Day 8 Wimbledon

Wimbledon. Lady 's quarterfinal day. Hang on a minute. I am a bit

confused. Can we check this? Are you sure? What day is it again? It is

round four and the quarterfinal? Are you sure? Tuesday? Really? That is

just weird. Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday... Makarova?

Sharapova is playing. I get that. But Nadal. What? Nadal? Because he's

a bloke. So men and women. Kvitova. Kvitova and Federer. IMC and

women's fourth-round matches. Men's fourth-round matches. And women's

quarterfinals. What? It is a long day. I am ready if you are. I am in.

Sit back and relax. We have got it all covered. I did not feel so good.

I need to lay down. Don't worry, he will be back. Let's

clear up any confusion. The weather has caused problems for the

tournament organisers so we are playing catch up here at Wimbledon.

We have men's and women's fourth-round matches along with two

ladies' quarterfinals. We have a great line-up of tennis today along

with three former champions on Centre Court back-to-back. Number

one Court there is a seven time champion Roger Federer. All of that

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

morning, the gates were open. Look at that, summer attire, not an

umbrella insight. The crowds were here and we have got so much to look

forward to, we are in for a real treat.

Rafael Nadal is a two-time former champion here. The world number one

could find it tricky today. He faces big serving teenager Nick Kyrgios,

wild card enjoying a dream Wimbledon debut.

Roger Federer has yet to drop serve at these championships. He has a

dominant record against Tommy Robredo but the Spaniard won their

most recent meeting at last you's US Open.

The French Open champion Maria Sharapova has conceded fewer games

than anyone else left in the draw. Across the net is Angelique Kerber,

a semifinalist two years ago. The draw has opened up nicely for

Petra Kvitova. The Czech left-hander is aiming to make the semifinals for

the third time. The man of the moment, just 19 years of age, put

out Richard Gasquet, what a day for him. Talking of the world number

one, here he is, Rafael Nadal. He is looking for his first quarterfinal

here since 2011. He is looking for the Wimbledon, French Open double

once again. His great rival is out there as well. Roger Federer has

lost just 23 games in three rounds here so far. Angelique Kerber, a big

day for her out on Centre Court. She did not like she was enjoying that

much. She will be playing Maria Sharapova. She is now the bookies'

favourite after Serena left the Championships. A nice relaxing day

for this man, Andy Murray. He got the job done yesterday. A gentle

warm up in the sunshine for him. We are delighted the sun is shining.

Lindsay and Tim are with me. It is a different feel to the tournament

today. Absolutely. We have the Men's Doubles, the juniors and a lot going

on here early so far. It is a treat for the spectators so far. So many

singles matches to enjoy everywhere. When you had that rain over the

middle weekend, it can mess up the schedule little bit. Certain parts

of the draw are playing catch up. You have real variety today. The

most important thing is, fingers crossed, the sun will remain

shining. We will put Carol on the spot today to make sure we will not

have any rain! Eugenie Bouchard got through yesterday in the top half of

the draw. The other three matches have got to be played but obviously,

Maria is the one everyone is looking to now. She became the favourite as

soon as Serena lost her match to Alize Cornet.

Eugenie Bouchard, you cannot say enough great things about that young

lady. The way she goes after it, she believes she can win and challenge

the players at the very top. She is, in my view, the second favourite to

win the title. Simona Halep, the highest ranked player left in the

draw, I do not think anyone has mentioned her. It is a transition

for her. The grass is still a little quick for her, I believe. Especially

the big stroke on the forehand. I do not think she's a top two or three

favourite to win the title. We will go to her match because they are on

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

Petra Kvitova, a big server. She has the experience of being a former

champion. When she is on her game, she looks so dangerous because I

think she takes it out of the other girls' hands. She has the big lefty

serve and she is great on the baseline. She has a great

opportunity on that half. Three Czech players in the bottom half of

the draw. And three lefty players. Kvitova is the favourite on the

bottom half of the draw. She has a great record against the players

left in. To me, she finally looks comfortable. She looks like she

believes she can win again. Let's turn our attention to the men. Roger

and Rafa are on a collision course for a place in the semifinals. .

# welcome to the Jungle... It can bring you down.

Bring it on indeed. Everyone was talking about Roger and Rafa meeting

in the semifinals. Still two matches to be one. We can speculate and look

a little further ahead. They have had different paths. Roger has not

dropped a set or dropped his serve. Rafa has had some really tough

battles. The Rosol match in the second round. They are both finding

a way to get through the draw. When you look at the opportunity of

having Djokovic, Murray, Federer and Nadal is still there. A lot of

people would sign for that. What about Nick Kyrgios, he has been the

big talking points of these championships. He saved nine match

points against Richard Gasquet. Shvedova the way he has gone about

his business here, it is great to see a player with that career

defining win. He won the challenger in Nottingham. It was an excellent

decision of the committee to give him a wildcard. You are a part of

that committee! This was an incredible match. He is coached by a

good friend of mine. I have spoken to Josh and he really rates this guy

as one of the perspective in the whole game. -- one of the great

prospects in the whole game. What a way to finish! The other factor will

be the Aussie fans. They are called the fanatics. The fanatics do a good

job of getting into the big stadiums and supporting their players so

well. As is the case with a lot of players, coming onto Centre Court

for the first time, playing against the best player in the world, it

will be interesting to see how he starts off in the early stages. If

he gets off to a good start, and holds his serve in the first couple

of games, it will be good. If Rafa runs away with it it will be

difficult. It will be tough walking out on Centre Court. But he has got

the weapons. That is on Centre Court. Most of the star players are

out on the practice courts. Let's find out who is there with Lee

McKenzie. It is a beautiful morning. We have

had a star-studded line-up. Maria Sharapova, Stan Wawrinka, Sabine

Lisicki. Andy Murray has tucked himself in right at the bottom. He

is fresh from that victory over Kevin Anderson in three sets. He has

won all his matches in straight sets so far. Of could be a bit tougher.

Dimitrov is down there alongside Andy Murray. They may be having a

few side glances at them as well. She is splendid in pink, Eugenie

Bouchard. She practised on that court yesterday. I am not sure if

she is superstitious. She seated Alize Cornet. Sharapova has two

defeat Angelique Kerber. Another big match today, if you come with me,

you can find Nick Kyrgios. He takes on the world number one Rafa Nadal.

There he is, going through his final practice session, getting rid of any

pre-match nerves he might have. It has been all go down here.

Thank you. I have a feeling they might start once he leaves the

practice court. Who is that? That is Sabine Lisicki. Issue taking a

picture of the court where she will go on? She is looking very relaxed!

She seems to want to remember every part of the day, by the look of it.

For the crowds who have queued for so long, to have so many matches

going on on the outside courts, it is wonderful. We have talked about

the sunshine and whether it will last. We will put the pressure on

you. Do we need the umbrella? It is only a small chance. The sun is

absolutely beating down. It feels lovely and warm. Ladies, where did

you get these hats? My sister Trish made them. We have got tennis balls,

strawberries and the Murray mints. It is just as well you do not have

any cream because you would curdle in this heat. Who are you watching?

We are on Court One. You both look fantastic, have a great day. I am

going to walk up here. You can see the flowers, the archways and

gazebos. There is a lot of sunshine around. There is only a very low

risk of a shower. If it happens, the likelihood is it will be later on

this afternoon. The risk will subside in the evening. We are still

looking in the low 20s. A pleasant day ahead. I have been talking about

the flowers. I know you are a bit of a horticulturalist, Sue. These are

petunias, the junior creeper, roses but what are they? Who told you

that? -- Virginia creeper. We have got some blank looks. Maybe part of

the Lavender family. Dear you mow the lawn? Occasionally. If I have

been kicked out of the house I will cut the grass! We are all set for

the tennis. We are heading out to Court Number Two. We will feed

Simona Halep from remaining are up against Zarina Diyas who is ranked

72 in her first Wimbledon. We can join this match with Liz Smylie and

Chris Brabham. A big game for Diyas on this big

day. Two from Kazakhstan in the fourth round.

She was ranked 229 this time last year.

I'm surprised she did not get a challenge. She looked at the ball

and thought better of it, I think. Excellent depth once again from

Halep. Well played. Flat hitter of the

ball. She has to do really take the opportunity. Set up by a very good

first serve. They have played just the once

before. Like around the Australian Open.

The advantage that Diyas has had is that there is probably not one

person who thinks she's going to win. It takes the pressure off a

little. Well done. Break point saved. And on

the scoreboard. That is a big cold. It is. You look at court to and the

baseline down our end of the court, it looks very worn. But when you

break it up into the right half for the left half, it is the left half

of the baseline that looks so much more worn than the right side. The

only thing I can think of is people like to run round their backhand and

camp themselves on that hand and hit the forehand.

Halep was broken by Tsurenko in the second round.

