Day 5, Part 2

:00:11. > :00:26.This is a national programme, now we're going to take you over to

:00:27. > :00:34.Wimbledon... COMMENTATOR: Brilliant! Overcome a yes! That is perfect!

:00:35. > :00:45.Irresistible, majestic! In a class of her own. Wimbledon champion

:00:46. > :00:50.again. They fired at Wimbledon and it's a day that British tennis fans

:00:51. > :00:54.haven't seen for some time -- day five. The Fab four of Andy Murray,

:00:55. > :00:58.Johanna Konta, Hannah Watson and Aljaz Bedene a have all made it

:00:59. > :01:03.through to the third round. But is it a record? Not quite but for the

:01:04. > :01:06.record it is the first time in 20 years that four Brits have reached

:01:07. > :01:10.this stage in the men's and ladies singles. They are all in action

:01:11. > :01:19.today so keep the music, it's time to play.

:01:20. > :01:36.COMMENTATOR: What a performance from Heather Watson! The British number

:01:37. > :02:12.three is through. This could be a special day indeed

:02:13. > :02:17.with all four British players looking to reach week two. That

:02:18. > :02:20.hasn't happened since 1975. We hope across the day the red white and

:02:21. > :02:26.blue will be the colours that are flying high. Aljaz Bedene a has

:02:27. > :02:30.never reached a Grand Slam fourth round but he's been in fine form and

:02:31. > :02:38.is on court now facing Gilles Muller. Heather Watson looks back to

:02:39. > :02:42.her best, she'd been confident, classy and consistent this season,

:02:43. > :02:49.she's facing Victoria Azarenka on Centre Court right now. British

:02:50. > :02:52.number one sixth seed Johanna Konta came through an epic battle on

:02:53. > :02:58.Wednesday showing true grit and determination. Unseeded Maria

:02:59. > :03:04.Sakkari is her opponent. Finally he's been here many times before and

:03:05. > :03:11.despite a hip injury Andy Murray has dropped only seven games so -- per

:03:12. > :03:17.match so far but Fabio Fognini will provide a tough test today. Welcome

:03:18. > :03:20.to day five. These are bright days indeed for British tennis and there

:03:21. > :03:25.is genuine optimism that British players could go deep into the

:03:26. > :03:29.Championships. Heather Watson is on court and will be heading over there

:03:30. > :03:33.in just a moment. Johanna Konta and Andy Murray will be in action later

:03:34. > :03:38.on as they try and book their place in the fourth round. At 11:30am the

:03:39. > :03:43.first Briton in action was Aljaz Bedene A. He walked on to court to

:03:44. > :03:50.face 16th seed Gilles Muller. He lost a close opener 7-6 on the

:03:51. > :03:57.tie-break. He's just dropped the second set. Broken at 5-5 but it's

:03:58. > :04:02.on serve in the third set. Muller 2-0 up against Aljaz Bedene A. That

:04:03. > :04:09.match you can see on the red button, that's our feature match on the red

:04:10. > :04:14.button. We'll see if Aljaz Bedene can fight back. Another wonderful

:04:15. > :04:17.day at Wimbledon. Very hot again, could reach temperatures of 40

:04:18. > :04:19.degrees. So much to look forward to today. Here are the big stars coming

:04:20. > :04:34.your way over the next six hours. Two-time Grand Slam champion

:04:35. > :04:37.Victoria Azarenka continues her comeback on Centre Court. She is

:04:38. > :04:43.trying to stop Heather Watson reaching the fourth round for the

:04:44. > :04:48.first time. Britain's Johanna Konta is the favourite for the women's

:04:49. > :04:54.title. She is on Court Number One where she faces Maria Sakkari of

:04:55. > :04:59.Greece. Defending champion Andy Murray is aiming to reach the second

:05:00. > :05:02.week for the tenth year in a row but feisty Italian Fabio Fognini will be

:05:03. > :05:10.hoping to cause an upset on Centre Court. Two-time former champion

:05:11. > :05:14.Rafael Nadal has safely negotiated the first two rounds. Next up for

:05:15. > :05:21.him is talented young Russian Karen Khachanov. Venus Williams is now the

:05:22. > :05:33.only former champion left in the women's draw. She plays Japanese

:05:34. > :05:40.teenager Naomi Osaka. Second seed Hapel faces Peng on Court Number

:05:41. > :05:41.Two. Steve Johnson is on Court Number One where he is trying to

:05:42. > :06:00.oust Marin Cilic. So here is how it looks. It is

:06:01. > :06:04.Watson against Azarenka, followed by Rafael Nadal against Kachanov then

:06:05. > :06:18.Murray against Fognini. Naomi Osaka wasn't born when Venus

:06:19. > :06:34.Williams made her debut here 20 years ago!

:06:35. > :06:40.Just to save the match between Aljaz Bedene A and Gilles Muller is on the

:06:41. > :06:44.red button at the moment. It will be on BBC Two in just a moment. Of

:06:45. > :06:53.course we'd also like to hear from you. You can get in touch with us on

:06:54. > :06:57.this fantastic Friday. Use #Wimbledon to tell us your thoughts.

:06:58. > :07:00.Now it's time to go to Centre Court and see if Heather Watson can make

:07:01. > :07:03.it through to the fourth round for the first time. Five minutes ago

:07:04. > :07:08.this was Heather Watson with set point against former world number

:07:09. > :07:14.one Victoria Azarenka. These have been long, testing rallies and

:07:15. > :07:20.Heather has had all the answers so far. Raced to a 3-0 lead and that

:07:21. > :07:30.error from Azarenka means Britain's Heather Watson is one set up. A

:07:31. > :07:34.little bit of pressure on her first set service game in the second set.

:07:35. > :08:08.She's trailing 0- one so let's join our commentators.

:08:09. > :08:17.COMMENTATOR: Beforehand is a little more unreliable, if you like. With

:08:18. > :08:20.that forehand, she didn't even finish her shot completely and she

:08:21. > :08:23.was already moving back to the middle, knowing there was going to

:08:24. > :08:27.be a shot coming into the open court. You have to finish your shot

:08:28. > :08:39.and she is quick enough to retrieve it. Challenging straightaway. She's

:08:40. > :08:50.not very hopeful. It's something we've seen throughout her career.

:08:51. > :08:54.She gets so locked on that forehand. Is that a practising, is it

:08:55. > :09:00.believing in to note what you need to do on the big points, pushing

:09:01. > :09:04.yourself through it? I think in these types of moments, it's your

:09:05. > :09:34.habits. They can be good or bad but sometimes they come out.

:09:35. > :09:44.She's livid. She knows because she's heard a lot about this forehand from

:09:45. > :09:47.different coaches. There are some technical issues there that I don't

:09:48. > :09:51.think have been completely addressed, but there are some mental

:09:52. > :09:55.ones as well. She makes to mistakes now but you can see that doubt

:09:56. > :10:07.straightaway is crawling into that shot. And then that! Sometimes when

:10:08. > :10:11.you don't have time to think she just goes for it and hit it

:10:12. > :10:15.perfectly. Sometimes when you have time and feel like you aren't

:10:16. > :10:20.hitting it, sometimes I tried to hit that doubt out of it. Even if you

:10:21. > :10:29.make a mistake, hit an aggressive shot and tried to get that feeling

:10:30. > :10:38.back of being aggressive enough. It's a shame you have to think on

:10:39. > :10:45.the big points isn't it? She's still getting some help. Some matches in

:10:46. > :10:50.your career you play them without thinking. That's when everything

:10:51. > :10:53.goes perfectly. They don't happen that often but some of them, in your

:10:54. > :11:23.career, that feels great. Looks easy, doesn't she, coming

:11:24. > :11:26.forward, Azarenka. Makes the transfer. She could have closed in a

:11:27. > :11:43.little bit more but lovely soft hands.

:11:44. > :11:50.Right now, where the self coaching, it becomes crucial, or the forehand

:11:51. > :11:54.becomes more of a problem. For sure, you have to try and stay positive.

:11:55. > :11:58.When you talk to yourself, within yourself, you can be a little bit

:11:59. > :12:01.negative or frustrated for a second but then you have two really tried

:12:02. > :12:12.to start each point on a positive note.

:12:13. > :12:18.Obviously you're allowed coaching on the tour, do players sometimes get

:12:19. > :12:20.too dependent upon the coach? I think so. I think players don't

:12:21. > :12:27.think enough out there themselves any more. There's times when the on

:12:28. > :12:29.court coaching is good but there are also times when I think let's get

:12:30. > :12:55.rid of the rule. I wonder if it has anything to do

:12:56. > :13:03.with the racket or the balance. I don't know. If you mistakes... If

:13:04. > :13:11.you mistakes that she's made, they've looked...

:13:12. > :13:17.The mistakes that she's made, they have looked like she was out of

:13:18. > :13:21.balance or in the wrong position or anything. I wonder if she's maybe

:13:22. > :13:25.still adjusting to playing with this new racket. She's played with

:13:26. > :13:27.another brand for many, many, many years. It'll take a bit of time to

:13:28. > :13:42.adjust to this. Effectively she's still trialling

:13:43. > :13:47.it, it's got the black paint on it. She hasn't absolutely committed to

:13:48. > :14:01.it as yet, which is what a lot of players tend to do these days.

:14:02. > :14:07.Saw the hesitation, even when she took the swing back, we saw that she

:14:08. > :14:16.was almost worried or scared of that one. It's interesting at the US Open

:14:17. > :14:19.this year in the qualifying, they are going to allow coaching between

:14:20. > :14:25.points with coaches on the side of the court. The shot clock will be an

:14:26. > :14:29.experiment there as well. It's moments like this where you have to

:14:30. > :14:34.be completely independent and work it out and make it happen. That's

:14:35. > :14:40.what I love about tennis, and it's a part of the game, trying to figure

:14:41. > :14:43.it out. She's doing the same thing, she's trying to figure it out.

:14:44. > :14:47.That's what it needs to be like. You need to be smart out there and if

:14:48. > :14:51.you're not, you're going to lose matches because he went thinking or

:14:52. > :14:56.reading your opponent's game. I think coaches can do their job,

:14:57. > :15:03.obviously before the match, and talk about what happened in the matches

:15:04. > :15:05.afterwards. But I'm definitely for getting rid of the on court coaching

:15:06. > :15:17.role. Let's get these end. Far more

:15:18. > :15:22.aggressive today and inside her baseline, Watson. She could creep up

:15:23. > :15:23.even more. That's a pretty terrifying sight if you're Heather

:15:24. > :16:38.Watson. Still, she is up 6-3, so... Looking to get up there whenever she

:16:39. > :16:42.can. Yeah. Because she's so close on top of the baseline or in the court

:16:43. > :16:52.at times, it's a natural reaction for her to move forward when she

:16:53. > :17:02.can. She's 11 from 14 at the net. Watson two from six.

:17:03. > :18:17.Lifted off that forehand again. Azarenka starting to get great reads

:18:18. > :18:22.now of the Watson serve. She's absolutely picking the direction.

:18:23. > :18:43.Another break point, the insurance point.

:18:44. > :19:27.That must have felt good! That one. -- go for that one.

:19:28. > :19:38.Great depth from Heather. I feel this is such an important game fair

:19:39. > :19:47.Heather, not just in the context of the match or the set, but to stop

:19:48. > :20:00.Azarenka steam-rolling out here. She's got it. The left of that shot

:20:01. > :20:10.was her boyfriend. Her coach their too. Morgan Phillips. He says if

:20:11. > :20:16.they ever get into the second week of the tournament he is going to

:20:17. > :20:20.shave his legs. He was going to shave his head! What is it with

:20:21. > :20:25.tennis players and these bizarre shaving habits the coaches have?! I

:20:26. > :20:39.think it causes a nice team atmosphere, some goals. I did it

:20:40. > :20:44.when I won the US Open or leading up to the US Open. They said they were

:20:45. > :20:48.going to shave their heads if I won. Of course nobody expected me to win

:20:49. > :20:55.and we have videos where I'm shaving his head! LAUGHTER And he's a man

:20:56. > :20:59.with perfect hair! He loves his hair, too! LAUGHTER But he promised,

:21:00. > :21:22.and he did it, so that was nice. When Heather Watson misses of the

:21:23. > :21:25.backhand side it's an almost instantaneous knowing what she needs

:21:26. > :21:29.to do to make it better. Whereas with the forehand it's almost like a

:21:30. > :21:33.collective of another forehand missed. I don't think she worries

:21:34. > :21:35.when she misses a backhand. You see the negative body language when she

:21:36. > :21:55.misses the forehand. That's something, body language is

:21:56. > :21:58.something that Victoria is seeing now and she'll use that even more.

