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COMMENTATOR: Arguably the greatest champion of all time. | :00:49. | :00:59. | |
COMMENTATOR: Roger Federer takes another step towards history. | :01:00. | :01:49. | |
What a champion here at Wimbledon. The first man to win eight | :01:50. | :02:06. | |
Championships. Yes, eight is the magic number. What | :02:07. | :02:16. | |
a journey it has been for Roger over the years. The styles and appearance | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
may have changed but his dominance remains, a record 8th Wimbledon | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
title, becoming the first man ever in the history of the Championship | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
to win the title eight times. His 19th Grand Slam title in all. So all | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
the great champions were here courtside to watch this | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
record-breaking champion, including the man who coached him for a couple | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
of years, six-time Grand Slam winner, Stefan Edberg. He's been | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
talking to Phil Jones. Stefan, great to see you and on this occasion of | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
all occasions, history, Roger's done it. What is the mood in the camp | :02:50. | :03:01. | |
right now? Well, I think, as you would imagine, extremely happy. He's | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
had a fantastic year. He has worked really hard. Like he said, last year | :03:07. | :03:12. | |
he didn't know if he would be here but what he did during the | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
Championships is astonishing, going through without losing a set and | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
winning the 8th title. He fully deserves it, he is such a champion | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
And the enormity of what he has done at 35 is defying the years. Yeah, | :03:25. | :03:31. | |
gives hope for everyone. Doesn't it? It is quite extraordinary. He is so | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
special in many ways, you know. The way he plays, he is very | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
conservative. The way he moves, he is in great shape. He still wants to | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
work hard and improve his game. That's why he is here. He has taken | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
a the opportunity this year when a lot of the other top players have | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
fallen out before You know what this game can do to your body playing | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
week-in and week-out, how sensible has it been for him to take time out | :04:02. | :04:09. | |
and manage the year, with the help of you? Well definitely. We have the | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
answers now but sometimes it is worrying when you win tournaments in | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
the middle of the year and it is only March and you take the next | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
months off, not playing or competing, so you are taking a risk, | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
but you are calculating he is going to do well on the grass and get a | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
few matches before the tournament. You know it turned out to be the | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
right decision. We talk about so many of the great players in the | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
game, Rod Laver is watching, do you think cements Roger's place as the | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
greatest of all time? I would think so. Rod Laver, I never saw him play, | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
but what I have seen from Roger playing, he is the greatest, in my | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
eyes anyway. I think it is proven now with 19 Grand Slam titles. He | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
has won here eight times. Done well in all surfaces. He is wonderful so | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
watch. So much talent. It is worth going out to watch him. You always | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
know there are going to be terrific shots. Wonderful to watch, | :05:12. | :05:13. | |
congratulations to him, you and the team. Enjoy the celebrations | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
tonight. SUE BARKER: Yes as Roger and the | :05:17. | :05:24. | |
team celebrate we witnessed the other side. He walked out to court | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
with an injury. A bad blister on his foot. It got worse. He couldn't hit | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
the ground shots as much as he would like and he couldn't move to the | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
corners of the court. He called for the doctor but emotional scenes. | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
Frustrated about the fact he is in his first Wimbledon fighter and he | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
can't play at his best and challenge the great man, Roger Federer. An | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
emotional Marin Cilic completed the match and he bravely thought on. Now | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
let's hear what he had to say to Phil after the match. First of all, | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
commiserations on the day but congratulations on a wonderful | :06:02. | :06:03. | |
tournament. I know it has not ended the way you want, take us through | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
what you were going through? First of all, I wasn't myself on the court | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
and I didn't have a chance to congratulate Roger. I really don't | :06:16. | :06:20. | |
want to take down his victory. He just did an unbelievable achievement | :06:21. | :06:26. | |
and all credit for him for making it to the final. Also, I want to say | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
that these injuries and everything, that is part of the sport. | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
Unfortunately for me, it happened on a really bad day, unfortunate | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
moment. At my semifinal match with Sam, I started to feel my foot a | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
little bit. After the match it actually wasn't too bad. The physios | :06:49. | :06:55. | |
here, Alexander and Graham and Dr Phil helped me after that and | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
unfortunately the day after, so yesterday in the morning, the | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
situation got worse. I got a lot of fluid in my foot. We tried to take | :07:05. | :07:11. | |
care of it and even the doctor was trying to help with everything he | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
could. But unfortunately on the match I still felt the pain and it | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
was just causing me to react slower than usual and I wasn't just able to | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
move the way I can. It seemed like the realisation hit you at 3-0 in | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
