Day 7, Part 2 Wimbledon

Welcome to week two of Wimbledon. And if the first seven days or

anything to go by we should expect the unexpected for the remainder of

the championship! It will be fast, furious, fun! It always is. It is

magic Monday! It is the day when so much happens,

eight men's and women's majesty be played and hopefully by the end, we

will know who has reached the quarterfinals, the second Monday is

special, no other Grand Slam has all the round matches played on Monday,

another reason why Wimbledon is unique. And so much to look forward

to. Andy Murray sailing through the first three matches, yet to drop a

set, out practising with his team, getting ready to take on this man,

Nick Rios, looking in dangerous form, having outplayed Feliciano

Lopez. Svetlana Kuznetsova has a date on Centre Court, the first time

she is through to the second week at Wimbledon since 2008. No stranger to

this part of the draw, Venus Williams, on Court Number One,

coming through to three set matches, but she is there and talking about

battles, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga came through 19-17 against John Isner,

how will he feel today as he takes on Richard Gasquet... Recharge

Krajicek? He is working for BBC Radio 5 Live... Welcome to magic

Monday. My favourite way of the Championships. Huge queues

overnight, no great surprise, there are superstars not just on Centre

Court and Court Number One. We will do our best to keep you up-to-date

with everything but you can follow all the matches on the BBC's

website, connected TV, the BBC Sport app. We would like you to stay with

us and BBC One BBC Two but however you watch Wimbledon, we hope you are

in for a treat, here are some players to watch out for. After the

exit of Novak Djokovic, all eyes on the new favourite, Andy Murray. He

faces of their examination of his title hopes from the volatile

Australian. Fresh from her 300th win other Grand Slam, Serena Williams is

back on Centre Court. She faces another major winner who is not

scared of the big stage, Svetlana Kuznetsova. After his weekend off,

seven time champion Roger Federer resumes his title quest. Hoping to

make it a 4th of July to remember, is unseeded American Steve Johnson.

The seeds Simona Halep has sailed through so far and is yet to drop a

set, she will expect a stern test in the youngest woman left, the highly

rated Madison Keys. And here he is. Recharge Gasquet. He

has been informed, looking to reach a fourth Grand Slam order final in a

row. -- Richard. He faces an all French general against his good

friend. Venus Williams keeps rolling back the years, can she make her

first quarterfinal in six years? And Sam Querrey has already toppled the

top seed, next in the firing line is grass court specialist Nicholas

Mahut. Where will we see all the stars? First up, Federer is taking

on Johnson and we will join that in a moment. Then, the world another

one Serena Williams against Kuznetsova and Murray against Kerry

is. That is the one we are looking forward to. On Court One, Simona

Halep has started her marriage. Venus Williams up against Carla

Suarez Navarro. Other matches we will be keeping an

eye on, Marin Cilic against Kei Nishikori, Nishikori in all sorts of

problems with injury. We will update you in a moment, David Goffin takes

on the big serving me lost Raonic, the little and large match on Court

Number Two. Sam Querrey, the man who put out

Novak Djokovic, taking on Nicholas Mahut. We were greeted by gorgeous

sunshine today, now some clouds have come over and I hope there isn't

rain on the way. Let's find out from Carol. Sue, the forecast was

gorgeous for the start of the day, some clouds upon us, we will see a

shower but we will be very lucky if we do. Through the afternoon, we

will see holes in the cloud developing, some sunny spells,

feeling quite humid. Temperatures getting up to 19 Celsius. If we see

breaks in the cloud, it could hit 22. Even into the evening it should

stay dry. Still with a fair bit of cloud. Tomorrow we start on a cloudy

note with light rain but that will clear rapidly during the course of

the morning, allowing it to develop into another beautiful day. With

some sunny spells, temperatures reaching 22 Celsius but feeling

fresher than today. As we head into Wednesday, a little nod heel of

high-pressure building and that will settle things down. Wednesday, going

to be another beautiful day, try, Thursday we are expecting a little

bit more clout with risks of showers but it is a risk at this stage. All

in all looking a bit liqueur self... Gorgeous! LAUGHTER is that because I

was a little cheeky to you on Saturday? We will not talk about

that! LAUGHTER you have proper sunshine so you can stay, Carol.

Well done. See you tomorrow! Before we move on with life tennis let's

tell you about some results coming in.

Coco Vandeweghe is out, beaten by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The 21st

seed at the tournament. She is through, 6-3, 6-3 on face either

Svetlana Kuznetsova Serena Williams. Also safely through, the Australian

Open champion. Angelique Kerber, through 6-3, 6-1, they played in the

first round of the Australian Open and Misaki Doi had match point

against but Angelique Kerber went on to take the match on the title,

didn't need three sets today. She is the highest ranked player left in

the bottom half of the draw. If she continues to pull off shots like

that, she will go a long way in this tournament. So, this first set, a

real roller-coaster ride. Here is Madison Keys. 5-3 up in the

tie-break, the first set, that much will be shown assuredly on BBC Two,

Madison Keys having broken into the world's top ten, she must have

missed that. They have changed it again on me, it is 6-3. Three set

points for Madison Keys, the number nine seed. And this match. A

roller-coaster. Dominika Cibulkova has another break in the third set

against Aga Radwanska, former finalist. Cibulkova one Eastbourne,

in control at the moment in the third set. That much is on the red

button. And the man who put out Novak Djokovic. He is slamming down

the aces again, 6-4, 2-1 up on Nicholas Mahut of France. That match

on the website. Now I mentioned Kei Nishikori was in trouble with an

injury, had to pull out with a rib injury and in all sorts of problems,

16 minutes, the first set took and he only wants seven points in that,

going the way of Marin Cilic at the moment, worrying times per Kei

Nishikori and his fans, we will keep you updated with his progress. A lot

to go on today and we will keep you updated but we are going to Roger

Federer on Centre Court. Up against the big hitting Steve Johnson, all

going the way of Federer at the moment, 6-2, 4-1, let's join Tim

Henman, Nick Mullins and Jim Courier, commentators.

COMMENTATOR: Federer largely in cruise control. Steve Johnson still

swinging away. Let's see what he can connect with. Federer with the

break. Federer continuing his form of the

opening week, the start of the second week, against the 26 euros

Californian, Steve Johnson, a hugely popular man on the tour. Jim, you

know him very well, Davis Cup captain, not eight mega John, a

smile never far away, a laugh and a joke. He was very happy to see Roger

Federer being trawled through a million media commitments yesterday,

he said to the guy on the ATP, he said you make sure you keep him out

for 3-4 hours longer. It takes a lot more to keep Roger Federer busy. A

full four years at university. Coming on to at 22 years of age. On

an upper trajectory ever since. Continues to plot. This experience

is climbing right now at the moment. Not really shaping on the

scoreboard. But this experience will prove to be invaluable. It tennis

career which began when he was two years old, we are told by his mum

and dad, playing with balloons and beach balls. And here he hears, --

here he is, using proper tennis balls.

His dad is a tennis teacher. Taught my wife and my brother-in-law. When

he was a toddler, they were about ten or 12 years old. But his mum is

a maths teacher and I tell you, Steve spent a lot more time with his

dad! He won his last 72 matches at

college. Unprecedented. One the team come petition of four years he was

at school. One individual championships the two years. He

would be the most decorated college tennis player in the history of

men's college tennis in the United States.

When you mention that to Johnny Mac... He will say, I turned pro...

But... The record is his, there is his coach on the left, Peter Smith

and Craig Boyden, his coach on the tour. Next to him.

Certainly when you play that many matches at whatever level, you know

how to compete and he has done a good job, Federer making life

difficult for him, few opportunities but he is sticking in there.

Trying to make Federer serve out this second set.

And it looks like he is going to have to.

Johnson already guaranteed his highest ever payday. ?132,000 for

getting this far. $135,000? Federer for the set...

Johnson would definitely like that or hand pass back. Federer decided

to go into the forehand but mis-hit the approach shot, had plenty of

time. Looked like the point had to be

Federer's at in the end, was the American's. The backhand slice down

the line, the passing shot. 73. You don't see that too much!

Ken Rosewall was 30 71 he won the Australian Open in 1972. And he is

bang on course for a place in the mumbled and quarterfinals. Leading

by 2-0 sets. -- the Wimbledon. SUE BARKER: Federer in a hurry on

Centre Court, his best performance of the tournament so far, we will be

back on Centre Court in a moment. Michael Chang... They are talking to

Kei Nishikori on court, trying to persuade him to pull out of the

match, he is injured, we think it's a recurring of the rib injury that

took him out of the previous tournament, his team saying do not

go on. No player likes to retire, he wanted to try and find a way back

but it was not to be, struggling to win points, what a sad end for the

second year in a row for Kei Nishikori. Pulling out of Wimbledon

because of injury. It means that Marin Cilic will go through. He will

face either Steve Johnson Roger Federer, looking likely to be

Federer. Sad end for Nishikori out on Court Number Two. In action at

the moment... Madison Keys, a break of serve down in the first set, came

back and won the first set tie-break, a break of serve up in

the second set, the American going well, that match is on BBC Two. And

over on Court Number Three... This match. We thought this was going to

be tough and discovering the distance with Dominika Cibulkova who

won at Eastbourne. Against Aga Radwanska in your picture. Could be

5-5 and you can see that on the red button. We will keep you up-to-date

with those matters but we are heading back to Roger.

