Day 3, Part 1 Wimbledon

Job done for Andy Murray. And it is a welcome back to NSW 19. -- NSW 19.

Andy Murray is up and running after beating Liam Broady yesterday in a

Battle of Britain on Centre Court. The world number two advances and

will be in action tomorrow but today the British crowd will be cheering

on world number 772, Marcus Willis, as he faces Roger Federer in the

ultimate David versus Goliath encounter. Federer has won seven

titles here, Willis has won seven manages to get here, proving that

sporting fairy tales really do come true. He has won ?238 on the

professional circuit this year. I still live with my parents. I am

living the dream. He is just a little bit better than me.

I love this matchup. It could not be more different. I wonder how much

this young man slipped last night, thinking of what is ahead. He is a

leftie with a big heart and so far he has thrived on the big occasion

but today he is on the bigger stage of all, they sing Roger. I wonder

how the crowd will react. We guaranteed play on Centre Court

because the roof is on and play gets underway at one o'clock but these

are the scenes on the practice courts. No players getting any

practice outside. All heading indoors to try to prepare for their

managers as the covers are on. And the wind is blowing which can be

good news because hopefully it will blow away this rain and maybe it

will not blow in the next shower. Let's be positive, and have a look

at the order of play. Certainly there will be play on Centre Court

and first up is Radwanska, runner-up here in 2012, up against Kateryna

Kozlova, playing in her first Wimbledon. Then Novak Djokavic is on

May 29 winning match streak, up against birthday boy Adrian

Mannarino, and then Roger Federer, seven time champion up against young

Marcus Willis. -- Marcus Willis. Hopefully on Court Number One,

Joanna Conte is a centre and 2-1 up against Monica Puig. And then Gregor

Dimitrov, ranked as high as eighth, but now 37th in the rankings, is

facing Gilles Simon. And then Milos Raonic is facing Andreas Seppi.

Other matches we will be looking out for, 1-2 finish from yesterday,

fanatical against Bernard Tomic. Dan Evans came through his man shall

then we had a bad groin strain and needed painkillers. We hope he is

fit and well for his match against Alexandr Dolgopolov. And then

Heather Watson is due on at 11:30am, although that is now delayed, up

against Annika Beck. And Petra Kvitova is up on Court 18. Hopefully

we will get some play but it is not looking good at the moment. So we

have retreated into the studio. Sam Smith, frustrating times for someone

like Heather Watson, 11:30am on court and having to wait. Yes, but

it is not a bad thing to be first up and ready to go. And remember the

players have gone through the French Open, which was exactly like this.

They have been a Nottingham, Edgbaston. And this has been pretty

much the deal. But don't worry, they have the internet. I am not to bury

-- too worried. Wonderful facilities here. Marcus Willis, let's talk

about the story of the day. A fairy tale. He almost gave up at the

beginning of the year and now here he is in the second round of

Wimbledon playing Roger Federer. It is amazing when you think about the

light could go on at any time. It should have gone on when he was ten

or 11 or 12. He is extremely talented, and very gifted and he

always has been. In the juniors, he was ill disciplined, that did not

begin to sum it up. He was sent home from Australia, and he had ?10,000

worth of funding withdrawn. He would swim out to a buoy in the sea and

back again rather than be on a double scored. He would show up for

matches without his racquet, and countless other things that we

cannot even say here. Then he meets this wonderful woman, Jennifer, and

she says, you are an idiot because you have this great talent, don't

waste it. We need a good woman in lives. He has found one, and this is

a lovely story. Today it is probably not going to go great but in terms

of the scoreline, we have fallen in love with him and we like your

story. After everything that is going on in the political world,

with the England and Iceland game, we need Marcus Willis in our lives.

He has given us something to shout about. He will be playing with Gary

Henderson, at the Warwick boat club tomorrow, if you want to see him

there. He says despite playing Federer on Centre Court today, he

will be playing with Gary because they are only three points behind

Hampton and Arden in the Coventry league. And he wants to win the

Coventry league. So there we are. This guy is off the scale normal. I

like him. I love him even more now. Andrew has given us so much

background to that story but believe it or not, there is more. This story

has Hollywood written all over it. I was a bit of a loser. I was

overweight, I was just a loser. I just looked in the mirror and said,

you are better than this. Tell us about the background to your story.

Where were you at the beginning of this year? Not a very good place.

Injured, not very happy. I was convinced I was going to go and

coach either in America or England. And then I met a girl who told me I

was being an idiot, in a nice way. We got to know each other and I

said, don't go, give it another shot. Please don't go. It is an

amazing story, this 25-year-old from Slough, this is his first-ever tour

level match. Superb. What a glorious straightforwardness. He is

continuing to enjoy the occasion. He has a lot of supporters here. If you

sent of this script to Hollywood, they would reject it. Absolute dream

stuff. What a way to close it out. Marcus Willis is into the second

round of Wimbledon 2016 with a commanding victory. I am loving

being here and I am loving my tennis again and that is the main thing. It

is great to be on court and enjoying my tennis. Dream start here. It

happened from me. You do not see stories like that often in tennis.

It is nice, especially for it to be a British player doing it at

Wimbledon. It is great. People will know about it and hear about it and

naturally they will support him, and rightfully so because I think it is

a cool story myself. It looks like you were going to be playing Roger

Federer next. Which makes you laugh in disbelief. It is a big blur, and

a great opportunity. It is what I have dreamt of. Have you ever spoken

to him? I don't think I have, he was not at the juniors this year. I am

sure it will hurt me at some stage. It is fleeting. -- you are floating.

