Day 2, Part 2

:00:10. > :00:13.Archive: This is a national programme, now we're going to take

:00:14. > :00:16.you over to Wimbledon. COMMENTATOR: That's it. He's done

:00:17. > :00:26.it. Her Majesty will present the trophy to a British winner. Emotions

:00:27. > :00:35.overcome him. Oh, yes! That is perfect. Irresistible, majestic. In

:00:36. > :00:50.a class of her own. Wimbledon champion again. Wimbledon 2017 is

:00:51. > :00:56.under way and day one didn't disappoint.

:00:57. > :01:02.COMMENTATOR: She's done it. It's great to see her back, playing as

:01:03. > :01:06.well as this. It's another of those magical Centre Court stories. Venus

:01:07. > :01:15.Williams, her match on grass this year starts with a win. The smile

:01:16. > :01:20.says it all. Finishing in style, Rafael Nadal, beware the rest. It's

:01:21. > :01:26.an ace to win the match for Johanna Konta. Bedene takes the win.

:01:27. > :01:34.Unbelievable drama. He's done this before. It's a sign of a champion.

:01:35. > :01:35.Now for day two, and our first look at two more greats of the men's

:01:36. > :01:53.game. # It takes two to make a thing go

:01:54. > :01:57.right # It takes two to make it out of

:01:58. > :02:01.sight # It takes two to make a thing go

:02:02. > :02:10.right # It takes two to make it out of

:02:11. > :02:15.sight. Yes the focus is very much on Olena Fedota and Novak Djokovic --

:02:16. > :02:20.Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, both play today. There's plenty to

:02:21. > :02:24.enjoy on the outside courts, teeming with spectators, as ever in the

:02:25. > :02:28.first week here. Can you watch our comprehensive coverage on BBC

:02:29. > :02:31.television, on the red button, BBC Sport website and app. There are so

:02:32. > :02:40.many ways to watch the Championships this year. Hello and welcome to the

:02:41. > :02:43.second day of Wimbledon 2017 and there's so much anticipation

:02:44. > :02:47.surrounding the return of Roger Federer. He is playing in his 19th

:02:48. > :02:53.consecutive Wimbledon and believe it or not, he could set yet another

:02:54. > :02:56.record today by overtaking Jimmy conners with his 85th match win here

:02:57. > :03:00.at the Championships, as he continues to reach new heights.

:03:01. > :03:05.Roger was on the practice court earlier today. A huge crowd watching

:03:06. > :03:08.him. No great surprise at the age of 35, he's playing his best tennis

:03:09. > :03:13.ever. He's bidding for his eighth Wimbledon crown. He's had an amazing

:03:14. > :03:21.year, played 26 matches and he's won 24 of them. Roger Federer was here,

:03:22. > :03:25.but also Novak Djokovic. In contrast, by his standards, it's

:03:26. > :03:31.been a rather poor year. But he did look very impressive winning the

:03:32. > :03:40.title at Eastbourne last week. He's added Ancic to his team along with

:03:41. > :03:44.Andre Agassi. Maybe we will see him back to his best. Roger and Novak

:03:45. > :03:58.are on centre today: That is a feast on Centre Court. On

:03:59. > :04:24.Court No 1: We are going to head straight to

:04:25. > :04:29.Centre Court and see Angelique Kerber, the top seed, against Irina

:04:30. > :04:35.Falconi. She has a break of serve, though facing a break point here.

:04:36. > :04:40.Let's join our commentators, nine time champion, Martina Navratilova

:04:41. > :04:45.alongside Simon Reid. COMMENTATOR: There's a real chance

:04:46. > :04:47.for Falconi there. Kerber started very fast, a double

:04:48. > :05:27.break lead at 3-0. Wonderful rally again. We've had

:05:28. > :05:31.several like that. It was so quick off the mark to move forward. And

:05:32. > :05:36.Kerber has been playing more and more defensive positioning wise.

:05:37. > :05:40.Even that time, she hit that beautiful volley and she's moving

:05:41. > :05:42.backwards. She allows Falconi to get to this shot and having to hit an

:05:43. > :06:01.amazing shot to win the point. A huge relief from Kerber there.

:06:02. > :06:16.That was very nearly 4-4. Kerber has had a difficult time

:06:17. > :06:21.since she became world number one, a lot of uncertainty, a poor clay

:06:22. > :06:26.court season. Generally, very disappointing. She's admitted she's

:06:27. > :06:31.found being number one in the world a burden.

:06:32. > :06:46.How many people would love to have that problem.

:06:47. > :06:51.Falconi ranked 247 in the world. Playing like the player who last

:06:52. > :07:02.year had a career high of 63. Injuries plagued her. She missed

:07:03. > :07:44.almost all of the last half of last season.

:07:45. > :07:52.Falconi is so quick, she's forcing Kerber to make errors like that. She

:07:53. > :07:57.uses the slice. That ball was higher. Kerber is just not - and she

:07:58. > :07:58.hits a flat ball Kerber, when she's inside the court she doesn't want to

:07:59. > :08:20.be there. The net comes too soon. The insecurities that have plagued

:08:21. > :08:51.her through the year starting to re-emerge.

:08:52. > :09:25.She got to that forehand too fast, overran. It

:09:26. > :09:44.STUDIO: We'll see Kerber coming out to serve for the opening set in a

:09:45. > :09:49.moment. We'll show you what's happening elsewhere. On Court No 1,

:09:50. > :09:59.Milos Raonic, the finalist last year, losing to Andy Murray, he is

:10:00. > :10:06.6-5 up. Big serving there. That's over on BBC Two.

:10:07. > :10:12.A fascinating match on court number two. Sean Cochlan against this man,

:10:13. > :10:16.Juan Martin Del Potro. It's a third-set tie-break. It is one set

:10:17. > :10:20.all. Del Potro with an early break of serve in this tie-break.

:10:21. > :10:28.Fascinating match on court two. That is our featured match on the red

:10:29. > :10:34.button. If you want to watch it. One result - Oh, he's recovered, I

:10:35. > :10:42.think. Well, one result to bring you from court number three, a win for

:10:43. > :10:46.Kyle Edmund, the more experienced player defeating Alex Ward in four

:10:47. > :10:48.sets. Delight for Kyle Edmund, his first ever victory here at

:10:49. > :10:53.Wimbledon. Well done to him winning in four sets.

:10:54. > :10:58.He could be facing Gael Monfils if he comes through his opening round.

:10:59. > :11:04.That's what's happening elsewhere. Back we go to see if the number one

:11:05. > :11:08.seed can serve out this opening set. COMMENTATOR: Kerber serving for the

:11:09. > :11:47.set after 45 minutes. No, she's just missed that one. I

:11:48. > :11:51.don't think Kerber - oh, she's challenging the call. Every first

:11:52. > :11:56.volley has been a drop volley, crosscourt. She's been on top of

:11:57. > :12:02.this ball. You know what, she's right. Just touched the line. Wow.

:12:03. > :12:03.Who knew. I could have sworn that ball was

:12:04. > :12:38.out. Me too. Try and bit of pressure on if she

:12:39. > :13:08.can in this important game for Kerber.

:13:09. > :14:00.As good a shot as she's played in the opening set. Things have gone

:14:01. > :14:12.this way and that. But she takes it 6-4 in 48 minutes.

:14:13. > :14:17.You were mentioning earlier you find it difficult, your brain finds it

:14:18. > :14:22.difficult to get round the fact that all this pressure she has on being

:14:23. > :14:25.number one in the world, I remember Billie Jean saying pressure is a

:14:26. > :14:28.privilege, when you're in a bad trot and you feel like she's doing, it's

:14:29. > :14:34.difficult to get out of it, I suppose. It is. It shows you how

:14:35. > :14:40.much the game is played between the ears. It's something that you should

:14:41. > :14:44.be able to control. I'm sure she's getting a lot of help from other

:14:45. > :14:46.people and from herself trying to figure out why she's been struggling

:14:47. > :14:55.as much as she has been. The book on Kerber was that she was

:14:56. > :14:59.always a great defender but played too passively. The last

:15:00. > :15:06.year-and-a-half she's been more aggressive, coming forward, looking

:15:07. > :15:09.for shots, hitting them down-the-line, forehands and

:15:10. > :15:14.backhands. When she lost her confidence she pulled back again.

:15:15. > :15:21.These days the players are too good. Once you become that good, people

:15:22. > :15:25.know how to play you. You become a scalp for everybody. They play

:15:26. > :15:28.harder when they play you. You know they're playing better than they

:15:29. > :15:36.normally play. That gets frustrating as well. Again, it's a nice problem.

:15:37. > :15:43.It's where you want to be. You need tomorrow brace it. -- to embrace it.

:15:44. > :15:46.And actually be honoured by the fact everybody is playing harder against

:15:47. > :15:48.you. That maybe is the difference between very good players and great

:15:49. > :16:22.players. Pin point accurate. Lovely

:16:23. > :16:41.imagination. Falconi has 12 winners and I think three are lobs.

:16:42. > :16:47.Not quite. You need to dive for that one. She would

:16:48. > :16:53.She would have made it. Bring on Boris. Yeah, where is Boris when you

:16:54. > :17:44.need him? I didn't know what to expect with

:17:45. > :18:15.Falconi. Suddenly a little delicate shot there.

:18:16. > :18:25.Again formidable speed to get across there and great execution. She's

:18:26. > :18:29.still very much in this match. Angelique Kerber should relax after

:18:30. > :18:34.winning the first set. It was a well played set by both players. Again,

:18:35. > :18:37.for my taste, playing a little bit too passively. She has more unforced

:18:38. > :18:44.errors than winners. That doesn't bode well. Now Falconi even though

:18:45. > :18:48.she lost the set, she played good tennis. There's no pressure on her,

:18:49. > :18:53.of course. Now she's got the bearings of Centre Court, it's a

:18:54. > :18:59.different side lines here. So now she's feeling comfortable on this

:19:00. > :19:00.court. She's playing well. Kerber needs to be just a little more

:19:01. > :19:23.aggressive. Falconi has never won a match at

:19:24. > :19:39.Wimbledon. Having qualifying that helps. The

:19:40. > :19:41.main draw, 0 for 4 right? Very nearly won a match last year, 10-8

:19:42. > :19:52.in the third. It's easier to establish a negative

:19:53. > :20:12.pattern than a positive one. If you've lost all your matches,

:20:13. > :20:22.it's a pattern that is harder to break. Irina pulled away from that

:20:23. > :20:32.forehand, didn't move forward on it. Unforced errors are piling up a bit.

:20:33. > :20:37.Everybody thinks of you as the most positive of people, did you have a

:20:38. > :20:40.tournament when you were on a bad trot and suddenly there was a

:20:41. > :20:43.negative pattern, can you remember anything like that? Of course. You

:20:44. > :20:48.start doubting yourself quickly. Then have you to talk yourself out

:20:49. > :20:50.of it and look at the positive - why did I miss that shot? OK, I can fix

:20:51. > :21:37.it. Next time you think about that. Angelique Kerber gets so low on the

:21:38. > :21:40.backhand that she dug her knee into the ground. The umpire warned the

:21:41. > :22:10.players not to abuse the court. Oh, she was there. The easiest shot

:22:11. > :22:20.of the rally. Good sneak by Falconi. She did everything right. That

:22:21. > :22:22.volley, she just... Really, really too much wrist. She dealt with the

:22:23. > :22:35.power so well. The wrist needs to be rock solid on

:22:36. > :23:12.the high volleys. There's a guy who would have a word

:23:13. > :23:29.or two to say. Jeff Boycott looking keenly on.

:23:30. > :23:39.Moving in on that shot. Exactly, so much better on that. You can't be

:23:40. > :23:40.aggressive with your game if you're six feet behind the baseline. She

:23:41. > :24:19.stepped in and much better. Former England rugby star Matt

:24:20. > :24:35.Dawson. He's never short of a word either.

:24:36. > :24:43.Now things could be changing round. Kerber with the chance of a first

:24:44. > :24:47.break in this set. It was not a bad idea from Falconi. She was inside

:24:48. > :24:48.the baseline. She quit as she was hitting it. Moving back for the next

:24:49. > :25:06.shot. She has hoped. Very disappointed

:25:07. > :25:11.that it was called out. Kerber looking at her box to see if she

:25:12. > :25:40.wants to challenge. No, no, not even close. Don't bother.

:25:41. > :25:47.Falconi really mixing up the tempo. Really mixing up the pace and the

:25:48. > :25:52.spin. Getting Kerber out of her rhythm. You see the amount of

:25:53. > :26:43.unforced errors. Well played. What a difficult final

:26:44. > :26:50.shot that was. High quality from Falconi on the forehand. So much to

:26:51. > :26:55.commend her this afternoon. Remember, ranked 247. It's been a

:26:56. > :26:59.horrible last 12 months for her. The last six not much success. The six

:27:00. > :27:07.before that, the end of last year, she couldn't play because of a toe

:27:08. > :27:12.problem. Now she's producing this. Tennis players have to have short

:27:13. > :27:18.memory. You miss a shot, you just have to try to figure out why and

:27:19. > :27:22.then forget about it. So it goes with injuries or any setbacks, some

:27:23. > :27:27.short term, some long-term, you just keep coming back. Do you all the

:27:28. > :27:35.right things and hope that it pays off. Training, good help from the

:27:36. > :27:44.coach etc. And just keep plugging away. Irina is that person. She

:27:45. > :27:49.doesn't quit. She does the best with what she has. Playing great tennis

:27:50. > :28:01.here today, on the biggest court of them all in our sport. On the

:28:02. > :28:03.biggest, size-wise, biggest for history, atmosphere. Everybody

:28:04. > :28:24.remembers the first time on Centre Court.

:28:25. > :28:34.How did you feel the first time you were on Centre Court? We were put on

:28:35. > :28:38.as an extra match. 1974. We were supposed to play on Court 3. They

:28:39. > :28:51.switched us to centre because the matches were finished already.

:28:52. > :29:01.Lovely. Beautiful stuff. Kerber's got to know that's coming. We were

:29:02. > :29:09.just excited to be here. Not that many people, late in the day.

:29:10. > :29:17.Wednesday we were put on court one, not on centre, rained all day. We

:29:18. > :29:20.never got to play. Thursday, we got put on court two, rains all day.

:29:21. > :29:22.Never got to play. Finally three, Court 3, the original court, I lost

:29:23. > :29:32.in 15 minutes. She's being forced now to raise her

:29:33. > :30:45.game. That's beautiful. Good lace from

:30:46. > :30:51.Falconi. That was a nice deep shot. Beautifully handled from Kerber.

:30:52. > :31:36.Falling away from the ball, still able to control it.

:31:37. > :31:45.You at one point Falconi was plus six on the unforced errors and now

:31:46. > :31:48.she is -2-macro. Hard to keep up the level of play against someone like

:31:49. > :32:23.the concentration it takes. I guess because Kerber is now

:32:24. > :32:29.playing better, she feels she haps to play more risky shots.

:32:30. > :32:33.Absolutely, going too far out of her comfort zone. You can only do that

:32:34. > :32:40.so far before it catches up with you.

:32:41. > :32:57.Oh. What a shot! No wonder she waves her racket above.

:32:58. > :33:03.You would have thought that was a winner, and then map. A good guess.

:33:04. > :33:47.She stabbed at it. Falconi's 17th winner. About half of

:33:48. > :33:55.her winners, this is on the forehand ground straight, but most are either

:33:56. > :33:57.off drop volleys, drop shots or lobs. This is the orthodox widow you

:33:58. > :34:18.see. -- orthodox winner you see. Kerber did well to keep her

:34:19. > :34:25.concentration. It paid off. Falconi is still there. I've got to go back

:34:26. > :34:44.to the same spot. Serve and volley attempt from

:34:45. > :34:50.Falconi. I have not seen that. Long time since I have seen a woman doing

:34:51. > :34:54.that. Mind you, the guys do not do it that often, either.

:34:55. > :35:41.No. Thought she was there. It died a little bit quicker.

:35:42. > :35:51.That return was so bad, it was actually good. Falconi tried to get

:35:52. > :35:57.up to it. Overplayed it. A pressure shot at deuce. UCB opening and your

:35:58. > :36:25.eyes get big. -- you see the opening.

:36:26. > :36:35.Interesting, another shot she almost quit on. Kerber gets the break and

:36:36. > :36:40.now looking good at 3-2. SUE BARKER: Next on Centre Court is

:36:41. > :37:06.a three-time winner of the men's singles, it's Novak Djokovic.

:37:07. > :37:14.Novak would dearly love to kiss and sniff that trophy again. This man

:37:15. > :37:19.knows what it feels like, Andre Agassi winning it back. Enjoying his

:37:20. > :37:24.time at Wimbledon. Taking snaps probably to take home to Steffi

:37:25. > :37:28.Graf. Mario Ancic joining him. That is the team Novak Djokovic has put

:37:29. > :37:36.in place and they will make their way to Centre Court very soon to be

:37:37. > :37:37.in the players' box for his match. A result to bring you. A marathon

:37:38. > :38:03.match. Another seed out. Seven match points in the second

:38:04. > :38:14.set, Pavlyuchenkova. Back to Centre Court. Kerber a break up in the

:38:15. > :38:20.second set. Nicely done by Irina Falconi. Her to qualify. The hard

:38:21. > :38:35.work is paying off for her. -- she had to qualify.

