Day 6, Part 2 Wimbledon

COMMENTATOR: Job done. A tour deforce from Andy Murray.

UMPIRE: Game, set and match Murray. COMMENTATOR: Roger versus Marcus.

David versus Goliath. Djokovic, two sets down. Oh, I say, what a shot.

Even by his standards, that was something special.

I'll be doing one of those tonight if we have a day of no rain. The

weather's been so bad that for only the fourth time in history, and the

first time since 2004, we'll be playing tomorrow on Sunday. Details

will be announced by the club from 1pm today. Of course, we will keep

you updated on that. Play will get under way tomorrow on all courts,

including centre and Number 1 Court at 11. 30am. We will have a people's

Sunday tomorrow. This is the sixth day and the fans lucky enough to

have a ticket are in for a treat. A star-studded line-up today. I'll

give you the order of play later. We're heading straight to Court No 1

for what is potentially the biggest story in tennis this year, the world

number one, holder of all four Grand Slam titles, the man who's been

unbeatable in the majors, Novak Djokovic, is two sets down. We join

it with Querry serving at 30-30. Our commentators are Tim Henman and

Andrew Castle. He had 0-15, Djokovic, then 15-30,

now 30-40. Only the second break point of this match.

A hold from 30-30, on the resumption, just an hour and 19

played. Djokovic trying to amount one of these comebacks.

Snuffed out. Speed gun said 119, it looked

quicker than that. Third break point of the game. He's

already playing better. For the vast majority of the hour and ten minutes

or so yesterday evening. He gave Djokovic a second bite of

the cherry. It's a break of serve. The comeback is on, at least the

first, few, tentative steps. In the a good volley from Sam Querrey.

There -- Sam Querrey there. Djokovic settles in.

Djokovic really brought Querry into the net there. He played a good,

deep approach shot. The early stages yesterday, Querry

was so loose. He was coming out and really crashing the ball. His foot

work was good. He's definitely a little bit heavy in the leg this

morning. He's playing with something to lose

now. He's played players ranked world

number one on eight previous occasions. He's lost them all.

28 years of age now. John Isner is the top American, at

number 17 in the world. Jack Sock is 26. Steve Johnson is playing well.

He's 29. You see Querry really trying to be

aggressive in the rally. That's the right tactic. He did that so well

yesterday. With the foot work not quite as good, not getting in the

right position, pulling the trigger and making unforced errors. Djokovic

had never lost a set to an American player at Wimbledon before last

night, winning all five of his matches against American opponents

in straight sets. He actually hadn't lost a set before the round of 16 at

a Grand Slam for two years until last night. Imagine that, going

through every Grand Slam not losing a set in his first three matches in

any of them? It's a remarkable series of tournaments he's put

together at the very top level. It's why he's world number one and the

winner and the current holding of -- holder of all four grand slams.

That's the setting really. That's why this would be a major upset.

It's a long way away. It was a lot closer before the

resumption. Djokovic now well into this match.

Craig Bointon working with Sam Querrey.

Court coverers looking as animated as Boris Becker at the moment, I'm

sad to report. The court coverers are led by a

fellow called Tom - maverick. I don't know which one he is, but he's

working hard. Leeds University performing the core of this number

one group. First break for Djokovic against the

Querry serve. That was minutes ago, is this the

second? That's a wonderful defence. Djokovic

moving so beautifully to his forehand side. Querry wide with his

forehand here - is it a break? Yes, it is. It's 4-0.

That happened quickly. Just a little over 15 minutes and

Djokovic, who held his first service game here, after 30-30 situation,

suddenly into the lead. The rain is coming down. I think

we've seen the last point or have we not?

It's away. I'm sure that will be the last point.

The court coverers need to get on. Here comes Tom and the team. The

umpire says enough is enough. What a shame. I hope the tent doesn't have

to go up over this court. Just 16 or 17 minutes of play.

That's the court surface covered, waiting for the players to move.

Then they shift the tarp a bit more, I suspect they'll wait this time,

just in the area underneath Number 1 Court rather than go all the way

back through that long, narrow tunnel all the way back to Centre

Court changing room. Depends what the forecast is. They'll be advised

of that. There will be a supervisor there. I'm sure they'll have

information coming through from the referee's office with the weather

radar, what the outlook is for the next 10, 20, 30 minutes.

James Keothavong not that quick to move himself, perhaps this is just a

short shower. Although, it does appear that they are going to put

the tent up right over the top of this. I'm sure it's not called a

tent. Are they going to inflate this as well? I think they are. They're

going through the whole process. That's it from court one, what a

fantastic start for Novak Djokovic. Who was counting him out?

STUDIO: Nobody, nobody would be that foolish. Djokovic in control of that

third set. He needs to be. He needs to win all three remaining sets. Sue

has stepped out to Centre Court where she is preparing for the

parade of champions. I'm temporarily in the hot seat here. As the

umbrellas go up and the crowds take shelter, as best they k, we hope

this is just a passing shower, because it is essential that matches

get completed today. We've already got confirmation that there will be

play here at Wimbledon tomorrow. As you can see the outside courts being

covered as well. Centre Court, where action is due to start at 1pm, will,

I suspect, already be closing the roof. Lots to catch up on and if you

were watching on BBC Two, you'll have seen Angelique Kerber in action

there. She is playing Carina Witthoeft of Germany. We pick up the

action in the first set tie-break. COMMENTATOR: This has been a quite

startling recovery in the tie-break from Carina Witthoeft. Remember, she

was 6-2 down here. Just paying the price really, Kerber. She's the

back-seat driver. This one's in the front seat, really taking charge.

As a coach, you usually tell your player under extreme pressure, don't

go for a drop shot. But just perfectly executed.

Kerber 100% committed to attacking and staying on the backhand side of

Witthoeft. Witthoeft can do damage to the

forehand. On we go.

So unusual to get to 9-9 in a tie-break, that the umpire has to

remind them that this is a change of end. Every six points, of course.

Wow. That was a missed opportunity there, again, you can see Kerber

just wanting to really focus on that backhand side. It's certainly the

weaker side of Witthoeft. That's the easier serve for the

lefty on that side to drag your opponent wide.

Oh, well, in fairness, that's one all for the set. Witthoeft gets

lucky off the net court. That's another area of her game that

she really needs time prove. This is a giveaway. That should be the end

of the set. Witthoeft should have been able to do something more off

the backhand volley. That's brilliant play. How she's

growing over the course of this long first set. It's lasted almost an

hour. Such a valuable period in her tennis education.

You're right, but I think regardless of the outcome of this match, this

is a turning point for Carina Witthoeft. She has not been able to

win back-to-back matches throughout the year, really struggled.

Remember that Kerber had all those set points when she was 6-2 up in

the tie-break. That seems like yesterday!

STUDIO: Angelique Kerber the Australian Open champion having to

fight against Carina Witthoeft, who she beat love and love this time

last year. But the German absolutely toe to toe with her. Kerber took the

first set and is a break up in the second leading that 2-0. This is the

scene outside at the moment as people scurry for drinks and a

little bit of food and hoping that this rain shower will pass. It's not

actually raining at the moment. It's very blustery out there. Rain is in

the air rather than pouring down. Now there's been a sensational match

on court 18. Grigor Dimitrov, always a popular player, when he comes to

the UK. Queen's champion 2014. Beat Murray in the quarter finals here in

2014. He was against Steve Johnson of the USA. We join it in the

tie-break with Dimitrov serving. Beautifully done. Each shot that

Johnson hit during that rally was behind Dimitrov. Dimitrov moves

extremely well, so he always goes to the open court. You see how hard it

is to change direction on the grass. Johnson is the better volleyer. Can

he get in there enough? It's so important for Steve Johnson

to play a good tie-break, win or lose. He's so competitive. He's got

to be angry about the game he played at 5-4. If he can overcome it, he'll

forget about it. At least when you're 5-4 up and lose

serve, you don't lose the set. You still have a chance.

Very impressive in his previous round, Dimitrov. That was against

Gilles Simon. That's bad play from Johnson. He got

caught at the back of the court, lost his balance. The ball took a

funny bounce. Johnson is one of these guys who continually slices

the backhand. He knifes it. When he's hitting the ball well, it stays

low. Just waiting for the balls to come

from the other end of the court from the ball boys and girls. They do a

Stirling job here at Wimbledon. A fantastic point. That's what it

means to Steve Johnson. Best point of the match thus far. You saw the

American ripping shots forehand after forehand after forehand. Makes

himself get in position. You saw the movement and the quickness from

Dimitrov to put the ball back. In the end, the American just coming up

with the goods. Huge point at 2-3. 17-shot rally, the longest so far.

It's been a good match. What was good about that one is Johnson said,

if I'm going to lose this point, I'm going to lose it with my strength.

Uh-oh. Those are two fine points under pressure. Now it reverts to

the shoulders of Dimitrov. This time break mirrors the first

set, very little between these two. Look for Johnson to rip a forehand,

if the ball sits up a bit. Really good second serve from

Dimitrov, didn't allow Johnson to take control of the point. The

excess kick made it difficult to run around that one to hit the forehand.

Dimitrov took control and dictated play. That's when he's at his best.