the second set and emotions came out understandably. Did you then think - | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
this might be t I might have to not carry on in the match? It hit me | :07:36. | :07:43. | |
because I know how much time it took me and almost how much hard work it | :07:44. | :07:49. | |
took me to make it here. So everything basically I did in the | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
last several months and probably the rest of my career to reach to this | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
point and also feeling that I was playing maybe the best tennis, ever | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
of my career and realising at that moment that I'm unable to get to the | :08:03. | :08:09. | |
best level I can. And also realising that, you know, my chances for | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
winning are close to 0.1%. When you had your foot retaped, you seemed to | :08:16. | :08:26. | |
rebound a little bit. What is going through your mind then? I tried to | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
focus on my game and everything I needed to do in the court to | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
encourage myself in that direction to be a bit more positive. I was | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
also battling from one side, thoughts that every time I had to | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
step a little bit harder on my foot it was causing me pain and the other | :08:45. | :08:52. | |
way I had to just be a little bit more stronger in my mind toll block | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
it. -- to block it. I tried to give my best and I did, I fought to the | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
end and definitely, still again, I want to congratulate Roger on a huge | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
achievement. I have spoken to your coach, Jonas Bjorkman, he said how | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
proud the team are of you and what you are able to do but also how | :09:13. | :09:19. | |
proud he was you carried on, because it would've been easy to stop and | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
Roger wouldn't have been able to have that victorious moment. It says | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
a lot of your character, don't you think? I know how you would feel on | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
the other side of the court. I wanted to push myself, obviously, on | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
the one hand because of me and also because of Roger and all the fans | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
around the world watching, just to try to give the best I could. You | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
know, there is nothing in my mind, even now, thinking that I could do | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
something more. We are so sorry for the way it ended for you. Thank you | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
for what you did in the tournament and you have a whole new bunch of | :10:00. | :10:07. | |
fans who want to see you back next year to give it another crack, fully | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
fit. Thank you. Definitely. I enjoyed my time here and this has | :10:13. | :10:16. | |
given me amazing memories, amazing feelings in these last few weeks and | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
really looking forward to come back here and to give myself another | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
chance to get that trophy. Marin, you are a true gentlemen. Thank you. | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
SUE BARKER: We look forward to welcoming him back. He is a nice | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
gynaecologist a class act. I'm sure we will see him back in a Wimbledon | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
final. He has the weapons to challenge the big four. We have | :10:38. | :10:40. | |
heard from Marin Cilic now let's hear from our coach, Jonas Bjorkman. | :10:41. | :10:56. | |
PHIL JONES: It was a hard watch for us, how was it for you? | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
Heartbreaking. You know this is something he has been dreaming | :11:01. | :11:03. | |
about, playing a Wimbledon final. You want to go out and feel good and | :11:04. | :11:10. | |
play as good as you can and win or lose, at least to really make it a | :11:11. | :11:16. | |
good battle out there and you know, seeing him suffer like that, | :11:17. | :11:23. | |
obviously it is hurting the whole team. But I'm very proud of him. He | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
fought through the pain and finished the match. I think it was great for | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
everyone and for Roger, for winning it that way and also for the | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
spectators watching it. Can you explain to us what the problem was? | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
He has been having a very bad blister, ugly blister under his left | :11:44. | :11:50. | |
foot. Unfortunately, he felt it a little bit after the match on | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
Friday. You know it got worse and worse and I tried as hard as I could | :11:55. | :12:01. | |
this morning to get it a little bit better. I would say, it looked | :12:02. | :12:06. | |
promising last night but after practise today he felt it was still | :12:07. | :12:10. | |
bothering him a lot. I think after maybe five or six games he started | :12:11. | :12:17. | |
to feel it in the match. When he had it retaped and extra padding on, it | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
seemed he rebounded, did you sense that watching from the box? Yeah, I | :12:23. | :12:32. | |
did. How do you say it - you change, make the a hole and release the | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
pressure a bit. I think they made it bigger, which helped him a little | :12:38. | :12:41. | |
bit. That was obviously nice. We were obviously hoping, when you are | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
sitting there, that it would get Bert and better, but still every | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
time -- better and better, but every time Roger was playing him left or | :12:50. | :12:56. | |
right you could see it was still not perfect. But nonetheless, you have | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
to be proud of the run he has had here and the performance he has put | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
in to be in this grand occasion today. Absolutely. The whole team is | :13:07. | :13:09. | |
really proud of what Marin has achieved in the last couple of weeks | :13:10. | :13:12. | |
and especially here in the Wimbledon final. It is definitely a special | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
place for him. I knew he had really high hopes going into this match. | :13:18. | :13:21. | |
Obviously he has to regroup and go sort of through the pain a little | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
bit but I think in the next couple of days he will look back and feel | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
that he had a whole great run and hopefully he can come back stronger | :13:34. | :13:37. | |
and hopefully he gets the chance it lift the trophy once. Let's hope so. | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
We all send him our best. SUE BARKER: We do indeed and Jonas | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