:38:36. > :39:02.working with Black. I am playing with her in the second week. The

:39:03. > :39:07.forehand she missed, before, she decelerated. She has corrected it.

:39:08. > :39:33.The solution. Hit the ball harder. She won the point.

:39:34. > :39:45.Well done. She was there. Beautiful. Stepping into the court. Did not

:39:46. > :39:48.wait on the baseline. Falconi has been hitting drop shots of these.

:39:49. > :40:14.Kerber inside the baseline. She just could not get to it. That

:40:15. > :40:21.was a shank return. Falconi did a perfect drop shot. You have to

:40:22. > :40:22.totally put it behind you, and forget about it. A couple of

:40:23. > :40:37.apologies. Well played. Kerber advancing, but

:40:38. > :40:45.Falconi with the answer then. Kerber did well, and after she hits it, she

:40:46. > :40:47.moves to the right. Leaves the line open. The line is the more natural,

:40:48. > :41:14.easy shot. Oh, has she got the luck. Kerber has

:41:15. > :41:19.to take that on the chin. Two bad points and then Falconi got lucky on

:41:20. > :41:31.two points. And just like that, back on serve. Falconi with new balls. A

:41:32. > :41:36.new-found pep in her step. Nothing you can do there. It could so easily

:41:37. > :41:45.have gone the other way. Over it goes.

:41:46. > :41:57.She made a good effort and looking sorry. I think she meant it, but, at

:41:58. > :42:04.the same time, she was happy she won the game.

:42:05. > :42:15.Looking more aggressive. She has been the creator for the most part

:42:16. > :42:23.in this match, definitely getting more adventurous with her shotmaking

:42:24. > :42:31.and mixing it up, throwing in the slice forehand. 21 winners against

:42:32. > :42:38.13 for Kerber. That is not good for me, numbers wise. A player like

:42:39. > :42:49.Kerber, number one in the world, has a chance to win the tournament, to

:42:50. > :42:52.be out hit by Falconi, who is playing well, but statistically you

:42:53. > :43:05.cannot be losing on that number of winners at this level.

:43:06. > :43:12.There might come a point where she tires mentally as well as

:43:13. > :43:14.physically. She is not used to playing a lot. Centre Court, against

:43:15. > :43:41.number one in the world. She hits it well. This was tricky.

:43:42. > :43:51.That was top-spin. To hit a drop shot while fully running forward.

:43:52. > :43:59.Inside out, side slice, everything. A fist bump back to her box. Things

:44:00. > :44:14.looking good again for Falconi. Now the momentum has changed.

:44:15. > :44:18.Surely, Kerber, after losing those games, she will have to forget about

:44:19. > :44:24.it and get into a more positive state of mind. Did you feel that was

:44:25. > :44:32.significant when you played? Were you comfortable the far end? I did

:44:33. > :44:37.not have to about the sun, being a lefty. But the wind aided from the

:44:38. > :44:41.south end much better. You have to be aware of that. And take advantage

:44:42. > :45:03.of it if you can. Falconi is not awed by the occasion.

:45:04. > :45:11.That first forehand set the tone. Falconi got lucky with the return of

:45:12. > :45:20.serve. Sol Campbell, a legend of soccer, watching. Football! What are

:45:21. > :45:22.you doing, calling it soccer? I was doing it for you, but I am happy to

:45:23. > :45:39.be corrected. The tone of the game was set by the

:45:40. > :45:45.first shot Kerber hit and she never regained it. She needs to find it

:45:46. > :46:38.within herself not to lose, she has got to play to win.

:46:39. > :46:54.That levels things up quickly. That was a good, quick game from Kerber,

:46:55. > :47:06.when she needed it most. She would dearly love to break this serve, so

:47:07. > :47:07.she could win the match and get off this court. Falconi is playing

:47:08. > :47:22.inspired tennis. Too far back, trying to come into

:47:23. > :47:51.the net. It was the right shot, but was too far back in the court.

:47:52. > :47:59.Falconi continuing to make Kerber work. Nothing is easy. The players

:48:00. > :48:04.get into the side slice on the backhand because the racket allows

:48:05. > :48:08.you, you can get under the ball and around it, but at that time it

:48:09. > :48:18.should have been a normal hard slice.

:48:19. > :48:26.The side slice kind of encourages collapse, on impact, which is a good

:48:27. > :48:30.idea sometimes, but sometimes you need the harder wrist and to hit

:48:31. > :48:51.through the ball. She knew that was not worth going

:48:52. > :49:25.for, to challenge. Just a slight deceleration for

:49:26. > :49:33.Kerber on the backhand. She got under it, oh, I was supposed to hit

:49:34. > :49:48.it, OK, I will, but not too hard... And missed it.

:49:49. > :49:59.Kerber has the chance now to finish this off. You doubted whether

:50:00. > :50:06.Falconi could keep up mentally. I do not think she is tired physically,

:50:07. > :50:14.but mentally it can be hard to keep up. Is anything you have seen in the

:50:15. > :50:23.last hour and 20 minutes, has anything changed in your feeling for

:50:24. > :50:29.Kerber and Wimbledon? She has it in her. We saw parts of it. She just

:50:30. > :50:34.needs to put it together for the whole match. Against top players you

:50:35. > :50:41.have to play to win. That is what wins Grand Slams. You have to go for

:50:42. > :50:49.your shots, get out of the comfort zone, not go for too much, but go

:50:50. > :50:54.for a little bit more, do not play defensively. Kerber started great,

:50:55. > :50:58.and then she pulled back. If we did the Hawk-Eye of where she is on the

:50:59. > :51:34.court, winning points and losing points, the difference is huge.

:51:35. > :51:43.Kerber hit the drop shot and then jumped as if to help the ball go

:51:44. > :51:49.over. Then she was out of position because she was still helping the

:51:50. > :51:51.ball! Falconi showing her speed again. It was a great drop shot and

:51:52. > :51:59.Falconi still got to it. Kerber keeping it safe and rewarded

:52:00. > :53:10.with three match points. Well, it was not totally convincing,

:53:11. > :53:11.but you can see, very relieved to get it done. She is through to the

:53:12. > :53:36.second round. First job done. Well played, Irina Falconi. One hour

:53:37. > :53:40.and 27 minutes she was out there and time she was a threat, but just not

:53:41. > :53:52.able to see it through to its conclusion. Still, she has yet to

:53:53. > :53:57.win a match at Wimbledon. Kerber, runner-up last year, and the

:53:58. > :54:00.performance was not anywhere near some of the performances,

:54:01. > :54:08.particularly in the final last year against Serena but she is starting

:54:09. > :54:14.to win again. Semifinalist at Eastbourne and now into the second

:54:15. > :54:21.round here. We wish Falconi well. It has been a good few days, beating

:54:22. > :54:36.qualifiers, and testing the world number one.

:54:37. > :54:41.Kerber knew if she lost today she would lose the number one spot. It

:54:42. > :54:51.is probable she will lose that, anyway. By the end of this

:54:52. > :54:58.tournament. Pliskova, Simona Halep and others are poised to take that

:54:59. > :55:04.from her. But, first things first. She would love to get a run going

:55:05. > :55:13.here. As Martina was saying, she needs to step up a little more and

:55:14. > :55:18.believe in some of her shotmaking. An amazing athlete. Movement and

:55:19. > :55:25.strength. We saw a lot of movement and occasional strength, but there

:55:26. > :55:31.needs to be a little bit more of that. The important thing for her,

:55:32. > :55:38.is that she got it done. She is now backstage with Phil

:55:39. > :55:47.Jones. Well done, through the first round.

:55:48. > :55:51.The last time you were here it was the final and you played a great

:55:52. > :55:55.final against Serena Williams, were you trying to tap into those

:55:56. > :56:01.memories today? When I walk on Centre Court, the memories from last

:56:02. > :56:06.year came back. It was amazing what I played last year, but I was

:56:07. > :56:11.focusing today on a new match, the first round is tough but I am happy

:56:12. > :56:16.to be back playing on this amazing Centre Court. Two Grand Slams last

:56:17. > :56:22.year, the final here, how far off do you feel you are reaching the levels

:56:23. > :56:25.of last year? It is a completely different year, but with new

:56:26. > :56:33.experience and I am looking forward to playing my next matches, and yes,

:56:34. > :56:37.the days I am here. I am happy I am through the first round and I am

:56:38. > :56:44.looking at round by round and trying to play my best tennis. You got a

:56:45. > :56:49.decent match today. An American qualifier on Independence Day, she

:56:50. > :56:55.had nothing to lose. She pushed you hard. She had nothing to lose. She

:56:56. > :57:01.came from qualifying and was enjoying the match on Centre Court.

:57:02. > :57:05.I think she played good, it was a good match from both of us and it is

:57:06. > :57:12.always good to have a tough match in the first round. Congratulations.

:57:13. > :57:15.And they be many more memory is on Centre Court.

:57:16. > :57:20.SUE BARKER: A smile from Angelique Kerber. And after the disappointing

:57:21. > :57:25.French Open where she went out in the opening round. Not a good year,

:57:26. > :57:29.injuries and shock defeats. But she said it is the memory of coming back

:57:30. > :57:35.on Centre Court, really good memories, and she is through to the

:57:36. > :57:39.next round. Well done to the top seed, Angelique Kerber is through in

:57:40. > :57:44.straight sets today. I am delighted to say Martina is with me. Talking

:57:45. > :57:50.about memories of Centre Court, you had to lift up the net and touch

:57:51. > :57:54.Centre Court. And I got caught in the netting. But you have to touch

:57:55. > :58:00.the magic grass. You were impressed with her talking about the memory.

:58:01. > :58:06.No tournament makes you feel more like a defending champion than

:58:07. > :58:12.Wimbledon. You can watch video, get the feel for when you were doing

:58:13. > :58:17.well. It can jump-start that feeling and she came out playing like she

:58:18. > :58:21.did last year in the final. It was nice to see it. She needs to get

:58:22. > :58:27.into that mindset more if she wants to go far again. Yesterday I was not

:58:28. > :58:30.thinking about her as a contender because there are other players who

:58:31. > :58:36.have improved, but you cannot write her off. She would not have been one

:58:37. > :58:42.of the top ten players to win here before she played but I said during

:58:43. > :58:47.the match, the bookies might change their mind, definitely a better

:58:48. > :58:51.performance than what we have seen so far. Falconi played good tennis

:58:52. > :58:56.and forced her to play well. She needs to get more aggressive but a

:58:57. > :59:04.step in the right direction. Will there be a champion from the Czech

:59:05. > :59:08.republic? Kvitova, and Pliskova, I give Pliskova the edge because she

:59:09. > :59:15.has played more matches than Kvitova. Obviously we know why she

:59:16. > :59:21.has not played, but for Petra, there is no pressure. The worst that has

:59:22. > :59:26.ever happened to her is behind her. Pressure at break point? Piece of

:59:27. > :59:31.cake, she can hold the racket again. Now she is healthy and that is the

:59:32. > :59:35.biggest question mark, will her body hold up if she plays that many

:59:36. > :59:41.matches? So I give the edge to Pliskova. There is a chance there

:59:42. > :59:48.will be someone from the Czech Republic in the final. It is

:59:49. > :59:55.something about the big serve. Those from the Czech Republic have it and

:59:56. > :59:59.that has been a key for Pliskova and Kvitova, particularly the lefty

:00:00. > :00:08.serve for Kvitova. It pays off on the grass. Petra has got lower and

:00:09. > :00:12.her centre of gravity has paid off. Two-time champion. Pliskova is

:00:13. > :00:16.getting more aggressive and staying low during the shots and the serve

:00:17. > :00:22.plays a big part in both of their games and we will see who hoists the

:00:23. > :00:26.trophy. It will be an exciting ladies championship. You are in

:00:27. > :00:32.demand, thanks for joining us. We have Novak Djokovic coming up. Let's

:00:33. > :00:38.find out what has been happening outside. David Ferrer came through

:00:39. > :00:44.in his match against Richard Gasquet. The first time he has not

:00:45. > :00:48.been seeded at a Grand Slam since 2005. He was ranked as high as

:00:49. > :00:54.number three in the world and has twice been a quarterfinalist here.

:00:55. > :00:56.He put out Richard Gasquet, the 22nd seed, who was struggling with

:00:57. > :01:06.blisters at the end of the third set. To experience players.

:01:07. > :01:21.Coco Vandeweghe is through. She defeat Barthel. She put out Johanna

:01:22. > :01:26.Konta at the Edgbaston tournament. Being coached by Pat Cash. There he

:01:27. > :01:37.is. A big hitter and always a danger on a grass court. Over on Court No

:01:38. > :01:39.1, this match is over on BBC Two, Milos Raonic 2-0 up and a break of

:01:40. > :01:53.serve as well. That is Centre Court. Centre Court

:01:54. > :01:57.awaits Novak Djokovic. It hasn't been the best year for him. He comes

:01:58. > :02:02.in with a victory at Eastbourne. Let's hear how he's preparing for

:02:03. > :02:20.the championships. He Congratulations. Thank you.

:02:21. > :02:27.Novak how do you do it? I take the racquet and do it.

:02:28. > :02:35.I'm guessing your trip to Eastbourne was well worth it. It was. Obviously

:02:36. > :02:39.from this perspective, as winner of the tournament, seems like a good

:02:40. > :02:43.decision. I felt like as the tournament was progressing I was

:02:44. > :02:47.raising the level and the quality of tennis, which is something that I

:02:48. > :02:51.was hoping for. I was looking forward to. Right now I couldn't ask

:02:52. > :02:55.for better preparation for Wimbledon. I made the decision to go

:02:56. > :03:01.to Eastbourne because I felt like I needed to have official tournament

:03:02. > :03:05.and official matches on grass, which requires time for adaptation,

:03:06. > :03:09.adjustment of the movement and you know, it's completely different game

:03:10. > :03:13.plan. I really enjoyed myself there. I think I'm coming into Wimbledon

:03:14. > :03:28.more confident and really excited for what's coming up. Your coaching

:03:29. > :03:34.team for the next two weeks, Andre Agassi and Mario Ancic. I don't see

:03:35. > :03:37.it that way. But we have friendly relationship for many years. We

:03:38. > :03:40.played against each other a few times in Wimbledon here in 2006. I

:03:41. > :03:45.am happy to see him not in a jacket and suit and tie on Wall Street. I'm

:03:46. > :03:52.happy to see him in tennis attire. We'll spend quality time hopefully

:03:53. > :03:59.here with Andre, him and myself and then we'll take it from there. If

:04:00. > :04:05.you win here in two weeks, a four-time Wimbledon champion, that

:04:06. > :04:09.will be the same enough as Rod Lever. Do you use that as a

:04:10. > :04:16.motivating factor? Of course, it's an incentive. Absolutely. As much as

:04:17. > :04:24.I have achieved in my life, in my career, I still want to do more. I

:04:25. > :04:27.think that hunger for more it brings good energy, brings motivation to,

:04:28. > :04:37.day in and day out, put a lot of effort into trying to be the best I

:04:38. > :04:42.can be. He certainly comes in here with renewed confidence after going

:04:43. > :04:44.down to the south coast and playing at Eastbourne, beating Gael Monfils

:04:45. > :04:48.in the final, just getting match wins under his belt. That's

:04:49. > :04:53.important as you're trying to regain your confidence. It hasn't been a

:04:54. > :04:58.great year for Novak Djokovic, but a big ovation for the three-time

:04:59. > :05:03.champion as he walks onto Centre Court as he faces Martin Klizan, 47

:05:04. > :05:10.in the world. Novak Djokovic on Centre Court.

:05:11. > :05:15.I'm delighted to say that joining me here courtside on Centre Court to

:05:16. > :05:18.watch this John McEnroe. It hasn't been the greatest year, winning

:05:19. > :05:24.matches, that helps doesn't it? Wherever they are. It can't hurt. I

:05:25. > :05:36.mean if you think that he was after the French last year standing his

:05:37. > :05:39.last guy since Rod Lever, it's almost unbelievable. As we saw with

:05:40. > :05:42.Andy at the end of the year, when he reached number one, there's going to

:05:43. > :05:46.be a let down. It's almost surprising to think we didn't think

:05:47. > :05:50.with Novak there wouldn't be, particularly when he started talking

:05:51. > :05:54.about he had some off court issues with the family and that's going to

:05:55. > :05:58.throw you. You can see in this game a one on one game, you've got no-one

:05:59. > :06:01.to fill in for you for a little bit, you're out there by yourself, if

:06:02. > :06:06.you're distracted, you're not the same player. The person that comes

:06:07. > :06:11.to mind immediately with Novak is not a tennis player, it's a golfer,

:06:12. > :06:16.Tiger Woods. When he had the issues with his wife and he seemed to go

:06:17. > :06:20.completely off the rails. He's never been even close to being the same

:06:21. > :06:23.player. Wear starting to say, wait a minute, is this possible with him?