COMMENTATOR: Curnow, Steve Johnson? This is a day he will remember for

ever. His time on Centre Court pending on what happens over the

next half an hour. If you are going to try and build a

game plan, this is the first set he has served first in, you would like

to think if he can hold the first couple of games, he can get his nose

in front. But... Federer will have other ideas, with the moment up, 2-0

sets, he is looking to be ultra-aggressive, try and get an

early break in this third set and wrapped things up.

One man that hasn't been talked lot about that I have heard far in the

Championships is either in the church. He is in the Federer camp.

We talked a lot about Edberg last year. Ljubicic was with me los

Raonic and he left to go with Federer.

He did a great job with me los Raonic. Changed his serve, there he

is, in the middle. Added a couple of inches in contact point to me los

Raonic's already told serve, using his legs more. That is a rear change

for a coach to try and make to a player who already has a great

serve. Ljubicic is a confident coach and he hasn't had a lot of

opportunity with Roger Federer yet because they haven't played that

much. I am curious to see over time what he may bring to the Federer

camp. Under so much pressure to try the

extraordinary. Someone like Roger Federer. Break point right at the

start of this third set. We talked about how important it was

for both of these players to get forehands in the first job after

adverse serve and they have both got about three quarters.

The problem for Johnson is that Federer is pushing him back a lot of

times on the return of serve, he is not getting an aggressive first ball

forehand that he wants. The problem, Federer, he is pretty good! LAUGHTER

yes... And also, grouse, without doubt, is the toughest surface to

defend on soap when you have someone who is as aggressive Federer... It

is difficult to get the balance right because you feel you need to

take more risks, be more aggressive and you make more unforced errors.

We mentioned Ken Rosewall, at the end of the second set, 37 when he

won the Australian Open in 72, if Federer goes on to win this on

Sunday he will become the oldest men's champion here in the Open era.

The second slice Arcand passing shot... -- backhand. A couple

leaking out! All we need our wooden rackets,

white balls, no sitting down and we would be right back in the early

70s! Federer's trawl is riddled with challenges in front of him. It is no

easy one. Cilic is through. That is who awaits

the winner of this one. Kei Nishikori retiring. Having lost the

first set 6-1. Tim, who do you think Roger will

fear most in the draw? I think that would be Andy Murray if he got

through to the final but I agree with you, in the top half of the

draw, Raonic has been playing well but I think Cilic is a dangerous

floater. They played for an Cilic one in New York.

And he played fantastically well against Federer and I think the way

he serves, aggressive from the baseline...

If and when Federer comes through this match. I think that is going to

be a tough challenge. No question that Andy Murray is the

best tennis player left in the draw up the sides Roger Federer, no doubt

about that. But Federer being able to play Roger Federer at tennis if

he were to play Murray in the final...

That doesn't mean it is easy by any means, very challenging for Federer.

He can get the racket taken out of his hands by Marin Cilic and me los

Raonic. If I am in Federer's camp those are the players I would be

buried about most because he will have a chance, a sake, if he plays

Andy Murray. Those guys, Cilic and Raonic can beat themselves but they

can prevent Roger from doing what he wants to do and beaten. Dangerous.

Roger played one of the best matches I think I've seen him play at

Wimbledon in the semis last year when he beat Murray and he could

probably take some confidence from that.

Johnson holds on. Still on serve in this third set.

Martina Navratilova is turning 60 this year. She is an inspiration and

if I was an inspiration to her, she has been one to me. Defecting to

America she transformed the spot. Everyone has a lucky break in life,

she was my lucky break. She will be the best doubles and singles players

to have ever lived. She is so wonderfully joyous when she wins. A

pioneer, an activist, an icon. He is still out there giving it all

he possibly can on Independence Day. Happy Independence Day, Jim, the 4th

of July. Jack Nicholas on the left-hand side and Sir Steve

Redgrave on the right. Jack Nicholas has got 18 majors. And nice segue to

the piece on Martino who has got 18 majors herself.

We have no time for this right now, but perhaps in the pub later, who

was the greatest in their sport? But, yes, a rare two-handed backhand

winner. Beautifully played across court. It was an ice lolly as well

moving away from him. He catches the outside of the ball with the

left-hand and it is 15-30. Well, well, well. Straightening our

backs again, setting up again. It is a question of tipping your cap

and saying, too good. A great return from Johnson, but Federer was able

to direct the forehand down the line.

Just that early backhand passing shot changed that service game. He

took his opportunity. In the context of this match it is his first

experience on Centre Court after an hour and ten minutes and he was

thinking, I fancy staying out here a bit longer!

Such a good effort to get the break of serve, now the key is to keep a

hold of it and stamp his authority on this third set.

You can hear Johnson muttering to himself about making first serves,

which he has not been able to do much of in this game.

Well, you tweak the tale of a tiger and you expect some kind of

response, but sadly for Steve Johnson, that was handing it back a

bit tamely. Federer was able to absorb some of the forehand pace in

the middle of that game and that was indecision from Johnson. When he was

wondering whether that return was going to go out, he decided to swing

at a last minute. Let's see if he can regroup, or he will be

disappointed. Sam Querrey is flying the stars and stripes for the United

States today. It has been five years since we had an interest from

America on the Centre Court. It has been five years since they have had

a quarterfinalist anywhere. Mardy Fish. He does spend time with

these guys. He is as interested as ever in the sport.

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

Johnson has two challengers left. The wrist of work, Tim, to create

that angle. That is right, Federer has got unbelievable racket head

speed and a loose wrist to create spin on the ball and give himself

margin for error and generate the power.

Dustin Johnson ploughing new ground here, never been this far in a Grand

Slam. Don't let him plough on too much or Tim Henman will get on at

him. Johnson falls, but he wins the

point, almost as if Federer was distracted by his slip. It would be

interesting to see what part it was. It is pretty unusual because these

courts are unbelievably hard. You can dig them up with your feet. When

you start digging them up with your racket it gets expensive. That is

not going to cost him any money, you can confirm that. He knows how to

repair a different because he picked up a bit of turf and stamped it

down. That is what happens when you hit a

lot of your best service and best approach shots and the ball keeps

coming back with interest and you end up making the wrong decision. A

poor choice of shot. There is somebody who knows about

repairing divots. Danny will it in his Masters jacket.

It has been the year of the underdog. But it is a long way back

for Steve Johnson. He has played that well. He is

refusing to let this moment ago. Steve Johnson when he was in college

at Los Angeles he would drive down to account about an hour south of

Los Angeles. He would work with a guy named Rodney Marshall, the

strength and conditioning coach. We told you how great his record was in

college. But he had 18% body fat when they got hold of him. He cut

that down to 9% and he has done better than that. He has got himself

into top-flight, professional shape. He has to be in better shape than

players because he has to hit forehands and avoid the backhand

because he needs to cover more court. He cannot stand in the middle

and hit beautiful one hand is like Roger Federer.

UMPIRE: New balls, please. New balls prompt a change of racket from

Federer. Closing in on $100 million in prize money. Djokovic was the

first to go through that barrier in Paris. But if he is going to do that

here in London, he needs to win on Sunday.

And his wife has to worry about paying the mortgage!

He set himself up nicely. A wonderful foundation to hit that

shot. Despite that double fault, Johnson

is having a pretty good set here as far as serving those.

Absolutely right, Tim. He is relishing this opportunity on Centre

Court. It is brand-new for him. Do you remember your first trip out

here? That last in the memory? Yes, 96 in the first round. I first came

here when I was a six-year-old with my mum, so I have about 12 years

getting myself ready and by the time I came out I save a couple of match

point and I was ready for it. Two sets up and it was just before

tea-time and the viewers kept coming in. Good work. Jim? 1991I was about

the same age and I played in the quarterfinals against Michael Stich.

Sad to say I did not extend my time on the court very long. He took me

to the Wood she had very quickly, the German. That is what Steve

Johnson is building right now, memories.

With the scoreboard now, this is a free swing for Johnson.

I return in the goodness category. Aggressive.

I wonder whether Federer has a sense of what we are being told, that rain

might be on the way. He absolutely wants to get this done without any

interruption. We were warned that there would be showers at various

points this afternoon. It is one thing to get there, but

then to be able to control the ball at the end of your run and nudge it

down the line. UMPIRE: Mr Federer is challenging

the ball on the left-hand side. It was called out. I am a good fan of

Hawk-Eye. Mr Federer has two challengers remaining.

UMPIRE: Correction, the ball was good. Overruled by the chair. Or he

had to do was put his racket up and block it into the open space.

Mr Johnson has one challenge remaining.

That is interesting. I do not know if interesting is the right word. I

think horrible is the last 45 seconds.

