Day 8

:00:49. > :00:57.Wimbledon. Lady 's quarterfinal day. Hang on a minute. I am a bit

:00:58. > :01:06.confused. Can we check this? Are you sure? What day is it again? It is

:01:07. > :01:20.round four and the quarterfinal? Are you sure? Tuesday? Really? That is

:01:21. > :01:30.just weird. Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday... Makarova?

:01:31. > :01:43.Sharapova is playing. I get that. But Nadal. What? Nadal? Because he's

:01:44. > :01:53.a bloke. So men and women. Kvitova. Kvitova and Federer. IMC and

:01:54. > :02:02.women's fourth-round matches. Men's fourth-round matches. And women's

:02:03. > :02:13.quarterfinals. What? It is a long day. I am ready if you are. I am in.

:02:14. > :02:19.Sit back and relax. We have got it all covered. I did not feel so good.

:02:20. > :02:24.I need to lay down. Don't worry, he will be back. Let's

:02:25. > :02:27.clear up any confusion. The weather has caused problems for the

:02:28. > :02:32.tournament organisers so we are playing catch up here at Wimbledon.

:02:33. > :02:37.We have men's and women's fourth-round matches along with two

:02:38. > :02:41.ladies' quarterfinals. We have a great line-up of tennis today along

:02:42. > :02:49.with three former champions on Centre Court back-to-back. Number

:02:50. > :02:51.one Court there is a seven time champion Roger Federer. All of that

:02:52. > :02:54.to look forward to in the sunshine, I am pleased to say. 10:30am this

:02:55. > :03:02.morning, the gates were open. Look at that, summer attire, not an

:03:03. > :03:06.umbrella insight. The crowds were here and we have got so much to look

:03:07. > :03:12.forward to, we are in for a real treat.

:03:13. > :03:18.Rafael Nadal is a two-time former champion here. The world number one

:03:19. > :03:22.could find it tricky today. He faces big serving teenager Nick Kyrgios,

:03:23. > :03:27.wild card enjoying a dream Wimbledon debut.

:03:28. > :03:30.Roger Federer has yet to drop serve at these championships. He has a

:03:31. > :03:35.dominant record against Tommy Robredo but the Spaniard won their

:03:36. > :03:38.most recent meeting at last you's US Open.

:03:39. > :03:43.The French Open champion Maria Sharapova has conceded fewer games

:03:44. > :03:47.than anyone else left in the draw. Across the net is Angelique Kerber,

:03:48. > :03:53.a semifinalist two years ago. The draw has opened up nicely for

:03:54. > :04:03.Petra Kvitova. The Czech left-hander is aiming to make the semifinals for

:04:04. > :04:10.the third time. The man of the moment, just 19 years of age, put

:04:11. > :04:16.out Richard Gasquet, what a day for him. Talking of the world number

:04:17. > :04:23.one, here he is, Rafael Nadal. He is looking for his first quarterfinal

:04:24. > :04:28.here since 2011. He is looking for the Wimbledon, French Open double

:04:29. > :04:32.once again. His great rival is out there as well. Roger Federer has

:04:33. > :04:38.lost just 23 games in three rounds here so far. Angelique Kerber, a big

:04:39. > :04:44.day for her out on Centre Court. She did not like she was enjoying that

:04:45. > :04:48.much. She will be playing Maria Sharapova. She is now the bookies'

:04:49. > :04:55.favourite after Serena left the Championships. A nice relaxing day

:04:56. > :05:00.for this man, Andy Murray. He got the job done yesterday. A gentle

:05:01. > :05:04.warm up in the sunshine for him. We are delighted the sun is shining.

:05:05. > :05:11.Lindsay and Tim are with me. It is a different feel to the tournament

:05:12. > :05:18.today. Absolutely. We have the Men's Doubles, the juniors and a lot going

:05:19. > :05:22.on here early so far. It is a treat for the spectators so far. So many

:05:23. > :05:26.singles matches to enjoy everywhere. When you had that rain over the

:05:27. > :05:31.middle weekend, it can mess up the schedule little bit. Certain parts

:05:32. > :05:35.of the draw are playing catch up. You have real variety today. The

:05:36. > :05:41.most important thing is, fingers crossed, the sun will remain

:05:42. > :05:46.shining. We will put Carol on the spot today to make sure we will not

:05:47. > :05:50.have any rain! Eugenie Bouchard got through yesterday in the top half of

:05:51. > :05:54.the draw. The other three matches have got to be played but obviously,

:05:55. > :06:01.Maria is the one everyone is looking to now. She became the favourite as

:06:02. > :06:14.soon as Serena lost her match to Alize Cornet.

:06:15. > :06:22.Eugenie Bouchard, you cannot say enough great things about that young

:06:23. > :06:27.lady. The way she goes after it, she believes she can win and challenge

:06:28. > :06:33.the players at the very top. She is, in my view, the second favourite to

:06:34. > :06:36.win the title. Simona Halep, the highest ranked player left in the

:06:37. > :06:44.draw, I do not think anyone has mentioned her. It is a transition

:06:45. > :06:50.for her. The grass is still a little quick for her, I believe. Especially

:06:51. > :06:55.the big stroke on the forehand. I do not think she's a top two or three

:06:56. > :07:01.favourite to win the title. We will go to her match because they are on

:07:02. > :07:06.outside court at 11:30am. As far as the quarterfinals are concerned,

:07:07. > :07:15.Petra Kvitova, a big server. She has the experience of being a former

:07:16. > :07:18.champion. When she is on her game, she looks so dangerous because I

:07:19. > :07:21.think she takes it out of the other girls' hands. She has the big lefty

:07:22. > :07:26.serve and she is great on the baseline. She has a great

:07:27. > :07:32.opportunity on that half. Three Czech players in the bottom half of

:07:33. > :07:36.the draw. And three lefty players. Kvitova is the favourite on the

:07:37. > :07:41.bottom half of the draw. She has a great record against the players

:07:42. > :07:46.left in. To me, she finally looks comfortable. She looks like she

:07:47. > :07:56.believes she can win again. Let's turn our attention to the men. Roger

:07:57. > :08:47.and Rafa are on a collision course for a place in the semifinals. .

:08:48. > :09:01.# welcome to the Jungle... It can bring you down.

:09:02. > :09:08.Bring it on indeed. Everyone was talking about Roger and Rafa meeting

:09:09. > :09:15.in the semifinals. Still two matches to be one. We can speculate and look

:09:16. > :09:20.a little further ahead. They have had different paths. Roger has not

:09:21. > :09:24.dropped a set or dropped his serve. Rafa has had some really tough

:09:25. > :09:29.battles. The Rosol match in the second round. They are both finding

:09:30. > :09:34.a way to get through the draw. When you look at the opportunity of

:09:35. > :09:39.having Djokovic, Murray, Federer and Nadal is still there. A lot of

:09:40. > :09:43.people would sign for that. What about Nick Kyrgios, he has been the

:09:44. > :09:47.big talking points of these championships. He saved nine match

:09:48. > :09:53.points against Richard Gasquet. Shvedova the way he has gone about

:09:54. > :10:02.his business here, it is great to see a player with that career

:10:03. > :10:10.defining win. He won the challenger in Nottingham. It was an excellent

:10:11. > :10:17.decision of the committee to give him a wildcard. You are a part of

:10:18. > :10:21.that committee! This was an incredible match. He is coached by a

:10:22. > :10:26.good friend of mine. I have spoken to Josh and he really rates this guy

:10:27. > :10:35.as one of the perspective in the whole game. -- one of the great

:10:36. > :10:44.prospects in the whole game. What a way to finish! The other factor will

:10:45. > :10:55.be the Aussie fans. They are called the fanatics. The fanatics do a good

:10:56. > :10:59.job of getting into the big stadiums and supporting their players so

:11:00. > :11:02.well. As is the case with a lot of players, coming onto Centre Court

:11:03. > :11:06.for the first time, playing against the best player in the world, it

:11:07. > :11:11.will be interesting to see how he starts off in the early stages. If

:11:12. > :11:17.he gets off to a good start, and holds his serve in the first couple

:11:18. > :11:22.of games, it will be good. If Rafa runs away with it it will be

:11:23. > :11:27.difficult. It will be tough walking out on Centre Court. But he has got

:11:28. > :11:31.the weapons. That is on Centre Court. Most of the star players are

:11:32. > :11:38.out on the practice courts. Let's find out who is there with Lee

:11:39. > :11:43.McKenzie. It is a beautiful morning. We have

:11:44. > :11:51.had a star-studded line-up. Maria Sharapova, Stan Wawrinka, Sabine

:11:52. > :11:55.Lisicki. Andy Murray has tucked himself in right at the bottom. He

:11:56. > :12:01.is fresh from that victory over Kevin Anderson in three sets. He has

:12:02. > :12:08.won all his matches in straight sets so far. Of could be a bit tougher.

:12:09. > :12:17.Dimitrov is down there alongside Andy Murray. They may be having a

:12:18. > :12:21.few side glances at them as well. She is splendid in pink, Eugenie

:12:22. > :12:25.Bouchard. She practised on that court yesterday. I am not sure if

:12:26. > :12:34.she is superstitious. She seated Alize Cornet. Sharapova has two

:12:35. > :12:39.defeat Angelique Kerber. Another big match today, if you come with me,

:12:40. > :12:45.you can find Nick Kyrgios. He takes on the world number one Rafa Nadal.

:12:46. > :12:49.There he is, going through his final practice session, getting rid of any

:12:50. > :12:56.pre-match nerves he might have. It has been all go down here.

:12:57. > :13:05.Thank you. I have a feeling they might start once he leaves the

:13:06. > :13:09.practice court. Who is that? That is Sabine Lisicki. Issue taking a

:13:10. > :13:15.picture of the court where she will go on? She is looking very relaxed!

:13:16. > :13:21.She seems to want to remember every part of the day, by the look of it.

:13:22. > :13:27.For the crowds who have queued for so long, to have so many matches

:13:28. > :13:30.going on on the outside courts, it is wonderful. We have talked about

:13:31. > :13:37.the sunshine and whether it will last. We will put the pressure on

:13:38. > :13:44.you. Do we need the umbrella? It is only a small chance. The sun is

:13:45. > :13:50.absolutely beating down. It feels lovely and warm. Ladies, where did

:13:51. > :13:57.you get these hats? My sister Trish made them. We have got tennis balls,

:13:58. > :14:01.strawberries and the Murray mints. It is just as well you do not have

:14:02. > :14:09.any cream because you would curdle in this heat. Who are you watching?

:14:10. > :14:16.We are on Court One. You both look fantastic, have a great day. I am

:14:17. > :14:20.going to walk up here. You can see the flowers, the archways and

:14:21. > :14:30.gazebos. There is a lot of sunshine around. There is only a very low

:14:31. > :14:35.risk of a shower. If it happens, the likelihood is it will be later on

:14:36. > :14:41.this afternoon. The risk will subside in the evening. We are still

:14:42. > :14:46.looking in the low 20s. A pleasant day ahead. I have been talking about

:14:47. > :14:56.the flowers. I know you are a bit of a horticulturalist, Sue. These are

:14:57. > :15:01.petunias, the junior creeper, roses but what are they? Who told you

:15:02. > :15:08.that? -- Virginia creeper. We have got some blank looks. Maybe part of

:15:09. > :15:12.the Lavender family. Dear you mow the lawn? Occasionally. If I have

:15:13. > :15:22.been kicked out of the house I will cut the grass! We are all set for

:15:23. > :15:28.the tennis. We are heading out to Court Number Two. We will feed

:15:29. > :15:33.Simona Halep from remaining are up against Zarina Diyas who is ranked

:15:34. > :15:35.72 in her first Wimbledon. We can join this match with Liz Smylie and

:15:36. > :15:50.Chris Brabham. A big game for Diyas on this big

:15:51. > :16:13.day. Two from Kazakhstan in the fourth round.

:16:14. > :17:09.She was ranked 229 this time last year.

:17:10. > :17:13.I'm surprised she did not get a challenge. She looked at the ball

:17:14. > :17:41.and thought better of it, I think. Excellent depth once again from

:17:42. > :18:05.Halep. Well played. Flat hitter of the

:18:06. > :18:09.ball. She has to do really take the opportunity. Set up by a very good

:18:10. > :19:27.first serve. They have played just the once

:19:28. > :19:59.before. Like around the Australian Open.

:20:00. > :20:04.The advantage that Diyas has had is that there is probably not one

:20:05. > :20:07.person who thinks she's going to win. It takes the pressure off a

:20:08. > :20:44.little. Well done. Break point saved. And on

:20:45. > :20:50.the scoreboard. That is a big cold. It is. You look at court to and the

:20:51. > :20:56.baseline down our end of the court, it looks very worn. But when you

:20:57. > :21:01.break it up into the right half for the left half, it is the left half

:21:02. > :21:07.of the baseline that looks so much more worn than the right side. The

:21:08. > :21:11.only thing I can think of is people like to run round their backhand and

:21:12. > :21:32.camp themselves on that hand and hit the forehand.

:21:33. > :22:22.Halep was broken by Tsurenko in the second round.

:22:23. > :22:31.It is a real journey a Grand Slam tournament. You cast your mind back

:22:32. > :22:37.to Monday and everything you have to put up with, rain delays, the last

:22:38. > :22:51.man standing is the one who has handled all those conditions best.

:22:52. > :23:01.Hence the fourth rounds today. What about people's Sunday, the middle

:23:02. > :23:08.Sunday? People's Monday, rain has interfered. I like that idea of the

:23:09. > :23:16.people's Sunday. Imagine the atmosphere, people with kids and off

:23:17. > :23:39.work to come. There has not been that much rain.

:23:40. > :24:07.You see as the match progresses how much court Diyas has to cover.

:24:08. > :24:14.A superb move. Wine of the best since Steffi Graf, as an athlete. --

:24:15. > :24:34.one of the best. She did not get enough on the volley

:24:35. > :24:55.and that lady could run it down quite easily.

:24:56. > :25:00.Against anyone else, Diyas probably thought she had a winner there but

:25:01. > :25:26.not against Halep. Eight points in a row. Find

:25:27. > :25:40.running, Halep. For those of you who may be watching Zarina Diyas for the

:25:41. > :25:50.very first time, she was born in Kazakhstan. She lived in Prague

:25:51. > :26:00.since she was five years old. For 12 years she went to school there. Her

:26:01. > :26:11.serve and backhand down the line are her best shot. She has been working

:26:12. > :26:25.very hard with her fitness. She wants to end the year in the top 50.

:26:26. > :26:33.That is very much on the cards. She is doing an online psychology

:26:34. > :26:36.course. She made the third round at the Australian Open before losing to

:26:37. > :26:39.Halep. On a beautiful day, she can now afford to eat out in some of the

:26:40. > :26:47.better restaurants in London in the distance. She has doubled her prize

:26:48. > :26:51.money this year. This match is worth a conditional ?109,000. I am sure

:26:52. > :28:37.she can afford a really nice restaurant with that!

:28:38. > :28:47.She is so used to winning now. Winning breeds winning. If you have

:28:48. > :28:50.the confidence, you have the confidence to know you can get out

:28:51. > :28:53.of a tight position. There is only one player which won more

:28:54. > :28:56.tournaments than Halep last year and that is Serena Williams who won 11.

:28:57. > :29:14.Halep 16. -- won six. Diyas on the full run with this file

:29:15. > :30:56.hand. -- forehand. Nice. A well constricted point. Set

:30:57. > :30:58.up with an excellent first serve. Not afraid to come forward. --

:30:59. > :31:23.constructed. From what we have seen so far, she

:31:24. > :31:26.will have to look to break it up. Halep is looking so good on the

:31:27. > :31:45.baseline exchanges. 105 mph. She talks about her serve

:31:46. > :31:50.being one of her best shots. The fastest in the tournament has been

:31:51. > :32:14.110 mph. We have discussed the amazing year

:32:15. > :32:18.for Diyas but for Halep, going into Rome 64 in the world, she lost three

:32:19. > :32:29.first round and second rounds and qualifications and she makes the

:32:30. > :32:31.semifinals in Rome. She won six tournaments in the year, she

:32:32. > :32:39.finished it at number 11 in the world. And she said somehow inside,

:32:40. > :32:43.a switch flicked. Amazing. Everybody would like to know how that is going

:32:44. > :32:51.to switch. There was no indication the back of the year was going to

:32:52. > :32:58.turn into the year that it did for Halep and what did she go from? A

:32:59. > :33:02.ranking of 47, from that to 11. She was voted most improved player by

:33:03. > :33:09.the media. To find that switch is what everybody wants to find and she

:33:10. > :33:14.has continued on. That match in Paris was one of the best finals

:33:15. > :33:18.women's tennis has seen in a long while. And everybody started to take

:33:19. > :33:23.notice. When I say everyone, particularly the notice room -- the

:33:24. > :33:30.locker room, you particularly want to take notice. She is number three

:33:31. > :33:32.in the world. Incredible. Last year, she was 32. If she makes the final,

:33:33. > :33:49.she goes to number two in the world. And there is no weakness. She does

:33:50. > :33:53.not have the biggest ground stroke and serve but well-placed. She uses

:33:54. > :33:58.the court well. She uses the width of the court so you are covering a

:33:59. > :34:06.lot of court when you play against Halep. And also, it is hard to come

:34:07. > :34:11.in against Halep when you are being pulled from side to side. If you are

:34:12. > :34:13.in the middle, you can hit a big shot and come forward but it is hard

:34:14. > :34:38.to do that against Halep. Nice touch here. Just had enough

:34:39. > :35:04.spin on it to stay low enough. Halep could not quite get a racket to it.

:35:05. > :35:09.That is quite a strapping. It is precautionary. I think it will get

:35:10. > :35:25.crowded this week. She is pushing off all right on it

:35:26. > :35:32.on serve. And the serve quite flat. Articulate the second serve. If you

:35:33. > :35:38.can hit a flat serve, around 90 mph, it is harder to get onto that.

:35:39. > :35:43.Desperate Italy. A kick-serve will sit up and say, thank you very much.

:35:44. > :35:54.Even a second serve stays low on a grass court.

:35:55. > :36:07.She looks very composed, Diyas, 20 years old. It is like she has been

:36:08. > :36:10.here many times before. It is just her third main draw at a major. Her

:36:11. > :36:55.first fourth round. Once again, Diyas got caught. She

:36:56. > :36:59.hit the big forehand. In the previous three rounds, that would

:37:00. > :37:01.have been good enough to get inside the service line but not against

:37:02. > :38:02.Halep. She had to hit a half-volley. Sobottka: Halep with the break of

:38:03. > :38:09.serve on Court Number Two. -- said Barker home run. This is what is

:38:10. > :38:18.happening on Court three. Sabine Lisicki, last year's finalists, she

:38:19. > :38:22.is 4-2 up with a break of serve over Yaroslava Shvedova. So the 19th seed

:38:23. > :38:27.going well on Court three. You can watch that on the red button. And

:38:28. > :38:33.confirmation of what is happening on the show courts later today at one

:38:34. > :38:40.p.m.. Maria Sharapova against last week's is born finalist Angelique

:38:41. > :38:47.Kerber. Nick Kyrgios against the number two seed Rafael Nadal and

:38:48. > :38:53.Petra Kvitova former champion against the Czech player Barbora

:38:54. > :39:00.Zahlavova Strycova. Roger Federer against Tommy Robredo, and the

:39:01. > :39:07.Williams sisters will play in doubles on Court Number One. But we

:39:08. > :39:20.are going back to Court Two. Liberals play, Halep 4-3 after 24

:39:21. > :40:18.minutes -- new Bulls are in play. -- new Bulls. A first for Hawk-eye.

:40:19. > :40:26.The intention is clear from Diyas, she wants to use her forehand as

:40:27. > :40:31.much as possible. In the last two points, she has overplayed forehand

:40:32. > :40:33.which is a danger playing somebody ranked higher, you think you have to

:40:34. > :40:55.do more than what you do. Great second serve. She has still

:40:56. > :41:13.only lost two points on serve so far.

:41:14. > :41:48.No break points, first and third rounds, offered by Halep.

:41:49. > :42:09.Many have played great matches, Halep is a great match player. Good

:42:10. > :42:14.positioning on this point. She does not let herself get pushed too far

:42:15. > :42:18.behind the baseline, Halep. Diyas is a good couple of metres behind the

:42:19. > :42:53.baseline so she has so much more Court Two cover. -- to cover.

:42:54. > :42:58.You cannot approach from that deep in the court. We will see on the

:42:59. > :43:10.forehand, she is on the baseline and there is too much time for Halep.

:43:11. > :43:14.She makes that pass up the line. Always so well balanced, is

:43:15. > :43:32.fantastic. It comes from grateful work. -- it is fantastic. It comes

:43:33. > :44:20.from great footwork. There have been five of those for Diyas.

:44:21. > :44:37.A couple of set points here for Simona Halep.

:44:38. > :44:48.Super tennis from Simona Halep, particularly behind the serve. Just

:44:49. > :44:58.30 minutes, 29 minutes. She is looking very impressive. She is,

:44:59. > :45:05.Halep. The junior and the team would be very happy with her performance

:45:06. > :45:09.so far. -- Virginia. She is very proud of what she has achieved and

:45:10. > :45:17.she thinks there are only better things in store. Great player

:45:18. > :45:22.herself, a lovely lady. Nice to see her back around the courts. Isn't it

:45:23. > :45:27.refreshing that for Simona Halep, we can talk about all court tennis? She

:45:28. > :45:32.has different plans to deal with opponents. It is not just the same

:45:33. > :45:36.way. We are looking at a definite major winner. Particularly on a

:45:37. > :45:42.grass court where you have to be a bit more creative. The girls who

:45:43. > :45:48.adapt their game have the best results here at Wimbledon. She is

:45:49. > :45:55.winning 80% of those first serves. And on the second serve, 89%. On

:45:56. > :45:59.unforced errors are pretty close. But the winners, Halep has hit 11

:46:00. > :46:08.and Diyas six. We talk about the great coverage of Halep and that is

:46:09. > :46:10.one reason why Diyas's winners are substantially less because it is

:46:11. > :46:15.hard to hit winners against Halep. That is why the unforced errors

:46:16. > :46:24.would be high for Diyas because she is pressing that little bit more.

:46:25. > :46:34.That it of humour -- that bit of humour was a gentleman opening a

:46:35. > :46:43.champagne bottle. The Cork went flying. The sun has obviously warmed

:46:44. > :47:09.the bottle. He shared it with the front row.

:47:10. > :47:20.Read to she go from here? The case in point, that second serve was 76

:47:21. > :47:27.mph. -- where does she go. That was an opportunity for Diyas and she

:47:28. > :47:32.overplayed the return. Especially as they played in Melbourne at the

:47:33. > :47:34.start of the year and she played five games, it is fresh in the

:47:35. > :48:03.memory. It is a puzzle. It is always interesting that a

:48:04. > :48:07.player is seemingly on the art. Everybody is talking about why and

:48:08. > :48:11.what they are good at and it takes a while how to work out how to beat

:48:12. > :48:16.them. Unless they have something huge but Halep does not have that.

:48:17. > :48:31.She has great movement and placement, a great mind.

:48:32. > :48:39.She just keeps on rolling go wrong, and she seems to be a delightful

:48:40. > :48:44.young woman. -- rolling on. We were staying in the same hotel during the

:48:45. > :48:49.French Open and she had her entire family around her. It sounds quite

:48:50. > :48:54.normal, mum and dad and grandparents. It was a great family

:48:55. > :49:00.atmosphere will -- great atmosphere created. It is a lonely days at

:49:01. > :49:06.times, the tall. It is a lonely place most of the time so she is

:49:07. > :49:22.very lucky to have that support -- the tour. Those are her parents.

:49:23. > :49:29.And to be surrounded by people who have your best interests at heart,

:49:30. > :49:35.not necessarily by people you pay to come with you. A lot of players have

:49:36. > :49:39.a lot of people around them and they do not necessarily have their best

:49:40. > :49:47.interests at heart, they have their own interests at heart.

:49:48. > :49:57.Just looking a little rust. She has tried to come in. -- lost. The

:49:58. > :50:11.Romanian is great at slamming doors in your face.

:50:12. > :50:42.Always eyes down when she walks. Stay focused and concentrate.

:50:43. > :51:19.No break points. These are huge points.

:51:20. > :51:30.She was 3-love up in her last match. It is tough to imagine that today.

:51:31. > :51:43.She has only lost one set until this point.

:51:44. > :51:51.It is controlled aggression from Halep. She hit the winner but

:51:52. > :52:01.nowhere near any line, good height over the net.

:52:02. > :52:07.A challenge straightaway. Just messed, the serve. Curling away. --

:52:08. > :52:41.missed. Even though she has become the

:52:42. > :52:47.hunted, since Rome last year, she still looks like a hunter on the

:52:48. > :52:51.court. Chasing everything down. Did not go for the outright winner on

:52:52. > :52:56.the backhand, she knew she was going to get a shorter ball which she hit

:52:57. > :53:03.into the Open court. It looked like a game of chess. Halep Askin the

:53:04. > :53:09.umpire. This might be a better challenge -- she is asking.

:53:10. > :53:49.It was, a little! She is determined. A half smile on her face.

:53:50. > :54:21.How tough is it to win a point from Simona Halep?

:54:22. > :54:31.She created the opening with that shot. Diyas Holdaway wide. And

:54:32. > :54:42.again, near no line, good height and into the court. -- pulled away. This

:54:43. > :54:53.impressive performance continues. 3-love after 40 minutes.

:54:54. > :54:59.Sobottka Colin -- so Barker: Halep in a hurry to win this. Look at the

:55:00. > :55:06.crowds on this day, a bonus to have more fourth-round matches for the

:55:07. > :55:10.men as the ladies on what is traditionally Ladies' Quarter-Finals

:55:11. > :55:15.day. Plenty making their way to Henman Hill. So enjoy a picnic, it

:55:16. > :55:19.is beautiful weather. A perfect summer day at Wimbledon, and what a

:55:20. > :55:24.change from the weather we had on Monday and particularly on Saturday

:55:25. > :55:31.when they were sitting under an umbrella. Everybody enjoying the

:55:32. > :55:34.Wimbledon experience. Halep is enjoying her match and Sabine

:55:35. > :55:40.Lisicki enjoyed the first set. She took that 6-3, but Yaroslava

:55:41. > :55:45.Shvedova is now serving at 2-love on Court three. But when of that match

:55:46. > :55:52.plays the winner of the match we are watching -- the winner.

