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day when players make their move as the business end approaches. But | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
what is the state of play as it stands? First, the women. A famous | :00:52. | :01:02. | |
five-time winner has gone. And so has the number two seed. The | :01:03. | :01:10. | |
favourite now is the 2004 Queen. But challenges await. | :01:11. | :01:17. | |
As for the men... Still in the draw is a magnificent seven time | :01:18. | :01:34. | |
champion. A two time came, -- King, and 2011's main man and last year's | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
hero. Andy Murray's defence has been great so far but the big three move. | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
Today he plays for a place in the quarterfinals as do many of the | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
remaining men and women. Prepare for a feast of tennis today. Welcome to | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
week two of Wimbledon 2014. The second Monday is always one of | :01:56. | :02:15. | |
the most popular days of the championship. We were hoping for a | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
dry day after Saturday, we were promised one after Saturday but this | :02:21. | :02:22. | |
is the scene at Wimbledon at the moment. Dark clothes overhead, the | :02:23. | :02:29. | |
rain is falling hard. -- dark clouds overhead. They have had permission | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
to close the roof so we will get play on this Court in about ten | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
minutes. Very disappointing for all of the spectators and so much to get | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
through on the outside courts with the players and the spectators just | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
have to sit and wait. That rain is very heavy at the moment. This is | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
the scene right now. Earlier today before the rain came down, Andy | :02:58. | :02:59. | |
Murray was here on the practice court after three straight sets | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
victories in the opening week. Great to have your game intact, it is a | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
nice feeling. This is familiar territory to him and the health | :03:11. | :03:13. | |
memories from last year. Today, he is up against Kevin Anderson, six | :03:14. | :03:21. | |
foot eight, who has thrown down 63 aces in his opening matches. It is | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
Anderson against Murray. Tim and John are with me. We have got so | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
much to get through because already, we have some play that got underway | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
at 11:30am. Plenty of results to come but first, let's show you some | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
of the stars featured on the courts today. | :03:43. | :03:49. | |
Andy Murray has been playing like the champion he is so far, but now | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
is when the hard work really starts. Today he features big serving | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
Anderson in the greatest form of his career. Grigor Dimitrov is another | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
player who has had a great year so far. He will fancy his chances | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
against Leonardo Mayer in the fourth round of the Grand Slam for the | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
first time. Bouchard will prove another tough | :04:11. | :04:26. | |
challenge for Angelique Kerber. Petra Kvitova up against Shuai | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
Peng. That is the number six seed and former champion out on court | :04:32. | :04:39. | |
today. That is Novak Djokovic up against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
certainly knows his way around these courts, a two-time semifinalist | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
here. Did I see Maria Sharapova in the middle of that? This is the | :04:51. | :04:57. | |
order of play, just to confirm. Even if we didn't not get the picture is | :04:58. | :04:59. | |
quite right! -- pictures. Some match points to update you on. | :05:00. | :05:40. | |
Strycova is through, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in straight | :05:41. | :05:47. | |
sets. Six - two, 7-5. She has beaten three seeds on her way to the | :05:48. | :05:54. | |
quarterfinals. She will play either Petra Kvitova or Shuai Peng. Stan | :05:55. | :06:02. | |
Wawrinka is also through in straight sets against Denis Istomin who had a | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
doctor on the court, he was feeling unwell and was not at his best but | :06:08. | :06:11. | |
Wawrinka is through and he will be back on court tomorrow, only a third | :06:12. | :06:13. | |
round match. Hawk-eye just confirmed and then the | :06:14. | :06:26. | |
handshake took place. One other results to bring new, Kei Nishikori, | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
the 10th seed, is through, it was three games all when they resumed | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
play today but he won the fifth set 6-4. He is always an exciting player | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
to watch and Kei Nishikori is through. And so, under the roof on | :06:41. | :06:52. | |
Centre Court, they are preparing the court and we hear players could be | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
out in about five minutes time. The roof is closed, when will we get | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
play outside? Let's find out from Carol. It was in the forecast, a | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
risk of a shower and unfortunately, it has come. As we go through the | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
next few hours, we are not immune to a few more showers coming or going. | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
But it will ease as we go through the course of the evening. Tomorrow | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
as well, looking at a lot of dry weather, sunny spells, but there is | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
still the risk of a shower. Perhaps less so during the course of | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
tomorrow. But at least it is keeping the pollen levels that bit lower. | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
They are set to rise as we had to the end of the week. STUDIO: I was | :07:37. | :07:46. | |
told it was supposed to be good weather so I thought I would go a | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
little bit tropical! You do not like it? LAUGHTER | :07:52. | :07:59. | |
I do not understand why Roger Federer and Tommy Robredo, who will | :08:00. | :08:08. | |
now play tomorrow, why did they get penalised? You put them tomorrow and | :08:09. | :08:17. | |
now all of a sudden for Roger Fedor, he has the play | :08:18. | :08:24. | |
back-to-back. -- Roger Federer. I think they are trying to keep each | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
section there so if they get too far ahead in the draw, they will have an | :08:30. | :08:35. | |
unfair advantage. I guess they are trying to keep it even. It is not | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
ideal. The rain at the weekend on a Saturday is the worst. It is | :08:41. | :08:48. | |
rubbish, I think that is an English phrase! It is only that one section | :08:49. | :08:55. | |
of the draw that has. A fairer thing, and they know they have only | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
done this on a couple of occasions, play Sunday, a couple of matches? | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
That is rubbish. To get the other guys caught up so you don't have to | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
worry about making a decision like this which I think penalises people | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
unfairly. I think after working six days in a row, you would need a day | :09:19. | :09:27. | |
off. I was ready to go! It would have been nice but it means only the | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
top half of the draw is in action today, probably for the ladies | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
tomorrow, because they are playing catch up. The ladies are different. | :09:36. | :09:44. | |
That makes more sense. The ladies do have to play back to back even if | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
there is perfect weather. The imperfect schedule is that they have | :09:50. | :09:52. | |
to play Monday and Tuesday the second week and it is tough when you | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
get rain on the middle weekend, the knock on effect of not playing on | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
Sunday, does make it difficult. Bedene winning at the top, mainly | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
Andy Murray, Djokovic, more distant Dimitrov, Tsonga, can step up to the | :10:07. | :10:13. | |
plate, that greatly help their chances. It is definitely an | :10:14. | :10:21. | |
advantage to the top half of the draw. Let's talk about some of the | :10:22. | :10:30. | |
matches. Positive indeed! First, then's match, Andy Murray, very | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
happy now, even with the rain. We were just checking our notes and | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
seeing the head-to-head, I did not know Anderson had beaten Murray | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
before. It is a good matchup for Andy Murray. Anderson has a | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
fantastic service, he is six foot eight, that is stating the obvious. | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
But Andy Murray is the best player for getting the ball back in play. | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
The way he has struck the ball in the first week, has been fantastic, | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
he has been aggressive and stepping into the court. It almost looks as | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
if he is flattening his back and I'd even more and he has been very | :11:05. | :11:07. | |
impressive. He will not take him likely. I do not see Andy Murray | :11:08. | :11:14. | |
having any problems. He has a great record against the big servers. | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
Anderson moves a little better than Karlovic? It is why these Andy | :11:19. | :11:27. | |
Murray and Djokovic in the world, are the best. Anderson has a bigger | :11:28. | :11:36. | |
wingspan so he can track these balls down and track them back. I suspect | :11:37. | :11:42. | |
Anderson will try to do that a little more than he normally does | :11:43. | :11:45. | |
because when the rally starts, it diminishes his chance of winning | :11:46. | :11:51. | |
points. But I would go for it. He has the big serve, the big forehand. | :11:52. | :11:55. | |
He has to try to dictate points. I have said the same thing about John | :11:56. | :12:02. | |
Isner. With a server like that, and you are holding almost every time, | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
why are you not just blasting off on your returns? Easier said than done | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
when you are playing big hitters. But that to me is the only real shot | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
Anderson has got. I said it was advantage in the men's top half of | :12:19. | :12:21. | |
