:00:45. > :00:52.Well, luckily everybody knows the tune by now and you can have been
:00:53. > :00:57.humming along, there was silence on the opening titles. Welcome along to
:00:58. > :01:00.an afternoon of tennis action unlike any other, four British players in
:01:01. > :01:11.final two macro action, Andy Murray taking on the last Raonic on Centre
:01:12. > :01:14.Court -- in Finals Day action. We have Heather Watson and Henri
:01:15. > :01:19.continent in the Mixed Doubles and later on in the final of the women's
:01:20. > :01:23.Wheelchair Doubles, Jordanne Whiley alongside Yui Kamiji. I am here at
:01:24. > :01:28.Court 17, where there is a fair amount of uncertainty, because we
:01:29. > :01:35.don't know yet whether it is going to get covered or not. Alfie Hewett
:01:36. > :01:39.is alongside me. The new Wheelchair Doubles champion, alongside Gordon
:01:40. > :01:48.Reid, who will see in the singles and Peter Norfolk, known as the king
:01:49. > :01:53.of wheelchair tennis, the Quadfather. Alfie, congratulations,
:01:54. > :01:57.talk us through yesterday and how you are feeling this morning.
:01:58. > :02:02.Yesterday was a surreal day. I remember the previous night, I
:02:03. > :02:06.didn't get much sleep at all, thinking about what it would be like
:02:07. > :02:09.if I won and what it would feel like and then to win, it was an
:02:10. > :02:14.incredible feeling and to do it in the way we did, in the third set
:02:15. > :02:17.tie-break, having those match points, not getting them and taken
:02:18. > :02:22.them the third time, it kind of made that moment even more special. So
:02:23. > :02:28.going back to the hotel last night, it was just exhausting, I just kind
:02:29. > :02:33.of went to sleep, really, because I didn't get much sleep the day
:02:34. > :02:38.before, it was a long match and, so, yeah, enjoy the moment by myself. It
:02:39. > :02:44.was a tense match because the French player they were up against, Peter,
:02:45. > :02:48.came back strongly -- the French pair. It was a huge match and
:02:49. > :02:53.Houdet, the number one in singles, has such massive court presence. But
:02:54. > :03:02.Alfie Hewett and Gordon were amazing. Alfie particularly, he was
:03:03. > :03:06.aggressive, fantastic, up and down and really exciting to watch. We are
:03:07. > :03:10.hearing the players have been called out so we are hoping that play will
:03:11. > :03:14.start very shortly because Gordon, your doubles partner, is coming out
:03:15. > :03:18.to try and be the first-ever singles champion in wheelchair tennis at
:03:19. > :03:22.Wimbledon, they have never had a wheelchair competition before. In
:03:23. > :03:25.terms of recovery, Alfie, given the emotional physical and mental
:03:26. > :03:29.roller-coaster you went through yesterday, how is Gordon and head
:03:30. > :03:34.you think he will fare today? I think Gordon will have been smart
:03:35. > :03:39.with what he did yesterday. What, making you do all the work? Not at
:03:40. > :03:43.all, he played a massive part, but in the locker room, as soon as we
:03:44. > :03:49.got back in, he was in the physio, doing his recovery stock, not on his
:03:50. > :03:53.phone like me, looking at everybody tweeting me. He has been in this
:03:54. > :03:56.situation before, he knows how to look after himself and I think today
:03:57. > :04:01.will be a really tough match for him, Olsson is playing really well
:04:02. > :04:05.recently, but I believe that he has got the confidence right now and I
:04:06. > :04:08.think he will be fine. So Gordon Reid of Great Britain up against
:04:09. > :04:13.Stefan Olsson from Sweden. Let's hear from Gordon, his thoughts about
:04:14. > :04:16.this final. First of all, congratulations on the
:04:17. > :04:22.doubles success. What is the emotion at the moment, still feeling on our
:04:23. > :04:26.high? Definitely, it wasn't too long ago, the final, so feeling
:04:27. > :04:29.fantastic. It is a massive occasion for us today, first time playing
:04:30. > :04:34.together in a Grand Slam and obviously with a lot of home support
:04:35. > :04:37.backing us, so to come out on top was an incredible feeling. You have
:04:38. > :04:41.spoken to the number of people on a number of times about how special
:04:42. > :04:46.Wimbledon is and how much it means, I guess, because it is a home
:04:47. > :04:50.tournament. Yes, it is an event that pretty much everybody around the
:04:51. > :04:54.world knows of, it is a tournament that is steeped in tradition,
:04:55. > :04:58.something I grew up watching on TV. It is the one tournament that
:04:59. > :05:03.everyone in the UK watches, in the summer, so to be here and be a
:05:04. > :05:06.Wimbledon champion in the doubles with Alfie and also have the
:05:07. > :05:12.opportunity to make it a double success tomorrow, it is an amazing
:05:13. > :05:15.feeling. You had an amazing feeling here last week, though, didn't you
:05:16. > :05:21.question mark when you were in the Royal box and the Sue Barker
:05:22. > :05:25.announced you. -- didn't you? It has been a bit of a surreal week,
:05:26. > :05:28.starting off in the Royal box and then being involved in the draw, the
:05:29. > :05:32.first time there have been singles here, and then winning a couple of
:05:33. > :05:38.matches, the first match, the Duchess was watching me. So it has
:05:39. > :05:42.kind of been a crazy week so hopefully it can be a good ending
:05:43. > :05:47.tomorrow. Of course, this is a massive year. Not only is it the
:05:48. > :05:50.first time singles are in play at Wimbledon but it is Olympic year.
:05:51. > :05:58.How much pressure do you think there is to succeed this year? Well, I
:05:59. > :06:01.think there is maybe a little bit of pressure but when you are successful
:06:02. > :06:06.and you are playing well and performing well, people expect you
:06:07. > :06:09.to win more often, so I would rather be in that situation than losing
:06:10. > :06:14.every match and nobody expected me to win at having no pressure. It is
:06:15. > :06:18.a big year for us, this is a big event, having the singles here for
:06:19. > :06:25.the first time and obviously looking towards Rio and the Paralympics, it
:06:26. > :06:28.will be my third Games and definitely my best chance of coming
:06:29. > :06:32.home with a medal, so this is good preparation for that.
:06:33. > :06:37.And Gordon Reid has just arrived here on Court 17, Stefan Olsson as
:06:38. > :06:41.well. Olsson came out with his headphones on. Gordon is switching
:06:42. > :06:45.into his match chair, specially designed for wheelchairs tennis.
:06:46. > :06:49.Alfie Hewett alongside me, you have spent more time with Gordon than
:06:50. > :06:54.anybody in the last week. In terms of facing big occasions, what is he
:06:55. > :06:59.like? Well, he is very calm and that showed a lot in our doubles match
:07:00. > :07:03.yesterday. His presence on the court kept me calm at certain points
:07:04. > :07:08.during that match, because I was a bit fiery yesterday, with it being
:07:09. > :07:11.my first final. My intensity and my emotions were very high yesterday,
:07:12. > :07:16.but this isn't the first time Gordon has been in the final this year. He
:07:17. > :07:20.has been in the Australian Open and at Roland Garros as well, he has had
:07:21. > :07:24.that experience, so I am guessing right now that he will be relaxed
:07:25. > :07:28.and calm and that is when he plays his best tennis. How much does it
:07:29. > :07:32.mean to him to have a chance to be the first-ever singles champion here
:07:33. > :07:38.in wheelchair tennis? I know it means a lot to him. Just from
:07:39. > :07:40.hearing him talk in the press conference yesterday and speaking to
:07:41. > :07:44.me in person about it, I know that winning today would be a massive
:07:45. > :07:48.thing for him. Peter, how much other part of the crowd play? There is a
:07:49. > :07:53.big gang of friends and supporters, they were there for the doubles,
:07:54. > :07:58.chanting his nickname. That will be a big factor. We have had the same
:07:59. > :08:02.at the Paralympic Games. Here, I think the support will be massive
:08:03. > :08:06.for Gordon and he will really get up for it. Obviously, Gordon will be
:08:07. > :08:11.remembering very positively what happened in yesterday's doubles when
:08:12. > :08:15.he and Alfie came back from 5-2 down in the deciding set. They took it to
:08:16. > :08:21.a tie-break and this was the match point, finally converted on Gordon's
:08:22. > :08:25.serve. The mistake from their French opponents and the celebrations were
:08:26. > :08:31.a bit special. To be fair, he nearly broke my back, as you can see. I had
:08:32. > :08:35.to tell him to get off. It was one of those where I had dreams of what
:08:36. > :08:41.it would be like, whether I would cry, whether we would go in for hugs
:08:42. > :08:45.or fist pump, I didn't know what would happen. We came together and
:08:46. > :08:50.enjoyed the moment together as a team, because that is what we are.
