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Welcome to week two of Wimbledon. If if the first seven days are anything

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to go by... They expect the unexpected. It is going to be fast,

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furious. Always is. Magic Monday! If no Monday like it in the Grand

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Slams. It is exciting, my favourite, everybody eager to get in the

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ground, everybody left is on court. Steve Johnson, on Centre Court,

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against Roger Federer. Kuznetsova, at this stage for the first time

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since 2009, as is Berdych, Madison Keys expected to go for, Roger

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Federer is going to have a step up to date, against the American,

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Johnson, Venus Williams knows what it is about, 19th appearance, Court

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One today. And that is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Mahut, good friends, two

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of four Frenchman, first time since 2008. Mahut against Sam Querry.

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Ending Djokovic's unbeaten run. This is the order of play. Roger Federer,

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first up, and on the 4th of July, American theme continues. And

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finally, match of the day. We're bias! Andy Murray yet to drop a set,

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against Kyrgios, firecracker. And finally, all French affair. Richard

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Gasquet and his guile against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. And

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second, on court 18, but I can just tell you, Radwanska already on the

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red button, we will be joining that after the build-up. Go on the

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website to find out everything. Everybody, who is anybody, has been

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practising. We have seen Andy Murray, and Nishikori, followed by

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photographers. Is where we are. And this I am exhausted. Too much

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happening. It is the greatest day, manic Monday, all the men and women

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taking place, it does not happen at any of the other majors. And so much

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has already taken place. It has been crazy. It has been a strange

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tournament. Top seeds not looking dominant. I was doing Djokovic and

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Querry, that forehand, nailing it. Perhaps he can go farther. And they

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are looking forward to Johnson, and Roger Federer. You're having some

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trouble with the microphone. Happy Independence Day, by the way. Sun is

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shining! If you are here, it is great, but if you're at home, on

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television, it is also good because we are going to try to cover

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everything. We can take a look at the draw. It is different, as far as

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the top goes. Querrey, Mahut. And also, Goffin, practising at the

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moment, number 11, he has beaten Raonic in the past, you could almost

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think it is little and large, that is not a foregone conclusion. It

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could go five. And Andy Murray, tough section, Kyrgios, Jo-Wilfried

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Tsonga. Andy Murray had a good answer, when he was asked about

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Djokovic going out, he said that he has got a tough draw, and possibly

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gasquet, a lot of competition left. We have just

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been talking about Goffin, we saw him at the Davis cup final, heresy

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going to fare against the weapons? When he gets the ball back into

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play, 50/50, 60/40 in his favour. I have loved watching him, when he was

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with the Davis cup, another one of these matches, that if you can take

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a look at that, it is good to be fantastic. I think that is going to

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be Court Two. And we can take a look at the ladies. Serena Williams,

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looking better at the last March. We have seen that so often, stumbles at

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the third round, it was tight, bottom you are excited at the United

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States. Four left. All of those women, love the grass. Favourites to

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win. And the match at the bottom, Shvedova... Good luck to the umpire!

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Against Safarova. An opportunity, at the bottom half? Absolutely. And

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even Venus Williams, she does have a difficult game, against Suarez

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Navarro, it has been a few years since she has had a factor, and we

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have also brought Keys, Halep, Kerber. It is a huge opportunity for

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one of them to possibly reach the final. Where do we start? Murray.

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Andy Murray, was walking past, and he has been looking resource, yet to

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drop a set. He has played impressively, against Kyrgios was

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marked counterpart. Efficient, so far. He has looked controlled.

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Navigated the opening three rounds without dropping a set. How do you

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assess the performance? I thought it was a good performance, some tough

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moments at the end of the second set, 5-5 game, long game, both of us

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having opportunities, long points, physically it was testing but I

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managed to get through that. How aware about the situation with

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Novak? Crowd reacted? Obviously, you are aware, it is on the scoreboard,

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but after ten, 15 seconds, you are not focusing on your own March. Code

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you somewhat the first week? The last few matches, I have finished

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well, it has been stress free start. Hopefully I can keep that going.

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Novak is going to be belittling, his departure, people think you are

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going to be the favourite? I do not think you pay too much attention to

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what other people say, about who's going to be the secret. For that

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result to any impact on my competition, I need to reach the

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final. The next five, six, days, my job it is to try to win my matches.

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I need to be ready for the next one. He has got to be ready. He was good,

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against Milner, good tennis? He does not look like losing, any time soon.

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I know that he has got Kyrgios today, but I think he has been

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relying on the backhand. I think that has been Lendl's influence. We

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know that he is comfortable on the grass. And the personal life,

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fantastic. New dad. But this is when the work starts. No doubt somebody

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is going to get inspired against him. Kyrgios, all about confidence,

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who knows what can happen? So far Andy Murray has been looking

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composed. He has always been respectful of Kyrgios. We will see

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what happens. Dangerous opponent. One of these days, he going to rise

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up. Have a run. But hopefully not this one. You asked me who you pick!

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Just I think because of the surface, more even, Kyrgios is going to be

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the future, you cannot deny that, one of these times, he is going to

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get through, we saw Roger Federer do that 15 years ago, against Sampras

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so it is going to happen for Kyrgios at some point. But it does seem, for

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Andy, the Lendl addition has given him a boost. Fascinating. Andy

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Murray mentioned respect. That is certainly what Kyrgios has got for

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them. I think the relationship is pretty good. He is in the locker

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room, instant banter, fun. He has relaxed, it is good to have one of

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the best, being such a good friend. I have seen him at times, more than

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I see my family. The last couple of times I have played Andy, lost to

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him US Open, four sets, beat him later, by dismally few that he is

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beatable. Only human. I am obviously relaxed, nervous as well, but then

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looking forward to going out. Where does the basis of your friendship go

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back to? First time you hit it off? Terrible saying. Love at first

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sight! Such a character, in these conferences. The impetuous talent.

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Those that win count? The one that he talked about? It probably trims

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for Kyrgios, but not Andy Murray. Exhibition events, and Andy looks at

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that as trying to get fit, I do not think it is going to enter Andy's

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mind, but could give Nick confidence. Some breaks in that

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match. Some of the tennis, just lovely, both of them happy to

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express themselves. Facial expressions. And when they get

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animated, the crowd adore it. Holding posture at the end. I think

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Kyrgios is fantastic, but I do not think he is just fit enough yet, to

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get a run, he does not want to take a coach. He was asked about Lendl,

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and Andy Murray, but he was talking down the idea that it could be an

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addition to his doom. I think you need somebody. But to take Kyrgios

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on, you have a wonderful talent, and on the other hand, the complicated

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character. That makes them interesting. You never know what

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you're going to get. He was ranting at his support team. He wanted them

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standing, applauding him. He has only been fined $6500. Doing well! I

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think we can also see the same, from Andy, but he has been cutting back

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on that significantly, with Lendl in his corner. It is good to be

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interesting, Kyrgios behaving on Centre Court, against Andy, you do

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not want to be wasting energy, hopefully that is something that he

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matures out of. Dangerous opponent. What about Serena Williams? Coming

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out, easing past Beck? I think, when Serena has a scare, it sharpens her

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senses. This is what we saw, against Beck yesterday. Serena Williams,

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just taking it on, after going down a break in the opening set, as a

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presence on court, she is the one. Everybody probably thinks this is

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the greatest of all time, I am not sure if I can win this match. Does

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she look vulnerable? She has this habit, looking vulnerable, in the

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first week, gets out of it, but today, Kuznetsova has defeated her

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three times, not scared or intimidated by anybody. The

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interesting question, how much energy does Kuznetsova have? Long

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win yesterday. Took her almost three hours. You need all the energy,

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against Serena, I do not go with Kuznetsova can recover so quickly.

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And Serena didn't even know it was her 300th Grand Slam win! 800 aces.

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But we are going to be seeing Radwanska, against Cibulkova, the

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Eastbourne champion, coming out, on Court number three. That is

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Dominika, we will be going to this, Cibulkova has the disposition, could

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easily be troubling the number three seed. Not only does she have talent

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with tennis, but also the incredible sense of smell! Sniffing the tennis

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balls! How did it start! I like to smell things! If you give me balls

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from the US Open, Roland Garros, I would know! That is going to be the

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test, being able to detect, the different balls, venues. We have got

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all of them here. And we have got a blindfold. No expense spared. This

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is interesting. This is going to be funny. It is easy. It is from here.

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Yes. Wimbledon. Well done. I have been used to this for two weeks.

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This is the next one. The Australian Open. Goodness. Correct. Roland

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Garros. Yes! And it does not matter. Fourth is the fourth one! That is

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the incredible super powers! I have never seen anyone, with that in my

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life. Wear a cape! Bow! I am speechless. I get tell a white wine,

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not sure about tennis balls! It is good to see characters, taking a

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look behind the Pearson, playing tennis. It is good to try to sell

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characters. Such a good sport, about the habits, some of them want to

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deny it, but she is just a bundle of energy, hard hitting tennis,

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especially for not being tall. She defeated Radwanska, at Eastbourne,

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and getting married, this Saturday? We were joking about that. Clearly

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not thinking she had the chance to win. But I am sure she would happily

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postpone that. Absolutely. That is the match that we're going to, we

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have been at the practice courts, we have actually had some sunny

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weather, it has been a horrible week, Carol brought us rain, rain,

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more rain! We're going to get you one more chance. Thank you. You can

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see behind me, Henman Hill it is just a kaleidoscope of colour. This

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morning, it was a beautiful start. Hardly a cloud. But you can see that

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building. That is the forecast. More cloud. Bright, rather than wall to

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wall blue skies. Outside chance of showers. But that's all. Even this

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evening, it should still be pleasant, bright, dry, warm. Humid.

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Tomorrow... Cloudy start. Damp first thing. And then it is going to be

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gorgeous. Some sunny spells, fresher, and we could still get

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temperatures going up to 22 Celsius. Even on Wednesday, looking at a nose

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of high settled, dry. Thursday, more cloud. Risk of a shower. But that is

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all that it is. This week is looking good. My job, safe. Nose of high

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pressure? Yes. That is what it is like. It is elongated, like a nose.

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And Andrew has just been attacked by a bee!? Huge! The sunshine brings

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them out! That certainly made me nervous. I think I have pulled a

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muscle! Get the trainer! So I just have to ask, what you're looking

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forward to the more today? Day eight? It has been a long five weeks

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to Wimbledon! I am looking forward to Keys and Halep. We have been

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talking about Kyrgios, it is inevitable about him at some point,

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and if you were saying about Madison, huge opportunities and I

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believe she is going to be a future Wimbledon champion. It could be this

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year. Swan... She is the junior of the year, just

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lovely, that is one of those matches that I am going to be catching up

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on. And also, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, against Gasquet, anything left in

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the tank? They have not played since 2013. Thank you for joining me. We

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have got some action, to go to at the moment. But we can also show

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you, what is happening elsewhere. This is Court number 18.

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Vandeweghe on the red button. And the scale and open champion, Kerber,

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already a break up. But we are going to go to the match that we're

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talking about. Radwanska, against Cibulkova. We can join the

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commentators. Early stage of the first set. Court three. Radwanska

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serving. Another example of the punishing

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forehand, Cibulkova just moves the seat -- feet beautifully. Incredibly

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alert. Such a good sense of urgency. Half chance here. This is always an

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enjoyable match up. Played so many times. It is almost a contrast, the

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aggressiveness of Cibulkova, even although she is only 5'3. And the

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crafty Radwanska. Got down low, Radwanska. Cibulkova

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taken out of the court. Plenty of space. But sometimes, the easiest

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shots are the hardest. Fabulous touch. Both these two using

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that drop shot. Cibulkova, with a couple of incredible drop shots

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already. It is not often, you see Radwanska not able to track

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something like that down. One way traffic so far. Cibulkova

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breaks early, first set on court three. That there is is her fiance.

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The supposed to be getting married this weekend. But if things go

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according to plan, they have said they are going to put things back,

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by one week. I think she would be fine with that.

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Cibulkova has just looked so short already. Moving well, she always

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does that she is just looking to attack. Very accurate, playing with

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a lot of confidence after taking the title at Eastbourne.

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Both of these two not afraid to come to the net. Close out the point.

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Apply pressure. Half chance here for Radwanska.

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A little spin from Cibulkova and Didcot Radwanska off-guard, the

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slice, different changes of pace, so much more effective on this surface,

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they stayed download, get eccentric. The intensity is just so impressive.

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That is a lot of power. A little dynamo. She gets down so well.

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Quickly up to that swing volley. APPLAUSE

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She is a little pocket rocket, doesn't she? Just explodes up the

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ball, using her legs to create the power, bending, exploding out and

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forward. A fine comeback. 0- 30 down. She has

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built a healthy lead in this first set.

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Dominika Cibulkova on an eight match winning streak on grass, we talked

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about how impressive she was at Eastbourne, winning the title. She

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is growing in confidence as 2016 progressed, 38 at the start of the

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year, 19th seed here and the way she dispatched Eugenie Bouchard in the

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last round has caught everybody, they are looking at this and her and

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thinking this is the one we should be keeping an eye on. Exactly, you

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say Ni Bouchard to guide Johanna Konta in great fashion. -- Eugenie

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Bouchard. Cibulkova who lost earlier than expected at the French, took a

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little time off, a little vacation. A holiday in Greece with the man in

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your picture, just a moment ago. It is rare that they get that kind of

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time but... They found a pool and a beach and a Villa and they found the

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sunshine! It looks as if it is having an extremely positive effect,

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certainly when it comes to results! Radwanska in trouble, serving at

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1-4. Radwanska has too maintained that

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first service percentage. Her third game serving but she is down at 38%,

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her average would be around 70%, she has a second serve liability. Just

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wide... You get the sense her job right now

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is to make Radwanska play. The errors are coming off the racket of

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her opponent. Perfect point. Punishing, punishing

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forehand and backhand, she is targeting that Radwanska backhand a

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lot. But so aggressive, pushing Radwanska act behind the baseline,

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Jebel Colbert is on the baseline, bullying her around. Radwanska

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cannot produce her magic. -- Cibulkova. Kick of frustration.

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Radwanska, I would think she has to start changing the pace a little,

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not all eligible Colbert to hit every ball at waist level. Low

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slices, angles... Radar letting her down. She needs

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her temperament now, more than ever. Getting through an extremely

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difficult second round match. That is more like it! Much more

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positive point from Agnieszka Radwanska. That second round match

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she was down three match points late in the third set, the third match

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point was a net cord hanging and it finally dribbled onto the other

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side. The server is now beginning to

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crumble. Cibulkova's eyes light up when she sees that second serve.

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Break point here, 5-1. Better served!

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APPLAUSE The first serve in, better velocity,

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great accuracy, little slice to swing away from Cibulkova.

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Listen to her! You can hear her breathing as well, when she ran up

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to that shot. Great intensity. Dominika knows how important this

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game is. Double break... The second big chance... So much

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energy pre-return and that is celebrated on the return of serve

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motion. Uncharacteristic from Dominika

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Cibulkova, she held the top, Radwanska. Sign of nerves from

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Cibulkova, quick mistakes in the last three points.

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Healthy crowd here on Court Number Three.

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Yes... Just about good enough. These two played each other at Eastbourne,

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a match Cibulkova won a couple of weeks ago. You wonder how much that

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plays on the mind? It has to play on the mind, because of how recent it

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was and it was their only crosscourt meeting, laid three times this year,

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all three going to three sets, Cibulkova winning two.

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Counterpunching here from Radwanska. It's just managing to hold back the

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tide from the other side of the net, continuing to ask the questions.

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These two are so different emotionally. Cibulkova so pumped up.

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That makes it interesting. Another contrast between the two. Aga walks

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very slow between points, very tranquil demeanour.

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That forehand is her salvation at the moment.

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One shop that I remember Cibulkova getting to the finals of the

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Australian a couple of years back, it was heard down the lines, so spot

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on. Just grabbed the line, that

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Radwanska shot. Hanging tough. Dominika trying to challenge. The

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chair umpire saying no, she played that point.

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One of the most experienced umpires on the tour in the chair today.

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She has done it! The body language speaks volumes.

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SUE BARKER: 5-2 in the opening set but Radwanska has a habit of coming

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back. This is a long way from over, we will be back with that shortly.

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Andrew Castle said he was looking forward to seeing Katie Swan played

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but it hasn't ended well for her. A point to be broken, she is not

:47:44.:47:47.

moving very well... And at that point she called the trainer to the

:47:48.:47:51.

court for a problem with her right leg. And I think she knows that her

:47:52.:47:57.

Wimbledon Championships are over. She was forced to retire because she

:47:58.:48:02.

could not put enough weight on it, could not move around the court, a

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teenager with a huge future, she will be a big star for British

:48:08.:48:11.

tennis and you do not want to be injured at that young age. Huge

:48:12.:48:15.

disappointment for Katie, forced to withdraw from the Championships in

:48:16.:48:20.

the junior event, but keep an eye out for her, she will be a star of

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the future. Back we go. COMMENTATOR: Aga Radwanska serving

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to stay in the first set, the number three seed, going to have to use

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every ounce of that resolve of Hirst which she has become famous for

:48:43.:48:47.

here. She often gets herself in scrapes but she has a history of

:48:48.:48:51.

getting out of them. She does, and she has the more difficult time with

:48:52.:48:55.

players that hit with power, it doesn't afford her time to create

:48:56.:49:01.

her magic. She cannot match their power.

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Right on the line, but shot from Radwanska. Forcing Cibulkova

:49:12.:49:17.

backwards instead of forwards. Cibulkova pressing just a little too

:49:18.:50:16.

much, it's always difficult to find that fine line, going after your

:50:17.:50:17.

shots but keeping the mistakes down. All about the return of serve that

:50:18.:50:34.

time. Radwanska, so good at diffusing power and deflecting

:50:35.:50:37.

shots, even that was too much. The depth of ball striking from

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those two, really impressive. It's not that bad, it's not that

:51:15.:51:32.

bad. Probably filled with nerves. And trying to look town-mac two. --

:51:33.:51:41.

calm. She should have really done more

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with that, that second serve came to her at 68 miles an hour.

:52:00.:52:08.

She is hanging on, Agnieszka Radwanska in that first set but for

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how much longer? Looked like a nervous drop shot to me from

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Cibulkova, a little bit of a bailout, hitting the middle of the

:52:25.:52:25.

net. Such depth. She is not holding back

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here, is she? Keeping the foot firmly on the throttle. You see

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Cibulkova smelling the balls, she does that for good luck!

:53:07.:53:27.

Just made it! A punch of delight, she knows that she is two points

:53:28.:53:37.

away. Radwanska hit the approach up the middle, tried to take the angle

:53:38.:53:40.

away from Cibulkova, she was up to the task.

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UMPIRE: time violation, warning, missed Cibulkova.

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Cibulkova gets another one, she will lose a first serve. She will have to

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start the point with a second serve. With two set points, she held her

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nerve well, she could have been easily rattled by the warning. A

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feud deep breaths. A cry and she takes the first set,

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she has been all authority, all conviction. Are we on for a shock

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here on Court Number Three, Cibulkova takes the first set.

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SUE BARKER: Martina Navratilova is turning 60 this year. She is an

:55:14.:55:19.

inspiration and if I was an inspiration to her, she has been one

:55:20.:55:24.

to me. Defecting to America she transformed the sport. Everyone has

:55:25.:55:28.

a lucky break in life, she was mine. Martina for ever will be the best

:55:29.:55:34.

singles and Mixed Doubles player, and all-round great athlete. So

:55:35.:55:41.

wonderfully joyous when she won. Eight Pioneer, an activist, and

:55:42.:55:42.

icon... That documentary on Martina will be

:55:43.:55:56.

shown tonight at 10:45pm and in Wales it will be shown at 11:40pm,

:55:57.:56:02.

that documentary on the life of Martina, from Czechoslovakia to

:56:03.:56:06.

becoming a great champion. Let's show you what's happening elsewhere,

:56:07.:56:15.

magic Monday, here is an estate Pavlyuchenkova taking the opening

:56:16.:56:18.

set from Coco Vandeweghe on who looked so impressive on Centre Court

:56:19.:56:23.

with a big grasscourt game but the 21st seed, taking the opening set.

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Already a break of serve up in the second set, that match on the red

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button. And the Australian Open champion and surely curb has taken

:56:35.:56:40.

the first set against Misaki Doi, these two met in the opening round

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of the Australian Open, Misaki Doi had a match point, Angelique Kerber

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went on to say that, in charge today, 1-0 up in the second, that

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match is online. COMMENTATOR: she will take it.

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Cibulkova did a good job getting out of the way of that ball, did not

:57:08.:57:14.

want to step on it, 7-7 in the third, she stepped on a ball similar

:57:15.:57:18.

to this and... Finished the match but was not moving well.

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Using the angles again beautifully, Cibulkova. Hitting the ball on the

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rise. Timing impeccable today. That was too good.

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APPLAUSE Deuce on that serve, 103 miles an

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hour. Great composure from Radwanska. The fastest of the match

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for Radwanska, the fastest of the tournament for her, 105.

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APPLAUSE Mixing it up nicely, that time, the

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slice doing all the work. First case of the match.

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Continuing to hit within three feet of the lines, Cibulkova.