the draw and also those on Centre Court because they could be rain | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
later on. The players are heading back out onto Centre Court. Bouchard | :12:26. | :12:31. | |
and Alize Cornet are making their way out. Let them go, they want to | :12:32. | :12:39. | |
go! Come on Lorraine, sort them out! They are going out, they have a | :12:40. | :12:45. | |
warm up to take place but it will be great to see some tennis here. Andy | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
Murray and over Djokovic against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, all on Centre | :12:50. | :12:57. | |
Court today. -- Novak Djokovic. Just heading back to Kevin Anderson, Tim, | :12:58. | :13:04. | |
he beat Fabio Fognini and hurt his back and said he felt really | :13:05. | :13:08. | |
nervous. If he is really nervous in the third round against Bob Mee E -- | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
Fognini, I am not sure what he will feel like on Centre Court against | :13:15. | :13:19. | |
Andy Murray! It is deftly a moment when nerves can play a part. Getting | :13:20. | :13:26. | |
a break of serve will be vital for Andy Murray against Anderson. If he | :13:27. | :13:28. | |
can take advantage of any of those early nerves... If you are nervous, | :13:29. | :13:35. | |
your feet do not tend to work as well. For a big guy who struggled a | :13:36. | :13:38. | |
little bit with his movement, it is something Andy Murray will look to | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
exploit. Anyone that is around him will say, you have absolutely | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
nothing to lose. It is not as if there are a lot of people | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
putting... Wagering a lot of money that Anderson will come through. So | :13:52. | :13:55. | |
he should be able to swing a lot more freely. It is just if he might | :13:56. | :14:03. | |
be overwhelmed by the occasion. That usually means, first set, top | :14:04. | :14:10. | |
player. Relatively easily. You talk about his game centring a lot around | :14:11. | :14:14. | |
his serve, if he can hold his serve, he can put a bit of pressure on | :14:15. | :14:19. | |
Murray but likewise, any opportunity Anderson has, he should be crushing | :14:20. | :14:27. | |
it on both sides to see if he can have an impact. I would go to the | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
indoor courts if I was him. Start hitting serves. Break the sweat. So | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
it almost feels like the third set when he steps on the court just so | :14:41. | :14:44. | |
he is in a groove right away. That is another way to get rid of some | :14:45. | :14:51. | |
nerves. Hit the ground running. The warm up is underway on Centre Court, | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
we still have a bit of time, let's hear from Kevin, he has been talking | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
to Gary. You shortly walked out onto Centre Court, you walk from the | :15:03. | :15:06. | |
locker room if you chance and took a few photos? I went there yesterday | :15:07. | :15:13. | |
to get a bit familiar with it. At least I know what it looks like when | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
I come out. What was that walk like for you? It is very special. It is | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
such an amazing place to play. I am sure it will be even more amazing | :15:25. | :15:28. | |
with a packed stadium. Actually seen the trophy and the walk, I have seen | :15:29. | :15:35. | |
so many times on TV, was quite special. There will be a lot of | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
support for Andy Murray but does that help you to inspire? Does it | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
give you a lift? Faye I am sure it will be a great atmosphere. The best | :15:46. | :15:52. | |
atmosphere, the more fun it is to play there. I am sure it will be a | :15:53. | :16:00. | |
good crowd and I will be ready for it. You said you would be very | :16:01. | :16:03. | |
aggressive today because that is when you play your best tennis? What | :16:04. | :16:10. | |
I need to do, what I have been working with, I am playing a very | :16:11. | :16:18. | |
good opponent. STUDIO: Let's have a look at the top half of the draw and | :16:19. | :16:22. | |
Murray's section in particular as it stands. Dimitrov against Mayer, | :16:23. | :16:32. | |
Dimitrov must fancy his chances? Mayer is tricky. When the draw was | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
made, we were all waiting to see Djokovic. Which I think he lost in | :16:39. | :16:44. | |
the semis last year, I think his confidence was lost when he lost to | :16:45. | :16:52. | |
David Ferrer. Look at a match with Cilic, for example, they are out | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
there now. They were playing in the rain and Cilic was sitting there, | :16:59. | :17:02. | |
5-6, deciding whether or not he should serve and he is looking at | :17:03. | :17:05. | |
the umpire, should we be playing here? Please play! Then he misses | :17:06. | :17:13. | |
his first serve so you feel the edge goes to the retainer because it is | :17:14. | :17:14. | |
hard to move. -- returner. No one is really talking about him | :17:15. | :17:31. | |
but he is having a great tournament, Cilic. He certainly is. | :17:32. | :17:37. | |
He has got a huge serve and is pretty erratic, you never know what | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
is going to happen but he could come through that match, he does not have | :17:42. | :17:45. | |
a great record against Djokovic, he does not like playing him. I think | :17:46. | :17:53. | |
the Djokovic-Tsonga is interesting. Tsonga's first two rounds, he was | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
very ordinary. If you can win playing badly... He knows he will | :18:00. | :18:04. | |
have to up his game against Djokovic but a similar scenario, he does not | :18:05. | :18:12. | |
have a lot to lose. We talk about Rafa... He has had some tricky | :18:13. | :18:20. | |
customers, Stepanek? Tsonga, even though he has beaten him 12 of the | :18:21. | :18:27. | |
last 13 times, it has not really been that close. A couple of years | :18:28. | :18:35. | |
ago, he was playing in France and we were talking about who were going to | :18:36. | :18:39. | |
be the next guys. We have gone through a list, Tomas Berdych, Stan | :18:40. | :18:46. | |
Wawrinka broke through, Dimitrov, Milos Raonic? These guys are | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
desperately trying to do it, Tsonga, who is talking about him? This is | :18:53. | :18:57. | |
his chance. He has the weapons to have an impact, he is athletic, the | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
way he can serve and hit his forehand. He is one of the few guys | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
who can really impose himself on the top four. But he can be really good | :19:07. | :19:13. | |
one day and then ordinary the next. That is where the top four are so | :19:14. | :19:17. | |
good, they consistently deliver in the biggest events. This is another | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
opportunity for him to make an impact and whether he can push on | :19:23. | :19:26. | |
from there... And if he is on, he can beat everyone. Cornet against | :19:27. | :19:36. | |
Bouchard. Bouchard is my pick to win it. I feel a little better now | :19:37. | :19:39. | |
because she would have had to play Serena Williams. But Cornet is | :19:40. | :19:47. | |
tricky. If you take Bouchard, I will take Cornet! Early break. Tell me | :19:48. | :19:55. | |
what you want to bet? I only use some wine, thank you for the wine! | :19:56. | :20:03. | |
How about a case of wine? How about one of your pictures, they are more | :20:04. | :20:04. | |
expensive! LAUGHTER one of your pictures, they are more | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
We will see, thank you very much. Play just about to get underway, | :20:11. | :20:16. | |
let's join Martina Navratilova. And Chris. COMMENTATOR: This is an | :20:17. | :20:20. | |
indoor tennis match now. Maybe I would favour Bouchard a | :20:21. | :20:33. | |
little bit. She has an attacking game. She is more than attacking | :20:34. | :20:34. | |
player. It is about to get | :20:35. | :20:46. | |
conditions quicker. Play is a little bit heavier. They both hit the ball | :20:47. | :20:49. | |
pretty flat. Cornet challenging the ball on the | :20:50. | :21:49. | |
baseline? If you are really sure where the ball lands, you can stop | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
play. It was too close to call. I think it did hit the line. | :21:56. | :22:25. | |
Really accurate, depicting from Bouchard, the back of the line. | :22:26. | :22:41. | |
Could have been an overhead but she is confident with that forehand. | :22:42. | :22:50. | |
Well played. With this roof, it will only be about half an hour which | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
completely escaped me when I was talking about the players we setting | :22:55. | :22:55. | |
themselves. Superb. The roof cost half ?1 | :22:56. | :23:13. | |
million and they hardly used it to start. It is why I forgot about it. | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
I totally forgot. It is the poor guys outside looking | :23:20. | :23:35. | |
up at the sky wondering when they will play again. | :23:36. | :23:54. | |
Really skimming the net. It was so close to the net, line driving it. | :23:55. | :24:02. | |
Cornet that time getting to the net, forcing the error. Does it take a | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
while to adjust to the Echo and the sound? These guys probably don't | :24:08. | :24:14. | |
know, the sound is different to how it was when the infrastructure was | :24:15. | :24:23. | |
here. It is very noisy, it sounds that you are hitting the ball harder | :24:24. | :24:25. | |
than you are. You could see | :24:26. | :24:54. | |
net because she wants to. She is very comfortable up there, could | :24:55. | :24:57. | |
have closed a little more. If she had been in front of the service | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
line, that could have been an overhead. But easily put away for | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
her. I don't think we have ever seen a player leaned into the ball as | :25:08. | :25:11. | |
much as Bouchard does. It is so different. | :25:12. | :25:30. | |
She was trying to get a little bit of height, Cornet, she is five foot | :25:31. | :25:45. | |
six, but Bouchard is bending her knees. | :25:46. | :26:09. | |
Cornet is fiercely determined and Bouchard is relentless. Cornet | :26:10. | :26:16. | |
looking very fired up. She is definitely looking like she | :26:17. | :26:28. | |
has totally let go of the Serena Williams match. | :26:29. | :26:50. | |
It is as tight as we thought. The fact Cornet is so young and she got | :26:51. | :27:10. | |
up to very near the top ten but then went down to outside of the top 100 | :27:11. | :27:20. | |
before getting her game and belief back again. Do you think because she | :27:21. | :27:26. | |
is now back going in the right direction, she will appreciate it | :27:27. | :27:33. | |
more second time? Absolutely, you appreciate it more when you get | :27:34. | :27:37. | |
older, no matter what. But especially when you have had such an | :27:38. | :27:40. | |
up and down trajectory, as she has, she was living up to the | :27:41. | :27:40. | |
expectations and looked like she was going to break into the top ten and | :27:41. | :27:41. | |
then her form came from underneath her. She was crying on the court | :27:42. | :27:42. | |
