Men's Quarter-Finals, Part 2 Wimbledon

Arca macro welcome to men's quarterfinals day here at Wimbledon.

If you are just joining now, sit back and enjoy what should be an

exciting day, with four fantastic matches scheduled. An Centre Court,

the four-time champion Roger Federer bidding to equal Jimmy Connors'

record of 11 Wimbledon semifinals. He faces Marin Cilic with big serves

and big ground stroke, too. Then the popular Jo-Wilfried Tsonga faces

Andy Murray. On Court Number One, Sam Querrey versus Milos Raonic. But

here comes the players onto Centre Court, and Roger Federer knows this

walks so well. CHEERING

A big ovation for Roger, and he knows how dangerous it is, because

Marin Cilic beat him in the US Open semifinal in straight sets just two

years ago. Court Number One, Sam Querrey and Milos Raonic, 180 aces

between them at this Championships. Tomas Berdych is playing his fourth

game in a row, and he faces Lucas Pouille. -- fourth day in a row. And

here come the two big men, Sam Querrey's first Grand Slam

quarterfinal, but Raonic knows this game well.

APPLAUSE And both of these players coming

back from two sets to love down, so they know how to fight back. Milos

Raonic has John McEnroe in his coaching team right now, but Sam

Querrey is the man who put out Novak Djokovic, and that has changed the

tournament completely, so that bees over on Court Number One. The Hill

is packed, and the atmosphere is building an Centre Court, everybody

cheering as Roger Federer and Marin Cilic make their way to the

baseline. I am here with Jim and Tim. Beautiful atmosphere. Yes,

everyone is pretty excited. I would say it is fair that we are, to. And

lovely weather last. About time, too. Everyone had a difficult time

in the first week, it was stop - start, but to get a day like this

with a schedule like this, a lot of exciting tennis ahead. The weather

affects the grass courts, and who will this favour? The ball will

travel quicker in the warm weather, but it also helps the defender a

little, so the grass will be drier, you might be able to plant and stop.

I think this is a tricky match-up Federer, this guy can take the

racket completely out of his hands, Marin Cilic. Monster serves an big

cuts on the ground strokes, if he gets time on the ball he can present

a lot of trouble for Roger Federer. He has the big shots, I mentioned

that the semifinal at the US Open, straight sets, blew him off the

court. That is right, and we have to look to see whether Cilic can have

an impact in the first three shots of the rallies, when he hits the

service. If it comes back, he has to look to dominate with the first shot

of the rally, and if Federer is able to nullify that, get an level terms,

he is still the most offensive play on grass, he will have the

opportunity to dictate play, move forwards. Certainly given Federer's

tournament play this year, he has worked his way into the tournament,

he has been lacking match fitness, match toughness, and he did well in

the first four matches, but a question mark whether he has really

been pushed so far. Looking at his statistics, one record after

another, and at the age of 34, as hungry as ever for a Grand Slam

title. At as been awhile since he has won one, and I think all of us

recognise that this is his best chance. This tournament, he likes

this the most, it works best with his assets because he has the

ability to blunt the force of someone like Cilic, as we saw him do

so many times against Andy Roddick. Just get that serve back in play,

that will use his skill, but Tim is right, if Cilic can keep this at

three shot rallies also, he has more firepower, that will work in his

favour. It could be his 40th Grand Slam semifinal. It is unbelievable.

It is, the longevity and the consistency, and this is the first

time really where he has his rhythm and settled, he had to have the knee

operation after the Australian Open, and he probably missed about two

months of tennis, and when he was trying to come back, he was ill and

had to miss a tournament in America, and then coming back onto the clay,

you struggled with his back, so the French Open was the first Grand Slam

he had missed in about 17 years, and then he was trying to find his form

on the grass, which is a good surface. And looking here at Marin

Cilic, he has a big serve, a big wingspan, he will have to attack

today. He will, and when he does, he has proven that he can do what is

very hard, he can go through the big layers. When he won the US Open in

2014, he didn't drop a set from the quarterfinals on. He didn't give

them a chance to play. In a few hours, Roger Federer, his artistic

ability, if he gives him the brushes today, he will lose. He has to take

everything on his side of the net, take chances and hope that that is

enough, it may not be. And what impact has Goran Ivanisevic had an

Cilic? He looks to be playing his best tennis in three years. He gave

him the belief that he can beat the big players on the biggest stages,

and in the semifinals and finals at the US Open, that was a classic

example, having beaten Federer in straight sets in the semifinals, it

was a huge chance for Cilic in the final against Nishikori, and he took

it. What Goran has done best I think is he has signified things, don't

overcomplicated, look at very simple tennis, keep the serves big, that is

when you play your best tennis. He was one of the great men in tennis.

Passionate! He had a lot of firepower.

UMPIRE: Time. They have called time, so how do you read this one, Jim? I

like Federer but I think you will be tested for sets, Tim? I don't like

to agree with Jim, so Federer in five! Roger knows at this stage in

the tournament you have to keep improving, to know what does that

better than him. So here we go. Tim and Jim are on their way to join

Mark Petchey. MARK PETCHEY: Marin Cilic has had

huge improvement under the tutelage of Goran Ivanisevic. This man has

been accustomed to being in the limelight since that win in 2003.

The Croatian to begin this quarterfinal.

You see the use of the sliced backhand from Roger, a crucial shot,

something that Cilic will utilise often today.

You talk about all the match-ups during the game, the serve, the

return, who can dictate, but I also think the start is important for

Cilic. Federer is such a good front runner, he needs to get off to a

good positive start. Roger has played over 70 times now

out on this court. A very relaxed looking return there

from Roger. Looked as though he was going to try to make any kind of

massive drive to break the Cilic serve, which has been hugely

impressive, gym, so far in this tournament. He really has. Cilic,

particularly when he makes his first serve in play, the far right, he

makes 90%. Second serve points, well over half, and he has only been

broken three times. This is a man who coming into Wimbledon was having

a subpar season. He was making about 55% first serves.

He is catching some form right at the right time.

Tim, you actually played Cilic just the ones at Queen's back in 2007,

all that that was about the time you were starting to stop, wasn't it?

Nice to see you, too, Petch! Let me get out of the way for that us that

just ran over Tim. Not one of my better days at the office.

Did you think back then that this guy would be a Grand Slam champion?

I do think I did. He must have been an extremely good player to beat me,

but... ! It has been hard to break through in

this era, Federer and Nadal and Djokovic and Murray hoarding all of

the awards until Wawrinka was able to break through.

And Del Potro, the tallest man in the open era to have won Slams, six

foot six. He has had a hard time capturing that same form, Cilic,

since winning the US Open in 2014. But everything has been clicking for

him here at the tournament, and he and Federer practised before the

tournament, Roger has been quoted as saying that he knew Marin was onto

something, he was thumping the ball with extreme confidence.

UMPIRE: Game, Cilic. Another tab to the growing

collection here at Wimbledon. It has been arguably the big

difference Cilic has been the serve under Goran Ivanisevic. If we look

at it closely through Hawk-Eye, it is his contact point. Wimbledon

2012, when he was throwing the ball, you see the whips in terms of the

beehive as we like to call it, the differential, the height above the

court as well. Very few aces. If we move it to Wimbledon 2016, we can

see how much narrower the band has got, it is much tighter, he has a

much more consistent ball toss, it is a little lower as well. Visually,

what does that look like? We went back and looked at his serve from

2012 and 2016. And if you see here on the left, you

can see the bend, you can see the height of the ball toss if we hold

it there. But in 2016, look. The way that he serves here, you can see a

much lower ball toss, he is just about to go off and take it there,

much straighter, and that is one of the big differences, in fact the

main difference that Goran brought to the table. It is so much more

efficient now, it takes less effort, the ball toss more efficient, and

the results are there to be seen. Just one more thought on Cilic's

serve, it is not just that he is serving better, making more in play,

getting more out of it, it is also harder on the return. The shorter

ball toss makes it tougher to read. When you had the ball toss going up

so high in the air, and so varied, you could pick it. More to the left,

likely going out wide to the ad court, more to the right, likely to

be aiming for the T. This is going to be one of the ways

that Federer can do some damage to the Cilic serve. He can lean on that

and take your time away. Some good points Federer and his

first serves the start of this contest. Getting the ball back in

play against both of these players has been difficult. Cilic has been

getting free points -- 65% free points on his first serve. S Roger

getting just under 50%. 49% is awesome, by the way. Cilic's is

mind-boggling. Is that one of the differences on a grass court, that

ability of Federer to block a little more than Marin is? Yes, he can make

things a little shorter. It is almost like using a volley

technique. You can see the comparison on

Cilic's serve from 2012 to the same stage, the start of this match

today, look at the number of aces and free points that he has picked

up. He needs a couple more here, though. Federer pressing.

That was a pretty shaky approach shot from Cilic. Federer had a good

look at it, but couldn't land it. Early stages, first pressure on his

serve, understandable to be a little uptight.