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I think Radwanska feels the need to up the anti, just a bit, go for a

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little more. Good game to win. Has to hang tough,

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find a way. One of nine junior Wimbledon

:00:52.:01:20.

champions in this year's field, but after the Bouchard defeat the only

:01:21.:01:30.

one left. She has come so close, heartbroken 2012, against Serena,

:01:31.:01:37.

semi finalist here. Does she have the game to go all the way? I think

:01:38.:01:48.

if the draw opens up, she has an advantage, she loves this surface.

:01:49.:02:32.

Has enough whip that time! Just to bring the ball down. Just such

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tremendous speed from Cibulkova. Point. Fantastic Radwanska, doing

:02:46.:03:13.

brilliantly to get that back, but the movement from Cibulkova,

:03:14.:03:23.

extraordinary. This ball was dying. Radwanska, impressive from an

:03:24.:03:32.

awkward position but Cibulkova, such finesse, meeting that look easy. --

:03:33.:03:42.

making. Down the line again. It is one of her favourites. The food

:03:43.:03:53.

work, -- footwork, so impressive. Getting enough room from the shot

:03:54.:03:58.

when she strikes it. She has not dropped a set in the

:03:59.:04:35.

Championships, so far. Bundle of energy. Some players look at their

:04:36.:04:49.

racket between points. But this one, incessant. And her opponent, feeling

:04:50.:05:00.

that energy. Everybody knows that Cibulkova is back to being

:05:01.:05:11.

dangerous. 2015, after Antwerp, surgery, out for four months. But

:05:12.:05:28.

Cibulkova has come back, Eastbourne, took a while to get that movement

:05:29.:05:33.

back. The confidence. But it is on display today.

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Pace of this game going one way. Number three seed unable to find an

:05:57.:06:10.

answer. That ball checked, hit the line and

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bounced up. It is tough to adjust the swing path, mid swing.

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Out. The break for Cibulkova, controlling the energy of the match.

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We have got a very cross-court, backhand, drop covered on the BBC.

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Freeview, and you will get the choice of an extra 15 matches, via

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cable. It is a beautiful day, day eight of the Championships, court

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three between Radwanska and Cibulkova, the Eastbourne champion,

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everything seems to be shining for her at the moment. May not be

:08:04.:08:10.

getting married this weekend! But will over the next couple of weeks!

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Has the break in the second set! Now he's smiling. Maybe not! Range of

:08:19.:08:25.

emotions here. Radwanska, a little rattled. Rarely

:08:26.:09:04.

see that. Trying to figure out how to mute the power.

:09:05.:09:53.

on target. Radwanska not as much time to dictate. Can have a lapse or

:09:54.:10:34.

two. What a point! Coolness from

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Radwanska. Breaks back. Level terms, set two. First game, you felt

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Radwanska. Was holding the strings, pushing Cibulkova around. Side to

:12:12.:12:16.

side, forward. So good at soaking up pressure,

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Radwanska. Cibulkova was throwing everywhere. You have got to be

:12:52.:13:01.

thinking, keep them deeper, can Cibulkova sustain this level?

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These two trading punches, toe to toe. The movement, for Cibulkova,

:13:12.:13:57.

getting around the ball... Incredible shoulder turn, coiled

:13:58.:13:59.

then uncoils together. Like a spring. Turning the ebb and flow

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back in her favour. Right on the front foot. Hit the hour mark.

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Too ambushes. The # Ambitious.

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That was too simple. Just good anticipation, from Cibulkova. She

:14:52.:15:10.

knew where Radwanska was going to hit it. Radwanska, six tenths at the

:15:11.:15:15.

net today. Even hits the shots out, pumping the

:15:16.:15:35.

legs! I think she was trying to say she needed better footwork. A little

:15:36.:15:38.

too close. Good game to win. She has been

:15:39.:15:57.

pushed and pulled but hanging in. On serve. Second set. Just such a

:15:58.:16:10.

gritty competitor. On Court Two, Kerber serving for the match. Just a

:16:11.:16:22.

couple of match points, oh no! 5-1 up. Fourth seed. The highest rank in

:16:23.:16:31.

the bottom half of the draw. And in this one, Coco in trouble, that is

:16:32.:16:45.

on the red button. And if you are just coming in, this is the

:16:46.:16:57.

disappointing news, about Swan, been forced to retire, having the

:16:58.:17:03.

problem, with legs, getting the trainer on the court, it looks as

:17:04.:17:07.

though it could be shin splints, something like that. Just could not

:17:08.:17:14.

carry on, absolutely devastated that Wimbledon is over. But we are going

:17:15.:17:22.

to see more of her, huge talent, Katie Swan. Remember the name.

:17:23.:18:06.

Fantastic return of serve. Weight through the ball. Radwanska has

:18:07.:18:15.

lifted her game. About 25% more power. We are hoping the grey skies

:18:16.:18:23.

stay away. We have had of you! It is so did a good, the continually

:18:24.:18:42.

control the tempo. Cibulkova, that is the demand on her.

:18:43.:19:10.

Such control. Such conviction. Cibulkova, two feet inside the

:19:11.:19:25.

baseline. And Radwanska, just constantly being pushed five feet

:19:26.:19:29.

behind. Gives angles to Cibulkova. That is another reason, why

:19:30.:19:49.

Radwanska has been effective, on this surface, hits flat, skoots up,

:19:50.:19:55.

heavy top-spin. Court three. Not a million miles

:19:56.:20:40.

from Centre Court. Players' balcony. Grab a bite to eat. That is in the

:20:41.:20:50.

court, emerging, and Court One, the hill full to the rafters.

:20:51.:21:03.

Uncharacteristic errors from Radwanska. Definitely rattled a bit

:21:04.:21:16.

by Cibulkova today. Put over conflict zone -- oat of comfort

:21:17.:21:20.

zone. Not even the net on her side today.

:21:21.:21:47.

She had that unbelievably favourable net cord in the second round. Facing

:21:48.:21:55.

match point. But she needs all the help that she can get. And more

:21:56.:21:58.

energy, as well. Been with her since 2011. In the

:21:59.:22:33.

shades and the tshirt. Such a pivotal game right here.

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Hanging in the balance... If Cibulkova couldn't get the break, or

:23:12.:23:16.

Radwanska hold on. Wii has not had many challenges

:23:17.:23:44.

today so far. Such a key point. You can understand using Hawk Eye this

:23:45.:23:47.

time. Fabulous hitting. Fabulous resolve

:23:48.:24:35.

from Cibulkova. And the movement, from both, extraordinary. Cibulkova,

:24:36.:24:44.

taking the chance, leaving cross-court open.

:24:45.:25:16.

Now she has got to dig deep, into that resolve and experience. This is

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a huge moment. Break here, and she's firing her way to the quarter

:25:35.:25:49.

finals. Broken! Cibulkova, carrying on her fantastic form on grass. Just

:25:50.:26:00.

two games away from the quarterfinals. We're going to leave

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that much, it is going on to the red button. Before we go to Centre

:26:04.:26:17.

Court, Pavlyuchenk has gone through, on court 18. Through to face Serena

:26:18.:26:36.

Williams, or Kuznetsova. Going through against the 27th seed. And

:26:37.:26:46.

no problems for the Australian Open champion, Kerber, just 64 minutes,

:26:47.:26:55.

against Doi, troubling her, and she remains the highest ranked seed in

:26:56.:27:05.

the bottom half. She is going to the upper gets Halep, or Madison Keys,

:27:06.:27:13.

in the next round. We talked about, at the start of the programme, just

:27:14.:27:19.

how busy the date is going to be, and we're going to Centre Court,

:27:20.:27:27.

buzz around here. Magnificent order Rockley, Andy Murray against

:27:28.:27:38.

Kyrgios, Serena Williams, against Kuznetsova, but Roger Federer, one

:27:39.:27:43.

of the arguable all time greats, 17 titles. He has made Centre Court his

:27:44.:27:48.

home. I do not believe that. Unbelievable.

:27:49.:28:11.

What a point. Vintage Federer. Phenomenal. Championship number

:28:12.:28:25.

seven. Just what a player, really... But it is going to be tough, against

:28:26.:28:36.

Steve Johnson, of the dated states. Before we talk about Roger Federer,

:28:37.:28:39.

and Steve Johnson, we have got to talk about Andy Murray, and Kyrgios.

:28:40.:28:52.

Here's near the top of the food chain. Explosive, and unpredictable,

:28:53.:29:00.

forehand, big shot, and the backhand is flat. Andy Murray definitely the

:29:01.:29:07.

favourite, he has won the match as previously, but Kyrgios is

:29:08.:29:12.

dangerous, seemingly maturing, not too quickly... He does seem to be

:29:13.:29:20.

dangerous. Playing well? Yes. And he has got the track record, an grass,

:29:21.:29:28.

defeating Rafael Nadal. And some serious headphones! That is

:29:29.:29:33.

potentially trying to keep them focused, he could possibly need more

:29:34.:29:39.

than headphones, but he has got the firepower, saw accurate, and when

:29:40.:29:42.

you play somebody who just returns so well as Andy Murray, you have got

:29:43.:29:49.

to come to the big stage, but I think Andy Murray is going to come

:29:50.:29:56.

through. Nick was adamant. He beat him. But a set off him at the US

:29:57.:30:05.

Open. This is somebody who has number one potential. If he puts it

:30:06.:30:11.

all together, it is a chance for him to take a step forward. But I think

:30:12.:30:16.

Andy Murray is going to handle this. That is for later. This is Roger

:30:17.:30:19.

Federer and Steve Johnson. What a reception for both players.

:30:20.:30:42.

Roger Federer is a favourite or around the world. He has looked very

:30:43.:30:45.

good in the first three matches but he has not really been challenged,

:30:46.:30:50.

has he? He hasn't. When you look back at the nature of this

:30:51.:30:53.

tournament, when you have Sunday off, it is a tournament of two

:30:54.:30:57.

halves. You need to get through the first week, and then when you get to

:30:58.:31:03.

the second Monday, you start again. Federer was very fortunate in the

:31:04.:31:08.

top half of the draw, alongside Djokovic, the defending champion. He

:31:09.:31:13.

played Monday, Wednesday, Friday, so he has totally been unaffected by

:31:14.:31:17.

the rain delays and the disruption for players coming back on Sunday.

:31:18.:31:21.

He will be delighted with where he is at right now. He hasn't really

:31:22.:31:26.

been tested, as you say, and he will have to up his game in the second

:31:27.:31:29.

week if he is going to progress to the finals. That is imported,

:31:30.:31:33.

getting the schedule right. He has had a bad back for most of the

:31:34.:31:37.

season but he never talks about it so we don't know how bad but it will

:31:38.:31:44.

have helped. Certainly. He did not come in with his normal match play

:31:45.:31:48.

for the first half of the year. He was diminished in terms of match

:31:49.:31:56.

play but his game does not seem this diminished on this surface. His

:31:57.:31:59.

movement is confident and he will need it again Steve Johnson, who has

:32:00.:32:04.

a nice serve. Roger is in perfect shape as we start the second week.

:32:05.:32:10.

Johnson won in Nottingham and is coming in with a bunch of wins on

:32:11.:32:14.

this surface, which gives you confidence. It certainly does. He

:32:15.:32:19.

will have built on the first week. The matchup will be interesting. Jim

:32:20.:32:24.

is Davis Cup captain in America and knows his game well. From what I

:32:25.:32:29.

have seen, he likes to chip his backhand a lot and Federer is

:32:30.:32:33.

comfortable moving forward and to serve and volley, so it will be

:32:34.:32:36.

interesting to see if Federer can target that. If you are just

:32:37.:32:39.

chipping the return all the time, you have to be very accurate to keep

:32:40.:32:43.

the ball low otherwise there will be some easy put away volleys. Jim will

:32:44.:32:48.

tell us more about this man in a moment. Who is Steve Johnson? Jamie

:32:49.:32:50.

Baker has more. Job done! Steve Johnson is through

:32:51.:33:02.

to the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the very first time at Wimbledon

:33:03.:33:05.

but the question is what can he do on the grass courts to really affect

:33:06.:33:10.

the seven time champion? When players come up against the top

:33:11.:33:14.

three all four guys in the world, we see it so often, especially on

:33:15.:33:19.

grass, that it is so important that they stay with them in the sets.

:33:20.:33:24.

Really ask questions, especially of Federer on this occasion. How will

:33:25.:33:28.

Johnson do that? In terms of his service games, it is about two

:33:29.:33:33.

things. He has a big first serve, 130 mph in him easily, but can he

:33:34.:33:38.

get enough into court to dictate the points? Federer will make a lot of

:33:39.:33:51.

balls of those big first serves but the main weapon in Johnson's game is

:33:52.:33:54.

his forehand. It is so good because he can play it from anywhere on the

:33:55.:33:56.

court. Roger Federer has had a straightforward route through to the

:33:57.:33:59.

fourth round this year. On top of this, we have seen him play less

:34:00.:34:01.

matches coming into the tournament this year. A fewer injuries, which

:34:02.:34:05.

has not been the case in the past. On the other hand, Johnson won the

:34:06.:34:08.

warm up event in Nottingham, so he is feeling great on the grass. The

:34:09.:34:12.

serve and forehand are working so this could be the biggest test for

:34:13.:34:21.

Roger Federer so far. SUE BARKER: He beat the baby Federer in the last

:34:22.:34:25.

round and now he has the main man. It is the perfect warm up for him,

:34:26.:34:30.

playing somebody who plays so similarly to Roger Federer. Beauty

:34:31.:34:36.

at a decent level compared to Grigor Dimitrov. This player has no

:34:37.:34:41.

experience on Centre Court, playing Roger, but nothing to lose. It is

:34:42.:34:45.

all up sides for him, all experience for him. He knows he is the big

:34:46.:34:50.

underdog, but he has the chance to come out and show what he can do and

:34:51.:34:54.

he is looking forward to it. He said he had no fear and he was just going

:34:55.:34:58.

to take his chances and not think about who is at the other end of the

:34:59.:35:02.

court. That is an important point when you are coming onto Centre

:35:03.:35:06.

Court, which Roger has made his home over the last 12 or 15 years. You

:35:07.:35:10.

have got to make sure that you play the ball and not the man. As you

:35:11.:35:15.

say, with his game, the one question we have with Federer is how much

:35:16.:35:19.

matchplay he has got. He is almost trying to play himself into form

:35:20.:35:23.

during this tournament. Johnson has really played some good tennis and

:35:24.:35:26.

he feels comfortable on this surface. He had a heavy serve and a

:35:27.:35:31.

good forehand and he will go out there with the right attitude of

:35:32.:35:35.

nothing to lose. He has a lot to gain. And the 4th of July, he is on

:35:36.:35:39.

an Serena Williams is on and you never know! As far as countries are

:35:40.:35:46.

concerned, he is just about to go on court, Sam, that is his coach, so

:35:47.:35:56.

where will Craig be? I think Craig is probably here but he will be

:35:57.:36:00.

dashing back and forth. It is unusual to share coaches. Yes. Great

:36:01.:36:06.

has been with Steve for a couple of years and Sam just joined in the

:36:07.:36:11.

last couple of months. But I don't see Craig. This seat is available

:36:12.:36:16.

for him. The guy with the maroon shirt on the right is Peter Smith,

:36:17.:36:23.

Steve's college coach at the University of Southern California in

:36:24.:36:27.

Los Angeles. He is one of the most decorated college tennis players in

:36:28.:36:31.

history. That is du's valour to the left in the Black cat, who is a

:36:32.:36:38.

tennis coach. -- Steve's father in the black cap. And we took lessons

:36:39.:36:46.

on him when Steve was just toddling around the court, so that is good

:36:47.:36:50.

pedigree. When Sam Quek rebates Djokovic, the crowd went wild, and

:36:51.:37:00.

he lost his focus and lost the point. Stefan Edberg has worked with

:37:01.:37:06.

Roger for so many years and he is sitting beside Roger's mother. They

:37:07.:37:10.

are all in the box and they are ready to go, so we have to be ready

:37:11.:37:15.

to go. Tim and Jim, thank you. Play is about to get. They join Nick

:37:16.:37:17.

Mullins the commentary box. The roof is open. The sunshine is

:37:18.:37:35.

extraordinary. It is dry for the time being. This is the magician

:37:36.:37:41.

getting us under way at the start of the second week.

:37:42.:38:50.

I do believe that is the first time Roger Federer has served a double

:38:51.:38:54.

fault in these championships. He has been busy making Centre Court

:38:55.:39:21.

his home again this fortnight, after three wins in the first week. Not

:39:22.:39:33.

having any trouble so far. Written's Marcus Willis, then Dan Evans, who

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he saw off in straight sets. -- Britain's Marcus Willis. So what can

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Steve Johnson do? He has never hung around this long at a Grand Slam and

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here he is on Centre Court against Federer.

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Jim, from your point of view, Steve has been a member Jill Davis Cup

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team, if you are going to concoct game plans against Roger Federer,

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what would you say to him? Just a bit of background on Steve's

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game in general, he started off on taught using a two-handed backhand

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Brian Emily. -- primarily. His coach Craig got hold of him and they made

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a huge adjustment. He virtually only hit slice. So he is a very different

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player on tour. Slices are about 90% of his rally backhands. He missed so

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many with two hands. His forehand is great and so is his serve. He needs

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to get the serve plus one. First serves in play, first ball forehand,

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and then pray. That is what Roger wants to do as well but it is more

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important for Steve. It is all about his serve and forehand. Will he look

:41:27.:41:32.

to get forward much and finish the point at the net if he gets the

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chance? Yes. He will use the forehand to get into the net if he

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can. And I beg you to stop interrogating me! They were easy

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questions! It is someone who I haven't seen play a great deal, if I

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am honest. Johnson has had some very good wins, including Grigor Dimitrov

:41:57.:42:06.

in the last round. He certainly has grass court form and I am interested

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to see if he can have an impact against the seven time champion. He

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has never played better on grass than how he is playing right now. He

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beat Richard Gasquet at Queen's. It has been quite a turnaround for

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Steve Johnson in this grass court season. He lost in the first round

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of the first grass court event that you played this year to the 170th

:43:34.:43:41.

ranked player in the world. He happens to be one of our promising

:43:42.:43:46.

young Americans. It was devastating for him. He was gutted. When he came

:43:47.:43:56.

to Queen's and he got Richard Gasquet in the first round, that

:43:57.:43:58.

turned everything around for him. We will have a look at the

:43:59.:44:21.

statistics of Steve Johnson. SUE BARKER: We will be right back on

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Centre Court in a moment but there is so much happening on this busy

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Monday. Anna Radwanska, she was a break down in the second set, but

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she has just broken back. Cibulkova is serving for the match. That

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matches live on the red button. And here is Andy Murray and he will be

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live on BBC One later on Centre Court. He has raced through his

:44:49.:44:53.

opening week and he has looked so good but now it really does get

:44:54.:44:57.

tough. He has a very difficult opponent in Nick Kyrgios. An

:44:58.:45:01.

important day. And Nick is on the practice courts as well looking very

:45:02.:45:08.

good against Feliciano Lopez. He has such magical hands, a big serve and

:45:09.:45:12.

a big forehand, certainly the weapons to worry Andy Murray. But

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does he have the experience and the big occasion experience as well? We

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will find that out later on BBC One, the third match on Centre Court.

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A tough start to 2016 for Steve Johnson. Six wins against 14 losses

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before he got in form at Queen's. The only success he had this year

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was on the doubles court with Sam Querrey, winning a title. They call

:46:41.:46:48.

them Quonson, by the way! That victory and not in Nottingham

:46:49.:47:24.

was his first ever singles title. -- that victory in Nottingham. He is

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enjoying 2016, including doing things he has never done previously.

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Craig, his coach, bottom right. The seven time former champion going

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for a record-breaking eighth. One thing is for sure, whatever happens

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to Roger Federer between now and next Sunday, he will not be beaten

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by Novak Djokovic. A sniff from Steve Johnson on

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Federer's serve. Catching Federer off guard with a two-handed

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aggressive return. Change of pace. Not the fastest serve, but pinpoint

:49:30.:49:45.

accurate. Interesting tactic from Federer.

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When he knows his opponent is going to be chipping the backhand return,

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to go to the forehand on the first serve.

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Steve is not afraid to chip the forehand return. He has done it 50%

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of the time en route to this match but he keeps you honest because the

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top-spin is not as predictable as the backhand.

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He is certainly getting some good acceleration on the slice backhand.

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Quite a long swing. But it is effective.

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Federer dropping shots like that is like Picasso dropping his

:51:57.:52:01.

paintbrush. We have to look twice and see if it happened.

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Four serves on break point that Federer has gone to the forehand.

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The one advantage of going for the forehand side is it opens up the

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backhand for the next shot. SUE BARKER: Dangerous game for Roger

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Federer but he holds. We had off now to Agnieszka Radwanska, who is

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playing Cibulkova. She is leading 5-4. It was a 3-set match when they

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met at Eastbourne last week, which Cibulkova won. She will have to go

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to three sets to win this one because Agnieszka Radwanska is back

:53:27.:53:30.

in this match having taken the match 7-5. That is on the red button. And

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not so good for Kei Nishikori, he is down against Marin Cilic. He has

:53:40.:53:45.

called for his trainer and we wonder if it is the rib injury that caused

:53:46.:53:53.

him to pull out of matches recently. He pulled out last year of Wimbledon

:53:54.:54:00.

because of an injury. Not going well for Kei Nishikori and I wonder if he

:54:01.:54:04.

will continue in this match. We'll keep you up with that. . Back to

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Centre Court. Johnson is doing OK, as high as he

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ever has been in the rankings, 29th. This is the biggest stage of his

:54:19.:54:22.

career so far, Centre Court. Against Roger Federer.