:06:24. > :06:27.There's a big difference, one is the age, but two, the health. This isn't

:06:28. > :06:32.a physical thing. This is more a mental thing. Playing Eastbourne,

:06:33. > :06:36.where it's been known to be pretty darn windy and difficult conditions,

:06:37. > :06:39.could have been tricky for him. You say yes he got a few wins under his

:06:40. > :06:43.belt. That's good. That's a little desperate to me for him to feel like

:06:44. > :06:47.he had to go down there and win some matches. That would lead me to

:06:48. > :06:51.believe that the guy is going up against him would think that look

:06:52. > :06:55.there is a chink in the armour. He's not sure of himself. You saw that in

:06:56. > :07:00.some instances. When is the last time you saw him throw away a set

:07:01. > :07:03.like he did at the quarters in the French. There's some issues. I'm

:07:04. > :07:10.excited by the fact that he's got Andre here. Just a shot in the arm

:07:11. > :07:15.for the sport. I mean, just as an American on the 4th of July. Happy

:07:16. > :07:21.4th of July. To see Andre here is awesome. Mario Ancic is someone I

:07:22. > :07:24.see somewhat frequently in New York. He moved there. We practice

:07:25. > :07:30.sometimes. He's a good young man. He's guys go way back. I think that

:07:31. > :07:34.should spark him. If he gets going, his draw is pretty tricky, early in

:07:35. > :07:38.the tournament, but to me, this court is not playing, for example,

:07:39. > :07:42.as fast as Australia, so the further this goes, I believe the more

:07:43. > :07:45.dangerous he'll be. He's become very philosophical. In some ways he's

:07:46. > :07:50.saying tennis isn't the most important thing. Does that worry you

:07:51. > :07:57.as a great champion? Well, we live and breathe it pretty much 24 shall

:07:58. > :08:02.is. You -- 24/7. He says you want how you feel to depend on how your

:08:03. > :08:06.results are, easier said than done. There's not a tennis player out

:08:07. > :08:10.there that doesn't get the connect and want to not feel like how I am

:08:11. > :08:13.as a person or how far I'm going to stick my chest out is based on how

:08:14. > :08:18.well I'm playing. But it's pretty hard not to feel that way. It's

:08:19. > :08:24.pretty hard not to feel a little bit down when things aren't going your

:08:25. > :08:29.way. I think the idea of look, you've got to separate it. I get. It

:08:30. > :08:32.it makes sense. Perspective. That's an important thing. When you're in

:08:33. > :08:37.this rat race and people are coming after you and you're trying to climb

:08:38. > :08:40.the mountain again. Not quite sure if kisses and hugs and all this

:08:41. > :08:44.stuff that he's been talking about is the best thing. I don't know.

:08:45. > :08:51.Maybe it'll work. Maybe. We will see. Andre Agassi has been brought

:08:52. > :08:55.in because his year has been good. It's been such a rocky road through

:08:56. > :08:58.2017, maybe that's why he wants Andre to give him that - he went

:08:59. > :09:01.through the same thing. He dipped his form and he went back to the

:09:02. > :09:07.challengers and fought his way back to the top. I think you hit the nail

:09:08. > :09:11.on the head. That's why he's not only obviously Andre is tremendously

:09:12. > :09:15.intelligent, but he's also - and he's been there and done that, won

:09:16. > :09:18.them all - but what you mention, that he sort of dropped completely

:09:19. > :09:25.off the map, was not even ranked in the top 100 and did it the hard way.

:09:26. > :09:30.He was changing it by himself in Vegas. He made it all the way back.

:09:31. > :09:33.Probably became a better player the last three, four years in his career

:09:34. > :09:37.than he did br. That's very tough to do when you're that good to begin

:09:38. > :09:42.with. There's no question that makes sense why he would try to bring

:09:43. > :09:46.Andre on, see how much he can do it, how committed will he be?

:09:47. > :09:52.Left-hander today. Pretty good serve? Klizan is a big hitter and a

:09:53. > :09:55.game player. He's been a top-30 player. He's dangerous. I don't

:09:56. > :10:02.think he's got a lot of confidence on grass. He hasn't figured out how

:10:03. > :10:07.to use his game to his advantage. I don't recall the last time he won a

:10:08. > :10:11.match at Wimbledon. On paper, it looks fairly tough. In reality, it

:10:12. > :10:14.won't be as difficult. It's a six-match losing streak on grass at

:10:15. > :10:18.the moment. There you go. That will give you confidence, if you're his

:10:19. > :10:22.opponent! Here's something to talk about. On court number two a few

:10:23. > :10:28.moments ago, Juan Martin Del Potro has just won his match against

:10:29. > :10:32.Kokkinakis. What a battle this was. It took him his seventh match point.

:10:33. > :10:36.This has been a terrific match. It's lovely to see Kokkinakis back after

:10:37. > :10:40.all the injuries that he's faced. Absolute delight. This man's a

:10:41. > :10:44.danger. Of course, he is. He's a former US Open champion. He's been

:10:45. > :10:48.top five in the world on two different occasions. Both these poor

:10:49. > :10:51.guys have had way too many injuries. You're sitting there going, hey,

:10:52. > :10:57.they fell a few times during this match. I caught one in the back

:10:58. > :11:02.there. But it's OK. I guess I said something not proper. Where was I?

:11:03. > :11:08.But Del Potro is in this section of the draw, where - I think - He will

:11:09. > :11:12.play Novak in the third round presumably. Novak is on target at

:11:13. > :11:16.the moment. He's hit you twice and there a third time. He's laughing at

:11:17. > :11:21.the other end as well. Bit of target practice. A bit of fun. This is the

:11:22. > :11:24.sort of match he's got to try and get rid of everything that's

:11:25. > :11:28.happened in the year and take it as they say, the famous thing, one

:11:29. > :11:31.match at a time. Can we keep a little perspective. This is one of

:11:32. > :11:35.the greatest players that's ever lived and he has gone through a lot

:11:36. > :11:38.of turmoil off the court, but I believe that he's going to have

:11:39. > :11:42.another couple great years and he's going to win more. I don't know if

:11:43. > :11:46.we'll be here, but you haven't seen by any means the end of him.

:11:47. > :11:49.Absolutely. I hope so as well. Thank you very much. You've got some work

:11:50. > :11:53.to do. You are heading off to the commentary box. We're all ready for

:11:54. > :12:02.this match on Centre Court, sit back and enjoy it. John's on his way to

:12:03. > :12:05.join Nick Mullins. COMMENTATOR: I wonder which Novak

:12:06. > :12:09.we're going to see today? This is our first look at the number two

:12:10. > :12:13.seed this fortnight. If the seedings committee have it right, he'll be

:12:14. > :12:16.back on this court a week on Sunday playing Andy Murray, watched by

:12:17. > :12:23.somebody who knows all about this court. Here he is, back on centre,

:12:24. > :12:32.in an unfamiliar position, the coach's seat. Three times the

:12:33. > :12:42.champion, Novak Djokovic. 2011 against Nadal, 2014 against Federer,

:12:43. > :12:48.2015 against Federer. Maybe 2017. Here's his first hurdle. He's a

:12:49. > :12:53.sizeable hurdle, a Slovak hurdle, 27-year-old left-hander. World top

:12:54. > :13:02.50 player, Martin Klizan. What can he do? To try and disrupt the great

:13:03. > :13:05.Novak, as he looks to rediscover the equilibrium that made him the best

:13:06. > :13:09.in the world. It's been a saeching year so far. What kind of solace

:13:10. > :14:34.will Centre Court provide over the next couple of hours?

:14:35. > :15:05.Born and bred. Slovakia's best player.

:15:06. > :15:15.Last time I was in Bratislava I was playing Ivan Lendl. Talking about a

:15:16. > :15:38.guy like Klizan, a lot of potential. He's had a solid career.

:15:39. > :15:42.Looking like plain sailing in the opening service game. Less so from

:15:43. > :16:14.40-0 to deuce Very low percentage shot he tried

:16:15. > :16:21.with the pace that was on the Djokovic ground stroke there. He was

:16:22. > :16:28.as high as 24th in the world a couple of years ago. Reached the

:16:29. > :16:47.Fourth Round of the US Open a little while before that.

:16:48. > :16:57.And he's on the board. Klizan had Stanislas Wawrinka dead to rights

:16:58. > :17:02.first round in Australia. He's had his share of tough draws in the

:17:03. > :17:06.majors. He's got that leg strapped. I've seen that not long ago. That

:17:07. > :17:15.seems to be continuing to be an issue for him. A lot of good history

:17:16. > :17:21.in Slovakia with Milos, an incredible mover on the court. This

:17:22. > :17:29.guy is an athlete. He's a good player. He hasn't ever put it all

:17:30. > :17:35.together. I've never seen him look comfortable on the grass court.

:17:36. > :18:35.He tosses his ball to far to the right for a lefty. While he gets

:18:36. > :18:50.more kick he He likes to swing for the fences and

:18:51. > :19:02.he will do that today. He gives some serious thought to not

:19:03. > :19:22.playing at Roland Garros. He worked overtime with his physios

:19:23. > :19:26.to get himself fit for the French. He didn't last too long there

:19:27. > :19:28.either. The way he moved to that volley, it's 50/50 he will finish

:19:29. > :20:19.the match. He's been to the well three times on

:20:20. > :20:23.the drop shot, won two of them. You may remember he was one of Andy

:20:24. > :20:27.Murray's conquests in Paris last movement he took the first set off

:20:28. > :20:32.Murray on a tie-break, but lost the next three. Rather ran out of steam.

:20:33. > :20:35.Maybe that calve causing him some -- calf causing him some problems.

:20:36. > :21:05.Against another of the world's best right now.

:21:06. > :21:13.You can see him moving, like guessing. Novak obviously has a lot

:21:14. > :21:16.of pressure and expectation some of which he's put on himself. He's not

:21:17. > :21:19.in the full swing of things. He's just getting going. He sees a guy

:21:20. > :22:04.who is already hurting. UMPIRE: Mr Klizan is challenging the

:22:05. > :22:06.call right service line. The ball was called in. Fairly delayed

:22:07. > :22:38.challenge. Delay the concession of the game for

:22:39. > :22:42.long. E I'd like to make a proposal early here, because this may come

:22:43. > :22:49.into play in this particular match that players that aren't 100%, like

:22:50. > :22:55.Klizan clearly is not, you offer them half the prize money, I'm not

:22:56. > :22:59.the first guy that's come up with this, we've often wondered how do we

:23:00. > :23:03.improve this sport. One way is you don't want guys to show up just for

:23:04. > :23:07.the pay cheque. You understand that this is quite meaningful for someone

:23:08. > :23:11.to get that. So what you do is give them half of it and give an

:23:12. > :23:17.opportunity to a hungry guy, who is healthy that at least is going to

:23:18. > :23:22.give 100%. This guy, it appears, would be very unlikely he could even

:23:23. > :23:29.give his best. ?30,000 or something like that, first round loser? I

:23:30. > :23:39.believe that's correct. It's a reasonable amount of dough. Marcus

:23:40. > :23:45.Willis who lost at Roehampton last week, Stephen Fry amongst those

:23:46. > :23:48.watching on from the posh seats. He's pretty deliberate and laboured

:23:49. > :23:54.when he walks any way. He looks to be limping.

:23:55. > :23:59.It's pretty safe to say you don't want to be playing the guy on the

:24:00. > :24:05.other side of the net even if he isn't as confident as a year ago.

:24:06. > :24:11.If I were the next match, I'd start getting ready.

:24:12. > :24:21.You know, Roger Federer. He's going to try to keep Novak

:24:22. > :25:32.guessing. With a dodgy calf I don't know how

:25:33. > :25:48.advisable that is. Looks like he's almost playing

:25:49. > :26:06.doubles, except there's no-one there to protect that side of the court.

:26:07. > :26:17.He's been no great shakes here since his Wimbledon debut five years ago.

:26:18. > :26:21.He's not managed a win since that. Four first round defeats in the last

:26:22. > :26:22.four years. History does not provide much comfort. Neither does the bloke

:26:23. > :26:40.at the other end. Currently 47 in the world. This guy

:26:41. > :27:03.is no slouch. He's keeping Hawk-Eye busy at the

:27:04. > :27:07.moment. Second round and you mentioned he has to play Murray.

:27:08. > :27:29.Pretty good so far. A decent line call as well. He's

:27:30. > :27:41.been pretty much spot on with the challenges to this point.

:27:42. > :28:02.He had a little more hair when winning the title 25 years ago.

:28:03. > :29:19.Really well done there. That was a big return.

:29:20. > :29:25.It's certainly looking a bit more spritely on a Grand Slam court. I

:29:26. > :29:29.know you were watching at the French last month, when it was a perplexing

:29:30. > :29:33.performance against Dominic Thiem certainly in the final set. His mind

:29:34. > :29:47.looked a million miles away from where it ought to have been. Well,

:29:48. > :29:51.it's, try to turn that lemon into lemonade. It was shocking to see him

:29:52. > :29:54.walk away in the third set, just as with Stanislas Wawrinka yesterday,

:29:55. > :29:59.with a chance for a career Grand Slam. A lot of bad things have to

:30:00. > :30:02.happen to a great champ to get to the position, some of that you have

:30:03. > :30:09.to give credit to the opponent. Obviously, the timing of what's been

:30:10. > :30:15.going on, we've chronicled the struggles he's had off the court.

:30:16. > :30:19.He's been trying to find that balance between the focus and

:30:20. > :30:23.intensity he needs to try to win majors and try to be the best person

:30:24. > :30:28.he can be. That's something, he never had too much of a problem,

:30:29. > :30:32.Edberg there, he's always been a class act. Looks terrible for his

:30:33. > :30:40.age - doesn't he (! ) Looks like he could still go out and play. Life

:30:41. > :30:41.has not been kind... To some of us! Tony Picard, his old coach, next to

:30:42. > :31:03.him. Yesterday seemed to be drier than I

:31:04. > :31:12.have seen starting. He is a great move. On all the courts,

:31:13. > :31:27.particularly grass and clay. You talked about the smallest rides

:31:28. > :31:35.needed -- strides needed. My last Wimbledon, I would hit the serve,

:31:36. > :31:42.look up, and my neck would hurt. No more matches, no more singles for

:31:43. > :31:47.me. He is even better, which I did not think was possible, Novak. He

:31:48. > :31:53.can play defensive return and offensive. Not in the swing of

:31:54. > :32:02.things yet. There is the 1992 champion. A lot of you will be

:32:03. > :32:25.thinking, 25 years, really? UMPIRE: Mr Djokovic is challenging

:32:26. > :32:32.the call. The ball was called out. Klizan is giving off this, I am not

:32:33. > :33:28.sure I should be out here vibe. Signs of the old Novak at Eastbourne

:33:29. > :33:36.last week. He took the decision to warm up for this on the south coast,

:33:37. > :34:13.and he with -- he won it. Against Gael Monfils.

:34:14. > :34:23.That is the entirety of these Klizan box.

:34:24. > :34:34.It has been businesslike so far. The former champion arrived here last

:34:35. > :34:35.summer as defending champion, and was upset by Sam Querrey in the

:34:36. > :34:47.third round. We have a tendency to forget he was

:34:48. > :34:54.also in the finals of the US Open, where it took an inspired effort to

:34:55. > :34:59.beat him. Just one match away. Andy Murray hack to beat him at the

:35:00. > :35:04.finals in the O2 Arena to bypass him and finish number one. So it was not

:35:05. > :35:10.as if he was not still right now. The interesting thing about Andre

:35:11. > :35:16.Agassi, and you will have experienced this. When he came in he

:35:17. > :35:20.said, I can teach in one or two things, most importantly how to be a

:35:21. > :35:26.30-something tennis player with a family, because that is something he

:35:27. > :35:34.has not experienced before. That is a great point. He is expecting

:35:35. > :35:40.another child. Andre arguably the best player he was was from 28 to

:35:41. > :35:50.about 32 and that is very much the reason Novak decided to hire him.

:35:51. > :35:52.Andre has always been someone who loves to exchange ideas about game

:35:53. > :36:05.plans, strategy on the tennis court. Serving with new balls, Martin

:36:06. > :36:30.Klizan. I would bring Klizan in. Start using

:36:31. > :36:33.drop shots on him. But it does not look to be like he will make it to

:36:34. > :36:56.the end of this match. Where is that balance between being

:36:57. > :37:01.a family man in your 30s, but still having to commit the way you need to

:37:02. > :37:08.commit to be world number one? I wish I had a better answer. I was

:37:09. > :37:17.trying to do the same thing late 20s into 30s. A bad sign for those

:37:18. > :37:57.hoping to be entertained here. Roger Federer, four children,

:37:58. > :38:02.travelling around, nothing Everything about it. For a while,

:38:03. > :38:12.apparently, I was told, Bodger would sleep in the children's bedroom. He

:38:13. > :38:17.can do that, too, not sleep and win? Nicely played. The drop shot being

:38:18. > :38:29.used as a life belt at the moment by Martin Klizan. The shot he does like

:38:30. > :38:45.to use. He is really going to it quite a bit.

:38:46. > :38:52.I get the feeling Novak is getting slightly annoyed about this time.

