50:41.and not make dreams your master, if you can think and not make thoughts

:50:42. > :50:49.your aim, if you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat these

:50:50. > :50:53.two imposters just the same... If you can talk with crowds and keep

:50:54. > :50:58.your virtue, or walk with Kings nor lose the common touch, if neither

:50:59. > :51:09.foes nor loving friends can hurt you, if all men count with you but

:51:10. > :51:16.none too much... If you can feel the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds

:51:17. > :51:23.worth of distance run, yours is the earth and everything that is in it

:51:24. > :51:34.and which is more, you will be a man, my son. Both players have

:51:35. > :51:39.pressure. Nadal has pressure because he knows how close he was last year

:51:40. > :51:43.to win the final. Seeing Bjorn Borg in the royal box was great because

:51:44. > :51:50.either player could really be in tune with what Bjorn had

:51:51. > :51:56.accomplished. Roger was at five in a row so he was trying to beat Bjorn

:51:57. > :52:05.Borg's record. And Rafa was trying to do something that Bjorn Borg did

:52:06. > :52:06.in 1980 watch roads to -- which was to win Wimbledon and the French in

:52:07. > :52:38.the same year. APPLAUSE

:52:39. > :52:41.Seeing Federer at work is so beautiful and sublime. He is such an

:52:42. > :52:48.elegant player with such finesse and such mastery. Nadal has the power

:52:49. > :52:50.and skill and determination. To see the two different players but

:52:51. > :52:59.equally matched come together is exciting.

:53:00. > :53:08.A break of serve it is. First blood to the Spaniard in his attempt to

:53:09. > :53:13.win Wimbledon for the first time. Roger Federer had more to lose. He

:53:14. > :53:16.was the favourite, he was supposed to win. Nadal had won the French

:53:17. > :53:23.Open will stop what made it so special was that if Nadal wins

:53:24. > :53:27.Wimbledon as well, he is going to be the number one player in the year.

:53:28. > :53:45.That played on Roger's mind more than the match itself.

:53:46. > :53:55.That is some mental strength from Nadal there. You sense there was an

:53:56. > :53:59.element of vulnerability. This was Federer's tournament and he was

:54:00. > :54:00.going for a sixth successive title. You knew Nadal was going to be

:54:01. > :54:29.dangerous. This is what it meant to him.

:54:30. > :54:39.Nadal's chance to get back in this set.

:54:40. > :54:48.He has picked him off! Nadal is very much back in this set. You saw signs

:54:49. > :54:51.he could take Roger to the limit and that he was going to do whatever it

:54:52. > :55:25.took. Pure hitting. He has forced his way

:55:26. > :55:33.back into this set. He will serve for a two set lead. On the moment I

:55:34. > :55:37.sat down, I wanted Federer to win. Nadal outplayed him at the

:55:38. > :55:52.beginning. Federer did not have the answer to Nadal's game.

:55:53. > :56:01.Two sets it is to Rafa Nadal, the five-time defending champion has got

:56:02. > :56:04.a mountain to climb now. I felt very disappointed and frustrated but I

:56:05. > :56:08.always thought he would come back, even when it was the beginning of

:56:09. > :56:11.the third set, I thought, this has not been good. The weather could yet

:56:12. > :56:35.save Roger Federer. You just sort of feel like today is

:56:36. > :56:39.the day for Nadal. He looks like the immovable object today, the

:56:40. > :56:46.Spaniard. The players are going off. The line

:56:47. > :56:50.judges is. The umpire will stay up probably and be pushed off the

:56:51. > :56:56.court. We will bring him out of his box later. This is a disappointment.

:56:57. > :57:01.It is always bad for the player that is winning if there is an

:57:02. > :57:05.interruption because the other guy is supposed to be on the loser's

:57:06. > :57:12.Street and has time to recover and rethink his strategy and talk to his

:57:13. > :57:17.coach. That is exactly what happened. Roger had time to recover

:57:18. > :57:23.and get his energy back and get his mental state back. You thought, wow,

:57:24. > :57:43.Federer is going to lose in straight sets. He had other ideas.

