Day 3, Part 1 Wimbledon

Now we are going to take you over to Wimbledon. And she has done it. Her

Majesty will present the trophy to a British woman. Oh, yes. That was

perfect. Irresistible, majestic. The Wimbledon champion again. Anyone for

tennis? # God save the Queen.

# God save the Queen. Well, that is a first for Wimbledon

and that was just for you, Pat. I like that, that has got me going.

Who needs a cup of coffee when you have got the sex pistols? Do you

like it? That is not my type of music. You may not remember this but

I was 16 and you were 17 and you took me to your parents' garage at

the Australian Open to listen to you jamming awake on your guitar and you

played Ireland maiden and I had to pretend I liked that music. Do you

remember? Of course I remember. We were a bit too young. Moving on

quickly, Pat, it is 30 years to the day that you won the title and more

famously ran up to greet your family. Yes, I know. It is hard to

believe. It is a cliche, time has gone so quickly, but it is

outrageous. I have sort of become more famous for that Klein. I beat

the number one in the world and I beat Matt Wilander and Jimmy Connors

and I should be known for that, but it was that Klein and my dad was

there, my sister and my uncle and my trainer. It was the first real team.

I remember my dad saying, I am by getting tickets for all the family.

Now you cannot have as many people. We cannot give you any more tickets,

Mr Cash. My dad was a lawyer and he negotiated and eventually got

everybody in and around that area. The boxes are getting bigger, but

that was my way of saying thank you for them. It was a team effort and I

was a young father. I was 22 and a baby had been on its way at the age

of 20. The family had to pull together. It was a stressful moment,

new baby, travelling the world and trying to make a career and going

out and training six or seven hours a day. It was not that easy. It was

my way of saying thank you to everybody. You certainly did.

Evander Lendl is on the practice court. Do you reminisce with him

about the final? No, not at all. We have made our way out to the

practice courts and there he is, looking as happy as ever I guess,

out there with Andy Murray and getting him ready for his match. We

have also got Milos Raonic behind us here and Marin Cilic has turned up

with his coach and everybody is getting ready. Let's tell you what

you can look forward to first on Centre court because we have a

wonderful three matches to look forward to. I seem to remember

saying that yesterday and it did not quite work out the way we expected.

Johanna Konta is up against the player who beat her in the

Eastbourne final, Donna Vekic. Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Laura

Robson. Heather looks to be back to her best form and we wish her well

with During the day we will be moving

around across BBC One and BBC Two. Coming up shortly on BBC One, we

will be heading out to court number two. Heather Watson is making her

way out there for a warm up against Anastasija Sevastova. That match is

live on the red button. We will be going there soon once we have set up

the stories of the day. Talking of the stories of the day, we have to

address what happened yesterday. Two retirement on centre court, eight in

all out of the first round and there is also was of talk now, should

players be allowed to go on court if they feel they cannot win the match?

It is a good question and it is something each individual player

knows in their own mind whether they are capable of finishing that match

and that is a discussion between them and their physios. It is rare

and disappointing for the fans who had all those tickets. Roger Federer

and Novak Djokovic did not get the completed match. Some physios might

say, as you go out there, your body might loosen up. Roger alluded to it

in the press conference. You can get rain delays and that might benefit

the person carrying an injury. If they get through the match, they get

a day off in between and they get better for the next one, so you

understand why players want to go out there and give it a go. It

depends on if players know in their own mind if they can get through the

match. One of the players yesterday was playing at four and months

pregnant. I thought, should that have come into the debate a little

bit? I try to hit some balls when I was four and a half months pregnant

and I had to sit down, I had heart palpitations. I had loss of blood to

my head and I felt faint. I thought, have I put my baby in danger? I was

shocked she chose to play a singles match. Should that come into the

debate as well? She did not admit to it, she did not tell anybody. Maybe

her doctors would have said, do not do it. She announced it after the

match. She can only answer this question as to why she was playing.