:21:59. > :22:09.That's why it's so important not to show any weaknesses to your opponent

:22:10. > :22:13.in these types of circumstances. I think by contrast we saw Azarenka

:22:14. > :22:21.balloon a few forehands over the baseline. The problem is I think

:22:22. > :22:25.Heather gets into this negative spiral on her forehand. It's not

:22:26. > :22:34.good news for her out on the match court. By on the stage, I suppose

:22:35. > :22:42.they've got to win an Oscar every time they play. True! But it's so

:22:43. > :22:53.important to not show your opponent your frustrations or even

:22:54. > :22:57.weaknesses. And because tennis is such a mental sport as well, even to

:22:58. > :23:02.just hang in there when you're not playing your best tennis, you can

:23:03. > :23:06.make your opponent doubt and make your opponent dropped their level a

:23:07. > :23:18.little bit and it gives you another opportunity, for Heather to get back

:23:19. > :23:19.into this set. Ms Azarenka is challenging the call. The ball was

:23:20. > :23:34.called in. Another one for Hawk-Eye. Just over ten years Hawk-Eye has

:23:35. > :23:35.been in action at Wimbledon. Ms Azarenka has two challenges

:23:36. > :23:51.remaining. How many double faults has she hit?

:23:52. > :25:47.Five, now. I say that about raising the bar

:25:48. > :25:51.high, in 2011 Azarenka brought about taking a break from the game. It was

:25:52. > :25:58.her grandmother who persuaded her not to. The grandmother was saying,

:25:59. > :26:03.do you realise how lucky you are? I run three jobs, you're playing

:26:04. > :26:07.tennis! What was the reason she wanted to take a break? I think she

:26:08. > :26:11.was finding the routine of the travelling and everything else, the

:26:12. > :26:16.stress of matchplay and so on. The grandmother would say to her.

:26:17. > :26:21.Stress?! Playing tennis match? Stress is three jobs to earn a

:26:22. > :26:26.living. I was in that situation when I first retired. I was very young

:26:27. > :26:31.when I came on tour and 15 when I played my first event. For many

:26:32. > :26:36.years, week in week out, you live a lifestyle that is a great lifestyle,

:26:37. > :26:40.but it's very draining and is training for the body because we

:26:41. > :26:47.always travelling and jet-lagged. There comes a point where you kind

:26:48. > :26:57.of want a little bit of peace and relaxing time, and mentally and

:26:58. > :27:00.physically as well. We know how lucky we are to play the sport that

:27:01. > :27:05.most of us started playing when we were little, but there's also a

:27:06. > :27:06.point where sometimes it can become a little bit too much and that's

:27:07. > :27:26.when it's good to take a break. Even though Heather is 4-1 down she

:27:27. > :27:35.must feel like she's really close. It's 4-1 to Vika but she's really

:27:36. > :27:42.close into it. She just has to try and stay positive and hang in there,

:27:43. > :27:49.because she can also turn it around and make Vika doubt again because

:27:50. > :27:50.she isn't playing at her best level. That's the return that she is known

:27:51. > :28:42.to be very good at. Straight at you. She's not going to miss many of

:28:43. > :28:54.those of the backhand. No. Even flying she doesn't miss!

:28:55. > :29:28.Smiles all round. Match faces on in the respective boxes.

:29:29. > :29:36.She can just keep herself going here, Heather, I can't believe there

:29:37. > :29:40.won't be some lapses from Azarenka. Not this soon into her comeback.

:29:41. > :29:55.Give her six months, then there will be very few blips.

:29:56. > :30:07.Well, very good. It is a way of dealing with the forehand, isn't it.

:30:08. > :30:11.It is good to keep that body into the court and when you decide,

:30:12. > :30:20.beforehand, I am going to run-in to the net, you automatically do that,

:30:21. > :30:33.and it gets a little easier. Set that winner up, because of the

:30:34. > :30:46.return straight through the middle. The net between them according to

:30:47. > :30:49.that. Again looking to move forwards. Does improve the forehand.

:30:50. > :31:11.Yes. Come on Miss Watson! That was very

:31:12. > :31:16.polite! Very British. UMPIRE: Miss Watson is challenging

:31:17. > :31:22.on the right near sideline, the ball was called out.

:31:23. > :31:41.Second service. Miss Watson has one challenge

:31:42. > :32:04.remaining. $28.2 million prize money Victoria

:32:05. > :32:12.Azarenka. Wow. Is that a shock absorber? Yes, sorry.

:32:13. > :32:19.I assumed that is what you meant. I have never heard that. I dread to

:32:20. > :32:27.think what you thought it was! No, I didn't think... Don't they call it a

:32:28. > :32:46.passifier a dummy? Yes. Cifier a dummy? Yes.

:32:47. > :32:54.The double break secured on a stroke of luck. Game away from levelling

:32:55. > :33:10.this third round. Azarenka serving for the second set,

:33:11. > :33:53.5-1. Looking back on my score shoot, the

:33:54. > :33:58.last five games have all gone to deuce, so I mean... She is very

:33:59. > :34:02.close. She is very close. And sometimes you forget, you forget

:34:03. > :34:06.that you see the score and you think, oh, she's so much stronger

:34:07. > :35:17.than me in this set, but she's so close.

:35:18. > :35:21.I like to hear the thank you when the ball boy gives you the towel.

:35:22. > :36:01.Absolutely. Please as well. Yes. APPLAUSE

:36:02. > :36:06.Interesting, her forehand improves after she has moved forward, got

:36:07. > :36:21.into a better rhythm. Lifeline point here for Watson.

:36:22. > :36:28.Oh. Oh, well done. That was really well up, wasn't it. I don't know

:36:29. > :36:32.what you are seeing but I think Azarenka's step has got more dynamic

:36:33. > :36:40.in the year she has been away and she has had the quick light steps.

:36:41. > :36:47.Yes. It is when you hear your baby by cry, you are quick. Or when you

:36:48. > :36:50.Oh, well done. That was really well up, wasn't it. I don't know what you

:36:51. > :36:53.are seeing but I think Azarenka's step has got more dynamic in the

:36:54. > :36:56.year she has been away and she has had the quick light steps. Yes. It

:36:57. > :36:59.is when you hear your baby by cry, you are quick. Or when you hear the

:37:00. > :37:16.first one "Let me put the binky in quickly" Set

:37:17. > :37:25.UMPIRE: Game and second set Miss Azarenka. It is one set all.

:37:26. > :37:49.UMPIRE: New balls please. sueb she is such a tough competitor

:37:50. > :37:54.Victoria Azarenka and we knew she would be battling back, a two time

:37:55. > :37:58.Grand Slam champion, former semi finalist here, that is the summary

:37:59. > :38:03.of set two, where all of the yellow is on the left-hand side of the

:38:04. > :38:06.page. It is very much Azarenka who has taken that second set. We look

:38:07. > :38:10.forward to a third set on Centre Court but as I mentioned at the top

:38:11. > :38:14.of the programme four Brits in action. Then disappointing news for

:38:15. > :38:20.Aljaz Bedene, who was first out on Court Two, but no great surprise, he

:38:21. > :38:25.was up against this man, the 16th seed Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, he

:38:26. > :38:29.has had a successful grass court season here, getting to the

:38:30. > :38:38.semifinals at Queen's, and he has gone through in straight sets, 7-6,

:38:39. > :38:43.6-5, Aljaz Bedene has had a lot to be proud of here at the

:38:44. > :38:50.Championships, but it is Muller who sealed victory with his 19th ace in

:38:51. > :38:55.that match. That finished a short time ago on

:38:56. > :39:01.court to but on Court One, watch Steve Johnson here, straight into

:39:02. > :39:05.the chairs. This is what Cilic has been doing, he has been pushing

:39:06. > :39:12.Johnson all over the court. He was diving. That was Beckers, you can

:39:13. > :39:16.see he has gone straight into the chairs and worried about any injury,

:39:17. > :39:21.we decided he had the trainer on court. You can see the graze on his

:39:22. > :39:26.knee, he has been diving on the court on Court One, luckily

:39:27. > :39:32.everything was OK. Play did continue and Cilic is 6-4 and 5-4 up, it is

:39:33. > :39:41.on serve in the second set. That match is on the Red Button.

:39:42. > :39:47.Over on BBC Two we are following the match on Court Three, Kei Nishikori

:39:48. > :39:52.against Roberto Bautista Agut. Nishikori is, had been in trouble,

:39:53. > :39:57.but he has fought back, he dropped the first two sets to the talented

:39:58. > :40:01.Roberto Bautista Agut, but he has taken the third set so Kei

:40:02. > :40:03.Nishikori's 6-3, so that match is currently over on BBC Two. Back we

:40:04. > :40:14.go to centre. Big game this for Heather Watson.

:40:15. > :40:18.That is not going to help. She has great momentum Azarenka and Heather

:40:19. > :41:06.has to expect a lot more forehand as well.

:41:07. > :41:18.That's better. That must feel good, four or five forehands, she didn't

:41:19. > :41:22.hit them that clean, it is nice know you can still win the rally even

:41:23. > :41:25.though you are not hitting them that clean. They were a little on the

:41:26. > :41:48.careful side. Nice. That's nice to see the

:41:49. > :41:52.positive body language. It's a hell of a backhand, she loves that shot,

:41:53. > :41:57.above shoulder height, flying down, Heather is not the tallest player

:41:58. > :42:06.out there. The difference, there is no hesitation at all when she hits

:42:07. > :42:12.her backhand. There is no hint of her running round the forehand to

:42:13. > :42:33.hit a backhand, Heather, was there? No. She takes it on. Yes.

:42:34. > :42:40.APPLAUSE You getting a itle nervous? I can

:42:41. > :42:50.tell. There he is. Dealt with pressure moments and spotlights in

:42:51. > :42:58.his career, hasn't here. For sure. Well done! The way she won it as

:42:59. > :43:05.well, from love 30 down, was very good. She stayed positive and, she

:43:06. > :43:10.stayed in it and she fought and that helps a lot with the confidence, to

:43:11. > :43:17.start off like that, in that final set. Shot placement Sam? I have been

:43:18. > :43:24.keeping an eye on this, the first set, I don't know how primed Vika

:43:25. > :43:27.was but an awful lot of her shots going to Watson's strength. 51%

:43:28. > :43:32.going to the Watson backhand. Not a good idea. Not enough going to the

:43:33. > :43:36.forehand. Second set, very basic tactical switch, it is not rocket

:43:37. > :43:42.science but many more shots through to that forehand side.

:43:43. > :43:46.It doesn't have to be complicated to be effective. No, you don't have to

:43:47. > :43:52.make it complicated, more than it is.

:43:53. > :43:56.But I wonder if she felt that that was happening, that she was maybe

:43:57. > :44:02.making a few more mistakes on the forehand or maybe the coach helped a

:44:03. > :45:34.bit or said go for that or she noticed it herself.

:45:35. > :45:41.Must feel really good to push Vika round on the baseline, it doesn't

:45:42. > :45:46.happen very often. But it seems like she is not having as much problems

:45:47. > :45:49.when Vika is attacking than when she has a bit more time, seems a little

:45:50. > :46:05.more hesitant. The effort this is going to take

:46:06. > :46:09.from Watson is going to be huge, her highest ranking is 38. It has

:46:10. > :46:13.seesawed. When it got to 120 goings into Eastbourne it often. But it

:46:14. > :46:15.seems like she is not having as much problems when Vika is attacking than

:46:16. > :46:18.when she has a bit more time, seems a little more hesitant. The effort

:46:19. > :46:21.this is going to take from Watson is going to be huge, her highest

:46:22. > :46:24.ranking is 38. It has seesawed. When it got to 120 goings into Eastbourne

:46:25. > :46:25.it is like alarm bells "I have to start winning" she has. Yes, she

:46:26. > :47:11.has. UMPIRE: Let, fault. Challenging now,

:47:12. > :47:23.didn't hear the call. UMPIRE: The ball was called out.

:47:24. > :47:32.That was a good call. Four millimetres.

:47:33. > :47:42.Love to see a line judge do a fist pump when they get one that close

:47:43. > :47:49.right. Wouldn't that be nice! Super. Great touch.

:47:50. > :47:55.They look easy but they're not. UMPIRE: Miss Watson has two

:47:56. > :48:00.challenges remaining. You have to just let the speed of

:48:01. > :48:04.the ball do the work and keep your racket as still as you possibly can.

:48:05. > :48:53.I think some of that hit the frame. It is almost counter intuitive.

:48:54. > :48:59.Body language reaction if you compare that to how she responds to

:49:00. > :49:04.backhand errors it is remarkable difference. Just wonder though, the

:49:05. > :49:07.experience of playing Serena where she won the first set, lost the

:49:08. > :49:09.second and was in that bat in the third, I wonder if it is going to

:49:10. > :50:26.help her in this situation. Yes. Really worry about Heather and her

:50:27. > :50:31.service direction, she hasn't hit a single serve at the body. Yes, which

:50:32. > :50:35.trying to look at some statistics too.

:50:36. > :50:42.I think her first serve percentage has dropped quite a bit in the

:50:43. > :50:46.second set. It's amazing just seeing the placement. I think when you.

:50:47. > :50:50.Co-on grass, that is the first serve or the serve I was practising the

:50:51. > :50:55.most, was the serve to the body, because it is so effective, and, I

:50:56. > :50:58.used to put cones, trying to aim to it the body of the player and go

:50:59. > :51:15.hundreds and hundreds of times, just to try and go for that.

:51:16. > :51:21.We were talking about the first serve not the second serve. Yes and

:51:22. > :51:28.also when you play Vika, you know, if you don't play, or don't play to

:51:29. > :51:32.the body you have to place it so well, because once, when it is her

:51:33. > :51:36.change she's so accurate with her return, so you have to serve well,

:51:37. > :51:40.that is why I always found that the body serve a very good shot to fall

:51:41. > :52:03.back on, when I was serving against her.