:08:51. > :08:54.That was yesterday. Today, obviously a different day for Gordon Reid and
:08:55. > :08:57.a different challenge and a different style of play, singles
:08:58. > :09:03.rather than doubles. Does he can to stay on the baseline in singles,
:09:04. > :09:06.Alfie, or will we see him move up court? I think he will vary it a
:09:07. > :09:10.lot. Gordon has got a very good touch with his hands, we saw it
:09:11. > :09:13.yesterday with his drop shots and his volleys, so I wouldn't be
:09:14. > :09:18.surprised if he does try and approach the net a lot more,
:09:19. > :09:21.especially with it being a final. Coming into the net but that little
:09:22. > :09:26.more pressure on Stefan Olsson and I think it could work in Gordon's
:09:27. > :09:34.favour. What about Stefan Olsson, they have played plenty of times
:09:35. > :09:39.before, Peter. They have, Peter has a better head-to-head, but you can't
:09:40. > :09:45.take it away from Stefan, he does a lot of other sports, he was a
:09:46. > :09:49.Paralympic gold medallist in London 2012, he has got a lot of history as
:09:50. > :09:54.well, but conditions are a bit heavy, so I think it will be a bit
:09:55. > :09:58.slow and very hard on them, on the muscles, because as soon as they
:09:59. > :10:05.stop pushing, the Chair dies. It is not like on a hard court. On grass,
:10:06. > :10:09.the natural slice that Gordon has got, is it even more effective on
:10:10. > :10:14.grass than other surfaces? Definitely, one of the biggest
:10:15. > :10:17.strength Gordon has is his slice and playing against him in training, one
:10:18. > :10:21.of the best things about it is you don't know where it is going to go.
:10:22. > :10:24.That is why I have struggled massively against him in the past,
:10:25. > :10:29.you think he is going for a slice and then he drop shots you and he
:10:30. > :10:33.has that technique where he can drop shot, slide it out wide or heat
:10:34. > :10:37.through it. I think that is going to work massively in his favour today.
:10:38. > :10:40.How important you think it is the profile of wheelchair tennis, for
:10:41. > :10:48.yourself and Gordon, Jordanne Whiley, that this is here at
:10:49. > :10:51.Wimbledon and at a court that... People are leaning in from court 16,
:10:52. > :10:58.if we had a bigger court, it would be full. How much difference do
:10:59. > :11:06.think it will make? It is massive for wheelchair tennis. You saw it
:11:07. > :11:09.yesterday, training -- trending on Twitter, it was massive. I didn't
:11:10. > :11:12.know how many people watching, it would have made me more nervous but
:11:13. > :11:16.wheelchair tennis is a great sport and looking at the comments people
:11:17. > :11:19.are making about it, we feel like we may be deserved to be on a bigger
:11:20. > :11:27.court. I think we could attract more people. The sport is good, it is at
:11:28. > :11:30.a good level, women's and men's. Yesterday, people climbing over the
:11:31. > :11:35.fences and looking over the balconies. We can attract the
:11:36. > :11:40.spectators and we work hard back in training and I think we would like
:11:41. > :11:45.that chance to be on a bigger court. Alfie has put it so well, Peter, and
:11:46. > :11:49.had you had the opportunity to play in a singles final at Wimbledon, it
:11:50. > :11:54.would have been very special. How big moment you think this is? This
:11:55. > :11:57.is the premier moment in the world, Wimbledon, you can't get any bigger
:11:58. > :12:01.when you are talking about tennis. With all my other wins, this is huge
:12:02. > :12:05.for Gordon, you can't take it away. Is just a massive stadium and
:12:06. > :12:11.platform for wheelchair tennis to move on. It is wonderful for British
:12:12. > :12:15.tennis, it is in a great vein of form at the moment, we have some
:12:16. > :12:21.really good gold medal hopes, Grand Slams, it is fantastic to be here.
:12:22. > :12:27.Peter, I will let you head back to the commentary box. Alfie is going
:12:28. > :12:33.to stake back at stay courtside to support Gordon Reid. It is amazing
:12:34. > :12:39.how many young people have turned up to support Gordon Reid. How old are
:12:40. > :12:44.you guys? 12 and 11. Alfie, you are a bit of a hero for them, I suspect.
:12:45. > :12:48.I don't know if I would go hero, but I would hope I am an inspiration to
:12:49. > :12:53.them to get out there and play tennis. Tennis is one of the best
:12:54. > :12:59.sports out there, I believe, and so to get as many people into tennis is
:13:00. > :13:04.openly what I could do yesterday. You certainly did that winning the
:13:05. > :13:12.doubles and you and everyone else will be hoping that everyone else --
:13:13. > :13:18.Gordon Cavallo sub. Let's hand you over to the commentary team. Peter
:13:19. > :13:23.Norfolk will be there, alongside Nick Mullins.
:13:24. > :13:28.MICK MULLINS Good morning everybody, what a day for the tennis players on
:13:29. > :13:35.wheels, and here is one of the best. Gordon Reid, a left-hander, about to
:13:36. > :13:41.embark on the third Grand Slam final of his year. He won in Australia, he
:13:42. > :13:46.was runner-up in Paris, but this, because it is what it is, the most
:13:47. > :13:52.special of them all, the first ever Wimbledon singles final. We have had
:13:53. > :14:01.doubles here, we have been enjoying doubles here for over ten years now.
:14:02. > :14:07.The men before the women, but for the first time, this is also, who
:14:08. > :14:17.knocked out the favourite Uday in the final. The umpire is British for
:14:18. > :14:24.this first Wimbledon singles finals. Olsson, the 29-year-old Swede, his
:14:25. > :14:29.country's most successful player ever and like the Britain on the
:14:30. > :14:34.other side of the net, he was a world junior number one in the early
:14:35. > :14:40.days. Gordon Reid, 24-year-old Scot, from Glasgow, Britain's best men's
:14:41. > :14:43.player right now, in the middle of a simply extraordinary week. Wimbledon
:14:44. > :14:49.champion in the doubles yesterday with Alfie Hewett and maybe, maybe,
:14:50. > :14:54.Wimbledon champion in the singles within the next couple of hours. And
:14:55. > :14:58.he has the honour of getting this final under way.
:14:59. > :17:32.UMPIRE: Ready, play. Wonderful return from Stefan Olsson,
:17:33. > :17:36.who has been as high as number two in the world. Currently number
:17:37. > :17:44.seven, Gordon Reid number three by now. Stephane Houdet and Joachim
:17:45. > :18:07.Gerard ahead of him. Talking a lot about that backhand
:18:08. > :18:13.slice from Reid in the build-up and he used it to good effect there. I
:18:14. > :18:16.think we will see a lot more of that. Gordon will push him behind
:18:17. > :18:39.the baseline and then. Any nerves there might have been
:18:40. > :18:46.hopefully dissipated by now. You have been courtside, Peter, is a
:18:47. > :18:52.little bit damp, how tough of the conditions right now? It is going to
:18:53. > :18:59.be really tough. The few spots of rain.
:19:00. > :19:03.And starts affecting their pressure is on the hand reins, and it is
:19:04. > :19:21.blustery are not that one. -- rims. We could have done with whether they
:19:22. > :19:32.had last year, but they have their tyres pumped up really high.
:19:33. > :20:06.120, 140 psi, so they do not take in.
:20:07. > :20:16.Admiring the background, Peter. I think we will see a lot more of that
:20:17. > :20:28.undercut slice from Olsson. Keeping the ball really low.
:20:29. > :20:41.And he wins his first game to love. The ball really coming off, the
:20:42. > :20:46.drizzle land damp in the air not helping the ball. It is really
:20:47. > :20:55.skidding off, there is not much time to react. It is going to be a tough
:20:56. > :21:12.little match coming up. Unless the sun pops out, hopefully.
:21:13. > :21:19.Lots of you will have enjoyed wheelchair tennis for years but one
:21:20. > :21:23.or two might be churning of the first time. Pretty much the same
:21:24. > :21:32.rules as able-bodied tennis. -- tuning in. Exactly the same. The one
:21:33. > :21:37.difference you will have noticed is the ball is allowed to bounce twice.
:21:38. > :21:41.First bounce within the confines of the court, the second bounce can be
:21:42. > :21:43.anywhere. But generally the top players will try and take it off the
:21:44. > :21:47.first bounce. That will give your opponent less
:21:48. > :22:26.time. Two good serves across the body
:22:27. > :23:28.falls. -- of Olsson. How did he do that? Goodness me. I
:23:29. > :23:32.was going to say it was out. Boomerang.