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It is a quizzical look on Federer's face. He is trying to work out what

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he is dealing with. Johnson's style is unusual. You have to shift gears

:55:18.:55:25.

when you play Steve Johnson because when you hit it to his backhand, it

:55:26.:55:29.

is so different than what comes off the forehand. When you hit it off

:55:30.:55:34.

his forehand, you are on your heels. I have been on the other side of

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that forehand, and it is a monster, but it is a little different of his

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backhand. I think Roger will work it out eventually but it may take him

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some time. Only serving at 47% first serves. He

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needs a big one here. You have to check that he is running

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on his feet like normal people because when he moves like that he

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looks like he is on rollers. The first significant blow delivered

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by the Swiss. There is quite often a significant breeze on Centre Court

:57:40.:57:42.

coming from one way or the other and Federer has the breeze behind him.

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Serving uphill into the wind, you have got to make first serves. In

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the last service game, Johnson didn't do that.

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What a shot! A bullet from Stevie J down the line. His racket is so

:58:19.:58:28.

loosely strung it doesn't take much for him to generate power. Cold

:58:29.:58:34.

winner. 0-30 all of a sudden. Just explain to the uninitiated. The

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looser the strings, the more the ball comes off, like a trampoline.

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More power. You can be more aggressive and generate pace, but

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when you are struggling with confidence you feel like you don't

:59:24.:59:24.

have the control. You will probably vary your spin

:59:25.:59:37.

tension depending on the ball. At Wimbledon, the ball is quite heavy

:59:38.:59:40.

and he will be stringing a bit looser to give yourself more help

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with the racket. Tim talked about the wind at

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Federer's back. That can make its challenging for Federer to play

:00:20.:00:21.

aggressively when Johnson is keeping the ball solo. He had to be careful

:00:22.:00:27.

that the wind doesn't blow the ball long on his ground strokes.

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What have you got, Jim? What have I got? I have a little Federer

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Hawk-Eye. He has been pretty predictable with his first serve, he

:00:56.:01:02.

has hit four down the tee in the ad court but he has been primarily

:01:03.:01:06.

targeting the forehand wing in the deuce side. Trying to open up the

:01:07.:01:15.

court. I'm surprised he's going so often in the tee in the ad court. I

:01:16.:01:20.

would have thought he might try to serve a bit more out wide and

:01:21.:01:24.

perhaps serve and volley a bit on the backhand wing knowing it is a

:01:25.:01:28.

bit more difficult for Steve to hurt him. Certainly when you know your

:01:29.:01:34.

opponent, and for me being a serve and volley back in the day, when you

:01:35.:01:39.

knew your opponent was going to chip the return, if you get in nice and

:01:40.:01:43.

tight you know you will have the opportunity to be aggressive on the

:01:44.:01:47.

first volley. Interesting to follow that for the rest of the match,

:01:48.:01:53.

whether Federer starts varying his serving tactic, going to the

:01:54.:01:58.

backhand a little more. That is a good service placement. Six or seven

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feet above your head would be perfect!

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Everybody thinks that logo on the cap is for Roger but it is actually

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for Robert! 12 T-shirts around said the court

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that actually says Robert on them. -- one or two.

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That is unstoppable. Johnson gets what he wants, a first ball forehand

:03:48.:03:56.

on the return of serve but Federer is so quickly around, look at the

:03:57.:04:01.

footwork, he leaps into it, poetry in motion.

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UMPIRE: Mr Johnson is challenging the call. The ball was called out.

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Steve Johnson is hoping for some help otherwise that first set has

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just gone. That first set has just gone.

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You have to of my Steve Johnson. He is the type of player, you get the

:05:11.:05:19.

impression looking from a distance, he makes the absolute most of what

:05:20.:05:24.

he has. He is not blessed with the supra talk talents of eight Roger

:05:25.:05:32.

Federer put hear the pips squeak. -- supernatural talents. He was a

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practice partner in 2011 on the US Davis Cup team. We were in Texas

:05:39.:05:43.

playing Spain, we had a celebration at Andy Roddick's house because it

:05:44.:05:51.

was the 4th of July. We decided to do a tradition, a hot dog eating

:05:52.:05:57.

contest with our practice partners and communications director! The

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contest was set, who could eat five hotdogs with buns the fastest. There

:06:02.:06:06.

was a bit of a wager going on and we all thought the communications

:06:07.:06:10.

director had a bit more room in his belly, let's say, than the players!

:06:11.:06:15.

Steve thoroughly thrashed the field and it was clear to me he would be a

:06:16.:06:20.

very successful professional at that point because he was still in

:06:21.:06:26.

college! When you can dominate with someone with as much experience as

:06:27.:06:33.

Tim Curry, our communications director, has, at eating hot legs,

:06:34.:06:39.

you'd know you are onto something. -- hotdogs. I always knew that Jim

:06:40.:06:45.

had the ability to spot potential and that just confirms it.

:06:46.:06:52.

You just have to ask the right questions, Tim. How else do top

:06:53.:07:01.

athlete judge themselves these days? Hotdogs.

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That jacket was something else, we might need to have another look at

:07:12.:07:14.

that. I'm also interested to see the

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improvement Johnson has made with his end of year ranking. He asked

:07:41.:07:48.

just gone up and up since he got a ranking in 2007. APPLAUSE

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Nicely played. 29 in the world now, do you think he

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could be top 20? Yes, I do. It's great to see Federer up and

:08:04.:08:28.

running again at a Grand Slam, no sign of the back twinge that kept

:08:29.:08:31.

him away from Roland Garros or the knee injury that brought an abrupt

:08:32.:08:38.

end to Melbourne. That is that jacket, it really is something else.

:08:39.:08:44.

A ridiculous injury after he lost to Djokovic, I'm sure a lot of you know

:08:45.:08:48.

about it but he heard a click in his knee when he was running the bath

:08:49.:08:52.

for his daughters and it kept him out for a couple of months. But he

:08:53.:08:54.

is looking sharp. It has been eight difficult year for

:08:55.:09:49.

Roger Federer as a result of that. His initial plan because of the

:09:50.:09:53.

Olympics... Who is that? Ian Poulter. You remember him from the

:09:54.:10:02.

Ryder Cup? Dominating the Americans? He lives in my neighbourhood in

:10:03.:10:08.

Orlando. Anyway, Federer was going to take two months off after Indian

:10:09.:10:12.

Wells and not play any warm up tournament on Clegg and just go from

:10:13.:10:17.

Roland Garros to the US Open with the Olympics in between but he had

:10:18.:10:25.

to change that -- on clay. With the injury, he added some tournaments to

:10:26.:10:27.

get some matches he had missed. And from Johnson's point of view, he

:10:28.:10:46.

has not made the best start but Federer has played very well. Is it

:10:47.:10:51.

time to look at plan B or is it more about doing plan a bit better? I

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think it is executing a bit more. At 2-2, he was the one who had chances

:11:02.:11:06.

in the first set, he had three break points and Roger saved them all and

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he has not lost a game since. -- plan a is what he brings to the

:11:09.:11:31.

table. He could serve and volley some. He has not done much of that

:11:32.:11:33.

yet. What would you suggest? Put your

:11:34.:11:40.

coaching hat on. I like his game style and the

:11:41.:12:02.

weapons he has. He has too tried to get more first serves in and look to

:12:03.:12:06.

dictate with his forehand but I would like to see him finishing a

:12:07.:12:10.

few more points at the net and being a bit more proactive. He was looking

:12:11.:12:16.

to serve and volley there. The more time you give Federer at the

:12:17.:12:20.

opportunity to use the skills he has got, the more running you are going

:12:21.:12:22.

to do. APPLAUSE

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He is just one of those players, he has opponents rifling through plan

:12:41.:12:47.

B, C, B, D. And he has more options than the other man by and large.

:12:48.:12:57.

That was Peter Smith they just showed, who is the men's tennis

:12:58.:13:05.

coach at the college Steve Johnson played so successfully at, USC out

:13:06.:13:09.

in Los Angeles. Right now, nothing is coming easy

:13:10.:13:32.

for Steve Johnson, that was another scrap to hold onto a service game.

:13:33.:13:37.

And the first game he has won in a while so it must feel good.

:13:38.:13:43.

Peter Smith his college coach just flew in for this occasion.

:13:44.:13:51.

Is that standard procedure? He doesn't worry about the early

:13:52.:14:00.

rounds, flies in for Centre Court? Pretty much, it is a bit like what

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the Federer family used to do in Australia, they would go to New

:14:05.:14:07.

Zealand for the first week of the tournament and then rock up for

:14:08.:14:12.

second week! A nice little holiday while everybody else is grinding it

:14:13.:14:13.

out. But Craig Boynton is definitely

:14:14.:14:26.

watching Sam Querrey play right now because he is not here. He is

:14:27.:14:34.

missing some sweetness from Roger Federer! Stefan Edberg just lent

:14:35.:14:42.

across and said, I taught him that! One of the shots we will remember

:14:43.:15:43.

for a long time from that man. Let's look at where Roger has been

:15:44.:15:56.

hitting his return to how aggressive he has been. Look how far inside he

:15:57.:16:01.

is, the blue dot indicate a second serve. It looks to be about four

:16:02.:16:06.

feet inside the line and you can see how aggressive he has been on them.

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The first serves he has taken a bit more time because it is coming with

:16:11.:16:15.

a bit more pace from Steve Johnson but particularly looking at the top

:16:16.:16:19.

left-hand corner, those two blue dots, how far he is going inside to

:16:20.:16:23.

get them, and that is because Johnson kicks the second serve so

:16:24.:16:28.

much so he has to get it early otherwise it will be up over his

:16:29.:16:29.

shoulder and unplayable. Going back to that beautiful

:16:30.:16:46.

backhand volley that just sashayed across the net, if you are ever

:16:47.:16:50.

lucky enough to watch Roger Federer practice, it is the kind of shot he

:16:51.:16:57.

does all the time in practice, he just gives the impression he just

:16:58.:17:01.

loves the game, the sport, seeing what his body can do and what he can

:17:02.:17:05.

do with his racket and it is moment like that, you hear him chuckling on

:17:06.:17:11.

the practice courts like that with little shots like that.

:17:12.:17:22.

The money is a bonus when you have the talent Roger Federer has but he

:17:23.:17:30.

just luxuriates in that God-given ability. He does and he has worked

:17:31.:17:34.

incredibly hard and we see his attacking attributes but in eight

:17:35.:17:38.

point like that we also see how good he is at defending. -- in a point.

:17:39.:17:47.

He picked the right way to hit the backhand down the line and get the

:17:48.:17:49.

opportunity to move forward. As soon as Federer has neutralised

:17:50.:18:15.

the point with the return of serve, they are both on the baseline and

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when he gets the opportunity to move forward, he will target that

:18:21.:18:21.

backhand time and time again. APPLAUSE

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The thing with having such a big forehand is that you can back it up

:18:50.:18:53.

and up because they had to respect your power but if you can also have

:18:54.:18:59.

finesse, that is a great option that he needs to deploy. Federer can

:19:00.:19:01.

defend but he can't be everywhere. It's funny, Federer hated the drop

:19:02.:19:20.

shot but he finally conceded and started to use it the year he won at

:19:21.:19:24.

Roland Garros and it helped him quite a bit but he just didn't want

:19:25.:19:29.

to play it himself, he had an allergy to it!

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The first major signpost in this second set as Michael McIntyre

:20:30.:20:33.

watches on. Federer almost invited Johnson to

:20:34.:21:06.

come forward on that break point, he played the short return. Johnson hit

:21:07.:21:11.

a good approach to be fair but Federer went straight back at him

:21:12.:21:14.

with the fast forehand and he couldn't handle the volley. Both

:21:15.:21:19.

breaks of serve have come of that same play, Federer going right

:21:20.:21:23.

through the middle of the court with Johnson at the net, Johnson trying

:21:24.:21:25.

the drop volley and missing it. And in terms of front runners, there

:21:26.:21:33.

are not many better than Federer. Just deciding whether to engage

:21:34.:21:57.

seventh gear! Steve Johnson might be thinking, you

:21:58.:22:12.

are finding sixth right now, Roger! Enjoyed his 18th Wimbledon. His

:22:13.:22:37.

debut was back in 1999, I wonder who remembers his first round defeat to

:22:38.:22:42.

Jiri Novak. We should not bypass 2001! I think

:22:43.:22:57.

he played his first match on Centre Court. Against? He beat Pete

:22:58.:23:10.

Sampras. Just checking. And how many more will we see? That is one of the

:23:11.:23:16.

parlour games these days. How many more times will he grace this court

:23:17.:23:21.

and this championship? Long ago he said that this year was a year he

:23:22.:23:26.

was targeting to try to get to his fifth Olympics and to play in Rio.

:23:27.:23:31.

He is playing at such a high level now, it does not seem like there is

:23:32.:23:35.

any call for him to stop or slow down.

:23:36.:24:46.

Federer largely in cruise control but Steve Johnson still swinging

:24:47.:25:26.

away. Let's see what he can connect with. Federer with the break at 4-2.

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SUE BARKER: So it is all going Roger Federer's waits at the moment. We

:26:51.:26:59.

are going to leave this match on BBC Two but if you want to continue

:27:00.:27:04.

watching it is on BBC One right now -- Roger Federer's way. Dominika

:27:05.:27:16.

Cibulkova was up break up but Radwanska has broken back but as you

:27:17.:27:20.

can see, she is in trouble on serve again at 0-30 serve a tight match on

:27:21.:27:25.

court number three which you can watch on the red button. Kei

:27:26.:27:31.

Nishikori on Court Number Two has decided he had had enough. What a

:27:32.:27:35.

sad end to his Wimbledon challenge, he was forced to pull out last year

:27:36.:27:40.

because of a calf injury but we think it is a recurrence of his rib

:27:41.:27:44.

injury that forced him to pull out of the match in Halle. His team told

:27:45.:27:52.

him he could not go on committee only won seven points in the first

:27:53.:27:56.

set and he could risk further injury so a wise move to pull out because

:27:57.:28:01.

he did not look like coming back to win the match so Marin Cilic will go

:28:02.:28:05.

through to the quarter final once again but a sad end to the challenge

:28:06.:28:11.

of Nishikori. We are heading out to Court Number One to see Madison Keys

:28:12.:28:16.

who has come back and taken the first set on the tie-break and has

:28:17.:28:21.

break point here against Simona Halep, the number five seed so we

:28:22.:28:24.

can join Jo Durie and Chris Bradnam for this one.

:28:25.:28:32.

Buttler and Madison Keys builds on the momentum.

:28:33.:28:38.

CHRIS BRADNAM: It was very comfortable until Ball, Halep broke

:28:39.:28:50.

and served for the first set and had set point but it is not looking good

:28:51.:28:56.

right now. JO DURIE: And it has affected her, she had four set

:28:57.:29:02.

points and lost them through a double fault and missed

:29:03.:29:06.

opportunities so Halep might still be pondering that.

:29:07.:29:16.

And I think Keys has been pretty restrained. She has hit some big

:29:17.:29:23.

shots but has often observed that big kick out wide on this side of

:29:24.:29:25.

the court. -- kicker. She has had real problems

:29:26.:29:36.

when she had moved up to the net, getting the point won. She really

:29:37.:29:43.

has, quite a few opportunities to volley and she has pushed a few of

:29:44.:29:46.

them. Challenged that instantly. Very few challenges in the match.

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That one caught the line. She is not happy. I don't think it

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is worth arguing, she won't get anywhere. First serve again.

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Again. That must be what we have seen already in the opening set. She

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has really missed some howlers and then others she has pushed and let

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Halep back in. A horrible height. Not a smash, and not easy to hit

:30:43.:30:44.

that. I have to say, I feel very nervous

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every time Keys goes to the net. I am not sure what she is going to do.

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She has won half, seven from 14, but Halep has not won at the net yet,

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and she has a similar problem. Well, there you go! Much calmer. Got

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the right action on the volley, came across it.

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UMPIRE: Game, Mace Miss Keys. An impressive scoreboard on

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Independence Day for the American number three. Three still left in

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the draw, with the Williams sisters of course. Keys's coach looked like

:32:44.:32:51.

he was trying to get her going. I don't think she has jogged around

:32:52.:32:55.

and looked energetic enough on the return of serve. I think she could

:32:56.:32:56.

be more threatening. Great length, or is it? I thought

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that was in. It looked inside the line.

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16 winners, 23 unforced for Keys. Always interesting to watch. Such a

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powerful player. She chose the hardest shot. That

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bounced so low and it is a very high part of the net.

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UMPIRE: Game, Miss Halep. New balls, please.

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Second love hold for Halep, and that was an important one at the end of

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the last set. She is back on track. Not a particularly great game by

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Miss. Maybe she has pulled Halep back into this. We have been

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watching a lot of Halep this year and it is up and down emotionally

:35:08.:35:12.

with her sometimes. She had her coat come on court in the WTA event, when

:35:13.:35:17.

your code is allowed to come on. He is very calm and talks through the

:35:18.:35:23.

process of playing. I think she gets too down on herself at times. All

:35:24.:35:31.

the players in the women's game, we talk about the consistency of

:35:32.:35:35.

staying up there. She made the final of the French and the WTA finals and

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we thought she would be the next big Challenger to Serena Williams.

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Fabianski net a retired. -- Pennetta retired.

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Oh, dear. I never thought I would see Madison Keys play a moon ball on

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a grass court. Funny how she tucks her skirt in

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like that. It is just what she does. It is the first kicker she has

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missed. Second double fault. She has hit that kicker served so well

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today. I am amazed how high it bounces.

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Chance to get the break back. Keys has just gone off the boil a bit.

:37:45.:37:57.

Quite big reactions from Keys throughout the whole of this match.

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She is feeling it at times. Another break point. It is the one we have

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seen, and to use it on the first serve, as well. So nice to have a

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server like that and she can change it, she has the skill to do it.

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It is as though she is trying to hand this game to Halep at the

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moment. Good switch. Is that a royal wave?

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Must have seen you in the box! There have been so many let calls in

:39:19.:39:57.

this match so far. It's just holds the ball up enough to interrupt your

:39:58.:39:58.

rhythm. Keys really let Halep off the hook.

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A pretty dreadful game. The last shot in particular. She got it all

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wrong and she knows it. Halep has weathered a bit of a

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storm. Back to 2-2. To good. 82 mph, right in the hit

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zone, that serve, and boy, did it get it?

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Just enough pace off the court. Halep likes the down the line

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backhand. Amazing service speed, 87 mph, just

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making sure she gets it in. Really racking up the unforced

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errors. Up to 31. Halep up to eight. Always going to be interesting

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watching this, the winners as well. Halep challenging the call. The ball

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was called out. I don't think so. She gave it an anxious look as soon

:42:57.:42:58.

as she hit it. Well directed from Halep. She takes

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the pace off the ball and she adds spin and she is very accurate.

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Wonderful. Trusting herself still. She hits big off both sides, Keys,

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and it is hard to spot which direction it is going in.

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Another break point. Three from four converted.

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Yes, that is the one she has been searching for. Just makes Keys run

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more. She can be very hard on herself,

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Keys. She has had quite a few coaches in the last year or two. The

:45:35.:45:42.

latest has added more spin, more margin.

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An interesting stage in the match for Madison Keys. Does she continue

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to grow as big as she has been at the moment? She is losing that

:46:27.:46:33.

battle. Does she continue to trade more? It is not in her psyche. I

:46:34.:46:38.

actually think she is not going big enough. I think she is being a bit

:46:39.:46:44.

content. When you get tight across the shoulders, you cannot swing as

:46:45.:46:47.

you would like to across the ball. I think she is trying to get the ball

:46:48.:46:52.

in. There is more top-spin on it. She is on a grass court and she has

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got a big game. She is going to miss some, yes, but where is the threat

:46:58.:47:01.

to Halep at the moment? She is missing them but she isn't hitting

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them that hard at the moment. Interesting. This matchup is very

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interesting. Halep is so good defensively and moves brilliantly

:47:12.:47:16.

and she gets a lot of awkward balls back for Keys to deal with. They

:47:17.:47:24.

split their two previous matches a couple of years ago, Sydney and

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Rome, hard court and clay-court obviously, and this is the first on

:47:29.:47:32.

grass. Madison Keys won in Birmingham and she pulled out of

:47:33.:47:36.

Eastbourne to rest the right shoulder. Halep withdrew from

:47:37.:47:39.

Birmingham because of Achilles problems at the first part of the

:47:40.:47:43.

year. First grass court tournament for her. She has got through to the

:47:44.:47:51.

fourth round very comfortably, Halep. Her first real big test.

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Wow. Great athlete. That was unexpected but she used the pace. I

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love Keys's reaction. She applauds her opponent, which is nice to see.

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Scotty Burns on the left, the trainer for Keys.

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Well done in the end. She is moving better. Definitely. Keys has

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improved her movement. That will feel good, putting a volley away.