:52:04. > :52:30.UMPIRE: Advantage Miss Robson. Congratulate balance. -- great

:52:31. > :53:15.balance. Set all, one all, deuce.

:53:16. > :53:21.Still needs this first serve to work.

:53:22. > :54:10.That was a good one. UMPIRE: Miss Watson leads two games

:54:11. > :54:11.to one, final set. Set. Kim you will hear someone

:54:12. > :54:13.Anne Jones, former champion. Watson keeps her nose in front.

:54:14. > :54:16.UMPIRE: Miss Watson leads two games to one, final set. Kim you will hear

:54:17. > :54:19.someone in the crowd shout out "You can do it." Easier said than done.

:54:20. > :54:24.Did you use visualisation techniques and how did you push yourself

:54:25. > :54:29.through it? When it came down to my serve, I used to hit, in practise,

:54:30. > :54:34.put cones out or the ball, the tubes that the balls are in, and I used to

:54:35. > :54:41.aim for those and sometimes when I felt like my serve was off or I

:54:42. > :54:46.wasn't praising it where I should, I visualised the cones there, it

:54:47. > :54:52.helped a lot. Did try to use the visual side of the game, and to help

:54:53. > :54:57.me, especially with my serve. And Sam you had a great win here beating

:54:58. > :55:05.Martinez, how did you push yourself through that? Shut my eyes and hope

:55:06. > :55:11.for the best! It is funny, I had my eye on Azarenka's box and I saw the

:55:12. > :55:15.coach point out that a little forehand action, so I think he was

:55:16. > :55:32.telling her she needs to make sure she keeps going to the forehand.

:55:33. > :55:38.Hour-and-a-half, Azarenka, one-2, final set.

:55:39. > :55:50.Pretty noisy. There is a lot to talk about.

:55:51. > :56:03.Six from 15 behind this second serve, Azarenka.

:56:04. > :56:08.Everybody with that return, you can feel that she, it is not a clean hit

:56:09. > :56:10.but she pushes to the side, instead of like you said before, instead of

:56:11. > :56:30.going into the court. That's a great hit.

:56:31. > :56:34.Her backhand down the line one of the best ones, in the women's game.

:56:35. > :56:39.It is very hard to read and she is able to change the direction at the

:56:40. > :57:03.last second of the shot, so it was always one to keep your eye out for.

:57:04. > :57:10.I think it is technical with Heather, psychological. What happens

:57:11. > :57:16.is she turns her body, a little too early and it gets before her arm, it

:57:17. > :57:20.is like body before ball. She has lost all the power from the lower

:57:21. > :57:33.legs and the ground and she just has an arm to work with.

:57:34. > :57:39.The thing is she knows how to hit a good forehand it is just... In

:57:40. > :57:46.practise she can do it. She has done it today, it is in these moments

:57:47. > :57:50.where it is important. That is the shot that usually, you know drops,

:57:51. > :58:13.the earliest. UMPIRE: Game Miss Azarenka.

:58:14. > :58:19.UMPIRE: Two games all, final set. Two tough holds, two comfortable

:58:20. > :58:23.ones for Azarenka so far. It is remarkable how well she is

:58:24. > :58:30.playing after such little time back on a match course, adds. In Majorca

:58:31. > :58:44.she was two points from losing in the opening round tos of I can, they

:58:45. > :58:49.say of Osaki. A lot of things have changed in her private life. It does

:58:50. > :58:54.have an impact, but when you get out on court, you still think and act

:58:55. > :58:59.like the player you were before, and, which is a good thing, of

:59:00. > :59:04.course. Did you feel less pressure coming

:59:05. > :59:10.back as a mother? Different prior yourties? Yes, less pressure, and

:59:11. > :59:15.because you have been away for so long, the pressure bill up when you

:59:16. > :59:28.play week in, week out, is a lot higher, there was no expectation

:59:29. > :59:39.from the outside world. So many Union Jacks in the crowd. They are

:59:40. > :59:43.being waved furiously right now. It is is a love hold to Watson. That

:59:44. > :59:55.must feel really good. You guys always say it. To serve

:59:56. > :00:00.first in the final set is an advantage. It is most of the times.

:00:01. > :00:08.There were times when I also enjoyed returning because you felt like you

:00:09. > :00:13.were able to work your way into it. If you get broken in the first game,

:00:14. > :00:18.if you hold its all good, if you get broken your like... Maybe it would

:00:19. > :00:24.have been nice to have a few rallies. It all depends. It has

:00:25. > :00:27.everything to do with confidence. If you're confident it really doesn't

:00:28. > :00:33.matter whether you're serving or returning, you just get on with it

:00:34. > :00:44.and don't think about it too much. Surrogate -- kSergei Garcia. He's

:00:45. > :00:51.pretty special with the green jacket on. He's a big tennis fan and he

:00:52. > :00:55.plays very well. He's been around. He enjoys coming out of the

:00:56. > :01:03.tournaments. He knows a lot of the players too. Must have been tough

:01:04. > :01:11.for the players the other day, playing in front of perfection!

:01:12. > :01:17.Exactly. My mother was a gymnast, so for years that is what I heard and

:01:18. > :01:26.what my mum would talk about. It was nice to see her coming out here and

:01:27. > :01:30.watch our sport. That's how you could slide on a hard court. Another

:01:31. > :02:18.one for Hawk-Eye. That's quite funny, Azarenka wants

:02:19. > :02:24.the balls from the other side, from the first set! It's like an OCD

:02:25. > :02:52.convention... Whatever feels good at the moment!

:02:53. > :03:01.She's dropped two points on serve so far this set, Azarenka. You can see

:03:02. > :03:07.that she's waiting for Heather. It would be nice to see her take one or

:03:08. > :03:08.two steps into the court to give herself less time to think and less

:03:09. > :03:34.time to doubt her own forehand. She didn't really play that return,

:03:35. > :04:19.did she? But is she right? Beautiful timing. Back to back love

:04:20. > :04:41.holds. It's building to the pressure

:04:42. > :06:03.cooker, isn't it? Very, very warm out there too. Again.

:06:04. > :06:11.Can't get much lower than that to play a shot. That is one of her

:06:12. > :06:16.favourite shots to play, that backhand down the line. She moves

:06:17. > :06:21.you from side to side. Heather was running from side to side and...

:06:22. > :06:45.She's right inside that baseline. Interesting Azarenka's returning in

:06:46. > :07:28.this game pretty much to Heather's backhand. So far.

:07:29. > :07:59.75 mph second serve, punished. 77 mph return.

:08:00. > :08:31.It's not a good dynamic out there if you're a Watson fan.

:08:32. > :08:44.Again, the combination. She'll rarely play three shots on the same

:08:45. > :09:11.side of the court, Azarenka. Break point.

:09:12. > :09:37.You felt a collective breathing out when this went in!

:09:38. > :09:46.Listening to you too, stepping forward is now! 83 mph winner. If

:09:47. > :09:48.she could hit every ball on her backhand for the rest of the set

:09:49. > :10:15.should be all right, wouldn't she? They're both feeling it! What a

:10:16. > :12:25.pick-up. Johanna Konta came through a

:12:26. > :13:07.nailbiter. Can that inspire? I'm surprised Azarenka's playing a

:13:08. > :13:36.lot to the backhand, still. Yeah, that's a problem. Still.

:13:37. > :13:45.I can feel the hesitation with each forehand! Years of you at home, Kim

:13:46. > :13:52.Clijsters has played every shot of that point! It's much tougher in

:13:53. > :13:56.here! On court you don't think like we see it here. You don't get that

:13:57. > :14:07.information and you don't have a clear view of what's going on. I

:14:08. > :14:11.think what's very tough is it very hard to separate who you are as a

:14:12. > :14:16.personality and how you play tennis. Heather is a very careful person.

:14:17. > :14:21.You think how she speaks, it's like she's spell checked every word.

:14:22. > :14:25.She's almost got to overwrite that fear of taking a risk or taking a

:14:26. > :14:41.chance out there and that's really hard for her under pressure.

:14:42. > :14:44.Beautiful, the way she made room there. Another break point in this

:14:45. > :15:20.marathon game. Azarenka, first to break. Is that

:15:21. > :15:29.the breaking point? Ten and a half minute game. Did she lose trust

:15:30. > :15:36.altogether with that penultimate forehand in that rally, Heather? I

:15:37. > :15:43.think that was trying to play as safe as possible type of shot. Sam,

:15:44. > :15:49.you've done some coaching now, how does she get over this? There's a

:15:50. > :15:52.clear issue there. I know you mentioned the technique but is it

:15:53. > :15:57.just to watch the ball coming at you and thinking about the sort of

:15:58. > :16:02.choice you want to make? How does she get over it? I think thinking

:16:03. > :16:07.too much is the problem. I've watched her for many years and I'm a

:16:08. > :16:13.huge admirer of her backhand, Herb volleys. But as Billie Jean King

:16:14. > :16:18.says, poor technique breaks down under pressure. For me it's

:16:19. > :16:23.mechanical and it's whether she is willing to address it. It's such a

:16:24. > :16:26.shame because I think you're almost better off not having any weaknesses

:16:27. > :16:29.but not having too many great strengths. She's got a lot of

:16:30. > :16:34.strengths but she has this one weakness and its cost her in her

:16:35. > :16:41.career and I think it might cost her against the very best. I agree. Now

:16:42. > :16:45.is obviously not the time to stop thinking about techniques and she

:16:46. > :16:49.has to figure out mentally how she can... Even though she misses them,

:16:50. > :16:51.how to stay positive. Try not to let it get to you mentally in these kind

:16:52. > :17:29.of circumstances. Azarenka's only human. Fifth match

:17:30. > :17:39.back, got a chance to make the fourth round of Wimbledon. It's far

:17:40. > :18:06.from over, or it's definitely not over. Shore. -- sure.

:18:07. > :18:46.She once served three in a row. It was match point against Serena

:18:47. > :18:54.You almost feel like telling her, step in, go forward. There's the

:18:55. > :19:25.door. I'll get in trouble, you go! Followed it in so well there,

:19:26. > :20:01.Azarenka. Narrowed Heather's options.

:20:02. > :20:14.Watson's challenging. It's all happening.

:20:15. > :20:28.It's out! CHEERING Thank you, Hawk-Eye! It's break back

:20:29. > :21:00.point. Watson's broken straight-backed!

:21:01. > :21:06.It's nice to see her run around the backhand for that last shot. A bit

:21:07. > :21:09.of aggression back into that forehand. It all started with the

:21:10. > :22:09.feet and the arm followed. Something about the noise Azarenka

:22:10. > :22:16.makes, it sort of settled her into a rhythm. I just don't think she's

:22:17. > :22:22.going to miss. It's also breathing out. There's a calming, breathing

:22:23. > :22:29.out, there's a lot of players who hold it all in. It's like a cramp

:22:30. > :22:34.almost. So we tell a lot of the kids in the tennis school in Belgium

:22:35. > :22:46.where I help out, breathe out, let it go. Breathe out.

:22:47. > :24:02.I hope you told them to do it quietly! Yes, I wanted to say that!

:24:03. > :25:01.What a chance. Two more break points.

:25:02. > :25:18.She's got it. She demanded it. The serve for the match, Azarenka.

:25:19. > :25:24.When you've done what Azarenka has done, that belief is automatically

:25:25. > :25:28.there. Heather Watson has a mountain to climb and she's probably going to

:25:29. > :25:36.need some help. She's so good in this situation. She is. They just

:25:37. > :25:42.said new balls as well so that's another advantage she'll be able to

:25:43. > :25:48.use serve out the match. Great to have her back. Yes, it is. She's

:25:49. > :25:53.always been a great competitor. She has brought so much to our sport.

:25:54. > :25:58.Despite her attitude, you know, her discipline and hard work. It's nice

:25:59. > :26:03.to see her back and to see her... She's been very open talking about

:26:04. > :26:11.the baby and it's nice to see that side of her. And to see her do well

:26:12. > :26:14.again, playing some great tennis. It's still at times a bit

:26:15. > :26:22.inconsistent but when it has to be there, like in those last games, she

:26:23. > :26:33.doesn't make a mistake. Azarenka isn't going to give her anything for

:26:34. > :26:36.free now. It's taken two hours and a minute for Victoria Azarenka to

:26:37. > :27:40.serve for the match with new balls. With that last backhand, she wants

:27:41. > :27:45.to overpower, she wants to make up for the forehand where she is

:27:46. > :27:49.hesitant and she's not putting anything. That shot landed on the

:27:50. > :28:02.service line. With her backhand she's trying to overdo it, now.

:28:03. > :28:08.That's way in! It's almost like that ball was on fire! Azarenka didn't

:28:09. > :28:42.want to touch it. To me, Azarenka letting go of that

:28:43. > :28:46.shot where she could have hit a drive volley is a sign that she's

:28:47. > :28:52.also not really confident. It's almost like you hope, let it go out,

:28:53. > :29:30.let it go out... If you're confident you whip it into the open court.