One of the more vocal players on tour. Always geeing himself up,

Steve Johnson. That drew chalk, that ball hit right

on the sideline. You can see how heavy the Johnson forehand is.

Dimitrov trying to get it to the backhand but he can't find it and

that's just too much ground to cover. This is strength against

speed right now. Oh, look who's back, our little friend. Speaking of

speed, there's a lot of speed with that little guy.

Too good. Wonderful volley. That was not easy. Steve Johnson had to get

download. Here it is. Johnson is ready for it -- get down low. Strong

tie-break for the servers. But set point. Dimitrov couldn't do this

kind of moment yesterday because of the slipperiness of the court.

No. Boo-boo. That was the mistake. Well, he does well to get it back

but you would expect him to maybe rip the forehand. He tried a

top-spin lob and wasn't able to, wasn't able to execute it. Tony in

the sunglasses is the manager of Roger Federer, sitting next to Steve

Johnson's dad, taking a keen interest in the young America. The

winner of this one against Roger in the next round after his straight

sets win over Dan Evans. This one is tight, 6-6 in the tie-break.

Not only was that a very difficult shot to try, he hurt himself because

he was running so far wide to not have to hit a backhand. And he's a

big man, fell hard, almost did the splits actually. Thumbs up from

Johnson. He could do with a little seat. Well, he's six feet and two

inches, he weighs 190. And on the grass, to be able to run around from

that magnitude is not easy. That's how difficult it is to find the

Johnson backhand. He's really adept at running around it, but you've got

to hand it to Dimitrov. 13 and a half stone in British weight.

Catering for both sides of the land. -- both sides of the Atlantic.

And there is the first set foot Grigor Dimitrov. In just under an

hour. Steve Johnson put so much into that and got nothing out of it. The

Bulgarian is ahead on court 18. STUDIO: Delightfully dinitrophenol

his fans, Steve Johnson, a very untimely fall. Wanted to show you

the conditions outside, there are blue skies. Hopefully the heavy rain

shower we had five minutes ago maybe all that was in store for the time

being. On Court One Novak Djokovic resumed this morning 2-0 down

against Sam Clary. He is a double break up in the third set. So the

fightback starting exactly how he wanted it to. That is the scene on

Court One with the tent up so it will be awhile before they resume

play, there. Play on Centre Court not due start until 1pm, after the

Parade of champions. We are catching up on the action from earlier this

morning, and let's resume this fascinating contrast of styles,

Steve Johnson against Grigor Dimitrov. The second set also going

to a tie-break, let's pick it up with the commentators.

COMMENTATOR: Missed it. Missed it long. That the big hope from

Johnson, challenging. It's long. I can see it from up here, our vantage

point, pretty sure about it. Way out. What Dimitrov has been able to

do really well is absorbed the power and not play too defensively, he has

absorbed it and pushed it back with some interest behind.

Missed that one. That was a little bit of charity.

Well, if you are Dimitrov, you realise the importance of going up

two sets to none, you will feel pretty invincible if you are Johnson

you are thinking I've got to have this set if I am going to win the

match. Shout of "Oh no" from Steve Johnson.

Well, now is when you stand up and you have to deliver. You have to

take your game to its highest level. Dimitrov is playing well, and Steve

Johnson has to find a way. Great shot from Johnson, what

happens! -- what hands. Played right at the feet of the American, and

soft handed over a half-volley, couldn't have come at a more crucial

moment. Yeah, handling the pressure, there. Peter Smith, his old coach,

would have loved that play. Wow, taking it up a notch. He is

actually taking the level up. I said he was going to need to dig down

deep. For our viewers in the United Kingdom, USC being the University of

Southern California which to most people over here is probably most

famous for being the marching band in the Fleetwood Mac song Tusk in

1979. Good reference, good knowledge. Good song. So a little

glimmer of light now for Steve Johnson. Work to be done for

Dimitrov. Mini-break down at 2-4 in the tie-break. Wow, spectacular.

Just when I said he needs to find something else, digging down, he has

hit three massive shots three points in a row. Could have been an easy

backhand but it wouldn't have had any of the power from running around

it and smashing the forehand. He's a very different player when he's on

the offensive. And now a bucket full of set points

for Steve Johnson. The other thing that happens if you are Dimitrov,

you see somebody hit shots like that under pressure, it makes you come

out of your comfort zone and try to do things you are not adept at

doing. He missed that backhand by a mile. He typically wouldn't go up

the line, there. Steve Johnson has taken it to a different level, he is

being rewarded right now. It actually started way wide, clipped

the net, came back in, but didn't come back enough. Quick second set

compared to the first, the tie-break, only 45 minutes in, first

one taking 59 minutes. Johnson still with three set points.

It looked long. No overruled from the chair. Let's find out. It was

long, yes. That's why Hawk-Eye is so invaluable.

Yes, two good. Just as the wind got up in that point, Steve Johnson

level things up at one set all. A 3-set shoot out to come. STUDIO: And

you get the feeling a lot more to come from that match. Timed it

perfectly because the rain started to fall just at the end of that

tie-break so they will resume 1-1, Dimitrov and Steve Johnson, with

that massive forehand. Those are very promising skies. Packed day

here on Saturday, many hoping they will apply online and come through

tomorrow as well. Andrew Castle is with me in the studio, how are you?

I'm all right, thank you. Quite a long way away from number one Court.

Hopefully they will get out again. Hasn't Djokovic been unbelievable

compared to yesterday? Quite extraordinary. Fairly tight first

set but the second set Djokovic was all over the set. I don't know where

he was, Tim Henman had a theory he was shocked at how well Sammut query

was playing. Despite players saying I just want to play my game, you

have to reflect what is happening on the other side. I thought Djokovic

was in a worse state, I thought something was wrong with him,

certainly his concentration was shot, but you see how quickly it can

happen, 16 minutes, he held his own serve at the beginning of the third

set trying to mount a comeback from 30-30. Sam Querrey made a couple of

mistakes and that's how quickly a set can go. If it goes two sets to

one I would think Djokovic would go favourite. It is amazing how

different he has been today from yesterday. Looking at some of the

moment in the second set, he looked out of sorts, as if something might

be wrong. This was the first set actually. But the whole way through,

very surprising. It was one of those days, wasn't it? We had Venus

Williams on beforehand, a long match, it was on and off, and it

looked like it was going to be over and then it wasn't, a lot of waiting

around. You can lose a lot of energy. It admittedly both players

are experienced but it is a bit of 11 having to wait that long, coming

out late in the evening, you are not sure and the referee says yes, the

forecast looks good. You have an opponent in Sam Querrey who has a

sense of invincibility against them. He came back against Lukas Rosol in

round one from two sets down a winning 12-10 in the fifth, and he

has no worries. He is armed with a huge serve and even his weak side,

his backhand, was finding the mark, and it's very frustrating. That's

the way it finished. Had play continued last night and it hadn't

rained when it did, would we now be talking about Djokovic out of

Wimbledon? Well, it's one of those things where I think you probably

would have, when faced with defeat, he probably would have fired up the

internal engine, the crisis motivation part of it might have

ignited and he might have been able to win a game or two. This was him

practising this morning, against a junior, and didn't look in great

form. Started the match again and started really well, but Boris

really trying to get him up. Well, you know, this is where you cannot

be a pushover as a coach. I like the fact Boris is right there, saying,

this is the deal, giving him some direction. If Novak is unhappy, of

course you cannot be perfection the whole time. Everybody, when they

have to play seven matches over a two-week period, one of those

matches at least will be bad and you've just got to get through it.

Last year it was Kevin Anderson at Wimbledon. We remember Federer in

the final when Novak is the top man, but every champion has to go through

a low when you have to win playing ugly. Exactly. He has come back

today, they started at midday, winning the first four games of that

set, is that Djokovic suddenly playing well, or is Sam feeling

tight? I was looking at the form of Djokovic in the first game, and he

looked a bit floppy. Winning from 30-30. Couple of Mrs from Sam

Querrey, and suddenly how quickly it turns around. This is the delicate

balance that exists in Amat and it is why concentration is always at an

absolute premium. Sun has never beaten the world number one before,

you will have been thinking about his possibilities, into the winners

circle for the first time in a while. He has won at Queen's before.

But he is bound get nervous closing in on the finishing line. At 2-0 in

bed he would have been thinking, this is good, but when you will come

out the next they and want something really badly sometimes it does not

work for you. Djokovic was hardly getting a point on Querrey's serve

but suddenly he is two breaks down. Not much of a return for Sam, he is

unlucky to be 4-0 down. Novak Djokovic, the very last point, tried

to rush. All these little things, and he lost the last point. So 0-15.

You have to think this will probably go the distance. It will be a

fascinating match to watch. Andrew will be back on commentary with Tim

Henman and we will be following it. Outside the sky is looking brighter,

the roof is closed on Centre Court to ensure play can start at 1pm.

Before it we will have a galaxy of sporting stars among those watching

what we hope will be a fabulous day 's play including Andy Murray,

hoping to continue his love affair with Wimbledon.