You could get money if you are about to leave the tour and go off and

have a baby. Was she playing for the money or did she believed she could

win the match? I would put it into the category of being a bit

hindered. If you are four and a half months pregnant, you cannot spread

the way you would like to around the tennis court. It is an interesting

debate. Was she extremely brave to have done it, with the doctors have

advised somebody for and have months pregnant to play a singles match? If

someone does feel that they cannot play the whole they get the full

money. That is not part of the grand slams at the moment, is it a good

idea? We have to look at it and whether they take half the money

away if they do not finish the match. Somebody can be fully fit and

slipped and have an accident. Some of these players went out in the

first round knowing they could never finished the match and took the

prize money. A few years ago we gave more money to the first round losers

for players who were struggling and who were around the 120 mark and

were struggling to make ends meet and qualifying. We wanted to help

them, absolutely. But the other thing is some players are turning up

to get their money. Or it is Wimbledon. You want to go out there

and have a chance to play, why not? Two matches on centre court and

everybody in the whole world is watching you. I think it is probably

somewhere in between that might be a good balance. If it is a legitimate

injury, the guy slides on the green grass court and somebody twists

their ankle, you will say, why are you taking my money away from me? I

had a legitimate injury. It is a real can of worms. It is the one

black mark on our sport at the moment. I don't know if you are

going to mention Bernard Tomic? Just explain. Basically he said he had an

injury, or he faked an injury to get a break in the match so medical

teams could come out and he said I did it to change the match. He

wanted to change the momentum. And he said he was bored. He said he was

bored, but he faked a medical time-out. Nobody can look me in the

eye and say lots of players have faked the medical time-out. There

are lots of players from the top to the bottom, they all do it. He is in

the middle. It is a can of worms. Somebody could get sued. There are

so many governing bodies that cannot get together and work it out. This

hopefully will highlight its extremely. I would call it legal

cheating and I am sticking by that. It is a really tricky situation. We

never had medical time-outs. You only saw the players in the locker

room having ice pack. We never had loo breaks or trainer breaks. A

whole generation now assumes that is what you can do and they use it. If

you are playing with an injury, you will make it worse and your career

is in danger. In an interview with Boris this morning, we said that was

a good point. I am looking after my body, this is my machine that will

keep me going, I need to look after it. I retired at 30 and I am

hobbling around with a bad back and I pushed myself to the limit. You

can see both sides. What if somebody forces you to play? I have got a

legitimate injury, here you go, here is a lawsuit. What a can of worms!

Are you hobbling around the practice court? You are working with Coco

Vandeweghe. Yes, she has got the match tomorrow, she is hitting the

ball well. I will be hitting some shops to her. She has got a big game

and she is suited to grass. What are your thoughts? I love the way she

plays, she has got such a big personality. She loves targets and

she loves being challenged and she loves competing. She brings a lot of

sparkle onto the court and she loves playing on grass. But ultimately she

has got a massive serve. She has got the of Serena Williams. Yes, she has

got the power of Serena Williams. Her technique in her volleys is as

good if not better than Serena's. But she does not hit them in as much

as Serena, so that is a bit of work, working on the consistency. Does she

do as she is told? She has been very good and her coaching team have done

a great job getting her to where she is at. I got the feeling there was a

stipulation if you are too sensitive about this and that and you are not

willing to work, look somewhere else. If you want to get up to the

top, I will help you, but you have got to work hard. No champion as

never worked really really hard. I think she is willing to do that. She

has to keep her feet as well so as not to be hobbling around like me.

And Andy Murray as well, he is looking as though he is moving much

better today. He definitely is. We were all studying his walk even

between the hitting. Even the slow motion walks. He was surprised

everyone said he was limping around and he said he must have developed

it without realising because he does not feel any pain. But I think he

looks good. He has got through his first round. It has not been ideal

preparation. Last year he had won a lot more matches. This section of

the draw has really opened up with Nick Kyrgios out. He is such an

unbelievable competitor that he will find that instinct as he goes

through the tournament. But I am looking forward to Dustin Brown. We

definitely are. He was limping in between the point, but every drop

shot he got up there. He was flying. It looked like he was going

backwards, which is something I am familiar with at the moment, but he

moved like lightning and it did not seem to affect him. He is moving

well down there. The day before in his first-round match on Sunday and

was watching him and he was quick the mark. Look at that. Players like

to move side to side, but Alexander Bublik was testing his head and

pulling him from pillar to post and changing direction. That was a good

work-out and he survived. No doubt, and he will work his way into the

tournament. But Dustin Brown is a tricky one for him because he can

upset the rhythm and we have seen him serve and volley in the past.