Carry on floating. It is wonderful. It is just the best story that I

think we have had at Wimbledon. And also because we're so used to

hearing of players from tennis families, and it becomes so terribly

serious. But when you look at that, there has been a ten year gap from

when he was a very good junior, one of the best in the world, to now,

and it shows you how wrong things can go. Isn't it a shame that he

just wasn't handled better. I know he was pretty difficult to deal

with, from what I hear, but you need something about you to survive in

this sport. And you need to be a bit of a rebel. But what a shame that he

was not managed better than maybe he was, because so few people on this

planet have the ability to be professional tennis players, and he

obviously had it and it was just the matter of holding it. I hope he

could have ten more years in the game. And women's tennis, they do a

lot of mentoring. To put him with someone who was a bad boy himself, I

am not looking at you, but someone who had been there, and could help

him. I agree completely. I was doing William's match yesterday against

Andy Murray and she is top hundred in the world. This is a girl who's

funding was stopped, and I am not bashing the LTA, but at 17 she

posted a silly picture from a nightclub, maybe she had had a drink

or maybe she hadn't, but what 17-year-old doesn't go out and make

mistakes? And she was thrown out. I am sure it was not the first thing

that happened, but it struck me at the time as harsh treatment. Sam is

saying, you need something about you. I agree. Look at her now, one

of the feisty guest characters out there. Marcus, the same thing. What

happened? Maybe he was impossible in some people are just like that and

there is no chance, and you have to take personal responsibility. But

what happens in the middle? Why was there not somebody that could take

him by the Schruff of the neck? That is the downside. The upside is that

it is his day and he is here now and Roger was asked what advantage he

has, Marcus, and he said, well, he has 1320 matches of mine to look at,

on TV, and I have only one of his. Apart from that, Willis has a strong

serve and Federer will not fancy that. Marcus will be playing Dan

Evans in round three! By the looks of things. Wouldn't that be so good?

Two bad boys of British tennis. It is a wonderful story but two of his

biggest supporters are here, and they are with us now.

Two people who have been credited with helping marketers with the

magnificent turnaround in his form. Jen Bates, it has been a whirlwind,

I imagine, since Monday. Absolute madness. I cannot believe it is

happening. I want to ask you about how he has taken it physically, the

exertions of what happened on Monday. Bloody well, actually. I

think the break in the order of play helped him out in qualifying. He had

a massage yesterday, but nothing out of the ordinary. As he been quite

normal since Monday? Has the phone been going nonstop? People trying to

get tickets? It has been going on. We joked the other night that we

just need to turn the phone is off because it was lighting up the room

all night. Everything was buzzing constantly. It has changed a lot.

And he has changed a lot since three years ago, when you started working

together. People talk about the fact that he was a likeable bloke, a

little bit overweight, not quite at his best, producing the goods that

we thought he would do. What framework did you put in place for

him to find his best? I think it was a lovable rogue, and he was not as

professional as he could have been but he had a lot of superb

attributes. There was a lot to work with, although people were saying

that his attitude was bad, but he had a lot of stuff going for him. It

was difficult, we had to get him into shape and trained really hard,

giving his tactical framework more structure. We worked on his weapons

quite a lot, and we have given him more of an encore identity. But it

is not really rocket science, just training. Since Monday, there has

been a lot of reports on how much training he has had to do, how much

weight he had to lose. Give us more specifics? I took the approach, I

did not ask him what he weighed when we first started, we disagreed that

it was too much. What he had to do with me, he told me how much he was

losing week by week. He kept a diary. And those numbers became

almost a challenge. I could guess what he was, and it was too much,

but we were really making a competitive trailing element of how

much he could lose every week. -- competitive training. And then it

became, the same weight but toned. And you are fairly normal when it

comes to superstition, you do not pay much attention to that, until

Monday. And now everything is a superstition? It is. If we are

walking along the street and there is a signpost, we walk around it,

and I have my lucky hat. And you were saying that it does not match

your outfit but you do not care. I don't care. And what is the song

that you are singing now together every day, as part of the Wimbledon

routine? Play The Game, by Queen. And there is a message in that? Play

the game, really. And who has made it into the box today on Centre

Court? Family and friends. He has everyone there that he wants. All

his family and friends. Thank you very much for your time. I hope

today goes as well as it can. Best of luck.

As you say, he obviously realised that he was overweight and he had

not trained enough, and good on him for actually, three years ago,

making that decision and turning it around, although he did threaten to

quit earlier this year. There is a realisation, and how do you find

that? It would've been a lot easier for him to have gone the coaching

route, settle down and had a nice life. There is beastly a fire

burning in there. I have not seen him play before and I thought he was

enormously talented. And also a little bit different as well. There

are a lot of players, more on the women's tour, who play a simmer

away, but if you have something that is different, someone like Radek

Stepanek, still going 37 with a very different game, that upsets a lot of

players. But the nice thing is that we live in a world where there is a

lot of media training. He has not been on that module and I hope he

never goes on it because that is why, I have not met him and I

already like him. That is a big positive. And I am reading that Jen

has put on a bet for him to win Wimbledon. 3000-1, and he is eating

the same meal every night because he is superstitious. Going around lamp

posts, all that stuff? She sees fantastic, a lovely spirit, and Matt

has done the work. And when he says that he has natural assets, that

serve is ridiculous. It is all very well looking at him and thinking it

is all good fun but I would not want to receive that serve on a grass

court. And Centre Court is a different ball game. He was aided

the weather. It was pouring down, and that aided him. And he has come

through. You see the spirit, he will fancy this. Roger who? Does he have

any weaknesses? That is what he was asking. Just to give Roger and the

Centre Court crowd a flavour of what is to come, here is Marcus Willis'

Barmy Army. If you want to be part of the Barmy Army, this is what you

need to do. Number one, shoes off if you love Willis. Shoes off if you

love Willis. Shoes off if you love Willis. Number two...

There are no way -- there is no way these are coming off. That shows you

how early universities break up before the exams. If you have

tickets next to them at Centre Court today, good luck. It is lovely, just

embracing this whole experience, the fact that everyone is getting behind

the underdog. And I think it goes beyond tennis. There is a lot of

other sports where things have just not panned out, and have gone

horribly wrong, and you hit rock bottom. Marcus Willis gives everyone

hope that if you pool its together, you can get something. I like the

way the culture has gone about it, getting the right people around him.