Job done! A tour to force from Andy Murray. Even by his standards that

was something special. Some serious body blows.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Centre Court, and in keeping with

tradition on this middle Saturday of the Championships, the chairman of

the All-England Club, Philip Brooke, has invited guests from the world of

sport to Royal box. Opening the batting for our sporting guests are

five stars of world cricket. A player who captained England in more

than 200 internationals, breaking countless records and putting

women's cricket on the map. The current New Zealand skipper who was

named Cricketer of the Year in 2015. Two bowlers who have led England's

attack over the last decade and who are both top of the test rankings

this year. And a batsman who made more than 8000 test runs in his

playing career and is now renowned as a straight talking commentator.

These welcome Charlotte Edwards, Suzie Bates, Jimmy Anderson, Stuart

Broad and Geoffrey Boycott. Now let's salute two of Britain's

finest fighters. She is the first female Olympic and Commonwealth

boxing champion and in May she added the world title to her list of

honours. And a former four-time super middleweight world champion

who is also celebrating his birthday today. Give them a special welcome,

Nicola Adam Zampa Carl Froch. -- Nicole Adams and Carl Froch. From

boxing to two players who packed a punch on the rugby field. Who

captained their countries and their British and Irish Lions with great

distension. He was a no-nonsense block who led England to Grand Slam

victory and who is now the head of world rugby. And he's a former Irish

centre, the second most capped player in rugby union history,

please welcome Bill Beaumont and Brian O'Driscoll.

The real Olympics begin in just 34 days' time and we are delighted to

be joined by two stars from games past. A woman who so memorably

struck heptathlon gold at the Sydney Olympics 16 years ago. And a record

six times gold medal winning cyclist who switched from spending on two

wheels to endurance events on four, recently completing the Le Monde

24-hour race. Centre Court, say hello to Denise Lewis and Sir Chris

Joya. -- Sir Chris Hoy. This year sees the inaugural

wheelchair singles competition at Wimbledon and we are joined by two

of the British contenders who will also compete at the Paralympics in

Rio. First, a young Scot who won his first Grand Slam singles title in

Australia earlier this year. We are also joined by the reigning US Open

champion who completed a memorable calendar Grand Slam in doubles two

years ago. It's Gordon Reid and Jordan Wiley.

This month marks the 50th anniversary of England's finest

footballing power, winning the 1966 World Cup. We are thrilled to be

joined by some of the victorious squad members from that historic

summer. Please welcome Gordan Banks, Sir Bobby Charlton, Ron Flowers,

Roger Hunt, Sir Geoff Hurst and representing Captain Bobby Moore

Fund the founder of the charity named in his honour, his widow,

Stephanie. Or so here is an England captain

from more recent times. He was a midfielder who earned 115 cats, won

league titles in four different countries and in the process became

one of the most recognised sportsmen on the planet. Ladies and abdomen,

it's David Beckham. -- ladies and gentlemen, it's David

Beckham. Being here at Wimbledon, it's even

more appropriate that we welcome some more guests from the world of

tennis. First a former Fed cup captain who has been a driving force

in developing the game at the grassroots and national level, and

she is also the mother of two Grand Slam champions. Ladies and

gentlemen, it is Judy Murray. Now to two all time greats of the

women's game, who, between them, have an astonishing 30 Wimbledon

titles in singles and doubles. This very day 50 years ago this legend

won her first Grand Slam singles title here and she went on to change

the game both on and off the court. Also here today, an Australian who

over the course of the 1960s and 70s won 24 grand singles titles, an

incredible record that still stands. Welcome them back to Centre Court.

It's Billie Jean King and Margaret Court.

And our final sporting guests are three legends of the game who know

what it's like to lift the trophy on this famous court. An Australian

whose victory at Wimbledon in 1958 was one of three grand slam titles

he won that year. A Spaniard who, 50 years ago, wild Centre Court with

his magic touch to become the first player from his country to win

Wimbledon. It's 35 years now since this American won his first

Wimbledon title, and he's been calling the shots on and off the

court ever since. Give them a special welcome to Centaur court,

Ashley-Cooper, Manuel Santana, and the one and only John McEnroe.

OK, Mac, you made it the Royal box, now get back to work! The

All-England Club has a long and proud association with the Armed

Forces and we are honoured today to be joined by one of the very few

female pilots who served in the Second World War. Among the aircraft

she flew were Spitfires and hurricanes. Centre Court, please

show your appreciation for Joy Lofthouse.

Since the end of World War II, the Armed Forces have provided volunteer

stewards at the Championships. Many of the military here today have

recently served their country on operational duty all over the world,

showing their professionalism and dedication in the most demanding of

circumstances. This is also the London Fire Brigade's 150th

anniversary, and for more than 50 years they have been providing

stewards to Wimbledon. We thank them for their support in keeping the

Championships and London safe. We are honoured to have them with us

today. Please say a special Centre Court thank you to all of them.

And finally, please welcome onto court the team that rewrote sporting

history and the end of last year. Led by their captain Leon Smith and

some of the members of Great Britain's victorious Davis Cup team.

Led on by Leon Smith, James Vaughan, Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund and Jamie

Murray. Please show your PC a shame for Great Britain's Davis Cup

winning team and to all of the special guests in the Royal box.

Everybody here have a great day on Centre Court.

# A perfect halo of cold air and lightning

# Sets you off against the planet's last dance Time, please.

COMMENTATOR: What a great reaction. You simply cannot give more. It's

in! The waiting is over. That is way too good. Oh, I don't believe. It

It's in! That's it. She's done it. The queen of Centre Court.

Unbelievable shot. # The silver forked sky

# Lit you up like a star # That I will follow

SUE BARKER: It is always a special day this middle day of the

championships. An extra treat to have so many special guests in the

Royal Box. Very moving. Very emotional. Joy Lofthouse. Flew the

Spitfires, wow. And hurricanes. Tharchlts is a hero. -- That is a

hero. Incredible. So many of those stories bring tears. Lovely to see

the great tennis champions honoured as well. Billy Jean king. And of

course, John McEnroe! He said it's taken him 37 years or something to

get there. He's finally there and he's doing commentary later. He has

three or four TV station that's he works for. Pattie was telling him,

do your jacket up. Look proper. Here they come for the first match under

the roof. Simona Halep and Kiki Bertens.

APPLAUSE This could be a very tight match

indeed. Simona Halep the number five seed. They was a semifinalists here

two years ago. She's up against Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands, a

semifinalist at the French Open. She has a big serve. That will be

effective on the grass court. An interesting match here on Centre

Court. We're happy to be under the roof. It's not too nice outside

there once again. The rain is falling down and the covers are

onful it's looking brighter -- are on. It's looking brighter. We heard

there would be a few showers today. Hopefully they have moved away and

we'll get play on outside courts. Everyone's been keen to see what

happens out on Court No 1. Novak Djokovic, when rain stopped play

there last night, two sets down, totally out of the match to Sam

Querrey. But he's come out firing today. 4-0 up in the third set. So

the world number one, the man who's looked unbeatable in the majors over

the past 12 months, is fighting back. You can never, ever count him

out. Absolutely not. We saw him a couple of years ago down 2-1 against

Marin Cilic on court one, came back. Last year against Kevin Anderson,

another huge server, down 2-0 and came back. The rain saved Novak last

night. Because he did not look stellar in that second set, after

losing the first set. I was worried when I saw his practice session this

morning. It looked lacklustre and not really interested. Johnny Mac

said don't worry about that. Of course, he's right. Do I have to

tell him? We expect with the score line coming out to date Novak to

win. He's won 30 consecutive Grand Slam matches. He's hopefully on the

way to a calendar year Grand Slam. That hasn't been done in a long time

in our sport. Serena almost got it last year. There's extra pressure

because of that. I thought maybe he was ill. I never doubt that he would

fight back, but I wonderful whether something physically was wrong. But

he is fighting back. This could be a really tight match between Halep and

Bertens. Absolutely. You never know with Simona Halep, she's been so up

and down. She was down at the beginning of the year, lost in the

first round at the Australian Open it a qualifier. Finally got it back

together at Indian Wells getting to the quarters there, Miami quarters

and won Madrid. Simona Halep again has been up and down, hasn't been

able to sustain the able level of play and Kiki Bertens, now this is a

wonderful back story. She had ankle surgery a couple of years ago. She

was outside the top 50. Nuremberg this year she was in the qualifying,

got through that. Won the title in singles and doubles and so much

confidence goes into the French Open, takes out Angelique Kerber in

the first round. Then pushing Serena in the semifinals. You can't make

this stuff up. These are the stories we love in sport. She goes from

being 58 in the world to being seeded here at Wimbledon. Really a

dangerous player in the early rounds. We've seen so many shocks

here as well, with Garbine Muguruza going out. So many seeds falling.

You don't really know, I mean Serena and Venus are through, but you don't

know who will get through to the semifinal stages That's the way

women's tennis has been for a few years. But it's accentuated this

year. In Doha, past the second round no seeds left in the draw. It's been

quite topsy turvy. None of the players besides Serena have held

their level. One result from earlier today, before the rain came down, is

American Sloane Stephens. She came through, a tough match for her. She

lost the first set 3-6, won a tight tie-break in the second. Then 8-6 in

the third set. Look at these long rallies that the players had to go

through. It was a really tough match for both. It's Sloane Stephens who

goes through and she's into the third round to face Svetlana

Kuznetsova. So how impressed have you been? I've been impressed she's

won a couple of titles this year. Then she goes off and loseserlily as

well. It's the same story that we've seen. She has so much talent, a

massive serve, huge fire power off both wings, particularly the

forehand. An incredible athlete. Great defensive skills. Sometimes

use that's too much, where she reverts too far behind the baseline.