has made a difference in Marin's game and I'm sure he will continue | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
to improve and we will see him back here. Everyone making their way home | :13:52. | :13:58. | |
but they have thoroughly enjoyed ed the day and enjoyed the matches on | :13:59. | :14:02. | |
Centre Court. And after that it was the mixed doubles final with British | :14:03. | :14:08. | |
players on both side but won by Jamie Murray, serving at match point | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
with his partner, Martina Hingis, they feted Heather Watson and Henri | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
Kontinen. 6-4, 6-4. So another doubles title for Jamie Murray and | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
another for Martina Hingis. That's her 18th Grand Slam doubles title to | :14:24. | :14:28. | |
add to singles success as well. Everyone enjoying the mixed doubles | :14:29. | :14:29. | |
final on Centre Court. So, we do have some more tennis for | :14:30. | :14:43. | |
you and Roger Federer will be making his way it the stewed yes later as | :14:44. | :14:49. | |
well to talk about the final. And more future Grand Slam title. But we | :14:50. | :14:56. | |
have tins, we will take -- in the studio. We will take you back to a | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
bash on number one. This is the legends of the game. Cara back and | :15:03. | :15:10. | |
Martina Navratilova up against Sanchez Vicario, and Sfar. It was | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
6-2 to Black and Navarro in the first set. And 2-0 in the second. | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
Let's join the commentators on Court One. Tracy Austin and Chris Bradnam. | :15:22. | :15:36. | |
A really important game here for Sfar to hold. Put the pressure on | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
Navarro and Black. Black has been interesting technique | :15:42. | :15:57. | |
with the slice. And almost, you would think, OK, with her return in | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
doubles, you want to whip it down to the feet, yet she's able it craft | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
things, even off the slice. I suppose I'm saying her hand skills | :16:07. | :16:24. | |
are that good. Is it possible to train for that? You can definitely | :16:25. | :16:31. | |
work for that. You can hit the slice, hit the return, very | :16:32. | :16:35. | |
strategic. This is a very enjoyable match to watch the it is not all | :16:36. | :16:40. | |
with power. A lot of creativity, trying to hit awkward positions for | :16:41. | :16:43. | |
their opponents. Oh, well, I'm not sure whose racket | :16:44. | :16:59. | |
it came off, but they'll take it. Either way, a perfect volley on | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
grass. Just the dropped volley. A chance to get the break straight | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
back in this second set. A stunner of a return from Navarro. | :17:09. | :17:40. | |
And they break straight back but it is Vicario and Sfar who lead in the | :17:41. | :17:42. | |
second set, 2-1. A pretty full house, isn't it? Of | :17:43. | :17:57. | |
course, they witnessed the boys' singles final on here a few moments | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
ago. Was this the favourite of your slams or were you a big favourite of | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
the US Open, of course? Well, I think I love the history, being here | :18:09. | :18:14. | |
at Wimbledon. It was the slam that you always wanted to come play the | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
most but the grass is a very difficult surface, particularly the | :18:20. | :18:22. | |
surface we played on back then was so much faster and there were so | :18:23. | :18:26. | |
many serve and volley players and in my era, probably half were serve and | :18:27. | :18:33. | |
volleyers, so I always felt they had a little bit of advantage because, | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
it's obviously they don't have to hit the ball off the bounce and get | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
the awkward bounces, so, yeah, I think the US Open was eventually my | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
favourite tournament because of the surface, but I love the history | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
here, the beauty. And if you are watching and never been before, I | :18:53. | :18:59. | |
would advise to go, to experience it, if you can get a ground pass or | :19:00. | :19:06. | |
a spot on Court One. If there is only one you can go to, this is the | :19:07. | :19:13. | |
one to go to of the four. Again, Black makes it look so easy. | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
Great communication between these two. Where to serve and cross. | :19:20. | :19:27. | |
Now, that's a tactic that I think maybe we will see more and go up the | :19:28. | :19:35. | |
line on the return, just to take that section away from Black. We | :19:36. | :19:40. | |
have seen her anticipate and poach quite often. | :19:41. | :19:44. | |
A little dummy there that time from the did I Babb wean. So a little | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
change-up there. She hasn't lost too many points on | :19:50. | :20:10. | |
serve, Navarro. -- Martina Navratilova. | :20:11. | :20:26. | |
The best forehand return from Sanchez Vicario all day. | :20:27. | :20:48. | |
Again poaching at the net, Cara Black. Right on top of the volley. | :20:49. | :20:55. | |
The closest that Martina Navratilova has come to dropping a serve but | :20:56. | :20:57. | |
still able to hold. This is a real treat for the crowd. | :20:58. | :21:32. | |
I think Martina is the best doubles player in the history of our sport. | :21:33. | :21:47. | |
Certainly on the women's side. Look who she won with, Chris Everitt, Pam | :21:48. | :21:54. | |
Skriefr and Billy Jean King. Those are all great players but my point | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
is, it seems like it is Martina and whoever. I was going to ask you that | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
question in terms of how important is communication in establishing a | :22:05. | :22:06. | |
partnership but Martina Navratilova someone who has been able to win | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
with whoever she plays with. A couple of droplets of rain | :22:13. | :22:13. | |
incidentally. Nothing too heavy. It's the amount of times that | :22:14. | :22:27. | |
Martina Navratilova has been able to win, as you say that victory at the | :22:28. | :22:34. | |
US Open in 2003 in the Wimbledon in the mixed with Leander Paes. A great | :22:35. | :22:40. | |
return. Those returns are so consistent. | :22:41. | :22:51. | |
Navratilova has found the rhythm on that return. | :22:52. | :23:04. | |
Black gets that return down so low without anything on it. You have to | :23:05. | :23:08. | |
dig it out. Three brilliant returns in a row and | :23:09. | :23:58. | |
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario would like that volley back again. The seco | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
break point of the game. Well, they were a break down but now | :24:04. | :24:30. | |
they are a break up. They've turned this second set on its head, Black | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
and Navratilova. Break once more and lead 3-2. | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
Well, you mentioned a few moments ago a couple of spots of rain. That | :24:41. | :24:47. | |
was about it. It is a little cloudier today. It has been a | :24:48. | :24:51. | |