It is a real journey a Grand Slam tournament. You cast your mind back

to Monday and everything you have to put up with, rain delays, the last

man standing is the one who has handled all those conditions best.

Hence the fourth rounds today. What about people's Sunday, the middle

Sunday? People's Monday, rain has interfered. I like that idea of the

people's Sunday. Imagine the atmosphere, people with kids and off

work to come. There has not been that much rain.

You see as the match progresses how much court Diyas has to cover.

A superb move. Wine of the best since Steffi Graf, as an athlete. --

one of the best. She did not get enough on the volley

and that lady could run it down quite easily.

Against anyone else, Diyas probably thought she had a winner there but

not against Halep. Eight points in a row. Find

running, Halep. For those of you who may be watching Zarina Diyas for the

very first time, she was born in Kazakhstan. She lived in Prague

since she was five years old. For 12 years she went to school there. Her

serve and backhand down the line are her best shot. She has been working

very hard with her fitness. She wants to end the year in the top 50.

That is very much on the cards. She is doing an online psychology

course. She made the third round at the Australian Open before losing to

Halep. On a beautiful day, she can now afford to eat out in some of the

better restaurants in London in the distance. She has doubled her prize

money this year. This match is worth a conditional ?109,000. I am sure

she can afford a really nice restaurant with that!

She is so used to winning now. Winning breeds winning. If you have

the confidence, you have the confidence to know you can get out

of a tight position. There is only one player which won more

tournaments than Halep last year and that is Serena Williams who won 11.

Halep 16. -- won six. Diyas on the full run with this file

hand. -- forehand. Nice. A well constricted point. Set

up with an excellent first serve. Not afraid to come forward. --

constructed. From what we have seen so far, she

will have to look to break it up. Halep is looking so good on the

baseline exchanges. 105 mph. She talks about her serve

being one of her best shots. The fastest in the tournament has been

110 mph. We have discussed the amazing year

for Diyas but for Halep, going into Rome 64 in the world, she lost three

first round and second rounds and qualifications and she makes the

semifinals in Rome. She won six tournaments in the year, she

finished it at number 11 in the world. And she said somehow inside,

a switch flicked. Amazing. Everybody would like to know how that is going

to switch. There was no indication the back of the year was going to

turn into the year that it did for Halep and what did she go from? A

ranking of 47, from that to 11. She was voted most improved player by

the media. To find that switch is what everybody wants to find and she

has continued on. That match in Paris was one of the best finals

women's tennis has seen in a long while. And everybody started to take

notice. When I say everyone, particularly the notice room -- the

locker room, you particularly want to take notice. She is number three

in the world. Incredible. Last year, she was 32. If she makes the final,

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

not have the biggest ground stroke and serve but well-placed. She uses

the court well. She uses the width of the court so you are covering a

lot of court when you play against Halep. And also, it is hard to come

in against Halep when you are being pulled from side to side. If you are

in the middle, you can hit a big shot and come forward but it is hard

to do that against Halep. Nice touch here. Just had enough

spin on it to stay low enough. Halep could not quite get a racket to it.

That is quite a strapping. It is precautionary. I think it will get

crowded this week. She is pushing off all right on it

on serve. And the serve quite flat. Articulate the second serve. If you

can hit a flat serve, around 90 mph, it is harder to get onto that.

Desperate Italy. A kick-serve will sit up and say, thank you very much.

Even a second serve stays low on a grass court.

She looks very composed, Diyas, 20 years old. It is like she has been

here many times before. It is just her third main draw at a major. Her

first fourth round. Once again, Diyas got caught. She

hit the big forehand. In the previous three rounds, that would

have been good enough to get inside the service line but not against

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

serve on Court Number Two. -- said Barker home run. This is what is

happening on Court three. Sabine Lisicki, last year's finalists, she

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

going well on Court three. You can watch that on the red button. And

confirmation of what is happening on the show courts later today at one

p.m.. Maria Sharapova against last week's is born finalist Angelique

Kerber. Nick Kyrgios against the number two seed Rafael Nadal and

Petra Kvitova former champion against the Czech player Barbora

Zahlavova Strycova. Roger Federer against Tommy Robredo, and the

Williams sisters will play in doubles on Court Number One. But we

are going back to Court Two. Liberals play, Halep 4-3 after 24

minutes -- new Bulls are in play. -- new Bulls. A first for Hawk-eye.

The intention is clear from Diyas, she wants to use her forehand as

much as possible. In the last two points, she has overplayed forehand

which is a danger playing somebody ranked higher, you think you have to

do more than what you do. Great second serve. She has still

only lost two points on serve so far.

No break points, first and third rounds, offered by Halep.

Many have played great matches, Halep is a great match player. Good

positioning on this point. She does not let herself get pushed too far

behind the baseline, Halep. Diyas is a good couple of metres behind the

baseline so she has so much more Court Two cover. -- to cover.

You cannot approach from that deep in the court. We will see on the

forehand, she is on the baseline and there is too much time for Halep.

She makes that pass up the line. Always so well balanced, is

fantastic. It comes from grateful work. -- it is fantastic. It comes

from great footwork. There have been five of those for Diyas.

A couple of set points here for Simona Halep.

Super tennis from Simona Halep, particularly behind the serve. Just

30 minutes, 29 minutes. She is looking very impressive. She is,

Halep. The junior and the team would be very happy with her performance

so far. -- Virginia. She is very proud of what she has achieved and

she thinks there are only better things in store. Great player

herself, a lovely lady. Nice to see her back around the courts. Isn't it

refreshing that for Simona Halep, we can talk about all court tennis? She

has different plans to deal with opponents. It is not just the same

way. We are looking at a definite major winner. Particularly on a

grass court where you have to be a bit more creative. The girls who

adapt their game have the best results here at Wimbledon. She is

winning 80% of those first serves. And on the second serve, 89%. On

unforced errors are pretty close. But the winners, Halep has hit 11

and Diyas six. We talk about the great coverage of Halep and that is

one reason why Diyas's winners are substantially less because it is

hard to hit winners against Halep. That is why the unforced errors

would be high for Diyas because she is pressing that little bit more.

That it of humour -- that bit of humour was a gentleman opening a

champagne bottle. The Cork went flying. The sun has obviously warmed

the bottle. He shared it with the front row.

Read to she go from here? The case in point, that second serve was 76

mph. -- where does she go. That was an opportunity for Diyas and she

overplayed the return. Especially as they played in Melbourne at the

start of the year and she played five games, it is fresh in the

memory. It is a puzzle. It is always interesting that a

player is seemingly on the art. Everybody is talking about why and

what they are good at and it takes a while how to work out how to beat

them. Unless they have something huge but Halep does not have that.

She has great movement and placement, a great mind.

She just keeps on rolling go wrong, and she seems to be a delightful

young woman. -- rolling on. We were staying in the same hotel during the

French Open and she had her entire family around her. It sounds quite

normal, mum and dad and grandparents. It was a great family

atmosphere will -- great atmosphere created. It is a lonely days at

times, the tall. It is a lonely place most of the time so she is

very lucky to have that support -- the tour. Those are her parents.

And to be surrounded by people who have your best interests at heart,

not necessarily by people you pay to come with you. A lot of players have

a lot of people around them and they do not necessarily have their best

interests at heart, they have their own interests at heart.

Just looking a little rust. She has tried to come in. -- lost. The

Romanian is great at slamming doors in your face.

Always eyes down when she walks. Stay focused and concentrate.

No break points. These are huge points.

She was 3-love up in her last match. It is tough to imagine that today.

She has only lost one set until this point.

It is controlled aggression from Halep. She hit the winner but

nowhere near any line, good height over the net.

A challenge straightaway. Just messed, the serve. Curling away. --

missed. Even though she has become the

hunted, since Rome last year, she still looks like a hunter on the

court. Chasing everything down. Did not go for the outright winner on

the backhand, she knew she was going to get a shorter ball which she hit

into the Open court. It looked like a game of chess. Halep Askin the

umpire. This might be a better challenge -- she is asking.

It was, a little! She is determined. A half smile on her face.

How tough is it to win a point from Simona Halep?

She created the opening with that shot. Diyas Holdaway wide. And

again, near no line, good height and into the court. -- pulled away. This

impressive performance continues. 3-love after 40 minutes.

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

crowds on this day, a bonus to have more fourth-round matches for the

men as the ladies on what is traditionally Ladies' Quarter-Finals

day. Plenty making their way to Henman Hill. So enjoy a picnic, it

is beautiful weather. A perfect summer day at Wimbledon, and what a

change from the weather we had on Monday and particularly on Saturday

when they were sitting under an umbrella. Everybody enjoying the

Wimbledon experience. Halep is enjoying her match and Sabine

Lisicki enjoyed the first set. She took that 6-3, but Yaroslava

Shvedova is now serving at 2-love on Court three. But when of that match

plays the winner of the match we are watching -- the winner.

