Day 7, Part 1 Wimbledon

Sunday, a day of rest and contemplation. But not always,

because every now and then something unexpected comes along. Three times

in 139 years, these lawns have witnessed something magical. And now

it's happening again. This is Wimbledon, but different. Today,

Wimbledon opened its gates on the tournament's middle Sunday for the

first time in its history. They come from far and wide for a chance, a

special chance, to claim a seat at this hallowed ground. Are you mad?

Yes. There's something in the air that makes the old feel young and

sprinkles stardust on the great and good. It's a day of magic, a time to

celebrate. This... Is People's Sunday.

Hello and welcome to what promises to be a very special day here at

Wimbledon. Everybody here bought their tickets online yesterday.

There was queueing today because the show courts are first-come

first-served, so 10,000 of the 15,000 seats here on Centre Court

have already been taken and they can't wait for play to start at top

in fact, the only gaps here, really, around the royal box because on the

right, as the members have tickets, and on the left is the players'

family and friends so that's the only gap on Centre Court but it runs

is to be and blue and someone who knows all about that atmosphere is

right here with me now, Tim Henman. I'm going to take you back to 1997.

What was that feeling my quest It was amazing and very unexpected. At

that stage it had only happened twice in Wimbledon history and I was

playing against Paul Harle, and it was a standard match for me tick

tock I lost the first set 7-6, won the next two, lost the fourth and

eventually was able to come through. And that is a lot of hair! So just

the easy match, what was the atmosphere like? It was without

question the best atmosphere I ever played in front because in those

days... You don't look very happy! It was incredible. I remember when

we walked on the court and I didn't really know what to expect. The year

before I had made a break, getting through to the quarterfinals, but we

have the Mexican wave, there was cheering every Baltic tock Head

down, walking off. I want you to look at this camera and apologise to

all the people there that you didn't spank them as he walked off. I know.

That was appalling. That was pathetic. As you say, it was

wonderful and that was a match in some ways that launched you as well.

Because of the nature, it was only the second time it has happened, it

will work queueing throughout the night to get tickets. This year it

was likely different because it was done online, but it was the true

tennis fan that was in here and, as I said, the atmosphere was

absolutely packed. It was probably the best much I ever played at

Wimbledon but in terms of the drama, I remember he had match point on his

serve and Paul very kindly served a double faults. I have reminded him

too many times that, but to come through 14 Ivan 12 in the fifth, it

was the longest set that I played. -- 14-12. The 90 descent of the

people, it is their first experience at Wimbledon and they are so so

excited. Should we get the wave going? Goal but we could try!

It has faded miserably! Try again! I think they're warming up. I don't

think it's quite 1997, is a? Not yet. It was an early start for them.

I heard there were people queueing from 3am because they got their

tickets but they wanted to get in and get their seat. Logistically,

because you are on the committee, how difficult was it? It was only

made on Friday, this decision to play on Sunday. From a tennis point

of view, it's pretty straightforward. We still have

second-round matches of the singles that needed to be played and if we

don't play on the Sunday, there was going to be a scenario where you are

playing third round singles, especially the women, on Monday, you

got to play third round on Monday, fourth round on Tuesday,

quarterfinal on Wednesday, semifinal on Thursday, and that we had good

weather, so for a tennis point of view it was the most difficult

decision. Logistically, by the scenes, for all the staff, whether

it's the security or the catering of the Stuarts, it's difficult. Nobody

was expecting to work but, again, it's just a special occasion and the

people who work here are so supportive so hopefully everyone is

going to enjoy their dated tock and it gives us a chance to see some new

names on the show court, Alexander Zverev, everyone saying he could be

new number one. He beat Roger Federer and has got a great game. He

is six very aggressive, and is moving quickly. I was talking to his

fitness trainer, who used to work with Andy Murray, and he was asking

about this schedule and when I asked about the Centre Court match, he

looked at me as if to say was I joking and I said absolutely not.

The fans that are in here are really going to enjoy that. It is against

Tomas Berdych, a former finalist. We have 12 singles matches that need to

be completed today to get us back on contract, so let's take a look at

where you'll be able to see them. Coco Vandeweghe made a hit last

time. She is back again against Roberta Vinci. Her best is round 16

but she beat Serena at the US Open and knows all about the big stage.

Serena is a second, having come through that very difficult match

against the scene Mikail, against Annika Beck, who took out what's on

in the opening round. Alexander Zverev takes on Berdych. On Court

Number One, Sloane Stephens was a quarterfinalist in 2013 and takes on

select Lana Kuznetsova. -- Svetlana Kuznetsova.

A fascinating match, Cady is against Lopez, two big servers. And then

Jiri Vesely up against Joao Sousa. Another matches on the outside

court, available online. So here is Serena Williams. This is

earlier today, out on court 14. She thoroughly enjoyed this and good

atmosphere and unlike Tim, I think she'll interact with the fans a lot

more when she walks onto Centre Court. Nick Kyrgios are arriving

here, looking like a busy man, and he will be a busy man on Court One,

when he takes on Feliciano Lopez. One Mateen Del Potro, back in the

Grand Slams once again, the former US Open champion, that was in 20 09.

He is arriving to complete his match today. And Coco Vandeweghe. She will

be in the locker room now getting ready to step onto the court, the

quarterfinalist from last year. What a different day here. Some blue sky

all around but let's hope it's going to stay with us all day and we can

catch up with all these matches that are behind. Let's find out the

latest from the man who knows, Darren Bett. Is it good news?

Well I have much better news. We're not going to see a repeat

performance of the weather yesterday. At the moment the

temperature is about 18 or so and we are going to see the cloud bubbling

up and spreading out some will turn more cloudy and we could just

squeeze out an isolated light shower from this cloud. We haven't got the

same depth of cloud so we're not going to see the same channel as we

had yesterday and there is a good chance it will stay dry all. It is

going to feel warmer, it does already, because the winds are

lighter and we'll find afternoon temperature is around 21 or so and

it should be a fine and mostly sunny evening in store. If you've got

tickets for Monday or Tuesday, again, it's probably going to be

dry. It looks like the rain should stay away, it will be quite warm and

humid, temperatures around 23. So what we saw yesterday was a taste of

something more typical of April but what we are going to see today and

the next few days is something a bit more like summer, at long last.

We have waited a long, long time. Thank you, Darren. That is great

news for everyone. Everyone is talking about the massive shock

yesterday, Novak Djokovic, who has looked virtually unbeatable on the

big stage, was beaten by Sam Querry of the United States. Let's take a

look at how that happened. 28-year-old Sam Querry is looking to

cause the upset of the tournament, the upset of the year.

A real shock brewing here. Djokovic fairly dominant in that

set. Someone needs to take this by the

scruff of the neck. It is absolutely pouring.

This upset is not on the cards yet. It's so close to a famous victory.

But here come the court covers once again.

He's done it! A massive win for Sam Querry. A massive shock at Wimbledon

2016. It's incredible, especially to do it here at Wimbledon, the biggest

tournament of the world. And so ecstatic right now. Well done. Were

you concerned going into the match? No. No reason that any concern? You

didn't seem yourself. As I said, I don't want to talk about it. Please

respect that. No reason given by Novak Djokovic,

he didn't want to talk about it, but he didn't look himself, did he? At

any time in a match he didn't look quite right it up in the first two

sets, which was played on the Friday evening, Querry was absolutely

amazing. He only dropped four points in the second set and was doing

well. At the end of the second set, it was almost as if Djokovic was in

shock. He was serving very half-heartedly and hit a couple of

really poor volleys, and this was some of the dominant play. When they

came out on Saturday, it it was much trickier conditions, it was windy,

and I think there's some water falling down from the roof. We'll

see that in a minute because we're on this BT but there is a bit of

water falling on some spectators on Centre Court. Querrey played well,

of course he did, but Djokovic wasn't moving but he wasn't being

aggressive, was he? No, and I think mentally he looked very distracted.