He talked about having no nerves prior to meeting Federer in New

York, he said it was the calmest he had ever felt. Not quite the same

Marin Cilic here. It is certainly early days, but he

needs to find that first serve to get himself on the offensive, only

38% so far. Saves one break point. He has only been broken three times

in the tournament, Cilic. A high percentage of break points saved, as

well, so no surprise he manages to get through the first scare. And the

Cilic, we have talked about how Goran simplified his serve, and it

makes me think of the great serves, if not the greatest of all time,

Pete Sampras. I did a clinic with him once the champions event, and I

had done a piece on forehands, which was my strongest weapon, and Pete, I

said, tell these people about your thoughts when you get up to the

service line, what are you thinking? And he stood there and looked at me

like I was in A.D8, which I might bebut he says, I just stand up

there, throw the ball up and hit it. -- looked at me like I was on idiot.

Talk about frustration, being on the other side of that, obviously we

have seen what Pete has been able to do over the course of his career,

but to know that it was natural to him was frustrating. And to have

that clarity of thought. Is that what it is, clarity of thought? Or a

lack of thought? Or just pure raw talent.

UMPIRE: Let, first service. LAUGHTER

It is getting the ball of the second service of Federer quickly back into

the backhand. Cilic just locking him up there.

APPLAUSE That is what Marin Cilic can do if

you give him some time. His big swing is on his grand coach, said if

you give him something to hit like this, he can absolutely pummel it.

He is a pretty good mover for his size into the open court, but I

think he is vulnerable to a ball behind him, I did think he changes

direction that well. Obviously on this surface where the

footing is a little less, too. Good strategy for Federer.

He needs to make sure that he gets a look in on their serves when he sees

them, and that off backhand could be crucial in terms of his success.

When he lands his first serve, you are not going to be picking up to me

points. He has already won nine out of 11 when he has landed at first

serve. Severin Luthi, and even Ljubicic, just squeeze between the

three men at the front. Cilic hits that serve so fast,

normally you see the player taking the whips off, but with his height,

he hits it flat. He doesn't really go up after it as

much with his legs, it is not like it is a volleyball and he is trying

to bring it down. But he is so tall he can slide it wide.

You watch a player like Ernst Gulbis, or Alex Deibold Wolof, those

guys leap out of the building to go up to make their serves even taller.

-- Alexandr Dolgopolov. In fact, even Ljubicic when he

played Milos Raonic a couple of years ago, he changed Raonic's serve

and had a couple of inches added into his jump to try to do just

that. To be able to hit the flat one out wide.

S not many -ic players with bad serves! Ljubicic, Ivanisevic, Cilic,

Raonic. Karlovic. Take that one all the way home!

Help me out, boys. I think you got it.

Just sticks the dismount, land the plane! That is the only downside of

playing down the line, if you don't have the winner, you open a corridor

across court, which is a lot of player's favourite one. And by

Federer's standards, that is a pretty easy winner.

UMPIRE: Game, Cilic. Another winner, 4-3.

So to ditch stays in front on centre Court. Let's take you over to Court

Number One where it is still on serve here between the big servers,

Milos Raonic and Sam Querrey. That match, if you want to watch it, is

on the red button. And a match we were following earlier on the BBC

One, bath wash. 4-3 up against Joe Konta and Maria Sanchez. That match

you can follow online. Back to centre.

Solid so far from Cilic, who has three top-5 wins at flames. We

talked about Federer at the US Open, on the way to winning there. He also

won in 2010 Australia. Andy Murray in the US Open in 2009. He has also

lost 11. His overall record against top five players is highlighted some

of the limitations he sat in the past. He's won lost 40. Pitching

himself against the very best and not ranking quite as high as the man

he is taking on today. Both men holding their serve to this stage

thus far. UMPIRE: Game, Federer.

Federer holding onto his serve, a bit of a change of racket. No

noticeable change for Federer either. With someone stepping down

of the last season, came out with them little while but then went back

to the family life, although he's been in the player box here the last

two matches for Federer. Hard to say what no one knew the judge has been

burning. They haven't had a lot of match play together since Federer

and he started. Federer has been so often injured him as you've

mentioned. What could someone bring to Roger

Federer's game at this stage of his career?

Good, question. It's not about new shots, it's about the strategy, the

way he can exploit opponent's weaknesses. And probably just bring

a fresh voice. How good was that? The rally itself

is fantastic, then the cherry on top with the backhand smash.

Still been a few question marks about the state of Roger Federer's

facts, but I've seen that lead, he looks like he's in pretty good

shape. I suppose that one thing he's

brought to the camp is displayed a lot of these players before, and he

played Cilic on three occasions, one twice. These guys for Davis Cup's

team-mates for many years. Ironically he used to go to Cilic

for Scouting reports on players. He called him the tactician on the

Davis Cup team. Sure there's a lot of them say that he would have.

There's a lot of value there. You have easily played Roger 13

times, you won six. What is changed for you as we see the final point

here, him mopping up this game. You beat him in Paris in 2003 after he

won Wilton, beat him when he won the Australian himself in 2004. What

change for you in Roger's in? It was the ability for him to actually

defend. Certainly when I had success against him, I felt I was able to

take his time away and that would be serving, Bolling, chipping and

charging. Decedent became more consistent and aggressive, he gave

me less opportunities to move forward on a thing coinciding with

the stars coming at the more abrasive, when you give him time to

use all the different strengths, that's when it can be a very long

afternoon. You can see the conditions changing here in 2001,

Federer serve them probably 100% first and second serves. When he won

the title in two years later, his serve was 10% behind his first

serve. Opposite ends of the spectrum. When you see him dictating

from the back of the court, still looking to be offensive. It's a good

combination. Federer going toe to toe with the

backhand 's there, trying to drive through the ball. He's been slicing

so frequently through the tournament that nearly half of his backhand

shots have been slices. But with this bigger racket that he switched

to larger size frame a couple of years ago, he's been more offensive

at that backhand slide coming closer to the baseline, hit more over the

ball than he did with his prior racket. I would argue his backhand

is probably better today than it was when he won his 17 major titles.

With the other racket! But Novak Djokovic has been a stopper for him.

When he's has chances, hasn't he? Is no longer here. One time Novak was

really under the weight we thought Roger might get to 18, this man

Cilic blitzed him at the US Open. Should Cory was waiting in the

final. Pretty easy to hand Roger the trophy at that point, right? That's

what everyone was thinking. That's asking a lot of himself, even

with his considerable talent. He's been searching for a

comfortable place, you struck deep, try to drive it... The consistency

has been there over the years, not a lot he can do about that. 6-5,

Cilic. Cilic has faced a couple of break

points, but let's see where he's taken that first served. Of the

tournament, he's been targeting the forehand of the right-handed players

and he's doing it again today. You can see, 73% of the time in the

deuce court, he's gone wide, he's got three aces there. Federer has

been on the T serve in the ad court but when he's gone wide, and he's

landed it, he's perfect. Two aces out why for Cilic. To steal one of

your favourite words, counterintuitive. To mostly but home

that was sounds strange. You would think you would be going at

Federer's backhand. But here's the reality, Federer is a good at

blocking the server of return with his chip backhand, his forehand will

block it but it's more if a drive flat block. You can get more free

point if you go at his forehand if you land the first served. And also

when you are going with the firepower, with the strand, if you

hit that spot you are opening up the weakness. If the ball comes back,

then Cilic has the opportunity to go into the backhand with the second

shot. It's a tactic to look out for an attack stick that's working well

so far. -- it's a tactic. With Federer's awareness, do you think is

good to start moving over there a little bit? You would hope so. We

will see if we get to a tie-breaker. Cilic is overcome on the left

challenge. A valuable point is well at this

stage of the set. Two challenges remaining. Just

putting a little bit of doubt in Cilic's mind before a tie-break am

it if they are headed in that direction. It's not been a tactic

for Federer, really. Cilic loves to drive his returns anyway. There's a

good reason Roger is hugging the baseline.

UMPIRE: Game, Federer. Federer able to take this opening set into a

tie-break. Doesn't have the best career tie-break record, Cilic. In

deficit this year, 17, lost 13. -- he 17, lost 13.

Federer doing well to nullify the serve, get into the rally but the

slice backhand. Then looking to be aggressive. First point of the

tie-break. How good was that? That was taking

it to Roger. Smart return, went right through the middle of the

core, pushing Federer back, then he glanced at 106 mile an hour forehand

to steal a second point. Not sure if that's the fastest in the

tournament, but that's the biggest number I've heard so far in the

championship on forehand. Before the match, you wouldn't have

know in the direction that Cilic has enjoyed, he's landed both of those.

It's pretty incredible that Cilic is wanting 100 percentage of serving

points that he did in his previous matches. Entering the quality of

Roger's ability to blunt big servers.

He's had a good success rate against six foot four or above players and

Grand Slams, 132, lost six. -- won 32.