That looks a bit like your walk, Pat. It is very similar. That was

the other day and clearly he was limping and he was protecting that.

But not today. He is brilliant. This is live, he is limping again. I

watched him an hour ago. He was fined a minute ago. He has been out

there for about 45 minutes already. He knows best. Shall we move of

these pictures because it is quite depressing! One thing he will not

win is the battle of the hairstyles. Dustin Brown, wow. I'd just love it.

He has got a wonderful personality. He makes you smile when you look at

him. He plays tennis with a twinkle in his eye and he brings humour to a

tennis court and he is a great shot maker. He took apart Rafael Nadal on

the Centre Court and took Nick Kyrgios to five sets last year. He

plays with so much spirit and enjoyment. I think he will relish

his time out there today. There is no particular reason why Andy Murray

should not do well against serve and volley is. He lost out in the

Australian Open two is buried. Dustin Brown coming in like the

grass court, it suits his style of play. He comes to the net and he is

tall and he will make life uncomfortable for him. Andy likes

rhythm and he wants to push his opponent around and tough him out.

That was pretty good. He is so unpredictable and he needs a grand

stage and he will enjoy being out there today. This was him arriving

and he was walking behind us as we were talking. He is laid-back and he

will really relish being on Centre Court. Some people get intimidated

by it, but he will love it. He is made for the centre court. A friend

of mine who has been following him for a long time said, he should be

the biggest thing in tennis. He should be going around the world and

promoting the sport. He is cool, he enjoys tennis and he is nice to talk

to. He is great for tennis and it will be fantastic excitement on the

Centre Court and it will be tense. It will be tense. Crying, laughing,

smiling, booing, everything. It will be entertaining. He brings huge

amount of power and unpredictability, but Andy Murray is

so good at return of serve. That is one of his greatest assets and he is

so good at nullifying the serve. Andy Murray has so many layers to

his game and so many options, but on that backhand side he can use the

left hand and dip the ball over the net and make the volleys a little

bit more difficult for Dustin Brown. Guys can play with flair, but he

will constantly put pressure on them. You said nullify and he could

nullify Dustin Brown's game. But Dustin will have to play his best

tennis today. He might be good for one set or two, but can he do it

over five sets? The first on centre court is Johanna Konta against the

player who beat her at Nottingham. But she has improved since then. She

did not have a great clay-court season and she came to Nottingham

and I watched all of her matches and she grew in stature. The one thing

about her is she is a great athlete and she has a big serve and a big

second serve which is difficult to attack. She is not so comfortable

coming forward and volleying, but her opponent today is quite

problematic. Donna Vekic was a young star at 16 and got to her first

final at 16 and won her first tour title at 17. She served 16 aces in

her semifinal in Nottingham and a bunch of aces against Johanna Konta.

She will love being out there on centre stage and this will not be

easy. Johanna Konta has not had a great draw here, but she goes about

her process, applying her formula. She does not come out with a lot of

frills attached to her. I am sure she will get through this, but it

will not be easy. She has improved and her big serve is a real weapon.

And she is very consistent. A great athlete, as Annabel said. She will

scramble a lot of balls back. You would think she would have learned a

lot from that loss in Nottingham. She will be fully aware of what she

can bring to the game. She will have to serve, Donna Vekic, 16 aces again

to win. Can you do that twice in a row? Johanna Konta has felt the

pressure, but her first-round match looked good. She looked good, and

there were a couple of balloon balls over the baseline which you do not

see much from her. Her forehand side always looked a bit shaky and that

is what she worked on incredibly hard. She now puts a bit more spin

on it and her team is working with her to load up her legs a bit more

on the grass. As everybody knows, you have to stay low and bend your

knees and that is something she has been working on. If the pressure

gets to its most extreme, it is the forehand side that might be a bit

shaky. OK, thank you very much. We will be listening to heavy metal

music estimator Mark it is sports and checks all the way out here, if

you are looking at your TV set. It is warm out here. Let's find out how

warm it is going to get. Is it going to stay like this? Yes, it is, look

at Henman Hill, everyone trying to find their square of grass. 23

Celsius is healthy at the moment, but it will get hotter. The maximum

is likely to be around 29 or 30 with light winds and it will be roasting.