:57:44. > :57:51.Just seems like there is a change in Federer's body language, but also

:57:52. > :57:56.the strike of the ball, he has committed to each and every shot. He

:57:57. > :58:00.is saying, if you go there, I am going to go for it. I was

:58:01. > :58:04.commentating with Andrew Castle and a couple of times we turned our

:58:05. > :58:08.microphones off and said, do you think we are, across wires because

:58:09. > :58:16.we are so keen for Roger to get back in the match? -- we are coming

:58:17. > :58:21.across as biased. Both players are sportsmen. They got into the

:58:22. > :58:23.unbelievable tie-break in the fourth set. Nadal is closing in on the

:58:24. > :58:52.singles title. Five times their -- champion. If he

:58:53. > :58:53.loses this point, he will be two match points down and he knows it.

:58:54. > :59:07.Nadal is tight. Set point or match point from here

:59:08. > :00:17.on in. Well, continuous play and Rafa will

:00:18. > :00:27.not be rushed. He has saved a set point. Federer was down 5-2 in this

:00:28. > :00:57.tie-breaker. call. The ball was called out. He

:00:58. > :01:15.got past, but was it in or out? Well out. That means championship point.

:01:16. > :01:35.left service line, the ball was called in.

:01:36. > :02:26.Check this out! The two best passing shots of the tournament, without

:02:27. > :02:33.doubt, have just taken place on the last two points. Nadal has been

:02:34. > :02:37.running forehand to give himself match point then Federer hits the

:02:38. > :02:42.backhand pass to save match point. At that stage I still kind of want

:02:43. > :02:46.Roger to win. I have never seen so many people stand up, sit down,

:02:47. > :02:51.stand up and sit down in unison. It was almost like a weird

:02:52. > :02:56.choreographed Mexican wave. You would be up and then down again and

:02:57. > :03:04.people getting up and getting down and we lost the timing. People

:03:05. > :03:30.getting cross with each other. Two championship points gone for Nadal.

:03:31. > :03:56.Once he won the fourth set, I felt so bad for Nadal. He was so close to

:03:57. > :04:05.winning the tournament of his dreams and Federer hit a one in a 100 shop

:04:06. > :04:14.-- shot on match point. And I thought if Nadal loses this he would

:04:15. > :04:17.be destroyed. It reminded me of the 1980 final, tremendous memories for

:04:18. > :04:23.me. Winning the tie-break and thinking, I didn't win that match.

:04:24. > :04:40.Still spots of rain, getting a little heavier.

:04:41. > :04:52.I think Federer has had enough. And play is stopping. That is too bad.

:04:53. > :04:57.There was a moment when I thought, we are going to be back on Monday.

:04:58. > :05:05.Not only was it wet and rainy, it was dark. Look at how cool this seed

:05:06. > :05:09.is, not bad for a Wimbledon final as we turn around here and see the

:05:10. > :05:16.action in front of us. It really is right in front of us. You almost

:05:17. > :05:20.like part of the crowd. Tim has been leaping up and down, it is his first

:05:21. > :05:25.Wimbledon, he has been loving every point. I am not very good at sitting

:05:26. > :05:31.still and this place, you are going to bang your head on the ceiling. It

:05:32. > :05:39.is a good seat to have. I was sitting and standing like a

:05:40. > :05:43.yo-yo, trying to move my legs. The rain delay allowed Rafa some time to

:05:44. > :05:45.regroup. I respected him so much, he sort of came back as if nothing had

:05:46. > :05:53.happened. OK, I blew a sort of came back as if nothing had

:05:54. > :06:34.am still going to win this. It got to the stage in the fifth set

:06:35. > :06:37.where I thought, it is the best match I have ever seen and I don't

:06:38. > :06:40.really care who wins, because someone is going to be over the moon

:06:41. > :06:50.and someone is going to be devastated.

:06:51. > :06:55.After the end of that last game, he has the blood coursing through his

:06:56. > :07:14.veins. Another half chance for Nadal. 0-30

:07:15. > :08:05.on the Federer serve. A magnificent strike! That is the

:08:06. > :09:06.shot he has worked on for hours. And now it pays dividends.