during matches in the Olympics, inconsolable. She had to face them | :27:43. | :27:46. | |
in the demons and clearly, she has dealt with them because she is | :27:47. | :27:49. | |
looking like the player that she was when she was brash and up and | :27:50. | :27:50. | |
coming. Paul McGinley, Ryder Cup captain. | :27:51. | :28:03. | |
What a super day Saturday always is. Armed Forces Day. What a great | :28:04. | :28:11. | |
sporting competition the Ryder Cup is. New balls in play. No brakes | :28:12. | :28:16. | |
yet. moment and Cornet seems to be a | :28:17. | :28:43. | |
little more comfortable with the pace, if you -- few unforced errors. | :28:44. | :29:01. | |
I would like to see more change of pace from Bouchard. She likes the | :29:02. | :29:09. | |
hardball coming onto her racket. That one set up nicely. Loops it in | :29:10. | :29:17. | |
there and Bouchard cannot get to it. Cornet thinking about challenging, | :29:18. | :29:28. | |
decides against it. So self assured. Bouchard is looking | :29:29. | :29:48. | |
to come to the net and whenever the ball is short, she's quickly up to | :29:49. | :29:52. | |
it. Hitting it again, a little quicker than normal. | :29:53. | :30:09. | |
off. Cornet, with her forehand, usually missing them long. She has a | :30:10. | :30:12. | |
severe grip on the forehand so if she can hit them with pace, she will | :30:13. | :30:17. | |
be trouble. You don't want to go to the backhand with pace. The backhand | :30:18. | :30:20. | |
comes back with interest. Two break point in her opening | :30:21. | :30:36. | |
service game, Bouchard. The first since. | :30:37. | :30:52. | |
That really nicely done. You know, she doesn't flinch away from | :30:53. | :31:02. | |
responsibility, Bouchard. That's what I like about her. She once the | :31:03. | :31:07. | |
ball, she wanted to come back so she can hit another ball. Really again | :31:08. | :31:14. | |
save the break point with authority. She is the type of player who would | :31:15. | :31:20. | |
have won the ball in the penalty shoot out at the end of the game and | :31:21. | :31:22. | |
she would make it. Got the angle, beautiful stuff | :31:23. | :31:42. | |
Bouchard here. Looking to come forward as soon as she gets the | :31:43. | :31:48. | |
opportunity. Coming in forward, as she is hitting it. Great shot right | :31:49. | :31:54. | |
there. It's amazing. I mean, the cameraman and Bouchard. | :31:55. | :32:08. | |
If Cornet can get a great length, which is not going to be easy, it is | :32:09. | :32:14. | |
going to be an interesting watch because she will take it on, | :32:15. | :32:19. | |
athlete. It'll be a tug of war, and that's when the errors will come | :32:20. | :32:23. | |
back in like on the last shot. Maybe should've gone across court. Maybe | :32:24. | :32:29. | |
down the line was a bit ambitious. But Cornet would like to get into | :32:30. | :32:33. | |
the crosscourt backhand exchange. She doesn't want to get across court | :32:34. | :32:38. | |
forehand exchange. Bouchard always win that one. | :32:39. | :32:46. | |
Could have been worth the challenge. She has got two left. | :32:47. | :33:29. | |
Cornet has had two break points and has not been able to convert. | :33:30. | :33:34. | |
Bouchard had one. Definitely, Cornet looks to be the | :33:35. | :33:44. | |
more threatening player of the two so far. She's knocking on the door. | :33:45. | :34:22. | |
got a bit static. There was no forward movement on that one. It | :34:23. | :34:27. | |
still puts so much pressure on you as a server, seeing someone taking a | :34:28. | :34:33. | |
whack so close inside court. When I played Natasha, she stood | :34:34. | :34:53. | |
close to the baseline, and Monica Seles as well. I was hitting it | :34:54. | :34:57. | |
shot, based on where the opponent was standing and I would find it | :34:58. | :35:01. | |
extraordinary because I was afraid to hit it so deep. The same on the | :35:02. | :35:05. | |
serve, when they're standing so far in. | :35:06. | :35:12. | |
For myself, I had to adjust my sideline and concentrate on the | :35:13. | :35:17. | |
court, rather than the opponent, because then I would hit eight short | :35:18. | :35:24. | |
serve or ground stroke. The players were just so close. -- a short | :35:25. | :35:28. | |
serve. They are both very warm due to their | :35:29. | :36:13. | |
efforts. It's dripping off them. Breathing heavily, too. | :36:14. | :36:43. | |
When you get applause like about it doesn't escape anywhere with the | :36:44. | :37:05. | |
roof closed. Goose bumps. Super point. Both moved beautifully. A | :37:06. | :37:11. | |
couple of times Bouchard hit a drop shot when Cornet was already going | :37:12. | :37:15. | |
forward, so Cornet off quickly to that. That is a nice drop shot. | :37:16. | :37:20. | |
Bouchard chases it down. And wax baseball. -- and wax this ball into | :37:21. | :37:29. | |
the Royal box. Almost took a shot at the Duke of Kent! It just went to | :37:30. | :37:32. | |
his right. There is Prince Michael. The | :37:33. | :37:38. | |
chairman. And there is the Duke. Let's have a look at the rally had | :37:39. | :37:58. | |
to point comparison. We've said Bouchard takes the ball early inside | :37:59. | :38:02. | |
the serve. More than half the shot she said just behind the baseline. | :38:03. | :38:08. | |
Cornet, just 70% in front of the baseline and much more time spent | :38:09. | :38:15. | |
two feet further behind her, sorry, six feet behind the baseline, so | :38:16. | :38:19. | |
much more aggressive position from Bouchard, hitting 95% of the shots | :38:20. | :38:23. | |
where you want to be. Really hard to push her back. Bouchard serving to | :38:24. | :38:35. | |
stay in the opening set for-5. The Hawk-eye at the French Open was in | :38:36. | :38:42. | |
feet. Here, it is in meters. I had to flick the switch quickly. It's | :38:43. | :38:47. | |
hard to see without my glasses. And that is the serve which is very | :38:48. | :38:51. | |
effective against Cornet, slice out wide. With the grip, she resorts to | :38:52. | :38:56. | |
the slice, which means a short return. A pretty weak reply. A | :38:57. | :39:01. | |
perfect shot to come in on on the next ball. | :39:02. | :40:12. | |
pressure whatsoever. A pretty solid game there, when she had to hold. | :40:13. | :40:19. | |
Bouchard, 12 winners and 14 unforced errors, | :40:20. | :40:19. | |
Bouchard, 12 winners and 14 unforced so she has been dictating, trying to | :40:20. | :40:23. | |
force the action but Cornet planning a very clean set so far and we have | :40:24. | :40:31. | |
had no service breaks. Maybe it's something about Centre Court. We | :40:32. | :40:36. | |
only had two breaks in the match with Serena Williams and Petra | :40:37. | :40:46. | |
Kvitova. And they have both been broken plenty in the tournament in | :40:47. | :40:47. | |
the first three matches. That worked extremely well against | :40:48. | :42:24. | |
Serena Williams. Comes back with it here but Bouchard so close to the | :42:25. | :42:25. | |
baseline, but that time here but Bouchard so close to the | :42:26. | :42:28. | |
to push back, the ground stroke, here but Bouchard so close to the | :42:29. | :42:34. | |
the drop shot paid dividends. She had that beautifully. Every time she | :42:35. | :42:37. | |
heads the drop shot, she wins the point, or the next shot. | :42:38. | :42:45. | |
heads the drop shot, she wins the great way of breaking up this | :42:46. | :42:48. | |
relentless barrage of the ground from Bouchard. Potentially, Bouchard | :42:49. | :42:55. | |
have more variety in her game but she has not used it so far today. A | :42:56. | :43:06. | |
couple of drop shots. This one, the first one from Cornet, and I think | :43:07. | :43:07. | |
she will remember it. They are both really going for | :43:08. | :43:28. | |
this. The nerves are no longer there. Both totally focused on the | :43:29. | :43:36. | |
task in hand. There was hardly even a nearby shop. Definitely about just | :43:37. | :43:43. | |
playing the match -- shot. They are not playing Wimbledon, they are | :43:44. | :43:46. | |
playing the opponent, and that's why we are seeing a well played set | :43:47. | :43:51. | |
here. The luxury of the roof. It is brightening up outside and hopefully | :43:52. | :43:54. | |
those clouds are going away. Henman Hill getting ready for Andy Murray. | :43:55. | :44:00. | |
And others, of course. Kevin Anderson, his tallest test of the | :44:01. | :44:02. | |
tournament so far. If we knew who they were, we don't | :44:03. | :44:16. | |
know now. They are clearly twins. It's great, coming from work, to | :44:17. | :44:24. | |
hear, but that flag face on, and your employer won't know who you are | :44:25. | :44:27. | |
here and you are being patriotically. Now, there is a | :44:28. | :44:34. | |
look! Its my first time at Wimbledon and look who I am sat next to! A | :44:35. | :44:44. | |
flower gone wild! OK, it's a look! So, for the second time, Bouchard | :44:45. | :44:47. | |
serving to stay in this set. Great slice from Bouchard. But she | :44:48. | :45:24. | |
did not hit through it. It was a defensive slice. And Cornet quick to | :45:25. | :45:29. | |
the ball, and she's going forward on it as well. Good aggression from | :45:30. | :45:34. | |
Cornet. She is playing a very good set. Clearly gaining a lot of | :45:35. | :45:37. | |
confidence from her win against Serena Williams. You figure if you | :45:38. | :45:44. | |
can beat Serena Williams on grass, you can beat anybody, and it is | :45:45. | :45:45. | |
true. The scary things about Serena | :45:46. | :45:56. | |
sometimes, just feels like there's something broken deep inside. | :45:57. | :46:03. | |
Amazing. When you think of how much she has achieved. Well, things go | :46:04. | :46:09. | |
funny when you get older. Everything just means so much more. Everything | :46:10. | :46:15. | |
that can go wrong, as well as things that can go right, sometimes you can | :46:16. | :46:18. | |
overthink things. It's not just hitting the ball. | :46:19. | :46:32. | |
Who would be a tennis coach? The other day with Serena, she looks up | :46:33. | :46:38. | |
there and they were telling her something and she just totally | :46:39. | :46:45. | |
brushed them. "Oh, just be quiet." And then she didn't look at them | :46:46. | :46:48. | |
through couple of games. They were in penalty box. They are used to it. | :46:49. | :46:58. | |
Super stuff from Bouchard. Deep forehand into the corner. | :46:59. | :47:07. | |
That's the one that won her the point. Again, quickly off the mark, | :47:08. | :47:14. | |
to cut the angle, catch it early. Ten winners. Looking like a | :47:15. | :47:17. | |
tie-break. Did I jinxed it? No service breaks | :47:18. | :47:25. | |
so far. Great stuff. Super second serve. | :47:26. | :47:37. | |
This is a tie-break. Every point is a break point. Four | :47:38. | :47:57. | |
break point in this set so far. Now everyone is a break point | :47:58. | :48:00. | |
potentially, so we will see which player can rise to the occasion. If | :48:01. | :48:05. | |
anybody even blinks, will somebody win it? We will know pretty soon. | :48:06. | :48:38. | |
Cornet showing some good boys, adding some good shots off those | :48:39. | :48:44. | |
really low slices, as well. Keeping her cool. Draws the over hit from | :48:45. | :48:48. | |
Bouchard there. Again, great depth from Bouchard to | :48:49. | :49:19. | |
draw that error. Just being forced further and | :49:20. | :49:58. | |
further back. Covering acres, Cornet. She has definitely been | :49:59. | :50:04. | |
doing the majority of the running, just offending to the most part, | :50:05. | :50:09. | |
Bouchard trying to force the action. 15 unforced for Bouchard, only | :50:10. | :50:19. | |
Djokovic for unforced errors for Cornet so far -- only four unforced | :50:20. | :50:23. | |
errors. She clearly knew exactly where she | :50:24. | :50:41. | |
was on the court. She gets the first mini-break. | :50:42. | :50:53. | |