In the second part of the match yesterday, there was never the same

rhythm. It was a bit windy, it was stopped I can start with the weather

conditions, but Querrey did very well to keep going. Because Djokovic

has set the bar so high in the last three or four years in the biggest

events, we always expect him to get away to come through those matches

and yesterday he wasn't able to do that. Oh, dear. That's what's

happening underneath because the roof is moving to the other side of

the court, because they do leave it open, don't they, over on the same

side overnight? They put it on the north side so that the sun gets more

light into the court but when they've been moving it back to the

southern end, there is some water, I think, that is probably in the

canopy and some unfortunate spectators - hopefully it wasn't

them, not sure my mum would like her hair wet. They're in the front row

of the Royal box. Someone must have pulled out! First and second

reserve. They will be looking forward to it. I'm sure they'll be a

bit more relaxed watching it today than they were in 1997. Sam Querry,

a big, big serve but he's improved in other departments as well, hasn't

he? He has a lot of good results on grass and he was serving 131, 132

mph, but he was serving accurately and for me Djokovic is the best

return in the history of the game. You serve 31 aces, that's a great

foundation for the rest of your game. It means you can be a bit

freer, more aggressive, and that's exactly the way he played and

there's no doubt that Djokovic's level dipped and to what was able to

take advantage of that. Moving forward we know it's not always easy

to back that performance at. It is the first time he has bit able --

beaten world number one. He blows a guy in the next round with a proven

grass court record. But you can't underestimate, as far as Djokovic is

concerned, the pressure he's been under. When Boris came to talk to us

at Queen's, he was saying, now he's going to have to draw all four Grand

Slams at the same time and now they're talking about the calida

Grand Slam. He is human after all. Very much so and I was listening to

that interview with you and Boris and he was busy talking about just

taking it one match at a time and staying in the present and that's

what you've always got to do. It would have been very difficult on

Friday night to be down to five and zero and retain that belief but he

did so for the fourth set and he wasn't able to do it and as I said,

there is that human element. In sport you can't always play your

best it keys won four Grand Slams in a row and had an incredible run and

that run has come to an end. It was interesting when that result came

out it Hole of Centre Court went, wow! It really has opened up the

draw because you mentioned he's playing... Roger Federer is in that

half so I'm sure Roger will... Definitely. Everyone has been

looking at a Djokovic- Murray final. That's not going to happen. I think

Raonic is looking like the favourite to get through to the semifinals.

Played well at Queen's. Fedor is slowly finding his form.

For the Djokovic loss to have any bearing on Andy Murray, he has to

get through to the final and he is a long way from that, he's playing

great tennis and he'll have an interesting challenge the round,

playing the winner of Lopez and Kate Yost. The busy likes this court,

Andy Murray, he's on it every day. Away from prying eyes, although

we've managed to film him. He is with his team and also Evander

Lendl. A day off for Andy but very focused. Very focused and Andy has

been really fortunate with the way his schedule has gone. He's

benefited from playing on Centre Court, which has the roof, and he's

been able to play Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. He hasn't been affected by

the weather at all. Not at all and it's important. You saw in Paris

when he had a five set matches at the tournament, that can be

detrimental but he's absolutely right where he wants to be. He's got

the first week out of the way and will be ready to look forward into

the second week. They are a good team, Lendl and Murray. They have a

good laugh together. I don't know if it is a similar sense of humour. I

think as with most people with Lendl, Andy will have to do a lot of

listening. Lendl could talk underwater most of the time but he

is a good character and I think obviously the benefit of having

worked together before, it wasn't like Lendl had to come in and

understand how the team worked. He knew the way Andy played and what he

likes to do, so that seems like it's going pretty well. What about Roger

Federer? You know him well. Have you been to see him? I've seen a little

bit of them and he's had such a difficult year, probably the most

challenging of his whole career, with having to have a knee operation

after the Australian Open it up he had some illness and some back

trouble so has never really found the rhythm this year but to play two

grass court tournaments prior to this, he played in Stuttgart, and I

think he played seven matches in ten days, so he is moving in the right

direction. APPLAUSE

The applause for the bald person who has walked out on Centre Court but

Roger Federer... Steve Johnson has done well on the grass, winning at

Nottingham, won a few grounds at Queen's. And had a good win against

Grigor Dimitrov. I thought dinner drop was going to come through that.

-- Grigor Dimitrov was going to come through that. It's gone very quiet

here all of a sudden. Everyone is probably a bit nervous. You said 90%

of people had never been before and I'm sure they will warm up. They're

rather players that our first match, Coco Vandeweghe leading ahead of

Roberta Vinci, who reached the US Open final last year and Coco is a

big hitter, a big serve, and she thoroughly enjoyed her Centre Court

experience, but look at the difference in height and stature. US

Open finalist, beat Serena and she has actually got her highest ranking

when 33 years of age, so a big day for both of them. Lets hope they

have a special welcome here on Centre Court.

It's lovely to see a virtual full house here on Centre Court for this

match, which will be very interesting. Sam Smith has joined

us. I was talking about the difference in size but Vinci is no

pushover. You got each end of the spectrum of modern women's tennis,

cocoa with a massive personality, massive game, and the fans are going

to see something... The way she cracks that serve, my generation

will be happy they are not playing, but someone like Vinci could be from

my generation, it is all chips and slices and it still shows that if

you have skills and you are talented, you may not have the power

but you can still compete. But she needs body armour. I Finco colas

this atmosphere. When she was playing out of the second match, she

was within the crowd and I think she's going to do a bit of that

today because you get the energy. Tim, well done on the scheduling!

Coco's grandmother was a Miss American, her grandfather was a New

York Mick. In that family you've got to have a big personality or you are

completely forgotten. The crowd will be into her and Vinci is pretty fun.

She is not one of these automatons. She is going to be gesticulating and

saying allsorts of bad words in Italian and when I saw the schedule

I thought, well done, because this is perfect for what is very excited

crowd out there. She's interesting, Vinci, highest ranking at the age of

33. It's never too late but she's got that kind of game. I'm not sure

about the grass. She should have done far better and possibly

Vandeweghe comes out here the slight favourite if she serves well but

Vinci is a player that should have done so much better at Wimbledon

over the years but still very suspicious of this service because

it is not play. Have you ever known a first week like it, particularly

in the women's, losing so many seed? No, I've got my draw here after rain

with last me a difficult question. There is still enough in it. You

still got Svetlana Kuznetsova. She is one of the older ones, a former

two-time Grand Slam champion. You got Serena Williams, who is still

the favourite then it starts to thin out. You've got a cracking match

between Radwanska and Cibulkova. The bottom half looks stronger. You've

got curb, Venus Williams, Simona Halep two I thought was fabulous on

Centre Court yesterday, and Lucie Safarova, a former semifinalist who

has found some form and is a very good grass court player. The bottom

half looks stronger than the top half. No Kvitova on the bottom half

of that up you would expect them to go through. I couldn't believe the

Muguruza lost on the second round because I watched the match on

Centre Court or Court One and I thought she looked fabulous. Isil

Kvitova yesterday and not the champion that we noted Hawk-Eye

don't know what's happened with her tennis but didn't look on it at all.

Not sure what's happening with the roof. They are having a bit of fun

playing with the remote control, making sure it is well oiled. I

think it is in position now. I think it. British loo because fingers

crossed, we are not going to need it. Darren has assured us we are

going to have some dry weather. Talked to was a bit about Serena

because she came through that amazing match against Christina

McHale but only just. Again, it is one of those. I think for Serena, we

need to go back to what happened at the US Open last year. I think

psychologically it rocked her completely, losing that much, and

Mchale is a very fine player. She could match Serena athletically, got

a good serve, good forehand and Serena has enormous aura and

presence at Wimbledon more than anywhere else but I think it is on

the wane. Players think they can win. It is one of those sinless and

arias we've talked a lot about with Djokovic and Serena is so good at

coming through the difficult matches and time and time again she wins.

She has given itself an opportunity in the second week, where is

Djokovic have a difficult match and couldn't find a way to get through

it so for me, she is deftly the player to be. She is the ultimate

champion here at Wimbledon. She just does dig deep, doesn't she, and at

the end of it choose almost angry with herself. She wants this record,

whether she tries to downplay it or what. Everyone else wants to do it

and the great advantage that Serena has is she has the best serve in the

women's game so everything else can be going horribly wrong, as long as

you commit that serve she's OK, but I still wouldn't trust Serena to not

have a few problems against Annika Beck who is a really fine athlete to

talk I do think there has been a shift in women's tennis because of

that Vinci match last year. A lot of the lower ranked players think now

they can beat the big names and I know in my day 20 years ago, did we

believe we were going to beat Martina and Monica Seles? Not

really. After the knockout week, the first two games, we knew the writing

was on the wall. But lower ranked players, I don't know what you think

in the men's game, I think they really believe, the women, that they

can take them out. Very much so, and you are always trying to paint a

picture in your own mind of how the upset is going to be possible and in

the men's, the top four have been so dominant and then Murray and

Djokovic have separated themselves. Djokovic clearly the number one but

an upset like Querrey eating Djokovic is going to be good for

everyone. -- beating. We're talking about the calendar Grand Slam. How

is she this year compared to last year? She hasn't had as many

tournaments or as many wins. She's been good when she's needed to be

good. The only real blips have been in the final of the Australian Open

and the final of the French Open, when they came up against two

players who were on red-hot form, who actually believed they could

beat her. I know age shouldn't be a factor that Serena is 35 after the

US Open and I think the nerves have become more difficult for her. A lot

of the older players have talked about how they get more nervous as

they get older. There's more players, starting to push in early

rounds. I still think she's the greatest player and I think there's

more slams in her but it's not getting any easier. I don't then she

is as quick as she used to be. It is interesting how Feder and Serena are

both still so hungry for success with all they've achieved. It's not

so difficult when you are playing an event like this but to be there

travelling the tool 30 weeks of the year playing in all the tournaments,

so disciplined, the training and travel... Hold on, Tim, who is this?