:38:53. > :38:58.That this has not sought to have gone his way yet. -- sort of gone

:38:59. > :39:36.his way yet. His opponent cannot run and he hit a

:39:37. > :39:44.chord -- a gorgeous forehand off the line. You feel it is a matter of

:39:45. > :39:57.time. For him to get to where he wants to be.

:39:58. > :40:28.Every time Klizan puts on his left calf, he unfolds himself gingerly.

:40:29. > :40:41.A fully fit Martin Klizan... He would be a handful. But one who

:40:42. > :40:45.looks lame is struggling and again he is looking to Hawk-Eye for

:40:46. > :40:57.salvation and does not find it on this occasion. Confirmation of the

:40:58. > :42:34.break and now Novak Djokovic serving for this first set.

:42:35. > :42:39.Unfortunately, the most interesting thing about this match will be

:42:40. > :42:49.whether he continues after this game.

:42:50. > :43:00.A little shy of half an hour on Centre Court. Novak Djokovic draws

:43:01. > :43:08.up a couple of set points. And he only needed one of them. And without

:43:09. > :43:19.needing to engage fifth gear, six, he has won the first set 6-3. He

:43:20. > :43:22.cannot call the trainer, Klizan, because he has the pre-existing

:43:23. > :43:27.injury, unless he comes up with something else, which happens a lot.

:43:28. > :43:31.Is that the rule, if you have something you take on court, you

:43:32. > :43:35.cannot get help? I believe that is the rule but it is not difficult to

:43:36. > :43:42.come up with something slightly different. You could develop ear

:43:43. > :43:52.ache. It has been abused at times, from an entertainment standpoint.

:43:53. > :43:58.One of the things you try to do, is break a player down, in reality. He

:43:59. > :44:05.has spoken to the umpire. You mentioned his record on grass, which

:44:06. > :44:10.is terrible. And then you take into account you could do something

:44:11. > :44:17.worse, potentially. And then you tear something, which clearly in a

:44:18. > :44:21.match he has little chance of winning in the first place, and on a

:44:22. > :44:29.surface he really does not like, it is a shame. It is what we talked

:44:30. > :44:33.about, perhaps they find the middle ground so you encourage players to

:44:34. > :44:41.give their spot to someone else. He has called the physio, so we will

:44:42. > :44:47.have a little bit of a break. An opportunity to show you some

:44:48. > :44:54.numbers. And some percentages. We will try to pick out the

:44:55. > :44:59.significant. First serve stands out on the Djokovic side. It does, but

:45:00. > :45:08.this match is not about statistics, it is about what he walked on the

:45:09. > :45:14.court with, and because whenever Novak gets the serve in, he is

:45:15. > :45:20.trying to end the point. Novak is not even playing that well. I

:45:21. > :45:25.remember reading your book, one thing that struck me was your

:45:26. > :45:30.observation that getting to the top was easier than staying at the top.

:45:31. > :45:38.Is that what Djokovic is wrestling with at the moment? He has been at

:45:39. > :45:43.the top for quite a bit of time. A similarity I had with Novak, I had

:45:44. > :45:49.great champions, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, and was trying to be

:45:50. > :45:54.regarded as at the same level, which was difficult. He has fed and Rafa

:45:55. > :46:00.Nadal. I think he has done a magnificent job of putting himself

:46:01. > :46:04.in the mix with these two. He had to battle long and hard to win the

:46:05. > :46:17.French Open which he did last year. It had to be a let down. He did

:46:18. > :46:22.something that, 1969, 2016, not one player including Federer and Nadal

:46:23. > :46:29.had held all four at the same time, which gives you a clue as to what a

:46:30. > :46:33.significant achievement it was. I think he has handled himself

:46:34. > :46:38.amazingly well, even with the difficulties he has had. I think he

:46:39. > :46:42.has tried to accept he is going through a down period. He has not

:46:43. > :46:48.complained and blamed it on someone else. I think he has handled himself

:46:49. > :46:58.well. He has a new contract with the clothing company. I like the poster

:46:59. > :47:05.of him. Very cool. There is pressure. They do not want him to

:47:06. > :47:12.tail off. Nobody does. He is trying to make some more history. This guy

:47:13. > :47:20.is saying to Klizan, look, I do not think it is going to get a lot

:47:21. > :47:26.worse. I am not sure about that. I do not think he should play, the way

:47:27. > :47:31.he has behaved and acted. He is looking increasingly like someone

:47:32. > :47:38.who might be prepared to walk off court. It is time. I think they have

:47:39. > :47:41.a couple of matches that need to be rearranged and they are waiting

:47:42. > :47:48.potentially to get an opportunity. They give Roger Federer a chance, to

:47:49. > :47:53.give him time. Forget that, because here he comes back on the court.

:47:54. > :47:58.Those on Centre Court appreciate that. They would like to see more of

:47:59. > :48:03.Novak Djokovic and also what Martin Klizan can offer. He is not playing

:48:04. > :48:25.on one leg, he is playing on one and a half.

:48:26. > :48:48.You can certainly see he hits a great ball from the ground.

:48:49. > :48:56.Your mind, by the way, is telling you not to run, so you have to

:48:57. > :49:14.overcome that. You have to do dig deep to make this even competitive.

:49:15. > :49:19.To reiterate, it is not a new problem, this calf problem. He has

:49:20. > :50:22.been nursing it a couple of months. He is looking up towards Carlos

:50:23. > :50:29.Ramos, hoping he suggested him it is time to head in for team. I do not

:50:30. > :50:34.think that will happen. I feel for Klizan. Nobody wants to see that.

:50:35. > :50:39.Especially on this stage. Nobody wants to.

:50:40. > :51:24.Djokovic with the earliest of breaks.

:51:25. > :51:31.Under new management, not just Andre Agassi but Mario Ancic on the left.

:51:32. > :51:46.He was a semifinalist in 2004. Well, he has won the point and he is

:51:47. > :51:55.flashing away, Klizan, but there was not a lot of movement. Almost like

:51:56. > :51:56.he is, do not make me have to drive... Right there, he completely

:51:57. > :52:30.stopped playing. Could someone explain why he went

:52:31. > :52:33.out in the first space? I guess I know the answer. There might be 30

:52:34. > :53:10.odd thousand reasons. The forecast is set fair for a

:53:11. > :53:49.sunny, warm second day of these championships.

:53:50. > :53:55.No movement behind the Slovakian baseline, but now movement to the

:53:56. > :54:01.umpire. UMPIRE: Ladies and gentlemen,

:54:02. > :54:07.unfortunately, Mr Klizan cannot continue and retires. What a shame.

:54:08. > :54:12.Sadly, the white flag never seem to be far away from the moment he

:54:13. > :54:14.walked on court with the heavily strapped left calf, which has

:54:15. > :54:21.troubled him the last couple of months. Forced withdrawal from the

:54:22. > :54:26.tournament on the way here to Wimbledon and forced his retirement

:54:27. > :54:31.from the biggest of the lot and that is a real shame, for those of us who

:54:32. > :54:35.were enjoying seeing how far he could push Djokovic and for those on

:54:36. > :54:41.Centre Court who wanted to see Djokovic a couple of hours. Too bad.

:54:42. > :54:46.It reminds me when John Isner played Nicolas Mahut. I thought it was an

:54:47. > :54:51.opportunity with the warriors who battled and could not stand up. To

:54:52. > :54:59.change the rules, please come up with a tie-breaker. I would suggest

:55:00. > :55:02.6-6 at the latest. There also has to be a rule for guys who come out

:55:03. > :55:17.clearly not giving or able to give 100%. It is no good for anyone. We

:55:18. > :55:22.have got to find a solution. If a guy in a one-on-one sport comes out

:55:23. > :55:30.and is not capable of playing at the level he needs to to compete. Who

:55:31. > :55:36.makes that decision? It has to be the player. I think ultimately the

:55:37. > :55:41.player has to be given great advice and made to understand what he would

:55:42. > :55:48.do to himself in terms of reputation and what he could do to the sport, a

:55:49. > :55:55.little bit. The truth is, there has to be a combination of people to sit

:55:56. > :56:03.him down and you have got to give him a way out. So that he could

:56:04. > :56:08.respect back. I do not know who the first lucky loser is now, but I

:56:09. > :56:11.guarantee he would have looked at this match and thought, I could have

:56:12. > :56:17.been out and played a match on Centre Court of Wimbledon. I

:56:18. > :56:24.wondered what he was looking for. It was sweat bands. There is so much

:56:25. > :56:29.for him to play for, 13th Grand Slam title, would move him to within one

:56:30. > :56:39.of Pete Sampras and Rafa Nadal's numbers. Rafa Nadal... Let's not

:56:40. > :56:53.forget Roland Garros. We are talking about the greatest players who ever

:56:54. > :56:56.lived. Federer, Rafa Nadal, Sampras. He will move beyond the Australian

:56:57. > :57:04.Roy Emerson. Federer still further up the tree with 18. But not in the

:57:05. > :57:10.way he would have wanted to make his way into the second round, but there

:57:11. > :57:14.he is. He played four matches he did not anticipate playing in Eastbourne

:57:15. > :57:19.and hat to get up here I presume late Saturday evening, early Sunday

:57:20. > :57:24.morning. It might not have been the worst thing to have an easy match,

:57:25. > :57:29.the first one at Wimbledon. He did not need to be pushed hard. He had

:57:30. > :57:37.played more matches than he had to prepare for any Wimbledon in years.

:57:38. > :57:43.Looking further down the line, Del Potro in the third round, perhaps.

:57:44. > :57:47.That is going to be, that would be very interesting, because I watched

:57:48. > :57:52.one of the great semifinals I had the privilege of calling, when they

:57:53. > :57:56.went at it on this court and I have the chance and privilege to call

:57:57. > :58:09.their match at the Olympics. The bronze medal, I believe in 2012. Del

:58:10. > :58:14.Potro, Gael Monfils, Feliciano Lopez, Dominic Thiem. That would

:58:15. > :58:18.bring back memories, if that is the quarterfinals. Unhappy memories of

:58:19. > :58:25.what happened in Paris. Then Roger Federer, who is next on Centre

:58:26. > :58:30.Court. He met him in the semifinal. A long way ahead. They are the

:58:31. > :58:40.fixtures Djokovic will have in his mind.

:58:41. > :58:47.We certainly cannot make anything out of what happened in this match.

:58:48. > :59:14.You wonder if they will go back out on the tennis court practice, Novak.

:59:15. > :59:25.It is a sad way for Martin Klizan's Wimbledon to end. We are hoping to

:59:26. > :59:32.grab a word with Novak. That is the reason we are just treading water.

:59:33. > :59:46.We hope Novak might have a few words for us and he is ready.

:59:47. > :59:52.Congratulations. A win in unfortunate circumstances. How was

:59:53. > :59:59.it out there? It was great to be back on Centre Court. It is the

:00:00. > :00:03.cradle of the tennis history right here and obviously a very special

:00:04. > :00:08.feeling to walk onto this court. I have many memories of the past and

:00:09. > :00:14.fortunate to play so many matches and get trophies as well in my

:00:15. > :00:19.career on this court. Definitely nice to be back. Of course, you

:00:20. > :00:25.never like to end a match this way, but I heard Klizan had issues before

:00:26. > :00:33.walking onto the court. I try to focus on what I need to do, execute

:00:34. > :00:38.my game plan. I started serving well in my serving games. When it

:00:39. > :00:43.mattered I made a break. But he was not moving. Once the ball was a

:00:44. > :00:47.couple of feet away he would let it go. It was unfortunate. I am sure he

:00:48. > :00:55.did not want to finish this way because it is Wimbledon. It is a

:00:56. > :01:01.very particular tournament for all of us. I wish in the best, wish him

:01:02. > :01:06.recovery. From my side I will try to rest and recover and prepare for the

:01:07. > :01:14.next. I had a lot of matches in Eastbourne. I had a -- enough match

:01:15. > :01:17.play. SUE BARKER: Djokovic through but not

:01:18. > :01:21.the way he would have liked to have done it. He would have liked another

:01:22. > :01:26.match under his belt and it is disappointing for players to retire

:01:27. > :01:30.from a Grand Slam because of injury. We can chat to our commentators.

:01:31. > :01:36.So many injuries, it's so tough the tennis world, the pressures on them,

:01:37. > :01:40.the matches, the fitness levels, we see so many. The game is played at a

:01:41. > :01:45.pace that we've never seen before. The ball is being struck harder than

:01:46. > :01:49.ever. You have to make very quick reactions to shots. Guys have played

:01:50. > :01:54.on different surfaces, as we know. Gone from hard to clay to the grass

:01:55. > :01:59.now. I think the movement is slightly different on each one. That

:02:00. > :02:02.takes its toll. I do think when you saw Klizan he clearly wasn't ready

:02:03. > :02:07.or able to play from the very beginning. They've got to figure out

:02:08. > :02:12.some type of rule change where they - I suggest give him half the first

:02:13. > :02:17.round prize money, bring in someone fit and go at it 110%. It's a little

:02:18. > :02:21.bit - it's not a black eye - but it's not a good look for our sport

:02:22. > :02:25.to have to watch that on Centre Court. Exactly, because people with

:02:26. > :02:28.tickets, watching at home, this is such a big Championship. But it's

:02:29. > :02:33.not very easy. No-one's going to admit they have an injury. So

:02:34. > :02:38.they're not going to admit it prior to going into a Grand Slam. There's

:02:39. > :02:47.so much prize money at stake. Again, for someone like Klizan, that

:02:48. > :02:52.$40,000 US or ?30,000 it really matters. He's reluctant to give that

:02:53. > :02:55.up. The powers that be, whether at Wimbledon, the ATP, the people

:02:56. > :03:00.involved in our sport and someone, you know, even a coach, someone to

:03:01. > :03:03.take a good hard look and speak to Martin and make him understand that

:03:04. > :03:07.in the best interests of the sport and for himself, I mean he's risking

:03:08. > :03:13.injury, a worse injury if he gets out there. This is not - Nick was

:03:14. > :03:16.pointing out during this brief telecast, this match that we saw,

:03:17. > :03:19.that this isn't something that just cropped up. I mean he's had issues

:03:20. > :03:24.with this for a couple of months. He's got to get this sorted out.

:03:25. > :03:28.When you have this sort -- when you have to tiptoe around on a court

:03:29. > :03:32.you're not comfortable moving early on, that's a bad recipe for an

:03:33. > :03:36.injury. It is an unforegiving surface. Nick, you've seen Djokovic

:03:37. > :03:40.play throughout the year. He needs the matches. It's been a roller

:03:41. > :03:44.coaster ride for him. He does and the fascinating thing and we touched

:03:45. > :03:48.on it with John during the match is that it's as much a mental thing

:03:49. > :03:52.with him now. He's turned 30. He's having to deal with things he's

:03:53. > :03:55.never had to deal with before, being 30 with a family, with those

:03:56. > :03:59.commitments. You know he has to work as hard as he always has done to

:04:00. > :04:02.stay at the top of the tree, to try and win back that number one title.

:04:03. > :04:10.He has commitments elsewhere. He has a wife and he has kids. Mac and I

:04:11. > :04:14.talked about that during commentary. It's what Andre will help him

:04:15. > :04:19.wrestle with. Off to the practice court I think. For Roger Federer,

:04:20. > :04:24.tie up the shoes. The say he will be out in five to ten minutes. That

:04:25. > :04:31.upsets your routine as you're preparing for matches to come on

:04:32. > :04:38.earlier? It upset my routine. But it doesn't upset Roger's routine. I was

:04:39. > :04:41.in the locker room with him right before Novak was dismantling Cilic

:04:42. > :04:45.in the semis in the Open. I said, doesn't it bother you that you will

:04:46. > :04:50.be out there two hours sooner than you thought, this is a three and

:04:51. > :04:54.five set over in an hour and 25 minutes or something? No, no, the

:04:55. > :04:58.crowd gets what they want sooner. You talk about a guy that takes

:04:59. > :05:03.lemons and turns them into lemonade no matter what it is, it's got to be

:05:04. > :05:08.Roger Federer. He's had the greatest attitude that anyone I've ever seen

:05:09. > :05:12.in the sport. He lovers it so much. Undoubtedly that's why he's so

:05:13. > :05:19.great. Also, going for yet another record for his 85th win here at

:05:20. > :05:24.Wimbledon, to overtake Jimmy Conners. Good. I thought you might

:05:25. > :05:27.say that! He's playing Alexandr Dolgopolov, who is an interesting

:05:28. > :05:32.player to say the least. He hasn't got a great record against Federer,

:05:33. > :05:35.I don't think he's won a set yet. I'm not sure there's a whole lot of

:05:36. > :05:40.guys that have a good record against him. Dolgopolov is a character. He

:05:41. > :05:44.plays an awkward style of game. His serve, for a little guy, has got

:05:45. > :05:48.some real pop. He's entertaining. I've always liked him. He's had some

:05:49. > :05:54.injury issues because he's fairly frail compared to some of these big

:05:55. > :06:00.men that are out there. After what I just saw, I'm hoping he's just 100%.

:06:01. > :06:04.I think he's the type of guy that could entertain the Centre Court

:06:05. > :06:08.crowd. Talking of big guys, Milos Raonic has just won. I'm sure you

:06:09. > :06:13.were keeping an eye on that score. Yes, I was. Not that I wasn't

:06:14. > :06:20.watching this intently because Klizan looked so fresh (! ) Milos

:06:21. > :06:24.Raonic had the biggest run of his life here last year. He hopes to

:06:25. > :06:32.have an opportunity to play the great plan in the quarters again.