:29:31. > :29:38.I would have loved to see Heather stepped inside that court to take

:29:39. > :29:41.that second serve. Azarenka has had quite a few double-faulted already

:29:42. > :29:45.in this match. It's been awhile since I've seen her do it. She did

:29:46. > :29:56.it a couple of times in the first set but not lately. Great serve.

:29:57. > :30:08.Match point. Well, the umpire always says to the

:30:09. > :30:12.players if you're going to challenge, please do it verbally,

:30:13. > :30:16.don't point. I think pink the umpire has seen Heather put her arm up to

:30:17. > :30:25.challenge. Now she's saying it's probably too late. There's that but

:30:26. > :30:30.no verbal challenge. It came late, too late as far as the umpire was

:30:31. > :30:32.concerned. It is match point. I wonder if it would have made a

:30:33. > :31:11.difference. It is long. Azarenka puts a bit of a

:31:12. > :31:18.silencer on the crowd. Terrific effort from Heather Watson, ranked

:31:19. > :31:25.outside the top 100. But what about Victoria Azarenka? Just her fifth

:31:26. > :31:29.match back. She has booked a place in the second week of Wimbledon

:31:30. > :31:40.again. A champion in every sense. And a contender.

:31:41. > :31:49.Terrific effort. Yes, it was. In the first set Heather was outstanding.

:31:50. > :31:54.Got off to the perfect start. The match was much closer than the

:31:55. > :31:57.scoreline suggested at 6-1. It would always be difficult going down the

:31:58. > :32:03.home straight with someone who has been a Grand Slam champion and world

:32:04. > :32:10.number one. She may not have those numbers for high-ranking now but it

:32:11. > :32:14.is embedded deeply in her psyche, Azarenka. She knows how to get

:32:15. > :32:21.through these situations. She was the more astute of the two. Heather,

:32:22. > :32:26.maybe the odd weakness here and there. The strategy not bang on.

:32:27. > :32:34.Back to the drawing board on the forehand? Heather has a mini one.

:32:35. > :32:38.And pluses and she had a very good Wimbledon, and you have to remember

:32:39. > :32:44.who she is up against, but Azarenka is not at her best. Maybe 60 or 70%.

:32:45. > :32:49.There was a big opportunity out there and I think it hurts even more

:32:50. > :32:54.because she lost to Serena Williams to create a game in a tight 3-set

:32:55. > :32:59.match onto and caught and that will be tough to take. At would be an

:33:00. > :33:05.amazing story she won this title, Azarenka. Can she win it? Look at

:33:06. > :33:12.the draw, every single player left in can win. Two hours and six

:33:13. > :33:19.minutes. Disappointment for the British supporters, naturally. But

:33:20. > :33:26.feel pleased for Victoria Azarenka, winning in three sets.

:33:27. > :33:36.She is with Rishi Persad. Victoria, a great performance. Can

:33:37. > :33:40.you describe how tough the battle was today?

:33:41. > :33:48.She played well and she started well. I felt the whole match was on

:33:49. > :33:55.the back foot I still feel like I should clean up my game a little bit

:33:56. > :33:59.but I am very happy that I stayed tough and took my opportunities,

:34:00. > :34:02.because the third set was a little bit up and down. You mentioned

:34:03. > :34:07.things to clean up but there were also great things you did out there.

:34:08. > :34:10.What was the best part of your game today? I really played well in the

:34:11. > :34:19.important moments, but overall, throughout the match, I need to come

:34:20. > :34:22.in a little bit more, I was a little bit behind. Given that it has not

:34:23. > :34:29.been long since you made your comeback, how much will a match like

:34:30. > :34:33.this help your progress? I try to find a way where not everything goes

:34:34. > :34:38.great so I was happy that I could stay tough and find some other way

:34:39. > :34:45.to win today. In the third set I really stepped up. We look forward

:34:46. > :34:54.to being involved next week, well played. Thank you.

:34:55. > :34:59.SUE BARKER: What the match that was. Heather certainly had her chances in

:35:00. > :35:02.the match but Azarenka held strong. She got little tight in that game

:35:03. > :35:07.but she has come through. What a comeback, what an incredible

:35:08. > :35:12.comeback this is from the former world number one, Victoria Azarenka

:35:13. > :35:15.in only her second tournament back, she is a contender for the title. We

:35:16. > :35:23.never thought we would say that before the tournament? Sim and Kim

:35:24. > :35:28.are with me courtside. That was some third set, wasn't it? It was. I

:35:29. > :35:31.think as Azarenka said, it was a little bit up and down at times but

:35:32. > :35:36.we could see the tension was there. Both girls were really going for it

:35:37. > :35:40.and it was very emotional out there. It was tough on Heather again, she

:35:41. > :35:46.played a great match out on Centre Court, as she did against Serena two

:35:47. > :35:53.years ago but has not one either. In the immediate aftermath of the

:35:54. > :35:55.match, there will be massive disappointment. She has played a

:35:56. > :35:58.great match and come up short again. I think when she looks back at the

:35:59. > :36:01.last two or three weeks, in the grass court season and made the

:36:02. > :36:04.final in Surbiton, she has detect massive positives that she is

:36:05. > :36:09.playing some of the best tennis of her career. She has beaten a lot of

:36:10. > :36:15.the top 30 players and build on that going into the hard court in

:36:16. > :36:18.America. Although Heather didn't get the challenge she asked for, she

:36:19. > :36:23.would not win the point so I think she needs to know it would not have

:36:24. > :36:29.any impact on the result. That's what we wanted to know when we were

:36:30. > :36:34.commentating, was it in or out? That game that took ten minutes to play,

:36:35. > :36:40.that was such an incredible game, wasn't it? There were so many great

:36:41. > :36:45.points in it. It was great, that is when we saw the best of Victoria

:36:46. > :36:49.Azarenka. She has always been a fighter out there. She plays

:36:50. > :36:53.important points very well. She doesn't give anything for free

:36:54. > :37:00.really. Heather had to win this match and she had to go for a little

:37:01. > :37:08.bit more. She pushed her out of her comfort zone. That is what she did

:37:09. > :37:12.for the first part of her career, Azarenka and what she's doing now.

:37:13. > :37:17.Heather has got to get confidence from that. She lost the match but

:37:18. > :37:22.she should take some positive energy from this? For sure. She was

:37:23. > :37:32.dictating. Heather was a great move out there. She was standing inside

:37:33. > :37:37.the at times. It is so hard to read Azarenka's game and know which

:37:38. > :37:40.direction she is going. It is only her second tournament back and she

:37:41. > :37:45.is looking very comfortable at times. At times it is still a little

:37:46. > :37:51.bit iffy but it is great for her confidence to win a match. Tim, she

:37:52. > :37:57.started so well, she hit the ball beautifully and no sign of nerves at

:37:58. > :38:02.all? No, she has had that experience to come out here. The most famous

:38:03. > :38:06.court in the world and a home-grown player. It says a lot about her

:38:07. > :38:10.mentality, she is able to focus on the match and the way she wants to

:38:11. > :38:14.play. It is a reflection of her confidence now, having had a lot of

:38:15. > :38:19.great matches and wins under her belt. It is important to build on

:38:20. > :38:25.that. I remember when we were in the wild card meeting she was ranked 126

:38:26. > :38:28.of the world and you see her play tennis at this level, that is not an

:38:29. > :38:33.accurate reflection on how good a player she is. She will move up the

:38:34. > :38:36.rankings but still not in the top level yet, so she has two fight her

:38:37. > :38:42.way through on the level level tournament which is not easy? They

:38:43. > :38:46.are sometimes harder than to be in situations like this. I think there

:38:47. > :38:52.was one shot that she did not want it to be where it was, that was her

:38:53. > :38:57.forehand. I think when her second serves, she had some chances to be a

:38:58. > :39:02.little bit more aggressive. But that is what you learn and like Tim said,

:39:03. > :39:06.there will be a little disappointment at first but when you

:39:07. > :39:10.talk to your coach and maybe see some of the video, these are big

:39:11. > :39:17.lessons that you can take for the rest of the year. Azarenka got a

:39:18. > :39:22.little tense in that last game but she was almost back to her best,

:39:23. > :39:27.wasn't she? Yes, it was at times like she had never left. He game is

:39:28. > :39:33.very hard to read. She likes to dictate the points.

:39:34. > :39:40.What we see here is she is coming in a bit more. She has added more to

:39:41. > :39:44.her game, trying to follow the position and being inside the court

:39:45. > :39:49.and keep the rally is shorter. She hits a really heavy ball. You have

:39:50. > :39:55.played against her, you are up against it every point? Yes, she

:39:56. > :39:59.likes to hit it very deep and she stands onto the baseline and looks

:40:00. > :40:06.to try and take the ball on the rise every time almost. So you have no

:40:07. > :40:10.time or no room for just hitting the ball back and taking your time and

:40:11. > :40:15.working into a rally because she will try and dictate it. Watching

:40:16. > :40:22.this, you would have to say she is a contender now. You would not think

:40:23. > :40:26.that when it was her second time that coming back? No, the way she

:40:27. > :40:31.has handled big moments, she does not get emotional about it, she

:40:32. > :40:35.stays cool and regroups and again today, she started the second set of

:40:36. > :40:41.well like she did in the first round. Tim, how many great women's

:40:42. > :40:48.matches have we had on Centre Court here? It is very good scheduling I

:40:49. > :40:52.think! Are you responsible for that? No! It has been brilliant to watch.

:40:53. > :41:04.They have had some epic matches going into the third set. For me,

:41:05. > :41:07.the quality of tennis has been such a big factor. It has been really

:41:08. > :41:09.good to watch. I'm sure there is more good tennis to come this

:41:10. > :41:12.afternoon. More depth in the women's game now and also more opportunity

:41:13. > :41:15.at the top now that Serena was not here, for someone to break through.

:41:16. > :41:20.For sure, there are a lot of girls who believe in their chances and for

:41:21. > :41:23.some, it is a good thing and for some it causes more pressure because

:41:24. > :41:27.they believe they have a chance to win a Grand Slam. It will be very

:41:28. > :41:32.interesting to see these next few days, to see how players are

:41:33. > :41:41.playing, and who will keep winning matches. I think for me the worrying

:41:42. > :41:43.factor for Victoria was to get to a third round, you wonder as the

:41:44. > :41:51.tournament progresses, how that will be for a semifinal? You learn, once

:41:52. > :41:55.it is in your brain, it is there and you step out there. She served for a

:41:56. > :42:01.match, for a big match many times before and you try and take it point

:42:02. > :42:05.by point, try and not get distracted by the score and how important it is

:42:06. > :42:11.to be in the situation again. Even though she started with a double

:42:12. > :42:16.fault and that game,... I think it was the one she left going, I do not

:42:17. > :42:20.want to hit this one! It would have been nice to see a drive volley and

:42:21. > :42:26.see her be really confident. That will see her grow the more matches

:42:27. > :42:31.she plays. Tim, you have seen Heather play and she has got to move

:42:32. > :42:37.on from this, it is a great British day with Jo Konta playing so well

:42:38. > :42:40.and Andy Murray will be on Centre Court later? Absolutely. They can

:42:41. > :42:44.all thrive off each other and use that positive energy for British

:42:45. > :42:49.players. They have had a lot of good results. For me, I'm so keen for the

:42:50. > :42:53.girls and guys lower down the rankings, to really use this as

:42:54. > :42:57.motivation to continue it the rest of the year. As I have said a couple

:42:58. > :43:00.of times, this is the easy bit, when you're playing a Grand Slam, the

:43:01. > :43:14.best tournament in the world, and it is your home tournament, if you

:43:15. > :43:18.cannot get motivated for this, you have got real problems. Now, when

:43:19. > :43:20.they have got the opportunity to regroup, look at the schedule and

:43:21. > :43:23.the hard court season in America, it is important that they are playing

:43:24. > :43:25.with the same level of intensity and concentration. You can properly here

:43:26. > :43:38.are now behind us. Here he comes, Rafa Nadal on Centre Court. He is up

:43:39. > :43:43.against Karen Kachanov. He is one of the next-generation players, one to

:43:44. > :43:47.look out for. He is quite something on a tennis court? As you can see

:43:48. > :43:53.when he walks out there, he has a huge presence. He is a big, big guy.

:43:54. > :43:58.He can have a big presence with his game. Rafa for me has been playing

:43:59. > :44:01.unbelievable tennis. I would put Federer and Nadal as the favourites

:44:02. > :44:04.for this tournament but when you look at Nadal's history here for the

:44:05. > :44:18.last four or five years, he has had difficult matches against

:44:19. > :44:20.the explosive players and the unpredictable ones, whether it was

:44:21. > :44:22.Dustin Brown or Lukas Rosol who were really going for their shots.

:44:23. > :44:25.Kachanov could fall into that category. I think this will be a

:44:26. > :44:30.tough day for Nadal. I expect him to come through but I would not be is a

:44:31. > :44:37.prize bid could channel got a set or two. Tim and Kim, stay there, we

:44:38. > :44:45.could also have Jo Konta starting on Court Number One as well. A couple

:44:46. > :45:00.of results to bring you. Kei Nishikori is out, beaten by Roberto

:45:01. > :45:00.Bautista Agut in four sets. Kei Nishikori, another disappointing

:45:01. > :45:13.Wimbledon for him. He will play Marin Cilic who came

:45:14. > :45:19.through his match against a very emotional Steve Johnson, winning it

:45:20. > :45:23.in straight sets, but for much of that third set, Steve Johnson was in

:45:24. > :45:28.tears, following the recent death of his father. It was just two weeks

:45:29. > :45:33.before the French Open, and a very emotional time for him. His father

:45:34. > :45:37.was the person who gotten involved in tennis and was always courtside

:45:38. > :45:44.for his matches. An emotional time for Steve Johnson. It is Marin Cilic

:45:45. > :45:47.who goes through to face Roberto Bautista Agut.

