Men's Semi-Finals, Part 1

:00:51. > :00:58.Creative visualisation, the process whereby mental images that provoke

:00:59. > :01:02.negative feelings are substituted by those that elicit positivity. He is

:01:03. > :01:07.making his way up to the players' box. I have never seen anything like

:01:08. > :01:13.this before. Today, four men face off in two matches with different

:01:14. > :01:17.views of the future. For the Canadian, Milos Raonic, the image

:01:18. > :01:22.for him is reaching a first-ever Grand Slam final. Come on! Czech

:01:23. > :01:26.Tomas Berdych knows what it is like to lose the Wimbledon final. His

:01:27. > :01:31.motivator is to take the next step and win one.

:01:32. > :01:38.Andy Murray was the Wimbledon Champion in 2013. In his mind's eye,

:01:39. > :01:43.a second title is the aim. And for Roger Federer, who has won

:01:44. > :01:56.seven times here, the vision is an eighth triumph.

:01:57. > :02:00.Visualisation is over. Now, it is back to reality!

:02:01. > :02:13.Time for the hard part. Pat Cash getting in the zone there,

:02:14. > :02:16.with the 1987 champion highlighting the difference between winning and

:02:17. > :02:21.losing is as much mental as it is physical. Who will have the strength

:02:22. > :02:25.today remains to be seen. Not surprisingly, a ticket for today

:02:26. > :02:29.is very much sought-after and those lucky enough to be here on Centre

:02:30. > :02:33.Court should be in for a treat. If Wednesday's two quarterfinals on

:02:34. > :02:37.that very court are anything to go by, we are all in for another

:02:38. > :02:41.special day. From 128, we are now down to four and, by tonight, only

:02:42. > :02:47.two will remain. So here are the players who are bidding to reach

:02:48. > :02:51.Sunday's final. First up is Roger Federer, the Swiss

:02:52. > :02:55.master has won seven titles here and is looking for a record eighth. In

:02:56. > :02:59.his quarterfinal, the 34-year-old rolled back the years coming from

:03:00. > :03:03.two sets down to reach his 11th semifinal. Federer's record here is

:03:04. > :03:06.incredible. He's never lost a Wimbledon semifinal. The question

:03:07. > :03:14.is, can he continue that record today?

:03:15. > :03:19.Facing the force of Federer is this man, Milos Raonic, the big serving

:03:20. > :03:24.Canadian is coached by John McEnroe and has come back here from being

:03:25. > :03:31.two sets down. He is quiet, calm and uncomplicated but a player you

:03:32. > :03:34.cannot underestimate. The second semifinal involves Tomas

:03:35. > :03:38.Berdych, the man from the Czech Republic has the game for grass and

:03:39. > :03:42.has proved that on his day, he can beat anyone on the surface. He

:03:43. > :03:46.reached the final in 2010 but found Rafael Nadal too good. He has a

:03:47. > :03:55.steely disposition on court and lets his racket do the talking.

:03:56. > :03:59.Up against Berdych is Britain's Andy Murray, the 2013 champion came

:04:00. > :04:03.through an epic five-setter against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Wednesday and

:04:04. > :04:06.how much that has taken out of him remains to be seen. Murray is the

:04:07. > :04:09.highest ranked player left in the draw and is the favourite. A win

:04:10. > :04:21.today would put him in a third Wimbledon final and a third

:04:22. > :04:26.successive Grand Slam final in 2016. So, first up on Centre, Federer

:04:27. > :04:31.against Raonic. Then it is Berdych versus Murray. What a day it

:04:32. > :04:34.promises to be. The atmosphere is palpable, anticipation is in the air

:04:35. > :04:42.and regarding Andy Murray's supporters, there is an air of

:04:43. > :04:47.expectation, too. And, don't forget if you can't watch

:04:48. > :04:52.the matches live on TV today, download the BBC Sport app and you

:04:53. > :04:55.can watch on your mobile device. Also video of our live coverage is

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:05:02. > :05:08.laptop, you can listen to Five Live commentary.

:05:09. > :05:13.This is where all the drama is going to unfold. This famous court, Centre

:05:14. > :05:17.Court, four players remain in this Championship and joining me are two

:05:18. > :05:21.men who know how to win Grand Slams and win here, Lleyton Hewitt,

:05:22. > :05:26.welcome. Thank you. Boris Becker, welcome back, we have missed you!

:05:27. > :05:30.Yeah, thanks for picking me up! I was out of a job this week! I was

:05:31. > :05:36.happy that you called me yesterday. It hasn't been the Wimbledon you

:05:37. > :05:40.were hoping for, has it? No, disappointing loss last Saturday,

:05:41. > :05:50.but, hey, you can't win them all. He is human. He's won four in a row.

:05:51. > :05:55.You have to give it to the other guy, Sam Querrey played great on the

:05:56. > :06:00.day. With the rain interruptions, and they came sometimes at the wrong

:06:01. > :06:04.time because Novak was starting to come back, but Sam played well under

:06:05. > :06:12.pressure. And served to win it. You know about playing under pressure.

:06:13. > :06:16.Getting the calendar Grand Slam, he held all four titles and coming

:06:17. > :06:20.here, everyone was thinking, calendar Grand Slam, it is a lot of

:06:21. > :06:25.pressure? Absolutely. It was a massive weight off his shoulders by

:06:26. > :06:30.winning Roland Garros. He was able to hold up that trophy. Then the

:06:31. > :06:33.next focus, a few weeks later, was back to the All England Club as the

:06:34. > :06:38.defending champion, another added pressure, trying to win all four in

:06:39. > :06:45.the one year, and he probably didn't play his best tennis. He still had

:06:46. > :06:49.chances to take it to a fifth set. How is he now? He has a week off,

:06:50. > :06:52.too. He is back home with his family. He is taking it easy. I'm

:06:53. > :06:57.sure he is watching the semifinal today. I'm sure he is wishing all

:06:58. > :07:03.the players the very best. Have you been out with your man, Milos

:07:04. > :07:11.Raonic? I have been. I want to thank Boris for giving us this

:07:12. > :07:15.opportunity! You promised me something special for my birthday!

:07:16. > :07:20.We are talking about the pressure and the expectation on Novak coming

:07:21. > :07:28.in here, and he is proving he is human? Exactly. He's been

:07:29. > :07:32.super-human, so has Serena, she slipped up, and it's proved it is

:07:33. > :07:37.not so easy to win a Grand Slam. That is why it has not been done in

:07:38. > :07:43.47 years. Boris has told him that four in a row is unbelievably

:07:44. > :07:50.spectacular. That was an amazing effort. It has to end somewhere and

:07:51. > :07:55.it opened the door for some other people. Let's say that! You were

:07:56. > :07:58.talking at Queen's about the pressure put on Novak after the

:07:59. > :08:04.Australian Open in the build-up to the French? He usually handles

:08:05. > :08:08.pressure very well. After winning three in a row, and never having won

:08:09. > :08:12.the French before, everybody, wherever he want, spoke about Roland

:08:13. > :08:16.Garros, and to finally get the monkey off your back, a lot of air

:08:17. > :08:21.goes out of the balloon and you start to relax a bit - rightly so.

:08:22. > :08:27.You have done something historic, nobody has done that before. He was

:08:28. > :08:31.sometimes a bit too relaxed and enjoying the moment too much, where

:08:32. > :08:36.the top guys play best under most pressure. Did you notice that in the

:08:37. > :08:44.build-up? I thought he was enjoying it too much and saying hello to

:08:45. > :08:49.everybody. The top guys, you have to be a recluse and be your own little

:08:50. > :08:59.group. He is human. Tell everyone to take a hike! That worked for a

:09:00. > :09:03.while! OK. It certainly did. It has opened up the draw because it became

:09:04. > :09:14.a different tournament once Novak departed? Especially everyone in the

:09:15. > :09:19.top of half of the draw. We haven't seen it for such a long time. The

:09:20. > :09:26.Australian Open, the French Open, the number one and two seeds make it

:09:27. > :09:34.through to the final. It has opened up for Milos. Also, even though Andy

:09:35. > :09:40.Murray was at the other end, he was pretty happy as well? There is no

:09:41. > :09:45.question about it. If you notice, when Murray was playing Millman, the

:09:46. > :09:50.score came up that Novak had lost, and he freaked out for ten minutes,

:09:51. > :09:56.oh my God, I'm the favourite! Then he realised this may be a good

:09:57. > :10:06.thing! He relaxed and started playing much better. Roger Federer,

:10:07. > :10:14.I don't know if he really believed he could beat Novak at this stage.

:10:15. > :10:18.His eyes started bulging, and everyone remaining thought, wait a

:10:19. > :10:22.second, maybe this is my year. Maybe there is one more Slam! And he

:10:23. > :10:27.proved that in his last match, didn't he? I mean, I thought that

:10:28. > :10:31.was one of the greatest, amazing comebacks that I have ever seen. I

:10:32. > :10:36.thought Cilic - that is the type of game plan where you try to do

:10:37. > :10:41.against these players, it is so hard to do against Federer, Novak,

:10:42. > :10:46.Murray, starting to take the racket out of their hand. Cilic was hitting

:10:47. > :10:53.the ball a tonne off both sides, really playing well. I have done it

:10:54. > :10:57.many times. He got tight and he choked when you get down to it. He

:10:58. > :11:01.had some good looks. He should have put it away in three sets. He had

:11:02. > :11:05.three match-points, three different times in the fourth set, so you knew

:11:06. > :11:12.in the fifth set, Roger was going to, that magic was coming and here

:11:13. > :11:16.we are! He is still around. It was a turning point in that seventh game

:11:17. > :11:20.when Cilic had three break-points at 0-40, we can see them now. Cilic

:11:21. > :11:24.missed some chances, didn't he? Roger stood firm. Absolutely. At

:11:25. > :11:29.this stage, it looked like one-way traffic. As John said earlier, Cilic

:11:30. > :11:32.came out with a perfect game plan and he overpowered Roger. He was

:11:33. > :11:37.hitting his spots with his first serve but also his ground strokes

:11:38. > :11:41.were so smooth. The side that gets a bit tight under pressure, the

:11:42. > :11:45.forehand, that is what Roger started going after, especially on second

:11:46. > :11:48.serves, on big points, and there were two forehand mistakes when he

:11:49. > :11:53.had two out of those three match-points as well. We will see

:11:54. > :11:58.them now. And also the roar that Roger did when he got back to deuce,

:11:59. > :12:03.saying, I'm not beaten here, letting his opponent know he is still in the

:12:04. > :12:09.fight. There is a reason he's won 17 Grand Slams. He smells when the

:12:10. > :12:14.opposition gets a little tight. He's won too many matches like that.

:12:15. > :12:18.Matches are not lost and won by the match-point, momentum switches and

:12:19. > :12:26.that was a big chance for Cilic, he didn't take it. Obviously, he lost.

:12:27. > :12:32.This is Roger saying... He said afterwards, I fought, I tried, I

:12:33. > :12:38.believed. He never stopped. Again, he's won 17 Grand Slams for a

:12:39. > :12:42.reason. I just am amazed how badly he still wants it. That is one of

:12:43. > :12:46.the things that impresses me, he is willing to dig as deeply as he is

:12:47. > :12:53.and he finds a way. He was getting outplayed and a lesser man would

:12:54. > :12:59.have given into Cilic. This is a true all-time great, tied Boris

:13:00. > :13:09.Becker for the most two set to love comebacks - ten! Hopefully, I will

:13:10. > :13:14.keep the record for a little longer. Boris, out here, the court is the

:13:15. > :13:17.same dimensions wherever you play. This is Roger's living room! Does

:13:18. > :13:21.that make a difference or not at all? It makes a huge difference. The

:13:22. > :13:24.Wimbledon Centre Court is the most special court in the world. You

:13:25. > :13:28.either love it, you are comfortable, or you are not. There is no in

:13:29. > :13:33.between. Playing on Court 2, it is still nice, it is still Wimbledon,

:13:34. > :13:38.but that is the magic box, this is where history is made. For Roger,

:13:39. > :13:46.having won so many important matches here, he's always 15-0 up because of

:13:47. > :13:49.that and that is the difference sometimes between winning and

:13:50. > :13:54.losing. What was it like when you won here? It was a dream. The first

:13:55. > :13:59.time, I don't want to speak about that! The great man next to me, he

:14:00. > :14:03.owned me in that match! It was a nice little introduction for me. It

:14:04. > :14:10.was your first time? I didn't know that. Sorry to bring that memory

:14:11. > :14:15.back! After that, it got a lot better. It's the greatest place to

:14:16. > :14:20.play tennis on. As a kid, you always dream of having the opportunity to

:14:21. > :14:25.play out here and for all three of us, to get our hands on that gold

:14:26. > :14:28.trophy, on this Centre Court, in this arena, it is such a special

:14:29. > :14:33.memory. That is what your man wants to do. You were late because you

:14:34. > :14:42.were practising with him. How is he today? He is well prepared. He's

:14:43. > :14:47.learned a bit. I'm hoping from two years ago. I felt watching it,

:14:48. > :14:53.commentating on it, he was overwhelmed and tight. It is easy to

:14:54. > :14:56.say sitting back, listen, enjoy it, you are ready this time, so don't be

:14:57. > :15:00.tight. There will be eight people on his side is when this match starts.

:15:01. > :15:05.So this is something that he's got to overcome. To me, he's got to show

:15:06. > :15:10.the fans out here how badly he does want it, use a lot of positive

:15:11. > :15:17.energy, the way Murray did in the fifth set against Tsonga and the

:15:18. > :15:19.crowd will respect that and will be as one-sided against Roger Federer.

:15:20. > :15:24.He has to start banging the ball from the first shot he hits. He is

:15:25. > :15:30.6ft 5in. He's got an unbelievable serve, a great forehand. He's got to

:15:31. > :15:37.play the way like Pete Sampras used to play. I thought how he played in

:15:38. > :15:41.the Brisbane final against Roger earlier this year, that has to give

:15:42. > :15:50.him so much confidence. He stuck to his game plan. A bit different than

:15:51. > :15:56.Brisbane. A win is a win. At least in the back of his mind, he can go

:15:57. > :16:00.against Roger. Since he has won two out of 11, definitely dwell on that!

:16:01. > :16:06.You are absolutely right. Super coaches here. It is one thing for

:16:07. > :16:12.Raonic to listen to the pearls of wisdom from Mac, but it is another

:16:13. > :16:23.thing to execute it out there. You need to be mature enough. Milos

:16:24. > :16:29.called you, he was in his mid-20s. Whatever we see, and whoever we are,

:16:30. > :16:34.we can intimidate some of the younger players, so they have to be

:16:35. > :16:39.mature enough to take in what we have to say. That could be a

:16:40. > :16:46.difference, but the players are mature enough to accept it. Very

:16:47. > :16:53.well said! You are not just coach, you are a hitting partner as well.

:16:54. > :16:57.No, Carlos Moya, he's done a fantastic job with Milos. The best

:16:58. > :17:01.that I ever saw Milos play was in the semifinals in the Australian

:17:02. > :17:05.Open, played a fantastic tournament, he was up two sets to one on Murray,

:17:06. > :17:12.he had some type of issue with his hip and it cost him to miss some

:17:13. > :17:17.time. You don't know how much of that was mental, realising he could

:17:18. > :17:22.get close, but either way he has a good team around him and he is

:17:23. > :17:26.trying to do everything he can. The players are so professional now, you

:17:27. > :17:31.have to try to learn from the Federers of the world, the Novak and

:17:32. > :17:35.Murray, they leave no stone unturned and that is what Raonic is trying to

:17:36. > :17:41.do, bridge that gap. This is a tall order for him, to beat Roger Federer

:17:42. > :17:48.in the semifinal of Wimbledon. The pressure is on Roger's serve. He has

:17:49. > :17:52.only developed two service games. He is not going to get a lot of

:17:53. > :17:58.opportunities on Milos's serve. If he can hit his spot, it is playing

:17:59. > :18:11.into his hands. Every time Roger goes around to his serve, he is

:18:12. > :18:19.under pressure. 143mph, that is fast? Here. The difference will be

:18:20. > :18:23.the second serve. How can he put pressure with his second serve on

:18:24. > :18:28.Roger's return? Eventually, the ball will be in play, once the ball is in

:18:29. > :18:33.play, Roger is a bit better technically. So how can you use that

:18:34. > :18:37.to your advantage? What do you do with your second serve? Do you slice

:18:38. > :18:41.it more? Do you kick it more? That will be the difference. Funny you

:18:42. > :18:47.should say that, about the kick and the sliced serve. We saw Pat Cash at

:18:48. > :18:53.the front of the programme, we have given him a new toy. We will have a

:18:54. > :19:02.masterclass of serving. This is Cash Point!

:19:03. > :19:06.Thanks, Sue. Today we will look at the secrets of the second serve. Why

:19:07. > :19:10.is the second serve so important? The first serve is so dominant in

:19:11. > :19:14.the men's game that the second serve is sometimes the only time where a

:19:15. > :19:17.returner has a chance to get into the point. We will look at a couple

:19:18. > :19:22.of big names in the game, Roger Federer, one to have great servers

:19:23. > :19:27.of all time, and Andy Murray, whose second serve has improved over the

:19:28. > :19:33.years, but still is a liability, in my opinion. So, let's have a look at

:19:34. > :19:37.the second serves. This is out to the ad court, this is where the kick

:19:38. > :19:43.serve comes into the element. If we look at Roger Federer here. This

:19:44. > :19:48.ball bounces up really high. It's got speed, we look at this one here,

:19:49. > :19:54.Andy Murray's serve has more slice on it and it comes into the hitting

:19:55. > :19:59.zone of the opponent. Not so high bouncing and not so fast. Federer is

:20:00. > :20:04.pulling his opponents out of court with this high, bouncing ball, which

:20:05. > :20:09.is what he wants to do. So, why does Federer do this and not Murray? Why

:20:10. > :20:13.can Federer do it and not Murray? There is a technical issue here. We

:20:14. > :20:17.will have a look at through these two plays. They both do things very

:20:18. > :20:22.well. They come up through the ball, they rotate, and they go forward.

:20:23. > :20:26.The free motions of the tennis serve. They do that very well. It is

:20:27. > :20:31.this position here that we will have a look at, the arm placement at

:20:32. > :20:36.contact. Now, Andy Murray's arm there, most coaches would say, look

:20:37. > :20:40.at that, isn't that fantastic, he reaches up, that is true in a way,

:20:41. > :20:45.and his arm is straight. It is also the reason he doesn't get the kick

:20:46. > :20:50.serve. If we look at Roger Federer, let's have a look at that elbow.