It has just unravelled rather horribly for Steve Johnson. Federer

has the break and he is one game away from taking his place in the

quarterfinals. We always know it is small margins and things can change

very quickly. But as Jim said, at 15-15 when he came to the net, even

if the ball was going out by a foot or two feet, he had the whole court

to nudge the volley into the open court, no drama. Instead of being up

30-15, he is under pressure and he had a good return and he tried to

play it in between his legs and Federer is in the driving seat to

finish this one off. Steve Johnson is not the one who looks to play

that kind of shot. He was desperate to get a forehand on that sharp and

he could not get there on time, so we had no choice but to hit the shot

or to watch the ball go by him. It has taken him just over an hour

and a half. Once again the spin and the angle,

the ambition and the execution. Federer speaks about four

languages and Johnson speaks American English pretty well. There

are games are a bit like that as well, the amount of dexterity that

Federer has compared to Steve. It is a mismatch.

Federer is on the verge of another tennis milestone. 306 singles wins

at a Grand Slam will put him alongside Martina Navratilova's

record. When we talk about the very best...

He will take his place in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. 17 Grand

Slams, yet to add to his tally this year but maybe here. Maybe here. He

was good today. Still a great tournament for Steve

Johnson, making the second week of a major for the first time.

Competitive. Third set. Great learning experience for him. Chance

to play with a great man on a great court.

CHEERING APPLAUSE

Wonderful moment for the American, 26-year-old Californian.

As Jim said, up against a man fluent in more than one language. As fluent

as anyone in the language of tennis. He will play Marin Cilic, ninth

seed, in the quarterfinals. Cilic eating Kei Nishikori, Nishikori

retiring in the second set out on Court number to an hour or so ago.

Federer through in straight sets. And he is about to have a chat with

us. Huge congratulations. You have done

these interviews a thousand times, we tried to work out just how hard

you win in straight sets victory cos it looks to us like you have done it

easily. How was it? Best of five, always tough. It needs a lot of

concentration because the finish line is bar, even if you might be

close at the very end. The tennis scoring system, how it works, it can

turn quickly and you might be running after the score because of

the reset at the beginning of each set, but happy with how I played, I

don't think it was as easy as it looked because Steve picked up some

nice confidence over the last few weeks, you could see it, nice game

for grouse, good serve, great slider, trying to come into the

backhand side and make him play passing shots, mixed it up well

today. Last year I remember you speaking about your style of play at

Wimbledon allowing you to conserve energy. The fact you haven't dropped

a set so far, you are in good shape? I would never have thought I would

win the first four matches in straight sets, extremely pleased,

the matches might be tough at the rest in between are great. We are

used to playing sometimes five straight days and other ATP events,

you have every second day a day off and for tennis players, or

professional athletes, that is huge. You have been coming here since 1998

as a professional, your 14th quarterfinal here, the bus and idea

how much the intensity picks up from here? It's nice that I'd never

missed Wimbledon since the juniors in 98, 99, I got a wildcard, I lost

in the first round, five sets, Ford and experience. Look... I think, you

can always lose the tournament in the first week but never win it, I

did a lot of things right the first week and from now, you really have

to start playing your best tennis. Cilic lies ahead, he rushed me off

the court like I was not think that the US Open in the semis some years

back, I hope to get him back this time, super guy, tough match, from

here on, it's going to be difficult. Always a pleasure speaking to you.

Thank you. You got it. Thank you, guys.

SUE BARKER: what a win for Roger Federer, we thought this would be a

tough test for him but like the champion he is, he gets better and

better and he needed to be good today, to the delight of his family

and friends on the Centre Court crowd. Such a popular player here

and all around the world. He marches on through to another Wimbledon

quarterfinal. And loving his time out on Centre

Court once again. Let's get further reaction from our commentators. From

Tim and Jim. Jim, that was pretty special, wasn't it? Certainly

special for Steve Johnson but for Roger Federer, he was razor-sharp

alp. Had a couple of Rippon chances that he said early in the first set

and from there he really took off. Strong performance, feeling good, as

he said in his interview. Fresh and ready for the battle ahead with

Marin Cilic. We talk about that at the moment but when he was in here,

he said I have to be good tomorrow because this guy is dangerous.

Certainly is an Johnson has grass court pedigree, winning his first

title in Nottingham, got a lot of matches under his belt and he has a

difficult game, big serve, big forehand, heavy slice on the

backhand. The attacking form of Federer, the way he finishes points

at the net, he was able to target bad side of things and if you are

hitting chip passes with Federer's movement, you're going to be able to

cut things off. We talked about his movement before the match but Jim,

what else impressed you? The fact that everything was clicking for

Federer. At the net quite a bit, serving and volleying nicely, not a

tonne but enough to keep Steve on it. Never as easy and she think it

is going to be. We take Roger Federer's skill for granted all

there because it looks so easy for him but Steve Johnson poses some

challenges for him and Roger was able to pick on the backhand, get in

there, more than anything able to neutralise the's first and second

serves by getting the ball back into the backhand corner, enough to get

those breaks of serve. When Roger came here, he said, I wasn't sure

when I started at Wimbledon what form I was in because he didn't get

as preview from Holla, he seemed to move up the gears, Stefan has always

incurred tend to do and maybe he is wanting to improve him and say

hey... No doubt, Federer was honest about where his game was out and he

needed to build momentum, seven matches in Stuttgart coming in and

when you reflect on the first week's performance he was never really

tested but this was a step up again and certainly, against Cilic in the

quarterfinals, that will be an interesting match. Cilic is a

dangerous competitor, big serve, very strong off both wings and that

is where Federer is going to have to be on his game to advance to the

semifinals. Before we talk about Cilic, you may not have seen what

happened to Kei Nishikori, this is what happened, this is Michael

Chang, telling him you have got to stop, he only won a few points in

the first set and they kept encouraging him, please stop, he was

6-1, 5-1 down and you can see how reluctantly he walks to the net to

shake hands with Marin Cilic. He was forced to pull a bit with the second

lustre with a calf injury and here he is, we think it is a recurrence

of the rib injury that affected him a couple of weeks ago. So sad. Such

a strange injury, happening in the warm up tournament, he slipped and

fell and his racket jammed him in the rib, it wasn't necessarily

atypical sports injury, more of an accidental one and this is a man who

has seen his version of injuries and disappointment. He has been on tour

for eight or nine years and has not had a clean run of health and he is

a gifted, talented, we saw that in full effect when the two players met

in the finals of the US Open in 2014 but for Nishikori, it must be

getting so tiresome to have to deal with injury and not be able to let

his talent speak to its fullest on these big stages. Tim, is it a case

that he is one of the little guys, in a way, maybe he is pushing his

body so much against the tall, big hitters that it is just proving too

much for him? I think in this case it's a little bit more of a freak

injury, look at some of the ailments that he has had, calf injury, it

sometimes happens when you are changing services, going from clay

to grass to hard or whatever, I think when the players are so

professional they work so hard, both on and off the strength and

conditioning that they do, I would say he has been unlucky but as

Federer has seen, it's so important to maintain your health, to work on

injury prevention, so that you can keep the consistency and continuity

going of a tournament player and that is what Federer has struggled

with and he is building for that in this fortnight. He takes on Cilic,

grand slam winner. You know, he knows how to win big matches and you

were talking about it before, big weapons, he will attack Federer.

Yes, Cilic as a player who we haven't seen the best of since he

won the US Open, at the end of that season, he played some exhibition

tennis, but himself, couldn't play in the Australian Open, lost his

momentum that he building your, this could be almost a rebirth at

Wimbledon, a circus that should be good for him, going up against

Federer, he knows he has won me to play and that's to try and take the

racket add Federer's Hans, bully him, rip big serves on big returns,

he is a big, long guy, tough to get the ball past but if he allows

Federer to get in the match, get his teeth into it, we will see that

Cilic doesn't move very well, particularly when you go behind him.

Keep the ball in front of them he actually covers the court well,

Federer will know that, he will do his best to get into the rallies and

the longer the rallies, the more it will favour Federer. Let's take a

look at the draw and take us through this, Tim. What you think is

potentially going to happen. The top half with no Djokovic, still, niches

looming. Yes, get my crystal ball out and... LAUGHTER Sam Querrey is a

strong position, up by two sets and a break, Raonic has played for a

well on grass. The final at Queen's Club, lost to marry, I would expect

him to come through the top part of the draw, to the semifinals and I

expect to see him play Federer in the semis. Federer, Raonic in the

semifinals and again... I would give Federer the age coming through to

the final. The bottom half, lots to play for. A really intriguing match,

third on Centre Court with Murray against Nick Rios, there will be

fireworks. Tsonga against Gasq, how much does Tsonga have left up to the

match yesterday, that matched with Isner was over two days but it was a

marathon. It was the stress, it is what it does to your nervous system

to have to survive a length much of that length, no net meaty, I am

interested in Bernard Tomic and Lucas Pooley, lower seeded players,

Tomic at the beginning of the tournament, I looked at the straw

and lightest chances because he was in the section with Stan Wawrinka,

manic theme, the top-seeded players, he has a real chance. -- Dominic

Thiem. He has a chance to get into the quarterfinals, most likely

against Tomas Berdych, the 10th seed, there will be a surprise

semifinalist most likely in there in the bottom half. As Tim said,

somewhat to play for, lot to talk about, it is just getting going.