Just enough about serve to force Federer to lean, another ace out

there and a whole handful of set points.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE He survives, one of the four set

points. Cilic just checking with the umpire

that first served. UMPIRE: Game. What are wonderful

tie-breaker that was from Cilic. He grabs the opening set 7-6. We knew

with the big weapons he has he was going to be a danger man against

Roger Federer, so it's Cilic that has taken the first set. We're going

to leave this on BBC Two. It continues right now on BBC One. If

you want to keep watching, switch over to BBC One. Just before we head

to Court Number One, I can show you that out on court 18, Jamie Murray

of Great Britain and his partner Bruno Suarez are facing the French

do wrote that are serving for the first set against the number three

seeds. If you want to watch Jamie's match, it's on the red button. And

the result from the match we were watching other, third round match.

It's been won by Babos, 7-5 in the third set. A rough adult how on

court and number two. A shame for Sanchez and content. They pushed the

number five seeds but it ended in a loss. As I said, we're heading off

to number one court. Melas Raonic has taken the first set. It's on

serve in the second, let's join our commentators for this one. Peter

Fryman at and John Imber Dell. No bother for Raonic. So, tell us,

Peter. You mentioned earlier on about that snap of the wrist at the

key moment. You've got to take a punch, haven't you, on which way you

think it's going to go? Is there any giveaway clues in the way that he

throws the ball up and he had said that you can make an educated guess?

Unfortunately not. Guessing generally speaking is the worst

thing you can do. You want to be able to see some little tidbit and

where he tosses the ball, but Raonic can hit the kicker or slice or flat

one all from the same ball toss. That one looked to be a

kick-serve... Until he hits it, you really can't guess. Where it's going

to go, until the ball has travelled three or four feet and by that time,

with the power that he hits it, it's often too late. That was actually a

fantastic slow Mo, you can see the revolutions of the ball. As easy to

follow spinning and spinning, it's like a planet or meteor up in space.

If you watch the ball, you can see how many revolutions it's doing.

Obviously that impacts what is hitting the ground, massive great

kick off the surface. You can see it coming screen there. Look at it

going, like a top! So it is. He's hitting the lines with enormous

regularity. I'm sure Raonic must be thrilled to death with the form he

showed in these first 43 minutes. Sam Querrey is hanging on in there

at the moment. Impressive, impressive. Vigilant, if you will,

from Raonic to continue attacking, taking chances. It's not in his

nature. Ace number five. Actually, yet

another unreturned will serve from Querrey. The key thing is, there are

less from him than there are from Raonic.

The Querrey serve under threat again.

That was a very measured response there to that situation.

UMPIRE: Two it games all. You went for the whole enchilada. Because he

wasn't able to hit a winner, wasn't able to place it well enough, pretty

simple response from Querrey required. Just bung into the open

court. That is four service games in a row

the Querrey has been under threat. One break was enough in the first

set for Raonic. Carlos Moreira and the rest of the

Raonic team are in situ, but John macro, if you're wondering why where

he is, why the camera is not panning on him every five seconds, he is

commentating on ESPN on centre Court.

He is sending messages to Raonic all the while, saying doing OK. More

than OK! Doing brilliantly. Querrey is a bit irritated about

losing that opportunity. It was no more than a half chance, but Querrey

now feeling the pressure to make the half chances, because he is seeing

so few opportunities. That is another game to 15 for Raonic.

He is metronomic as far as the serving is concerned, Milos Raonic,

that is 15 games of tennis in 48 minutes, so they are not messing

around, and that is just picture perfect, is it not? The skies above

number one. Raonic has always had a great serve, but it is the addition

of this net play, of effective forecourt play that really is making

a huge difference to Raonic's ability to impose himself an

opponents. Because of course he used to serve, and he missed the first

serve, he would say back on the second one, and when playing against

quicker players, he would be outmanoeuvred. So in the context of

improving his volleying, what specific, is it his footwork? It is

largely mental. It is mental, because the most important aspect of

being a good net player is being able to defend the net, and to do

that, you have to time your split step vertically. You have to get

your two feet down onto the court in perfect balance, at roughly the

instant the opponent is striking the passing shot, striking the ball.

Just takes practice. And awareness. UMPIRE: Mr Querrey is challenging

the ball on the far side line, the ball was called in. And so few serve

and volley players, they don't come to the net but often. There isn't a

great deal of awareness on the tour of the proper way to move.

It is surprising that the players don't bring in old school coaches

are little more often. It certainly helped Federer when

Edberg came in. With every passing year, there are fewer old school

coaches, because the old school are getting older!

It is always with the passage of time you find yourself being

fascinated by the obituaries column in newspapers.

Oh, Sam! You didn't want to do that. A rare error really off the Querrey

forehand. Usually so secure. UMPIRE: New balls, please. That is

the most straightforward service game that Sam Querrey has had for a

while. And as one-sided as this match has seemed over the first 52

minutes, it is still just 3-3 in the second. If this was a boxing

contest, you would feel that Querrey would be three rounds ahead, but he

is just one. It is a genius scoring system. It allows players to stay

competitive until the bitter end. And that is why all these myriad

attempts there are to find a tennis equivalent of Twenty20 cricket are

falling by the wayside, because the integrity of the game is dependent

on the scoring system. Raonic making it look very simple at

the moment. These games are coming and going in

the blink of a knife. UMPIRE: Raonic leads 4-3 second set,

and one sets to love. Not the slightest possibility of Sam Querrey

getting into that game. Are we seeing potentially here as Raonic

gets better and better on grass, are we seeing a kind of Sampras like

game returning to Wimbledon? It certainly appears that that is a

possibility. Raonic not quite the athlete that Pete Sampras was, so he

could play the chip and charge style, and be very intimidating at

it, and also the serve and volley game, and be very intimidating.

However, Raonic one of the few guys who probably does serve as well as

Pete Sampras, and I regard Sampras is having the greatest serve of all

time. So, yes. I don't know about you, but I think this is the best

tennis I have ever seen Milos Raonic play. I thought the best tennis I

had ever seen him play was at Queen's in the final, but this might

be better than that, because that was arguably the best game of men's

tennis on grass this year that has been available for most people to

see. Up until a set and 4-1, that was the best he played, but he might

actually be playing better now, because he is up against a much

bigger server, and still. And he has 2/2 more weeks of McEnroe influence

in there. Oh, a ridiculous shot from Querrey,

and a magnificent shot from Raonic to win it. This is scary good from

both guys. He just said, I will give it a shot, why not, hits a perfect

one right at Raonic's feet and he still digs it out.

UMPIRE: Mr Raonic challenging the call on the left service line, the

ball was called in. Hawk-Eye in the commentary box says that was long.

Bad call from the commentary box! UMPIRE: 30-15. Surprise, surprise.

UMPIRE: Mr Raonic has two challenges remaining.

You can always sensed the vibe of a court just by the noise and by the

general ambience, and this crowd are really in this match. We are not

having many blistering rallies, we had one in that last game which I am

sure we will show you again soon, but this is really compelling stuff.

Nice to see a match played at this pace, almost two sets completed and

we still haven't played one hour. That is just nasty. I'm sure the

crowd on Court One today will say, we haven't got Federer or Murray,

but they have got two intriguing games, and this one is certainly

living up to its billing. And this guy very much a potential

champion here. S not playing like that! That is the

first time he has gone and got caught out in that situation. And

that is the challenge for Raonic. We saw against Murray he was up a set

and 4-1, fell away drastically, so he needs to maintain this level of

play for another couple of hours. And that of course is the incentive

for Querrey. He has got to believe that Raonic can't keep playing this

well indefinitely, so at some point he is going to get a chance, and

that is when he has got to take it. Precisely.

And that was a chance. Now there is a good example. Querrey attempting

to come into the net, almost to take the net away from Raonic, so he is

feeling the pressure, the Canadian constantly coming forward.

But a couple of errant shots from Raonic.

And it has been a while since we have had 30-30 on a Raonic serve.

Querrey has to banish thoughts of that forehand into the net and

think, this might be my moment. Two forehand errors. And a backhand,

three unforced error is from Querrey. He had real chances in this

game. And in the final analysis, how key

will those couple of points P? Well left by the Canadian. That could

have been Querrey's chance, but it wasn't.

SUE BARKER: And we will be back to see query macro serve to stay in

this set in a moment. Let's update you with what is happening

elsewhere. Federer dropped the opening set, and now he is in

trouble in the second, Cilic leads 4-2 with that break of serve. That

is live over on BBC One. Over on court 18, Jamie Murray and his

partner Bruno Soares, than of three seats, they have dropped the opening

set and are break of serve down in the second set to Roger-Vasselin and

Julien Benneteau of France. And this one is available online, on Court

Two, Jonny Marray and his partner adult Shannon is in, they are 2-0

down in the opening set, so one break of serve down in that match.

That is just starting on Court Number Two, and it is available

online. So all of that going on here today, it is men's quarterfinals

day, and back we go to court 11. -- number one.

JOHN INVERDALE: It is a key moment in this North American face-off here

with Querrey serving to stay in the second set, and this is what

happened in the first set. All the way to 4-4 on serve, one break of

serve, first set to Raonic, and here is a chance to duplicate that exact

scenario. Well, what a shot into the absolute

apex of the court from Raonic there. PETER FLEMING: Who is this guy? It

even had a bit of side spin on it, to take it away from Querrey.