:20:51. > :20:57.That elbow is bent. Why is that bent? Well, that helps him to get

:20:58. > :21:02.the kick, the rotation of the shoulder and get the sidespin. The

:21:03. > :21:07.sidespin is what pulls the ball wide and hits the court and kicks. A

:21:08. > :21:12.top-spin one gives the bounce. The kick is the sidespin right into that

:21:13. > :21:18.corner and pulls the opponent way out of place. So, if we look further

:21:19. > :21:30.ahead... Roger is not the only player that does this. We have

:21:31. > :21:38.Raonic, Cilic, Tsonga, Sampras, the names go on and on. Let's look at

:21:39. > :21:48.what Roger does here. We will see where his arm is heading out to. His

:21:49. > :21:56.arm is heading in this direction. No, it's not. It is heading in THAT

:21:57. > :22:03.direction! That is how he gets his kick serve. That is where his arm

:22:04. > :22:08.goes. That gives the sidespin on the ball. That is why he is able to hit

:22:09. > :22:14.it so accurately. So what does that mean? What it really means is, that

:22:15. > :22:19.Andy Murray's serve is coming in to a certain area where players feel

:22:20. > :22:23.very comfortable about attacking. Now, this is the area here where

:22:24. > :22:28.Andy Murray really wants to hit the ball, but look, there's very few

:22:29. > :22:32.balls out there... The only one that he did lose was his best serve! Most

:22:33. > :22:38.of them are right in the hitting zone. These guys right here, nice

:22:39. > :22:43.and juicy, they will attack that. As we look forward a little bit, here

:22:44. > :22:46.we will see exactly what has been done by various players over the

:22:47. > :22:50.years. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third and fourth set in the

:22:51. > :22:56.quarterfinals. Roger Federer has done it as well over the years. And

:22:57. > :23:00.that's just not good enough second serve. Tsonga has done it. Federer

:23:01. > :23:10.has done it over the years and maybe Tomas Berdych will do it today.

:23:11. > :23:15.We have repositioned behind the net. Discuss, Boris, what did you think

:23:16. > :23:20.of that? Well, we are playing on grass this week. And usually a good

:23:21. > :23:24.sliced serve on grass is more effective, into the body or out

:23:25. > :23:29.wide. He had one of the great slice serves in the world. You have a good

:23:30. > :23:33.sliced serve. The kick serve sits up, so the great returners...

:23:34. > :23:38.Wouldn't you rather return a kick serve than a slice? Absolutely. On

:23:39. > :23:43.grass, that sliced serve is coming in and it stays lower as well, which

:23:44. > :23:48.makes it tough. Boris is right. The good returners, if it is sitting up

:23:49. > :23:53.and propping off a kick serve, it can sit there and ready to be hit.

:23:54. > :23:59.The kick serve is more predictable. You can see it coming. That is one

:24:00. > :24:03.of the things I have said to Milos, if you see that coming, stand out,

:24:04. > :24:07.don't let that ball jump away from you. If anything, take a step

:24:08. > :24:11.further to your left to deal with that. If it is sliced, into his body

:24:12. > :24:26.obviously, it is harder to extend the arm. If he slices it to his

:24:27. > :24:30.forehand t -- the way he did to Cilic, he needs to force them to get

:24:31. > :24:34.you to hit something you want to hit as opposed to them... I think Roger,

:24:35. > :24:38.along with most other players, they like to pull you off the court, and

:24:39. > :24:42.then they see this wide-open area and there is no way you can get the

:24:43. > :24:48.ball, so that is why the kick can work. If you don't hit the slice,

:24:49. > :24:52.they will destroy it. He hit a good sliced serve into the body as well.

:24:53. > :24:55.All these big guys are so good when they have a swing on the ball. If

:24:56. > :25:01.you are trying to block them up, they can only push it and you will

:25:02. > :25:08.get the short ball. And not the angle. Andy Murray's second serve

:25:09. > :25:11.was a weakness before. He has improved. Whether it's a kick or a

:25:12. > :25:15.slice, it doesn't matter. You have to hit the ball. Roger naturally has

:25:16. > :25:19.one of the best second serves of all time because he can vary it with the

:25:20. > :25:24.kick and the slice. It is so good. Do you think it is all mental? You

:25:25. > :25:29.had one to have best second serves. You and Pete were the best ever,

:25:30. > :25:36.that you had the will or the guts to go for it? It was more a natural

:25:37. > :25:40.serve the slice because I'm tall. A kick serve would be more risky for

:25:41. > :25:44.me. I felt more comfortable slicing it than kicking it. Murray's made

:25:45. > :25:51.the changes, the technical changes. It is having the belief to do it on

:25:52. > :25:56.the big occasion? I think Ivan has seen that as a problem. I was

:25:57. > :26:00.surprised that he had only served one double fault leading up to the

:26:01. > :26:04.quarterfinals. That has been an Achilles heel. He throws in doubles

:26:05. > :26:08.at bad times for him. He's cut that out at the moment. The big test will

:26:09. > :26:12.be in the semifinal and the final, whether he can believe and go after

:26:13. > :26:15.it. The first two sets against Tsonga he was cruising, and then the

:26:16. > :26:23.old Andy crept in. Jo upped his game? I wouldn't say just cruising.

:26:24. > :26:30.Tsonga was up 6-5 in the tie-break, hitting 132mph. 6-1 the second

:26:31. > :26:34.set... Jo tapped out a little after losing that first set. Murray

:26:35. > :26:41.definitely stepped up his game when he needed to. I was happy that

:26:42. > :26:44.Tsonga played as hard as he did after giving the second set away.

:26:45. > :26:50.The will and the intensity that Murray showed in the fifth set broke

:26:51. > :26:55.him. Jo gave up that second break and you can't beat these guys, it is

:26:56. > :27:00.tough enough with one break. After winning the fourth set, why would

:27:01. > :27:06.you switch the momentum and go to the bathroom? He was really on the

:27:07. > :27:11.win... He really had to go! Maybe another 20 minutes and the match is

:27:12. > :27:17.over. That is what I said before about the momentum switches. This is

:27:18. > :27:21.when a match is won or lost. Break-point in the first game of the

:27:22. > :27:25.fifth... He slipped over and he didn't get in the right position...

:27:26. > :27:31.If he hadn't gone to the bathroom, maybe he would have been more

:27:32. > :27:35.desperate... Who knows? Your assessment of Andy Murray. He said,

:27:36. > :27:41.I'm not going to lose his match, that was a message to Ivan. It was a

:27:42. > :27:48.message to the whole stadium, the whole of England. He is very

:27:49. > :27:56.determined. He doesn't... This is not England versus Iceland. Germany

:27:57. > :28:01.lost last night! Bad luck, Boris(!) He is very determined. He doesn't

:28:02. > :28:06.leave one stone unturned. He wants to win this tournament more than

:28:07. > :28:10.anything else in the world and he lets everybody know. Murray played

:28:11. > :28:16.well in that match? He had to. As John said, Jo really brought it out

:28:17. > :28:19.of him. He came up with a clutch return of serve and that was the

:28:20. > :28:23.passing shot to get back on serve and kept the momentum going in the

:28:24. > :28:28.second set. As we said, he let it slip a little bit after going up 4-2

:28:29. > :28:31.in the fourth set and wasn't able to close it out. This was great. We

:28:32. > :28:35.loved this. Showing some emotion out there. It was all positive emotion,

:28:36. > :28:44.too. Jo, he is the kind of player, he has his ups and downs, and he had

:28:45. > :28:48.too many lapses. He is Scottish, when you keep mentioning the England

:28:49. > :28:55.football team, he is proud to come from Scotland. You are saying he was

:28:56. > :29:00.happy they lost? No! He's played so well and the attitude, his fitness,

:29:01. > :29:04.he talks about how he trains. He does two hours on court. He does so

:29:05. > :29:10.many more hours getting fit. He can rely on his body for five long sets.

:29:11. > :29:14.I have news for you, Boris knows a thing or two about the one guy, that

:29:15. > :29:18.is why people's eyes lit up. The only guy that he doesn't believe he

:29:19. > :29:25.is fitter than, mentally and physically, is Novak. This is why he

:29:26. > :29:29.was pretty happy too when Djokovic... I think his best shot to

:29:30. > :29:34.do that, to bridge the gap and beat him would be here. Because I think

:29:35. > :29:42.he would have the crowd on his side, the style of his play suits this

:29:43. > :29:48.court better. Deep down in his heart of hearts, what do I have to do to

:29:49. > :29:51.get fitter than this guy? He doesn't have to worry about him. He does

:29:52. > :29:59.have to worry about Tomas Berdych, though. Tomas is a dangerous player

:30:00. > :30:05.on grass. He has a big game, big serve. He is not the best of mover

:30:06. > :30:13.with his 6ft 5in frame. Andy will want to move him from side to side.

:30:14. > :30:16.Tomas has nothing to lose. He is expecting Murray to be the

:30:17. > :30:20.favourite. He is number nine in the world. He has been in a Wimbledon

:30:21. > :30:25.final before. That is what makes this match very dangerous for Andy.

:30:26. > :30:27.He played four hours against Tsonga. Four hours is four hours. You will

:30:28. > :30:37.feel it the next day. That is the second semifinal but

:30:38. > :30:41.here comes your man, John, Milos Raonic. It is all done by the clock

:30:42. > :30:46.here. They are not allowed to come out before one o'clock. If you have

:30:47. > :30:52.when it seven times do get to go second. You go out whenever you want

:30:53. > :30:58.to go out! He desires at that respect. I saw he is 10-0. These are

:30:59. > :31:03.not the statistics you want to show a semifinal opponents. Roger is 10-0

:31:04. > :31:26.in Wimbledon semifinals. Wonderful ovation. Everybody really

:31:27. > :31:29.appreciating all over the years what Roger Federer has numbers

:31:30. > :31:34.particularly what he did in that last match against Marin Cilic. With

:31:35. > :31:38.Milos Raonic, we know this match is going to come down to some crucial

:31:39. > :31:42.moments. We know what to expect from Roger that we are now going to find

:31:43. > :31:45.out what Milos can do. He has been there before so we have to see how

:31:46. > :31:50.we can experience this. I was really impressed in his match against Andy

:31:51. > :31:54.Murray in the semifinal at the Australian Open. After the third set

:31:55. > :32:06.he had Andy Murray in all sort of trouble. He was moving so much

:32:07. > :32:09.better than I had seen him move in the past. We all know how well he

:32:10. > :32:11.can hit his forehand when he has time. He was giving himself time by

:32:12. > :32:19.moving around and hiding his backhand as much as possible. He is

:32:20. > :32:23.a very imposing figure and he has to take it to these guys. He doesn't

:32:24. > :32:30.want to get pushed around and get into a lot of long rallies. I think

:32:31. > :32:34.he has actually got some good hands. He has done better. He is getting a

:32:35. > :32:37.sense of where to position himself a little bit better and that is going

:32:38. > :32:41.to really help him in a match like this. He also did coming here at

:32:42. > :32:46.Wimbledon that I think had helped in, he was in a really tight match

:32:47. > :32:51.against David Goffin. He wasn't himself. That was around the time

:32:52. > :32:54.but Novak Djokovic was out of the tournament and all of a sudden he

:32:55. > :32:58.was the favourite to getting the semifinals and he really played

:32:59. > :33:02.poorly in the first couple of sets but he stepped it up. He had never

:33:03. > :33:06.come from two sets down but he was able to pull that out and it has

:33:07. > :33:11.given him confidence and belief, which he is going to need against

:33:12. > :33:22.this guy. This is coming back from two sets- zero King, Roger Federer.

:33:23. > :33:26.He had a big serve, Cilic, Federer said he wasn't even reading it but

:33:27. > :33:31.he was anticipating a better in the next three sets so in some ways it

:33:32. > :33:38.is similar position today. Similar game, similar game plan, probably.

:33:39. > :33:47.Roger had biceps to practice against that type of Serbia other day. From

:33:48. > :33:54.-- Roger had the chance to practice against that type of serve the other

:33:55. > :33:58.day. Once the king gets going it is difficult to stop him. Even though

:33:59. > :34:05.he is nearly 35 years old. It is important for Milos Ali on to serve

:34:06. > :34:12.big, be aggressive and take his chances -- for Milos early on. The

:34:13. > :34:19.problem with Roger is you are not sure what he's going to do. He may

:34:20. > :34:27.take it to Milos himself, serve and volley more. He was passive against

:34:28. > :34:31.Marin Cilic but he has the ability... The fact that you are not

:34:32. > :34:38.sure what you're going to get makes people around Raonic's camp uneasy.

:34:39. > :34:43.But Raonic needs to keep the scoreboard pressure early on.

:34:44. > :34:48.Absolutely. He needs to keep holding serve. If he turns down a break he

:34:49. > :34:53.will find it difficult. He will be playing more on the edge than he

:34:54. > :34:58.came out at the start. He has to look to attack as much as possible.

:34:59. > :35:03.It is one area of his game he has worked on is not only his volleys

:35:04. > :35:07.but where to come into the net. I don't know whether that is down to

:35:08. > :35:13.you John, but that is one thing I have noticed. I'll take the credit!

:35:14. > :35:19.Even where to cut their because he has such a big wingspan. That is

:35:20. > :35:24.what you said was missing from his game because he is such an imposing

:35:25. > :35:28.figure at the net. I would say the same thing about Andy Murray's game.

:35:29. > :35:33.He doesn't use his skills in that enough. It would have helped him win

:35:34. > :35:37.a lot of Majors. Whether or not I was consulting with him that is the

:35:38. > :35:42.type of style. Lleyton is right about positioning himself. He is a

:35:43. > :35:47.very intelligent man. His parents are engineers. If you speak to him

:35:48. > :35:52.in a geometric way about the court, he gets it. This is actually where

:35:53. > :35:57.that can come in handy. The mathematician at work on the tennis

:35:58. > :36:01.court! Also, how much of the crowd a factor? You three always got great

:36:02. > :36:09.crowd reaction. They are going to be, let's face it, on Roger's side.

:36:10. > :36:14.Is that a factor? Even when Novak plays he expects the crowd to be

:36:15. > :36:19.fair Roger. I think Roger deserves that. He has won the most. That is

:36:20. > :36:23.just part of it. You had to deal with it. You have to take it to your

:36:24. > :36:26.advantage of playing against the crowd and showing you are just as

:36:27. > :36:32.good or even better and hopefully turn them around. But obviously

:36:33. > :36:37.going to the match he expects every time he is against him. But I would

:36:38. > :36:41.say is they are not against you, they are for Roger. They don't want

:36:42. > :36:45.to disrespect you, they are just supporting Roger. That was something

:36:46. > :36:50.he deserves. I played him for two years in the semifinals in the road

:36:51. > :36:57.that when Novak played Roger and he was a 15-30 down in New York he was

:36:58. > :37:01.so upset with the crowd because the crowd was really so for Roger that

:37:02. > :37:07.it was upsetting to him and he hit that forehand like, screw you and

:37:08. > :37:11.somehow it went in. He was about to do something negative and somehow he

:37:12. > :37:14.did something positive and the crowd started to rally because they

:37:15. > :37:19.respected his effort and I think that moment when he could turn

:37:20. > :37:28.lemons into lemonade one that. Then he was up before. I think we had a

:37:29. > :37:36.phone call before that! How big a factor is the weariness of Federer?

:37:37. > :37:40.The emotional and physical draining of that match against Cilic? I think

:37:41. > :37:45.physically he will be fine because it was a wake-up call. This won't be

:37:46. > :37:52.the longest match. It will be a lot of short poems. A lot 1-2 points

:37:53. > :37:57.where there are lots of short points. It is how much mentally it

:37:58. > :38:04.took out of him. To dig deep and come back to days later against

:38:05. > :38:10.another quality player. He has a key, explosive step. That is where I

:38:11. > :38:14.would think if he is human that it may be a little bit more difficult

:38:15. > :38:18.to spring out to some of these very quick shots he will had to deal

:38:19. > :38:22.with. On the other side I been up until the last match Roger played he

:38:23. > :38:27.didn't know physically if he was fit again. He played a couple of quick

:38:28. > :38:31.matches he didn't have a long match at all, so to play five sets and it

:38:32. > :38:35.was hot on Wednesday, to come back, I think it gives them confidence.

:38:36. > :38:40.Physically he may be feeling it a little bit, he should be, he is

:38:41. > :38:44.human, but emotionally I think he is riding a high right now because he

:38:45. > :38:50.has another chance. They are calling time so he was going to win? I think

:38:51. > :38:55.Roger Federer. I am going to say Roger Federer but it could be long.

:38:56. > :39:02.I'm not answering that! I didn't think you would? !

:39:03. > :39:06.I'm not answering that! I didn't think you would? Wonderful to see

:39:07. > :39:12.you again. John is on his way to join Andrew Cotter. It will be

:39:13. > :39:18.fascinating to get his insight today. This man going for his 11th

:39:19. > :39:23.Wimbledon final. Ominous for his opponent. Ten times he has got to

:39:24. > :39:33.the semifinal and ten times he had been through to the final. At this

:39:34. > :39:37.stage of the proceedings the great and good come out. Europe watching

:39:38. > :39:47.on. Five times, five straight victories here. And the excitement

:39:48. > :39:54.around Centre Court you do hope that they can live up to the drama and

:39:55. > :39:58.tension of the quarterfinals. What lies in store that this still quite

:39:59. > :40:06.young man? A huge talent. Enormous opportunity here. UMPIRE: First set.

:40:07. > :40:53.Milos Raonic to serve. Ready. Play. Not a huge amount of double faults

:40:54. > :41:00.throughout the tournament from Raonic. Some birds, perhaps. -- some

:41:01. > :41:20.nerves, perhaps. You get a pretty good idea when a

:41:21. > :41:26.guy hits it that hard at your body you don't have a whole lot of time

:41:27. > :41:28.to react. I'm amazed that players don't do it more often and serve

:41:29. > :42:57.this big. That will do to close it out and

:42:58. > :43:01.settle him in. He will settle down. Carlos has really done a great job.

:43:02. > :43:07.He played the best of his life down in Australia, got to the semifinals

:43:08. > :43:15.there. He has a good team around him. Prepare him well, Milos Raonic.

:43:16. > :43:19.You know that Federer's forehand is superior to his backhand but you

:43:20. > :43:22.don't want to go to the backhand too often he has a tendency to lean over

:43:23. > :43:56.there. He understands what people are going to try to do against him.

:43:57. > :44:04.We know about the damage that Raonic's serve can do but Federer's

:44:05. > :44:43.serve can be just as effective. Federer very quickly down to

:44:44. > :44:50.business. A full cast and crew in the players's box. Federer's

:44:51. > :44:57.coaching setup, Severin Lewsey and Ivan Ljubicic. There he is, sitting

:44:58. > :45:02.in the back row. Ivan Ljubicic used to work with Rios Routledge. --

:45:03. > :45:22.Milos Raonic. That is a key shot for Raonic, that

:45:23. > :45:27.slice to the Federer forehand. He's got to make Roger feel like he's

:45:28. > :45:57.going to hit that shot. Be willing to go to the forehand sometimes.

:45:58. > :46:07.Federer often hits passing shots right at opponents. You have to be

:46:08. > :46:10.ready for that. We talked about a willingness and they need to come

:46:11. > :46:26.into the net editor bit more from Raonic.

:46:27. > :46:32.A need to keep Federer guessing. As Federer will do to him, mix up your

:46:33. > :46:59.service, don't be predictable. Classic Raonic. That is classic a

:47:00. > :47:01.lot of players on the men's 12. A big serve and then go for it on the

:47:02. > :47:45.forehand. A comfortable service game. So much

:47:46. > :47:50.of this, John, I imagine, we had that semifinal between these 22

:47:51. > :47:58.years ago. He has that experience in the bag, Milos, and today is about

:47:59. > :48:02.settling into the match. He had held his first two service games and he

:48:03. > :48:06.can move on from there. He understands, he is a very

:48:07. > :48:09.intelligent young man. In the early stages of this that it is going to

:48:10. > :48:14.be critical and he was upset with him serve a couple of years ago.

:48:15. > :48:18.Understandably tight to play a Wimbledon semifinal. He is much

:48:19. > :48:24.better prepared now. He has more belief, a better all-round player.