This is the moment when Halep took her foot off the pedal. This is a

must win game. Her first double. Ninth of the

tournament. Great depth, Halep achieved. She was

taken out of position. 83% of points have been won on serve. Her

opponent, just 46. In charge and everywhere. -- in

every way. In complete control of this point, Halep. She could not put

that big forehand away but she had great net position. Nice contact

with that backhand volley. Another break point.

Not happy. Not happy with that error. Just over 4,000 seeds, a

great court. backhand from Halep. That is the one

that Diyas had trouble with. This will make her feel good about

herself. Well struck, the forehand cross-court winner. Good extension

through the line of flight of the ball.

You can understand it the way Halep is getting after the serve. She

knows it has to be pretty good. You can see why she calls her serve

one of her best shots. Two that is about as hard as Diyas conserve it.

103 mph. Made it! Backhand down the line is

her second favourite shot. She was leaning back.

She could do with the court being about a foot and a half longer,

couldn't she? Just pressing, knowing that if she doesn't hit it

perfectly, it will come back. That is the pressure.

They are not like the big 1am winner is that we get from Sharapova and

Serena. The end result is exactly the same,

you win the point. At times, a foot and a half wider

would do. She would not want a foot and a half wider at her end!

They are pretty clever the people who invented the game. The

measurements have stayed the same since.

Now then. Double faults, first sloppy shot from Halep.

Halep plays quickly between points. It is refreshing for the spectators.

DS has hit some really good forehands. She says she favours the

backhand -- Diyas. She doesn't like that shot where she

has to get out to the forehand side. She is well on her way to her first

quarterfinal here, third in a row this year. She will be tough to

beat. Where do you see the women's champion this year coming from? Why

don't you ask me an easy question? Bouchard is through at the top. The

winner of Sharapova and Kerber will play against Bouchard. At the bottom

we have Halep and the winner of this will play Lisicki. -- will play the

winner of Lisicki and Shvedova. It was nice to see Kvitova playing well

here. She seemed to lose her way after a couple of years ago. Nice to

see her back. That did not answer the question! Had you been on the

London Eye? Iraq when no, but I have sat at the bottom while my children

were on it. A bit of frustration setting in for

Diyas. That will do it. For a third major

in a row, Simona Halep, this rising superstar, has booked a place in the

last eight. It was an emphatic performance. Under an hour. She

marches on. She acknowledges the crowd. Very understated, Simona

Halep. I think that is one of the great things about her. We see her

opponent leave the court. A great experience for her and a huge day

out. Yes, she will remember this day. 6-3, six - zero in 57 minutes.

SUE BARKER: A maimed is performance from Simona Halep. It has -- it is

her best achievement here. She goes through to face the winner of the

match which is currently on Court Number Three at the moment, Sabine

Lisicki who is seeded 19 is up against Yaroslava Shvedova. Let's

drop in on this one for now -- for a while.

Lisicki is under pressure in the second set.

That is now her 13th double fault. Just three aces to offset that

tally. It really has up and down match for

both players. Lisicki has had a pretty torrid time

in 2014. She had a wonderful win in the previous round against Ivanovic.

I get the sense she is trying to make up for some of that as well. It

bigger, get some quick early runs on the board in this game.

The interesting thing is both these players have similar grass court

personalities. They both want to bring out huge serves and hit

penetrating ground strokes. There is a fair amount of hype

behind that forehand. That is some distance out. -- hope behind that

forehand. She is buying a little extra time to compose herself.

Another chance for Shvedova to take this into a deciding set.

her character on that particular point. She came through with flying

colours and it is a set of peace. -- a set piece.

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

now. If you want to continue watching this match, you can. It is

on the red button. The winner of that match will play Simona Halep

tomorrow. Now it is time to head over to Centre Court. Players

getting underway there very shortly. Maria Sharapova wrist the most

impressive player in the women's drawer. Up against Terry 's

Angelique Kerber. -- up against her is Angelique Kerber. Everyone is

looking forward to see how Nick Kyrgios will cope with his first

match on Centre Court. And then Petra Kvitova up against Barbora

Zahlavova Strycova. She has beaten three seeds on her way to the fourth

round. I am here on Centre Court with Virginia Wade and Lindsay is

joining us as well. Two Wimbledon champions here. Are you enjoying

being back on Centre Court? It is a fantastic place. I cannot think of

anywhere nice. It is so hot. The conditions will be different.

Everyone is so relieved to have a good forecast for I think three or

four macro days. Watchet, Lindsay! Today is traditionally Lady's

quarterfinals. -- the ladies' quarterfinals. Let's hear from

Serena 's coach. Williams looks more and more

tentative. What was going on towards the end of that Miley? That has been

the biggest problem, backhand errors. For the third Grand Slam

this year, she has not made a call to final.

She has played unbelievably well. She has won. She is still focused.

She is not as efficient as she is to be during the matches, especially in

the Grand Slams but I am sure she will come back because she wants it.

She has to build her confidence back. It is about winning matches.

It is about coming back to the same efficiency during the matches as she

used to have. Do you worry that other players will get a taste of

beating Serena. They know she is beatable? I do not worry about that.

Players can believe. It will not change anything. It is difficult for

her now. That will be our main focus, to win those matches that

will give her the opportunity to play at her best again. That is the

difficult moment we have to pass through but we will pass this

moment. I think she can be unbeatable again. Martina

Navratilova won Wimbledon at 33. She only won one Grand Slam after her

31st birthday. Serena has already won two. Doesn't life get harder

when you are near your 33rd birthday? It properly gets harder

but a general rule is a general rule. It does not apply to Serena.

There is only one Serena. If I feel that, I do not know if I would say

it! I don't think she has changed physically in her game. It is just a

difficult moment that we have to pass through. She will be back at

the top. SUE BARKER: We will see. It has been

a difficult year for Serena. Let me tell you. Last year at the US Open,

she gets into the final. She is killing everybody. She played

Azarenka. There was a howling gale. Serena won that match by the skin of

her teeth. She really got lucky. She was not good in that match. Like a

totally different player from who she had been all tournament. The

same thing happened in the French and here. It seems to me that when

you're used to, it is wonderful to be so good that you win so many

matches easily, but sometimes, when you are a player who gets nervous

and has to struggle, you have to cope with these really different

situations. Patrick seems to think it is all about Serena and if the

real Serena comes back again. But how much is it that and how much is

it that other players have moved on? It is majorly -- may be 60% Serena

and 40% other players. There's no doubt in the locker room that she is

vulnerable. It all starts with trying to get the served back.

Against Cornet she was not effective with her serve. Once it is a

baseline rally, the odds are not so much in Serena's favour. There was a

sentiment going round that even if Serena got to the round of 16, she

would face a tough battle with Bouchard. She did not even make it

there. The consensus is they have got a chance now and they do not

believe it a couple of years ago. Every youngster coming on the tour

is fearless but as you get older, the doubts creep in. You are right.

Serena's contemporaries still have that memory of always losing to her.

The new ones, they come in, they do not have any fear and plus the fact

that Venus and Serena are the ones who were so powerful. Now all the

other young players are matching them for the power. They are

probably a little bit quicker around the court. It is a very interesting

stage in the women's game. They are in some ways victims of their own

success because they have inspired and changed tennis over the years.

We cannot understate the pressure Serena has been under to tie Chris

and Martina with 15 Grand Slams. She's stuck at 17. It puts a lot of

pressure on herself. It would be a shame. You feel she has still got

another Grand Slam in her. When her service working, it is to refit. The

serve is a place when you get nervous. It is very interesting. As

Lindsay said, now at the latter stages of her career, she realises

how important those things are. I am sure there must be a little regret

that a little earlier in her career, she was a little bit easier going.

But she is a great girl. She loves tennis, she is fit. She certainly

does. We were having a conversation eight years ago about our base still

committed to tennis and they still are. She is 32 and Venus is 34. I

love to listen to Venus in the post-match press conferences, why

are you guys trying to retire me? I do not want to stop! The sentiment

for the players, Roger Federer as well, we will play for as long as we

want. Even if we are not winning three Grand Slam titles a year, we

do not want to go anywhere. Venus and Serena wants to be remembered as

one of the greatest players. I think players can go one longer now. The

fitness levels are higher but also the travel. You do not have to play

as many tournaments as you did years ago. Absolutely right. The knowledge

about staying fit, and keeping yourself at optimum condition, it

wasn't quite the same. I know I went on forever but... We thought that,

is she ever going to give up, we kept saying! How boring is it

whenever you get to a press conference and they say, when are

you going to retire? As long as you have motivation, you have to be

prepared to make changes to your game. You have to be prepared to be

looking for something a bit different. Players find out how to

beat you. And you enjoyed it? I loved it. You forget that the young

players, they have so many other things going on in their lives,

emotionally. You get to your end of your 20s, much more stable and you

can not want to hit the town so much so you can focus! The older

players, it is a job. They are very professional. They cant hang

themselves and pace themselves. Dashed they can time themselves.