wonderful two weeks. We have seen so much sunshine and so there has only | :24:52. | :24:57. | |
been one, one day when we had about half a day of rain? Other than that, | :24:58. | :25:05. | |
that's what we have needed. Yes, it has been so wrong. I've barely | :25:06. | :25:10. | |
needed a sweater this whole time. You never know what to pack when you | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
come to Wimbledon We are used to it. The British summer weather. Yeah, | :25:16. | :25:19. | |
never knowing what to wear each day. A glorious two weeks and still | :25:20. | :25:28. | |
stories to be made, of course. Very much to have to pack your sunglasses | :25:29. | :25:31. | |
and the jumper. So three games in a row for Black | :25:32. | :25:49. | |
and Navratilova. Can they continue the momentum here? Well that's a | :25:50. | :25:52. | |
lovely return. As soon as the toss moved up, | :25:53. | :26:02. | |
Arantxa moved three feet to her right. She was ready for that to | :26:03. | :26:04. | |
come to her forehand. Her and Sanchez Vicario, they are | :26:05. | :27:50. | |
returning much better this second set. More variety. | :27:51. | :28:09. | |
Noose' not going to help her either. -- that's not going to help her, | :28:10. | :28:30. | |
either. Yeah, you are right. Did all the hard work there. Still a break | :28:31. | :28:35. | |
point. A body serve and again, another tidy | :28:36. | :29:48. | |
pick-up from Black. Frustration there with time on the | :29:49. | :30:47. | |
ball. Long game, this one. Oh! That's a real body serve. A game | :30:48. | :31:48. | |
we have here is called French cricket where you try to get a | :31:49. | :31:52. | |
cricket bat to stop someone hitting your knees, and it was that kind of | :31:53. | :31:59. | |
return. Much racking up from the first serve. | :32:00. | :32:27. | |
That's a terrific way to spread the court, that sharp angle return, just | :32:28. | :32:36. | |
slice, death touch, then up the line with power. | :32:37. | :33:45. | |
Really connecting on that backhand return now. Very pivotal game, this | :33:46. | :33:51. | |
second set. Well. Seen a few of those today! | :33:52. | :34:09. | |
Could be costly for Cara Black. Third break point of the game. | :34:10. | :34:26. | |
Smart to change it up, that forehand side is not quite as dialled in. | :34:27. | :34:42. | |
LAUGHTER. Just the other side there, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario bouncing the | :34:43. | :34:52. | |
ball on Selima Sfar's head. Just not committing to that forehand, just a | :34:53. | :34:56. | |
little tension, not getting all the way through with Rakitic speed. | :34:57. | :35:12. | |
-- racket hit speed. Oh, found the baseline again! Arantxa Sanchez | :35:13. | :35:25. | |
Vicario puts a finger to her temple. They had having playful fun. A | :35:26. | :35:29. | |
moment ago Selima Sfar pulled Arantxa Sanchez Vicario's hair, | :35:30. | :35:32. | |
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario getting her own back there. | :35:33. | :35:47. | |
Just overcooked it but the lob is working well on the return for | :35:48. | :35:53. | |
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Selima Sfar. The team that lost the first | :35:54. | :35:59. | |
set changes things up in the second, much better returning, more lobs, | :36:00. | :36:01. | |
more variety overall. Still they can't break, like a wall | :36:02. | :36:22. | |
at the net, Navratilova and Black. Third double fault for the pair. | :36:23. | :37:07. | |
That's a fifth break point. tried the lob work again but good | :37:08. | :37:40. | |
footwork. Cara Black working very hard. Shoulder must feel it'll saw | :37:41. | :37:44. | |
right now! -- a little sore. Oh! Just what you don't want, isn't | :37:45. | :38:11. | |
it, when you have a long, long game, and another double fault, think that | :38:12. | :38:16. | |
might be the third of the game, to give the sixth break point. What | :38:17. | :38:24. | |
will Sfar two will fit -- with this return? That's long, as well. This | :38:25. | :38:35. | |
game continues on. Every time I see Cara Black she has, I think her | :38:36. | :38:41. | |
17-month-old son Jordan in her arms, and he hasn't missed too many meals, | :38:42. | :38:43. | |
so she is quite strong! Oh, wonderful! So smart. Just really | :38:44. | :39:10. | |
testing the movement of Navratilova. Not trying to hit through them, but | :39:11. | :39:12. | |
just gently around them. Well, if you play a bit of tennis, I | :39:13. | :39:50. | |
think we all know that feeling. Great to see that they are having | :39:51. | :39:55. | |
terrific fun out there. But it is still highly competitive, they all | :39:56. | :40:01. | |
really want to win. Navratilova changing her positioning, trying to | :40:02. | :40:06. | |
defend against that return a lob, for a different look. | :40:07. | :40:27. | |
Well, really seems to be struggling, certainly from the deuce side. Yet | :40:28. | :40:35. | |
another double fault from Cara Black, and it's yet another break | :40:36. | :40:41. | |
point. This game almost 15 minutes, so I think this game has been almost | :40:42. | :40:43. | |
longer than the rest of the set. Finally, Black makes a serve from | :40:44. | :41:27. | |
the deuce side and backs it up with a very nice Poli. -- nice volley. | :41:28. | :41:40. | |
Sanchez's return was just a little too high, I am surprised you didn't | :41:41. | :41:45. | |
drive through that backhand. -- surprised she didn't. And there it | :41:46. | :41:57. | |
is. The clenched fist and the come on from Navratilova. Good work! It's | :41:58. | :42:05. | |
great to see as well from Sanchez Vicario and Sfar. I lost count of | :42:06. | :42:11. | |
the amount of break points they had in that game, and after all that, | :42:12. | :42:16. | |
Black and Navratilova win a fourth straight game. You kind of feel that | :42:17. | :42:21. | |
game will probably be pivotal in this second set. | :42:22. | :42:46. | |
Oh, nearly made it! Such good doubles, Navratilova, sooner she got | :42:47. | :42:57. | |
it down at the feet of Sfar, Cara Black moved within two feet of net. | :42:58. | :43:00. | |
Just expecting the next shot. So often see it, don't you, when a | :43:01. | :43:21. | |
team has a lot of break points, there is often a hangover effect. If | :43:22. | :43:24. | |
you look at the scoreline you wouldn't think this match is that | :43:25. | :43:27. | |
close but it has really been a well contested match. A lot of long | :43:28. | :43:30. | |
rallies. Just took a racket out in the nick | :43:31. | :43:40. | |
of time. Martina cannot believe she missed | :43:41. | :45:18. | |
that. It was sitting there for the taking. Looks stunned. Would have | :45:19. | :45:26. | |
been the double break. You have to decide when you are serving to | :45:27. | :45:32. | |
Martina whether you want the slice, backhand, it's going to come down | :45:33. | :45:35. | |
low at your feet, or go at the forehand that going to cook them -- | :45:36. | :45:39. | |
going to come hard and fast. Just right! That's incredible. | :45:40. | :46:08. | |
Martinez did it! -- Martina's done it. Just the hands, that ball was | :46:09. | :46:13. | |
behind her and the flick of that backhand, right here, to keep this | :46:14. | :46:21. | |
point alive. Great athleticism, you forget that she's 60! Absolutely! | :46:22. | :46:32. | |
Oh, that's a little special as well from Sfar. Sfar is very skilful. | :46:33. | :46:38. | |
Very creative mind to find these openings. | :46:39. | :46:52. | |
She's found the baseline. That's a gutsy hold. Looked like this set was | :46:53. | :47:01. | |
getting away from Sanchez Vicario and Sfar, but from 15-40 down they | :47:02. | :47:06. | |