He has shown that literally anything is possible. I wonder what the odds

were to Marcus Willis before prequalifying? None offered. That is

why this has captured the imagination because he has gone from

rock bottom to dreamland. And those fans, they are going to be singing,

and I asked, how is the crowd going to react because normally Roger owns

the crowd, even with Andy Murray. There is no way a Centre Court crowd

will never cheer against Roger Federer. Roger has the tendency to

enjoy it. If he gets the lead and start to mess about. Marcus plays a

lot of drop volleys, moving in behind the backhand, with fiddly

things going on, so the tennis will be quite interesting. Roger, the may

never have been anybody better at absolutely dismantling people, all

those little games, until Marcus Willis turns up on Centre Court

because he can play those little things. In that way, the tennis will

be interesting. It is a classic. The sun, he is all over the place today.

If England had not gotten away with Roy Hodgson, Marcus would have been

everywhere. But we are totally into the boy and we hope he does well. I

tell you, if he gets to 3-3 or 4-4, you never know. The first few games

will be key. We heard a little from Roger Federer before and let's hear

more now from the seven time champion. This match is different.

It has picked up on momentum. People will know about it and naturally

they will support him and rightfully so, because I think it is a very

cool story myself. It will make the match difficult. And I saw him play

today and he plays well. It is not like he cannot play. Otherwise he

would not be where he is. And he is serve and volley Inc, which I love

to see. He came up with some great shots, and is to beat a guy of that

calibre in straight sets, it shows you how good he is. Roger never

takes anybody too easily, now look at him, 17 Wimbledon appearances and

this is his first. Look at the bottom, ?73 million career prize

money to ?71,000. I think that is the statistic that stands out. I

just hope for Marcus, I don't know if the roof will be an, I guess it

might be, but walking out onto Centre Court, the occasion, the aura

of Roger Federer, until he gets out there he will not know what has it.

Maybe he is such a relaxed guy that he will blow it off, but it will be

pretty exceptional if he could do that. On the serious side of things,

for Federer, although he is embracing the story he does not want

a circus out there because the court is still quite soft. There has been

a lot of rain and the conditions are still quite good for a player like

Willis. He does not want to get to 3-3 or 4-4, he wants Marcus to feel

the aura, to get uncomfortable. You would like to get an early break to

calm things down because Centre Court can get out of control. I am

still trying to come to terms with what you said when you said if it

gets to 3-3 or 4-4, you never know what might happen. What do you mean?

Are you thinking he could win this? Imagine this, Marcus Willis saved 19

out of 20 break in his last game. He is called Willbomb if anyone is

interested. On Twitter. Imagine if he keeps Roger guessing, and Roger

does not quite have the love, and there is a joker down the other end

to is -- should not be in the draw. Imagine if he wins the first set?

Nestor City, Iceland, Willis, it all comes in threes. That is it. --

Nestor City. What is likely is that he will lose 6-4, 6-2, 6-1. But

imagine if he goes set up and Roger is offended. What was in your coffee

this morning? I want a T-shirt made up. But we don't want it to be

horrible idea. Whatever happens, it could be an paper one, one and one.

That is what it should be on either edge of the spectrum. But you don't

want it to give very quiet out there and you want to play well. You don't

want it to be a horrible experience because that will crush the

Willbomb. What was the other one, free Willy? I don't know. We will

just have to see how it pans out. He needs to make a decent start. James

Ward found it hard against Novak. Liam Broady lost his first server.

Centre Court is different than that one out there. Even though that one

idea is quite intimidating. We will see what happens. We have a minute

now but I think I'm going to order one of your coffee is because I want

that fairy tale flavour. It is a long day today and it feels like it

is going to be a long day. And it could be a long day weather-wise

because at the moment the covers are on. Although they are being brought

down. But the roof is firmly shut on Centre Court and we know we are

guaranteed play there from one o'clock. Roger Federer is third on

Centre Court, that is late afternoon, but what is the weather

going to do? Well, Carol Kirkwood predicted the rings are we sent out

in it to deliver the weather forecast. And there she has. Still

smiling. How long is this going to last? Much of today. It will be on

and off but it is going to be on more than it is off. And it probably

won't clear until about 6pm but even then, as it does clear, what you

will find is that we will have a lot of cloud and it will be damp. There

will be drizzle around. And it is blustery as well. In that

combination, it feels cool. For tomorrow, we have got a weather

front coming our way, starting off dry and bright, but we will see some

showery outbreaks of rain as we had through the afternoon. This should

not last too long. By Friday, back into sunshine and showers, so more

dry weather around. And for Saturday, there is the risk of

further showers and those could be thundery. A bit of an unsettled

spell ahead but having said that, today looks like being the worst

day. At least we're getting the worst over with. If you could just

stay there, Carol will come to you every 15 minutes for and operate --

for an update. Only joking! I think they had deflated the covers. You

can see the ground staff scurrying around. That is certainly going to

cheer up the punters who have queued through the night to get here. Some

wonderful matches to be played on the outside courts. And there are

still first-round matches to be completed. We are already in the

third day. Hopeful that we will get some play and everybody will be

hoping to see this man as well. Here he is, the man of the moment, Marcus

Willis, making his way through. This is that around the park, so I wonder

if they have taken the covers off here? Marcus, looking very relaxed.

That is the way he always is. He tries to serve the way the other

bloke is not going to be, plays to his strengths, and he has a big

smile, so why not? This is the time of his life right now. He is also at

Warwick boat club at the weekend, 3-4, playing an exhibition as well.