Plenty of players can go on until their 30s and we have a new wave in

women's tennis. It has been needed for a while. Serena and Roger of 32,

does Serena get the same credit is Roger having won at the same amount

of Grand Slam titles? -- as Roger. It does not seem like it, people

talk about Roger is the greatest player and Serena has had more

controversy throughout her career. They do not get enough credit for

two sisters coming from not the great section of Los Angeles to

become two of the greatest champions and athletes to play this game.

Along with Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova. Their story is

remarkable. Well said. We are now ready for play and the players are

no way, the 2004 Wimbledon champion. -- the players are on

their way. Maria Sharapova is coming on to

court with Angelique Kerber. A very polite applause from the

Centre Court crowd. How do you see this, Virginia? I think Maria will

win. Even if she starts off badly. Last year when she came as the

French champion, it was so overwhelming the success she had on

clay, that took it out of Wimbledon. This year, she can win the French

and know she will focus again. She is in good shape -- and now. Without

Serena, she must be extremely motivated. I watched the match with

Alison Riske and when she started going into top gear, she is

unstoppable. Yes, she is so used to coming into Wimbledon doing well at

the French. She is very comfortable coming here with that expectation.

The challenge for Kerber is that second serve. When you cannot hold

serve time and time again against Sharapova Serena, they are so much

more confident on their service game -- Sharapova and Serena. Maria has

such a presence on court. She moves well, she has every shot. Hasn't she

improved in her -- in her movement? Now she moves forward so well. She

is so improved as a player. Even her second serve has not been as much of

an issue. She used to have trouble on her serves, many double faults,

she has worked so hard. So hard, it is the toughest injury to come back

from, the shoulder. She went through surgery and it has ended many

brewers. She put in two, three years of hard work. -- many careers. She

has only got past the quarters once recently and now she is a clay-court

specialist. She used to say she could never move on clay. She really

has turned herself around. There are only two players on the tour, men

and women, who have this amazing ability to concentrate on every

point. If something goes wrong, they put it out of their minds and carry

on. You know who the other one is on the men's! Rafael Nadal. It is

incredible. Nearly everybody else has a down at some stage and she,

she never gives up. She is always concentrating and in fabulous shape

mentally. And Angelique Kerber, she has big shots and she has some

weapons, she came into the final at Eastbourne. She moves well on the

grass and she stays low. Her forehand is her big shot. It will

have to be working today. The challenge for Kerber is to play her

offensive style against the hard Sharapova. It is difficult to play

offensive tennis against Maria but a player that is confident on grass

and she has won when against Sharapova. We will see if that gives

her confidence. -- she has won win. We are on Centre Court to enjoy this

but on Court Number One is the seven time champion.

Roger Federer. He is on Court Number One playing catch-up. This much was

expected yesterday but he is playing today because of the rain and if he

wins, he will be back on court tomorrow. He will face Tommy Wright

over. -- Tommy Robredo. A big welcome on Court Number One. The

last time these two met at the US Open, Tommy Robredo when it. You can

follow that life on the red button. -- won. The match we were just

watching is now 1-but a break point in the third game against Sabine

Lisicki the Russian macro. That match also on the red button -- for

Yaroslava Shvedova. Here, we are concentrating on Centre Court,

Lindsay is joining Max Chilton in the commentary box.

A lovely scene on Centre Court. The rain that played us has disappeared

and it is a sunny afternoon, an afternoon for sun hats and cold

drinks, perfect -- that play tours. The roof is wide open, a blue sky

above. Angelique Kerber, the number nine seed, will take on Maria

Sharapova, the number five seed. Good afternoon to former champion

Lindsay Davenport. Hello! What do you think of Kerber's chances? It is

a tough call against Maria who is in incredible form. A tough challenge

for Kerber. And she is a good grass court player, confident on this

surface. Against Sharapova, you need something special and we will see if

Kerber is April to come through and shows something today -- is able. I

get concerned with second serve for Kerber. That is always a weak point

of her game and Sharapova always looks to attack that and exploit it

on her opponents. Approaching a full house on Centre

Court. The coaching staff of Sharapova, her coach in the blue hat

and her hitting partner next to him. But a celebration they had in Paris.

-- what a celebration. Sharapova not known to run to her box after

previous Grand Slam titles but they celebrated with a group of after her

first Grand Slam title. -- a group hug. Her coach is Dutch and her

hitting partner is German. And there is a former French rugby player in

the team who played with the five friends and was part of their five

Nations winning championship team -- who played rugby for France. He is

in charge of the physical side of her preparation. And there is a

Japanese fitness trainer. He is not here. What do she call herself

wished Mark team UN! -- what do she call herself? Everybody has been

looking forward to this encounter and the conditions are perfect.

Ready to go. Playing for a place in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

That is the big weapon of the Kerber game, the forehand. Especially the

forehand up the line. She hits it so low and flat over the net. It is a

very tough shot to defend on the grass.

Good shot! Kerber is off to a flying start here. And those are the

chances Kerber has to take in this match if she has any amount of time.

Sharapova reads the ball short, Kerber has to take chances and she

has to step in. Two break points. Sharapova has so much confidence in

herself. And her ground strokes. No matter what the score is, it you can

see her continued to step in and go for the lines -- you see her

continue. A double fault from Sharapova to

give Kerber the break of serve in the opening game. She can be a slow

starter, Maria Sharapova. She often goes three or four games behind

before finding her way, before warming up and moving up a gear. In

the last round against American Alison Riske, she was down 3-1

before she won 11 games in a row. So Kerber will require a good number

of first serves. We note the second serve is a weak area. -- we know.

But right is Kerber's code should --. Write. He is a German of

Iranians dissent and he played the Davis Cup for Iran. -- Ukrainian. --

Ukrainian. A collective gasp around Centre

Court. Sharapova immediately took off to hit the forehand and she hit

a high defensive shot. Sharapova is back to where she normally stands to

return. That is a typical Kerber point, she

is able to get herself out of trouble and improvise. She is

waiting for her opponents to make an error. -- opponent.

Sharapova is focused, going through her routine, staring at the back

fence. She turns and she straightens her strings and she gets ready to

receive. Kerber is so similar to Agnieszka

Radwanska, they get so low to make shots. I am not sure how they get

back up sometimes! Sharapova has not quite found her

range. With a crosscourt forehand. Credit to Kerber for keeping the

ball is low and some of them all short, forcing Maria to move up. --

and some of them short. -- the balls.

Kerber rubber-stamps the break of serve and she moves to two games to

love after eight minutes of play on Centre Court.

That is a great serve down the centre. This is a match that

Sharapova is going to want to use her slice serve more than she

usually does, to get the serve to tail away from the backhand of

Kerber. Kerber has limited reach going for the return.

The forehand appears to be the weak area at the moment for Maria

Sharapova. Three forehand unforced errors. She has yet to get on the

scoreboard here. That is the sort of forehand she is

looking for! Sharapova hits her forehand much better when she can

transfer her weight into the court and she has time. Not quite as

confident when she is rushed or forced.

SUE BARKER: Kerber leading with a break of serve. This is court three

and Sabine Lisicki is receiving medical treatment to her shoulder

and her neck and she had a medical time-out at 1-all and it take points

down and she came backhand she broke serve, but she has been broken back.

20 happening in this third and final set, it is live on the red button.

Roger Federer is in a rush on Court One, that is also on the red button.

Against Tommy Robredo. That is on Court One. And another fourth-round

match on Court Two is pretty macro against Feliciano Lopez -- Stan

Wawrinka. Three games-all in the first set. And Jamie Murray is

playing with his partner, his Australian partner. One set -all.

Just as it was in the Queen's Club final that was decided by a

championship tie-break, this will be decided by a final set. Back to

Centre Court. Hustle and bustle around the court

as latecomers make their way into the court. Kerber is up a break,

2-1. You are right, she has not found the

range on that forehand yet. She has hit good ones inside the court but

when she has been behind the baseline, less sure on that site so

far. -- that side. First base from Kerber. -- ace. If

she can get free points on that serve, that will help her. It will

be huge for Kerber. Solid service game from the German

number one. Kerber is one of two Germans still

in the draw. The other is Sabine Lisicki.

She is definitely pressing on that side and going for a lot. At times

in this match, she is not in the correct position.

-- going forward. If you are Kerber, it you want to be aware of that --

you want to be aware of that and continue to attack that forehand

while it is this form rebel. Yes, dysfunctional at the moment, the

forehand from Sharapova -- from rubble. She is really struggling.