:48:25. > :48:30.When he looks at the other side he has immense respect. Who doesn't?

:48:31. > :48:35.But you also have to say he is not quite the same player as he was,

:48:36. > :48:39.certainly that is what Raonic is telling himself. Roger is moving

:48:40. > :48:46.better as the tournament has gone on but it is not Roger in his prime. He

:48:47. > :48:54.will have some uncertainty in his mind. He isn't going to give up. Two

:48:55. > :49:26.years on it takes Raonic to 25 and Roger to 35.

:49:27. > :49:33.You don't want to be in this position at a rule against Federer.

:49:34. > :49:42.-- at all against Federer. He likes to pull you out wide on

:49:43. > :50:00.both sides of the court to open things up for him.

:50:01. > :50:07.When he gets up 30-0 he will have more of a tendency to go up the

:50:08. > :50:14.centre to keep you honest. A very smart server, is Roger Federer. He

:50:15. > :50:28.has a point against the Federer serve.

:50:29. > :50:47.A blast because Federer made a mistake? He is human! That is a

:50:48. > :50:58.great Ezdihar by Raonic right there. Good deep sense. -- that is a great

:50:59. > :51:16.peril by Raonic right there. Good defence. First break point.

:51:17. > :51:31.Well, Raonic have the first break. It is his plan to start cheering.

:51:32. > :51:37.That will be a huge boost to the confidence of Raonic. To see Federer

:51:38. > :51:51.fail, find the net and double fault on break point.

:51:52. > :51:57.Absolutely amazing to see Federer just give that to Raonic. He didn't

:51:58. > :52:30.even make him hit a return or a shot.

:52:31. > :52:41.Just keep it that double fault and break point in context. Only 24

:52:42. > :52:43.Roger Federer in the championship. Already for one force errors as

:52:44. > :53:04.well. Raonic had to much time there. He

:53:05. > :53:23.could have taken that with two hands and ripped it.

:53:24. > :53:33.Good serve again right into the body of Roger Federer. Look at how

:53:34. > :53:38.Federer returned it. Back of the line.

:53:39. > :54:13.Not often you hit it at a mph and lose the point.

:54:14. > :54:54.The standard of returning from Federer.

:54:55. > :55:00.Even at high speeds you want to hit the ball in the corners if you can.

:55:01. > :55:08.I think he needed to. An amazing returned by Roger.

:55:09. > :56:06.Milos a little confused as to what he wanted to do there. He realised

:56:07. > :56:26.he couldn't get around the forehand. His footwork went off.

:56:27. > :56:41.Nicely done by Raonic. A little bit of how up from the net cord. That

:56:42. > :56:47.should have been a put away. It had break point written all over it.

:56:48. > :56:59.Raonic a bit lucky there to get a second look.

:57:00. > :57:14.Finished with an ace. Hard-working from Milos Raonic. He backs up that

:57:15. > :57:19.break. Just about to... You're saying, you're keeping a close eye

:57:20. > :57:24.on Raonic but looking at Federer's movement, and is the quite the

:57:25. > :57:29.player he used to be, we were talking about his demise for years

:57:30. > :57:34.but do you think of the injury earlier in the season, he didn't

:57:35. > :57:40.play a huge amount of tennis. He was out for a couple of months. That has

:57:41. > :57:44.to take its toll. It is hard to get fit again. That is part of why he

:57:45. > :57:50.chose to pass on the French Open. The physicality of that but mentally

:57:51. > :57:56.this can be tough but it is physically more difficult in Paris.

:57:57. > :58:02.This guy within a couple of Wimbledon finals, played some great

:58:03. > :58:10.tennis against Novak Djokovic. I just don't know about can beat this

:58:11. > :58:19.guy in the best-of-5. Watching this match it would be very low bods.

:58:20. > :58:26.There is my great friend and rival. Doesn't he look terrible?! It would

:58:27. > :58:33.be Federer who has had the slow and tighter start, surprising here. Is

:58:34. > :58:41.he feeling some after-effects of the five set match? He hasn't played a

:58:42. > :58:45.lot of tennis, as you said. I would be surprised if he didn't feel

:58:46. > :59:19.something. Of course, it is Roger Federer.

:59:20. > :59:23.UMPIRE: Mr Raonic is challenging the call on the right far side line. The

:59:24. > :59:52.ball was called in. The scoreboard is blinking, that is

:59:53. > :59:56.why Roger is not playing. He is not questioning the call. They have

:59:57. > :59:58.turned off the scoreboard behind Milos Raonic. Now he will get a

:59:59. > :00:22.first serve. UMPIRE: Second serve. I guess the

:00:23. > :00:36.phone call didn't show it on the screen. It was wide. We saw it.

:00:37. > :00:51.Roger is trying to will him self into it.

:00:52. > :01:05.He can trick Raonic into thinking he was going to drop and he went back.

:01:06. > :01:14.All along, he was preparing to hit that.

:01:15. > :01:22.You can always get a vibe and we talked about this beforehand, Milos

:01:23. > :01:24.Raonic, he will know all the support is largely going to be behind

:01:25. > :01:51.Federer. He will be aware of that. That is a shot that Andy Roddick

:01:52. > :02:09.plays, that short, sliced backhand, he has to jump on that.

:02:10. > :02:14.UMPIRE: Mr Raonic is challenging the call on the left far side line. The

:02:15. > :02:24.ball was called out. Good call.

:02:25. > :02:38.UMPIRE: Second serve. UMPIRE: Mr Raonic has two challenges

:02:39. > :03:58.remaining. The ball jumped off the court.

:03:59. > :04:01.Believe it or not, he took something off it. 128mph sliding away from

:04:02. > :04:11.you. Just easing back(!) It is so impressive.

:04:12. > :04:23.UMPIRE: Mr Federer is challenging the call on the left service line.

:04:24. > :04:36.The call stands, 40-30. Mr Federer has two challenges remaining.

:04:37. > :04:42.From 0-40, an exhibition of serving from Milos Raonic.

:04:43. > :04:47.UMPIRE: New balls, please. Very impressive from that position.

:04:48. > :04:54.Raonic leads 5-2. One of the things that we noticed

:04:55. > :05:04.when Milos played against Sam Querrey was that he had settled into

:05:05. > :05:10.a groove and he took Ito to Querrey, which is what everyone in his camp

:05:11. > :05:14.wanted to do. If you looked at his stats in terms of miles per hour,

:05:15. > :05:21.they were off, as we take a look at one of the great serves you will

:05:22. > :05:29.ever see. Maybe 10mph or more than we had seen in previous matches. And

:05:30. > :05:42.so it was strongly encouraged - and I think you can see - he is hitting

:05:43. > :05:47.the advice, and you have to bring everything you have got against this

:05:48. > :05:52.guy, and he is bringing it all right now. That serve is scary how big it

:05:53. > :05:57.is, what he's got going, as you could see from those last four

:05:58. > :06:02.points. He was at the Masters as well. Retirement is good. Jose

:06:03. > :06:11.Mourinho is in the grounds as well, not in the Royal Box.

:06:12. > :06:22.One of the things the umpire has done over the years, players change

:06:23. > :06:29.rackets at odd times so they give the players... Mark Carney, the

:06:30. > :06:36.Governor of the Bank of England, supporting Milos Raonic.

:06:37. > :06:42.Always wonder when a guy is playing that well, serving so big, why they

:06:43. > :06:48.would want to change from that racket.

:06:49. > :07:10.I would be cuddling that like a little baby.

:07:11. > :07:19.There's some pretty good pace on that passing shot.

:07:20. > :07:23.He wants to make sure at the very least he makes Raonic serve this out

:07:24. > :07:29.so he gets to start serving. I'm sure he has bigger things in

:07:30. > :08:09.mind. Federer is going to change racket.

:08:10. > :08:14.It was only very recently that he went to the bigger-headed racket

:08:15. > :08:19.that all the modern players play with, 98 square inches, some are

:08:20. > :08:26.100. He decided to change from the smaller head. 2015 wasn't a good

:08:27. > :08:31.season, he had injuries... That would be a good idea trying to deal

:08:32. > :08:58.with these type of servers, a bit more margin, a sweet spot area.

:08:59. > :09:09.He wins the battle of the net there, Raonic.

:09:10. > :09:16.Raonic kept it deep, forcing Federer to come up with something

:09:17. > :09:34.unordinary. Unusual. That's a good job to stick with it.

:09:35. > :11:31.All of a sudden, we are in a game here at 30-30.

:11:32. > :11:37.Sometimes you have to have the guts to go to the Federer forehand. He

:11:38. > :12:04.did there and set-point for Raonic. What a point from Federer! A stroke

:12:05. > :12:09.of brilliance from the master to keep fighting in this first set.

:12:10. > :12:14.That is a tremendous get by Raonic. Both guys stepping up. That was

:12:15. > :12:53.where he may have thought differently.

:12:54. > :13:04.He gives himself another chance. So hard for Federer with the pace he's

:13:05. > :13:06.seeing on the serve to put a lot on the return. Set-point once more,

:13:07. > :13:22.Raonic. He takes it this time! It's Raonic

:13:23. > :13:30.who takes the first step towards the final. A long way to go, but the

:13:31. > :13:42.first set goes the way of the number-six seed.

:13:43. > :13:47.Once again, Federer is going to have to do it again from behind. As he

:13:48. > :13:57.did against Cilic. ? That is no question about that,

:13:58. > :14:02.Raonic has really brought his A-game out. He's taken it to Federer. It

:14:03. > :14:06.goes without saying that that serving is huge, but he's done a lot

:14:07. > :14:11.of other good things, including moving well. He's covering the court

:14:12. > :14:22.and that has got to Roger just that little bit. His father on the left,

:14:23. > :14:25.and mother beside. They supported Milos, and enabled him to get to

:14:26. > :14:31.coaches in Toronto and take to tennis. But they didn't interfere

:14:32. > :14:41.with the coaching, that was left to others. They are intelligence enough

:14:42. > :14:47.to realise that there are people who could help this guy and he's a

:14:48. > :14:52.student of the game. It is starting to pay off. You see right now that

:14:53. > :14:57.he's a tough guy to deal with on a court like this.

:14:58. > :15:00.UMPIRE: Time. Federer has got to shake off

:15:01. > :15:08.whatever tightness he has physically and mentally right now. The numbers

:15:09. > :15:54.from that first set. Expect and anticipate that Roger is

:15:55. > :16:23.going to start moving forward more often.

:16:24. > :16:36.That backhand is on fire. It is not going to be easy for Federer, as we

:16:37. > :16:44.have already seen. He has to battle from behind again. A bit of pace

:16:45. > :16:52.from Raonic. Just couldn't put it away. He is going to try to get

:16:53. > :16:53.Roger Federer out of his comfort zone, bring him in on his terms.

:16:54. > :17:17.That is a good move right there. It's a hold for Federer. Federer

:17:18. > :17:24.faked moving forward. You can't fall for that, if you are playing him. He

:17:25. > :17:28.is going to try every trick and he's got plenty of them. Even though the

:17:29. > :17:35.movement of Raonic is very good, it is always going to be naturally

:17:36. > :17:36.against him being 6ft 5in. He's moving about pretty well at the

:17:37. > :17:50.moment. He's got certainly an advantage on

:17:51. > :18:04.the serve with the angle, and reach - so take two out of three there.

:18:05. > :18:11.He has to remain focussed. You know Federer is going to do everything to

:18:12. > :18:12.step it up and intensify the pressure, put some real pressure on

:18:13. > :19:13.him. He hasn't been able to so far. You can probably rein back the power

:19:14. > :19:14.a little bit with lesser opponents, but with Federer, you have to go

:19:15. > :19:27.full out on the serve. If you hit it harder, you have less

:19:28. > :20:04.time to move forward. You are always making the decisions for a reason.

:20:05. > :20:08.Any time you play the greats of the game, you don't want to give them

:20:09. > :20:14.easy points. Make them earn it. It's a hold for Raonic to get moving

:20:15. > :23:26.in the second set. A swing and a miss from Raonic and a

:23:27. > :23:34.hold for Federer. A half smile... The court is getting a bit

:23:35. > :23:43.chewed-up. You will see bad hops more often. You see that come right

:23:44. > :23:47.off the line. Maybe it held up. He completely whiffed on it. It is

:23:48. > :23:52.somewhat embarrassing on a second serve to have that happen. That

:23:53. > :23:57.would be where you take a quick look at the scoreboard and say, I have

:23:58. > :24:11.actually won the first set against this great champion. Yeah, a

:24:12. > :24:15.reminder, Roger Federer is a seven-time champion. He is looking

:24:16. > :24:18.to make his third successive final. He's come up against Djokovic in the

:24:19. > :24:24.final the last two years. UMPIRE: Time.

:24:25. > :24:30.SUE BARKER: We are going to leave this match on BBC Two. We will be

:24:31. > :24:35.heading over to Court 1. If you want to continue watching the first men's

:24:36. > :24:39.semifinal, that is now over on BBC One. On Court 1 is the first of the

:24:40. > :24:46.ladies semifinals in the doubles. Before we join the action, we will

:24:47. > :24:51.show you the draw. At the top, Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova put out

:24:52. > :24:55.the number-one seeds yesterday. Also through are the Williams sisters,

:24:56. > :25:01.unseeded because they have a low ranking.

:25:02. > :25:05.First up it is Babos and Shvedova up against Raquel Atawo and Abigail

:25:06. > :25:10.Spears, both from the United States. And they have a break-point. They

:25:11. > :25:17.have just lost a break-point, as we join. It is 5-4 for the fifth seeds

:25:18. > :25:19.and it is deuce. Let's join our commentators.

:25:20. > :25:30.This one is really warming up now. Babos and Shvedova have had

:25:31. > :25:39.set-point. A couple of points away from taking the set. Once again,

:25:40. > :25:44.just the one. It's been a terrific game, this particular one. Second

:25:45. > :25:48.set-point. They have saved two break-points.

:25:49. > :25:52.Timea Babos on serve with Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan, against the

:25:53. > :26:24.Americans. So, Babos and Shvedova coming back

:26:25. > :26:34.from 4-1 down and they have won five games in a row. Babos on the right,

:26:35. > :26:40.Yaroslava Shvedova had a terrific singles here, got to the

:26:41. > :26:46.quarterfinals, beat the number-17 seed and lost to Venus, but they

:26:47. > :26:51.have got their act together after a difficult start. They are taking on

:26:52. > :26:55.Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears. Here are the stats from the opening

:26:56. > :27:06.set. The stats in doubles nowhere near as important as in singles. No,

:27:07. > :27:11.we look at that break-points won - three of three Babos and Shvedova. A

:27:12. > :27:15.handful of points in it. Service returns in from Atawo and Spears,

:27:16. > :27:23.three out of four, that is a terrific number. Babos and her

:27:24. > :27:27.partner, though, they have had more looks at second serves, which is

:27:28. > :27:31.such a crucial step when you come to doubles because you can be so much

:27:32. > :27:35.more effective off a second serve. UMPIRE: Time.

:27:36. > :27:41.Shvedova is still going in the mixed. She is having a terrific

:27:42. > :27:49.tournament. She's in the semifinal and they play tomorrow.

:27:50. > :27:56.Looking a lot more relaxed now than what they were half an hour ago.

:27:57. > :28:02.UMPIRE: Second set, Miss spears to serve.

:28:03. > :28:22.It is Abigail Spears who will begin serving in this second set.

:28:23. > :28:29.Immense power on both Babos and Shvedova. And that power is exactly

:28:30. > :28:32.what won that point, Simon, by the time Atawo gets up from the

:28:33. > :28:34.crouching position, she doesn't have time to be ready because the ball is

:28:35. > :28:36.upon her. She hopes she's closing in on her

:28:37. > :29:27.first Grand Slam final. Spears broken last time she served,

:29:28. > :29:31.held serve a couple of times earlier on when all the others were being

:29:32. > :29:36.broken regularly. Now she is under threat.

:29:37. > :29:53.Not enough on this first serve from Spears, just right in the hitting

:29:54. > :29:58.zone. Timea Babos didn't make a move to the middle. She had just served a

:29:59. > :30:07.double fault so she wanted to make sure she got the first serve in.

:30:08. > :30:20.Good art. Missed one early on. That was much better from Atawo. Still a

:30:21. > :30:37.couple of break points to save though.

:30:38. > :30:47.Seemed to have her weight on her back foot. That is exactly what

:30:48. > :30:50.happened. She was moving back. Atawo really looked uncomfortable.

:30:51. > :30:55.Normally when a ball comes a bit slow to you when you are at the net

:30:56. > :31:02.or anywhere in fact, you have to move towards the ball. That is six

:31:03. > :31:46.names in a row now for Babos and Shvedova. It is Babos now

:31:47. > :31:54.No! Just missed it. She was right on top of the net, too. Too many

:31:55. > :31:58.mistakes now I'm afraid from Atawo and Spears. At the moment, Babos and

:31:59. > :32:22.Shvedova running away with this. How about that forehand skills! To

:32:23. > :32:26.Maia Babos. Good hands from Babos. She stood her ground. Managed to

:32:27. > :32:40.find enough room on that forehand volley. She got the ball into the

:32:41. > :32:45.open court. So the lead lengthens and the task becomes even more

:32:46. > :33:00.severe for the Americans. They have got to stop this right here. Michael

:33:01. > :33:03.Atawo married late last year 's, Toby on the left. She is serving

:33:04. > :33:46.now. Oh no. Even the shot you would

:33:47. > :33:50.normally make, when this momentum starts happening in a match, the

:33:51. > :34:01.shots you normally make, you just don't make. That was an easy

:34:02. > :34:08.overhead. Ears. In trouble here. -- that was an easy overhead for

:34:09. > :34:13.Spears. Nothing is going right for them. That is a sign that you are

:34:14. > :34:24.hoping that the ball goes out rather than committing to making the bully.

:34:25. > :34:44.-- the volley. They have lost the last eight points.

:34:45. > :35:46.Huge return. It seems at the moment unstoppable. We talk about momentum

:35:47. > :35:51.and these girls have got it in this match after being down 4-1. 4-1

:35:52. > :35:57.sounds worse than what it was really because it was just one break of

:35:58. > :36:03.serve but since they held firm- two there is the last run of points. The

:36:04. > :36:10.last 40 points, Babos and Shvedova have won 27 of them. That is what

:36:11. > :36:17.momentum does. They have just completely taken this match by the

:36:18. > :36:22.scruff. Big hitting, big serving, really putting pressure on those two

:36:23. > :36:28.ladies, there, too that up something special. They have been together as

:36:29. > :36:33.partners for ten years. They want 13 doubles titles together, Atawo and

:36:34. > :36:41.Spears. Hopefully the teamwork will get the backing this match but at

:36:42. > :36:44.the moment it is an awesome concoction of power and placement

:36:45. > :37:37.from Babos and Shvedova. Well done. Tricky one, because it

:37:38. > :37:42.was a mis-hit. They are always slightly more difficult to deal

:37:43. > :37:48.with. It gets up pretty high on Atawo here. Just doesn't give

:37:49. > :37:49.herself enough room to hit the shot. She didn't make the necessary

:37:50. > :38:09.adjustments. Having a long look at the umpire but

:38:10. > :38:44.no challenge. Second double fault. It's all in the timing when you

:38:45. > :38:47.cross. If you leave it to an early then you leave the line open and you

:38:48. > :38:53.believe too late you leave the line open. Shvedova tired it perfectly.