Well, Querrey moved his feet really well there, because that ball was

coming in like a rocket. Someone in the crowd just shouted,

plate again, Sam! -- play it again, Sam!

That was distinctly off note and of key. But he still has a .45 each.

And he makes it. UMPIRE: Five games all, second set.

I don't suppose anybody in the crowd has ever shouted that before in one

of Querrey's games, do you? No one has shouted come on, Tim,

yet, so that is one thing. Look at his reaction, he knows that was

another chance. He is making the right moves. Although not so crazy

about the fact that he never took a split step. A split step so often

helps you gather your balance so that you will shot making can be

more precise. I think a lot of players have the

stake in impression that if you keep running, you will get there quicker,

maybe so, but you will hit the shot slighty out of balance because of

that. I don't see the point. We will get you to do a masterclass on the

split step at this next change of ends. That is ambitious!

Oh, look at that! Great hands, great touch. 6-5.

OK, you are getting your moneys worth here at home, because you have

had a service masterclass earlier on from Peter Fleming. Talk about the

split step. What does it do and specific stages of a point or shot?

You want Europe to feet to land, now he can move either way equally

quickly. That is the perfect way to do it, and the better you can time

that split step, the two feet land, and it is a nanosecond after your

opponent hits the ball, so you can see where the ball is going, and as

soon as you land, you are off. In civil terms were people who do

aerobics or whatever at home, it is almost like a coursed ability

exercise. It gets you to a position of mutual, if you like, from which

you can then launch whatever direction you want to go. It is not

rocket science, just copy what he did there. Just land on two feet, be

equally balanced front to back, left to right, and you are good. Querrey

will need to be good here, because yet again the advantage that Raonic

has had of serving first, he is serving to stay in the set.

He is doing it again, that fantastic slice into Querrey's forehand and

then lovely down the line. I watched a lot of the juniors play

yesterday, top juniors. And across three or four hours, maybe,

cumulatively, if I saw two slices in that time, that is probably one more

than I did see. But it is such a great weapon, isn't

it? Absolutely, because it also is a

great way to take your opponent out of their rhythm. Slices sometimes

are more difficult shot to return, especially on a grass court where it

slides through the court. For guys hitting the forehand

aggressively, it forces them to put top-spin on it. Oh, Sam! Goodness

me. All those opportunities he had and didn't take, and now suddenly

again, this is what Raonic did to him in the first set, almost coming

up on the blindside, and thanks to a couple of errors from the American,

here we are, Milos Raonic with two points for a two sets to love lead.

And the crowd know how big this moment might be.

Oh, that forehand let him down again. And Milos Raonic is two

thirds of the way to a Wimbledon semifinal.

Sam Querrey walking the tightrope right now, and there is such a fine

line between... Well, being a Grand Slam champion, and being a

quarterfinalist, a semifinalist, a guy who almost gets there but just

never quite gets across the line, and so far today, these two have

been absolutely neck and neck apart from the two games on Querrey's

serve where he has thrown in three or four unforced errors in key

games. In both games! If you give your opponent four unforced error

is, you will get broken. But again, look at the number of net approach

points won, Raonic 12 out of 15, very has done well when he came in,

just came in half the time. Break points won, on a night when Wales

are playing Portugal, if Portugal got 95% of possession but Wales get

one chance and Joe Allen Gareth Bale or whoever it, that is all that

matters -- whoever it might be takes it, that is all that matters. That

is the ball game. On the other side of the coin, if you are in Milos

Raonic's camp, you are thrilled with the way that he has been able to

maintain a very, very strong presence and high level of

effectiveness. Querrey hasn't got a sniff on Raonic's serve, has he? Not

winning points in a lot of games. And so the pressure has remained on

the American, and he has succumbed to it, really. So far. So that is

the bad news for Sam Querrey. The good news is that he has lost the

first two sets, largely of his own back. If he can pull himself

together and just calm himself, steel himself a little more so that

he doesn't make unforced errors like that one, then he is still in this

match. But of course the pressure is greater with every passing game, and

again, for the third set running, Raonic is going to serve first, so

Querrey is going to be chasing his tail from the word go, and that is

what it has been all the way through by the very nature of it, because of

the way he has made his mistakes at the time that he has made them, that

is the problem he has got. Yes, he has to just dig in, he has to almost

convince himself that this is doable, that he can win this match

and that all he needs to do is to buckets of up -- Buck himself up a

little bit, round at those unforced error is. Raonic took a toilet break

there, he is back now. Our ace producer here, Dave, when we walked

in and are half -- one and a half hours ago, he said he had chocolate

supplies, when do we want them, and we said, at the start of the third

set, and you said it could be two thirds of the way through the match,

do you still think that? It was just a line! But you never know. If

Querrey does get into automaton mode where he starts banging down aces,

this one could go a long time. Pretty safe to say that Querrey will

have to go to those lengths, because Raonic looks so secure.

Nice and easy does it. So quick, so simple, but a few very serious shots

being fired across the bows of everybody else left in this

tournament here by Milos Raonic. I would say so, and Querrey needs to

do something to turn the tables. Immediately.

And he has to banish thoughts of those mistakes he made at the end of

the last set. And I'd say the start to the

exercise comes on his serve. He needs to start holding a lot more

easily, with more regularity. I think that is the first ball that

Querrey has hit that has hit the net and gone over. He is smiling, so

maybe he feels that the net has changed sides now. Yeah, that's the

ticket. Right. And the verdict on that?

Querrey screamed at himself. Just dumped it into the open court, but

got away with it. Great shot! At the end of a

fantastic rally. Sure there is a part of Sam Querrey that is going,

what is going on here? I have never seen you play like this before.

Don't you know who I am? I am the man who beat Djokovic.

Well, you can sometimes read too much into body language, but a

definite slump in Sam Querrey's shoulders there. Raonic stays out in

front and we will be back here just a moment, but we go back to centre.

Cilic is to set sub against Federer on the Centre Court. Federer is

missing some key points, and we have never seen that from him before. He

is in real trouble. Federer 2-1 up in this set and fighting hard. That

is live on BBC One. We will keep you up-to-date with that year as we

rejoin Court One. I suppose Querrey's rather lumbering demeanour

as he walked to the chair are there, and you could actually see that,

that is born of frustration and just thinking is there any possibility of

this guys level dropping at some point to allow me into this match?

At this point in time, you could forgive him for being slightly

tomorrow left because Raonic has served 13 service games and he has

lost seven points on serve total. Seven point! That is one every other

game. How is Querrey supports to think that he will mount a challenge

to break the Canadian if he continues in this vein? We will have

this conversation at the beginning of the next game if Querrey manages

to hold here. If he does. If it is two apiece after this game,

I want you to come up with a return strategy for Sam Querrey in the next

game. If Sam Querrey. Raonic was too good

for him, he now knows he is too good for everybody. This is when you know

things are going your way. This was a great passing shot. Raonic just

managed to get his racket on it, bounced it back over the net.

Perfect winner. I think that comes under the heading of when your

heart, you're hot. When you're hot, you're scolding. Milos Raonic chuck

the moment is scolding Sam Querrey. Goodness me. That is the first time

Querrey has been red-hot two. Yet, and this is what he needs to be do

-- doing if he wants to be competitive. He needs to hit some

great shots. That is what he did against Djokovic. Why not? Goodness.

That was a shocking call. That was so far in. It was just one of those

impetuous things that creep out suddenly for no obvious reason. So

just as well Querrey did that. He's still maintaining a genial

disposition. Yeah, and that just may be helpful for him. Well, the

quality of some of the hitting here...

That is well played by Querrey. Neat hands on the approach shot. And no

panic. When the volley had to be made.

Not without yet more footers. Here we go. Mr Fleming, what does he do

on Earth now to get any kind of impact in this game? Well, first

things first. He needs to change where he is standing to return

serve. OK. And it is not that where he is standing is wrong, it's just

that he needs to show something different to hopefully distract

Raonic a little bit. Even if he doesn't make any returns, he has to

do something to take Raonic out of this rhythm. Whatever he does. Can't

work any less. Querrey was so far out of court

there. This is a proper masterclass. In attacking tennis.

Scoff that on the ground, but it was still beautifully executed. And he

almost can't miss at the moment. What a great feeling that must be.

Raonic has now had 14 service games. And has lost seven points

cumulatively in those. That is why the scoreboard looks like that.

Well, that went well. From Querrey's point of view, that game. And

obviously this was the volley from Raonic that went over the net and

then bounced back onto his side. And there is nothing you can do about

that. Except smile ruefully. And hope. The racket so far has been

taken out of Querrey's hands. Maybe that is an exaggeration because

Querrey has contributed to the position he is in biplane to very

bad service games. -- by playing two very bad service games. His level

dipped at the key moment. But of course, the fact that Raonic was

holding so easily contributed to perhaps the uneasiness of Querrey.