I'm still expecting big things from her. At her highest she can push

anybody on the tour. Who would be your pick coming over, we haven't

finished the first week, but who's impressed the most? Gosh, it's tough

to say. Radwanska got through that match yesterday. She said sometimes

when you have a match like that, you're playing with house money and

you kind of relax. Kerber has been playing pretty well as well. It's

really tough to pick because you've got Madison Keys would went three

sets with Kirsten Flipkens. I think she is a Wimbledon champion someday.

This year, I'm not sure, but she has the fire power and game to do. It

that makes it so interesting the story lines. Serena was pushed as

well. She looked down and out at some points. She finds a way to win,

as she always does. Such a great competitor. Her back against the

wall, it seems Serena likes that position almost the most, where she

can go into warrior mode and challenge herself and figure a way

to win. Of course, that serve, that's so helpful to have in her

back pocket because at the end she serves three aces to finish the

match 6-4 in the third. Eugenie Bouchard impressive against Jo Konta

as well. Simona Halep looked like she would go to the top of the world

rankings, slipped a bit. She's always dangerous, moves so well. She

hits the ball so accurately, very solid. A clean ball striker. Doesn't

have a big serve. But has got to as high as number two in the world.

She's always going to be dangerous. You mention a former semifinalist

here a couple of years ago. She knows she can play on this surface.

Bertens, massive serve, fire power off both backhand and forehand. Last

year, if you remember, she played Petra Kvitova in the first round

when Petra was the defending champion. Bertens only won one game.

It was a quick match. She has to have the power but also the

consistency. Yeah, and handle this court. You know, when players walk

onto this court, this court has a different feel to it. Just before

you even walk onto the court, just the room before with the trophies

there and all the champions' names on the wall, it brings extra goose

bumps and nerves. Very important for her to have a quick start. I was

nervous just doing the presentation - I wasn't even playing! We're ready

for the first match. So thankful for the roof this week, because we have

tennis to bring you. Tracey, thank you very much. Andy Murray will be

on court later this afternoon, after this match. He's the second match up

against John Millman of Australia. Murray the second match on centre.

We're here for Halep against Bertens and Tracey is on her way to join

David Mercer. COMMENTATOR: Always a special day

now the middle Saturday of the championships with a host of great

sporting champions from around the world in the world box, including,

of course, arguably one of the most famous sportsmen in the world, David

Beckham. Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Geoff Hirst. Memories of 1966.

Bertens won the spin of the coin and chose to receive.

What a difference a year makes for Kiki Bertens, just that one game

against Petra Kvitova last year. Now, a chance to start with a break.

Simona Halep a semifinalist here two years ago, lost to Eugenie Bouchard.

Nicely done, a lot of topspin on that approach. Didn't have much

court to work with there, firm volley.

A terrific start for Kiki Bertens, who at the end of last year, was

ranked outside the top 100. Now inside the top 30. Similar to our Jo

Konta. Wins the singles and doubles. Goes to Roland Garros beats

Angelique Kerber in the first round and goes all the way to the semis.

Just an incredible story. She really gained so much confidence from

winning seven matches in Nuremberg. And the doubleds as well. That's a

lot of tennis before the French. Wasn't fatigued. She did get a calf

strain in the quarter finals. I kept expecting Bertens to have a

let down after beating Kerber in the first round, Madison Keys along the

way as well. Simona Halep, it's very important

for her to hug the baseline and hit the ball early.

Because Halep doesn't have the raw power as some of the other elite

players, she needs to hit the ball early to rob her opponents of time.

Tall woman, Kiki Bertens, standing six feet, 1. 82 metres.

Oh, a nasty slip. Halep is a wonderful mover on the court. No

damage to Bertens. That was a phenomenal drop shot. Not many would

be able to track that ball down. That's always scary.

Darren Cahill, coach of Halep, very fine Australian player. Very good

commentator as well. These two have met just once before

at tour level. That was in 2012 on the clay courts in Morocco in the

semifinals. Bertens won in straight sets.

That's an overrule. And Simona Halep is challenging the umpire's

overrule. Line judge called it good. I have a feeling he won't overrule

too quickly again in this match. Halep has one of the sweetest back

hands on tour. It's her bigger weapon.

Billie Jean King. Great to see the champions in the house. Margaret

Court, saw her at a barbeque last night, her husband Barry.

Really special for them to come back as well. Margaret, 24 major singles

titles, the record. A good recovery from Simona Halep,

the number five seed, against the number 26 seed. Because of course,

with 32 seeds in the draw, once you get to the third round, the last 32,

the seeds start playing each other. The winner of this match will play

either Madison Keys, the number nine seed, or the unseeded French woman,

Alize Cornet. Lovely, complete player Halep, but as you say,

lacking the overwhelming power of some of her rivals at the top of the

game. At 5'6", well, there's nothing wrong with good little-'uns, as you

would say. That's right. The nickname is

Killer. The one I really like was Ken Roswall, which was Muscles. That

is a terrific tennis mind in Cahill. Another Australian, Ashley Cooper,

the champion here in 1958, beat Neil phraser in that final. Just in front

of him Johnny Mac. He's skiving today. What's he doing up there? !

Let's see how long he can sit still. Looking at a tall Dutch woman in

Bertens, I suppose, inevitably my mind goes back to the 1977 final,

Betty Stover against Virginia Wade. Very close, as you were saying, I

don't think the umpire will be overruling any time soon.

That was the coach of Kiki Bertens. Is that a Yankees cap he's wearing?

He was also a top professional on the ATP Tour.

Great to see Halep hitting her forehand so well. That's the

barometer for me. The backhand is usually on and accurate.

That forehand just not enough on it from Halep. Left hanging in the

middle of the court. Bertens attacking with a little more

penetration. Often times you see the more

diminutive players are so quick. They have to make up for that loss

in size. Beautiful play from both of them.

Great start from Bertens, not overwhelmed by the situation.

Hall hall a lot more experience on big courts in the last three, four

years. It has to be that good to prevent

Halep getting to it. Halep will go almost every time on the running

cross. Bertens there, plenty of time.

Bertens already winning more games than on her previous appearance on

the Centre Court. She'll be relieved about that.

Such a different player a year on, at 24 years old. A lot's gone on in

her life in the last couple of years. She had ankle surgery.

A couple of things turned her career around. First, spending three weeks

alone at the beginning of the preseason working out three times a

day, no tennis. Her fitness got better.

The other was in Rabat at the beginning of the clay-court season,

she had a match point in the semifinal and lost, she had a long

talk with her coach afterwards and said she was always so stressed out.

From then on they were just going to do the best that they could every

single day. Go back and take the pressure off.

Brilliant. Lovely exploitation of the angle provided by her opponent.

Just an incredible mover and athlete.

It seems to me that the women's game is in a state of flux at the moment.

Serena is not the dominant force she was a year ago. Still very much the

world number one. And you are waiting for some of the younger

players to come through and consistently win the big titles.

We've seen them this year, Angelique Kerber wins the Australian, loses

first round in the next major, Simona Halep, there are a number of

them, but they are not performing at the highest level consistently.

That's what you need from them. That's what we kind of expect from

our champions. There is another one to add to that list, Azarenka. She

came back so strong this year winning Brisbane, then winning

Indian Wells, beating Serena in the finals, Sunshine double win in Miami

as well, beating Kuznetsova. Being a bit of a merry-go-round after Serena

Williams at the top of the game. That a key tactic for Simona Halep,

go deep at the beginning of the point, somehow find a way to get the

angle is built into the point, converts on the move.

One thing her opponents at Roland Garros mentioned, coming up with

better defence. Always known for her offence. Still can be exploited,

particularly on this surface. But a few errors in this game from

Bertens. And a golden opportunity for Halep to open up a two-game

lead. A little error strewn, that game,

from Bertens. Ooh! Oh my. How did Simona get that

back? The ball was passed her. It is effort like this that staff to get

in her opponent's read. I think Bertens was shocked she got it back

in play -- get in her opponent's head. Halep's start to try to hit

the ball too fine. Former champion from Romania, managers Halep. She

had a big forehand. She was all the way in the alley hitting forehands.

Couldn't get it to her backhand. A little slice, keeping low, keeping

short. Didn't really get up to it, Halep. So effective, change of pace.

She does chat away to herself. Not normally with approval.

The opportunity for Bertens to break straight back. Not won a point on

her second serve. Definitely a liability in her game.

We talked about her incredible run at Roland Garros, how important it

was for her psychologically to get to the semifinals, and make that

huge breakthrough. One thing that has not been talked about a lot was

the match she played against Daria Kasatkina, a third-round match.

According to Dutch federation rules, even if you are in the Olympics

based on your rankings, if you don't get to at least the fourth round of

a major, they will not take you. And Bertens won 10-8 in the third, and

there was so much on the line. Even in the stands people were

recognising, so much emotion in the fact she did call a fine.