:06:33. > :06:37.Zverev, a few number one for sure, in the round of 16. He doesn't want

:06:38. > :06:41.to look too far ahead obviously. He's not a guy a lot of top guys

:06:42. > :06:45.want to play against, I can assure you with his game. He's, as I've

:06:46. > :06:48.mentioned to him many times, what you've got to do against the top

:06:49. > :06:53.players is take the racquet out of their hands. You dictate, don't let

:06:54. > :06:56.them dictate to you. He's one of the few guys that can do that. Very

:06:57. > :06:59.positive as well. He hasn't won a title this year. He's saying I'm

:07:00. > :07:03.coming into Wimbledon feeling better than ever. And learning so much from

:07:04. > :07:08.the experience last year. I hope that's true. This was the greatest

:07:09. > :07:13.tournament of his life. He's had a lot of injury issues. We often

:07:14. > :07:20.wonder as a player, as an ex-player, as someone who has done a little bit

:07:21. > :07:25.of coaching with Milos, you get in how much of this is mental, mouch is

:07:26. > :07:29.bad luck, how much of this is are you talking into some of these

:07:30. > :07:34.things because Milos is an example of someone who really cares. If

:07:35. > :07:37.anything, you've got to respect Milos because he wants it so bad and

:07:38. > :07:40.he's leaving no stone unturned and going out there and saying, I want

:07:41. > :07:45.to be the best in the world. To say that when you look at these other

:07:46. > :07:49.unbelievable all-time greats, even have the nerve to say it, the guts

:07:50. > :07:52.to say that, I respect that the. That someone goes out there as

:07:53. > :07:56.opposed to sneaking in the back door. Does it make it tougher for

:07:57. > :08:00.him? In a way, it does. He puts even more pressure on himself. I commend

:08:01. > :08:05.him for trying to shoot for the stars. You do feel with the top

:08:06. > :08:08.four, Djokovic, you know having won Eastbourne, there's so many tough

:08:09. > :08:13.rounds for someone outside of there to come through and win this

:08:14. > :08:17.titling, they're going to -- title, they'll have to knock off at least

:08:18. > :08:20.two of those. That's exactly what I don't tell Milos! Or any of the

:08:21. > :08:24.other guys. If you had to beat two or maybe even three of these guys to

:08:25. > :08:28.get through and go all the way, that is a mighty, mighty tall order.

:08:29. > :08:34.That's why, in a way, if you're a Raonic or some of the other hopefuls

:08:35. > :08:38.that aren't one of the top four, you're banking on someone maybe

:08:39. > :08:42.beating these players earlier, so you don't have to beat them all.

:08:43. > :08:47.Roger's making his way to Centre Court. I hear that Boris Becker and

:08:48. > :08:50.Tim Henman are knocking at the door to try and get in the commentary

:08:51. > :08:56.box. You can either just lock it and stay there... Same old story! Thank

:08:57. > :09:01.you very much. We'll be looking forward to Roger Federer walking on

:09:02. > :09:05.Centre Court very soon for his match against Alexandr Dolgopolov of

:09:06. > :09:11.Ukraine. We await that. Let's update you with some matches that have

:09:12. > :09:16.happened already. This is Garbine Muguruza who was a finalist here in

:09:17. > :09:23.2015. She's gone through in straight sets. She won the French Open last

:09:24. > :09:27.year as well. Garbine Muguruza certainly one that will go deep into

:09:28. > :09:32.the tournament. We keep talking about how open the ladies'

:09:33. > :09:34.Championship is. Gael Monfils, the great entertainer from France, he

:09:35. > :09:43.was a finalist in Eastbourne last week. 15th seed this time. He's

:09:44. > :09:47.beaten Daniel Brands of Germany. Next he will face Britain's number

:09:48. > :09:55.two, Kyle Edmund. Edmund against Monfils in round two. David Ferrer

:09:56. > :09:59.has come through a battle against another very experienced campaigner,

:10:00. > :10:02.Richard Gasquet, who's twice been a semifinalist here. Can't believe

:10:03. > :10:06.these two are meeting in the first round of a Grand Slam. But Ferrer is

:10:07. > :10:13.unseeded. His ranking his dropped. The first time he hasn't been seeded

:10:14. > :10:15.in a Grand Slam since 2005. He went through in four sets, defeating

:10:16. > :10:34.Gasquet. On court number two, Juan Martin Del

:10:35. > :10:37.Potro former US Open champion, a semifinalist here, went through in

:10:38. > :10:42.four sets against Kokkinakis of Australia. He is continuing his

:10:43. > :10:47.comeback from injury. The 29th seed, Del Potro, goes through. He's

:10:48. > :10:59.another of the danger men that Mac was talking about a short time ago.

:11:00. > :11:10.We talked about Kyle Edmund going through. He came through against

:11:11. > :11:19.Alex Ward. Edmund upped his game and went through in four sets.

:11:20. > :11:22.Alex Ward doing a wonderful job, coming through qualifying to make

:11:23. > :11:29.his way here to Wimbledon. Good to see him back after so many injuries.

:11:30. > :11:33.It's Kyle who goes through. Just updating you with what's

:11:34. > :11:37.happening elsewhere. On Number 1 Court, Karolina Pliskova of the

:11:38. > :11:41.Czech Republic, many people's favourite for the title. She won the

:11:42. > :11:46.title in Eastbourne last week, huge serve, big game. She has just

:11:47. > :11:48.started her match. She has a break point early on. To watch that match,

:11:49. > :12:05.it is live on BBC Two. Agnieszka Radwanska is a break of

:12:06. > :12:08.serve down. Jelena Jankovic is serving for the first set. Though

:12:09. > :12:14.she is now facing a break point. So we thought this would be a long one,

:12:15. > :12:27.Jelena Jankovic is certainly a very, very experienced player as well.

:12:28. > :12:32.This is young Katy B oulter. She took the first set 6-3. She is a

:12:33. > :12:36.break of serve down in the second set. The American leading 4-2. It's

:12:37. > :12:39.wonderful experience for this youngster from Leicester, playing in

:12:40. > :12:43.her first ever Grand Slam, playing here at Wimbledon. What a moment.

:12:44. > :12:46.What a great memory and hopefully she can get herself back into this

:12:47. > :12:52.second set. If you want to watch that match, it's live on the BBC

:12:53. > :12:57.Sport website. So we await the great man, Roger

:12:58. > :13:01.Federer, on Centre Court to face Alexandr Dolgopolov. Roger playing

:13:02. > :13:04.in his 19th consecutive Wimbledon. There are so many things happening

:13:05. > :13:13.here at Wimbledon, so many matches on court and so many ways you can

:13:14. > :13:17.watch this Championship on the BBC. We've got every crosscourt,

:13:18. > :13:22.backhand, drop shot and overhead smash covered on the BBC. You can

:13:23. > :13:26.watch action from up to 15 courts live and uninterrupted on the BBC

:13:27. > :13:30.Sport website, BBCi player and the BBC Sport app on your mobile,

:13:31. > :13:35.tablet, games console or connected TV. Press the red button on your TV

:13:36. > :13:40.remote control and you'll get coverage from up to six additional

:13:41. > :13:45.courts. It is a very special Championship

:13:46. > :13:48.this, the BBC we are celebrating 90 years of coverage here at Wimbledon

:13:49. > :13:52.and to mark the anniversary, there's a special exhibition in the

:13:53. > :14:00.Wimbledon museum # You and me got a whole lot of

:14:01. > :14:05.history # We could be the greatest team that

:14:06. > :14:11.the world has ever seen # You and me got a whole lot of

:14:12. > :14:14.history. # Don't let it go

:14:15. > :14:21.# We can make some more # We can live forever.

:14:22. > :14:23.This is our exhibition celebrating three massive anniversaries in the

:14:24. > :14:27.history of broadcasting at Wimbledon.

:14:28. > :14:31.I love the facts and stats. 80 miles of broadcast cable used at Wimbledon

:14:32. > :14:35.every year. This is fantastic. I don't think a lot of people would

:14:36. > :14:41.realise that yellow tennis balls were used because of TV. The tennis

:14:42. > :14:45.balls, traditional white tennis ball was used for many years. At

:14:46. > :14:48.Wimbledon it changed in 1986 over to the yellow ball which was easier to

:14:49. > :14:53.see on television. People love a theme tune to a programme. The

:14:54. > :14:59.Wimbledon one is so identifiable. This is the score. This is the first

:15:00. > :15:04.few bars of the score. It was adopted by Wimbledon in 1976, so

:15:05. > :15:11.just four years after it was composed. The BBC have used that as

:15:12. > :15:15.the Wimbledon theme ever since. It really is a time warp of how the

:15:16. > :15:21.Championships and the BBC have worked together over the years. How

:15:22. > :15:26.did it even first start? 1927 was the very first radio broadcast from

:15:27. > :15:29.Wimbledon. They did about four transmissions from Wimbledon during

:15:30. > :15:36.the championships. Each one was only about 30 minutes long. ARCHIVE:

:15:37. > :15:42.Bunny Austin has the opening match on the Centre Court. Television

:15:43. > :15:46.began in 1937, ten years after the last radio broadcast. It was very

:15:47. > :15:50.much in its infancy, ten years since the television was really invented.

:15:51. > :15:54.Yeah, that was the first year that the BBC was doing any kind of

:15:55. > :15:59.television broadcasts. The first outside broadcast had been the

:16:00. > :16:01.coronation of George VI. Then the very next outside broadcast was

:16:02. > :16:09.Wimbledon. It was the first sports broadcast on the BBC. Wimbledon

:16:10. > :16:14.Championship tennis played a crucial part in when colour was introduced.

:16:15. > :16:17.Sir David Attenborough was absolutely adamant that the BBC

:16:18. > :16:21.should be at the forefront of colour television and Wimbledon was a huge

:16:22. > :16:26.part of that as well. That's absolutely true. 1967, the first

:16:27. > :16:35.colour television broadcast from Wimbledon. Sir David Attenborough's

:16:36. > :16:39.idea was to place cameras on Centre Court where you could guarantee

:16:40. > :16:44.coverage all day long basically. So that was one of the reasons why

:16:45. > :16:52.Wimbledon was chosen to be that first colour broadcast. The BBC has

:16:53. > :16:56.played an enormous role in making Wimbledon accessible to so many

:16:57. > :17:00.people. Anyone who's ever been here has watched Wimbledon on television

:17:01. > :17:04.or has heard it on the radio. So it's really important that

:17:05. > :17:10.relationship. One thing that I really like is this 2000 version of

:17:11. > :17:14.the Radio Times, Sue in her finest. She says Wimbledon needs to be more

:17:15. > :17:19.fun. I don't think Wimbledon can get any more fun, Sue.

:17:20. > :17:23.It certainly can't. No, absolutely wonderful. That museum, if you have

:17:24. > :17:28.not been to it, and you love tennis, it really is worth a trip. It's

:17:29. > :17:32.fantastic exhibition there. We have been waiting here on Centre Court

:17:33. > :17:36.after that retirement of Martin Klizan against Novak Djokovic, but

:17:37. > :17:39.there will be a huge cheer for this man, the ever popular Roger Federer

:17:40. > :17:44.walking on to his beloved Centre Court yet againment

:17:45. > :17:53.-- again. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:17:54. > :17:58.Not just here on Centre Court, but everybody around the world

:17:59. > :18:04.appreciates everything that Roger Federer has done. His 19th

:18:05. > :18:08.consecutive Wimbledon. His 70th Grand Slam and a record 85th win

:18:09. > :18:11.here at the championships. What a career he has had. What a difference

:18:12. > :18:15.a year makes, because after Wimbledon last year, he had to take

:18:16. > :18:18.time off. But now he's come back, won the Australia Open and seems to

:18:19. > :18:24.be playing the best tennis of his career at the age of 35.

:18:25. > :18:40.Let's hear from him. # Get down

:18:41. > :18:49.COMMENTATOR: Federer remains the boss on Centre Court. Roger, 14

:18:50. > :18:52.years since your first victory here, but five years since your last. Yet

:18:53. > :18:58.you're the favourite again. Can you believe it? Well, who says that? I

:18:59. > :19:02.don't know who says that. But it is strange, yes for a 35-year-old who

:19:03. > :19:05.has not played the clay court season at all to come in here as a

:19:06. > :19:13.favourite. That's why I don't believe everything I hear. How

:19:14. > :19:17.strategic was that decision to miss the clay court season, in terms of

:19:18. > :19:23.career management? Well, I think it was more decision based on health.

:19:24. > :19:27.Looking forward to still a tough and gruelling year, you know, I'm not 22

:19:28. > :19:38.any more, where I can play every tournament I see and go Pac-Man and

:19:39. > :19:42.go yum, yum. I have to be smart about scheduling. I felt the best

:19:43. > :19:49.chance here was not to play Paris. It was the first time in my life I

:19:50. > :19:53.pulled out a major, feeling 100% ready to go. It's the first time in

:19:54. > :19:57.18 years I had six months to myself with my family, with my wife. I

:19:58. > :20:01.could dictate where I wanted to be at what time and when to do what.

:20:02. > :20:06.That is supposed to be nice and refreshing. I think it showed on the

:20:07. > :20:09.tennis courts ever since. What was the best thing you did? I did a lot

:20:10. > :20:15.of hiking in the mountains which I really enjoyed. We went to the ham

:20:16. > :20:19.tons outside of New York. Went to Paris fashion show. Did our first

:20:20. > :20:23.trip with my wife away from the kids. Stuff that we just normally

:20:24. > :20:28.never have the time to do. Fantastic. Then we come to this

:20:29. > :20:32.season and you win in Australia, an 18th Grand Slam. Did you honestly

:20:33. > :20:37.believe you could win another one? I mean, I believed I could win another

:20:38. > :20:43.one but not Australia. I was hoping to be 100% ready and match ready

:20:44. > :20:47.here at Wimbledon. Australia was a stepping stone. I thought that if I

:20:48. > :20:50.could make the quarters or the semis that would be unbelievable. Because

:20:51. > :20:55.we have to not forget also, I started the season at 17 in the

:20:56. > :20:58.world. It was a rough draw. Considering I hadn't played in six

:20:59. > :21:01.months, I looked at the draw and was like OK, it was fun being here in

:21:02. > :21:11.Australia. Ended up winning the whole thing. It was a huge, huge

:21:12. > :21:14.surprise. Should you triumph here again, five years after your last,

:21:15. > :21:19.where would that rank in terms of all your great achievements?

:21:20. > :21:23.Extremely high. Because Australia, it almost felt like the best win of

:21:24. > :21:31.my career. I don't nigh how to tell you. It felt -- I don't know how to

:21:32. > :21:35.tell you. I was playing relaxed and free tennis ever since winning

:21:36. > :21:38.Australia. I can play more freely. I try to remind myself every point,

:21:39. > :21:42.just keep going for your shots. Enjoy yourself and good things will

:21:43. > :21:45.happen to you. That's worrying for your opponents. It's never a

:21:46. > :21:53.guarantee you're going to pull off the good shots. You might still hit

:21:54. > :21:57.the back fence from time to time. SUE BARKER: Roger Federer has his

:21:58. > :22:01.sights set on an eighth Wimbledon title. He starts his campaign on

:22:02. > :22:04.Centre Court. Where else would he start his campaign than on his

:22:05. > :22:07.favourite court against Alexandr Dolgopolov, who was seeded at the

:22:08. > :22:12.championships last year, 30. His ranking his dropped to 84. Let's

:22:13. > :22:16.enjoy some tennis now after that retirement on Centre Court. I'm sure

:22:17. > :22:21.the crowd absolutely delighted to have more tennis. I think Mac has

:22:22. > :22:27.let Boris and Tim into the commentary box along with Andrew

:22:28. > :22:29.Cotter. I'll hand over to them. COMMENTATOR: Beautiful conditions

:22:30. > :22:36.inside Centre Court. What a task awaits this man. The roof is open.

:22:37. > :22:39.The sky is blue, largely blue. We're ready for what could be an

:22:40. > :22:41.interesting match. Dolgopolov, they've Med three times. Federer has

:22:42. > :22:58.won them all quite comfortably. Dolgopolov has been just outside the

:22:59. > :23:03.top ten in his time, back in 2012. What do we expect, gentlemen?

:23:04. > :23:07.Federer obviously it's been a curious season, great start, shut

:23:08. > :23:14.things down over the clay court season to rest his body. Using his

:23:15. > :23:18.time wisely, sparingly. He looks in great shape after that. Certainly

:23:19. > :23:22.does. I think it's interesting to hear him talk about taking the

:23:23. > :23:27.French Open off when he was fit and healthy. The psychology behind that

:23:28. > :23:30.was in 18 attempts he's won the French Open once when he's been

:23:31. > :23:34.probably at the height of his fitness, younger than he is now. The

:23:35. > :23:37.difference between one and two French Opens I don't think is that

:23:38. > :23:43.significant. The difference between seven and eight Wimbledons I think

:23:44. > :23:50.is massive when he's tied with Pete Sampras and William Rens had a we as

:23:51. > :23:59.the greatest -- Renshaw, as the greatest champion of Wimbledon.