Well, less than an hour and a half of this match, and we may not be far

from the finishing line. Oh, no. You can't let that ball go. Querrey

could have reached this. He has two hit it could be think it is anywhere

near the sideline. It wasn't even close, in fact. Come on.

Surely Querrey can feel the aggression that Raonic is attacking

him with. Well, that was straightforward

enough for the American. Quarter to three on a glorious summer

afternoon. In the UK, so what does that mean? It is quirky to seven on

the West Coast of America and Canada so I suspect a lot of people have

said their alarm for around about now. And those people in Vancouver

will be a lot happier than those in LA.

Also because they are not breathing all of that smog, right?

And they don't have a presidential election coming up. No kidding.

We'll get your views on that later. Yeah, not likely.

Well, the first trump card for Raonic is that serve and yet again

he is closing in on another simple service game. That was like Pete

Sampras. But, a despairing swing from Querrey

the baseball player at that pitch. I guess the good news is, he won a

point there. You are a real half-full kind of guy, aren't you?

Welcomer here are some facts and figures that will show you that

throughout the whole tournament, he has won 82% of the points on his

first serve, but today, 92%. This is a battle of the heavyweights. Look

at that differential as well. 60-81 today. The battle of the

heavyweights, but Querrey has been on the ropes from the word go and he

discount get off. Well, first of all, to win 60% of your second serve

points throughout the tournament, that is astounding. To be at 81%

shows that Raonic has been absolutely dominate from the back of

the court, because he has not served and volleyed many times at all on

the second serve, but he has attacked the net and won so many

points in the forecourt, he has demoralised Querrey. Querrey needs

to somehow Buck himself up a little bit here and steel himself and say

he is not going down this easily. At least go to a breaker. And if we go

back to the toss of the coin, right at the start, it was so key. Because

Raonic won the serve or rather won the toss, elected to serve, and he

has been in the box seat ever since and Querrey has been chasing him

from the word go. We will never know how important the

coin toss was. Could have played a role. Nine aces each.

It was there to be hit, and boy was it hit. And yet again, in marked

contrast to when Raonic is serving, here it is Querrey under pressure.

Well, that was a horrible volley from Sam Querrey, an easy winner

from Raonic. Yes, one of the first point is that they played today

where Raonic showed poor awareness. It was an easy volley for Querrey,

just ducked it. And on a second serve, to all intents and purposes,

this is match point. Perhaps just a little too passive

from Raonic there. It is tempting, isn't it? Because Querrey has had so

many unforced errors in big games. He may get the chance to do it

again. Well played, Sam Querrey. His heart

must have been fluttering a bit at that break point. And we have been

here before. So their celebrations are on hold just a

little bit longer. Yeah, they've been rather more subdued than say

the Aussie fanatics, haven't they? Is that not systematic of the

nation? -- symptomatic. Ten aces each, but that is the only

statistic that Querrey is level on. Well, what a beautiful volley from

Raonic, it really was and it left Querrey at sixes and sevens and

eights and nines. He just did not know what to do about that. Yeah,

but again that is the symptom of not taking a split step. He was just

running and had to stop. That was all he was left with. I am not

finished yet, says Querrey. A despairing lunge from Raonic, almost

a despairing forehand from Querrey, but it did the job. So solid.

John McEnroe, who is commentating on Centre Court on the Federer match

against Cilic, he will enjoy watching the rerun of that.

Well played, Sam Querrey. Hanging in on that one. That is about one of

the first, if not the first approach shot that Raonic has missed today.

Only for the second time in this match, Querrey has got to 30 on the

Raonic serve. That is extraordinary. Didn't do him much good, though.

Well, a big sigh from Sam Querrey as he sat them there, because he is

going to have to do what he had to do in the first set and in the

second set and on both of those occasions, he came unstuck. He is

going to have to serve this time to stay in the match. And he has two

just keep doing what he is doing. Yes. Well, breaking for the match is

just somewhat more nerve wracking than breaking for a set. Soap Raonic

also has two fight those jitters that sometimes arise when you're so

close and yet so far from victory. Well, that's the scene that we would

love to have had to Mondays ago and it has taken as ten days to get to

that point, but it is just a magnificent sight here on Court One

at the moment. And there is Alan Jones, champion here in 1969. And

here is Milos Raonic. He could be a champion here at some point in the

future and it might be this year. Well, he lost the first point in

that game, and after that he was OK. So he gets one more shot, another

opportunity to go at the Raonic serve and he might be thinking,

well, I got to 30 in the last game. If I can get to 40 this time... And

if Raonic drops his level. Then who knows? Just didn't get it in the

sweet spot. A bit tentative. Nothing tentative about that. He made it

look so simple, so easy, and yet the touch required the relaxation

required to play that shot is difficult. As effectively as he did.

Well played, Sam Querrey! It has taken an hour and 47 minutes. But he

took that second serve inside the court and that was a great volley.

Extreme measure required and delivered.

That was a ridiculous pick-up from Raonic. That could have been the

moment for some Querrey. Just about the most difficult shot a player

will have to hit is a half-volley, which was just prior to that put

away volley, played to perfection. Maybe that fist pump from Raonic

indicative of how important he knew that point might be.

More in hope than expectation, you expect, from Raonic.

That is the first double fault of this match. Sorry, the second. That

is his second double fault. Anyway, what a time to serve it and what a

chance for Querrey, his first break point of the match.

Made it! Made it! And as if from nowhere, Querrey is in this match.

You asked at the start of that game or the game before, what does

Querrey need to do to have a chance to break through? He showed us in

that game at the 15-15 point when he took the second serve, wrapped it

and came in behind it that he was willing to become more aggressive,

willing to take a few more risks, and they paid off. And this match

just may have swung. Well, Raonic may have been eyeing

the chequered flag a couple of minutes ago. It has been withdrawn.

He's had to make a detour in the pits but having said that, Querrey

has still got to serve this out. This set is not done yet. But if we

get to 2-1 both these players actually have very interesting

records in five set matches. Of course Raonic came back from two

sets down to win his last round. Could the worm turned completely

here? Mr Querrey is challenging the call,

the ball was called out. Fractionally wide, I think.

Mr Querrey has two challenges remaining. First serve badly

required. Raonic let him off, there. He put a

little extra on that, worldwide. Raonic just couldn't catch up with

it. -- out wide. Now it's Querrey two points from

taking us into a fourth set. Welcomer Raonic berating himself for

making the wrong choice, there. He's really berating himself for

what happened in the game before. It was called out by the line judge

and by the umpire. And that is in, somehow. It's all about fine

margins. And by the finest of margins, Sam Querrey is still in

this match. STUDIO: So, Sam Querrey right back in this match, he takes

the third set. We will be back on this court in just the moment.

Something similar happened on Centre Court. Roger Federer is right back

in it as well. He was 0-40 down in his service game in the third set,

held onto his serve and then broke Cilic, and went on to take it 6-3.

The seven time champion fighting hard on Centre Court but still two

sets to one down to Marion Cilic. That matches live over on BBC One.

Out on court 18, Britain's Jamie Murray and his partner Bruno Suarez

are in trouble, two sets down to the French pair. And they are number

three seeds. So, that match is on the red button. So, a lot still

happening here at Wimbledon. Everybody enjoying the tennis on

Henman Hill, and plenty more to come. Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried

Tsonga next, but let's rejoin Court One. COMMENTATOR: Well, to use a

phrase that is often used, didn't see that coming. No, but when you're

in the position that Raonic was in, playing the match of your life, and

very close to closing it out, sometimes, it can be more difficult

than you might anticipate. Querrey did well, raised his play, raised

his level of play. Went to net on a few more occasions, and Raonic

perhaps missed a few more returns than... Oh boy. Got lucky, there.

Missed a few more returns than he had been missing. He had been

returning exceptionally well. That was straight out of the meat of

the racket from Querrey, there. It's interesting, we haven't really seen

Raonic armload on first serves. We haven't seen that too often. No. A

loss of 118, 120 mph serves. But that must have been the preordained

tactic with the absent John McEnroe saying you don't need to whack them

down. Your service good enough anyway.

That's a great shot and up until the key moment in the first set it had

been. Yes. Said Querrey's main hope, only hope,

was that Raonic's level dropped, and it most definitely has done that.

Just fractionally, but just enough to give him a chance, again, of

looking to break what seemed an unbreakable serve.

Well, we saw in the Queen 's final when Raonic finally did drop serve

against Andy Murray he went on to drop it three more times in short

order. Needs to guard against that, now.

That roar was from Raonic. It was a great serve. Took speed off it.

Second serve essentially with a high kick. Querrey just never got over

it. This game has been engrossing from

the word go but actually there is real tension in it, now.

Well, playing on the finest margins, there. And he'll be relieved to have

held serve, there. Not messing around, are they? The

speed of play has been a delight. Couldn't agree more. So nice to see

a couple of guys just get on with it. And it's a hot day, too. Not

like it's been for the preceding nine days. Hot would be

exaggerating, but it is warm. I'm sure those of you watching this on

the West Coast of America and if I tell you it is 20 or 21 degrees, you

will be going "That's called!" . That sweater weather. -- that's

cold. Well they are both playing some great tennis at the moment.