Can't see it from here. I have no idea if it's in or out. Both service | :50:54. | :51:16. | |
points going against Cornet, so Bouchard in the drivers seat here in | :51:17. | :51:17. | |
this tie-break. First double fault to be served. One | :51:18. | :51:48. | |
in each of their previous three matches. That was the first nervous | :51:49. | :51:56. | |
shot I have seen in quite some time. Didn't quite rotate with the rest on | :51:57. | :52:02. | |
that second serve, so the ball flew on her. First double fault. A bad | :52:03. | :52:07. | |
time for her, but still in the driver's seat. | :52:08. | :52:19. | |
Eugenie is looking pretty calm, little shake of the head, really | :52:20. | :52:23. | |
more annoyed with herself. Will she correct that mistake? | :52:24. | :53:40. | |
Good second serve from Cornet and Bouchard held back on the forehand, | :53:41. | :53:47. | |
just rotated sideways. If anything, the body was going backwards and | :53:48. | :53:51. | |
that was an unforced error she would not want. | :53:52. | :53:57. | |
Cornet didn't do anything special but even again. | :53:58. | :54:06. | |
She is falling after that serve. Its peculiar. I'm trying to figure out | :54:07. | :54:13. | |
what's going on with that? She's trying to go back so quickly she's | :54:14. | :54:17. | |
actually falling down. Yeah, I think it's just the reaction of | :54:18. | :54:20. | |
actually falling down. Yeah, I think has to do to face the return. | :54:21. | :54:29. | |
No problem on that one. Bouchard is having a hiccup here. Nick tells | :54:30. | :54:39. | |
their one shot at a time and come in the future, she couldn't sustain it. | :54:40. | :54:56. | |
That's the first drop shot I have seen Cornet head of the backhand. -- | :54:57. | :55:06. | |
hit off the background. They've all been to the corner down the line. | :55:07. | :55:12. | |
This one, she missed it, the biggest point of the match so far. And a | :55:13. | :55:17. | |
great serve from Bouchard. First ace. | :55:18. | :55:24. | |
One double fault at a bad time and now an ace at a good time. Set | :55:25. | :55:28. | |
point. Frustration from Cornet. First set, | :55:29. | :55:59. | |
Bouchard. Is she on her way? Three minutes shy | :56:00. | :56:24. | |
of one hour, the opening set. Neither player is playing their best | :56:25. | :56:28. | |
tennis in this pressure packed a tie-break but, in the end, the | :56:29. | :56:37. | |
bravest person, Cornet gave a little divot with the racket. Not too bad, | :56:38. | :56:44. | |
didn't break it. She has her moments at times. She has two police those. | :56:45. | :56:51. | |
When she gets upset, she resets for the next point. You don't feel it | :56:52. | :56:54. | |
carries on and that's where she is so much better. She used to be upset | :56:55. | :57:01. | |
from what happened before. No more of that with her but neither player | :57:02. | :57:05. | |
is playing their best tennis in this tie-break but in the end, Bouchard | :57:06. | :57:11. | |
more adventurous, and she wins the set. Both players hit the net the | :57:12. | :57:15. | |
same times. A lot more set. Both players hit the net the | :57:16. | :57:17. | |
same times. A lot winners from Bouchard. She has been the driver's | :57:18. | :57:23. | |
seat, a higher percentage on the first served. Cornet doing excellent | :57:24. | :57:28. | |
on the second serve points. 77%, better than her first serves, which | :57:29. | :57:33. | |
normally don't see. Cornet returning better but, I think the better | :57:34. | :57:40. | |
player won the set. At the end, Bouchard hit enough winners. She's | :57:41. | :57:47. | |
in the driver's seat now. There is an actor. I don't know his name. Jim | :57:48. | :57:56. | |
Parsons. From the Big Bang Theory. I have not watched that yet. He has | :57:57. | :57:58. | |
got a beautiful eyes. So, Bouchard win the second set. | :57:59. | :58:15. | |
Still no of serve. -- still no breaks of serve. | :58:16. | :59:16. | |
Settling shot, having lost the opening set. Back on track. | :59:17. | :59:49. | |
more depth on his shots, Cornet, try to get a little more aggressive. She | :59:50. | :59:57. | |
has got a nice volley. A couple of doubles titles. She can play. | :59:58. | :00:04. | |
Grass is so much about attitude. Feeling like you want to play on the | :00:05. | :00:08. | |
surface. You want to be aggressive. Don't just come to the net because | :00:09. | :00:21. | |
you are supposed to, you have to mean it. There are fewer of those | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
around. Look at that. You could lose three more games than | :00:27. | :01:02. | |
your opponent in a set point match and lose 20 more points, and still | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
win the match. The one that counts is the last set. | :01:07. | :01:18. | |
Keeping the momentum. I used to say to players when they walked on | :01:19. | :01:29. | |
court, don't forget to win the last point! The depths, it is | :01:30. | :01:36. | |
interesting, when Cornet has not won the first set, the adjustment she | :01:37. | :01:38. | |
needs to make, the first set, the adjustment she | :01:39. | :01:59. | |
shots in that zone, six feet from the baseline which is why Bouchard | :02:00. | :02:05. | |
is standing where she is. And why Cornet is not able to hit winners | :02:06. | :02:06. | |
and defending a lot more. The shot and body placement is | :02:07. | :02:29. | |
another reason why Cornet has not used the drop shot more, because she | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
is too far behind the baseline and Bouchard is closer to it. Not able | :02:35. | :02:36. | |
to deploy her favourite weapon. She always hits that drop shot with | :02:37. | :03:03. | |
a Good shot. She's zeroed in | :03:04. | :04:14. | |
shop. Bouchard is coming... You cannot see it from this | :04:15. | :04:52. | |
Good body language from Cornet and Bouchard needed to get that all in. | :04:53. | :05:30. | |
If I was her coach, I would make a play, don't go for too much. How | :05:31. | :05:39. | |
often do we talk about middle games with good players? | :05:40. | :06:21. | |
Bouchard can be like a runaway train. Especially with the way she | :06:22. | :06:31. | |
plays. You could not impose yourself on this match with that break point, | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
get away early, there have been no breaks of serve. But she could not | :06:37. | :06:38. | |
convert. Bouchard was leaning. Cornet not | :06:39. | :06:45. | |
happy with her serve. She did all the hard work... And | :06:46. | :08:26. | |
missed the easiest shot in the rally. Waiting to see if Bouchard | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
commits. It is that grip, it is hard to hit | :08:32. | :08:42. | |
those low, short balls with that grip. | :08:43. | :08:59. | |
Toted to in favour of Bouchard. -- to two to offer God | :09:00. | :09:23. | |
she had a break point ago art and did not convert and then comes right | :09:24. | :09:30. | |
back. Playing one point at a time. It is great to see that. It is great | :09:31. | :09:34. | |
to see the emergence of Canadian tennis. | :09:35. | :09:42. | |
Milos Raonic can creating some Canadian history. It is in good | :09:43. | :09:51. | |
hands at the moment, Canadian history. The women outshone the | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
hands at the moment, Canadian history. The women outshone men at | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
the French Open. Fantastic final. The women's game is in a great place | :10:02. | :10:10. | |
right now. We see the new wave really imposing themselves and | :10:11. | :10:12. | |
making their mark. And Bouchard is leading the pack. | :10:13. | :10:21. | |
Madison Keys one at Eastbourne last week. -- won at Eastbourne. | :10:22. | :10:32. | |
She lost Wimbledon because she won at Eastbourne. That is why that | :10:33. | :10:40. | |
extra week between the two next year is very helpful. | :10:41. | :10:50. | |
New balls in play. They look very yellow, those balls. Cornet wrong | :10:51. | :10:58. | |
footing Bouchard. Cornet 's account is so much | :10:59. | :11:11. | |
stronger than her forehand. She had a great backhand into the | :11:12. | :12:12. | |
corner. Stayed back. And Cornet able to get out of trouble. It feels | :12:13. | :12:20. | |
different when Cornet is employing angles. It negates a little bit of | :12:21. | :12:28. | |
the Bouchard power. She has been moving side to side pretty well as | :12:29. | :12:30. | |
well when she gets the opportunity. It is tough to do it. Tough to time | :12:31. | :12:40. | |
away from Bouchard. She has a great presence on the | :12:41. | :12:51. | |
court. Federer was talking at the week and | :12:52. | :13:26. | |
about house tough it is to serve-volley at the moment. It is | :13:27. | :13:30. | |
hard to get your footing. slipped in their, her right foot | :13:31. | :13:39. | |
coming from underneath there. You have to be ginger, take shorter | :13:40. | :13:41. | |
steps and usual muscles more. You have to use your muscles. Be a | :13:42. | :13:52. | |
little more nimble. Great effort from both players. | :13:53. | :14:11. | |
Sinking their teeth into the match. Playing ball. Very competitive. | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
Sinking their teeth into the match. Great body language. Great effort. | :14:16. | :14:38. | |
whole match, hard to get a feel for it. Bouchard has a decent backhand | :14:39. | :14:52. | |
slice but looked uncomfortable hitting that one. | :14:53. | :15:52. | |
Cornet gets the first break of the match. | :15:53. | :16:01. | |
SUE BARKER: we will be right back on centre in a moment. They continue | :16:02. | :16:08. | |
under the roof, the good news for all of the spectators outside is | :16:09. | :16:11. | |
that the clouds have cleared and the sun is out and play is underway once | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
again. This match number one court, she has just levelled the match, Ana | :16:17. | :16:23. | |
Ivanovic, against Sabine Lisicki. That is live on BBC Two. | :16:24. | :16:53. | |
Doesn't that look nice after all of those dark, heavy rain clouds we | :16:54. | :17:00. | |
have had over Wimbledon? The sun is shining and that is a wonderful | :17:01. | :17:03. | |
scene. Under the roof, they continue on Centre Court. | :17:04. | :17:10. | |
CHRIS BRADNAM: huge emotion from this player. MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: | :17:11. | :17:25. | |
Bouchard had the break point the first time Cornet served, missed the | :17:26. | :17:33. | |
return, one may be for too much and now Cornet is in the drivers seat. | :17:34. | :17:42. | |
That ball ended on the service line and died. She was better at the | :17:43. | :17:50. | |
beginning of the match, now she seems to be doubting his self, | :17:51. | :17:53. | |
whether she should or not. Cornet beat Serena Williams in | :17:54. | :18:20. | |
Dubai. We talked about it so long and hard. Backing it up on Saturday, | :18:21. | :18:31. | |
beating her again at Wimbledon. The reservoir started to get deeper and | :18:32. | :18:32. | |
deeper in February. Bouchard is forcing the action here. | :18:33. | :18:50. | |
She is pressing Cornet. She's growing in confidence. Being a top | :18:51. | :18:57. | |
player gives you a huge amount of confidence but if you can do it | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
back-to-back, talk about backing up your big victory, that is really | :19:03. | :19:05. | |
backing it up. And on top of that, doing it at a Grand Slam and against | :19:06. | :19:06. | |
Serena Williams. Cornet completely believes in | :19:07. | :19:14. | |
herself. Coming forwards. Wow. Cornet is | :19:15. | :20:51. | |
moving better. Hitting the ball deeper, I think. It feels like that. | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
Bouchard is doubting herself right now, even after that shop, she did | :20:57. | :21:02. | |