:24:00. > :24:03.BORIS BECKER: Also imagine if something happened physically. He

:24:04. > :24:08.had the perfect year. He took six months last year. He wins the

:24:09. > :24:13.Australian. He wins the Masters in Miami. He's played 26 matches and

:24:14. > :24:17.won 24 only two of them he lost he had match point in them. Why would

:24:18. > :24:21.he take a chance on a clay court season, honestly, it's his least

:24:22. > :24:25.favourite surface. He had the grass for preparations, he's ready to go,

:24:26. > :24:42.in a perfect position. ? -- position.

:24:43. > :24:47.Dolgopolov will be struggling a bit for support around here, judging by

:24:48. > :25:17.the number of Federer fans in the house. He inspires devotion.

:25:18. > :25:23.He's a very exciting player to watch, Dolgopolov. Quick game, quick

:25:24. > :26:01.serve, quick forehand. He doesn't fool around.

:26:02. > :26:06.Playing your very first match on Centre Court is tricky, especially

:26:07. > :26:09.if you don't play on as much as Roger Federer does. At 30-0,

:26:10. > :26:15.settling quickly into thing, I was going to say. But break point.

:26:16. > :26:24.Never wastes any time, Dolgopolov. Springs into those serves.

:26:25. > :27:02.He's settling into his second home again.

:27:03. > :27:15.There it is, first game. It's a break for Federer. Didn't take him

:27:16. > :27:19.long. Dolgopolov all he would have wanted is a decent hold to get into

:27:20. > :27:25.things and get a feel for this court and being here. Quite the opposite.

:27:26. > :27:29.Dolgopolov always relies on his defensive skills, two things, grass

:27:30. > :27:33.is the hardest surface to defend on. With that stropping an the right

:27:34. > :27:43.ankle, you wonder whether that's going to restrict his movement.

:27:44. > :27:48.-- strapping. Very athletic character, Dolgopolov. Movement a

:27:49. > :28:20.big part of his game. Not bad. Taking the return on the

:28:21. > :28:31.rise. The return on grass is even more

:28:32. > :29:05.important than the serve. Watching the match with Ivo Karlovic

:29:06. > :29:09.and Bedene last night, it was the return of serve that created one

:29:10. > :29:11.break in the whole match. You're supposed to hold comfortably

:29:12. > :29:27.your serve on grass. There we are. A serve which is so

:29:28. > :29:34.efficient and seldom broken, Federer holds.

:29:35. > :29:49.New racquet required for Dolgopolov. First expressions of love and

:29:50. > :30:21.devotion for Federer from the crowd. He has won this season, Dolgopolov.

:30:22. > :30:27.He won in Buenos Aires. He's actually on a comeback trail. He had

:30:28. > :31:47.a herbiate the disc in the second part of '16.

:31:48. > :31:59.A game on the board for Alexandr Dolgopolov. An amazing victory it

:32:00. > :32:09.was for Federer at the Australian Open. If you think about it in the

:32:10. > :32:15.context of his Grand Slam career, there had been a lull before that,

:32:16. > :32:20.coinciding with the rise of Djokovic, I suppose. He had also had

:32:21. > :32:27.a knee injury, Federer. But he seems to be back. When she am fit,

:32:28. > :32:32.physically fit in the still going strong at 35, then you would think

:32:33. > :32:38.he's the man to beat? I think he comes into this tournament as the

:32:39. > :32:40.favourite. Murray and Djokovic, it's been documented how they have had

:32:41. > :32:44.their trials and tribulations this year. I commentated on Nadal

:32:45. > :32:50.yesterday, and he was incredibly impressive. And he hasn't played

:32:51. > :32:55.much on grass, he hasn't played a single match on grass this season.

:32:56. > :33:01.He has had limited success here at Wimbledon in the last few years, so

:33:02. > :33:22.he will be looking to do something. Friends and family, coaches.

:33:23. > :33:33.There are two players' boxes, but they always choose the same one. And

:33:34. > :33:36.the players tell us they're not superstitious! They want to keep the

:33:37. > :34:09.routine. Dolgopolov, that's what he's famous

:34:10. > :34:13.for, that quick forehand. Very unique style, you don't get into a

:34:14. > :34:36.rhythm. Good talent, good feel for the ball.

:34:37. > :34:56.No-one can work the centre line like Frederik, when he's in full flow.

:34:57. > :35:16.TIM HENMAN: Federer's offensive skills are clear to see, but his

:35:17. > :35:27.defensive skills are equally impressive.

:35:28. > :35:33.BORIS BECKER: But even the boss himself was not able to practise on

:35:34. > :35:37.Centre Court before, so he's also testing the water. It is a very

:35:38. > :36:29.different court, it's a very unusual court.

:36:30. > :36:35.That was a good backhand slice, blocked return by Federer, he kept

:36:36. > :37:07.the ball very low. That will do, ace number two for

:37:08. > :37:10.Dolgopolov. Federer was trying to move around and get his forehand

:37:11. > :37:22.into play, and Dolgopolov sensed that and went up the middle.

:37:23. > :37:29.Another break point opportunity. You feel that if Federer takes this, it

:37:30. > :37:53.could be the set over. And that's the way he's changed his

:37:54. > :38:04.style this year, keeping the rallies short, taking a lot more risk on the

:38:05. > :38:31.return. That's good serving from Dolgopolov.

:38:32. > :38:59.We talked about the injuries for Dolgopolov, The Dog, and actually,

:39:00. > :39:02.he has got an interior design company, called that! He runs it

:39:03. > :39:11.with his sister. I'm sure it's very good! You've got to have interests

:39:12. > :39:15.beyond your career. And he's a car fanatic he's a race, he meets with

:39:16. > :39:19.his friends sometimes and he just goes all out. He's a interesting

:39:20. > :39:25.character, I have got to know him over the last couple of years, Novak

:39:26. > :39:30.used to practise with him a lot, and he used to talk a bit, not always

:39:31. > :39:38.about tennis. All in the safety of a racetrack, in controlled conditions!

:39:39. > :39:39.Of course! His mother was a European champion Jim, and you can see he has

:39:40. > :40:01.got that spring about him. So, Federer, with the break and

:40:02. > :40:12.seemingly in control of this set at the moment. Grass is not always

:40:13. > :40:16.about the speed, but the variation in how you use the slice and keep

:40:17. > :40:57.your opponent guessing. Federer's serve has been analysed

:40:58. > :41:03.many times, but what is the difficulty of it? It's not always

:41:04. > :41:14.the speed of it, it's the variation and accuracy. And right on cue, hold

:41:15. > :41:19.for Federer. On both first and second serve, I would definitely say

:41:20. > :41:25.it is the most accurate serve I ever played against. And he has very

:41:26. > :41:40.loose with, he's not forcing the shoulder or the elbow.

:41:41. > :41:45.Centre Court approves. They will mostly be supporting Federer, but

:41:46. > :41:57.they can see when Dolgopolov is playing well. They want to have a

:41:58. > :42:25.longer match! The last one was a set and something. That's a good point.

:42:26. > :42:39.Too good, says Dolgopolov. And it was, a blistering return from

:42:40. > :42:51.Federer. Came back at almost 90mph, that one.

:42:52. > :43:33.Some of these double faults happen because the opposition has done

:43:34. > :43:37.something before, to create a bit of pressure. Once more, break point for

:43:38. > :44:15.Federer. That was back at his feet almost

:44:16. > :44:50.before he knew it. Another chance for the double break.

:44:51. > :45:23.The Ukrainian survives another break point.

:45:24. > :45:50.A little bit of help from the net, but...

:45:51. > :45:58.He's playing well, even with his injuries and a recent slip down the

:45:59. > :46:04.rankings, he's not the kind of opponent you would want to see in

:46:05. > :46:09.the first round of the drop. Yeah, and he's trying to play this match

:46:10. > :46:14.on his own terms, he's not just out there to make Federer look good. He

:46:15. > :46:25.will make a few unforced errors, but he's going to hit some good shots.

:46:26. > :46:31.Mohamed Layhani is demanding something from the chair. Dolgopolov

:46:32. > :46:35.has great pedigree, he had a good run at the Australian Open in 2011,

:46:36. > :46:49.when he lost to Andy Murray in four sets in the quarters. He reached the

:46:50. > :46:54.last 16 at the US Open once, he is that calibre of player, but the

:46:55. > :46:57.injuries have taken their toll. As it does for most players, except for

:46:58. > :47:01.much of his career with Roger Federer, it is only recently that he

:47:02. > :47:08.has had his injury problems. And it wasn't exactly a tennis injury, was

:47:09. > :47:16.it, carrying the children, turning around to quickly, and... Three

:47:17. > :47:21.times champion. And it actually happened the night after he played

:47:22. > :47:28.Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, so he was in great form. The next thing

:47:29. > :47:39.we hear the next morning, he's... Torn his

:47:40. > :47:55.meniscus, running the bath. He won't make that mistake again! That's his

:47:56. > :48:34.wife, and his team. Federer has been such a dominant

:48:35. > :48:38.player in this set so far, but if that return just pops over, Federer

:48:39. > :48:51.would have been in a spot of bother. Like that one!

:48:52. > :49:00.Dolgopolov is a well-respected player in the locker room, nobody

:49:01. > :49:01.really likes to play him. You could see from Federer's reaction there,

:49:02. > :49:25.changed his ball toss. Federer holds and moves closer to

:49:26. > :49:32.this first set. He's enjoying himself, Dolgopolov. 16 years,

:49:33. > :49:37.Federer has been playing on this court, 2001, that match against

:49:38. > :49:42.Sampras, five sets, that was his first appearance on Centre Court.

:49:43. > :49:51.Next round, somebody taught him a lesson. Never in doubt, was it?

:49:52. > :49:55.BORIS BECKER: I was actually commentating on that match against

:49:56. > :49:59.Sampras, sitting on the very same chair. It was a huge surprise,

:50:00. > :50:05.Federer beating the seven time champion. Interestingly enough,

:50:06. > :50:10.Federer lost three times altogether in the first round at Wimbledon. His

:50:11. > :50:27.very first tournament, in 1999, losing in the first round.

:50:28. > :50:40.Incidentally, I think it is actually the exact same chair, Boris!

:50:41. > :50:57.That's good. Federer is by no means, as we would expect, taking this

:50:58. > :51:08.lightly. Shortened the backswing and used the pace of the serve, blocked

:51:09. > :51:16.it down the line. Again, just chasing that second serve, and two

:51:17. > :51:43.set points for Roger Federer. But he has it now, and Roger

:51:44. > :51:50.Federer, up and running again here at Wimbledon.

:51:51. > :51:57.It can happen so quickly, so easily, against Federer, and you wonder,

:51:58. > :52:04.what could I have done better? But dog a bottle of -- but Dolgopolov

:52:05. > :52:08.did not play a bad set. He knows that to have an impact, he's got to

:52:09. > :52:13.take chances and go for his shots. He can't expect just to keep the

:52:14. > :52:20.ball in play. When you're taking those risks, it means you can be

:52:21. > :52:22.susceptible to unforced errors. Yeah, ten unforced errors from

:52:23. > :52:34.Dolgopolov. Three double faults from Dolgopolov

:52:35. > :52:45.as well, that pressure, when you know you're up against such a

:52:46. > :52:54.brilliant returner Moore. Federer, he does inspire devotion, like no

:52:55. > :52:57.other player, really. Dolgopolov has called for the trainer. I'm sure

:52:58. > :53:10.it's to do with the ankle, which is strapped. He seems to do that OK.

:53:11. > :53:15.The problem is, we don't know how serious the injury is. Obviously, he

:53:16. > :53:30.has it taped up. Ultimately, only the player truly knows. The same

:53:31. > :53:44.scene in the previous match. He's been setting marks in terms of age

:53:45. > :53:54.achievements this year, Federer. He reached... Camrose will come Federer

:53:55. > :54:00.is getting closer to his records. He's going to be 36 next month. But

:54:01. > :54:00.you would expect to see some sort of deterioration in his movement, but

:54:01. > :54:14.nothing at the moment. SUE BARKER: I'm sure the Centre

:54:15. > :54:19.Court crowd are hoping this injury is not too serious. We can have a

:54:20. > :54:24.look around the grounds and tell you what is happening elsewhere. Over on

:54:25. > :54:29.Court No. 1, Karolina Pliskova, many people is favourite to take the

:54:30. > :54:39.ladies title, is sailing through against her Russian opponent. That

:54:40. > :54:46.match is live on BBC Two. On Court Number 12, what a story. Katie

:54:47. > :54:48.Boulter, just 20 years of age, from Leicester, playing her first Grand

:54:49. > :54:56.Slam, first ever Wimbledon, and I watched her at one set all against

:54:57. > :55:01.Christina McHale, she came out and broke serve straightaway. She now

:55:02. > :55:08.has a point to go up 3-1. That is our featured match on the red

:55:09. > :55:14.button. On court 18, James Ward, another wild card, playing markers

:55:15. > :55:25.that is, semifinalist here back in 2006. He is leading by two sets to

:55:26. > :55:33.love. That is on the BBC Sport website. And here's a name for the

:55:34. > :55:38.future, Sasha Zverev, the tenth seed, who has taken the first set

:55:39. > :55:42.against his Russian opponent. That is also live on the website. Back to

:55:43. > :55:55.Centre Court. ANDREW COTTER: Dolgopolov seems to

:55:56. > :56:05.be OK, no treatment was administered.

:56:06. > :56:15.There was no obvious fall. It's not a great sign when you're calling for

:56:16. > :56:31.the physio in those circumstances. I'm sure they had discussions before

:56:32. > :56:33.the match about the severity of the injury and how much he might damage

:56:34. > :56:48.it more by playing. Federer has got seven aces already,

:56:49. > :57:08.and it's the first game of the second set.

:57:09. > :57:18.Dolgopolov thought that might have been long.

:57:19. > :57:24.UMPIRE: Now, it's too late. He's quite tight on that, Mohamed

:57:25. > :57:45.Layhani. Too late to make a challenge, and he

:57:46. > :57:53.was discussing with the umpire! I thought that was a little bit of

:57:54. > :58:03.harsh from Mohamed Layhani. Incidentally, it WAS long. Federer,

:58:04. > :58:15.another blistering serve, the placement steely skies -- the

:58:16. > :58:21.placement, the disguise. TIM HENMAN: It is all very well

:58:22. > :58:26.Mohamed Layhani saying, I missed it, and laughing, Dolgopolov wanted to

:58:27. > :58:48.challenge, and he would have been right. One of my old nemesis, or

:58:49. > :59:08.friend! We had many battles on this Centre Court! Great guy.

:59:09. > :59:33.Dolgopolov in a bit of trouble again.

:59:34. > :59:46.UMPIRE: Mr Federer is challenging the call, the ball was called in.

:59:47. > :00:02.Federer challenging, and it was in. So, as you were.

:00:03. > :00:12.It is good to see him enjoying himself, Dolgopolov, AND playing

:00:13. > :00:15.pretty well. UMPIRE: Mr Federer has two

:00:16. > :00:45.challenges remaining. Defend, defend, defend, from

:00:46. > :00:50.Federer, and the mistake comes from Dolgopolov.

:00:51. > :00:54.BORIS BECKER: If he's at something on his ankle, those little steps to

:00:55. > :00:56.move around the forehand will be difficult. Rate point again for

:00:57. > :01:20.Roger Federer. He's a little uncomfortable at the

:01:21. > :02:06.net, as we can see. Again, the double fault. Cost

:02:07. > :02:19.Dolgopolov and Federer has the breakthrough in this second set. A

:02:20. > :02:26.sense of inevitability. Trying to lift Dolgopolov, they do want a bit

:02:27. > :02:40.more tennis on Centre Court today. Me too! So I can commentate a little

:02:41. > :02:49.bit longer. Good to have you back, Boris. Thank you.

:02:50. > :03:26.Ace follows the double fault. Into double figures in aces now.

:03:27. > :03:38.A hand of apology. A sheepish winner from Roger Federer.

:03:39. > :03:47.If you play for the whole racquet you might as well use it. Federer

:03:48. > :03:51.holds and moves on. Are you suggesting that Federer has paid for

:03:52. > :03:58.his racquets? I highly doubt that. There's the score on Centre Court,

:03:59. > :04:06.4th July. 4th July, the Americans will be getting very excited. My

:04:07. > :04:17.brother's birthday, Mike. Congrats. Your presents in the post! A free

:04:18. > :04:22.racquet! By Roger Federer! He has been with Federer for a long time,

:04:23. > :04:32.in the middle. Survived the other coaching changes. Have a look at

:04:33. > :04:39.this service action of Federer, dissect and discuss. With the great

:04:40. > :04:45.service they use their legs well to elevate, the knee bend. Ball toss a

:04:46. > :04:53.little bit in front. Perhaps not as far in front as others. Then really

:04:54. > :04:59.driving up. Look how high his feet get off the ground when he hits the

:05:00. > :05:05.serve. As Boris said, it's the technique is so sound he really

:05:06. > :05:10.looks like he could serve five sets, seven sets, nine sets. It's very

:05:11. > :05:15.stress-free. I suppose that's been one of Federer's great talents

:05:16. > :05:20.throughout his career is his economy of moving. The with a way he moves,

:05:21. > :05:26.even with injuries at of late, it's kind to his body. He has been able

:05:27. > :05:28.to carry on for so long. His condition trainer must do a hell of

:05:29. > :06:19.a job. Federer takes the second serve

:06:20. > :07:05.return. Putting a lot of pressure on Dolgopolov's serve.