If that Paul had hit Raonic it would have been Querrey's point -- is that

ball. Momentary lapse in concentration.

That is Querrey's first double fault of the match.

Obviously it is a huge sporting day from a British perspective today,

Wales against Portugal tonight in the semifinals of the European

football Championships. You can always make analogies

between different sports but this game at the moment... If Querrey is

Wales and Raonic is Portugal, you could be two goals down and the

opposition have had 95% of possession, but you get one chance,

sneak a goal, you can still win 3-2 and that's what Querrey is thinking

at the moment. Ye of little faith. Your Welsh

brothers! I'm saying they are going to win 3-2 from 2-0 down! But

conceded 95% of possession? I don't buy that. Just look at the final

score, that's all that counts. You got any Welsh blood in you? Who

knows?! Straight from the clay of Roland

Garros. And every set, because of the nature

of how the sets have gone, follows a similar pattern to the one before

with Raonic serving and Querrey chasing his tail. Which is harder on

the man serving second, isn't it? It is. Undeniably. Any time you face a

break point towards the latter end of the set it becomes a set point.

Just that much more pressure. Also something subliminal with always

being behind. Just doesn't feel as comfortable. As always being had. --

being ahead. Raonic at the moment at least is not winning serves in a

minute to love in the way that he was for the majority of the first

three sets, so that will give some encouragement to Querrey, at least.

And for both sets of coaching teams it's, well, agonising, unbearable.

Never quite sure how much enjoyment there is, actually, in being up

there, playing every shot. Inwardly thinking, why did you do that? We

said not to do that. Of course that's the nature of this sport. In

the end it is just these two guys. Yeah, enjoyment probably doesn't

explain the feeling. The enjoyment is a fleeting emotion on the final

point when your man has won. That was well played by Querrey,

wrong footing and then the put away. That was almost the end of the

centreline Court judge, there. Oh, boy. Well, query had this game

in his pocket and now suddenly Raonic is back in its -- Querrey had

this game in his pocket. Raonic is right back in it. That's a

real dip from Querrey, a second double fault.

You can see Raonic leaping up and down on the baseline, there.

He was on it. Just a slight miscalculation.

Raonic... Querrey's first serve percentage has dipped down to 55%,

now. Which obviously means Raonic will get a look at more second

thoughts, and that gave him the chance to do that.

You might have questioned whether Querrey had the touch to play a lob

like that, but he did in the end. And he throws his eyes to the

heavens, Querrey, there. Because he's allowing Raonic to stay in this

game with two double faults. And a first serve percentage that

keeps tumbling. Insets one and two, all those shots

went in. Not so now. -- in sets one and two.

Phew, says Sam Querrey. Got that gain over with!

-- that game. It feels as though this has been going on for a very

long time but it is only two hours and 12 minutes. We haven't even got

to half past three in the afternoon yet and we could have a lot, lot

more to come. I agree with you. Flying along. For much of the first

three sets. More errors being made now on the

ground strokes. The quality of the match should have dipped marginally

in the last 15 minutes. Yeah, with mental fatigue. You know, there was

no way to expect Raonic to maintain that level of play. For, you know,

more than two hours. Which isn't to say that he can't

rekindle it at some point, soon. That's how he was serving an hour

ago. That's how he was serving an hour

ago. It's poised on a knife edge. But you

would still rather be in the Raonic camp than the Querrey one. Yeah.

Raonic perhaps needs to reenergise just a little bit. He came out so

red-hot. And the longer you play better than you've ever played, you

know, the more you start to think, well, how long can I keep this up

for? These are the lucky ones on Court

One seeing an enthralling contest between Milos Raonic and Sam

Querrey. Been so much more to this than just big serving.

Querrey needs to rediscover his first serve and his touch on shots

like that, as well. If you have just joined us, Raonic

was playing some extraordinary, exemplary tennis for two sets and

seven eighths of a set. And Querrey, who was all but out for

the count, landed one punch at the end of the third set, and that's why

we are here in the fourth. That slice from Raonic served him so

well earlier in the match. Yeah, again, the old school style. Pays

dividends from Raonic. Querry's first serve returns with a

vengeance. Oh! That was like a tracer bullet

from the racket of the American. He physically could not have time to

that better. -- timed. That's a pretty nice response. That

service never coming back. Querrey leads the ace contest at the moment.

It was called out, it might just be out. What a rally, though.

A big smile on Sam Querrey's face. Not surprisingly.

It wasn't an easy attempt. To be fair, it was 115 mph, second serve,

out wide. But Querrey would have liked to have put that into play.

We're at the umpire's chair, because we think we know the answer. Again,

the tiniest of margins. A beautifully struck ball by Sam

Querrey, but it went wide. With every passing game, we get ever

closer to the moment of truth from Sam Querrey's point of view. Who is

playing best at the moment, of these two, do you think? I would say it is

neck and neck, right now. I think that Querrey has pegged Raonic back

a little bit. It was always going to be difficult for Raonic to play the

way he did in set one and two throughout. But he's still showing a

great deal of skill at the forecourt. Look at that. When he

went back to play that shot, I was thinking of being on centre with

Andy Murray and George was Raonic is so much more of a complete

player that he knew this was the option, even though he narrowly

missed. He likes to play the percentages, Raonic, because that is

the sort of player that he is. Querrey served two double faults in

the last service game and somehow extricated himself from that. But

that is not a good way to start this.

He tried to wrong-foot him on the volley, but it's gone wrong. Well,

defence has never been what Raonic has been known for. What an

exceptional defensive backhand. Another lovely slice from Raonic,

set up that opportunity. Querrey will be disappointed by the volley.

We played virtually two and a half sets, without any game is getting to

deuce, now we have a glut of them. Goodness. What a staggering clean

hit from Raonic that was. That is well played by Querrey. Must

be feeling the pressure now. His service games are not just going

to deuce once, sometimes two, three, four deuces. One break of serve

here, you can be pretty sure, would be enough for Raonic. So, Sam hangs

on in there, in style, with that backhand down the line.

You can just feel the heart rate going up, ever so slightly, on all

fronts. Raonic, Querrey, the crowd. Us.

A gallant, if abortive effort from Querrey.

This is back to the kind of service game that Raonic was delivering in

the early stages of this match. And so it is a straightforward hold

to love. Sam Querrey will serve to stay in

the match, to stay in Wimbledon, to stay in with a chance of reaching

the semifinals. That last game was just what the doctor ordered. If you

are looking at it from Raonic's perspective, things have slipped

away from him ever so slightly over the last set and a half. So, in

preparation for these more fraught games to come, more pressurised

games, to get into these four and five games, having held to love,

it's a great advantage. It allows Raonic to settle and say, all right,

life is good still. Now let's pump it up, pump up your energy and

focus, really make a push to break here.

Two and a half hours of tennis we have had so far. Raonic's first

service game took a minute or so. For two and a half minutes, Sam

Querrey has spent the entire match serving from behind. The first set,

second set, the third set and now in the fourth, serving to stay in the

match. Querrey will be thinking that was a

kind of nothing point, such a key moment.

And that is a something point. That's a big something for Raonic.

Did take him out of court, which forced Raonic to go for the winner.

Still, he was on it. He was 0-30 in the previous game,

but the more you keep finding yourself in that situation, the more

the pressure mounts. Double fault number five from Sam Querrey means,

after two hours and 31 minutes, Milos Raonic from Canada's stands on

the cusp of the Wimbledon semifinals.

For two sets and three quarters, he played the most blistering tennis.

Querrey, back into the match with a brave finish to the third set. In

the end, deservedly so, the number six seed from Canada is through to

the semifinals on Friday. Nobody will fancy meeting him between now

and the end of this tournament. And, of course, he awaits the winner of

that Cilic and Federer match. As you say, it was for two and a half sets,

without question, the best tennis I have seen Raonic play. The best

attacking tennis. He was coming forward, hitting deft volley

winners. But this man, Sam Querrey, pegged him back. Had it not been for

just three errant games that Querrey played, one at the end of the first

set, one at the end of the second, one at the end of the fourth, this

match would still be going on. Querrey, in fact, might be up. So,

Raonic beats the man who beat Djokovic. If you are watching the

Queen's Tournament, three weeks ago, you will have got a sense that Milos

Raonic was starting to become really at home on grass. He was 4-1 up

against Andy Murray in the final, Worrell two points here or there,

who is to say that Raonic might not have won that? The spectre of the

feast is a John McEnroe, commentating on Court One at the

moment on Roger Federer against Marin Cilic. I am sure he will know

the result of this match. There will be a big smile on his face. Clearly,

he has had a considerable, maybe subliminal effect on the Raonic

mentality, the Raonic game, and has made him now a contender with a

capital C Micro. Not subliminal at all. That is the most fun, the most

enjoyable part of their time together, John talking to them about

life, tennis, about competing. It has clearly have a positive impact

on him. Those are the facts and figures. We thought we were

guaranteed at least one tie-break. We didn't get one. Would we have a

winner, and he is from Canada. Congratulations on your victory, you

are through. An intriguing match? It was. There were some momentum

shifts, break point all the way to the end of that third set and all of

a sudden he gets the break, holds out for that set and has another one

at the start of the fourth. I was glad I was able to get back onto my

right path and get the win. That is when you had to be really mentally

strong, you used a couple of keywords, momentum shift? It is

something that has helped me out a lot, with my previous round, being

able to change things around, this time, it getting back on my terms.