:55:53. > :55:57.This is the moment when Halep took her foot off the pedal. This is a

:55:58. > :57:05.must win game. Her first double. Ninth of the

:57:06. > :57:50.tournament. Great depth, Halep achieved. She was

:57:51. > :57:52.taken out of position. 83% of points have been won on serve. Her

:57:53. > :58:41.opponent, just 46. In charge and everywhere. -- in

:58:42. > :58:46.every way. In complete control of this point, Halep. She could not put

:58:47. > :58:51.that big forehand away but she had great net position. Nice contact

:58:52. > :59:11.with that backhand volley. Another break point.

:59:12. > :59:26.Not happy. Not happy with that error. Just over 4,000 seeds, a

:59:27. > :00:41.great court. backhand from Halep. That is the one

:00:42. > :01:15.that Diyas had trouble with. This will make her feel good about

:01:16. > :01:17.herself. Well struck, the forehand cross-court winner. Good extension

:01:18. > :01:53.through the line of flight of the ball.

:01:54. > :02:25.You can understand it the way Halep is getting after the serve. She

:02:26. > :02:46.knows it has to be pretty good. You can see why she calls her serve

:02:47. > :02:48.one of her best shots. Two that is about as hard as Diyas conserve it.

:02:49. > :03:14.103 mph. Made it! Backhand down the line is

:03:15. > :03:56.her second favourite shot. She was leaning back.

:03:57. > :04:06.She could do with the court being about a foot and a half longer,

:04:07. > :04:09.couldn't she? Just pressing, knowing that if she doesn't hit it

:04:10. > :04:25.perfectly, it will come back. That is the pressure.

:04:26. > :05:28.They are not like the big 1am winner is that we get from Sharapova and

:05:29. > :05:43.Serena. The end result is exactly the same,

:05:44. > :06:13.you win the point. At times, a foot and a half wider

:06:14. > :06:44.would do. She would not want a foot and a half wider at her end!

:06:45. > :06:59.They are pretty clever the people who invented the game. The

:07:00. > :07:08.measurements have stayed the same since.

:07:09. > :07:54.Now then. Double faults, first sloppy shot from Halep.

:07:55. > :08:17.Halep plays quickly between points. It is refreshing for the spectators.

:08:18. > :08:21.DS has hit some really good forehands. She says she favours the

:08:22. > :08:44.backhand -- Diyas. She doesn't like that shot where she

:08:45. > :09:46.has to get out to the forehand side. She is well on her way to her first

:09:47. > :09:52.quarterfinal here, third in a row this year. She will be tough to

:09:53. > :09:58.beat. Where do you see the women's champion this year coming from? Why

:09:59. > :10:05.don't you ask me an easy question? Bouchard is through at the top. The

:10:06. > :10:09.winner of Sharapova and Kerber will play against Bouchard. At the bottom

:10:10. > :10:19.we have Halep and the winner of this will play Lisicki. -- will play the

:10:20. > :10:25.winner of Lisicki and Shvedova. It was nice to see Kvitova playing well

:10:26. > :10:30.here. She seemed to lose her way after a couple of years ago. Nice to

:10:31. > :10:35.see her back. That did not answer the question! Had you been on the

:10:36. > :10:38.London Eye? Iraq when no, but I have sat at the bottom while my children

:10:39. > :10:47.were on it. A bit of frustration setting in for

:10:48. > :12:29.Diyas. That will do it. For a third major

:12:30. > :12:34.in a row, Simona Halep, this rising superstar, has booked a place in the

:12:35. > :12:41.last eight. It was an emphatic performance. Under an hour. She

:12:42. > :12:45.marches on. She acknowledges the crowd. Very understated, Simona

:12:46. > :12:52.Halep. I think that is one of the great things about her. We see her

:12:53. > :12:58.opponent leave the court. A great experience for her and a huge day

:12:59. > :13:10.out. Yes, she will remember this day. 6-3, six - zero in 57 minutes.

:13:11. > :13:16.SUE BARKER: A maimed is performance from Simona Halep. It has -- it is

:13:17. > :13:20.her best achievement here. She goes through to face the winner of the

:13:21. > :13:27.match which is currently on Court Number Three at the moment, Sabine

:13:28. > :13:35.Lisicki who is seeded 19 is up against Yaroslava Shvedova. Let's

:13:36. > :13:44.drop in on this one for now -- for a while.

:13:45. > :14:00.Lisicki is under pressure in the second set.

:14:01. > :14:06.That is now her 13th double fault. Just three aces to offset that

:14:07. > :14:12.tally. It really has up and down match for

:14:13. > :14:56.both players. Lisicki has had a pretty torrid time

:14:57. > :15:33.in 2014. She had a wonderful win in the previous round against Ivanovic.

:15:34. > :15:40.I get the sense she is trying to make up for some of that as well. It

:15:41. > :16:15.bigger, get some quick early runs on the board in this game.

:16:16. > :16:23.The interesting thing is both these players have similar grass court

:16:24. > :16:25.personalities. They both want to bring out huge serves and hit

:16:26. > :17:39.penetrating ground strokes. There is a fair amount of hype

:17:40. > :17:48.behind that forehand. That is some distance out. -- hope behind that

:17:49. > :19:20.forehand. She is buying a little extra time to compose herself.

:19:21. > :20:21.Another chance for Shvedova to take this into a deciding set.

:20:22. > :20:31.her character on that particular point. She came through with flying

:20:32. > :20:38.colours and it is a set of peace. -- a set piece.

:20:39. > :20:42.SUE BARKER: So this one is going the distance. We will leave Court Three

:20:43. > :20:48.now. If you want to continue watching this match, you can. It is

:20:49. > :20:53.on the red button. The winner of that match will play Simona Halep

:20:54. > :20:59.tomorrow. Now it is time to head over to Centre Court. Players

:21:00. > :21:03.getting underway there very shortly. Maria Sharapova wrist the most

:21:04. > :21:12.impressive player in the women's drawer. Up against Terry 's

:21:13. > :21:17.Angelique Kerber. -- up against her is Angelique Kerber. Everyone is

:21:18. > :21:21.looking forward to see how Nick Kyrgios will cope with his first

:21:22. > :21:27.match on Centre Court. And then Petra Kvitova up against Barbora

:21:28. > :21:32.Zahlavova Strycova. She has beaten three seeds on her way to the fourth

:21:33. > :21:38.round. I am here on Centre Court with Virginia Wade and Lindsay is

:21:39. > :21:43.joining us as well. Two Wimbledon champions here. Are you enjoying

:21:44. > :21:52.being back on Centre Court? It is a fantastic place. I cannot think of

:21:53. > :21:58.anywhere nice. It is so hot. The conditions will be different.

:21:59. > :22:06.Everyone is so relieved to have a good forecast for I think three or

:22:07. > :22:18.four macro days. Watchet, Lindsay! Today is traditionally Lady's

:22:19. > :22:19.quarterfinals. -- the ladies' quarterfinals. Let's hear from

:22:20. > :22:34.Serena 's coach. Williams looks more and more

:22:35. > :22:40.tentative. What was going on towards the end of that Miley? That has been

:22:41. > :22:49.the biggest problem, backhand errors. For the third Grand Slam

:22:50. > :22:58.this year, she has not made a call to final.

:22:59. > :23:14.She has played unbelievably well. She has won. She is still focused.

:23:15. > :23:17.She is not as efficient as she is to be during the matches, especially in

:23:18. > :23:22.the Grand Slams but I am sure she will come back because she wants it.

:23:23. > :23:29.She has to build her confidence back. It is about winning matches.

:23:30. > :23:33.It is about coming back to the same efficiency during the matches as she

:23:34. > :23:40.used to have. Do you worry that other players will get a taste of

:23:41. > :23:47.beating Serena. They know she is beatable? I do not worry about that.

:23:48. > :23:52.Players can believe. It will not change anything. It is difficult for

:23:53. > :23:59.her now. That will be our main focus, to win those matches that

:24:00. > :24:03.will give her the opportunity to play at her best again. That is the

:24:04. > :24:07.difficult moment we have to pass through but we will pass this

:24:08. > :24:16.moment. I think she can be unbeatable again. Martina

:24:17. > :24:21.Navratilova won Wimbledon at 33. She only won one Grand Slam after her

:24:22. > :24:26.31st birthday. Serena has already won two. Doesn't life get harder

:24:27. > :24:32.when you are near your 33rd birthday? It properly gets harder

:24:33. > :24:38.but a general rule is a general rule. It does not apply to Serena.

:24:39. > :24:43.There is only one Serena. If I feel that, I do not know if I would say

:24:44. > :24:47.it! I don't think she has changed physically in her game. It is just a

:24:48. > :24:52.difficult moment that we have to pass through. She will be back at

:24:53. > :24:58.the top. SUE BARKER: We will see. It has been

:24:59. > :25:04.a difficult year for Serena. Let me tell you. Last year at the US Open,

:25:05. > :25:09.she gets into the final. She is killing everybody. She played

:25:10. > :25:14.Azarenka. There was a howling gale. Serena won that match by the skin of

:25:15. > :25:19.her teeth. She really got lucky. She was not good in that match. Like a

:25:20. > :25:23.totally different player from who she had been all tournament. The

:25:24. > :25:27.same thing happened in the French and here. It seems to me that when

:25:28. > :25:31.you're used to, it is wonderful to be so good that you win so many

:25:32. > :25:36.matches easily, but sometimes, when you are a player who gets nervous

:25:37. > :25:42.and has to struggle, you have to cope with these really different

:25:43. > :25:46.situations. Patrick seems to think it is all about Serena and if the

:25:47. > :25:50.real Serena comes back again. But how much is it that and how much is

:25:51. > :25:59.it that other players have moved on? It is majorly -- may be 60% Serena

:26:00. > :26:03.and 40% other players. There's no doubt in the locker room that she is

:26:04. > :26:09.vulnerable. It all starts with trying to get the served back.

:26:10. > :26:13.Against Cornet she was not effective with her serve. Once it is a

:26:14. > :26:16.baseline rally, the odds are not so much in Serena's favour. There was a

:26:17. > :26:21.sentiment going round that even if Serena got to the round of 16, she

:26:22. > :26:27.would face a tough battle with Bouchard. She did not even make it

:26:28. > :26:30.there. The consensus is they have got a chance now and they do not

:26:31. > :26:34.believe it a couple of years ago. Every youngster coming on the tour

:26:35. > :26:40.is fearless but as you get older, the doubts creep in. You are right.

:26:41. > :26:46.Serena's contemporaries still have that memory of always losing to her.

:26:47. > :26:53.The new ones, they come in, they do not have any fear and plus the fact

:26:54. > :26:56.that Venus and Serena are the ones who were so powerful. Now all the

:26:57. > :27:00.other young players are matching them for the power. They are

:27:01. > :27:05.probably a little bit quicker around the court. It is a very interesting

:27:06. > :27:10.stage in the women's game. They are in some ways victims of their own

:27:11. > :27:17.success because they have inspired and changed tennis over the years.

:27:18. > :27:24.We cannot understate the pressure Serena has been under to tie Chris

:27:25. > :27:37.and Martina with 15 Grand Slams. She's stuck at 17. It puts a lot of

:27:38. > :27:42.pressure on herself. It would be a shame. You feel she has still got

:27:43. > :27:47.another Grand Slam in her. When her service working, it is to refit. The

:27:48. > :27:58.serve is a place when you get nervous. It is very interesting. As

:27:59. > :28:03.Lindsay said, now at the latter stages of her career, she realises

:28:04. > :28:09.how important those things are. I am sure there must be a little regret

:28:10. > :28:15.that a little earlier in her career, she was a little bit easier going.

:28:16. > :28:21.But she is a great girl. She loves tennis, she is fit. She certainly

:28:22. > :28:25.does. We were having a conversation eight years ago about our base still

:28:26. > :28:34.committed to tennis and they still are. She is 32 and Venus is 34. I

:28:35. > :28:37.love to listen to Venus in the post-match press conferences, why

:28:38. > :28:42.are you guys trying to retire me? I do not want to stop! The sentiment

:28:43. > :28:47.for the players, Roger Federer as well, we will play for as long as we

:28:48. > :28:52.want. Even if we are not winning three Grand Slam titles a year, we

:28:53. > :28:59.do not want to go anywhere. Venus and Serena wants to be remembered as

:29:00. > :29:03.one of the greatest players. I think players can go one longer now. The

:29:04. > :29:07.fitness levels are higher but also the travel. You do not have to play

:29:08. > :29:14.as many tournaments as you did years ago. Absolutely right. The knowledge

:29:15. > :29:20.about staying fit, and keeping yourself at optimum condition, it

:29:21. > :29:26.wasn't quite the same. I know I went on forever but... We thought that,

:29:27. > :29:32.is she ever going to give up, we kept saying! How boring is it

:29:33. > :29:36.whenever you get to a press conference and they say, when are

:29:37. > :29:40.you going to retire? As long as you have motivation, you have to be

:29:41. > :29:44.prepared to make changes to your game. You have to be prepared to be

:29:45. > :29:51.looking for something a bit different. Players find out how to

:29:52. > :29:58.beat you. And you enjoyed it? I loved it. You forget that the young

:29:59. > :30:03.players, they have so many other things going on in their lives,

:30:04. > :30:09.emotionally. You get to your end of your 20s, much more stable and you

:30:10. > :30:21.can not want to hit the town so much so you can focus! The older

:30:22. > :30:26.players, it is a job. They are very professional. They cant hang

:30:27. > :30:33.themselves and pace themselves. Dashed they can time themselves.

:30:34. > :30:39.Plenty of players can go on until their 30s and we have a new wave in

:30:40. > :30:45.women's tennis. It has been needed for a while. Serena and Roger of 32,

:30:46. > :30:52.does Serena get the same credit is Roger having won at the same amount

:30:53. > :30:56.of Grand Slam titles? -- as Roger. It does not seem like it, people

:30:57. > :31:01.talk about Roger is the greatest player and Serena has had more

:31:02. > :31:06.controversy throughout her career. They do not get enough credit for

:31:07. > :31:10.two sisters coming from not the great section of Los Angeles to

:31:11. > :31:17.become two of the greatest champions and athletes to play this game.

:31:18. > :31:22.Along with Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova. Their story is

:31:23. > :31:31.remarkable. Well said. We are now ready for play and the players are

:31:32. > :31:34.no way, the 2004 Wimbledon champion. -- the players are on

:31:35. > :31:55.their way. Maria Sharapova is coming on to

:31:56. > :32:20.court with Angelique Kerber. A very polite applause from the

:32:21. > :32:26.Centre Court crowd. How do you see this, Virginia? I think Maria will

:32:27. > :32:29.win. Even if she starts off badly. Last year when she came as the

:32:30. > :32:36.French champion, it was so overwhelming the success she had on

:32:37. > :32:40.clay, that took it out of Wimbledon. This year, she can win the French

:32:41. > :32:46.and know she will focus again. She is in good shape -- and now. Without

:32:47. > :32:52.Serena, she must be extremely motivated. I watched the match with

:32:53. > :32:58.Alison Riske and when she started going into top gear, she is

:32:59. > :33:03.unstoppable. Yes, she is so used to coming into Wimbledon doing well at

:33:04. > :33:07.the French. She is very comfortable coming here with that expectation.

:33:08. > :33:13.The challenge for Kerber is that second serve. When you cannot hold

:33:14. > :33:18.serve time and time again against Sharapova Serena, they are so much

:33:19. > :33:26.more confident on their service game -- Sharapova and Serena. Maria has

:33:27. > :33:34.such a presence on court. She moves well, she has every shot. Hasn't she

:33:35. > :33:41.improved in her -- in her movement? Now she moves forward so well. She

:33:42. > :33:46.is so improved as a player. Even her second serve has not been as much of

:33:47. > :33:52.an issue. She used to have trouble on her serves, many double faults,

:33:53. > :33:57.she has worked so hard. So hard, it is the toughest injury to come back

:33:58. > :34:06.from, the shoulder. She went through surgery and it has ended many

:34:07. > :34:17.brewers. She put in two, three years of hard work. -- many careers. She

:34:18. > :34:21.has only got past the quarters once recently and now she is a clay-court

:34:22. > :34:28.specialist. She used to say she could never move on clay. She really

:34:29. > :34:34.has turned herself around. There are only two players on the tour, men

:34:35. > :34:38.and women, who have this amazing ability to concentrate on every

:34:39. > :34:42.point. If something goes wrong, they put it out of their minds and carry

:34:43. > :34:50.on. You know who the other one is on the men's! Rafael Nadal. It is

:34:51. > :35:04.incredible. Nearly everybody else has a down at some stage and she,

:35:05. > :35:10.she never gives up. She is always concentrating and in fabulous shape

:35:11. > :35:15.mentally. And Angelique Kerber, she has big shots and she has some

:35:16. > :35:20.weapons, she came into the final at Eastbourne. She moves well on the

:35:21. > :35:24.grass and she stays low. Her forehand is her big shot. It will

:35:25. > :35:28.have to be working today. The challenge for Kerber is to play her

:35:29. > :35:35.offensive style against the hard Sharapova. It is difficult to play

:35:36. > :35:39.offensive tennis against Maria but a player that is confident on grass

:35:40. > :35:49.and she has won when against Sharapova. We will see if that gives

:35:50. > :35:55.her confidence. -- she has won win. We are on Centre Court to enjoy this

:35:56. > :36:23.but on Court Number One is the seven time champion.

:36:24. > :36:32.Roger Federer. He is on Court Number One playing catch-up. This much was

:36:33. > :36:37.expected yesterday but he is playing today because of the rain and if he

:36:38. > :36:44.wins, he will be back on court tomorrow. He will face Tommy Wright

:36:45. > :36:49.over. -- Tommy Robredo. A big welcome on Court Number One. The

:36:50. > :36:56.last time these two met at the US Open, Tommy Robredo when it. You can

:36:57. > :37:07.follow that life on the red button. -- won. The match we were just

:37:08. > :37:12.watching is now 1-but a break point in the third game against Sabine

:37:13. > :37:21.Lisicki the Russian macro. That match also on the red button -- for

:37:22. > :37:25.Yaroslava Shvedova. Here, we are concentrating on Centre Court,

:37:26. > :37:31.Lindsay is joining Max Chilton in the commentary box.

:37:32. > :37:41.A lovely scene on Centre Court. The rain that played us has disappeared

:37:42. > :37:47.and it is a sunny afternoon, an afternoon for sun hats and cold

:37:48. > :37:53.drinks, perfect -- that play tours. The roof is wide open, a blue sky

:37:54. > :37:59.above. Angelique Kerber, the number nine seed, will take on Maria

:38:00. > :38:08.Sharapova, the number five seed. Good afternoon to former champion

:38:09. > :38:15.Lindsay Davenport. Hello! What do you think of Kerber's chances? It is

:38:16. > :38:24.a tough call against Maria who is in incredible form. A tough challenge

:38:25. > :38:28.for Kerber. And she is a good grass court player, confident on this

:38:29. > :38:33.surface. Against Sharapova, you need something special and we will see if

:38:34. > :38:40.Kerber is April to come through and shows something today -- is able. I

:38:41. > :38:45.get concerned with second serve for Kerber. That is always a weak point

:38:46. > :38:48.of her game and Sharapova always looks to attack that and exploit it

:38:49. > :39:11.on her opponents. Approaching a full house on Centre

:39:12. > :39:18.Court. The coaching staff of Sharapova, her coach in the blue hat

:39:19. > :39:26.and her hitting partner next to him. But a celebration they had in Paris.

:39:27. > :39:30.-- what a celebration. Sharapova not known to run to her box after

:39:31. > :39:36.previous Grand Slam titles but they celebrated with a group of after her

:39:37. > :39:43.first Grand Slam title. -- a group hug. Her coach is Dutch and her

:39:44. > :39:47.hitting partner is German. And there is a former French rugby player in

:39:48. > :39:54.the team who played with the five friends and was part of their five

:39:55. > :39:59.Nations winning championship team -- who played rugby for France. He is

:40:00. > :40:05.in charge of the physical side of her preparation. And there is a

:40:06. > :40:18.Japanese fitness trainer. He is not here. What do she call herself

:40:19. > :40:25.wished Mark team UN! -- what do she call herself? Everybody has been

:40:26. > :40:31.looking forward to this encounter and the conditions are perfect.

:40:32. > :41:55.Ready to go. Playing for a place in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

:41:56. > :42:05.That is the big weapon of the Kerber game, the forehand. Especially the

:42:06. > :42:09.forehand up the line. She hits it so low and flat over the net. It is a

:42:10. > :42:57.very tough shot to defend on the grass.

:42:58. > :43:09.Good shot! Kerber is off to a flying start here. And those are the

:43:10. > :43:16.chances Kerber has to take in this match if she has any amount of time.

:43:17. > :43:19.Sharapova reads the ball short, Kerber has to take chances and she

:43:20. > :43:44.has to step in. Two break points. Sharapova has so much confidence in

:43:45. > :43:48.herself. And her ground strokes. No matter what the score is, it you can

:43:49. > :43:53.see her continued to step in and go for the lines -- you see her

:43:54. > :44:18.continue. A double fault from Sharapova to

:44:19. > :44:28.give Kerber the break of serve in the opening game. She can be a slow

:44:29. > :44:33.starter, Maria Sharapova. She often goes three or four games behind

:44:34. > :44:39.before finding her way, before warming up and moving up a gear. In

:44:40. > :44:43.the last round against American Alison Riske, she was down 3-1

:44:44. > :45:02.before she won 11 games in a row. So Kerber will require a good number

:45:03. > :45:25.of first serves. We note the second serve is a weak area. -- we know.

:45:26. > :45:35.But right is Kerber's code should --. Write. He is a German of

:45:36. > :45:43.Iranians dissent and he played the Davis Cup for Iran. -- Ukrainian. --

:45:44. > :46:17.Ukrainian. A collective gasp around Centre

:46:18. > :46:26.Court. Sharapova immediately took off to hit the forehand and she hit

:46:27. > :46:27.a high defensive shot. Sharapova is back to where she normally stands to

:46:28. > :47:35.return. That is a typical Kerber point, she

:47:36. > :47:42.is able to get herself out of trouble and improvise. She is

:47:43. > :47:59.waiting for her opponents to make an error. -- opponent.

:48:00. > :48:06.Sharapova is focused, going through her routine, staring at the back

:48:07. > :48:08.fence. She turns and she straightens her strings and she gets ready to

:48:09. > :49:11.receive. Kerber is so similar to Agnieszka

:49:12. > :49:15.Radwanska, they get so low to make shots. I am not sure how they get

:49:16. > :49:36.back up sometimes! Sharapova has not quite found her

:49:37. > :49:39.range. With a crosscourt forehand. Credit to Kerber for keeping the

:49:40. > :49:51.ball is low and some of them all short, forcing Maria to move up. --

:49:52. > :50:00.and some of them short. -- the balls.

:50:01. > :50:09.Kerber rubber-stamps the break of serve and she moves to two games to

:50:10. > :50:52.love after eight minutes of play on Centre Court.

:50:53. > :51:01.That is a great serve down the centre. This is a match that

:51:02. > :51:06.Sharapova is going to want to use her slice serve more than she

:51:07. > :51:12.usually does, to get the serve to tail away from the backhand of

:51:13. > :52:01.Kerber. Kerber has limited reach going for the return.

:52:02. > :52:09.The forehand appears to be the weak area at the moment for Maria

:52:10. > :52:14.Sharapova. Three forehand unforced errors. She has yet to get on the

:52:15. > :53:06.scoreboard here. That is the sort of forehand she is

:53:07. > :53:09.looking for! Sharapova hits her forehand much better when she can

:53:10. > :53:15.transfer her weight into the court and she has time. Not quite as

:53:16. > :53:32.confident when she is rushed or forced.

:53:33. > :53:42.SUE BARKER: Kerber leading with a break of serve. This is court three

:53:43. > :53:47.and Sabine Lisicki is receiving medical treatment to her shoulder

:53:48. > :53:52.and her neck and she had a medical time-out at 1-all and it take points

:53:53. > :53:57.down and she came backhand she broke serve, but she has been broken back.

:53:58. > :54:03.20 happening in this third and final set, it is live on the red button.

:54:04. > :54:11.Roger Federer is in a rush on Court One, that is also on the red button.

:54:12. > :54:18.Against Tommy Robredo. That is on Court One. And another fourth-round

:54:19. > :54:28.match on Court Two is pretty macro against Feliciano Lopez -- Stan

:54:29. > :54:34.Wawrinka. Three games-all in the first set. And Jamie Murray is

:54:35. > :54:42.playing with his partner, his Australian partner. One set -all.

:54:43. > :54:46.Just as it was in the Queen's Club final that was decided by a

:54:47. > :54:49.championship tie-break, this will be decided by a final set. Back to

:54:50. > :54:55.Centre Court. Hustle and bustle around the court

:54:56. > :54:59.as latecomers make their way into the court. Kerber is up a break,

:55:00. > :56:00.2-1. You are right, she has not found the

:56:01. > :56:03.range on that forehand yet. She has hit good ones inside the court but

:56:04. > :56:06.when she has been behind the baseline, less sure on that site so

:56:07. > :57:06.far. -- that side. First base from Kerber. -- ace. If

:57:07. > :57:09.she can get free points on that serve, that will help her. It will

:57:10. > :57:21.be huge for Kerber. Solid service game from the German

:57:22. > :57:39.number one. Kerber is one of two Germans still

:57:40. > :58:25.in the draw. The other is Sabine Lisicki.

:58:26. > :58:33.She is definitely pressing on that side and going for a lot. At times

:58:34. > :58:53.in this match, she is not in the correct position.

:58:54. > :59:01.-- going forward. If you are Kerber, it you want to be aware of that --

:59:02. > :59:06.you want to be aware of that and continue to attack that forehand

:59:07. > :59:12.while it is this form rebel. Yes, dysfunctional at the moment, the

:59:13. > :59:33.forehand from Sharapova -- from rubble. She is really struggling.

:59:34. > :59:53.And this backhand is so effective because of the Spain rear generates

:59:54. > :59:58.from her left hand -- the spin. Hitting that of the court.

:59:59. > :00:37.of her attack to the forehand Alize Corneter of Kerber, showing Kerber

:00:38. > :00:50.early on she is not scared of the German's weapon. -- corner.

:00:51. > :01:10.Sharapova starting to find her feet on Centre Court.

:01:11. > :01:18.Beautiful day to be watching tennis, where ever you are sitting round

:01:19. > :01:24.this Centre Court capacity. 15,000, and I guess we are four fifths of

:01:25. > :01:33.the way there at the moment. Glorious cotton wool clouds above.