We have got high UV levels. Even in the evening the temperature will be

pretty high, only dropping by a couple of degrees. We are not

expecting any rain showers today. Tomorrow first thing there will be

some showers, but by the time play gets under way they will have

cleared. If anything tomorrow it will be hotter than today, 30 or 31

Celsius. But in the afternoon there is a risk of an isolated

thunderstorm and if you catch one, it will be heavy, but it should move

through quite quickly. Sue, just for you, the pollen levels are high. I

thunderstorm does not sound too good. We are heading off to the live

tennis in a moment, but if you want to get involved, you can. There are

a lot of ways to get involved. As always, we would like you to join in

the conversation as well. Let us know your thoughts. That is it, so

get involved, we would love to hear from you. We are heading out, as

promised, to see Heather Watson. She is up a break of serve against the

number 18 C, Anastasija Sevastova. It is a great start from Heather.

Let's join this one live. This has been an astounding start

from Heather Watson. She has a double break against a player who is

the 18th seed and who comes into this with a grass court title. The

first one in seven years, but Watson is having none of it. She is playing

so well at the moment, she is on fire.

Really important today for Watson has been her serve. She has

delivered so well today so far. Just the second point on serve that

Watson has dropped so far in this set. Still a couple of points for a

5-0 lead. She has hardly missed the point on backhand.

I think Sevastova is a bit stunned at the moment. Heather Watson has

raised to a 5-0, double break lead. She will be happy with that. I do

not think she could have asked for anything more coming out. She is

doing everything right at the moment, Watson. She is getting up to

the serve beautifully. The first serve is making its mark. She is

moving well. You have to crouch down a bit lower on the grass because of

the lower bounds. This is her fifth week on the grass. She started at

Surbiton, a lower ranking tournament, but she got to the final

there. It is the movement going from clay to grass, getting lower onto

the ball, but she has got the timing and the confidence. She must be

feeling great. In the Eastbourne semifinal when she beat three top 25

players, including the defending champion Dominika Cibulkova. It was

her top ten win. Into Wimbledon as a wild card because her ranking was

not good enough at 126. She is the reigning mixed doubles champion

here. She was very surprised to win that title. Yes, that was a great

feeling! Sevastova can get very grumpy on

court and she usually takes it out on her coach. He has wisely been

looking at his feet most of the time. Or hiding under his hat.

I think she must be surprised the way Watson is coming at her. She has

had to move a lot. Sevastova says of her game that there are no weak

spots. But I would beg to differ about that. I think her forehand can

be a bit dodgy. At that, says Watson. Too short, too

much spin and Watson loving it. Rotating into it.

APPLAUSE 18 minutes played and we have our

first set point. Cost Heather Watson could not have

played a better first set of tennis. 19 minutes on the clock and she

takes the first set by 6-0. We've got every crosscourt backhand,

cross shot and overhead shot covered on the BBC. You can watch the action

on 15 courts live on the BBC website, BBC iPlayer and the BBC's

or do app. I think the way Watson is moving,

she is dancing around the court, getting down to the shots, smooth.

Everything is working today. That does come with confidence. I would

love to know what her coaches said to her because it has worked! Yes, a

lot of hard work goes in. Months and months. When she lost her ranking,

there was a little bit of panic. Morgan and: there, her coaches. You

put in the hard work. You wonder if it is ever going to click into

place. Good further. -- good for Heather. From the French Open going

onto the grass it has started working.

The first double fault for Heather Watson following is said where she

served no double full 's and no unforced error is. -- double faults.

Is the trick to keep the focus and the concentration? That first set

went by in a flash. It is quite strange sometimes to win a set 6-0.

You wonder when your opponent is going to start to play well. You get

a little caught up with the other end of the court and don't focus on

yourself so much. Head down, keep working, keep moving.

Just maybe she saw our opponent moving in that direction and thought

he had to hit a better shot. It has been very clever from Watson

today. Sever Stover is pinned on the baseline. If you look as though you

are going to hit it and go for a short shot, it is perfect on grass.

The umpire called that out. She only had one challenge in the first set.