And this backhand is so effective because of the Spain rear generates

from her left hand -- the spin. Hitting that of the court.

of her attack to the forehand Alize Corneter of Kerber, showing Kerber

early on she is not scared of the German's weapon. -- corner.

Sharapova starting to find her feet on Centre Court.

Beautiful day to be watching tennis, where ever you are sitting round

this Centre Court capacity. 15,000, and I guess we are four fifths of

the way there at the moment. Glorious cotton wool clouds above.

Intark we will be back on centre in a moment. We are going to go live to

Court Number One because Roger Federer is racing away with this

match. He has set point. That looks like he has just got it. That

winning backhand, 6-1 he has taken from Tommy Robredo. Robredo beat him

at the US Open but Roger is saying this is my home. So he is very much

at home on grass here. That is on the red button, here on centre, the

chairman Philip Brook and the great Billie Jean King looking on.

Angelique Kerber still up a break. 3-2, first set.

Great variety there from Kerber. She likes to work in that drop shot,

has lots of feel when she does move forward and this is a great choice

of shot here, to three to exploit the movement of Sharapova. That was

a fantastic return of serve. Angelique Kerber was just a

spectator. Very effective serving from Kerber.

Not scared to go back out to that backhand wing, even though last time

Sharapova hit a winner from that side.

What a start for Angelique Kerber. 4-2 in front. Looks like the German

feels very much at home out here. Is Sharapova connections will be a

little concerned. -- the Sharapova connections will be

a little concerned. This is a nice service game for

Sharapova. Decides that opening service game, she has looked fairly

comfortable the service part, it surprises me that she hasn't got her

return going, her return game yet. Sharapova fired up about serving

that one out. Maria bouncing round, she is

dancing, ready to receive. She knows she has to do some damage on the

Kerber serve. Another punishing rally. Kern knows

knows she is fast enough and consistent enough to run balls down

if she needs to, she is, right now, getting her balls back in to play,

trying to get them deep. Sharapova has to start covering that

backhand serve. Kerber has hit every serve this

match, with the exception of two to the backhand side of Sharapova.

Sharapova has to start leaning towards covering all the backhand

serves. the face.

She is in good shape. When she finds herself behind the baseline

reacting, she hasn't been as successful.

It's long. It is just pulling off that forehand

a bit, on some of those that go long, pulling to her left, in, in

not staying with the shot through contact. You can see there was a

surprising number, Kerber doing a far better job of defending her

first serve than Sharapova. What impresses me about Maria

Sharapova, is despite all her success in the game, all her massive

earn, and titles -- earnings, she is fired up. She is absolutely focussed

for every point out here. She has put the pressure back on to

Angelique Kerber. So five games to four, Kerber have

to serve for the first set. Thfrges is a huge service game

coming up for Kerber, almost every serve has gone to the Sharapova

backhand. If you are Maria here, this return game, you have to start

moving over to your left. Covering that backhand serve, make Kerber hit

her least favourite serve in this huge game.

It gives yourself a better chance of hitting a good return, when you

start anticipating a bit better. So we will see how strategically

aware Angelique Kerber is when she steps to serve for the first set.

Warm applause for Angelique Kerber, for both players.

Can Kerber be the first person to take a set away from Maria Sharapova

at the Championships? Serving for it now.

Much more aggressive starting with the return.

Stepped in to all three of those back hands beautifully.

Great awareness there from Kerber. We have not seen many of those

shots. That was a huge mishit, it zigged

and zagged were it clipped the line. -- before it clipped the line.

It is not all straight forward for Kerber. 15-30.

Kerber's cross, to say the least. Two break points for Maria

Sharapova. Yes! Good running.

She breaks back. Sharapova moved up to that drop shot

so quickly. You know it is always going to be tough to serve a set, a

match against her, her great return game.

She settled down and focussed beautifully there.

Kerber reel rising she didn't be defensive at this stage, she is

going to have to take matters into her own hands. -- realising. That is

a perfect point for Kerber, she has to continue to be aggressive on her

own -- own end. Further danger for Maria Sharapova.

Her coach doing what he can from Afar.

Maria Sharapova finally broke back towards the tail end of this first

set, 5-5, 30-30. Sharapova yet to drop a set in the Championships but

she came close as Kerber served for the first.

Kerber just leaving the balls too short in the court.

Against Sharapova, you just can't afford to make balls in the court,

and there couple of back hands in the row, just about at the service

loin, that is an invitation for Sharapova to attack.

-- service line. Sharapova back in front. 6 games to

five. This was the final unreturned serve

and the unaccompanied reaction that with it.

The sun is coming out again. What do you remember of your day on Centre

Court? The final against Steffi Graf, with all the rain we have had,

I remember the match, but I was thinking this morning I couldn't

remember what happened with the weather, was it sunny? We had one

rain delay, it was dark and cloudy throughout. What a nice change for

these players to have a roof and not have to worry about that.

SUE BARKER: We are leaving Centre Court. If you want to continue

watching centre, you can. It continues now live on BBC One. We

are heading off to see Roger Federer in a moment, but first one result to

bring you. The Fourth Round, Sabine Lisicki, really tight match against

Yaroslava Shvedova. Nothing between these two, she broke serve towards

the end of that final set winning six games to four. That puts her

through to the quarter-final to face Simona Halep, the number three seed

S and a Fourth Round match in the men's on Court Two, you can follow

this on line. Stanislas Wawrinka took the first set. That tie-break,

it is one game all against the big serving Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.

That is on Court Two. And from the Swiss number one, to

the Swiss number two, but I am sure Roger would prefer to be remembered

as the seven time champion, he is seeded four, up with a break of

serve against Tommy Robredo. Let us join that match now with Peter

Fleming and Nick mull lips. -- Mullins. The winner of this match

will play the winner of Wawrinka and Lopez in the quarter-finals.

Fishing for a word to describe Federer in this match so far, Peter,

and regal seems to sum it up. He has been mightily impressive. He has

played well. I think he hasn't been up against the centrest of opponents

at the moment -- sternest of opponents at the moment. Federer

jumped all over him and has mauled him. It is up to the Spaniard to

raise his game a bit and impose herself on Federer. Federer hasn't

had to defend often in this match, and because he has had everything

his own way, he has attacked nicely, he has changed his tactic, chipped

and charged, served and volleyed. He has brought his whole game and he is

looking pretty sharp. He has break of serve in the second

set. Here he, is 4-3. We weren't the only ones who need to

have another look that the. -- look at that.

If he can defend the net, that would give him a lot of confidence.

He ran away with the first set in little more than 20 minute, courtesy

of a very early break of serve and he has been in charge ever since.

There has been more than one occasion in this match so far, as

Stefan Edberg and the other coach look on, that Tommy Robredo's face

has just been swathed in confusion, in disbelief, and latest half-volley

at the net. What on earth do you say about this?

Well, it is just a nice reaction. A nice reaction, yes, perhaps the ball

came off the frame, who cares? Got the racket on the ball.

Knows the importance of this game. -- he knows. Serving to stay in the

second set. He missed it but that is how needs

to play, just a bit more often. He needs to come out here and say "All

right, I am not going to be pushed round all day long."

That is a difficult shot. Especially on grass, when the ball

sometimes skids through the court as it did then.

been struggling to touch the ball, game point.

The linesman with the eyes of the whole. -- a hawk.

The Spaniard is holding on in this second set.

Holding on, indeed. But make no mistake, as great a fighter is

Robredo is and as great a competitor, this next game is vital

for him. He simply cannot fall behind two sets to love against

Roger Federer and expect to win this match. So somehow, some way, he

needs to break through. And it is not likely to be easy as he has not

even had a break point yet. A 16th Wimbledon for Federer, he first came

here as a 17-year-old. He is 32 now. That is how dominant that serve has

been. And not just in this particular matter at all

championship. When he was 19, he beat Pete Sampras on this court --

and not just in this particular championship. He has been a dominant

presence ever since. The boy done good. Yes. He has yet to drop a set

and he has conceded just 23 games over the opening week. His serve has

not been troubled. Serving for the second set.

That is Federer at his finest. Effective dominance.

It is always like watching tennis from another pilot when will -- when

we are watching Federer. -- another planet. It is the era when the serve

and volley was King. Federer taking us back in time today. More

precisely, I think this is tennis from a future error. Because

obviously, the game has to grow. -- a future period. In the future, we

will see more players mixing up the serve and volley, mixing up

attacking tennis. Because it is very difficult to compete against players

like Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray from the back of the court. You have

to break up their rhythm. And Roger Federer obviously has found that to

be the case. With a little bit of help from Stefan Edberg. He has come

in and said, if you are going to compete on a regular basis against

these top guys and beat them more than just sporadically, you have to

be more aggressive and you have to do what we are seeing and approached

the net it doesn't times and enjoy success. -- a dozen times. Roger

Federer is the boss. He brought in Stefan Edberg because he knew he

needed to become a better attacking player. And it appears as though

Stefan Edberg is helping him do that.