Halep hasn't won points since she was talking to herself. So she

shouldn't listen to herself, is the lesson.

The lesson for me is that she has to be positive. That point she was up

4-2. Little subtleties of the way players react, their emotions on

Court are so telling. To much of a perfectionist, and hard on herself.

Yes, I can understand that reaction from Darren Cave hill.

Positive self coaching is so important between points. First

double fault of the match going for a big second serve, up 40-0.

Oh, Mary. Are you a great baker? You wouldn't know, she's the star of the

great British bake off, do you bake cakes? A bit. We'll have to do is

introduce you later. One of those moments where you put

your hand up in apology and say to yourself "Yes! Can I have another of

those, please?" It's not good sportsmanship, it's just expected in

our game. Excellent point construction from

Bertens, sliced backhand on the run. Flat backhand, deep to push Halep

back. Sharp forehand angle. I like seeing Halep take time here,

in a rush. -- not in a rush. Excellent white serve. Very

impressive. -- wide serve. Need to get that first serve in

because so far winning very few points behind second. Always that

way in her matches. Huge weapon. So, Halep eases in front. And it's

5-4. And it's interesting, our lovely graphics people do a great

job for us, they've identified the fact that she struggles far more

behind the second serve now than she was when she reached the semifinals

here two years ago. You can see the difference.

The other statistics showing an improvement, first serves in,

terrific. Service games won a little bit down. But that is the big

difference. Our players realising that's the way to attack? Coupled

with the fact that she might not be going for as big a second serve.

Second serve is based on confidence, willingness to go after it.

Not enough depth. There's a lady who packs a punch, Nicola Adams, first

lady in history to win an Olympic boxing medal. Now world champion as

well. She'll be defending her title in Rio.

That's beautiful hitting. Halep really on target now. Clean ball

striking. Inside the baseline. Hitting the early. Big first serve,

same as the first of the three set points. Goes to the towel to the

group. -- regroup. Ooh, another magnificent angle, and

Halep has the first set. So, five breaks of serve in that

opening set. Halep's ground strokes perhaps the decisive factor. Broken

in the first game but really picked it up with the 4-2 lead. Mental

lapse, a bit hard on herself. Showed a great response to pick up a level,

elevate. Started hitting the ball with a little extra precision and

power. That's good news. You can see that outside the sun is out and I

imagine play will be underway on the outside courts in the not too

distant future. Have a look at the statistics. Both of them really

struggling behind the second serve. First serves in, Bertens really

needs to up that. She relies on that as a weapon. She might want to go

just a little bigger on her second serve, take more risks.

Lovely view of the lake in Wimbledon Park, all the way to the City of

London. The that once you start a match the roof you complete the

match under the roof, even if it is glorious sunshine outside. Might

well open it, though, for the start of the Andy Murray match, next.

A little bigger on the second serve, there.

So, the first Love game of the match for Halep. Bertens really needs to

up her game here. Otherwise Halep will race away with the second set.

In good form at the moment, the Romanian.

Bertens had that calf injury at Roland Garros, played the semifinals

against Serena and pushed her six and four. Wasn't moving at 100%. I

wonder how long it took her to get that back in shape. Talked about the

ankle surgery that she had a couple of years ago.

These are a lot of errors. Smiling, but not inwardly. Real mental lapse,

here. A little frustrated with how Halep is playing. So consistent,

tracking everything down. This is where you just wonder if

Bertens not being able to play a grass court event leading up to

Wimbledon is showing up. This is a whole other element.

Quick points on grass, it can get away from you very quickly.

That was an nifty drop shot. Even Darren is impressed. Yes!

Played 12 points in this set. Halep's won 11 of them.

Things can move so rapidly. Halep now so relaxed. STUDIO: We will be

right back on Centre Court. Just to show you what is happening outside,

everybody getting excited five minutes ago, courts uncovered, sun

was out, but now another of those showers has come through Wimbledon,

as Darren promised. It is supposed to last just a few minutes and

hopefully we will have more of that blue sky heading our way. And all

eyes will be on this court of course, Court Number One. While they

have covered the outside courts, they have not covered Court Number

One, not quite sure why. Maybe they do not think the rain is heavy

enough to do that but certainly people have umbrellas on. But that's

Novak Djokovic against Sam Querrey, who was 2-0 up insects when rain

stopped play last night. -- in sets. Play will resume their shortly. We

are hoping for more play in just a moment. One result is to bring you

is Marian Cilic is through, defeating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia.

The number nine seed through. A must-win game, you feel, for Kiki

Bertens. Just spectacular hitting. Terrific

technique, particularly on the backhand side.

That was playing with fire. Well, just a different look. Should have

been passed. It was a pretty easy one to make.

She looks up. She needs to serve to catch fire.

First ace of the match. A must-win game here. Because this

court is so difficult to play on when you're losing this badly.

You get embarrassed very quickly. The coach will be feeling for her.

He'll have gone through periods like this.

Missed opportunity there. First service percentage near 50%. That is

very difficult playing an owe pontent as good as Simona Halep --

opponent. Finding a couple of really good

first serves just when Just so hard for Bertens right now

to find that right ratio of offence and keeping that ball in place.

Doesn't go enough and Halep is there with the answer to the corners.

The first point Bertens has won against the Halep serve in this set.

Hit one of these excellent drop shots in the first set and Halep

tracked it down, not this time. It was her opportunity lost because

it wasn't a great serve. It was short. So important in the score

line. At the moment, Simona Halep cruising

along very nicely indeed. Sometimes she looks pretty

uncomfortable on the court these days, always getting down on

herself. Because she is such a perfectionist, but not today. That's

what Darren works on with her. Obviously some technique, strategy

as well. But it's that active process of replacing those bad

thoughts with good thoughts. And keeping the emotions in tact. That's

so important. Because thoughts follow the emotions. And the actions

follow the thoughts. All connected. Did you ever consult a sports

psychologist during your career? I did not. More and more do these

days. I could see where it could be so helpful and crucial. So many

players have talked about how that was the crucial element, Jo Konta,

it really turned their career around.

The acoustics under the roof are such that when they really connect

with the ball, it makes the most wonderful sound. The longest rally

of the match, 13 shots. UMPIRE: Ball change please, new

balls. Getting more first serves in doesn't

half help. Cutting down on her unforced errors. Ann Jones,

Britain's Wimbledon champions since the war.

Kiki has an unusual backhand, extremely flat. Really doesn't get

underneath the ball, just straight through the ball.

Terrific hitting from Halep. We talked about the bottom half of the

draw being wide-open, with Muguruza out. Halep has to be in the

equation. First ace of the match from Simona

Halep takes the number five seed to within one game of the Fourth Round,

the round of the last 16. Bertens, even if she lose that's match, will

have still had her best ever Wimbledon, so will move up the

rankings even more. I'm just thinking, if it is Halep against

Madison Keys, that would be a lovely contrast. The raw power of mad son

who won the title in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago against the

retreating skills of Halep. Absolutely. Madison Keys has two

titles in her young career, both on grass. Quarter timist last year. She

has a tricky opponent today in Alize Cornet, of course, beat Serena a few

years back. The bottom half of the draw is interesting because there's

so many possibilities and opportunities.

One of those possibilities, Venus Williams, who is already in the

Fourth Round. Three matches today were still in the second round.

Well, keeps the match alive. Cliff Richard in his place in the members'

enclosure. Stayed away last year for understandable reasons, but has now

been cleared of suspicion. Simona Halep hits the best with just

a touch of topspin on it. A little extra pressure from

Bertens. Great ball striking. That massive backhand from her set up

this forehand, right up the middle. That's how Geoff Hirst used to take

penalties, smashed it straight -- smashed it straight down the

middle. There he is, hat-trick in the 1966

word Cup Final, of course. Halep has played very offencively

today. Instinctively she likes to rely on the defence. . Has to force

herself to go out of her comfort zone.

She's missed it. Well, has she. She's challenging. It's the

difference between match point or break point.

And it's break point. A fist pump. Starting to find her game, just in

time. Wonderful second serve and it takes

Simona Halep to match point. That was clutch and brave.

UMPIRE: Game, set and match Miss Halep. 69 minutes and Simona Halep

will get a day off tomorrow. She won't need to play tennis. She's

into the last 16. Always special to make it to the

second week of a Grand Slam, but particularly here at Wimbledon.

There is that clear distinction. She played extremely well. And very

aggressively as you were saying, willing to move up, stay on the

baseline, which you said or indeed the baseline, which you said very

much at the start was the secret of success on this court. It's one of

the keys for Simona Halep, hit the ball early, on the rise, cleanly and

accurate. She got better and better as she went in the match. Good

reception from the crowd. Fine hitting from both of them. Kiki

Bertens first time in the third round of Wimbledon. So that's good

progress. She got to her seeded place into the third round. She will

move up in the rankings. Having been outside the top 100 at the start of

the year, will be pressing to get into the top 20. Simona Halep into

the Fourth Round without losing a set. Last year, she had a difficult

Wimbledon, losing in the first round to Cepelova. Players are very good

at this, -- at this, signing autographs now.