A successful one from Heather Watson. It is the Latvian's turn

now. The umpire has lost the challenge!

Such good movement from Watson today. That is the point, that is

the game. Her seventh game in a row. That is the stickiest game she has

had on serve. She lost a couple of points in the first set only. She

came through that well. Sever Stover was hitting the ball better horror

forehand side. She is trying to generate more power. At the moment

Watson is in charge of this match. She is kind of standing in the

middle of the court, directing the ball from side to side. Her opponent

is on the run. Now this on paper was, and still

could be, a tough test for Watson. Sevestova, 18th seed. She won a

tournament on Majorca -- in Majorca on grass in the lead of two

Wimbledon. -- to Wimbledon. Shame! She played at that point so

beautifully until that last shot. It is funny to say a grass court

tournament in Majorca. It is very new. I think it started last year.

At the same sort of weather, surely, as today?

I think the plan is to go to the forehand, pinning it in that corner.

The forehand has been breaking down a lot.

The first time Watson has looked a little jerky on the shots. She has

been so smooth until now. That is a rare thing indeed. It is a

Sevestova hold. The first one of this second round match. She gets

herself on the board. A slightly better look for her. She does

crumble along during a match things aren't going well. It is just her

way. She is fine. As the points start, she is into it.

Heather's mum, Michelle. And also sometime coach. Yes. She is great 20

comes on court. -- when she comes on court. We have had a three double

faults from Heather Watson. They have all come in the second set. Her

mum came on court in Monterey. Heather said she cant hit a backhand

crosscourt. And she said, well don't hit it then. It it down the line

then! -- hit it. Heather's answer? Yes, mum! She is very down-to-earth.

She is great, I think. She had all these notes as well. Heather's

support camp. Here is another rare sighting in

this second set. A holder from Sevestova and now we have a break

point on the Watson serve. APPLAUSE. That was great disguise by

Watson. You can see she is trying to decide what to do when she was

coming up to the net. Drop shot or not? She played it deeper. It really

good feel. Just see right here. She took her

right hand away. Sevestova is having a right old

stayer at that line. It is not play. She may not see so good. Both have

had a successful challenge. And that was a successful serve.

APPLAUSE Good direction. Hitting the ball,

getting her opponent on the run. Making her search -- stretch.

I think she pulled off that shot. She didn't commit to it.

So in the longest game of this second round match, two break points

have been saved so far. Now a point for a hold from Heather Watson.

And on we go. A well played point. Kind of a sneak attack you can do on

grass, the old chip and charge. The third opportunity now for the

Latvian to break the serve of Heather Watson and feel like she is

truly back in this second round match.

A gift from Heather Watson gets Anastasija Sevestova back into this

second round contest. Cilic 2-1 with a break but Heather Watson won the

first set. -- she leads to- one.

That proof could costly. This is what is happening elsewhere.

Victoria Azarenka are making her comeback after the birth of her

first child. She is playing Elena Vesnina. A semifinalist at Wimbledon

last year. Azarenka, before -- former world number one, is leading

4-2. The winner of this match will play the winner of the match we are

watching with Heather Watson. We will keep you up-to-date with that.

The British number one has been on the practice court. She is playing

so well at the moment. This really has been another breakthrough year

for her, winning in Sydney and also winning in Miami as well. That was a

big win for her. She is playing Donna Vekic. First on Centre Court.

About 40 minutes remaining. Back we go to see whether Heather Watson can

break back after such an impressive first set. She only dropped two

points on her serve and no unforced errors. She has to get that back.

The Latvian looking a little bit dangerous now.

What are we putting this second set down to so far? More mistakes from

Watson or Sevestova settling in? I think it bit of both. I think Watson

played so well in the first set, she didn't allow her opponent to get

into it and play. Now she is making a few more mistakes. Sevestova has

now got it going a bit. The dynamic has changed. Momentum has changed.

UMPIRE: miss Watson is challenging the call. The ball was called in.

The umpire didn't overrule. It is kind of below us. This will be

rather tight. UMPIRE: Miss Watson has two

challenges remaining. She saw that perfectly. I think

Watson is at her best when she is hitting down the line is, when she

connects and times it. A comfortable hold for Sevestova.