It's the twins, the little Federer wins. Leo and Lenny. He had the twin

girls in the player's box for the first Centre Court matches. When

Roger is often playing, the two girls, the twin daughters, are quite

often doing their crayon in and cartooning. They are not interested

in dad at all! Sam, time has been called so are you going to pick a

winner for this one? How do you see the match going? I'm going to go

with power, Vandeweghe. Sam, Tim, thank you very much. Time has been

called so we'd better move away from Centre Court, so let's join our

commentators, Louise Pleming and Barry Davies.

COMMENTATOR: We're going to start with power because Coco Vandeweghe

won the toss and this is no surprise. This is the last practice

of. We have a huge contrast in styles between these two players,

one seeded for the first time ever, Vandeweghe, the American, and Vinci,

who is now aged 33 and seeded number six. Louise Pleming, this will be in

adjusting contest. It certainly will, Barry. It is rather exciting

to see when two players coming to a match or an event, both having their

career high rankings, both players very confident so far in the

tournament. They've had some really good matches, with Coco Vandeweghe,

she is on fire. Should cease action today. There was prolonged applause

when the ladies came onto court. Now total silence.

The crowd will cease real fireworks come from the racket of Coco

Vandeweghe today. Both players on the board early,

which is nice. The crowd is weak to applaud every thing.

One is power, and one is very clever. Vinci is just marked player,

uses her variation extremely well. Tends to dismantle her opponents

rather than overpower them. The sound of the forehand just

resonates through Centre Court. That's very much how it has been

going with the serving of Coco Vandeweghe. Just look at the

statistics. You would have to say that Vinci has

to serve well. She doesn't want to go behind.

Kakko this year so far has served 156 aces, and only 103 double

faults, which is a terrific conversion.

By contrast, Vinci, 59 aces and 55 double faults, not having the same

impact. She is a brave woman, Roberta Vinci,

serving and volleying into the forehand wing of Vandeweghe.

Probably the safest pair of hands, though, Roberta Vinci. Number one in

the world in doubles the many years. Difficult part of the match today

for Roberta Vinci is to be able to neutralise these big shots from

Vandeweghe and to try to get her moving. Expose the movement a little

bit of cocoa. It is not her best asset. She is 6'1", Vinci is 5'4".

I bet Vinci wishes he was 6'1". That was a big serve. 110 mph.

Coco just sensing when Vinci was under a little stress. Slice that

back and back, and that is when you can get in and take control of the

volley. Good awareness. Starting and finishing with an ace.

That is the style we will see, it is quite clear to all. She looks very

happy with life. The American. There is a different sort of us in the

crowd today. I can't give you exactly the feel of it, but it is

just a bit different. It is all a bonus, isn't it? It is. It is a

lovely Sunday, and they are getting to watch some to rid the tennis, and

it is just so nice to watch a player like Coco Vandeweghe, she is a

breath of fresh air, enjoys being on the court. You can see that relaxed

smile looking Brad Tagg coach. -- looking over at her coach. We have

been working together for just over a year. He has had a remarkable

influence on her tennis. He has got her to focus on doubles, and it has

will it helped a lot. She has a very high doubles ranking, top 20.

That is where it is hard, the change of pace.

The crowd loved that! I thought that was almost a perfect point. A

terrific backhand from band awake, it looked like there was smoke

coming from the racket. -- terrific backhand from Coco Vandeweghe. And

the drop shot was to be the placement.

She did the right thing, but couldn't find the right volley.

That is superb! Not the power, but the length. It is total confidence

coming off the racket of Vandeweghe. For me there are two players are

turn into different characters when they walk onto grass, and Coco

Vandeweghe is one of them. Sabine Lisicki the other.

Hardly a breath of wind on the court. That is an advantage to

Vandeweghe. Those big swings. She has twice been concerned by the

toss. It's just a matter of being in the

right place at the right time for Vinci. Read this like a book. Just

leans in. Just the right foot. Went from under

her. Balance is key for a player like

Coco, 6'1". She's a very strong built athlete. Got to get the feet

right. Wow! Improvised once again. This is

a new one in the book. Very difficult to teach that one, Barry.

You might see a few of those shots played on the local park.

Still smiling. I must say, that is nice to see. You don't see too many

sportspeople smiling when they are actually doing their thing. I think

it is such a great asset to have that relaxed feeling about yourself.

To be able to come out here and enjoy this moment, the hallowed

ground of Centre Court, Wimbledon, the biggest occasion of Coco

Vandeweghe's career, and yet she is able to recognise that, be present,

and just enjoy this. It is ready great to see. And I think it will

help her with longevity in her career. She is made for grass. She

shows that in her warm up matches. The semifinal in Birmingham on the

way. She has had a horrific run. -- a horrific run. -- a horrific run.

Vinci really has to hold here otherwise is opening set will be

over too soon. So hard for Vinci to change face and

use her slice and variation because she has to control the power.

Nothing you can do about that. That is superb hitting. Free swinging

from Coco Vandeweghe. 75 mph they serve. Came back at 150!

This one just not connecting through the middle of the racket. Landing

short. Terrific forehand from Vinci. She's not just the motor car, she is

a sports car, and she has to control that power.

Oh! That was on course to land just in, turned away the last moment.

Roberta Vinci's coach. Terrific placement from Vinci, right

into the corner. She has to keep changing her serve, be accurate, not

let Coco Vandeweghe yes where she is going to often.

That's what the crowd needed on the Italian side.

Defending initially, but chose the wrong course. Running off to the

other side, I won the ball, but still the ability to put the ball

back behind the running player. She's getting so much work of that

second serve. She can accelerate the racket head. Spin gives of the

control. Full charge ahead on all occasions

from Coco. She just has to commit to the power. Good closing on the high

backhand. STUDIO: Are going the way of and

awake on Centre Court. Let's show you what is happening elsewhere. --

going the way of Coco Vandeweghe. Over on Court Number One we have

Sloane Stephens against Svetlana Kuznetsova. A three-time

quarterfinalist here, and they are on Court at the moment. Svetlana

Kuznetsova is leading 4-3 games. Confirmation of the score there.

That is on the red button. On Court Number Two, what a story. Timea

Bacsinszky had a foot injury and give up tennis and then got an

e-mail saying, do you want to come in the French Open qualifier. And so

without any practice she went to the French Open, lost the match, but it

reignited her love of tennis and here she is as the number 11 seed.

3-3 in our game against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Other matches

available online. Here we rejoin Centre Court.

COMMENTATOR: This band. Not too many players used in these days.

We made the point about Vinci giving extra power back to Vandeweghe. You

want to try to take the shot away from the Vandeweghe.

She wants to try to get that ball away from the hip height contact

point that Vandeweghe likes to swing at. Push her back deck. -- push back

deep. Oh! Just too wide, otherwise that

was a beautiful rally played by the Italian.

Goodness me! You would afford her opponent was more likely to be

caught for a foot fault. REFEREE: Mrs Vandeweghe challenges

the call. A little wry smile from Roberta Vinci. Back in this game.

You just don't know when they run errors are coming from Vandeweghe.

We saw three pretty easy ones there. Serving for the opening set.

Oh! Very brave. And delightful to watch. Just to rethink hands. A

great touch from Vinci. She covers the court so well, understands the

net. Great variation. The nod of approval

from the coach. Slowed the pace up, opened up the court.

It's quite remarkable how she can just duplicate the power over and

over. Such a strong base with the legs, a powerful unit. Two set

points. It's not easy for Vinci. She's

having to come up with something very special time and time again to

win a point. She deserves the applause from both

coach and the crowd. Quite an exhibition of her capabilities here.

Strong volleying, excellent serve, and her opponent is making her have

to play at best. She must feel very confident that she's going to win

this. It's wonderful to see the variation. I really enjoyed watching

Vinci as well. The contrast is just so interesting to watch. This was a

great shot. She had to improvise time and time again. The smiles from

Coco Vandeweghe has just been interesting to see and that is going

to help her a lot. First serve percentage is good for Vinci but

that's hard to keep holding from the big power from Vandeweghe.

Very good stats. She's able to penetrate through the court and

really blow her opponent away from the baseline, from the serve. Big

all-round. She's in the top half of the draw.

It would be interesting to see how she would play against somebody who

could also bombed the ball at her. That reaction understandable. She

really can't afford to make errors like that. Doesn't matter the

language, everybody knows how she feels.

Slice, slice, slice and then He must be so happy with the way she's come

out here today. The play just looks so solid. Everything she's done, she

looks very clean, strong. The legs, the fist pump, her attitude. It's

just so high and it's frustrating for Vinci.

That's a good serve from Vandeweghe but Vinci is just having to work so

hard and hoping that Coco might just lose a little focus, give her a

little opening somewhere in this match.