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UMPIRE: Game, Miss Keys. An important hold for Keys. I wonder if

:49:58.:50:10.

the tactic at the beginning of the match was for Keys to plug in a bit

:50:11.:50:13.

more and then she missed so many volleys that she got frightened of

:50:14.:50:20.

doing it? But now she is doing it so much better.

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Huge. Yes, that is the one that Keys pounces on and suddenly it is it so

:50:27.:50:58.

much harder. -- hit harder. Getting the consistency back. Going

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for it much more as well. She has listened to you!

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APPLAUSE Look at their faces. You can just

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hear the difference. The sound of the ball off the racket. Tremendous,

:51:55.:52:02.

great timing. That is a full swing. Three more break points.

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It is lovely movement first of all from Halep and nice soft hands on

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the racket to get that angle. SUE BARKER: The fightback from

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Halep. We are going to leave this match because we are going to

:53:17.:53:20.

another thrilling fourth round match at the moment. You can follow it on

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the red button. On Centre Court, Roger Federer is in action, two sets

:53:26.:53:31.

to love. Steve Johnson has just broken back. That match is going

:53:32.:53:37.

well on BBC One. We are heading out to court number three, a real

:53:38.:53:40.

roller-coaster of a match. Six games all in the third and final set

:53:41.:53:46.

between two of the toughest competitors on the tour. Agnieszka

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Radwanska and Cibulkova. Tracy Austin and James Burridge are

:53:50.:53:54.

commentating. We are being spoiled rotten on court

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three. Both pairs have had a match point each. Friends and family can't

:54:10.:54:19.

bear to watch. The hitting of these two players is of the highest

:54:20.:54:20.

quality. My goodness me. How can you possibly

:54:21.:54:44.

hit a drop shot like that going backwards at this stage of the

:54:45.:54:51.

match? And from behind the baseline. They don't teach you to do the drop

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shot like this. That took nerves of steel. Incredible.

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What has been so fantastic about this match in the late stages is

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that these points have been won and not lost. The quality has been

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exceptional. She had five break points in the

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last service game, Agnieszka Radwanska, and she couldn't close

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the deal. Now she has one. Not brave enough to sneak back into his seat!

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Oh, yes! This time she only needed one. UMPIRE: Game, Miss Cibulkova.

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Come and join us. She needs your support!

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Agnieszka Radwanska has been here before. In the second round she

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saved three match points and got away with a net call on the third

:56:56.:57:00.

and then her opponent had that dreadful ankle twist, but she has

:57:01.:57:05.

prevailed, not just this year but on so many occasions. Agnieszka

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Radwanska somehow finds a way with a variety of changes of spin and

:57:12.:57:16.

paste. Tracking that extra ball down. Tremendous defence. Never

:57:17.:57:21.

seems to panic, terrific demeanour. By contrast, on the other side,

:57:22.:57:27.

Cibulkova, she has got the fire in her belly. She plays with such

:57:28.:57:33.

urgency. Terrific footwork. She rarely takes anything off any shot.

:57:34.:57:41.

All out aggression. Over an hour ago she broke and was serving for the

:57:42.:57:57.

match at 5-4. She had a match point. Agnieszka Radwanska came back in the

:57:58.:57:58.

second set. Here she is again, serving for the

:57:59.:58:02.

match. Still hiding, still praying. They

:58:03.:59:23.

are supposed to get married on the weekend. Out! Miss Cibulkova is

:59:24.:59:35.

challenging the call. The ball was called out.

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30-0 back to 30-30. This is when she needs to summon all that resolve and

:59:51.:59:54.

strength. What are shot! And what a time. We

:59:55.:00:38.

could be here all day! Tomasz Wiktorowski has seen that time and

:00:39.:00:46.

time again. The magician, the Ninja, so many nicknames for this young

:00:47.:00:48.

lady. She's done it again! Down but not

:00:49.:01:28.

out yet. Just improvises so well, whatever she needs to do to get that

:01:29.:01:31.

ball back, the flexibility. She just got so low, even Radwanska

:01:32.:01:54.

could not scoop that one back. She didn't really need to go for

:01:55.:02:44.

that shot then. I just wonder if fatigue is setting in for both

:02:45.:02:48.

players. They have both been pushed and these are all out sprints for

:02:49.:02:54.

two hours and 49 minutes. Cibulkova not bouncing around quite as much as

:02:55.:02:57.

she was. It was incessant jumping. What a time for a double. Her second

:02:58.:03:10.

of the match. The forearms tightening. The mind

:03:11.:03:26.

going crazy. What is it like for the coaches watching?

:03:27.:03:46.

Yes! APPLAUSE The perfect point from the

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Cibulkova, always looking for the forehand. Dictating with the inside

:03:56.:04:03.

out and terrific footwork for the winner, inside in. Another break

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point. She has had so many over this match. Agnieszka Radwanska once

:04:12.:04:18.

again, that first serve. The variety in this game, look at

:04:19.:04:24.

that for break point saved, 15! 21 altogether she has faced. And you

:04:25.:04:45.

can add one more to the list. Again, the return of serve was rifled right

:04:46.:04:52.

back down at her feet. It looks as if she is gasping for air,

:04:53.:04:53.

Cibulkova. She is getting there. What fabulous,

:04:54.:05:29.

fabulous fight from these two players. How much have they got left

:05:30.:05:36.

in the tank? Cibulkova breaks 8-7, she leads.

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SUE BARKER: We will be right back in this match in just a moment to see

:05:51.:05:57.

her serve for it but let's take you back to Court Number One and the

:05:58.:06:01.

match you were watching earlier to tell you that Simona Halep has

:06:02.:06:05.

broken to take that second set so it is now 1-1 and if you want to watch

:06:06.:06:11.

that, it is on the red button. Roger Federer is on Centre Court which is

:06:12.:06:16.

the match on BBC One. Here on BBC Two, we are heading back to court

:06:17.:06:18.

number three. JAMES BURRIDGE: This is a fantastic

:06:19.:06:29.

advertisement for women's tennis, one of the matches of the

:06:30.:06:34.

Championships. Every point here is being won, not lost by an unforced

:06:35.:06:39.

error or a mistake. They are taking the match to each other. We are

:06:40.:06:46.

almost approaching three hours here on court number three. Dominika

:06:47.:06:52.

Cibulkova serving for the match for the third time.

:06:53.:06:56.

Neither player is able to just serve their opponent off the court. Like

:06:57.:07:22.

Serena Williams did the other day in that last game when she came up with

:07:23.:07:30.

three aces in the final game against Christina McHale. Both of these

:07:31.:07:33.

players had to work for every point and outmanoeuvre their opponent.

:07:34.:08:09.

That is phenomenal! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:08:10.:08:17.

Lie down! Who can blame her? Every inch of physical and mental power

:08:18.:08:25.

won at that point. And you can excuse that kind of

:08:26.:09:09.

error. Who can last at this level of attrition?

:09:10.:09:56.

-- what a shot. Agnieszka Radwanska is weathering the storm. But I think

:09:57.:10:12.

she is having to deal with a hurricane here. 21 shots. Where are

:10:13.:10:21.

they finding these physical reserves?

:10:22.:10:28.

Time violation. She has had this problem throughout the match. I just

:10:29.:10:39.

had a bad toss. That is the third time this has happened.

:10:40.:10:46.

I think that is a very tough call. You have around 20 seconds between

:10:47.:11:00.

each point. And repeatedly we are seeing the ball toss going wrong on

:11:01.:11:07.

the first serve. The umpire has called her up on it, twice, that is

:11:08.:11:11.

the third time. Second serve. Mr Radwanska is challenging the

:11:12.:11:32.

call. The ball was called out -- Miss Radwanska. Apparently that

:11:33.:11:40.

wasn't much longer than 20 seconds. Another match point goes begging.

:11:41.:12:02.

She has to challenge this. And once again, the forehand to the

:12:03.:13:22.

rescue. Can she summoned enough for one more point? -- summon. She had

:13:23.:13:30.

dictated the tempo, the energy, the atmosphere.

:13:31.:13:49.

Third time lucky! The pocket rocket is through to the Wimbledon

:13:50.:13:57.

quarterfinals! . -- a sensational match. Standing

:13:58.:14:14.

ovation and in matters like this it is just a shame there is a winner

:14:15.:14:20.

and a loser. Dominika Cibulkova can believe it but take nothing away

:14:21.:14:23.

from the performance of the number three seed, Agnieszka Radwanska. She

:14:24.:14:31.

gave her all, she gave her everything, but it is the lady with

:14:32.:14:37.

the beaming smile who can toast a sensational victory.

:14:38.:14:47.

Agnieszka Radwanska leaves the stage. She came through one of these

:14:48.:14:55.

in the second round, winning it 9-7 against Ana Konjuh. This time it is

:14:56.:15:02.

the number 19 seed who prevails but that was one of the standard matches

:15:03.:15:09.

of these championships. The 56th winner. It is at least three hours

:15:10.:15:16.

and Cibulkova comes through. She was brave, after not being able to

:15:17.:15:21.

finish it in the second set, missing out on a match point, tremendous

:15:22.:15:25.

resolve and resilience to final thing -- finally finished it deep in

:15:26.:15:32.

the third set. 84 minutes, that third set. Fantastic performance,

:15:33.:15:36.

fantastic player, Dominika Cibulkova cannot quite believe it and I'm not

:15:37.:15:40.

sure court number three can either. SUE BARKER: And no surprise, a

:15:41.:15:46.

standing ovation for both players in that match. What a treat for the

:15:47.:15:49.

crowd. They could not have wished for more. It had everything but most

:15:50.:15:55.

of all it had high-quality tennis. A wonderful match from the two players

:15:56.:15:59.

and a wonderful advert for women's tennis and it is Cibulkova who goes

:16:00.:16:04.

through. She is getting married on Saturday but she might have other

:16:05.:16:09.

plans! Meanwhile, over on Centre Court, Roger Federer has just gone

:16:10.:16:14.

through against Steve Johnson in straight sets. It was vintage

:16:15.:16:22.

Federer, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5. The family and the fans are delighted, he is so

:16:23.:16:26.

popular here and I am sure he will be delighted with how we played,

:16:27.:16:30.

putting aside a very difficult opponent who has been in form on the

:16:31.:16:34.

grass courts, winning at Nottingham and a couple of rounds at Queen's

:16:35.:16:38.

and also putting at Grigor Dimitrov in the last round but it was one-way

:16:39.:16:43.

traffic on Centre Court as Roger Federer marches through to another

:16:44.:16:47.

quarterfinal. Serena Williams will be next on Centre Court against

:16:48.:16:56.

Svetlana Kuznetsova. We are heading back to Court Number One. Simona

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Halep is 2-1 up in the third set against Madison Keys so let's rejoin

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Jo Durie and Chris Bradnam. CHRIS BRADNAM: Simona Halep is

:17:05.:17:17.

battling well, saving four break points at 3-3 in the second set and

:17:18.:17:23.

she has marched on since. Five minutes ago, you thought that

:17:24.:17:27.

Madison Keys had whacked herself with her racket and she has been

:17:28.:17:31.

hobbling since. It was when she was serving. After the points finished,

:17:32.:17:38.

she had limped a little bit and it is obviously troubling her. I don't

:17:39.:17:45.

quite know what she did. She is using a lot of drop shots, as if to

:17:46.:17:51.

say that she cannot trust her leg. Was it her right knee? No, her left.

:17:52.:17:59.

I think it is the left. There have been some strong reactions so it is

:18:00.:18:08.

obviously hurting. Please, 1-2, final set -- Keys.

:18:09.:18:37.

She could do with a few more of those serves, just to save herself

:18:38.:18:41.

from moving at the moment. Oh dear. She is trying her best to

:18:42.:19:51.

defend but Halep is very clever. Obviously if your opponent is

:19:52.:19:55.

injured you want to find out what is going on. It must bring back rubble

:19:56.:20:00.

memories for Keys, she had to retire here in the third round two years

:20:01.:20:06.

ago when her left thigh let her down -- horrible memories.

:20:07.:20:17.

We have seen a lot of that this year from Halep, very emotional. She

:20:18.:20:25.

knows, she must have seen Keys hobbling around at the back of the

:20:26.:20:29.

cord so she knows this is a huge opportunity. -- the back of the

:20:30.:20:38.

court. She is unable to push off on the left leg as well. Why not have a

:20:39.:20:43.

time-out? The trainer is there. And nearly all players have done it,

:20:44.:21:02.

if it is on the serve, the follow-through, you can whack your

:21:03.:21:09.

racket on the leg and that hurts. It hurts like mad. But the choices now,

:21:10.:21:14.

she has to hit the ball hard and true if she does not want to run.

:21:15.:21:21.

It is like she cannot really put her weight on it.

:21:22.:21:41.

Particularly on the left side, the backhand side, it seems as if it is

:21:42.:21:46.

hampering her. I think Keys is going to be getting

:21:47.:22:14.

a lot back cans. -- backhands. Another love game on serve for

:22:15.:22:35.

Halep. Nudging that scoreboard, pressure

:22:36.:22:49.

building on Keys for all sorts of reasons here.

:22:50.:23:00.

It is the back of her leg. White has she not got a trainer out there?

:23:01.:23:07.

That looked like a hamstring problem. -- why. It is crazy, even

:23:08.:23:17.

if you just get it taped up. And to take an anti-inflammatory. This is

:23:18.:23:19.

very strange. It seems worse on the backhand. She

:23:20.:23:31.

is definitely not pushing up off the serve as much as she would like to.

:23:32.:23:38.

But no, she hasn't called the trainer, she is going to carry on.

:23:39.:23:54.

At the other end, Simona Halep is bouncing around. An hour and three

:23:55.:24:07.

quarters, 2-3, final set. Just didn't get up to it.

:24:08.:24:35.

And now the pressure on every forehand to make its mark. Just

:24:36.:24:45.

makes no sense white she would not have taken a medical time-out --

:24:46.:24:48.

why. Superb. She is virtually playing

:24:49.:25:05.

this match on one leg now. She is still pretty good! Yes, rotates off

:25:06.:25:10.

the other knee into that one. APPLAUSE

:25:11.:25:37.

Really that was a desperate tactic by Keys with the drop shot. Two more

:25:38.:25:42.

break points. The left leg is now staying on the

:25:43.:25:58.

ground, there is no launch pad on the serve. Just the tiniest little

:25:59.:26:03.

jump. And the break gifted as a result.

:26:04.:26:19.

I'm afraid so. How upsetting for Madison Keys. Because this match was

:26:20.:26:26.

finely balanced. She looks close to tears. She had to pull out two years

:26:27.:26:29.

ago. And Halep hasn't got to do anything

:26:30.:26:43.

special now. She has seen it all, she will just make it awkward now.

:26:44.:27:02.

Heads down, she is not even looking at Keys.

:27:03.:27:11.

Too good. It has got to be short and sweet from here on in. It has to be.

:27:12.:27:24.

It was a very good return and she was quickly up to the next ball. And

:27:25.:27:29.

if it was cramped, she could still have the trainer on at the sit down.

:27:30.:27:49.

She is dangerous right now, Keys, even more so. As soon as she can get

:27:50.:27:58.

a chance. It is actually hard for Halep as well, how hard does she hit

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it? Does she go for any chances? Try to get her opponent on the move?

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Unlucky. Perfect serve, as cruel as that sounds.

:28:11.:28:21.

It is just landing on the leg looks like agony.

:28:22.:28:35.

Hit the line and is checked and it is at ace and it is 5-2, final set.

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Still the trainer is not rushing on to help Madison Keys. Obviously she

:28:47.:28:52.

has to ask for the trainer, which she hasn't done so far. Why, I don't

:28:53.:29:00.

know. Just some advice, some taping, some help.

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She is deep in thought. The trainer is there on the left, Lindsey Bauer.

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Or the primary health care provider as they are called these days.

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And Thomas Hogstedt. A lot of wise heads. But still no call for the

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trainer. It is difficult to understand. I just don't get it but

:29:39.:29:44.

there you go. Halep is just trying to keep in her own bubble.

:29:45.:29:49.

It is almost sympathetic applause from the crowd as they come back

:29:50.:29:54.

out. Madison Keys serving to stay in the

:29:55.:30:05.

match. Will it make Halep nervous? She must

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be thinking, why does Madison not have the trainer on? Nice gentle

:30:54.:31:10.

ball. She has to get Keys moving. 32nd winner. 46 unforced errors. And

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another. You can understand that error now. She has no choice, but to

:31:23.:31:26.

go for that from every single ball. She asks the question, and that was

:31:27.:31:57.

a nervy forehand from Halep. She could not get the racket through.

:31:58.:32:12.

Sixth Wimbledon. Semi two years ago the best effort. Keys read the

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serve. Right behind this ball. Cannot get any strength, from the

:32:22.:32:38.

leg, it would seem for the backhand. Halep has to do this, she has to be

:32:39.:33:02.

ruthless. This is big. Either match point or

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30-30. Well in. Out! Delight for Halep. Second

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quarter final at Wimbledon. But you have got to fuel for Madison Keys,

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she was virtually on one leg. -- feel. Second time in three years

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injury has got the better of the American, an Independence Day, what

:35:17.:35:23.

Halep has got to the quarterfinals. I think she is relieved from this,

:35:24.:35:35.

Keys was hitting it beautifully, but you could see just how pampered she

:35:36.:35:44.

was. She is going to play Kerber in the quarters. -- hampered. Semi

:35:45.:36:01.

finalist here. Lost to Bouchard two years ago. That is going to be

:36:02.:36:07.

tough, against Kerber, the student open champion. I think they are all

:36:08.:36:14.

going to be difficult, from now on, she will be pleased to get through,

:36:15.:36:20.

against a difficult opponent. Halep, she had those four set points, in

:36:21.:36:31.

the opening set, got through it from a set and 2-0 down. Good comeback,

:36:32.:36:40.

for the Romania number one. An hour, 56 minutes. Much to ponder. You have

:36:41.:36:50.

got through to the next round. Madison seemed to have an injury.

:36:51.:36:55.

What could you notice? Thank you. It was a tough match. I know her, she

:36:56.:37:04.

is strong, and the serve is difficult, I do not know what

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happened, I just wanted to focus. You just have to concentrate on what

:37:09.:37:14.

you are doing. And she seemed to have a real strain. We were

:37:15.:37:21.

surprised she did not call the trainer. I did not notice. I had the

:37:22.:37:30.

chance to finish the opening set, I just wanted to be aggressive, and

:37:31.:37:37.

finish the match. You did that well. A set down. She seemed to be in

:37:38.:37:43.

charge. You showed good mental strength. She dominated the second

:37:44.:37:51.

set, 2-0, it was tough, but I just wanted to stay strong, mentally, and

:37:52.:37:56.

I was fighting for every ball. You continue to make progress. How close

:37:57.:38:02.

are you to your best tennis? I think I am close to the base level. If you

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prepared, I am confident, I am happy to be on the court, without

:38:09.:38:11.

injuries, I am just looking forward to the next round. Well played.

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Thank you. That is interesting. She has had injury problems, left leg,

:38:22.:38:30.

achilles, taking her out of Birmingham, and nasal surgery. I

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think that explains why she was not interested about Madison and those

:38:37.:38:40.

injury problems. She was not interested. I do not care! It's me!

:38:41.:38:52.

Quite right. She had to run. Hang in. She had to run. Hang in. I

:38:53.:38:56.

thought Madison was playing some good tennis. And it was a sigh of

:38:57.:39:09.

relief. Nothing better. Just look at that. And she will play Kerber

:39:10.:39:23.

tomorrow. Happy with that. Madison was expected to go even farther amid

:39:24.:39:28.

competition, but Halep goes through. Before we go to Court Number Two, we

:39:29.:39:34.

can update you on some results. Shvedova has put out Safarova, 6-2,

:39:35.:39:49.

6-4. Going to meet Serena Williams, -- Venus Williams, or Suarez

:39:50.:40:00.

Navarro. And Querrey, marching on, after despatching Djokovic, no

:40:01.:40:10.

defeating Mahut, the first American at the quarterfinals of the Grand

:40:11.:40:17.

Slam, 2011. Since here he is, match point. Querrey, obviously thinks

:40:18.:40:37.

this is in. Another chance! An ace. That is the match. What a way to

:40:38.:40:48.

end. Querrey marches on, we are going to be

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seeing Raonic in just a moment, that there's Serena Williams, but Raonic,

:41:01.:41:13.

in trouble, he has dropped serve against Goffin. We can join Peter

:41:14.:41:21.

and Andrew. Goffin has just broken serve. Big point.

:41:22.:41:35.

Three straight points for the Belgian. Raonic has made some

:41:36.:41:46.

unforced errors, uncharacteristic, perhaps overthinking this. That was

:41:47.:41:58.

mental, more than anything else. Backs up the break of serve. Hold of

:41:59.:42:07.

his own. New balls. It has been fascinating, but Goffin has been

:42:08.:42:14.

able to read the Raonic serve wait nobody else so far.

:42:15.:42:27.

Being down a break will almost help Raonic relax, 60% first serves in.

:42:28.:42:37.

Not good enough. If the Canadian, that is the brain

:42:38.:43:05.

trust, chatting away, catching up... Or not! Chewing away! They were when

:43:06.:43:11.

John arrived! Sealing his energy, getting ready to

:43:12.:43:57.

serve for the first set. It can happen like that, when a player is

:43:58.:44:10.

down a break, pressure is off. Lose serve again, on your way to losing

:44:11.:44:14.

the set. You can almost get into the good rhythm, and it looked as though

:44:15.:44:22.