Their first meeting since 2013. We are not reading too much into that

first meeting. Since then, Sevestova retired with back and muscle

problems. Then she healed. And here she is, 18th seed and world number

19. APPLAUSE

Another glare at the coach. UMPIRE: Miss Sevestova challenging a

call. The ball was called in. She didn't seem all that

wholehearted about that. No, she didn't. A bit half-hearted. I'm

quite shocked at that. These double faults are mounting at

the moment. She has just lost rhythm slightly on her first serve.

She didn't move to that. Just reached for it.

Well played. I'm glad we have seen the yell and the fist pump. I just

thought she was getting slightly into herself. Not letting anything

out. The emotions, the energy. It's so hard to manage yourself on

court when you could not have played any better in the first set. The

second set, suddenly the timing has gone off.

I'm not quite sure how she got away with that drop Mac shot. Sevestova

had a right good look at it. I thought she might try a knob of

this. Watson is very near the net. She doesn't care. The point won.

An important hold for Heather Watson. She is a break down.

It is incredible how quickly things can change. I think that is the

beauty of tennis and the scoring system. 19 minutes played, no

unforced errors, everything was perfect and clean and wonderful.

Just looking down there at the second serve points won by said.

What a change around. We were talking about the serve before the

match started but we said the first serve would be important. Look at

this on the second serve. If you can maybe not have to put some in second

service in, it puts the pressure on you. She is trying to hit her first

serve very hard. Just missing now instead of hitting. A good game to

win. Glorious day. Day three, sunshine.

Very different to last year. It was so horrible. Drizzly. And it changes

the way the courts play as well. The sun, the heat, it sucks the moisture

out. Nice and high bouncing. APPLAUSE

A little bit of frustration. I thought she would be a lot calmer.

She said if she wasn't a tennis player she would be a doctor. And

you wouldn't want your doctor behaving like that, would you?! You

would think taking time out from tennis he would return with a

different mindset. It is always a difficult balance for

Watson. To attack more or put the ball in court. The first said she

won by being very aggressive and it worked. -- sets.

Well done. That was really good movement. Some sarcasm there. Watson

said last week in particular at Eastbourne when she was moving so

well, use that. It is great on a grass court if you can get nice and

low. An opportunity for Heather Watson to

get back on serve in the second set. That was a good service though. Hard

and flat. A little bit of luck to bring break

point number two. There it is! 49 minutes played,

three games all, second set. Really tough. The last couple of games she

stuck in there, Watson. Heather Watson looking for just her eighth

career win over a top 20 player. She beat Dominika Cibulkova at

Eastbourne. She did say at Eastbourne she felt she was about to

turn a corner with the amount she had been working. She really felt

things were going to change. What a lovely feeling. You have got that

hard work behind you and then things start kicking into place.

For the time she dropped down and played three ITF event. There are no

towels, there are no water, and then it made her realise this was not the

tennis she wanted to play, she rediscovered her hunger. Whatever it

takes. That gave her a huge jolt back to reality, that and the hard

work as well. That is clever play. She is very

skilful, Sevastova. We have seen her sliced backhand, but this is a

sliced forehand, coming right across the ball and it was well disguised.

Well played by Sevastova. A pump of the face from the Latvian because

she has broken Watson to regain her advantage in this second set and

lead by 4-3. It is nice Heather Watson has that desire because a lot

of players will not drop down a level. They are used to what they

are used to, having a fabulous career. She went to a level where

she had to find her own balls and come back. She realised you have got

to put the hard work in, it is not the level she wanted to play in.

Whatever it takes to rediscover that hunger, you do. Exactly. And her

opponent had the same thing. I know she had a lot of injuries and went

out of the tour for a couple of years. She is not from a country

that has a grand slam, there is no sponsorship, she is from Latvia. She

had to start in the lower levels and work her way up. She was ranked 110

and she did it the hard way as well. It makes you realise what you want

out of your tennis, it is a very limited time, and you have to make

the most of it. Look at this glorious weather.

A few people came in on that changeover.

Punchy shots from Watson, coming steaming back. Sevastova was not

ready for that. And again! Watson has just been broken and there is a

chance it might happen to her opponent.