not come in forward as much, this should have been a backhand volley. | :21:03. | :21:05. | |
She is moving to her left and pushed it. | :21:06. | :21:17. | |
So often, you do not need experience when you are just playing good | :21:18. | :21:54. | |
enough, and she has done twice this year, to make semifinals of a | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
Major. But still very inexperienced in comparison to Cornet. It shows | :22:00. | :22:08. | |
you what a good head Bouchard has on her shoulders. Even when things do | :22:09. | :22:12. | |
not go right, she still somehow managed to win that game. I | :22:13. | :22:19. | |
completely saw another break coming. She has shown how blinkered she is. | :22:20. | :22:24. | |
When she first burst through after winning the juniors, there was a lot | :22:25. | :22:27. | |
of talk about her looks and the glamour and she actually got cross | :22:28. | :22:31. | |
in interviews and said, I want to talk about tennis, let's keep it to | :22:32. | :22:36. | |
tennis which is what I am all about. Working as hard as I can to improve. | :22:37. | :22:40. | |
Good for her, Working as hard as I can to improve. | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
straight. Everything will come in due time but she is playing with a | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
sense of urgency. Cool, calm and collected. Greg Dyke from the FA. I | :22:51. | :22:56. | |
did not know who that was! Wake up great! -- Greg! Somebody give that | :22:57. | :23:03. | |
man sunk coffee! Bouchard jumped on that 70 mph | :23:04. | :23:13. | |
second serve. She was better on his second set in | :23:14. | :24:49. | |
the second set and on the first Cornet gathering herself, big | :24:50. | :25:28. | |
point. Bouchard attacking the second serve better so does Cornet take | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
some pace of the first said to get it in? | :25:34. | :25:50. | |
A big return from Bouchard and Cornet again going for the backhand. | :25:51. | :25:59. | |
Cornet is very solid on that side. Bush and making an error on the | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
forehand. -- Bouchard. Bouchard waited too early and could | :26:05. | :26:25. | |
not check his swing. -- her swing. Slight opportunity here for | :26:26. | :26:26. | |
Bouchard. Three points in a row for Cornet. | :26:27. | :26:49. | |
She is one tough competitor. She is a game away from levelling | :26:50. | :27:07. | |
this fourth round. when Cornet hit that shot, I thought | :27:08. | :29:28. | |
it was going long, I think Bouchard thought that as well. Bouchard Way | :29:29. | :29:33. | |
too early on that shot. And missed it. | :29:34. | :29:57. | |
just joining us. Cornet is going to have to serve out the second set. | :29:58. | :30:07. | |
When you see that serving for the set caption, it can play havoc with | :30:08. | :30:15. | |
the mind, can't it? Cornet, with a ball toss, Martina. Yes, playing | :30:16. | :30:22. | |
Serena, she had a lot of bad tosses on the serve and she held the ball | :30:23. | :30:29. | |
with just three fingers. The pinky and the ring finger not involved. | :30:30. | :30:36. | |
Just three fingers. You can't really see it. When she gets nervous, | :30:37. | :30:40. | |
that's why I think it goes off. She can't control it as well. | :30:41. | :30:47. | |
I could see it from the commentators box. | :30:48. | :30:50. | |
I could see It is peculiar. It's interesting, the other end on the | :30:51. | :31:03. | |
return for Bouchard, too. We have seen Greg Dyke in the Royal box. She | :31:04. | :31:09. | |
is like a Subbuteo player, wobbling all over the place. She has great | :31:10. | :31:16. | |
ability to hit off both sides. This is going to be a fascinating game. | :31:17. | :31:18. | |
Well, four, she made it. This time, she | :31:19. | :31:41. | |
only gets one chance for it, but she has not lost it yet. | :31:42. | :31:59. | |
Beautiful. She only had one drop shot in the match, and back came | :32:00. | :32:08. | |
from nowhere and she was in a perfect position for it, inside the | :32:09. | :32:15. | |
baseline. She took her time with it. Cornet way behind the baseline. | :32:16. | :32:16. | |
Nicely done. The ever important first point, the | :32:17. | :32:29. | |
person saving -- serving for the match. | :32:30. | :32:39. | |
On the line. It was on the sideline. I think it was about six inches in | :32:40. | :32:48. | |
front of the baseline on the sideline. | :32:49. | :32:54. | |
You are right about the ball toss. We have a good view from our box | :32:55. | :33:28. | |
here at this end. Gutsy play there. 0- 30 on her | :33:29. | :34:00. | |
serve. She had to have this point really to have a chance to hold. | :34:01. | :34:06. | |
Really good playing from Cornet. This is such a well played a match | :34:07. | :34:13. | |
from both players. Too early on that one. | :34:14. | :34:18. | |
If I was to say something to athlete -- Bouchard, I would say to | :34:19. | :34:28. | |
concentrate on Cornet's backhand. She is playing her shot regardless | :34:29. | :34:36. | |
of what was going on with Cornet. Two points from the set for Cornet, | :34:37. | :34:39. | |
for the match. Seeing it | :34:40. | :34:55. | |
The ball was well at. A big opportunity for Bouchard. Finally | :34:56. | :34:56. | |
gets a second serve. Much different ball location here. | :34:57. | :35:17. | |
Cornet, only three fingers but Bouchard really moving forward on | :35:18. | :35:22. | |
that return. Set point. No, break point. Break point, sorry. | :35:23. | :35:35. | |
Fantastic from Cornet. Cooley saves that break | :35:36. | :35:44. | |
Fantastic point. Bouchard is 0-3. | :35:45. | :35:50. | |
Again, just two points from the set for Cornet. | :35:51. | :36:02. | |
She does not like to get inside the baseline. She had said well behind | :36:03. | :36:09. | |
the baseline because she can swing fully. When she's inside, she has to | :36:10. | :36:13. | |
bring the ball down quickly. Could not do it there. Another break point | :36:14. | :36:21. | |
for Bouchard. Hasn't made one of them yet. This is a big one. | :36:22. | :36:35. | |
Demanded such clean hitting on the return. | :36:36. | :37:02. | |
It's a sign of a champion, a future champion, Bouchard. She has not | :37:03. | :37:08. | |
broken serviette but when she had to, she did. | :37:09. | :37:27. | |
Cornet is not playing a bad game but Bouchard has stepped it up a little | :37:28. | :37:35. | |
bit. That was the shot and now Bouchard, all of a sudden, more | :37:36. | :37:37. | |
aggressive. There were a couple of calls of out. | :37:38. | :38:19. | |
Cornet had a great return. Bouchard able to neutralise it and then | :38:20. | :38:22. | |
Cornet pushes her back and cuts off that forehand volley really well. | :38:23. | :38:28. | |
The ball goes across court every time but she hates it so well, | :38:29. | :38:33. | |
Bouchard. -- she hates it so well, Bouchard. -- hits. | :38:34. | :39:07. | |
Bouchard is on to the forehand now, pushing Cornet back and when she | :39:08. | :39:14. | |
gets pushed back to the forehand corner, she goes across court most | :39:15. | :39:18. | |
of the time. Bouchard on top of that one. So maybe attacking the forehand | :39:19. | :39:25. | |
a little more here, the last couple of games, would you say? For sure. | :39:26. | :39:29. | |
Sure feels like it to me here. Is she going to challenge that one? | :39:30. | :39:46. | |
It felt wide when she hit it. Cornet now, she is saying no, it was out. | :39:47. | :39:53. | |
Just wide. UMPIRE: Cornet has one challenge | :39:54. | :40:03. | |
remaining. It's amazing how every now and | :40:04. | :40:54. | |
then, player captures the imagination in the hearts of people | :40:55. | :40:59. | |
wherever they play. Australia, it has koala bears, teddy bears. At the | :41:00. | :41:05. | |
French Open, it has much of the same. She's getting the lion 's | :41:06. | :41:10. | |
share here. As well as she should. She is a personable woman with a | :41:11. | :41:16. | |
great game. She is beautiful. She will get the endorsements for her | :41:17. | :41:19. | |
locks as well as her game, but she wants to get it for her game. The | :41:20. | :41:24. | |
locks just add another 02 the cheque. It's an extra strength. The | :41:25. | :41:31. | |
locker room respect we always talk about. Yes, she is a total package. | :41:32. | :41:38. | |
If she stays healthy, the sky is the limit. She wants it badly for all | :41:39. | :41:42. | |
the right reasons and it's good to see. Nathalie Tauziat workers are | :41:43. | :41:48. | |
part-time and Canada. A former finalist here. Let's focus on the | :41:49. | :41:59. | |
here and now. Her mother looks on. She certainly getting it done here. | :42:00. | :42:05. | |
And now, huge pressure on Cornet. Cornet has to do reset. She must be | :42:06. | :42:12. | |
disappointed. Just play it a little careful on the forehand. Deuce cast | :42:13. | :42:18. | |
turbo game. She needs to step it up here or her Wimbledon is over. | :42:19. | :42:30. | |
That's just fantastic stuff from Bouchard. Six inches from the | :42:31. | :42:37. | |
sideline to the forehand, maybe even less than that to the backline, and | :42:38. | :42:44. | |
then she goes inside line again. This was the furthest from the line | :42:45. | :42:48. | |
and a clean winner. Great accuracy from Bouchard, side to side. Dead | :42:49. | :42:50. | |
accurate. Another challenge. The last one she | :42:51. | :43:17. | |
has got. That's why she was upset before. If she is wrong here, she is | :43:18. | :43:28. | |
out of challenges. Yes. It may not matter. It is 0-30. That's a bigger | :43:29. | :43:34. | |
issue not having any challenges left. Nothing until the end of the | :43:35. | :43:44. | |
match. That last return was hit really hard. She is going on | :43:45. | :43:49. | |
adrenaline and confidence right now. That was the best drop shot in the | :43:50. | :44:11. | |
last two matches. She hit some good ones against Serena, but this was a | :44:12. | :44:16. | |
must have point, must have drop shot. And she feels it. The perfect | :44:17. | :44:26. | |
play, with the Bouchard form of late. Bouchard teed off on the last | :44:27. | :44:35. | |
return and I expect this one to go Mach three. She has a chance. --. | :44:36. | :44:52. | |
Is she OK? She has slipped. Buried deep in the lush area of the court. | :44:53. | :45:18. | |
Bouchard prefers to hit forehand rather than an overhead. Every time | :45:19. | :45:29. | |
she hits a bully, it's harder to time and she ends up missing the | :45:30. | :45:30. | |
third one. -- volley. It is relentless. | :45:31. | :45:33. | |
starting to edge. Four games in a row. Pure class. | :45:34. | :46:43. | |
Eugenie Bouchard, just her sixth major main draw. It is a third major | :46:44. | :46:52. | |
qualifying, her first Wimbledon. The junior champion, just two years ago, | :46:53. | :46:56. | |
has won the hearts of everybody here in the UK. It's another major | :46:57. | :47:05. | |
quarterfinal to look forward to. Fantastic effort from Cornet after | :47:06. | :47:09. | |
the great win against Serena Williams but at the end, Bouchard | :47:10. | :47:13. | |
just had too much of her repertoire, too much power. She imposed herself | :47:14. | :47:18. | |
on the match, broke when she had two and played their best tennis in the | :47:19. | :47:22. | |
last couple of games and that's a sign of a champion coming back from | :47:23. | :47:28. | |
behind in the second set. A great effort from Cornet. I think she will | :47:29. | :47:33. | |
be moving up the rankings. I see her in the top 15 if she plays like | :47:34. | :47:38. | |
this. Bouchard, only one way for her, and that is going up. I love it | :47:39. | :47:43. | |
when both players arrive on court together and they get so much right | :47:44. | :47:47. | |
here in Wimbledon. It's the one thing I wish they would tighten up | :47:48. | :47:51. | |
