Day 3, Part 2 Wimbledon

Welcome to Wimbledon. Welcome back if you were watching on BBC One. It

is Dave three of the Championships and we will focus on Centre Court

because both British number ones will be there. Joe Anaconda is about

to walk out and Andy Murray will be second on. Lots of stars on many of

show courts. Jo Konta is just about to walk out to pre-Donna Vekic who

Peter Reid a few weeks ago. Dustin Brown is a talented extrovert. And

Rafael Nadal against Donald Young, Battle of the left-handers. Venus

Williams will be in action later. And Simona Halep is up against the

conqueror of Laura Robson, Beatriz Haddad Maia. We will also keep an

eye on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Marin Cilic is still looking tender.

One result to bring new and great news for Heather Watson. She looks

to be back in her best form. Defeating Anastasija Sevastova of

Lithuania. This is a player who put a big names in the past and cooling

Jo Konta. That really is a wonderful performance from Heather. She is

going to be racing back of the world rankings. She is 102 at the moment

but she deserves to be in the top 20 at the least. Well done to Heather.

So much to look forward to today. You can follow all the action on the

BBC sport website, the red button, the BBC sport app, radio five live,

the BBC News Channel. We want to hear from you as well. Please get in

touch using this hash tag. We mentioned it Jo Konta on Centre

Court. This is her first appearance here, her first-round match was

played on Court number one against Donna Vekic. There will be a big

cheer for Jo Konta, the British number one and a contender for the

title. CHEERING What a wonderful couple of years for

Jo Konta. She has made a big breakthrough and she is facing a

difficult opponent, Donna Vekic, she beat her in Nottingham and she was a

good junior. Jo Konta has got the big weapons, the ground shots and

has served. This match is just about to get underway on Centre Court. Let

us hear from Jo Konta, she has been speaking to Phil Jones.

I was looking forward to playing my first round here, I got to play on

Court one which is a beautiful court. I got to play against an

opponent who I lost to not too long ago. I did not have any trouble. I

hope that continues. An ace to win a match for Joe Anaconda and there is

a smile for her as she moves through to the second row with little fuss.

What is it like to be a British player at Wimbledon and you will be

on Centre Court as long as you progress, I imagine, what is it like

for you to play? I think with most players, the longer you are involved

in an event, the more you find your footing on the court. Whatever court

I will be scheduled on to play, you're still part of Wimbledon and

part of this magnificent event. I am definitely going to do my best to

try to stay here for a full fortnight. Importantly I will try to

compete and enjoy each match. This is my home Grand Slam. It is

something I am very proud of and very excited about. When it comes to

this part of the season I want to be involved in it as long as I can, to

feed off that home crowd. It seems you are peaking at the right time,

is that right to say? It is sometimes hard to see if you are

peaking or not. I am going into match looking to compete the best

that can. We know that the standard of women's tennis is very high. I

know I will have a battle in every match. There is no better place to

battle than at Wimbledon. SUE BARKER: We will be joining this

Centre Court. There she is getting ready for her match against Donna

Vekic. We be right back with this match. Let us show you what is

happening elsewhere. Play is underway on all the show courts. On

Court number three, Heather Watson will face the winner of this match.

It looks like Victoria Azarenka, the lady who was reading her notes. She

is not exceeded this year. She had our first child at the end of last

year. She is up against the semifinalist from last year. That

match is featured on the red button. On Court number one, it is Kei

Nishikori the against Sergiy Stakhovsky. He is the player who put

out Roger Federer in 2013. You can watch that match on the BBC

sport website. And on Court two, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, so many people

like to watch. He is the 12th seed. He is taking on the Battalion,

Simone Bolelli. -- the Italian. It is on the BBC sport website. We will

keep you up-to-date with the scores as they go along. Let us go straight

back to Centre Court and join the commentators. Kim Clijsters

alongside Sam Smith. COMMENTATOR: It is not a bad review.

Welcome back to Wimbledon after a long absence. It has been a while.

Some changes for due? Quite a few changes, especially in the player 's

alia. That area. There is more space upstairs. The food has definitely

been upgraded. It was good in the past but now there is more variety.

The players are spoiled. I tell you what has changed, Britain now has

one of the highest seeds in your Anaconda and a contender for the

title. I'm sure you have kept your eye on her. You have players that

you watch out for. What has impressed you about Jo over the last

18 months? What has impressed me is the consistency that she had. She

has really built up her confidence. She is somebody who works hard. She

has disciplined. She was coached by Michael Cheng the past. There is a

connection. You keep your eye on. It'll be interesting to see how she

this match. APPLAUSE Both players walked out to a

tremendous reception. It is a packed stadium and the Royal box.

Konta won the toss and elected to serve. Of those kind of returns you

can see why. This is the third meeting between these two. The first

was last year on the American hard courts.

It was Donna Vekic who got her revenge on the grass of not come in

a few weeks ago. Raqqa the one that the first set comfortably and then

lost to tapeworms, 7-6 and 7-5. -- lost to take sets.

Donna Vekic had a tough opening match against Natalia Vikhlyantseva.

There seems to be every letter of the alpha in that name. It took two

hours to come through. Donna was very much a teenage

sensation. Got to her first tour final at 16 under first title at 18.

She was overwhelmed with all the expectation and hate around her.

Back into the world's top 60 and playing some of the best tennis of

her life. That was a very good hold. Good start for the Croatian number

three. There is a Belgian connection with yourself, Kim, Ante Coric of

Konta. That is the key in the quite. Her hitting partner in the red. Tell

us about him, he was on tour with you for many years and what he will

bring to the game of Jo. He was my hitting partner for the few years.

He was a childhood friend and I trained with him when I was 10-12

years old. He is not a very outspoken coach. He is not slowed.

He is quiet and brings peace into your team and camp. On Court he is

quiet. It brings calmness. There is another connection. My old

coach helped to get her passport. That is two coaches that I have had

that have helped. Both women safely on-board on this

Centre Court match in the three. Both of them are five. Both are

athletic. Like you can, her father was a goalkeeper, a professional

footballer. Her mother was a very good hurdler. He played for the

local team in the north of Croatia. Close to the Slovenian border.

They have started off at quite a lick. They both look like they have

settled into the match from the start. Donna, that shot was so deep

and flat, it was difficult with the grip of Jo on the forehand to get it

back in time. And very assured the game from this

young Croatian. It is on serve in this opening set.

You were very good, very young, got lots of press attention. Similar way

to Donna but Donna did not handle it. How did you manage it all and

how difficult is it? We say she could not cope with the expectations

but how difficult is it to deal with the attention? It depends on your

personality and depends on the people you have around. I never

worked with the manager or management company. The distractions

that come after you do well in a Grand Slam with sponsors and photo

shoots, it was something that I never really enjoyed that. For many

years, early on in my career, that was not apart I wanted to put energy

into. It would've been helpful for me to stay focused on playing tennis

and try to improve as a young tennis player gain experience.

Jo opened up with a routine victory against the player from Chinese

Taipei. Just drop four games. She was a player she lost two at the

French Open just over one month ago. I think the tennis gods have been

having some fun with Jo. In the second road, she must've looked at

the draw and felt, I am playing Vekic who I lost to a couple of

weeks ago. Big revenge. Those tennis gods can be nastier.

When you play someone like Donna who likes to attack straight on with the

return, you automatically put more pressure on your own service game.

Trying to make a lot of first serves.

Donna certainly knows her way around London extremely well. She won the

under 12 nationals in Croatia after starting at six at a local tennis

club. She realised she needed training in better facilities so off

to England to train at Northwood, at the junior tennis initiative with

David Felgate. He is a name who you might remember as he coached Tim

Henman. She was there from 9-18. David Felgate also worked with CD

release. Another Belgian. This is higher level from both

women. Very positive start from Konta and it needed to be. Vekic has

came out with real intent. Just a little miscue. Konta able to

hold. You have known that Wim Fissette since juniors, is his first

name short for anything? Is it short for Wimbledon? Maybe. It could be a

new nickname for him. It is not short for anything. Keep it simple.

Because they have played recently they know each other's game well,

what to expect from the opponent and what to do. They have just kept

going since then. His upper body is too close to the

ball. She is not making enough space to let her arm flow through the

shot. Superb from Konta. I love her

footwork. Especially from where we are sitting. It is very nice to see

the intensity from the return onwards. How low she is able to stay

through the entire rally. Vekic is very aware that she did not

get off to a good start after she played in the final in Nottingham

and dropped the opening set very easily. She has started very well

here. Wonderful control from the young

Croatian. It remains on serve here in this opening set.

How difficult is it when you have played somebody a pew weeks ago and

you come into a match like this and you play them so soon, how do you

keep all the memories from that match out of your head? It works

both ways. It can be easy at times because you remember the things that

went wrong or that you did well. You don't have to specifically go back

and watch videos of your opponent because you feel it. You know what

it felt like when you played them. I guess it also depends on whether you

won or lost. For Donna, having won that match, it would have given her

confidence, more belief to step out here today and to really believed in

her chances. For Donna, that a win is maybe more of an advantage today.