:45:48. > :45:51.Well, they are all up the hill and no doubt keeping an eye on the big

:45:52. > :45:55.screen and we will be following the fortunes of Britain's number one Jo

:45:56. > :45:57.Konta in a moment. She will be stepping out next on the big screen

:45:58. > :46:00.and we will be following the fortunes of Britain's number one Jo

:46:01. > :46:06.Konta in a moment. She will be stepping out next onto court than he

:46:07. > :46:09.has been on the practice court earlier today. Lee McKenzie is

:46:10. > :46:15.there. There was a lot of talk about

:46:16. > :46:23.whether Andy Murray was too injured to play here. What have you seen,

:46:24. > :46:26.how is he moving? He looks comfortable. It is definitely

:46:27. > :46:31.unusual that he missed a couple of days practice leading up to the

:46:32. > :46:37.slam. He does not take those decisions lightly. Bert watching his

:46:38. > :46:41.match with Dustin Brown, it looks like the confidence of getting

:46:42. > :46:46.through that easily is showing in his practice session. He has met

:46:47. > :46:49.some flamboyant players, he has another one today, Fabio Fognini.

:46:50. > :46:55.They have met seven times before but not in a Grand Slam on grass? That

:46:56. > :47:02.will be a factor for me. They have played a couple of matches, that

:47:03. > :47:07.will be in Andy's head that they have lost. One has only played once

:47:08. > :47:12.or twice on Centre Court. I heard him the other day saying he played

:47:13. > :47:18.Roger there and it was very, very fast. It will not seem as fast

:47:19. > :47:21.against Andy Murray but he is home here and he has so many amazing

:47:22. > :47:28.memories so I would expect him to get into the rhythm quickly. Fognini

:47:29. > :47:35.might at times deliver a few issues for Andy but I would expect him to

:47:36. > :47:40.come through. Thank you very much. It will certainly be a tricky one

:47:41. > :47:45.for Andy Murray. He will be the late evening entertainment because we are

:47:46. > :47:49.only on our second match here on Centre Court. Encore on the one we

:47:50. > :47:54.will turn our attention to British number one Jo Konta who is on court

:47:55. > :48:00.against Maria Sakkari. She talks about her dramatic victory just

:48:01. > :48:05.three days ago. We got to showcase such high-level

:48:06. > :48:09.tennis and to do that on Centre Court at Wimbledon was something I

:48:10. > :48:13.was very proud of. These are the kind of matches that you want to be

:48:14. > :48:17.a part of, these epic battles on the biggest stages in the world, so I

:48:18. > :48:21.feel very fortunate to have this match in front of my home crowd and

:48:22. > :48:28.feel their support and appreciation. There were many parts in that match,

:48:29. > :48:34.when I actually didn't do much wrong and my opponent was playing very

:48:35. > :48:39.well. When a match gets to such a stage where there is so little

:48:40. > :48:47.separating you, I could not feel what it was like to be in her shoes

:48:48. > :48:51.as well. What a battle, what a match! There was so little

:48:52. > :48:55.separating us, it could so easily have been me on that side. I feel

:48:56. > :48:59.very fortunate that I could battle through. I have come into this

:49:00. > :49:03.tournament with the same attention as any other tournament. I want to

:49:04. > :49:06.be involved in it for the maximum amount of time. I want to be here

:49:07. > :49:13.for the whole fortnight. Every single woman in the drawer can play

:49:14. > :49:15.at a very high level at any given day. I enjoying being part of these

:49:16. > :49:21.battles and being challenged and tested. I believe it can only make

:49:22. > :49:32.me a better player and a better person. Well, here on Court Number

:49:33. > :49:36.One, Britain's Jo Konta has walked out for her match against Maria

:49:37. > :49:42.Sakkari and that will be our focus of attention here on BBC One. So Jo

:49:43. > :49:46.Konta, such an impressive winner throughout this tournament and at

:49:47. > :49:51.Eastbourne last week. She really has played hell self into form and is

:49:52. > :49:56.the bookies' favourite for the title. Kim and Tim are with me. She

:49:57. > :49:59.is so impressive, she worked so hard, her footwork, ever thing. Yes,

:50:00. > :50:17.I commented on the point or was up and

:50:18. > :50:20.down. That is something that is very important if you want to stay

:50:21. > :50:24.consistent through a Grand Slam. You will have moments when you are not

:50:25. > :50:30.playing your best tennis and it is your attitude that will hold you up.

:50:31. > :50:35.She did that really well and she is obviously very fit. It was nice to

:50:36. > :50:40.see her get through that one after losing to Donna Vekic a couple of

:50:41. > :50:45.weeks ago. She played some fantastic tennis. She got herself out of

:50:46. > :50:52.trouble? I think it was top-quality from both girls. They were both down

:50:53. > :50:57.0-30 a couple of times. On the big points, really hitting her spots

:50:58. > :51:01.well stop and easy opportunities for the second shots in the rallies.

:51:02. > :51:06.That is something you have to do well in any circumstances. Having

:51:07. > :51:11.come through a big win on Centre Court, it is important she maintains

:51:12. > :51:16.that intensity. It is good that she is back on a show court, Court

:51:17. > :51:18.Number One, but she has to put in another good performance. When you

:51:19. > :51:23.are on Centre Court playing a player you know well, here she is playing

:51:24. > :51:28.someone she does not know. Maria Sakkari runs a lot of balls down,

:51:29. > :51:32.she gets a lot back. It is not easy playing someone for the first time?

:51:33. > :51:41.Know, and it will take a couple of games to get used to the strengths

:51:42. > :51:43.and weaknesses of her opponent. Our coaches will have done some scouting

:51:44. > :51:47.reports on the player and have some advice. You still have to get a feel

:51:48. > :51:52.for it. That is what she will start to do at the beginning of the match.

:51:53. > :51:59.If she plays her game, she should be going through this match. And as far

:52:00. > :52:04.as her opponent goes, coached by Mark Petchey, so she will know about

:52:05. > :52:09.Jo Konta from him? I'm sure he can have some input to talk about some

:52:10. > :52:15.of Jo's strengths and weaknesses. Once they get out there it will be

:52:16. > :52:20.who can dictate play, who can create opportunities and take chances. I

:52:21. > :52:24.feel good about Jo's chances coming through. You have been there before

:52:25. > :52:28.as a British player at Wimbledon, you have come through a tough match

:52:29. > :52:31.and now I match you are expected to win, that is not easy, is it? No, I

:52:32. > :52:51.think the important thing being a home-grown player, you

:52:52. > :52:53.have to do a good job at controlling the things you can control and other

:52:54. > :52:55.people's expectations about whether you are expecting to win, you cannot

:52:56. > :52:58.control that. Looking at Jo mentally, she has been really

:52:59. > :53:00.focused and dealt with many things in her career and I am sure that

:53:01. > :53:04.will stand her in good stead today. And she did well at the Australian

:53:05. > :53:08.in and got through to the final so she knows what it is like to compete

:53:09. > :53:13.at a Grand Slam and have that experience? This, and you get a feel

:53:14. > :53:19.for playing in the big moments. When you get another opportunity to be in

:53:20. > :53:24.that situation, it helps. When you are pushed into extreme situations.

:53:25. > :53:28.She has been for the last two years, I have kept my eye on her and she is

:53:29. > :53:34.becoming more and more confident and really believing that she belongs up

:53:35. > :53:38.there. That is what you see in her attitude as well. I think it is her

:53:39. > :53:45.attitude, Kim, that does so much. She hates to lose. You see that at

:53:46. > :53:51.the end of matches. Like I said before, that is positive. She hates

:53:52. > :53:57.to bring negatively to herself. I think she's a great role model for

:53:58. > :54:02.girls. What a choice you have on BBC television today. On Centre Court

:54:03. > :54:08.you have Rafael Nadal, that match on BBC Two. And here we have Jo Konta

:54:09. > :54:13.and Andy Murray will be here later on. Sit back and enjoy it. The

:54:14. > :54:23.commentators on Court Number One R Tracy Austin and John Inverdale.

:54:24. > :54:35.At the start of today the British commentators words down to four but

:54:36. > :54:40.now it is two. Andy Murray will walk onto Centre Court and Jo is here on

:54:41. > :54:46.Court Number One. She is five matches away from ending that

:54:47. > :54:50.cliched 40 years of hurt and asked replaying Virginia Wade to the

:54:51. > :54:54.soundtrack of the sets pistols. She is the bookmakers favourite to be

:54:55. > :55:00.the ladies singles champion this year. There are a lot of British

:55:01. > :55:06.sports stars who are enjoying or about to encounter life changing

:55:07. > :55:16.moments. Jo Root may have said the same thing about events at Lord's

:55:17. > :55:19.yesterday. This could be her life but we are getting ahead of

:55:20. > :55:24.ourselves here. There is a match to be one here and her opponent is the

:55:25. > :56:11.world number 101 Maria Sakkari from Greece.

:56:12. > :56:20.A couple of early misfits. Hello, Tracy, by the way, how important is

:56:21. > :56:31.it warm Sakkari's point of view to get to a good start and not be

:56:32. > :56:32.intimidated by the occasion? TRACY AUSTIN: I think it is important for

:56:33. > :57:01.her. She got to the semis last year. I just think that Wimbledon has that

:57:02. > :57:05.extra specialness that you feel more nervous when you come out on Centre

:57:06. > :57:16.Court or Court Number One here. This is where all the greats played.

:57:17. > :57:28.That was a great crosscourt winner. Playing against an elite player,

:57:29. > :57:46.that approach will not have enough depth or pace on it.

:57:47. > :57:54.After those errant first couple of shots, that was an impressive first

:57:55. > :58:01.game from Jo Konta. Sakkari through everything she had at her and it was

:58:02. > :58:05.not enough. We will get this out the way now, who knows what will happen

:58:06. > :58:09.over the next hour or so, it is interesting that Maria Sakkari's mum

:58:10. > :58:13.played at Wimbledon in 1986. There are very few mothers and daughters

:58:14. > :58:19.who can lay claim to that. We were trying to think of a list earlier on

:58:20. > :58:29.what it was a very short list. Christine Truman with her daughter.

:58:30. > :58:44.And another pair. That is the short list we came up with.

:58:45. > :59:16.Maria Sakkari said her mum did not want her to choose this lifestyle.

:59:17. > :59:22.So much at stake here, not just in terms of the tennis for Jo Konta and

:59:23. > :59:27.I'm sure she's not thinking about it at all, but this week and a bit

:59:28. > :59:32.ahead, give her the opportunity to cement a place in the British

:59:33. > :59:38.sporting landscape that she has not managed to do so far.

:59:39. > :59:45.The British public have not quite taken to her so far but after that

:59:46. > :59:48.fantastic victory over Donna Vekic and with the opportunities that lie

:59:49. > :00:03.ahead over the next week, that could very easily change.

:00:04. > :00:14.Contan won a lot of fans over with that. She lost to Vic kick in a

:00:15. > :00:23.tough three sert. That was a high quality tennis, 10-8 in the third.

:00:24. > :00:27.Konta was done in her serve. But it is big serves like that, she is so

:00:28. > :00:34.accurate. . That was a very convincing and

:00:35. > :00:39.emphatic opening service game from Joe Konta.

:00:40. > :00:44.-- Jo Konta. The first ace of the match. She has nailed 15 of them at

:00:45. > :00:54.Wimbledon so far this year, and that will be one of her big weapons in

:00:55. > :00:54.the battle today and those to come. Konta.

:00:55. > :01:29.-- Jo Konta. The first It is important she keep her

:01:30. > :01:43.percentage up. It can get a bit attackable.

:01:44. > :01:55.I didn't see her fist two games, was she wearing that trapping and tape

:01:56. > :02:08.on her shoulder then? I do not know. In the first round, 39 in the world

:02:09. > :02:14.and Pliskova. That was the elder Pliskova, by two minutes. Christina.

:02:15. > :02:21.The lefty. Of course her sister going out last

:02:22. > :02:22.night. That is what has helped Jo Konta in the bookies's eyes, to

:02:23. > :02:42.become the outright favourite. Second serve just getting punished.

:02:43. > :02:48.Quite frankly I think there are ten, 12 players left in the draw could

:02:49. > :02:53.come through and take it. Konta never passed the second round

:02:54. > :03:03.here at Wimbledon. Pliskova hadn't been either.

:03:04. > :03:06.Yes. For all the fact they were lauding her to the skies is the

:03:07. > :03:28.first time Jo Konta has played in the third round at Wimbledon.

:03:29. > :03:31.An opportunity here for a very decisive lead at the start of this

:03:32. > :04:13.first set. Not a lot of rhythm in this match,

:04:14. > :05:07.rallies so short. Well played Maria Sakkari there.