He intends to honour that contract. He says he is going to be there so

he is going to be there. You can get him to coach you for ?30 an hour. I

knew his agent! -- are you his agent?!? It is one of the great

stories. He will put his prices up after he beats Federer. Not the only

Brit in action. Joe Anaconda started her match yesterday against Monica

Puig. I watched them both last week, and I was thinking that this was

dicey, because the big question hanging over the match was how would

Jo deal with being the favourite? She was a wildcard last year but now

she is in the big dressing room with all the superstars. And she looked

two or three classes above Monica Puig. She is a strong player, and I

would probably compare her to someone like Jennifer Capriati. And

Jo served magnificently. It is not just the fact that she has a good

delivery, and you are going to see it here, but her ground stroke looks

so solid. A lot of players are saying that they are not reading her

serve. They cannot pick it up first or second. In every department, she

completely outplays them. The first couple of games in the second set,

Puig brought it back. It may have helped her to come back, because

Puig was struggling on the big court. She does not play a lot on

the big courts but neither does Jo. The interesting thing about Jo is

that she has always looked comfortable on the main stages. I

don't know why that is. Maybe that is just self belief but that was a

great start. If she can play at that level, she looks very good for a run

here. And she proved that at the US Open and the Australian Open. But

coming in here, with all the expectation, the first women's

seeded since 1984, but no sign of nerves. -- woman seated. And she is

extremely measured in her approach. Nice to have a routine. You do feel

like if there is some pressure, you can rely on the routine. She goes

through the same thing every time on the court between points. It is

nicely relaxed. If you have some thing to rely on, and I remember Jim

Coria saying that it would be 26 seconds between every point. She

seems to have all of that. If somebody took that away from her,

like Rafa Nadal would do with a bottle, that thing to rely on, if

you took her out of that rhythm, that would be interesting. Because I

think people are beginning to get to know her now and eventually the

locker room will understand the strengths of her game, perhaps one

or two weaknesses and things will change. But she looks very settled

at the top of the game. I am surprised that it has happened like

this and I am delighted as well. The light goes on and her

professionalism is second to none. It is so hard to stay there, because

the other players do start looking at the matches and working out

different strategies. She is maybe going through that period at the

moment, everyone recognises what great ground stroke she has. She is

a fine athlete. What has been interesting issue has become, it has

taken a while since the Australian Open, that breakthrough where she

made the semifinals, which had us all stunned, but she was good for

it, she played wonderful matches. She now looks con double whether

change of status, and that is a big thing. She is seeing herself as a

top 20 player, and everyone else is realising just how common this isn't

a little fairy tale, because jazz backed up and backed up the results.

For Jo, this is beginning, she is thinking about pushing towards the

top ten, and the game is good enough, everyone is seeing how heavy

she hates the ball. This is a continuation. What is interesting is

she was always ranked around 140, that edges of the two, and I know

what it is like to be left. The difficulty is, when you play the top

players, you've looked up to them, not just for a couple of years,

bought for five years, then when he played them, it is hard to believe

in those big moments you can beat them. You've always seen yourself as

to tears below them, and psychologically that is where I

admire her, to get over that pump and beat Halep, Venus, as if she

hadn't spent 45 years looking up to those players. That is a big jump.

Semifinalist in a Grand Slam proved she can play on the big stage, it is

the mental side, the belief. She has great serve, but we believe to be

able to produce those shots on the big points. They're back and looks

like it would break down, and of opponents start looking to identify

a weakness, and I'm sure they are, beforehand may be the one that

breaks down, but enough highlights package she was crushing the ball,

so perhaps they have overplayed that. This is all about confidence,

a sense of belief, belonging, but companies. When the light goes on,

as with Marcus Willis, when it goes on, suddenly you can produce great

tennis. There are semi-people who can do it, look at Liam Broady when

he settled in, settle down. What is the difference between 200, 100? And

the top 30. It is very little. Jo Konta, this is her time, she is

seizing it. She looks like she will stay. I didn't see Eastbourne last

week. She was emotional, wasn't she? I don't know what that was about.

She did have an injury, but when the coach came on, because they are

allowed on, he sat there and said, are you OK? She burst into tears.

She was upset. It is not about her tennis, her game is set, it is the

change in workload that has happened since the Australian Open, the

change in status. The amount she has to do off the court, even though it

looks very well-managed for her, she is about her tennis, but there are

many more media commitments. Getting used to that. Because she is a local

girl... We've seen it with other players. There is just not as much

time, there's not as much downtime. The top players are so good at

managing their energies and learning how to deal with it. Getting it all

started in nicely, Jo has not had a lot of time. Many other top players

have done it all through, they have been the best juniors, top ten, they

haven't known anything else. Ten tee has gone from playing Challenger

tennis, where there are two men and a goat watching you, to... I played

that tournaments. To so much more attention. She had the media on

Sunday, and there was a build-up, and it was good to let it out. I

think it is over, she can settle in and have a really good run. It is

one thing to get there, it is hard to stay there. We've seen it before

with Moritz with getting to the final, Kerber -- Muguruza. Stan

wasn't sharp on court, because the contract change, your background

changes. The point about going home to Eastbourne, when you think of the

history, via Australia, the sun trap of the South in Eastbourne, this is

her going home for the first time as a player. To play in front of your

friends and to go to your bedroom and for a walk, and to enjoy the

wonderful landscape you grew up with, but you are a different

person. I think it all builds up and then comes out. What a fantastic

time for her now. She looks capable with the routine she has, although

it is some of this, the ball bouncing. It is her world and she

looks in control it. What ever works. Exactly, you can do a

handstand. Jo will be hoping to be on court at 1pm, because the covers

are coming off. They are off now, the wind is blowing. The good users,

play will hopefully get underway as long as that next shower Carol was

talking about is not moving quickly. One of the players we will be

looking forward to seeing court 12 is Heather Watson. She was the girl

of the moment last year. Hopefully she will be looking at that for

inspiration. This is her on the practice court. She is able to get

out, her feet on the grass prior to her match. She was scheduled

yesterday, so it is a long wait, and she does not like waiting. She was

out on the practice court. I talked about the match against Serena

Williams last year, a wonderful match, she was just two points from

winning. If she needs inspiration going into her opening match, she

can the back to what happened 12 months ago.