It is certainly a warm one, I hope everyone is taking an plenty of

water or a few other beverages which I think are available!

You'll see plenty of looks from Dahmer to her player box. A full

team in there, including good friend Stan Wawrinka. -- from Donna. I

think she'd prefer being known for her tennis rather than her

boyfriend. I remember watching a match occurs in Rome, I think she

played about three and half hours, he stayed right until the end. He is

a good lad, Stan. And I have seen her at the French Open, going

through all his matches. It works both ways. You know what that is

like, or those years with Lleyton Yes, I have seen a lot of five set

matches. But it helps. They are both playing very good

tennis. Vekic has come out here with real

belief and intent from that win a couple of weeks ago in Nottingham,

the warm up events for Wimbledon. Great finish to the game. Another

tough service hold for Britain's Johanna Konta.

A real sort of flexibility about Donna Vekic. I don't know if that's

anything to do with in her early life she did a lot of gymnastics,

which I think is good preparation for tennis. You used to do the

splits occasionally? Yes, my mother was a gymnast. She used to stretch

us out a lot! I always said, I had the strength in

my legs from my dad because he was a footballer and my flexibility from

my mother, because she was a gymnast.

Konte, a smart move there. Just creeping into the shade at the back

of the court. It is a hot one out there. I think we might have a top

of 27 degrees today, and they are really going for it out here.

We can do heat here, you know, Kim. It's unusual...

I like how she stepped in after a big serve like that. She stays on

the court after she lands and it looks like she knows there is a

shorter ball coming. She is not going to challenge.

Margins vary tight. Still on serve, Vekic leading 4-3.

It is super out there, here this afternoon, and also in the women's

game particularly since you have been away, Kim. But taking a look at

this Vekic forehand, you need a really good weapon now, don't you?

Can you talk us why through why this is such a good shot? Her shots

automatically are flat and had. I think on grass that is a great

combination to have and makes it very tough for your opponent. I'm

actually surprised about the way she's moving, she seems to be

moving, to me, better I expected her to move. But her forehand

naturally... A lot of girls prefer to hit their backhand, feel a bit

more comfortable hitting their backhand, but I think Donna, she's

really going for her shots. Like we said before, I think that match in

Nottingham they played really, helped her to know where her great

game plan should be a and to know she needs to play the best of tennis

to try and beat Johanna here today. Speaking of gymnastics, you might

have got a bit of a glimpse of one of the greats, Nadia.

There she is. First gymnast ever to score a perfect ten. It was a long

time ago now, 1976, 41 years ago, multiple Olympic gold medallist and

a big friend of Simona Halep, was playing later on Court Number One.

UMPIRE: Miss Konte challenging the ball. The ball was called out. 12

Hawk-Eye cameras positioned around this Court, beaming down onto the

mark. UMPIRE: The call stands. Donna

looking very relieved. We need the technology. So, Konte in a little

spot here on serve for the first time.

It's the pressure of the return Donna puts you under. 0-30, an

important point to win. The nerds get there a little bit. First break

points on the counterpoint. -- the nerves get there a little bit.

That was a scary moment if you are a Konte fan. Really held her ground

well there. There is the break. Came after just

34 minutes. Vekic now in the driving seat of this opening set.

When you serve for the first set in a game like this, it was nice to win

that first game, to give yourself a little bit of a lead.

That a tough serve to read. Why? It doesn't change much, whether she

goes out wide or down the T, almost like Lindsay Davenport when she used

to serve. It was a very tough serve to read.

She will be very happy with that comparison right now, she'd be

delighted to take this first set. She has got two chances to do so.

It really has been a helter-skelter opening set of tennis. The pace they

started off with, from the first ball. When the tempo is so high,

it's sometimes easy just to stay in that crosscourt rally and keep going

and going, but it's important not to do that, to try and mix it up and

move your opponent around. Especially Donna, because it's not

like she is the best move out there. -- mover out there.

Two set point saved by this very disciplined 26-year-old, meticulous

in her preparation. Seemingly dealing with all the attention and

eyes on her over this fortnight, particularly in the lead up. Such a

great run at Eastbourne last week. Serving out for the set in this kind

of arena is never plain sailing. Konte with a chance to rake back. --

break back. Konte is also the player who is not going to give you

anything for free, you are going to have to win your points. She so

consistent. At closing out a set or a Mac, makes it even harder. -- or a

Mac. -- match. Challenging the call on the left, centreline, the ball

was called out. Too many players like to challenge first and second

serves, they feel it breaks up their rhythm. She must have thought it was

in, she was wrong. You are allowed three incorrect challenges a set and

you get an extra one if it goes into a tie-break. Oh, dear! I think she

was hoping with that first one. Jo had a couple break points in the

beginning of the match and another one here.

And it is an immediate break back. Konte stays alive in this vital

opening set. Kim, she has had the most amazing 18

months. Winning in Sydney at the start of the year, the beginning of

the Australian summer, and a tournament you have won, Miami,

which is a huge event on the tour. Inside the top ten and looking like

she belonged there. But a couple of years ago she was 150 in the wild,

in the satellites. Have you spoken to her about this transformation?

Not really, but you can just see the confidence building over the last 18

months, like you said. She knows that she belongs up there. Like I

said, she's very disciplined. She works extremely hard and it shows.

She really knows what her game is supposed to be out there. That is

something that is important. Players are ready. Quiet please,

thank you. Konte, serving to stay in this

opening set. It takes a lot to shake Jo these

days, 30 matches won on the tour and only halfway through the year. Not

at the top of the rankings for matches won, but not far off.

She really raised her level. When she was set point down, she really

took it to Donna Vekic and was even a little more aggressive, I thought.

She is full of confidence coming off that wonderful week in Eastbourne,

where she beat Jelena Ostapenko and then the world number one, Angelique

Kerber. A couple of aces in the game. A very

straightforward hold and Konte levels up in this opening set.

SUE BARKER: We are living Centre Court on BBC Two. If you want to

continue watching this match, it is now on BBC One. If you want to

continue watching Joe Konte, this match is now on BBC One.

Here on BBC Two, we will be heading over to Court number three, to see

another British player in action, Aljaz Bedene, in that match is just

underway. Early stages of the match in the first set, that is where we

will be joining in just a moment. Before we do that, let's round up

some news from earlier today. Great news for Britain with Heather

Watson, she has come through against the Latvian, the 18th seed. Heather

6-0, 6-4. Ranked outside the top 100, that is certainly going to

change when the rankings are brought out after the Championships. Really

a resurgent Heather Watson, now working with Colin, which has made a

big impression. She looks back to her best and back into the third

round for the third time. Let's hear what she had to say after she left

the court. Congratulations, an incredible start

to the Mac, you came out with such intensity. You spoke the other day

and said you knew she was going to be a threat. Were you surprised at

how you both started? Yeah, I felt very good at the

beginning of the match. Very on it and relaxed, more relaxed than I was

in my first match. I obviously, I know how she plays, she's a great

player and I was expecting her to be playing her best, so I was prepared

that. Yeah, she started to step up in the second set, which I knew she

would, but I was able to keep my cool and just stick with her.

The intensity you showed, the mental strength you showed just to keep

going and not letting anything get on top of you, even when she did

come back, how important is that for everything Wimbledon throws at you?

It is very important, yeah. She's a great player and I have to expect

that she's going to raise her level after that first set and try

something new. So it's just, I have to do remain calm and just adjust my

game. In terms of your own performance,

what's pleasing with you with how you are playing out there, you are

covering the grass so well. Just everything really. I feel like

I'm seeing the ball very big and moving well, which is very important

for the grass. I hit a few double faults today, but all in all I feel

like I am serving well. As Aitor Karanka took the first set, they

only played two matches by the time you took your Mac. Do you have a

preference on who you play? I have no idea. Whoever wins, it's a very,

very tough match. Taking this one match at a time question yes, I have

no idea what the draw is. OK, congratulations.

That is the best way to do it. Victoria Azarenka won the second set

as well to put out the 15th seed. Victoria Azarenka, former world

number one, looks to be getting back to her best as well. It is Heather

Watson against Victoria Azarenka in the third round.

And one other result to bring you, the eighth seed, has beaten the big

hitter from the United States, Jennifer Brady. Cibulkova Only just

over five or two but she packs a punch. She's through to the next

round at Wimbledon once again. And she is happy! Well done. One of

the popular players on the tour. This is Andy Murray at earlier

today, we were watching him practice, going through with Matt

Little all those training exercises he does, and then a warm up as well.

There was a limp Berrigan, which was a bit of a worrying sight for all of

us watching Andy Murray. -- a limp again. He will need to be at his

best against Dustin Brown. Ivan Lendl looking on. Dustin Brown loves

playing on the grass courts and he loves to be on the big Show court.