Just a line about Jiri Vesely, how tough he is, he is taller than

Berdych, isn't he? He is elected, six feet six, I saw some of match

against Joao Sousa and he got a big serve, not the most athletic of

movers but then he is in the position to head the ball he can

really crush it from both wings and you know, Berdych, these guys know

each other so well, there are no secrets out there. They know when

you're in the second week of the Grand Slam you have to go out there

and produce the goods, as Jim said, lots to look out for. Expect the

unexpected in these championships so far, we will have to see if there

are more upsets in the future. Certainly is, just stay there, we

mainly due again, we will wait for Serena to come onto Centre Court, we

may be talking to the boys again but we are ahead to Andy Murray taking

on Nick Rios, Andy has been in amazing form throughout the first

week, particularly in his third-round match against John

Millman. Richey has been talking to Andy.

COMMENTATOR: very efficient from Murray. He is in complete control.

He has navigated the opening three rounds without dropping a set. Andy,

how do you assess your performance against John Millman? I thought of

as a good performance, some tough moments at the end of the second

set, 5-5 game was really long. Both of us had opportunities, a lot of

long points. Physically, it was testing, that period of the match,

managed to get through it, third set, I played some really good

stuff. How were you about the situation with Novak, they put the

score up, the crowd reacted existed you pay much attention to that at

the time? Your Robbie asleep aware of it because the crowd made a noise

and it is up on the scoreboard. But... You know, after 10-15 seconds

you are back to trying to win your own tennis match and that is where

the focus is. How do you some of your work in the first week? It's

been good, the last two matches I played some good stuff unfinished

but of the match as well, was hitting the ball better as the

matches went on. Yes, pretty stress-free start to the tournament

and hopefully I can keep it going. Novak being the big headline, his

departure, everyone saying you are the favoured, is that fair? I don't

put much focused on who other people say is the favourite for the

tournament. I mean, for Novak's result to have any bearing on my

tournament I need to reach the final anyway, so it doesn't change

anything for the next 5-6 days. On my side. My job is to try and win

obviously, my matches and I have a very tough on the next round, I need

to be ready for that. SUE BARKER: he is so cool, he

doesn't sound excited but we are excited about this match. Jim and

ten, tell people at home what we should look out for, what is coming

up? One thing that you will look for is what is happening on the side of

the net of Nick Kyrgios, how he reacts on Centre Court against Andy

Murray, a player he respects, a man he likes, that will keep him within

the boundaries because he is a wildcard. Trip-mac to not only is

unexpected what shots he will make but how he will react mentally,

that's what makes him a magnet in my eyes for tennis viewers around the

world, he has that star quality but we pretty much know what to expect

from Murray, don't we, ten? Fingers crossed! Three sets. Kyrgios, he

plays some shots that aren't in the text that. He does, he has weapons

to make Murray's life uncomfortable, we have seen him out on the scored a

couple of years ago when he beat Rafael Nadal, he has a great serve,

it's big, he will be looking to serve around 130, but he hits his

spots well, Gregory Asia and, if he can dictate with his forehand from

the back of the court, he can push Murray back a little bit, there is

no doubt he can make life very difficult for Andy. I think Andy has

got to look to get as many balls back in the court as he can and then

look to dictate from the back of the court because forehand and backhand

on both sides, I think Murray has the edge. Tim, you like to predict

how many sets. Four six, 7-6 on the fourth, Murray. LAUGHTER Jim, do you

want to have a go? I will go with Nostradamus right now. Yesterday we

talked about people's Sunday, he talked about his match... 1998? You

remembered every single point. 97. It was... We had a bit of a

reminisce, I was trying to line-up gym when we talked about Federer's

crosscourt history and they jumped from 98, 99 to 2003 when he won it

and I said 2001? He wanted to know who Federer lost two in 2001 and I

think Tim knew the answer, that is why he wanted the question asked?

How many sets did you beat him? Four. Four. This man, so modest.

Jim, he is not that modest. He is a bit like rain man! Thank you very

much, guys. We are heading off to Centre Court in a moment, Serena

Williams will be walking on to court. What a journey it has been

for her. From the park courts in Compton, here she comes. She has her

headphones on, listening to music, getting her in the mood, she walks

onto her favourite Centre Court to take on Svetlana Kuznetsova.

CHEERING APPLAUSE

These two players know each other so well.

Serena knows exactly what she is going to get from Svetlana, she will

be moved around a lot and she knows she's going to have to serve well

and try and dominate this match. What a journey it has been for

Serena, starting as a kid out in Compton, California, being top I her

father, cashiers at Wimbledon trying to reach 22nd Grand Slam title to

equal Steffi Graf. What a journey for the world number one.

Growing up I was in the richest but I had a family and spirit. I went on

the court with just a ball and a racket and hope.

Serena Williams is the US Open champion!

What a career that has been. The greatest ever... Probably. She still

is eyeing a 22nd Grand Slam title but she has got a fourth-round match

to deal with on Centre Court. Svetlana Kuznetsova, we will be with

this match in just a moment but on this very busy day, all fourth round

match is being completed, we will show you what has been happening

outside and look at this, 8-7 in the third and final set, tennis of the

highest quality, one of the great adverts for women's tennis and it

has been won by Dominika Cibulkova, 19th seed, she won at the spawn,

look what it means to her, they both had match points, a wonderful match,

it had it all. Great quality and drama. She has put out former

finalist Aga Radwanska, 9-7 in the third set, the crowd on their feet,

they loved that match, three hours of brilliant tennis.

And just a few moments ago, Simona Halep put out Madison Keys, 6-3 in

the third but towards the end, Madison Keys struggling with an

injury, Halep taking advantage, 6-3 she is through to the quarterfinals,

she will meet Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber. Halep

through on Court One. We are ready for Centre Court, they are just

about to get under way, Williams against Kuznetsova and in the

commentary box, Lindsay Davenport and Sam Smith.

COMMENTATOR: We have already had one great on the

court in the form of Roger Federer, here is another, possibly the

greatest of all time. Not just begin to be great, looking to be historic

as well. Four matches away from equalling Steffi Graf's Grand Slam

of 22, the defending champion Serena Williams, out here on people's

Sunday, very comfortable against Ana Quebec, taking on someone very

different in the form of the 13th seed, Svetlana Kuznetsova. Lindsay

Davenport, beside me, you were over on Court Number One yesterday, 5-3

down against Sloane Stephens, I wonder how the legs are? I was

thinking the same thing, always tough to play back-to-back days,

especially at majors, more attention and pressure. Kuznetsova had a

massive physical and emotional battle yesterday. Quite the opposite

for Serena who had one of her best and easiest matches of the

tournament. UMPIRE: first set. Serena Williams to serve.

What a way to start! APPLAUSE

Positive for Kuznetsova. Not many players on the WTA Tour who can come

anywhere near the category of athleticism of Serena. But she is

one of them, strong mover. One of the few that plays offence

and defence well. That's been something that we have

been used to from Serena at these championships. Served plenty of

bases, 26 and all, but that is her 13th double faults, pretty big

number for Serena. Fortunately... Plenty to balance the books.

Fine start from the defending champion.

I cannot imagine what the job is like organising the Williams layer

box tickets... There is her mother. Just on her right, her sister. Doors

are locked up tennis watching. Mum goes backwards and forwards between

Serena's matches, venous's matches... Venus is just about to

take to the court right now over on Court Number One. Various Serena's

coach and hitting partner. The other day, when bin is one, so cute,

dramatic match, her mother went up and gave a fist pump and she was

already running towards the exit. Already to get over on Centre Court

for Serena was down a break to Christina McHale. Still cover is the

ground well, doesn't she? After all these years. Always so much energy.

Are relaxed. She keeps so can during the matches, but you know, two

daughters at this level for so long, it is a tough ask. -- trip-mac

three. -- calm. It is never a good sign when Serena

is playing offence of tennis in the beginning. Inside the baseline, in

position for shots. Kuznetsova has got to try and hit the ball steeper

and bigger to try and push and keep Serena off the baseline.

Svetlana turned 31, the very first day at the Championships. I imagine

celebrations were early neutered. I think they will be held over until

after Wimbledon and she likes a good party. -- fairly neutered. Huge

respect between these two, they get on pretty well off the court.

Martinez, the Spanish coach for its Svetlana.

It seems like Serena turned a corner over the weekend. One match, maybe

two matches, her game looks a little off, she might look a little

vulnerable but yesterday, it was slowing, right where she left off.

Just behind Patrick is Serena's nephew. There was a documentary last

night on Serena. Looks a bit sleepy, maybe you stay up to watch it last

night. Maybe he is not into the tennis. He has a history of falling

asleep during matches. Kuznetsova has got to find a mix of

offence and defence. I would like to see her take a few chances and go

for some big forehands. That is how she won the US Open and the French.

Sometimes I feel she plays a little too passive these days.

Both women have settled in and are safely aboard. It is the 13th

meeting between these two. Serena has only lost four times this year

and one of them has been to her opponent today.

Purser is just so monster. It is the biggest weapon we have had in

women's tennis. And time and time again, especially in Wimbledon on

the grass, it gives her so many free points.