There we go! In the blink of an eye and we are back on serve. One break

the peace. 4-4. What a game, she timed everything beautifully off her

return. Her first serve in this game is vital.

Both hands in the air. There is Anne Keothavong. You always apologise.

Did you ever mean it? It does not matter!

I tell you what, Sevastova is not happy down there. There was no

thought behind that shot. Still shaking her head. I am sorry,

that was luck. She just flung her racket at that.

At the moment Watson just needs to get the ball in the court. I think

Donna Vekic will hit it out the court or into the net. She does not

seem bothered down at other end. I used to hate it when I thought

opponents were not trying down at the other end and then they get a

couple of winners and suddenly they are winning. It does not seem fair.

She needed the serve and she got the serve, game point, Watson.

Into the tramlines it goes and the 18th seed looks at her box and give

them a glare. Heather Watson is a game away from a place into the next

round. That would equal her best showing here in 2012 and 2015. Maybe

it is a good situation to be in with the lid and putting all the pressure

back on her opponent and to come out and stay in the match. I think she

would love to break to win the match. But at grand slams that first

round looms so large in your mind. You definitely want to win the first

round. Once you get over that, you go into the second round with much

more confidence. Seeing Heather play like she has played today it is

really good to see that she can produce tennis like this. It should

give her so much confidence, win or lose this match, for the rest of

year. I cannot imagine you get very stressed. Coming into Wimbledon, the

home slam, were you a different beast in the run-up to Wimbledon?

Definitely. Goodness, the stress of a tennis player!

One hour on the match clock and we have three match points for Heather

Watson to defeat the 18th seed, Anastasija Sevastova.

I like the way the crowd groaned. Don't worry, we have got two more.

What a performance from Heather Watson. She is playing her best at

Wimbledon and she is into the third round and she has done it at the

expense of the 18th seed, Anastasija Sevastova, in just over an hour. The

crowd is delighted. 6-0, 6-4. I am not surprised at this result the way

she has played over the last few weeks. She plays good grass court

tennis. A little disappointing for Sevastova at the end who completely

went out of the match, but for Heather Watson it is a great win. It

is amazing how much we use that word confidence and how important it is.

It is. But you have to work at it and it has taken months of hard work

for Heather to get to this point. Before this tournament, Eastbourne,

coming into this, it was only the second time this season that Heather

Watson had got back-to-back wins. And here she is, into round three,

full of smiles. She will be absolutely delighted.

Just one hour on court in hot conditions as well and she has

dispatched the 18th seed. Great conditions. The crowd loved it. They

are buzzing. When it started there were not too many and then word got

round about what Heather Watson was doing. I know it is a wonderful

place to wander around and have a drink. They thought, let's get to

our seats, because this might be over. If they were late in, they

might have missed it. Heather Watson with a convincing win. The 18th seed

is gone. Here is Heather Watson speaking post match McKenzie.

Congratulations. What an incredible start to the match. You came out

with such intensity. You said the other day you knew she was going to

be a threat. Were you surprised how you started and how she started?

Yes, I felt very good at the beginning of the match and ferry on

it and relaxed, more relaxed I was in my first match. I know how she

plays, she is a great player and I was expecting her to be playing her

best and I was prepared for that. Yes, she started to step up in the

second set, which I knew she would, but I was able to keep my cool and

stick with her. The intensity you showed, the mental strength you

showed just to keep going and not let anything get on top of you even

when she did come back, how important is that for everything

that Wimbledon throws at you? It is very important. She is a great

player and I have to expect that she will raise her level after the first

set and try something new. So I just have to remain calm and adjust my

game. In terms of your own performance, what is pleasing you

with how you are playing out there? You are covering the grass so well.