The first match is over of the day on Centre Court.

Simona Halep will play Madison Keys or Alize Cornet in the Fourth Round

on Monday. Right now, though, she's going to be chatting with us.

Congratulations, you're into the last 16. How would you sum up your

performance today? Thank you. Yeah I'm really excited that I will play

Fourth Round here at Wimbledon. It's one of my special grand slams. It's

really nice to play on Centre Court. It was amazing today. I played a

good tennis. I'm happy that I could win in two sets. It was on odd first

set, five breaks of serve, but you broke when it mattered, you held

when it mattered. How crucial was that to set up the second set? I can

say that I'm not a very big server, so I have to exercise a lot the

return. So today I had a good return. Actually she serves really

well, very strong. I was able to return very strong. I kept myself in

the end and I think, I played smart, aggressive today. I really liked

that the court was indoor actually. This is your first grass tournament

of the season. You had an Achilles injury. Are you back to your best?

Yeah, I had the pain in my Achilles. I couldn't play Birmingham. So I

came straight to here to practice. I had many days before the tournament

started. I can say that I am OK, I'm fit now. Sometimes, some days I have

pain again. I don't know what is going on with my Achilles. Now I was

able to play the match and I hope the next round will be the same. The

good news is you get a day off tomorrow. You play the winner of

Madison Keys and Alize Cornet. They are yet to play. Will you cast an

eye over that later today and see what the opponent has to offer? Not

really. I'm not doing that job, my coach does. After tomorrow we will

speak just what I have to do on court. I'm going just to do my job.

I'm really excited to be in the Fourth Round. I'm just looking

forward to give my best. Congratulations today. Thank you.

SUE BARKER: Very impressive performance from Simona Halep, who

certainly knows her way around a grass court, a semifinalist here two

years ago. Very dangerous again with so many seeds falling in the ladies

championships, it's really anybody's title at the moment. Serena Williams

being pushed to the limit. Watch out, Simona Halep could go deep into

this tournament. Darren Cahill, the coach, very happy. He enjoys working

with her. Says her work ethic is exceptional. She's one of the first

through to the Fourth Round. We'll have Andy Murray on Centre Court in

a moment. Everyone enjoying the sunshine here. We have had rain

here. At the moment, the sun is shining. Let's hope it stays that

way. So much tennis to catch unon. The big story -- catch up on. The

big story overnight is what would happen to Novak Djokovic. Two sets

down as play resumed against Sam Querrey. A champion's response. Here

he is just a moment ago taking the third set 6-3. So the man that has

looked virtually unbeatable over the past 12 months is back in this

match. That is live over on BBC Two right now. Djokovic has taken that

third set there. Centre Court roof is still closed. We hear they are

going to open it. And very shortly, walking onto the hallowed turf of

Centre Court, the crowd will be cheering on - you know who.

Come on Andy. Come on, Andy. Come on, Andy! Come on, Andy. Come on

Andy. Jom on Andy. -- come on Andy.

Yes, we'll be hearing a lot of that, the excitement is growing here on

Centre Court because Andy is about to continue his 2016 Wimbledon

mission. Never lost an opening match at

Wimbledon, Andy Murray. This could be the first of seven. Brody can't

afford to give cheap points to Murray.

-- Andy Murray in straight sets. A fiery start here. That's beautiful.

He's a master, even by his standards, that was something

special. Six games in ape row now for Murray. Painful to watch now. A

tour deforce for Andy Murray. He has been in impressive form and John

McEnroe was telling us earlier today that he's been impressed by Murray

the most at these championships, in his opening two rounds. He's facing

John Millman on Centre Court in a moment. Because of the weather that

we've had, it's been raining every day of the championships, bar day

one, it means that we will have play on the middle Sunday. It's only the

fourth time in its history this has happened. I'm going to give you

ticket details now. They will be available online from 3pm today.

Details of where you can buy them can be found on the Wimbledon

website. There will be no tickets on the day available. So if you don't

manage to buy one online, do not turn up tomorrow. They will not be

for sale here. There are 10,000 Centre Court tickets at ?70 each.

8,000 for court one and 4,000 ground passes. A maximum of two tickets per

household. Play will start at 11. 30am on all courts, including Centre

Court and number one. There will be limited car parks in operation. So

use public transport where possible. That is the news, very exciting

people's Sunday tomorrow. We play catch up. Everyone wanting to be

here, such a popular day this middle Saturday. Usually it's third round

matches. But we're playing some second round matches as well bausz

of the weather. -- because of the weather. We head to Centre Court

soon. There's play on the outside court. Angelique Kerber the

Australian Open champion is a set and 3-0 up against Carina Witthoeft,

a fellow German. If you want to watch that, it's on the red button.

On court 18, Grigor Dimitrov, former semifinalist here one set all with

Steve Johnson. He won the Nottingham tournament. He's certainly doing

well on the grass courts. One set all and Johnson has a break of serve

early in the third set. That's on court 18. We have about 15 courts

available for you online. They're available on the website, the BBC

app or connected TV. Many ways to watch.

That includes this man, Kei Nishikori, the number five seed. He

is in action and going well against Andrey Kuznetsov.

That is what is happening on this busy day. As you can see, the roof

is opening and there is blue sky above. Isn't that wonderful? That

scene will welcome Andy Murray in a few minutes. Not open enough for the

players to come out. We will have a little chats with commentators for

the next match, Jim and Mark. And there they are. Finally we have some

sunshine, I had forgotten what it looked like! We hope it will stick

around. That is the big question. It is spotty out here. An outdoor

tournament and great to have the roof open. Andy has played well. I

don't think he will be too bothered by conditions. It is a good draw

opportunity against John Millman. John McEnroe said earlier he thinks

that Murray's most impressive of anyone in the two rounds. When you

look at what Novak is dealing with with Sam Querrey, that is fair, he

has not been troubled, looked aggressive, has been very quiet,

which is good for Andy Murray, not a lot of conversation back-up will

stop what have you made of Andy Murray's progress? He has played

well, no question, and it has been a good draw so far. As Jim said, up

against John today. He will like his chances having watched the match

they played in Brisbane. Not a lot the Australian will bring in general

to hurt Andy's defences. He will be able to play on his terms. Andy

Murray is a better player since 2013, what about John Millman? He is

a better player. He has come back from serious injuries. He got out of

tennis and had to work in finance a little bit so he is hungry to be

back in the sport. He made the third round at the Australian Open this

year and has tasted the third round of a major but this is a different

level, playing Andy Murray on Centre Court on this surface. I agree, the

weaponry is not there to really scare Andy Murray too much. He has a

nice forehand. I think Murray can handle it comes to be. Stay there,

of course you will, you are going the match, a stupid thing to say! We

will talk more about Murray and John Millman, but first, Andy has spoken

to Andrew Cotter. COMMENTATOR: Even by his standards

that was something special. How close are you to being at your best?

I think I finished the match really well. The start was tentative at the

beginning. As the match went on I started to hit the ball better and

better. I was feeling more comfortable with my movement. I just

need to keep building on that. If you can get three matches the

quicker the better, you do not have to be smart to work that out. What

about time between matches, your life has changed? Used to watch

maybe DVDs, but now do you have paternal responsibilities? On off

days I have time on my hands and spend time at home with the family,

which is nice. It is good to take your mind off the tennis and I find

that very relaxing. I do not find looking after my daughter is

stressful, I really enjoyed it. Do she sleep well? She sleeps well.

John Millman, you played him once and it was a close match. It was a

tough match. Brisbane is his hometown and he was ranked around

200 at the time and I had never seen him play and he played really well.

I think a set and a break down and it was really tough. I told my coach

after, I said this guy should be top 50. I think he is close to that

right now. He is really fit, a good move and works extremely hard. A

great attitude. It will be a tough match.

All I can say is bring back Carol Kirkwood. My weather predictions are

rubbish. I greeted the blue sky and sunshine and no sooner have I said

that, a black cloud comes over and the umbrellas are up and they have

covered Centre Court. Having opened the roof, put it on reverse and

close it again and hopefully we will have Andy Murray on court in a

moment. It has been one of those weeks. Since the first day when we

had a full day's play, the players have been off and on court. Worrying

for Novak Djokovic and Sam Querrey to find a winner in that match. They

are scurrying for the locker room again in a moment. They kept those

players on court. This is the crew on Centre Court waiting to see what

is going to happen. Will they close the roof, just take the covers off?