Wow, I sing again as she loves to do, an ominous sign for her opponent

today. And this will frighten everyone else

in this section of the draw, Lindsay, she is tracking better than

she was 12 months ago. That is amazing, even at her age, our desire

is so strong. You can see improvement in all areas. First

serve percentage, points one on both first and second service. That is a

scary sight for her opposition. When you say she is working on her serve,

is that her standing with Patrick and Robbie and a bucket of balls and

serving messy-mac or is it video analysis, the stats on the Hawk-Eye

data? After the French Open she posted the video to one of her

social media sites and it was her alone out on the court at seven

a.m., she showed her watch, and she said, I refuse to not get better and

she had this big bucket of balls and started serving by herself. The more

time she spends on the court, the better she gets. The coaching staff,

Patrick and Robbie, they break it down and they do all the analysis

and they present it to Serena. The Australian Open and French Open

losses have no doubt motivated her even more.

Lindsay, you have played Serena many times. Where do you serve to her on

a grass court? The difference between Venus and Serena, Venus you

felt like you had some safety on the forehand wing. Serena, possibly the

body, although she has got better at that return over the years. I am

always scared of the forehand. When it is on and she is playing well,

she gets great reach on that side and she has a tremendous amount of

pace. Anything that you can do to get it out of the strike zone. To

get her away from the ball. Above where she likes to make contact. Not

many players have a good kick-serve. Kuznetsova has a good one. It will

be interesting to see whether she can use it today. The court has to

be pretty baked to get them up. The most important thing is to be

aware of what is happening on the court with Serena. Some days one

shot is better than the other, some days she is more confident with

certain shots. It is a very bad sign when she is hitting winners from all

over. There are already ten in this match. The pressure is building and

Kuznetsova was not able to hang on and it was a rather easy break of

serve for the defending champion. Anna Wintour has been at the helm of

women's Vogue almost as long as Serena has been at the top of

women's tennis! She would have been very happy with her two favourite

players playing back-to-back here on Centre Court.

You do not get many openings in a Serena service type of game. Those

are the type of returns that have to get back in the court if you are

Kuznetsova. Made it. An excellent job of turning

defence into fence, reacting at the beginning of the points and slowly

able to turn the tide there. How many times have we seen that?

Svetlana would have seen it so often, they have been battling

against each other for over 12 years now. Serena has won the majority of

their meetings. That was a rather unfortunate timing

for a sneeze. I am sure the pollen count is rather high today.

Nice variety from Kuznetsova. Such a great mix of power and also finesse.

What do you think her game plan is today? You have to fight off the

first few shots against Serena. Make returns from her effective service.

But she has got to slowly take control of some of the rallies. Use

her forehand, open up the court. Again, anything that an opponent can

do to get Serena to be off balance. She went wide on the last break

point. Serena has only been broken four

times in the championship so far. That is the forehand she has got to

use. The second serve was just sitting

there. What a difference. 118 for the first and 90 on the last.

The ration is really digging in. Fourth chance to break in this game.

-- Russian. It is not often she goes out wide on

break point. Generally she goes down the T. And she has used the wide

serve here today and that is why it is so hard to get a sense of Serena.

In other matches it is a different shot that fails her out.

Again this is what we are not used to seeing. It is the second serve

that is problematic in this tournament. Three of the four break

point she has gone wide. Let's see where the fifth one goes.

Serena is broken and we are back on serve in this opening set.

Martina Navratilova is turning 60 this year. She is an inspiration and

if I was an inspiration to her, she has been one to me. Defecting to

America she transformed the spot. Everybody had a lucky break in life,

she was my lucky break. Maybe Martina for every will be the best

ever singles, doubles and mixed players. She is an all-round great

athlete. She was so wonderfully joyous when she won. A pioneer, an

activist, an icon. What a fascinating life she has had,

leaving her family in Czechoslovakia, moving to America

and going on to become a great champion. That documentary on my

Tina is tonight at 10:45pm and 11:40pm if you are watching in

Wales. She went on to win so many Grand Slam matches, she won 306 in

total and Roger Federer has joined her on that. He defeated Steve

Johnson on Centre Court today to equal 306 Grand Slam victories for

the great man. He knew he had to lift his game today against a

dangerous opponent, a big hitter from America, Steve Johnson, and he

do that. His best performance of the championship so far. Roger Federer

looking supreme on centre, moving well, attacking all the time and

back to his best. Venus Williams will be on Court Number One on the

red button. Milos Raonic against David Goffin is on BBC Two, but we

are staying on Centre Court. Kuznetsova is looking much more

comfortable in this match than in the first few games. She is a bit

more accustomed to the Williams' pace. She played a long, tough match

yesterday against Sloane Stephens. You have to respect the power of

Serena. Kuznetsova was deep in the court, well behind the baseline and

Serena recognised that. It was a soft angle.

Kuznetsova is settling in here rather nicely. Just under a week ago

on Tuesday she was out here against Caroline Wozniacki. That was a tight

match. She has certainly got her bearings this year on Centre Court.

She could trouble Williams. What a top drawer she has had to burn this

fourth-round match with Serena. She is not intimidated by anybody,

anywhere, any place. Kuznetsova has the game, she has the power and the

ability to move well. A nice turnaround from Kuznetsova

from 3-1 down. It is the little things against Serena, being able to

win some of those close games. Once you break serve, being able to

consolidate it with a hold. Just a little down on her average.

Normally it is round of 74, 70 five miles an hour.

That was her eighth ace and order is restored.

Lindsay, if Serena Williams was 5% down on her best this year, would

any of us notice? Or would it be only players standing at the other

end of the court who would feel it? I sense in the locker room there is

a feeling that Serena now is beatable. Absolutely and I think we

have seen it in both the Grand Slam finals, but more interestingly in

the Australian Open final. In Paris it did not seem like Serena had a

chance. In Australia it was one of the first times I had seen Serena

lose a Grand Slam final by just being a little bit tight. The first

serve was not there for her in the final set to win the key points and

Angelique Kerber was resilient enforcing Serena to play. One of the

first times Serena has not been able to hit her way out of a match. Jack

Nicklaus, it is great to see him at the tennis. Danny Willett in his

Masters jacket. Does he ever take it off? A wonderful achievement for

Danny. Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood. Hopefully he will make the Ryder Cup

team. Is it golf day in the Royal box? I think it is Ryder Cup day. It

is always some sort of day here in Wimbledon.

Works. That is about as bad as you will see Serena hit a shot. There

are probably a couple of thousand Club players on the Centre Court

right now feeling a lot better! An immediate overruled from the

umpire in the chair. That is a fantastic example of using

the body serve, especially on grass. Slicing that served into Williams,

she struggled to make contact with her left hip and it opens up the

court. Kuznetsova answering with a love

service game of her own. She has got comfortable out here against

Williams on the Centre Court, Lindsay.

That last forehand was 83 mph. Well above average.

Again the second serve, the vulnerable part of Serena's game.

Kuznetsova was able to put some pressure on Serena with that return.

APPLAUSE Kuznetsova had a forehand early in that rally where she had

the time. She was passive and Serena able to take control on this rally.

On the surface, if you get a shot and you have time against Serena,

you have to play -- you have to play offence against her. Kuznetsova does

have the ability to put Serena in awkward places on the court.

It is long. Williams just starting to fragment.

Kuznetsova in strange circumstances, the rain is coming down. And the

Russian will serve for this first set. What drama on Centre Court!

Sue Barker: Writeback with this match to see Kuznetsova serving out

but the umpire having a look at how wet the court is to see whether they

will carry on. It looks as though that are going to carry on. If we

can to see the umpire, yes, the players are not going away and look

at the pain on Serena's face. She has let her chances slip and she

knows it. Still some rain coming down. And this is really tricky,

this part of the match. You do not want to risk injury on a slippery

surface. They are doing the same on Court Number One. Lindsey and Sam,

how wet you feel it is and how, do you think they will go off? It is

almost as if somebody had a large watering can and the roof pouring it

over the court. Even just during the point. It seems to have stopped. It

is the strangest thing. It started raining as Serena was serving and

she could not stop the point and it rained through the point. I have

looked at the radar, it does not look to be longer, it just a tiny

bit of blue around Wimbledon. Does this add to the drama, Lindsey?

Absolutely and four Kuznetsova to make this comeback and for Serena to

slip on break point when the rain started to come down. But from 3-1

down, Kuznetsova has done a remarkable job of turning this first

set around. Looking at Serena at the change of end, she looked

distraught. She rarely let these chances slip through, does she, Sam?

No, one of the questions I have about Williams, we have talked about

it a lot in commentary. The first serve as good as ever, the second

serve does look a bit problematic. Somebody rang the two in the world

and twice a Grand Slam champion who has beaten Serena Williams this

year, that opens the door and she could be the defending champion.

Anything can happen here. Just to let you know, they are carrying on

playing on all courts around the outside courts, including two were

David Goffin and Milos Raonic have been playing, and also on Court

Number One web venous displaying in her match and is a break of serve

down against Carla Suarez Navarro, so not going well for the Williams

sisters. But it looks as though Svetlana Kuznetsova does seem to be

playing some of her best tennis again, her form drops. She has not

been at the stage before but has returned. A tough draw helps, a

great first-time winner against Caroline Wozniacki. A win over

Sloane Stephens and against Serena in March. She is a player that

believes right now. Can she serve it out? Let's see.