Good to be here and have a shot at the semifinal. Described the

excitement, being through to the semifinals and knowing you are one

win away? It's exciting and also humbling at the same time. You have

to get that win. I'm going to go out there and give it everything I've

got, hope for a better result than last time. You are working a bit

with John McEnroe, what has he added to your game? He has added a bit of

a mean a change on the court, maybe a bit more positive, getting more

energy out of myself so I don't disappear for too long through a

match. Obviously I volleyed great today, so I think he has helped me

with that as well. Very well done, thank you.

So, Milos Raonic from Canada is through to the semifinals. It's

nearly four o'clock, so that is 11 o'clock Eastern seaboard time, in

Canada. Breakfast time on Victoria and Vancouver Island, and elsewhere.

They will be delighted that the maple leaf is flying so powerfully

and so strongly here at Wimbledon this year. A final thought, Peter,

can he win this now? Absolutely. Absolutely. Will he? Who knows. Tune

in on Friday! Raonic absolutely delighted, he is

through to the semifinals at Wimbledon. That happened on Court

One. Over on Centre Court, right now, he will be facing the win of

the match between Federer and Cilic. This is an incredible fourth set

tie-break. Federer had a set point and missed it, Cilic has had match

points and let them go. This is live on BBC One. Cilic leading seven sets

to one. Packed on Henman Hill, as it is on Court 18, where we are going

out to see Jamie Murray of Great Britain and Bruno Suarez. They are

2-0 down and they have saved some match points, taking that tie-break

in the third set. Fighting hard again. They came through a long

match in their last match but they are fighting hard. Let's join this

one live. The third seeds could have been out

by now, but they aren't. They have fended off a couple of match points

as they joined forces together at Wimbledon for the first time. They

arrived as Australian champions. They beat Radek Stepanek and Daniel

Nestor. They have been almost unbreakable

after the tie-break, and finally they did crack in the tie-break. It

was quite a turnaround, momentum yo-yoing everywhere. They are still

very much afloat. These two in your picture are playing terrific serve

and volley tennis. They are just like a wall, unblemished, the French

team. Neither of them conceding any break points against themselves.

You do wonder, with how well these two have played throughout, after

two and a half hours, if there might be a little let down after the loss

of that very tight third set. Worrell two viewers as old as me and

Paul will recognise Edouard Roger-Vasselin's dad, Christophe. He

lost in the semifinals, to the eventual winner.

So, a guard is here watching his son. And a mum -- a dad is watching

his son, a man was watching her son, but Judy Murray might have other

things on her mind. She is back. I wondered if she had gone to Centre

Court, but she is back in his seat. One of those difficult parental

questions. If the youngest son wanders onto Centre Court, she can't

be in two places at once. They have settled themselves well

enough after the concession of that third set.

Very calm, the Frenchman winning at 6-4, 6-4. They have their

opportunities to do this in straight sets. The luxury they now have is

that they started serving in this fourth set. That almost compounds

the pressure onto the third seeds of Murray and Soares, who are

constantly playing catch-up, you will. They have been so solid, these

two. Edouard Roger-Vasselin just opting to take off his cap.

The man keeping it on is Jamie Murray, with new balls.

Jamie Murray, right now, the best doubles player in the world. Ranked

at number one. A fantastic scrap going on between him and Nicolas

Mahut. A handful of points separating them. A decent finalist

here last year. Looking to get the semifinals once again.

He is opting to dispatch the shades, temporarily. The sun has gone behind

a bit of a fluffy cloud, above. We have had gorgeous weather today.

Long may it continue. Bruno Soares has been under pressure

on his own serve. He has yielded once in each of the opening two sets

in his service games. Jamie has remained intact.

Roger-Vasselin and three Mac are the first winners here since the 80s.

One of the features of this match has been how effective Jamie has

been when he has got tied to the net. A wonderful way to neutralise

the point. But how fast he is, in response, to close the net down and

create the angle. Benneteau buckling under that one.

This is what they have been doing so well, they have been serving

fantastically when they need to. So good under pressure, the French team

today, in both serve and return. Julien Benneteau, the 24-year-old

Parisian. Jamie Murray, who turned 30 in

February. Jamie Murray OBE now, rewarded in the Queen's birthday

honours. He said that as soon as he opened the envelope, the race was on

for the knighthood! Oh, confusion. They have only played five

tournaments together. They have had great effect and won multiple

titles, but this rare occasion, yours!

That lady was on the gangway, the ball bounced up a lady's skirt,

there, to her shock. This is the quarterfinals of the Men's Doubles.

We are going to have a new winners this year, because last year's

champions were upset in the first round.

Nicolas Mahut, we are talking about the battle he is having with Jamie

Murray for the number one spot, Max Mirnyi as well, it is a very

wide-open contest this year. Murray and Soares have kept themselves

right in it, with the winning of that third set. Here we are, the

beautifully appointed court 18, right on the Hill, next to Henman

Hill, Murray Mount between Centre Court and caught one. It has been

packed from the start. Bait ousted the ninth seeds and also

the eighth seeds, so they are on form, the French.

Bruno Soares, proud owner of 22 doubles titles down the years. The

latest the Australian Open with Murray. Well, it was a very short

serve from Bruno Soares, who, at five feet and 11 inches, is the

shortest man on court. On occasion he can drop a little low in power

and be a taxable as a consequence but not so at the moment. He's

really sprung to life. Of course these two serving and a good result

in Rio earlier this year, semifinal. This time when they go to Rio, soon,

they won't be playing together. You were talking about how,

tactically, doubles has moved on in recent times, and the return of

serve is something that some of the coaches might talk about. In this

power obsessed world there are more subtleties coming into doubles. The

Bryan brothers were discussing the fact the lob return is much more

prevalent. Jamie has been using a few of them. And on tap, on cue,

rather. Couldn't follow up, though. That's a shame because it's a great

tactical ploy. But the French have been really countering it very well,

it has to be said. Ms drive volleys and good communication, good

smashing from them. It certainly changes the look. And that's what

good doubles is all about, changing the scenery. And I really have been

impressed with his team in this quarterfinal clash of grand slam

champion is because they've been so versatile. Soares and have done so

much in terms of changing up and changing the picture. Soares has

even stood back on first serves. They have just been superbly

resilient. Nothing has phased them. I think that in the pre-serve

discussion when Benneteau decided he was going to close he didn't realise

that Jamie Murray was going to strike a forehand return of that

quality. Slow off the mark, the Frenchman, there.

Good idea, poor execution from Bruno. But it keeps the net players

guessing. It means that Benneteau at the net will not pounce so quickly

forward. He will wait back and as a consequence he cannot create so much

angle. Jamie had the best lurk at this one and he thought it was wide,

hence the challenge -- best look. Hawk-Eye agrees with the Scot.

STUDIO: We are leaving this match on Court 18 because we have another of

the men's quarterfinals starting on Court Number One. But if you want to

continue watching you can, it's on the red button. You can follow

Murray and Soares on the red button. We'll keep you up-to-date with it

here as well. Before we go to Court One, let's take you to Centre Court

and all the drama of the fourth set tie-break which Federer won 11-9

with set points and match points all over the place. Such drama. It has

all come down and it is back on serve in the fifth and final set.

But who will come out on top? Cilic in your picture, or Federer? But we

are heading back to Court Number One has Tomas Berdych, in your picture,

is taking on Lucas Pouille, playing in his first Grand Slam

quarterfinal. Let's join the commentators.

COMMENTATOR: Fairly sparsely populated Court One at the moment.

Get the feeling things are happening elsewhere. But a fascinating

quarterfinal in prospect between this rising talent, the 22-year-old

Frenchman, youngest man left in the Men's Singles.

Not exactly a buzz yet on Court One. You can see people a bit of a break

after the previous quarterfinal. Started confidently enough in this

game but Pouille giving Berdych a bit of a look, here.

Goodspeed from Berdych once he gets going up to full running speed, he

can shift. Didn't think he was going to make this, and he got to it quite

comfortably. There that whip. Got that ball down nice and quickly.

So there it is, eventually. Bit of a struggle at times but eventually an

opening hold of serve for Lucas Pouille the. Mentioned he will be an

unfamiliar name to lots of you watching, still just 22 and he has

crept up there, there has not been anything explosive leaping onto the

scene, he has just made gradual progress. This is his breakthrough

in a major, getting to a court of final. In a rich crop of French

talent. From the outskirts of Dunkirk, right in the north of

France, about as far north as you can get in France, Belgian border.