Just a couple of errors coming from the backhand side of Vandeweghe. And

for only the second time in this championship, Vandeweghe on break

point. Wow! All things are possible in the

sporting arena. That's just given a real list to

Vinci. And the crowd. And let's see how Coco Vandeweghe response to

that. -- responds. A pretty high take back on that

backhand side from Coco. On grass, you really want to keep your hands

behind the ball and track with a height of the ball. Sometimes she

can just lose her timing a little. So intelligent here for the Italian.

Vinci really just asking the questions of Vandeweghe, trying to

get inside her head a little bit here.

Been together for a lot of years, Roberto and her coach. That's great

hitting from Roberta Vinci, just using the pace of Vandeweghe's

return. You play fast, you have to move fast and that's where Coco

sometimes gets out of position. In danger of unravelling all she's

achieved. Another piece of improvisation but

it couldn't quite come off. I think that's the word for this

match, improvising, because you have to think fast on your feet when

you're playing somebody that hits the ball this big. Just has

incredible power, Vandeweghe. It is the split step, strong moving to the

ball. There's the hands, getting back behind, early take back, with

that big wind-up, and then leans in. There's the line she likes to hit up

but that ball really penetrating through. Hits from quite a high part

of the court, so she's got plenty of room to go in. That's 89 mph, where

it's coming through very fast, and that doesn't give Vinci a lot of

time for her preparation. She needs to be really moving very fast so she

can somehow defuse these big powerful shots and try to get

Vandeweghe moving either forwards through the corners of the court,

and take a little bit of time away. It's just not hard to do off that

heavy hitting. That's what the coaches tell you. If

you're not happy with the toss, don't hit the ball to.

Really quite a warm day after you see the sunshine.

Slowing that one down a little. She knew from the moment she contacted

that that it was just going to fly. Just got little in front of her.

Just struggling with that placement on the toss.

Good job she wasn't playing on Centre Court yesterday or any of the

other outside courts. Oh, that's a very good response to what was a

testing shop from her opponent. UMPIRE: Miss Vandeweghe challenged

the ball. UMPIRE: Game, Miss Vandeweghe. I

would like to see a little bit more feistiness every once in awhile from

Coco Vandeweghe. I think if she's to go to the next level really push

Serena Williams, I'd just like to see her use her physically imposing

stature a little bit more, show a bit more aggression.

That's great play from Vinci. Do you agree a little bit there, just to

see a little bit more feistiness? She's a bit too much of a gentle

giant out there. Use some of that body language.

Got the short reply. Roberta getting out nice and quick, getting that

ball out through the court. It's just hard for Roberta Vinci not

to feel like she's just a passenger in this match. It is all being

controlled by Vandeweghe. That was an astonishing pick-up which she

couldn't then carry on. Her first ace. Such a contrast of

styles. Good positivity coming from the

Italian and she needs every bit of that. She has to do is hang in, in

hope that Coco Vandeweghe will go off boil a little bit. How is your

Italian? There is something written on that left arm.

Just has to bring everything she can to try to somehow dismantle Coco

Vandeweghe and make her feel a little uncomfortable and try to get

her movement exposed. And somehow get some momentum in this match.

People watching will be a bit surprised to find that she is up

six. Just came into the court. She's on the rise, Vandeweghe, there is

question about that. Quicker with their applause this

time. Last time they were a bit slow coming in with Hawk-Eye.

Oh, yes. Beautiful placement. Yeah, absolutely. Just able to control

this depth, just using the pace of her opponent again.

You drop a point, the next point you make it just disappeared.

Just allows her to relax, returning games when they can keep holding

like this. When you are winning 95% of your own service games. A double

fault in the last service game but when you are serving 12 of 15 aces,

I should say in the tournament, it's OK to do through three double faults

in. Who cares? Couldn't have been closer. She plays

much more like a male player, always looking to come forward. Such a

great smash. Such a weapon to have. She can control all Di mentions of

the court. Six is, she really can get up. -- 6'1". She has the

advantage of being tall but she does get up to a natural leap, for want

of a better word. Not sure, but decides not to employ

Hawk-Eye. Staying in the contest.

SUE BARKER: Still a break of serve for Coco Vandeweghe on Centre Court,

and we'll be back there in a moment, but over on Court Number One it is

Sloane Stephens who has come through that first set tie-breaker event

against Kuznetsova. That match is on Court One and you can watch it live

on the red button if you want to. And over on Court Number Two...

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia has taken the first set over the

higher ranked to me a pitch in ski but she's taken that six Ivan 3-iron

is already a break of serve up in the second. You can watch that

online on the BBC Sport app or connected TV. That is the match is

happening elsewhere earlier today. Plenty more to come in this lovely

weather but now let's rejoin centre. COMMENTATOR: Looking at a very

thoughtful Roberta Vinci. Championship behind the Williams

sisters. She's really got a job on here.

Blue sky but the clouds today are fluffy and white.

Barry, you talked about perhaps next year the seedings could swap or be

different for Coco Vandeweghe. There is no question about that. She's had

three top ten wins this year and things are on the move for this

young lady. The confidence that she gets from

playing on grass, cocoa, is just going to translate on the other

services. She had two great wins on the hard court. That play will

continue, I think. A couple of points that she might

have made more of. She has to take what chances she is being offered.

Again just shooting up, the spin for Vinci to slice under that and

control the ball. Energy moving off the court.

That was beautifully done. Yes. She is looking cool, calm and collected,

Coco Vandeweghe. It is remarkable to watch the hole-mac unfold. She has

really been outstanding. This does not put much pressure on

Roberta Vinci. You have to come up with something like this over and

over. Perfect placement, a little bit of luck.

I love it. Fortune favours the brave, and she has to pull out

everything here. It is a do or die game.

Good play. If you can get Coco moving into the back-end, hope to

get something shorter and then penetrate fast on the forehand.

A little extra volume to that applause. They want to see some

excitement here, and this is where Roberta Vinci has to bring every bit

of her experience. 33 years on the tour. Has won some really big

matches. And she wants to push Coco Vandeweghe to the edge here. She

wants to see if she can tighten up the American on her serve, make

every return. She has to bring what she can. And just hope that Coco

will tense up a fraction. She has been broken once. Vinci has to do it

again here. She has looked pretty smooth throughout this match, hasn't

she? I do like her attitude, and I would like to see the variation with

intensity and body language once in awhile when does something really

positive. That is smart play from Vinci,

coming back into that side with the errors have been coming from.

The footwork, that ball had the pace taken off and Vandeweghe. Didn't

recognise it. Vinci thought that was going to the

forehand. Coco changed up. That is long. REFEREE: Game, set,

match Vandeweghe. I don't know how many as crowd have

here before. Tickets went so quickly. And they have been well and

detained. They have seen a player with a little style of other days.

And who might in the future have many more days. A good victory.

Absolutely. I am very impressed with Coco Vandeweghe and the way she

carried herself today. She knew what she needed to do and she executed

extremely well. The server was on a high percentage of service. She

looks so confident out there, unsurprisingly, so comfortable to be

on Centre Court. She enjoyed every moment of that. And Roberta, she did

whatever she could, but today she was the back-seat passenger. It was

Coco certainly driving that match. Just an easy-going, lovely girl,

Coco. So charming. She will be a real asset to the tour. She is

really headed for the top ten. I think anybody watching would agree

with you. Not really her surface, grass. Fine at the US Open. How far

will this lady progress? A lovely smile. A lovely game. Serena

Williams awaits her, perhaps in the quarterfinals. Settling down having

enjoyed a fine taster before lunch. It took one hour and eight minutes.

Many congratulations, that was a great win. It was. Roberta is a

really tough opponent. She has a lot of craftiness to her game that you

don't see too much. And she makes you eat her. That is what I tried to

do to stay focused, and keep pressing. You stayed focused and

completely controlled the match, didn't you? Sometimes it felt like

that, and sometimes I felt like I was in the clouds a little bit. A

couple of times where I had a lead in her service games and made a

couple of loose errors, but overall I am happy with my match. Playing on

Sunday in Centre Court, what was the atmosphere like? It was amazing. It

was quite cool. It was similar to when I played on quarterfinal day. I

think the crowd was really into it. And it is really special that I was

able to play on the rest Sunday. Having played so well, you now have

time for Sunday lunch will stop I have Mixed Doubles! Sorry. I will

definitely have some lunch. But I have Mixed Doubles and I have to be

ready for my partner. Well done. Thank you. SUE BARKER: anybody

playing in the doubles is playing catch up here. What a win for a Coco

Vandeweghe full stop she loves playing on grass and how game is

suited for it. She is the root of the fourth round yet again. And we

will enjoy her big hitting style in the last 16. She will be back on

court tomorrow. Her coach absolutely delighted. He is very much aware of

what this young lady can achieve and what you can achieve on this

surface. Coco Vandeweghe is safely through. There is a real battle

going on on Court Number One. Svetlana Kuznetsova has a break of

serve in the second set but is facing two break points against

Sloane Stephens. You can follow that match on the red button. It looks

like it has some way to go. Coco Vandeweghe will be looking at this

match, because she plays the winner. And it certainly looks like it will

be Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the number 21 seed. She is now serving

for the match. That could be the fourth round match we will see on

court tomorrow. We're here on this People's Sunday because we have 12

matches to be completed. One has already been done in the main draw.