:01:34. > :01:38.Intark we will be back on centre in a moment. We are going to go live to

:01:39. > :01:42.Court Number One because Roger Federer is racing away with this

:01:43. > :01:48.match. He has set point. That looks like he has just got it. That

:01:49. > :01:55.winning backhand, 6-1 he has taken from Tommy Robredo. Robredo beat him

:01:56. > :02:00.at the US Open but Roger is saying this is my home. So he is very much

:02:01. > :02:09.at home on grass here. That is on the red button, here on centre, the

:02:10. > :02:12.chairman Philip Brook and the great Billie Jean King looking on.

:02:13. > :02:38.Angelique Kerber still up a break. 3-2, first set.

:02:39. > :02:47.Great variety there from Kerber. She likes to work in that drop shot,

:02:48. > :02:53.has lots of feel when she does move forward and this is a great choice

:02:54. > :03:06.of shot here, to three to exploit the movement of Sharapova. That was

:03:07. > :03:13.a fantastic return of serve. Angelique Kerber was just a

:03:14. > :04:16.spectator. Very effective serving from Kerber.

:04:17. > :04:21.Not scared to go back out to that backhand wing, even though last time

:04:22. > :04:59.Sharapova hit a winner from that side.

:05:00. > :05:14.What a start for Angelique Kerber. 4-2 in front. Looks like the German

:05:15. > :05:20.feels very much at home out here. Is Sharapova connections will be a

:05:21. > :05:23.little concerned. -- the Sharapova connections will be

:05:24. > :06:43.a little concerned. This is a nice service game for

:06:44. > :06:48.Sharapova. Decides that opening service game, she has looked fairly

:06:49. > :06:50.comfortable the service part, it surprises me that she hasn't got her

:06:51. > :07:20.return going, her return game yet. Sharapova fired up about serving

:07:21. > :08:59.that one out. Maria bouncing round, she is

:09:00. > :09:01.dancing, ready to receive. She knows she has to do some damage on the

:09:02. > :09:36.Kerber serve. Another punishing rally. Kern knows

:09:37. > :09:40.knows she is fast enough and consistent enough to run balls down

:09:41. > :09:50.if she needs to, she is, right now, getting her balls back in to play,

:09:51. > :09:54.trying to get them deep. Sharapova has to start covering that

:09:55. > :10:00.backhand serve. Kerber has hit every serve this

:10:01. > :10:04.match, with the exception of two to the backhand side of Sharapova.

:10:05. > :10:05.Sharapova has to start leaning towards covering all the backhand

:10:06. > :12:01.serves. the face.

:12:02. > :12:05.She is in good shape. When she finds herself behind the baseline

:12:06. > :12:26.reacting, she hasn't been as successful.

:12:27. > :12:32.It's long. It is just pulling off that forehand

:12:33. > :12:36.a bit, on some of those that go long, pulling to her left, in, in

:12:37. > :12:41.not staying with the shot through contact. You can see there was a

:12:42. > :12:44.surprising number, Kerber doing a far better job of defending her

:12:45. > :13:24.first serve than Sharapova. What impresses me about Maria

:13:25. > :13:30.Sharapova, is despite all her success in the game, all her massive

:13:31. > :13:33.earn, and titles -- earnings, she is fired up. She is absolutely focussed

:13:34. > :13:46.for every point out here. She has put the pressure back on to

:13:47. > :14:06.Angelique Kerber. So five games to four, Kerber have

:14:07. > :14:13.to serve for the first set. Thfrges is a huge service game

:14:14. > :14:17.coming up for Kerber, almost every serve has gone to the Sharapova

:14:18. > :14:22.backhand. If you are Maria here, this return game, you have to start

:14:23. > :14:25.moving over to your left. Covering that backhand serve, make Kerber hit

:14:26. > :14:30.her least favourite serve in this huge game.

:14:31. > :14:32.It gives yourself a better chance of hitting a good return, when you

:14:33. > :14:42.start anticipating a bit better. So we will see how strategically

:14:43. > :14:45.aware Angelique Kerber is when she steps to serve for the first set.

:14:46. > :15:13.Warm applause for Angelique Kerber, for both players.

:15:14. > :15:20.Can Kerber be the first person to take a set away from Maria Sharapova

:15:21. > :15:29.at the Championships? Serving for it now.

:15:30. > :15:35.Much more aggressive starting with the return.

:15:36. > :15:44.Stepped in to all three of those back hands beautifully.

:15:45. > :15:55.Great awareness there from Kerber. We have not seen many of those

:15:56. > :16:20.shots. That was a huge mishit, it zigged

:16:21. > :16:25.and zagged were it clipped the line. -- before it clipped the line.

:16:26. > :17:03.It is not all straight forward for Kerber. 15-30.

:17:04. > :17:08.Kerber's cross, to say the least. Two break points for Maria

:17:09. > :17:20.Sharapova. Yes! Good running.

:17:21. > :17:41.She breaks back. Sharapova moved up to that drop shot

:17:42. > :17:48.so quickly. You know it is always going to be tough to serve a set, a

:17:49. > :17:50.match against her, her great return game.

:17:51. > :18:47.She settled down and focussed beautifully there.

:18:48. > :18:54.Kerber reel rising she didn't be defensive at this stage, she is

:18:55. > :18:58.going to have to take matters into her own hands. -- realising. That is

:18:59. > :19:01.a perfect point for Kerber, she has to continue to be aggressive on her

:19:02. > :20:11.own -- own end. Further danger for Maria Sharapova.

:20:12. > :20:22.Her coach doing what he can from Afar.

:20:23. > :21:48.Maria Sharapova finally broke back towards the tail end of this first

:21:49. > :21:52.set, 5-5, 30-30. Sharapova yet to drop a set in the Championships but

:21:53. > :22:17.she came close as Kerber served for the first.

:22:18. > :22:23.Kerber just leaving the balls too short in the court.

:22:24. > :22:27.Against Sharapova, you just can't afford to make balls in the court,

:22:28. > :22:31.and there couple of back hands in the row, just about at the service

:22:32. > :22:33.loin, that is an invitation for Sharapova to attack.

:22:34. > :22:47.-- service line. Sharapova back in front. 6 games to

:22:48. > :23:04.five. This was the final unreturned serve

:23:05. > :23:08.and the unaccompanied reaction that with it.

:23:09. > :23:12.The sun is coming out again. What do you remember of your day on Centre

:23:13. > :23:16.Court? The final against Steffi Graf, with all the rain we have had,

:23:17. > :23:19.I remember the match, but I was thinking this morning I couldn't

:23:20. > :23:26.remember what happened with the weather, was it sunny? We had one

:23:27. > :23:29.rain delay, it was dark and cloudy throughout. What a nice change for

:23:30. > :23:37.these players to have a roof and not have to worry about that.

:23:38. > :23:41.SUE BARKER: We are leaving Centre Court. If you want to continue

:23:42. > :23:45.watching centre, you can. It continues now live on BBC One. We

:23:46. > :23:54.are heading off to see Roger Federer in a moment, but first one result to

:23:55. > :23:58.bring you. The Fourth Round, Sabine Lisicki, really tight match against

:23:59. > :24:02.Yaroslava Shvedova. Nothing between these two, she broke serve towards

:24:03. > :24:10.the end of that final set winning six games to four. That puts her

:24:11. > :24:14.through to the quarter-final to face Simona Halep, the number three seed

:24:15. > :24:20.S and a Fourth Round match in the men's on Court Two, you can follow

:24:21. > :24:25.this on line. Stanislas Wawrinka took the first set. That tie-break,

:24:26. > :24:29.it is one game all against the big serving Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.

:24:30. > :24:33.That is on Court Two. And from the Swiss number one, to

:24:34. > :24:37.the Swiss number two, but I am sure Roger would prefer to be remembered

:24:38. > :24:42.as the seven time champion, he is seeded four, up with a break of

:24:43. > :24:44.serve against Tommy Robredo. Let us join that match now with Peter

:24:45. > :24:54.Fleming and Nick mull lips. -- Mullins. The winner of this match

:24:55. > :24:59.will play the winner of Wawrinka and Lopez in the quarter-finals.

:25:00. > :25:08.Fishing for a word to describe Federer in this match so far, Peter,

:25:09. > :25:13.and regal seems to sum it up. He has been mightily impressive. He has

:25:14. > :25:18.played well. I think he hasn't been up against the centrest of opponents

:25:19. > :25:23.at the moment -- sternest of opponents at the moment. Federer

:25:24. > :25:30.jumped all over him and has mauled him. It is up to the Spaniard to

:25:31. > :25:36.raise his game a bit and impose herself on Federer. Federer hasn't

:25:37. > :25:40.had to defend often in this match, and because he has had everything

:25:41. > :25:45.his own way, he has attacked nicely, he has changed his tactic, chipped

:25:46. > :25:49.and charged, served and volleyed. He has brought his whole game and he is

:25:50. > :25:51.looking pretty sharp. He has break of serve in the second

:25:52. > :26:32.set. Here he, is 4-3. We weren't the only ones who need to

:26:33. > :26:34.have another look that the. -- look at that.

:26:35. > :26:56.If he can defend the net, that would give him a lot of confidence.

:26:57. > :27:02.He ran away with the first set in little more than 20 minute, courtesy

:27:03. > :27:12.of a very early break of serve and he has been in charge ever since.

:27:13. > :27:18.There has been more than one occasion in this match so far, as

:27:19. > :27:25.Stefan Edberg and the other coach look on, that Tommy Robredo's face

:27:26. > :27:30.has just been swathed in confusion, in disbelief, and latest half-volley

:27:31. > :27:37.at the net. What on earth do you say about this?

:27:38. > :27:43.Well, it is just a nice reaction. A nice reaction, yes, perhaps the ball

:27:44. > :27:56.came off the frame, who cares? Got the racket on the ball.

:27:57. > :28:03.Knows the importance of this game. -- he knows. Serving to stay in the

:28:04. > :28:25.second set. He missed it but that is how needs

:28:26. > :28:31.to play, just a bit more often. He needs to come out here and say "All

:28:32. > :29:02.right, I am not going to be pushed round all day long."

:29:03. > :29:08.That is a difficult shot. Especially on grass, when the ball

:29:09. > :30:13.sometimes skids through the court as it did then.

:30:14. > :30:39.been struggling to touch the ball, game point.

:30:40. > :30:50.The linesman with the eyes of the whole. -- a hawk.

:30:51. > :31:04.The Spaniard is holding on in this second set.

:31:05. > :31:15.Holding on, indeed. But make no mistake, as great a fighter is

:31:16. > :31:20.Robredo is and as great a competitor, this next game is vital

:31:21. > :31:27.for him. He simply cannot fall behind two sets to love against

:31:28. > :31:33.Roger Federer and expect to win this match. So somehow, some way, he

:31:34. > :31:39.needs to break through. And it is not likely to be easy as he has not

:31:40. > :31:46.even had a break point yet. A 16th Wimbledon for Federer, he first came

:31:47. > :31:50.here as a 17-year-old. He is 32 now. That is how dominant that serve has

:31:51. > :31:55.been. And not just in this particular matter at all

:31:56. > :32:04.championship. When he was 19, he beat Pete Sampras on this court --

:32:05. > :32:10.and not just in this particular championship. He has been a dominant

:32:11. > :32:21.presence ever since. The boy done good. Yes. He has yet to drop a set

:32:22. > :32:25.and he has conceded just 23 games over the opening week. His serve has

:32:26. > :33:09.not been troubled. Serving for the second set.

:33:10. > :33:21.That is Federer at his finest. Effective dominance.

:33:22. > :33:53.It is always like watching tennis from another pilot when will -- when

:33:54. > :34:05.we are watching Federer. -- another planet. It is the era when the serve

:34:06. > :34:08.and volley was King. Federer taking us back in time today. More

:34:09. > :34:17.precisely, I think this is tennis from a future error. Because

:34:18. > :34:24.obviously, the game has to grow. -- a future period. In the future, we

:34:25. > :34:30.will see more players mixing up the serve and volley, mixing up

:34:31. > :34:35.attacking tennis. Because it is very difficult to compete against players

:34:36. > :34:41.like Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray from the back of the court. You have

:34:42. > :34:48.to break up their rhythm. And Roger Federer obviously has found that to

:34:49. > :34:55.be the case. With a little bit of help from Stefan Edberg. He has come

:34:56. > :35:00.in and said, if you are going to compete on a regular basis against

:35:01. > :35:04.these top guys and beat them more than just sporadically, you have to

:35:05. > :35:09.be more aggressive and you have to do what we are seeing and approached

:35:10. > :35:16.the net it doesn't times and enjoy success. -- a dozen times. Roger

:35:17. > :35:19.Federer is the boss. He brought in Stefan Edberg because he knew he

:35:20. > :35:27.needed to become a better attacking player. And it appears as though

:35:28. > :36:42.Stefan Edberg is helping him do that.

:36:43. > :38:13.Clinical. He has not put a foot wrong yet today.

:38:14. > :38:28.I love it! His court awareness. It has always been great but it has

:38:29. > :38:30.grown. He just never thought this was a necessity, but he has worked

:38:31. > :39:35.on it. It is a real opportunity. The consistency and the accuracy

:39:36. > :39:58.that Robredo is going to need to stretch Federer.

:39:59. > :40:10.And for the first time in the match, Robredo holds on the opening service

:40:11. > :40:16.game in a set. -- holds onto. And let's face it, at this point,

:40:17. > :40:22.Robredo is saying, I have got nothing to lose. My back is up

:40:23. > :40:29.against the wall, time to come out winding. Because I cannot do any

:40:30. > :40:38.worse. -- swinging. If I lose, all right. That is where he is heading

:40:39. > :40:46.already. Can he turn the tables? They have been on Court 4 one hour.

:40:47. > :40:53.-- caught fire -- they have been on Court One hour.

:40:54. > :41:07.He has made it. It had to be special and it was special. And you want to

:41:08. > :41:13.know why we do not see many people hit regulation approaches? That is

:41:14. > :42:30.why. Because players today are great at hitting passing shots.

:42:31. > :42:35.Robredo's tennis hero growing up in Spain was him. Now he is plotting

:42:36. > :43:25.his downfall in Federer's corner. It is one of the first polls we have

:43:26. > :43:31.seen Federer miss -- balls. His timing has been accurate so far. The

:43:32. > :43:36.first time he has been taking traduced in the match. De she has

:43:37. > :43:39.been taken. De she has been taken to deuce. He does not intend to hang

:43:40. > :44:31.around long. Federer was serving and volleying on

:44:32. > :44:40.that second delivery. Robredo is inside the baseline, he probably

:44:41. > :44:51.asked a little too much of himself. That was more of a fight. You do not

:44:52. > :45:03.win 17 majors without being able to fight. And you are not going to beat

:45:04. > :45:05.the player who has won 17 without fighting and Robredo was doing a bit

:45:06. > :46:01.more of that. This is as well as he has played all

:46:02. > :46:08.match, pushing Federer backhand starting to win some points. You are

:46:09. > :46:47.right. Throwing caution to the wind. A bit of fortune.

:46:48. > :47:31.Robredo holds again, he leads to-1. -- 2-1.

:47:32. > :47:39.So while the players sit down, we can take you briefly to Centre Court

:47:40. > :47:43.to show you Maria Sharapova has lost the first set to Angelique Kerber,

:47:44. > :47:52.number nine seed. Uncharacteristic errors in the first set. Marriage --

:47:53. > :48:00.Maria Sharapova is live -30 in the second.

:48:01. > :48:04.This is not the red button, Stan Wawrinka and Feliciano Lopez heading

:48:05. > :48:15.for another tie-break. Stan Wawrinka is leading.

:48:16. > :48:22.This is 60 Robredo has not had his serve broken and he has only faced

:48:23. > :48:32.one break point -- 60 Robredo. Kei Nishikori is in the lead. -- 60

:48:33. > :48:40.Robredo. And this is Court 18. Jamie Murray and John Peers are two sets

:48:41. > :48:56.down. You can follow that online. We are heading back to Court One.

:48:57. > :49:23.An error of judgement from Federer. Off with his head!

:49:24. > :51:17.That is what you do with naughty tennis balls.

:51:18. > :51:37.That was like Andre Agassi. He stood his ground on the baseline. Robredo

:51:38. > :51:42.was nowhere in sight. 232-year old players meeting again. Two

:51:43. > :52:39.32-year-old players. Robredo won in straight sets in

:52:40. > :52:48.Flushing Meadows. But the Federer then is a shadow of the Federer

:52:49. > :52:54.today. And I think that match was actually the straw that broke the

:52:55. > :52:59.camel's back. It was the clue to Roger that, now is the time to get

:53:00. > :53:17.myself healthy again because I am not going through this any more.

:53:18. > :53:28.I remember Federer being beaten in the second round last summer. They

:53:29. > :53:29.will be blinking at the person they are watching today, not the same

:53:30. > :54:05.person. to the one we saw in the first two

:54:06. > :54:10.sets. Full of fight. Yes. Robredo has changed his style of play since

:54:11. > :54:18.the first two sets, as he most certainly needed to. The question

:54:19. > :54:23.remains, can he maintain this level of play? Because this is not the

:54:24. > :54:34.sort of style he is used to playing, so can he maintain this level the

:54:35. > :54:43.three sets? It is asking a lot. -- for three sets. But he is no

:54:44. > :54:48.ordinary tennis player. Eight years since he was as high as fifth in the

:54:49. > :54:53.world rankings, 2006. He is 22nd on the list here which makes him

:54:54. > :55:00.Spain's third-best player behind Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer. That

:55:01. > :55:04.tells you about his ability to deal with challenges like this, to deal

:55:05. > :55:15.with Federer on one of the big show courts at Wimbledon. And he will

:55:16. > :55:16.know, Federer will know that almost for the first time this afternoon,

:55:17. > :56:35.this is a proper contest. How about that for cutting the top

:56:36. > :56:46.of the strawberry? That was delightful. It was an Andy Roddick

:56:47. > :56:49.type game, the hyperactive American was known for holding serve in about

:56:50. > :56:59.45 seconds. It is good fun being part of team

:57:00. > :57:27.Roger. Once again, the Stefan Edberg

:57:28. > :57:32.inspired chip and charge. Stefan Edberg is one of the greatest

:57:33. > :58:16.exponents of that tactic, he was difficult to pass.

:58:17. > :58:25.Federer enjoyed a morning hit with Stefan Edberg before the gates

:58:26. > :58:43.opened, attracted quite a crowd. Crowding around the court.

:58:44. > :58:55.And when the gates opened at 10:30am, those walking past court 11

:58:56. > :59:31.got an unexpected bonus. Two break points.

:59:32. > :59:38.Robredo's coach. He warmed up alongside Rafael Nadal at the same

:59:39. > :59:59.time. What was he thinking? Of all times,

:00:00. > :00:07.that is when you want to let the ball drop. Wait! He hit it about the

:00:08. > :00:08.height of his knee. If he waited, it would have been a shoulder high

:00:09. > :00:40.forehand, his best shot. Roger knows his remit. His remit was

:00:41. > :00:45.get out there, do your job and get off the court quickly.

:00:46. > :01:02.Because you have to play again tomorrow, and Roger following the

:01:03. > :01:12.script, to the T. Talked a little bit about what Federer's done over

:01:13. > :01:18.the last 12 months or so. Losing Paul Anacone as his coach, bringing

:01:19. > :01:23.in Stefan Edberg. His racket, he has upgraded, from the old smaller 90

:01:24. > :01:30.square inch head that used to give him that control, to a bigger canon,

:01:31. > :01:34.98 inches. He losses a bit of control but it gives him the weight

:01:35. > :01:41.of shot to compete at the highest level. It is the -- is it the weight

:01:42. > :01:46.of shot or the sweet spot is a bit bigger, allows hill just a little

:01:47. > :01:51.more margin for error. In termles of hitting the centre of

:01:52. > :01:55.the strings every time. -- terms.

:01:56. > :01:56.I have never compareded the two so I don't know if this one has more

:01:57. > :02:08.power than the other. Needless to say he has made the

:02:09. > :03:19.adjustments nicely. Few rejust about in the zone, he is

:03:20. > :03:23.protective of that. That last, he bay her -- barely, didn't even look

:03:24. > :03:41.at the umpire, just a passing glance. -- ne, he is protective of

:03:42. > :03:54.that. That last, he bay her He is goes to taking his place in

:03:55. > :04:19.the Wimbledon quarter-finals. No question, Federer would like to

:04:20. > :05:52.finish it right here. Don't even mess with serving for him.

:05:53. > :05:58.NASA new racket. Federer pounding it as if he didn't like the way the

:05:59. > :06:25.ball felt coming off the strings. If fed said -- Roger Federer is

:06:26. > :06:30.going to be pushed further than he has Robredo has to hang on for

:06:31. > :06:34.another accept or eight minutes. 94 is the longest it has taken, seven

:06:35. > :06:38.times champion to get the job done in the first week.

:06:39. > :06:48.94 minutes? That was overtime again, Muller, what are we now, 86 minute,

:06:49. > :06:54.either this is going to have backbench a long service game or

:06:55. > :07:01.Robredo is going to have to break. He must be bored! Come on, he has

:07:02. > :07:06.been on the court 86 minutes, hour and 26? That is a nice day's work.

:07:07. > :07:11.Good work if you can get it, that is.

:07:12. > :07:15.His receive remains unbroken, throughout the championships, and

:07:16. > :07:20.his sweat remains unbroken, I think it would be fair to say.

:07:21. > :07:24.There he is. Perhaps walking out for the final time this afternoon,

:07:25. > :07:29.certainly, walking out to serve for a place in the Wimbledon

:07:30. > :07:49.quarter-finals, and what an ovation on number one court.

:07:50. > :10:01.Maybe the proposal is playing at the back of his mind somewhere! Yes, I

:10:02. > :10:06.mean, that was a pretty comical quip, really, but this is the last

:10:07. > :10:36.moment Federer wants to get distracted.

:10:37. > :10:43.It's a contest that is 90 minutes long. It has taken this long for

:10:44. > :10:47.Robredo to have a break point on the Federer serve, and for the first

:10:48. > :10:50.time in these Championship, Federer is on the bring of losing it.

:10:51. > :11:14.He looks totally at home in the forecourt these days. It is nice to

:11:15. > :11:36.see. A proposal of marriage and a match

:11:37. > :12:47.point, all in the space of a minute or so.

:12:48. > :12:51.Nothing Robredo could do with that. Serve hit the side line and checked.

:12:52. > :13:56.Perhaps Federer will think twice about doing that the next time.

:13:57. > :14:02.Referred's latest sortie to the net brings its reward. Perhapses he's

:14:03. > :14:07.thought twice and thought, "I'm going to do it any way." And in

:14:08. > :14:43.blight sunshine. Regal, serene, supreme P an

:14:44. > :14:47.outstanding ovation on number one court.

:14:48. > :14:52.For a man that we are all very lucky to be alive to watch play tennis in

:14:53. > :14:56.the flesh. Roger Federer, into the quarter-finals.

:14:57. > :15:05.Virtually flawless performance from Federer. He did everything right.

:15:06. > :15:15.The ball from the back of court, he serves is impeccably, he chipped in,

:15:16. > :15:23.he covered the net athletically. Is he now ready to be a challenger for

:15:24. > :15:29.these Championships? Maybe. We will see. Tommy Robredo didn't quite

:15:30. > :15:35.bring it today, under Egypt -- underequipped to face this man in

:15:36. > :15:41.these conditions. He did detain him for 94 minutes which is as long as

:15:42. > :15:44.anyone has detained him at these Championships.

:15:45. > :15:51.. But in the end there were no real alarms.

:15:52. > :15:58.And he has gone through in straight sets and he will face the winner of

:15:59. > :16:04.Stanislas Wawrinka or Feliciano Lopez in the last eight, Wawrinka

:16:05. > :16:12.leading by two sets to love, but Federer has gone through in an hour

:16:13. > :16:15.and 34. Straight sets. 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. He is getting ready to tall to

:16:16. > :16:24.Phil Jones. -- talk.

:16:25. > :16:28.Well, rominger, that was an almost flawless performance, how did you

:16:29. > :16:33.view it? I was very happy, I was able to start off strong, and sort

:16:34. > :16:38.of kept momentum all the way to the very end, you know, tough at the end

:16:39. > :16:42.to serve it out, I think Tommy was playing better as the match went on,

:16:43. > :16:45.so I am clearly happy to win in straight sets again today. I think

:16:46. > :16:50.the longest you have been on court now, is 96 minutes through the first

:16:51. > :16:57.four round, so your overall assessment as you head into a 12th

:16:58. > :17:01.quarter-final. I feel like a soccer player, 96 minutes sounds about

:17:02. > :17:06.right. I am pleased with the first week. Here we go into the quarter of

:17:07. > :17:12.as -- quarterfinalers, it is exciting being deep into a

:17:13. > :17:17.tournament, and you know, it is, it is really nice, the way I am

:17:18. > :17:20.playing, I think I am moving well, serving well, all the things are

:17:21. > :17:24.happening that I need to be happening to go deep in this

:17:25. > :17:27.tournament again. I know before the tournament you said you felt like a

:17:28. > :17:31.contender and you are showing the world you, the way you are

:17:32. > :17:37.playingful Yes, look, important is that I feel OK on the court, not

:17:38. > :17:42.what the press or whom ever experts are saying. I feel like my game is

:17:43. > :17:47.there it is important to keep it up and not have any hiccups and not

:17:48. > :17:51.have any major let downs. There could be five or ten minute where

:17:52. > :17:55.you are not feeling right or get a break in the beginning of another

:17:56. > :18:00.set and you are done, so it is about being focussed out there. I am able

:18:01. > :18:04.to do that, and I am healthy. All season long I have played a lot of

:18:05. > :18:08.matches so things are where I want them to be, but you are only in the

:18:09. > :18:13.quarter-finals and that is when the tournament kind of starts. Well, the

:18:14. > :18:16.possibility is it is an all Swiss quarter-final against Wawrinka

:18:17. > :18:20.Warwick and a big time for Switzerland, with their World Cup

:18:21. > :18:26.game against Argentina. The country must be going sporting mad? For a

:18:27. > :18:31.smaller country we have done so well in many sports and it is nice having

:18:32. > :18:35.the national team, the soccer national team doing well as well

:18:36. > :18:38.especially with the coach, he has been with fours a long time. It

:18:39. > :18:45.might be his last match. We hope not. We hope we can beat Argentine

:18:46. > :18:50.that, I am supporting Stan in his match against Lopez. It will be

:18:51. > :18:55.something amazing playing Stan in the quarter, because that doesn't

:18:56. > :19:00.happen very often in Swiss sporting terms. They can beat Messi and

:19:01. > :19:04.company surely? That is why we watch sport, we love it, we don't know

:19:05. > :19:08.what is going to happen. We know you played well today and have in the

:19:09. > :19:12.first week and a bit. Keep it going. All the best. Thank you. He has

:19:13. > :19:19.plenty of time to get ready for kick off. It is not until 5.00. He got

:19:20. > :19:22.the job don done, he said he had to keep playing aggressive and serve

:19:23. > :19:27.well. He did just that, a quick victory was needed as he is going to

:19:28. > :19:29.be back on court to face Wawrinka in the quarter-final, but he is through

:19:30. > :19:33.to the Fourth Round, through the fourth round now, he hasn't dropped

:19:34. > :19:37.a set. He hasn't drop his serve and he has his sights on a Wimbledon

:19:38. > :19:43.title number eight. Roger, through to the quarter-finals.