There is his guiding coach, who used to work with Toro among others.

Reid Mr Pouille challenging the call, the ball was called in.

Not a bad start. Obviously very nervous. Seen it all before. Killing

as he has. Seen it all before. Yes, he has.

Near enough a perfect service game. Four points, three aces. Tomas

Berdych, he really has come into these quarterfinals under the radar.

No one has talked about him and he's got great grass court pedigree. But

no one expects him to sort of be a threat and here he is in the

quarterfinals. Ooh, wonderful work by Berdych.

Nearly some great wrong footing by Pouille. Class point from both

players. Excellent drop volley, and Pouille, didn't think he was going

to get that, just about wrong-footed. Berdych can pick those

shots up. Quite often he was pressurised on

his own serve by Tomic in the last round, but always responded well.

That's a bit better. Just having to graft a bit on his own serve at the

moment. Started slowly against Tomic and got better and better as the

match went on. Nerves for Pouille in this situation

would be perfectly understandable. Just too easy for Berdych. Second

serve from Pouille is just sitting a little bit and the moment. Not much

really on that. Plenty of time for Berdych.

Nicely finished off by Berdych, who is controlling things a bit better

at the moment than Pouille. These ground strokes have been very solid

so far. I know the match only just started, but looks very comfortable

on both wings. Excellent point, set it up dutifully for that volley to

finish the point. Break point. Frustration for Berdych, got himself

slightly out of position. Clements, partner of Pouille, everywhere he

plays. Ooh, what a shot. That was 50-50

which way he was going to move, bed, and he gambled. He picked the right

spot, gambled, and that is a magnificent passing shot.

Break point seen off in emphatic fashion.

Attritional stuff early in this match. Berdych having sailed through

his service game. Pouille with the struggles.

Just not enough punch. The speed was good on the second serve. But he's

just not really getting it in the right place. Enough time for Berdych

just to get round, hit a forehand away.

Early breakthrough for Tomas Berdych. Took some time but he has

it. Talked about how unfamiliar some of you might be with Lucas Pouille,

but Tomas Berdych is a very, very familiar figure, of course. Been a

fixture in the top ten in the world since 2010. And that was a great

season for him. He reached the final, here. Lost that one sided

affair to Nadal, but had beaten Federer en route. Also a

semifinalist in the French Open that year. You mentioned him coming under

the radar, he's just not had a good season. He sacked his coach, who had

been with Andy Murray. He got thumped by David Coffin, it was 6-0,

6-0. So sort of doing things more on his own now. It just wasn't good

enough. And he is a player who should be performing better than

that. Hasn't reached a final this year. Know, and you look at in just

over the years and think, what he does, he does well. But you never

think of him as having different game plans. If something goes wrong

he's very sort of straight, he hits it very well. His wife watching on

as Berdych has the breakthrough. And more and more people joining us here

on Court One. We welcome the company. Players waiting for them to

settle down. Both players reading it well.

Berdych read that one well, but Pouille read that one.

Certain amount of noise drifting over from Centre Court.

Well, bring on the front foot now. Great chance to hit back. I liked

the way in rally there were some nice change apps from Pouille. It

wasn't all about power, he varied the pace -- change-ups. Three break

points for Pouille to draw level. Well, what a contrast to the opening

service game from Berdych when he fired down three aces, helped to

love. -- held. And that was a pretty wretched service game. It was awful.

Almost like he was a bit flat the way he was gesturing to them, there.

Not much energy. Could be a reaction to that sort of

interrupted match in the last round. And all this will just fill Pouille

with a bit more confidence. Just looks a bit bewildered at the

moment. Don't know what it is, but he does look a bit flat. Needs 2G

himself up a bit, here. -- he needs to gee himself up.

I think something is happening elsewhere. Stay with us.

So, Pouille holds and noses himself in front in this set. Fired down a

good few double faults already. But we are on serve and Pouille

certainly looks a lot stronger now. A few more spectators coming in. Up

at the top of the picture there on Court Number One. All sorts of fun

and games happening on Centre Court and out on the Hill, of course.

Don't want to give any spoilers, give anything away. Guest. If you

are a Federer fan you are going to be quite happy. Around the estate.

Court number 18, the broadcast centre. What a difference it makes

as well to have some good weather. Last week was rather miserable. All

caught up now to men's quarterfinal day and the hill is full.

Not sure if Pouille just called for the trainer, he had a little chat

with the umpire. Just one if it's something to do

with the fact he had his right foot heavily strapped in his last match.

With Tomic. Might be something to do with that.

It was either a very good second serve or a double. Double fault.

Again, on that line. A very different Tomas Berdych now.

Another chance to break for Lucas Pouille.

It's not a massive serve, Berdych's, for a huge man. He is six foot five

to start off with, it's coming down from quite a height.

Eventually closes it out well, Berdych. But little things to

encourage Pouille. Berdych was a bit erratic, wasn't he? Searching, the

moment. The bottom line is he even. Obvious pressure for Pouille, he's

not used to a situation like a Grand Slam quarterfinal. But there also is

for Berdych, he is expected to win here and he knows he should if he

hits his best. A great opportunity for him to start his season.

Semifinals at Wimbledon, who knows, beyond that.

Neither player looking to solid at the moment.

So, Lucas Pouille has the hold. I think a trainer is about to appear.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if it is that right foot. It's moving

well, I haven't seen anything where he has polled perhaps not. -- where

he has pulled up. Perhaps not. It is a hand issue. We would not have

noticed it. How would you? Blisters? Manicure or something? You

have to look your best for the first Grand Slam quarterfinal. Just a

blister on that finger. It is not exactly traumatic, is it?

He will be fine. He'll live to fight another day. A quick bit of tape

applied and off we go again. A lot more spectators coming in, again.

The Court One crowd is filling up. A very good approach shot from

Berdych. Deserved what he got. Well, a few too many unforced errors

from Berdych in this first set. Hot work out there.

I said it hadn't been a great season for Berdych, and it hasn't. At least

in the majors, in the slams, he's popped up and something. In the

majors for a third successive slams this year.

Pretty comfortable at the net. This is a drive volley.

Big serve when he wants to, Pouille. 131.

A cagey start to the match. There has been some good, a few mistakes

from both players. Pouille has every chance today against Berdych.

Berdych is the higher ranked player, but doesn't look too convincing so

far. He doesn't, we've got to give a lot of credit Pouille. This is

uncharted territory for him. Quarterfinals, OK, it is not Centre

Court, still Court Number One, the biggest occasion of his career by

miles, and he has come out and settled well. Berdych had a couple

of chances to get ahead and he didn't take it. Now he has allowed

the Frenchman too subtle. Now he's starting to enjoy himself out here.

It's tough to predict which way the match is going to go. There's not

much rhythm to it yet. You would think Berdych's experience would

start to come through. He looks flat today. A big afternoon for the

French in the quarterfinals. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is about to get

underway against Andy Murray. Lucas Pouille here. Four French men in the

last 16, two of them in the quarterfinals. Gasquet is through as

well. A fairly strong service game from

the Number 10 seed. Beautifully done. On the back foot,

saw the gap. This is the second passing shot he hit. That sort of

position on the backhand side. Shoulder, just directed down the

line. If he wins today, he will become the

11th man to reach the semifinals on his second appearance. The most

recent man to do that was Jankovic. He has had all sorts of injury

problems since 2013. A great entertainer on court is here.

Motherwell Football Club first did that apparently, not the Icelandic

bands. Court One is getting a bit fuller with every change of ends. I

know there are something else going on and you have a chance in your

viewing habits. We thank you for flying with us today. Berdych

serving to stay in set. It's not a match that has really

caught fire yet. But we are getting to the nervous stages.

Certainly of the more deliberate School of players, Berdych.

So it is tie-break time in this first set.

As you said, it hasn't really caught fire. But the tie-break, there is

always a buzz in the crowd when that happens. We need to get a bit of

atmosphere here. Berdych challenges the umpire's

authority. First advantage to Berdych. He tried

to be too careful on that one. He had an open court. Bad miss.

A bad mistake. That was just past half court on the backside. He had

enough time to get around and hit a forehand on that one. The confidence

wasn't there. Didn't snap into the backhand. Is very clean and tidy

start of the tie-break. They are both nervous in this

tie-break. That is six double faults for Pouille in this set.

Didn't move his feet. Good return, but... You always get a feeling when

there is an underdog, Pouille is the underdog, that they need to win that

first set. You know, to really have a good chance. You feel it is more

important he wins this set than Berdych.

Stumbles, but it is long. Berdych in a really commanding position now.

Fortunate it was going wrong. -- long. I thought there might be a bit

more of a buzz in the tie-break, but not so. It has been a cagey, untidy

affair. Wonderful shot, better from both

men. The final touch, a gentle caress from Lucas Pouille. There

were glimpses in that point of why Pouille is in the quarterfinals.

There was the variation, the big pace on the forehand, the touch at

the end. That is a gorgeous shot. Well, still in there fighting, in

this tie-break. Well, he has certainly come alive