Good afternoon, everyone. Serena Williams, and her opponent today,

Heather Watson. How ominous dishy love? She has got under the skin of

the world number one. I don't think she has played a better point than

that. I don't think he is part of the coaching team, but he ought to

be. The bet that Guernsey can offer. This is beginning to assume epic

proportions. There has been too huge swings of momentum. She's playing

like Superwoman, and is a game away after two hours from knocking out

Serena Williams. That is why she has won 21 Grand Slams. She will

remember Heather Watson on this sunny Friday evening. When she was

pushed right to the very edge. For me, that was the match of the

tournament last year, Heather Watson against Serena Williams. And

Heather. Her Wimbledon campaign on this court, court number 12, and she

will take on Annika Beck of Germany. That is the first match for Heather.

She will have two weight, because of the rain coming down. She can't be

pleased to see the clouds roll in today. She will finally get her

campaign underway, but as I mentioned, waiting is not favourite

pastime. I have a lot of that in Birmingham,

so I didn't get all the practice I wanted on the grass that because we

had to play a few matches indoors. But that is the way it is, and even

with that, if you're good and positive about how I am playing on

the grass. Does altered your preparation? Do you you practice

much? Yes, actually after a tournament like that, take a few

days off to give my mind arrest, and when I do come back, I practice more

than I usually would. Everybody talked about the Serena Williams

match, it didn't end as you hoped, but it was the match of the

tournament for many people. What can you take away from that? There are

so many positives to take from that match. I has spoken about it a lot,

I been asked about it a lot through the year and because it is Wimbledon

again now. It was an unbelievable experience to play that much, it was

the best support I'd ever had here at Wimbledon. And moments like that

are ready special to me. I want more of them, that's why I play tennis

and it gives me that buzz in life. But it did not end the way I wanted

it to, but you know, if I get another chance, I would know how to

handle it better. That is the thing, you have to learn from every loss.

She was cross after that. There is a steal to Heather, you see it when

she is playing. When she gets in the mood, she moves so fast around the

court. She is on court 12, if we get on court 12, we need some

floodlights, so dark. I was there watching her in her first round

match last year against Caroline Garcia, a bit match, and she saved

match points. She is a great fighter. She will keep on coming

back. She does need one or two little bits to her game, she will do

that work. I like the fact she is crossed that she lost, it wasn't a

celebration for her. While we loved it, she was gutted. It has not moved

on, we hoped she would move on from that match. Serena was saying she

could go top 20, and she said she could go higher. I do think not

winning that match, I know Serena did some extraordinary things to

extricate herself from that contest, but not winning that match hurt

Heather. Psychologically, and also a few things happened, she split from

her coach, because he was moving back to Argentina. It was a

geography thing. She split from him not long after. She didn't rehab a

particularly good end to the year and has had to read set at the start

of this year will stop she has won a title this year, but the thing with

Heather is she was trying to go from a counterpuncher that run a lot of

balls down to a more aggressive player and was midway through that

journey. If she had won that match, it would have been of that is the

way she has to go because she played much more aggressively. I remember

watching this, we will all sap the because she was so close. -- we were

all sat there. I'm guessing it is on track. She has almost come back from

that and is not playing as aggressively now as she was 12

months ago. Certainly the way to Heather to get into the top 20, she

has the potential, a brilliant athlete, she seems be playing

carefully on the court. That does not, for me, seem to be the way to

get into the ranking. It is so easy to revert back to your type when

things go wrong. If she feels like she can counterpunch, that is what

she will do. Andy Murray has two step up, and that is what Lendl

does, but it is easier said than done. I'm sure they tried to add

aggression to the game and a bit of pop on the ground strokes. There is

no future into the top ten, top 20 if you are just going to dig trench

on the baseline and prowl around. She does have super defence, you

have to have that aggressive game. A couple of years ago she added a few

miles an hour to her first serve. You added to your second serve. You

can lose belief in what you are doing. It is very hard. Even a

slight change of grep can take a while to put into her game, and then

you have do take it onto the court. It takes a constant effort, but I

believe she is a potential top 20 player. I would love to see Laura

Robson back. I always think of Laura when I see Heather. They have met

once before, here and Annika Beck. When was that? Was that same

tournament with the goat? Shrews bree. John McEnroe was talking about

a -- Shrewsbury. He was talking about places that are difficult to

announce. He was talking about Norwich. High Wycombe got mentioned,

it is ridiculous. I got told off on twitter. Somebody... If there is

anyone from Shrewsbury, can you confirm how to pronounce it. Someone

told me but getting it wrong myself. I've been calling it that for so

long. Clacton is straightforward. Moving

on, British players, yesterday was a wonderful win for Tara Moore, and

this is how she finished the match. She has played three times at

Wimbledon, this is her first ever victory. Rate scenes on this court.

Huge affection for all British players. That is what it means, she

is a feisty character. Jeremy doesn't look too happy. Jeremy never

looks happy. She has lost a few 7-5, so she has had some big reversals.

For her to win a match, and her ranking has gone down, they hope to

see her go in the right direction, because she's a great striker, but

this has got in the way. We all mature at different times. In what

respect? Not doing the right tactics? Sometimes discipline. It is

well known that she is a great girl but sometimes there is the court

things in the way, a case of discipline. Some players... Issue

the Marcus Willis... No, she isn't. What Jeremy has tried to do, what

you struggled with is putting in the daily work day in, day out. She

would get to Monday, Tuesday and lose concentration on the Wednesday.