:19:44. > :19:46.That is over on Court One, but over on Centre Court, Maria Sharapova is

:19:47. > :19:51.fighting back, she is a break of serve up in tb second set, against

:19:52. > :20:06.Angelique Kerber, serving for the second. That match live on BBC One.

:20:07. > :20:19.On Court Three, Raonic dropped his set to Kei Nishikori. That match is

:20:20. > :20:24.live on the red button. On court 18, Jamie Murray and his partner against

:20:25. > :20:28.the number two seeds. You can follow that doubles match on line.

:20:29. > :20:36.We are heading to Court Two to see Stanislas Wawrinka, see if he can

:20:37. > :20:39.finish it off. Two sets is he leads against Feliciano Lopez, so let us

:20:40. > :20:54.join this match with John Lloyd and Andrew Cotter.

:20:55. > :21:28.in the Wawrinka serve again. Even the second.

:21:29. > :21:33.been very unhappy, Lopez. Oh, Wawrinka is unhappy as well. Lopez

:21:34. > :21:39.has been discontented since that second set tie. What chance has he

:21:40. > :21:43.had? All those set points on his is never that tie-breaker and his serve

:21:44. > :21:48.had been so brilliant. All of a sud he lost it, the love the first

:21:49. > :21:53.serve. Missed a couple of balls and lost that second set and went nuts

:21:54. > :21:57.there, shouting at his box, and I, frankly it looked like he was going

:21:58. > :22:00.to lose his first service game in the first set.

:22:01. > :22:02.I am not talking to him, I autumn talking to me.

:22:03. > :22:16.-- I am. I am not talking to him. He gets

:22:17. > :22:23.disturbed by it. Come on, please. Come on, or I will take action. He

:22:24. > :22:27.is like an admonishing parents there. He is saying I will have to

:22:28. > :22:34.take action next time. Feliciano Lopez saying I am not saying to to

:22:35. > :22:42.Wawrinka, I am saying it to me. I am not sure the umpire can do it. Lopez

:22:43. > :22:49.is saying he is muttering about himself. Is he not allowed to talk

:22:50. > :22:55.about himself? He can say fantastic about himself,

:22:56. > :22:59.can't he? Half the female population would agree!

:23:00. > :23:03.Exactly. Why can't he say that. A strange one from the umpire.

:23:04. > :23:11.Not sure that the umpire can stop someone from being sarcastic. We

:23:12. > :23:16.would all be in trouble! He has dope well to reboot a little bit Lopez,

:23:17. > :23:18.because he looked like he was going to go down early break in third, and

:23:19. > :23:40.I think it would have been all over. The first two sets is were just

:23:41. > :23:44.serve dominated, both players serving so well and never looked

:23:45. > :23:55.like anyone was going to break serve.

:23:56. > :24:01.For those just joining us 30-30 is a rarity, this is about as close to a

:24:02. > :24:34.break point as we have had. OK, we have arrived! At her first

:24:35. > :25:16.break points in this match. UMPIRE: Stop both of you. Stop.

:25:17. > :25:21.Wawrinka putt by some spectators talking.

:25:22. > :25:27.-- put. Everybody stop talking, nobody talk at all for the next half

:25:28. > :25:32.hour, we will be happy. We will say something though.

:25:33. > :25:40.That was 140mph to see off the first break point of the match. To be

:25:41. > :25:43.honest, I don't know why Stanislas Wawrinka is getting involved. Let

:25:44. > :26:17.his opponent self-destruct. He is up two sets to love. Let him say

:26:18. > :26:22.whatever he wants. Some more talking there! Lopez can

:26:23. > :26:43.just steer himself through this trouble.

:26:44. > :26:54.So he was briefly threatened. The fist time we have seen a serve

:26:55. > :26:59.threatened. I saw what know now you to you, he got into our

:27:00. > :27:05.conversation! Wawrinka seemed to be complaining

:27:06. > :27:09.about somebody in the crowd, Wawrinka had the mental high ground

:27:10. > :27:13.there for a moment... Why give it up when he is two sets to love? Get on

:27:14. > :27:17.with the business, you will be off the court in 15 minutes.

:27:18. > :27:25.Oh: Tremendous, the angle there, the pick up, superb from Stanislas

:27:26. > :27:29.Wawrinka. That is the best shot of the match.

:27:30. > :27:35.Just exceptional. What a return that was, that very casual the way he hit

:27:36. > :27:38.that. This is a great field shot. He is not known for his field shots,

:27:39. > :27:44.more the power. That was delightful to watch.

:27:45. > :27:50.That has been delightful all day, the receive.

:27:51. > :27:54.-- the serve. The change over could be

:27:55. > :28:33.interesting. Volleyed a lot today, Wawrinka.

:28:34. > :28:49.Good sneak attack on the second serve.

:28:50. > :28:56.Wawrinka motoring along on his own serve.

:28:57. > :29:01.Let us have the fun chat at the change over. I think they are both

:29:02. > :29:11.going to keep quiet now. I was noticing at the beginning of the

:29:12. > :29:21.match Wawrinka had 43 aces, Lopez 85. 29 aces for Wawrinka in this

:29:22. > :29:25.match. The serve today has been tremendous.

:29:26. > :29:30.Awesome. And Lopez, we have to get creditment

:29:31. > :29:34.Lopez is having an amazing run, when you think of it, finals of Queens,

:29:35. > :29:39.had match point, lost one, Eastbourne and he has been through,

:29:40. > :29:44.plus he is played doublers you would think maybe that is why he tacked

:29:45. > :29:48.out a the end of the second set. Mentally he is a bit fried. It was

:29:49. > :29:54.strange Wawrinka got involved when he was winning two sets to love. You

:29:55. > :29:59.would have ought the he would let his opponent mutt ever away, but he

:30:00. > :30:03.got involved. Maybe that has stirred Lopez back up again. Wawrinka won't

:30:04. > :30:18.know it is Roger Federer who is through unless he has been looking

:30:19. > :30:21.at the big screen. One to decide for all time the number one in

:30:22. > :30:26.Switzerland. Wawrinka is the number one at the moment, number three in

:30:27. > :30:33.the world. On the grass, still you are not entirely convinced. 3-4 in

:30:34. > :32:08.this third set. The, we are not seeing the dominant

:32:09. > :32:14.service game from Lopez. In the first two sets too many held to love

:32:15. > :32:20.or 15 at the very most. Their chances here appearing. -- there are

:32:21. > :32:33.chances appearing. What was he thinking there? Two

:32:34. > :32:41.awful shock in this game. -- shots. The dropped short he completely

:32:42. > :32:47.missed, and this one. That is just awful, drop volley. As it was in the

:32:48. > :32:58.last service going, break point for Wawrinka.

:32:59. > :33:10.There it is. Wawrinka, a terrifying cry of celebration. That really is

:33:11. > :33:19.the crucial breakthrough. Again, given to him with a double fault.

:33:20. > :33:24.Immediately, Stan Wawrinka will serve for a place in the

:33:25. > :33:29.quarterfinals, a place against his fellow countrymen, Roger Federer. It

:33:30. > :33:34.looked like a tired game from the Spaniard, that last serve went in

:33:35. > :33:39.the middle of the service net. A tired game.

:33:40. > :33:45.The way he has served in this match, Wawrinka, now you would think it was

:33:46. > :34:06.impossible for Lopez to survive. Wawrinka watched it, decided not to

:34:07. > :34:31.stick out an arm and try to get there.

:34:32. > :34:36.about as elevated as I have ever seen Wawrinka, he has been at odd

:34:37. > :34:40.times of the match shouting out. To get it done in three sets, you knows

:34:41. > :34:50.the match schedule is against him. True.

:34:51. > :34:59.Of course, I have never seen him serve and volley this much either.

:35:00. > :35:03.He has done it well today. There's was a difficult picked up, it was a

:35:04. > :35:07.low backhand volley. He did well to get to it and then plunge it away

:35:08. > :35:23.like that. It was a classy volley. -- punch it.

:35:24. > :35:33.Mr Wawrinka is challenging the call. Service line, the ball is called

:35:34. > :35:48.out. Hoping for an ace. Second service.

:35:49. > :35:58.Lopez... UMPIRE: Mr Lopez has one challenge remaining.

:35:59. > :36:08.Two match points for a place in the quarterfinals.

:36:09. > :36:18.Winning with an ace, he has poured out the aces in this match and he

:36:19. > :36:23.wins in straight sets. So important, as he battles against the schedule.

:36:24. > :36:31.Still Lopez has things to say. The handshake turns into an unhealthy

:36:32. > :36:35.argument, unfortunately. Shake hands and... Wawrinka trying to offer a

:36:36. > :36:56.smile. It is not possible. It is nothing

:36:57. > :37:03.against you. Let's fade them out. It is unseemly. Some choice language.

:37:04. > :37:10.The best thing Wawrinka can do is step back on the court and take the

:37:11. > :37:19.applause, move on. Exactly. That was very strange, the way that all came

:37:20. > :37:24.about. A bit curious. Lopez will be back on court later in the Men's

:37:25. > :37:28.Doubles. He wanted another quarterfinal place, but it is

:37:29. > :37:31.Wawrinka who goes through to play Roger Federer, the Battle of

:37:32. > :37:39.Switzerland. A straight sets victory for spam Wawrinka. -- Stan

:37:40. > :37:43.Wawrinka. SUE BARKER: ?? a heated debate at the end of that match

:37:44. > :37:48.which may continue in the locker room. Stan is through to face Roger

:37:49. > :37:53.final, that will be tomorrow in the quarterfinal. There is another

:37:54. > :38:00.fourth-round match in action at the moment. This looks like it will go

:38:01. > :38:05.to 1-1, Raonic is serving for the second set against Kei Nishikori of

:38:06. > :38:11.Japan, who won the opening set 6-4. You can follow that one on the red

:38:12. > :38:16.button. On Centre Court, this could be another big shock in the ladies

:38:17. > :38:29.championship. Serena Williams is already out. Sharapova is down in

:38:30. > :38:32.the third set. And just once again, just to apologise for any of the

:38:33. > :38:40.language between Lopez and Wawrinka out on that court. That is on Centre

:38:41. > :38:46.Court. Here on BBC Two, we are heading to Court Number One. To see

:38:47. > :38:57.the ladies quarterfinal between Lucie Safarova and Katarina

:38:58. > :38:59.Makarova. This match is 3-0 two Safarova in the first set. We can

:39:00. > :39:23.join our commentators, DAVID MERCER: she has settled so

:39:24. > :39:27.well against the Russian, ranked 22 in the world. We were expecting a

:39:28. > :39:33.tight encounter, but so far it is a very one-sided. TRACY AUSTIN: ??

:39:34. > :39:39.Safarova has looked a lot more solid, less nervous. Makarova has

:39:40. > :39:53.actually been in this situation a view more times. Safarova just once,

:39:54. > :40:14.back in 2007. -- a few more times. It is Makarova serving.

:40:15. > :40:24.As big Mac a title on grass, in Eastbourne in 2010, as a qualifier.

:40:25. > :40:35.-- has won a title. Just before Wimbledon began.

:40:36. > :40:47.Was in superb form to dismiss Agnieszka Radwanska in the last

:40:48. > :41:32.round. But has not found that form today, yet.

:41:33. > :41:39.Yet another error from Makarova. She played such a clean match last time

:41:40. > :41:50.round against Radwanska. The coach of Makarova, very few women are

:41:51. > :41:57.coached by women. Flipping the line.

:41:58. > :42:05.It is unusual to see. Lucie Safarova, always looking to dictate

:42:06. > :42:17.from that forehand side and control the centre of the court.

:42:18. > :42:57.It is a first miscue from Safarova. Still has a point for a 4-0 lead.

:42:58. > :43:27.Rob on the right, the coach of Lucie Safarova. He is a Canadian.

:43:28. > :43:36.Just beginning to get a feel for the Mac, Makarova. Did really well with

:43:37. > :43:42.that squash type forehand to stay in that point. Great defence. Makarova

:43:43. > :44:04.does not move quite as well as Safarova. -- for the match.

:44:05. > :44:15.First ace brings Makarova her first game. I'd UEFA and of the ballet? A

:44:16. > :44:26.little bit. -- are you a fan of the ballet? There was a great Russian

:44:27. > :44:30.ballerina in the post Second World War era. I think I have heard of

:44:31. > :45:04.her, she is very famous. Yes, if you are going to go across

:45:05. > :45:10.court on your volume have to make it a winner, if you don't you are

:45:11. > :45:17.leaving a big hole down the line. Makarova playing better now.

:45:18. > :45:21.Safarova had 15-40 on the last service game. That was a wide-open

:45:22. > :45:24.opportunity for her, she was not able to capitalise. Now Makarova is

:45:25. > :46:12.looking a lot more comfortable. playing the senior doubles. I asked

:46:13. > :46:15.her playing partner this morning how to pronounce her name, but it is

:46:16. > :46:38.something we cannot even say excrement -- even

:46:39. > :47:19.this is really good, clean hitting from Safarova.

:47:20. > :47:31.Which ever way you want to pronounce her surname, she is playing really

:47:32. > :47:35.well. That forehand is working spectacularly for Lucie Safarova.

:47:36. > :47:42.She hit fit with such great ferocity. She gets a great shoulder

:47:43. > :47:47.turn, uses her legs really well, tremendous racket head speed. She is

:47:48. > :47:53.really starting to build up a lot of confidence. Safarova already with

:47:54. > :47:59.seven winners. Makarova on her back foot. You always need to see both

:48:00. > :48:03.sides of the occasion, seven winners, one unforced error. If she

:48:04. > :48:12.plays like that for the rest of the match, she wins, period. Absolutely.

:48:13. > :48:18.Very clean match. Safarova, her second Grand Slam quarterfinal. It

:48:19. > :48:21.has been said of both of them, for the talent they both possess they

:48:22. > :48:24.had somewhat underachieved. This is a great opportunity for the pair of

:48:25. > :48:38.them to put that right. Absolutely. Safarova's highest career ranking is

:48:39. > :48:40.17, Makarova 19, they are pretty close to that. Who ever wins this

:48:41. > :48:53.match will have a new career high. That is so lucky from Makarova. She

:48:54. > :48:59.let that high ball drop to below knee level. She waited a long time

:49:00. > :49:04.before she decided to come up and then it seemed to go away from her

:49:05. > :49:05.at the last second. Good hands to get underneath that enough to just

:49:06. > :49:33.get it over. You brought up that both players

:49:34. > :49:38.have been thought of as underachievers at this stage. Both

:49:39. > :49:45.such rate ball straight as. For me, Lucie Safarova has come so close to

:49:46. > :49:46.beating top players, sometimes it is just between the years that you

:49:47. > :50:09.cannot break through. Makarova has had some big wins,

:50:10. > :50:15.especially at the Australian Open this year. She beat Venus Williams.

:50:16. > :50:17.A few years ago she beat Serena Williams, out hit her, which is

:50:18. > :50:43.tough to do. That is a very well constructive

:50:44. > :50:48.point from Safarova. A defensive position to get the point back to

:50:49. > :50:51.neutral, went offensive and threw in another slice for change of pace.

:50:52. > :51:40.Another look at Rob. Struck it well, just that little

:51:41. > :51:42.margin of error in the sense that going over the high point of the net

:51:43. > :52:26.if you are going down the line. As we look at... Makarova, it occurs

:52:27. > :52:34.to me there are more women coaching on the men's tour than the women's

:52:35. > :52:46.tour. Andy Murray with Amelie Mauresmo. Denis Istomin's coach is a

:52:47. > :52:54.woman. I cannot think of any other women on the women's tour. Martina

:52:55. > :52:57.Hingis. Coaching most of this year, until just about months ago. Winning

:52:58. > :53:19.the Miami doubles. Good serving from Safarova, really

:53:20. > :53:23.stretching Makarova. Picking her spots well. Also mixing the serves

:53:24. > :53:42.up. Being very accurate. She gets enough pace on her

:53:43. > :53:47.service, Safarova, for somebody who does not use much of her lower body.

:53:48. > :54:13.Has lost precisely one point on serve so far.

:54:14. > :54:18.Makarova looking up at her coach and talking to her. Obviously not happy

:54:19. > :54:47.with the scoreline right now. Very impressive from Lucie Safarova

:54:48. > :54:50.so far. She for many years, was the lady in the life of Tomas Berdych,

:54:51. > :54:58.who has been a finalist here. That ended a couple of years ago. She now

:54:59. > :55:02.has an American boyfriend, who is a coach, but very sensibly in my

:55:03. > :55:13.opinion, not her coach. Not just an American coach but the United States

:55:14. > :55:19.National Association coach. Yes, impressive statistics behind the

:55:20. > :55:24.serve for Lucie Safarova. Just two points conceded. I was interested in

:55:25. > :55:30.what you were saying. She had the Australian Open this year, match

:55:31. > :55:37.point against Li Na and missed by the proverbial whisker. And then

:55:38. > :55:45.overruled by Hawk eye. If you look, many times she has lost big match is

:55:46. > :55:51.at the last moment. Getting over the line is not easy. That is the

:55:52. > :55:55.difference the Lucie Safarova, between the ears, having that

:55:56. > :56:00.belief. Rob, her coach, a positive influence. Getting that belief that

:56:01. > :56:04.she can get across the finishing line against those top players. New

:56:05. > :56:19.balls in play. They will fly that little bit more.

:56:20. > :56:25.These balls tend to fluff up, the interaction with the strings on the

:56:26. > :56:27.ball. When they are brand-new they will travel through the air that

:56:28. > :57:13.much quicker. Talking about those close matches

:57:14. > :57:22.that Safarova has lost. Eastbourne last 7-6 in the third. And lost in

:57:23. > :57:29.the third set in Stuttgart. She is right there against the top

:57:30. > :57:33.players, but those critical points, they play them better than her at

:57:34. > :58:18.this stage. Continues to attack that second

:58:19. > :58:19.serve, gets a really good look at it from either side and really drives

:58:20. > :58:51.it. Here is the first test of the

:58:52. > :58:57.nerves, the confidence of Lucie Safarova. Got off to a fast start,

:58:58. > :58:59.3-0 and as a result of that has the opportunity to serve out the set.

:59:00. > :59:38.The first point is so crucial. I say the first point is so crucial,

:59:39. > :59:42.because it gives you a little lift when you are serving, when you feel

:59:43. > :59:46.you have your head in the scoreline. It can make you feel

:59:47. > :00:04.pressure if you are serving from behind right away.

:00:05. > :00:12.Safarova has got to adjust on the forehand down the line. She has just

:00:13. > :00:14.clipped the net for or five times where the net is higher. Needs a

:00:15. > :00:35.little more trajectory on that shot. game has only lost two points on

:00:36. > :00:40.serve and now she finds herself down 0-40. Who ever said this isn't a

:00:41. > :00:48.mental game! That is a great lefty serve, even

:00:49. > :01:28.against a fellow lefty. That is in that should be an ace.

:01:29. > :01:31.Yes. And Makarova walks straightaway, not challenging

:01:32. > :01:48.whether she should get another chance.

:01:49. > :02:19.Not an ace. Just a touch, but amazing serving to get herself a set

:02:20. > :02:57.point. Five fantastic serves in a row to

:02:58. > :03:04.get Lucie Safarova out of a 0-40 situation. So much slice swinging

:03:05. > :03:10.off the court and really measured this shot perfectly. I loved the

:03:11. > :03:17.reaction from Safarova, immediately looks up at the coach and he is out

:03:18. > :03:22.of his seat. Half way home, but stay focussed. Great racket work. She had

:03:23. > :03:27.to stop quickly to make sure she didn't run into the net. The ball

:03:28. > :03:32.was lower than the height of the night. She just had to bump it

:03:33. > :03:38.gently up the line. She kept her calm, kept confident in the crisis

:03:39. > :03:41.and you and I am sure are both thinking, oh, not again is she is

:03:42. > :03:47.going to snatch defeat in terms of that set from a winning position.

:03:48. > :03:50.Let's have a look at the statistics of the opening set. You can see all

:03:51. > :04:13.the yellows are down the left. Getting the return in at 83%. She

:04:14. > :04:19.adjusted to the lefty, Makarova, much better than Makarova adjusted

:04:20. > :04:25.to the Safarova lefty serve. And twice as many winners as unforced

:04:26. > :04:27.errors. Any day you can play like that, you're in business. That is a

:04:28. > :05:05.good day. Makarova has to be careful not to be

:05:06. > :05:39.broke enstraightaway. The body language from the start has

:05:40. > :05:45.been very different. Makarova is looking flat opt back foot. Safarova

:05:46. > :06:08.looking to be the aggressor at every opportunity.

:06:09. > :07:01.Just that one break of serve in the first set.

:07:02. > :07:17.Too good! Safarova has to make sure when she hits that backhand slice it

:07:18. > :07:57.is still moving through the court and staying low.

:07:58. > :08:06.A very important hold from Makarova, particularly from 0-30. Very much

:08:07. > :08:11.so. The last forehands, the slices are so effective on this surface.

:08:12. > :08:15.They wouldn't be as effective on grass or on hard court, where they

:08:16. > :08:24.would sit up. They don't have a lot of pace and stayed down low. Big

:08:25. > :08:31.football fan is Ekaterina Makarova. I suppose you're become a football

:08:32. > :08:36.fan, with the US playing in the World Cup tonight. It is becoming

:08:37. > :08:38.big in the United States. For the fist time everybody's much more

:08:39. > :09:02.interested in this World Cup. Just one or two errors creeping into

:09:03. > :09:18.the Safarova game. You sense a possible shift in momentum.

:09:19. > :09:29.Makarova is looking, but choosing not to challenge. So tough to defend

:09:30. > :10:09.the Safarova serve, because she is using that lefty slice out wide.

:10:10. > :10:13.The forehand not hit with the same confidence as Safarova was hitting

:10:14. > :10:45.with in the first set. Well the umpire being hit by

:10:46. > :11:19.accident! They can take it! Could have caught it really!

:11:20. > :11:24.I did catch one once as an umpire. If I hadn't caught it, it would have

:11:25. > :11:51.hit me! Using that serve so effectively. It

:11:52. > :11:54.was a fifth ace for Lucie Safarova, who has had to come from behind in

:11:55. > :12:19.her last two service games. A first serve dismissed with

:12:20. > :13:14.contempt. It is sitting is up invitingly right

:13:15. > :13:46.at the hitting point, that serve. What timing! Knew where it was

:13:47. > :14:02.going. She read it. Two break points.

:14:03. > :14:25.That is long and there is the break. She's come through a couple of

:14:26. > :14:31.minicrises. She still has all the confidence in the world. Her

:14:32. > :14:35.returning is so good. It is Po important for Safarova, who has

:14:36. > :14:39.struggled in such critical matches this year against top players to

:14:40. > :14:43.finish out and win those matches, get herself across the finish line

:14:44. > :14:47.to not think about this as being the quarter finals possibility to get

:14:48. > :14:52.her in the first semi final ever. Just needs to break it down to one

:14:53. > :15:11.point at a time. Not even games. But just be very clear on what her

:15:12. > :15:18.strategy needs to be. Now the essential thing for her is, as

:15:19. > :15:22.Billie Jean King would say, stay in the moment. Don't allow your mind to

:15:23. > :15:31.go forward to the possible consequences of the match. The old

:15:32. > :15:33.cliche, one point at a time. It is a lovely situation to be in, a set and

:15:34. > :17:10.a break to the good. Certainly the forehand is looking a

:17:11. > :17:17.little more shaky now. Keep the racket head speed, but give myself

:17:18. > :17:30.more margin, if she is starting to feel the nerves.

:17:31. > :17:36.But keep serving yourself out of trouble. Up to six aces now. 21 for

:17:37. > :18:10.the Championships. Just looking at the direction of the

:18:11. > :18:34.first serves and it is seven out wide.

:18:35. > :18:39.Seven aces. Third service game in a row that Safarova's had to come from

:18:40. > :19:15.behind. But she is serving so well. Absolutely essential for Makarova to

:19:16. > :19:33.hold this service game to stay in touch.

:19:34. > :19:41.Safarova has played a very good match up to this point. But Makarova

:19:42. > :20:11.has not played anywhere near the level she did against Radwanska.

:20:12. > :20:24.That is a poor miss. Safarova really backed off and had given her a mid

:20:25. > :20:29.court ball. That ball was hanging. She should have pounced on that. To

:20:30. > :21:05.me, that is nerves. Terrific play again from Safarova

:21:06. > :21:13.and these are two points now for the double-break. Safarova's moved much

:21:14. > :21:17.better. She has been able to defend and keep herself in points.

:21:18. > :21:23.Makarova, once she is on the defence, it is tough for her to

:21:24. > :21:37.bring the point back to newt roll. -- it

:21:38. > :21:45.Oh that was a juicy one there. An opportunity to get the 4-1 lead, the

:21:46. > :22:07.double break and give yourself some cushion.

:22:08. > :22:27.Superb. She really handled that last point nicely. That opportunity was

:22:28. > :22:32.huge when she missed that forehand up the line and she became more

:22:33. > :22:38.aggressive and finished the point off at net. Challenged herself and

:22:39. > :22:50.said, OK, don't let up, let's apply more pressure.

:22:51. > :23:01.You get the impression now the only person who can beat Safarova today

:23:02. > :23:05.is Safarova. If she starts to think of the enormity, just once a Grand

:23:06. > :23:11.Slam quarter finalist seven years ago and now she is stairing at a

:23:12. > :23:19.major semi final. Absolutely. Just if that gets in her head too much

:23:20. > :23:24.and she starts to feel tight. That would be the most problematic for

:23:25. > :23:30.Safarova now. She has got to continue to just play exactly the

:23:31. > :23:43.same way. If she wins this match, we are guaranteed an all-Czech semi

:23:44. > :24:30.final. Not surprising that the Czech Republic are strong in Fed Cup.