Clinical. He has not put a foot wrong yet today.

I love it! His court awareness. It has always been great but it has

grown. He just never thought this was a necessity, but he has worked

on it. It is a real opportunity. The consistency and the accuracy

that Robredo is going to need to stretch Federer.

And for the first time in the match, Robredo holds on the opening service

game in a set. -- holds onto. And let's face it, at this point,

Robredo is saying, I have got nothing to lose. My back is up

against the wall, time to come out winding. Because I cannot do any

worse. -- swinging. If I lose, all right. That is where he is heading

already. Can he turn the tables? They have been on Court 4 one hour.

-- caught fire -- they have been on Court One hour.

He has made it. It had to be special and it was special. And you want to

know why we do not see many people hit regulation approaches? That is

why. Because players today are great at hitting passing shots.

Robredo's tennis hero growing up in Spain was him. Now he is plotting

his downfall in Federer's corner. It is one of the first polls we have

seen Federer miss -- balls. His timing has been accurate so far. The

first time he has been taking traduced in the match. De she has

been taken. De she has been taken to deuce. He does not intend to hang

around long. Federer was serving and volleying on

that second delivery. Robredo is inside the baseline, he probably

asked a little too much of himself. That was more of a fight. You do not

win 17 majors without being able to fight. And you are not going to beat

the player who has won 17 without fighting and Robredo was doing a bit

more of that. This is as well as he has played all

match, pushing Federer backhand starting to win some points. You are

right. Throwing caution to the wind. A bit of fortune.

Robredo holds again, he leads to-1. -- 2-1.

So while the players sit down, we can take you briefly to Centre Court

to show you Maria Sharapova has lost the first set to Angelique Kerber,

number nine seed. Uncharacteristic errors in the first set. Marriage --

Maria Sharapova is live -30 in the second.

This is not the red button, Stan Wawrinka and Feliciano Lopez heading

for another tie-break. Stan Wawrinka is leading.

This is 60 Robredo has not had his serve broken and he has only faced

one break point -- 60 Robredo. Kei Nishikori is in the lead. -- 60

Robredo. And this is Court 18. Jamie Murray and John Peers are two sets

down. You can follow that online. We are heading back to Court One.

An error of judgement from Federer. Off with his head!

That is what you do with naughty tennis balls.

That was like Andre Agassi. He stood his ground on the baseline. Robredo

was nowhere in sight. 232-year old players meeting again. Two

32-year-old players. Robredo won in straight sets in

Flushing Meadows. But the Federer then is a shadow of the Federer

today. And I think that match was actually the straw that broke the

camel's back. It was the clue to Roger that, now is the time to get

myself healthy again because I am not going through this any more.

I remember Federer being beaten in the second round last summer. They

will be blinking at the person they are watching today, not the same

person. to the one we saw in the first two

sets. Full of fight. Yes. Robredo has changed his style of play since

the first two sets, as he most certainly needed to. The question

remains, can he maintain this level of play? Because this is not the

sort of style he is used to playing, so can he maintain this level the

three sets? It is asking a lot. -- for three sets. But he is no

ordinary tennis player. Eight years since he was as high as fifth in the

world rankings, 2006. He is 22nd on the list here which makes him

Spain's third-best player behind Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer. That

tells you about his ability to deal with challenges like this, to deal

with Federer on one of the big show courts at Wimbledon. And he will

know, Federer will know that almost for the first time this afternoon,

this is a proper contest. How about that for cutting the top

of the strawberry? That was delightful. It was an Andy Roddick

type game, the hyperactive American was known for holding serve in about

45 seconds. It is good fun being part of team

Roger. Once again, the Stefan Edberg

inspired chip and charge. Stefan Edberg is one of the greatest

exponents of that tactic, he was difficult to pass.

Federer enjoyed a morning hit with Stefan Edberg before the gates

opened, attracted quite a crowd. Crowding around the court.

And when the gates opened at 10:30am, those walking past court 11

got an unexpected bonus. Two break points.

Robredo's coach. He warmed up alongside Rafael Nadal at the same

time. What was he thinking? Of all times,

that is when you want to let the ball drop. Wait! He hit it about the

height of his knee. If he waited, it would have been a shoulder high

forehand, his best shot. Roger knows his remit. His remit was

get out there, do your job and get off the court quickly.

Because you have to play again tomorrow, and Roger following the

script, to the T. Talked a little bit about what Federer's done over

the last 12 months or so. Losing Paul Anacone as his coach, bringing

in Stefan Edberg. His racket, he has upgraded, from the old smaller 90

square inch head that used to give him that control, to a bigger canon,

98 inches. He losses a bit of control but it gives him the weight

of shot to compete at the highest level. It is the -- is it the weight

of shot or the sweet spot is a bit bigger, allows hill just a little

more margin for error. In termles of hitting the centre of

the strings every time. -- terms.

I have never compareded the two so I don't know if this one has more

power than the other. Needless to say he has made the

adjustments nicely. Few rejust about in the zone, he is

protective of that. That last, he bay her -- barely, didn't even look

at the umpire, just a passing glance. -- ne, he is protective of

that. That last, he bay her He is goes to taking his place in

the Wimbledon quarter-finals. No question, Federer would like to

finish it right here. Don't even mess with serving for him.

NASA new racket. Federer pounding it as if he didn't like the way the

ball felt coming off the strings. If fed said -- Roger Federer is

going to be pushed further than he has Robredo has to hang on for

another accept or eight minutes. 94 is the longest it has taken, seven

times champion to get the job done in the first week.

94 minutes? That was overtime again, Muller, what are we now, 86 minute,

either this is going to have backbench a long service game or

Robredo is going to have to break. He must be bored! Come on, he has

been on the court 86 minutes, hour and 26? That is a nice day's work.

Good work if you can get it, that is.

His receive remains unbroken, throughout the championships, and

his sweat remains unbroken, I think it would be fair to say.

There he is. Perhaps walking out for the final time this afternoon,

certainly, walking out to serve for a place in the Wimbledon

quarter-finals, and what an ovation on number one court.

Maybe the proposal is playing at the back of his mind somewhere! Yes, I

mean, that was a pretty comical quip, really, but this is the last

moment Federer wants to get distracted.

It's a contest that is 90 minutes long. It has taken this long for

Robredo to have a break point on the Federer serve, and for the first

time in these Championship, Federer is on the bring of losing it.

He looks totally at home in the forecourt these days. It is nice to

see. A proposal of marriage and a match

point, all in the space of a minute or so.

Nothing Robredo could do with that. Serve hit the side line and checked.

Perhaps Federer will think twice about doing that the next time.

Referred's latest sortie to the net brings its reward. Perhapses he's

thought twice and thought, "I'm going to do it any way." And in

blight sunshine. Regal, serene, supreme P an

outstanding ovation on number one court.

For a man that we are all very lucky to be alive to watch play tennis in

the flesh. Roger Federer, into the quarter-finals.

Virtually flawless performance from Federer. He did everything right.

The ball from the back of court, he serves is impeccably, he chipped in,

he covered the net athletically. Is he now ready to be a challenger for

these Championships? Maybe. We will see. Tommy Robredo didn't quite

bring it today, under Egypt -- underequipped to face this man in

these conditions. He did detain him for 94 minutes which is as long as

anyone has detained him at these Championships.

. But in the end there were no real alarms.

And he has gone through in straight sets and he will face the winner of

Stanislas Wawrinka or Feliciano Lopez in the last eight, Wawrinka

leading by two sets to love, but Federer has gone through in an hour

and 34. Straight sets. 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. He is getting ready to tall to

Phil Jones. -- talk.