:38:54. > :38:57.She waited until Atawo was committed and the King at the ball rather than

:38:58. > :39:04.looking down the court and then she goes. -- and looking at the ball

:39:05. > :39:21.rather than looking down the court and then she goes. That is a big

:39:22. > :39:26.serve. She has been serving others that haven't gone in at a mph. She

:39:27. > :39:43.is one of the fastest servers in the world.

:39:44. > :39:58.Really it was formidable. Obviously the serve was effective because it

:39:59. > :40:02.was 118 miles per hour but it was also effective because it was right

:40:03. > :40:46.at the body of Atawo. Completely handcuffing her.

:40:47. > :41:03.Eventually the server gets what she wants. That was good. There's a

:41:04. > :41:05.challenge here. But I think this ball dropped in. Yes. It certainly

:41:06. > :41:19.looks like it. Things aren't even going well. Even

:41:20. > :41:30.the brakes have gone against them. It was an ambitious shot. She has

:41:31. > :42:22.been making so much, has Babos. Very well placed lob. She gets into

:42:23. > :42:27.trouble though, Spears with that second serve. It doesn't have

:42:28. > :42:32.anything on it. She has no racket head speed so she finds it hard to

:42:33. > :42:36.create pace. It was only 70 miles per hour. For someone who can return

:42:37. > :43:06.like Shvedova that is a problem. Just about the best rally. We are

:43:07. > :43:10.really appreciated here. Obviously other attractions going on at the

:43:11. > :43:22.moment on Centre Court but as you can see it is pretty full here.

:43:23. > :43:39.At last! A run of nine successive games comes to an end.

:43:40. > :43:46.Is that the start of something? I sense not. What are your thoughts? I

:43:47. > :43:52.think they have dug themselves a bit of a horrible really. They had this

:43:53. > :43:57.match 4- boarded the first set. They were doing the basics well. They

:43:58. > :44:03.were executed. The opponents were missing a bit but once that

:44:04. > :44:08.execution of getting to the net before their opponents, but once

:44:09. > :44:12.that kind of dropped down a little bit Shvedova and Babos seemed to get

:44:13. > :44:16.the feeling of being able to hit big from the baseline and really put

:44:17. > :44:21.pressure on them. That is when the match started to change and the

:44:22. > :44:27.girls have just grown in confidence since then. Babos has got to a Grand

:44:28. > :44:34.Slam final before. She got to the final Wimbledon a couple of years

:44:35. > :44:43.ago with Christine addenda pitch. Shvedova has twice won Wimbledon

:44:44. > :44:51.with her partner King. Shvedova will serve now. She Shvedova has three

:44:52. > :44:54.other grand slam finals to her credit. There could well be a couple

:44:55. > :45:49.more by the weekend. They let them back in it. Again,

:45:50. > :45:56.Babos and Shvedova quick to take advantage. The crowd loved the

:45:57. > :46:00.variety of doubles. The short rallies, the logs, the huge ground

:46:01. > :46:06.strokes. That point had lots of elements to enjoy. I can't believe

:46:07. > :46:13.I'm saying this, women's doubles is sometimes a lot more attractive than

:46:14. > :46:17.Men's Doubles. I can't believe I'm saying it. Why can't you believe you

:46:18. > :46:36.are saying it? I don't know. We will leave it there. We will.

:46:37. > :46:48.Just out. So often, Men's Doubles can be this, bang, wallop. This is

:46:49. > :46:52.more like chess playing. There are more exchanges at the net. It is not

:46:53. > :47:03.just all about the serve and the return.

:47:04. > :47:13.You just knew that there wasn't going to come back. The poor girl

:47:14. > :47:17.almost got it in the belly button. She didn't want to volley it then

:47:18. > :47:26.thought for a moment and thought no, this is better. They breed the ball

:47:27. > :47:35.girls and boys half at this championship. Roars of approval.

:47:36. > :47:49.Babos and Shvedova head towards the final, it seems.

:47:50. > :48:04.They are now just one game away. One of the reasons why the crowd loves

:48:05. > :48:07.double so much is because most people who come and watch tennis

:48:08. > :48:11.played doubles at their local club and they can see the tactics, the

:48:12. > :48:16.court positioning, where people are standing to receive, where the net

:48:17. > :48:19.person is, are they getting involved in the play? The first serve

:48:20. > :48:22.percentage is, all of those things that are great to come and watch.

:48:23. > :48:28.That is why they enjoyed double so much.

:48:29. > :48:46.Serving to stay in the match is Atawo now.

:48:47. > :49:18.Look at that. That tells eight hail. -- that tells a tale.

:49:19. > :49:25.Just being put under so much pressure, Spears and Atawo on their

:49:26. > :49:30.server. That is why that double fault comes. You know it is not good

:49:31. > :49:34.enough to just get a three quarters serve in in the middle of the courts

:49:35. > :49:35.are you just press for a little bit more because you know that is not

:49:36. > :50:32.good enough. Smile all over her face. She is

:50:33. > :50:47.hoping nobody noticed! Club players take part! -- take heart! She can

:50:48. > :50:51.afford a smile. Now it is match point. This for a place in the

:50:52. > :51:40.final. Really good serve. A fine put away.

:51:41. > :52:31.They are still involved. I don't think it is going to change

:52:32. > :52:34.anything because Babos and Shvedova, who have been untroubled virtually

:52:35. > :52:41.on serve, after the first two service games. Yes, you get the

:52:42. > :52:45.feeling that delaying the inevitable is happening now. Atawo doing a good

:52:46. > :52:48.job there. She was match point down and she got a reasonable first serve

:52:49. > :52:59.in an shred about missing the return. They haven't missed. -- and

:53:00. > :53:04.Shvedova missing the return. Those two ladies on screen are too big of

:53:05. > :53:11.the ground, their service had been too heavy, too much power. A lot

:53:12. > :53:15.fewer unforced errors because there are so many forced errors in doubles

:53:16. > :53:23.but only two unfinished errors from Babos and Shvedova in the match.

:53:24. > :53:30.After one hour and 12 minutes it will be Timea Babos to try and serve

:53:31. > :54:05.this out. What a short! -- what a shots! She

:54:06. > :54:09.got nowhere near to this! She didn't think she was in such a bad shape

:54:10. > :54:12.even though she had been pulled from the return but that is all the

:54:13. > :54:22.required space that Babos needed. Timea Babos getting louder and

:54:23. > :54:46.louder as she nears her goal. Just catching the back of the line.

:54:47. > :55:32.Match point number two. They've got it! What 18! -- what a

:55:33. > :55:43.team! They are in the Wimbledon final.

:55:44. > :55:54.Great exhibition of modern-day doubles. Sharpness, power,

:55:55. > :56:02.confidence, it was all there. Apart from the first five games it took

:56:03. > :56:08.them a while to get going, Abbas and Shvedova, but once they got going

:56:09. > :56:10.they were unstoppable. -- Babos and Shvedova. They won 11 of the last 13

:56:11. > :56:23.games to win it. They are pretty happy with that,

:56:24. > :56:27.getting to the final, and it bodes well to the final because down the

:56:28. > :56:31.other end of the court, or down the other end of the draw we have the

:56:32. > :56:43.Williams sisters against judges and Pliskova. -- Goerges and Pliskova. A

:56:44. > :56:49.super performance. Babos and Shvedova into the Wimbledon final.

:56:50. > :56:54.That second semifinal will be next on Court Number One. Just to tell

:56:55. > :57:00.you over on Centre Court, the first of the men's semifinals is underway.

:57:01. > :57:04.Milos Raonic has won the first set. They are locked in battle in a

:57:05. > :57:10.second set tie-break. Roger Federer has already had four set points when

:57:11. > :57:16.Milos Raonic was serving at 5-4. Tension on Centre Court. You can see

:57:17. > :57:22.this on BBC One. Later on BBC One we will see this man, Andy Murray, he

:57:23. > :57:27.will be competing for his 11th grand slam final today. He is up against

:57:28. > :57:32.Tomas Berdych. That is Andy Murray against Tomas Berdych, the second

:57:33. > :57:36.semifinal on Centre Court today. Before we rejoin Court Number One

:57:37. > :57:39.for the second of the ladies's doubles semifinals for the last ten

:57:40. > :57:42.years Wimbledon has hosted wheelchair doubles and their success

:57:43. > :57:49.has resulted in singles event introduced for the first time here.

:57:50. > :57:57.We were beginning to Leave be bringing you the finals on Saturday.

:57:58. > :58:01.Gordon Reid won the Australian Open singles title before becoming

:58:02. > :58:07.runner-up at the French Open last month. Today he faces the second

:58:08. > :58:14.seed in the semifinals. We join the match in the tie-break. It is to

:58:15. > :58:34.deal with Gordon serving. -- it is too two with Gordon serving.

:58:35. > :58:41.Let us not lose sight for the fact that this is a huge match for both

:58:42. > :58:45.of these players, to get to the final at the Wimbledon tournament. I

:58:46. > :58:51.can't tell you how much this means to them.

:58:52. > :59:10.He has Mr. -- he has missed it. Gerad is in the world and. These

:59:11. > :59:14.routine shots are going long. His mind is contaminated with thoughts

:59:15. > :59:22.of perhaps what might have been. He served for the opening set 5-3 and

:59:23. > :59:28.again at 6-5, denied by Gordon Reid who played some spiriting tennis.

:59:29. > :59:33.Read it is three points away from this opening set. I think if Gordon

:59:34. > :59:35.can pinch one of Gerard's serves he is going to be sat in a really nice

:59:36. > :59:58.position. I'm lucky. He tried to do a fading

:59:59. > :00:04.forehand from the return of serve that would go over the net but it

:00:05. > :00:15.didn't quite work, he hit the tape. Nerves

:00:16. > :00:22.Unlucky, Gordon. Good push. A terrific early return from Joachim

:00:23. > :00:27.Gerard. He took the backhand so early. So dangerous off that side.

:00:28. > :00:30.That is his strength. Gordon Reid goes that way naturally with his

:00:31. > :00:40.serve towards the backhand of the second seed. And again, two terrific

:00:41. > :00:51.and timely returns from this man put him in the ascendancy now. Gordon

:00:52. > :00:57.got his first serves in. But they weren't far enough away or out of

:00:58. > :01:10.Gerard's comfort zone. Two service holds away from the opening set.

:01:11. > :01:18.I think Gordon thought that was his shot on the baseline was long so

:01:19. > :01:20.didn't push for the other shot. Two set point opportunities for Joachim

:01:21. > :01:54.Gerard, the second seed here. Just wide again. So, he has a third

:01:55. > :02:06.set-point opportunity but now on the serve of the British number one.

:02:07. > :02:29.Brilliant from Gordon Reid. The kick-off the chalk there. Precisely

:02:30. > :02:34.what Gordon wanted. A good lefty serve out wide. Right in that corner

:02:35. > :02:40.and it just slid straight off, didn't give Gerard a chance to get

:02:41. > :02:46.under that. A classical lefty swinger. Points won on the second

:02:47. > :02:51.serve - Reid in the ascendancy on that statistic, so the crowd really

:02:52. > :02:57.are intrigued out here in this nailbiting opening set. 6-6 in the

:02:58. > :03:08.first set tie-break. What is going to unfold next? Gordon Reid with a

:03:09. > :03:31.second serving point here. He's had three set-points against him.

:03:32. > :03:36.He's missed it. Spills wide and, to the crowd's delight, Gordon Reid has

:03:37. > :03:54.a set-point of his own. Can he get across the line in this

:03:55. > :04:19.opening set? What a telling backhand from Joachim

:04:20. > :04:27.Gerard. High drama unfolding on Court 17. Gordon's supporters are

:04:28. > :04:36.all crossing their fiengers. Gerard with a chance to move up one point.

:04:37. > :04:46.A terrific length of serve. Did he think that was long? Have they

:04:47. > :04:50.called it? No. OK. 8-7 to Gerard. Fourth set-point opportunity then

:04:51. > :04:53.for Gerard. Let's check out this serve. Pretty much on the line, I

:04:54. > :05:18.think. Yeah. Just spilling long. Marginally

:05:19. > :05:26.missing again, Joachim Gerard. So four set-points have come and gone.

:05:27. > :05:28.Deadlock in this set once again. 8-8, remarkably. Can't take your

:05:29. > :06:05.eyes off this one. That cry suggesting Gerard was under

:06:06. > :06:13.a lot of pressure. Second set-point opportunity for Britain's finest.

:06:14. > :06:18.Fine tennis. Absolutely talented. The slices backwards and forwards.

:06:19. > :06:22.It is so difficult to pick those out and Gordon applies a bit more

:06:23. > :06:24.pressure to Gerard there. So, he needs to break one of these serves

:06:25. > :06:37.to nick this first set. He struck it well but it spilt over

:06:38. > :06:44.the baseline. He tried. He attacked it. He came inside the baseline to

:06:45. > :06:49.attack the serve. Better to do that at 9-8 up instead of 9-9. I think it

:06:50. > :06:53.is going to be whoever favours the brave, whoever's got the bottle to

:06:54. > :06:56.attack rather than to sit back and play defensive. You have to be

:06:57. > :07:02.proactive at this stage, no doubt about it. As they change ends, a

:07:03. > :07:08.slurp of water, 9-9 in this opening tie-break. Yeah, the top coaches

:07:09. > :07:35.there, giving Gordon support there. In keeping with the rest of the set,

:07:36. > :07:40.he misses by the narrowest of margins. Third set-point opportunity

:07:41. > :07:45.for Gordon Reid now. You have to say, Gordon was moving in that

:07:46. > :07:51.direction, he should have gone down the line. It gives Gordon the chance

:07:52. > :08:09.now - he's got two serves to get one point.

:08:10. > :08:19.He's got it! A roar from Gordon Reid! World ranked fourth. They have

:08:20. > :08:29.been out there on court for 53 minutes and he snatches the opening

:08:30. > :08:33.set 11-9. SUE BARKER: What a marathon

:08:34. > :08:39.tie-break. Here he is at match-point, 5-4 in the second.

:08:40. > :08:53.And that is it. So Gordon Reid goes through 7-6, 6-4, this a repeat of

:08:54. > :08:58.the Australian Open final. He is through. Well done to Gordon Reid on

:08:59. > :09:02.Court 17 today. Everyone out on the Hill, they are watching the action

:09:03. > :09:07.unfold on the big-screen, the first of the semifinals on court, Federer

:09:08. > :09:22.against Raonic. Coming up next, we will hear some more of this.

:09:23. > :09:33.Come on, Andy. Come on, Andy. Come on, Andy. Come on, Andy. Come on,

:09:34. > :09:46.Andy. Come on, Andy! Come on, Andy! And here he is on court to face

:09:47. > :09:52.Tomas Berdych later this afternoon. At the moment, locked in battle on

:09:53. > :09:56.Centre, Raonic and Federer, one-set-all and Federer was 0-30 on

:09:57. > :10:05.his serve, but he's come back to 30-30. That is live on BBC One.

:10:06. > :10:09.We are heading to Court 1 and a few moments ago, the Williams sisters

:10:10. > :10:13.walked on to court, Serena and Venus, they are playing Julia

:10:14. > :10:19.Goerges and Karolina Pliskova. They are looking very relaxed and happy.

:10:20. > :10:22.Serena will be on court for the final, Venus didn't make it through.

:10:23. > :10:27.It is not the all Williams final they wanted. She was outplayed by

:10:28. > :10:29.Angelique Kerber yesterday. A family affair today. They are a formidable

:10:30. > :10:50.doubles team. Here they come. That was a short time ago. The

:10:51. > :10:59.winners of this match will play Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova.

:11:00. > :11:01.Here we go. Let's join our commentators, Tracy Austin and Mark

:11:02. > :11:14.Petchey. Serena and Venus in pretty familiar

:11:15. > :11:20.territory right now. A stunning doubles partnership over the years.

:11:21. > :11:27.Stunning singles players as well. Tributes and the triumphs keep

:11:28. > :11:30.coming for the Williams sisters. Won doubles here five times.

:11:31. > :11:37.UMPIRE: Time. Lost in the semifinals of the

:11:38. > :11:47.singles yesterday, but a terrific run through. 21 doubles titles. The

:11:48. > :11:53.world ranking means nothing. She was 250 places better than that at one

:11:54. > :11:56.stage. They have been outstanding when they have stepped on to court

:11:57. > :12:01.together. They have been pretty outstanding when they have been on

:12:02. > :12:10.the court solo as well. So it is going to be potentially a tough

:12:11. > :12:19.encounter and tough to overcome for Pliskova and Goerges. Delighted to

:12:20. > :12:23.say that it won't be me analysing this, it will be Tracy Austin who

:12:24. > :12:30.has been studying both of these partnerships this year in-depth.

:12:31. > :12:35.That is what she told me earlier! You had an Indian Wells vision as

:12:36. > :12:45.well? Absolutely. Goerges and Pliskova got to the final of Indian

:12:46. > :12:59.Wells. A formidable team. Pliskova prefers to stay at the baseline and

:13:00. > :13:07.blast balls. This duo... 13 major doubles titles together.

:13:08. > :13:11.UMPIRE: First set, Miss Venus Williams to serve. It will be the

:13:12. > :13:13.elder of the two Williams to begin this semifinal, the second of the

:13:14. > :14:16.day. Not put off by the fact she missed

:14:17. > :14:21.the first one, she got frame on the second one, but still trying to help

:14:22. > :14:26.her sister out there. Venus always serves first for the pair and Serena

:14:27. > :14:31.has the bigger serve and I think Venus the better volleys. Venus up

:14:32. > :14:40.at the net is a real powerhouse, she has longer range as well.

:14:41. > :14:43.That being said, they have won so many titles together, they've got it

:14:44. > :15:15.down. That was an effective volley from

:15:16. > :15:23.Serena. That was a powerful shot from Goerges. I think she saw a

:15:24. > :15:27.friend of hers in the crowd! She said, the lob was a little short,

:15:28. > :15:41.I'm out of here! This is probably coming at me!

:15:42. > :16:09.A scratchy first game for the Williams sisters.

:16:10. > :16:23.They have come unstuck early on. Just a 68mph second serve from Venus

:16:24. > :16:28.and Goerges is going to power that into the corner. Goerges has

:16:29. > :16:34.powerful ground strokes, really solid returns. One thing about

:16:35. > :16:39.Goerges is, she does take big swings and so the Williams sisters, if they

:16:40. > :16:42.could get that first serve in, a high percentage, they can test

:16:43. > :16:45.Goerges with her timing. UMPIRE: Miss Karolina Pliskova to

:16:46. > :17:10.serve. Terrific move from Venus. Really

:17:11. > :17:15.setting the tone. So important to do that early in a match. Keep your

:17:16. > :17:35.opponents guessing. Pliskova at 6ft 1in, a nice angle

:17:36. > :17:36.down into the court. She hits that serve beautifully in singles as

:17:37. > :17:49.well. Just checking with Venus, Serena,

:17:50. > :17:57.whether she should challenge that one. It felt good off the strings.