on, and loosen up in other areas but get the players to walk off | :47:52. | :47:56. | |
together. Inevitably the winner will sign autographs. It's so important | :47:57. | :48:01. | |
in this wonderful sport. They should do that more often. I agree with | :48:02. | :48:06. | |
you. They do on court interviews and some tournaments but they don't do | :48:07. | :48:09. | |
that here. I like the players walking on and off together but | :48:10. | :48:14. | |
either way, Bouchard is a deserving winner here and played a great | :48:15. | :48:18. | |
match. She must like her chances for the rest of the tournament. She | :48:19. | :48:26. | |
plays the winner of Kerber or Sharapova and they are waiting now | :48:27. | :48:29. | |
for Andy Murray, next up. The defending champion. Huge excitement | :48:30. | :48:34. | |
for that one but they got pretty excited for that terrific | :48:35. | :48:42. | |
fourth-round and Bouchard coming-of-age every time she steps | :48:43. | :48:45. | |
on court. No singing for Cliff Richard today. The roof has been | :48:46. | :48:50. | |
closed. He's a very good play himself and thoroughly enjoys seeing | :48:51. | :48:55. | |
the rising star which is Eugenie Bouchard, and she is through to the | :48:56. | :49:00. | |
quarterfinals at Wimbledon in one hour and 46 minutes. 7-6, 7-5 and | :49:01. | :49:03. | |
she is now talking to us. Many congratulations. Your immediate | :49:04. | :49:13. | |
thoughts on making it through to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon? I'm | :49:14. | :49:17. | |
excited, proud of where I fought today, it wasn't easy and she she's | :49:18. | :49:22. | |
a good player and she got back a lot of balls so I had to finish the | :49:23. | :49:24. | |
point, which I did successfully sometimes. You mentioned it's a bit | :49:25. | :49:30. | |
humid under the roof. Your first experience of it, how did you find | :49:31. | :49:34. | |
it? Yeah, finally I played under the famous roof. It was definitely | :49:35. | :49:41. | |
humid. There's less air circulation or something, but it was tougher | :49:42. | :49:44. | |
battle of the same about the both of the climate is the same for both | :49:45. | :49:48. | |
players. Last week you mentioned going deep into the second week of | :49:49. | :49:53. | |
Wimbledon. You are into the quarterfinals mouthfuls of how | :49:54. | :49:56. | |
excited I do about what's to come? I'm very excited by new to stay | :49:57. | :50:00. | |
focused. I have another match, I'm focused on one match at a time and | :50:01. | :50:04. | |
it's very important for me not to be distracted and keep my focus on | :50:05. | :50:09. | |
that. You know, this it worked so hard for, to be the quarterfinals at | :50:10. | :50:12. | |
Wimbledon. I'm excited, but I want to go further. The army marches on. | :50:13. | :50:17. | |
Yes, it does. Thank you. SUE BARKER: What a performance from | :50:18. | :50:37. | |
this young lady, semifinalist at the Australian Open, and the French | :50:38. | :50:41. | |
Open, and now she is through to the quarterfinals and will be up against | :50:42. | :50:48. | |
Kerber or Maria Sharapova. What a quarterfinal that will be and that | :50:49. | :50:50. | |
will maybe be tomorrow or maybe not. quarterfinal that will be and that | :50:51. | :50:54. | |
We are still playing catch up because of the rain. A wonderful | :50:55. | :50:57. | |
match to start the Centre Court programme and I think we will fill | :50:58. | :51:02. | |
up more of this young lady for many many years to come. The former | :51:03. | :51:06. | |
junior champion. And one of the favourites to pick the main title | :51:07. | :51:14. | |
this time. Meanwhile, Oberon Court Number One, Sabine Lisicki, | :51:15. | :51:16. | |
this time. Meanwhile, Oberon Court year's finalist, | :51:17. | :51:19. | |
this time. Meanwhile, Oberon Court Ivanovic. They started us on | :51:20. | :51:24. | |
Saturday afternoon. They had stop it because of the rain. | :51:25. | :51:26. | |
Saturday afternoon. They had stop it third set against the former world | :51:27. | :51:30. | |
number one Ana Ivanovic. And she will be playing in the fourth round. | :51:31. | :51:43. | |
A busy time for Sabine Lisicki. Court Number One is finished. As far | :51:44. | :51:49. | |
as the women's singles is concerned. Next up, we have Dimitrov, beating | :51:50. | :51:57. | |
Lizzy Yarnold Lopez and he's up against Leonardo Mayer from | :51:58. | :52:05. | |
Argentina. A new experience for Dimitrov, the second week of | :52:06. | :52:08. | |
Wimbledon, but here's one of the favourites and he is in Andy | :52:09. | :52:15. | |
Murray's quarter of the draw. So here is the scene at Wimbledon. I'm | :52:16. | :52:19. | |
pleased to say, no rain at the moment. Play continues on the | :52:20. | :52:23. | |
outside courts but you can see that the roof is on Centre Court. But we | :52:24. | :52:29. | |
are sharing that they are going to open it for the next match, so we | :52:30. | :52:34. | |
await that. We would have thought it would have started by now because | :52:35. | :52:37. | |
the match finished a short time ago so maybe they are worried it will be | :52:38. | :52:44. | |
another shower, but even when they start to open it, it will be around | :52:45. | :52:47. | |
50 minutes before play gets underway on Centre Court if they are going to | :52:48. | :52:53. | |
open it. -- 15 minutes. I have made my way down here, because Andy | :52:54. | :53:00. | |
Murray is next on court as he continues his Wimbledon story. It | :53:01. | :53:04. | |
has been quite a start so far as he is cruised through the opening week | :53:05. | :53:05. | |
dropping just 19 games. Wimbledon is underway. The weather | :53:06. | :53:18. | |
is glorious. There's so much excitement today, a real buzz around | :53:19. | :53:22. | |
the grounds because wouldn't Wimbledon champion is on court. The | :53:23. | :53:30. | |
expectation as high as Murray gets his defence of his Wimbledon title | :53:31. | :53:31. | |
underway. Stunning defence from Murray. It's | :53:32. | :53:38. | |
like he's never left the court. An ideal day and an ideal start to | :53:39. | :53:55. | |
his defence. What a perfect start to the defence of his title here at FW | :53:56. | :54:01. | |
19. And very high standard of match. He was maybe a bit nervous at the | :54:02. | :54:04. | |
beginning but he played some great rallies but I had to finish it in | :54:05. | :54:08. | |
three, because he was playing really well. It should be a good one, this. | :54:09. | :54:16. | |
Rola has admired Andy Murray for some time, and now he gets the | :54:17. | :54:19. | |
chance to play the defending champion. It's running away fast, | :54:20. | :54:26. | |
isn't it? Too hot for Rola to handle. Murray is romping away. So | :54:27. | :54:37. | |
good, so easy. Rola has been absolutely blown away. The money | :54:38. | :54:40. | |
machine rumbles on, -- Murray. No fuss. It was tough for him today. He | :54:41. | :54:47. | |
has not had much grass court experience but he's got a good game. | :54:48. | :54:52. | |
It took care of my serve for the majority of the match and played | :54:53. | :54:56. | |
well. How does it feel to be a tennis player? Yeah, it feels good. | :54:57. | :55:02. | |
It's a nice job to have. To get to travel the world and play in nice | :55:03. | :55:04. | |
stadiums, so it's good. He has the task of taking on the | :55:05. | :55:19. | |
defending champion. A few of his friends are here in Centre Court. | :55:20. | :55:22. | |
These early skirmishes are interesting. His sliced backhand. | :55:23. | :55:30. | |
This is what we expected. He is beginning to have but all of | :55:31. | :55:36. | |
invincibility. -- that aura of invincibility. The man who is | :55:37. | :55:43. | |
dismantling its 23rd in the world, just superb. Andy Murray stays in | :55:44. | :55:50. | |
for the second week. Wonderful performance, it really was. It was a | :55:51. | :55:55. | |
step up, I thought I responded well. There were a few things I could do | :55:56. | :55:59. | |
better but it's been a good first week and now I can rest up. | :56:00. | :56:08. | |
Week one has gone without a hitch and we are still here under the roof | :56:09. | :56:14. | |
on Centre Court. Lovely to see you here. Ross, back on the match court | :56:15. | :56:21. | |
of Wimbledon. And you a friend of Andy Murray. Looking forward to | :56:22. | :56:25. | |
this? Absolutely gummy breezed this? Absolutely gummy breezed | :56:26. | :56:28. | |
through the first week with no problems and I'm excited to watch | :56:29. | :56:31. | |
him play. I have seen him play this Wimbledon, but I watched him play a | :56:32. | :56:37. | |
couple of shots on the first day and now I'm here to enjoy this match. | :56:38. | :56:41. | |
Really excited and I can't wait to see him play. Federer, I'm confused, | :56:42. | :56:49. | |
because they are saying there are going to open the roof but they are | :56:50. | :56:52. | |
saying the players are leaving the locker room. It gives him | :56:53. | :56:59. | |
saying the players are leaving the airtime. It takes time to put the | :57:00. | :57:02. | |
coins in the coins and it. And wind it up a bit. To press the button. I | :57:03. | :57:07. | |
think that's what we're being told. it up a bit. To press the button. I | :57:08. | :57:11. | |
At the end of the day, it's an outdoor tournament, so you have got | :57:12. | :57:15. | |
to make every effort to play the match is outdoors. It will be | :57:16. | :57:19. | |
interesting to see what the weather radar says, because it has been | :57:20. | :57:22. | |
unpredictable today and the last thing you want to do is open roof | :57:23. | :57:25. | |
and then, 15 minutes later you have to shut it again. It wastes more | :57:26. | :57:31. | |
time and get wasted time already with the first week. All the more | :57:32. | :57:36. | |
reason not to open the roof. Here we go. Here we go. It's a fantastic | :57:37. | :57:45. | |
atmosphere. It may rain again but it's been opening. Anderson, big | :57:46. | :57:54. | |
serve in doors. I remember the final two years ago with Federer when they | :57:55. | :57:57. | |
closed the roof, it change the feeling that match, didn't it? | :57:58. | :58:03. | |
Slightly different. What I meant is, and the like roof open. The | :58:04. | :58:12. | |
noise of the big hitting player like Anderson, it's intimidating. Having | :58:13. | :58:20. | |
less of an Echo helps. It sounded like it was breaking 105. What about | :58:21. | :58:28. | |
Kevin Anderson? A big serve. Is he more than that? He is a big-time | :58:29. | :58:34. | |
player. He has beaten Andy Murray before. As you'd server. He has | :58:35. | :58:39. | |
served over 60 aces already this tournament, but he does lots of | :58:40. | :58:45. | |
spends on his serve, so is able to hit the body swerve and have a big | :58:46. | :58:52. | |
forehand as well. He is also high rank, so he's feeling confident. He | :58:53. | :59:01. | |
has beaten Andy Murray before but I think Andy will be too much today. | :59:02. | :59:05. | |
We will see. Let's find out more about Kevin. | :59:06. | :59:16. | |
is the best you have done at Wimbledon? It is special making that | :59:17. | :59:42. | |
second week. You have beaten Andy Murray and you have practised | :59:43. | :59:46. | |
against him, does it give you a different insight into how he plays? | :59:47. | :59:51. | |
It gives me something as to what to expect but I have not played him on | :59:52. | :59:57. | |
grass. At least having played him a few times and practised with him, I | :59:58. | :00:01. | |
have a bit of an idea of what to expect. Obviously very different | :00:02. | :00:07. | |
circumstances. But maybe if you point is to keep in the back of my | :00:08. | :00:13. | |
mind. What do you have in your armoury that would give you an edge | :00:14. | :00:19. | |
that Andy does not have? It will be important to me to try to serve | :00:20. | :00:27. | |