COMMENTARY: Beware of a fired up Serena.

The variety of Kuznetsova has thrown Williams of her game. And Kuznetsova

hitting Glo slices, high balls. -- Lowe. Serena has lost her rhythm.

After the double fault, Kuznetsova spinning that first serve in.

Serving first set on grass against one of the greatest of all times,

you have to believe and go for your shots Ulster Kuznetsova does not

believe right now. Playing a little passively trying to close this first

set out -- go for your shots. The mist has started to fall again.

Ever so lightly. I am sure Serena would love it if

they closed the roof. Mildly suggesting it! She could serve a

couple more aces. She has already had a tumble, so you can understand

the concern. She has a legitimate complaint. If there is much to

falling out of the sky, they should absolutely not play on grass. The

great thing is that Svetlana and Serena have had a chat, they get on

well, they could have a conversation here. If they are both unhappy,

there is not a what anybody can do about that. -- not a lot. It is just

spitting ever so slightly. Moisture in the air. I blame my web

applications, I have three on the go! There was a consensus... A ball

child run across to get a ball and just slipped. And this is a lot

greener in the second week than they would normally be. They need to call

the trainer. Trying not to laugh, bless him! He knows he has the

cameras on him. He we go. Oh, dear! He rolled over well. He took it like

a champion! That is all you need to see in the crowd or at home watching

on TV. They do have to get this right. You

can see the referee Andrew Jarrod outside our commentary box. He is

courtside and is coming on now. That is the bones of it, please do

want to play, they do not want to stop and start. They are both so

experienced and not taking any risks.

APPLAUSE They are going to check the radar. Serena wants the roof. You

cannot blame her. The weather is from the West. It is coming over

from our right. The tournament does do their best to keep this and

outdoor tournament. The other day was interesting, Venus had to play

five games under a steady drizzle and they were not playing anywhere

else on the grounds. All the outside courts had stopped play. That was on

Court One. Exactly, yes. UMPIRE: Ladies and

gentlemen, play is suspended. Not much they can do about it if players

of this stature say it is too wet to play. Serena has already taken a big

humble. You cannot risk it. Maybe this is the sensible decision --

tumble. That is the friendship you had been talking about, discussing

it as they walk off court. Power, girl power stops play on Centre

Court. Long-time friends. Sue Barker: Hugely disappointing for the

spectators and players, the last thing they want to do at a crucial

stage. A fourth round match at Wimbledon. They will be back very

soon, this is just a short shower. Late is continuing elsewhere. That

is coming our way. Not great but not rainy. We will keep an eye on Centre

Court to see when the players return. But play continues

elsewhere. So we will go to Court Number One were older sister Venus

Williams is in action and she will have to break now because this young

lady Carla Suarez Navarro is 5-4 up and serving for the first set so

Serena broke, it is venous able to break? Questioning our commentators

Annabel Croft and Simon Reed. -- is venous.

COMMENTARY: Suarez Navarro at 5-4 and serving for the first set. A

very indifferent start from Venus Williams, out of sorts, very flat

and dropped the first three games. She has held her own since. Suarez

Navarro starting to make some mistakes. And Cheetah Martinez, the

Davis Cup captain from Spain crossing her fingers -- Conchita.

Suarez Navarro serves for the set after 35 and it is. It is the latest

of rain. It continues. They stopped for a couple of minutes and they did

not go off and they are continuing. This is her mother who has hotfooted

it from Centre Court to watch here. This is a big match for Suarez

Navarro. She got to the quarterfinal of the Australian Open, twice Roland

Garros and US Open but never reached the last eight here. Got the last 16

three-year is ago, Petra Kvitova beat her. She has beaten everyone

there. APPLAUSE That such a clever point from Suarez Navarro.

She is using her serve very effectively. It is not a massive

serve which she got incredible angle on that. Sliced it out wide. Really

opening the court into the Open space.

Just a little careless. So here, a couple of break. She has already

broken once. -- rate points. That is the power of Venus Williams.

That has to be the tactic from now. We have seen a mixture of tactics

from Venus and she has tried ripping some shots and is so much more

impressive on that front foot, hitting through the court and

getting the power behind the ball. And Suarez Navarro had no answer

when she is playing like that. Really dictating the play.

Venus working her way back into the point well will stop a bad error

from the Spaniard. Yes, it was. And also a slightly wobbly second serve

from Venus Williams, short in the box. She has had problems on the

second serve in these championships. It is the last second serve, Venus

Williams is per hour. This is a lot quicker. -- 79 mph. That did not

miss by much. She is going to challenge. She is not a natural

challenge, very close, this. It might be out. We shall see. A little

bit of the line. That got the crowd going. A little bit lucky.

She seems to be playing without energy in the first ten, 15 minutes.

She has found some now. A chance for her to go ahead in the match for the

first time. That is service game from Venus, she

is leading 6-5. Sue Barker: Venus doing exactly what

Serena did on Centre Court, a break when the opponent is serving for the

set. 6-5, right back with this could play continues on Court One. That is

not the case on Centre Court and tournament referee Andrew Jarrett

has decided to close the roof and they will be walking gone in just

over ten minutes. So Serena Williams against Svetlana Kuznetsova. That

will continue and they will be back on court at around quarter past

four. But let's take a look at what is happening on two and we have

talked so much about Milos Raonic, but David Goffin had other ideas,

taking the first two sets and finding a way to the bait -- to

break the big serve Milos Raonic. Ran it with two break points so

maybe the Canadian getting back in the match -- Milos Raonic. That is

on BBC Two. Back we go to Court Number One.

COMMENTARY: Venus a game away from the first set. She has really

struggled through it and she has found a way to get in front. Let's

see if she can capitalise on this, topsy-turvy match so far. The rain

seems to have stopped completely on Court One, it shows you how local it

is. Reigning much more on Centre Court than it is here. -- reigning.

It is the right shot. Well, it was the right shot. We have seen

fantastic backhands down the line from Venus in this opening set but

it has been interspersed with erratic play.

UMPIRE: Let, second serve. This second serve has got the

treatment a couple of times from Venus, I wonder if she will take

this on the rise. That was not close. She is getting away with it

on second serve. That is stunning. Just a classic

backhand, this. So rare in the women's tour. Early preparation,

beautiful top-spin of the back of the ball. ?FORCEDWHITE UMPIRE: Let,

first serve. Yes. Not quite the impact that she

wanted on the backhand that time. Because she hits with so much

top-spin, you could see how that construction of a point would work

on any other surface. But on grass sitting invitingly to be hit, it was

left a little bit stranded. She had to stoop down and did not

have the technique to deal with it. So we are in for a break-up. They

have met six times before, 3-3 in the head-to-head, they have never

had a break in the matches between them but they have this week. Venus

winning the first set against Donna Vekic in the first round of the

tie-break. You can see Venus moving forward and

Suarez Navarro saw that out of the corner of her eye. Yes, she

anticipated so well. You can see this ball not doing enough damage.

Straight into the strike zone. That is the angle she can create with the

backhand, a lot of wrist action and great preparation as well.

Should have made it! She knows it. And she is angry with herself. It

was there for her. Well, it was the right shot, wasn't it? Yes, Venus

just a fraction slower. Out that forehand. That is her coach with

Conchita Martinez. You just cannot afford any Sloper --

any sloppy errors and high breaks, it is like a penalty shoot out, you

have to be really on your guard. Yes. Keeping it simple. Venus. And

it worked. She is very quick to spot of short ball, move up to it and to

take advantage. That is a great serve! 70 mph. She

started slow in the second round and in the last match, but she finished

strong. To be honest, if you watched the first ten minutes, you would not

have given her a price in this match. Now she is looking pretty

good. Suarez Navarro hammering away. And

the rain is coming down again. Well, this would be a horrible time to go

off right in the middle of a tie-break, just when Venus has

started to get her momentum going. I cannot see they are going to

continue in this. It is very fine rain, but there is an awful lot of

it. They are pausing. Yes, the ground crew are coming on and it

looks as if we are going off. Yes, play is suspended. That is tough,

really tough. That is the situation and Williams 4- to head in this

tie-break. -- 4-2. I do not know who gets the advantage. Venus being up

in the tie-break is a huge benefit. Certainly better than being 4-2

down. You do get a chance to go back to the locker room and normally you

would not get a chance to talk to your coach, they make have spotted

something you have not in the match. It did take time to get going and I

feel she needs momentum in a match. It is not look good point Not

looking happy. It is so random. She never knows on any given day if she

will wake up full of energy or no energy. It seems to be the latter.