Just everything, really. I am seeing the ball very big and I am moving

very well which is important for the grass. I hit a few double points,

but I am serving well. Victoria Azarenka took the first set. Do you

have any preference of her over as Elena Vesnina? I have no preference,

whoever wins out of that, it is a very tough match. You are taking it

one match at a time? Yes, I am. Congratulations. Thank you. SUE

BARKER: Heather Watson is returning to form. This is some victory

against a player who beat Johanna Konta last year and Karolina

Pliskova in Madrid earlier in the clay-court season. That is a big

scalp. She is the eight women's seed to fall at these championships and

it is wonderful to see Heather Watson back in the third round for

the third time. A couple of years ago she played Serena Williams on

Centre Court and Serena Williams said she could be a top 20 player

and then she dropped out, but she is on her way back. Later on today

Johanna Konta will be on centre court, that is in about ten minutes'

time. Earlier before Lee and Jo Durie went out to watch Heather,

they went out to watch Johanna Konta practice and Lee started by asking

about that nasty fall she had last week at Eastbourne. I think the

shock of falling at Eastbourne was the thing and the grand slam at

Wimbledon is too important not to play. She is so fit the way she is

moving and hitting the ball today in practice. She has got a tough

opponent today on centre court, Donna Vekic, who won her first tour

competition at the age of 17. They met recently. Yes, the final at

Nottingham, and it was a tough, hard match with loads of long rallies.

Donna Vekic hits the ball hard, but she can play a lot of different

shots. She got Johanna Konta out of her rhythm. It will be interesting,

who will be more nervous in this match? There is so much on it. Does

the Centre Court crowd lift you? Will she be able to take something

from it? I think so, you can take something from it, but you hear all

the groans when you hit a bad shot. Use all the energy, you have got to

love playing on centre court at Wimbledon. SUE BARKER: You certainly

love it, but there is pressure on world number one. Andy Murray deals

with it so well, let's have Johanna Konta does so as well. What a

wonderful day on the third day of the championships. The weather could

not be more perfect for tennis and for the spectators. All the big

stars are all around the grounds here today. A lovely day at

Wimbledon. We have got about ten minutes left here, so we are going

to drop in to see who Heather will be playing in the next round,

whether it is Elena Vesnina or Victoria Azarenka. We can join this

match and the commentators are Louise Fleming and James Burridge.

Victoria Azarenka in cruise control here at the moment.

The quality of this match has been exceptional today. She looks like a

seasoned pro. Going for broke, Elena Vesnina. She

has got to try and do something. It is a bit of desperate play from

Vesnina. She has never taken a set from her opponent, she has lost

seven times on the trot. At the moment Azarenka has incredible

conversion between winners and unforced errors. She just has not

put a foot wrong today. Much more positive tennis from

Vesnina. She has to take Azarenka on. She has the variety in her game.

She has been hit hitting plenty of drop shots, but at the moment

Azarenka has all the answers. She has to take whatever luck she

can get. The way Azarenka has been moving around the court today has

been exceptional. She just looks really ready for Wimbledon this

year. That was a smart serve from Vesnina,

shutting down the wings of Azarenka. Going at the body.

Another example of that return of serve from Azarenka. She is hitting

them with such depth. It is not just the pace that is doing the damage.

Not that time. A crucial hold for Elena Vesnina. She has got to find

some way to stop this onslaught here from Victoria Azarenka.

Everything that Elena Vesnina has done today has not bothered Victoria

Azarenka. I am almost in shock at the way she has come out here and

played today. The top players on the WTA tour and thrive on momentum and

being able to come into tournaments with a lot of matches behind them.

The fact that Azarenka is short on matches and confidence, she has just

come here and perhaps it is the fact there is no expectation on her, but

she is relaxed and seeing the ball so well today. This is just her

second tournament back since giving birth to her son Leo in December.

She played in Majorca on the grass. There is her partner. They will be

very happy with what they have seen so far in the last hour and 12

minutes. Azarenka is one set to the good and

with a break in the second set. That is the touch we were talking

about. Her positioning is much better. This is a very deep forehand

inside the court and that is where she needs to be for that drop shot.

Doubles specialist as well with 16 doubles titles to her name, Elena

Vesnina. So she has a whole box of tricks.

That is where she can be exposed. She is being pushed a little bit

wide of the backhand. Azarenka has worked out her patterns

exceptionally well today. SUE BARKER: I am sorry we have to

leave it there, but I did say we were only going in there for a few

minutes. If you want to continue watching this match, it is our

feature match on the red button. We will be starting on BBC Two in just

a moment where we will be on centre court, Johanna Konta just about to

walk out for her match against Donna Vekic. Then Andy Murray. We will

start in just a moment on BBC Two. MUSIC: Hoppipolla

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