:23:33. > :23:41.Like a baseball pitch. Ridiculous. Deuce.
:23:42. > :24:13.He must have been watching the football, bend it like Beckham.
:24:14. > :24:20.Talking a lot about the challenges of sitting around on this surface,
:24:21. > :24:27.but it is that much harder particularly going backwards. As
:24:28. > :24:32.soon as they let go of the chair on a hard-coded travels but not on
:24:33. > :24:42.grass. Gordon got caught out trying to spin out of
:24:43. > :24:48.And there is no leader to this, they come straight from clay onto grass.
:24:49. > :24:54.They have been practising up the road at Roehampton. On the grass
:24:55. > :24:57.courts and the National tennis Centre and there has been a
:24:58. > :24:58.concierge about having a couple of lead up tournaments perhaps next
:24:59. > :25:36.year. -- conversation. This is the first time they have had
:25:37. > :25:41.singles here at Wimbledon so this could be historical. Olsson in the
:25:42. > :25:47.end with the angle that won it with Reid de behind the baseline. That
:25:48. > :25:49.was good tennis from Olsson. -- deep behind. He took out world number one
:25:50. > :26:26.Stephane Houdet in the semifinal. Break point for the Swede. He knows
:26:27. > :26:29.what it feels like to be a Wimbledon champion, doubles winner in 2010.
:26:30. > :27:00.Lots of experience. Now the breeze picking up. You will
:27:01. > :27:10.notice Olsson at the far end on the move.
:27:11. > :27:21.The wind coming across as well, taking the ball, they are going to
:27:22. > :27:22.have to be more careful. The wind going across more than it is going
:27:23. > :27:51.down. Tricky. Calm and collected, top-spin
:27:52. > :27:59.forehand into the space. It looks like they are coming off. We had
:28:00. > :28:10.been warned... Ladies and gentlemen, play is suspended. The rain coming
:28:11. > :28:18.down quite heavily. What a shame. There is no roof here. It might be
:28:19. > :28:24.awhile they get a roof out to court 17, I suspect. Perhaps we will move
:28:25. > :28:28.up one court. With the spectacle we have had this week with wheelchair
:28:29. > :28:31.tennis, it has been fantastic. It really has and there has been lots
:28:32. > :28:38.of talk about moving on to bigger courts next year. For the time being
:28:39. > :28:41.the only court that is covered is Centre Court and they are busy on
:28:42. > :28:47.that one in a couple of hours. We are told in will just be sporadic
:28:48. > :28:54.showers, they are not going to hang around long. It will be interesting
:28:55. > :29:00.to see if they cover the courts. It does look as if the players are
:29:01. > :29:10.heading off. And now it looks like the sun has come out. The players
:29:11. > :29:14.have switched into the day chairs, Peter, at least Stefan Olsson has.
:29:15. > :29:20.Different to the one he plays tennis in. Absolutely, it is a lot easier,
:29:21. > :29:24.narrower, you do not want to use your sports centre, tennis check,
:29:25. > :29:29.you would never get through the doorways. Camber on the whales to
:29:30. > :29:39.give them stability which makes them ternary fast. -- wheels. Smaller and
:29:40. > :29:44.harder front casters, that makes them quicker and lighter. The chair
:29:45. > :29:51.is made of all sorts of materials now, principally titanium. Someone
:29:52. > :29:58.like Stephane Houdet has a Fandango carbon fibre chair. We can talk more
:29:59. > :30:01.about that over the next few hours but for the time being we are
:30:02. > :30:16.hanging around waiting for the rain to stop.
:30:17. > :30:22.There is one from the sun, but you can't really just yet. I am here
:30:23. > :30:26.with Alper, you have to deal with these moments, as well as the
:30:27. > :30:29.occasion from the final -- with Alfie. As a tennis player, one of
:30:30. > :30:33.the biggest annoyances is these breaks, you prepare police badges
:30:34. > :30:38.and you get so in the zone and then you have these periods where you
:30:39. > :30:43.don't play -- you prepare for these matches. I thought Gordon was
:30:44. > :30:47.playing very well, under a great deal of pressure on his serve, it is
:30:48. > :30:53.definitely more windy up this end, you found that yesterday. I think
:30:54. > :30:58.Gordon has got of row to a really good start, it is only 1-1,
:30:59. > :31:03.advantage to Gordon. He is relaxed, he looks calm on the ball. I think
:31:04. > :31:06.he has maybe mis-hit one ball so far, so considering it is a massive
:31:07. > :31:13.occasion for him, he has really dealt with his nerves well. So has
:31:14. > :31:17.Stefan Olsson, he is moving really well on the court, hitting his slice
:31:18. > :31:21.really well and it is turning out to be a really good match. They
:31:22. > :31:27.obviously don't want to bring the covers across the rain is going to
:31:28. > :31:30.stop quickly but it is going to make the surface slippery. Definitely and
:31:31. > :31:33.that will suit both players, because they both love the slice. The ball
:31:34. > :31:40.is going to skip through the court more. I think the movement will be
:31:41. > :31:43.easier, because the wheels will be closer to ground, they can get more
:31:44. > :31:46.tread on the wheels. They will move more and that will make it even
:31:47. > :31:52.tougher for them, because there will be longer rallies, which makes it
:31:53. > :31:57.tough to push around the court, but definitely, it is going to be
:31:58. > :32:02.interesting. Stefan is right here behind us, having an umbrella held
:32:03. > :32:07.over him, as indeed I am. He is an immense player, he has been so
:32:08. > :32:10.successful over the years. Definitely, he has been one of the
:32:11. > :32:15.most successful wheelchair tennis players. He has obviously got a lot
:32:16. > :32:19.of experience. Like Peter said, he has played in different Paralympics,
:32:20. > :32:25.he played in the Winter Paralympics, which not many athletes get to do,
:32:26. > :32:30.so it shows his determination and his motivation in sport and his self
:32:31. > :32:35.drive, because to be able to do that in two different sports is really
:32:36. > :32:41.incredible, I take my hat off to him. He won Gold at London 2012, I
:32:42. > :32:46.remember watching that match and he was very much the experienced player
:32:47. > :32:49.there again and he is with someone I never like to come against, because
:32:50. > :32:54.he knows how to work the ball and where to hit the spots in the court,
:32:55. > :32:58.very experienced, like I said. That is why I think that they will be
:32:59. > :33:02.very interesting. He has held serve to love in his only service game,
:33:03. > :33:06.whereas Gordon was taken to deuce and is under pressure in his second
:33:07. > :33:14.service game. When they do resume, it be advantageous Reid. I think it
:33:15. > :33:19.has stopped raining -- at Vantage Reid. I am going to talk to you,
:33:20. > :33:25.have you watched wheelchair tennis before? I haven't, it is the first
:33:26. > :33:29.time I have been to Wimbledon. I am with my brother, who's just over
:33:30. > :33:37.there and he been loads of times. Hello! This is the first time really
:33:38. > :33:42.coming. What do you think of it? I didn't really expect it. I have
:33:43. > :33:48.never been here, so I thought it was going to be just one massive court
:33:49. > :33:53.and then I knew there were loads of these courts, but I thought you had
:33:54. > :33:58.to buy a seat or something, so it was kind of nice that you could just
:33:59. > :34:07.watch it and see. It is such an experience and really, really nice.
:34:08. > :34:19.And you are James? J. You have come a times. Four times. How come? One
:34:20. > :34:25.time, I won tickets where Andy Murray trained. He saw the 2015
:34:26. > :34:32.final with Djokovic and Federer. You were on Centre Court for that? How
:34:33. > :34:36.old were you? Eight. So you are nine now. You are watching the wheelchair
:34:37. > :34:42.tennis, are you supporting Gordon Reid? Yes. What do you make of
:34:43. > :34:48.wheelchair tennis? I don't know if they have two bounces? They can have
:34:49. > :34:52.two, but quite often they take it on the single bounce, but they are
:34:53. > :34:58.allowed two if they needed. Do you see how much wrist action they are
:34:59. > :35:04.using and the slice? They do it really high, so they can't get it
:35:05. > :35:09.back, because they are sitting down. Exactly, so the lob is an important
:35:10. > :35:14.job. Thank you for the impromptu interview. We are hearing that it is
:35:15. > :35:19.less than five minutes until play will resume and the net is going
:35:20. > :35:26.back up, fantastic. So, Alfie, I am going to grab the brolly, can I just
:35:27. > :35:29.give you that? Good, excellent, so only a short break, but obviously
:35:30. > :35:36.for the players, they have been sitting, waiting. Do you get to warm
:35:37. > :35:43.up again or have we not been long enough off? I think it has been too
:35:44. > :35:48.short, so they will go straight back into the match. So Gordon has do
:35:49. > :35:54.resume on serve, advantageous Reid. At least it is not a break point.