But she has really got some work. It is just so frustrating for

everyone. We arrived in beautiful sun sign, a

lovely hot Summer's day and you thought we could get going with

Wimbledon and enjoy the tennis -- sunshine. Just disruption and

emotionally draining for everyone. So a frustrating day so far. We do

not expect this to last long. Carol said this could be a passing shower,

hopefully this is it. The umbrellas again very much used for the

spectators here. Ace seesawing match. Suarez Navarro

going 3-0 up and Venus looking in the doldrums. Sluggish, not really

moving. At gradually, she got her feet moving. She got the first break

backhand the second in time for the tie-break. I feel as if it has been

very fluctuating from both of them. Both of them have not been playing

well at the same time and I feel Venus has tried out different

tactics. She has tried rupiah shots with spin and more height over the

net, that did not really work -- loopy. For more impressive on the

front foot. Suarez Navarro has held her own and you do not feel her game

would transfer well onto the grass court but she can open up the court

with it and she uses her serve effectively into the body. An

intriguing first set. Very difficult to predict because we have had the

two distinctly different stages of the first set. Suarez Navarro but as

though she could be a runaway winner after the first 15 minutes but Venus

comment back after that. You feel it is in the hands of Venus, she does

possess so much more weight shot and power through the court, although

her serve is not as effective and she does not serve as many aces. We

are going to take a break. It is in the tie-breaker. Six games each. But

it is for- two, Williams. Sue Barker: What an unfortunate

place to stop, 4-2 in the tie-break. A lot for Suarez Navarro to think

about as she waits I'm afraid we have no tennis for you

on Court Number One but on Centre Court, they have close the roof and

so Serena and Svetlana are making their way back onto court. And they

have a five minute warm up, because it is a change of conditions. Five

minutes to get used to playing under the roof. So Serena Williams here

looking for her 22nd grand slam title, that is what she has been

looking for since she lost the title last year but she lost in the

semifinal of the US Open, and then lost to my grand slam finals, the

first against Angelique Kerber and then at Roland Garros. So much

expected this year from her opponent they are, but she went out early.

Serena will be continuing our fourth mound weight round match and it is

five games all in the first set. Right back with this match in just a

moment but a few results to bring it. First of all, this was on Court

Number One, Madison Keys was beaten by Simona Halep. Madison was

struggling. Unfortunately, an injury, but Simona Halep, just too

good. Delighted to be through to the quarterfinal. 6-3 in the final set.

Madison Keys, into the top ten for the first time but she will have to

wait another year. We will see this young lady once again tomorrow. And

she is through to face the Australian Open champion, Angelique

Kerber. What about this for a match point? Let's enjoy it one more time.

And that is the way to win a match. And what a reaction from Angelique

Kerber. The highest seed still in the bottom half of the draw. As you

can tell, she is playing very well, losing just four games. Wonderful

scenes on court. An even better manage over on Court number three.

Cibulkova, the 19 seed, putting out Radwanska. This was a great advert

for women's tennis and the quality was just outstanding. Winner after

winner. Hard, long, testing rallies. She had had to save a match point

against Radwanska but it was a match that had it all. Wonderful tennis

and great drama. Anyone who had a ticket on Court three and a match to

remember. Cibulkova, not the tallest on the tour but certainly with the

biggest art. And she packs a punch. She is through to face either

Makarova or Elena McKeever. What a match on Court three. And only 18,

Pavlik Cheng of Russia, against a from last year, Svetlana Kuznetsova.

That Jake Bugg was just too good. Winning 6-3, 6-3. -- Pavlik chunk

of. Everyone was happy with her victory.

And Lucy Sakharov, another seed has, has gone out. She will face Carla

Suarez Navarro or Venus Williams. An earlier on Centre Court with the

roof open, Roger Federer went up a couple of gears, as he knew to

against Eve Johnson. He was a dangerous opponent today. Federer

was just too good. And the Centre Court rises for the great man once

again. One day he puts out Novak Djokavic

and now another ace and it will prove to be an ace, although it is a

Hawk-Eye on this, but it is Sam Querrey, with a victory over Nicolas

Mahut. 6-4, 7-6, 6-4. Sam Querrey goes through at the top of the draw.

What a tournament he is having. Serena and Svetlana are on Centre

Court but later, Andy Murray against this man. And this is where he has

been for the afternoon. He is watching Lleyton Hewitt playing

doubles match with Jordan Thompson. You wouldn't think he had a fourth

round match at Wimbledon coming up in an hour. He has been filming on

his phone as well. Maybe he is going to tell Lleyton Hewitt what he did

wrong. And take a few pictures. But that is where Nick Kyrgios has been

today, looking very relaxed as he heads to Centre Court later on. Andy

Murray has been on the practice court with his team. Getting ready

for what could be a very tricky match because Nick Kyrgios looked in

some form against Feliciano Lopez. And Andy Murray are so used to the

Centre Court atmosphere, used to playing here at Wimbledon on the big

occasions. That will be our late afternoon entertainment. Next on

Centre Court. So all the spectators have to run for cover, although not

too many umbrellas around. We said it was only going to be a little

shower. But under the roof we go to Serena and Svetlana, and let's

rejoin Lindsey Davenport. And Sam Smith. It has been about half an

hour since the players were last on court. Slipping and sliding all over

the place. Both deciding it was ready to go on. The referee has made

a decision about closing the roof and now they can get on with it. And

now it is 5-5 in this first set. Advantage to Serena in these perfect

conditions. Kuznetsova has to come back out now

and restart this match, serving for the set before the rain delay

occurred. She did not start well. She was the first to be broken.

Svetlana immediately broke back. A couple of breaks of serve. But this

is where we are after 50 minutes of play. Very

hard to break Serena's serve on grass. Svetlana has been able to do

it twice in this first set. Tougher to break her serve on grass indoors.

Kuznetsova will have to make a lot of returns and guessed right. So

much easier to serve in these perfect conditions. You don't have

to worry about the wind, if there is some, clouds. -- if there is sun.

Kuznetsova's slice works so well on grass. You could see the ball just

slipping into the racket. She has mixed in that shot successfully in

this first set. Serena, safely through her service

game. Strange to think that Svetlana has

never been beyond the quarterfinals here at Wimbledon. If you

quarterfinals. You beat one year, back in 2005. That was a long time

ago. But with her game, she has not really featured here for about eight

years. And not good losses, either. If you look at her record, she has

always been more comfortable on a surface where she has more time. She

has some extreme grip, and she grew up training on clay in Spain. But

she has a game. She has an effective serve. Underrated. And a forehand is

huge when she steps in and commits to hitting it. She has played safe

so far in this first set. 1000 tonnes of steel and material.

And this is why. Serena being broken at 4-4. The players are a lot

happier now, as you mentioned. Kuznetsova was rather passive when

she had the chance to serve for the set and now she finds herself

serving to stay in it. Again, both servers in this game

coming in at 92 mph. Kuznetsova is a player that can hit a serve hard,

106, 110. Just being very careful with that first serve.

And I was a beautiful second serve, able to keep that one above the

strike zone. Ultra-aggressive return by Serena,

well inside the baseline. She punished that. A 75 mph second serve

right in the middle of the box. Very quickly on the restart, Serena has

set point. And that is the aggressive tennis

that Kuznetsova has to play more often. Much better, much harder

serve there, setting up for a forehand that she can really do some

damage with. What a difference a roof makes. And

it is the defending champion that takes this opening set by 7-5.

I almost feel like we could have a little breather now. As an American

whose day has not been great on the results front, we can have a little

breather because order is restored on Centre Court. We have spoken so

much about Serena's serving numbers, second serve points won, no

improvement through the course of the tournament but she finds a way

to win. And her opponent had an opportunity to serve out the set,

and what does Serena do? She is able to get so much better, and play some

of her best tennis at the most critical moments of this first set.

We had high hopes on July the 4th for the Americans and two have

already gone out, including Madison Keys. And as is the custom, it is

Serena and Venus left. Apparently it will take over 7000

umbrellas to cover the same area, apparently so. That is a good one. I

wonder house is -- how many more years we will be saying, still

Serena and Venus? Two or three. Venus is the other day said

something about 2020 and that was the first I had heard her talking

about playing two when she would be possibly 40 years old. And her

younger sister is a sense to the good. -- a set.

Interesting to see if those numbers get better for Serena on her serve.

Easier to win points in doors. You have a great serve.

Umpire -- UMPIRE: This Kuznetsova is challenging the call. The ball was

called in. Serena's faster server of the match,

121 mph. She has had one at 123 in the previous round. She likes this

roof. Much, now. This is a little bit strange, Lindsey. Serena always

goes around the other side of the net to get to the umpire's chair but

recently she has changed it. She is doing the same as everyone else. For

a few years she had to shake the umpire's hand first. She used to

almost block them out so that she could get to the umpire's hand

first, win or lose. And then that changed a couple of years ago. Did

she had you out of it a couple of times? I was already done playing.

But one time with Maria Sharapova, it was quite hysterical. But it is

odd when the top players change up their routines that they have had

for so long. I will have to ask about that.

I feel like the power of Serena's game, the server or the ground

strokes, is too tough to defend against on an indoor court. It

always plays fast because of the grass and it is even more perfect

for a big hitter in this type of condition.

Roger Federer loves it with the roof closed and so does Serena. It is

really different. The area is a lot thicker and more humid, and you are

able to hit the ball so cleanly. And it just sounds different.

Everything getting away from Kuznetsova now.