You can't do that because that is what it is being a professional,

they can put in those four or five hours, do the repetition and boring

stuff, all of your training and things you need to do, and she found

that difficult. She has enormous talent, she is a great ball striker,

she has a lot about her. She has the potential to be top 50 in she can

get the mental side and training behind her. It is the interesting

characters again, the Wandsworth something about them, not the one to

smile at everybody and wish to engage in a popularity contest. It

is people like Pat Rafter and Leyton Hewitt. You have do have that about

sheep. With Tara, wasn't she involved with a scrap with someone

-- about you. Good, you want a bit of that, you have do have it, you

have to be a strong character. You had it. Did I? You have to be tough

to survive. We had to leave the LTA and do all that. It is a hard world.

Hopefully as far as Tara is concerned, that victory will show

her it is worthwhile putting in the hard work of the court. She

celebrated her first Wimbledon victory, and she spoke to us. First

win at Wilmott in and Grand Slam, how proud you? I've put in a lot of

hard work, it is paying off -- Wimbledon. It's been a long road,

but I am happy and my team is happy. It has been a good day. A few

British people making their names for themselves, we saw Marcus and

Dan doing so well. Did that inspire you? Yes, all others are close and

we've grown up together. We've been supportive. Willis doing great,

Evans doing great, all the rest of them, hopefully they can pull

through today. We are all supportive and rooting for each other. At not

winning -- Nottingham you talked about winning. Where does it set you

up in the big picture? Wimbledon is one of the best tournaments, and

being a Grand Slam, it is great. I think there's a lot of hard work to

be done, and I will play every match as it is and try and have a good

time. We try to find out more about the new faces here, although you

want that new. You are a Manchester United fan. For your sins. Did you

watch the football stud? I did. You can never, you can never say yes or

no a sports, and as long as airborne bull everyone is trying, what can

you do? It is tough luck -- as long as everyone. Hopefully everyone can

pick their spirits up. Are you happy with Marine -- Jose Mourinho? We

will see. Now you are through, you have Wozniacki or Svetlana

Kuznetsova. What about that prospect? It is great, I can't wait.

Every match is a experience, and that is what my dreamers. The play

tennis for that reason. I think Wimbledon is one of those, and I

want to be there. Centre Court, your theatre of dreams. Best of luck.

Thank you so much. Kuznetsova, she has to believe in that much. She

will enjoy it, because they had the cover of the ball. But she is a

two-time Grand Slam champion, hasn't been at her best, but has come back

strongly. I watch her play Wozniacki on Centre Court, and she is heading

the ball as well as ever and is as motivated as I've seen her in years.

Tara goes in there as a big underdog but will like the big 4-macro strike

of the match. She can open her shoulders and show what she can do.

Svetlana won't know about her. For a lot of British players, it is

getting over that line for your first Wimbledon win. Because they

are giving a wildcard, and lower, but this will give her so much

believe having that wind behind. And she has so many shots to choose

from. The older she gets, the more she understands. I was watching her,

she can balloon the ball out. You might want to change your game plan

against her, because she won't mind going head-to-head with somebody

like that. The big court occasion will be a factor. That is a

fascinating match. You make a good point about getting that first

point. Carl Edmond, this is his fourth appearance, we know he is

good. He proved that at Queen's Club. He got up to his highest

ranking. He almost won it on his debut at the Davis Cup, but hasn't

won at Wimbledon. You know next year he will be thinking, why can't I do

it here? That is four times. He's had some rock draws, and this time

among Reno who is playing Djokovic. Top drawers. It does wear you down

-- Mannarino. We have good signs, there are signs of people on white

binders. They are on court, players on court. This will be the court we

are going to, because Heather Watson has made her way out to face Annika

Beck. Heather finally the wait is over, she is on court and read hope

though showers Carol talked about will be a long way away, and we will

get plenty of tennis. One person who won't care about the weather is Andy

Murray, because he was on Centre Court and got his first win, and

after the match, he spoke to John Inverdale. Job done for Andy Murray.

It is a welcome back. Once you have one round up the way in the second

match, do you feel different that you're in the tournament? Yes, the

first match is always a bit difficult, but once I get on the

court and get through the first match and start to settle down and

feel I'm in the tournament. I'm glad I got through it quickly. How easy

do you find it did take each game as it comes Chris Mark the more you

tell yourself not to think about something, the more you think about

it. It is how you deal with that. I am able to now, when I am thinking

about it, I can put it to one side. I used to look ahead a lot more than

I do now and think a lot about it, whereas it is just a thought that

comes into my head. I can move on from it quickly. Your opponent in

the second round is a good player, but he is used to winning. Is that a

difficult opponent on that basis alone? He has played well here in

the past, he has made quarters once, and he beat Andy Roddick. He has won

a couple of challenges on the grass. He is on a 11 match win streak. He

is very experienced as well. It will be a tough match. What areas of your

game can be tweaked, improved in the second round? I can move a bit

better, which improves my defence, I didn't offend as well in the first

match, as I would have liked. That is the one thing I would like to

deal with better, because I think I served well, I was hitting the ball

clearly, which is good. When you walk on Centre Court, is there still

an aura about it which Mark it is special still, every year I think,

the difference is at the other major event you get to practice on the

main court before you start, so when you get out that you are used to it.

But at Wimbledon you don't, the first time you step but on the court

each year you are going out to play a match. It takes a bit of time to

get used to the surroundings, the atmosphere, the way the court is

playing because Centre Court is a lot newer than the ones we practice

on. It is a lot fresher, said that changes the way it plays. It is

always special. Yes, they will never allow practice on the hallowed turf

of Centre Court, which is firmly covered at the moment, the roof is

on, play not getting underway until 1pm, soap safety -- so safety if

rain comes. We are guaranteed a match regardless of the weather.