:09:07. > :09:09.It is incredible. The importance of these points and the way they have

:09:10. > :09:36.been played by both players. I suspect Bjorn Borg is quite

:09:37. > :09:40.pleased he is not involved in a match like this, but no doubt

:09:41. > :09:59.enjoying watching it. Here is the fourth break point.

:10:00. > :10:05.CHEERING It was like watching two gladiators

:10:06. > :10:09.in the Colosseum. Everyone knew they had seen a historical match. A match

:10:10. > :10:22.that would probably never be bettered.

:10:23. > :10:37.No wonder people stand. It is just different tennis than we have ever

:10:38. > :10:42.seen. Three match points, Nadal has had, three times he has been on the

:10:43. > :11:02.brink, three times Federer has said, no.

:11:03. > :11:07.Everyone knew what was about to happen and you sensed for the first

:11:08. > :11:13.time, he sensed what was about to happen.

:11:14. > :11:30.There is a new man at the helm of men's tennis! Rafael Nadal.

:11:31. > :11:39.I felt emotionally drained and physically exhausted so I don't know

:11:40. > :11:45.how the two players would have felt. Roger was so disappointed. But he

:11:46. > :11:52.was almost genuinely pleased for Rafa. The millions of spectators

:11:53. > :11:56.around the world realised this was a special day for tennis, that we had

:11:57. > :12:02.never seen a match like that. We had seen a great player lose and a new

:12:03. > :12:09.great player win. To have it all contacted into one day is a rare

:12:10. > :12:17.thing to say. The whole thing was one of the greatest matches of all

:12:18. > :12:28.time. If you can meet with Triumph and disaster, and treat these two

:12:29. > :12:35.impostors all the same. If you can treat with

:12:36. > :12:47.if neither foes nor loving friends can help you, if you can feel the

:12:48. > :12:55.unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run, yours is the

:12:56. > :12:59.earth and everything that is in it. And which is more, you will be a

:13:00. > :13:12.man, my son. Wasn't it lovely, watching that?

:13:13. > :13:15.What a day, what a match. It will take some beating, the quality of

:13:16. > :13:20.the tennis, the drama of the occasion. I was hosting the

:13:21. > :13:29.champions dinner that night and got their at about 10:30pm. Rafa did not

:13:30. > :13:33.turn up until 12:45am when he had finished his press duties, but he

:13:34. > :13:38.had given an emotional view of his dream of winning at Wimbledon. The

:13:39. > :13:42.poor fans that are sitting on the hill and those around the outside

:13:43. > :13:47.courts, the rain is coming down very heavily indeed and we have no play

:13:48. > :13:55.on the outside courts, and no play until at least 3:30pm guaranteed. We

:13:56. > :13:59.are pleased we have a roof at Wimbledon and that means we do have

:14:00. > :14:09.some play and a match over on BBC One. Many people are watching

:14:10. > :14:13.including David Beckham. Some of the famous sports stars are joining the

:14:14. > :14:21.chairman in the Royal Box. Victoria Pendleton, Nicola Adams, Matthew

:14:22. > :14:25.Pinsent, all of those are in the Royal Box enjoying the tennis, in

:14:26. > :14:33.the dry. Rafael Nadal is beginning to enjoy it a bit more. He is 5-1 up

:14:34. > :14:38.in the second set having dropped the first set. We know we have got play

:14:39. > :14:43.on Centre Court on BBC One. Rafael Nadal continues. Next up it is Maria

:14:44. > :14:50.Sharapova and Roger Federer on Centre Court. Plenty of tennis to

:14:51. > :14:55.come on BBC One. And later on BBC Two. Hope you enjoyed our coverage

:14:56. > :15:07.at Wimbledon for now. See you on BBC One. Good buy. Goodbye

:15:08. > :15:16.I don't think I know who the Doctor is any more.

:15:17. > :15:23.Clara, be my pal, tell me, am I good man?

:15:24. > :15:27.I don't think I know who the Doctor is any more.