Some players are fortunate to have come through the first week without

interruptions, and Andy Murray is one of those. Roger Federer is

another. Now we can hear from the seven time champion because I spoke

to him after he finished his practice today. Done for the day,

did my practice. Now it is all about relaxing again for the second day.

One of those lucky guys that finished already on Friday where

others have to battle it out today and yesterday. I have to make the

most of it and come into the second week very refreshed. It is bring on

the Brits. That is why you are scheduled on Centre Court. Yes, I

got lucky with the draw, and getting scheduled on Centre Court on those

rainy days, because I was scheduled on the third match. If I had played

on Court One I would not have been able to finish. So I got lucky, but

it was a good fun first week, the match especially against Dan

Williams who I have never played. Nine sets, nine wins, that is great.

I surprise myself a little bit because I did not quite know where I

was coming into the two women. You'd quit Marcus Willis. We love that

story. It was incredible, 772, coming through rounds of qualifying,

beating the world number 54, and then Centre Court to play you. It

was a fairy tale. It was very cool. I love the story, I loved his

reactions, and how the match went. As he had a lot of pressure. I

always knew he was going to win games, even asset, even more. I had

to prepare myself in a way that he would be a top 50 player now because

he has won seven matches straight here at Wimbledon. And here we are

walking out. He couldn't stop laughing! What I love was he silted

up and enjoyed it and played tennis. He toyed with me, he lobbed me. I

dearly! This is the point of the match, and he got it. It was great

fun, and a great atmosphere that he was able to bring to the Centre

Court. And a big serve. A big serve that I could not read. He aced me

about nine times. He has a good slice, and it is hard to attack him

off that. The important thing for me was to stay aggressive. But credit

to him for playing a good match. And as the match went on, you got

better. And having are just over ?200 this year, he walks away with a

cheque for over 50,000. He says it has reignited his passion for tennis

because he had lost his way before. You would hope so. If this does not

fire him up, what will? For any player just to see that this is

possible, you can make it to Centre Court at Wimbledon, you can play

against some of the best players in the world, and you can play with

them, hang with them, beat them at times, games or sets or matches

even, that will give you the motivation to push harder and

practice, and in life just to keep working hard at it. His world has

been turned upside down. One day he is playing you on Centre Court, do

you know when he was the next day? I don't go where he was. He was

playing a lead. This is in with his partner. Look getting, showboating.

And the crowd goes wild. But he won in straight sets, so he is

absolutely thrilled. But he feels this will move him up the rankings.

He will move up to around 400, still a long way to go. It is a tough

journey. It is tough, 400, 300, 200, they play about the same. It is a

matter of passion and hope professional you are. How you are

working physically, what is your approach day-to-day. All of these

things make a difference when you want to jump from 400 to top 100.

What did you make of Novak Djokovic yesterday? Did you see much of the

match? With all the interruptions, I didn't. I went out for a walk with

the boys. I saw some of it. Clearly a huge surprise. I played Sam here

last year and I thought he was very dangerous, very good as well. You

could always maybe think that Sam was going to have a chance, maybe a

setter to, but I did not pick Sam to win. Especially with Novak's record.

Time to dig step back and think was an unbelievable performance he has

had this year. All his Grand Slam matches up to this point yesterday,

and then of course you have to give Sam the credit for closing it out.

Because Novak sometimes gives you chances to close him out, but not

many guys can do it because he is still so good even when he is not so

good. And Sam was able to do it. And you know more than anyone the

pressure that is built on you when you're chasing records and remaining

unbeaten. There is a lot that goes on offer court as well as on the

court. It is good and bad. You're chasing something unbelievably cool,

so you are clearly very motivated and very intrigued and interested in

trying to achieve that. So it might take some energy out of you, but

you're so confident when you walk into the match but he will win a lot

of matches just by feeling great. So now he has to rebuild that to some

extent. I'm sure that this is just a haircut. He will be fine again for

the American summer and as long as he is healthy he will be super tough

to beat. He is clearly an unbelievable player and will go down

as one of the greatest players in history. It just shows he is human,

finally. We notice your family is here, and your girls came to see

your first match on Centre Court. We have some pictures of them. Where

the behaving? Arm wrestling! They were having a good time. I like that

they enjoy the travelling life that we have. And they like tennis to

some extent or enough that they come to watch my matches from time to

time. They always ask me if they can bring some books out in case they

get bored. Surely not! This was the first time I didn't allow any books.

So they did arm wrestling instead. And your boys ride with you on the

practice court. And you are bidding tennis balls in their hands. Are you

trying to get them interested in tennis, are just trying to get them

busy? They are much more interested in tennis, which is great to see. I

did not know they would come to practice today. My mum brought them

out. I'm happy they can experience this with me. They won't remember

this part because they are still too young, but the girls will remember.

It is fun times right now, and they are so cute. I cannot cuddle them

enough. It is good times. When the girls were born you said you wanted

them to be old enough to see you play. For me it is very cool when I

step onto court and look up to the players box in the first round match

and I see the girls. It fills me with a lot of happiness, and I

believe it makes you play better. I don't bring them out for me, but

also for them and their pleasure because they are spending times

their friends as well. Life is good. Looking back over your career is one

person you would pick who has been the most influential in career? You

would start always with my parents because they brought me to the game.

Without them I would not have started playing tennis. They have

been unbelievably supportive. And then I look back at Peter Carter,

Tony Roach, and Severin has been with me for the last eight years. I

have a lot of important people who have helped me. People like Stefan

Edberg have given me a lot of great direction. I was very lucky to have

the right coaches on the right people at the right times in my

life. An understanding what they were tried to teach me at the time.

Because you take things very differently when you are 14 or 18 or

25 or 34. So I'm happy I had all these great people around me. A lot

of great people inspired me. Your first Wimbledon, your first Grand

Slam, is that still the one title your most proud of? Yes, probably.

Because without that one, who knows where my career was going to go. I

was under pressure because I had lost in the first round. A month

earlier I had lost in the first round here. The year before I made a

great run here in 2003. So if I don't win that Wimbledon I'm not

sure I would have had the career because suddenly it all picked up,

it all made sense to me, but I was trying to achieve. And the moment

when I won that match, that final point, it was the most readable

moment in my life as a tennis player. All my dreams came true.

Yesterday, I think 15 years ago was my win over Pete Sampras, which to

me is still the most important and most beautiful match that I ever

played. But it did not have a golden trophy at the end. And then

abilities version three final here. I won't ask you whether you think

you will win it because I know you won't answer it, but how do you feel

you are physically and mentally prepared for this? Mentally I'm much

better. I am more confident with where my game is at, coming in one

week ago when I was doing the press, I thought, I just know, I wish I

could tell you. But now, three matches in, you know where you are,

you know where your body and your mind is and where your game is. So

now I fancy my chances more. Yes, it has an impact on every player right

now moving forward that Novak is out, because he was the double

defending champion here at Wimbledon, he won the last four

slams. And now all that pressure shifts to a lot of other guys,

particularly Murray, maybe myself and others. But it is an

opportunity, and I can also play tricks on players' minds. So you

just need to focus on UNIX match which is Steve Johnson on Monday.

That is my next focus. We wish you well, great to see you again.

Appreciated. It is always a delight to hear from Roger Federer and he

will be up against the big serving American, Steve Johnson, who has

been on form on the grass courts. Roger could have an afternoon off

and head back to his home. Still have plenty of tennis to come. We

will head back to Centre Court in a moment. But first we have a results

to bring you. And indeed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova did serve out how

match, she is through 6-3, 6-2. Delighted with her when, and a very

special birthday present. She is 25 today. What a way to celebrate your

birthday. She is pretty face Coco Vandeweghe who we saw on Centre

Court. -- she is through to face Coco. We are once again heading back

to Centre Court on this People's Sunday, a packed Centre Court

awaiting one of the game's all-time greats, Serena Williams today con

Annika Beck. Annika Beck was the player who put

out Heather Watson 12-10 in the third, Martina Navratilova a special

guests in the Royal box. And she will certainly appreciate this match

will stop a real battle, Annika Beck has on our hands up against Serena

Williams, who has been the champion here summary times, making her 17th

appearance at the championship. She knows what it is all about. Serena

will be hoping for an easier ride than she had in the last round, a

3-set thriller against Christina McHale. A big moment here for

Christina McHale on Centre Court. Nicely played. That is brilliant.

That is a shaky game from Serena. She has made it, incredible! Talking

to herself, Serena. McHale has the opening set! Serena looking much

sharper second time around. Second set to the champion. What a way to

finish! The champion has been tested to the limit. I'm proud of how I

closed it out, the last game, I thought that was a very strong game.