:24:31. > :24:43.just the aces, seven of those, but the number of unreturnable serves.

:24:44. > :25:15.That looks like it was worth a challenge venlt she has three -- she

:25:16. > :25:44.has three left. Credit Makarova for staying

:25:45. > :25:45.positive. She looked to be a little negative at the end of the first

:25:46. > :26:37.set. Five games in a row for Lucie

:26:38. > :26:49.Safarova. One more will take her into the semi finals. She has never

:26:50. > :26:56.been, the 27-year-old. I didn't anticipate this score line between

:26:57. > :27:08.two players ranked one place apart from each other.

:27:09. > :27:15.Not only has Safarova served better than Makarova, but she has returned

:27:16. > :27:19.much better as well. The first serves and the second serves she has

:27:20. > :27:44.jumped all over. Her first double fault. Makarova's

:27:45. > :28:18.looked nervous from the first game. It is long and these are three match

:28:19. > :28:19.points for Lucie Safarova. Just 57 minutes. Certainly didn't expect

:28:20. > :29:10.this. Grand Slam semi finalist after so

:29:11. > :29:16.many years of trying. First ranked in the top 100 in 2005. We have

:29:17. > :29:22.always known about the talent and today there were no doubts about the

:29:23. > :29:27.mind. There are a few people standing up. That is a nice ovation

:29:28. > :29:30.from some. I think they did that, because they saw how important this

:29:31. > :29:37.was to Safarova. She has been on the tour for about a decade. To finally

:29:38. > :29:45.make her first semi final in a Grand Slam and to be at Wimbledon, you can

:29:46. > :29:59.tell it means the world to her. She puts in a lot of work. The Czech

:30:00. > :30:04.Republic are guaranteed a finalist. The two other Czech players meet

:30:05. > :30:09.later today. And he will be thrilled. He is a colourful

:30:10. > :30:14.character, great fun to be around and I don't think he will allow

:30:15. > :30:26.Lucie much of a party tonight, but he might have one or two! She will

:30:27. > :30:32.want to savour this moment. The biggest moment of her tennis career.

:30:33. > :30:39.Very exciting. She took this match, played extremely well, handled the

:30:40. > :30:45.situation better. Served extremely well, just dictated on her serves,

:30:46. > :30:52.great placement, high first serve percentage. A very clean match all

:30:53. > :30:56.round. She started to get a little nervous midway through the second

:30:57. > :31:05.set, but then she was able to become sturdy again. To my mind the

:31:06. > :31:14.essential game was 0-40 serving for the first set. Came up with two aces

:31:15. > :31:18.and two unreturnable first serves. It was fantastic. It is Lucie

:31:19. > :31:26.Safarova who is the first player, either male or female through to a

:31:27. > :31:33.semifinal. After an overwhelming victory, it has to be said, against

:31:34. > :31:42.a cat to read a Makarova. -- Katarina Makarova. Safarova is

:31:43. > :31:48.through to the semifinals. She now speaks to Lee McKenzie. No wonder,

:31:49. > :31:54.big smiles and some laughter. What a fantastic performance. It is

:31:55. > :32:02.amazing. I do not know what to say. It is indescribable. I played really

:32:03. > :32:07.well today. I really wanted to get through this match. I am so happy.

:32:08. > :32:13.We could tell watching you on court, every point mattered. What were you

:32:14. > :32:17.most proud of, happy about? I think I was serving well and being

:32:18. > :32:27.aggressive, coming for my shots and taking her time away. That was the

:32:28. > :32:32.key. We have plenty of Czechoslovakian players left in the

:32:33. > :32:39.match. You will be playing Kvitova or Barbara is a love over Strycova.

:32:40. > :32:50.It is not always easy. For me, every match, it is amazing. To be in the

:32:51. > :32:57.semifinals... It is Mr dream come true. I'm going to go there, and

:32:58. > :33:03.enjoy. Will you watch their match later today? I might, it will be a

:33:04. > :33:06.good match. They are both great players. Congratulations, enjoy the

:33:07. > :33:24.moment. Thank you. DAVID MERCER: Lucie Safarova might

:33:25. > :33:28.get a chance to watch the end of that match. I would imagine she will

:33:29. > :33:36.spend an hour doing her breasts duties. I am sure they will all want

:33:37. > :33:37.to be talking to her. It is a fabulous moment. -- doing her press

:33:38. > :33:49.duties. It is fantastic. But I will say, it

:33:50. > :33:54.is one thing to celebrate. You need to go and do that press and

:33:55. > :33:59.celebrate a bit, but if you want to have a chance in the next round, you

:34:00. > :34:04.really need to try and calm it down, remain focused. Sometimes we see

:34:05. > :34:13.these players, they have their first big breakthrough, they get

:34:14. > :34:19.overwhelmed and do not stay focused. I hope she does not think this is

:34:20. > :34:26.good enough now that she has got to where she dreamt of being.

:34:27. > :34:30.Overachieved, basically. I hope she stays focused for the semifinals.

:34:31. > :34:43.She gets the day. As we look at these statistics, eight aces, served

:34:44. > :34:47.so well, 70% of first serves in. You look at the total winners, 24. It is

:34:48. > :35:06.so impressive. Very impressive. Safarova had seven break point

:35:07. > :35:07.opportunities. Makarova had a couple of sniffs at the break point but

:35:08. > :35:24.never broke Safarova. We have not always seen that from

:35:25. > :35:29.Lucie Safarova, nice majority. -- maturity.

:35:30. > :35:36.Coming up in a moment on Court Number One, we will have women's

:35:37. > :35:41.doubles featuring the Williams sisters, Serena Williams and Venus

:35:42. > :35:50.Williams against Kristina Barrois and Stefanie Voegele. Sue Barker is

:35:51. > :35:54.busy with BBC1. Tracy, talk and little more about the Williams

:35:55. > :36:01.match. I will vacate and you will be joined shortly by Barry Davies. Then

:36:02. > :36:09.Virginia Wade will be taking your seat. Serena Williams, out of the

:36:10. > :36:15.singles way to early this year, losing to Alize Cornet. A surprise

:36:16. > :36:23.loss, lost in the third round of the French women. Serena lost to Cornet

:36:24. > :36:32.in Dubai. But we thought on the grass, where Serena was the

:36:33. > :36:41.five-time winner in singles and multiple winner in the doubles with

:36:42. > :36:46.her sister, Venus. Venus had 8/2 third round match with Petra

:36:47. > :36:50.Kvitova. Kvitova played a fantastic match. She said she thought it was

:36:51. > :36:58.the best grasscourt tennis she has played since becoming a champion in

:36:59. > :37:03.2011. She beat Venus 5-7, 7-6 and 7-5. Kvitova played in her

:37:04. > :37:15.quarterfinal match later on today against her fellow Czechoslovakian

:37:16. > :37:22.player. I am excited to see Serena and Venus still here, ready to play

:37:23. > :37:29.doubles. Such a formidable team. And still enjoy it, I am sure. They do,

:37:30. > :37:34.they love to play together. Venus turned 34, she said she wants to

:37:35. > :37:38.play at least until Rio. Possibly singles, but definitely doubles in

:37:39. > :37:45.the Olympics. She has enjoyed herself hear this year, even though

:37:46. > :37:52.she has left and her sister has left. Now you can leave and Virginia

:37:53. > :38:20.Wade can come and replace you. Thank you Barry, have a great match.

:38:21. > :38:35.BARRY DAVIES: Not many people moving at the end of that match, it. It is

:38:36. > :38:42.always very difficult at the end of a performance like that. Waiting for

:38:43. > :38:48.the Williams sisters. You think, shall we go and have a couple key or

:38:49. > :38:59.what ever? Still plenty of people out on the hill. -- cup of tea. SUE

:39:00. > :39:04.BARKER: Thank you to Tracey and David, we are moving away from Court

:39:05. > :39:15.Number One. The singles action continues on this second Tuesday. We

:39:16. > :39:23.have Rafael Nadal and Mick Kyrgios. -- Nick. K Nishikori is up against

:39:24. > :39:25.Raonic. Raonic is leading to- one onset three. We will stay with this

:39:26. > :39:46.one. COMMENTATOR: Raonic looking strong

:39:47. > :39:52.at the moment. As to face the moment of serving for it, if he does serve

:39:53. > :39:55.for it. It has been a real transformation throughout this

:39:56. > :39:59.match. Nishikori breaking in the opening set and looking so good,

:40:00. > :40:04.Raonic looking unsettled. But not looking unsettled any more. He was

:40:05. > :40:11.broken in the very first game of the match, and that was it. The only

:40:12. > :40:17.chance Nishikori had. Since then, nice adjustments made by the

:40:18. > :40:20.23-year-old. Nishikori 24 years of age. Really struggling. Struggling

:40:21. > :40:25.as much physically as he is mentally. We know he has had

:40:26. > :40:34.problems with blisters on his left foot. Doesn't seem to be walking

:40:35. > :40:40.totally comfortably. But he is hanging in there. His trainer came

:40:41. > :40:45.out and taped it up a bit, had to remove one of the socks he was

:40:46. > :41:22.wearing. Nishikori, two sets to one down.

:41:23. > :41:32.That is more like it, 122. Hit with some confidence.

:41:33. > :41:37.He needs these first serves at the moment, especially if he is not

:41:38. > :41:48.going to work for his points. That backhand by Raonic has done a

:41:49. > :41:53.lot of damage. It has grown in the course of the match. He has been

:41:54. > :42:00.able to flatten it out. Nishikori does not appear to want to one that

:42:01. > :42:06.-- does not seem to want the long rallies. Even that return, Raonic

:42:07. > :42:09.was on it. We have not seen Nishikori use the wide serve for a

:42:10. > :42:28.while. He has missed more forehands as this

:42:29. > :42:34.match has gone on man backhands. Do you think Nishikori has clocked

:42:35. > :42:38.that? No, he has not figured it out. His mindset was to break the

:42:39. > :42:43.backhands down and because it is not working he has felt lost. It is like

:42:44. > :42:51.I is having a plan B or plan C, a lot of them don't.

:42:52. > :43:01.That is becoming easy meat for Raonic, the second serve, 88 mph.

:43:02. > :43:05.That is why it is so critical to be able to think clearly on the court.

:43:06. > :43:09.You have to be able to make adjustments on the go, and pressure.

:43:10. > :43:18.Nishikori hasn't, not as well as Raonic. There is a wide one. You

:43:19. > :43:20.have got to do it. Got to keep your opponent honest. You have to be able

:43:21. > :43:39.to think clearly under pressure. Two good. A lovely forehand. What is

:43:40. > :43:43.different about that one coming he moved to it so well. Earlier in the

:43:44. > :43:47.match he were struggling to get to the forehand, but he has been

:43:48. > :44:17.growing in confidence throughout the match.

:44:18. > :44:25.Going for the serve out wide again, tried it twice. One thing Raonic

:44:26. > :44:30.does not have to worry about is Nishikori serving and coming in. He

:44:31. > :44:43.no Nishikori will lay it in there and he can hit his return. De she

:44:44. > :44:51.backhand up the line has made the difference in the match. It is

:44:52. > :44:55.something Nishikori never expected. Raonic just flattens it out over the

:44:56. > :44:59.high part of the net. That makes this forehand easy. He wants a break

:45:00. > :45:30.badly here. They are different, Raonic is moving

:45:31. > :45:37.to the net today. Nishikori has to start the point over every time the

:45:38. > :45:49.ball comes back. Nishikori's fourth game point in this fourth game of

:45:50. > :45:54.the fourth set. And finally. The last 20 minutes of this match has

:45:55. > :45:59.been all about Nishikori hanging in there. And yet, if players do hang

:46:00. > :46:06.on in there, their fortunes can change. Absolutely. Raonic can have

:46:07. > :46:12.one bad service game and if Nishikori can cash in we could have

:46:13. > :46:21.a fifth set. Absolutely, he is hanging on by a thin thread.

:46:22. > :46:26.Here's hoping this man may give him some charity. Raonic with the new

:46:27. > :46:38.balls, 2-2 in the fourth set. You have to pay attention when you

:46:39. > :46:47.are going for the centre service line.

:46:48. > :46:56.Not really able to move and cover that shot with ease, I think that is

:46:57. > :47:01.why his foot is bothering him. It is such a struggle for Nishikori to get

:47:02. > :47:03.to a ball he would normally feel good about getting too.

:47:04. > :47:56.Raonic. This was a second serve, a rare opportunity for Nishikori. Not

:47:57. > :48:08.a bad return. To some players it would be very

:48:09. > :48:13.good moralising to not be able to get into any of these service games,

:48:14. > :48:17.but when you are playing at Wimbledon in the final 16 and you

:48:18. > :48:24.are down 2-1, forget about it. Just take care of your own serve. And he

:48:25. > :48:34.has. Another couple of aces from Raonic. He is up to 34. Potentially

:48:35. > :48:41.just three games away from a first quarterfinal at Wimbledon. 3-2 in

:48:42. > :48:47.the fourth set. We have got a good old-fashioned, grass court tennis

:48:48. > :48:54.match. Not a lot of serving and volleying. The serving is keeping

:48:55. > :48:59.the points short. It has been a fascinating battle, but it has not

:49:00. > :49:05.been that even since Raonic broke in the third game of the second set.

:49:06. > :49:10.That is when the match changed. I believe that was the game, cracks me

:49:11. > :49:18.if I am wrong, we were saying how well Nishikori had been playing. --

:49:19. > :49:23.correct me if I am wrong. Two glorious passing strokes and then

:49:24. > :49:26.lost his way. Lost four points on the run and since then the match has

:49:27. > :50:00.been in Raonic's command. Raonic, I beg your pardon, Nishikori

:50:01. > :50:11.serving. Raonic returning, trying to break.

:50:12. > :50:18.Early on in this match, when the ball was coming on Nishikori's

:50:19. > :50:25.bracket, it was coming off with more pace, more power than Raonic. --

:50:26. > :50:32.racket. That is not the case any more.

:50:33. > :50:41.It is shot Nishikori also using in the first set. Fabulous, running

:50:42. > :50:42.Raonic all over the place, because he had the early break and had a lot

:50:43. > :50:55.of confidence. When Raonic got broken in the first

:50:56. > :50:59.game, you've was shaken up. That is like being in a 12 round fight and

:51:00. > :51:04.getting knocked down in the first round. That is exactly what

:51:05. > :51:23.Nishikori needed. This match still on a knife edge.

:51:24. > :51:28.Just keep it at arms distance. It is massive in Japan and massive in

:51:29. > :51:33.Canada. This is big stuff for the fans and compatriots of both

:51:34. > :51:37.players. Raonic, 3-3 in the fourth set. We will see if Nishikori can

:51:38. > :51:52.get some positive energy going. Well played. That is how you stop

:51:53. > :52:01.the energy. Good return, but well played. Coming in and serving and

:52:02. > :52:03.volleying, old school tennis. In the old days everybody came in on first

:52:04. > :52:20.and second serves. Well played. Again, Nishikori

:52:21. > :52:25.getting both returns back. Still unable to foster a point. A little

:52:26. > :52:28.more intensity about Nishikori in that point. Did not read the line of

:52:29. > :52:54.the ball. There you go, that is old school.

:52:55. > :52:58.Good return, crosscourt. Just taking his time. Got Raonic out of

:52:59. > :53:10.position. Well done. It is the middle of the night in

:53:11. > :53:11.Japan, I wonder if the sun may be beginning to rise a little bit for

:53:12. > :53:45.Nishikori. That is brilliant, that is

:53:46. > :53:51.outstanding from Raonic. That was a good point from Nishikori. I do not

:53:52. > :53:56.think Nishikori could have played it any better. Rips this one up the

:53:57. > :54:02.line. On a dead run, right behind him.

:54:03. > :54:25.Goliath is not being nice to David right now.

:54:26. > :54:37.That will be demoralising for Nishikori, he got every return back

:54:38. > :54:38.and still only victory macro -- still only won one point. Raonic

:54:39. > :54:56.getting ever closer at 4-3. It is a tennis playing country that

:54:57. > :55:02.Raonic comes from, but they have had precious little to cheer. The best

:55:03. > :55:07.ranking switched allegiance to Great Britain, that was Greg Roger Askey

:55:08. > :55:29.-- Greg their most famous player was not

:55:30. > :55:34.playing for Canada. SUE BARKER: We will move briefly away. Over on

:55:35. > :55:38.Court Number One, this is Serena Williams, out of the singles but

:55:39. > :55:42.playing in the doubles with Venus. She has called for the doctor on

:55:43. > :55:47.Court Number One. Feeling unwell, things not looking good for the

:55:48. > :55:55.Williams sisters in now match. That is the scene on Court Number One at

:55:56. > :55:58.the moment. That is the scene and over here on BBC Two we will keep

:55:59. > :56:03.you up-to-date with the match on Court number three between Raonic

:56:04. > :56:13.and Nishikori. But we are going to take you to Centre Court to show you

:56:14. > :56:17.Rafael Nadal against Nick Kyrgios. Only his second Grand Slam

:56:18. > :56:22.championship. On serve in the opening set. Let's join our

:56:23. > :56:37.commentators Tim Henman, John McEnroe.

:56:38. > :56:47.Break point on the Nadal serve. The fanatics are fired up, early. Can't

:56:48. > :56:55.believe they are seeing this guy taking it to Nadal.

:56:56. > :57:31.That was awfully close. He had that one. Lined up. He could taste the

:57:32. > :58:29.break. Nadal digs himself out of that zero

:58:30. > :59:05.-30 deficit to hold serve. Nadal starting to get a little

:59:06. > :59:13.frustrated, he has done nothing so far on Kyrgios's serve. He wants to

:59:14. > :59:19.make an feel the weight of the occasion, but it has not happened

:59:20. > :59:39.yet. He has come out on Centre Court warmed up and ready to play.

:59:40. > :59:54.Kyrgios Continues to get through service games in the blink of an

:59:55. > :59:59.eye. UMPIRE: New balls please. You cannot ask for anything more if you

:00:00. > :00:04.are Kyrgios. Holding easily, playing quickly, getting Nadal out of his

:00:05. > :00:09.rhythm. Playing at the pace he wants to. Almost forcing Nadal to play

:00:10. > :00:15.quicker than he would like. He has had a pretty good look at break

:00:16. > :00:21.point opportunity. And the crowd obviously starting to file back in,

:00:22. > :00:26.not knowing much about this guy. But you have to be mightily impressed.

:00:27. > :00:29.They have been waiting for years. I went years ago, playing an event in

:00:30. > :00:32.Adelaide. They were talking about this guy. They said, watch out for

:00:33. > :00:51.him. 2013 Australia junior champion. Two

:00:52. > :00:56.times doubles champion here at Wimbledon. Not the same level of

:00:57. > :01:02.success in Wimbledon in the singles in the junior tournament. But what

:01:03. > :01:07.an impact he is making in this his first senior tournament. He is

:01:08. > :01:12.certainly starting to fill out and get stronger and understand what Tim

:01:13. > :01:16.said, what it takes. You practice for a week with Federer, you know

:01:17. > :01:31.you have got to double down with the training.

:01:32. > :01:58.Looks like he is on a practice session.

:01:59. > :02:17.So into a good position and no mistake.

:02:18. > :02:27.Another great return. Nadal's going to have to start mixing things up

:02:28. > :02:45.off the serve. That is a good body serve. That is

:02:46. > :02:50.what he needed to do. He loves to hit a wide one with that curve ball.

:02:51. > :02:54.If he gives Kyrgios width, he is giving him the opportunity to swing

:02:55. > :03:19.away on those returns. Terrific depth and then position as

:03:20. > :03:25.well. Break point for the second Nadal service game in succession. It

:03:26. > :03:29.is almost the attitude of ignorance is bliss. He is out there. He has no

:03:30. > :03:57.expectations. He is going out there to take his chances.

:03:58. > :04:06.As well he has played, second serve 96mph in the middle of the box. You

:04:07. > :04:10.would like that return back. That is tough to execute when you have the

:04:11. > :04:36.chance to serve for the set against a guy like Rafael Nadal.

:04:37. > :04:45.That is the type of point that Rafael Nadal wants to engage in.

:04:46. > :04:47.Hitting and moving. Extend it as long as possible. It is just too

:04:48. > :05:17.good. So Nadal sees off break point again.

:05:18. > :05:24.Remain on serve here in this opening set. But on two Nadal service games

:05:25. > :05:32.in a row, as his father looks on from the stand, Nadal has had to see

:05:33. > :05:39.off break points. Uncle Tony looks relatively calm right now. But he is

:05:40. > :05:47.starting to feel a little bit like, you know something? I don't want to

:05:48. > :06:09.keep seeing these aces. Another tough match.

:06:10. > :06:13.annoyed with the people in my box. Yeah, it's easy for you to say that

:06:14. > :06:15.up there. Look at the type of fire power he is dealing with with

:06:16. > :07:52.Kyrgios. service game. You would see that

:07:53. > :07:54.type of return employed more on a slower surface like at the French.

:07:55. > :08:25.He is just looking to get it deep. So Nadal able to get a couple of

:08:26. > :08:30.points on the board in a Kyrgios service game. But the Kyrgios

:08:31. > :08:37.service proving to be reliable as ever. He holds one against and we

:08:38. > :08:42.remain on serve. Talking about the similarities of the Aussies and

:08:43. > :08:52.Kyrgios reminds me of a, I think it was in 1996, a night match in the

:08:53. > :08:58.Australian Open. Mark Philippoussis taking on Pete Sampras.

:08:59. > :09:04.Philippoussis burst on to the scene and won when Sampras was world No 1.

:09:05. > :09:12.You see the fire power this young man has. It is an impressive opening

:09:13. > :09:20.set. It is nice to see a young guy that they talk about really being

:09:21. > :09:26.the real deal. You have got to think that he'll be, you're asking who the

:09:27. > :09:35.next guy is? That could be one of them. Kyrgios characterises himself

:09:36. > :09:41.as a big time player. He says he enjoys the crowd, he enjoys the

:09:42. > :09:44.occasion and he is certainly feeding on that this afternoon. He has got

:09:45. > :11:01.that attitude. You can see it. Terrific precision. He really got

:11:02. > :11:26.down well for that. He used his body.

:11:27. > :11:57.Nadal just encouraging himself with a quick "-Vamos" - come on!

:11:58. > :12:03.Terrific adjustment from Nadal. There is a reason why you hustle up

:12:04. > :12:08.quickly to get this ball above the net. Because it is a lot easier to

:12:09. > :12:35.deal with. It forces your opponent to move and guess.

:12:36. > :12:43.A discernible puff of chalk from that ace to close out that service

:12:44. > :13:05.game. We remain on serve. Been on court just over half an hour.

:13:06. > :13:18.Shooting from the hip! Nadal had given him two or three different

:13:19. > :13:40.types of shot. He backed off on the return, didn't bother Kyrgios.

:13:41. > :13:54.He is into double figures on the ace count, Nick kirp yos. -- Kyrgios.

:13:55. > :14:04.He is even laughing at how easy it is. I thought this was guy was one

:14:05. > :14:09.of the celebs! It is the beauty of the scoring system, if this was

:14:10. > :14:13.boxing, you would feel Kyrgios is a long way in front on points buchlt

:14:14. > :14:18.on serve in the first set, he is playing well, but he doesn't have

:14:19. > :14:24.anything to show for his good work just yet. That is true, but he has

:14:25. > :14:34.been the one that has had the chances. A couple of times on Rafael

:14:35. > :14:39.Nadal's serve, I mean, very, very close at already having one this

:14:40. > :14:45.set. Nadal's going to try to persevere and hope his level drops,

:14:46. > :14:53.Kyrgios, or he can lift his in the tie-break. You can see that so far

:14:54. > :14:59.as expected, it is expected that Kyrgios would play faster. It wasn't

:15:00. > :15:10.expected to me that he would win his service games this easily,

:15:11. > :15:18.consistently. Rafael Nadal preparing to serve to stay in the first set.

:15:19. > :15:24.We are on serve. 12th game. Nadal serving at 5-6. Cries of come on

:15:25. > :15:40.Aussie come down from the stands here at Centre Cour.

:15:41. > :15:51.That is his favoured serve. A body serve would seem to be a good bet

:15:52. > :16:34.against Kyrgios. That is a good response from Nadal.

:16:35. > :16:37.It is his third ace of the match. A good change up. You saw Kyrgios

:16:38. > :17:07.leaning towards the middle. That wasn't the fastest serve, but

:17:08. > :17:09.really tied up Kyrgios not able to get out of way and get anything on

:17:10. > :18:40.the return. He is still not out of the woods. A

:18:41. > :18:43.strong effort by Kyrgios. Putting some major pressure on the No 2

:18:44. > :19:13.seed. The No 1 ranked in the world. What a return! Set point for

:19:14. > :19:32.Kyrgios. This is a fantastic effort. Unbelievable!

:19:33. > :19:49.That is worth a challenge for sure. A close call. Hawk-Eye being

:19:50. > :19:52.implemented for the first time in this match. A paper thin difference

:19:53. > :20:27.between the ball and the line! Just 89mph on that second serve and

:20:28. > :20:30.you heard the cry of frustration from Kyrgios. As he could only find

:20:31. > :21:02.the tram-lines. So Nadal sees off set point. We are

:21:03. > :21:06.headed for a first set tie-break. Every match he has played at

:21:07. > :21:10.Wimbledon, he has struggled the first set. Lost the first set of the

:21:11. > :21:17.first three matches. He would sure like to pull this one out.

:21:18. > :21:28.Take away some of this big guy's confidence, the youngster. Reminds

:21:29. > :21:35.me of the guy we saw here in the commentators box a few minutes ago,

:21:36. > :22:25.Boris Becker. Here I am! 17 when he won this!

:22:26. > :22:33.Outlasting Nadal during a lengthy rally of 16 strokes, he gets the

:22:34. > :22:37.mini-break. Might say outlasting, but it almost looks like he is out

:22:38. > :23:09.powering him. Nadal not helding any of his serve

:23:10. > :23:40.during the tie-break to this points. He is riled, is Nadal. He can't

:23:41. > :23:45.believe he is having to go through the same thing he has had to go

:23:46. > :24:09.through in the first week of the tournament.

:24:10. > :24:21.One of the first tight shots he has hit. But he has a pretty demanding

:24:22. > :25:12.lead. He never got his feet in the right position.