Raonic relaxed, some good serves in that game. Day eight of the

:44:23.:44:35.

Championships, normally it would be seven, but it was people's Sunday

:44:36.:44:42.

yesterday, the competition catching up, it was an absolute feast of

:44:43.:44:50.

tennis. John has broadcasting commitments, almost more of a

:44:51.:44:58.

consultant, or Raonic, and Riccardo is in the team as well. By all

:44:59.:45:08.

accounts, John has slipped in seamlessly with that situation,

:45:09.:45:13.

getting along well, and everybody in the camp has been excited by his

:45:14.:45:15.

contribution. Deep serve. Hit the line. Checked up

:45:16.:45:35.

a little. Unable to change direction, this is

:45:36.:46:28.

smart, from the Belgian number one. Such a good control. The court, dry.

:46:29.:46:35.

Brown. That makes it slippery. Another cross-court pass. Great joy

:46:36.:47:26.

from those. Set to the Belgian. Goffin takes the opening set, still

:47:27.:47:50.

a long way to go. We will be back with that. This is Andy Murray, on

:47:51.:47:56.

the practice courts, getting ready for his encounter, against Kyrgios,

:47:57.:48:07.

he has been sailing through the opening matches, but taking on the

:48:08.:48:13.

difficult and dangerous opponent, Kyrgios, Kyrgios took 16 from him,

:48:14.:48:21.

at the U.S. Open. But 4-0 in Murray's favour. This is Nick. Just

:48:22.:48:30.

moments ago. Court 18. Watching Hewitt. He does not look as though

:48:31.:48:37.

he is going to be worried, about going onto Centre Court, heater.

:48:38.:48:48.

Very relaxed. -- later. Watching doubles with the Hewitt family. This

:48:49.:48:58.

was Court Number Two, Chang, telling Nishikori that he cannot continue.

:48:59.:49:04.

He was 6-1, 5-1 down to Cilic. You can see how reluctant he was, to go

:49:05.:49:13.

up and she can't. -- shake hands. He is so disappointed because he had to

:49:14.:49:17.

pull out of Wimbledon, last year, it is so sad to see him and the

:49:18.:49:24.

challenge like this. Cilic goes through, Nishikori goes out. This is

:49:25.:49:32.

what he had to say. It started at Halle, the scene injury, and it has

:49:33.:49:45.

been not well these two weeks. It has got worse. Rib area? Every

:49:46.:50:00.

point, it was getting worse. I didn't want to but I had to retire.

:50:01.:50:08.

That injury, causing problems for him again. How sad for him to go out

:50:09.:50:12.

of the Championships like that. Before we go back to Court Number

:50:13.:50:17.

Two, on Centre Court, Serena Williams has started against

:50:18.:50:23.

Kuznetsova, on serve, 2-1. On BBC One. And her sister, on Court Number

:50:24.:50:34.

One. Warming up, leg strapped, she has had that since last autumn, and

:50:35.:50:41.

taking on Suarez Navarro, hoping for an easier passage to the

:50:42.:50:44.

quarterfinal, if you want to watch that, it is on the red button. That

:50:45.:50:49.

is what is happening elsewhere. We can go back to Court Number Two.

:50:50.:50:53.

15-30 on the Raonic serve. Goffin must have read that. With the

:50:54.:51:27.

toss? Going back over the head of Raonic. Stepped left. Pummeled it.

:51:28.:52:19.

That is a nice way to dig yourself out of trouble. Five aces. Not much

:52:20.:52:33.

return. Tells you about how Goffin is reading that. Would normally

:52:34.:52:37.

expect to be a double figures. Beautifully constructive point,

:52:38.:53:03.

until that moment. The game that Goffin broke, 3-3,

:53:04.:53:42.

first set, the body serve Raonic served was 140mph! Into the right

:53:43.:53:52.

hip! Goffin, able to get it all the way, but Raonic has had his serve

:53:53.:54:08.

dealt with, as well as anybody. This is the Queen's finalist, a set and a

:54:09.:54:12.

break up on Andy Murray before losing in three.

:54:13.:54:25.

Of course, what happened to Raonic, during that against Andy Murray, a

:54:26.:54:39.

set and 3-0, perhaps his serve became more conservative, instead of

:54:40.:54:52.

hitting the site claims, it was -- the sidelines, it was a foot

:54:53.:55:04.

once the ball... Gets put into play... Players in the back-court,

:55:05.:55:15.

even terms, Goffin is going to get at least 60% of those.

:55:16.:55:30.

He gets two more balls, more secure, quicker, able to close the net down.

:55:31.:57:35.

He had set it up beautifully. Really played that well. Short ball. Jumped

:57:36.:57:43.

on that. Aired slightly. Both of them, tested as the wind

:57:44.:58:09.

picks up. Court Two. Skies more grey than they were. Ribery expecting

:58:10.:58:19.

this, but still, Raonic cannot break through. Full house. It is certainly

:58:20.:58:24.

darker than it was at the start. Raonic 2-1 up in the second set,

:58:25.:00:27.

2014 Wimbledon, the joint rest grandson finish, lost to Roger

:00:28.:00:32.

Federer, wasn't ready to go any further in terms of real belief, now

:00:33.:00:36.

that has changed at the Australian Open this year semifinal once again.

:00:37.:00:42.

First Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal back in 2014. We are

:00:43.:00:49.

enjoying this match as the juniors are taken place, the second week,

:00:50.:00:54.

Venus Williams on Court Number One, Serena on Centre Court, just an

:00:55.:00:59.

extraordinary story, the two all the women left in the women's draw. 11

:01:00.:01:06.

championships between them plus all the success, three Olympic golds

:01:07.:01:11.

together including here in 2012. Against that backdrop we come to the

:01:12.:01:18.

back of the club. Court Number Two which is the lowest playing surface

:01:19.:01:23.

of all of them, it is a bowl here. 15-20 feet or so, below the surface

:01:24.:01:33.

of the adjoining courts. If you walk around you expect 500 seats in here,

:01:34.:01:35.

instead you get 4000. You have got to think that some

:01:36.:03:51.

point Raonic as to make that shot, just put it back in play. Start the

:03:52.:03:58.

rally again. Was not that far out of position.

:03:59.:04:26.

Very well played, fine rally. Chipping and changing direction

:04:27.:04:35.

trying to change pace and come to the net. And you will just has the

:04:36.:04:46.

answer and Goffin has had all the youngsters so far. Still the only

:04:47.:04:49.

break of serve in the first set. Tennis is so often about playing

:04:50.:05:13.

percentages and clearly the simple way of looking at it, if you are in

:05:14.:05:18.

balance and in great position, take the ball on and be aggressive but if

:05:19.:05:24.

you are not and you are off-balance, put it back and start again. If you

:05:25.:05:31.

try to go for a winner when you are out of position or off-balance, you

:05:32.:05:32.

will miss most of them. Simple. He has had joined with that every

:05:33.:06:20.

time Raonic tries to come in, he gets past across court. Right from

:06:21.:06:27.

the first point of this match. From that position, hitting the inside in

:06:28.:06:34.

forehand, if you will, if that is not a winner, it is a loser because

:06:35.:06:38.

you don't have time to get across to cover the crosscourt return. Tying

:06:39.:06:40.

morning. -- time morning. Another mistake, but again it is

:06:41.:07:19.

Goffin making Raonic get that extra ball and these returns of serve are

:07:20.:07:26.

not easy, this was 136 mph first serve, Goffin not only laid a racket

:07:27.:07:30.

on it but got an effective return with it.

:07:31.:07:52.

It is a break that was entered and looks like Raonic's errors are down

:07:53.:08:04.

to David Goffin's perfect game plan. If you're attracted that attends

:08:05.:08:11.

tournament together in these countries, it would be as expensive

:08:12.:08:15.

as the players. I keep wanting to call this man Goffin but it is with

:08:16.:08:28.

the French pronunciation. Carole King was performing tapestry in Hyde

:08:29.:08:33.

Park yesterday. There was play here yesterday, so I had no chance of

:08:34.:08:41.

going there. Sold out. Nice. Classic album. One of the all-time greats as

:08:42.:08:49.

a song called it too late. -- it's too late, which is getting familiar

:08:50.:08:54.

to Raonic, doesn't look like he has got the ability to change his

:08:55.:08:57.

tactics here. One thing he has to change immediately is start serving

:08:58.:09:04.

for the lines because it doesn't matter if you hit it 150 mph, a guy

:09:05.:09:10.

who returns as well as Goffin is going to put the ball back into play

:09:11.:09:17.

if it is in reach. If he gets his racket on it, he is going to put it

:09:18.:09:21.

in and once he starts to rally like that, he is the boss. 120 mph serve

:09:22.:09:40.

that hits the service line is usually not coming back.

:09:41.:10:25.

APPLAUSE That is a start, a really solid

:10:26.:10:57.

return serve by the Canadian. Quickly takes charge. B that is mum,

:10:58.:11:07.

Milos Raonic's. No Raonic is constructing the sort

:11:08.:11:26.

of points that he wants to play. That is his dad, Dusan, came over

:11:27.:11:36.

from Montenegro for job opportunities as an engineer.

:11:37.:12:27.

That is another one. Just fading away when the ball went above the

:12:28.:12:42.

confines of this bowl, caught two, the wind just picking up. Pushing it

:12:43.:12:48.

into the tramlines, two break points squandered.

:12:49.:12:56.

APPLAUSE He will not hit many harder than

:12:57.:13:11.

that. Decent speed for him, it is the accuracy that has been lacking.

:13:12.:13:22.

Raonic really frustrated. Venting his frustration is just a bit. That

:13:23.:13:40.

is one of the things that John McEnroe was hoping he would do,

:13:41.:13:44.

hoping he would let his frustrations out a little bit, but he was

:13:45.:13:51.

bottling them up too much. Big points, Goffin winning half of them.

:13:52.:14:02.

Raonic has lost most of his serve. Subtle differences.

:14:03.:14:12.

That said he was winning half of them? He out of five. -- five out of

:14:13.:14:22.

five. If Raonic is going to turn this

:14:23.:15:15.

around he has to start serving like that a lot more often. 126 but

:15:16.:15:22.

cosied up right next to the centreline.

:15:23.:15:49.

David Goffin is bidding to end an eight match losing streak against

:15:50.:15:58.

top ten players in major championships, and to breakthrough,

:15:59.:16:03.

coming off a quarterfinal at the French Open, lost to Dominic Thiem,

:16:04.:16:11.

who is going to go places. After that victory, career-high ranking of

:16:12.:16:15.

number 11 and he is playing with confidence and trusting himself.

:16:16.:16:19.

Just as we saw the wind coming from the West and affecting Raonic's lobs

:16:20.:16:26.

and there is a bit of moisture in the air, you wouldn't call it rain

:16:27.:16:35.

just yet, more than a missed and I imagine it would be enough for

:16:36.:16:40.

Pascal Maria to say just stay in your chair at the moment. Goffin is

:16:41.:16:47.

asking the question. You have got some seats in the back of the

:16:48.:16:53.

jackets. As the line judges bent forward to get a better angle on the

:16:54.:16:58.

line, it does not give at the back, that is quality work. Good bit of

:16:59.:17:06.

tailoring. Sporting this year's design.

:17:07.:17:16.

It has been a year that you wouldn't turn up to Wimbledon without

:17:17.:17:23.

checking the forecast. Just as it was in Paris, never her more

:17:24.:17:29.

complaints in my life about the weather during the French Open.

:17:30.:17:34.

Freezing cold during the Italian Open as well. Play continues. 4-3 in

:17:35.:17:43.

the second set and a set up. Raonic taking his frustrations out

:17:44.:18:03.

on the ball man. That time Goffin perhaps guilty of

:18:04.:18:25.

just not doing enough with the approach. Interesting, trying to get

:18:26.:18:31.

the Canadian off-balance. Very difficult ball to defend when

:18:32.:19:04.

it is not moving through the court at all.

:19:05.:19:19.

APPLAUSE The ability to change the pace and

:19:20.:20:06.

changed the direction. Really gorgeous player to watch, David

:20:07.:20:11.

Goffin. Less than six feet tall, not the biggest game in the world,

:20:12.:20:16.

knocking on the door of the top ten Andy has really opened up obviously

:20:17.:20:21.

with Novak Djokovic going out, the winner of this to play Sam Querrey.

:20:22.:20:36.

-- and the draw. I'm sure a lot of the purists will hope that Goffin

:20:37.:20:45.

goes through. A matchup between the two Giants, Querrey and Raonic, both

:20:46.:20:52.

at least six foot five. Once again, Raonic having to dig the

:20:53.:22:26.

ball off his shin tops. Goffin making Raonic's serve looked like a

:22:27.:22:29.

pea shooter. What a way to lose your server and

:22:30.:23:32.

lose the set. Two set leave and this would have surprised some. David

:23:33.:23:39.

Goffin, just an hour and a quarter played here on Court Two, a surprise

:23:40.:23:46.

to some but just knew that Goffin was going to present a stern test

:23:47.:23:54.

and go on to play Sam Querrey. Pick that at the start of the tournament.

:23:55.:23:59.

Roger Federer against Marin Cilic in the bottom half of the draw and

:24:00.:24:04.

those matches taking place at the All-England Club today and some

:24:05.:24:07.

junior tennis taking place and some doubles. Johnny Mary, they are

:24:08.:24:17.

wildcards this year. Against Cuevas and Granollers. 13-12 up, fifth set,

:24:18.:24:30.

three match points on court seven. Also the doubles is back to best of

:24:31.:24:32.

five sets. When the rain was around last week,

:24:33.:24:46.

the matches went back to best of three. Still, Raonic not very

:24:47.:24:57.

effective when coming forward. That is costing him in his ability to

:24:58.:25:02.

impose himself on Goffin. Right now, I think both players are thinking,

:25:03.:25:11.

what has he got? If he doesn't a sneak -- ace me,, he can't win the

:25:12.:25:20.

majority of the points against me and on the other side of the coin,

:25:21.:25:24.

Raonic not been able to impose himself with any kind of returning

:25:25.:25:31.

consistency. How many break points has he had? He has had four break

:25:32.:25:38.

points, failed to convert any of them. Two in each set, the news if

:25:39.:25:44.

you are a Raonic supporter is not great, Goffin has won his last five

:25:45.:25:49.

five set matches, stretching back over two years. In the driving seat

:25:50.:26:03.

at the moment. Raonic has gone off court. Trying to pull himself

:26:04.:26:11.

together really. The court coverage is, did you ever have a go at that?

:26:12.:26:21.

No. They train pretty hard and there are some tournaments where they

:26:22.:26:24.

never do any work at all, they just sit there on one of the things they

:26:25.:26:28.

tried to do, they try sometimes to put the ball for the ball goes off

:26:29.:26:35.

at it very really works because they are so unbelievably disciplined.

:26:36.:26:42.

Rigorous selection process but all this lot no doubt going back to

:26:43.:26:48.

university comes temper. " Covers need a lot of stamina. Those caught

:26:49.:27:00.

covers. Doing the job and post job it is great at both ends.

:27:01.:27:08.

The second Thursday of the Championships is when the court

:27:09.:27:16.

coverage people go out and if you want to see some ashen faces, Friday

:27:17.:27:21.

morning would be the time to have a look at them.

:27:22.:27:31.

Friday, a long way away for the loss Raonic, try to get a foothold in

:27:32.:27:36.

this match and keep himself in the tournament. It is time for Milos

:27:37.:27:45.

Raonic to show us something, show us something a little special because

:27:46.:27:48.

clearly conservative is not going to get it done today.

:27:49.:28:29.

He was the hot man on tour at the start of this year, he won matches

:28:30.:29:12.

before coming up against Andy Murray in the semifinal of the Australian

:29:13.:29:20.

Open and was 2-1 up and had a little injury to the leg, fatigued.

:29:21.:30:23.

For the competition, 84%. Today, and the previous matches, just seven out

:30:24.:30:37.

of ten. That is significant. And then the second serve, just not able

:30:38.:30:44.

to get that back into play. Of course, Raonic was not against

:30:45.:30:48.

Goffin, in those matches. Raonic, his opponents so far, the

:30:49.:32:01.

27th seed, Jack Sock, he has not lost a set, so far before coming

:32:02.:32:09.

into this much. Coming down the centreline.

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Opponents from the past, basically have said I am going to come to the

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net, 15 times, and if you can get past me, a lot more than that. If

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you can get past me, that is too good, that can be yours. It is

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mentally tough, to continually passed someone, putting pressure on

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you. Possibly, that could take its toll, on Goffin today.

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You cannot do that. It is the second serve, 89 miles an hour. He gets

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just some movement, on the second serve.

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That is nicely played. He was closing the net down quickly. He

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needed to do that. And he waited just one second more, had he done

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that, Goffin would have been there. How was that? They said it was good,

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and Raonic has had a look at this. Positive it was long. And he was

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correct. That is why it is so important. It could be deuce,

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without that. He has never come back from two sets down. I know it is

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still early, but we have had plenty of six, when Raonic goes ahead and

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wins this, but to come back, it would be quite something. It would

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be almost the start of the second phase, of his career. When he

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watches himself, -- launches himself, from a pretender, to the

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contender. Still so many things, you feel Raonic could improve. We have

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seen so many implemented, the new coaching team that he has got

:37:52.:38:01.

together. Only 25 years of age. And this, looking at that logically, how

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many years of improvement left? Rest should, of all of the play-offs,,

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Raonic is totally vigilant, going towards the end of finally winning

:38:20.:38:29.

this thing. Not somebody who avoids learning new things. He has got the

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98 squealer inch racquet. -- square. That is a heavy weapon, for Raonic.

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That's serve, it was not in the corner, it was at the hitting zone.

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Not good enough. That could be a surprise, for

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Raonic, because so often, that serve, 141 miles an hour, it just

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never comes back. It must be a shock to the system, to come up against

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somebody like Goffin, who essentially, can get it back into

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the court. It is certainly raining, they are

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not going to go all the way back, to the changing rooms, they have some

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little changing rooms, going to the main concourse. But they are going

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to need to hurry up. That came out of the blue. The staff, at the

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quarters, not on the court. I do not know if they are going to try to

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cover the court, or not. It looks as though it would be a good idea.

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Two, with the Road running alongside that, and some of the courts, with

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the junior singles, and the doubles taking place today, you can see

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still some way going on. -- play. I am sure we will be back. Play

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suspended. It is a surprise. Raonic was looking in such good form, but

:43:41.:43:44.

certainly getting himself back into this. The rain has been falling at

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Wimbledon, hopefully it is going to blow over quickly. But they are also

:43:52.:43:56.

going to be causing the roof on Centre Court. We will be able to

:43:57.:44:01.

bring you some tennis. Serena Williams is going to be back, to

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continue against Kuznetsova. That is the story. The roof is closed. They

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will be walking out, on just a few minutes. That is going to be an BBC

:44:16.:44:26.

One.. But Tomic, up against the man who put out Del Potro, we can join

:44:27.:44:32.

this one from the start. This is the start that you do not

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dream of it. -- about. That is going to put him at his. --

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ease. This is what Pouille is going to be looking for. He is fantastic,

:45:33.:45:40.

incredibly patient. Just going to wait to pull the trigger.

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I was going to say, that had been nicely covered, but he could not get

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that back. Tomic should have got that, he should have cut the angle

:46:09.:46:19.

off. Going down the line. But it was just too weak, in the end.

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That was Pouille's way of displaying, the backhand that Tomic

:47:12.:47:21.

had played. It is break point. He has taken that, Tomic has got the

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break. Strong staff from the young Australian. It was erratic, from

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Pouille, but you can't have how flat he can get that forehand. I am sure

:48:25.:48:34.

we will talk more about the erratic mental attitude he can have, towards

:48:35.:48:41.

the game, on occasion, but you do not get to the stage of Wimbledon

:48:42.:48:46.

without being tough. One of the most talented on the tour.

:48:47.:48:55.

The two talents, of Australian tennis, Tomic and Kyrgios, have got

:48:56.:49:08.

similarities. And possibly, attitudes to match.

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That is beautiful, from Micro two. -- Tomic. Getting defence, into

:49:28.:49:40.

attack. Brilliant stretching, on both sides. And then getting it down

:49:41.:49:46.

the line, when Pouille came to the net. He has got everything that he

:49:47.:49:50.

wants to use. But I like that, Pouille not been

:49:51.:50:08.

put off from coming to the net. He has taken to these courts, at

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Wimbledon, he does not have much grass pedigree, but he has been

:50:14.:50:25.

doing well. By contrast, Australians, coming up from junior

:50:26.:50:35.

tennis, one grass, down the other end of the court but instantly

:50:36.:50:44.

challenging. Certainly, that was close enough, to ask the question.

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No! It looks as though he was deliberating, what to do with that,

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and it is the tactic, the drop, I think this could have been caught by

:51:15.:51:21.

the wind. Possibly, going folder on the court than the Frenchman thought

:51:22.:51:22.

it was going to. Looking foolish. That was wasteful from Tomic. Again,

:51:23.:52:47.