:35:55. > :35:58.That is one of the tough things, going back without any warm up, so
:35:59. > :36:02.you need to keep your upper body lose, keep in the zone, so you can
:36:03. > :36:06.go straight back into the match itself without having to take time.
:36:07. > :36:11.The last thing you want now is to go back feeling sluggish and
:36:12. > :36:17.demotivated. I think both players, just from watching them, have kept
:36:18. > :36:22.in the zone, Stefan has been quite calm and chilled and Gordon, with
:36:23. > :36:27.the support around him. They are starting again already. With the
:36:28. > :36:32.support behind him, Gordon will find it easier to get that drive and
:36:33. > :36:38.motivation. And it really helps that this is not Gordon's first Grand
:36:39. > :36:41.Slam final. He has won the Australian Open, runner-up at Roland
:36:42. > :36:45.Garros. His first Wimbledon final, because no one has played in the
:36:46. > :36:51.Wheelchair Singles at Wimbledon so far, but he seems naturally calm by
:36:52. > :36:54.nature. I think last year, when he was making semifinals in the Grand
:36:55. > :36:58.Slams, I remember him saying he had a monkey on his back over the Grand
:36:59. > :37:03.Slams because he wasn't able to perform may be how he wanted to, but
:37:04. > :37:07.this year, he seems to have turned it around. Winning the Australian
:37:08. > :37:11.Open, I think, has been a massive confidence booster for him at the
:37:12. > :37:15.Grand Slams and that has led to him making Roland Garros and now
:37:16. > :37:20.Wimbledon. He doesn't want to hang around, he is in his match chair.
:37:21. > :37:23.You can see how the wheels are sloped inwards. I noticed Stephane
:37:24. > :37:27.Houdet eight, who you were playing in doubles, his chair was totally
:37:28. > :37:34.different to everybody else's. He has spent a load of money on a
:37:35. > :37:41.carbon fibre chair, which is very light. It seems like it is very
:37:42. > :37:45.unstable but it gives him the ability to swing more freely, his
:37:46. > :37:49.strength on the ball was still good but I think if you get them at the
:37:50. > :37:54.feet or you make him reach, he can lose that balance because there is
:37:55. > :37:58.no support there at all. I think he has maybe one strap that keeps him
:37:59. > :38:02.in his chair, but how much that actually helps him, I don't know.
:38:03. > :38:05.Fair play to him, it is a great design and I think it certainly
:38:06. > :38:15.enhanced his performance. These chairs, are they titanium? Yes, they
:38:16. > :38:18.cost a lot of money. How much? I am getting a new chair for the
:38:19. > :38:24.Paralympics and that costs just under six grand. So you have to look
:38:25. > :38:29.after it! Yes, I am hoping the airlines keep it nice and clean too.
:38:30. > :38:33.These are the equivalent of Formula One cars, specifically designed for
:38:34. > :38:37.this purpose. They have the smaller wheels underneath so you can move
:38:38. > :38:42.from side to side more easily. Obviously, you can't tell the big
:38:43. > :38:46.wheels are there to help turn the Chair more quickly, that is why they
:38:47. > :38:50.are slanted, because if you try pushing with the day chair wheels,
:38:51. > :38:55.it is impossible, you lose your balance and with the one at the
:38:56. > :39:03.back, that is for balance as well. With day cheers, -- HS, you don't
:39:04. > :39:10.have anti-keep. These chairs are amazing. These chairs are amazing.
:39:11. > :39:15.If you look at the past ten years and have developed the chairs are,
:39:16. > :39:21.it is amazing. The stuff from Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid's partner and a
:39:22. > :39:26.new Wimbledon doubles champion. So a real test for Gordon, resuming here,
:39:27. > :39:29.advantageous Reid, we don't think there will be any warm up. Let's
:39:30. > :39:35.hand you back to Peter Norfolk and Mick Mullins.
:39:36. > :39:48.-- Nick Mullins. Thank you very much. We have the world expert on
:39:49. > :39:53.wheelchair design, Peter Norfolk. Now, as Alfie was saying, these are
:39:54. > :39:58.six, seven or eight grand, but Stephane Houdet a's chair is in the
:39:59. > :40:01.stratosphere. He was knocked out in the semifinals. I'm trying to
:40:02. > :40:06.describe it and where the design is going. What Stephane Houdet a has
:40:07. > :40:13.done, in collaboration with a company that have really gone into
:40:14. > :40:17.carbon fibre, but spoke and specific to his disability and ability and
:40:18. > :40:23.how he wants to play tennis. He essentially wants to play standing
:40:24. > :40:30.up tennis at a sitting down level, but he doesn't want to be centrally
:40:31. > :40:34.sitting down. So he has taken his knees out of the equation. When you
:40:35. > :40:38.are sat down, your knees are in the way, you can't hit shots right in
:40:39. > :40:47.front of you and food a's new carbon fibre per spoke chair thing --
:40:48. > :40:53.Stephane Houdet a's new carbon fibre bespoke chair has given him more
:40:54. > :40:58.balance and he has to use a lot of core strength to balance the
:40:59. > :41:03.machine. The hand rims are bigger so he has more grip and it is all about
:41:04. > :41:08.the first push off the mark, so you can get to the ball. He has bigger
:41:09. > :41:14.front castors. If you look at some of these chairs here, Gordon Reid
:41:15. > :41:25.and Stefan Olsson's chairs are titanium, they have smaller front
:41:26. > :41:32.casters, high pressure tyres. Houdet was pumped up to 160 psi. It is
:41:33. > :41:37.fascinating stuff, he is looking to change the boundaries and Houdet
:41:38. > :41:42.wants to move forward. We have had those leaps in the last couple of
:41:43. > :41:47.decades. He does. You have to have a bit of cash though, ?100,000 to buy
:41:48. > :41:52.one of those chairs. So back under after a delay of about 15 minutes in
:41:53. > :41:58.total and it was at a critical point, because Gordon Reid was
:41:59. > :42:06.trying to serve out the third game of the opening set. It had been on
:42:07. > :42:10.serve for the first two games and a marathon third game, with Reid
:42:11. > :42:13.working hard on his serve. The rain came down but we have been told we
:42:14. > :42:19.will have the odd shower over the next hour or so, nothing that ought
:42:20. > :42:22.to be to prolonged and the players, because they were held up for 50
:42:23. > :42:28.minutes, we'll get a three minute warm up, and it was interesting to
:42:29. > :42:32.see Gordon Reid making sure the chair was as dry as possible,
:42:33. > :42:38.because they will need the grip to do moves like that. Absolutely, any
:42:39. > :42:42.bit of drizzle, if you have a titanium handle, your hand slips and
:42:43. > :42:46.as soon as your hand slips, you missed the first push and you will
:42:47. > :42:51.not get to the ball, so it is crucial that they keep a hand rail
:42:52. > :42:58.dry, so when they towelled down, you will see often that they often
:42:59. > :43:04.towelled down a hand grip as well. Stefan Olsson, the Swede, the
:43:05. > :43:11.29-year-old, for the benefit of newcomers, a double Paralympic
:43:12. > :43:17.champion, he won a crosstown at Eton Manor in 2012, Sweden's first-ever
:43:18. > :43:21.gold medal in the event. A Silva medallist four years earlier in
:43:22. > :43:28.Beijing. He is an outstanding athlete. We have already mentioned
:43:29. > :43:31.he was a Wimbledon champion in 2010, runner-up in the doubles at Roland
:43:32. > :43:37.Garros last month, where, incidentally, he lost to Gordon Reid
:43:38. > :43:42.and Shingo Kunieda, whose name might be familiar. Kunieda, arguably when
:43:43. > :43:47.he is fit and at his best, is the best player in the world, bit he is
:43:48. > :43:51.not here because he is injured and wants to make sure he is ready for
:43:52. > :43:56.Rio next month -- but he is not here. Absolutely but it will be
:43:57. > :44:01.interesting, Gordon is number three, he has beaten Shingo Kunieda.