are able to win the game and stop the rot. First game in five. QC | :47:07. | :47:15. | |
Martina on the other side so animated, a little frustrated with | :47:16. | :47:20. | |
herself because 15-40, Sfar's serve and she had a second serve and | :47:21. | :47:25. | |
forehand, just the shot she likes, so much time, maybe too much time to | :47:26. | :47:29. | |
think about it, she missed it in the net. That would have been a healthy | :47:30. | :47:36. | |
lead of 5-2. Martina's said to come. She is a perfectionist anyway, | :47:37. | :47:40. | |
Navratilova, but that was one she really expected herself to me, and | :47:41. | :47:47. | |
you can see in the background there, can't you, a little applause from | :47:48. | :47:49. | |
the crowd, Roger Federer has become the men's singles champion once | :47:50. | :47:55. | |
again. Eight times now he has won Wimbledon in singles. One behind the | :47:56. | :47:59. | |
player in the picture. She won it nine time but I am afraid Federer | :48:00. | :48:04. | |
has overtaken her in singles Grand Slam titles, he is now 19, | :48:05. | :48:10. | |
Navratilova 18. She has 59 in total though if you include doubles and | :48:11. | :48:14. | |
mixed, so he has a fair way to go to reach that. They're both doing fine! | :48:15. | :48:23. | |
LAUGHTER. Roger's favourite number is eight, born on August eight. He | :48:24. | :48:28. | |
will be called the greatest I think. We will see that quite a bit. | :48:29. | :48:34. | |
Sprinkles! It's sunny but yet sprinkling at the same time, you see | :48:35. | :48:38. | |
the ground crew in the back. Just got up. We may have a bit of a | :48:39. | :48:45. | |
rainbow on the court at this rate. It is bright out there which is the | :48:46. | :48:50. | |
unusual thing. I don't think the players will come off, though. | :48:51. | :48:58. | |
So, Deeney is coming on court. She is in charge of the Invitational | :48:59. | :49:12. | |
doubles for the women -- Denise coming on court. You had an injury | :49:13. | :49:18. | |
he didn't you? Three years ago I pulled my calf mid-2nd set, all of a | :49:19. | :49:22. | |
sudden it felt like somebody shot me in the calf. Was that something to | :49:23. | :49:27. | |
do with the greasy chord? It was maybe the grass and the little nubs | :49:28. | :49:30. | |
on the shoes and you have to grip that much more because I had really | :49:31. | :49:36. | |
never had any calf injuries before, so it was really disappointing. But | :49:37. | :49:42. | |
it looks like the good thing is, these ladies are staying on the | :49:43. | :49:45. | |
court, looks like they are getting back on court as well, just a little | :49:46. | :49:53. | |
sun shower. APPLAUSE. Thanking the skies, as are the fans. We want to | :49:54. | :49:58. | |
see this one continue, it has been thoroughly entertaining. This second | :49:59. | :50:00. | |
set has been going for 40 minutes. I am also right in saying | :50:01. | :50:12. | |
Navratilova is the only played yet to be dethroned. -- only player yet | :50:13. | :50:17. | |
to be dethroned. Really fun match to watch with all | :50:18. | :50:45. | |
the different changes in positioning. One team makes an | :50:46. | :50:48. | |
adjustment, the other makes their own. I think she expected that ball | :50:49. | :51:04. | |
to come harder. We saw Navratilova second return, Black missing a | :51:05. | :51:08. | |
relatively comfortable volley, what's happening? Two real rarities. | :51:09. | :51:21. | |
The net cord helping out Sfar. This second set is meandering one way | :51:22. | :51:27. | |
then the other. Just out of the hands of Sfar and Sanchez Vicario | :51:28. | :51:34. | |
down 2-4, 15-40. Especially after losing that marathon game 3-2. | :51:35. | :51:52. | |
Oh, and she's made it! Great foot speed. LAUGHTER. That was terrific | :51:53. | :52:05. | |
anticipation. She took off before Martina even heated. And that's four | :52:06. | :52:13. | |
games apiece, Navratilova broken for the first time. | :52:14. | :52:20. | |
Interesting to see how well Arantxa Sanchez Vicario serves here because | :52:21. | :52:27. | |
on the changeover she is really stretching her rib cage, abdominal | :52:28. | :52:32. | |
muscles on the left side. They have the help of new balls. | :52:33. | :52:39. | |
Didn't seem to affect her on that serve. One thing to remember is | :52:40. | :52:46. | |
these players don't play many matches throughout the year, so the | :52:47. | :52:49. | |
odd exhibition or two. But there are Invitational doubles | :52:50. | :53:17. | |
at all four majors. In terms of the surface for your body, what would | :53:18. | :53:22. | |
you prefer playing on when you are a little bit older. I think Clay is | :53:23. | :53:27. | |
helpful, gives you a little more time, a little softer on your feet. | :53:28. | :53:44. | |
Players a lot of time talk about grass, you have to get so low to the | :53:45. | :53:52. | |
board you feel it in your legs. Also at the last minute, because an | :53:53. | :53:56. | |
awkward bounce, we saw that there from margarine, frustrated with the | :53:57. | :54:00. | |
bounce there, jerky with the ball. -- we saw that there from Martina. | :54:01. | :54:08. | |
Very quick to apologise, both Sfar and Sanchez Vicario, saying it's all | :54:09. | :54:47. | |
OK. Another deuce games. That was a | :54:48. | :55:14. | |
missed opportunity for Sanchez there, that return was a little | :55:15. | :55:18. | |
higher than Cara Black wanted it to be. Arantxa has struggled to hold | :55:19. | :55:25. | |
her serve. They have been tested more in this | :55:26. | :55:46. | |
second set, no doubt about that. We talked about varieties. Sanchez | :55:47. | :55:53. | |
Vicario and Sfar working well together as a team. | :55:54. | :56:11. | |
Right on top of that volley, in this topsy-turvy set, which continues, | :56:12. | :56:20. | |
now three games in a row for Sanchez Vicario and Sfar, and now it is them | :56:21. | :56:23. | |
who are just a game away from taking the second set. | :56:24. | :56:32. | |
They've just done a really good job, haven't they? Variety used, just | :56:33. | :56:41. | |
staying focused. You thought... I am not sure who that was four from | :56:42. | :56:48. | |
Sfar! I'm sure it's all in jest. It was fun to watch, if I were watching | :56:49. | :56:53. | |
from home, the change in tactics from this team, they were down and | :56:54. | :56:57. | |
out, they stay positive, look at Arantxa, such a great competitor, | :56:58. | :57:02. | |
and at this stage still loves to win, still loves to play. She is | :57:03. | :57:11. | |
living in Miami now and has two kids, a little boy and a little | :57:12. | :57:14. | |
girl, and Martina doesn't live far-away, they are friends there. | :57:15. | :57:23. | |
Sfar lives in Dubai. Cara Black lives in Melbourne, Australia, | :57:24. | :57:25. | |
originally from Zimbabwe but her husband is from Australia. That's | :57:26. | :57:30. | |
where they are based full-time with their two young sons. | :57:31. | :57:41. | |
Serving to stay in the set now at 4-5. | :57:42. | :57:56. | |
That log from Arantxa has really turned this set around. You | :57:57. | :58:09. | |
mentioned Cara Black being in Australia, she worked with a player | :58:10. | :58:13. | |
who surprised a few, qualified and reached the second round here, doing | :58:14. | :58:17. | |
a lot of watching and coaching in the first week. | :58:18. | :58:25. | |
That is not bad practice before a women's Invitational. And you can | :58:26. | :58:32. | |
tell. She's been striking the ball. Navratilova over here doing | :58:33. | :58:58. | |
television for the cut Tennis Channel primarily, every other day. | :58:59. | :59:02. | |
Sfar will spend a couple of hours every day on the court, she is | :59:03. | :59:06. | |