:05:08. > :05:19.Konta will see that as a missed opportunity. Three love and two

:05:20. > :05:26.breaks, you kind of almost think the set is done, but... There is Mark

:05:27. > :05:30.Petchey who is the guiding hand behind Sakkari at the moment. The

:05:31. > :05:33.last time he sat in the players box on number one court, the guy he was

:05:34. > :05:40.mentoring on the court was... Andy Murray. Andy Murray, his first year

:05:41. > :05:43.here. That seems like ancient tennis

:05:44. > :05:48.history now. Sakkari would have been encouraged by that game, she was

:05:49. > :05:53.done down, if not out and she fought her way back in to it. That is

:05:54. > :05:57.definitely one of her best assets, that ability to compete, for get the

:05:58. > :06:09.score line, get back to business, the next point.

:06:10. > :06:18.Kind of goes without saying it is a very hot day today, and two hours

:06:19. > :06:22.plus of Cilic against Johnson earlier on meant that a sizeable

:06:23. > :06:26.percentage of the crowd bailed out to get a drink an get in the shade,

:06:27. > :06:30.number one is open to the skies at the moment because of the work going

:06:31. > :06:33.on on the roof. Bit by bit people are making their way back in, Konta,

:06:34. > :07:17.2-1. That is one of the big assets that

:07:18. > :07:21.Konta has, not only is it a powerful serve, it is accurate and she can

:07:22. > :07:27.come up with club serves and important moments.

:07:28. > :07:54.Three elements of impressive serve. -- clutch.

:07:55. > :08:02.A little wild at the moment. Nerves? Think so s and I think also she

:08:03. > :08:10.respects Konta, as a top ten player and knows she has to relay give her

:08:11. > :08:18.ground strokes a good, a lot of power behind them.

:08:19. > :08:26.Wow. That is a very mannered service but it is mightily effective.

:08:27. > :08:42.Second ace from Konta. Talked about the mental improvement

:08:43. > :08:52.from Konta, her forehand is improved as well. The backhand is always so

:08:53. > :09:12.sturdy and strong, particular there the crosscourt.

:09:13. > :09:19.I do think opponents target that side more frequently.

:09:20. > :09:24.That forehand just pulled up a little bit, whereas the backhand is

:09:25. > :09:25.usually that commitment, that big step forward, weight transfer. More

:09:26. > :10:17.frequently. Just what you were saying. Trying to

:10:18. > :10:29.test that forehand, break that side down.

:10:30. > :10:33.Is there enough variety in Konta's game to make her a Grand Slam

:10:34. > :11:00.champion? She was trying some variety there.

:11:01. > :11:04.Think she is trying to add more variation to her game. The backhand

:11:05. > :11:05.slice, she will throw in the drop shot, particularly on the forehand

:11:06. > :11:39.side. You can describe Maria Sakkari as

:11:40. > :11:44.feisty and gritty but Jo Konta is ahead. Tsunami, we will be back in

:11:45. > :11:49.just a moment, but some results to bring you, and disappointment for

:11:50. > :11:53.Heather Watson a few moments ago, on Centre Court, losing in a tight

:11:54. > :11:57.three set battle to Victoria Azarenka. 6-4 in the third set, but

:11:58. > :12:01.Heather played so well throughout that, she had some chance, but

:12:02. > :12:05.hopefully that has given her a lot of confidence to go forward and move

:12:06. > :12:09.up the rankings, but it was Victoria Azarenka, former world number one,

:12:10. > :12:17.who is back and looking ominously good.

:12:18. > :12:26.SUE BARKER: Out on court 18, Garcia, the 21st seed has put out kit have

:12:27. > :12:35.a. And she is happy. -- Kvitova have a.

:12:36. > :12:47.And the youngest player left in the women's draw is through, 27th seed

:12:48. > :12:56.Konjuh. She won 6-4 in the third set. A real battle out there from

:12:57. > :13:01.the baseline but Konjuh came through. Aljaz Bedene was beaten by

:13:02. > :13:09.Gilles Muller, finished off with an ace, that is no surprise with him,

:13:10. > :13:11.he goes through in straight sets. The tie-break did prove crucial but

:13:12. > :13:16.Aljaz Bedene had a good Championships.

:13:17. > :13:26.So those are the results from earlier on today. Back we go.

:13:27. > :13:38.Best rally of the match so far. And Konta wins it.

:13:39. > :13:41.Just to finish your answer, if you have enough power, you don't need a

:13:42. > :13:47.whole tonne of variety and I think of Serena Williams, there is not a

:13:48. > :13:51.lot of backhand slice, too much finesse in her game. Konta, you are

:13:52. > :13:58.looking for a lot of weapons and lack of weaknesses.

:13:59. > :14:14.It is the way she is building, the answer is yes. Good return from the

:14:15. > :14:18.Greek there. She is growing into the challenge. I

:14:19. > :14:24.consider her a late bloomer. Just a couple of years ago she was ranked

:14:25. > :14:29.well outside the top 100, but things starting to come into play. She has

:14:30. > :14:35.been playing at the lower level for years.

:14:36. > :14:41.It must be satisfying for Jo Konta to break into the top ten last year.

:14:42. > :14:45.After watching all these tournament on TV for years and now she is mart

:14:46. > :14:59.of the elite. She has worked very hard for it.

:15:00. > :15:05.I suppose at 4.00 on a Friday afternoon, it is very easy for those

:15:06. > :15:08.of us who work in the tennis world or in the sports world generally to

:15:09. > :15:13.think that the British public know all there is to know about Jo Konta,

:15:14. > :15:31.but for a lot of people watching I am sure it is kind of tell us more.

:15:32. > :15:39.So she is 26. Born in snid in Australia. -- Sydney in Australia.

:15:40. > :15:47.Good forehand, emphasis forehand. 4-2 leading two. To parents of

:15:48. > :15:55.Hungarian descent. Her dad is is a dentist. They moved to Spain and

:15:56. > :16:01.came to the UK, and she is very much now, a British player, and a citizen

:16:02. > :16:07.of Sussex. But she doesn't really like the limelight show was asked

:16:08. > :16:13.after her last fantastic victory about Vekic, how is she enJoeing

:16:14. > :16:18.being the centre of attention. She said, all I want to do is chill, and

:16:19. > :16:24.make muffins. -- enjoying.

:16:25. > :16:32.Watch a TV service, what is it? Poldark? Tracy, take it from me, you

:16:33. > :16:44.would like Poldark. I'll put it on the list.

:16:45. > :16:54.That is a good play. Serve out wide, always beneficial on grass, the

:16:55. > :17:02.slice and you hit to the open court. Sakkari hell to the baseline so hit

:17:03. > :17:09.the ball early. That is something that Konta does

:17:10. > :17:13.very well. She holds good court positioning, the earlier you can hit

:17:14. > :17:15.the ball the quicker you can get it to your opponent, they don't have

:17:16. > :18:33.time to react. More in hope than expectation this

:18:34. > :18:36.challenge, I think from Jo Konta. Didn't win the point but an

:18:37. > :18:42.investment play. She is really thumping the second serves.

:18:43. > :18:44.Getting inside the head of Sakkari who has to be ready to back up and

:18:45. > :19:01.absorb the pace immediately. Big shots from Konta, not finding

:19:02. > :19:06.the target at the moment though. But she still has the lead. Tracy,

:19:07. > :19:11.talk about Sakkari, because she is the number one in Greece, but she is

:19:12. > :19:21.outside the top 100 in the world, and the number two in Greece, is 100

:19:22. > :19:26.beneath her, who has a name I didn't write down here, yes... An A for

:19:27. > :19:31.that. If you are the only player, if you are the only kid in town, on the

:19:32. > :19:35.block, it must be even though it is such a global circus and week in,

:19:36. > :19:40.week out, you keep going back home, there is nobody to hit w so it must

:19:41. > :19:43.be difficult for her, to actually week in, week out to improve when

:19:44. > :19:50.she has that down time, and that is often when the best work is done.

:19:51. > :19:54.She made the decision at 18 to move to Barcelona, that was key and

:19:55. > :20:01.crucial for her career in order to continue to improve at that point.

:20:02. > :20:05.As you mentioned there is no way to stay in a country where basketball

:20:06. > :20:09.and football are the big sports and she said tennis is way be behind

:20:10. > :20:13.that, they are not that interested in it. That was a big commitment for

:20:14. > :20:21.a family and her to make that change to Spain, to train.

:20:22. > :20:30.I am struggling hard to think of the Greek men's number one, and failing.

:20:31. > :20:42.The nearly do was the last young lady who was successful. Pass.

:20:43. > :20:53.Sampras and Philippoussis have Greek heritage.

:20:54. > :20:57.Kokkinakis's parents are Greece. We are all children of the world,

:20:58. > :21:30.Tracy. Jo Konta is a good example of that.

:21:31. > :21:40.That is the second, third point she has lost on her serve today.

:21:41. > :21:45.A little opening for Sakkari. Got her serve broken. Serve broken in

:21:46. > :21:51.the opening game, she was probably still full of nerves. That response

:21:52. > :21:56.from the crowd there was an indication that we are a bit

:21:57. > :21:59.concerned here, Jo, sort it out. Maybe nevers from Konta, the fact

:22:00. > :22:09.she couldn't bounce the ball up there.

:22:10. > :22:18.It is a very exaggerated service motion, isn't it, almost like a

:22:19. > :22:39.praying mantis, as she addresses the ball.

:22:40. > :22:48.Some big hitting all round. It was itselfer going to be a blistering

:22:49. > :22:54.winner, or a wild shot that won or lost it. Sakkari not quite on

:22:55. > :22:59.balance there, is probably not the best time to change the direction of

:23:00. > :23:19.the ball. Across to the forehand, would have been beneficial.

:23:20. > :23:23.Either going to be a blistering winner, or a wild shot that won or

:23:24. > :23:26.lost it. Sakkari not quite on balance there, is probably not the

:23:27. > :23:28.best time to change the direction of the ball. Across to the forehand,

:23:29. > :23:30.would have been beneficial. Ten minutes ago I seemed as though

:23:31. > :23:33.Jo Konta was coasting into a three love lead with two breaks not sure

:23:34. > :23:36.how that third game went away from her, but it did and now is Sakkari

:23:37. > :23:42.with two breaks points to square things up at four apiece.

:23:43. > :23:47.Excellent serve. APPLAUSE

:23:48. > :24:21.Things can turn so quickly on grass, better than any other surface.

:24:22. > :24:30.Very solid second serve s nice kick on it. Up high on the two hander.

:24:31. > :24:38.You have to get that ball back in play. Was that a sign of immaturety,

:24:39. > :24:42.make her play another shot? At that point, might not see another break

:24:43. > :24:46.point for a while. Second serve, got to get it back in play. The first

:24:47. > :25:02.appearance on Court One today of a flying ant. Bugging Jo there.

:25:03. > :25:07.Didn't disturb her focus unduly. Another reason why you have to make

:25:08. > :25:08.the second serve returns is because the first serve round the corner

:25:09. > :25:26.might be unreturnable. Seems to find her contact point on

:25:27. > :25:29.the backhand side more easily. It seems more repeatable. That got

:25:30. > :26:13.behind her. Too much weight on that forehand

:26:14. > :26:14.from Konta. Konta: Sakkari tries to find the right balance she needs

:26:15. > :26:42.more length. Sakkari gave the open court and Jo

:26:43. > :26:47.didn't need a second invitation. Just above Sakkari, she could throw

:26:48. > :26:51.to ball to him is her coach, Mark Petchey.

:26:52. > :26:55.He has been immobile I think it is fair to say throughout the whole

:26:56. > :27:00.match, just watching with his hand over his mouth. Of course, at the

:27:01. > :27:04.moment, although these things meeting change and they are going to

:27:05. > :27:10.change at the US Open this year, he is not allowed to help. He is not

:27:11. > :27:12.allowed to send signals to her or coach, but you never know. Know.

:27:13. > :27:36.There might be some secret code. Some really deep hitting here from

:27:37. > :27:41.both players. Konta seems sure it was out, but

:27:42. > :28:07.perhaps justifiable challenge from the Greek.

:28:08. > :28:14.They are going to allow coaching in the qualifying for the US Open this

:28:15. > :28:16.year, you suspect once that experiment has been trialled it will

:28:17. > :28:22.go throughout the whole game, are you in favour of that? No. Because?

:28:23. > :28:27.I think once you get on court you have to figure it out yourself. That

:28:28. > :28:32.is an asset, like a sever, there are so players that are so good at

:28:33. > :28:35.problem solve, therefore you are helping out those who can't figure

:28:36. > :28:42.out how to change their tactics mid match. It is unfair.

:28:43. > :28:53.Unfair on the more intelligent player? Yes.

:28:54. > :28:57.Also worth saying, I'm not sure you can never be sure, but I'm not sure

:28:58. > :29:02.it is going to come into play this this match. They are going to

:29:03. > :29:06.introduce the shot clock in US Open qualifying, you suspect once that

:29:07. > :29:10.has started there, it will spread like wild fire, that will be

:29:11. > :29:16.fascinating to see how the crowd and the players respond to that.