:44:02. > :44:05.Gustavo Fernandez is always a threat. Olsson, obviously Houdet. I
:44:06. > :44:10.think it is not a Shingo Kunieda year. All of these players now have
:44:11. > :44:17.seen some infallibility, a bit of a gap, a bit of daylight and I think
:44:18. > :44:20.with Rio coming up, they are all thinking they are in with a chance
:44:21. > :44:24.and it is fantastic for world wheelchair tennis, let alone British
:44:25. > :44:29.wheelchair tennis, if Gordon does this arena double here. He will be
:44:30. > :44:33.on top of the world and so full of confidence. And how great to see
:44:34. > :44:38.this. I wondered in early yesterday morning and the hill was absolutely
:44:39. > :44:43.full of folk watching Gordon Reid playing the semifinal... Playing the
:44:44. > :44:48.final with Alfie Hewett in the doubles. And I know one of their big
:44:49. > :44:53.desires is just to spread the word, to show exactly what is possible as
:44:54. > :44:57.an athlete when you are doing what they are doing, sitting in her
:44:58. > :45:01.chair. And this is perfect, the biggest platform for wheelchair
:45:02. > :45:05.tennis in the world. Wimbledon is the premier event, soak for
:45:06. > :45:09.wheelchair tennis here, this is fantastic, and I am so happy. I have
:45:10. > :45:14.been playing tennis for decades, it feels like, and we are now at the
:45:15. > :45:19.pinnacle of singles and doubles at Wimbledon, singles and doubles at
:45:20. > :45:23.all of the other Grand Slams and this is just wonderful parity, I am
:45:24. > :45:26.just so happy for them. And having Gordon Reid in the final? Again?
:45:27. > :45:43.Wow, this has been a great weekend. It is not over yet. Great week for
:45:44. > :45:48.him, with Jordanne Whiley, introduced to the Royal box last
:45:49. > :46:19.Saturday on Centre Court. Reid advantage on his own serve.
:46:20. > :46:28.He is not short of support. The Reid army wearing the Alice Barnes that
:46:29. > :46:38.have become quite a fashion accessory. -- Alice bands. It could
:46:39. > :46:51.be a ponytail next, Gareth Bale stack? His mum. In the white blouse
:46:52. > :46:57.at the back. And his sister Emily with the Garland. Steven Davis his
:46:58. > :47:08.brothers probably there as well. And dad Graham.
:47:09. > :47:49.One server at the start of this final.
:47:50. > :47:57.That is a wow I can, you have got to say.
:47:58. > :48:18.The key to the return is to be on the Move author.
:48:19. > :48:24.Putting the pressure on by rolling across the baseline. The challenge
:48:25. > :48:28.for the server when you are hitting from static is to get moving as
:48:29. > :48:36.quickly as possible. And pick the spot, so you can work out where the
:48:37. > :49:23.return is coming. As soon as you serve you have to remove.
:49:24. > :49:31.Stefan Nielsen squandered the break point in the previous game and now
:49:32. > :49:51.after the rain delay there is a chance for Reid.
:49:52. > :50:00.Brilliantly played by Olsson. That ball could have spat anywhere. And
:50:01. > :50:05.very lucky, you mustn't touch the net the chair either so he had to
:50:06. > :51:02.spin out. Fantastic play. Moving into the forehand so well.
:51:03. > :51:33.Beautiful down the line. Gordon Reid makes the first
:51:34. > :51:42.significant move in this final. He has broken.
:51:43. > :51:48.Both men have to exploit the gaps because it is heavy going in the
:51:49. > :51:54.chair. It is harder to get moving and keep the chair moving. As soon
:51:55. > :51:57.as they have got a chance hit it back behind, sliced loaf. Great play
:51:58. > :52:20.by Gordon Reid. -- slice low. The big Rangers fan, Mark Warburton
:52:21. > :52:24.amongst those sending their congratulations yesterday when he
:52:25. > :52:27.won the doubles, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as well. Making
:52:28. > :52:41.headlines for himself and the sport this week.
:52:42. > :52:52.Gordon looking comfortable. Keeping on putting the pressure on Olsson.
:52:53. > :53:22.Keep doing that so Olsson does not get his confidence up.
:53:23. > :53:29.You paid for the racket, you might as well use all of it will stop
:53:30. > :53:52.slight mis-hit. He will take anything he can get.
:53:53. > :54:26.The sounds of Wimbledon, the band in the distance. And a packed court 17.
:54:27. > :54:34.If the ball hits the chair then you have lost the point. Really jammed
:54:35. > :54:39.up there by the inaccuracy of Olsson. It is a good technical shot
:54:40. > :54:46.to hit it straight back and the player.
:54:47. > :54:59.-- straight back at the player. Olsson playing a bit further up the
:55:00. > :55:08.court. He has been jammed pack a long way behind the baseline.
:55:09. > :55:14.Has to be careful, Gordon can export the gaps easier if he stays that far
:55:15. > :56:35.back, like that. Once again Reid having to date card
:56:36. > :56:48.to hold onto his serve but hold on he does. -- having to dig hard.
:56:49. > :56:54.He has a good support group looking after him, just standing up in the
:56:55. > :56:58.white cab is strewn Wilkinson, league coach of British wheelchair
:56:59. > :57:08.tennis, based up the road at Roehampton. And next up is Karen, in
:57:09. > :57:12.the red, Karen Ross working with Gordon Reid for the best part of ten
:57:13. > :57:17.years. And she has worked with Andy Murray as well when he was growing
:57:18. > :57:20.up in Dunblane. She is bring much part of what Gordon Reid is doing
:57:21. > :57:26.right now. And it bit of history, Stuart Wilkinson has a history of
:57:27. > :57:34.winning, he used to be my coach. We know how to win and we know how to
:57:35. > :57:38.bring people through. We have more juniors, anyone can play wheelchair
:57:39. > :57:43.tennis. That is what we are so pleased about. There are still
:57:44. > :57:49.people not realising you can play wheelchair tennis. The quality is
:57:50. > :57:51.amazing. I expected more slice from Olsson, more backhand slice, to
:57:52. > :58:39.really knife it into Gordon. That is what Olsson did to read in
:58:40. > :59:15.the previous point. Reid is good friends with Andy
:59:16. > :59:24.Murray, they shared Scottish International tennis Player of the
:59:25. > :59:26.Year award last year. He was so bridging single success and the
:59:27. > :59:31.Australian Open with Andy Murray watching on earlier this year. --
:59:32. > :00:00.celebrating singles success. How about that? And a couple of
:00:01. > :00:07.little spins at the end of it to celebrate. That was amazing. Gordon
:00:08. > :00:14.skidded to a stop. Fabulous chair control.
:00:15. > :00:19.Now, then. Two more points for a double break
:00:20. > :00:43.of serve. Those shots behind the Chair, Peter,
:00:44. > :00:44.so often so profitable. Expecting more of those from Olsson, those
:00:45. > :01:19.knife slices. Stefan Olsson has lost his last two
:01:20. > :01:23.service games. That means Scotland's Gordon Reid is on the brink of
:01:24. > :01:46.taking the first set in this first ever Wimbledon singles final.
:01:47. > :01:54.What a start for Reid. He will be really happy with this, getting off
:01:55. > :02:07.to a great 5-1 lead. Just what he wanted to do.
:02:08. > :02:21.It is the 20th time they have met on the circuit, first in 2009. Olsson
:02:22. > :02:28.won the first four matches, and the last in South Africa.
:02:29. > :02:35.There is a big worldwide circuit now. In between, play psi 14 in a
:02:36. > :03:06.row. That was a really cute backhand. -- they play 14.
:03:07. > :03:13.There was a word of acknowledgement immediately from Reid.
:03:14. > :03:19.Smart play, he could see Reid was right behind the baseline. Pinned
:03:20. > :04:03.him back there and dropped a short ball into the service box.
:04:04. > :04:09.You really can't wait for the second bounce on these courts. Gordon
:04:10. > :04:14.pushed Olsson right back and waited for the second bounce. If it is not
:04:15. > :04:23.good, it has to be taken on one bounce.
:04:24. > :04:34.Here we go, watch this backhand, top-spin, out the air. That is great
:04:35. > :05:09.confidence, isn't it? At the right time, at just the right
:05:10. > :05:14.time, he has rediscovered his best form. Absolutely, Olsson really
:05:15. > :05:23.knifed his backhand and Gordon just swatted away.
:05:24. > :05:30.Gordon Reid is on his way. He is halfway towards becoming the
:05:31. > :05:39.Wimbledon singles champion. He has taken the first set 6-1.
:05:40. > :05:46.CLAIRE BALDING: A terrific hold of serve, he saved two break points,
:05:47. > :05:51.served it out and I am with his doubles partner Alfie Hewett, what
:05:52. > :05:55.is your reaction to the way he has started? A very positive start. He
:05:56. > :06:01.has come out here and dominated the play. He has kind of taken it to
:06:02. > :06:05.Stefan and ask the question and so far, I think he has had a response.