:17:58. > :18:28.Too good from Venus. Lovely play. A couple of dipping shots, then

:18:29. > :18:37.followed it in knowing the ball was going to be lifted back at her. Very

:18:38. > :18:39.smart play, up the middle. Serena scooting over towards the middle as

:18:40. > :18:58.well. That's the range I'm talking about -

:18:59. > :19:01.6ft 1in, a long arm. Crossed at just the right moment, just before

:19:02. > :19:03.Pliskova was about to strike the ball. Couldn't change her swing

:19:04. > :19:22.path. Not that easy to get a great angle

:19:23. > :19:24.from that position on the court. That was pretty special and Venus

:19:25. > :19:42.was not expecting it. One eye on the singles for Serena at

:19:43. > :19:47.the moment, do you think? I don't think right now. I think right now

:19:48. > :19:51.she is stuck into this match. They really pride themselves on doing

:19:52. > :20:06.well in the majors, when they do enter.

:20:07. > :20:13.Goerges could not back up quick enough there. You kind of know that

:20:14. > :20:41.the Williams will go right after you.

:20:42. > :20:47.A little too early from Venus. Pliskova able to hold it a fraction

:20:48. > :21:01.of a second longer. Pliskova has a really nice service

:21:02. > :21:22.motion, very fluid. Particularly reaches up, extends up beautifully.

:21:23. > :21:29.These two played just a couple of events together last year. Got to

:21:30. > :21:31.the quarters of Beijing. Decided to play on a more frequent basis this

:21:32. > :21:46.year. Three aces and still having to work

:21:47. > :22:04.very hard at this game. I-formation shows a tremendous

:22:05. > :22:06.amount of respect for the returner, particularly so early on in the

:22:07. > :22:58.match. Didn't really need to try and go for

:22:59. > :23:01.that shot from that position. She had the angles and even though she

:23:02. > :23:05.was wide there, Venus and Serena were doing more of the defending,

:23:06. > :23:09.trying to defend the angles on the court. A bit of a hit and hope from

:23:10. > :23:14.Pliskova. I feel like she is thinking about Venus at the net,

:23:15. > :23:16.though. So that first point where Venus poached, that is really making

:23:17. > :23:33.an impact. Good ball recognition from Goerges,

:23:34. > :23:40.recognising her partner had got extra on it and it was very low.

:23:41. > :23:59.So important to pick when to make that poach.

:24:00. > :24:11.Just too much firepower. UMPIRE: Advantage, Miss Williams.

:24:12. > :24:15.If you can hit that hard at the net, your opponent won't be able to

:24:16. > :24:30.control it. It is all about cumulative pressure.

:24:31. > :24:36.Serena trying to salvage the situation. Just coming up a little

:24:37. > :24:40.short. This will be a big hold, even though it is early on in the match,

:24:41. > :25:25.for Pliskova. A little upright on the volley

:25:26. > :25:41.rather than being down living with it. That was juicy.

:25:42. > :25:55.UMPIRE: Miss Goerges is challenging the call on the right far side line.

:25:56. > :26:12.The ball was called out. Second service.

:26:13. > :26:25.Venus left too early again. Right intent. Maybe she's feeling the need

:26:26. > :26:32.to leave a little early because Pliskova hits so flat and linear.

:26:33. > :26:35.That flick at the back as well. It is early preparation with a little

:26:36. > :26:38.flick. It is tough to read where she is going to go. Doesn't give you a

:26:39. > :27:01.lot of clues. Too tough for Pliskova to react.

:27:02. > :27:07.That was always going to be a tough poach for Goerges because Venus was

:27:08. > :27:27.inside the baseline. Even less time for Goerges to react.

:27:28. > :27:34.Ten-and-a-half minutes for this game and Pliskova's got one of the best

:27:35. > :27:36.serves in the world. She's already served three aces. The most aces on

:27:37. > :27:56.tour last year. That is brilliant from Venus! Great

:27:57. > :28:01.recovery from Venus because there was an awkward bounce there. Got the

:28:02. > :28:04.ball deep enough and then, at the net, kept pushing forward with her

:28:05. > :28:17.legs. Look how she clogs that middle. Great court coverage.

:28:18. > :28:27.Another ace to add to the collection. They have served 20 as a

:28:28. > :28:32.team in the tournament. Serena and Venus up there with 31 through to

:28:33. > :28:34.this stage. A lot of discussion. They have tried I-formation on Venus

:28:35. > :28:56.and Serena. Some games are bigger than others.

:28:57. > :28:59.Even at this early stage, it's a good hold for Pliskova and Goerges.

:29:00. > :29:05.That will give them a bit of confidence. There won't be too many

:29:06. > :29:09.chances to break the Williams' serve throughout the course of this match.

:29:10. > :29:26.Hanging on to their own is a priority.

:29:27. > :29:33.It looked like Serena was going to serve and volley there. Rarely you

:29:34. > :29:56.see Serena with a double fault. She's got such a safe serve.

:29:57. > :30:04.Just a little deep in the service box, Pliskova.

:30:05. > :30:19.at the same time,... Patrick is the coach of Serena and to the right is

:30:20. > :30:27.David, the coach of the nurse. -- of Venus. I am surprised that

:30:28. > :30:32.Pliskova's coach hasn't told her that. You see her hanging around a

:30:33. > :30:36.foot or two in the service line, even after a third or fourth shot.

:30:37. > :30:51.It is too easy for her opponents to get down at her feet.

:30:52. > :30:58.She has loose hands and risks doesn't cheat, Goerges, really loose

:30:59. > :31:06.wrist at the back and elastic on the backhand when she serves. It is

:31:07. > :31:07.threatening and dangerous but it can also be a little wild at times as

:31:08. > :31:17.well. It demands better timing to get

:31:18. > :31:40.everything organised, to get the hit point correctly.

:31:41. > :31:55.Exploiting the space and angle there, Serena, efficiently. That was

:31:56. > :32:00.my point about Serena serving first. A handy service game from Serena,

:32:01. > :32:05.mixing her serves up beautifully and then the second shot as well and

:32:06. > :32:11.then the third with the winner. The second shot in doubles is so key to

:32:12. > :32:17.have different variation, keep your opponents always guessing where you

:32:18. > :32:21.can go. It would be interesting to get their thought process on the

:32:22. > :32:25.serving first because I think you are spot on with your analysis of it

:32:26. > :32:30.and the reasons why it should be the other way round. It might just be

:32:31. > :32:37.because she is the big sister? I'm not joking! She said she takes that

:32:38. > :32:41.role very seriously. These two are so close. They are lucky that they

:32:42. > :32:47.have had each other through this journey. Not only to practice with,

:32:48. > :32:49.bounce ideas off of, just the tour can be so lonely and they have a

:32:50. > :33:06.friend there. You can see it is pretty much packed

:33:07. > :33:08.Court Number One here. Traditionally named as men's semifinal day but

:33:09. > :34:13.caught one is still buzzing. The positive for the Williams

:34:14. > :34:14.sisters at the moment is they know that they're standing could elevate

:34:15. > :34:29.quite drastically from here. That is an interception where she

:34:30. > :34:33.was moving laterally. When you go to poach you need to move at an angle

:34:34. > :34:35.towards the net strap. That ball got to load and Pliskova made it

:34:36. > :34:53.difficult for herself. We talked about how loose the wrist

:34:54. > :34:58.is for Goerges, that is why you have seen she has some amazing results

:34:59. > :35:01.and she can hit the ball so cleanly but if she goes off a bit the ball

:35:02. > :35:08.can start to fly. Because the swings are so big it

:35:09. > :35:25.kind of becomes a bit complicated. She strikes me as a real confidence

:35:26. > :35:30.player when she is peeling it, the way that her technique is, it can be

:35:31. > :35:34.awesome and destructive and can beat the elite of the game that she can

:35:35. > :35:42.also have periods of the year when with that kind of tennis, not that

:35:43. > :35:48.she can lose to just anyone but she can certainly have a sustained down

:35:49. > :35:50.period. You can see that she has had a view injury problems as well,

:35:51. > :36:05.taped up across the shoulders there. That is what I'm talking about. You

:36:06. > :36:10.can't read it. It is like a catapult of the string the strings and right

:36:11. > :36:20.back. No chance for Bean is to collect this. -- no chance for Venus

:36:21. > :36:41.to collect this. Such a good second serve there. It

:36:42. > :36:44.wasn't hard but it was a body serve. Pliskova over 6-foot tall and you

:36:45. > :37:20.couldn't get her long arms out of the way.

:37:21. > :37:31.It is interesting Goerges stays back when Venus hits the first served. It

:37:32. > :37:43.takes a bit of pressure off when her opponent has to be so precise.

:37:44. > :37:55.Yes! Goerges making the final mistake when she actually thought

:37:56. > :38:02.she was on the attack against Serena but then she found herself on the

:38:03. > :38:08.back foot rapidly. So important when you hit that shot to keep it as low

:38:09. > :38:12.as possible to the tape from Goerges's perspective because the

:38:13. > :38:20.opponent can suddenly knock it back to your feet and your digging it

:38:21. > :38:25.out. Venus and Serena had not played a Major since 2014 at the US Open

:38:26. > :38:30.and I think a lot of that is due to the fact that the nurse announced in

:38:31. > :38:38.2011 that she had a syndrome, an energy sapping virus. In that US

:38:39. > :38:42.Open Venus lost in the third round of the US Open. They had a long

:38:43. > :38:45.doubles match the night before. I think they hadn't had that long

:38:46. > :38:49.doubles match she would have got through and she would have had a

:38:50. > :38:54.good draw to go deeper. I think since that moment they have realised

:38:55. > :38:58.that the singles was enough. 36 years old, I think it took a little

:38:59. > :39:02.bit extra out of a bean fortnight as well. Yesterday, losing in her match

:39:03. > :39:38.to curb. Just half a step slow. Venus and Serena won their first

:39:39. > :39:40.Wimbledon doubles titles back in 2000. The last Grand Slam title also

:39:41. > :40:02.came here at Wimbledon in 2012. That is good doubles right there.

:40:03. > :40:09.Terrific return from Venus. Follows it into the net. Goerges

:40:10. > :40:13.interception. She tries to get it download but the nurse pushes

:40:14. > :40:24.forward and get that up high enough to make it an effective volley. A

:40:25. > :40:47.little opening here for the Williams sisters.

:40:48. > :40:55.There was a bit of space down the line had Venus been able to see out

:40:56. > :40:58.of her peripheral vision as figures drifted into the centre of the crowd

:40:59. > :41:09.but it ends up being a good move by the German.

:41:10. > :41:39.Under pressure once again on serve, Pliskova.

:41:40. > :41:50.This time unable to get herself out of the trouble. Great length from

:41:51. > :41:58.Venus on that backhand. Having to push Pliskova back. Able to do it,

:41:59. > :42:05.Venus. You want to get that depth and good velocity. So that your

:42:06. > :42:07.opponents can't hit such a positive shot annual net man can help you

:42:08. > :42:33.out. That is the formation Goerges and

:42:34. > :43:18.Pliskova like. Goerges at the net and Pliskova at the baseline.

:43:19. > :43:25.A bit of a breeze around Wimbledon today but you don't really know it

:43:26. > :43:35.from Serena's serve, the ball toss and everything else is so immaculate

:43:36. > :43:45.and well-balanced. 118 en masse serve. -- on that serve. She is a

:43:46. > :44:07.mixing up the serve, she has gone out wide, some down the tea.

:44:08. > :44:22.A good pick-up. Goerges doing a fine job. Just getting the sense there

:44:23. > :44:27.that Williams and Williams are about to start dominating that semifinal

:44:28. > :44:40.but Goerges and Pliskova are trying to keep them at bay.

:44:41. > :45:00.Terrific return from Goerges. A backhand return is so solid.

:45:01. > :45:12.Very unusual to see Serena make a mistake like that. Particularly when

:45:13. > :45:26.you hit a it might just be a feeble return.

:45:27. > :45:32.Game points came and went for the Williams sisters and Goerges and

:45:33. > :45:50.Pliskova are up a break again in this opening set. SUE BARKER: Andy

:45:51. > :45:55.Murray will be on later this afternoon to take on Tomas Berdych.

:45:56. > :46:02.It is always fall for Andy Murray's matches. At the moment they are

:46:03. > :46:07.watching Roger Federer against Milos Raonic and a few moments ago Roger

:46:08. > :46:15.Federer had set points to take a two sets to one lead. That is the way to

:46:16. > :46:19.do it. Two sets - one, the seven time champion just one set away from

:46:20. > :46:25.the final. That was a short time ago and at the moment it is on serve,

:46:26. > :46:31.Raonic leading to games to one. That match is live over on BBC One if you

:46:32. > :46:40.want to watch it. Here on BBC Two we are heading back to Court 1.

:46:41. > :46:49.Goerges, who looked good in her opening service game will hope to

:46:50. > :46:55.put some breathing space in this opening set. The pendulum is

:46:56. > :46:59.swinging one way or the other. She will be glad she missed that first

:47:00. > :47:05.serve! She had tripled the pace coming back at her!

:47:06. > :47:17.I think Serena's Fury is that herself. They did a great job of

:47:18. > :47:20.getting the break in breaking Pliskova and then with Serena's

:47:21. > :47:29.serve coming up the think they have the momentum now but that service

:47:30. > :47:33.bake against Serena coming -- we didn't see that service break

:47:34. > :47:37.against Serena coming. The problem with the way that Goerges produces

:47:38. > :47:42.the shots is if you get had deep on the baseline it is tougher higher to

:47:43. > :47:46.fashion any type of defensive play, especially with the way that Venus

:47:47. > :48:00.hits them flat and low. It is a problem shot for Goerges. It would

:48:01. > :48:06.be OK if she could improvise. Williams has really up to the

:48:07. > :48:08.anti-hit with her returning. Seem to have that ability to pick it up a

:48:09. > :48:27.notch when they need to. Too big a swing. It didn't need to

:48:28. > :48:32.be that aggressive. There was plenty of space in the forecourt, a

:48:33. > :48:34.crosscourt volley would have done the job there. Even down the line in

:48:35. > :48:51.the alley. I thought Pliskova was going to put

:48:52. > :48:55.that away because Serena had given her too much of a site of that peril

:48:56. > :48:59.but a little error strewn at the moment and this time it is the

:49:00. > :49:09.Williams's sisters who take advantage. Everybody has been broken

:49:10. > :49:11.once. Not the sort of symmetry that everybody wants in a doubles match

:49:12. > :49:45.but we are all square at 4-4. Venus loses a lot of pace between

:49:46. > :49:49.her first and second serve. Sometimes she is leaning backwards

:49:50. > :49:51.as she hits that second serve, which is going to transfer that weight

:49:52. > :50:20.forward. Goerges having too much time there,

:50:21. > :50:22.a 66 mile per hour serve, having to create her own pace and a little

:50:23. > :50:41.wild. Great hands! So strong. On the net

:50:42. > :50:42.as well, making the volley as easy as possible, in stark contrast to

:50:43. > :51:02.how Pliskova positions herself. Venus will be mad at herself. That

:51:03. > :51:03.was a rally ball. She is not going to feel a lot of pressure from

:51:04. > :51:37.Pliskova there to poach. Great serve. That is where Mayor's

:51:38. > :51:39.not only has that slice on the service but she takes a level and

:51:40. > :52:01.moves away. Great move! Great move from Serena.

:52:02. > :52:14.Fully committed and timed to perfection. It wasn't even the

:52:15. > :52:17.traditional way to volley, the swing volley, which makes it even more

:52:18. > :52:24.impressive. That is difficult to time.

:52:25. > :52:32.It's interesting to have seen their progress in doubles and there is

:52:33. > :52:38.improvement in the positioning, the Williams sisters, playing back in

:52:39. > :52:43.1997 in Indian Wells. They have played off and on through the years,

:52:44. > :52:47.13 Majors together, three Olympic gold medals as well. In my opinion

:52:48. > :52:51.the reason why they are playing doubles now, they started in Rome

:52:52. > :52:54.where they lost in the first wound and in the French Open where they

:52:55. > :52:58.lost in the third round and here they have got to the semifinals,

:52:59. > :53:02.they have got better any to be tournaments, I think they are

:53:03. > :53:11.playing because of Rio and they want that fourth gold medal.

:53:12. > :53:16.Unquestionably when you look at the four players on court as individuals

:53:17. > :53:19.on the single court Serena's achievements overshadowed and

:53:20. > :53:22.clearly there is a bit of a talent gap out here but it is a little less

:53:23. > :53:30.in doubles than it is on a singles court. They are not going to the eye

:53:31. > :53:36.formation here. She is going to do something to help her partner out

:53:37. > :53:42.here, Goerges. This just makes the return think a little extra. Where

:53:43. > :54:21.do I send this return? Which way is Goerges going to move?

:54:22. > :54:27.It looks like a terrible mess but there are a couple of factors here.

:54:28. > :54:31.Scoreboard pressure and the way that Serena has been moving at the net

:54:32. > :54:35.consistently puts a little doubt into Pliskova and so easy just to

:54:36. > :54:38.look at the person at the net and what they are going to do and forget

:54:39. > :54:46.about the actual shot they are hitting.

:54:47. > :54:53.I think the most demanding return and the most difficult return is

:54:54. > :54:58.that of backhand from the juice side. It is just so unnatural to

:54:59. > :55:06.have to make that much angle. -- deuce side. It is just so unnatural

:55:07. > :55:18.to have to make that much angle from the backhand wing.

:55:19. > :55:56.She left early and Venus saw it. She just pulled up on that backhand.

:55:57. > :56:18.Venus very alert, seeing Serena's return so deep.

:56:19. > :56:23.An acute angle out wide to the she delivers. Exceptionally well. A good

:56:24. > :57:43.hold under pressure. A little extra on that one from

:57:44. > :57:49.Serena. Just think about what Pliskova is facing there, Serena's

:57:50. > :57:51.serve, Venus at the net, and you have to be so precise in such a

:57:52. > :57:58.small space. And then you return like that

:57:59. > :58:01.because you put the same amount of effort into that serve the didn't

:58:02. > :58:07.get quite the same accuracy. No lack of desire on the part of the

:58:08. > :58:38.Williams sisters here. A terrific second serve. She has

:58:39. > :58:42.really ramped up the audio for us. We know the effort is coming and

:58:43. > :58:53.that was a net skimmer. Goerges had no chance.

:58:54. > :59:06.Clever serving from Serena. It is not always just about blistering

:59:07. > :59:11.pace. I loved that last serve because Goerges has really been

:59:12. > :59:15.reading the hard service and locking them back with interest so the

:59:16. > :59:23.kick-serve can be so effective as the change-up. It is one of the big

:59:24. > :59:27.things. You talk about hitting your serve with pace but it is that

:59:28. > :59:35.accuracy that is so crucial in getting it, as you say, most players

:59:36. > :59:38.can return at a hundred 20 in your hit zone but out of it, it is a very

:59:39. > :59:54.thing. The left foot. Her belly button is

:59:55. > :00:01.already facing the net. So she loses a little pace. In my opinion. Serena

:00:02. > :00:05.comes up to match it. The right foot comes up to match it and she is much

:00:06. > :00:10.more side on and then she decides to come through together like a

:00:11. > :00:16.throwing motion and really jumps out into the court. Is it nature or

:00:17. > :00:24.nurture? I have come from the same family, from very, very similar

:00:25. > :00:28.coaching setup, in fact, identical, and yet, two very different serving

:00:29. > :00:32.motions. That right foot crossing over the left foot, when Venus

:00:33. > :00:34.strikes the ball, she is a face on already. That is why she's not quite

:00:35. > :01:13.as accurate. Pliskova was not hang around at the

:01:14. > :01:19.net after that first volley. She just did not get a clean strike on

:01:20. > :01:19.it. It was a point they really should've won and suddenly, finding

:01:20. > :01:42.themselves all sorts of trouble. Places that are beautifully. --

:01:43. > :01:49.places that beautifully. Pliskova does not hit her volleys with as

:01:50. > :01:52.much conviction as the other three. Given the circumstances, that was a

:01:53. > :02:04.terrific volley. She did not have a lot of room for error. Right.