Pouille showing good aggression, with the serve, not scaled to come

:52:48.:52:48.

to the net. -- scared. This backhand, flat as a pancake. It

:52:49.:53:20.

is so difficult, for the amateurs to control those, but Tomic, such good

:53:21.:53:21.

control. Something, for Pouille, on the

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scoreboard. We mentioned, he was disappointed, at Roland Garros, and

:53:49.:53:58.

then, the unlucky loser from qualifying. But this is his best

:53:59.:54:03.

effort to Grand Slam far. Also, having the good run at Miami. This

:54:04.:54:10.

could possibly be his break-out season. This is that, for Pouille.

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He was good, at the juniors, not even at junior Wimbledon, however, I

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believe, so some could see him as a possibly wait developer. At 49 --

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But 49 in their 30s... 22, that is still young. And he is in good

:54:41.:54:48.

hands. And of course, the French always produce good young players.

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And that young man, spearheading the next generation.

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It is good French representation, at this stage, of the competition. 16

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Frenchman, who started the opening round, in the Men's Singles.

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It is a little bit of an opening, for Pouille.

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That is such a good second serve. It was good disguise. A lot of arm, MS

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action. -- in this action. He just makes that look simple.

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The French support, making themselves heard.

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Three aces. Two of them, almost identical. Right down the T.

:57:10.:57:31.

He has say that again, Tomic. Just trying to fire himself up. That is a

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good sign. He is up for the fight. Nor break back for him, Tomic moving

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on. I was mentioning, he is one of the four Frenchman, but now just

:58:56.:59:05.

three, Mahut has lost. That was the man who put out the defending

:59:06.:59:13.

champion, has conquered. I thought that could be difficult for him,

:59:14.:59:15.

somebody like Mahut. It is an indication, of just how

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good Querrey has been. That is a good result.

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Some raised eyebrows, when Mahut was drawn on court 18. And Isner, last

:59:41.:00:00.

week. Whatever week it was. It feels as though we have been here, for

:00:01.:00:06.

some time. You had the day off yesterday, what are you talking

:00:07.:00:14.

about? That is just lovely touch, from the Frenchman. He has always

:00:15.:00:27.

been having the same is, -- these signs, lovely hands.

:00:28.:00:54.

It is an exhibition of how much skill he has so far, on the

:00:55.:01:02.

forehand. At the moment it is just that very first game that has let in

:01:03.:01:07.

down. We are leaving this match from

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earlier today because the good news is that no club on court, players

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back on and on Court Two, Milos Raonic and David Goffin just about

:01:23.:01:25.

to get their match underway yet again, so let's go back, Goffin --

:01:26.:01:35.

2-0 up but a break down in the third set. Let's join Peter Fleming and

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Andrew Castle. No more than 18-20 minutes since they came off.

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COMMENTATOR: Players would have stayed up here rather than going to

:01:45.:01:53.

Centre Court, fourth round match. Trying to find out early what to

:01:54.:02:00.

Katie Swan, she had a wildcard into the Ladies' Singles and was unable

:02:01.:02:03.

to advance but a great experience back to the juniors. From Bristol,

:02:04.:02:05.

no based in Wichita, Kansas. Time to head back out onto court,

:02:06.:02:23.

old tennis balls to warm up with between Goffin and Raonic and now

:02:24.:02:28.

the match balls go back again. There is a bar just beneath Court Two in

:02:29.:02:36.

the corner. In front of the hospitality positions and everybody

:02:37.:02:40.

suitably refreshed and heading back in, Goffin would love not to have

:02:41.:02:48.

been a break down, Peter Fleming. Absolutely, interesting to see if

:02:49.:02:51.

either player comes back with a slightly different remit. They will

:02:52.:02:59.

have had time to meet up quickly with their camp Raonic had secured a

:03:00.:03:11.

break early in this first set. Just keep doing what you are doing.

:03:12.:03:31.

Maybe the word was attacked more, take every opportunity to try to

:03:32.:03:35.

punish your opponent. That hurts because it was a great

:03:36.:03:56.

second serve from Goffin yet Raonic returned with interest and then

:03:57.:03:59.

missed the easy one. Reminded me of Lleyton Hewitt, who

:04:00.:04:45.

was so adept at sliding the ball up the line. That was class.

:04:46.:06:09.

Cut out the mistakes, a clear piece of advice for Raonic making too many

:06:10.:06:19.

mistakes but with this set with natural assets and threatening shots

:06:20.:06:27.

that he has, with John McEnroe, Carlos Moya Everything seems to be

:06:28.:06:33.

in place but do more to get Judy win, be more aggressive and if that

:06:34.:06:37.

doesn't work be more aggressive. It would be foolish to think he can

:06:38.:06:40.

start shipping and moving the ball around the court.

:06:41.:06:47.

Let's face it, first things first, he is not a genius, he will not be

:06:48.:06:54.

able to play like Jonny law, he understands that, he is not him to

:06:55.:07:00.

do all these crazy intuitive things -- he will not be able to play late

:07:01.:07:02.

John McEnroe. And yet, he is a power player, just

:07:03.:07:21.

needs to make that connection between aggression and

:07:22.:07:24.

inconsistency. It's the sort of exchanges that

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Goffin was winning in the first two sets.

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UMPIRE: New balls, please. Good, positive restart for the Canadian.

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First nervous game back was a possible banana skin. John McEnroe,

:11:31.:11:38.

he says it is inspirational to have him on board, he said you can't keep

:11:39.:11:46.

Raonic off the practice court, 18 hours a day. He said nothing feels

:11:47.:11:53.

more powerful than your own game, to know what you are dealing with. He

:11:54.:11:58.

would have gone out and competed with him, come on, bring it, let's

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see what you've got. We are going to leave Court Two to

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rejoin Venus Williams on Court One. You can continue watching this one

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on the red button. We will keep you up-to-date on BBC Two. Back we go to

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Court One, the players have completed their warm up, Venus

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Williams against Suarez Navarro. First set tie-break, Venus leading

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4-2. far as this first set is concerned.

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It is sudden death. It has been a slow comeback to form

:13:14.:13:29.

for Venus Williams, all over the place to begin with but when they

:13:30.:13:32.

resume now, she leads 4-2. Williams using all her reach there,

:13:33.:14:18.

terrific response after being dragged out wide. So much better

:14:19.:14:24.

movement out to this wide ball, there is the early preparation and

:14:25.:14:29.

gets behind that ball, able to strike through the court and Navarro

:14:30.:14:36.

a little bit late. The two service points could do the job.

:14:37.:14:47.

Four set. Such a difference for Venus when she gets the first serve

:14:48.:15:04.

into play. Not as high a percentage as she would like, down at 59%.

:15:05.:15:12.

The second serve has been very hittable.

:15:13.:15:28.

She was pretty sure, Suarez Navarro was going down the line, her weight

:15:29.:15:37.

was firmly on the right foot. She has a very versatile wrist, Suarez

:15:38.:15:43.

Navarro, she can go back to the ball with the beautiful top-spin and

:15:44.:15:47.

under slice it and here she gets right round the outside of that

:15:48.:15:53.

ball. Catches Venus in no man's land.

:15:54.:16:04.

There is the first set, it felt so unlikely after the first ten minutes

:16:05.:16:12.

but she has used all of her inexperience to get back on track.

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Huge sighs of relief because it really didn't look likely. One of

:16:20.:16:27.

those days when the syndrome she suffers with was having a real

:16:28.:16:34.

effect. But she was keeping her strength under wraps and she found

:16:35.:16:40.

it when she needed it. She was a different player at the end of the

:16:41.:16:44.

first set to the player who stepped out onto court, incredibly sluggish,

:16:45.:16:48.

a little bit late getting across to some of the wide balls. Her coach is

:16:49.:16:54.

such a rock in her life and I'm sure he played his part when they went

:16:55.:16:59.

for the rain delay. Let's take a look at the first set summary.

:17:00.:17:13.

The second serve points won has to go up, have a she missed the first

:17:14.:17:19.

served it was under threat than under attack. Absolutely neck and

:17:20.:17:27.

neck in terms of the error count. Nothing really to choose between

:17:28.:17:31.

them as far as the stats are concerned. But it was an undulating

:17:32.:17:40.

set, that is for sure. Mentally you would think that Venus, having got

:17:41.:17:45.

the first set under your belt, it enables you to loosen up and Open up

:17:46.:17:48.

your shoulders a little bit and play with a little bit more freedom. It

:17:49.:17:55.

will be the Spaniard to begin the second set.

:17:56.:18:25.

Hard tennis is so much more consistent now than when we started.

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Got a bit more intensity about it and for much of the first set, Venus

:18:33.:18:36.

Williams not afraid to go into the backhand side, the main strength of

:18:37.:18:42.

Suarez Navarro. If you can break down the strength, you have mentally

:18:43.:18:47.

got them. Did it get the line, she has a look up. Umpire is saying,

:18:48.:18:54.

don't get involved, it probably did. What was interesting, seeing where

:18:55.:19:10.

she was positioning herself for the serve out on the deuce court.

:19:11.:19:15.

Serving from much further into the centre of the court, trying to get

:19:16.:19:16.

more angle. Grinding mistake out of the

:19:17.:19:41.

backhand. Yes, she is really hammering away at that backhand at

:19:42.:19:42.

the moment. She needs to gather herself

:19:43.:20:09.

together, Suarez Navarro, things looking tricky.

:20:10.:20:35.

she is having a challenge and I think it is very close, right down

:20:36.:20:51.

below us. Close it is, but out it was.

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That was a bit tempting, that second serve, Venus stepping right inside

:21:31.:21:37.

the baseline to attack it. Trying to take it on the top of the bounce.

:21:38.:22:03.

She is a game down, I wonder if she will be told at some stage that her

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sister has made it through to the quarterfinals, Britos set against

:22:10.:22:18.

Kuznetsova, 7-5 but has won the second in a rush. Did the big day

:22:19.:22:21.

for her daughters. New racket coming out, some fresh

:22:22.:22:32.

strings, will give her an extra bit of pop on that serve.

:22:33.:23:15.

How well Suarez Navarro hits the backhand, will probably define this

:23:16.:23:21.

match. I think you are right and she is having to get her body weight

:23:22.:23:26.

going backwards on these backhands, being pushed quite far behind the

:23:27.:23:29.

baseline, she wants to be on that front foot. That looked like it was

:23:30.:23:36.

over the baseline. Looks like one of mine! The racket face was Open to

:23:37.:23:39.

the sky as she came through. Should have made it. On the back

:23:40.:24:00.

foot. Second serve which was 73 mph. Interesting because when you look at

:24:01.:24:03.

the second serve it doesn't do as much damage as you would expect that

:24:04.:24:07.

it does have quite a bit of movement when it hits the court, its wearers

:24:08.:24:11.

left our right so not quite as easy to attack as it looks.

:24:12.:24:18.

That the pedigree backhand that may well change this match. Not a bad

:24:19.:24:31.

tactic, drawing Venus Williams in, doesn't do enough with the approach

:24:32.:24:36.

shot and you can see she is balanced when she hits that on the front

:24:37.:24:37.

foot. That is the trademark. She does take a risk, Venus Williams

:24:38.:24:56.

on serve. And that didn't do enough, got up but Suarez Navarro quite

:24:57.:24:58.

comfortable with the reply. What a super shot that was into the

:24:59.:25:34.

corner. She really got hold of that sliced

:25:35.:25:45.

backhand, didn't she let a knife to a crosscourt and got that ball to

:25:46.:25:48.

stay very low. Yes! Just when Suarez Navarro

:25:49.:26:06.

starting feel optimistic, Williams with one of her best shots of the

:26:07.:26:12.

match. That is the sort of power that Venus brings out onto a tennis

:26:13.:26:16.

court, anything that sets up mid-court, between hip and shoulder

:26:17.:26:18.

height, she will bobble that up. Variety of backhands, Williams

:26:19.:26:45.

wasn't sure her shot was going out but confirmed that it was. I think

:26:46.:26:49.

it is a great tactic for Suarez Navarro to really makes the pace and

:26:50.:26:53.

rhythm with the sliced backhand interspersed with the top-spin and

:26:54.:26:56.

gives Venus are different rhythm out here.

:26:57.:27:31.

Must be quite dusty outside because you would feel the effects in this

:27:32.:27:37.

pretty enclosed court. Speedy serve, 109 mph. Smack on the

:27:38.:28:11.

line. It felt bigger than that, it seemed to really take off through

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the grass. Disappointing game for Suarez

:28:14.:28:23.

Navarro because she was so close to a breakthrough there.

:28:24.:28:40.

She has not always got hold of those balls and she has tried to sliced

:28:41.:28:46.

them and something she has got it just right.

:28:47.:29:29.

Got away with at that time. On the back foot, defence, Venus Williams

:29:30.:29:37.

but putting the ball quite short in the middle of the court. Big gust of

:29:38.:29:44.

wind and it might have affected the final shot.

:29:45.:30:52.

Well guessed. And Williams goes into the lead. Some of the best of

:30:53.:31:07.

Williams in that game. She is definitely starting to flow a little

:31:08.:31:12.

bit better and starting to get her game together out here. But I am not

:31:13.:31:17.

100% convinced with some of the point play and the construction of

:31:18.:31:21.

points. She intersperses it a little bit with a bit of erratic play. But

:31:22.:31:27.

when she got on the front foot and looked to get to the net and come

:31:28.:31:31.

forward, even that last ball was not the most impressive of approach

:31:32.:31:35.

shots. I was not sure whether she was going for a drop shot, actually.

:31:36.:31:41.

It is not coincidence she has started all her matches rather

:31:42.:31:45.

sluggishly and has worked through a process and by the end of it she has

:31:46.:31:48.

looked pretty good. Not the old Venus Williams. It might be

:31:49.:31:55.

happening here. She does not panic, she does not appear to get flustered

:31:56.:31:59.

these days, she just plays in the moment and waits to see what happens

:32:00.:32:04.

and how matches unfold, but always tries to do the right things

:32:05.:32:08.

tactically. She has great coverage at the net. She really backs herself

:32:09.:32:17.

up when she is there. It is her 90th Wimbledon. Five times champion. In

:32:18.:32:30.

2008 she beat her sister. It would be some achievement for Bean is to

:32:31.:32:36.

make the quarterfinals this year. She is looking good on the

:32:37.:32:37.

scoreboard. Again Suarez Navarro not able to do

:32:38.:33:10.

anything with the serve. 83 miles an hour. It was dipping by the time it

:33:11.:33:14.

got to her. An opportunity there. Even that type

:33:15.:33:31.

of play is doing the right thing, coming in off the short ball,

:33:32.:33:38.

attacking her opponent. It was not the greatest of volleys, but it is

:33:39.:33:42.

asking questions of Suarez Navarro to come up with a poorly shot. --

:33:43.:33:47.

volley shot. She had a long, hard look down at

:33:48.:34:13.

the line. She was not sure whether it would be called out. It is so

:34:14.:34:18.

important she gets consistency. Umpteen times she has had to stoop

:34:19.:34:34.

further than she thought. Be serving from Venus Williams. That

:34:35.:35:03.

is three games on the spin now. The Spaniard has really got to get

:35:04.:35:35.

it together if she is to make it through to the quarterfinals of the

:35:36.:35:39.

only slam. That comes from nowhere. Just when

:35:40.:35:54.

you think she has really got her game together. That is thrown in. A

:35:55.:36:02.

shake of the head from Venus, not happy with that one. I always think

:36:03.:36:10.

she does not let that kind of thing affect the next run of play. She is

:36:11.:36:12.

very quick to put it behind her. Just like that. And 84 mph serve,

:36:13.:36:29.

but it came back even quicker. Great footwork, getting out of the way of

:36:30.:36:33.

the ball and meeting it out in front.

:36:34.:36:44.

She takes a big step into her service motion.

:36:45.:37:00.

It almost gets her rhythm going on that serve. The Davis Cup captain,

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Conchita Martinez, a former champion here.

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The serve out wide did the job. But it is still 3-2 Williams. She needs

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a lot more consistency, Suarez Navarro. Again littered with errors.

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We know she is capable of sparkling play. She is number 12 in the world.

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She has been as high as number six in the world, but she has got to put

:37:46.:37:50.

it together now, otherwise time is running out. She has got to create

:37:51.:37:56.

more doubt down at the other end of the court as well. I feel as if her

:37:57.:38:03.

game is interspersed with errors itself. There were a few half

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chances she will be disappointed she was not able to capitalise on. Those

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are those half chances you have to take because they will not be

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presented to you many times. Williams has also fluctuated in this

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match. When she has been good, she has been very good. Most of the time

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she has benefited from the mistakes of Suarez Navarro. But she could get

:38:29.:38:32.

a hot streak and this match is all over. It is difficult to get into

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Venus's head. With some players you feel like you are making an impact

:38:45.:38:49.

than the other end, but with Venus she is very composed down the other

:38:50.:38:52.

end of the court. I am not sure the ball toss was in

:38:53.:39:11.

the right place. Even that one was sitting up and

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inviting, mid-court. Those are the half chances she needs to take more

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advantage of. Suarez Navarro is challenging. She

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has already lost one challenge. She has moved across as if she is not

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sure about this challenge. She is moving back again.

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You could feel that one coming. When there is a challenge it is

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unsettling and there is a delay between the first and second serves.

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The first double fault of the match by either player.

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Something distracted her, again another gust of wind.

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That ball got very low. You can see her jacket, the wind rustling her

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jacket. It is not helping. The second serve was 70 miles an hour

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and bat shot was a whole lot quicker. It is still break point.

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It is over. Boy, oh boy, that was lucky. No wonder they are smiling.

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She is back in the set. Venus just dropped off, she did not get enough

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first serves into play and started to chase balls. Suarez Navarro is

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starting to get Venus a little bit more on the run now.

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That was an excellent first serve. You could see it swinging away from

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the reach of Venus. No compromise. She can sometimes

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make the game looks so ridiculously easy. Standing at about one foot

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inside the baseline, taking the ball on the rise and swatting it away.

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She moved in again for the second serve and she got what she wanted.

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It is quite intimidating. Both of the Williams sisters stand inside

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that baseline and take the ball so early. Even on the first serve she

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is threatening it as well and that is drawing out the errors on the

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first serve. Again the ball was looping high, but

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she deals with high ball so well. I think Suarez Navarro would prefer to

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have more. Around shoulder height. She wraps the racket face around the

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ball. He has called it a fault. I was not

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sure about that. It looked like it was long. It is an overruled. You

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have got it wrong. That is unusual. Is that a yellow card for him?

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Sweet. She has responded so well to getting broken. So come on that

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passing shot, did not panic at the side of Suarez Navarro at the net,

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she took her time. A sloppy shot. You do not have much

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time to react when Serena returns it like that.

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It was a sitter and she missed it. Venus is in front once more.

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Venus looks very vulnerable when she is trying to pick up those sliced

:48:18.:48:24.

backhand and they are so low to the ground and she has to stoop down.

:48:25.:48:29.

When she slices her own backhand, it sits up in the middle of the court,

:48:30.:48:34.

it does not knife through the court like Steffi Graf used to do it. But

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even when she has done that Suarez Navarro has missed on the next shot.

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I am sure she is pretty frustrated with some of the chance she has had.

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This just sat up so invitingly. And that is her reaction. She should

:48:54.:49:00.

have broken her. She had two great chances. She has more opportunities

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on that second serve when Venus has not made her first serve, which has

:49:09.:49:15.

been often in the match. The second serve is setting up right into the

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middle of the box and it is not doing anything and she does not have

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to move too much to hit that second serve. And yet there is a little

:49:23.:49:29.

kink when it bounces left or right and she has not been able to

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capitalise on it. Venus is a break in front, she was gifted it really.

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At ground level you can see it. It is not so easy to do something with

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it. Petr Prevc forehand, within an inch

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of the line. -- eight horrific forehand.

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It is late to find some real form from Suarez Navarro, but it is not

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too late. The job is not done yet. Giving her a note of encouragement.

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Yes! Venus is getting noisier and noisier, but getting what she wanted

:52:20.:52:32.

in the end. You just feel her stress levels are going up quite a bit, but

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this one just holds that body position, playing it with the open

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stance, staying low. So, Williams within a game of the

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quarterfinal. It would be an amazing story, at the

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age of 36, back inside that top ten after everything she has had to cope

:53:27.:53:30.

with health-wise. What an achievement.

:53:31.:53:44.

She lost the point, but see how quick she was across there. She has

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moved better as this match has gone on.

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She is still lifting occasionally, Venus. That looping ball did

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nothing. It just seems to sit there, it does not come through the court,

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nothing on it, no stress for her opponent, she can do what she wants

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with that ball. The first double fault of the match

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for the Spaniard. She had plenty of time to wake up

:54:58.:55:49.

the options. I wonder whether she caught out of

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the corner of her eye that Venus was already moving crosscourt in order

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to cover that one. Suarez Navarro stays in the match.

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Clinging onto a thread. How Williams would love to serve at

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her best because then there is no answer. I just would not be too

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confident of anything happening, even right now. This is where we

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will find out where her confidence really is and because that first

:56:54.:56:56.

serve percentage has been dropping as the match has worn on. Down at

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56% now. If she does not get the first serve into play, she might be

:57:05.:57:14.

in a bit of trouble. 78 mph, the average, you can attack that. Suarez

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Navarro has been fluctuating in her success rate when she has attacked.