:06:06. > :06:10.One of the biggest differences I have noticed with Gordon between
:06:11. > :06:14.this match and previous matches is Gordon is really hitting through the
:06:15. > :06:20.ball. He is really using his angles well, mixing the pace up. He is
:06:21. > :06:25.slicing, using his reverse backhand, which I didn't think he would use as
:06:26. > :06:31.much as he has done. Gordon has really come out here positive,
:06:32. > :06:34.aggressive, and that showed in that sector. Testaments to his
:06:35. > :06:41.psychological strength, he hasn't lost a game sent back the rate since
:06:42. > :06:48.the rain break. -- since the rain break. Definitely, I was wrong about
:06:49. > :06:54.the warm up! He has come out, he has focused and he has got the momentum
:06:55. > :06:59.with him right now, so he needs to keep that up. I will come back and
:07:00. > :07:04.talk to Alfie later on. There are so many people packed around Court 17,
:07:05. > :07:08.people trying to shove in to the odd seats that my despair and leaning
:07:09. > :07:10.over the walls at the back. And the large, large majority of them are
:07:11. > :07:22.supporting Gordon Reid. NICK MULLINS: The start of the
:07:23. > :07:34.second set and Stefan Olsson to serve first.
:07:35. > :07:48.Looking at some first stirred serve statistics from that first set,
:07:49. > :07:53.Olsson at 30%, Reid up at 60%. He has got to change that, quite
:07:54. > :08:01.simply. Gordon is just totally overpowering him. Gordon Reid has
:08:02. > :08:02.taken the initiative and he is just not giving Olsson any time to
:08:03. > :08:42.settle. That is not going to do Olsson any
:08:43. > :08:45.good, more free points to give Gordon more competence. --
:08:46. > :09:10.confidence. Olsson's service isn't getting any
:09:11. > :09:15.better. And right at the start of the second set, two more break
:09:16. > :09:18.points. Well, Olsson was on a bit of a hot streak this tournament and I
:09:19. > :09:29.just wonder if his little bubble has burst.
:09:30. > :09:37.And there is the break. Some muttering in Swedish from Stefan
:09:38. > :09:43.Olsson. He is feeling the frustration. Reid in charge.
:09:44. > :09:49.Yes, what Gordon has done is take the ball early on the first bounce,
:09:50. > :09:54.the ball is really coming through, so it is coming on to Olsson's
:09:55. > :09:59.racket really fast and he has not had the time to do anything with it.
:10:00. > :10:04.He is snatching a little bit. Going wide on the sidelines or double
:10:05. > :10:09.faults. I don't know what he is going to do to change it, but Gordon
:10:10. > :10:16.certainly doesn't need to change his game.
:10:17. > :10:23.Life, if you Gordon Reid, feels pretty good right now. It might feel
:10:24. > :10:46.even better in around half an hour. He is up by a set and a break.
:10:47. > :10:54.Wheelchair tennis, by the way, now plays a full part in all four of the
:10:55. > :11:00.sport's Grand Slams. Wimbledon was the last one to introduce doubles,
:11:01. > :11:01.for the first time in men back in 2004 and as singles for the first
:11:02. > :11:33.time this year. Once Gordon Reid and Stefan Olsson
:11:34. > :11:38.have completed their singles final, Britain's Jordanne Whiley and her
:11:39. > :11:41.partner Yui Kamiji will be on this Court Two play in the women's
:11:42. > :11:55.doubles. What a day for British wheelchair tennis.
:11:56. > :12:01.You can see Olsson just hit the ball with a bit more pace and it came
:12:02. > :12:03.through a bit more quickly on to Gordon's racket. Just over pulled it
:12:04. > :12:35.a little bit. Wonderful backhand return of serve
:12:36. > :12:37.by Olsson, that will give him a little bit of confidence, a bit of
:12:38. > :12:51.hope. Fantastic. It is brilliant from the
:12:52. > :13:07.Swede. Both players in search of their
:13:08. > :13:13.first ever Wimbledon singles title, the first time we have ever had a
:13:14. > :13:17.singles event here on grass. It is always a concern, Peter Norfolk,
:13:18. > :13:21.that as a singles player, you would find it too hard to zip around on
:13:22. > :13:27.this grass surface, which is a bit more like a carpet, much more
:13:28. > :13:30.friction. It is hard, but these guys are superfit, superfast. The chairs
:13:31. > :13:36.are specifically built for tennis and these surfaces. I was going to
:13:37. > :13:41.say they are used to it, they are not used to it, but they are super
:13:42. > :13:42.strong and they are not going to refuse playing singles at Wimbledon,
:13:43. > :13:53.that's for sure. I know Gordon Reid were saying
:13:54. > :13:56.before the event that there was some concern amongst the players about
:13:57. > :14:00.the quality they would be able to achieve on the grass in the Chair,
:14:01. > :14:04.but there have been no need for those concerns. It has been
:14:05. > :14:15.top-quality. Actually, one of the things he did
:14:16. > :14:19.in training was to have his coach holding him back with a bungee rope
:14:20. > :14:24.and he was having to work very hard to try and escape it. Absolutely,
:14:25. > :14:30.some of the new techniques coming in... It is getting off the mark on
:14:31. > :14:33.the grass and the clay, that is the hard part, that is where you need
:14:34. > :14:40.the strength. These guys are always working on different parts of their
:14:41. > :14:44.bodies to make them faster. Great shot there by Olsson. And there is
:14:45. > :14:49.also the technology of the chairs. It is not just your body, it is the
:14:50. > :14:55.equipment as well. You know, wheelchair sport is right up there
:14:56. > :14:57.now. It is all about achieving the best you can achieve. And the
:14:58. > :15:12.rewards are there. Oh, dear. Really? We will have a
:15:13. > :15:16.look at that. I think if we had the benefit of Harry Hawk-Eye on Court
:15:17. > :15:22.17, he might be being rolled out. I would have questioned that one.
:15:23. > :15:39.Might have been wrong again. Maybe. I still would have questioned it.
:15:40. > :16:08.His strap came undone them. Essential bits of agreement.
:16:09. > :16:22.-- essential bits of equipment. Got himself back in this game. It was
:16:23. > :16:30.the right shot, rifled backhand back behind the player.
:16:31. > :17:15.He has re-established the break of serve. Gordon Reid.
:17:16. > :17:24.He lost the use of his legs just before his 13th birthday, contracted
:17:25. > :17:29.transverse myelitis, the disease affecting the spinal-cord. He was
:17:30. > :17:32.completely paralysed for six months but has since regained some movement
:17:33. > :17:36.he began to play wheelchair tennis, initially to keep fit as well as
:17:37. > :17:43.anything, but it wasn't long before he realised he was pretty good and
:17:44. > :17:47.it is the outlet like this that allow people according to do what
:17:48. > :17:52.they are doing. That is the beauty of wheelchair tennis and any sport.
:17:53. > :17:57.It is about rehabilitation, recreation and performance.
:17:58. > :18:04.Generally as I did as well you start at the beginning, rehabilitation. We
:18:05. > :18:10.have it in spinal units. Part of the beautiful tennis is we try to get
:18:11. > :18:15.tennis chairs into tennis centres so anyone with any disability can
:18:16. > :18:22.comment. Wheelchair tennis has open categories. Men and women. That
:18:23. > :18:29.would be the great ambition to have sports chairs in every tennis club
:18:30. > :18:33.around the country. It is coming. This is the man flying the flight
:18:34. > :18:57.for British men's tennis right now. Gordon Reid.
:18:58. > :19:02.Fascinating press conference before the tournament started with
:19:03. > :19:07.accordingly and Jordanne Whiley talking about what wheelchair tennis
:19:08. > :19:09.had given them and what they hoped other disability sports might give
:19:10. > :19:29.others. That is brilliant. Jordanne had a
:19:30. > :19:35.really tough time when she was growing up. She was bullied, in and
:19:36. > :19:38.out of hospital, made it hard to form when ships and she found tennis
:19:39. > :19:44.which gave her the reason to believe in herself. -- made it hard to form
:19:45. > :19:52.friendships. She spoke eloquently and we will see her on court in her
:19:53. > :19:59.final in the next hour or so. Wheelchair tennis is a very enabling
:20:00. > :20:12.sport and it is a worldwide sport. Actually we all the of the family.
:20:13. > :20:21.Once again holding onto his first proving to be a tricky business have
:20:22. > :20:33.a moment. Two more break back points for Stephane Olsson. It is tough
:20:34. > :20:45.down there, heavy conditions, blustery. Not particularly pleasant
:20:46. > :20:58.on the grass. It is heavy going. There is a break back.
:20:59. > :21:06.Gordon's friends and family and supporters shouting out. McGavin
:21:07. > :21:10.queueing, varying over to watch this. Thing that is why they are
:21:11. > :21:14.going to try to keep them to these courts, speaking the kept -- keeping
:21:15. > :21:21.the spectacle open to as many people as possible. This is a fabulous but
:21:22. > :21:50.called for wheelchair tennis. Brilliant.