:07:06. > :07:20.Oh, dear. This might be the end of things for Dolgopolov. UMPIRE ladies

:07:21. > :07:25.and gentlemen due to injury. It's sad for Alexandr Dolgopolov. Roger

:07:26. > :07:29.Federer offers consolation. He will feel for his Ukrainian opponent. The

:07:30. > :07:34.crowd is denied a longer match. Two retirements in a row. Djokovic moved

:07:35. > :07:40.on and Roger Federer does so now as well. Very sad for his opponent, but

:07:41. > :07:44.the campaign for an eighth Wimbledon title begins for Roger Federer. A

:07:45. > :07:50.word for Dolgopolov. Yes. It's very disappointing. Obviously, to come

:07:51. > :07:56.into this tournament with an injury to have the opportunity of playing

:07:57. > :08:03.the seven-times champion on Centre Court and not be fully fit is

:08:04. > :08:08.disappointing for him and this audience, who had one retirement

:08:09. > :08:15.today. Unusual circumstances unfortunately for all involved.

:08:16. > :08:18.Roger waving to his adoring fans. He's happy.

:08:19. > :08:30.Ultimately. Ly, it's about the "W." Not the way he would have wanted it

:08:31. > :08:34.to end or the way he would have expected it to end, but the sounds

:08:35. > :08:46.are familiar. The cheers on Centre Court for Roger Federer winning

:08:47. > :08:55.again. A few autographs administered. Chelsea pension her.

:08:56. > :08:56.Winning as Novak Djokovic did against Martin Klizan as Roger

:08:57. > :09:22.Federer has done now. More time for Roger to sign a few

:09:23. > :09:29.autographs. They look at him with adoration in their eyes. He's off.

:09:30. > :09:33.Again, I'm sure you have experienced victories in your career where your

:09:34. > :09:38.opponent is injuried. You take the victory and move on. That's right.

:09:39. > :09:44.When we are talking in the context of a five set matches at the age of

:09:45. > :09:50.35 Federer will look to conserve energy in the early part. There we

:09:51. > :09:54.are. Roger Federer moves through. That has not expended too much

:09:55. > :09:59.energy for the number three seed but perhaps the favourite. As Novak

:10:00. > :10:05.Djokovic did against Martin Klizan goes through. He is speaking to Phil

:10:06. > :10:09.Jones. Roger, not the way you wanted to get through, obviously, your 85th

:10:10. > :10:14.win at Wimbledon, a record. What does it mean to you? Well, it feels

:10:15. > :10:19.great to be back on Centre Court. Clearly, you know, I was hoping that

:10:20. > :10:25.Alexandr Dolgopolov was feeling better today. He had a rough one. He

:10:26. > :10:29.had to pull out of lot of matches. You wish somebody can play his

:10:30. > :10:32.Wimbledon he wanted to play. It he wasn't able to do today.

:10:33. > :10:36.He tried. I'm happy to be back and getting another win here it's great

:10:37. > :10:40.news. I'm feeling healthy myself, I'm very happy. You can hear the

:10:41. > :10:45.disappointment in the crowd. They love watching you and see you here

:10:46. > :10:50.again. They will see you again, not the same crowd. What is it like as

:10:51. > :10:54.you step out there as this esteemed champion with so much love? It feels

:10:55. > :10:59.great. I have been on the Tour for a long time you only play at home so

:11:00. > :11:03.many times during the year. Mostly I play abroad and get unbelievable

:11:04. > :11:05.crowd support. No different here at Wimbledon they have treated me as

:11:06. > :11:10.almost as one of their own. I appreciate that. I know a lot of

:11:11. > :11:16.fans outside of Britain have travelled a long way I'm sorry they

:11:17. > :11:20.couldn't see more tennis today. Wimbledon remains an unbelievable

:11:21. > :11:23.place to play in and for the fans to come. I'm sure there are things

:11:24. > :11:28.happening today. I'm grateful are or the crowd support I get. You have

:11:29. > :11:31.been here as a favourite, to come in as a 35-year-old favourite is

:11:32. > :11:38.remarkable, wouldn't you say? Yes, the question is, who makes you the

:11:39. > :11:42.favourite? Because I haven't played the clay-court season doesn't make

:11:43. > :11:45.me the favourite. Someone who played well like Rafah on the clay-court

:11:46. > :11:50.will feel good about his chances here. I'm sure he feels that way,

:11:51. > :11:56.same for Djokovic and all the other guys in the draw. Everyone has a

:11:57. > :12:00.chance to win Wimbledon. For me it's no differentism I'm happy to be

:12:01. > :12:07.here. That was my big goal last year that I would be back here healthy. I

:12:08. > :12:12.made it. I achieved my dream to be back here healthy now I will see how

:12:13. > :12:17.far I can go. You shared the record with Jimmy Connors. It's 85, all

:12:18. > :12:20.yours. The record you want is eight Wimbledon titles? Yes, it would be

:12:21. > :12:25.beautiful. I would love it, of course. The most unbelievable

:12:26. > :12:30.moments of my life happened here on Centre Court, even back in 98 in the

:12:31. > :12:34.Junors when I won on the old court it was a dream come true alone to

:12:35. > :12:39.play at Wimbledon for the very first time. We will see how far I can go.

:12:40. > :12:42.Like you said, I'm not the youngest any more but putting myself out

:12:43. > :12:46.there with a chance. The dream continues. We look forwarded to see

:12:47. > :12:48.you next round. Well done today. Thank you very much.

:12:49. > :12:58.What a day we are having on Centre Court. Federer won't mind. He is

:12:59. > :13:02.through to the opening round his quest for an eighth Wimbledon title

:13:03. > :13:08.continues. What is it about all of these injuries? Two defaults on

:13:09. > :13:13.Center Court. That isn't good for us, it is certainly not good for the

:13:14. > :13:17.crowds on Centre Court. Let us get a brief comment from Boris and from

:13:18. > :13:22.Tim. Two in a row, you just feel, don't you, Tim, for the crowd who

:13:23. > :13:27.came here looking at the morning who they would see on Centre Court.

:13:28. > :13:32.Kerber, followed by Djokovic and Federer. Dream scheduled, shattered?

:13:33. > :13:36.Very much so. Disappointing for everyone. For me, it's the question

:13:37. > :13:40.mark of whether the guys have come in with injuries before the match

:13:41. > :13:44.and I think I'm right in saying there is a new rule on the Tour if

:13:45. > :13:48.you are injured prior to the tournament when you are in you can

:13:49. > :13:52.pull out and you get the first round prize money. A lucky loser take that

:13:53. > :13:57.is spot. If they win, they get the difference. You think, when the

:13:58. > :14:03.prize money is so big it's kind of understandable they want that chunk

:14:04. > :14:10.of change. It was disappointing to see conle sective matches with

:14:11. > :14:12.defaults and especially when you have two amazing champions that

:14:13. > :14:18.Djokovic and Federer who the crowd want to see. Frustrating and perhaps

:14:19. > :14:23.something that needs to be looked at. Players think I can play, it

:14:24. > :14:27.will warm up as the match goes on. You want to give it a chance, don't

:14:28. > :14:30.you Absolutely. In the locker room most players have something. They

:14:31. > :14:35.didn't know the severity of it. They will always give it a try. An

:14:36. > :14:39.athlete wakes up in the morning he feels nothing, probably when he is

:14:40. > :14:42.dead he feels nothing. It's the nature of the beast when are you a

:14:43. > :14:46.professional athlete you have something and you have to take

:14:47. > :14:50.chances. Very disappointed fans on Centre Court. Tim and Boris, thank

:14:51. > :14:55.you very much. It hasn't been the day we would have wanted on Centre

:14:56. > :15:00.Court. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are through the opening

:15:01. > :15:07.round. Good NUS for their fans. We will head out to Court Number 3 to

:15:08. > :15:20.see one of the rising stars of the game who lost to Federer. Seeded ten

:15:21. > :15:32.in the Champions. We can join our commentators for this one. It's

:15:33. > :15:36.Simon Reed. It's going pretty well. Looked dicey. He had break points to

:15:37. > :15:40.save in his first service game. Went with serve. He got the break. Took

:15:41. > :15:45.the first set. Second set on the breaker. Then he's just got his

:15:46. > :15:53.second break early on in this third set. Starting to look the business.

:15:54. > :15:57.He certainly is, Simon. It's after he shook off that little hiccup in

:15:58. > :16:01.the early part of the first set. He has shown his potential. Especially

:16:02. > :16:09.in the tie-breaker in the second set where he held very firm from 3-4.

:16:10. > :16:15.There was a remarkable point at 2-4 and 3-4 on serve. He didn't faulter.

:16:16. > :16:21.Took two points off the served and served it out. Then very quickly in

:16:22. > :16:27.this third set has put his foot down on the peddle to keep the pressure

:16:28. > :16:31.on. You have been wanting him to come forward than he has been? He

:16:32. > :16:36.plays a little too far back behind the baseline. Like Nadal. Nadal has

:16:37. > :16:39.the legs to get away with it. I'm not quite sure he is there yet. He

:16:40. > :16:44.is a youngster of course. He will pick it up as he goes along. The

:16:45. > :16:54.fact he moves forward. Once he moves forward, I think he struggles more.

:16:55. > :17:05.There has been wonderful hand work at the net from Donskov. That is his

:17:06. > :17:08.father, senior. Also their coach. A proud moment for him to have two of

:17:09. > :17:28.his boys seeded at the championships. Is his elder brother

:17:29. > :17:32.was playing earlier on. In pole position for now Zverev win. What

:17:33. > :17:40.happens when you are young, you are not fully focused through the entire

:17:41. > :17:42.match vchlt a lapse. Zverev has stuck to his guns in the early part

:17:43. > :18:17.of the third. -- have. Good serve. Donskoy throughout this match

:18:18. > :18:41.accomplished at the net. 27 years of age this man. With more experience.

:18:42. > :18:57.Fine second serve. Donskoy belying his record here. Lost first round to

:18:58. > :19:04.Alexandr Dolgopolov who has lost to Federer last year and lost in his

:19:05. > :19:11.other two appearances. In his debut in 13 he went out and the following

:19:12. > :19:18.year. He has been out gunned here. Hasn't played badly. Missed his

:19:19. > :19:36.chance, which is important, in Zverev's opening game.

:19:37. > :20:02.Reaching with that backhand there, Zverev.

:20:03. > :20:22.I don't think he was in perfect position, but still a good forehand.

:20:23. > :20:35.All his service games have been very quick. Very quick. He doesn't mess

:20:36. > :20:40.around. Quick between points. He's already at the baseline ready to

:20:41. > :21:28.serve or receive. Just wants to get on with it.

:21:29. > :21:40.No. A real lapse. Donskoy breaks for the first time. He's been given a

:21:41. > :21:42.life line here. So it's really been a break back.

:21:43. > :21:52.Back into this third set. A couple of loose points there from Zverev.

:21:53. > :22:10.Gooded to see Boris, his coach. Everybody is saying that Zverev is

:22:11. > :22:16.the future. Likely to be a Grand Slam winner. Not says saying he will

:22:17. > :22:19.be. Of the young guns he is possibly the most likely future number one in

:22:20. > :22:23.the world. He doesn't seem to have a weakless. Mental lapses you pointed

:22:24. > :22:28.out and you would like to see him move forward. Move forward and move

:22:29. > :22:33.a lot better in the moving forward position. Laterally he's a little

:22:34. > :22:40.bit better. He's a big guy. He will struggle a bit more with movement.

:22:41. > :22:45.But from a game standpoint, he's got a nice, complete game.

:22:46. > :22:53.That was an ace and not contested by Zverev. I think he was more

:22:54. > :23:05.concerned about getting out of the way.

:23:06. > :23:10.So much more impressive when he comes inside the court there,

:23:11. > :23:49.Zverev. Wants to eliminate those errors

:23:50. > :23:53.right now. Not feeling too good about things. Frustrated with being

:23:54. > :24:08.broken. Mustn't give him another opportunity.

:24:09. > :24:14.Yes! APPLAUSE

:24:15. > :24:16.Cracking, one two. On the back foot here when he hit this forehand.

:24:17. > :24:53.Beautifully timed. He got the weak single-handed

:24:54. > :24:58.backhand lined up for that shot. It's not much of a high percentage

:24:59. > :25:03.shot that. Trying to give his opponent less time. With a chance to

:25:04. > :25:49.break again. Unfortunate error. Unlike the

:25:50. > :25:56.Donskoy we have seen in this match. Given and easy ride. Zverev in the

:25:57. > :26:15.driving seat. Great second serve. So far in slams,

:26:16. > :26:19.he hasn't got beyond the third round. That's going to change this

:26:20. > :26:27.year, for sure. Yes. Might change here.

:26:28. > :27:23.Is Quick overrule from the chair. No challenge from Donskoy. Does he want

:27:24. > :27:28.to get the point? UMPIRE I'm not saying that. I think that's fair

:27:29. > :27:48.enough. Yes. He had his racquet on the ball, didn't he? Yes. Is Same

:27:49. > :27:54.spot, right into the body. Oh, yes. APPLAUSE

:27:55. > :27:58.Superb serving there by this man. Especially when it matters. That's

:27:59. > :28:05.what makes the difference in this entire match. Second-half that we

:28:06. > :28:09.were talking about earlier, looked like Donskoy could have been a set

:28:10. > :28:15.and break up. It's that big serving, isn't it? It is. It held him in good

:28:16. > :28:21.stead when things are difficult. Let's say he closes this out in the

:28:22. > :28:25.next quarter of an hour or so, as he should. He doesn't seem like the

:28:26. > :28:30.winner of the tournament. You don't want to peak too early. He's not

:28:31. > :28:34.mature enough and perhaps not quite mentally tough enough and not quite

:28:35. > :28:40.consistent enough to win seven matches here just yet. Right.

:28:41. > :28:45.Looking at him, you can tell that certainly he's got these seven

:28:46. > :28:49.matches in him, perhaps perhaps not here on this occasion, certainly

:28:50. > :28:59.anyone of the Grand Slams. I think the movement is going to improve.

:29:00. > :29:08.His physical strength will improof and that serve. -- improve. That's a

:29:09. > :29:21.big help. Serving to stay in the match.

:29:22. > :29:56.Those are the ones I'm talking about.

:29:57. > :30:04.At times he's found that slice difficult to contend with. He's a

:30:05. > :30:54.tall man. He was pretty mean with his mistakes

:30:55. > :31:45.earlier on, there are more of them now.

:31:46. > :31:59.And he forces Zverev to smoke out for his first win of this

:32:00. > :32:03.tournament. Zverev, who had a big shock in Roland Garros when he went

:32:04. > :32:33.out in the first round to Fernando Verdasco, wonderful player.

:32:34. > :33:00.It's very much a rapid-fire service game from this chap. Too good. An

:33:01. > :33:05.hour and 50 minutes, and Alexander Zverev has three match points for a

:33:06. > :33:29.place in the second round of. There it is. Donskoy is challenging,

:33:30. > :33:39.I think it just did get the side of the line. No handshake just yet, as

:33:40. > :33:49.we wait for the challenge. It has got the line! So, Zverev makes it

:33:50. > :33:58.through to the second round of. An hour and 50 is all it took. The man

:33:59. > :34:09.some say is the future of men's tennis, safely through. Absolutely.

:34:10. > :34:13.It has really been a wonderful performance by this man, especially

:34:14. > :34:18.when he got himself in a little bit of over in certain games. But all

:34:19. > :34:23.the big points were played well by him. And Donskoy could not

:34:24. > :34:31.capitalise on the couple of chances that he had. What a happy day for

:34:32. > :34:39.the Zverev family. Mischa Zverev beating Tomic, and here, Alexander

:34:40. > :34:46.beating Donskoy. SUE BARKER: He's proving he can win

:34:47. > :34:53.on all services, many people predicting he's a future world

:34:54. > :34:57.number one. Let's take this opportunity to tell you what has

:34:58. > :35:02.been happening. It ended in disappointment for young Katie

:35:03. > :35:08.Boulter, who has gone out, losing to the American Christina McHale. She

:35:09. > :35:14.was a break up in the third set, but the experience told in the end. I'm

:35:15. > :35:21.sure the youngster from Leicester will have learnt a lot from her

:35:22. > :35:27.first Grand Slam event. She certainly played well in that match

:35:28. > :35:35.on Court Number 12. And Marcus Baghdatis has put out this man,

:35:36. > :35:42.James Ward. He went out in straight sets. Baghdatis, now 32 years of

:35:43. > :35:44.age, reached the semifinals here in Wimbledon back in 2006. Yes, it was

:35:45. > :36:06.that long ago. And disappointment for another

:36:07. > :36:18.British wild card, Klein. He has gone out to Sugita. But he has done

:36:19. > :36:28.well recently, winning the title in Turkey recently, Sugita. Out on

:36:29. > :36:38.Court No. 14, eventually it was won by the Croatian Martic, so she has

:36:39. > :36:55.put out the 20th seed. Too exhausted to celebrate, even!