:02:05. > :02:18.That is too good from Goerges. What angles.

:02:19. > :02:43.Serena, just split the two Williams sisters.

:02:44. > :02:57.It was a very, very neat shot from Goerges. She almost squeezed down

:02:58. > :03:05.the line but Serena, at the last second, managed to reach at an

:03:06. > :03:29.extremity to get that one. Athleticism at its finest.

:03:30. > :03:37.I love that mentality from Serena. Take that second serve and move

:03:38. > :03:38.forward. Not only is it hard to control, but Goerges has both the

:03:39. > :04:07.Williams sisters at net. You can't walk around the place any

:04:08. > :04:13.better than that. You felt, though, it was going to be the only way to

:04:14. > :04:15.save the set point, to take the racket out of Venus' hand, and

:04:16. > :04:37.Goerges has done that. You asked me earlier if Serena is

:04:38. > :04:41.thinking about the singles final tomorrow. Clearly not. The effort

:04:42. > :05:17.level outstanding today. 100 miles an hour second ace. A

:05:18. > :05:22.great service came from Goerges. UMPIRE: Both teams receive one

:05:23. > :05:24.additional challenge. Certainly not a foregone conclusion we would get

:05:25. > :05:26.to that stage with the chances on offer but here we are on an opening

:05:27. > :06:07.set breaker. Clever return. A shot that perhaps

:06:08. > :06:13.they could use a little bit more of. Maybe they keep me at their sleeve

:06:14. > :06:16.for a big moment. Serena almost too quick for her own good there, having

:06:17. > :06:23.to do a double handed forehand volley. Still was affected with it.

:06:24. > :06:55.-- affective. Goerges is lucky she does not have a

:06:56. > :07:04.tad too, a lozenge Tartu. -- tad too. -- Tartu.

:07:05. > :07:14.Serena, gentle apology. By her standards, that was a gentle volley,

:07:15. > :07:20.as well. That is the benefit of moving as much as Pliskova and

:07:21. > :07:23.particularly Goerges has come in his opening set, to make Serena think

:07:24. > :07:34.about doing something she did not really want to do, hitting the lob.

:07:35. > :07:45.Serena has not served from this side this set.

:07:46. > :07:50.That is the kicker. It has been in and out of the wheelhouse of

:07:51. > :08:39.Goerges. The right play from Goerges. Coming

:08:40. > :08:44.forward. It was the right play from Pliskova, as well, found the double

:08:45. > :08:48.hander, and, as you were saying, it hard to keep it in the back and as

:08:49. > :08:52.hard as Serena would like. She got watching was looking for for her

:08:53. > :08:54.partner. Just could not capitalise on it, and, at this stage, it is

:08:55. > :09:36.very much just about execution. What a point! The best rally of the

:09:37. > :09:44.set. And arguably, it is going to define which way the set goes.

:09:45. > :10:11.The crowd really appreciating the quality of this tennis. Clever lob

:10:12. > :10:16.from Serena. It's not actually easy to hit as high a lob as she did

:10:17. > :10:18.going back with the two hands, but she hoisted that almost out of the

:10:19. > :10:39.stadium. Yes, she is coming up with a little

:10:40. > :10:50.magic. Quick impulse skills there from Serena. I think it's so smart

:10:51. > :10:52.to play Pliskova at the net. She hung in there well but that extra

:10:53. > :11:26.level from Serena... Too good. Excellent point again.

:11:27. > :11:33.Both partnerships combining so perfectly. Defending sections of the

:11:34. > :11:37.court when they need to. Trying to hit the most difficult shot in

:11:38. > :11:54.tennis. Not a lot of strength or control in that situation.

:11:55. > :12:09.What a serve to set up a phenomenal volley! Serena just said, wow!

:12:10. > :12:11.Serena said, "What was that thing you are doing in the last point?

:12:12. > :12:30.That's how you do it" Great service. Oh, yeah, gain

:12:31. > :12:36.nothing traditional in that volley and there's not been too much

:12:37. > :12:38.traditional over the years from Venus and Serena, as they trail

:12:39. > :12:43.blazed their way through women's tennis. Global superstars, and

:12:44. > :12:48.winners here are five times previously in the doubles. They are

:12:49. > :12:57.halfway through the semifinal, as well. A lovely set of tennis, 62

:12:58. > :13:03.minutes. And they save both four ladies, the best till last. Goerges

:13:04. > :13:10.and Pliskova winning a quarter of their second serve points. Yeah, and

:13:11. > :13:14.they've done a great job, to be fair, Goerges and Pliskova, of

:13:15. > :13:17.carving out a number of first serve point returns against Venus and

:13:18. > :13:22.Serena. They will be delighted with that but will be disappointed at the

:13:23. > :13:26.54% of second serve points for Venus and Serena have been so high. Had

:13:27. > :13:32.they chiselled into that as well, they may have had a few more

:13:33. > :13:37.chances. The Williams' sisters have had seven break points. That key

:13:38. > :13:45.militant thing will trade opportunities. That key militant. I

:13:46. > :13:49.think, in particular, Serena could increase her level. Just find

:13:50. > :13:59.another gear when she wanted it most. Their athleticism just

:14:00. > :14:02.covering the middle. Just slightly better in terms of their movement.

:14:03. > :14:07.They are a little bit more intimidating, imposing at the net,

:14:08. > :14:11.particularly Pliskova. Pliskova is not happy moving forward to the

:14:12. > :14:20.volley. Having to use her legs more. Be more aggressive minded.

:14:21. > :14:44.UMPIRE: Miss Goerges to serve. That is, I think, really solid shot.

:14:45. > :14:51.Goerges and Pliskova last in the final at Indian Wells. Their

:14:52. > :14:53.American opponents really went for Pliskova at the net. That ruined her

:14:54. > :15:12.confidence. There is a classic case, maybe we'll

:15:13. > :15:16.a chance to look at it again, where Pliskova's movement is in reverse,

:15:17. > :15:19.rather than helping her partner out. You can see the space is there for

:15:20. > :15:36.her, stepping away, there is a little angle on.

:15:37. > :15:47.Terrific placement. So much about doubles is visual. In other words,

:15:48. > :15:50.you are standing closer to the middle, so you really feel there's

:15:51. > :16:00.less space to hit into. Slower serve there. Venus hit too

:16:01. > :16:25.early. UMPIRE: Miss Williams is challenging

:16:26. > :17:02.the ball. Given the amount of break points had

:17:03. > :17:06.to save in the first set, it was important for them to get traction

:17:07. > :17:11.early in the second otherwise they could have been steam-rolled by the

:17:12. > :17:17.Williams' juggernaut in the second, but they are up and running. It's

:17:18. > :17:21.one of those sort of difficult matches, where parts of it have been

:17:22. > :17:24.in their hands. Yes, there is positional play Pliskova should've

:17:25. > :17:28.been doing better before she stepped on court today, but a lot of it is

:17:29. > :17:38.out of their hands, because of the power and the position of these two,

:17:39. > :17:45.as well. Serena are electing to stay at the same end.

:17:46. > :17:55.So, it's a start to the match, dominance, Venus has, not start of

:17:56. > :17:59.the set. That's right. Just a little bit of a breeze today. I think it's

:18:00. > :18:10.important that they serve on the same ends and get used to it.

:18:11. > :18:17.The Williams' sisters have beaten three seeds on the way surprisingly.

:18:18. > :18:18.13 majors and they are unseeded because they don't play doubles very

:18:19. > :18:41.often. Any concerns for Acrobat heading

:18:42. > :18:46.into tomorrow? Just one title in Rome for her. She has not been

:18:47. > :18:52.having a tendency to pay that money tournaments -- for Serena. It's just

:18:53. > :18:57.one title where she's walked away and defeated this year. --

:18:58. > :19:16.undefeated. Too far back to poach. Serena, this

:19:17. > :19:18.is only her sixth event of the year and, after losing at the US Open

:19:19. > :19:25.semifinal last year, she shut it down for the whole fall. 34.5. She

:19:26. > :19:33.is really trying to manage her schedule. You expect so much from

:19:34. > :19:41.Serena. She, Timmy, looks better and better with each match she has

:19:42. > :19:47.played in singles. -- to me. Goerges did not do enough with that ball.

:19:48. > :19:55.Small margins here, as we saw in the first set.

:19:56. > :20:25.That Miss was caused by Goerges moving. Destruction. -- distraction.

:20:26. > :20:39.Serena wandering out wide. It found its way down the tea there. Nowhere

:20:40. > :21:02.near it. A very simple action from Pliskova.

:21:03. > :21:07.Usually, the best servers have a simple action. It does not break

:21:08. > :21:12.down under pressure. It is repeatable. Not too many moving

:21:13. > :21:26.parts. That's how you would nullify a

:21:27. > :21:35.threat from the other side of the court. Hit your targets.

:21:36. > :21:42.Going back to the point I was making about Serena and the one title in

:21:43. > :21:46.Rome this year, do you get a sense, even with somebody as great as she

:21:47. > :21:50.is, you sometimes lose that winning feeling and there is little more

:21:51. > :21:51.pressure because you have not been doing it consistently? I don't with

:21:52. > :22:01.macros arena. -- I don't with Serena. She goes to

:22:02. > :22:05.warm up tournaments and when she lost to Angelique Kerber, when it

:22:06. > :22:09.went to third set, Serena is usually spot on by the time she builds their

:22:10. > :22:15.way into a tournament. Huge credit to Angelique Kerber. Then Serena in

:22:16. > :22:22.Indian Wells, loses to Victoria Azarenka in the finals. Playing so

:22:23. > :22:25.well. During the golden swing. Victoria Azarenka winning in Indian

:22:26. > :22:29.Wells and also in Miami. The one surprising much to me from Serena

:22:30. > :22:39.was the fourth round in Miami where she not to -- where she lost to

:22:40. > :22:42.Svetlana Kuznetsova. She did not play many clay-court tournaments

:22:43. > :22:46.leading up to Paris. Just the one in Rome, where she was able to win it

:22:47. > :22:50.beating Madison keys. And then in Paris. It got into the finals. Tight

:22:51. > :23:25.straight sets. Exceptional tennis. If you're not feeling it, sometimes

:23:26. > :23:28.there's so much emphasis on putting the ball where you wanted and

:23:29. > :23:32.suddenly you forget there's another person out there. Serena moved

:23:33. > :23:51.pretty early there. Pliskova was not looking.

:23:52. > :24:32.Pliskova got caught coming in a little late. She looked

:24:33. > :24:47.Feeling the force there of a Goerges backhand, Serena. Her backhand is

:24:48. > :24:58.more solid. Her forehand has a few more moving parts. Serving quickly

:24:59. > :25:02.there. Wow. A swift dispatch of what was a decent serve here from

:25:03. > :25:05.Pliskova. Trying to get into the body. Shuffle out of the way. That

:25:06. > :25:21.was some shot. There is that forehand you were

:25:22. > :25:23.talking about. A change of pace. She's just got such a big backswing.

:25:24. > :26:03.Get away above her head. True Venus in to try up the line. --

:26:04. > :26:53.drew Venus in to try up the line. Goerges and Pliskova up a break in

:26:54. > :26:55.the second. A couple of times in the end they could not push on and take

:26:56. > :28:20.it. Quick hands there from Pliskova.

:28:21. > :28:29.Just trying to get that ball back in play.

:28:30. > :28:33.Pliskova has talked about their success. She really enjoys playing

:28:34. > :28:50.with Goerges. They have a good time. You can tell they are both very

:28:51. > :28:54.forgiving of their mistakes in the match as well, aren't they? There's

:28:55. > :29:00.no lingering looks or anything like that. Very together. No dropping of

:29:01. > :29:01.the shoulders after losing a set. They potentially could have one, as

:29:02. > :29:18.well. A good formation against Venus has

:29:19. > :29:23.been successful in this game. Goerges moving to her right both

:29:24. > :29:24.times. Making Venus come up with a backhand down the line. Her backhand

:29:25. > :29:59.crosscourt has been spot on. Hard and fast to the forehand, that

:30:00. > :30:12.is where Goerges can struggle. Try and get that racket below the ball.

:30:13. > :30:37.Michael, Goerges's coach, former player on the tour. APPLAUSE

:30:38. > :30:42.They are enjoying themselves out there, loving the challenge that is

:30:43. > :30:56.being presented in the shape of Venus and Serena. She was 15 in the

:30:57. > :31:02.world, Tracy, back in 2012. It again just underlines the firepower that

:31:03. > :31:06.she has. A couple of singles titles to her name but perhaps has not

:31:07. > :31:12.necessarily have the success in recent years that many would have

:31:13. > :31:19.predicted on the singles court. Of course Pliskova has been on the rise

:31:20. > :31:25.in the last year and a half. Ranked 17 in singles now. Lost a little

:31:26. > :31:35.earlier than expected here. Pliskova has never been past the third round

:31:36. > :31:39.of any Major. It was opposing, because she had won knotting ham,

:31:40. > :32:05.and it was in the final of Eastbourne, losing to Cibulkova.

:32:06. > :32:18.The Williams sisters are just one break of serve. Interesting start to

:32:19. > :32:27.this game from Serena, first serve in at 91, this 194. But the change

:32:28. > :32:36.of pace has been effective, giving her different looks. She can't

:32:37. > :33:00.believe she has missed that. Slower serve, Goerges hit it too

:33:01. > :33:21.early. Challenging her timing. APPLAUSE

:33:22. > :33:32.A service game for a variety from Serena there. That slender lead in

:33:33. > :33:44.the second set continues for Goerges and Pliskova. A little too much for

:33:45. > :33:47.these two to mount a comeback here. That might be all it takes as well

:33:48. > :34:24.to pick their interest. Oh! What a shot from Venus on the

:34:25. > :34:27.full stretch. I thought Goerges's Burley was exceptional, this one,

:34:28. > :34:30.she was backing up, she was expecting to get tagged on that one.

:34:31. > :34:50.Not much room. Their lead to potentially

:34:51. > :35:03.evaporating, in terms of service breaks. Pliskova and Goerges face

:35:04. > :35:27.three break points. Two of the seven today they have faced.

:35:28. > :35:38.APPLAUSE Pressure? What pressure.

:35:39. > :36:00.Excuse me, seven of the nine, they have saved.

:36:01. > :36:09.Great job from Goerges there, helping her partner out, her return

:36:10. > :36:13.a little too high. You have seen two out of the three come and go and all

:36:14. > :36:18.of a sudden you get a second serve and there is a tendency to be a bit

:36:19. > :36:19.conservative, make the return. Goerges made the risk and it paid

:36:20. > :36:47.off. We have seen very few law is this

:36:48. > :36:49.match. -- lobs this match will stop due to the respect of the movement

:36:50. > :37:25.and the overhead smash. Venus back after about 10%, enough

:37:26. > :37:55.for Goerges to move. -- backed off. - nation again. Serena just has too

:37:56. > :38:09.pick a spot and fit. That spot works.

:38:10. > :38:41.Perseverance pays off, then, for Venus and Serena. SUE BARKER: And we

:38:42. > :38:44.will be right back here on number one court in just a moment. Let's

:38:45. > :38:50.show you what has been happening over on Centre Court. Here in Milos

:38:51. > :38:53.Raonic with a set point to level the match at two sets all, and he takes

:38:54. > :38:58.it with that down the line, so Milos Raonic right back in it. It looked

:38:59. > :39:02.as though Roger was heading towards a four set victory, he had Raonic in

:39:03. > :39:06.trouble in almost every service game and then when Raonic gets his one

:39:07. > :39:18.chance, he hits the when and now locked in battle. Two sets all, one

:39:19. > :39:25.set will decide the first men's semifinal. On the red button, court

:39:26. > :39:30.17. Gordon Reid is having a busy day. Through to the final in singles

:39:31. > :39:38.and now seeded two in the doubles with his partner Alfie Hewett. That

:39:39. > :39:47.is what is happening on 17 on the red button. Back we go to Court

:39:48. > :39:51.Number One. MARK PETCHEY: Just like they did in the opening set, Venus

:39:52. > :39:55.and Serena having to come from behind and break their opponents.

:39:56. > :40:15.Here we are back on serve, 3-4, second set.

:40:16. > :40:25.UMPIRE: Let, second service. That one was not breaking any speed

:40:26. > :40:41.records, that second one. She will be thankful.

:40:42. > :40:46.Great second serve, after being a little fortunate with the original

:40:47. > :40:53.one. Again, classic movement forward here, after this forehand, as well.

:40:54. > :40:55.Venus was in a defensive position and did a great job of resting back

:40:56. > :41:27.control. So good! Unbelievable movement from

:41:28. > :41:38.Serena, and Venus, how loaded she get on that last belly? Just so

:41:39. > :41:44.solid, Venus and Serena moving well together. Look where Venus is, so

:41:45. > :42:00.close to the net, moving forward, clogging the middle.

:42:01. > :42:07.A good attempt from Pliskova. Could not do anything more than hit a

:42:08. > :42:33.score shot from out wide. Could not quite direct it back in.

:42:34. > :42:42.This is the same chair umpire that Venus had during the second match

:42:43. > :42:48.against secretary. She gave Venus a warning for time the elation and

:42:49. > :42:50.then another as well, so Venus lost a first serve for taking too much

:42:51. > :43:02.time -- time by elation. So already a little history with

:43:03. > :43:12.this chair umpire and this tournament. And I have never really

:43:13. > :43:14.seen Venus complained to a chair umpire, but she did that day and I

:43:15. > :43:35.think she was correct. Am I correct in thinking did she

:43:36. > :43:42.even get a soft morning or an actual warning the French for coaching, as

:43:43. > :43:47.well? Venus? It has happened before. Yes, she was absolutely adamant.

:43:48. > :43:57.Yes, she said I don't need that help.

:43:58. > :44:11.Just used the pace given to her by brake Goerges's forehand. A lot of

:44:12. > :44:26.pressure on Goerges now. She has been caught a number of

:44:27. > :44:30.times going crosscourt with that. On top of that she has also found a

:44:31. > :44:34.number of beautiful ones down the line and that is arguably one of the

:44:35. > :44:38.most important of the day. Immaculate lengths and perfect

:44:39. > :44:54.timing, heaving Serena the first of these two break points.

:44:55. > :45:08.CHEERING Just never out of it, even for one

:45:09. > :45:44.down in a set. The reversal has been swift.

:45:45. > :45:51.So what Serena is saying is if Venus was taking too much time, then give

:45:52. > :45:58.her a soft warning on the changeover, and I agree with that.

:45:59. > :45:59.Let your player no. I like that, Serena sticking up for her big

:46:00. > :46:11.sister. But it is still one of the most

:46:12. > :46:17.bizarre things we have in our sport, that you have 25 seconds on the

:46:18. > :46:20.regular tour and 20 seconds at the Grand Slams. How players are

:46:21. > :46:27.supposed to adjust to what amounts to more than 20% difference in time

:46:28. > :46:29.is bizarre to say the least. But anything but bizarre the scoreline,

:46:30. > :46:52.a set and 5-4 to Serena and Venus. But it hasn't been plain sailing.