Hopefully the cloud will pass over. We can carry on our chat. Would you

like to have a go at predicting the weather? I feel the Centre Court

crew are just feeling left out, let's open the roof so we can get

involved, make sure our chops are sharp! Novak and Sam on Court Number

One, they kept them on court under an umbrella, so that is a tricky

time for them. That is very tricky. In the same way the rain delay

probably saved Novak Djokovic last night, maybe this is helping Sam to

regroup. He got a break of serve late in the third set, which

probably gives him hope, but his service had been not challenged in

the first sets. It is a chance to regroup and chat to his coach and

get going again. We can see on the pictures Novak is going off and they

are going to cover the court. The players will probably go to the

waiting room. It is not a very big cloud overhead. Hopefully we will

get sunshine back. Jim, you know Sam well. I looked at the stats. He had

not got more than three games off Novak in the last seven sets but he

came out and everything was working. It is a different Sam Querrey this

year. Last year he struggled with matches where he had a lead and this

year he had a big win, his first title in some time and since then he

has gathered momentum. This time last year he had won 20 matches in

2015 and he has already won 22 on tour this season. He is rolling the

dice with Novak. He knows he has to play fast, aggressively, and he has

to try to dominate Novak. That is what he has done a nice job of early

in the match, the question is, can you close the deal? Yesterday Novak

looked apathetic in the second set, like he had checked out. The rain

saved his chances. Now he has engaged and he is back, not in

command by any means, but back in the match. For Sam, regroup, try to

throttle the world nobble one and take his racket out of his hand as

much as possible. We saw it with Kevin Anderson, 2-0 down, he has a

habit of having a worrying match early in the tournament. You can

never just ruler him out of any match because of the way he returns

at the end of the day, his great strength. For Sam, he had a night to

sleep on a potentially famous victory which is not easy. The

psychological pressure Novak has put on the tour, because of his

dominance, it is something they struggled to deal with. I think that

makes his performance on Court Number One even more impressive and

perhaps more impressively for everyone in Britain is the sunshine

bathing Centre Court right now. Your prediction finally came right. I am

not going there again. Jim, you must feel really happy with life. Sam

Querrey is doing well, you have Jack Sock. As American Davis Cup captain

things are looking up. Steve Johnson, also. John Isner is playing

later today. A good tournament for the American men, who have taken

criticism because they have not been Andy Roddick and the generation

prior to that. They are getting the most out of their talent, and we are

getting closer to see that with these players and it's good to see

Sam back with the form that led him up to top ten. He should be a player

ranked between 10-25. Steve Johnson is having a terrific time on the

grass. It gives me a lot to think about where we play Croatia in the

US. Marin Cilic will be difficult. It is nice to have really great

choices. It is going well. What a lovely problem to have. Spoilt for

choice. Mark, the American women are doing well. Madison Keys. Back into

the top ten. The bottom half of the draw is opening up now Muguruza has

gone. It did with the way she went out. Somewhat surprising, her

performance in the match. A lot of women will look at that and feel

their chances have grown. Because we saw how well Muguruza could play in

Paris and has strong she is. Whenever a big seed fools everybody

feels perhaps it is going to be their tournament, finally to make a

name for themselves, and how does everybody handle the pressure? You

suddenly see surprising results because of that. As far as Britain

is concerned, we talk about American tennis with four men in the top 100

and a woman seated at Wimbledon for the first time and we saw the Davis

Cup team parading the Davis Cup at the presentation. It is a good time

for British tennis. It is a very good time and it should be

celebrated and hopefully built on, which will be crucial, in terms of

infrastructure at grassroots. Perhaps more importantly at clubs

across the country and the academies, that we can build on

success Andy has had, the Davis Cup team, and Jo Konta. A bit like the

American men and women right now, they are pushing each other and for

a long time in British tennis we have not had the rivalries where

everybody has been urging the other two slightly greater heights. They

respect each other but they want to be better than that person and the

more you can get in the mix with that you will see better results, as

we have in the last two years. It will be interesting the week after

Wimbledon. We'll Novak and Andy both be playing in Belgrade in the Davis

Cup? How tight is everybody's schedule given it is the Olympics

and you have Davis Cup after this tournament. It is a big ask, from

grass, two red clay in Belgrade and then reshuffle, probably go to

Toronto, maybe not, but it is a master 's 1000 events leading into

the Rio Olympics. It is a packed schedule. It is tricky. I would be

surprised if both Murray and Djokovic are in Belgrade for that

tournament, but we will see. We can see on the monitor that Novak

probably has gone to the waiting room because he is about to step

back on. Big Sam is making way for the others to go on. It makes it

doubly difficult, on and off, not easy to get focused. They are

experienced athletes and have been there and done this before but it is

still difficult. It is exceptionally difficult and for Novak, at the

moment, with the one roof, it must have been tough for him, holding all

four major titles at the same time, that he is on the court that does

not have the luxury of a roof, to try to push that so-called

injustice. It is a great court. Everybody needs to be able to see

everybody around the grounds, at certain times, so you can understand

why. When you are trying to create another piece of history at

Wimbledon, the fact it is getting interrupted because of the weather

and had you been on another court perhaps you could have got the match

finished, in a single sitting, that must have been difficult for him, as

well. What did you make of Djokovic yesterday in the second set? Was he

out hit? Was the bemused? Credit to Sam Querrey who played a fantastic

opening set. It is easy when you watch top players struggle, you feel

they are the ones playing badly but there is a lot of talent on tour and

Sam showed that. As this gets back under way without a warm up. Novak

looked flat for the first time. I do not know whether it was conditions,

the situation, but credit to him and his team, he has come out and shown

the competitive fire you need to come back from two sets down. It was

a short break, there is no warm up. If you want to watch Novak up

against Sam Querrey, that is on BBC Two. That match continues on BBC

Two. I am talking to Jim and Mark. We are hearing that no one can find

John Millman at the moment! You can run, but you can't hide, John. It is

a long way home! Ivan Lendl is not happy, he has been sitting out there

ten minutes. When is Ivan looking happy? He is ecstatic! We hope John

Millman will be found. This is a huge day for him. Lee McKenzie met

the Australian who has shown so much strength to come back from a career

threatening injury. I think Andy's record speaks for

itself. I have grown up and watch Andy play and he is a great player.

He is a different animal in a five set match. It would be disrespectful

to him if I did not go out there and believe in myself. I have played him

before and also Roger before. I am never going to go into a match

thinking, the task is too tall. I want to give myself the best chance

and that means sticking to my guns and backing myself and leaving it

out on court. You are used to fighting. You have had injury

setbacks. This in comparison is probably easy, but give an insight

into how close you came to having to stop because of injury? Very close.

I have had two shoulder surgeries, the last in 2013 that put me out 14

months almost. I had to start from scratch and it was difficult. I

crept into the first time last year in Wimbledon, so it is a special

place. The first time I played last year. I was close to stopping but

this makes the rehab worth it, to still be in this tournament. To be

playing a big match against a big player is what you want. Will you

have your game face on all will you just enjoy the moment as well? It

will be different to being on Court Number One or Centre Court. Maybe

they will put me on 16, something familiar! I can look back and enjoy

the experience. I am a competitor at heart. That is what I live for, to

compete to the best of my ability and to give myself the best shot.

When I am out there, I will try to be as tough as I can and make it as

hard as it can be for a great player like Andy and then I can look back

and maybe appreciate it a little more. I hope they find him. Somebody

spotted him on Centre Court. There he is, soaking up the atmosphere. He

knew where he was playing. Maybe that frightened him off, Jim? I

think he is looking for his game face. It is somewhere in the grounds

and he misplaced! Everything is set to go. We have ball boys, girls,

lines people. We are ready. I do not know where he has gone. That was

from earlier. We might go back to my career highlights if we carry on!

That will not take long! As far as Murray is concerned, against

Yen-Hsun Lu, tricky, break is served early but Murray got better and

better. He got a lot better. Yen-Hsun Lu came in with good

confidence from the challengers. He was on a winning streak on grass.

His game translate to this surface well. The one thing we will look at

is the serve. On the grass, he has struggled a little bit but against

Andy, one of the great returns. I wonder how much John Millman will

get on his serve to get the free points you need. We know Andy is

serving well. John Millman will need to do that. I am not sure he serves

well enough to trouble Andy consistently. As we can see he has

been found. The tournament referee welcoming the players. Going through

final preparations. Before they step out onto Centre Court, which will be

a thrill for the crowd and for us. Here they come.

Andy looking so relaxed. I think just puffing out his cheeks, John,

because it is a big moment for him. It does not matter how many matches

you have played, walking out on this court, so much history, some of the

great champions playing on it, it is a special court. Jim and Mark. We

were talking about Ivan Lendl. Jamie Delgado has played his part. He is a

good coach and did well with Muller. That got Andy's respect. He turned

him around and the maturity he brought to his game as well. And the

tactical knowledge he has. I spoke to him in Paris. They had a

fantastic clay-court season together. I hope the fact Ivan Lendl

has come back, which I advocate because of the success they have had

in the past, that people do not overlook how well Jamie Delgado did

with Andy on the clay and because of that I feel it was the reason Andy

had his best clay-court season. I will leave this match with you.

Enjoy it. I hope the sunshine. I will not predict anything

Marc Leishman to echo your thoughts about Jamie Delgado. We spoke a lot

about him in the French Open. What a terrific coach he has been -- Mark.

There was concern about whether Andy would bring somebody in in time.

We have electronic review on the court. I have been asked to remind

you there are microphones on the court, so be careful what you say.

And do not do anything in anger that might damage the court.

STUDIO: Andy winning the toss and he will serve first. I will give you

details about tomorrow. We will have a people'sSunday and tickets will be

available online from 3pm today. They are on sale right now. Details

of where you can buy them can be found on the Wimbledon website. No

tickets available on the day and so if you do not buy one today online,

please do not turn up tomorrow, you will not be able to get in. Get on

the Wimbledon website and we hope to see you here tomorrow for what

promises to be a very special day. Henman Hill is very busy, as always

on a Murray match and everyone thoroughly enjoying the sunshine.