:25:13. > :25:18.great one. But he made him play. That is all you could ask for at

:25:19. > :25:25.this stage, this big moment. He would love to speak one of the --

:25:26. > :25:29.sneak one of the two points to take a 5-2 lead. It would be more

:25:30. > :26:40.difficult if it is 4-3. The pressure back on the Kyrgios

:26:41. > :26:43.serve. He will be thinking about that backhand at 4-0 if he loses

:26:44. > :27:14.this point. Brilliant play from Kyrgios. Gave

:27:15. > :27:19.Nadal the run around. Nadal with a rare mistake. Watching his own ball

:27:20. > :27:21.to see if it would go in and he was not in position to cover. That was

:27:22. > :27:47.forcing him to scramble. For the second time, Nick kirp yos

:27:48. > :27:52.has set -- Kyrgios has set point. It is almost like a he took a bit off

:27:53. > :27:54.that serve and it was still 125mph and when it is that accurate, it is

:27:55. > :28:49.not coming back. Where is he going to go? He is going

:28:50. > :29:47.to go fast! 19-year-old lives on. Are we in for

:29:48. > :29:51.a very big shock? Rafa Nadal has dropped the opening set in all of

:29:52. > :29:56.his matches so far but we will be right back as Rafael Nadal leaves.

:29:57. > :29:59.Some time to show you the big story on Court Number One, Serena

:30:00. > :30:07.Williams, she was here earlier with the dog. Sitting down at her chair.

:30:08. > :30:12.-- the doctor. She tried to play on, playing three games but she was just

:30:13. > :30:18.unable to get her service into court, her sister was in tears and

:30:19. > :30:23.after consultation, she decided enough was enough and she was not

:30:24. > :30:24.well enough to carry on. What a disappointing end for the sisters

:30:25. > :30:27.here at Wimbledon, they are disappointing end for the sisters

:30:28. > :30:31.here at Wimbledon, they out of the singles and now, forced to withdraw

:30:32. > :30:37.from the doubles. So disappointing to see Serena Williams unable to

:30:38. > :30:42.continue. They love playing doubles, they have won it here before and

:30:43. > :30:47.they wanted another Wimbledon title after the disappointment of their

:30:48. > :30:56.singles. They keep on and -- opponents, Barrois and Voegele, they

:30:57. > :31:01.will go through. -- their opponents. Hugely disappointing for Venus

:31:02. > :31:08.Williams as well but the crowd were very supportive, and the doctor gave

:31:09. > :31:12.her something to try to help her feel better and she tried to play

:31:13. > :31:17.some games, hoping that medication would help and she would feel strong

:31:18. > :31:27.enough, but this is a very sad ending here on Court Number One.

:31:28. > :31:41.That was over on Court Number One, but a place in the quarterfinal for

:31:42. > :31:47.Raonic, winning the next three sets. So, Raonic will face a winner of the

:31:48. > :31:54.match on Centre Court at the moment, and all eyes are on Nick Kyrgios. --

:31:55. > :32:04.Raonic has only dropped one service game so far in this tournament. And

:32:05. > :32:08.back we go to Centre Court. Rafael Nadal has left the court. I hope the

:32:09. > :32:12.back we go to Centre Court. Rafael Nadal has left the court. I doesn't

:32:13. > :32:19.have his telephone with them. Even if you could get past this man, he

:32:20. > :32:23.will be a very difficult obstacle, he is playing with the most

:32:24. > :32:33.confidence he has ever played, Raonic is a top ten player, but this

:32:34. > :32:38.man, Kyrgios, how long? 18 months? Two years, before he is in the top

:32:39. > :32:45.ten? He looks like he absolutely came onto this court believing he

:32:46. > :32:53.could win this. Most definitely, some incredible serving, 13 aces. He

:32:54. > :33:01.lost only four points in the entire set on serve, he did not lose any

:33:02. > :33:09.point on first serve. You think you have it in the bag and you tighten

:33:10. > :33:11.up a little bit and Nadal is the all-time greatest, so he will make

:33:12. > :33:13.you work. up a little bit and Nadal is the

:33:14. > :33:21.all-time greatest, so And then to hit the serve like that. What is it

:33:22. > :33:27.that impressed you the most? To me, the most impressive thing was the

:33:28. > :33:32.mental aspect, how confident and relaxed he seems on this court. That

:33:33. > :33:39.has allowed him to play this game. You cannot teach this. His clarity

:33:40. > :33:44.of thought has been very impressive. He was the one creating all of the

:33:45. > :33:52.chances. He had opportunities on the Nadal service. And now, he does need

:33:53. > :34:07.to start all over again. That is one set. He lost the first set and three

:34:08. > :34:13.of the other matches. -- in three. So, the fourth match in succession,

:34:14. > :34:14.Nadal finds himself one set down with Kyrgios closing out the

:34:15. > :35:40.tie-break. Nadal serving. Clearly, they start he wanted and on

:35:41. > :35:46.this occasion, he is out there in a Grand Slam event and you have to win

:35:47. > :35:50.the best of five, that favours the better players. He is a type of

:35:51. > :35:51.the best of five, that favours the better players. He is player who

:35:52. > :36:00.will get better as the match progresses. That does seem easy.

:36:01. > :36:02.Amazing to think that Nadal as you number one in the world and watching

:36:03. > :36:04.this, I get the number one in the world and watching

:36:05. > :36:11.this, impression that he is hoping his opponent's level will drop

:36:12. > :36:19.because Kyrgios can maintain this type of serving, and it will be a

:36:20. > :36:23.very long afternoon. He is assuming he would not be able to do that.

:36:24. > :36:41.History suggests that he can do this.

:36:42. > :37:06.He is probably wishing that Richard Gasquet had put him away!

:37:07. > :37:12.That went against Richard Gasquet was his first five set win in just

:37:13. > :37:35.his second career five set match. There is one thing sustaining the

:37:36. > :37:42.level of play, hitting spots like this, but it'll be interesting to

:37:43. > :37:51.see if he the physical capabilities when his legs start to get tired.

:37:52. > :37:54.Whether he can keep getting into the right position to unload on these

:37:55. > :38:28.big ground strokes. You mentioned the fact that Nadal is

:38:29. > :38:36.hoping that the level of Kyrgios can drop, what can Nadal do to help the

:38:37. > :38:40.lizard that more quickly? He has to keep doing a very good job on his

:38:41. > :38:42.own serve, keep his nose in front and create some scoreboard pressure.

:38:43. > :39:01.Make sure he keeps moving. He had some second serves in his

:39:02. > :39:08.previous games. Clearly, he has to stop that from happening. Nadal will

:39:09. > :39:14.be looking to get onto his front foot in these rallies. But Kyrgios

:39:15. > :39:45.is striking the ball incredibly well.

:39:46. > :40:01.Kyrgios with the challenge. Just writing the line. -- Whiting. --

:40:02. > :40:27.biting. What a return! And Kyrgios skipping.

:40:28. > :40:35.Delighted at the outcome of that struck. That ball was kicked right

:40:36. > :40:49.into his strikes. He has to be loving this first hour of play. How

:40:50. > :41:26.this is going! This is a dream. Nadal under pressure at 30-30.

:41:27. > :41:32.That might be something of a new experience for Kyrgios because he

:41:33. > :41:34.was winding up on those ground strokes but Nadal played that final

:41:35. > :41:42.one with interest right down the line. Look at this. He just takes it

:41:43. > :41:53.straight up, extremely light, small grip. And he can generate incredible

:41:54. > :41:57.speed. To pull that off. When you look at Kyrgios, you did mention

:41:58. > :42:07.Mark Philippoussis, the same with Kyrgios, Greek - Australian father.

:42:08. > :42:34.His mother is managing. -- Malaysia. Just that mix. It is filling up. He

:42:35. > :42:40.is listed at 171 macro on. -- lbs. He is moving on to becoming a

:42:41. > :43:14.heavyweight as we speak. Kyrgios serving. New balls in play.

:43:15. > :43:27.His backhand is much more solid than his forehand. Interesting change

:43:28. > :43:30.from Nadal, giving him no place. It does not look like Kyrgios is

:43:31. > :44:02.struggling, though. That is the key, when Nadal does get

:44:03. > :44:08.that second serve opportunity, to make the most of it. Behind on his

:44:09. > :44:32.serve for the very first time in the match, Nick Kyrgios.

:44:33. > :45:15.Nick Kyrgios continuing to play with impressive poise. He averages about

:45:16. > :45:21.six miles per hour faster on his first serve coming into this

:45:22. > :45:24.tournament. On his second, it is eight miles per hour harder. There

:45:25. > :46:44.is adrenaline! He is helping the outside edge just

:46:45. > :46:52.presses onto the outside of the line.

:46:53. > :47:12.I would have loved to scene you, John, dealing with Hawk-Eye

:47:13. > :47:15.decisions like that! -- to have seen you. Would you have argued? I would

:47:16. > :47:34.have tried! That was a Leicester ring return! --

:47:35. > :47:39.blustering. They will soon need the speed gun. That was harder than the

:47:40. > :48:54.serve! Rafael Nadal holding serve. But he

:48:55. > :49:00.knows that he is in a very tight battle, here. Nick Kyrgios thought

:49:01. > :49:03.he had the weapons to give Rafael Nadal something to think about but

:49:04. > :49:08.he is putting this together on the biggest stage on which he has ever

:49:09. > :49:14.played and Nadal has got plenty to ponder. He certainly does and it

:49:15. > :49:18.will be the curse of the commentator but Nick Kyrgios has played 24

:49:19. > :49:22.points on his first serve, only losing seven in the match, and that

:49:23. > :49:26.is such a great platform to play the rest of the game from. You are

:49:27. > :49:31.holding confidently, that gives him the opportunity to really be

:49:32. > :49:36.aggressive. As we have seen on his ground strokes from the back of the

:49:37. > :49:42.court. Conditions are very conducive for a very high quality tennis, it

:49:43. > :49:47.is not too hot. It is warm enough, the ball is moving through the air,

:49:48. > :49:54.this is a fantastic occasion, the best caught in the world. And the

:49:55. > :50:05.adrenaline was there, for sure. For this 19-year-old. You just wonder,

:50:06. > :50:13.how long can he keep this up? Nadal, as usual, trying to figure out some

:50:14. > :50:28.way into this. You can sense he is getting closer.

:50:29. > :50:38.He don't want to give Nadal an early lead in his service game.

:50:39. > :51:30.Kyrgios thought he was going to do again and he was totally fooled by

:51:31. > :52:11.that. Nicely done by Nadal. -- dig in.

:52:12. > :52:25.That is sensational! And look at the response from Kyrgios. He looked

:52:26. > :52:36.like he was going to jump out of his pants. He is looking to fire up this

:52:37. > :52:51.crowd. That adrenaline does not look like running out any time soon.

:52:52. > :52:57.I think Kyrgios knows this one is just wide. Or is it? I do not know

:52:58. > :53:46.about that. Look at this! What a rally! Nadal fired up at the

:53:47. > :53:55.conclusion of that point. You have to love this. Nadal finally starting

:53:56. > :54:29.to get into it. Continuing to swing freely, Nick

:54:30. > :54:38.Kyrgios. Without fear of consequence. He nearly missed that

:54:39. > :55:10.shot twice! Once at the net and once on the sideline.

:55:11. > :55:22.Once again, the level of Nadal improving as the match wears on. He

:55:23. > :55:58.has definitely picked it up. He is looking extremely sharp.

:55:59. > :56:07.One thing that can shut you down is that serve. 16, nine. If this goes

:56:08. > :56:41.for five sets, he will have 50 aces. There is not much pushing the ball

:56:42. > :58:18.going on out here. Youthful exuberance from Nick

:58:19. > :58:31.Kyrgios. Outrageous! All, my goodness! -- oh. That was the shot

:58:32. > :59:05.of the year. Nadal did not seem to be amused. The

:59:06. > :59:13.crowd is witnessing the birth of a new star. He will be tested, you

:59:14. > :59:24.better believe that, because Nadal has got his act together. You try

:59:25. > :59:26.these type of things at 40-0. We spoke about not thinking much. You

:59:27. > :59:51.don't have time. But he certainly has to get down to

:59:52. > :59:58.business. He came through a very tough last service game. Nadal with

:59:59. > :00:00.a pretty easy hold. Kyrgios is under a little bit of pressure, for the

:00:01. > :00:25.first time in the match. like it is bothered him. He missed

:00:26. > :00:28.phenomenon to April of 2014. -- February to April of 2014.

:00:29. > :00:33.Tremendous force in his serve and forehand.

:00:34. > :00:36.He appears to be suffering no ill effects of that. He looks stronger

:00:37. > :00:48.when he, before he was injured. It is nice when you can come back

:00:49. > :00:56.from an injury and you are actually better, in better condition, better

:00:57. > :00:58.form. The work you put in, to deal with that, and he has given himself

:00:59. > :01:14.some time to get the legs beefed-up. Imagine that he is a work in

:01:15. > :01:37.progress, we are watching right now. Raonic, one of the great serves you

:01:38. > :01:50.will see, he is in the quarter, waiting the winner of this.

:01:51. > :01:59.You got that number one player from Switzerland in the quarter, oh, that

:02:00. > :02:03.other guy that has 17 Grand Slam, currently the number two player in

:02:04. > :02:08.Switzerland, believe it or not. Kyrgios made that look easy.

:02:09. > :02:11.It is scary to think he is a work in progress when he is playing at this

:02:12. > :03:39.type of level. The encourage. From the side lines,

:03:40. > :03:49.from his coach, uncle Tony, perhaps inspiring that sixth ace.

:03:50. > :04:40.Crucial game coming up, with Kyrgios serving to extend this second set,

:04:41. > :04:42.but as you alluded to, Tim, we are perhaps witnesses a slight shift in

:04:43. > :04:46.the balance of this match, because Rafael Nadal is getting through his

:04:47. > :04:49.service games in a hurry, and the service games of Kyrgios are

:04:50. > :04:53.becoming just a bit more drawn out than they were to begin the

:04:54. > :04:59.match.some I think you are right. It is a bit of a role reversal from the

:05:00. > :05:04.first set. Kyrgios was flying through his service games and there

:05:05. > :05:08.is no doubt that Rafa has raised his levels, he is getting the up hand in

:05:09. > :05:12.some of the baseline point, and there is where Kyrgios's serve is

:05:13. > :05:17.going to be vital for him, to keep staying in touch, and potential

:05:18. > :05:21.solicitor get this set -- potentially get this set to a

:05:22. > :05:25.tie-break. Kyrgios has played three long matches, the marathon with

:05:26. > :05:31.Gasquet, two four set match, he is not used to that. When you play

:05:32. > :05:40.Nadal, that first hour and 25 feels like double that.

:05:41. > :05:46.You see that he has not hit... Maybe one or two body serves, but for the

:05:47. > :05:52.most part he believes he hits his spots. There is not a lot Nadal can

:05:53. > :06:36.do about it. It has proven to be true so far.

:06:37. > :06:50.Kyrgios keeping the pace very quick. Kyrgios is not letting him take his

:06:51. > :07:46.time. Ace number 20 to close out that game

:07:47. > :07:51.P It is an unusual serving pattern for a right Mandela hander against

:07:52. > :07:57.an lefty. You would have thought he would be going wide to the two

:07:58. > :08:02.handed backhand. -- for a right-hander.

:08:03. > :08:53.Two aces in a set and three-quarters.

:08:54. > :09:05.Perhaps he overran that ball. Couldn't get himself in position.

:09:06. > :09:47.It is not often you have to say you got Nadal's forehand too quickly.

:09:48. > :09:56.He cops to be solid off both side. More dependable, back in, bigger

:09:57. > :10:25.firepower on the forethan. -- forehand. Slightly more hit-miss.

:10:26. > :10:33.Even though Kyrgios to me is up a set more, more important for him,

:10:34. > :10:41.not that Nadal doesn't want this bad, this set, but to me, Kyrgios

:10:42. > :10:50.will benefit much more from winning in set. Nadal could come back.

:10:51. > :10:54.. Kyrgios did it once, in this tournament against Gasquet, but I

:10:55. > :11:01.would find this exceedingly difficult to be able to pull it off

:11:02. > :11:06.again against Nadal, to have to set, that would shift the momentum

:11:07. > :11:10.greatly. Hasn't had a straight set victory to this point in the

:11:11. > :11:19.tournament. The fans up on Henman Hill. Watching on the big screen.

:11:20. > :11:25.They have been treated to some enthralling tennis and glorious

:11:26. > :11:29.conditions. These are the type of conditions that players dream about.

:11:30. > :11:36.Where it is not too hot. It doesn't look like there is any wind. Just a

:11:37. > :11:44.fabulous time of day to play. Been on court more than 90 minutes

:11:45. > :11:48.now, but the level remaining improbably high. Kyrgios to serve,

:11:49. > :12:10.looking to force a second set tie-break. 5-6.

:12:11. > :12:14.Well that was an absolute gimme, tried to cut it too close. Didn't

:12:15. > :12:52.need to. Wasn't sure if that return was going

:12:53. > :13:05.to drop in, thought it would. Took the pace off that first serve.

:13:06. > :13:07.Replacement wonderfully precise. Bludgeoning Nadal off the court on

:13:08. > :13:35.that particular point. . This is the turning point Nadal is

:13:36. > :13:43.hoping for. If he wins this point... What a

:13:44. > :13:49.boost for Nadal, if he could win this. If he whiches this point, look

:13:50. > :14:32.out for his reaction. He mixed it up and surprised himself

:14:33. > :14:37.and got away with it: Like Federer. It looked for all the world he was

:14:38. > :14:59.going to go big, he hit a drop shot and ended up doing this. It worked.

:15:00. > :15:14.What a rally. Terrific retrieval skills on display as well. Pretty

:15:15. > :15:26.good shot. Nadal had to scramble hard to win that point.

:15:27. > :15:53.Had plenty of the court to aim at. Could only find doubles al---ally.

:15:54. > :16:28.-- alley. The serve of Kyrgios Kyrgios broken

:16:29. > :16:34.for the first time in a match. -- Nick Kyrgios.

:16:35. > :16:38.SUE BARKER: What a great atmosphere on Centre Court and what a match we

:16:39. > :16:46.have that will go late into the evening. One set all on Centre

:16:47. > :16:49.Court. Other matches today. Maria Sharapova has won -- sorry Maria

:16:50. > :16:53.Sharapova is out and Roger Federer has won. The talk is about a match

:16:54. > :16:57.that didn't get completed. You can see that Serena Williams is out of

:16:58. > :17:01.sorts. This is in the warm up, doubles match with her sister Venus,

:17:02. > :17:12.she went out of the tournament in the last round. After the warm up

:17:13. > :17:15.the doctor was called court side, and Pam Whitecross was in

:17:16. > :17:19.attendance, she had time at the side of the court. She tried to go

:17:20. > :17:22.through the motions of serving but four double faults and not just

:17:23. > :17:28.double faults, like that, bouncing before they got to the net, after

:17:29. > :17:31.three games of trying, a very tearful Serena Williams had to leave

:17:32. > :17:36.the court, and they are hearing from the doctor, a viral illness has

:17:37. > :17:41.affected her, so a disappointing end to Serena Williams and Venus out on

:17:42. > :17:44.Court Number One, so that is the story out on Court One, but here, we

:17:45. > :17:56.are heading back to centre. : How could he not be deflated

:17:57. > :18:02.Kyrgios, he was so close to taking the two sets to love lead. He was

:18:03. > :18:09.testing Nadal big time, and Nadal, finds way. He reminded me the guy

:18:10. > :18:14.who did the opening with Connors, when he pumped his fist, look at his

:18:15. > :18:23.first serve percentage. Barely missed any at all. Look at at his

:18:24. > :18:27.second points one. Second serve points won, 0%.

:18:28. > :18:30.Better make sure he gets the first ones. The one that matters is score

:18:31. > :18:42.board. He's a set all. If you hit the first serves you

:18:43. > :18:58.don't have to worry about the second.

:18:59. > :19:06.He knows to keep the intensity high, he won't let down at all. Kyrgios is

:19:07. > :19:13.going to have to figure out a way to keep that energy sky high.

:19:14. > :20:20.Nadal serving with new balls to begin this third set.

:20:21. > :21:14.Rare unforced error from that flank -- flank from Nadal.

:21:15. > :21:20.Not surprised to see he is de-- deflated but he better focus now,

:21:21. > :21:25.because this is where Nadal is going to try and pick it up everyone more.

:21:26. > :21:30.That is the beauty of Nadal breaking to win the second set. He gets to

:21:31. > :22:00.serve first in the third and keep the pressure on.

:22:01. > :22:01.As soon as Nadal finally got himself into position, Kyrgios was almost

:22:02. > :22:17.through his service action. He will command his service games on

:22:18. > :22:57.his terms and his tempo. Suppose to play the service base,

:22:58. > :23:01.you can't blame him if he wants to pull this off. He hasn't complained,

:23:02. > :23:03.he has just been there, as you said, that moment that Nadal looked up,

:23:04. > :25:48.the ball serve was coming. It the nice when you your backhand

:25:49. > :25:52.is that good, he can hit that well, but he still runs round it.

:25:53. > :26:01.That is how amazing his forehand is, that he runs round that shot.

:26:02. > :26:07.Nadal is naturally a right-hander, so it is almost cheating, that being

:26:08. > :26:19.a backhand because his right hand is so dominant in the shot. It would

:26:20. > :26:20.save him some energy not the run round it as much as he does, but

:26:21. > :26:29.that doesn't seem to be an issue. That last thing that goes on a court

:26:30. > :26:38.is your serve, I would say, the legs start to go. It is tougher to

:26:39. > :26:45.spring, move round the court. Focus on energy drinks.

:26:46. > :26:55.See if that, how that does. So Kyrgios will remain dangerous for a

:26:56. > :26:59.while. He has proven that serve is not only

:27:00. > :27:04.big, it has variety, it is not easy to tell where he is serving. He

:27:05. > :27:10.doesn't give it away at all. Just when you think he has developed

:27:11. > :27:13.a pattern, like he goes big up the middle, he was it is -- hitting them

:27:14. > :27:16.in a row. Fourth game, third set, Kyrgios to

:27:17. > :28:44.serve, one-two. You doesn't place the serve any

:28:45. > :30:07.better than that, that's for sure. point. Just the first negative

:30:08. > :31:18.signs. Another service hold for Nick

:31:19. > :31:19.Kyrgios. He is a pretty emotional player,

:31:20. > :31:22.Another service hold for Nick Kyrgios. He is a pretty feeding from

:31:23. > :31:27.the positive but he does not suffer any hangover. He does move on

:31:28. > :31:32.quickly. He does not dwell on the past and he has done a very good job

:31:33. > :31:36.in the early part of this set. You wondered if there would be any

:31:37. > :32:18.adverse reaction. He is hanging in very well.

:32:19. > :32:38.He has used that body serve enough to keep Kyrgios of his balance. --

:32:39. > :33:50.off. Such a very dependable shot for him.

:33:51. > :33:56.A lot of the victories from Nick Kyrgios have, in straight sets but

:33:57. > :34:01.this deep into the Grand Slam, this is a brand-new experience and you

:34:02. > :34:06.wonder if and when fatigue will become an increasing factor. Any

:34:07. > :34:12.first set, serving first, his nose was always in front and you feel bad

:34:13. > :34:16.for the last hour, he has been the one playing catch up. He lost his

:34:17. > :34:24.serve at the end of the second set and, again, behind him, that score

:34:25. > :34:30.and Nadal trying to build pressure. It takes effort to keep your

:34:31. > :34:36.concentration with that necklace dangling around your face! He does

:34:37. > :34:41.not seem to be bothered by anything, more mental fatigue than anything.

:34:42. > :34:47.All of a sudden, those expectations he has for himself and his people

:34:48. > :34:52.around him and his country, that will get to him and certainly will

:34:53. > :35:02.inspire him, initially. To keep up the space against someone this good.

:35:03. > :35:08.-- the pace. He is willing to any service games easily, Nadal. And

:35:09. > :35:15.sooner rather than later it will pay dividends for him. Into context, the

:35:16. > :35:23.winner of Richard Gasquet in the second round with his first tour

:35:24. > :35:41.level when. This is his first ever match against a top three opponent.

:35:42. > :36:36.He was able to hold it. I asked if fatigue would begin to become a

:36:37. > :36:45.factor as we approach two hours, but that final serve, that ace, came

:36:46. > :36:49.down at 129mph. Incredibly accurate and forceful. Almost two hours into

:36:50. > :37:04.this fourth-round match. He has had a couple of days off. He

:37:05. > :37:05.is 19. Good science very quick recovery from what he has gone

:37:06. > :37:46.through so far. -- signs for it. He can generate that type of power

:37:47. > :38:09.from that deep a position. Right-handers think being

:38:10. > :38:14.left-handed is an advantage and Nadal almost has doubled the

:38:15. > :38:17.advantage. On the forehand, on the back and he does get his forehand

:38:18. > :39:07.into it. -- backhand. Kyrgios did incredibly well to get

:39:08. > :39:12.that second stroke back. He was so anxious to stay ahead in that that

:39:13. > :39:38.he tried a pretty low percentage ball. To jump onto that so quickly.

:39:39. > :39:45.Kyrgios sharing your sentiments, he had the shot at fashioning the break

:39:46. > :40:01.point. That was a very good serve from Nadal.

:40:02. > :40:05.Excellent player from Kyrgios, putting Nadal to all corners of the

:40:06. > :41:06.court. -- play. Spectacular play. SUE BARKER: We will be back but

:41:07. > :41:11.there is a very big story, Serena Williams has been forced to withdraw

:41:12. > :41:14.from her doubles match, she seemed very dizzy and disorientated from

:41:15. > :41:19.the moment she walked onto the court and had a 30 minute medical time-out

:41:20. > :41:24.but she did look uncoordinated and she was forced to retire after three

:41:25. > :41:29.games. Let us get more on that. The matter how good Nick Kyrgios is

:41:30. > :41:34.playing, the headlines tomorrow will be about Serena Williams, I have

:41:35. > :41:41.find a contributing writer for the New York Times. Then, what is the

:41:42. > :41:46.latest? I have spoken to her coach and he had no idea what was wrong,

:41:47. > :41:52.he had not seen her in days. He realised she was out of the loop and

:41:53. > :41:56.hitting partner was the same, he did not know what was going on. There

:41:57. > :42:03.was a lot of concern and hope that she would be OK. There was a mixture

:42:04. > :42:06.of concern. She was disillusioned and the rumour mill is spinning

:42:07. > :42:11.around very quickly. Nobody has ever seen her like that on the court.

:42:12. > :42:16.Basic hand eye coordination. Hard to pin down. Everybody is up in

:42:17. > :42:25.whatever this is, it is not serious. Thank you. We will keep an eye on

:42:26. > :42:54.that, but we can go back to Centre Court.