Being able to get through that match, it wasn't easy, but I was

able to get through it. Where do you think your form is at the moment,

and where do you think it needs to be? I think my form... Obviously it

has to be somewhere to be competing at Wimbledon. I do believe that

every match I hope to get better and I plan to get better. I am ready for

it. I have been through a lot in my career on the court and off the

court, and I have been in every position you can be in. It is very

difficult. She came here last year so dominant and took the title. It

has been a mixed year for since then, by years come through that

battle and will be eager to get this one either way quite quickly. We are

ready for this one, we can join our commentators

will stop COMMENTATOR: A wonderful athlete. A sporting phenomenon with

an amazing story. The first meeting for these players, this is Annika

Beck of Germany. It is a strong time for German tennis. Annika Beck in

the third round for the first time at Wimbledon. And what a moment this

is for her to face Serena Williams. Possessor of the most fabulous

serve. First time on Centre Court for

Annika Beck. It was a great thrill on court 18

yesterday, people were thronging the walkways to see Serena Williams play

with her sister in doubles. It was one of the highlights of the day.

The tennis was hot and it was quite an occasion.

Serena has not been playing doubles the last few years. They played

doubles in Rome and the French, losing early in but those Germans.

-- in both those tournaments. And the talking about the doubles

pairing, Venus and Serena won three Olympic golds together. 13 grand

slam titles as well. Clearly just the most amazing play.

Annika Beck has ended the last three years in the 50s in the rankings, 22

years of age now. Beginning to really push up into the higher

Essonne is of the women's game. A former French Open junior champion.

-- higher echelons. Will she have enough power to bother Serena today?

Serena not bothering to go to the chair this time. She kept Annika

Beck waiting in the middle of the court for the coin toss, the court,

the arena, the whole thing is about Serena. Once she's playing, it's all

about her presence on court. A bit of superstition for Serena, after

the first game of the set she always passes around the opposite side of

the chair umpire. Looking very sharp early on. The

Annika Beck serve is consistent and well-placed but not powerful. Serena

will tactic -- will attack. You've just got to wonder about

Beck's knows at this moment, having never played on this court, up

against a six time champion who is so comfortable in this arena.

UMPIRE: Let, first service. Has a very consistent demeanour, very even

keeled, so she won't let us see any nerves that she might have.

Terrific accuracy on the serve and quick with the first step. Mobility

will not be an issue for Beck. It's going to be tougher for Beck to

whether those first couple of powerful shots.

That's an overrule. Serena Williams just getting their feet a bit

tangled up. She was looking right down the ball. She will know whether

it was in or out. A very fine overrule from the umpire. Has the

deepest voice of any of the umpires. The best voice in tennis.

Must be quite something to look down and see your tennis people, or your

son or your daughter, playing on Centre Court. Serena Williams's

parents hugging the other day. Of course, because it's such a long

journey, all through the juniors. I have a son who plays in the ITF to

and he is supposed to be here at junior Wimbledon but had a bad back

and had to pull out. Of course, that's the ultimate

dream, like Stevie Johnson. Stevie Johnson will be playing Roger

Federer. His father is he and his dad said, "It doesn't get better

than that". My mother once saw me against

Ivanisevic on Court One and she tutted and you can hear your

mother's tutting wherever you are. I don't even twitch.

Serena already with a boatload of unforced errors. Just a little

ragged to start this match. Annika Beck is not doing anything

special so far. She's got to find her range and her

rhythm. Not only did she get another second

serve but she's got another shot at this wonderful service motion.

That's good length from Beck and Serena Williams couldn't handle it

that time at break of serve. SUE BARKER: Well, here we go again.

Serena has lost her serve in the opening set. We'll be right back

with this one. Over on Court One, Svetlana Kuznetsova has taken the

second set to level the match against Sloane Stephens and Sloane

Stephens is to live in one up but she's not happy, still talking to

the umpire. She was given a warning for coaching, which see said wasn't

happening. That happened about two micrograms ago and she's still

talking to the umpire about it. If you want to watch that match it is

live on the red button. Over on court to, to resume from yesterday,

John Isner, to live in one up against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Out here

today, he's broken in the opening game of the fourth set, so the

two-time semifinalist going well in the early stages of today's match,

so that is live online, an connected TV or live on the up. We'll keep you

updated on that but let's go back to Centre Court.

ANDREW CASTLE: And here on centre, Annika Beck with a break of serve.

This is the woman who beat Heather Watson in an impressive first-round

match, three match points against the British player in the first

round. Starting to have better results in

the majors this year. In the third round at Roland Garros as well.

Before this year had only ever won one match here at Wimbledon.

Much better constructive point from Serena. There is her mum and her

sister. Her hitting partner in the white hat. The coach just to his

right. ANDREW CASTLE: She'll have to put

that behind straightaway. Serena didn't find her rhythm for

the first three games. I think she could just pull back a little, and

some shape to her shots over the net, a bit more height, give herself

more margin. Longer rallies, five, six, seven

shots, Serena is fine. Might now her shock tolerance is too low. Pulling

the trigger to fast. Talked about the serve. That's just

a magical motion. It's so fluid, perfect technique.

ANDREW CASTLE: When we talk about that sense of invisibility, Annika

Beck coming from three match points down against Heather Watson. Sam

Querrey was two points down, the man who pulled off the biggest upset of

the Championships yesterday, he was two sets down to Lukas Rosol in

round top when you have looked at defeat, it does give you a

strengthening thieving of how is she, Annika Beck, going to threaten

Serena Williams when the going gets tough? She has to rely, I think, in

a match like today on Serena playing less than her best tennis. She

relies a lot on her speed, a lot on her accuracy, her constituency --

can stay -- consistency. You just feel that Serena has way too much

power and can hit through the defences of Annika Beck.

Radwanska talked about that after one of her earlier round matches

where she was through with too much point against an opponent. She said

she feels like it is a second life, it frees you up.

A second-round match for Serena was a lot to handle. Christina McHale

played the round of her life. There are times when it looked like it

might be a major upset. After that match, Serena said, "I

plan on getting better in every match," and she usually does.

The serve speeds are going to have to get a bullet of it. She's going

to have to be very accurate if she serving at 75 or 79 mph. It's not

going to be enough. On the defensive right from the word

go. I know she's got more in there. A little bit more. A bit nervous,

takes five miles an hour off it. Going a break down, Serena, and

coming back winning three straight games and in control after 20

minutes. Much better patients from Serena. She's willing to recognise

you doesn't need to go as big. Beck doesn't have the weapons to trouble

Serena. Will Williams one of 18 Americans in

the draw of the most populous nation in the women's draw, Germany second

with ten. Didn't take long to find a rhythm.

40 mph, that is not coming back many times. She conflict that switch so

easily. -- can flick that switch. Two women's matches on Centre Court

today and one men's match after this.

UMPIRE: New balls, please. Miss Williams leads 5-2, first set.

ANDREW CASTLE: In control, in the sunshine. Serena Williams the six

time champion here and top seed once again. This service motion and the

comparison between the two players in terms of the fight to get through

the court, it's very, very marked today. The average mph from Annika

Beck in that last game, mid-70s, average first serve speed 84 but

Serena 103 but she could opt that average in a couple of service games

considerably. Always something in reserve. That is the first serve,

this is the second. Serena can increase that any time. And the

service not just about the power, the power is the first key that you

look at, but it is also about placement and Serena can hit it to

the four corners very easily and is so unpredictable with that. Then I

think also a couple of other elements is, able to hit big serves

an crucial points, big points. Serena has that ability. A lot of

kick for safety. A 69 mph serve, begging to be hit.

It's not just physical strength. That timing technique.

The serve was better at 91 mph but into the rally, and this... Serena

looking quickly, closing in on this first set.

Beck must be wondering, "How can I make inroads on the Serena Williams

game?" The grounds don't have enough heft on them. Serena has cut down

the unforced errors. Annika Beck just one winner today,

14 unforced errors from Serena. That's where she is getting most of

the points. The work from Serena could be a

little more precise. The crowd would like to see a little

more of this. Closer contest. She might have to go red line a bit.

She was completely out of shot to adopt that was hilarious.

Unbelievable court coverage. Speedy. A little personality as well after

winning that point and the crowd start clapping and Annika Beck

throws her hands up, trying to get this crowd involved.

One of the features of Amico Beck's first round match against Heather

Watson was the court coverage of two of the finest athletes out there.

This easily could have been Heather Watson playing Serena for a second

Wimbledon in a row. Heather pushed her to the wrinkles last year.

Heather Watson was two points away from winning a match.

Not going to get too many opportunities with high forehands

like that against Serena. You have to take that opportunity because

that's coming next. 123. That is very quick. Fastest of the day.

Could be the fastest of the tournament for Serena. 23rd for the

tournament and it is six out of three to Serena Williams after just

over half an hour. The two oldest players in the women's draw this

year are Venus and Serena Williams. It is so wonderful to see Venus back

of her game. The story of the Williams sisters is just amazing.