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But she needs it here. If she can break back and Nick the set, who

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knows what will happen in set number three. Venus has been kept on court

:57:34.:57:42.

for a lengthy times in her second and third rounds. But right now the

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36-year-old American on Independence Day is serving for the match and a

:57:50.:57:52.

place in the quarterfinals. Given a little bit of a helping

:57:53.:58:30.

hand. At her best she makes those with

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some comfort, but she has been far from her best today.

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Well played. What a confidence shot that was from the five times

:59:32.:59:38.

champion. So good!

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CHEERING APPLAUSE

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A magic way to finish the match! She is back in the big time at

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Wimbledon and we missed her! On July the 4th, she makes it through to the

:00:46.:00:48.

quarterfinals. It was not venous at her best but it

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was very good. That is a lovely smile and she is getting a massive

:01:01.:01:05.

standing ovation on Court Number One, very popular winner out here.

:01:06.:01:09.

You are right, she did not play her best tennis but it was good enough

:01:10.:01:18.

to get the job done. Huge relief. There was trouble, she was not

:01:19.:01:22.

fluent, started slow, looked sluggish, the wind was a factor. We

:01:23.:01:27.

will find out later how much of a factor it was. But she got it done.

:01:28.:01:35.

After going two breaks down in the first set, she turned it around. And

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was the better player in the second. Suarez Navarro was disappointing. I

:01:42.:01:46.

think she'll be disappointed with some of the opportunities she had at

:01:47.:01:51.

certain moments, she needed to take advantage of some points and wasn't

:01:52.:01:55.

able to. Maybe some sluggish unforced errors from her but what a

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happy Venus Williams and lovely to hear the crowd cheering and getting

:02:01.:02:02.

a standing ovation. One for the oldies, the oldest woman

:02:03.:02:14.

in the draw at the age of 36. She makes it through.

:02:15.:02:20.

It has been a good year for her, back in the top ten, she has won a

:02:21.:02:29.

title, her 49th title. And now she is into the quarterfinals at

:02:30.:02:32.

Wimbledon, beaten in the first round of the Australian Open, got to the

:02:33.:02:37.

last 16 at Roland Garros and into the last eight. She is on the up.

:02:38.:02:47.

So there is confirmation. One hour and 35 minutes, Venus Williams

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through in straight sets. She is courtside with Lee McKenzie.

:02:54.:03:00.

Congratulations, through to the quarterfinals, some tough matches to

:03:01.:03:02.

reach this point, today was another one. Yes, she played so well. You

:03:03.:03:09.

know, the first set was really... Exciting and then... When the rain

:03:10.:03:15.

came it was very emotional for me because of the last much. I was

:03:16.:03:20.

like, not again, please, God... Or do some time is a fickle thing. Was

:03:21.:03:25.

the rain frustrating for you I did it give you a chance to regroup, you

:03:26.:03:30.

came back strong on the tie-break. It was hard, I came out on court, I

:03:31.:03:35.

was dismayed, the last match I was pumped but it is emotionally

:03:36.:03:39.

draining. I tried to stay focused, she gave me a feud points and help

:03:40.:03:45.

me to get through. The crowd were fantastic, you had and they had to

:03:46.:03:50.

sit out on the rain but they were there giving you a standing ovation.

:03:51.:03:54.

They love you here. How much you enjoy this Wimbledon experience and

:03:55.:03:58.

are you starting to surprise yourself again? The crowd, it's such

:03:59.:04:03.

an honour to do this job because I love it and I get to work outside

:04:04.:04:08.

and get a lot of sunshine. Who could beat that? For all the players, they

:04:09.:04:13.

are here for all of us, it's an honour for all of us, we feel good

:04:14.:04:18.

out there, am I surprised myself? I have been in this position before,

:04:19.:04:22.

the first time that you win, no one big shoe. The last time that you

:04:23.:04:27.

win, nobody picks you, you always have to pick yourself and believe in

:04:28.:04:33.

yourself. Putt-macro pics you. You continue playing well, we will try

:04:34.:04:36.

and work in the sunshine. Thank you. SUE BARKER:. What an

:04:37.:04:43.

amazing record, her 19th appearance at Wimbledon, through to her 12

:04:44.:04:47.

quarterfinal, the last time she was in the quarterfinals was in 2010 and

:04:48.:04:52.

she is a five-time champion. That showed with the ovation she got on

:04:53.:04:56.

Court Number One, everyone appreciating this great champion,

:04:57.:04:59.

still loving the game and able to produce magical tennis. The family

:05:00.:05:08.

are happen. Venus Williams, great champion, through to the

:05:09.:05:11.

quarterfinal. We know who she will play. Yaroslava Shvedova, up against

:05:12.:05:21.

Lucie Safarova from the Czech Republic. Shvedova who loves the

:05:22.:05:27.

grass courts, 6-2, 6-4, she goes through. That will be the match in

:05:28.:05:34.

the last eight tomorrow. It has been a good day for the Williams family.

:05:35.:05:39.

On Centre Court Serena Williams was 5- or down in the first set and 19

:05:40.:05:45.

games in a row. Asserting her authority, she had her game face on

:05:46.:05:50.

on Centre Court, coming through, coached alighted, hitting partner

:05:51.:05:54.

delighted, she came through a tough one, 7-5, 6-0, the second set was

:05:55.:06:00.

also arena. She went up some gears on Centre Court. Note big smile from

:06:01.:06:03.

Serena, work to do. Angelique Kerber who defeated Serena

:06:04.:06:13.

in the Australian Open final is through. A wonderful point, let's

:06:14.:06:18.

enjoy it. Moving her opponent around the court and showing us how to

:06:19.:06:19.

finish a rally. And that is the way to do it. No

:06:20.:06:31.

wonder she is happy with that and happy with the result. Defeating

:06:32.:06:37.

Misaki Doi 6-3, 6-1, the highest seed left in the bottom half.

:06:38.:06:44.

Tomorrow, the number four seed will play the number five seed, Simona

:06:45.:06:48.

Halep, who came through against Madison Keys, struggling with an

:06:49.:06:51.

injury towards the end of the match, Simona Halep came through. She is

:06:52.:06:56.

delighted with that. She will play and surely Herbert tomorrow. --

:06:57.:07:00.

Angelique Kerber. Seven time champion Roger Federer

:07:01.:07:09.

was in imperious form on Centre Court today. Good in the first week,

:07:10.:07:14.

certainly improving on that, everybody delighted with that,

:07:15.:07:19.

Centre Court crowd rising to him, putting away a very tricky opponent

:07:20.:07:23.

in Steve Johnson who has proved himself on grass courts but this is

:07:24.:07:27.

the court Roger owns, he loves it, they love him and he will have

:07:28.:07:32.

enjoyed it today. Roger is back to his best, through in straight sets.

:07:33.:07:39.

The slamming Sam Querrey, called Hawk-Eye, he wants an ace, wants to

:07:40.:07:48.

finish it in style, up against Nicolas Mahut... Hoping that the

:07:49.:07:54.

ball is wide but it is confirmed... So another ace for a Sam Querrey,

:07:55.:08:01.

another one to add to his tally, conqueror of Novak through in

:08:02.:08:02.

straight sets. But some very disappointing news to

:08:03.:08:15.

bring you for Kei Nishikori. The number five seed. Michael Chang his

:08:16.:08:19.

coach on for many games, they are saying please, do not go on,

:08:20.:08:26.

trailing Marin Cilic 6-1, 5-1, you see how reluctant he is to come up

:08:27.:08:31.

to the net and shake hands, he wants to carry on. The rib injury he

:08:32.:08:36.

sustained, a freak injury, came back and he had the trainer on the court,

:08:37.:08:41.

could not carry on, reluctantly deciding to call today. How sad, he

:08:42.:08:45.

had to pull out of the Championships last year the cause of our Kath

:08:46.:08:51.

injury, not a happy place for this talented player. Sad to see him go

:08:52.:08:55.

but the former US Open champion Aaron Cilic is through and will take

:08:56.:09:01.

on Roger Federer. -- Marin Cilic. Lead should you what is happening. A

:09:02.:09:08.

match we are looking forward to. Andy Murray versus Nick Kyrgios,

:09:09.:09:16.

that is going with serve. And it is on BBC One. This is a match that we

:09:17.:09:23.

showed you the start of you on BBC Two, that has gone into the fifth

:09:24.:09:27.

set, in for a thriller, on the red button, Bernard Tomic up against

:09:28.:09:32.

Lucas Pouille from France, two seeded players battling it out on

:09:33.:09:38.

Court Number 12. But it is the two we are heading to, this is going the

:09:39.:09:43.

distance. Into the fifth set, on serve, Milos Raonic come 1-2 in the

:09:44.:09:49.

third and final set up against David Olson, what a comeback from him,

:09:50.:09:54.

dropped the opening two sets, let's join the commentators, Peter Fleming

:09:55.:09:55.

and Andrew Castle. -- David Goffin. COMMENTATOR: a

:09:56.:10:08.

battle of wills out here. Both players trying to impose their game

:10:09.:10:11.

and personality on each other deep into the fifth set, often opening

:10:12.:10:15.

the decider with an ace, held to a zero. Both players are upping their

:10:16.:10:24.

intensity and footwork in the last 5-10 minutes, over the course of the

:10:25.:10:28.

fifth set, Raonic has never come back from 2-0 sets down and Goffin,

:10:29.:10:34.

two and a quarter years since he lost a fifth set, he has won his

:10:35.:10:38.

last five, fascinating to watch these players, going after it, going

:10:39.:10:45.

after a real prize. A quarterfinal with Sam Querrey. They would

:10:46.:10:50.

probably go into it both as favourites, open to discussion. New

:10:51.:10:51.

balls. A little bit of magic to start the

:10:52.:11:22.

game from Raonic. I'll say! Known for a spectacular winners of the

:11:23.:11:27.

backhand wing, that was like in the Dow!

:11:28.:11:37.

Magic! The backhand side, what I game versus. What a game to remember

:11:38.:12:25.

for Milos Raonic, the second serve landed on the service line and...

:12:26.:12:31.

Raonic did ever so well to get it back into court. Nice finish.

:12:32.:13:18.

It has been another feature of this match, the Goffin passing shot. Nice

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rack work. Talk about pulling a rabbit out of your hat. He was in

:13:30.:13:31.

all kinds of trouble. Well! Absolutely fracking that

:13:32.:14:09.

forehand, there is the break. Raonic doesn't lose too many sets from a

:14:10.:14:11.

break-up. He has announced his arrival. Two or

:14:12.:14:22.

three years ago, Milos Raonic, everyone waiting for him to take it

:14:23.:14:26.

a further step, we thought it might happen at the Australian Open, he

:14:27.:14:30.

won in Brisbane, that is before the Australian Open, made the semifinals

:14:31.:14:34.

of the Grand Slam championship winning nine matches to start the

:14:35.:14:38.

year before losing to Murray. 2-1 sets up, leg injury kept him out for

:14:39.:14:43.

some weeks, came back, playing very well since. We are beginning to see

:14:44.:14:48.

the finished article. Or close to it. Well... Probably not even close

:14:49.:14:57.

to it at close... Closer... Yes, I think he can improve a lot more. Are

:14:58.:15:02.

a lot of things he doesn't do perfect like but, you know, he is

:15:03.:15:06.

one of those guys who keeps packing away, working hard. And I think

:15:07.:15:14.

well... His team hopes that the addition of Johnny Mac over the last

:15:15.:15:19.

month has helped him. In situations just like this, to dig deep, get a

:15:20.:15:25.

little bit more emotional. When it is required.

:15:26.:15:47.

140 miles an hour on the delivery. So often, Raonic has just come a

:15:48.:15:56.

little conservative and that as allowing players to play with him,

:15:57.:15:58.

get the ball back into play. Those last two Serbs are the guy who

:15:59.:16:11.

believes that he is going to wrap an ace or at least overpower the

:16:12.:16:11.

opponent. He almost mishit the first serve,

:16:12.:16:48.

went into the bottom of the net, what does he do? An hundred and 28

:16:49.:16:53.

miles an hour. Goffin barely flinched.

:16:54.:17:03.

That is a serving display, the like of which... Four straight points to

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back-up the break. It is blustery out there now. Not

:17:10.:18:41.

easy. Cries from the supporters of David

:18:42.:19:36.

Goffin. Marching around the court with purpose. A break down. You know

:19:37.:19:45.

what? If Raonic is going to serve these 120 mile an hour balls, there

:19:46.:19:49.

is nothing Goffin can do so... The ball is very much in Raonic's court.

:19:50.:19:58.

No signs of nerves at all, strangely, neither of these players

:19:59.:20:02.

have played a five set match at Wimbledon, one of the great tests.

:20:03.:20:08.

In these times of diminishing attention spans, Wi-Fi, 3G, the best

:20:09.:20:16.

of five sets, calls for it to go down to the best of three, I love

:20:17.:20:21.

that. It is what separates the grand slam tournament is from the rest,

:20:22.:20:27.

it... A five set and counter... Demands somewhat more. Of the best

:20:28.:20:34.

players. And it separates the best from the rest.

:20:35.:20:39.

What has Goffin got left? Milos Raonic serving 4-3, but said. Lucky

:20:40.:20:57.

net cord, to get onto the line. He is not going to get blown away in

:20:58.:21:30.

this game, it seems. He has made it! I think he left it,

:21:31.:22:07.

yes. He may be left it because he wasn't certain he could make it on

:22:08.:22:13.

the ball, but this situation, if the ball is going to be close, you have

:22:14.:22:15.

to hit it, you have an open court. Given the care of that reply

:22:16.:23:09.

deserved, Raonic, nice finish. That is well held, you see the

:23:10.:24:11.

animation we have never seen before from Raonic. Driving through this

:24:12.:24:19.

fifth set. Goffin with chances in that game.

:24:20.:24:24.

Now he must just hold and ask the question of the Canadian in the next

:24:25.:24:29.

game. SUE BARKER: 5-4, Raonic, due to

:24:30.:26:29.

college is, we have to leave this match, we are bringing you the Andy

:26:30.:26:35.

Murray, Nick Kyrgios match on BBC Two. We will show you what happens.

:26:36.:26:41.

We will update you on the progress of this match, huge apologies that

:26:42.:26:46.

we have to leave it at such a crucial stage but we are heading

:26:47.:26:50.

into Centre Court. The favourite for the championship, Andy Murray is up

:26:51.:26:56.

against Mick Kyrgios, five games all, Murray serving. Let's join our

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commentators John McEnroe and John Inverdale.

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COMMENTATOR: Kyrgios chipping and charging. Ivan Lendl used to do that

:27:07.:27:18.

on occasions. That is proper play, when a guy is trying to squeeze for

:27:19.:27:23.

word, cut you off, not give you options. Here comes Kyrgios, having

:27:24.:27:28.

to try that drop volley again. Right here. Not a whole lot Murray could

:27:29.:27:36.

do. That is the right way, especially if he is to gain his

:27:37.:27:40.

racket on it, trying to go for it. If you are going to do that,

:27:41.:27:44.

absolutely what a player like him should do. Why did more players not

:27:45.:27:50.

do that? Personally I have no idea, players have a tendency in doubles,

:27:51.:27:54.

do get extremely close to the net, I would think, get them to rethink

:27:55.:28:01.

things and back off... Not as much an issue obviously in singles, they

:28:02.:28:05.

do not come in as often as they used to.

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Of course this match has been sailing on serenely and suddenly

:28:40.:28:46.

Kyrgios is serving to stay in the first set.

:28:47.:28:52.

Is this when Murray ups the ante a bit? Of course, every top player

:28:53.:29:02.

sets his vulnerability and a player feeling pressure, at the end of

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said, it's only natural is going to happen.

:29:06.:29:11.

That is a spectacular pass. But Kyrgios, why did he hit an approach

:29:12.:29:28.

like that, it gave him time to line that up. Murray says thank you very

:29:29.:29:30.

much. He needs some big serves here. That is such a smart play by Murray!

:29:31.:29:50.

At the key moment, the first time the questions were asked of

:29:51.:29:57.

Kyrgios... Murray makes him play like that. Here are. Almost

:29:58.:30:02.

unforeseen, Andy Murray, three points for the first set.

:30:03.:30:19.

That was quite long. He has saved one break point. 129 miles an hour.

:30:20.:30:42.

Kyrgios had said two set points. He had the opportunity to get it back

:30:43.:31:27.

to deuce, but that error at the net is first blood to the favourite for

:31:28.:31:33.

the title. SUE BARKER: And the crowd rises to Andy Murray. What a game to

:31:34.:31:37.

finish off and he takes the opening set on Centre Court. We will take

:31:38.:31:42.

you back to Court Number Two and when we left it Milos Raonic was

:31:43.:31:47.

coming out to serve for the match and that is how he finished it off,

:31:48.:31:54.

6-4, and so coach McEnroe will be delighted with that one. It is the

:31:55.:31:59.

first time he has come back winning from two sets down. Milos Raonic is

:32:00.:32:05.

through to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon once again. A big win from

:32:06.:32:10.

the big Canadian and the crowd thoroughly enjoying that five set

:32:11.:32:15.

thriller out there. So, that is what has been happening out there and on

:32:16.:32:20.

Henman Hill it is busy once again because our man Andy Murray is on

:32:21.:32:25.

court. He is up against Kyrgios on this magical Monday, which it always

:32:26.:32:31.

is here at Wimbledon. Everyone enjoying the tennis and the British

:32:32.:32:34.

fans enjoying that first set from Andy Murray. That we go. Well,

:32:35.:32:46.

coach, congratulations. He has got a great team around him. Credit to him

:32:47.:32:51.

because the pressure was on. He was the favourite to get to the semis

:32:52.:32:57.

and he felt he was not playing very well. Carlos Moya who has been with

:32:58.:33:01.

him most of the year has done an excellent job. It is good when you

:33:02.:33:05.

come back and pull it out. 7-6, 6-7, 7-6. You focus especially

:33:06.:33:43.

early on in games at the tail end of the set.

:33:44.:34:02.

That is beautiful play by Murray as Kyrgios tumbles to the turf.

:34:03.:34:15.

The truth is that Kyrgios finds himself in a good position, but you

:34:16.:34:25.

cannot let a guy is good have a line that open. Moving towards the centre

:34:26.:34:28.

to me was a mistake. Kyrgios would be well served to

:34:29.:34:47.

flatten out more of these forehands, get the ball to penetrate more.

:34:48.:35:13.

Nicely for Murray at the start of the second set. Tell us, because

:35:14.:35:24.

Murray has such a rich variety of shots, Kyrgios's position at the net

:35:25.:35:28.

may not have been good, but how do you know which way Murray is going

:35:29.:35:37.

to go? Welcome you do not know. What are the odds? How difficult would it

:35:38.:35:42.

be if I stand here? But the problem he got into was the approach shot. A

:35:43.:35:50.

guy like Murray, this good, you cannot afford to put the ball there

:35:51.:35:51.

against him. He is a great player and also a

:35:52.:36:05.

great athlete. He is so quick off the mark. There is no question about

:36:06.:36:11.

that. It used to be that you needed to be fairly small, six feet or

:36:12.:36:16.

under. Now you have to Andy Murray at six feet three moving, and

:36:17.:36:20.

Djokovic, better than anyone. Igloo at him in and he knew the lob

:36:21.:37:00.

was coming. You knew it, Kyrgios knew it.

:37:01.:37:22.

At 5-5 and deuce, it is ill-advised. Luckily the ball stays low on grass.

:37:23.:37:36.

That was not really a hot dog, it was more like a triple latter. 132,

:37:37.:37:42.

ace number six. It is also worth a that if Murray

:37:43.:38:00.

was to win this, he would be making his ninth appearance in the

:38:01.:38:06.

Wimbledon quarterfinal, the same as Pete Sampras. Becker has made 11 and

:38:07.:38:12.

Federer has made 14. That was well built. Much better

:38:13.:38:37.

technique. He got Brownlow and he used his legs properly on that

:38:38.:38:41.

volley. That was a really good job by Kyrgios.

:38:42.:38:46.

Mentioning Federer I almost wish they could sell tickets, there was a

:38:47.:39:00.

pupil's Sunday, I wish they could sell tickets to Roger Federer's

:39:01.:39:05.

post-match conference. You mean all the different languages? All the

:39:06.:39:14.

languages. And at the end of it you feel you have learned something. You

:39:15.:39:21.

feel your life has been enriched in some way or another. He gives tens

:39:22.:39:25.

of thousands of press conferences and he still keeps giving. It is

:39:26.:39:27.

extraordinary. He will be around a couple of more

:39:28.:39:47.

years. Murray knew that he could and should have done better with a

:39:48.:39:54.

forehand. Kyrgios looks like he has got a little sense of urgency to

:39:55.:39:56.

find his way in this match. You can probably hear the silence.

:39:57.:40:32.

The crowd is enthralled by this. Much better from Murray. Kyrgios had

:40:33.:40:53.

to go for that. Because of it he was out of position.

:40:54.:41:00.

That was a Murray style return from Kyrgios, really deep. He flattened

:41:01.:41:26.

that forehand out which is what Kyrgios needs to do a bit more

:41:27.:41:28.

often. The crowd have taken the early

:41:29.:41:50.

warning from the umpire to heart, not to get involved in this match.

:41:51.:42:05.

That was an unusually loose forehand from Murray. I thought he would have

:42:06.:42:12.

challenged the serve which was very close.