It could be a tricky one for Andy Murray. That is second on Centre

Court today. And there are other matches being

played at the moment. This matches our feature on the red button,

another of the great entertainers, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga the 12th seed. He

is a set up and it is on serve in the second against Bolelli. K

Nishikori has taken the opening set against Sergiy Stakhovsky. He put up

Federer in 2013. You can follow that much on the BBC sport website.

So, we have Johanna Konta on Centre Court on BBC One, and here on BBC

Two we are going to concentrate on Aljaz Bedene of Great Britain. As

you can see it is 3-3 in the opening set. Let's join Jamie Baker and John

Inverdale this -- for this one. COMMENTATOR: Middleweight battle

between two of the lightest men on court. That was a brilliant winner

from Dzumhur. Both of these guys tipping the scales at just 70

kilograms. And an interesting subplot to this match is that they

are the best of friends off court. And in the first round Dzumhur

didn't have any kit to play in here at Wimbledon somehow. So Bedene lent

him his. And 48 hours later they are playing each other. And before you

ask we don't actually know if Dzumhur has brought his own kit or

is using bed's again. 3-3, early break of serve for the Brit and then

hit back rapidly. Is it easier or is it almost

impossible to play your best mate? It can be difficult. It can feel

almost like a practice. If you are good friends then you will have

practised a lot together. Then the second round at Wimbledon, one of

the biggest matches of your career. Third place from Bedene in this

match. The British number three got here

because of that victory over Ivo Karlovic in the first round. Ivo

Karlovic served 44 aces. It was even Stephens. And then matter to hit two

of the best shots he has hit in his life, bang, bang, that was the game

in the end. It must've given him an enormous boost in confidence going

into this match. The end of that match was almost like a dream. It is

how you would want to finish any match. We are just looking at Aljaz

Bedene's connections. That this is coach, Nick. And just behind is the

team of Damir Dzumhur. Enjoying the Wimbledon son. The Bosnian came

through his first match with the loss of just four games. He is not a

mug on the surface. His first port of call is not the net. He will stay

at the baseline for as long as it takes. We have seen some variety

from, some drop shots. The first few were not successful but he has shown

he has got lots of good fuel. He is just five. That has to make

him a contender for the shortest player. -- five feet, nine inches

tall. That is a great shot from Bedene. I am not sure what Dzumhur

is aggravated about. There was something he was not happy with.

That approach shot was deep enough but not quite accurate into the

corner. That is a beautiful shot. This

backhand pass is the match that won him -- is the shot that won him the

match against Ivo Karlovic. If you are an occasional tennis pure

but love Wimbledon, you might not be aware of the radical intrigue

surrounding Aljaz Bedene. -- political. He is Slovenian by birth

but has British nationality, he got that more than a couple of years

ago. And he has been trying ever since to become eligible to play for

Great Britain in the Davis Cup. He has lived here for over one

decade now. When the doctor, he does feel he has been given a bad deal by

the International tennis Federation. He is not able to represent Great

Britain at the moment. Great Britain would not mind having him in the

team with a backhand like that. Three in this game. A second break

of serve. You must have played with him? I

have practised with him a lot. I came up against them for the first

time in Slovenia at the futures tournament on clay when I was a

teenager. Here are out of it now, you can give

an honest answer, should he be eligible to play for Great Britain?

That is a tough question. In my view, personally, no. I can totally

understand why he feels aggrieved by what has happened. Without going

into the details, he submitted his application before the ITF decided

to change the rules. They changed the rules but then said he was no

longer eligible. That is the basis of his appeal.

That was just wide from Bedene. Dzumhur has had some nice touches

around the net. To finish this, do you think that the British tennis

community would be happy to see him playing for Great Britain? No

question, delighted. My view is that he had represented Slovenia as a

senior tennis player. That is where my opinion comes in. If it had been

junior tennis, that is a different story. It was senior tennis so I can

see why the rules have gone that way. He is also one of the nicest,

most respectable professional men on the tour. You can see from the level

of his tennis he would be an amazing asset to the team.

That is the first set for the British number three. He has started

well and then had the depth of the next few games but getting better as

the set went on. Four aces from Bedene in that first

set. He really is very lean. He would not think he would be one of

the biggest servers on the team. It is not just about speed, it is

placement. Anybody who has served 20 odd aces any grand slam tennis match

has to be feared. He is very consistent with the service action.

He has a fast arm. He does that need to force every single serve and that

is why we see the accuracy, he is not hitting every single serve at

100%. This is the facts and figures, for what it is worth, from the point

of view of the media, you were talking about being one of the

nicest guys and usually respectful, he is a great guy to deal with from

the media's point of view. He always gives more than you expect, he is

honest and will look you in the eye. He is one of those players that you

hope continues his upwards journey. I would tell him to go out of the

stadium because you do not know what is tennis. Whether it is a break

point or whatever. The first point it is an unbelievable mistake from

my side. Great point for what? What we can take from that which is what

Dzumhur was getting agitated about, it was something in the Bedene box,

he thinks, applauded the fact that he, Dzumhur, played a bad first

point in that game. He feels that if anybody had done something like that

in his box he would be disgraced and it is not in the etiquette of the

sport. Overreacting? These are the types of things that can boil over

when you know everybody so well. I do remember the first day of the

tennis in the Olympics in Beijing's...

Irrespective of who won the point, the crowd who were not tennis saddy

were applauding double faults and the umpire having to explain to the

code that you are not supposed to do that. -- to the audience. That is a

glorious shot and that was an even better one. Well played, Aljaz

Bedene. I was just about to see how good a drop shot this was. Look how

quickly Bedene gets up to this ball. There is still hate on it which

allows him to get the pace onto the shot across the court.

He might not spend much time on the tour in the upper half of the court

but he is a very deft player when the need arises.

Any of you listening who have been involved in junior tennis, you will

know the scourge of people applauding. And how it really annoys

you. That is a good opening break from

the point of view of Bedene. That was not a great shot, the last

one. Slightly surprised by the performance of Dzumhur so far. I was

expecting him to be more consistent. I appreciate that the drop shots and

on the touch are part of his game. Shot selection is something that has

not been as sharp as it normally was. That last shot, there was no

speed on the ball and it is difficult to execute a drop shot

when there is no speed on the ball. He is still having a conversation

with his box or at least with somebody. It is with somebody who he

feels have said something they should not have said that the wrong

time. He needs to focus on the game because he is one set and one break

down after barely half an hour. Bedene, I think he felt the ball was

long, but he had thought about it and continued the rally.

Perhaps this is the shot that will get Dzumhur back into the match. A

couple of times he has taken a backhand down the line early, he has

had success with that. It is a very different game to the

one that Bedene played a few days ago. There was one rally that was 11

shots against Ivo Karlovic. The rest were very quick.

Still two break back points for the Bosnian.

What are you supposed to do? It is no good just standing there, Dzumhur

ran off into the tram lines before... It is all about timing. If

you do what he did then you give your opponent an open goal.

He has broken back. Bedene saw the opportunity down the line but the

ball drifted just wide. As in the first set, an early break for the

British player. And an immediate break back from the Bosnian.

Another forehand just drifting wide of the sideline.

Lovely big forehand from the Bosnian that created that opportunity. This

is one of the matches where you think that Aljaz Bedene should be

thinking he is in complete control but somehow he is not and it is

irritating. And as a consequence of this, he's

not focused on the ball in hand. Players of a certain temperament,

you are absolutely right. He almost did not blink when he lost serve

because he is so level-headed. This is a similar pattern to the

first set. Good to get the early break but not able to drive home the

momentum straightaway, he needed a second chance.

It is all fine margins. Two balls into the tape and Bedene finds

himself behind in the second set. When you are of the physical stature

that the Bosnian is, is there in the modern game a limit? You are

substantially bigger than he is, is very finite point in the men's game

nowadays beyond which you cannot play? In terms of you hate? In terms

of how far up the rankings you can get. I am sure you can always inject

yourself with something and go once it. I was thinking of the two

Belgian players. Olivier Rockers got into the top 20. He is playing Kei

Nishikori. He's not the biggest player. There is no question, with a

certain height and frame, there definitely comes an advantage. That

is why the vast crop of players are of that stature. If you are slightly

smaller then you have something else to make up for it. That might be

your mentality. Just be the fiercest of fierce competitors. Which Bedene

clearly is. He has had a fantastic run this year. Three challenger

tournaments. And winning this year for him has been a habit.

And Dzumhur has been upping the aggression in the last ten minutes.

If he had seen the first two drop shots that the Bosnian attempted,

you would not believe he would play a shot with such touch and skill as

that. He has got his eye in when it comes to the drop shot at the

moment. Bedene lines up a potential winner

and he just miscalculates. Anything you can do... The power of

the skies, that this is first drop shot of the match. Dzumhur is good

around the court but no way of reading that. By that point you know

it is too late. This is a big game. A chance to square things but he

does not want to get broken here, the British number three. He needs

some more big serves like that. Currently ranked 58 in the world,

Aljaz Bedene, he has been as high as 55. He had a dip that forced him to

play on the Challenger tour and that is when he has came back up the

rankings. Three challenger wins and one final on the tour as well. When

it comes to tight matches, if this was a tight match in 2-3 matches, he

would fancy his chances because he has been there so often.