:21:51. > :21:59.Mike Dean are you have noticed but Olsson is struggling with the lower
:22:00. > :22:11.force. -- I do not know if you have noticed.
:22:12. > :22:23.Taking the wrong way. Shortfall. Gordon Reid came in. -- short wall.
:22:24. > :22:44.He sent Olsson the wrong way. Hafeez Hewett was talking to Clare
:22:45. > :22:51.Alfie Hewett was talking to Clare Balding about how well he disguises
:22:52. > :22:55.the shots, holding the ball on his racket before he commits. And when
:22:56. > :23:00.you play a lot of tennis you also know where the player is going by
:23:01. > :23:05.the chair, with your peripheral vision. I was never fast but I had
:23:06. > :23:09.good reaction. I was working out what was going to happen.
:23:10. > :23:21.That was a bit wayward. And once again it is becoming a theme of the
:23:22. > :23:23.second set. Another break of serve. At least two more opportunities for
:23:24. > :24:07.Gordon Reid to take the lead. Enjoying this wheelchair final in
:24:08. > :24:20.the company of the best ever quad tennis player down the years. Peter
:24:21. > :24:26.carried the flag for Britain. I have forgotten thing... You have been
:24:27. > :24:36.involved in the squad. Explain the difference. I started in the men's,
:24:37. > :24:56.two decades ago. Then I had according to me -- a codec
:24:57. > :25:05.to me -- I have a cordectomy, that meant I could play in the quads,
:25:06. > :25:15.three limbs affected. The standard is amazing. It is all about playing
:25:16. > :25:25.tennis. I played with Andy Lapthorne. It is all about being
:25:26. > :25:33.able to play. Would you mean by being released to play? Changing
:25:34. > :25:42.attitudes. It is about us saying we are able to play, the Gabba
:25:43. > :25:48.standard. It is very inclusive. Looking at Gordon and Andy Murray,
:25:49. > :25:53.the follow what we are doing. We are trying our hearts out and tennis is
:25:54. > :25:59.at the heart of it, we are tennis players. We are not disabled tennis
:26:00. > :26:11.post. Tennis is tennis. Sometimes we have two bounces and sometimes we
:26:12. > :26:23.don't. You sound like quad father. I get a bit passionate, sorry. There
:26:24. > :26:31.is no need to apologise. " Don't look at what we can't do, look at
:26:32. > :26:36.what we can do". It is about attitudes are changing. Things might
:26:37. > :26:53.take time. They are not going for another
:26:54. > :26:59.break, Amavi? Certainly not getting any easier to hold the serve. You
:27:00. > :27:17.can see the bank stops blustery and the aces...
:27:18. > :27:32.My word! Fabulous shot. Look at this.
:27:33. > :27:42.When Gordon went off you could hear his chair wheels fluttering, that
:27:43. > :28:04.means the chair is grabbing and not rolling properly.
:28:05. > :28:14.The standard that both of these players are achieving right now,
:28:15. > :28:21.having dropped his serve again, once again. Breaks back will stop
:28:22. > :28:29.Olsson's chair, they are allowed if they get a problem with the chair, a
:28:30. > :28:31.technical time-out. 15 minutes. They can get it repaired and sorted and
:28:32. > :29:05.back on board. We talked about how this sport is
:29:06. > :29:13.now pretty much 12 months around the world and around the year and when
:29:14. > :29:17.they are not onshore they will be busy training. Give us an idea of
:29:18. > :29:29.the con of work they would be doing in training? They will do all sorts.
:29:30. > :29:37.Crosscourt rules, chairs the, getting off the mark. It is the
:29:38. > :29:41.first push and then the next two fishes and about turn, you do it
:29:42. > :29:47.with and without the racket. There is lots of found training to keep
:29:48. > :29:58.supple because all of your power is upfront. -- band trainings. You need
:29:59. > :30:07.to watch out for rotator cuff problems of course.
:30:08. > :30:13.You can see what that meant. He needed that. Break by break he is
:30:14. > :30:24.getting closer and closer. Why is it so hard to hold onto your
:30:25. > :30:29.server right now when it didn't appear to be that difficult in the
:30:30. > :30:35.first set -- your server. There is a trend in singles, it has always been
:30:36. > :30:43.harder to hold your serve in singles. I am still working that one
:30:44. > :30:49.out. I was always happy to break serve to win a match. Gordon has now
:30:50. > :30:55.got to serve to go 5-3 and actually, I would have said that was a really
:30:56. > :31:11.good position to break Olsson and win the match. One I never actively
:31:12. > :31:18.created. Listen to the shouts of "G-O" around the court. His mum on
:31:19. > :31:23.the left, Alison, his dad, Graham, his brothers and sisters, Stephen,
:31:24. > :31:37.David and Emily and a whole band of supporters.
:31:38. > :31:42.Mustn't forget Olsson in all of this, the hugely talented
:31:43. > :31:48.all-rounder. Actually took some time away from tennis to represent the
:31:49. > :31:53.Swede at ice sledge hockey at the Paralympics.
:31:54. > :32:00.He is a brilliant all-rounder. You can't take it away from him, a
:32:01. > :32:07.fantastic athlete, someone who can go away from tennis and pop back in,
:32:08. > :32:12.14 or 15 months ago, now number seven in the world. What talent is
:32:13. > :32:23.that? Right now, he is up against the number three. He is working so
:32:24. > :32:29.hard this --, the Swede, to get himself back in this final.
:32:30. > :32:38.There we go. That is what Gordon was doing in the doubles. He saw Olsson
:32:39. > :32:41.racing back past the baseline and he just popped it back into the service
:32:42. > :33:11.box for a lovely little winner. Right. This is a real opportunity.
:33:12. > :33:17.Holds of serve have become like breaks of serve in this final and
:33:18. > :33:18.Reid has two points to hold onto his serve and move within a game of
:33:19. > :33:43.being champion. Oh, my word. Fantastic tit-for-tat.
:33:44. > :33:49.You have got to applaud both players. Outstanding. Look at this.
:33:50. > :33:58.He almost took the ball boy out. Commitment.
:33:59. > :34:06.There we go. Serve wide and banged it into the Open court. Look what
:34:07. > :34:24.that means to the crowd, and Gordon. Tennis's old one, too. It never
:34:25. > :34:50.fails. -- one, two. So what now for Stefan Olsson? He is
:34:51. > :35:18.not going away, is he? Serving to stay in this final.
:35:19. > :35:22.Gordon tried a cheeky drop shot from behind the baseline. Almost came
:35:23. > :35:45.off. That won't do Olsson's hopes any
:35:46. > :36:13.good. That a double fault on the previous
:36:14. > :37:11.point could be costly for Olsson. You could see Olsson got bogged down
:37:12. > :37:15.there, he was trying to get his chair moving. Gordon hit the ball
:37:16. > :38:10.back behind him. Good ploy. UMPIRE: New balls, please. Olsson
:38:11. > :38:20.has played a brilliant game, all the pressure on him to win it and stay
:38:21. > :38:24.in the final. I feel so nervous. I was remembering back to Athens, when
:38:25. > :38:30.I won my first gold medal, in a massive stadium, it was huge, and I
:38:31. > :38:35.remember having to serve for it and I know I said it is easier to break
:38:36. > :38:40.to win, but I was serving and all I could do was focus and say, one
:38:41. > :38:45.point, this point, and little mantra. And I never looked up at the
:38:46. > :38:48.crowd, didn't do anything and when I hit the last shot and the ball left
:38:49. > :38:54.my strings, I knew immediately that was it. It wasn't the fact that I
:38:55. > :39:05.had won, it was the relief of a four-year programme. I know I am
:39:06. > :39:09.still a cynic, but let's see. I remember commentating on you that
:39:10. > :39:15.day, you didn't make it easy on any of us, not just you. What a moment
:39:16. > :39:20.of Gordon Reid. ?25,000 for the winner. These next few minutes will
:39:21. > :39:20.mean much, much more than that. Serving to become Wimbledon
:39:21. > :39:49.champion. You were shaking your head, Peter.
:39:50. > :39:53.You liked that? This is the most difficult time in the match and that
:39:54. > :40:04.is good strength and confidence from Gordon. Good nerves.
:40:05. > :40:13.Just got to be aware of that little slice by Olsson, he really gives it
:40:14. > :40:57.some pace, so it skims off the surface.
:40:58. > :41:10.How about that? It has gone long. Two points away. The longest point,
:41:11. > :41:33.the longest rally, I think they have had.
:41:34. > :41:53.There are some people watching this who can scarcely believe it. He can
:41:54. > :42:15.believe it. He is serving for the championship.