:42:55. > :43:06.Brilliant backhand from Kyrgios. Deliberately hit short to test

:43:07. > :43:24.Kyrgios, who passes with flying colours, once again.

:43:25. > :43:32.That was the correct shot, that is a tactic he has used very well, making

:43:33. > :43:35.Nadal chain stretching. But he just overplayed that. -- changed

:43:36. > :44:25.correction. -- change direction. The retrieval skills of Rafael Nadal

:44:26. > :44:43.in full force string that point. -- during that point. He was too cute

:44:44. > :44:55.for his own good. He is dying 15-30. -- doiwn. -- down. He took out all

:44:56. > :45:12.of his frustrations on that forehand.

:45:13. > :45:45.He is just not giving Nadal the time that he wants to get ready, here.

:45:46. > :45:53.Nadal trying to tighten the screw, but the spirit of Kyrgios is

:45:54. > :46:04.remaining intact. Service hold. Deep into the third set. Even he looks

:46:05. > :46:40.frustrated. Trying to get over the hump with this young man.

:46:41. > :46:48.That has been the theme, Nadal has been holding serve pretty

:46:49. > :46:58.comfortably and he has been the one putting the pressure onto the from

:46:59. > :47:09.Kyrgios. -- the serve. Nadal at his best. When it is the business end of

:47:10. > :47:13.the set, to be holding serve comfortably is certainly a very good

:47:14. > :47:50.feeling and Nadal is doing a very good job. Looking to close this.

:47:51. > :47:57.Big moment, on the serve from Nick Kyrgios. At this point in the second

:47:58. > :48:05.serve, he blinked and was broken for the only time in the match. He faces

:48:06. > :48:10.the same scenario here. And this man is playing rock-solid tennis with

:48:11. > :48:16.that usual mix of placement and plenty of power. Would you like to

:48:17. > :48:23.hit your forehand like that? Just once! Also, the intensity. I have

:48:24. > :48:31.never seen anybody play this heart with every single point. It has not

:48:32. > :48:39.shown much, you mentioned the one time that he lost the serve, but it

:48:40. > :48:46.does pay off virtually every time in these type of matches. The best of

:48:47. > :48:51.five. It feels like you're out there for twice as long as ER when you

:48:52. > :48:59.play someone else like that. He makes you work so hard. In every

:49:00. > :49:04.way. -- as long as you are. Nadal practices at a sober -- similar

:49:05. > :49:10.level of intensity, demanding silence from those people watching

:49:11. > :49:15.going through every stroke routine. Practising as he intends to play. He

:49:16. > :49:20.will not necessarily get a very big serve before he practices, he will

:49:21. > :49:23.be content to play with one of the Spaniards. It does not seem to

:49:24. > :49:36.matter to him. He moved in and forced Kyrgios to

:49:37. > :50:13.come up with a much better angle. That was nice.

:50:14. > :50:26.Careless, there. Things have tightened up considerably for

:50:27. > :50:32.Kyrgios. He tried to hit that second serve at 117mph. It is brave, but

:50:33. > :51:09.stupid if you miss it. Nadal is going to be bitterly

:51:10. > :51:37.concerned with this return. Those unforced errors are making

:51:38. > :51:40.life harder for himself and at this stage of the set, he cannot afford

:51:41. > :51:59.to give Nadal any donation. This has to be worth a challenge? I

:52:00. > :52:02.have a feeling it just caught the outside edge. But for peace of

:52:03. > :52:35.mind... This is worth a challenge. So, the serve is dependable once

:52:36. > :52:46.again for Nick Kyrgios. Five games each. You were talking about 50 aces

:52:47. > :52:48.and I thought that was wrong, but 28 and were only in the third set. He

:52:49. > :53:19.is getting there! Well, Kyrgios would love to reverse

:53:20. > :53:23.the recent trend of not being able to get into the serve of Rafael

:53:24. > :54:19.Nadal. This is just the start that Rafael Nadal wanted.

:54:20. > :54:28.I am not sure what Rafael Nadal said to the umpire. I think he said, can

:54:29. > :54:29.you believe I missed that forehand? I have not missed that since I was

:54:30. > :54:53.nine years old! Or, do not call me for any other

:54:54. > :55:20.time violation, I am doing the best I can!

:55:21. > :55:29.Once again, Kyrgios will have to hold serve to extend this third set.

:55:30. > :55:33.SUE BARKER: We will be back but the story at Wimbledon is Serena

:55:34. > :55:39.Williams, who has pulled out of the tournament because of illness, it is

:55:40. > :55:45.a viral illness, and here is her sister, Venus Williams, leaving. And

:55:46. > :55:55.here comes Serena Williams, whether coach. -- with her. She still looks

:55:56. > :55:59.dizzy and disorientated. She had the doctor on the court for 30 minutes.

:56:00. > :56:04.She only completed third -- three games. Worrying times for Serena

:56:05. > :56:17.Williams and the family but that is a story, Serena Williams leaving

:56:18. > :56:22.Wimbledon this year. On her way. I am sure we will hear more on that

:56:23. > :56:34.story, but the official line is that it was a viral illness and she is

:56:35. > :56:39.still looking very unwell. That is her story, but back to Centre Court

:56:40. > :57:27.to see this youngster coming out to serve to stay in this third set.

:57:28. > :57:36.There is shade two thirds of the way through the court, it is picked to

:57:37. > :57:41.-- tough to pick up the serve, as it is. Coming into the shade. That

:57:42. > :58:23.makes it even more difficult for Nadal.

:58:24. > :58:31.Kyrgios letting out some frustration. And the Australian

:58:32. > :58:53.choir are trying to encourage their man.

:58:54. > :59:06.What a final forehand from Rafael Nadal! Set point. He just takes on,

:59:07. > :59:08.somehow. He tries even harder, and that does not seem possible. Set

:59:09. > :00:29.point chance. -- digs in. Nadal won't be thrilled to know that

:00:30. > :00:35.the deuce point when Kyrgios served up the middle, it was wide. If he

:00:36. > :01:09.challenged it he would have had a second serve.

:01:10. > :01:18.Kyrgios got off to the fast start in the first tie-break up four love.

:01:19. > :01:28.See how close this match is. 111 points to 110.

:01:29. > :01:32.That is brilliant from Nadal. Finding the passing lane as Kyrgios

:01:33. > :01:41.approached the net. Approaches, he doesn't even have

:01:42. > :01:57.time to get set ball comes back so fast.

:01:58. > :02:07.I think if you challenge that one, it would be in.

:02:08. > :02:41.Three sets up. Just dropped in. Kyrgios hoping --

:02:42. > :03:20.hopping in anticipation, hoping that ball would go long.

:03:21. > :03:24.Over cooked a few forehands in this tie-breaker. Anxious, Nadal, that is

:03:25. > :04:00.what this guy has done to him. That roar of frustration

:04:01. > :04:05.reverberated all round Centre Court. First players can appreciate the

:04:06. > :04:11.importance of this tie-break. A couple of unforced errors creeping

:04:12. > :04:17.in. Time for Kyrgios do a good job with his first serve. It has been

:04:18. > :04:21.the cornerstone of his game. 0 aces. Needs a few more of those right now.

:04:22. > :05:12.-- 30 aces. Brilliant from Kyrgios, hit into the

:05:13. > :05:19.gaps, where Nadal isn't, and finding the winner.

:05:20. > :05:26.Nadal was testing him, daring him to go too big, but he really did well.

:05:27. > :06:10.That was exceptional. Very well executed from Nadal.

:06:11. > :06:19.That was extremely close. Looked like he caught the back of the line.

:06:20. > :06:21.That brought and audible "Ooh from the crowd, but there was no call

:06:22. > :06:50.from the line official. Kyrgios was accused of not going

:06:51. > :06:52.for, the flat back he made with the line, he had an opportunity with

:06:53. > :06:56.tonne aring forehand, just hit it. Now the pressure back on his serve

:06:57. > :08:01.at 4-5. So set point Kyrgios, Nadal to

:08:02. > :08:32.serve. Pressure back on to the world number one.

:08:33. > :08:42.CLEAR UMPIRE: Game and third set Kyrgios.

:08:43. > :08:48.Kyrgios holds his arms aloft in celebration. He has prevailed in the

:08:49. > :08:53.tie-break. SUE BARKER: He is looking so cool on

:08:54. > :08:57.Centre Court, you wouldn't believe it is his first ever appearance at

:08:58. > :09:02.Wimbledon, very much at home and he is in the driving set -- seat, two

:09:03. > :09:08.sets to one up. To let you know tomorrow we have plenty of tennis to

:09:09. > :09:12.come, we will be on an hour earlier, play starts at midday, so if you

:09:13. > :09:17.want to tune in or you are coming get here early. It is Simona Halep

:09:18. > :09:21.against Sabine Lisicki. Then second on, Andy Murray, up against the

:09:22. > :09:27.champion of Queens Grigor Dimitrov. That is second on centre, and

:09:28. > :09:30.another men's quarter-final, a battle of Switzerland's Stan

:09:31. > :09:38.Wawrinka, up against Roger Federer. So that is on Centre Court, over on

:09:39. > :09:42.Court One: Eugenie Bouchard is now the favourite for many.

:09:43. > :09:45.Northern Rock against Cilic and Raonic, he is playing well too. Up

:09:46. > :09:49.against the winner of this match. Have we got a huge shock on our

:09:50. > :09:58.hands here late this evening? Let's go back to centre.

:09:59. > :10:05.That was the moment, with a third set tie-break was secured in favour

:10:06. > :10:09.of Nick Kyrgios, he leads the world number one by two sets to one, we

:10:10. > :10:14.have been on court for close to two-and-a-half hours now. I am not

:10:15. > :10:20.sure he can believe that. He was able to keep his nerve there, he

:10:21. > :10:24.looked all the world that Nadal would take over, as we look at the

:10:25. > :10:30.third set stats. He has continued to serve big, both of them actually

:10:31. > :10:36.have been effective. Been very stingy with their chances, Nadal had

:10:37. > :10:45.the one sparing the approach to the net, been UK acceptsful, Nadal more

:10:46. > :10:51.so when he has been, maybe perhaps, forced young 18-year-old, who has

:10:52. > :10:55.kind of big things on his mind like upsetting the world number one, he

:10:56. > :11:03.looks like that, he believes he can win this match and maybe the whole

:11:04. > :11:09.tournament. Milos Raonic Canadian, first time for a Canadian quarter,

:11:10. > :11:17.in I believe 100 year, so well done to him. This is so far remarkable

:11:18. > :11:26.effort from Nick Kyrgios. Tim Henman had to leave the commentary box so

:11:27. > :11:32.it is Ronald Mackintosh with John McEnroe.

:11:33. > :12:06.There he is again. Kyrgios engaging in conversation

:12:07. > :12:15.with himself, after overcooking two forehands on his opening service

:12:16. > :12:20.game in this fourth set. Believe it or not. He has 31 aces,

:12:21. > :12:27.if he had been watching, you would see why, if you have just joined us,

:12:28. > :12:29.we have a new star on our hands, in the tennis world.

:12:30. > :13:07.Make that 32. There has opinion a handful of ball,

:13:08. > :13:11.that being one of them, that have very much frustrated Nadal, that he

:13:12. > :13:13.hasn't been able to execute, a surprising amount of missing on that

:13:14. > :13:38.forehand. A key component of any at leelt is

:13:39. > :13:42.selective short-term memory loss. Nick Kyrgios -- Nick Kyrgios don't

:13:43. > :13:49.seem to overhang from a bad point he plays and he gets right back in to

:13:50. > :13:53.his rhythm, almost immediately. The Australian federation, his

:13:54. > :13:57.coaching staff, I am sure they have an army round this guy nou now,

:13:58. > :14:01.there is probably people flying in from Australia as we speak, to get

:14:02. > :14:06.round this guy, but they have got him very well focussed, and

:14:07. > :14:10.absolutely right, you need to Go get fast because he played two bad

:14:11. > :14:25.points to love-0 and pulled himself out of that game. Perfect example

:14:26. > :14:29.there. Must feel like for Nadal he has been

:14:30. > :14:47.running uphill most of this event. Well an inawe suspicious start to

:14:48. > :15:23.his opening game. -- inauspicious. She probably going to challenge

:15:24. > :15:27.that. -- he is probably going to challenge that. No. Very close,

:15:28. > :15:32.probably caught the lack of the -- back of the line. A lot of dirt back

:15:33. > :15:54.there. That is a terrific winner from

:15:55. > :16:01.Nadal. He is probably wondering why didn't

:16:02. > :16:05.I hit that shot at 30 all the last game. There are some opportunities

:16:06. > :16:24.he hasn't capitalised on. You have to hand it to Kyrgios, he

:16:25. > :16:30.-- Kyrgios, he is missing forehands like that.

:16:31. > :16:32.The pace of that Kyrgios's backhand, that flat one, is making it, making

:16:33. > :17:00.inroads on Nadal. Another big hitting exchange from

:17:01. > :17:02.beyond the baseline. Kyrgios may have had the edge in

:17:03. > :17:31.power but Nadal stayed the course. Remember, Rafael Nadal has yet to

:17:32. > :17:38.drop serve, there has only been one break the entire match.

:17:39. > :17:41.That was Nadal, winning the second set, Kyrgios is proving to be

:17:42. > :18:00.exceptionally tough to deal with. Accept Oh, just wide.

:18:01. > :18:04.He is forcing Nadal to play at mazes, he doesn't get to towel off

:18:05. > :18:06.the way he would like. Forcing the issue, no to doubt.

:18:07. > :18:30.-- at his pace. Let us see where he was standing,

:18:31. > :18:33.six feet behind the baseline, Nadal nowhere near that ball.

:18:34. > :19:07.Nadal looking to see if there is any pig. On the ball. Looking overall at

:19:08. > :19:19.the chair umpire. -- pigment on the ball. Kyrgios is

:19:20. > :19:30.none the worse for wear. So far, there is two days off. Good

:19:31. > :19:35.for him. The ace count cranked up to 34 now.

:19:36. > :19:43.Continuing to play with impressive poise and plenty of purr pose, deep

:19:44. > :19:48.into this match. We are in the fourth set, we have been on Court

:19:49. > :19:54.Four two hours and 39 minute, and as John alluded to, no let up in the

:19:55. > :20:00.level or intensity being produced by Nick Kyrgios. They will have to go

:20:01. > :20:04.out, whoever wins this and play tomorrow, a quarter-final, Milos

:20:05. > :20:08.Raonic also played today, he won in four sets, you can see that that

:20:09. > :20:12.coming off the shade, there is is a bit of sun still in that corner.

:20:13. > :20:19.Very difficult for the returner, Nadal in that case, to pick up where

:20:20. > :20:24.the serve is going. He has a nice easy flowing motion. He doesn't seem

:20:25. > :20:31.to put a lot, if any, strain on his body, which is a good thing. And

:20:32. > :20:35.doesn't seem to be suffering from any strain mentally despite the

:20:36. > :20:38.stage on which he is playing. That is absolutely true. It is something

:20:39. > :20:44.that players when they grow up dream about, to have that easy power,

:20:45. > :20:50.where, just, it is only going to get better, because this guy, at the

:20:51. > :20:55.Australian, he was suffering from issues, well, ended up being with

:20:56. > :20:58.the arm, but he also had some cramping problems, needed to improve

:20:59. > :21:05.his fitness. Now look at him. It is worth

:21:06. > :21:09.diligently in that -- it is working diligently in that regard. Deep into

:21:10. > :21:36.this fourth set, Nadal to serve. One-two.

:21:37. > :21:42.Nadal played a safer ball there, that is martyr for him, he doesn't

:21:43. > :21:48.have to hit an outright winner you can see Which? Was a way, way off

:21:49. > :21:50.the court. -- Kyrgios was. Don't take any

:21:51. > :22:07.unnecessary chances. Slight look of disbelief in Nadal's

:22:08. > :22:09.face. That this guy can keep this level,

:22:10. > :22:34.as long as he has already. Oh he hit Nadal off the court again,

:22:35. > :22:38.with a blistering forehand winner He could see the serve there but he

:22:39. > :22:42.sure made up for it the next shot. Just the fact he got in the point,

:22:43. > :24:09.and allowed him that opportunity, to rip that forehand.

:24:10. > :24:19.He has beautiful timing. That was the perfect shot there, to pull that

:24:20. > :24:24.out wide. That is Nadal normally, he makes life miserable for opponents

:24:25. > :24:45.with that serve, it opens the court up. Kyrgios just standing return.

:24:46. > :24:53.Terrific angle created once again from that backhand, we now have

:24:54. > :24:57.break point on a Nadal serve. His backhand has been rock solid for

:24:58. > :25:01.him. No chance for Nadal.

:25:02. > :25:24.How big is this point for Kyrgios? Nick Kyrgios jumps for joy having

:25:25. > :25:45.broken the serve of Rafael Nadal. Given how solid and dependable the

:25:46. > :25:48.serve of Kyrgios has been, not suggesting it is set point but he

:25:49. > :25:54.puts him in a strong position in this context of this match He has to

:25:55. > :26:22.break this guy's serve or the challenge is over.

:26:23. > :26:35.Oh yes! Finding the corners. You still don't expect this young

:26:36. > :26:44.guy, actually we are starting too to expect it.

:26:45. > :26:56.Unforced error from Nadal. Speaking of expectations, Kyrgios

:26:57. > :27:26.was cranking up the pressure on the world number one.

:27:27. > :27:33.Oh, fad nabbed at his best during the course of that point. Somehow

:27:34. > :27:37.getting the ball back in to play, unforced error from Kyrgios,

:27:38. > :27:41.concedes the point. He is the greatest defensive player we have

:27:42. > :28:23.ever seen. Digging as deep as he can right now.

:28:24. > :28:31.IT Brilliant from Kyrgios, holes serve to consolidate the break.

:28:32. > :28:43.-- holds serve to consolidate the break.

:28:44. > :28:48.And Nick Kyrgios, the 19-year-old wild card from Australia, is leading

:28:49. > :28:53.the world number one and number two seed by two sets to one and he is a

:28:54. > :28:59.break to break to the good in this third set. Playing some of

:29:00. > :29:03.sensational tennis. Look at this. Nadal looked down, and, you just get

:29:04. > :29:08.the feeling he is, to get him to feel like it's not his day, that is

:29:09. > :29:16.saying something. He battled to get that to a set all.

:29:17. > :29:22.You would think at that point, that this young man would have... All of

:29:23. > :29:26.a sudden, realised the position he was in.

:29:27. > :29:30.The work that had been done, the fatigue, the strain mentally, but

:29:31. > :29:35.instead this is the guy that looks like he is the more uncomfortable of

:29:36. > :29:38.the two, somehow out there right now.

:29:39. > :29:40.This guy Kyrgios looks like he was born for it.

:29:41. > :29:50.Well, he has never been behind in a match.

:29:51. > :29:54.And he is displaying impetus and belief in abundance as he leaves the

:29:55. > :29:58.number two seed, the world number one by two sets to one and he is up

:29:59. > :29:59.a break. Ahead of this sixth game in the

:30:00. > :30:03.fourth set. wanted to consistently. That must

:30:04. > :31:54.have felt good, but was it too late? Nadal found the line, service game

:31:55. > :32:01.to love. That is the easy part, holding. He has only been broken one

:32:02. > :32:09.time in this set but this will be a tall order right now. Will change in

:32:10. > :32:56.racket to bring about a change in fortunes for Nadal?

:32:57. > :33:15.130 mph, approaching three hours of play, for his 36th face. -- ace. And

:33:16. > :33:29.again! Perhaps a little bit too casual at the net with the drop

:33:30. > :33:33.volley. A lot of work to be done there with his coach. That is more

:33:34. > :33:40.mental than anything else, concentration. It doesn't seem to

:33:41. > :33:49.matter. You talked about his ability to move on. He has done an

:33:50. > :33:51.exceptional job of that today. It is as if it never happened. That's

:33:52. > :34:24.quite a good quality. Well, we are witnessing the

:34:25. > :34:31.blossoming of a tennis talent approaching full bloom on the lawns

:34:32. > :34:36.of the Centre Court because Kyrgios is playing completely free of fear

:34:37. > :34:41.against the world number one. He is going for his strokes and treating

:34:42. > :34:46.it just as any other occasion, but he is standing on the cusp of a

:34:47. > :34:53.Wimbledon quarterfinal. You know how they talked about, well you can't do

:34:54. > :34:58.this, young guys now. It is so physical, this game, it takes so

:34:59. > :35:05.much training, years of experience to get the point where you can deal

:35:06. > :35:18.with these top guys. He may break the mould. Kyrgios looking to be

:35:19. > :36:41.first teenager to beat the world number one.

:36:42. > :36:48.Despite the circumstances which he faces, we know that this man will

:36:49. > :36:57.not give up. Quit is simply not a word that exists in his vocabulary.

:36:58. > :37:07.Till a break down. -- still one break down. He will be thinking

:37:08. > :37:49.about the serve he will have to to hit to finish him off.

:37:50. > :37:57.Nick Kyrgios faces the prospect of serving for the match against the

:37:58. > :38:01.world number one here on Centre Court. Big moments for the

:38:02. > :38:37.Australian teenager. Amazing, it looks like Nadal is the

:38:38. > :38:43.one who doesn't have the strength left in his legs. Two points left

:38:44. > :38:58.for this 19-year-old. Merciless from Nick Kyrgios, who

:38:59. > :39:32.brings up three match points. UMPIRE: Game, set and match, Nick

:39:33. > :39:36.Kyrgios. A stunning upset here on Centre Court. The world number one

:39:37. > :39:47.has been eliminated from Wimbledon 2014. Eliminated at the hands of an

:39:48. > :39:53.Australian teenage wildcard. Nick Kyrgios has gate-crashed the elite

:39:54. > :39:58.of the tennis world with a display of scintillating tennis that he

:39:59. > :40:09.sustained for close to three hours, and four sets. Fantastic performance

:40:10. > :40:17.from Nick Kyrgios. For the first time since 1992, a player from

:40:18. > :40:39.outside the top 100 has defeated world number one. This moment

:40:40. > :40:49.belongs to Nick Kyrgios. The crowd recognising both guys, Nadal classy

:40:50. > :40:58.as ever, waiting for Nick Kyrgios. There they go. Nick Kyrgios will be

:40:59. > :41:04.coming back. He is the quarterfinals. A marvellous display,

:41:05. > :41:12.and Rafael Nadal, whose Wimbledon comes to an end, and just look at

:41:13. > :41:18.the scene on Henman Hill. They have just witnessed something remarkably

:41:19. > :41:22.special on Centre Court. This young man has handled the occasion and

:41:23. > :41:30.handled the opponent on the other side of the court, Rafael Nadal has

:41:31. > :41:37.been run out of Wimbledon courtesy of this man's thunderous stroke

:41:38. > :41:44.play. Taking the time to enjoy this moment, sign the autographs,

:41:45. > :41:51.interact with the crowd, and what a moment for the fans. Time at which

:41:52. > :41:56.they will be able to say, was there when Nick Kyrgios made a little bit

:41:57. > :42:01.of Wimbledon history by defeating the number two seed, the world

:42:02. > :42:11.number one, to book his place into the quarterfinals of Wimbledon 2014.

:42:12. > :42:18.Absolutely stunning, how good this guy is and was today. You talk about

:42:19. > :42:24.a breath of fresh air. Not an ounce of nerves betrayed from Nick

:42:25. > :42:32.Kyrgios. He stayed in the moment, his focus was admirable, his tennis

:42:33. > :42:39.was flawless. Nick Kyrgios is through to the quarterfinals

:42:40. > :42:48.courtesy of a victory in just over three hours over Rafael Nadal.

:42:49. > :42:54.Congratulations. What a magnificent performance, what emotions are you

:42:55. > :42:59.experiencing? I think I was in a zone out there, I didn't notice the

:43:00. > :43:03.crowd that much. I played some extraordinary tennis and I was

:43:04. > :43:08.struggling a little bit on return but I worked my way into it and I

:43:09. > :43:12.got that break in the fourth set. I served at a really good level

:43:13. > :43:17.throughout the match so I am happy. You looked full of confidence, even

:43:18. > :43:23.in and out of the second set, you looks like the belief was there.

:43:24. > :43:27.Definitely, you have got to believe you can win the match from the

:43:28. > :43:32.start. I am playing some incredible tennis on the grass. He hit some

:43:33. > :43:37.extraordinary shots and it was a really good level. Describe the

:43:38. > :43:43.feeling, you hit the winning shot, you turn to your family, your dad,

:43:44. > :43:49.your sister? I didn't know what to do. There were so many emotions, I

:43:50. > :43:54.didn't know what to do, dropped to the ground, throw my racket, I just

:43:55. > :44:00.turned to everybody who has sacrificed to help me get to where I

:44:01. > :44:07.am now. A lovely little dance as well. Yes, I thought I would throw

:44:08. > :44:13.that in too. Your mother said before this match that she is super proud

:44:14. > :44:19.already, what do you think she will be thinking now? I don't know what

:44:20. > :44:24.she is thinking. She can think what she wants, you know? I am going to

:44:25. > :44:31.do everything I can now to recover and get ready for the next one is.

:44:32. > :44:36.Those Australian fans are incredible. Yes, they get me over

:44:37. > :44:42.the line and give me the energy and the spark I need. I want to ask you

:44:43. > :44:47.about your next opponent, have you even considered that yet? Yes, my

:44:48. > :44:55.mind is buzzing, I haven't even thought about it yet. I am going to

:44:56. > :44:58.enjoy this, and just get ready for it.

:44:59. > :45:05.Congratulations. SUE BARKER: He doesn't have to think about it until

:45:06. > :45:13.tomorrow, that's when he is facing his next opponent. Ranked 134, only

:45:14. > :45:15.in his second Grand Slam, his first appearance on Centre Court at

:45:16. > :45:26.Wimbledon and showing no sign of nerves. He was a cool, calm customer

:45:27. > :45:37.and now the fans believe in him as well. What a star of the future! We

:45:38. > :45:42.have all got to take a breather. I thought if he is going to show any

:45:43. > :45:48.sign of nerves, it is going to be serving for the match. Sometimes it

:45:49. > :45:54.is great to be young and fearless. He has such big weapons, huge

:45:55. > :45:59.serve, huge forehand and you kind of expected he didn't have enough

:46:00. > :46:01.experience but as he said, he is in the zone. He wasn't

:46:02. > :46:04.experience but as he said, he is in the zone. He wasn't thinking about

:46:05. > :46:09.anything else, he just seems to be playing point by point, and what

:46:10. > :46:17.maturity. We have got to remember that in the second round he was down

:46:18. > :46:25.match points -- nine match points against Richard Gasquet. He was in

:46:26. > :46:31.by this much in the tournament, then comes back and beat Rafael Nadal,

:46:32. > :46:38.and really beats him decisively. Really aggressive, winning the

:46:39. > :46:43.match. Let's get further reaction from John McEnroe in the commentary

:46:44. > :46:49.box. Can you believe what you saw out there? No, we have been waiting

:46:50. > :46:56.for this for a while. We keep saying, who is the next guy? I think

:46:57. > :47:07.we have found him now. I have heard about him through the years, I have

:47:08. > :47:13.only seen him play a little bit. I was like, how did he keep that up?