He does not want to make mistakes like that.

You felt he had got himself back into that match at deuce. A couple

of loose shots, especially that shot at deuce, suddenly he is broken and

behind. That is a good point about how many matches Bedene has won this

year. At one tournaments in a row. At any level you cannot

underestimate what that does for your confidence. Especially in the

second set, some of the errors we have seen in the last five minutes,

they are surprising. That was a good slice backhand from

Bedene. That forced Dzumhur into a position we are could not do

anything with the ball. Whatever in the world you are watching, looking

at the pristine green court and the blue sky, wondering about how warm

it is today. You just have to look at the crowd who are using the

programmes and anything as fans. We head towards 2pm in the afternoon.

It is a really warm summers day here.

That ball was kept very loud. He uses the slice well. It is a

floating shot to get back into the point. There were some extra

aggression through that contact and it skidded through the court.

Dzumhur is one of those players who insists on playing the next point

with the same ball if he won the previous point with it.

There is that variety again. It was not the best drop shot but it is

changing things up. It is not allowing Bedene to get comfortable

and to set the baseline. That backhand down the line again. Half a

dozen of those. SUE BARKER: Let us update you on

what is happening elsewhere. On Centre Court, Jo Konta taking the

first set over Donna Vekic. 7-4. Saving two set points. She is such a

tough competitor, she came back to take the opening set on the

tie-break. Well done to the British number one. That happened a few

moments ago. She has dropped serve in the opening game of the second

set. This is Donna Vekic with the point to go 2-0 up. That matches on

Centre Court and is on BBC One. This is the red button feature

match. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, twice a semifinalist, seeded 12. He is 2-0

up against Simone Giannelli from Italy, who is a qualifier. On Court

number one, Kei Nishikori, seeded number nine.

Let us stay to see if Sergiy Stakhovsky gets a double break. He

was a top 50 player. He defeated Federer here at the Championships.

That is one way to save a break point. You can follow that match on

the red button and on the BBC sport website. If you have been watching

around the courts and watching Aljaz Bedene and Damir Dzumhur. There are

lots of flies. They are flying ants. In the newspaper it is official

flank and day. It is when the new Queen leaves a nest and starts a new

colony. The thing that I didn't think I would say on BBC television.

Apparently they are all around Wimbledon. Look at that. I cannot

wait to go down to centre Court at the end of the Johanna Conn the

match. They are all over the Championships. You can see the

players on Court three struggling as well. Back the match.

COMMENTATOR: That's a double fault that Ben and eight could -- could've

without. Jamie made the point a moment ago, he's just off it at the

moment. And maybe one element in all of

this, if you missed us saying this right at the outset, he's basically

playing his best mate. And maybe it's quite hard to engender that

kind of venom you need against your opponent when somebody is in that

situation. And the prize for the winner of this

patch is a third round match against Gilles Muller or Lucas Rosol.

That staunch the flow of games. The Bosnian won four in a row, but Iraq

back to 4-2, just one break of serve. One thing you can guarantee

is you're not going to get served off the court. You wouldn't be

surprised if they have -- the entire match, however long it lasted,

wouldn't see that statistic change. There is always a chance, but you

don't want to give away points needlessly like that, which is how I

am sure Bedene will see that. It just shows you how different this

match is from temporary map's first match against Ivo Karlovic went.

He's getting a chance every time today, and on Monday he could have

gone three games without getting a chance.

A bit of cat and mouse there. It is that backhand down the line again.

He has had a lot of success with this two Panda down the line. -- two

hander. Bedene likes to be positioned on the left-hand side of

the court, waiting for the forehand. He is having to play some service

here, Bedene. Only fractionally more than 70 miles an hour. I'm sure he

said Ivo Karlovic when did you last serve a ball at 70 miles an hour...

He would say, when I was 12. So it's a very different challenge for

Bedene. At the moment it's one that's proving beyond him in the

second set. But equally, every time Dzumhur comes out to serve, you feel

there is the possibility of a break, it's just that Bedene mustn't

needlessly give points away. And certainly, although he is 5-2 down

in this set, Bedene does look like the better version of the kind of

similar players, but better in every department. He has a better serve

and more damaging forehand, he looks like he's more consistent, it's just

a question of working out what's the best way to kind of deploy that on

the court. Is this the kind of game, as well,

and we can see by the way if you're wondering, all those midges flying

round in front of Bedene, this epidemic of flying ants we have at

Wimbledon. You can see them flying across the TV screen now, hundreds

and hundreds and hundreds of them, and also crawling across the

perfectly striped court, as well. But there's a load more there, you

can see them. Just as Dzumhur walks out to the court, it's amazing. Its

national flying and day-to-day. I'm sure you had that in your diary!

Anyway, Bedene needs to hold onto his serve here and see what he can

do on the Bosnian's the next time round. The aces have dried up from

Bedene, needs one more two now. Challenging a call on the right

service line, the ball was called in. Hawk-Eye has been snoozing in

the sun for the last 15 minutes but called into action. CHUCKLES

And thinking, what on earth are you talking about here?

That was the kind of rally that Bedene was in complete control of

that rally and yet he somehow lost the point. He just hesitated, he

should have been in at the net after that shot.

Dzumhur is cursing the fact he didn't make the move for that,

because there was nobody at home. If he somehow managed to get that ball

back into court, that was a guaranteed point for him. You can

see Bedene well out of position. The point before, we often called that

no man's land, for anyone who plays, who's watching, the coaches tell

them, stay out of no man's land at all costs. The best players do it.

Bedene's serve lacking the bite it had a few days ago. Maybe that's

partly because, not just because of the conditions, because it is very

warm, in the upper 20s, but also the effort of that victory Karlovic,

mental and physical. And the unforced errors count

continues to rise. 14 from Bedene, just five from his Bosnian opponent.

And all too often they have been at key moments, like that. Just to give

him some breathing space. UMPIRE: Mr Bedene is challenging the call, the

right centre service line. Well... Bedene holds, and he needed that.

But he needs this one more. Let's see if his intensity increases

in this game. We know he's going to get into almost every single point

on the Dzumhur serve. Finding a way to find out those loose errors that

have been evident in the last 25-30 minutes.

And we mentioned earlier, there's a lot more at stake for Bedene than

just this match, the third-round tie against whoever it may be, puts him

in the sporting spotlight, which is where he wants to be an needs to be.

If he's going to create a rapport with the British sporting public.

And this is one of those matches, the odds would favour him. He needs

to win this game. But... This second set has drifted away.

Rather too tamely for the liking of Bedene, I suspect. So we are all

square. It is the best of three now. So do

we start from scratch, or has anybody got momentum at the moment?

I definitely think Bedene has to start from scratch here. I mean,

these are the numbers. You can look at it in isolation. 79% first serve

the Dzumhur is not a surprise, given the Paisley are talking about.

Interesting for Bedene winning 18% of the points behind his second

serve. That is probably the reason he was broken so many times in fact

set. I was just trying to put myself in his shoes, in terms of mentally

how he would have prepared for the Karlovic match. He would have been

very focused on clear, in terms of how big a challenge that was going

to beat and the match itself would have taken a lot of out of him. That

match was exactly what you said it was going to be. In advance you

would say he would serve massive big serves, somehow get the ball back in

core and see where we are. If I hold my serve, I have a chance. A simple

game plan and. And he did an amazing job of going five sets without being

broken. With a guy serving like that down the other end, an amazing

effort. Fast forward into this match, someone he knows unbelievably

well, knows he will be comfortable and not served out the court,

there's all sorts of potential banana skins to have a potential let

down, which he did well in the first set but the second set has been a

let down. It is now a question for him, he has to snap out of that.

This is as good a chance as he is going to get in the second round of

a Grand Slam. Again, if you're the student of body language, you'd say

he doesn't seem to have a huge amount of energy. There is a bit of

bumps lacking at the moment in his meaner. -- a bit of oomf lacking. We

are one a piece in sets. That was not a great volley from the

Bosnian. If I was Bedene now, every single

time Dzumhur had a drop volley, I would be moving two or three steps

forward. This first volley looks like it's a drop shot every single

time. UMPIRE: The call is challenged on

the right baseline. The ball was called in. The ball might have

patched the baseline, which might be why it's trajectory was a bit odd.

UMPIRE: Mr Bedene has two challenges remaining.

Back to the consistent Bedene of the first set.