:42:16. > :42:21.It is easy to do that. It is so easy. I so feel for Reid at the
:42:22. > :42:45.moment. Game, set and match, Reid! Wimbledon
:42:46. > :42:50.champion. Wimbledon champion. The first ever Wimbledon singles
:42:51. > :42:58.champion, Scotland's Gordon Reid. They're best at Wimbledon on wheels.
:42:59. > :43:04.One of the best in the world -- the best at Wimbledon on wheels. What a
:43:05. > :43:11.feeling, you are a champion. Fantastic. Unbelievable, well done.
:43:12. > :43:17.Look at that. He is celebrating. Singles and doubles champion. Wow,
:43:18. > :43:25.wow, wow. This is just historic, brilliant. And the first person to
:43:26. > :43:30.congratulate him, his coach Karen Ross, who has been with him. Along,
:43:31. > :43:35.since he took up the sport as a teenager. Helped introduce him to
:43:36. > :43:39.the sport and look where it has taken him. And he has done as
:43:40. > :43:49.Serena, he has won the singles and the doubles. His mum is going to
:43:50. > :43:53.cry. And his friends, who have been with him from the start, some
:43:54. > :43:59.friends who were with him the morning he woke up and his legs
:44:00. > :44:03.didn't feel quite right and not long later, he was in hospital for six
:44:04. > :44:11.months, paralysed. They have been with him through the whole story and
:44:12. > :44:17.this is just the best final line. What a story. What a story. It is
:44:18. > :44:26.just brilliant. What a Sunday. Is it Super Sunday? Well, one Scot has
:44:27. > :44:37.started the day with a Wimbledon title... Andy Murray will be
:44:38. > :44:41.watching this, I am sure, somewhere. The job for him is to emulate this.
:44:42. > :44:47.Jordanne Whiley on court as well in a while or so, Heather Watson in the
:44:48. > :44:50.Mixed Doubles as well. This could be a very, very special day for British
:44:51. > :45:02.tennis. It already is for Gordon Reid.
:45:03. > :45:08.If put this into perspective for wheelchair tennis and this ability
:45:09. > :45:16.sport in this country. I am not sure I can. How big is Wimbledon,
:45:17. > :45:23.worldwide tennis? We now have a double British winner, singles and
:45:24. > :45:29.doubles. It is unheard of. I am not sure we can put it into words. I
:45:30. > :45:35.think this is a fabulous foundation for youngsters and everyone. Look at
:45:36. > :45:39.British tennis. Whoever said British tennis was not in a good play
:45:40. > :45:45.scratch mark I feel for Olsson, I have been there. It is the worst
:45:46. > :46:00.place to be, sat and waiting while everybody else is celebrating.
:46:01. > :46:12.Please welcome to the court for this presentation Jeff Newton. Firstly,
:46:13. > :46:40.this year's runner up, from Sweden, Stephane Olsson. CHEERING
:46:41. > :46:52.And now, the 20 16th, and indeed, first ever wheelchair tennis singles
:46:53. > :47:29.Wimbledon champion, from Great Britain, Gordon Reid! CHEERING
:47:30. > :47:33.Gordon Reid, double Wimbledon champion having taken the doubles
:47:34. > :47:37.yesterday. Many congratulations, your immediate response to becoming
:47:38. > :47:46.the first ever singles champion here? LAUGHTER
:47:47. > :47:49.It is incredible. To have the opportunity to play singles here is
:47:50. > :47:54.something I have dreams of for a long time. It is amazing. To come
:47:55. > :47:59.here and win in front of the people I love, my friends and families, my
:48:00. > :48:05.coaching team, and so much support, it is unbelievable. I am never going
:48:06. > :48:09.to forget this moment. CHEERING It is a moment none of them will
:48:10. > :48:14.ever forget, none of the people leaning over trying to get a view
:48:15. > :48:23.here, none of the people on Henman Hill, nobody will forget this. You
:48:24. > :48:33.have started the trend, the Alice band army. How many people have you
:48:34. > :48:37.got watching? A big thanks to the LTA and player services for helping
:48:38. > :48:44.me out with 50 tickets to get everybody in! It is a wonderful
:48:45. > :48:47.moment for you and your friends and families both in terms of a broader
:48:48. > :48:54.message how do you hope this will inspire kids and adults watching?
:48:55. > :48:59.Reset and the start of the week that I wanted to get two things this
:49:00. > :49:04.week, the first thing was if there were any kids with disabilities like
:49:05. > :49:07.I was at one stage, if this can inspire them to take up tennis or
:49:08. > :49:11.another sport then that is really important. The second thing is to
:49:12. > :49:16.continue to breaking down barriers when it comes to disability and
:49:17. > :49:20.showcase the personality and high-performance sport, not a
:49:21. > :49:23.disability. With the amount of coverage this week and the amount of
:49:24. > :49:29.interest and the weight people have enjoyed passport, it has been a big
:49:30. > :49:38.milestone and hopefully we can build on that. Very well spoken. With that
:49:39. > :49:47.in mind, a word on Stephane Olsson, who pushed you so hard. Yes, I have
:49:48. > :49:55.to say a big congratulations to Stephane, he has played... APPLAUSE
:49:56. > :49:59.He has played some really great tennis and had some big wins this
:50:00. > :50:04.week. He made it really difficult for me today. I am sure Stephane
:50:05. > :50:07.more than a lot of players has been waiting for singles on grass because
:50:08. > :50:11.he has the game for it I am not sure it is not the last time we see him
:50:12. > :50:17.in the final here. Hopefully we can have more battles in the future. It
:50:18. > :50:21.was a terrific final, we hugely involved and an Gordon, many
:50:22. > :50:23.congratulations. You have made history today. Thank you very much,
:50:24. > :50:48.thank you, everybody. The number of photographers flooding
:50:49. > :50:52.the court, who had to switch ends because Gordon went up to the
:50:53. > :50:57.windier end to serve for the Championships and for the title, his
:50:58. > :51:06.band of supporters singing his song, which ends up with the line about
:51:07. > :51:13.becoming Wimbledon champion. They obviously came up with the lyrics a
:51:14. > :51:18.while back. Their prediction has country. He has indeed won the
:51:19. > :51:26.Wimbledon singles title. Yesterday he took the doubles. And run
:51:27. > :51:36.appeared to get a quick from his doubles partner to see Gordon take
:51:37. > :51:40.the singles trophy. It is a special day for him, many congratulations to
:51:41. > :51:48.Gordon. He has worked very hard for it and now he has made a lot of
:51:49. > :51:51.sacrifices. Training at Roehampton on the grass, to make himself best
:51:52. > :51:57.prepared for this tournament and it has clearly shown and it has all
:51:58. > :52:04.played off. I hope he enjoys the celebrations now. Alfie, how much
:52:05. > :52:10.does it make you want to be here in singles XJ and an all British final?
:52:11. > :52:13.Definitely, being here today, I cannot imagine what the atmosphere
:52:14. > :52:17.would be like if it was the British final. I cannot take anything away
:52:18. > :52:21.from Gordon, he has two enjoy his moment and he deserves all the
:52:22. > :52:26.praise he gets. And Jordanne Whiley is about to come out for the final
:52:27. > :52:33.of the women's doubles, her father is here, keep what are you thinking?
:52:34. > :52:39.I am sure she can do it. Is she in good form, calm, excited? She was
:52:40. > :52:43.very calm today, she is on for it. Fantastic stuff, there will be a big
:52:44. > :52:48.crowd around supporting her because Gordon Read the first of four
:52:49. > :52:53.British players in finals action today. -- Gordon Reid. Andy Murray
:52:54. > :52:58.walking out on Centre Court at 2pm, Heather Watson following that in the
:52:59. > :53:02.Mixed Doubles final. Gordon Reid has won the wheelchair tennis tingles
:53:03. > :53:07.and your Dan Wylie shortly coming out to play her doubles final. --
:53:08. > :53:13.and Jordanne Whiley. A bit of uncertainty and rain throwing us
:53:14. > :53:17.into doubt, and getting everybody going for the covers but in the end
:53:18. > :53:23.a sensational final and Gordon Reid showed great determination and
:53:24. > :53:27.talent and incredible strength under pressure to hold serve, to serve it
:53:28. > :53:32.out and take the title. We were talking yesterday and he was so well
:53:33. > :53:37.aware that there is only one ever first Wimbledon wheelchair tennis
:53:38. > :53:41.singles champion and he has ensured he has taken a title for Great
:53:42. > :53:47.Britain and Scotland for his and friends. His family, and most of all
:53:48. > :53:50.he has done it himself. He is a terrific athlete and great sportsman
:53:51. > :53:58.and let's hope his friend Andy Murray can follow up, coverage
:53:59. > :54:01.starting at 1pm on BC one. From us, thereby. -- 1pm on BBC One.