Well, rominger, that was an almost flawless performance, how did you

view it? I was very happy, I was able to start off strong, and sort

of kept momentum all the way to the very end, you know, tough at the end

to serve it out, I think Tommy was playing better as the match went on,

so I am clearly happy to win in straight sets again today. I think

the longest you have been on court now, is 96 minutes through the first

four round, so your overall assessment as you head into a 12th

quarter-final. I feel like a soccer player, 96 minutes sounds about

right. I am pleased with the first week. Here we go into the quarter of

as -- quarterfinalers, it is exciting being deep into a

tournament, and you know, it is, it is really nice, the way I am

playing, I think I am moving well, serving well, all the things are

happening that I need to be happening to go deep in this

tournament again. I know before the tournament you said you felt like a

contender and you are showing the world you, the way you are

playingful Yes, look, important is that I feel OK on the court, not

what the press or whom ever experts are saying. I feel like my game is

there it is important to keep it up and not have any hiccups and not

have any major let downs. There could be five or ten minute where

you are not feeling right or get a break in the beginning of another

set and you are done, so it is about being focussed out there. I am able

to do that, and I am healthy. All season long I have played a lot of

matches so things are where I want them to be, but you are only in the

quarter-finals and that is when the tournament kind of starts. Well, the

possibility is it is an all Swiss quarter-final against Wawrinka

Warwick and a big time for Switzerland, with their World Cup

game against Argentina. The country must be going sporting mad? For a

smaller country we have done so well in many sports and it is nice having

the national team, the soccer national team doing well as well

especially with the coach, he has been with fours a long time. It

might be his last match. We hope not. We hope we can beat Argentine

that, I am supporting Stan in his match against Lopez. It will be

something amazing playing Stan in the quarter, because that doesn't

happen very often in Swiss sporting terms. They can beat Messi and

company surely? That is why we watch sport, we love it, we don't know

what is going to happen. We know you played well today and have in the

first week and a bit. Keep it going. All the best. Thank you. He has

plenty of time to get ready for kick off. It is not until 5.00. He got

the job don done, he said he had to keep playing aggressive and serve

well. He did just that, a quick victory was needed as he is going to

be back on court to face Wawrinka in the quarter-final, but he is through

to the Fourth Round, through the fourth round now, he hasn't dropped

a set. He hasn't drop his serve and he has his sights on a Wimbledon

title number eight. Roger, through to the quarter-finals.

That is over on Court One, but over on Centre Court, Maria Sharapova is

fighting back, she is a break of serve up in tb second set, against

Angelique Kerber, serving for the second. That match live on BBC One.

On Court Three, Raonic dropped his set to Kei Nishikori. That match is

live on the red button. On court 18, Jamie Murray and his partner against

the number two seeds. You can follow that doubles match on line.

We are heading to Court Two to see Stanislas Wawrinka, see if he can

finish it off. Two sets is he leads against Feliciano Lopez, so let us

join this match with John Lloyd and Andrew Cotter.

in the Wawrinka serve again. Even the second.

been very unhappy, Lopez. Oh, Wawrinka is unhappy as well. Lopez

has been discontented since that second set tie. What chance has he

had? All those set points on his is never that tie-breaker and his serve

had been so brilliant. All of a sud he lost it, the love the first

serve. Missed a couple of balls and lost that second set and went nuts

there, shouting at his box, and I, frankly it looked like he was going

to lose his first service game in the first set.

I am not talking to him, I autumn talking to me.

-- I am. I am not talking to him. He gets

disturbed by it. Come on, please. Come on, or I will take action. He

is like an admonishing parents there. He is saying I will have to

take action next time. Feliciano Lopez saying I am not saying to to

Wawrinka, I am saying it to me. I am not sure the umpire can do it. Lopez

is saying he is muttering about himself. Is he not allowed to talk

about himself? He can say fantastic about himself,

can't he? Half the female population would agree!

Exactly. Why can't he say that. A strange one from the umpire.

Not sure that the umpire can stop someone from being sarcastic. We

would all be in trouble! He has dope well to reboot a little bit Lopez,

because he looked like he was going to go down early break in third, and

I think it would have been all over. The first two sets is were just

serve dominated, both players serving so well and never looked

like anyone was going to break serve.

For those just joining us 30-30 is a rarity, this is about as close to a

break point as we have had. OK, we have arrived! At her first

break points in this match. UMPIRE: Stop both of you. Stop.

Wawrinka putt by some spectators talking.

-- put. Everybody stop talking, nobody talk at all for the next half

hour, we will be happy. We will say something though.

That was 140mph to see off the first break point of the match. To be

honest, I don't know why Stanislas Wawrinka is getting involved. Let

his opponent self-destruct. He is up two sets to love. Let him say

whatever he wants. Some more talking there! Lopez can

just steer himself through this trouble.

So he was briefly threatened. The fist time we have seen a serve

threatened. I saw what know now you to you, he got into our

conversation! Wawrinka seemed to be complaining

about somebody in the crowd, Wawrinka had the mental high ground

there for a moment... Why give it up when he is two sets to love? Get on

with the business, you will be off the court in 15 minutes.

Oh: Tremendous, the angle there, the pick up, superb from Stanislas

Wawrinka. That is the best shot of the match.

Just exceptional. What a return that was, that very casual the way he hit

that. This is a great field shot. He is not known for his field shots,

more the power. That was delightful to watch.

That has been delightful all day, the receive.

-- the serve. The change over could be

interesting. Volleyed a lot today, Wawrinka.

Good sneak attack on the second serve.

Wawrinka motoring along on his own serve.

Let us have the fun chat at the change over. I think they are both

going to keep quiet now. I was noticing at the beginning of the

match Wawrinka had 43 aces, Lopez 85. 29 aces for Wawrinka in this

match. The serve today has been tremendous.

Awesome. And Lopez, we have to get creditment

Lopez is having an amazing run, when you think of it, finals of Queens,

had match point, lost one, Eastbourne and he has been through,

plus he is played doublers you would think maybe that is why he tacked

out a the end of the second set. Mentally he is a bit fried. It was

strange Wawrinka got involved when he was winning two sets to love. You

would have ought the he would let his opponent mutt ever away, but he

got involved. Maybe that has stirred Lopez back up again. Wawrinka won't

know it is Roger Federer who is through unless he has been looking

at the big screen. One to decide for all time the number one in

Switzerland. Wawrinka is the number one at the moment, number three in

the world. On the grass, still you are not entirely convinced. 3-4 in

this third set. The, we are not seeing the dominant

service game from Lopez. In the first two sets too many held to love

or 15 at the very most. Their chances here appearing. -- there are

chances appearing. What was he thinking there? Two

awful shock in this game. -- shots. The dropped short he completely

missed, and this one. That is just awful, drop volley. As it was in the

last service going, break point for Wawrinka.

There it is. Wawrinka, a terrifying cry of celebration. That really is

the crucial breakthrough. Again, given to him with a double fault.

Immediately, Stan Wawrinka will serve for a place in the

quarterfinals, a place against his fellow countrymen, Roger Federer. It

looked like a tired game from the Spaniard, that last serve went in

the middle of the service net. A tired game.

The way he has served in this match, Wawrinka, now you would think it was

impossible for Lopez to survive. Wawrinka watched it, decided not to

stick out an arm and try to get there.

about as elevated as I have ever seen Wawrinka, he has been at odd

times of the match shouting out. To get it done in three sets, you knows

the match schedule is against him. True.

Of course, I have never seen him serve and volley this much either.

He has done it well today. There's was a difficult picked up, it was a

low backhand volley. He did well to get to it and then plunge it away

like that. It was a classy volley. -- punch it.

Mr Wawrinka is challenging the call. Service line, the ball is called

out. Hoping for an ace. Second service.

Lopez... UMPIRE: Mr Lopez has one challenge remaining.

Two match points for a place in the quarterfinals.

Winning with an ace, he has poured out the aces in this match and he

wins in straight sets. So important, as he battles against the schedule.

Still Lopez has things to say. The handshake turns into an unhealthy

argument, unfortunately. Shake hands and... Wawrinka trying to offer a

smile. It is not possible. It is nothing

against you. Let's fade them out. It is unseemly. Some choice language.

The best thing Wawrinka can do is step back on the court and take the

applause, move on. Exactly. That was very strange, the way that all came

about. A bit curious. Lopez will be back on court later in the Men's

Doubles. He wanted another quarterfinal place, but it is

Wawrinka who goes through to play Roger Federer, the Battle of

Switzerland. A straight sets victory for spam Wawrinka. -- Stan

Wawrinka. SUE BARKER: ?? a heated debate at the end of that match

which may continue in the locker room. Stan is through to face Roger

final, that will be tomorrow in the quarterfinal. There is another

fourth-round match in action at the moment. This looks like it will go

to 1-1, Raonic is serving for the second set against Kei Nishikori of

Japan, who won the opening set 6-4. You can follow that one on the red

button. On Centre Court, this could be another big shock in the ladies

championship. Serena Williams is already out. Sharapova is down in

the third set. And just once again, just to apologise for any of the

language between Lopez and Wawrinka out on that court. That is on Centre

Court. Here on BBC Two, we are heading to Court Number One. To see

the ladies quarterfinal between Lucie Safarova and Katarina

Makarova. This match is 3-0 two Safarova in the first set. We can

join our commentators, DAVID MERCER: she has settled so

well against the Russian, ranked 22 in the world. We were expecting a

tight encounter, but so far it is a very one-sided. TRACY AUSTIN: ??

Safarova has looked a lot more solid, less nervous. Makarova has

actually been in this situation a view more times. Safarova just once,

back in 2007. -- a few more times. It is Makarova serving.

As big Mac a title on grass, in Eastbourne in 2010, as a qualifier.

-- has won a title. Just before Wimbledon began.

Was in superb form to dismiss Agnieszka Radwanska in the last

round. But has not found that form today, yet.

Yet another error from Makarova. She played such a clean match last time

round against Radwanska. The coach of Makarova, very few women are

coached by women. Flipping the line.