:36:56. > :36:59.And in this match, Agnieszka Radwanska has come through it

:37:00. > :37:06.against Jelena Jankovic, who was suffering with an injury. Injury

:37:07. > :37:12.seems to be the thing at this Wimbledon. But the former finalist

:37:13. > :37:22.is through. She will face Christina McHale in the next round. Talking of

:37:23. > :37:27.injuries, this was the first one on Centre Court, Novak Djokovic facing

:37:28. > :37:30.Martin Klizan Slovakia. He walked onto court and you could see that

:37:31. > :37:34.this injury had happened before he came on to Centre Court. After

:37:35. > :37:42.consultation with the trainer, he decided he could not continue. So,

:37:43. > :37:45.at 6-3, 2-0, he retired and McHale went through. That was the first

:37:46. > :37:51.disappointment for the Centre Court crowd. They were so looking forward

:37:52. > :38:03.to watching McHale, followed by Federer. But guess what, in the next

:38:04. > :38:09.match, Dolgopolov himself retired, and there was a huge groan going

:38:10. > :38:14.around Centre Court. The dream day on Centre Court has ended with yet

:38:15. > :38:30.another retirement. Federer goes through. It is Federer's 85th

:38:31. > :38:43.victory here at Wimbledon. The matches continue here, we have

:38:44. > :38:50.had lovely weather here on the second day. Tomas Berdych has taken

:38:51. > :38:59.the first set against Jeremy Chardy, the experienced Frenchman. That

:39:00. > :39:04.match is currently live on BBC Two. And over on Court Number 12, another

:39:05. > :39:10.familiar face, Grigor Dimitrov, semifinalist in 2014, up against

:39:11. > :39:21.Diego Schwartzman. That match is on the red button. So, some big names

:39:22. > :39:28.on the outside courts. The tournament referee did have a couple

:39:29. > :39:33.of matches that he was able to put on to Centre Court, and one of them

:39:34. > :39:38.includes Caroline Wozniacki, who was the finalist at Eastbourne. What a

:39:39. > :39:43.treat, they get to come out and play on Centre Court. Interesting match

:39:44. > :39:47.this one, against Timea Babos, ranked 42 in the world. At least

:39:48. > :40:00.some tennis for the patient Centre Court crowd to enjoy in the late

:40:01. > :40:04.afternoon. Caroline Wozniacki, a former junior champion here. This is

:40:05. > :40:07.the only tournament in fact where she has not reached the

:40:08. > :40:12.quarterfinal. She's seeded sixth and she's up against Babos, who was the

:40:13. > :40:19.runner-up in the doubles a few years ago with Mladenovic. That was just a

:40:20. > :40:24.few moments ago. The warm-up is under way, so hopefully we will get

:40:25. > :40:27.goal completed on Centre Court. Let's enjoy this in the company of

:40:28. > :40:35.Liz Smiley and Matt Chilton. MATT CHILTON: Just approaching the

:40:36. > :40:39.end of the warm-up here. Some serves being sent down by both players. We

:40:40. > :40:43.have not had a completed match yet on Centre Court. Djokovic and

:40:44. > :40:53.Federer both going through courtesy of retirements.

:40:54. > :41:09.The first Match Of The Day featured Angelique Kerber up against Falconi.

:41:10. > :41:16.This one has been rearranged for the Centre Court. Neither player will

:41:17. > :41:19.mind, though. Always a little bit tricky when you're not quite sure

:41:20. > :41:38.exactly what time you're going to be on.

:41:39. > :41:44.I don't think these ladies would have envisaged that they would be on

:41:45. > :41:58.the court at this time. World number 42, Timea Babos. Up against the

:41:59. > :42:01.number five seed. Caroline Wozniacki knows her way around this Centre

:42:02. > :42:15.Court, she has been out here plenty of times. The former world number

:42:16. > :42:23.one,who's never won Grand Slam. There's her father, Peter, on the

:42:24. > :42:27.present courtside. At Eastbourne, he was able to come down at the change

:42:28. > :42:35.of ends and coach his daughter. You are able to do that on the WTA tour,

:42:36. > :42:39.but not at the Majors I'm Glad you can't do it at Grand Slams. I think

:42:40. > :42:41.it's part of the process, the players need to figure out for

:42:42. > :42:50.themselves what's working, what's not working, how to change what they

:42:51. > :43:00.need to do. You can't do it on the men's tour at all, it's unique to

:43:01. > :43:08.the women's tour. Babos has never beaten a player in the top ten in

:43:09. > :43:13.the world. The highest player that she has beaten is Sybil Clover,

:43:14. > :43:25.ranked number 11. So, this is a big ask for her today. Warm applause for

:43:26. > :43:28.both players, called upon late to play on Centre Court. Babos won the

:43:29. > :44:03.toss and elected to receive. That's a lively start! If the match

:44:04. > :44:04.carries on like that, then the Centre Court crowd will get value

:44:05. > :45:04.for money! These two have never faced each

:45:05. > :45:09.other on tour, which is slightly surprising, because they're both

:45:10. > :46:11.experienced campaigners. Wozniacki has won 25 Tour titles.

:46:12. > :46:18.That was a little wild from Babos. She will take to settle into this

:46:19. > :46:25.arena. She has been out here in doubles before but I think this is

:46:26. > :46:31.her first match as a singles player. It's probably an indication of how

:46:32. > :46:32.she's going to play this match, she's got weapons, the consistency

:46:33. > :46:57.is not quite there. Babos, looking at her match results,

:46:58. > :47:01.has lost to Serena Williams at Wimbledon, a couple of years ago,

:47:02. > :47:03.that was almost certainly on Centre Court. So it may not be her first

:47:04. > :47:18.visit to the hallowed ground. That's what she's going to need to

:47:19. > :47:25.do to win points here. Almost on the line to win the point from Babos. It

:47:26. > :47:27.puts a tremendous amount of pressure on you, to have to produce that type

:47:28. > :48:00.of tennis. Babos is pretty solid from the

:48:01. > :48:26.baseline. We may see some lengthy exchanges from these two.

:48:27. > :49:37.I thought that might drop, but it stayed on Wozniacki's side of the

:49:38. > :49:38.court. The coach of Timea Babos, he was coaching Marion Bartoli when she

:49:39. > :50:19.won the title here. Caroline Wozniacki, she makes you

:50:20. > :50:23.cover so much of the court, she uses the width of the court so well.

:50:24. > :51:28.Babos is being moved from left to right.

:51:29. > :51:40.Good adjustment from Wozniacki with that backhand. She has the ability

:51:41. > :51:42.to come underneath it and slice it, a very effective shot, particularly

:51:43. > :52:12.in the first week of the Championship.

:52:13. > :52:18.MATT CHILTON: Really high-quality start to this contest. That was the

:52:19. > :52:42.longest rally, 15 strokes. Oh, beautifully done! Took all the

:52:43. > :53:02.pace off the ball. LIZ SMYLIE: It's that backhand side

:53:03. > :53:05.of Caroline Wozniacki which can really generate a tremendous amount

:53:06. > :53:13.of pace. Whereas on the forehand side, she has a little bit of a hard

:53:14. > :53:18.time when she comes up against the really big hitters on the tour, she

:53:19. > :53:24.finds it hard to hit winners on the forehand side of. But once again,

:53:25. > :53:32.she does such a good job of manoeuvring her opponent out of

:53:33. > :53:44.position, Caroline Wozniacki. Does two finals that she lost, in 2009,

:53:45. > :53:49.and then a couple of years later, at the US Open, those were against the

:53:50. > :54:03.kind of big hitters that she finds it difficult to play against.

:54:04. > :54:13.Kim Kleist is and Serena Williams. Lots of spectators coming back to

:54:14. > :54:17.their seats, having picked up resale tickets from people who might have

:54:18. > :55:00.left earlier. Always an influx after the end of the third match.

:55:01. > :55:13.Good pick-up, but Babos was there. Wozniacki was swift across the court

:55:14. > :55:17.to be the second bounce. Tough shot there, which really didn't get up

:55:18. > :55:35.very high. She was really at full stretch.

:55:36. > :55:43.You see that shot from Wozniacki, most girls on tour would have

:55:44. > :55:49.cracked that for a winner on the forehand, but she has a tough job

:55:50. > :56:12.flattening that shot out. She does much better on the backhand.

:56:13. > :56:20.What a start for Babos, serving out to love. She's full of energy and

:56:21. > :56:35.positivity out here this evening. No breaks of serve, no break points

:56:36. > :57:34.yet. Oh! Too good! Longest exchange of

:57:35. > :57:41.the match so far - heavy hitting from both players! And flat from

:57:42. > :57:47.both players, very little margin for error, particularly on that last

:57:48. > :57:49.one. If you hit a clean winner against Caroline Wozniacki, you hit

:57:50. > :58:05.a good shot. Reluctant to come forward from

:58:06. > :58:36.Babos, just didn't see that early enough.

:58:37. > :58:41.She has to play like that, Babos, because she's not going to win the

:58:42. > :58:47.majority of the valleys from the back of the court, because Wozniacki

:58:48. > :58:50.will just outmanoeuvre her. She really has to go for it on both

:58:51. > :59:08.sides. Yeah, risk assessment required.

:59:09. > :59:20.Straightforward finish in the end for Caroline Wozniacki.

:59:21. > :59:28.LIZ SMYLIE: You can always tell what preference a player has, when the

:59:29. > :59:33.ball comes into the middle of the court. On that occasion, it came

:59:34. > :59:40.into the middle of the court and she chose to hit a backhand off it.

:59:41. > :59:57.Unforced errors have been few and far between. But one gives game five

:59:58. > :00:04.to Wozniacki. Caroline Wozniacki, she's just incredibly consistent,

:00:05. > :00:07.week in, week out. She played 36 Majors in a row until she missed one

:00:08. > :00:15.in Paris in 2016. It's a fantastic run. Great competitor. Really

:00:16. > :00:21.professional, week in, week out, on the tour, plays lots of tournaments.

:00:22. > :00:33.Such a drawcard for the tour. Very popular wherever she goes. Still

:00:34. > :00:36.young as well, 26 years old. She's won 25 tour titles, extraordinary

:00:37. > :00:44.strike rate, despite not winning a Major. 25 titles across the

:00:45. > :00:50.surfaces, and along the way, more than $23 million. That's one of the

:00:51. > :00:54.reasons why she achieved the number one ranking, the volume of matches

:00:55. > :01:07.and wins. So far, Babos, the Hungarian,

:01:08. > :02:05.holding her own. Waiting for the levels to drop. 2-3.

:02:06. > :02:17.I think... The ball... UMPIRE: The ball is called in. I think both

:02:18. > :02:22.players stopped. It looked long to make, it was just in front of our

:02:23. > :02:36.commentary position. It was miles away from the baseline. Difficult

:02:37. > :02:45.one for the line judge, with the spectators chattering away just over

:02:46. > :02:55.his shoulder. So, it is all change here, as it was going along quite

:02:56. > :03:08.nicely on serve, all of a sudden, worries for Timea Babos who has

:03:09. > :03:10.break points to defend. That might be challenged. No, she has let it

:03:11. > :04:04.go. There is the first break of serve of

:04:05. > :04:08.this match on Centre Court. So the opportunity here, Wozniacki, and she

:04:09. > :04:14.just flattened that forehand down a little bit. Things were going along

:04:15. > :04:21.quite nicely for Babos and all of a sudden you break NUR down a break.

:04:22. > :04:24.She is down rather barren streak, Timea Babos. Looking to end an eight

:04:25. > :04:28.match losing streak at the minute that goes right to April. Wozniacki

:04:29. > :05:02.serving for 5-2. Sir the ball is called in. She was

:05:03. > :05:10.quick to react to raise her finger. The line judge decided it was in and

:05:11. > :05:15.it was a long way out. Difficult for the line judges on that side of the

:05:16. > :05:21.chord because there is a mixture of shade and sunshine that they are

:05:22. > :05:29.looking at. -- on that side of the court.

:05:30. > :05:36.I think the line judges at this time of the evening have to squint a

:05:37. > :05:42.little bit. The line judges are also a long way away, it is not a huge

:05:43. > :05:48.cod but it is bigger than an outside court. There is a lot of distance to

:05:49. > :05:59.get to that far side with a are sitting -- it is not a huge court.

:06:00. > :06:05.She made it difficult for herself, Wozniacki. Charging in for the short

:06:06. > :06:16.ball, did not know what to do with it. Babos is hoping to bite back

:06:17. > :06:28.here. 15-13. Wozniacki takes a few extra seconds -- 15-30. That is

:06:29. > :06:30.long, two break points to put Timea Babos right back in this opening

:06:31. > :07:02.set. Exquisite control from Wozniacki.

:07:03. > :07:07.Not an easy volley from Wozniacki, because it is low, it is the big hit

:07:08. > :07:10.from Babos and that volley is low, she really has to open the racquet

:07:11. > :07:22.face to get it back over the net. Nice touch. It is the break back.

:07:23. > :07:39.Back on serve, in the opening set. UMPIRE: Caroline Wozniacki needs.

:07:40. > :07:44.Babos did not hold back, she has a plan, to be as aggressive as

:07:45. > :07:49.possible. The trick for her is to try and limit the unforeseen errors

:07:50. > :07:55.while still playing aggressively and it is a great forehand air. Just a

:07:56. > :08:03.free swing at that one. It is the way to play, Caroline Wozniacki,

:08:04. > :08:07.certainly for Babos today. She just waits for Wozniacki to make the

:08:08. > :08:16.error and it is not going to happen, you have to force the play, if

:08:17. > :08:20.you're Timea Babos. Matt Dawson, who was of course the scrum-half, the

:08:21. > :08:27.number nine when England won the World Cup in 2003 in Sydney, just

:08:28. > :08:31.trying to remember who they beat. Was it Australia? Lets just skip

:08:32. > :08:36.over that! Were not doing any better at the tennis at Wimbledon this

:08:37. > :08:45.year! Dawson was part of that final move up the field. Giving Wilkinson

:08:46. > :08:51.the final drop goal. Right! Enough of that! Back on serve and new balls

:08:52. > :09:36.here for Timea Babos, 3-4. Good running. Good running from

:09:37. > :09:51.both. There are not too many balls that

:09:52. > :09:56.Caroline Wozniacki does not get it, it is the chip up the line, Babos on

:09:57. > :10:08.the full stretch and Wozniacki did her best to get to that. Not too

:10:09. > :10:12.much court to get to. That was a bit of a howler, really. Great return

:10:13. > :10:19.from Wozniacki, it was a great serve at the left hit and she did a great

:10:20. > :10:25.job to hit it backhand and then she was caught, she was rushed for time

:10:26. > :10:50.on the forehand and made a bit of a meal of it.

:10:51. > :11:01.Babos has the biggest serve of the two, she is hitting them around 115

:11:02. > :11:16.mph. Wozniacki's best was around ten mph slower. No aces, no double

:11:17. > :11:27.faults yet in this match. Too good. Beautifully turned from Wozniacki.

:11:28. > :11:28.She needed to get this as wide as she needed to and Wozniacki moved

:11:29. > :11:50.into it. Found the gap up the line. Roar of approval for Babos as she

:11:51. > :12:11.holds serve, it is four games all. Four games all in the opening set.

:12:12. > :12:25.One break of serve for each player, very tight out here, both players

:12:26. > :12:29.serving solidly. No double faults. Really good entertainment with some

:12:30. > :12:54.long hard-hitting rallies, four games all.

:12:55. > :13:00.SUE BARKER: We are coming to the end of our transmission on BBC One and

:13:01. > :13:05.we are moving this match to BBC Two and if you want to continue watching

:13:06. > :13:09.the match on Centre Court it is now on BBC Two. Just before we leave

:13:10. > :13:24.you, let's round up the main stories of the day. It was an easy day at

:13:25. > :13:30.the office for Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer who were on court for

:13:31. > :13:38.just over a set, their respective opponents Martin Klizan and Alexandr

:13:39. > :13:41.Dolgopolov both retired with injury. World number one and last year 's

:13:42. > :13:52.runner-up Angelique Kerber was safely into the second round beating

:13:53. > :13:57.Falconi 6-4, 6-4. Third seed Karolina Pliskova looked in ominous

:13:58. > :14:04.form as she is through with a straight sets win over her opponent.

:14:05. > :14:12.James Ward and Brydan Klein bowed out but Kyle Edman enjoyed his first

:14:13. > :14:16.win beating Alex Ward in four sets. And British wild card Katie Boulder

:14:17. > :14:24.put up a fighting display before eventually losing in three sets to

:14:25. > :14:29.Christina McHale. -- Katie Balter. So those are the stories, we still

:14:30. > :14:34.have plenty of tennis to come here, keeping an eye on Tara Mills -- on

:14:35. > :14:38.Tomas Berdych and Grigor Dimitrov. More tennis now on BBC Two. For now,

:14:39. > :14:40.goodbye.