That was more of an inside out backhand. Often talk about inside

out forehands, but great use of the spin on the ball to move that away

from Bedene. Not wholly convincing, but... He's

got his nose in front. And it's also another chance for a lot of the

British sporting public and tennis public to know who Aljaz Bedene is

and to say his name correctly, by the way. A lot of people in the

queue, who are you going to watch, they said Bed-een play, because that

is how you would automatically say it. Over the last 18 months he's

been asked repeatedly, how exactly do we say your name? It's Aljaz

Bedene. That's a loose shot at the start of

this first service game from the Bosnian. I was doing Dominic Thiem's

match on number one Court last night and there was intermittent laughter

from one corner of the crowd. That is great. He said he wouldn't serve

a single ace in the whole match, and there we are, at 93 miles an hour,

but drifting and drifting and drifting further away.

And as I was walking out of number one Court, this guy came up to me.

And said, did you hear all the laughter? I said, yeah, what was

that all about? He said, I will tell you.

He said because none of us really knew who to support in that game,

and then one person shouted, "Come on Popsicle!" And we kept saying

that throughout the whole match, and it kept us amused.

Dzumhur berating himself of that lack of touch there, but Bedene is

very swift off the mark. And he's got 30-30 here, we could

point. -- big point. We talked about the speed of the

Dzumhur serve, that 170 miles an hour, but Bedene not moving up to

the ball at all, still 3-5 feet behind the baseline. With the ball

coming at him that slowly, as well, for a club player that is sort of

decent pace of ball, but at this level, the ball has almost stopped

before he actually hits it. It puts all be pressure on him, to try and

reenergise the ball on the way back over the net. And if you are still

that far behind the baseline, the chances are that ball is going to be

below the height of the net, so you have two hit it up.

You just feel, actually, a lot of points are being lost here by

Bedene, they're just going one after the other after the other in a

roller-coaster. The last three points have all been lost to kind of

nothing shots. Well, maybe that's a rally that will

energise Bedene. And the feel of the sea aster that

has kind of settled on this game, maybe this will just lift it a bit.

Because he had to chase for that. Backhand down the line winner,

again. This has definitely been the shot that's caught the eye from

Dzumhur's point of view. This is probably the pick of the bunch.

Certainly the hardest backhand he's hit. I just wonder if he can, from

his point of view, look for a way to use that shot a little more often.

These are nervous times for Aljaz Bedene. He's playing like a man

whose very hesitant, when you would expect him to be the exact opposite

after his victory against Karlovic a few days ago. Here is a break point

for the Bosnian. Early break in the third set for the

Bosnian. And, at the moment, Bedene seems to have... He's not getting

through the match at the moment. When you think he was 6-3, 1-0

serving, Dzumhur was still chuntering away to someone in his

box, was all over the place, apart from actually in the match. It's

hard to put your finger on why it's turned so dramatically. To me it

looks like a combination of almost... Not an exact foot off the

pedal from Bedene, but I think mentally he has been a bit loose.

Quite a few errors coming in. There is definitely more of variety from

Dzumhur. The biggest thing about his game now is he is throwing in quite

a few forays to the net and I think that is taking a bit of Bedene's

time away, which is adding to his discomfort. There is the Bedene

team, just a few rows above them is the Great Britain Davis Cup captain,

Leon Smith, watching this. Perhaps Bedene could do with Leon Smith down

by the umpire's chair at the changeovers saying, come on mate,

galvanise us. This game is very winnable. When you think of bout all

the players of the world you could be playing in the second round of a

Grand Slam, this is just the kind of guy you want to be up against.

A few more like that, please. A big forehand, a big serve. A big fist

pump, it feels like something, just inject a bit of energy.

I'm not suggesting for a moment that Leon Smith is...

What is to stop anyone texting a message to a player and a player

looking at his phone at the change of ends? Right the umpire should be

on top of that. A couple of unforced errors from the Bosnian.

You get a text message or e-mail on your watch these days.

It's a hard one to police now, isn't it? Good old-fashioned notebooks...

That's a horrible forehand. That was a horrible game all round from

Dzumhur. The crowd are suddenly getting into this and saying to

Aljaz Bedene, "Come on!" It is very sophisticated now, is in

it? The old days if if I scratch my right nostril, go to the backhand,

those days are outmoded now. And that shout you heard, which you

might have thought would have been from Bedene because of that error,

was actually from the man in your picture, Dzumhur. Who was annoyed

about something, but I'm not altogether clear what.

Well, the ace is back. After a long absence, that is ace number seven

for Bedene. That's just about the most

convincing hold Bedene has had for a set and a half.

This is a funny old game. In five minutes he has gone from not looking

down and out, but looking down, and now being in control. I know this

from playing myself when my serve was not a weapon that I had, but

when I got a lead in an effort to drive home and advantage where the

top players are so good at front running, there can be a tendency to

over press on your service game because you do not have a few points

where there are a couple of big points and when the rally starts you

overhit and you rush to the net more quickly to press the advantage. In

that last game from Dzumhur's point of view it looked like that, I have

to push on, but I do not have the weaponry to do it. A lot of unforced

errors from both players in this match so far. But bit by bit they

are levelling each other out which is why we find ourselves effectively

at even Stevens, albeit with Bedene leading in this set.

Did he not commit to that shot completely?

That was much better. This is one of the best point we have seen from

Bedene since the first set, using all the angles of the court. That is

what we expect to see from him, not so much the pace, but moving his

opponent around. That would be classed as an outburst of emotion

from Bedene! A swinging serve from the Bosnian. Barely any pace. Just

taking Bedene so far out of court. Bedene might have fancied that game.

He might have seen it as a shift in power taking place. But it did not.

We are starting to get to the stage in this match where a break of serve

here and there could make the difference. It is why Bedene needs

some big first serves like that. An observation which is unusual on a

day like today, given how hot and sunny it is, but neither player are

wearing a cap. Good point. A good angle from Bedene. That is

the difficulty with dealing with the grass court, the grass almost kills

the ball. As well as moving wide, Dzumhur had to move forward, which

he did not do. Some of these exchanges you can tell

that they know each other so well. Dzumhur was waiting with his

backhand for that. I have seen it too many times, my friend! A bit of

anxiety on the Bedene serve. But that was a beautiful volley. That is

just about the best shot he has played today. Possibly one of the

only serve and volley is of the match so far. What a time to do it.

That was not an easy volley. No angle to work with Renee. -- really.

Another outburst of emotion! Positively animated now. That was a

big cold. It really was. Even when you are a seasoned campaigner, does

it feel different at 3-4 than it does at 1-2. ? Is a break of serve

substantially more important now than it was earlier? Yes,

definitely, that is the art of matchplay. You hear phrases like the

top players always peeking at the business end of the set. Whatever

that is, certainly on a grass court, the advantage is serving first and

being ahead on the scoreboard. I think it is relevant if you have a

very close match. Andy Murray will be in action later on on the Centre

Court. He is one of those players where it gets to 4-4 and then he

breaks. Aljaz Bedene would like a break of

serve here. 4-3 to the good. As we have said repeatedly, he will get

these returns back, it is a question of what happens after that?

I wonder if Dzumhur has asked for some medical treatment. He asked the

umpire to make a phone call, which he has done. There is a double fault

to start this game. That is the first one of those that

he has made a pig's year of in quite a while.

A big point. You sense that. You really do. There is a sense that

they both felt it as well. Very nervy. You could feel the tension in

the stadium during that point. You are two break points. Which becomes

one very quickly. Flying off the outside of his

racket, the Bosnian. He thought of throwing them into the sky and then

thought better of it. And it happened and so it came to pass.

That question you asked, that backhand, how many times have we

seen him make that backhand down the line? Now the opportunity for the

British number three to take a 3-1 lead. A few more like that will do

it. And Aljaz Bedene is a lot happier

now than he was a few minutes ago. 2-1. SUE BARKER: And so Bedene takes

the third set. Let's update you with what is happening elsewhere. Over on

Centre Court it is now one set all. Donna Vekic took the second set. A

real battle on her hands for Johanna Konta. You can see that now on BBC

One. And on Court Number One Kei Nishikori has got a battle on his

hand. He has dropped the second set, losing the time break 9-7. That is

our featured match on the red button. Aljaz Bedene, the winner of

that match will play the winner of this one. This is Gilles Muller in

your picture, he is up against Lukas Rosol. He put out Rafael Nadal a few

years ago. Seven games all and juice in the fifth and final set. It has

been going on for over two and a half hours. One result, Jo-Wilfried

Tsonga is through to the next round. He beat the qualifier from Italy,

Simone Bolelli. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has been twice a semifinalist here.