Trailblazers, role models, champions. Inspiring others in the

sport, they've done that right from the word go to talk with that in

mind, I must suggest that people watch out for the film about another

trailblazer, Althea Gibson. It is going to be at the British Urban

Film Festival. It is wonderful. Twice a Wimbledon champion and she

would go on to become the first black player to complete the women's

golf tour as well. Amazing character. I just saw a picture of

her receiving a trophy in 1957 when she beat an opponent in the final at

Queen Elizabeth is, which is here in the media centre. Lookout for that

film. You met her, didn't you? And 12 years old she came to speak

to a group of young juniors in the state. Why don't spy ring speech,

talking about her tennis career, being a chess champion, switched to

golf to become a golf champion, and then she said, I also enjoy singing!

She started singing, and she had a beautiful voice. She was good at

everything she did. The history of this place makes it so special. She

went on to meet Angela Mortimer in 1958. Serena Williams always happy

to be tribute to her influence. UMPIRE: Annika Beck challenges the

call. The ball was called out. First service.

Trying to accelerate through the ball, trying to get a foundation

from which to attack in this set. She had a break in the first. Trying

to stay close early. Against the big players, the big presences, that is

what you have to do, keep it close. Too many errors. Not having a good

time and are the moment. Not really expressing herself. Too many

mistakes will stop Serena looks like she is still in second gear.

That game has gone by fairly quickly. It is a set and a break.

UMPIRE: Annika Beck challenges the call. The ball was called in.

What has characterised this match so far is a sense of nerves. First time

on Centre Court and playing a six time champion. Cannot be easy.

You just feel like this is too much of a task today for Annika Beck. She

does not have enough firepower to bother Serena. Serena does not look

as if she has been pushed. In the early stages of the first set

Serena had a bunch of mistakes which helped Annika get on board.

STUDIO: If you want to continue watching you can, it is now one BBC

One. Just before we head out to Court Number Two. We discredit show

you what on Court Number One. Sloane Stephens, she was 5-3 and 74, Budgie

was broken, and are experienced opponent, Svetlana Kuznetsova is

serving to stay in the match. You can watch that on the red button.

Another match getting underway. This one held over because of bad light.

Juan Martin del Potro up against Lucas Pouille, and you can follow

that on the website. But we are heading over to Court Number Two to

see John is now against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Tsonga came back and took

the third set. They resume play at the start of the fourth set, and

John is now has had trouble with a leg injury. Tsonga has taken

advantage, levelling the match at two sets all. Let's join our

commentators. COMMENTATOR: Tsonga has got off to a

blistering start on People's Sunday. Haddin created a break point

opportunity yesterday, and suddenly broke is an twice. Went on to

complete the job comfortable with. We are on serve here in the fifth.

Isner came on to court with some strapping on his knee. Has taken

strapping off. A bizarre moment at the start of the match at 40-15 up,

the American got called for a foot fault. Have not ever seen that

before for Isner, it put him off his stride and contributed to the break.

This is all set up for a cracking final set.

Isner has been struggling to find any rhythm whatsoever. Tsonga is on

the wrong side of the court. Historically, both these players

quite far down in terms of the return games won. It will not be a

match filled with too many breaks of serve. The fact that Tsonga did not

lose a point on serve in the fourth set suggests he is serving pretty

well so far today. Just a couple of points on serve

that Jo has lost on serve in total. So hard to control the ball, even if

you get your strings on it, off that kind of speed and accuracy.

The Isner serve is not just about the fact it is coming from such a

great height and the pace, it is the accuracy as well. Another one tight

to the lines. As quick as you like. 3-2, Isner. The nominal serving for

Isner in this set stop he has made 12 first serves, and he has all 12

point. It is an amazing turnaround. More importantly, he has found a

greater level of calm. He was not a happy man during the fourth set. The

umpire gets on the blower again. I don't think that was a request from

either player that time. Something he needed to get from the referee's

office, I'm not entirely sure. There could be a delivery service coming

out to Court Number Two, that is the bottom right of your picture. Court

12 right next to that. A lovely little section of the ground. And

most importantly, the roof open and a fair bit of blue sky hovering

above FW 19. Some wonderful matches for the fans lucky enough to get

their tickets online yesterday. I'm sure there is more youngsters around

the ground today. What a lovely thing for them to experience.

Just checking whether the ball is on the line, it was deep on the

baseline. Tsonga did a great job after that particular shot of

keeping the ball wide and low down to that Isner backhand.

So important for him to get that ball on the backhand of Tsonga if he

can. He can make a few things happen if he does. Tsonga almost got the

backhand to give himself enough room. Not quite, though. A bit up.

Just wide. That second serve. 80 mph from Tsonga. Every kick, very safe,

but... A little surprised that it is that low in speed. Isner, when he

sees the ball, can hit a massive return.

Such a big weapon, this Tsonga forehand. When he has time.

The crowd in the warm sunshine are warming up to the battle. What a

shocker from Tsonga. The majority of the crowd want the

Frenchman to win. The touch was absent at the start of

the fourth set, but the big fellow has some soft hands when he is in

the groove. Smoothly dumped by the ball girl at

the other end. Normally the line umpires, especially covering the

ones straight down the middle that are in the firing line.

When Isner is on court, look out, wherever you are.

Nobody can believe it. This was straightforward, maybe a little

complacent. You see the step back that John makes after his serve.

It is a slow start that made it difficult when he got there.

It is quite possible that is simply a hangover from that simple missed

forehand the point before. Tsonga has a firm foothold all of a sudden.

That is such a brave serve from the American. Yes, he has one of the

best serves in the world, but you need courage with a server like

that. 122 mph. Very small margin for error on such a big point.

Pace on the previous placement and bounce on the second taking it out

of reach of Tsonga. A little bit of pressure at 30-30.

At 30-0, it looked pretty easy. So important to practice the third

shot. You could see how he took a step

back and had to get the big body moving. By the time he got there and

tried to get out of the way of the ball, it proved to be harder than it

first looked at the beginning. Movement around the court is of

paramount importance for any top-level player. For these guys,

like Isner, who are six foot ten... It is even more important. They have

to get to the ball and balance in order to play the shots that they

are able to hit as winners. Isner out of his chair, serving

second. -- Jo out of his chair. First of its tennis academy I went

to in the states, in Florida. It seems inevitable that people will

attack the Isner double hander. You have to keep them honest and go into

the forehand side with the attack. You cannot get predictable Tsonga.

Fantastic reach and well played from Isner.

Great control to get it back down the line and controlling every inch

of the net. A little predictable into the

forehand side of Isner. Winning grant the backhand side to great

effect. The ball wasn't that high, just a

slight misjudgement. Isner doing a much better job in

getting the ball back into play in this fifth set. So far, hasn't been

able to carve out any break point opportunities.

Some small incremental improvements on his return, but he needs to be

wary. The first couple of points could

make all the difference. You can see the frustration from

Tsonga there. He knows if he can get his racket on the ball, he has to

make the ball over the net. Another unforced error of the

forehand side for Isner. Just six for the Frenchman. He has played the

tidier tennis. I'm not sure how good the footwork

was from Isner, but stretches his long arm out and flicks it with his

wrist. Takes great skill. Fantastic shot there from Isner.

We'll focus on the serve, but you don't get inside the top ten in the

world without having more to your game than that, and we got a great

glimpse of it. He is a tough competitor, as well.

He credits a lot of that toughness he has developed over the years to

being the youngest brother of three. Tells a funny story of when he was

eight or nine. He says how his eldest brother knocked his head

through one of those metal you lock bike locks to a bedpost and left him

there for a couple of hours. He described it as tough love. I don't

know if his brother messes with him now. Maybe things have changed

around a bit, I would imagine so. However humorous it was for him at

the time, I think... But he's a fighter. He has been inside the top

20 for six plus years. Been as high as number nine in the world. Can you

get past Tsonga to make it through to the last 16?

You can see Jo, when you can rush him on that side, that right hand is

too dominant on that shot, it should really be the left. He squeezes the

face of the racket across the ball rather than getting round the

outside of it. So keen to protect the backhand side

that he got himself moving to swiftly to that side and couldn't

get back. It is an indication of how important the first serve is for

Tsonga. The sun is a bit of an issue for

Tsonga. He is having to vary his toss to

make sure the contact point isn't directly in line with the sun.

Dealing with it well. The Frenchman knows a thing or two

about 24 hour sporting occasions. This may get delayed by the darkness

and the piece of wood that needs to be chiselled for these courts when

something special happens is maybe just starting to get car now.

If he hits serves like that, he will be unbroken for the rest of the

year. Unbelievable placement. You could have a row of players out

there that still wouldn't return it. That is a serve that gets everyone

involved. The crowd, blinds people. -- linespeople. He makes such good

use of the height of that contact point. The angles.