Interesting about talking about... You know the players not want to

peak too early, but talking about what he needs to improve in his

movement. He needs to move quite well already. He is dealing with

edge and he knows how to go all the way. He is looking to hit certain

targets and certain points. He knows himself, so all the top players seem

to know everything about themselves. Andy is amazing, what he knows about

other players, not just his opponents. He could tell you so much

more about women's tennis than most of the women pros. His recall of

matches is in the desert -- is immaculate. I hope Lendl will be on

his toes. We say bringing Lendl in gives Andy and edge, I think they

are both pushing each other. Andy is so analytical about everything he

does. Not afraid to talk about, just saying, this is what I need to do.

I'm sure he will have that recall analysis after every single match

because he knows. He is a great tactician, and you can see him

making changes in the match. He changes his game, the position where

he is serving. He does that against the likes of Lee and Brody. He knew

he would win -- Lee and his confidence is there, he is

playing for Ivan Lendl. Watching him up close on centre, it strikes me he

is leaning on that backhand side. He is crunching his backhand. If you

could hear it, in real life it is extraordinary. He is hitting it

hard, he is staying closer to the baseline. Which is what he did with

Lendl before. It is so obvious, he never misses a backhand stop it is

like brain Djokovic, he won't miss that backhand. Very rarely he will

miss. Beforehand, he is hitting that even harder. There is a glint in the

eye for Andy Murray this year. This is probably his best chance on

grass. He has never lost a set to Djokovic on grass. Bad that in mind.

Here is another question. -- bear that in mind. If we were ever doing

a quiz... Oh, you do a quiz. He hadn't played on Centre Court when

he got to the final. Trying to catch me out. It is nice to do this. I

wouldn't do that to you. Broad shoulders. He has got Andy Murray

beating Djokovic and not dropping a set and has Marcus Willis beating

Roger Federer in straight sets. He says he's going to try to play a

match, the same courts, the same size. In a way, don't be fooled by

the look, this guy is a gifted player. He would not be here

otherwise. While we are having fun, he is actually very good. He is a

great ball striker. He will be on Centre Court later on but we are

heading out to court 12. Other options are available. If you want

to watch Court Number Two, Bernard Tomic, the number 19 seed up against

Fernando Verdasco, they are going to play the fifth and final set. He was

glad the rain came down yesterday because he was struggling with

fatigue. It is a one set shoot out for them today. But we are setting

off to Heather Watson against Annika Beck. And they are just getting

underway. Very similar players, these two. Heather would prefer to

have a bigger ball striker but they are very similar rankings, very

similar careers. Heather won last time but I imagine it will be

super-tight, this contest. Let's enjoy the tennis while we have it

with John Inverdale and John Durie -- Jo Durie.

Often running, as you can see. I'm sure some of the British players

looked at the draw last week and thought, thanks a bunch. Heather

Watson must've thought this was very winnable. As Sam was saying, close

to each other in the rankings, just 12 places between them. One of those

matches what you have to seize the moment. How are you, and Puig? A

little cold but I'm glad we are off and running. -- how are you Jo. It

is a breezy day, and you are looking at the 90 frock that is prevalent

across the grass courts this year. Which Jo has strong opinions about.

I am worried for Beck because it blows up everywhere. If you have a

double handed backhand, you can get your hand caught in it. If I had the

choice between that and the skirt and top, I would go with the other

one. Heather Watson off the mark. They

are very similar in the way they play, both have improved their

serves over the years, but second serves, very a taxable. --

attackable. We saw a couple of times during that

rally how the wind could be a major factor in this match. Every time you

look at the camera behind the server, will see the sapling elms at

the far end of the court, really gusting in the breeze at the moment.

And there they are, the three at the back. Ostensibly, their role is to

conceal the Hawk-Eye camera is at the far end of the court.

That is an encouraging start for Heather. She likes a little bit more

pace going at her so that she can counterattack of it. And there are

the trees. Good, positive play from Watson.

Heather really knows what she's doing around the net. Any short ball

at the moment, she is going to come in off it. But you have to keep

moving because the wind is going to be that all around.

Shame, because the wind took that. You and I work at Eastbourne last

weekend and the thing about tennis at the seaside, by and large the

wind is either heading off the sea or towards the sea but this is all

over the place. Very tricky. And there will be a few of those today.

Three powerful forehands from Heather Watson already in this game.

It already looks as though she's going to be hitting down the lines.

And it is working so far. A stressful opening game.

An opening break opportunity for Heather Watson in this first game on

court 12. She had worked it so well until the

last moment. I don't know what this is about. Taking her time, that is

for sure. Getting the towel. Whips. And that was an indication of the

wind as well, it did not carry to the ball boy. And I think that

showed that the wind is blowing down court towards this end.

As that last shot may have indicated. You have to be clever

enough to use the wind. After a couple of games, they will both be

used to it. Would you rather play with or against the wind? Against

it. I used to like to hit against it. Disappointing for Heather in the

end. Relief for the German. Heather got to the third round here,

and this is the seventh time she has played at Wimbledon but I suspect

one match that people will always remember her for was that so near

yet so far moment against Serena Williams last year I saw in a

preview interview she said that she had not actually got over that yet.

I was surprised to see a professional athlete still allowing

the moment of potential glory to cloud the next 12 months of their

career. I was also surprised. All year later, she has won a

tournament, and her career is ongoing. She is only 24. There is

Jeremy Bates, wrapped up with his nice waterproof.

That is twice that Beck's response to a drop shot has been a lob. And

on both occasions it was not very effective.

During that rally, you could see everybody being cautiously

aggressive. We may have mentioned the trees a few times but the one on

the far end, there is one bit that is almost bent over double. And that

shows you how strong the windows. And it is exhausting playing in wind

like this, constantly reassessing your shots and your footwork. Good

server. The first ace. Nice to get an easy point, I think most of these

points are going to be long and hard rallies.