really focused on trying to win the women's Invitational. She's found | :59:07. | :59:17. | |
the line again there. Or has she? Navratilova is challenging this one. | :59:18. | :59:31. | |
It's just caught the line! LAUGHTER A lot of praying and celebrating | :59:32. | :59:37. | |
going on! Vape backhanders money. And she's | :59:38. | :00:14. | |
made a lot of it! Super return from the Spaniard, and look at this, | :00:15. | :00:19. | |
didn't think we would be in this position 15 or 20 minutes ago. It's | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
a set point for Sanchez Vicario and Sfar. | :00:24. | :00:31. | |
Oh, and maybe they should have taken it. She'll be having nightmares over | :00:32. | :00:41. | |
break point on the Cara Black serve. She will and how about Navratilova | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
stretching up that extra inch. You feel like she gave it that extra | :00:46. | :00:47. | |
exertion. I kind of feel there is a bit of a | :00:48. | :00:58. | |
mental block there now. Oh, yeah. Some volley. Great | :00:59. | :01:59. | |
reaction from Sanchez Vicario. To stay balanced and redirect that | :02:00. | :02:00. | |
ball. Terrific hands by all. She really has raised her game, | :02:01. | :02:15. | |
hasn't she, Sanchez Vicario? Another set point. | :02:16. | :02:25. | |
It's long. And that's the first set that Cara Black and Martina | :02:26. | :02:37. | |
Navratilova have lost in this year's Ladies Invitational Doubles. And | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
delight for Sanchez Vicario and Sfar. They've taken the second set | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
and it'll be a match tie-break to settle the final. Great animation | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
from Sanchez Vicario and Sfar. They've stayed so positive. It | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
looked like they were down-and-out. Getting a great job getting the | :02:59. | :03:02. | |
crowd involved. Really seeming like they are enjoying the challenge | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
today and figuring out how they need to change their game up. How | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
important is it to envoy it when you are out on the doubles court? Well, | :03:12. | :03:19. | |
I think you need not to feel pressure from your partner as well. | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
Often you can feel the stress of your partner come on to you and feel | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
a little too uptight. You need a free arm to hit the ball and make | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
good decisions. Black and Navratilova are getting | :03:34. | :03:49. | |
most of their serves in, so they are not seeing many of them. So a | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
10-point shootout to decide the final. Sanchez Vicario and Sfar won | :03:56. | :04:02. | |
the last four games of the previous set. It'll be Sfar to serve first. | :04:03. | :04:16. | |
I always find this sport incredible, how momentum can shift in a couple | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
of moments. It was aer if hand just like that | :04:21. | :04:33. | |
where Sfar was serving and Martina missed a return like that. Like the | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
match was on her racket. It's such an entertaining encounter. | :04:37. | :04:57. | |
We have seen so many duels at the net like that. This is just | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
traditional doubles. It's all four players trying to get to the net. | :05:02. | :05:31. | |
Didn't make it. Value Nant effort, though. -- valiant effort, though. | :05:32. | :06:48. | |
Good movement from Sfar at the net. Just at the right time to distract | :06:49. | :06:56. | |
Navratilova. Another mini-break and another point | :06:57. | :07:18. | |
to the head from Sfar and three points apiece. Just to a reminder, | :07:19. | :07:25. | |
one player will defend their title. Sfar and Navratilova won this last | :07:26. | :07:32. | |
year. A coin flick from here on in. What is going to decide this Tracey, | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
do you think? It is so tough to decide. Cat and mouse tennis at | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
great angles. Terrific team work, moving together. | :07:42. | :08:05. | |
Well, they'd been targeting the net player about the return but this | :08:06. | :08:14. | |
time, Cara Black up to the task. Cara Black so quick getting back to | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
the overhead. Might be smarter to lob Navratilova. | :08:19. | :08:53. | |
This is what we saw at the beginning of the match, time and time again | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
from Cara Black. Oh did brilliantly well. | :09:00. | :09:33. | |
Miscommunication but they somehow manage to sort themselves out in the | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
nick of time and maybe put Sanchez Vicario off. Really a couple of | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
incredible shots by Navratilova there. Forehand pick-up she sent | :09:46. | :09:52. | |
back laser like and that last second lob, a great reaction. | :09:53. | :10:22. | |
I have to say, I can't question these two characters. Their previous | :10:23. | :10:30. | |
set, with many others you would think there would be a bit of a | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
hangover coming into the match tie-break. Not the case. | :10:35. | :10:40. | |
This is just perfectly measured. Martina realises at the last second | :10:41. | :10:50. | |
she can't reach it. Just enough. Well, at the change of | :10:51. | :11:24. | |
epds, it is Navratilova and Black who have a pretty healthy lead now. | :11:25. | :11:32. | |
That missed overhead by Sanchez Vicario Sanchez Vicario could be a | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
real momentum changer in this tie-break. | :11:38. | :11:51. | |
They reacted so well after losing four straight games, now two points | :11:52. | :11:54. | |
away from victory. And Cara Black has just come to life | :11:55. | :12:05. | |
in this match tie-break. Again, taking control of the point. It's | :12:06. | :12:11. | |
been a highly-dramatic, highly-entertaining final. They are | :12:12. | :12:22. | |
asking whose serve it is? So it will be Martina Navratilova who gets the | :12:23. | :12:26. | |
honour to try and serve this one out. Five Championship points. | :12:27. | :12:35. | |
Aw, a splendid match comes to a close and once again it is | :12:36. | :12:43. | |
Navratilova who'll have her hand on the trophy. This time alongside Cara | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
Black. Really, a brilliant performance from those two. A great | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
effort, though, from Sanchez Vicario and Sfar and a really, really | :12:54. | :12:59. | |
enjoyable match. I think everyone on Court One really enjoyed watching | :13:00. | :13:03. | |
that final. It is Navratilova and Cara Black who are the champions | :13:04. | :13:10. | |
again. The laid Ladies' Invitational Doubles of 2017. | :13:11. | :13:18. | |
SUE BARKER: Lovely to see the great champion out there again. Another | :13:19. | :13:22. | |
honour for her and our BBC commentators Roll of Honour. Well at | :13:23. | :13:29. | |
10. O 20 Clare Balding will be here, she will be joined by Tim Henman and | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
Pat Cash. And just before we leave, we will | :13:34. | :13:43. | |
tell you a few of the results today from the wheelchair ladies double | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