:46:53. > :46:54.And there will be some resistance from Pliskova and Goerges, you feel,

:46:55. > :47:07.in this game. It's certainly dent their ambitions

:47:08. > :48:12.in this game. Looking to reel off five straight

:48:13. > :48:19.games in this set and get to another Wimbledon final in doubles. A couple

:48:20. > :48:25.of match points. Oh, yes. That is a sweet way to finish it, as well. So,

:48:26. > :48:31.Serena makes the final of both singles and doubles at this year's

:48:32. > :48:39.Wimbledon Championships. Venus, a semifinalist in the singles. She

:48:40. > :48:46.will challenge for the title for a sixth doubles titles here at

:48:47. > :48:51.Wimbledon with her sister. Credit to Goerges and Pliskova, they certainly

:48:52. > :48:58.made a good match of it, but a little too much class from the

:48:59. > :49:02.Americans. They just had that extra gear or two to go to once they got

:49:03. > :49:11.4-1 down in the second set, and Serena really turned it on, Venus so

:49:12. > :49:18.solid as well. Nothing to hang their heads down for, those two. The

:49:19. > :49:22.fourth seeds, the fourth-seeded team that the Williams sisters have

:49:23. > :49:27.beaten. And it's so strange, they come through, when they do decide to

:49:28. > :49:28.play, unseeded commune over seeds are thinking, oh, please don't be

:49:29. > :49:41.near me in the draw. What a treat for a pact Court Number

:49:42. > :49:49.One crowd who witnessed those doubles. Venus dropped her bag and

:49:50. > :49:58.everything came out of it, so she has a little collecting to do. I am

:49:59. > :50:03.sure she has got the Wimbledon towel in there. She has talked about

:50:04. > :50:11.having some towels all the way back from 1997. Some of the tennis

:50:12. > :50:14.players have collected the ball is they have played with over the years

:50:15. > :50:20.to see the differentials, in terms of weight and size. A fuse souvenirs

:50:21. > :50:28.there, a pretty nice one to go home with. And a funeral of Serena's

:50:29. > :50:29.photographs as well, to boot, as they have signed their names into

:50:30. > :50:46.the final here. They are a formidable pair, no

:50:47. > :50:59.question about it. Not just here at Wimbledon but potentially in Rio as

:51:00. > :51:05.well, where they will be teaming up. 72% of first serves in, that is an

:51:06. > :51:12.awful lot of yellow on the left side. It was Pliskova who had quite

:51:13. > :51:16.a few aces. That is the one department they were able to come up

:51:17. > :51:17.with the goods in. That is a good colour, right, yellow? Yes, very

:51:18. > :51:32.good. You are only as good as your second

:51:33. > :51:35.serve as one of the mantras in tennis and as you can see that was

:51:36. > :51:47.substantially better for the Williams team. So they are through

:51:48. > :51:50.in straight sets. SUE BARKER: More tennis to come from Court Number

:51:51. > :51:57.One, that we're heading over to Centre Court where it is now 2-2 in

:51:58. > :52:03.sets between Raonic and Federer, and it is 3-1, Roger has had the trainer

:52:04. > :52:11.on court, and now Raonic is two points to go 4-1 up. That is on BBC

:52:12. > :52:14.One. Henman Hill absolutely packed, we have Federer on at the moment,

:52:15. > :52:21.Murray Jupiter come on in just a moment. So much happening here on

:52:22. > :52:29.this men's semifinal day. We had 25 setters in the men's quarterfinals,

:52:30. > :52:40.both involving -- two five set matches. We are going to take you

:52:41. > :52:43.out to court 17 to see Jordanne Whiley, who had the Grand Slam in

:52:44. > :52:48.doubles a while back, ranking of three in the world, but against van

:52:49. > :52:52.Koot, a former Australian and US Open champion. This is in the

:52:53. > :52:58.wheelchair singles. We can join it in the first set, Whiley to serve.

:52:59. > :53:46.The commentators are Katie O'Brien and Matt Chilton.

:53:47. > :54:26.MATT CHILTON: a beautiful lob from van Koot.

:54:27. > :54:33.What a beautiful drop shot. The way she manoeuvred her chair into

:54:34. > :54:41.position before putting that one away was a terrific example of her

:54:42. > :54:55.ability to cover the ground around this court to good effect.

:54:56. > :55:10.Two break points for van Koot. Whiley looking a little displeased

:55:11. > :55:23.with the way the end of this set has transpired now. KATIE O'BRIEN: She

:55:24. > :55:25.went for it. Big points like that, you don't want to give your opponent

:55:26. > :55:41.is a free error like that. A clean forehand winner from van

:55:42. > :56:06.Koot and she leads the way 6-5. 44 minutes played. It was about 38

:56:07. > :56:09.minutes of match Jarreau sure in that Jordanne Whiley had the

:56:10. > :56:17.opportunity with a set point. That is ancient history now. After the

:56:18. > :56:21.change of ends Whiley will have to serve to stay in the opening set as

:56:22. > :56:25.she reflects on what is coming next. I think she is just hitting the ball

:56:26. > :56:31.down the middle in the last game two and I think van Koot has been able

:56:32. > :56:37.to capitalise on that and make Jordanne do the pushing and moving

:56:38. > :56:41.her out wide. It has just become a little bit too defensive. I think

:56:42. > :56:53.that can be put down to nerves more than anything. Fantastic role model

:56:54. > :56:59.for disability sport in this country, Jordanne Whiley. She was

:57:00. > :57:02.named disability sports person of the year as well as receiving her

:57:03. > :57:31.MBE. Didn't quite give it enough that

:57:32. > :57:32.time and it would have been a winner. All it had to do was

:57:33. > :58:06.dropped. Some terrific shotmaking here from

:58:07. > :58:11.both players and in the end just too much weight on that forehand. The

:58:12. > :58:12.forehand from van Koot does the damage again, her 14th of the match

:58:13. > :58:37.so far. Right on the line from Whiley, and

:58:38. > :58:45.behind the line from van Koot. That is good scrapping from Jordanne

:58:46. > :58:48.Whiley. Trying her hardest out here. Yes, Whiley looking for the

:58:49. > :58:53.tie-break. Van Koot hoping to win the next two points and seal the

:58:54. > :59:27.set. But the tie-break looks the more likely scenario now.

:59:28. > :59:34.Yes, that is such a good weapon. Gets herself in that position, able

:59:35. > :59:36.to turn the chair and then race back in to play the forehand winner, on

:59:37. > :00:00.her terms. That was a short second serve,

:00:01. > :00:01.waiting for Giordano to pounce on it -- waiting for Jordanne to pounce on

:00:02. > :00:44.it. That is the way for a winner! And

:00:45. > :00:47.that is the first set for Aniek van Koot.

:00:48. > :00:59.Sue Barker: And van Koot was strong in the second set, this is Jordanne

:01:00. > :01:04.serving and down match point. So 7-5, 6-3, former Australian and US

:01:05. > :01:10.Open champion from 2013 van Koot opts out Jordanne Whiley, huge

:01:11. > :01:13.disappointment but she is in the doubles with her Japanese partner

:01:14. > :01:18.she has had so much success with, but out of the singles at Wimbledon.

:01:19. > :01:23.So we will take you back to Court Number One for a quarterfinal in the

:01:24. > :01:36.Mixed Doubles featuring Britain's Heather Watson some with Henri

:01:37. > :01:43.Kontinen, who will be playing Scott Lipsky and Karolina Pliskova.

:01:44. > :01:46.COMMENTARY: The toss has been completed and they have never played

:01:47. > :01:49.with each other prior to this tournament but they have had

:01:50. > :01:54.success, both having big wins in the last round. Henri Kontinen and

:01:55. > :02:01.Heather Watson put out the defending champions re-enter payees and

:02:02. > :02:10.Martina Hingis and their opponents Scott Lipsky and Alla Kudryavtseva

:02:11. > :02:18.but out their opponents. So both pairs looking forward to this

:02:19. > :02:26.quarterfinal. Kudryavtseva is closest to us. A Muscovite. And her

:02:27. > :02:32.partner Scott Lipsky born in the state of New York, who lives in

:02:33. > :02:38.Irvine California, one ourselves of Los Angeles, a little North of

:02:39. > :02:47.Newport beach if you know that part of the world. Heather Watson, the

:02:48. > :02:55.British number two, behind Johanna Konta. Played superbly yesterday.

:02:56. > :03:00.She eased her partner Henri Kontinen, from Finland, born in

:03:01. > :03:07.Helsinki, but living in Estonia, in the country's capital, Tallinn. He

:03:08. > :03:13.lost his opening service game and he could not find returns but by the

:03:14. > :03:18.end, they were playing superbly, Sam. The first set was a getting to

:03:19. > :03:21.know you set between them because they had a couple of walkovers in

:03:22. > :03:26.the early rounds, there were the luckiest pair in the draw. It was

:03:27. > :03:30.like predinner drinks, the first set. And they both realised this was

:03:31. > :03:35.fine and they could play and they were Gelling as personalities. And

:03:36. > :03:41.it was Heather who hold it all together. She played a fabulous

:03:42. > :03:45.match and she was so solid off the return and while Kontinen was

:03:46. > :03:51.missing every return under the Sun, she kept bugging the way, he kept

:03:52. > :03:54.whacking his serve and holding easily and making a nuisance of

:03:55. > :03:59.himself and they find themselves in the quarterfinals, in the bottom

:04:00. > :04:09.half, which doesn't have any seeds left. No, the winners will play the

:04:10. > :04:19.Austrian and Latvian players who won their match earlier today. And the

:04:20. > :04:30.Colombian pair. It could have a Baltic semifinal feeling to it. Yes,

:04:31. > :04:33.absolutely. So obviously, no heads the given that neither hair has

:04:34. > :04:41.played together before these championships. Dushmantha pair.

:04:42. > :04:46.Heather is the lowest rank, 119 in doubles, although she will go up a

:04:47. > :04:50.bit because she and Naomi Broady got through to the third round of the

:04:51. > :04:55.women's doubles. Her partner is ranked 35, Lipsky 38 and

:04:56. > :05:04.Kudryavtseva is the highest ranked in doubles at number 24. Quite a few

:05:05. > :05:09.of the crowd have disappeared for a break after seeing that exciting win

:05:10. > :05:25.for the Williams sisters. I'm sure they will flock back rapidly.

:05:26. > :05:33.UMPIRE: Two minutes. Let's introduce you a little more formally to the

:05:34. > :05:48.four players, starting with Scott Lipsky, the oldest man on the court

:05:49. > :05:59.at 34. Nickname Lipper. And the 28-year-old, Alla Kudryavtseva.

:06:00. > :06:05.That is their way through. They had a couple of tough matches to begin

:06:06. > :06:12.with and a big win over the seeded pair of Ciman each and Charon. So

:06:13. > :06:16.they have been getting better and better -- Charon. They have had to

:06:17. > :06:20.work harder than their opponents to get to the stage for reasons we will

:06:21. > :06:26.explain in a minute. Henri Kontinen, some of you will be saying, was he

:06:27. > :06:34.not calling him something else last night. I was fed bad information by

:06:35. > :06:39.my colleagues from Scandinavia and I have heard it wasn't right so I

:06:40. > :06:43.asked the man in question This Morning and I was wrong. I thought I

:06:44. > :06:51.had get that in before you tweaked my tail, Sam! You have not been

:06:52. > :06:55.wrong in nearly a couple of decades, David, so we will give you that.

:06:56. > :07:07.They had walkovers in the first two rounds. I don't know the reason for

:07:08. > :07:12.the walkover. Elena Vesnina was involved in singles and doubles and

:07:13. > :07:17.felt she could not play in all three events. It is not bad enough to be

:07:18. > :07:22.wrong over a pronunciation, but I have got a Portuguese umpire and as

:07:23. > :07:28.a Welshman, Portuguese is a dirty word at the moment! It is not your

:07:29. > :07:32.day at the moment, David. Perhaps Heather and Henri can cheer as.

:07:33. > :07:37.Heather is a lot happier on her social media now, she did not get a

:07:38. > :07:40.good time after her singles and she was very upset and she did a silly

:07:41. > :07:46.thing and read her social media notifications. It would have been a

:07:47. > :07:51.lot better after her doubles last night, her Mixed Doubles. They did

:07:52. > :07:54.the hard work, it is quality, not quantity. A lovely smile that she

:07:55. > :08:01.gave at the end of that match and she got a big response on Twitter.

:08:02. > :08:05.I'm glad to hear that. I know you spend a lot of time on that! You

:08:06. > :08:10.will have to explain to me what Twitter is one of these days. The

:08:11. > :08:16.great thing is, although they don't know each other very well, they just

:08:17. > :08:22.seem to get on and they chat quite happily and naturally. And the great

:08:23. > :08:27.test is when things go wrong. They were a bit behind the game in the

:08:28. > :08:31.first set against Leander Paes and Martina Hingis and they had had a

:08:32. > :08:41.nice outing but they still got along very nicely. On the left, Criscito

:08:42. > :08:51.and coaches Henri Kontinen. -- Chris Eaton. He is the tall man, six foot

:08:52. > :09:28.three. By the end, he was serving quite beautifully last night.

:09:29. > :09:36.I remember Alla Kudryavtseva eating Maria Sharapova on Centre Court a

:09:37. > :09:40.couple of you is a goal in singles. These years, she concentrates more

:09:41. > :09:47.on doubles but she is a very dog-eared and consistent player. She

:09:48. > :09:51.has got a -- he's got a big serve, Kontinen. That is what you need if

:09:52. > :09:57.you grow up in Finland on those indoor courts, that is how you work

:09:58. > :10:11.through the levels, Eubank down that serve. -- you banned.

:10:12. > :11:01.A better start than his opening service game yesterday.

:11:02. > :11:26.Kontinen is not to be outdone in the aces department. -- Lipsky.

:11:27. > :11:35.Her returns yesterday from the left court, Watson, especially from the

:11:36. > :11:41.backhand, outstanding. I wonder if Lipsky and Kudryavtseva will just

:11:42. > :11:55.get to realise where those returns coming in from.

:11:56. > :12:01.They really need to target the Watson forehand and go hard and fast

:12:02. > :13:04.into it as much as possible. Two tie-break sets and a full

:13:05. > :13:31.advantage set in the Mixed Doubles, of course.

:13:32. > :13:41.The first thing they will be working out is the patterns of return, the

:13:42. > :13:48.best places to serve. When can the net player get across?

:13:49. > :13:59.Excellent serve, making it easy for Kontinen to poach.

:14:00. > :14:07.Yes, if you are not quite sure of their return pattern, just go at the

:14:08. > :14:28.body and I would certainly recommend going that way to the Russian.

:14:29. > :14:34.Nice way for Lipsky to get to know Heather. He will have to watch his

:14:35. > :15:17.line, he can't get over too soon. They have a challenge here, I think.

:15:18. > :15:36.Yes. Not one of your better ones, Henri.

:15:37. > :15:44.He turns round and apologises to his partner for wasting one.

:15:45. > :16:01.APPLAUSE. Always one of the nice features of

:16:02. > :16:07.the latter stages of the Championships, a lot of people get

:16:08. > :16:13.packages to come in on the Court Number One and to see fine doubles

:16:14. > :16:17.and juniors. And in the other Grand Slam matches, at this stage the

:16:18. > :16:33.event, not many people to be found on the second court. In the middle,

:16:34. > :16:43.that is the coach of Scott Lipsky, tremendous player he was with Jim

:16:44. > :16:49.Pugh, that partnership in doubles. And I imagine the lady alongside,

:16:50. > :16:55.though I confess I'm not certain, is Scott's wife Marie. They have been

:16:56. > :17:27.married for very nearly five years. July the 17th is their anniversary.

:17:28. > :17:35.That is not a bad idea to rush Kudryavtseva. The great thing for

:17:36. > :17:43.Watson and Kontinen is that they are not playing a pair who will

:17:44. > :17:45.overpower them. In fact, I would say that Henri is possibly the most

:17:46. > :18:05.powerful player on court. What will really happen out here is

:18:06. > :18:08.Kudryavtseva will set things up and be very solid and steady from the

:18:09. > :18:18.baseline, Lipsky will do the finishing.

:18:19. > :18:26.Again, a good idea to go down the line early with doubles. Keep your

:18:27. > :18:38.surface partner honest. Even though he covered it well on that occasion.

:18:39. > :18:47.Shot two creaming that return. Such a booster, staying around at

:18:48. > :18:51.Wimbledon after disappointment in the singles, and I wish she had hit

:18:52. > :19:02.her forehand like that in the singles. Yes, points lost against

:19:03. > :19:41.Annika Beck in the singles. First break point of the match, then.

:19:42. > :19:44.Oh, she found the gap and it was long! She thought she had made the

:19:45. > :21:04.winner. Well, Heather loves a shoulder hand

:21:05. > :21:12.backhand the hips down and that so often happens on the court, by far

:21:13. > :21:19.the best athlete. Beautifully balanced, super-quick, wonderful

:21:20. > :21:48.anticipation. I think these two have been inspiring each other.

:21:49. > :22:00.The double fault concedes the first break. And Michelle is happier than

:22:01. > :22:04.she was This Morning. She was telling me that she had a nightmare

:22:05. > :22:08.journey in by train, Southern Railway is having a lot of problems

:22:09. > :22:14.at the moment. A 35 minute journey lasted two hours including being

:22:15. > :22:19.stuck for 30 minutes at a station in Surbiton. You would have thought

:22:20. > :22:21.Heather would have sent her a car! You would have thought that. She is

:22:22. > :22:39.a good tennis mother! There is an art with Mixed Doubles

:22:40. > :22:46.in the Grand Slams, you want to have fun and there is also at this stage

:22:47. > :22:56.a serious element as well. Yes, that was long, the pigmentation that blew

:22:57. > :23:04.up was beyond the service line. Come on, David, paint! That was a great

:23:05. > :23:07.return. Not sure it you want to give him too much angle and time to work

:23:08. > :23:24.with. He's got really good hands. Into the formation, Heather, down on

:23:25. > :23:28.one knee. I don't think she proposing, though! -- she is

:23:29. > :24:29.proposing. There is no way anyone many can pick

:24:30. > :24:35.up a serve at almost 130 mph. You struggle with 120 mph. She did not

:24:36. > :24:39.even see it! She could not have! The tumour -- the two challenges, one

:24:40. > :25:01.from each side, have been awful! Served himself out of trouble, a

:25:02. > :25:07.cruel one. Down 0- 31 so important is the back-up that early break. It

:25:08. > :25:12.is only one break of serve but 4-1 seems a big Read. Always in doubles,

:25:13. > :25:17.it is all about the Momentum. Keep it going your way and get yourself

:25:18. > :25:23.through the first set. Live through the second, the early parts, you

:25:24. > :25:30.will be on your way. We were looking for ages about Henri's tattoo on his

:25:31. > :25:36.left wrist yesterday and we got a look at it finally at the end. Never

:25:37. > :25:43.say never! What does it actually mean? I'm sure that is not

:25:44. > :25:47.grammatically I'm sure that is not grammatically I'm sure that is not

:25:48. > :25:55.grammatically who said it, somebody must have said it many moons ago? I

:25:56. > :26:01.don't think it was Dostoevsky! Or my English grammar teacher, anyway! It

:26:02. > :26:06.means you should never say that nothing is impossible. Never say I

:26:07. > :26:14.can never do something. Never say, I can't win the Wimbledon

:26:15. > :26:21.championship. Because if you do, it is only the Mixed Doubles champion

:26:22. > :26:23.somebody could say but you can say, I'm the Wimbledon champion for the

:26:24. > :27:22.rest of my life! Smart serving from Lipsky. Just

:27:23. > :27:33.tying up Kontinen to the body. He does make a lot of mistakes on that

:27:34. > :27:39.backhand return, that off backhand. David, when I work with you, I

:27:40. > :27:46.usually learn something interesting. I did research on never say never

:27:47. > :27:50.and the expression was first recorded in Charles Dickens's

:27:51. > :27:55.Pickwick papers. That would be the early 19th century. They are also

:27:56. > :28:03.the lyrics for a Justine Bieber song! Amazing what you do... I'm not

:28:04. > :28:12.allowed to say the name of the search engine! The things you find

:28:13. > :28:15.out! Yes, I must confess, I'm a bit more familiar with the works of

:28:16. > :28:39.Charles Dickens than Mr Justine Bieber! Not quite on my iPod!