He is through to the third round. We know he is through to face Sam

Querrey, because here he is, he has come through in four sets. He is

seeded 24 at these championships and he is through to round three, so it

will be Sam Querrey against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the next

round. That we go now to court number three. JOHN INVERDALE: We

have seen the statistics for the third set and Jamie Baker was making

the comment that he had not actually seen a differential between the

first serve points one and the second serve points one ever so

remarkable as Bedene's statistics because they were. 100% points one

on first serve and only nine points one on second serve. As a player I

am sure he probably was not aware that it was that extreme, but he

must have felt as the set was going on that he was doing really well,

but the pressure when he missed the second serve, you must have been

aware he was not having the influence and the point that he

would have liked. Was he using the second serve to put the ball in play

and we will see what happens after that? He would not be making a

conscious decision to do anything differently than he did in the first

couple of sets, but whether he was a little tentative, we talked about

him being more attacking in the last 35 or 40 minutes, Dzumhur, so those

two things could have had an impact. We are waiting for two players

because Bedene went off court at the end of that set. The British Davis

Cup captain Leon Smith is in the crowd and when he looks at the

statistics after this game, that is something he will say to Aljaz

Bedene. That is a differential that is ridiculous. I think he is being

attacked by those flying ants that is bedevilling the whole of

Wimbledon this year. He did not look too impressed, did he?! The number

of flying ants at Wimbledon may have diminished by one in the last few

seconds! The only thing you can say for sure is whoever they play in the

next round will be very tired because Lukas Rosol and Gilles

Muller are still playing after hours and hours and they are into a fifth

set. They will be tired on Friday. If Bedene could win this in four,

this might be a golden opportunity for the British number three at

Wimbledon this year. That was a wild shot from the

Bosnian. It is that old saying, just make your opponent play one more

shot. It is so relevant at whatever level of the game you are playing.

You sense if Dzumhur got broken here... Bedene might run away with

this. He is not a happy bunny at the moment.

And his mood will not be helped by a shot like that.

Four errors, one after the other from the racket of the Bosnian.

Bedene is in charge now. That was a gimme start for the British number

three. It was strange from the Bosnian. He went through patches

where he looked so solid, he had the upper hand. To start a set like

that, you would think, I have got the chance to start and keep ahead

on the scoreboard. It was an absolute giveaway. That is what

happened at the start of the second set and then Bedene conceded the

it is worth repeating what we said at the outset. These two are the

best of mates. They spend a lot of time together on the tour. And that

has perhaps taken a bit of the banks and the venom out of this match.

The Bosnian's shoulders are starting to droop now. Bedene can surely see

his chance. So effective against Ivo Karlovic on

Monday. Less so today, but that ace puts him in control in this fourth

set. That is what he had not managed to do in previous sets, drive home

the early advantage. He will be looking to see if he can get a

double break here. Mistake after mistake now from the

Bosnian. Aljaz Bedene was quick, but the

options open to him were limited. He was seriously quick up to the drop

shot, but the risk you have going crosscourt is you open up the court.

It has to be a winner if you go crosscourt.

That was a beautifully struck ball, but agonisingly close. Again it is

one of these games where you think I could break here and then it is 3-0

and then it is almost done. There is another flying ant, this time down

the back of Dzumhur's shirt. This would be a good hold for the

Bosnian. It really would. That went just long but from either

player's point of view they are both getting chances to break. If you can

stay in sight in this fourth set, you never know what can happen.

You cannot see into our commentary box, but Jamie was pushing Aljaz

Bedene into the net there. You wanted him to get the finishing

touch. Like that. Perfect execution, he saw

the open face from Bedene. He really played that with his feet. He never

stopped, he ran all the way through the ball.

He will not be very pleased with that. But he still has a break.

Let's talk about that beautifully struck volley from Dzumhur in that

last game. He was at pace. It is about getting balance and core and

everything else and going through the ball and this is a fantastic

example of how to do it. At any level the tendency is when you see

your opponent in so much trouble, you think, OK, the ball is coming

slowly, it is high, I have got this point in the bag and you stop moving

and you think it is too easy. But his feet never stop. He is still

going after the ball has bounced twice. It means he can contact the

ball at the highest possible point and it makes playing the ball easier

with every single step that he takes. But the balance at the moment

of contact is key. Definitely, it is not a case of running into it like a

headless chicken. It is a balanced approach. And he is still in this

match, Dzumhur. That was a lackadaisical game by Bedene. Even

though he has a break, he has not been serving with the authority and

the panache that he did against Ivo Karlovic a couple of days ago. He is

vulnerable on serve as well, so this is an interesting stage in this

match. Until that. I'm not sure whether the frustration

is with the choice of shot or the execution.

It is true of so many players, but Bedene's game is different when his

first serve is that effective and convincing.

That is well played. So many times in this match, we have seen examples

of how good the movement is of Aljaz Bedene.

That's a good shot. We have been used to seeing lots of winners in

this match down the line from the Bosnian's backhand, but not too many

crosscourt. And a simple hold for Dzumhur as

well. This game is kind of meandering. Meandering towards a

conclusion, but you feel that because it is meandering, nobody

really has seized it by the scruff of the neck, so actually, it could

still go any way. The pattern in the first three sets, there is no way

that Bedene can be taking this one for granted at all. There is a

pattern in terms of how he is winning points on his service game,

just to highlight the point you make. When he gets his first serve

in, he is winning eight out of ten point, and when he doesn't, he is

losing seven out of ten. He won't be aware of the exact numbers, but he

will be aware of how important the first serve is. And that of his

opponent. Certainly. 11 aces from Bedene in this match today, just a

solitary one from the Bosnian. That was an extraordinary second serve

kicker out to the advantage card that almost disappeared into the

first row of the stands. -- out of the advantage court. The man from

Sarajevo will still think he is in this match. And Bedene has a new

racket to serve here. Is that just because, why not? Actually, on a hot

day like today, it is perfectly legitimate that the tension is

loosening off as the day goes on, and I think that having a slightly

tighter racket will allow him to get through the ball a bit more, stay

aggressive on the contact. More consistent hitting from Bedene.

Against this man, he doesn't need to go for the winner on the first shot

of the rally, does he? That is not his game, either. You can see the

damage he can do by using the angles of the court. And with a first serve

like that -- 125 five miles per hour.

-- and with a first serve like that - 125 mph.

And there is another second serve point for Bedene that he doesn't

win. This is nervy stuff, actually. That is how you calm those nerves,

though. Ace number 12. 1-2 from the British number three,

keeps his nose ahead. A bit of extra pace on that forehand, followed by a

big look up to his team in the box, as if to say, come on, one more

push. A decisive start to the game from

the Bosnian. There was a shout from the crowd of, come on, Ali. What do

the players on the tour call him? Is it Ali, Aljaz? He missed it. I think

they call him Aljaz. He made hard work of that, but maybe

the ball did just jump up, or maybe he was in the wrong place. Anyway...

UMPIRE: New balls, please. A slightly tame game from Bedene

there. I suppose he is consoled by the fact that he does have the break

of serve in this fourth set. And it is worth going back 48 hours and

saying that the whole atmosphere and ambience of this game, and the level

of the game, and the pressure and noise, and the intensity, is so

different that, in a sense, you allow yourself to be consumed by the

atmosphere around you, and it kind of feels that is where he is today.

That is one of the challenges for an individual athlete, definitely for a

tennis player when they are playing in front of an arena, is, you think

about the things you can't control as an individual. But no matter how

much you talk about that, there is no question, the energy of a crowded

something that plays a massive part. The biggest thing now for Bedene, I

think, is keeping up his intensity on every single point, not dropping

on the Dzumhur service games, because that can spill over into his

service games, which obviously, he doesn't want. It is a hot old Bay on

Court number three, and there is a slightly dormant atmosphere, and one

or two people are going to be rushing off to get some sort of

hydration afterwards, because this is hot stuff for them watching. And

Aljaz Bedene needs eight more points, three or foul-mac aces, and

he will be done. -- three or four aces.

Well, better big hitting from Bedene, and this was an opponent on

the canvas after that. But there was a lot more force in those ground

shots from Bedene. That was a gallant effort to get his racket

onto that in the end. I was just thinking how much Bedene

had upped the ante in this game. And then he throws one like that, as he

has a few times in this match. The crowd are saying to him, come on,

get this done. Well... UMPIRE: McCall is

challenged. The ball was called out. I think they may be replaying this

one. I am not sure about this one. -- the call is challenged. Dzumhur

bashes a ball down the other end in a measure of disgust, because that

was quite an aggressive back and that put him in a decent position in

the rally. Nonetheless, it is still game point for Bedene.

Well, all that matters is the score. And that is what it is. It basically

means this is the last role of the dice for Dzumhur from Bosnia. He

needs to hold his serve here or Aljaz Bedene will be through to the

next round, for the second time in his career.

That was the smartest pick-up of a drop shot we have seen today, just

pushing it down the line, plays for position and then being rewarded

with a smash. That is the way to do it. The

British number three lent his shirt and shorts to Damir Dzumhur on

Monday for his first round match so that he could win that and set up

this tie today. But today, he has shown who wears the trousers in this

relationship. The British number three is through to a third round

confrontation with Gilles Muller, a big server. But today, on Court

number three, the British number three was very much the top dog. I

think we have to be brutally honest, Jamie, and say it wasn't the

greatest game of tennis we have ever seen, or that this Court has ever

had played upon it, but you can only beat who is in front of you, and all

those other cliches, and he is into the next round. Bedene, quite

rightly, will be delighted to get through that. I don't think he will

say it was the best performance of his career, or even this year, but

having come back from an amazing win in the first round, to bounce back,

any result today that got a win is a job well done, in my view. Against

Gilles Muller, it is almost like going back to Monday and playing Ivo

Karlovic again, another big server. And he will have to serve better

against Miller to have a chance of winning. It will be a tough match.