finals, won by Britain's Jordan Wiley and her partner. She won 6-0. | :13:49. | :13:55. | |
Emotional scenes because these two haven't played together since last | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
year. Wonderful to see them play again, it was their fourth | :14:00. | :14:08. | |
consecutive Wimbledon title. Wonderful scenes on court 3 and in | :14:09. | :14:16. | |
the boys double time it was won by Geller of Argentina and Hsu of | :14:17. | :14:22. | |
Chinese Taipei. They won in straight sets. Remember these names, you will | :14:23. | :14:30. | |
be hearing more from them, that's for sure. And it was good for Geller | :14:31. | :14:38. | |
to win the Boys' Doubles. He lost earlier today | :14:39. | :14:49. | |
in the boys' singles finals Davidovich Fokina of Spain and look, | :14:50. | :14:58. | |
memories of Pat Cash from 30 years ago. Wonderful, so Spain taking a | :14:59. | :15:11. | |
Wimbledon title there. Remember his name, Davidovich Fokina winning the | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
title. And memories of Roger Federer back in 1998. He won his Boys' | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
Singles. So Wimbledon, yes, everyone is leaving and heading home. But the | :15:22. | :15:27. | |
big story of the day is the fact that Roger Federer has won his 8th | :15:28. | :15:31. | |
title here at Wimbledon against Marin Cilic who was struggling with | :15:32. | :15:36. | |
injury and very emotional on court today. But it is record-breaking | :15:37. | :15:39. | |
Roger Federer who stands alone as the only person to lift the trophy | :15:40. | :15:46. | |
eight times. Today Roger Federer put the "eight" into "great." | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
COMMENTATOR: Arguably the greatest champion of all time. | :15:53. | :16:03. | |
COMMENTATOR: Roger Federer takes another step towards history. | :16:04. | :16:50. | |
COMMENTATOR: What a champion here at Wimbledon. The first man to win | :16:51. | :17:06. | |
eight Championships. Eight is the magic N ROMMer is here. | :17:07. | :17:21. | |
Wow, what a journey -- -- eight is the magic number. Roger is here. | :17:22. | :17:28. | |
What a journey? It took a while. I have been here for a long time. | :17:29. | :17:35. | |
Every win is special but the first player to win eight times, it is | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
very special. It is very special. Wimbledon means so much to me and | :17:41. | :17:43. | |
being in its history, engraved like this, I will always be the first to | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
have won eight here, it is wonderful feeling. I played great throughout | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
the Championships. You know, maybe the match wasn't a five-set thriller | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
and all that's things but it just feels, still, so magical to have won | :17:57. | :17:59. | |
Wimbledon again. It's unbelievable. Yes, last time was 2012. It's been a | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
while but that was your motivation, I think, wasn't it? Yes, I came | :18:04. | :18:13. | |
close, too, in '14, depm 15, '16, last year, I wasn't that far off. | :18:14. | :18:17. | |
You always leave Wimbledon after losing to some extent, you can be | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
proud of your efforts but for me, who has won so much here, the goal | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
is always trying to win the tournament and keep coming back and | :18:28. | :18:30. | |
trying and trying again, it's not easy. This year I got rewarded for | :18:31. | :18:35. | |
it and it is great. I'm so happy. You talk about players leaving with | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
disappointment. You must have felt for Marin Cilic today. You were | :18:41. | :18:44. | |
obviously aware, were you when things went wrong? The thing is, I | :18:45. | :18:48. | |
still don't know exactly what he had or has. First I thought he might | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
have been dizzy, he called the doctor, it is usually either a | :18:53. | :18:56. | |
painkiller or feeling dizzy. I figured that is what it was. At 3-0 | :18:57. | :19:04. | |
I think he called the trainer, I was - mm, not sure what is going on. I | :19:05. | :19:10. | |
didn't want to look over, I'm sure he was going to keep playing. I was | :19:11. | :19:18. | |
told he was emotional. He was in tears. I didn't see that. Maybe it | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
was good for me not to see that. Then you think he is going to retire | :19:24. | :19:28. | |
and he won't the. The next you know he is you start playing average. | :19:29. | :19:34. | |
That happened to me with Stan at the Australian Open, I was up 2-0, and | :19:35. | :19:40. | |
then I ended up in a hole in the fifth set. He had problems with his | :19:41. | :19:47. | |
knee and I got distracted. I said - I'll try to focus on my own game and | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
see where we will go. I hope Cilic will be better soon, he should be | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
proud of his game. He played some unbelievable tennis at the | :19:59. | :20:00. | |
Championships. It is the worst feeling in the finals if you are not | :20:01. | :20:06. | |
feeling your best, I hope he can get over it. Was it lovely going around | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
with the trophy. We saw you with the public down there. It is nice | :20:13. | :20:15. | |
sharing it with the people. That's what made it so special to win in | :20:16. | :20:19. | |
Australia. I felt so many people were so happy for me and here to | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
share it, showing the trophy and here coming to the BBC, I got a | :20:25. | :20:29. | |
standing ovation and applause, it is nice it see people generally happy | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
for me, it is great. And the reaction from the public on the | :20:35. | :20:37. | |
balcony but also Centre Court. Yes, absolutely. There you are. There are | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
so many people down there. They come watch my practice sessions, a lot of | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
them. It is that extra bit of time so important to give back to the | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
fans. Without them, honestly, we would be playing in an empty court | :20:53. | :20:58. | |
and it would be terrible, let's be honest and face it, so the thanks I | :20:59. | :21:04. | |
can give the crowd is extra time, with autographs, pictures moments | :21:05. | :21:08. | |
like this and I feel like, you know, the ones who support me, we won this | :21:09. | :21:12. | |
together and the wons who support others, I hope they saw a good | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
match. It is a celebration of tennis, it is not just all about me. | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
This is the bigger picture, about everybody. You try to represent the | :21:23. | :21:25. | |
game in the right way. That is lovely. A lot of people don't but | :21:26. | :21:29. | |
you feel it is important to give back and inspire the next generation | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
as well. Ye, more and more press and more and more time will be asked. We | :21:34. | :21:41. | |
try to lead the way. Rafa and myself, with different languages, we | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
try to do it. V, newspapers, mag zees, radio, we try to do it all. I | :21:46. | :21:52. | |