And it is all going away from the Russian now. Five games in a row

now, for Serena, who has taken control of this match after a letup

midway through that first set. She has pushed the reset button.

Looking back, that rhythm is looking in sync again. Ace number 38 for the

tournament. We were a little worried about her

second serve. Not really needed at this rate. Problem solved. Serving

86% right now. That is one way to defend a possible weak point of your

game. Don't hit it much. Making it look very easy now. The

defending champion in full control. It begs the obvious question, the

sooner this roof went over, it is Serena's advantage, so why did she

not hold her ground and say, it's fine, because they are playing on

one of the other outsides courts -- outside court right now, why did she

not try to keep the roof open? She seems to give him too easily. She

was demonstrating that it was slick and they should close the roof, but

it is just a given. Everybody knows that Serena, with the roof closed,

is even more unbeatable, and Kuznetsova... What was she thinking?

I don't know. Maybe she really did feel that it would risk on movement

and possible injury. But then, you wait it out. Maybe it is a passing

shower. And she will play here, at 0- three down in the second set.

It has been a totally different Serena from when they left the

court. Late in the first set, Kuznetsova was about to serve for

the set. Excuse me, at 5-5. And Kuznetsova has gone away here in the

second set, I wonder if there is physical and mental tiredness and

starting to kick in. She has had a couple of tough matches, three

rounds in the previous set. Oh yes. She can do anything. Incredible

reaction from Serena, almost apologising to Svetlana. Aluko but

will demand. -- a look of the world in.

Is Serena goes on to win this match, she will play again tomorrow in the

quarterfinal and that will be three days in a row, but that is when it

helps to win so up handsomely. And it started yesterday against Annika

Beck, she wasted no time in that match. And right now running away

with this one. Juggernaut. And it is a double

break. How quickly things can change in just 20 minutes. That is how long

they have been back out on court. 5-5 they resumed with the roof

closed. It is looking like a very bad decision from Svetlana.

That was an aggressive second serve for Serena, one of the best she has

hit this tournament. Andrew Jarrett is per hour, she went up and after

that with conviction. -- 98 mph. Feels better serving in these

conditions, with the roof closed. APPLAUSE. Astonishing tennis from

Williams. Her mum Oracene has decided Venus needs to skip over --

Venus will win, she has skipped over. The box is always full, so it

is all right. Also, the two sisters here switch off as well. Venus and

Serena always have at least one sister in the stand. On Centre Court

here, supporting Serena. Good job they have a big family and I'm glad

to see the nephew... He is awake! I do not think he is here, the lights

not on. And he Serena clearly not that exciting. She is racing towards

the quarterfinals. A fantastic display from the defending champion.

She looks unstoppable. They survived a little shower. Good

for the goldfish! They do like a drop of rain. It might be some cap

in the lily pond. It is a great spot, isn't it? Getting ready for

their man, Andy Murray up next on Centre Court. Andy will not be long.

I wonder if Nick Kyrgios still out watching the Mixed Doubles. That was

amazing! And remember in Miami he had a picture of a stock books on

side. His match was at six p.m.. Definitely unconventional. A golfing

theme to the rail box, former world number-1 Luke Donald in the centre

of your screen. I wonder if he will make the Ryder Cup team this year.

Matthew Fitzpatrick, another golfer. But the tennis is the main event on

Centre Court. Real concentration needed here, Kuznetsova serving to

stay in this round 16 match. There was no reaction! Part of you

is very glad you are not out there! Exactly. Happy sitting next to you

right now. We are at a safe distance. What a role she has been

on since getting down 5-4 in the first. Scary tennis. Just

unbelievable. Even Svetlana has a little smile. Six times... Excuse

me, six times winner, Serena, just remarkable. And that is another.

She has been on a mission. Hardly had time to blink and Williams has

three match points. What a champion! She is still simply

the best. Cheering macro -- APPLAUSE.

Still on track for Wimbledon title number seven, to take a collection

of Grand Slams to 22. Four matches down, three to go. And the rest of

the family can go over the Court Number One. Lindsay, it was like

watching two completely separate matches. The roof open and the roof

closed. Yes, absolutely. You go through certain wins in a Grand Slam

and that was a statement when. The way Serena played that match and the

way she was utterly dominating after they came back with the roof closed.

She looked unbeatable in the second part of this match. 43 winners to 14

unforced errors, you kidding me? That is amazing! Always great to see

Svetlana Kuznetsova. It is not to be this year. Beat by the grand slam

champion. It is Serena and she will face another Russian in the next

round. A good friend of hers, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

So Serena Williams is on track, a great recovery. Kuznetsova had her

chance. She served that first set and she could not take it. Very much

paying the price. You just wonder if this roof is staying closed for

Murray. Whether they will open it or not. A great day on Centre Court.

Officially day seven. It is the eighth day of play at the

Championships after Sunday, it seems to go in a blur. It might stay

closed. So Serena has gone through to the quarterfinals. The defending

champion in great form, she wins 7-5, 6-0 and she is here now.

Sabrina, the huge congratulations. Svetlana has proved a tough opponent

in the past, how satisfying was it to win in that manner? It was really

good to win. She has played really well against me in the past and she

beat me earlier this year so I knew I had to play really well to

witness. There was a short shower and conditions got a little slippy

and you took a couple of tumbles, how tricky was it? It was really

tricky out there. Even though it was not raining hard, it was on the

grass and you can fall really easy. And then it was not about that, it

was, should I run for the shot or not? I do not necessarily want to

fall! Then it became more of a difficulty because of that. You have

gone through to your 12 quarterfinal at Wimbledon so congratulations on

that. It does mean you have to play your third game in a row in three

days. Does that the you? You are one of the greatest players ever, does

that sort of thing, you? No, in order to win a tournament, you have

to play quarters and semifinals back-to-back and that is how I

thought about it. I thought, you have done this over 70, 80 times, so

for me, it is an easy transition. Well played today and good luck for

the rest of the tournament. Thank you.

Sue Barker: Was a story of two Serena Williams. The first looked

really distressed and not happy on Centre Court. Kuznetsova was serving

for the first set at 5-4. But that is when you grow one turned it

around. She did not lose a game after that -- one. She steam-rolled

her way around through the second set. Wonderful performance from her

like the true champion she is, finding a way to get through the

first set and then her dominance going through the match. Serena has

gone through to the quarterfinal. And on Court Number One, this is how

older system the nurse who was in a similar situation when her Spanish

opponent was serving for the first set -- older sister being us. She

has turned it around and is going well against Carla Suarez Navarro.

That is on BBC Two. And this is the live score. Carla Suarez Navarro has

held her opening serve, so it is deuce on the Williams serve. And on

Court Number Two, Milos Raonic had dropped the first set but has taken

the third is -- 6-4. That match on the red button. On Centre Court,

Roger Federer has gone through, Serena Williams has gone through and

now we turn our attention to the match we also looking forward to

because next on Centre Court, it is you know who!

Come on, Andy! Come on, Andy come one, Andy! Come on, Andy! When you

have got a guy like that, either follow him! -- you follow him. I

think we will be hearing come on, Andy over the next couple of hours.

Roger Taylor is watching and everybody wanting to take their

seeds for this match. We are not sitting but John McEnroe is here.

Interesting match. This is the most interesting round of 16 match. Nick

Kyrgios was one man I thought before the match could win it. With Novak

Djokovic losing, a lot of players thinking they have a shot. Nick

Kyrgios is a grand slam winner in the future. He is not there yet. He

doesn't have a complete game at this stage in his career and is not

mentally tough enough for the guy I feel is playing better than anybody

in the tournament so far. So a multiple grand slam winner, but he

has an extraordinary story and he is colourful on and off court. Lee

McKenzie his story. With Nick Kyrgios, everybody knows

what to expect, right? You are kidding me! Flashes of brilliance.

That is impossible! Inspires tennis that gets fans on the edge of their

seeds! Look at that, inspiration! He is an entertainer but part of the

show is the Australian's volatility. No way! His misdemeanours on

numerous but there is a fine line between passion and petulance. I try

and find that balance and when I do, I play my best tennis. There will be

times I'm negative and showing a lot of emotion and times I really enjoy

myself and have a lot of fun. It is tough to find that balance

sometimes. It he was accused of not trying by the crowd and he was

viewed in the match against Greece Clark -- against Richard Gasquet

here. A public falling out against Stan Wawrinka after misplaced as

comments was a low point is year and last point -- last month, he pulled

out of the Rio games after falling out with the Australian Olympic

Committee. Since bursting onto the scene, he has grabbed the attention

of the media but his opponent today feels it is not always justified.

Just constantly trying to win him up the whole time and it is not fair on

him. What did I say on the umpire today is, have you said a swear word

in your life? It happens a lot where it doesn't seem like he has done

much in comparison to other players and he gets the questions about it.

Next question, please. Kyrgios splits opinion in the tennis

fraternity and the wider sporting world. I watch him and times and I

have felt every one of those emotions that he goes through. He is

a young player and when you come out on the scene and you get success,

all you think about is doing the best you can possibly do, I'm going

to win. And when commentators like myself give opinions on you, you

cannot understand people wanting to be negative and looking into your

soul and terror and you apart. It is great having characters. I accept