:29:17. > :29:19.I love that innovation, because everybody will be on the same page

:29:20. > :29:26.and the player will be able to see how much time they have, today,

:29:27. > :29:29.Heather Watson I think it was four on the first set got a time

:29:30. > :29:56.violation, that is a crazy time to call it, I believe.

:29:57. > :30:02.Just to finish that thought. It is the at the cession of the chair

:30:03. > :30:06.umpires when they start the clock. So everybody will be on the same

:30:07. > :30:12.page and know how quickly they need to serve.

:30:13. > :30:17.Well played Sakkari. So Jo Konta will have to come out of serve to

:30:18. > :30:38.take this first set. One final point on that shot clock

:30:39. > :30:43.thing, isn't there a danger that the crowd will start counting it down to

:30:44. > :30:48.when the player will serve or might that add to the excitement? That is

:30:49. > :30:52.a good point. Right now with Hawk-Eye in place, you get the

:30:53. > :30:58.groans and the grunts and the clapping and the drama. People will

:30:59. > :31:05.go five, four, three, two, one before they throw the ball up.

:31:06. > :31:11.Imagine that on Centre Court. The thing about this is, by and large up

:31:12. > :31:15.till now for Jo Konta's coaching team and 14 Konta, things are going

:31:16. > :31:21.pretty much according to plan. We have been playing for just over half

:31:22. > :31:24.an hour. In the game plan, solid serving, one or two errors on the

:31:25. > :31:30.forehand side but by and large coming out to serve at 5-4, you

:31:31. > :31:36.would take that before you walked out onto Court Number One but now

:31:37. > :31:41.you have to execute it. Three aces so far from Jo. 17 in the tournament

:31:42. > :31:46.so far. You suspect, not just today that over the course of the rest of

:31:47. > :32:16.the week, this aspect of her game will be absolutely key.

:32:17. > :32:24.That is just an extraordinary rally all-round! From two remarkable

:32:25. > :32:29.mis-hit and then that ridiculous bounce with so much spin on it which

:32:30. > :32:37.completely took Sakkari by surprise and what an athlete Jo Konta was to

:32:38. > :32:40.get that. Great ball recognition from Jo Konta, recognising that

:32:41. > :32:44.Sakkari did not read it right so she immediately moved forward. You could

:32:45. > :33:21.tell there would be backspin. After a slow and nervous start,

:33:22. > :33:42.Sakkari is definitely not going away.

:33:43. > :33:55.The Greek player hasn't even moved from her spot. She is absolutely

:33:56. > :34:02.convinced this was not in. I can see why she would challenge. The couple

:34:03. > :34:15.blades of grass. Don't question Hawk-Eye.

:34:16. > :34:21.Konta has two set points. Really solid game serving for the first

:34:22. > :34:54.set. The first set to the British number

:34:55. > :34:58.one. SUE BARKER: Yes, Jo kept her

:34:59. > :35:04.composure there and she has taken the opening set out on number one

:35:05. > :35:07.Court. We will be back with this in just the moment. Just to update you

:35:08. > :35:13.on what is happening on Centre Court. This is the match you can see

:35:14. > :35:17.on BBC Two. Rafa Nadal is racing away with this one against the very

:35:18. > :35:23.talented Russian Karen Darke channel. He has won the first set

:35:24. > :35:30.already and he has already had break points in this game. That matches on

:35:31. > :35:34.Centre Court. That is on BBC Two. A lovely day here at Wimbledon. We

:35:35. > :35:38.really have been spoiled with the weather even though it has been

:35:39. > :35:43.very, very warm. Temperatures heading up to 35 degrees again.

:35:44. > :35:50.Everyone enjoying the tennis upon the hill. They are watching Jo

:35:51. > :36:11.Konta. Later on today they will be cheering on this two time champion.

:36:12. > :36:26.It is Nadal again. He ripped the heart out of Murray. It is not going

:36:27. > :36:40.to BEC... -- it is not going to BEC. The waiting is over!

:36:41. > :36:50.Wimbledon champion again! A supreme performance!

:36:51. > :37:05.Well, Murray is on centre later but that we go to Court One.

:37:06. > :37:13.I think one thing we take lightly is how new this is to Jo Konta. Last

:37:14. > :37:18.year she lost to Eugenie Bouchard in the second round in a three setter.

:37:19. > :37:22.It was not that surprising. Now we expect big things for Jo Konta. It

:37:23. > :37:28.is not just the tennis, it is everything else that goes with it.

:37:29. > :37:35.You are the first player since Jo Durie to do this, the first player

:37:36. > :37:41.'s Jo Durie to do that... And beating Venus Williams in Stamford.

:37:42. > :37:45.And the victory in Miami when she ended up on the front page of some

:37:46. > :37:57.of the serious newspapers here. That was an extraordinary, a rival for

:37:58. > :38:13.the sporting public at large. It is a long time since Virginia

:38:14. > :38:21.I think it was not just that she won in Miami, it was who she had beaten

:38:22. > :38:25.as well. Those Wozniacki and Venus Williams. Back-to-back matches. So

:38:26. > :38:48.resilient and strong. I think Mark Petchey's concern for

:38:49. > :38:50.his charge Maria Sakkari was if it became a slugfest that she was going

:38:51. > :39:05.to come off second best. What else can she do?

:39:06. > :39:48.UMPIRE: Must come to is challenging the call. A late call.

:39:49. > :39:55.Excellent angle to open up the court. Probably her best shot, when

:39:56. > :40:19.she has time to get set up on that forehand.

:40:20. > :40:32.That is great ball striking from Jo Konta! Or seven in a row. Konta uses

:40:33. > :40:36.her legs so well. She creates so much power from getting a strong

:40:37. > :41:24.base and then uncoiled and unloads into the forehand.

:41:25. > :41:41.Excellent accuracy. Sakkari was so far back when she came in, she was

:41:42. > :42:05.able to get in front of the service line. Konta likes a target.

:42:06. > :42:18.That was a wild forehand from the Sakkari. Konta is so absolutely

:42:19. > :42:24.focused between each point. That is working with the mental coach and

:42:25. > :42:33.her hitting partner Andrew Fitzpatrick in the grey shirt.

:42:34. > :42:46.Jo's favourite word in interviews is process. Everything is a process.

:42:47. > :42:54.It went awry there. There are certain words you can almost count

:42:55. > :42:56.on in a press conference, whatever it takes to get you to that

:42:57. > :44:05.comfortable place to compete. Sakkari doing a great job hanging in

:44:06. > :44:07.there on this crucial opening game. Crucial, because she has got to feel

:44:08. > :44:24.like she needs to hold serve. That was quite a clever return from

:44:25. > :44:31.Konta because it got her back into the rally. That is where I would

:44:32. > :44:36.love to see Sakkari, instead of moving all the way back, recognising

:44:37. > :44:41.that on this surface, you learn to take that out of the air with the

:44:42. > :45:45.swinging volley. Letting Konta get away with a looping lob.

:45:46. > :45:51.That is the point that Tracy was making, the one thing she does not

:45:52. > :45:54.want to be doing is playing catch up at the start of this second set

:45:55. > :46:00.because the Konta server is full of such authority. So she has got to

:46:01. > :46:10.hang onto this game from a Greek perspective.

:46:11. > :46:41.Such power from Konta crosscourt now.

:46:42. > :46:57.Another shriek from Konta. She is in control now. A set and a break.

:46:58. > :47:04.Let's talk about the process. What is her process? It all came from her

:47:05. > :47:12.mental coach who was a friend of her former coach. He suggested that she

:47:13. > :47:16.go to him. There are so many thoughts that go through a player's

:47:17. > :47:20.mind, I need to win, I cannot make mistakes, what happens if I lose? He

:47:21. > :47:27.said you have to replace those with positive thoughts, what you can

:47:28. > :47:33.control. The effort, the attitude, clarity on tactics and she would

:47:34. > :47:37.spend a few hours every week with a mental coach, even if he did not

:47:38. > :47:41.travel with her, on the phone, and visualising what would happen on

:47:42. > :48:17.court that was positive. Replace the bad with the good.

:48:18. > :48:27.Grapeshot to end a terrific rally. The six balls in play at the moment

:48:28. > :48:35.will know they have been hit when they get changed soon. Sakkari was

:48:36. > :48:39.getting laser beams sent at her with tremendous depth. Finally got enough

:48:40. > :49:23.of the last shot to create an angle. Well played. It is the improv shots

:49:24. > :49:29.which are so necessary to have an grass. This mis-hit return actually

:49:30. > :49:34.becomes very tricky because it does not bounce up fray quickly. Good

:49:35. > :49:55.hands from Konta there. Running with the racket forward not in front.

:49:56. > :50:01.You sense that Sakkari is some way from being the finished article but

:50:02. > :50:06.could be a very good player? Yes, I think there is definitely a higher

:50:07. > :50:31.ceiling. Only 21. John, that is a really good point

:50:32. > :50:37.because Sakkari, just in a few weeks she has been with Mark Petchey, I

:50:38. > :50:41.think a really high tennis IQ. She is already winning more matches than

:50:42. > :50:46.she has the rest of the year. OK, over to you, Mark, you have got to

:50:47. > :50:50.start travelling on the road now. You have got to go to Uzbekistan and

:50:51. > :51:18.Peru and everywhere else in pursuit of points.

:51:19. > :51:22.That forehand can go off for Sakkari. Just. The little too

:51:23. > :52:10.quickly. Holding her ground on the baseline.

:52:11. > :52:28.She is in her rhythm now. That first game in the second set was so key.

:52:29. > :52:39.This is where we were in the first set when she had a chance to go 3-0

:52:40. > :52:46.up with two breaks. Just going back to the coaching, Sakkari made

:52:47. > :52:51.$550,000 in her career and she has been out there for a number of

:52:52. > :52:54.years. There is not a lot of extra money to hire a really accomplished

:52:55. > :53:05.coach. It is tricky. A couple of loose shots from Jo

:53:06. > :53:15.there. That takes us back to the issue of players defaulting. $70,000

:53:16. > :53:17.to lose in the first round is a lot of money, it is a lot of coaching,

:53:18. > :53:38.travel and hotel rooms. So accurate. Great hitting by Jo

:53:39. > :54:04.Konta. Confidence really starting to look like it is dialled in.

:54:05. > :54:11.SUE BARKER: Jo maintains her lead there. She is now on her way. We

:54:12. > :54:16.will be right back on Court Number One. Let's show you what is

:54:17. > :54:23.happening elsewhere. An centre, Rafa is racing through. That match is

:54:24. > :54:28.live on BBC Two. Up against one of the new generation of stars coming

:54:29. > :54:35.up, Karen could channel from Russia. That is on BBC Two. -- Karen

:54:36. > :54:39.Kachanov. And talking about youngsters making an impact, Jelena

:54:40. > :54:47.Ostapenko, the French Open champion, 20 years of age. That is our feature

:54:48. > :54:52.match on the red button, up against the Italian Camila Giorgi. They are

:54:53. > :54:55.all watching on the Hill, watching Jo and Andy Murray still to come.

:54:56. > :56:02.What a day at Wimbledon. You would not say Jo is in cruise

:56:03. > :56:05.control at the moment, but it is going to need something pretty

:56:06. > :56:16.exceptional from the Greek player for things to go awry now, you would

:56:17. > :56:19.think. Nothing amuses the crowd at Wimbledon more than a good catch in

:56:20. > :56:52.the crowd. I just don't feel like Sakkari has

:56:53. > :57:20.enough tools in her bucket. Both players had nerves at the start

:57:21. > :57:25.of the match, Sakkari because she has not played much on a court like

:57:26. > :57:33.this, Hunter because of the weight of British expectation. -- Konta. It

:57:34. > :57:38.is amazing how you can tell how one game will be so crucial to how the

:57:39. > :57:40.game pans out thereafter. The opening game of the second set was

:57:41. > :57:55.key in that area. 1-0 becomes 4-0 very, very swiftly.

:57:56. > :57:57.Jo Konta is just two games away from the second week of Wimbledon in the

:57:58. > :58:48.-- for the first time in her career. Everything was absolutely fine until

:58:49. > :59:03.the very last moment. Nine o'clock, BBC One on Sunday,

:59:04. > :59:05.Tracy by the way is Poldark. You will test me on Monday to see if I

:59:06. > :59:29.watched it. It is subtle but it makes all the

:59:30. > :00:43.difference in the world. If they don't get a lot of kick on

:00:44. > :00:45.it it goes into the hitting zone of Konta.

:00:46. > :01:16.That was did. Grass dulls the top-spin a bit.

:01:17. > :01:20.Doesn't jump quite as high. That was neatly played by Sakkari

:01:21. > :01:21.just when weed written her off. That was a pretty solid service game

:01:22. > :01:39.there. It is a question we could have asked

:01:40. > :01:44.before the French Open and as it turned out there, somebody ranked in

:01:45. > :01:47.the upper 40s finished up as champion and she could Ostapenko

:01:48. > :01:51.play a major part here, but how much as the dynamic in the women's

:01:52. > :02:00.changing room altered in the absence of Serena? I think tremendously. I

:02:01. > :02:02.can't remember in the last 40 years, going into majors, at the French

:02:03. > :02:07.Open and now here at Wimbledon, where it has been so wide-open,

:02:08. > :02:12.where usually there is maybe one that is a clear favourite or two or

:02:13. > :02:18.three that we're talking about that have had recent success in the last

:02:19. > :02:27.four to six month, but, I think the most successful player here has been

:02:28. > :02:31.Pliskova. Svitolina four. She has never been pass the second round.