Gilles Muller is one of the big servers on the tour. I watched his

first match and he was very in control of his game.

Ali as -- Aljaz is having a chat with us at courtside.

Many congratulations. What is your reaction to that win? I am a little

tired. I was playing quite solid. He gave me a few easy games, which

helped, so I am happy. How are you enjoying getting this support? I

played my first match on this Court, and they are amazing. I have to

thank them, because I think that without them I couldn't have won the

first match or this one. Thanks a lot. That equalled your best Grand

Slam performance, and it is your best at Wimbledon. You have Gilles

Muller next, how far can you go? I played him a few weeks ago. He loves

grass. He is a lefty with a big serve. I will fight and see what

happens. Fantastic stuff. Well done so far. Cheers. SUE BARKER: Very

well done indeed, coming through this match. He had an immense five

set match in the first round. Another big server awaits him in

round three. Aljaz Bedene is through. Meanwhile, on Centre Court,

Jo Konta is involved in an immense battle. You can see it is one set

all will stop no tie-break, and she is down 0-30 on her serve, the

Centre Court crowd trying to GE her up. These are important moments in

this match. That match is live on BBC One. We are going to take you

over to Court Number One to see Kei Nishikori against Sergiy Stakhovsky.

Let's join our commentators. Peter Fleming is alongside Ronald

McIntosh. COMMENTATOR: Sergiy Stakhovsky holding serve in this

fourth set. Two hours and 40 minutes we have been on court now. It has

been an intense, keenly contested affair during this second round

match. It has been. It has been a disappointing performance from

Nishikori, not really playing the sort of tennis we might expect from

him. But he has done what he does so well. He has fought, he has put the

ball back into play, he has run, and he has come up with enough winners

to put himself in a pretty good position. He is up to- one in sets,

on serve in the fourth. He has the best record of all time in five set

matches. Should this go the distance, Nishikori would have to

remain the favourite. But it has been hard work.

Stakhovsky has lost the only five set match he has contested at

Wimbledon. Nishikori has relied on the

forehand. The backhand has been surprisingly suspect. He has made a

lot of unforced errors of that site, which is unlike him. -- off that

side. The previous ground strokes had terrific depth. Now the winners

from the racket of Nishikori just creeping ahead of the unforced

errors as this match progresses. A solid hold of serve. 3-3.

Eighth ace of the match for Stakhovsky. He leads Nishikori by

two in that statistical category. Nishikori just knocking himself on

the headband there. Not executed as he would have liked.

Nishikori is really struggling against the first serve of

Stakhovsky. In fact, he has only won one of 13 points in this set when

the Ukrainian has put his first serve in play.

So, glorious conditions here in south-west London. Of course, the

reconfiguration of Court Number One means that there is very little

shade. Michael Chang, French Open champion from 1989, part of

Nishikori's coaching squad... The spectators here have been milling in

and out. There have been a couple of comfort breaks at the end of

previous sets. Those who have stayed throughout, we have been on court

for two hours and 45 minutes now, witnessed a really enthralling

encounter. And they have been a significant feature of this match -

be flying ants. It looks like this one has shed its wings, so no longer

a sliding and. It is not a long life, but I'm sure it's a happy one!

So, we remain on serve in the fourth set, eighth game, Nishikori to

serve, 3-4, leading 2-1 in sets. That will perhaps go down as another

unforced error from the backhand. That would be harsh, but he hasn't

timed that wing very well at all today.

A terrific winner from Stakhovsky. The alarm bells will be ringing now.

Stakhovsky doing a nice job of stepping up onto the baseline to

attack this one. He gets his first points on the

board in this service game. 103 mph down the centreline. The

seventh ace of the match for Nishikori.

Oh, my goodness. Credit to Sergiy Stakhovsky for battling tenaciously

to keep himself in the points. Perhaps he hit that one just a

little too anxiously. He saw Stakhovsky was closing the gap

quickly. That is a difficult shot to try and

change directions, when a ball is coming at you with pace.

They remain on serve. It is the three hour mark now on Court Number

One. Stakhovsky to serve. The serve and volley has been an

effective tactic for Stakhovsky. Once again attempting the more

difficult target down the line. You have to be in perfect balance and

certain that you can time that one to go for it.

A blistering backhand to close out that came from Stakhovsky.

He will not hit many better backhand than this one. His backhand is his

preferred wing off the ground. Finally Court Number One filling up

again. It was quite full at the start. But I suppose the weather and

perhaps the flying ants have driven some of the spectators away, but

they are back. To the top right you can see the

construction for the roof that will be in use for the 2019

Championships. It is a three-year process. To get it in place and get

everything moving properly. Nishikori is serving, the tenth game

in the fourth set. 4-5. They are on serve.

Unable to control that attempted drop shot.

Wonderfully directed from beyond the baseline to close out the service

game. It is 5-5. And no doubt the backhands that Nishikori has

executed over the last few games will give him hard. It was all over

the place in the first couple of sets.

to reflect backhand once again. Nishikori did not even attempt to

move to run down that one. Yes, this is perfection. -- a great backhand

once again. It is that type of day. Kei

Nishikori calling a ball boy for a towel. It is that kind of day here

on Court Number One. Stakhovsky with another solid hold

of serve. No service breaks created or break points opportunities during

this fourth set. Stakhovsky won the second set in the tie-break and

saved a set point in that breaker. He just may need to do it again here

in the fourth. It has become perhaps a little bit

more difficult to gain inroads and the Nishikori serve appears as if

the starting to hit the ball with a little more confidence from the back

of the court. Only the tenth time that Nishikori

has served and four lead in the entire match. Just in time to do it.

Stakhovsky in conversation with the court. Perhaps the bounce was not as

he would have liked it. So we are heading for a fourth set

tie-break. Nishikori got down 5-1 in the second

set tie-break. It looked as though things were out of control and then

he came back to eventually get a set point.

Well played. Wrong footing Stakhovsky. That was more of a short

lob and a drop shot. Stakhovsky with his first points of

this tie-break. He is still only a mini-break down.

He has demonstrated his battling qualities throughout this match,

Stakhovsky. I'm very well crafted point from

Nishikori. A courageous backhand when you consider the number of

unforced errors that he has made off that wing in crucial situations

today. But he has a deep-seated belief in this shot. A timely

winner. Nishikori is edging closer towards

the winning line. Getting encouragement from Michael Chang.

The serve and volley effective once again for Stakhovsky. A sneak attack

really. Nishikori had no idea that he was following that serve in.

So, Stakhovsky still only one mini break down. Nishikori now is just

composing himself as he prepares to try and progressed through to the

third round. He got the impression that Nishikori

would be determined not to commit any errors. It brings up match

point. Perhaps Stakhovsky had an opportunity to come in behind the

backhand down the line. Nishikori was reeling. But he did not and

Nishikori regained his equilibrium. So the mini-break secured by

Stakhovsky and they are back on serve effectively. One match point

goes begging. What a point! A terrific point from

both players. Nishikori will be disappointed that he did not put

that last one into play. Great defending of the net by

Stakhovsky. And in the end he was lucky that

Nishikori just missed time to that one because it was easier than a few

of the other ones he had put back in the court.

Is he thinking about launching a challenge?

That fifth double fault of the match from Stakhovsky means it is match

point once again. A canny serve from Nishikori. That

was only 100 miles an hour but Stakhovsky was unable to time it

properly. Well, it was not Nishikori's finest performance, but

it was a good fighting effort just the same. No doubt he will gain some

confidence from just having come through in difficult circumstances.

It took him three hours and 15 minutes but after four keenly

contested sets, it is Kei Nishikori, the number nine seed, who goes

through to the third round of the men's singles tournament here. 6-4,

6-7, 6-1, 7-6. I am sure he will take huge confidence from having

prevailed without hitting the highs and playing his best tennis, but he

was stubborn, he was competitive, and he hung around to get himself

through any bad patches he may have experience. Sergiy Stakhovsky

eliminated at this second round stage as he was last year. It is Kei

Nishikori who leaves to the celebratory applause of the fans

here on Court Number One. He will interact with the fans, signing

autographs. Some people will try and grab a selfie as well. All types of

things being proffered for the number nine seed to sign. Stakhovsky

played well. He very nearly gained the upper hand. He played a poor

third set perhaps. That allowed Nishikori just to settle in

And for the first time in what is now a three match rivalry, Kei

Nishikori gets a victory over Sarah Goss Bukovsky. -- over Sarah Guy

Stakhovsky. And as such she goes through to the third round, and

that's how he did it. He is now speaking to our post match

interview, Lee McKenzie, with who he will share his immediate thoughts

after that win. First of all, congratulations for

the fifth time here at Wimbledon, you are through to the third round.