The angles he creates greater than anybody else. You can see where he

gets caught because of the speed of the serve. You can't get tighter

into the net. It is not always a great idea for him to throw in that

serve and volley. It was a terrific shot. Isner

seemingly winded. He didn't bother to run for this one.

He's taking the full 25 seconds, by the looks of things.

The fatigue from the end of the point going over to the next one.

So often we see players like Isner who rely on their big serves snuff

out any opportunities that they offer up.

I wouldn't have been surprised to see a big ace or an unreturnable

here. Or a double fault, perhaps. Feeling

the pressure. First chance in this final set for

either man. It falls to Tsonga C of a couple of double faults from the

American. It was in width ways. Was it in on

the service line lengthways? If it was, it was the most perfect of

service. That is the serve I thought he would

hit a couple of points ago. That serve has got him out of a spot of

bother. Playing these points can be so much

more simple with a shot like that. UMPIRE: New balls, please.

Tsonga had his head on that he has had at times today.

He has to tip his hat because that was good in terms of getting himself

out of trouble, the American. He gifted the opportunity with a couple

of double faults and the opportunity was taken away from him. That is

what Isner can do, dents your dreams with just a couple of shots. It is

not just the sheer number of aces that a player has the ability to hit

or does hit, but also the ratio between aces and double faults that

matters. Isner's ratio is exceptional. He serves far fewer

double faults and Isner leads the career best ratio. 7.3.

Dominated by current players. The accuracy of service is improving

through the years. It is bad news for those having to face John Isner

and Coke. -- co. A fairly unorthodox serve at times,

in terms of his preparation, Tsonga. So strong he is not able to get that

much rotation with the upper body, but able to find all four corners.

It's a great reaction to not being able to break through in the first

game. He will think he did nothing wrong, which he didn't, but

sometimes the disappointment can linger a bit.

No tie-break in this fifth set, but an extra challenge, was that?

Again, sometimes just finding anyway possible to get the ball back in

court can be enough. No pace on that return from Tsonga. Isner going for

too much too soon, perhaps. A little bit impatient.

It's exceptionally well there, Jo. Maybe a little impetuous with this

shot. Did he needed to go for it where he was in the court against

Isner? That is good from Isner. That serve

firm enough, wide enough, to ensure that the Tsonga shot wouldn't be at

feet. It cut the angle off, take the backhand volley as high as possible

and firm as you like through it. It is also fine if the ball just

drops gently in front of him like this one.

Still takes a lot of touch to be able to hit a winner like that.

13 games gone, just the one opportunity for Tsonga. There is no

question about these two, they are so dominant with their serves, it

will be interesting to see whether it is a moment of inspiration or an

error that separates these two today. I say today, but obviously,

there is a chance that it won't end today. The final set in that match

in 2010, that's lasted eight hours. The match lasted 11 hours and five

minutes. This is newborn as a match in terms of that one. Neither man is

thinking about that. Isner coming out to serve to level things out. He

has an unusual serve if you look at it. He is so strong, so powerful. In

many ways, if you think of federal's serve, the dedication with the top

part of the torso. Isner Ali Jo is straight up and, boy, is he strong.

If you can picture a John McEnroe serve, that body rotation almost

means that, at some point, the back is virtually facing the other end of

the court. No such thing there with Jo, he has an awful lot of speed

generated through the shoulder. His coach is trying to keep up and

encouraged. He is puffing again a little, isn't

he? If he is feeling the effects

physically, you will want to finish these points as quickly as possible.

So when he gets the chance, expect him to step in and have a good swing

at it. It was too little, too late, the

previous forehand. Another one misses its intended target. There is

no doubt that Isner's final set is a topic of discussion here. That

gentleman is probably going back to refer to it. What was it again? It

can't have been 70-68, there is no way! It was.

Jo has been struggling to beat players of Isner's calibre.

The American has only ever had one top ten win in a major in the course

of his career. That was against Andy Roddick in 2009. I am surprised at

that. Such a dangerous player. Oh, what an angle from Isner. He has

struggled at times since the resumption of play today on balls

that have very little pace, but that time managed to generate a lot of

pace and a very acute angle. Tsonga are trying to guess which way

the American was going to go. He guessed wrong.

There has been no sign of the train are back on. Isner had some work on

his left knee. Just a few games after they came out on court. There

was some taping on there. The taping came off. The trainer gave him a bit

of a deep tissue massage and hang around for two or three games. But

no need for Carlos Fernandez to get on the phone to call him back, which

is good to see. Maybe just a bit stiff still. But moving well now and

no signs of any lingering injury. He looks quite relaxed, doesn't he?

Still looking for another full-time coach. Did a bit of work with Mardy

Fish. But he has been on tour for so many years. He can handle time on

his own. The crowd are really into this, and that is exactly what we

wanted to see on this middle Sunday. You can see how important it is for

John to somehow carved that ball some way onto the double hander of

the Frenchman. And you can see why. It is a lethal shot. Tsonga is

serving well. Even if Isner can get him on his racket and direct it

towards the backhand side, you feel is of Tsonga will have enough time

to run around it anyway. Something is just blowing next to the chair of

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. It was picked up by the ball boy.

We have been talking about how difficult it is for John Isner, with

his tall frame, to get down to low balls. Tsonga is a tall man himself,

and does so well. Bends down, nice, firm base and lovely, soft hands.

He delivers another ace, his 15th of the match.

Tsonga polished that game off and immediately went on another job

around the court, and to his towel. Dried himself off all stop he hasn't

stopped moving since that serve was hit. I think that sends a very firm

message to the other end of the court, where Isner is struggling a

bit physically. He's energised right now, Tsonga,

trying to make it happen. That was in his hands. Not always going to be

the case, though. He started well on a number of these service games. He

hasn't been able to capitalise yet. He served and thought about

volleying and then drifted behind and saw the quality of return from

Tsonga. Because he is so tall, he is able to hit it flat wide. Old school

tennis, wide wide with a volley. It is a great return from Tsonga.

Enabling him to dip that ball at the feet of the oncoming server. Isner

just cannot get down low enough to deal with it. This is the biggest

point of the match so far. Not his biggest serve, but it was

getting there. He has taken a few out wide. Excellent from Isner.

Got a bit of traction early in the game, Tsonga. But it slipped away

from him in the end. The Frenchman has played players that are six foot

four over nine times prior to this match, AMP has won five and lost

four. He has played the likes of Juan Martin del Potro. He lost to

him in 2009. He has played Karlovic here in 2009. He had a nice run

against tall players where he won four in a row before losing to

Karlovic again here in Wimbledon in 2015. For somebody that doesn't

always return as expertly as others, that is not a bad win loss record

for Jo. But the pressure is building. Talking of records, he is

also looking to tie the record for the Frenchman with the most Grand

Slam matchwinners. It is 102 at the moment. Those are two of the four

musketeers, as they were known. Just snatched at that one little

bit. Just the second point the American has won when the rally has

gone above nine shots. Tsonga has won nine, Isner just the two.

He found the backhand off the return, but couldn't keep it away

from the forehand this time. It is often more comfortable going inside

out on that forehand. We saw the error on that wing as he tried to

track it down the other line. But no problems with that one.

He is trying to find the newest all available. -- the newest ball.

He struggles on that forehand grip at times. He gets a little too much

cover at times. We have seen a number of mis-hits, and you could

see that one dropping into the net. Can't really keep a Continental grip

and open the face up and block it back to often, Isner. That is

fabulous. A bit of a classic to open up the weakness. He recognises that

Isner is struggling physically, so if he can open up the court, make

the big man move more, all the better. Smart play by the Frenchman.

Credit to Isner there. When Tsonga blocks the return back, he has got

to be aggressive with the next shot. He has to generate pace.

Tsonga did well to stay in the rally. In the end, all to no avail.

That was a little rash. Going back to your point, the more shots he

makes Isner play, the better. Simply from a physical standpoint, Isner

will expend more and more energy. It is hard to see where the break is

going to come at the moment. Both are looking comfortable on serve and

they look as if they have good written with the weapons they have,

the first serve and forehand as well. Let's face it, there aren't

going to be any return winners between these two. I don't think

there is going to be an opportunity. So they will be looking to get a

foothold on the third shot, the fourth shot. But in order for them

to be able to do that, they have to make sure the return is good enough

so they can get on the front foot with the next ball.

Because most of them -- both of them play at the back, for Jo, it is a

smart play. He has won nine and lost just two. He enjoys that far more.

So he is not going to give Isner way out with the serving volley. That is

why the smart money is going to be on Tsonga. This is now already

obviously a war of attrition. Tsonga is in a better position, physically.

That was a before and after picture that gentleman was taking.

He is always looking for this. He knows Isner will be trying to get

into the backhand side. And when he can, he will.

133 miles an hour on that first serve all stop you know in the

commentary box on court 18, there is the equivalent of a swear box there

for commentators. So you have got to put a pound in if you mention that