never forget my home market, even though it is not America or England, | :21:53. | :21:56. | |
just little Switzerland. But I do the three languages over there. I | :21:57. | :21:59. | |
try hard to put it altogether. It is for the right reasons, to give the | :22:00. | :22:05. | |
people a good story. Someone asked why isn't he at the Roll of Honours | :22:06. | :22:11. | |
board. I said because he was do so many interviews in so many different | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
languages. Last year, with the knee injury, and you taking the six | :22:15. | :22:17. | |
months off, which you thoroughly enjoyed, you wented out hiking, we | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
saw the pictures. . Yes with my kids, my girls. The good thing was, | :22:23. | :22:28. | |
I didn't have to have surgery. I was most scared to have the second | :22:29. | :22:32. | |
surgery. That really would have scared me and made me believe it was | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
the final straw now but because I didn't have to have surgery, I could | :22:38. | :22:42. | |
walk, I just couldn't play five-set matches on a regular basis. I | :22:43. | :22:46. | |
couldn't play five days in a row. That was my problem. It was really | :22:47. | :22:50. | |
the last 5% missing but because of it, I had a swollen knee but hiking | :22:51. | :22:55. | |
and doing normal things with my kids, I could do them all. We had a | :22:56. | :23:01. | |
great time and we decided where we wanted to go and what we wanted to | :23:02. | :23:07. | |
do. Then it was important once I finished my rehab I was in a solid | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
place for fitness and tennis. Everything went without a hiccup and | :23:12. | :23:15. | |
I'm in a glad place now. Was there ever a time when you thought - I'm | :23:16. | :23:23. | |
enjoying this so much maybe I won't... It was actually good for me | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
to calibrate to ask myself the question - how much do I like this | :23:29. | :23:34. | |
and how much do I not want to return? I mean, yes, I could have | :23:35. | :23:38. | |
happily and easily just stayed out. But I wanted to see one more time | :23:39. | :23:45. | |
what was around the corner. If I did all of the rehab it was not just for | :23:46. | :23:51. | |
Wimbledon or the Australian Open or coming back on the tour but also for | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
me personally, as a person. I want to be a dad to do stuff with his | :23:57. | :24:04. | |
kids and do sports later on in my life. I see this as important to me, | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
my afterlaugh than success in the near future. I was happy I came back | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
and it paid off thankfully. And you love to have your family around you, | :24:16. | :24:19. | |
that's important. It was lovely to all the family today, your parents, | :24:20. | :24:22. | |
wife and children. A Federer family day. It was unreal to have a moment | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
like this, to be quite honest. I know maybe this moment will never | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
come back for us. I know the boys don't understand what is going on. | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
The girls were there a few years ago when I lost in the finals and also I | :24:38. | :24:44. | |
think when I won in '12. They were still very young. They were. It is | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
nice now they are older, turning eight in July, that they understand | :24:50. | :24:53. | |
what daddy is doing, they understand the difference between practice and | :24:54. | :24:55. | |
a match and they understand the difference between the fist round | :24:56. | :24:59. | |
and finals and I was happy they were there when I won. Was it true in | :25:00. | :25:04. | |
Australia, when you were going all the way through the final that they | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
wanted to go back skiing. Yes, when I reached the quarter-final stage | :25:11. | :25:14. | |
they said - OK, dad we are happy to go home now. I was like - hold on a | :25:15. | :25:22. | |
little bit longer, maybe I can squeeze in a couple of wins and stay | :25:23. | :25:26. | |
longer. At the beginning they were happy to stay because we had a lot | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
of friends and other kids and they were happy to go skiing again. This | :25:32. | :25:35. | |
time around they were happy for me to go winning and this morning, both | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
girls said, "Papa, you have to win." I said "OK I will try my best. It | :25:41. | :25:47. | |
was very cute. It was pressure you don't need. I was like - oh my God, | :25:48. | :25:54. | |
daddy will try hard. And Mirka, she arranges everything, does | :25:55. | :25:56. | |
everything, so much part of the team as well as being your wife. Yeah, it | :25:57. | :26:02. | |
is not like it used to be, where she comes to practise sessions, where we | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
would talk tennis because she was a player, too, she has gone the family | :26:09. | :26:11. | |
side, organising, managing, taking care of the girls and boys, being an | :26:12. | :26:14. | |
unbelievable supporter. Mirka has been amazing for me and my career. | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
We both love that. You said on court, you are coming back here next | :26:20. | :26:24. | |
year, you want to be here again. That's the goal. But with a | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
difficult year we had last year, you don't know what happens next. Health | :26:30. | :26:33. | |
comes first. We will reassess what happened in the last few weeks and | :26:34. | :26:36. | |
hopefully take the right decisions going forwards. Of course the goal | :26:37. | :26:39. | |
is trying to defend the title here next year. We look forward to that. | :26:40. | :26:45. | |
It is lovely. Thank you for coming into our studio. And what a | :26:46. | :26:49. | |
wonderful way to close our programme. Because that is the end | :26:50. | :26:52. | |
of Wimbledon for this year. We end it with the record-breaking Roger | :26:53. | :26:55. | |
Federer. Thank you to all of the hard-working BBC team for bringing | :26:56. | :26:57. | |
wonderful programmes over the fortnight. But for now, from | :26:58. | :26:59. | |
Wimbledon, it is Roger and out. Bye-bye. | :27:00. | :27:09. | |
ANDREW CASTLE: It's like the beginning of a fantastic holiday, | :27:10. | :27:13. | |
isn't it? British tennis history. They've done | :27:14. | :28:08. | |
it. Hewitt and Reid, Wimbledon champions, again. | :28:09. | :28:30. | |
Physically, Andy Murray not right. This is the greatest thrill of his | :28:31. | :28:38. | |
life. Venus Williams. Back in the Wimbledon final after so many years. | :28:39. | :28:44. | |
And for Konta, it ends here. The double champion is beaten here. | :28:45. | :28:49. | |
Jamie and Martina Hingis are mixed doubles champion. Brilliant from | :28:50. | :28:54. | |
Cilic. UMPIRE: Game set and match. One of the best of all time. Take a | :28:55. | :29:06. | |
deep breath, focus and it's time. It's not over until it's over. | :29:07. | :29:14. | |
Muguruza - the first match slipping away from Venus Williams. What a | :29:15. | :29:20. | |
victory for Garbine Muguruza. She is the Wimbledon champion. | :29:21. | :29:29. | |
If you stop and look around and take all of this in, it'll be too late. | :29:30. | :29:39. | |
What a player. The first man to win eight Championships here at | :29:40. | :29:44. | |
Wimbledon. | :29:45. | :29:49. |