We dominated at moments but he kept coming back. How tough was by? I

knew it was going to be a tough match because I think his best

surface is grass. I knew he was going to be a tough player. And

especially the last set, he is a didn't get a break. Intends

absorbing performance, what will you be working on before the next rung

with Roberto Bautista Agut aggrieved? I seem to be playing good

enough against Sergiy today. I have two raise my level to be Bautista.

When a tough opponent, hot conditions, and there seem to be an

awful lot of flying insects around. There were so many. The bugs were

hitting my face all the time, so it wasn't easy. But I kept my focus. We

know how much she struggled with injury on grass, but you looked to

be moving around well out there. How were you feeling? Today was good. I

felt very good on the court and I had enough energy. I was ready to

play a long match. Yeah, very happy to be healthy again. Roberto

Bautista Agut Agu is your next opponent. You have beaten him on

four occasions. Have you beaten him on grass before, and how tough will

he be? I don't think we have played on grass before so it will be a new

match for us. He's a good player, a very solid player from the baseline.

So I'll try to play aggressively. Well done today. Thank you.

COMMENTATOR: So this was how Kei Nishikori punched his ticket through

to the third round during the men's singles tournament. It was on a

fourth set tie-break with his battling qualities serving him well.

He conceded during that post match interview that he will have two

raise his level. He's got three hours and 15 minutes of Grand Slam

tennis under his belt during the course of this second round match.

Now he's looking to regroup, recover and return, where he will face

Roberto Bautista Agut, the 18th seed in that next round. And that will be

a difficult proposition for Nishikori. Especially if he plays as

he did today. I think he was just a little too erratic off the ground.

And Bautista Agu, one of these ground that misses the ground stroke

every other Tuesday. If Nishikori is erratic again, then the Spaniard

will give him all kinds of trouble. Batista Agut, of course, is not

known as a grass court superstar. But the way the game is played

today, all surfaces are quite similar, really. I'm sure he'll be

to play regardless. Nishikori will be pleased with how he served. Did

well behind the first serve and the second, really. But that wasn't the

issue. The issue for him was that he didn't really get enough returns

into play. Didn't really put Stakhovsky under enough pressure. On

the return. Two breakthrough as often as he would have liked, I'm

sure. So, that concludes what has been an enthralling second round

match up in the men's singles competition. Kei Nishikori through

to the third round with a four set victory over Sergiy Stakhovsky. We

will hand you over to the commentators for the next match,

which is Tracy Austin he will be alongside Nick Mullins here on Court

Number One. -- who will be alongside.

NICK MULLINS: thank you very much. Good afternoon, everybody and thank

you for staying with us on Court One. Our next attraction is one of

the main attractions of the fortnight from this championship's

perspective. Venus Williams, a second look at her over this

fortnight. And it remains the most picture perfect London summer's day.

The third day of these championships and it is beautifully warm outside,

brought from our broadcast centre out to Court Number One. The most

pleasant of walks. TRACY AUSTIN: A perfect summer day.

Number one Court. Without its hat on. This summer, as we all know,

there is a new roof being put on. It will look very different in a few

years' time. Rather like that, when Centre Court was being rebuilt, when

its roof is being put on. It's a little bit different. But it will be

an even more wonderful Court, Tracy, once it does have a protective cover

on in a couple of years. A couple of years before it's completely

finished, I'm told. And they're doing such an incredible job. I

think they have nine months to work on it, and then they have to take

the big cranes than again to get ready and prepped for Wimbledon. --

big cranes down. This'll be the second roof at Wimbledon. At the

Australian Open they have roofs on three different courts. The US Open,

they opened their first roof last year on the Arthur Ashe Stadium,

which is quite a project because it is a 23,000 seat stadium. And of

course the French Open doesn't have a roof on any stadiums yet, but

there are plans for one. Fortunately this year in Paris there wasn't much

rain. But it can be a pretty bleak place, Roland Garros, when it is

wet. The main court is particularly exposed. But that, too, will have a

lid on it before too long. This is what we are looking forward to next.

The women's neck second round match between the Chinese Qiang Wang and

Venus Williams. Lots of folk here, lots of youngsters for the first

time he might be experiencing the magical tournament for the first

time. And I dare say watching Venus Williams for the first time. It is

on so many people's bucket list, to be able to come to Wimbledon just

one time and look at Henman Hill. It's absolutely packed on this

glorious afternoon. Verrall gathered in front of the screen, because Andy

Murray is on that court, on Centre Court next. -- of a all gathered in

front of the screen. The gates opened at half past ten in the

morning, and even those with passive that would have been allowed to get

onto the outside courts to have nice seats just charge immediately to

that area. Well, they charge according to the walls here at

Wimbledon. It is a stately march from the gates here at Wimbledon.

That screen, as I'm sure you know, is bolted onto the court that we are

currently occupying the other side of, Court Number One. Talking of

hats... I like his creativity. Venus Williams taking her bag from her

coach, David, and wondering out into the sunshine alongside Qiang Wang.

Venus Williams, her 20th Wimbledon. Really remarkable. 37 years old now.

Yeah, she's been appearing on these lawns for as long as most of us can

remember. She was 17 years old when we first saw her here in 1997. And

at the age of 37 and watched by her mum, she is the oldest woman in the

draw. We can say so many things about Venus Williams, but her draw

ability, the fact that she's still here in the year when she's been to

a Grand Slam semifinal, let's not forget, in Melbourne, at the start

of the year. The way she regenerates herself and keeps coming back

year-on-year to be one of the main contenders every year, it seems.

Absolutely. Still ranked number 11 in the world. Got to the finals at

the Australian Open this year, losing to Serena. That was Serena's

23rd major, making history. So nice to see her back in a final once

again. Five-time champion here. And getting ready to face the five-time

champion am a 25 -year-old Chinese Qiang Wang. The umpire is the

Serbian Mariano. She is 25, Qiang, and did her country's the Blessed --

and is her country's third-best ranked player. She is one of the

compatriots that set out on Monday. Venus, it seems, is in no rush.

UMPIRE: 20 seconds in between the points. Try to stay away from

bouncing directly in the grass. If you want to challenge, please do it

quickly. Any questions? Would you like to call it quits yellow tails.

-- would you like to call it? Yellowtail. It is heads.

No hesitation. She won the toss, and she will serve. Almost before the

coin has settled, she decided that she will be the one who will set the

tone for this much. Venus has such an aggressive mind that. As soon as

she's that into the All-England Club, steps onto these lawns, she

becomes even more aggressive. Which is something that you need to be

successful. Five times a singles champion here. Five times between

2000 and 2008. The last time she when it was when she beat her sister

in the final, and then that wonderful run to the semifinals last

summer defying the march of time, as we've been talking about, but she

has been doing so often in recent times. Defying another showdown

against her sister last summer by Angelique Kerber. -- defied another

showdown against her sister. Lost but 6-4, 6-4. -- lost that. And her

opponent, who is trying to do something that she's never done so

far in her career and reach the third round of the Grand Slam. She

has been to the stage, the second round, three times in New York. Once

in Melbourne, once in Paris, and once here in London. I think it's

safe to say that if she wins this one, this would be the biggest day

of her tennis career so far against the great Venus Williams on one of

Wimbledon's Big Show courts. Interesting, these two played just

recently for the first time at the French Open. That was in the first

round. Venus was able to win that in a tight two setter.

STUDIO: Well, Venus Williams, five-time champion on Court Number

One. We'll be back for the start of her much. Let's show you what is

happening elsewhere. Over on Centre Court, Andy Murray has made his way

onto court to play his second round match against a real character, the

extrovert, the very talented Dustin Brown who beat Rafael Nadal two

years ago. As you can see, early stages of that match which is now

live on BBC One. If you want to see the defending champion, it is now

live on BBC One. This match was the second and centre because of the

length of the match before it, involving the British number one

woman, Joanna Konta, who fought off a real battle against the

21-year-old Croatian, Vecic. Had to come back from 0-30 down to save it.

Very emotional scenes as Donna Vekic came so close. Very good for Joe to

console her Ribena. In this game that we play in tennis, it is very

hard when someone has fought so well and they had to walk off as a loser.

But Jo marches on and adhere to the third round for the first time here

at Wimbledon. For the first time since 1986 there will be two British

women in the third round, because Heather Watson is true. I wonderful

victory out on Court Number Two against the 18 fees, Sevastova.

Watson showed great promise a couple of years ago and we have expected

great things on her. She dropped a little bit down the rankings after

that wonderful context against Serena Williams on Centre Court when

she had just two points for winning the match. But she seems to be back

to her coach. -- back to her best. A new coach, Colin Beecher, seems to

be installing confidence and she will be racing her way back up the

world rankings once again. Though Heather is through and in the next