:47:14. > :47:22.And he has got to play tomorrow, don't tell him that! Let him enjoy

:47:23. > :47:31.this for a couple of hours. He had this feeling about himself, he

:47:32. > :47:38.absolutely believed he could win this match. The last guy I saw like

:47:39. > :47:43.this was Boris Becker, that young teenager with no fear, no matter

:47:44. > :47:50.what comes my way I am going to be better than them. He showed nerves

:47:51. > :47:57.of steel finishing the match, but how crucial was that tie-break? I

:47:58. > :48:03.thought the second set tie-break was going to be crucial, I thought he

:48:04. > :48:09.would deflate a little bit. There is so much more expectation for Kyrgios

:48:10. > :48:13.so you wonder if he can continue to handle that. He seems to be

:48:14. > :48:19.energised by the crowd but he is not playing so many long matches as he

:48:20. > :48:26.has played. It was amazingly Nadal who looked weary, who lost some

:48:27. > :48:32.spring in his legs in the fourth set and that contributed to Kyrgios

:48:33. > :48:37.getting the break. Obviously that third set was huge. I thought the

:48:38. > :48:42.second set was huge, but for him to lose that and still win decisively

:48:43. > :48:47.was magnificent. I would like to talk about how he served it out, but

:48:48. > :48:53.in some ways it was even more impressive his interview after. He

:48:54. > :48:58.sounded very calm. I am going to have to give the edge to the way he

:48:59. > :49:06.served it out! He made that looked rather easy, I have got to say. Nice

:49:07. > :49:11.job in the post match interview but no comparison! What I meant by

:49:12. > :49:16.that, as we see him serve it out here we will talk about that, but he

:49:17. > :49:22.just kept going for it from the start to the finish and those fans

:49:23. > :49:28.did have a key in it, but what I meant was that it didn't seem like a

:49:29. > :49:34.reaction of I have just beaten the world number one. That is what I

:49:35. > :49:40.meant. You are dead on, not only is he not surprised he has beaten

:49:41. > :49:47.Nadal, it was let me get done with this interview because I have got

:49:48. > :49:54.three more matches to play. I sensed that when he walked on the court,

:49:55. > :49:59.and Nadal sensed it. That is why there was such a strain on his face.

:50:00. > :50:02.You know you are watching someone who will be a big star in the

:50:03. > :50:09.future. Thanks again. We have seen almost a

:50:10. > :50:14.changing of the guard, it feels like. Yes, so many young players on

:50:15. > :50:27.the men's and the women's side. On the women's side, Kvitova is the

:50:28. > :50:35.only Grand Slam champion next. What an incredible story, when Kyrgios

:50:36. > :50:45.played Richard Gasquet it was only his second fifth set match ever. The

:50:46. > :51:02.majority he has had in just six months is amazing, and we can see

:51:03. > :51:09.the weapons he has. And to play Milos Raonic, we have been expecting

:51:10. > :51:18.big things from him, it is so exciting. You mentioned Kvitova, but

:51:19. > :51:23.there was a big shock earlier when the rear Sharapova went out, losing

:51:24. > :51:30.to Angelique Kerber in three sets. She played awesome tennis winning it

:51:31. > :51:35.on the seventh match point. She fought back, and Maria was trying so

:51:36. > :51:40.hard to stay in the match and go through, but it was Angelique Kerber

:51:41. > :51:47.who produced the best tennis of her career to win it. That got a

:51:48. > :51:51.standing ovation from the Centre Court crowd. They thought that was

:51:52. > :51:58.an outstanding match, little did they know what was to follow.

:51:59. > :52:03.Disappointment for Maria Sharapova, and now we have a whole new

:52:04. > :52:07.experience as far as the women are concerned. That was a shock to me

:52:08. > :52:15.because once Serena Williams went out, to me Maria was the favourite

:52:16. > :52:22.left in this draw. The winner of this match will have to play

:52:23. > :52:28.Bouchard, who is playing excellent tennis. Maria looked so great in her

:52:29. > :52:30.other matches, and she has only lost one of the time to Angelique Kerber,

:52:31. > :52:33.but at Wimbledon one of the time to Angelique Kerber,

:52:34. > :52:44.but there is no way she is going to beat Maria. I was so impressed the

:52:45. > :52:49.way Kerber competed so well. I thought, there is no way that Maria

:52:50. > :52:58.Sharapova, the strongest woman mentally along with Serena, is going

:52:59. > :53:01.to let this match go. What an incredible win for Angelique Kerber

:53:02. > :53:06.because in the past she has had the tendency to get a little negative

:53:07. > :53:12.with her body language. She will be first on Court Number One tomorrow

:53:13. > :53:19.against Bouchard so we will look forward to that. The other big story

:53:20. > :53:23.is around Serena Williams in her doubles match. She came onto court

:53:24. > :53:30.looking disorientated, she couldn't do the warm up. She had a medical

:53:31. > :53:35.time-out. You could see she couldn't even throw the ball up. The doctor

:53:36. > :53:42.came out for 15 minutes after they warmed up, a long time. Which is

:53:43. > :53:51.unheard of. So she clearly wasn't feeling well and missed a couple of

:53:52. > :53:57.balls in the run-up. Serena was in tears, and this was the third game.

:53:58. > :54:02.You can see she was really unsteady on her feet. This was four doubles

:54:03. > :54:08.serves. They bounced before it got to the net. I don't know how they

:54:09. > :54:16.let this go on for so long, it is obvious she was in a lot of stress

:54:17. > :54:22.and couldn't play. A very tearful Serena Williams left Court Number

:54:23. > :54:28.One and now she is out of the tournament. She is here leaving with

:54:29. > :54:36.her coach, Patrick, and still very poorly indeed. You do wonder who

:54:37. > :54:45.suggested that she would go on court, it is obvious she would never

:54:46. > :54:51.have completed a match. It is a big talking point, and it is... I mean,

:54:52. > :54:57.how did that happen? How did they allow her to walk on and face the

:54:58. > :55:06.headlines she is going to have to face? They say it is a viral

:55:07. > :55:11.illness, so UR off-balance. She loves to compete, but when she was

:55:12. > :55:16.out in the warm up, she was unable to catch the ball is from the ball

:55:17. > :55:20.girl, and the only thing I can think of is that maybe the doctor gave her

:55:21. > :55:35.some tablets and she thought they would work. The opponents only hit

:55:36. > :55:47.one ball to her in the first game, out of respect of fear of her. Some

:55:48. > :55:52.of the balls went up 20 feet in the air and were missed by eight feet. I

:55:53. > :55:58.was surprised by Venus at that point. After the first one you could

:55:59. > :56:03.tell something was really wrong. It was the strangest 15 minutes I have

:56:04. > :56:09.ever seen on a tennis court without a doubt. Guess where you have got to

:56:10. > :56:16.go now. Onto Centre Court, I love it! We have more tennis and it is

:56:17. > :56:55.Kvitova, the last champion left in the ladies' draw playing there.

:56:56. > :57:07.COMMENTATOR: What a day it has been on Centre Court, as the shadows have

:57:08. > :57:13.completely gone now. The fans are understandably just having a

:57:14. > :57:17.breather, they must be exhausted. It must be difficult for these players,

:57:18. > :57:48.two Czechs, two friends. The former champion will want to get

:57:49. > :57:51.off to a fast start, they have had to hang around an awful long time.

:57:52. > :58:21.Kvitova the sixth seed. Today though, the 2011 champion up

:58:22. > :58:30.against Strycova, the 28-year-old from the Czech Republic, currently

:58:31. > :58:34.ranked at 43 in the world and having the best Wimbledon of her life,

:58:35. > :58:53.playing her first ever quarterfinal of the Grand Slam.

:58:54. > :58:59.Kvitova in a real no-nonsense mood as she has been this entire

:59:00. > :59:13.tournament. It has been a good run through for the sixth seed. She had

:59:14. > :59:19.a big battle, a wonderful third-round encounter with Venus

:59:20. > :59:29.Williams where she was broken for the only time in the tournament.

:59:30. > :59:33.Yesterday she dispatched China's Peng. She is very much the form

:59:34. > :59:56.player in the bottom half of the draw.

:59:57. > :00:06.Still carrying the strapping from Eastbourne over a week ago. The news

:00:07. > :00:56.is that day by day that strain is getting better.

:00:57. > :01:00.pit together, taking out the number three seed Li Na. Two tie-breaks

:01:01. > :01:06.with a straightforward win over Caroline Wozniacki, so the

:01:07. > :01:08.Australian Open champion has fall into and a former number one, she

:01:09. > :01:49.comes in with bags of confidence. So an immediate chance to get the

:01:50. > :02:29.break back for Zahlavova Strycova. This is their fifth career meeting,

:02:30. > :02:37.that last was a couple of years ago in India well, one year earlier

:02:38. > :02:42.Zahlavova Strycova beat Kvitova in India wells. But the former

:02:43. > :02:48.Wimbledon champion tends to have a very good record against fellow

:02:49. > :02:49.Czech, particularly ones she is good friends with!

:02:50. > :03:43.-- Czechs. That is her coach, he took her on as

:03:44. > :04:16.a raw 16-year-old. And it is all business from Petra

:04:17. > :04:22.Kvitova this evening. I am delighted to say Tracy Austin

:04:23. > :04:27.has joined me from the studio, you got here if a flash. I can't wait to

:04:28. > :04:31.cover this match. Beautiful evening. Former champion on court. It has

:04:32. > :04:35.been quite a day on Centre Court. We are just processing everything that

:04:36. > :04:42.has happened so far. And on Court One, with Serena

:04:43. > :04:43.Williams, that was... A lot the FBI take in as well.

:04:44. > :04:57.-- a lot to take in as well. What have you thought of Kvitova so

:04:58. > :05:02.far in this tournament? I think the match against Venus Williams was so

:05:03. > :05:18.critical, the third round clash between two former champions.

:05:19. > :05:22.Kvitova able come through. 7-5 in that first set. There was so little

:05:23. > :05:26.between them from the first point to the last shot, they were both

:05:27. > :05:28.playing such high level tennis. That will give Kvitova a lot of

:05:29. > :05:57.confidence as she moves forward. Strycova has not been afraid to

:05:58. > :06:08.serve and volley in this tournament. She has been very successful when

:06:09. > :06:35.she does: Got an all court game, has this 28-year-old Czech.

:06:36. > :06:41.Strycova moves very well. Great op sieve. She will chip back returns

:06:42. > :06:45.with forehand slice, she will throw in some rashrity, she will serve

:06:46. > :07:10.volley a awkward times. And she is very emotional and she has got that

:07:11. > :07:13.more under control in the last year. She is very emotional and she has

:07:14. > :07:15.got that more under control in the last year.

:07:16. > :07:19.That has an an issue for strick, we have known what a talent she has

:07:20. > :07:24.been from a world junior champion, a lot of expected her, that has gone

:07:25. > :07:31.in the way, those out of control motions.

:07:32. > :07:40.Negativity too often where she would have to contend with her opponent

:07:41. > :07:44.and with herself. She's somehow has been able to bounce back from

:07:45. > :07:56.difficult situations on court more now.

:07:57. > :08:04.The backhand side from Strycova to me is much more effective there is a

:08:05. > :08:08.ball in the middle. You will see her run round her forehand and choose to

:08:09. > :08:28.take the backhand: She has got to keep it together out

:08:29. > :08:34.here, against Kvitova, who looks so on it. Chance here for the double

:08:35. > :09:36.break, and an ideal start for the former champion.

:09:37. > :09:45.Second double in the game. Not easy when there is the six foot

:09:46. > :09:50.towering figure of Petra Kvitova lining up a forehand on that return.

:09:51. > :10:14.Just getting in her eye line and second chance for the double break.

:10:15. > :10:21.Kvitova looking behind her after she missed that backhand volley. Looked

:10:22. > :10:26.like she hesitated. It wasn't sure if it was going to go in or out, but

:10:27. > :10:27.she is so good round the net and in the forecourt, particularly with

:10:28. > :10:52.drop volleys and nice touch. . Critical game for Strycova to get

:10:53. > :10:58.on the board, so she doesn't get so mum momentum and get really relaxed.

:10:59. > :11:05.Also for Strycova to calm some of her nerves.

:11:06. > :11:14.And Strycova doing so well to hold on, she just keeps it to the sing

:11:15. > :11:16.break, but it is Kvitova who leads 2-1 in this opening set.

:11:17. > :11:20.SUE BARKER: And we will rejoin the match in a moment, but back to the

:11:21. > :11:24.story involving Serena Williams, who was forced to retire from a doubles

:11:25. > :11:30.match because of a viral illness, she looked dizzy out on court, we

:11:31. > :11:33.have a statement from the sister, Venus says Serena has been feeling

:11:34. > :11:37.unWill for the past few days and couldn't play to her potential. I am

:11:38. > :11:40.proud of her for trying because we just love playing doubles together,

:11:41. > :11:45.we are looking forward to coming back to Wimbledon next year.

:11:46. > :11:48.Serena said "I am heartbroken for, I am not able to continue in the

:11:49. > :11:52.tournament I thought I could rally because I really wanted to compete,

:11:53. > :11:57.but this bug just got the better of me. I want to thank my sister,

:11:58. > :12:02.Christina, Stephanie and our teams for their support. We were looking

:12:03. > :12:08.forward to a great match. I thank all of the fans. I look forward to

:12:09. > :12:10.returning to Wimbledon next year." That a statement just in from the

:12:11. > :12:24.Williams sisters. So it is a Centre Court, a lovely

:12:25. > :12:30.evening at Wimbledon, a day of computer drama and the fan, it's, a

:12:31. > :12:33.-- complete drama and the fans. The court was sucked of energy and now

:12:34. > :12:41.they are starting to come back in, there is a lot of movement and

:12:42. > :12:43.hurly-burly, and very tricky out here. You can see everyone is still

:12:44. > :13:05.piling in. situation, coming on to Centre Court

:13:06. > :13:09.after a big match, with the court, when all the energy has drained out.

:13:10. > :13:17.How difficult is that, can you block it out? You need to. You just have

:13:18. > :13:25.to, in a big situation like this. Quarter-finals of a Grand Slam. Nick

:13:26. > :13:28.Kyrgios after he beat Nadal he mentioned that. He said I just

:13:29. > :13:32.stayed and thought about what was happening on the court. You just

:13:33. > :13:37.have to stay inside the rectangle and be clear on what strategy you

:13:38. > :13:39.immediate to employ. You are really not noticing who is watching or who

:13:40. > :14:00.is not. Kvitova looking very confident now.

:14:01. > :14:04.She said after she beat Venus, that was the best grass court match she

:14:05. > :14:07.played since 2011, when she won here.

:14:08. > :14:17.Beating Maria Sharapova in the final.

:14:18. > :14:30.Lovely clean game from Kvitova. Fans are thinking more ten snis?

:14:31. > :15:15.Exhausting! -- tennis.

:15:16. > :15:19.A bonus! More tennis is awesome! Kvitova is hitting the ball this

:15:20. > :15:25.hard and this cleanly, players have to just adjust to what is is -- she

:15:26. > :15:28.is doing. The key with Kvitova is she can be so hot and cold, that is

:15:29. > :15:48.why she plays so many three set matches.

:15:49. > :15:57.Oh my goodness! Where is the safest place to hit the ball? It is very

:15:58. > :15:59.difficult when she is playing this well, both wings. Such a clean ball

:16:00. > :16:24.striker. A lot of pressure be minder that

:16:25. > :16:28.second serve. She has had a wonderful tournament

:16:29. > :16:31.so far, but this is a whole new level for Strycova, and once again,

:16:32. > :17:36.Kvitova bearing down on a double break.

:17:37. > :17:47.Just phenomenon scrambling from Strycova.

:17:48. > :17:51.To keep that point alive and good attitude, just got to keep, keep the

:17:52. > :17:55.balls back in play, try to get the point back to neutral. She is going

:17:56. > :18:00.to win a lot of fans out here. She is almost giving away 20 centimetres

:18:01. > :18:29.in height. Only one metre 64. Still facing a break point.

:18:30. > :18:38.Serve volley on an 88 smefr, very brave, but such a surprise.

:18:39. > :19:03.-- 88mph. Haven't seen this serve volley in a

:19:04. > :19:27.while, brings us back memories of Amelie Mauresmo and Justine Henin.

:19:28. > :19:33.have to say on the tour we did put Strycova in our stroppy top five for

:19:34. > :19:43.a while. She has been good though, recently, the last month or so. A

:19:44. > :19:54.wonderful won, lost to Ana Ivanovic. Played some good tennis.

:19:55. > :20:28.Plenty of support in the Kvitova player Bobbing, her agent -- player

:20:29. > :20:37.box. And her fitness trainer. So a fourth break point in this

:20:38. > :20:51.game. Not that time for Strycova.

:20:52. > :20:58.And Kvitova playing with an awful lot of authority here.

:20:59. > :21:06.This is really rather impressive. Tracy, but since she won here,

:21:07. > :21:11.rather unexpectedly three years ago, she seemed to have maybe struckled

:21:12. > :21:16.with the expectation, it hasn't been a smooth transition to multiple

:21:17. > :21:23.slam, world number one, that was on the cards. It was, when Kvitova won

:21:24. > :21:28.in 2011, the way she won it, such big weapons, dictating play,

:21:29. > :21:33.everybody expected that she would be dominating the tour, and of course,

:21:34. > :21:37.in 2011, she won six titles that year, all different surface, and as

:21:38. > :21:43.soon as she won here, she really struggled to put wins together,

:21:44. > :21:46.until finely in the fall of 2011, Bruno N'Gotty her game back

:21:47. > :21:51.together. It took a number of months and I think she really struggled

:21:52. > :21:58.with the expectation, something we have seen other number ones struggle

:21:59. > :22:04.with. Caroline Wozniacki, Jankovic. Safina, but she has, she has all the

:22:05. > :22:07.weapons and to me she has looked fitter than she has in the while.

:22:08. > :22:13.You see the strapping on her leg, she says it is precautionary --

:22:14. > :22:18.precautionary, the leg is feeling fine. So Kvitova in command here up

:22:19. > :23:24.at double break, serving up 4-1 in this opening set.

:23:25. > :23:26.injury she has to pout of Eastbourne for her quarter-finals match against

:23:27. > :23:31.Heather Watson. Sometimes you get used to it and it gives you

:23:32. > :23:44.confidence mentally to have that taping.

:23:45. > :23:49.What does Strycova have to do out here, to get Kvitova off her game?

:23:50. > :23:53.Well, that exact last point is what she needs to do. Try to get Kvitova

:23:54. > :23:56.out of her comfort zone, off balance, and she has time to set up

:23:57. > :24:08.with the powerful ground stroke, she is lethal.

:24:09. > :24:14.line, that Kvitova can get into a nice rhythm when you try to out hit

:24:15. > :24:35.her, want to throw in some depth, some angle, some shots that are low.

:24:36. > :25:26.Kvitova is so good with that first strike, the serve and the return.

:25:27. > :25:33.Kvitova ten unforced error, which is what you would expect. She has risk

:25:34. > :25:34.in her game because she does hit so flat.

:25:35. > :26:20.She can be so hot and cold. There is Billie Jean King, in the

:26:21. > :26:30.Royal Box. Former player as well.

:26:31. > :26:49.That was a pretty heavy weight second serve from Kvitova. She

:26:50. > :27:02.usually averages about 92, 93mph, it is not much of an opportunity to get

:27:03. > :27:10.hold of it. Oh wonderful early rhythm from the

:27:11. > :27:15.former champion. And an opening six gapes full of

:27:16. > :27:30.authority. Right down the middle on that

:27:31. > :27:35.swinging volley. So it has been a very strong half an

:27:36. > :27:36.hour from the sixth seed and Strycova finds herself serving to

:27:37. > :28:45.stay in this opening set. Oh, yes.

:28:46. > :28:50.Really nice play from Strycova. That was an example of a shot in the

:28:51. > :28:54.middle of the court where she chose to take a backhand. When she moves

:28:55. > :29:23.forward, a nice aggressive attitude. Starting to mount now, four in

:29:24. > :29:29.total, and at least one in the last three game, that is giving Kvitova

:29:30. > :29:35.at least one free point. Mum and dad to the left of your

:29:36. > :29:38.picture, and the white cap is her coach. They are all looking rather

:29:39. > :30:26.worried there. Can't blame them. Wow. How fast did that come back?

:30:27. > :30:32.Barely had time to that shop and finish her serve. Considering all

:30:33. > :30:37.the time Kvitova has had hanging out today, I saw her go into the

:30:38. > :30:39.practice courts at about 11am. She has come out hitting the ball so

:30:40. > :31:08.sweetly this evening. She hasn't played poorly in this

:31:09. > :31:12.opening set, Strycova, by any means, but a very classy operator at the

:31:13. > :31:15.other end of the court in the form of Petra Kvitova. She has set points

:31:16. > :31:51.now. Strycova is such a fighter, a great

:31:52. > :31:57.competitor. I love these stories where you see someone in their late

:31:58. > :32:07.20s having their best results, really coming into their own.

:32:08. > :32:24.Yes, I rather ruthless edge to Kvitova this evening, as if she is

:32:25. > :32:26.quite determined there are not going to be any more upsets on Centre

:32:27. > :32:44.Court today. Second set point. That is an awesome set of tennis

:32:45. > :32:53.from Petra Kvitova. It takes just 36 minutes to open up - wrap up the

:32:54. > :32:59.opening set. SUE BARKER: At 8pm we are due to bring you the highlights

:33:00. > :33:05.of today at Wimbledon. But we will be staying with the live tennis on

:33:06. > :33:15.Centre Court. There have been some surprises, Kyrgios has put out

:33:16. > :33:24.Rafael Nadal. What a story that was. Serena Williams out already as well.

:33:25. > :33:29.I wonder what will happen tomorrow? We are starting earlier than

:33:30. > :33:36.scheduled, play gets underway at midday and we will be starting our

:33:37. > :33:41.coverage at that time. On BBC1 at 12 o'clock. It is Simona Halep up

:33:42. > :33:48.against Sabine Lisicki, last year's finalist. Andy Murray will take on

:33:49. > :33:54.Grigor Dimitrov. Completing the programme, Stan Wawrinka up against

:33:55. > :34:01.Roger Federer. On Court Number One, the 13th seed is up against

:34:02. > :34:08.Angelique Kerber. Djokovic playing Marin Cilic. Nick kicker Ross will

:34:09. > :34:17.be back on court tomorrow to take on my loss Raonic. What a story. Many

:34:18. > :34:31.stories at Wimbledon today. We are heading back to Centre Court.

:34:32. > :34:40.the day. The atmosphere starting to build again. Kvitova, outstanding

:34:41. > :35:13.opening set, serving at the start of the second with new balls.

:35:14. > :35:19.Strycova hoping to get a quick start. In this second set. A little

:35:20. > :36:25.opening here on the Kvitova serve. Kvitova is playing her best, down

:36:26. > :36:39.the line she is so accurate and had to defend against.

:36:40. > :36:50.Just seems to have hit a wonderful service, right off the first ball.

:36:51. > :36:51.This speed is definitely up on her previous rounds, quite

:36:52. > :37:25.significantly. So speedy, as well. Definitely one

:37:26. > :37:52.of her best assets, being able to chase so many balls down.

:37:53. > :38:03.She really is a gutsy character, Strycova. Used to be a former figure

:38:04. > :38:07.skater until she was 12 years old. Very serious about that sport, had

:38:08. > :38:12.to choose between the two. Didn't spend too much time on the ice in

:38:13. > :38:36.the off-season. The insurance company does not really like it.

:38:37. > :38:59.very inspired tennis from Kvitova. I always think there is something in

:39:00. > :39:10.it when you are playing someone from your home country. World number six,

:39:11. > :39:18.Strycova is number 43. Pork I too have a look at. -- Hawk-eye.

:39:19. > :39:26.Strycova does not have as much weight on that side. Much more

:39:27. > :39:30.top-spin on it. Lean back on it. Doesn't move through the grass and

:39:31. > :39:37.penetrate through the grass as much as the back can does. When we were

:39:38. > :39:40.showing the graphic there was a spontaneous Mexican wave. A sort of

:39:41. > :40:02.happy hour on Centre Court at the moment.

:40:03. > :40:32.Challenging the call. The ball was called out.

:40:33. > :40:49.Such a terrific point from both players, great court coverage to get

:40:50. > :40:55.to the drop shot. Kvitova, look at that past, such great racket head

:40:56. > :41:02.speed. Look at this, a long time since we have seen Kvitova this

:41:03. > :41:04.intense, she has seemed disengaged at times over the last 12 months but

:41:05. > :41:35.not here at Wimbledon. That is a really good point. I think

:41:36. > :41:39.Kvitova is feeling good about her tennis game right now and I think

:41:40. > :41:41.she also realises the draw is opening up, and she has a nice

:41:42. > :42:01.opportunity. Halep the only player ranked higher

:42:02. > :42:08.than her in the draw, and she had never made it past the third round

:42:09. > :43:47.in Wimbledon before. Doing well on this surface is new to her.

:43:48. > :44:01.Strycova playing right at the top of her game here, just to hang on.

:44:02. > :44:08.It can't be easy for mum and dad to look down and see their daughter

:44:09. > :44:14.taking quite a hammering on the Centre Court, one of the biggest

:44:15. > :44:17.stages, if not the biggest stage, in tennis. Pride and concern, I would

:44:18. > :44:38.imagine, for them both. At the same time, they must be so

:44:39. > :44:43.proud, because they must wonder at this stage in her career, if she

:44:44. > :44:55.would ever get this deep in a Grand Slam.

:44:56. > :45:15.Miss Strycova is challenging the call, the ball was called in.

:45:16. > :45:34.Miss Strycova has one challenge remaining.

:45:35. > :45:41.That serve is so good, such an advantage to be a lefty. There are

:45:42. > :45:44.so few of them. Kvitova does a great job of carving around the left side

:45:45. > :46:16.of the ball. That is a smart play. What options

:46:17. > :46:21.has she got out here? That shot out here hard and deep at Kvitova, she