:42:13.:42:52.

That ball did not come up at all. This is why the drop shot is so

:42:53.:43:06.

important here at Wimbledon. It takes a player out of their comfort

:43:07.:43:10.

zone, which nowadays is the baseline. It does not come up above

:43:11.:43:18.

the net, so it makes Kyrgios hit up on the ball. It makes the neck shot

:43:19.:43:22.

a whole lot easier if you hit the drop shot well.

:43:23.:43:35.

What was that? I don't know why he gave up on that point. This is why

:43:36.:43:46.

he is not in the top ten yet, with shots like that. Why has he not got

:43:47.:43:54.

a coach? Should he have a coach? Who would it be? Someone like Pat Cash

:43:55.:43:58.

would be able to get in his head, somebody who knew about moving

:43:59.:44:02.

forward, somebody from the same country. I thought that he thought

:44:03.:44:07.

initially that forehand before that was out. I do not know if that was

:44:08.:44:15.

all he needed to do, but so what? Why would you stop playing in the

:44:16.:44:20.

event it was called in. I did not hear any call, no call was made. You

:44:21.:44:26.

are right, that is what happened, he thought his forehand was out. Does

:44:27.:44:32.

it have to be an Aussie? No, of course not. There will be plenty of

:44:33.:44:36.

people out there lining up to work with Kyrgios. We know there are

:44:37.:44:41.

tremendous upside. At the moment he does not want to buy in and he does

:44:42.:44:46.

not want to listen. He has got to respect that person. They have to be

:44:47.:44:53.

on the same page. He does not quite seem ready for it. But I think he is

:44:54.:44:58.

close. I believe with the right people around him he will be in the

:44:59.:45:01.

top ten by the end of the year. No outbursts as yet from Kyrgios.

:45:02.:45:20.

And Murray is very disciplined at the moment. That was 109 miles an

:45:21.:45:26.

hour. There was a lack of discipline there

:45:27.:45:47.

because he should have taken the volley in the air. By letting it

:45:48.:45:52.

drop it allowed Murray time to run and get to it. He did not have to

:45:53.:45:59.

play that shot like that. He did not have to do that either. That goes

:46:00.:46:02.

without saying. He did not have to do that either.

:46:03.:46:17.

That is a real shriek of frustration. He knows he has been

:46:18.:46:22.

the architect of his own potential downfall here.

:46:23.:46:40.

The Australians still in the tournament, Bernard Tomic, it is 7-7

:46:41.:46:56.

at the moment. But here it looks like Kyrgios is on the edge of

:46:57.:46:58.

disaster. Bernard Tomic is playing Lucas

:46:59.:47:20.

Pouille of France. It has been going on for three and a half hours or so.

:47:21.:47:24.

We are just about approaching the hour mark here on the Centre Court.

:47:25.:47:29.

Another break point for Andy Murray which could be very influential in

:47:30.:47:33.

deciding the outcome of this match. Not an exuberant fist pump from

:47:34.:47:56.

Murray, just a job well done fist pump.

:47:57.:48:08.

Not surprised when that ball came back. Murray intensity and teases

:48:09.:48:20.

you and to delay shoe comic he goads you, that is the word used earlier

:48:21.:48:21.

on. Can you coach concentration? I think

:48:22.:48:48.

you can. You can get people to figure out

:48:49.:49:20.

ways when they go on these walks to get their concentration that.

:49:21.:49:32.

Ever since he missed that volley, he has not been the same player. His

:49:33.:49:40.

level has really dropped, his intensity. He looked like he had

:49:41.:49:46.

something going and that game he played on serve was pretty brutal.

:49:47.:49:58.

Murray is in cruise control currently.

:49:59.:50:23.

That is not an armed forced error. Murray is in control.

:50:24.:50:34.

SUE BARKER: He certainly is. We will be right back on Centre Court. The

:50:35.:50:42.

crowd is enjoying British success there and they are out on the Hill

:50:43.:50:48.

as well, which is absolutely packed, as it always is for Andy's matters.

:50:49.:50:54.

But we have some sad news. Earlier we saw Kei Nishikori go out of the

:50:55.:50:59.

championship because of a rib injury and I am afraid Richard Gasquet was

:51:00.:51:05.

really struggling. He pulled his back in the short and a few moments

:51:06.:51:08.

later he decided it was too painful and he could not carry on. What a

:51:09.:51:14.

shame because we were so looking forward to this match. There's

:51:15.:51:18.

wonderful entertaining player up against another, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

:51:19.:51:21.

That was going to be an absolute treat, but I am afraid his back

:51:22.:51:29.

injury has ended Richard Gasquet's hopes here and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

:51:30.:51:31.

goes through and will play the winner of this match on Wednesday.

:51:32.:51:45.

JOHN INVERDALE: He is texting in the Royal box. You are told very

:51:46.:51:55.

specifically not to text in the Royal box. You would like that, he

:51:56.:51:57.

is your kind of player. Right now he is not even on the

:51:58.:52:13.

court mentally. He has snapped. How long will it take for him to get

:52:14.:52:15.

back? Murray is just rubbing it in. If you just blinked, Kyrgios had

:52:16.:52:47.

already served his first serve and his second and a double fault and he

:52:48.:52:51.

is falling apart in front of the Centre Court crowd at the moment.

:52:52.:53:04.

Kyrgios is ready to serve and Murray is still taking a towel.

:53:05.:53:18.

Murray is turning the screw in a big way. But Kyrgios has thrown it away.

:53:19.:53:48.

That is exactly right, it is a shame when he does this, to see this. It

:53:49.:53:52.

makes no sense whatsoever. Talk me through the rally. That

:53:53.:54:32.

rally was basically I am just going to come in and .1 way or another.

:54:33.:54:40.

Murray is trying to add insult to injury by throwing up the lob at him

:54:41.:54:46.

to really infuriate him to quickly complete the set.

:54:47.:55:00.

The funny thing is he is competing harder now at 5-1 down. He checked

:55:01.:55:13.

out at 2-1 down and 15-40. That is what was so inexplicable

:55:14.:55:26.

when we watched Sam Querrey and Novak Djokovic. In the second set

:55:27.:55:32.

Djokovic tapped out, like we are watching Kyrgios. It must happen to

:55:33.:55:42.

some players on occasions with the roller-coaster and the circus that

:55:43.:55:47.

goes around the world week in and week out. Sometimes you must be on

:55:48.:55:57.

the court and think, I really do not know if I can be bothered to play.

:55:58.:56:02.

Your mind can play for tricks and make you lose sight of how lucky you

:56:03.:56:04.

are and be doing what you are doing. Although I must say I have never

:56:05.:56:23.

seen Federer or Rafael Nadal completely checkout. That is the

:56:24.:56:31.

difference. We are talking 17 Grand Slams, 14. That is the fifth ace

:56:32.:56:38.

from Andy Murray. It means very swiftly he is on the cusp of a two

:56:39.:56:50.

set lead. More swiftly than he could possibly imagine. Murray is two

:56:51.:57:01.

thirds of the way there. SUE BARKER: And that set took just 26 minutes.

:57:02.:57:06.

Now just one set away from a quarterfinal. We do know the winner

:57:07.:57:12.

of this will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga because this is sadly what happened

:57:13.:57:15.

on Court Number One with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga leading 4-2. Richard Gasquet

:57:16.:57:23.

is really struggling. He feels his back and his back has gone. Back

:57:24.:57:28.

injuries are awful for tennis players, it affects every part of

:57:29.:57:32.

your game. He knew immediately in this best of five set match there

:57:33.:57:38.

was no way he could carry on. They are great friends, the French number

:57:39.:57:43.

one and the French number two. It is a sad way to see this end.

:57:44.:57:47.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga would not want to go through this way either. Sadly

:57:48.:57:52.

Richard Gasquet waved goodbye to Wimbledon. That could be a long

:57:53.:57:58.

injury for him. We wish him well. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is through to the

:57:59.:58:01.

last eight to face the winner of this one.

:58:02.:58:06.

JOHN INVERDALE: The way it is going at the moment, there is only going

:58:07.:58:11.

to be one winner of this. It is amazing going back 20 years Britain

:58:12.:58:17.

did not have a player in the last eight at Wimbledon. Quarterfinal,

:58:18.:58:28.

semifinal, semifinal, runner-up winner, quarterfinal, semifinal,

:58:29.:58:33.

that is Murray's Wimbledon is met. He has reached the quarterfinals of

:58:34.:58:46.

his last 20 tournaments. It shows how incredibly dedicated and

:58:47.:58:49.

consistent he has been and how willing he has been to try to figure

:58:50.:58:51.

out a way to make himself better. He's extremely respected in the

:58:52.:59:02.

locker room for what he does to get the most out of his game. We have

:59:03.:59:13.

had one match that has come back from two set down. That was Milos

:59:14.:59:21.

Raonic beating David Goffin. I think the odds are against a repeat of

:59:22.:59:26.

that. Yes, Milos Raonic was the favourite

:59:27.:59:31.

in that match, the bigger hitter and more accomplished on grass. Murray

:59:32.:59:37.

is a Wimbledon champion. He is thankful he was given the second set

:59:38.:59:41.

and he did not have to stress at all. Kyrgios will play better now in

:59:42.:59:44.

this set. It must be hard sitting in the

:59:45.:00:06.

Kyrgios box match after match. He often gets angry with his box. I

:00:07.:00:11.

have seen him throwing his brother out, insisting that he leaves. Part

:00:12.:00:24.

of the reason is they want him to show more dedication and an effort.

:00:25.:00:30.

That would help. He has got to take responsibility for what is going on.

:00:31.:00:34.

He is doing a lot of talking to the box right now. It is tough enough to

:00:35.:00:41.

beat Murray. You mention his consistency. You have got to have

:00:42.:00:45.

laser-like focus. He could have won it three times,

:00:46.:01:17.

Kyrgios, but he won it in the end. He certainly does, but Kyrgios...

:01:18.:01:24.

Making a type of run, only natural that Murray would let down a little

:01:25.:01:28.

bit, Kyrgios trying to get some respect.

:01:29.:01:47.

A tremendous shot. At least he is playing hard again. Woken up from

:01:48.:02:00.

his funk. Look at the face of Kyrgios, he knew that was close to

:02:01.:02:02.

being an absolute blinder! That is ridiculous from Murray.

:02:03.:02:42.

Especially considering that when Kyrgios had his forehand, he

:02:43.:02:44.

literally sprinted back towards the net, he knew Murray was going to hit

:02:45.:02:49.

the shot and he still couldn't get there. What do I do? He says to the

:02:50.:02:53.

nonexistent coach... How brilliant was that from Murray

:02:54.:03:40.

as well? Did that go over the roof? I can't see but I knew it was hit so

:03:41.:03:45.

well that Kyrgios deliberately hit it into the stands, he did not try

:03:46.:03:50.

and get this in the court. That may have gone out! An unsuspecting

:03:51.:03:54.

person in one of the corridors outside... Where did that come from?

:03:55.:04:04.

Pouille has just beaten Tomic, 10-8 in the fifth.

:04:05.:04:28.

It is sad day for five setters. There it is again. Amazing variety

:04:29.:04:36.

from Murray. We talk about Kyrgios, but Murray... Just fantastic to

:04:37.:04:45.

watch. He has got everything, obviously, he has Kyrgios on his

:04:46.:04:49.

heels, that is for sure. Just burning his rock shot. -- this drop

:04:50.:04:53.

shot. Again, not the wrong idea, just

:04:54.:05:04.

executing it, it's too short. That is an amazing angle.

:05:05.:05:41.

APPLAUSE Kyrgios doesn't know what hit him

:05:42.:05:46.

right now. Look where he is. He has got to move over. That is the easier

:05:47.:05:54.

shot for Murray to hit, crosscourt. He gets flat-footed all too often.

:05:55.:06:01.

When Kyrgios has been in a hole in this tournament, he serves doubles.

:06:02.:06:08.

But the fact that Murray is down the other end... Is nullifying that

:06:09.:06:16.

serve to some extent and then he does that... That is what happened

:06:17.:06:21.

at the end the first set. This might be handing the match to Andy Murray

:06:22.:06:24.

on a plate. Three break points. He sure needs those big serves right

:06:25.:06:34.

now. -- calmness. That is better from

:06:35.:06:59.

Raonic... I mean, Kyrgios! He figured out a way back. Certainly

:07:00.:07:03.

doesn't look likely fought Kyrgios. Doesn't look like he's going to make

:07:04.:07:08.

a two 7pm right now. APPLAUSE

:07:09.:07:21.

Cheering-macro first-time Andy Murray has let a has let a shriek,

:07:22.:07:25.

he senses he is almost there. Into another quarterfinal. Kyrgios is

:07:26.:07:39.

really on the ropes. Let's give credit to this guy, obviously. He

:07:40.:07:46.

has gotten in his head... It doesn't look like Kyrgios really wants to be

:07:47.:07:52.

out there. The thing with Murray... He adds more as the match goes on.

:07:53.:07:56.

The players, his opponent feels even more pressure. Kyrgios is out there,

:07:57.:08:07.

he hasn't bothered to sit down at the change of ends, he... On the

:08:08.:08:14.

basis, I will play another 3-4 games. Did you notice for he was a

:08:15.:08:19.

couple of hours before the match? Yes, he was watching Leighton Hewitt

:08:20.:08:24.

play doubles. Does that seem like a good use of your time for a guy

:08:25.:08:29.

playing number of them. Before he played Raonic he did not go into the

:08:30.:08:34.

locker room at all. He turned about Queen's Club, went into the players

:08:35.:08:39.

lounge, heard his name called and booked on court and played. And

:08:40.:08:45.

lost. A little bit different. The lounge is arguably that... Than the

:08:46.:08:52.

locker room at Queen's Club but that is another day to get into that

:08:53.:08:53.

discussion! Almost made it! Total giveaway. You

:08:54.:09:25.

can see the drop shot Kyrgios is going to hit a mile away, unlike

:09:26.:09:30.

Murray. More strategic, less predictable. Less obvious.

:09:31.:09:47.

He is taking Kyrgios totally out of it. The movement, the defence...

:09:48.:09:59.

Just driving Kyrgios mad. I am sure those big sporting stars in the

:10:00.:10:02.

Royal Box, full of admiration for the way Murray is doing a very

:10:03.:10:05.

clinical job. All those golfers up there... This

:10:06.:10:29.

is a second-round four under par-macro... That is about right!

:10:30.:10:45.

The other thing as well, of course...

:10:46.:11:01.

Another bit of unnecessary showboating. But actually, Kyrgios

:11:02.:11:07.

could have won that point. You should have one, no question, didn't

:11:08.:11:12.

use his legs at all, he would have won it. We have been playing an hour

:11:13.:11:17.

and 23 minutes, Murray has played three matches so far, three straight

:11:18.:11:23.

sets wins, only losing three service games, he hasn't played a lot of

:11:24.:11:27.

tennis, to get to the quarterfinal. Is that remind you of another

:11:28.:11:31.

player? Federer is in exactly the same boat.

:11:32.:11:36.

We will give him that one. That time he took the ragged with two hands

:11:37.:12:13.

and the skies did much better, moving forehead, looks like he is

:12:14.:12:17.

going to hit the two hander and takes off one of his hands, that

:12:18.:12:19.

made a lot of sense. That is a beautiful shot. Do you

:12:20.:13:00.

know what he was saying? Could you hear him? What he was whining about.

:13:01.:13:09.

He is talking about the score. Probably!

:13:10.:13:34.

Wide! By hook or by crook. Kyrgios won that match, they are feeling a

:13:35.:13:45.

little bit happier in the Kyrgios box.

:13:46.:13:50.

We keep talking about Murray and his variation of shot that he has at his

:13:51.:13:57.

disposal and the great thing is, it is almost solely that he seems to

:13:58.:14:00.

make the decision about what option to take. Well, it seems like he has

:14:01.:14:07.

got more time than his opponent. I think his balance is awesome but

:14:08.:14:11.

also his footwork, that is what separates Murray, Federer... They

:14:12.:14:16.

put themselves in a position where they have some options, more than

:14:17.:14:21.

opponents. You see a guy mentally lazy out there. That he is playing.

:14:22.:14:28.

Not this guy. He is sharp as can be, played plenty of tennis this year,

:14:29.:14:32.

knows what it is like to play on grass, played at Queen's Club,

:14:33.:14:38.

unlike Djokovic. He has had plenty of match play, perfectly content

:14:39.:14:41.

with blowing these guys out in three sets, saving it for when he needs

:14:42.:14:47.

it. John, I saw you in Paris and Timmy, it looks like it caught up to

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him in the final, he had to play to five setters... The mental

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exhaustion, meeting Radek Stepanek in the first round, lifting himself

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out of the mire, two weeks later, the rain delays, mentally and

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physically exhausted. He played a great first set and didn't have

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anything left. He is going to have plenty left the way it is playing

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out. Generally too short. Not doing

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enough with it. Not just control, complete control,

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four points from a 4-2 lead. The full repertoire on show here on

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Centre Court. I think it's fair to say the crowd a little disappointed

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by this in terms of a contest, they were expecting this to be a

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barnstorming, swashbuckling encounter, but it's been a bit of a

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damp squib so far. Murray has just pricked the Kyrgios balloon. So

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true, taken him completely out of the match. Seems to be not under any

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stress at all, considering who he is up against, that is pretty

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impressive. SUE BARKER: at this point, with

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Kyrgios very unhappy, we are leading the match on BBC Two, it continues

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on BBC One. If you want to continue watching, switch over to BBC One, we

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are leaving, we will bring you another fourth round badge, taking

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place on Court Number 12 between Bernard Tomic, the 19th seed from

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Australia, Lucas Pouille from France. 7-7 in the fifth and final

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set, Tomic serving, the commentators are Andrew Cotter and Dan Lobb.

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COMMENTATOR: Quite a weapon! A rapier like

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backhand. No... He has just missed it. Great

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defence from fully, tried to turn it into attack. Just dragged it wide,

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it was there for the taking. Just millimetres end, these missed

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shots, from both players. Tommy's team have different rules.

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The score horse rolls onto 8-7 in his favour, Stewart is the

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cheerleader, on his feet, giving him the fist pumps. Whereas dad, John...

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Look about. Body language. Everything crossed. He stopped,

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cheering, Andrew. I think he is asking Leighton to go and get some

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more chewing gum. It looks like his trainer has nicked it!

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A view fanatics in here. The lucky fanatics, I said lucky... Those with

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greater credentials are on Centre Court, but I think anyone would like

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to be out here, watching this match, because it is on a knife edge. And

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once more, Lucas Pouille serving to stay in the match.

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Must be the hardest job in the world, being a coach, our father...

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Watching... It is done with the beautiful

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indifference and casual air. Just had a swing, didn't he?

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Might have a swing again on the second serve.

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You are absolutely right. And now... He might start to get a little bit

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more interested. He is proving he has an excellent

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tennis brain. It is one thing to stay cam, cool and collected in

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these situations, quite another to play the right shots at the right

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time. And that one just swatted down rather freely.

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That was a rather tired looking first serve. He overcooked the

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second. This is the first game I am starting

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to think, yes, he is tiring now. Brilliant from Lucas Pouille. He is

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closing in, Tomic in real trouble again. So much easier said than done

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to say, you have got to step in and go for it. Quick as you like, he is

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up to serve again. Once more, Tomic saves himself. 21

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break points. Lucas Pouille has had, in this matter, converting four of

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them. Tomic as to do it again. He has done it! As soon as he hit

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it, he knew, Lucas Pouille will serve for a place in the

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quarterfinals. But is there more to come from this match? Great

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excitement, ebbs and flows. Deep breaths now for Pouille, just

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an extraordinary match. Incredible, as the French would say! OK... Tomic

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did not do enough with that approach shot, he is definitely a tired

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player. But... So much a wonderful, full swing at such a crucial time.

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That is the key. It is staying positive, making sure that the

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racket head speed as they threw the ball. Now, to try and avoid the

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tightening up. That tension, the pressure of serving, 22-year-old,

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for a place in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, never been beyond the

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second round of a Grand Slam before here at Wimbledon.

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Staying strong to the end, Lucas Pouille. No mistakes.

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And with aces Labour 26 he brings himself to three match points.

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He has done it, Lucas Pouille moves through to the quarterfinals of

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Wimbledon. And Tomic is gone. CHEERING

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Great talent of the Australian not enough against this rising French

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man. Who moves through to the last eight. A win for him and four-day

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match, what a way to do it. SUE BARKER: the crowd enjoyed that

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out on Court Number 12, Puig rose through to face either Tomas Berdych

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or Jiri Vesely, that match on Court Number Three. We are ending coverage

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on BBC Two, coverage continues on BBC One, over on Centre Court, Andy

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Murray, the world two is about to come out and serve for the match

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against Nick Kyrgios. That match on Centre Court, we will be following

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that over on BBC One, also keeping an eye on Jiri Vesely against Tomas

:28:34.:28:40.

Berdych. A busy day here at Wimbledon, all fourth-round matches

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being played, on Centre Court and Henman Hill, all eyes on the British

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number one, the world two, Andy Murray. Goodbye for now.

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You're going to have to keep your head down, Michael. No!

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Kielys are going to be on the warpath.

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Are you going to let them get away with that, too?

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No-one will thank you for ratting on a colleague. So I turn a blind eye?

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