And neither player is going to be going for the Lions to much year

because the risk factor is huge. You have got over the margin of error

bringing it two or three clear. You have to hope the wind moves it

around a little bit more. An impressive first service game

from Heather. The City of London in the distance there, shrouded on a

grey, grisly day at the height of summer. What summer?

Will worked by Heather. I think what will be more capable of coming to

the net than her opponent but these logs are not working for Beck so

far. And that is when the wind is a big factor. If I headed remotely to

hard into the wind, it will fly to the back netting, and vice versa.

They have talked about the drop shot. Especially when you're going

into the wind, because Heather is very good at playing those type of

shots. This game should have taken last

night, one of those frustrating but endless stoppages players have had

to endure over the last few weeks, whether it was in Paris, Eastbourne,

Edgbaston, wherever it has been. Over the last six or seven weeks,

everybody has been saying, OK, we're going to have a long time hanging

around because the weather has been against us from start to finish. I

was a little surprised by Watson after Eastbourne saying she was fed

up with the rain. You have to be strong and tough and think, I will

deal with it better than my opponent.

Her mum, Michelle, watching. Wrapped up.

And he wanted. -- just the start that Heather wanted. If you are

wondering where court 12 years, we are effectively looking at that at

five o'clock on your screen, that is caught two on the right, a much

bigger grandstand. I think it is Domenech and Verdasco finishing

things off there. And a roof is on Centre Court. I felt a lot of

sympathy for Heather, who got a bit of stick for saying she was fed up

with the rain because it is the perennial problem when you go into a

press conference after a match, if you don't say anything remotely

interesting, everybody says how boring you are. So if you answer a

question honestly, people criticise you for answering it honestly. She

was asked the question, what is it like and she said, I get really fed

up with the stoppages. And she was criticised. I know what you're

saying but I am afraid when you saw her play, it did not look like she

was fed up with the rain. That is the only thing I would say. Don't

show it to your opponent court. Radically fine to say it afterwards.

UMPIRE: Ladies and gentlemen, the match is suspended. Shame. I did not

think it was raining. Nobody has an umbrella up or anything. It is just

gloomy, but no more gloomier than earlier. And they are still playing

on the other courts as far as we can see. There is obviously some

spitting in the air. Perhaps worth saying that if you are going to have

a break, Heather goes off to the locker room a lot happier than

Annika Beck. I think Annika Beck will be pleased to get off the

court, to go and have a word with her coach. But a good start by

Heather Watson. And that is it from us after a quarter of an hour. They

are playing everywhere else but not here.

And caught Weld is one of the last to stop playing because right in the

back of Wimbledon, the covers went on a few minutes ago. Still playing

on Court Number Two. But if we go out to the other side of... I was

about to take you around the other side of Centre Court but we are

going to go to court 18, which is still in play, where Tomas Berdych

is serving for the match against Ivan Dodig. Let's join that match.

Dodig cramping up, with the body server. That brings up match point

for the first time. Well played. Berdych down. But

back-up. It is always worrying when you see this kind of slip at the

back of the court. The grass is still fairly lush, it is the start

of play on day three of The Championships but rain in the air,

and a little bit more treachery. What a return. Passing Berdych to

approach the net and Berdych was beyond the line. He is not even in

the picture there, a sensational move. He got the ball, wrapped his

racket around. To find a tight enough angle.

UMPIRE: Mr Berdych is challenging the call. I don't think that was a

challenge with conviction. Giving them a bit more time to think about

the second serve. So for the second consecutive

service game, Tomas Berdych has been broken, failing to consolidate the

break he earned against Ivan Dodig. The score now stands back on serve.

Ivan Dodig will emerge serving at 4-5 in the fourth set. To their

credit, neither player looked at the umpire and ask questions about

whether they should be coming off court or not. Quite happy to stay

out there unaware that other outside courts had the covers on. And that

is good to see. This is not reckless. They know the dangers of a

slippery grass court. Happy to play on. Maybe Mr Berdych is ruing that

decision. Not that he would have been able to influence the decision.

But at that stage, he was serving for the match. And now we're back on

serve. Ivan Dodig serving. 4-5, trailing by 2-1 sets.

Only 103 mph flat serve but plenty of slice on it and really accurate

which meant there was no chance for Berdych.

Berdych has one challenge remaining and he is thinking about it. So the

final challenge of Tomas Berdych has been used and it is a good one.

Vindicated in that challenge. This is going to be tough for the server

now. That is a terrific serve, the 16th

ace of the match. Such a tight angle. I will explain what that

number three years in the second but it has everything to do with the

weather conditions. -- what that number three is. Consecutive aces to

hold serve. Tied at 5-5. So the umpire and the court covers are

somewhat bolder non-A numbering system and at the time it gets to

number three, when it gets to number two actually, it is the umpire's

discretion as to whether they are going to bring the players off. SUE

BARKER: We're leaving here, moving over to BBC Two. If you want to

continue watching, this match continues online on the BBC sport at

and connected TV. Other matches continue here including Fernando

Verdasco against Domenech, with Domenech up in the fifth and final

set. Play continues here, in the showers, but we are guaranteed play

on a Centre Court, on BBC Two. And this is the man we are looking

forward to seeing later on, Marcus Willis, taking on Roger Federer. So

that is the match, late this afternoon, when all eyes will be on

the left-hander with a big serve. He is known as the Willbomb. We will

see you later. An amazing story, this 25-year-old from Slough, his

first ever tour level match. Superb, after 32 minutes of utterly

uninhibited tennis, Marcus Willis, ranked 772, has taken the first

steps. That is delightful. What a glorious stroke. Continuing to enjoy

the occasion as well as the supporters. He is feeding off it. He

is taking inspiration from it. Dream staff. And he is loving it. Look at

what this means to Marcus Willis. What a way to close it out. Marcus

Willis as romped into the second round of Wimbledon 2016 with a

commanding straight sets victory over a man ranked 718 places above

him. What a wonderful story. # ..to the beat

She could have had it all