well, I feel I can have the upper hand there. He is six tall. And he | :00:28. | :00:37. | |
has a good serve at his disposal. -- he is six feet eight inches tall. | :00:38. | :00:46. | |
Andy Murray is one of the best returners in the game. It will not | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
be easy. It is why he is Wimbledon champion. I will have to be on my | :00:52. | :00:58. | |
game to give myself a shot. You like the atmosphere at Wimbledon. I am | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
sure you would not mind spoiling a British party? It was great to see | :01:04. | :01:12. | |
Andy finally get it done last year but I will have to put those | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
emotions aside. SUE BARKER: that is a blue sky over there but I can tell | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
you, there is a very dark cloud looming over Wimbledon and Centre | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
Court. It will be interesting to see whether the rain comes in just a few | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
minutes because it is looking threatening overhead. The | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
temperature has dropped dramatically. It suddenly got cold. | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
It was very noticeable that when the roof was closed, it was very warm | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
but now, there is a slight breeze out here and it is more out doors, | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
Wimbledon weather. Which I think helps Andy Murray because he is used | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
to this. The old home-court advantage! Anderson has thrown down | :01:57. | :02:10. | |
63 aces so far. I practised next to him, this guy is every bit XP eight | :02:11. | :02:18. | |
inches. With that type of fire power, you have got to watch out. Is | :02:19. | :02:30. | |
he just happy to be here? Yes. But he also has a lot to gain. | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
It is not often you see Andy Murray dwarfed out on court. Those big | :02:37. | :03:01. | |
serves coming down from such a height... It takes you a while to | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
get used to the trajectory of the service. Your return point will be a | :03:08. | :03:17. | |
little higher. More chest height. From Anderson's point of view, he | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
has a fantastic serve but he is not going to serve Andy Murray off the | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
court because Andy Murray can return so well. It is important for | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
Anderson that he looks at Abe 1-2 punch. He needs to take risks from | :03:32. | :03:39. | |
the baseline. He needs to look to dictate with a first or second shot | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
of the rally. The longer the rally goes, the more it favours Murray. | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
This was against Fognini and he said his back got a bit stiff. That was | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
about getting to the second week of Wimbledon for the first time. Now | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
there is no pressure. There is pressure but it is performing well | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
in an overwhelming situation as opposed to expect in the victory. I | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
agree that he has to take chances and he has two dictate, like what | :04:12. | :04:18. | |
Ivan Lendl started doing, Andy's old coach, when he became better and | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
better. Hitting the big serve and then he would take control. | :04:23. | :04:37. | |
How good is that return of Andy Murray? Key neutralises play so | :04:38. | :04:45. | |
well. He can dictate the points after the. You think you are | :04:46. | :04:47. | |
dominating a rally but he puts after the. You think you are | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
on the back foot immediately. It will be interesting to see if he | :04:53. | :05:01. | |
chips a lot of returns. Andy Murray knows he will win 80% of rallies | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
once they start. Anderson needs to end that rally quicker than usual. | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
Anderson can serve a volley, like that,. We have been impressed with | :05:13. | :05:21. | |
Murray's backhand. In Roland Garros, at the French, he looked like he was | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
being really aggressive. It looks as if he is hitting it even flatter | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
than normal. Court positioning have been closer to the baseline, looking | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
to dictate with the backhand. Pro active rather than reactive. Looking | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
at Anderson's stats, two singles titles. Such a big difference in | :05:45. | :05:52. | |
experience. How does it feel, Murray seems very comfortable, coming back | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
as champion. He seems comfortable in that role. There is definitely less | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
pressure now he has won the tournament. He has had an excellent | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
draw. These guys have practised together. They are familiar with | :06:07. | :06:14. | |
each other. This is where you try to impose that feeling on your opponent | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
to get an easy first... It is almost as if you have given a couple of | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
games each set and possibly most of the first set, that because this man | :06:25. | :06:26. | |
will be so wound up, the first set, that because this man | :06:27. | :06:50. | |
sets, four debt and five sets so he has come through some tough matches. | :06:51. | :06:58. | |
For Andy Murray, it will be a step up today. Andy Murray has had back | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
surgery and he has been getting confident with his body again. He | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
has had a lot of treatment and constantly gets treatment. It is all | :07:12. | :07:22. | |
about managing the issues. Andy Murray has said he is feeling really | :07:23. | :07:29. | |
healthy on court. If you put that with his experience on the court and | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
the amount of success he has had on this court, the Olympics and the two | :07:34. | :07:38. | |
finals, he feels at home year. Put him in a good position second week, | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
and you have got a fighting fit Andy. The confidence in the body is | :07:44. | :07:52. | |
important in a grand isn't it? You have no chance whatsoever otherwise. | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
He had the chance to win against Nadal, he made it to the semis of | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
the French, that is where I really feel that now I know I can do it. | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
Even though he had not played the French last year, I think he was | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
spent from the French and it gave him a chance to get ready for | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
Wimbledon. Andy Murray has got his target practice again, trying to hit | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
you three guys! The service will be key for Andy Murray as well. It was | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
a feature in his key for Andy Murray as well. It was | :08:30. | :08:32. | |
performances, his first serve percentage was high. Winning a good | :08:33. | :08:36. | |
percentage of those points behind the serve. That frees him up even | :08:37. | :08:45. | |
more on the return. It is interesting to see how many people | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
want to come and watch Andy Murray. Sir Alex Ferguson has been such a | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
fan of Andy Murray 's and Andy Murray loves his football. I think | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
Sir Alex feels almost like a father figure to him. Last year, he gave | :09:04. | :09:11. | |
him a few words of advice. This guy feels lonely! LAUGHTER | :09:12. | :09:20. | |
He used to work every year... Everybody loves coming out to watch | :09:21. | :09:22. | |
Andy, Everybody loves coming out to watch | :09:23. | :09:29. | |
John and Tim have work to do in the commentary box. We are already in | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
the next chapter of Andy's Wimbledon story. As he steps back out to | :09:33. | :09:45. | |
Centre Court... What a perfect start. Blaz Rola, he has admired | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
Andy Murray for some time and now he gets a chance... He is romping away | :09:52. | :09:58. | |
with this one now. As combat hands of a victory as you are likely to | :09:59. | :10:05. | |
see. -- as comprehensive a victory. Andy Murray stays in. Wonderful | :10:06. | :10:15. | |
performance. SUE BARKER: he has dropped just 19 games, he lost 32 in | :10:16. | :10:23. | |
this week a year ago. He is on a winning streak at the All-England | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
Club and he is looking for his second consecutive Wimbledon | :10:29. | :10:37. | |
quarterfinal. MARK PETCHEY: with the roof open, Kevin Anderson and Andy | :10:38. | :10:49. | |
Murray. Andy Murray breezed the opening week with some wonderful | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
play. But the man from South Africa, at six foot eight, who beat | :10:54. | :11:03. | |
Novak Djokovic in 2008 in Miami. He was asked at that press conference | :11:04. | :11:06. | |
how tall he was and he said six foot seven so he has grown and then! JOHN | :11:07. | :11:14. | |
McENROE: he is a huge guy, he really is. He will put Andy Murray under | :11:15. | :11:23. | |
pressure for the first time in this event. How tall will he be if you | :11:24. | :11:34. | |
win this match? ! The bigger they are, the harder they fall. It has | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
been an amazing journey for Kevin Anderson. | :11:41. | :12:12. | |
He learned his craft in South Africa but certainly honed it at the | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
university of Illinois. Anderson hustling download. -- down | :12:17. | :12:46. | |
low the height is an advantage on the serve. Bending for the low | :12:47. | :12:49. | |
balls, not quite so comfortable. Terrific second serve, it looks | :12:50. | :13:25. | |
quick at 103 but he has been serving at 106 which is well in the comfort | :13:26. | :13:28. | |
zone of Kevin Anderson. This was the goal when Andy Murray | :13:29. | :14:20. | |
won the toss, to try to get an early break to use his experience out | :14:21. | :14:22. | |
here. That is his serve that is so tough | :14:23. | :14:40. | |
for anyone to handle because he is so tall. | :14:41. | :15:26. | |
I think you get a pretty early idea of what he is up against, if you get | :15:27. | :15:32. | |
in the point, greatly increases Murray's chances of winning points. | :15:33. | :15:39. | |
The problem is figuring out where he is going to serve because you figure | :15:40. | :15:41. | |
the percentage will be up at 67%. This is the challenge for Kevin, not | :15:42. | :15:54. | |
just today but generally on tour, breaking serve enough. | :15:55. | :16:10. | |