That is outside. Novak Djokovic on Court Number One and Andy Murray on

Centre Court. The sun is shining, what more can you ask for?

Querrey and gym. COMMENTATOR: I guess there were concerns as the

roof went over. Worrying about the wisdom of the

decision, but it is correct, it is an outdoor tournament. John Millman

is the third ranked Australian art against the world number two. It

will be a tough ask for the Australian, who has not even played

on Court Number One here. He will be delighted the roof is open because

if it is not going well, this is one of the most suffocating courts to

play on. You do not get a chance before to have a hit on it to get a

sense of the dimensions of the court. For John Millman, it is more

like the weather down under. Ivan Lendl guided Murray to the US Open

title in 2012, the Olympics, and here Wimbledon 2013. Some pretty

nice stats, Jim. Very strong. Fantastic winning percentage at the

majors. Even better at Wimbledon. 2016. Two major finals. Probably the

reason Ivan Lendl is back in the chair, because they are finals

rather than wins. I am with you. I would like to tip cap to Jamie

Delgado. He is very good. Perhaps I can add that extra to get Murray

over the line. Jamie in the black cap. They should switch hat. Ivan is

more of a black hat kind of guy. John Millman, 27 years of age. Have

you watched in much? I've seen him a bit. He lost to Bernard Tomic this

year. I like his forehand. With an interesting short follow-through on

his backhand wing. He is getting a lot out of his game. He does not

possess the natural foot speed of his opponent. The raw athleticism.

He is making a career of it after a rough go physically with the surgery

on his shoulder. Confirmation of the third-round appearance in Australia.

And a third-round here. Beating Muller down under. And Albert

Montanans. Not a great love of the grass court,

but still a solid win. Mark Draper on the left, who played, 150 in the

world. And a quality player on the right, Jason, a trainer with the

Australian Davis Cup team. He assists Lleyton Hewitt with the

Australian Davis Cup team. A refreshing sight to see the roof

open. Chatting about the time they met before in Brisbane 2013. Andy

said he felt then that John Millman potentially was going to be a top 50

player. Andy getting the better of him. Interesting, and he never lost

to an Australian on tour in Grand Slams, or in Davis Cup. He has lost

a couple in challenge is a long time ago which makes his record 20-2 but

17 and zero against Australians for Murray. The American umpire in the

chair. Americans everywhere. What is going on? Apologies!

John Millman said last year Wimbledon was the first time he

managed to crack the top 100. He was close in 2013 in the 120s at that

juncture before the shoulder problem that afflicted him. That run at

Wimbledon also was his best ever win where he took care of Tommy Robredo.

He has lost eight. Losing 32 top-10 players. John Millman is sitting in

his chair, looking around, soaking up the atmosphere, as Murray

finishes his warm up. Just having a peak around. It must be satisfying

for him, 27 years of age to make it here to Wimbledon Centre Court.

Murray is going to serve first. John Millman will have a pressure free

game to get into this contest. The umpire is on the telephone. Not sure

who he is trying to reach. Normally you would see players standing up at

this point, getting ready to play. Andy will be looking to defend his

Olympic gold medal soon. He won it here on this Court in 2012. John

Millman, in the middle of his match against Benoit Paire, because of

Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic's withdrawal from the Australian Open

and his appeal about Davis Cup, he is also going to Rio.

is in action and going well against Andrey Kuznetsov.

What a lovely hold from Murray at the start of this third round match,

full of confidence. Arguably, that is going to be one of the big

differences. It will be fascinating to see how Millman tries to protect

his serve. The thing I've noticed with the Australian, when he plays,

he tends to serve wide on the deuce side. With Andy's ability to direct

his returns, he could be hitting a lot of back hands. The backhand

doesn't have as much pace. These are from the grass this year. The

Australian has found a bit of pace in the tournaments that he's played

in. You saw his forehand travels quicker

on average than his backhand. Already in the match we've seen him

step around his forehand to hit the two-hander out here.

He actually got Millman in Brisbane with the lob. When he came in, Andy

seemed toe find the space behind him.

Beautiful from Murray. His two handed backhand down-the-line from

Murray is a critical shot in this match up. Millman, if you open him

up to the backhand side, he's vulnerable to the attack on the

two-hander. Exactly the start Murray wanted. A

nod from Jamie Delgado. Impassive as ever, Ivan Lendl.

Already the task ahead of Millman today is pretty evident to

everybody. A lot of us wondering with Lendl

back in the Murray camp, will we see the resumption of the aggression on

the forehand side that we saw when he was previously in the coach's

box. Murray's forehand averaging three to fourmph more under this

man's guidance. It's a bit early in this tournament

to say whether it's come back. The numbers don't really support it. He

hasn't needed to be that aggressive in the opening two rounds.

You would think that would be a part of the re-approach from Ivan.

It's more about the mind set than actually the numbers.

There's that backhand down-the-line. Skipping off the grass at an awkward

height for Millman. Here's an interesting piece of the puzzle with

Ivan Lendl. I've talked to him about his time with Andy and said how did

you prepare him in tournaments. He said, well, it all depends on his

draw. If he has a challenging draw in front of him, I have to prepare

for the next match. If he has someone let's say, take us through

this... This is the first-serve placement. You can see in Stuttgart

where he played, he lost to Del Potro in that tournament. That's two

foot the green lines. Millman has decent pace on the first serve, but

the accuracy there, if you keep your eyes on there, is not there. If we

look at Andy's accuracy on serve, we've seen the three aces today. You

can see how that rises on the deuce side to 70% and up to 67% for Murray

as well. That is a lot of baseline that Millman has to protect to get

the ball back into play. His precision has grown over the years

for Andy Murray. He's grown into it as his game has evolved.

Back to how Lendl has prepared Andy in the past and I suspect he's doing

during this tournament. He looks at the big problems in the draw for

Andy and starts prepping him early. With the draw like he's had so far,

he probably has been looking ahead towards Nick Kyrgios for a

fourth-round match there. Saying if Kyrgios - what do we need to do.

What shots do we need to be ready to play against Nick Kyrgios? #

You would think if the number one seed, Novak, were to lose today,

that would also change the way that Ivan and Jamie would prepare Andy.

Murray with a look up to the umpire to get confirmation.

Stars on and off the court in the royal batch. Sir Bobby Charlton here

today -- Royal Box. A bit of confidence for Millman that

he hangs onto his serve here. He warmed up for Wimbledon by

winning his fifth queen's title, more than anybody else has managed

to achieve. His legendary status as the greatest

British male player in the open era continues to grow.

The second serve of Murray has really improved this season. He's

really going for it more. He's added 9mph on average of speed

to that shot this year. When he won here in 2013, his

average second wasle 3mph. -- was 87mph. That's a big jump.

Terrific running from Millman. Great application and discipline to the

cause from the Australian. Just acting as a shock absorber out

there. That's really his only hope here to

make as many as possible and hope Murray misses.

Looking at the ball to see if there's white powder on it, but

there isn't. Trying to inject a fair bit of pace

into that 91mph forehand from Murray. Can you see how much higher

than that on average it was. Murray, who's been broken just the

once in the tournament, facing another break point now.

He's absolutely elated with that. He gets the break back. We're on serve.

SUE BARKER: Andy not happy with that. Back on serve on Centre Court.

We'll be right back there in a moment. Over on Court No 1, this big

story continues. Novak Djokovic it's 3-3 in the fourth set. He's trailing

two sets to one to Sam Querrey. He's facing break points in almost every

service game. He's not looking himself. He's shouting at his box,

talking to the crowd. He looks out of sorts somehow. He's fighting hard

and trying to stay with it. It's very much advantage Sam Querrey at

the moment. That match live on BBC Two.

Querry's just gone 4-3 up. Here though, we're back on centre.

COMMENTATOR: Breaks exchanged already. Looking at Millman's

tournaments coming in here, he lost to Juan Martin Del Potro in the

second round. A good win against Lucas Pouille at Stuttgart. Lost at

queens. Lost to Steve Johnson in Nottingham. In three losses he

didn't create one break point opportunity in those matches.

Already today he's got a break against Murray.

He's going to need to break quite a lot just to stay with Murray.

Millman's serve is going to be under siege.

There's that follow through you were talking about. A little bunt, a

little abbreviation. Murray's pulled back on the throttle

this game. That was a little too cavalier by his standards, the last

one. You see how difficult it is for

Millman to make headway, when he goes into that mode.

Utterly brilliant. There is no such thing as a lost cause.

Millman may have been hitting ground strokes harder than Murray, but

Murray has a decided advantage on serve speed. Millman's first serve

doesn't have enough on it. It's almost a gimme for Murray to get the

ball back in play. Millman's only gotten one free point

off his serve. It's a suffocating feeling for an

opponent. He'll be defiant out here, Millman.

If there is a way, he'll try to find it.

Awesome. What a wonderful tennis rally. Murray coming out on top.

He's well on top now in this opening set.

This really is such a nice opponent, break of serve notwithstanding that