:28:40. > :28:58.Always seeing this against Leander Paes and Martina Hingis, she tore

:28:59. > :29:20.them apart with this on this court, at about this time.

:29:21. > :29:28.If only she was just technically sound on that forehand, that is

:29:29. > :29:56.where the work needs to come in the next couple of months.

:29:57. > :30:04.Yes, not surprised Lipsky is annoyed with himself, missing a return off

:30:05. > :30:09.the second serve. And you feel the key game now to this set because if

:30:10. > :30:11.Watson can hold, Kontinen will have the chance at least of serving for

:30:12. > :30:37.the set. That is a super serve. This will do her the power of good,

:30:38. > :30:41.her first service has improved a lot over the last 12 months. She has

:30:42. > :30:45.worked with represents the at the National tennis Centre in March last

:30:46. > :30:50.year. Second serve in singles has been a little more of an issue. And

:30:51. > :30:54.what would be so good for her impression situations here on the

:30:55. > :30:59.doubles court, the Mixed Doubles title on the line, is for her to be

:31:00. > :31:03.really able to go for that second serve when it matters, when she is

:31:04. > :31:08.nervous, and take that on to the singles court. That is why this

:31:09. > :31:15.experience could be so useful if they can go a couple more rounds.

:31:16. > :31:19.That is the essential difference in the match so far. So many more

:31:20. > :31:23.returns going in, of course, Kontinen has got the big serve. In

:31:24. > :32:03.particular, Watson hardly missing a return.

:32:04. > :32:36.UMPIRE: Correction, first service. Wine judge correcting his own call.

:32:37. > :33:19.So first serve. -- line judge. Impressive serving from

:33:20. > :33:25.Kudryavtseva. So this is the key game. They have got a break,

:33:26. > :33:48.Kontinen has a massive serve. Can he use it?

:33:49. > :33:53.They have already got their opponents on the back foot after 20

:33:54. > :34:03.minutes on court. Lipsky was staying back. That is where the tennis balls

:34:04. > :34:09.have gone! Lipsky was staying backhand Kudryavtseva was returning.

:34:10. > :34:11.No need for Alla to do the same. Let's see if he does the same here

:34:12. > :34:26.as well. 130 mouse per hour serve from

:34:27. > :34:39.Kontinen. Three set points. What an asset it is. That massive

:34:40. > :35:23.serve, for the Finnish player. Henri and Heather have practised

:35:24. > :35:31.together today, just the two of them. Out on practice Court Number

:35:32. > :35:36.One. In the practice area. Where does the name for that come from? It

:35:37. > :35:41.used to belong to the London New Zealand club and it has a Maori

:35:42. > :35:54.name. What you pick out from the statistics? Just one team serving

:35:55. > :36:02.extremely well. The early score in the Andy Murray match has just

:36:03. > :36:07.appeared on the board. The crowd can't see the statistics, only you

:36:08. > :36:13.at home! If Kontinen and Watson can keep up the winning percentage off

:36:14. > :36:20.there first and second serve, they will be home and dry. She had to run

:36:21. > :36:24.off, here she comes. Going along nicely and they need to maintain

:36:25. > :36:29.concentration and intensity for the first couple of games of the second

:36:30. > :36:36.set. The other team serving first and I'm sure Lipsky is saying the

:36:37. > :36:41.Alla, let me hold and let's have a go at the Watson serve. That is the

:36:42. > :36:47.one where we can get a breakthrough. Although they have been nowhere near

:36:48. > :36:51.in Heather's two service games, only winning a couple of points. But that

:36:52. > :37:30.would be the plan of attack, I would imagine.

:37:31. > :38:05.APPLAUSE. How about this for a skill?

:38:06. > :38:17.They are getting quite flash, Kontinen and Watson. Another

:38:18. > :38:27.splendid return what stop she has been such a dark! -- star. He

:38:28. > :38:29.signalled that he was going to give it to the right and she gave him the

:38:30. > :38:50.shot he needed. A break straightaway in the second

:38:51. > :38:55.set. The Lipsky and Kudryavtseva recovery plan has gone horribly

:38:56. > :38:58.wrong at the start. But now so important for Kontinen and Watson

:38:59. > :39:07.not to relax and think they have broken them and they will have a

:39:08. > :39:13.doddle, it never is. So easy to do. Getting very flash with hand

:39:14. > :39:20.signals, they have only just met! It is like going scuba-diving on your

:39:21. > :39:57.third date, take it steady! Skydiving!

:39:58. > :40:04.It was a hit late, the call, that might have in juiced the challenge.

:40:05. > :40:17.It is good. They have just got to be a bit wary

:40:18. > :40:24.of giving Lipsky angle, much better the time it is to the body. -- to

:40:25. > :40:35.time it to the body. Great pick-up on the half-volley by Kontinen. Let

:40:36. > :40:39.the racket, let the speed of the ball do the work and keep the racket

:40:40. > :40:47.head still, you don't have to do very much. It is locked down from

:40:48. > :41:32.Henri and Heather. Successive love service game is

:41:33. > :41:39.UMPIRE:. -- love service games from Henri Kontinen.

:41:40. > :43:14.There is a limit, you know! It is the biggest danger that they

:43:15. > :44:09.just lose focus with Watson's serve to come.

:44:10. > :44:18.Alla Kudryavtseva has cottoned on to the fact that Heather's forehand is

:44:19. > :44:24.how we cursed area. Every service to Watson was to have forehand. It has

:44:25. > :44:28.taken a while and if she had read through Heather's media biography,

:44:29. > :44:35.she says her favourite shot is hope backhand, so it is worth looking at

:44:36. > :44:43.those! You don't, but you could at least said to your coach, do a bit

:44:44. > :44:49.of homework for me! They will be feeling now, Lipsky and

:44:50. > :44:55.Kudryavtseva, if they can break Watson for the first time, they will

:44:56. > :45:01.be right back in the match. They just stopped the momentum in the

:45:02. > :45:05.last game, you feel like Alla Kudryavtseva's service game is very

:45:06. > :45:07.vulnerable. Just a little lightweight, those two, but still

:45:08. > :45:45.very clever players. That is the second serve of Heather

:45:46. > :45:51.that I was talking about, it does tend to sit there and it is Mixed

:45:52. > :46:58.Doubles, just go after it, even if you miss a couple.

:46:59. > :47:04.They have decided to hit the line. They need to go down the tea and

:47:05. > :48:27.take it away, the shop. Now the first break point of the

:48:28. > :48:57.match. Good moving. He just went

:48:58. > :49:05.fractionally early. He was serving the deuce court. He held his ground

:49:06. > :50:07.far better there. Seeing what he is going to do.

:50:08. > :50:14.Took a bit of pace off that first serve, only 82 mph. It is about

:50:15. > :51:00.having the courage of your convictions.

:51:01. > :51:10.This Lipsky return is becoming a problem of both wings. He might have

:51:11. > :51:22.to go more to his body. So, third deuce. Longest game of the match.

:51:23. > :51:49.He had the chance to put the volley away, and didn't.

:51:50. > :51:56.Actually, Heather did not use her peripheral vision. Lipsky moving

:51:57. > :51:59.very early. They are going to start taking more risks, that set and a

:52:00. > :53:00.break down. Again, he has missed on the second

:53:01. > :53:09.serve return. Sometimes the men find it quite hard on second serve.

:53:10. > :53:12.Heather there let the rest go. Hit the serve at 86 mph, which is quite

:53:13. > :54:36.further, and it did under pressure. That was an ideal strategy, because

:54:37. > :54:39.there was not anything to do with the service direction, it was the

:54:40. > :54:45.fact that Henry made such a big move. They will do well to get out

:54:46. > :55:03.of this spot, Heather and Henry. Another William return. -- brilliant

:55:04. > :55:04.return. This is interesting. They are appealing because they think the

:55:05. > :55:15.serve was a fault. This game has now lasted over ten

:55:16. > :55:55.minutes. The first set took only 25! Long discussions here. Maybe a

:55:56. > :56:04.slider to the body might not be a bad idea. It takes place off, keep

:56:05. > :56:09.it low. Their fourth game point. They've saved three break points.

:56:10. > :57:37.Appear on the drive volley than the old-fashioned punch volley, Watson.

:57:38. > :58:06.That's the case with many of the women days.

:58:07. > :58:14.We can call him the flying Finn now! He went dashing around. That is such

:58:15. > :58:41.a smart return. Lipsky made a mistake there. He has

:58:42. > :58:43.seen a lot of the Boulder last ten minutes. They might have a go at his

:58:44. > :59:21.partner. If they can! You picked it. So much of doubles,

:59:22. > :00:02.it is just about sensing the match. And making little adjustments.

:00:03. > :00:14.So Lipsky and Kudryavtseva stay in touch, but still down a break.

:00:15. > :00:27.We are getting to know Henry now and he is a cool customer, take a look

:00:28. > :00:31.at this. Yes, just checking that my hand is nice and dry and I have all

:00:32. > :00:37.the time in the world and I am going to crack it. Not too stressed, is

:00:38. > :00:46.he? Does not look as if he would break a sweat, does Henry.

:00:47. > :00:54.He described his partner as cool yesterday -- you described his

:00:55. > :00:56.partner. She was brilliant as well as cool, she

:00:57. > :01:00.kept the whole ship together, wonderful returns, such a solid

:01:01. > :02:02.game. Still some work to do here. Did well to make that low Fowlie,

:02:03. > :02:19.Lipsky really clobbered that return. -- volley.

:02:20. > :02:49.Fourth ace of the team, three of them from Kontinen.

:02:50. > :02:56.He is a very good first serve first volley merchant and that is usually

:02:57. > :03:23.one of the first things you are told when you begin doubles.

:03:24. > :03:34.Little frustration here from Kudryavtseva?, got to the ball. Now,

:03:35. > :04:05.this is where Kontinen and Watson must seek the double break.

:04:06. > :04:25.Another serve at the Watson forehand.

:04:26. > :04:45.Well played. Just really smart play from Kontinen, as soon as he had a

:04:46. > :04:46.chance, he got the ball over to Kudryavtseva?. Always play the ball

:04:47. > :05:26.when you can. She served a double fault to drop

:05:27. > :05:31.her serve in the first set and now Watson has missed two returns in a

:05:32. > :05:34.row, this one has to go when the cars are set and 5-2 up, they should

:05:35. > :05:48.not lose. -- because they set. In fairness, it was a very good

:05:49. > :06:53.service. Zero percentage shots there an

:06:54. > :06:58.Kontinen. If these two get to the final, they will be very popular

:06:59. > :07:07.with out Heather even being on the court. Still has not made a return

:07:08. > :07:16.in this game, Watson. They have figured out, have a great? --

:07:17. > :07:23.haven't they. More confirmation of the work that has to be done on that

:07:24. > :07:25.forehand. Still need to knuckle down here because it is the Watson serve

:07:26. > :07:45.next. And per macro ball has been called

:07:46. > :08:06.out. -- UMPIRE:. They're not getting any better are they. --?.

:08:07. > :08:13.And putt advantage, Miss Watson. Kontinen and Kudryavtseva have two

:08:14. > :08:27.challenges remaining -- UMPIRE:. He was their! Flying Finn on the

:08:28. > :09:50.rampage. It is out there is the double break!

:09:51. > :09:59.Amp Aaron-macro new balls, please. -- UMPIRE: New balls please. They

:10:00. > :10:05.cannot afford to relax. I think we might be able to relax a little bit

:10:06. > :10:34.now. I think we are OK. Just look at this point.

:10:35. > :10:40.I think thumbs up for Henry. He is only 26 and in the top 40 of the

:10:41. > :10:48.world and he could be one of the best doubles out there -- doubles

:10:49. > :11:05.players. There is John Peers. His doubles partner. John was a finalist

:11:06. > :11:07.last year with Jamie Murray. New balls as Watson serves for a place

:11:08. > :13:34.in the semi-finals. Her first double fault of the match.

:13:35. > :14:42.Still much point, though. -- match point.

:14:43. > :14:50.Amp Aaron-macro advantage, Miss Watson. Uses those angled volley so

:14:51. > :14:51.effectively, really works with your opponents on the baseline --

:14:52. > :15:56.UMPIRE:. What an achievement. First ever

:15:57. > :16:04.tournament together and you are in the semi-finals at Wimbledon. So

:16:05. > :16:09.crucially, they came through those vital games in the middle of the

:16:10. > :16:19.second set, getting the hold on the Watson serve and then getting the

:16:20. > :16:25.double break. And they will be in action tomorrow in the semi-finals,

:16:26. > :16:38.the Mixed Doubles final is always on on the Sunday after the man's final.

:16:39. > :16:50.They will play the Austrian and Ostapenko from Latvia.

:16:51. > :16:56.There is a lovely little tradition at the Grand Slams called the last

:16:57. > :17:00.eight club, if you reach the quarterfinals of the singles or the

:17:01. > :17:04.semi-finals of the doubles, you qualify for the last eight club and

:17:05. > :17:11.they had a lovely dinner at the other night here at Wimbledon in the

:17:12. > :17:17.Royal box eating area. The great champions of the past, Neale Fraser

:17:18. > :17:23.made the speech and it will not be the thing first on their mind right

:17:24. > :17:29.now, but it is something they qualified for for the rest of their

:17:30. > :17:34.lives. Mind you, it would be even better if by the end of the weekend,

:17:35. > :17:39.they could say that they are Wimbledon champion for the rest of

:17:40. > :17:46.their lives. Our colleague won the Mixed Doubles twice, Joel won it and

:17:47. > :17:56.there is still a chance for Heather Watson. Wouldn't it be wonderful if

:17:57. > :18:01.on Sunday night, we were celebrating two British champions in the two

:18:02. > :18:11.finals to be played on Sunday. A long way to go yet. That hope, that

:18:12. > :18:17.dream, is alive and if I may quote the Welsh football manager Chris

:18:18. > :18:29.Coleman, dare to dream and do not be afraid to fail. If you're wondering

:18:30. > :18:35.where Sam Smith has gone, she has gone to interview Henry and Heather.

:18:36. > :18:55.She may have a little weight, why not just savour this moment?

:18:56. > :19:09.So, we can confirm the scoreline, a very comprehensive victory to

:19:10. > :19:12.Kontinen and Watson. 6-3, 6-2. Here we are in the evening,

:19:13. > :19:18.congratulations to you both, how much fun was had out there? We

:19:19. > :19:24.played two matches together now and this is the most fun I think I have

:19:25. > :19:29.had on a doubles court. First of all, our games gel well and I think

:19:30. > :19:37.that is because they get along so well. What do you talk about? I hope

:19:38. > :19:46.the microphones do not pick up everything! In terms of tactics, who

:19:47. > :19:52.is the boss? Here's the. Heather! I was the boss a little bit there. We

:19:53. > :19:59.love watching you play and congratulations, we will see you

:20:00. > :20:03.both tomorrow. SUE BARKER: We do not care who the bosses, carry on

:20:04. > :20:08.playing the way you are. They just decided to play at Wimbledon, they

:20:09. > :20:15.got two walkovers and they are into the semi-finals. I huge smile from

:20:16. > :20:23.Heather Watson and Henry Kontinen. -- a huge smile. Over on BBC One,

:20:24. > :20:29.Andy Murray is battling hard and he has taken the first set over Tomas

:20:30. > :20:35.Berdych. If you want to watch that, it is live on BBC One. We only have

:20:36. > :20:41.a few minutes left here because we are keeping the tennis on BBC One

:20:42. > :20:54.but we will show you who Heather and Henry will play, because if this is

:20:55. > :20:59.the Mixed Doubles. This is in the first set, 5-4, let us join our

:21:00. > :21:57.commentators. 22-macro had to get acquainted with

:21:58. > :22:10.the court there, hitting the deck to keep himself out of the firing line

:22:11. > :22:22.-- Cabal. Plenty of court for Marach to work with.

:22:23. > :22:38.Now 0-30 ahead and the serve from Duque-Marino. She needs to create a

:22:39. > :23:01.break point here. That second serve had a bit more

:23:02. > :23:28.pace, got it through the court. What a shot! Fighting on the

:23:29. > :23:39.sideline and brings up two break points. This forehand was

:23:40. > :23:42.spectacular. Well behind the baseline, did not have much room at

:23:43. > :24:21.all for it Cabal. The first service break secured by

:24:22. > :24:29.Marach and Ostapenko. They broke the serve of Duque-Marino. Leading by

:24:30. > :24:47.6-5 and will serve for the first set.

:24:48. > :24:57.Much as she did yesterday, Ostapenko rising to the occasion. A superb

:24:58. > :25:09.game she played in that last return game. So, a spot of pressure now on

:25:10. > :25:12.the Colombian pairing. They will be looking to force a first set

:25:13. > :25:22.tie-break, they have to break back immediately. As Marach prepares to

:25:23. > :26:16.serve. A break to the good, 6-5, first set.

:26:17. > :26:29.Three set points now. The Marach serve.

:26:30. > :27:14.UMPIRE: Game, first set, Marach and Ostapenko. Here they are serving at

:27:15. > :27:23.match point and that is it, they are through to the semi-finals. Marach

:27:24. > :27:27.and Ostapenko will face Henry continent and Heather Watson. What a

:27:28. > :27:33.chance for one of them to make the final. Just before we come off air,

:27:34. > :27:39.we will round up some other results, the Williams sisters have gone

:27:40. > :27:48.through to the semifinal of the Ladies' Doubles. They beat the

:27:49. > :27:53.eighth seeds. 7th-6, 6-4. Serena on her day off before the singles

:27:54. > :27:58.final, coming out here and making it to the final of the doubles. Though

:27:59. > :28:09.they are, the Williams sisters will be back in another final once again.

:28:10. > :28:17.And Raonic has defeated Roger Federer. It looked like he was going

:28:18. > :28:23.to go through but Raonic raised his game and Roger looked very weary at

:28:24. > :28:28.the end. 6-3 in the fifth and final set, Roger has lost his first ever

:28:29. > :28:33.Wimbledon semifinal and we will be hoping to hear from him later on.

:28:34. > :28:38.But Raonic is through that he will face the winner of the match on

:28:39. > :28:44.Centre Court at the moment. Andy Murray is on serve on the second and

:28:45. > :28:49.that is on BBC One, Andy Murray against Tomas Berdych. We are coming

:28:50. > :28:53.to the end of our transmission, the news will follow here but for all

:28:54. > :28:59.the Wimbledon news, that is over now on BBC One. Goodbye.