Like John Isner, who does not break so often himself. | :16:11. | :16:58. | |
A couple of days did not encourage any rust in that department, | :16:59. | :17:51. | |
That is the type of ball he should avoid in my book, the first return | :17:52. | :17:54. | |
that floated. This will pay dividends for Murray | :17:55. | :18:02. | |
down the road. Smart play, because | :18:03. | :18:48. | |
around his backhand like most players, so you have to keep him on | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
his toes, he is leaning to his left and that makes that shot very | :18:53. | :18:53. | |
effective. Murray doing a good job on return, | :18:54. | :19:24. | |
just blocking the first serve back but when Anderson knows that if he | :19:25. | :19:28. | |
is going to chip it, he has to move forward. Plenty of opportunity to | :19:29. | :19:29. | |
serve and volley. He is very comfortable at the back, | :19:30. | :20:13. | |
Kevin Anderson, it is where he plies his trade. | :20:14. | :20:54. | |
Murray standing in a locked close on the second serve, you almost wonder | :20:55. | :20:57. | |
whether that is necessary. The same reason you get a double | :20:58. | :21:43. | |
break, service game, you felt like he should have won the point. He is | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
daring Anderson to go for too much. Goading him into hitting a double | :21:51. | :21:56. | |
fault. Great serve, body serve, he probably wanted him to keep doing | :21:57. | :21:59. | |
that because he will probably start doubling. This is another block | :22:00. | :22:05. | |
return, nothing really on it, Anderson allowing him to be back | :22:06. | :22:11. | |
into his heels. This is what he has been doing and it will be successful | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
unless Anderson figured out a plan B. John, you played him in that | :22:15. | :22:21. | |
superset tennis event at Wembley. B. John, you played him in that | :22:22. | :22:30. | |
Tim pointed out, he was 12! You told him to put his foot on the singles | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
line. Lopez, who has just beaten John Isner, said, get deep and move | :22:36. | :22:43. | |
yourself forward. It has been an evolution in terms of that. That is | :22:44. | :22:51. | |
the preferable way to go to me. Some guys, Gasquet, the most obvious one, | :22:52. | :22:53. | |
backpedals. It does not make sense. Anderson does not really have that | :22:54. | :23:44. | |
ability to block all is back, you tries to drive them all the time I | :23:45. | :23:47. | |
does not buy himself a lot of time to get back into position. | :23:48. | :24:19. | |
He is absolutely got to go big like you did on that forehand. He does | :24:20. | :24:29. | |
not have the foot speed, the initial quickness, that these top players | :24:30. | :24:32. | |
have so he has got to get ahead on the point. | :24:33. | :24:50. | |
Just like that return, he caught Murray off-guard commie has to take | :24:51. | :24:54. | |
advantage of that. He hits serves at 17 five miles per | :24:55. | :26:51. | |
hour, you cannot do that when you hitting against guys who can hit as | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
well as Anderson. That was 98, he is six foot eight, | :26:56. | :27:19. | |
you cannot let a serve like that get by you if you are Anderson. | :27:20. | :27:35. | |
You mentioned the back being an issue in the third round match, he | :27:36. | :27:45. | |
has got the strap on his knee, going up his leg. He played the far more | :27:46. | :27:52. | |
difficult matches to get here. The nerves, I am saying, if he can stay | :27:53. | :28:01. | |
within one break at this stage, his first set, it will be a victory. | :28:02. | :28:06. | |
Needs to get that body moving. He is managing his knee as best he | :28:07. | :28:38. | |
can, Anderson. Doing a pretty good job of it. | :28:39. | :28:54. | |
Hit 18 on the 3rd of March, he is currently a team coming into | :28:55. | :29:00. | |
Wimbledon. This is the best Anderson has ever been. | :29:01. | :29:07. | |
Just not quite the freshest he has ever been. | :29:08. | :29:21. | |
power, he would have had more success on grass. | :29:22. | :29:53. | |
Thought the same about Isner. Never has he gone past the third round. | :29:54. | :30:01. | |
It's incredible, isn't it? There has got to be getting the game plan | :30:02. | :30:04. | |
right when you serve that quickly. It's starting to rain. Why did they | :30:05. | :30:13. | |
open the roof? They just wanted to prove you write, didn't they, John? | :30:14. | :30:16. | |
open the roof? They just wanted to I appreciate it. The other 20 | :30:17. | :30:23. | |
reasons don't make sense. Murray gesturing to the umpire. A few spots | :30:24. | :30:30. | |
coming down. It's getting heavier, I'm afraid. He was particularly | :30:31. | :30:35. | |
happy when he was out wide he missed on the previous point. | :30:36. | :30:57. | |
An advantage from Murray because he moved so well. He wants to be able | :30:58. | :31:05. | |
to go full speed. The problem is, it's just a few spots and you think | :31:06. | :31:09. | |
they have got to keep playing in a fuse box but five or ten minutes of | :31:10. | :31:13. | |
this, and the court will get very slippery. | :31:14. | :31:35. | |
Just got a little distracted them, Murray, because of the weather. | :31:36. | :31:45. | |
Anderson's box happier he stayed in contention in this opening set. | :31:46. | :31:52. | |
There must be a good forecast coming up? They must know it's going to | :31:53. | :31:58. | |
clear up. They have got the weather radar in the referee's office as I'm | :31:59. | :32:02. | |
sure they had a good look at it before they opened the roof, so | :32:03. | :32:05. | |
fingers crossed. They don't look too concerned. It's worked for Murray, | :32:06. | :32:16. | |
good start. A bit overwhelmed, I bet outmatched, the dangerous, Anderson. | :32:17. | :32:24. | |
Both of these have said Kevin needs to change as game plan headed this | :32:25. | :32:29. | |
match. Would you have said at the start, just do what comes naturally, | :32:30. | :32:34. | |
playing from the back of the court at the start and immediately come | :32:35. | :32:38. | |
out of your comfort zone or do you play to your strengths to start | :32:39. | :32:41. | |
with? It's not about changing your game plan dramatically but being | :32:42. | :32:45. | |
aware. If he does not ever serve and volley, you're not going to do it | :32:46. | :32:50. | |
every ball, but at least once a game. Especially at Murray is | :32:51. | :32:54. | |
chipping the ball back. Serve and volley to put doubt in your | :32:55. | :32:58. | |
opponent's mind. If it is successful, twice again, and see how | :32:59. | :33:07. | |
it evolves. He's going to chip the return. What are you going to do? Do | :33:08. | :33:13. | |
the same thing? He has a couple of options. | :33:14. | :33:31. | |
You could tell by that approach it was a type of shot you could see he | :33:32. | :33:38. | |
was not accustomed to moving forward. He tried to rip the ball | :33:39. | :33:42. | |
from below the net. As opposed to chipping. That became a low | :33:43. | :33:49. | |
percentage shot, one he should have made, but he made it more difficult | :33:50. | :33:56. | |
than it needed to be. Of course, that have something to do with how | :33:57. | :33:57. | |
well Murray passes. It was almost as if Murray was going | :33:58. | :34:36. | |
to chip and charge because he's going to try something different so | :34:37. | :34:40. | |
maybe took it earlier than he expected. You don't have to do hit | :34:41. | :34:44. | |
it so hard. He was not ready to volley. That was beautiful. See how | :34:45. | :35:00. | |
aggressively tries to beyond that? -- see how aggressive he tries to be | :35:01. | :35:03. | |
on that? Anderson trying to impose himself on | :35:04. | :35:32. | |
the match. It's important Murray doesn't get into the habit of | :35:33. | :35:36. | |
blocking the ball back and saying, now just stay in the rally because | :35:37. | :35:41. | |
if he gets too passive, Anderson is good enough to do some damage from | :35:42. | :35:42. | |
the baseline. It's been awhile incoming. 23 | :35:43. | :36:00. | |
minutes. First base for the South African. -- ace. | :36:01. | :36:14. | |
Anderson is as close as he can get to the centre service line. He goes | :36:15. | :36:22. | |
farther right. It seems to open the door for a return down the line. | :36:23. | :36:50. | |
From that position is serving from there, it easier to hit it up the | :36:51. | :36:57. | |
middle. He is tall enough he can angle it, so why not do the same? He | :36:58. | :37:02. | |
has had a lot of aces so that's not his main problem here. If the stud | :37:03. | :37:07. | |
closer to the centre service line, it would be close enough to Murray, | :37:08. | :37:13. | |
because he is tall enough to serve out wide. A better angle up the | :37:14. | :37:15. | |
middle. There is a perfect example because | :37:16. | :37:48. | |
his serve was sort of an Murray's wheelhouse. He has semi-options. -- | :37:49. | :37:55. | |
so many options. A different level once they get into a rally. | :37:56. | :38:07. | |
He tried. You have got to tip your hat. He will be looking up at his | :38:08. | :38:20. | |
coach saying, "you told me. There you go." | :38:21. | :38:28. | |
A chance for a second break for Murray in the opening set. | :38:29. | :38:59. | |
That's bad luck for Murray there. Floored him with the top-spin lob. | :39:00. | :39:09. | |
He took his eye off the ball a bit, I think, when he saw Anderson going | :39:10. | :39:14. | |
down. It should have been his point and the second break. | :39:15. | :39:49. | |
It's only the second and forced 12 winners. No two unforced errors. | :39:50. | :40:01. | |
He won't be happy with that at 4-0, juice. -- deuce. | :40:02. | :40:12. | |
The man with a red stripes, his coach from South Africa. A former | :40:13. | :40:26. | |
fourth-round player here. I was interested see how they were | :40:27. | :40:44. | |
talking about how Kevin comes down to practice with Andy. Is it too | :40:45. | :40:50. | |
difficult for these guys to practice together? It's great for Kevin. How | :40:51. | :40:57. | |
often do you want to practice with your potential rivals? I don't | :40:58. | :41:04. | |
think, with all due respect, he considers Anderson as a rival. The | :41:05. | :41:09. | |
respects him. He looks like the guy you want to practice with. And I | :41:10. | :41:12. | |
think they are both better because of it. | :41:13. | :41:40. | |
Murray looking good. Not quite as good as that guy who has been | :41:41. | :41:49. | |
stealing things from Tim Henman's wardrobe! It looks better on him. | :41:50. | :42:08. | |
Not making too many invoked in the Murray's service game at the moment. | :42:09. | :42:15. | |
-- inroads. Very solid player. Gets it done. All | :42:16. | :42:49. | |
credit to him. It took awhile to get comfortable in his frame. Six tall. | :42:50. | :42:54. | |
Spent a few years at college. That helped him. Then he has been | :42:55. | :43:03. | |
battling out there. The best tennis of his life, he has been playing. | :43:04. | :43:15. | |
Murray changed his mind. He had already given away the drop shot. | :43:16. | :43:21. | |
Anderson was starting to move forward but then it looked like he | :43:22. | :43:26. | |
was going to hit it deep. Federer is an expert of, faking news. -- you. | :43:27. | :43:35. | |
SUE BARKER: We're coming to the end of our transmission on BBC1 because | :43:36. | :43:39. | |
it's time to head over to Brazil as France take on Nigeria. Football | :43:40. | :43:43. | |
here on BBC One double tennis continues over on BBC Two. By the | :43:44. | :43:47. | |
way through to 9pm this evening. Andy Murray Mac was much moves over | :43:48. | :43:51. | |
to BBC Two. Novak Djokovic to look forward to as well so more tennis | :43:52. | :43:53. | |
over on BBC Two. Bye bye. | :43:54. | :43:58. |