It is unusual to see. Lucie Safarova, always looking to dictate

from that forehand side and control the centre of the court.

It is a first miscue from Safarova. Still has a point for a 4-0 lead.

Rob on the right, the coach of Lucie Safarova. He is a Canadian.

Just beginning to get a feel for the Mac, Makarova. Did really well with

that squash type forehand to stay in that point. Great defence. Makarova

does not move quite as well as Safarova. -- for the match.

First ace brings Makarova her first game. I'd UEFA and of the ballet? A

little bit. -- are you a fan of the ballet? There was a great Russian

ballerina in the post Second World War era. I think I have heard of

her, she is very famous. Yes, if you are going to go across

court on your volume have to make it a winner, if you don't you are

leaving a big hole down the line. Makarova playing better now.

Safarova had 15-40 on the last service game. That was a wide-open

opportunity for her, she was not able to capitalise. Now Makarova is

looking a lot more comfortable. playing the senior doubles. I asked

her playing partner this morning how to pronounce her name, but it is

something we cannot even say excrement -- even

this is really good, clean hitting from Safarova.

Which ever way you want to pronounce her surname, she is playing really

well. That forehand is working spectacularly for Lucie Safarova.

She hit fit with such great ferocity. She gets a great shoulder

turn, uses her legs really well, tremendous racket head speed. She is

really starting to build up a lot of confidence. Safarova already with

seven winners. Makarova on her back foot. You always need to see both

sides of the occasion, seven winners, one unforced error. If she

plays like that for the rest of the match, she wins, period. Absolutely.

Very clean match. Safarova, her second Grand Slam quarterfinal. It

has been said of both of them, for the talent they both possess they

had somewhat underachieved. This is a great opportunity for the pair of

them to put that right. Absolutely. Safarova's highest career ranking is

17, Makarova 19, they are pretty close to that. Who ever wins this

match will have a new career high. That is so lucky from Makarova. She

let that high ball drop to below knee level. She waited a long time

before she decided to come up and then it seemed to go away from her

at the last second. Good hands to get underneath that enough to just

get it over. You brought up that both players

have been thought of as underachievers at this stage. Both

such rate ball straight as. For me, Lucie Safarova has come so close to

beating top players, sometimes it is just between the years that you

cannot break through. Makarova has had some big wins,

especially at the Australian Open this year. She beat Venus Williams.

A few years ago she beat Serena Williams, out hit her, which is

tough to do. That is a very well constructive

point from Safarova. A defensive position to get the point back to

neutral, went offensive and threw in another slice for change of pace.

Another look at Rob. Struck it well, just that little

margin of error in the sense that going over the high point of the net

if you are going down the line. As we look at... Makarova, it occurs

to me there are more women coaching on the men's tour than the women's

tour. Andy Murray with Amelie Mauresmo. Denis Istomin's coach is a

woman. I cannot think of any other women on the women's tour. Martina

Hingis. Coaching most of this year, until just about months ago. Winning

the Miami doubles. Good serving from Safarova, really

stretching Makarova. Picking her spots well. Also mixing the serves

up. Being very accurate. She gets enough pace on her

service, Safarova, for somebody who does not use much of her lower body.

Has lost precisely one point on serve so far.

Makarova looking up at her coach and talking to her. Obviously not happy

with the scoreline right now. Very impressive from Lucie Safarova

so far. She for many years, was the lady in the life of Tomas Berdych,

who has been a finalist here. That ended a couple of years ago. She now

has an American boyfriend, who is a coach, but very sensibly in my

opinion, not her coach. Not just an American coach but the United States

National Association coach. Yes, impressive statistics behind the

serve for Lucie Safarova. Just two points conceded. I was interested in

what you were saying. She had the Australian Open this year, match

point against Li Na and missed by the proverbial whisker. And then

overruled by Hawk eye. If you look, many times she has lost big match is

at the last moment. Getting over the line is not easy. That is the

difference the Lucie Safarova, between the ears, having that

belief. Rob, her coach, a positive influence. Getting that belief that

she can get across the finishing line against those top players. New

balls in play. They will fly that little bit more.

These balls tend to fluff up, the interaction with the strings on the

ball. When they are brand-new they will travel through the air that

much quicker. Talking about those close matches

that Safarova has lost. Eastbourne last 7-6 in the third. And lost in

the third set in Stuttgart. She is right there against the top

players, but those critical points, they play them better than her at

this stage. Continues to attack that second

serve, gets a really good look at it from either side and really drives

it. Here is the first test of the

nerves, the confidence of Lucie Safarova. Got off to a fast start,

3-0 and as a result of that has the opportunity to serve out the set.

The first point is so crucial. I say the first point is so crucial,

because it gives you a little lift when you are serving, when you feel

you have your head in the scoreline. It can make you feel

pressure if you are serving from behind right away.

Safarova has got to adjust on the forehand down the line. She has just

clipped the net for or five times where the net is higher. Needs a

little more trajectory on that shot. game has only lost two points on

serve and now she finds herself down 0-40. Who ever said this isn't a

mental game! That is a great lefty serve, even

against a fellow lefty. That is in that should be an ace.

Yes. And Makarova walks straightaway, not challenging

whether she should get another chance.

Not an ace. Just a touch, but amazing serving to get herself a set

point. Five fantastic serves in a row to

get Lucie Safarova out of a 0-40 situation. So much slice swinging

off the court and really measured this shot perfectly. I loved the

reaction from Safarova, immediately looks up at the coach and he is out

of his seat. Half way home, but stay focussed. Great racket work. She had

to stop quickly to make sure she didn't run into the net. The ball

was lower than the height of the night. She just had to bump it

gently up the line. She kept her calm, kept confident in the crisis

and you and I am sure are both thinking, oh, not again is she is

going to snatch defeat in terms of that set from a winning position.

Let's have a look at the statistics of the opening set. You can see all

the yellows are down the left. Getting the return in at 83%. She

adjusted to the lefty, Makarova, much better than Makarova adjusted

to the Safarova lefty serve. And twice as many winners as unforced

errors. Any day you can play like that, you're in business. That is a

good day. Makarova has to be careful not to be

broke enstraightaway. The body language from the start has

been very different. Makarova is looking flat opt back foot. Safarova

looking to be the aggressor at every opportunity.

Just that one break of serve in the first set.

Too good! Safarova has to make sure when she hits that backhand slice it

is still moving through the court and staying low.

A very important hold from Makarova, particularly from 0-30. Very much

so. The last forehands, the slices are so effective on this surface.

They wouldn't be as effective on grass or on hard court, where they

would sit up. They don't have a lot of pace and stayed down low. Big

football fan is Ekaterina Makarova. I suppose you're become a football

fan, with the US playing in the World Cup tonight. It is becoming

big in the United States. For the fist time everybody's much more

interested in this World Cup. Just one or two errors creeping into

the Safarova game. You sense a possible shift in momentum.

Makarova is looking, but choosing not to challenge. So tough to defend

the Safarova serve, because she is using that lefty slice out wide.

The forehand not hit with the same confidence as Safarova was hitting

with in the first set. Well the umpire being hit by

accident! They can take it! Could have caught it really!

I did catch one once as an umpire. If I hadn't caught it, it would have

hit me! Using that serve so effectively. It

was a fifth ace for Lucie Safarova, who has had to come from behind in

her last two service games. A first serve dismissed with

contempt. It is sitting is up invitingly right

at the hitting point, that serve. What timing! Knew where it was

going. She read it. Two break points.

That is long and there is the break. She's come through a couple of

minicrises. She still has all the confidence in the world. Her

returning is so good. It is Po important for Safarova, who has

struggled in such critical matches this year against top players to

finish out and win those matches, get herself across the finish line

to not think about this as being the quarter finals possibility to get

her in the first semi final ever. Just needs to break it down to one

point at a time. Not even games. But just be very clear on what her

strategy needs to be. Now the essential thing for her is, as

Billie Jean King would say, stay in the moment. Don't allow your mind to

go forward to the possible consequences of the match. The old

cliche, one point at a time. It is a lovely situation to be in, a set and

a break to the good. Certainly the forehand is looking a

little more shaky now. Keep the racket head speed, but give myself

more margin, if she is starting to feel the nerves.

But keep serving yourself out of trouble. Up to six aces now. 21 for

the Championships. Just looking at the direction of the

first serves and it is seven out wide.

Seven aces. Third service game in a row that Safarova's had to come from

behind. But she is serving so well. Absolutely essential for Makarova to

hold this service game to stay in touch.

Safarova has played a very good match up to this point. But Makarova

has not played anywhere near the level she did against Radwanska.

That is a poor miss. Safarova really backed off and had given her a mid

court ball. That ball was hanging. She should have pounced on that. To

me, that is nerves. Terrific play again from Safarova