:02:32. > :02:35.There is extent waiting circumstances with each player where

:02:36. > :02:39.there are question marks. At the moment, there are very few

:02:40. > :02:46.question marks against Jo Konta, because she is in a rich vein of

:02:47. > :03:06.form and she is two games away from the next round at Wimbledon.

:03:07. > :03:14.Two former champions in the draw. When we started Venus who is 37 now,

:03:15. > :03:15.it is incredible, and of course Pliskova, who is just coming back

:03:16. > :03:41.after being out for six months. Only Venus left in the draw is a

:03:42. > :03:46.former champion, so we will have Venus win it for the sixth time or a

:03:47. > :03:52.brand-new Wimbledon champion. That is kind of exciting. Silt a set up

:03:53. > :03:58.that you start looking at the draw, and thinking who has she got next?

:03:59. > :04:06.It is Caroline Garcia who is NEC if line. Beat Maddison brendle --

:04:07. > :04:09.Brengle and after that it might be Azarenka but more likely Simona

:04:10. > :04:12.Halep. But you have Ostapenko there, Venus Williams, it is still

:04:13. > :04:19.competitive there is nobody there she can't beat, and that is the key

:04:20. > :04:26.thing. Absolutely. Halep and Venus in winning Miami.

:04:27. > :04:43.She beat them. I feel like there might be a sense

:04:44. > :04:49.of urgency, because Serena has said she wants to come back after she

:04:50. > :04:54.gives birth in the fall. So while the cat's away... Yes and while

:04:55. > :05:17.no-one has stepped up quite yet. And I think that took everybody by

:05:18. > :05:20.surprise, especially Jo Konta. . A little smile there. That would be a

:05:21. > :05:55.winner against anyone. Well... A second double fault in the

:05:56. > :05:59.match, and counting chickens is a dangerous business in sport. Put

:06:00. > :06:26.them back in the hutch. Nice donation from Sakkari there,

:06:27. > :06:54.neutral ball. Just a little inexperienced.

:06:55. > :07:02.Fractionally out but enough to give Jo Konta a point, for 5-1. Watching

:07:03. > :07:06.Mark Petchey in the players' box, he is so animated in the commentary

:07:07. > :07:08.box, he never stops, waving his arms round, he is so energised. He has

:07:09. > :07:28.been so calm there, it's not true. Is Drifting wide. Come on says Jo

:07:29. > :07:35.Konta. Has a big hold. Stretched the score

:07:36. > :07:48.line to 5-1. Don't want to give any hope to Sakkari.

:07:49. > :09:05.Plenty for Sakkari to ponder at the far end there.

:09:06. > :09:15.Well played. She is hitting, good moving key touch. Quick off the

:09:16. > :09:21.mark. Great racket work once there.

:09:22. > :09:39.Covered that many Jo Konta matches and really impressed.

:09:40. > :09:59.The mental part... Still calm. That is tough to find that balance.

:10:00. > :10:07.It makes a great sound off the racket when she hits it when she

:10:08. > :10:43.really nails it The centre of the racket, a nice pop.

:10:44. > :10:49.V got to give credit to this young lady as well. She could have been so

:10:50. > :10:55.disappointed, just disappear emotionally. Nice gritty performance

:10:56. > :10:58.hanging in there. She's on Court One, she is going to

:10:59. > :11:15.stay here as long as possible. Such a strong shot from Konta down

:11:16. > :11:20.the line there. Hit with power but her positioning,

:11:21. > :11:42.she holds the baseline, doesn't give up the real estate.

:11:43. > :11:45.Forehand, backhand, it's all the same.

:11:46. > :11:53.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Big shots. And a big moment for Jo

:11:54. > :11:55.Konta. Opportunity here to get into the second week of women for the

:11:56. > :12:25.first time in her career. Jo Konta! Three down, four to go.

:12:26. > :12:52.To end 40 years of you know what. Nice to see this crowd enjoying this

:12:53. > :13:02.moment. Pleased for this young lady and all the work she has put in.

:13:03. > :13:06.Terrific performance. The one thing that is for sure, is that the

:13:07. > :13:12.British public are going to take her more and more to their heart. And if

:13:13. > :13:20.she is still in this event a week today, we will be building up to

:13:21. > :13:25.really big Saturday in the history of British tennis. Well done to

:13:26. > :13:30.Maria Sakkari, we will hear more of her, she has a huge amount of

:13:31. > :13:35.potential, and I just notice from the interview that Jo Konta gave,

:13:36. > :13:43.for the official programme for the Eastbourne event last week, she said

:13:44. > :13:45.the two passioned in her life are building up to really big Saturday

:13:46. > :13:48.in the history of British tennis. Well done to Maria Sakkari, we will

:13:49. > :13:51.hear more of her, she has a huge amount of potential, and I just

:13:52. > :13:53.notice from the interview that Jo Konta gave, for the official

:13:54. > :13:55.programme for the Eastbourne event last week, she said the two

:13:56. > :13:58.passioned in her life are ice-cream and U 2 "I would mortgage my house

:13:59. > :14:01.to see U 2 if they were playing anywhere near me." I don't know if

:14:02. > :14:03.you have been so focussed U 2 are playing at Twickenham tomorrow.

:14:04. > :14:07.Somebody from their management has to be listeningful do you think Jo,

:14:08. > :14:12.she has two-year days off, can she not sneak over the Twickenham

:14:13. > :14:16.tomorrow? He will be up early to watch the Lions obviously but

:14:17. > :14:23.tomorrow can she not sneak over to Twickenham, when Jo met Bono? You

:14:24. > :14:26.need to tell me how far away that is If you get the 361 bus and change at

:14:27. > :14:29.the bus station it is about 45 minutes. I would say do it. Live

:14:30. > :14:48.large. Caroline Garcia waits in the next

:14:49. > :14:53.round, after that, possibly Simona Halep the number two seed, Ostapenko

:14:54. > :14:58.the French Open champion waits in this half of the draw. Venus

:14:59. > :15:05.Williams, but for the moment that is for the future, for now another

:15:06. > :15:11.authoritative combative, dependable, really dependable performance from

:15:12. > :15:16.Jo Konta, so the British number one, 6-4, 6-1 is safely through to the

:15:17. > :15:18.second week. Congratulations, against a player

:15:19. > :15:23.who is so talented, how good a performance was that from you to win

:15:24. > :15:27.as you did today? I am very happy with that, I think it was quite

:15:28. > :15:31.tricky conditions out there, it was more gusty than it appeared from

:15:32. > :15:37.outside. It wasn't easy for both of us, so I am very happy to have tried

:15:38. > :15:43.to take care of the simple thing, try to compete hard, and make sure I

:15:44. > :15:47.didn't leave any stone unturn. How wear of you of people talking of you

:15:48. > :15:52.as a potential winner of this tournament? Not particularly, it,

:15:53. > :15:56.they I think seven a potential winner here, so I am here to, to

:15:57. > :16:00.hopefully be involved until the very end, but one match at a time. I am

:16:01. > :16:04.happy to have done through today and I have another battle coming up

:16:05. > :16:08.next. With each match you play, it seems the British public take you

:16:09. > :16:14.more into their hearts, can you feel that out on court? The support is

:16:15. > :16:18.amazing, and to see such a packed stadium it is humbling and it is

:16:19. > :16:21.what we all dream of as young children, to play on the biggest

:16:22. > :16:26.stages in front of many, many people. Just a glimpse into the

:16:27. > :16:31.crystal ball, you have to play Caroline Garcia next week, your

:16:32. > :16:37.first thoughts? The last time I play her I lost to her in a close battle,

:16:38. > :16:41.so she is playing very good tennis, she made the last eight in Roland

:16:42. > :16:43.Garros, she is playing with confidence so I am looking forward

:16:44. > :16:48.to. It is a great opportunity to play someone who is in good form and

:16:49. > :16:51.to, who will really challenge me, and I am definitely looking forward

:16:52. > :16:55.to that. Speaking of opportunities might you take the opportunity to

:16:56. > :16:59.see U 2 this weekend at Twickenham? Unlikely. I am hoping to see them

:17:00. > :17:04.later in the year. Well played today. Congratulations. Thank you.

:17:05. > :17:11.She has focus here on Wimbledon, that is for sure. We wondered how

:17:12. > :17:15.she would respond after that peptic -- epic street ball -- battle. She

:17:16. > :17:20.is threw to the second week of women for the very first time and she is

:17:21. > :17:24.looking good. She never allowed her opponent into the match. It is a

:17:25. > :17:31.comfortable win, she is threw to the last 16.

:17:32. > :17:38.-- through. And this is the opponent she was

:17:39. > :17:46.talking about. Caroline Garcia who came through against the winner over

:17:47. > :17:54.Kvitova. Jo knows how dangerous she can be.

:17:55. > :17:57.A straight sets win too for Simona Halep, the number two seed. She

:17:58. > :18:04.seems to be going through the draw quietly. Nobody talking about her

:18:05. > :18:09.chances but she is French Open reason irup. She beat Peng Shuai and

:18:10. > :18:18.will meet Victoria Azarenka in the next round.

:18:19. > :18:22.That will be some match! Elina Svitolina is through against

:18:23. > :18:27.Carina Witthoeft. She went through in straight sets and she has played

:18:28. > :18:31.here, only 22 years of age but this is her first time through to the

:18:32. > :18:37.Fourth Round, she is always a danger, and she has beaten big name,

:18:38. > :18:45.Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber in previous matches.

:18:46. > :18:48.This was a very emotional day for Steve Johnson, he lost his dad just

:18:49. > :18:54.before the French Open at the age of 58. He is a tennis coach himself. He

:18:55. > :18:58.was always court side, taught him to be a fighter and competitor but he

:18:59. > :19:03.has been finding it so hard to carry on without his dad court side. He

:19:04. > :19:10.battled hard against Cilic but he did lose it in straight sets.

:19:11. > :19:13.But it was more about, it wasn't just about a match, it was about

:19:14. > :19:17.Steve Johnson today, a very emotional time but Steve, you did

:19:18. > :19:21.battle hard and you did your dad proud today. But it is Marin Cilic

:19:22. > :19:25.who totally understands the situation of what Steve has been

:19:26. > :19:31.through, all the players feeling for him and no huge celebration from

:19:32. > :19:37.Marin Cilic, he is safely through to the second week of Wimbledon. And

:19:38. > :19:42.the proud coach there Bjorkman, seeing Cilic through.

:19:43. > :19:49.And Benoit Paire is also through, through to the Fourth Round here at

:19:50. > :19:54.Wimbledon for the very first round. Up against Janowicz. Got to the

:19:55. > :20:02.semifinals in 2013 where he lost to Andy Murray. Paire will face Andy

:20:03. > :20:07.Murray or Fabio Fognini. Andy Murray will be the third match on Centre

:20:08. > :20:11.Court, but we are heading to centre in just a moment. Everybody enjoying

:20:12. > :20:17.the day here, lovely weather, again, so much action on the outside court,

:20:18. > :20:21.wonderful matches on the show courts as well, so everybody enjoying their

:20:22. > :20:27.Wimbledon experience, and everybody enjoying the match on Centre Court,

:20:28. > :20:30.between Rafael Nadal, and Karen Khachanov, of Russia, one of the

:20:31. > :20:35.next generation players, he is tipped for the top. Rafa is matching

:20:36. > :20:41.on at the moment. He didn't lose a set at the French Open, he hasn't

:20:42. > :20:48.lost one here. 6-1, 6-4. It seems to be on serve so let us join our

:20:49. > :20:56.commentators Tim Henman and Andrew Castle. Toni Nadal looking down, his

:20:57. > :21:00.trips on the road with his nephew will be few and far between as he

:21:01. > :21:05.looks after the Rafael Nadal academy which is sure to be popular. There

:21:06. > :21:10.is an educational aspect to that as well as a residential programme as

:21:11. > :21:16.well. Rafael Nadal 45 match wins this year, which is more than any

:21:17. > :21:25.other player on tour. So any injuries or niggles,

:21:26. > :21:31.absolutely gone now. In fact, with 45 wins, Thiem, he is way ahead of

:21:32. > :21:38.everybody else. Because he keeps on winning every tournament he is in

:21:39. > :21:40.the Rafael Nadal makes the final he will be back to world number one,

:21:41. > :22:49.that is how good a year he has has. TIM HENMAN: Has been impressive but

:22:50. > :23:06.certainly on serve. Only lost 12 months. In centre advice games.

:23:07. > :23:09.UMPIRE: Two games all. Third set. When you are holding serve

:23:10. > :23:14.comfortably it gives you a great platform to go after the return

:23:15. > :23:27.games, to try and break your point's serve.

:23:28. > :23:36.-- opponent. Rafael Nadal fully branded in all regards. These are

:23:37. > :23:38.his wheels. Taking his sweet time. Backing up what Tim Henman was

:23:39. > :24:07.saying, how mean he is on serve. I tell you how fully branded he is,

:24:08. > :24:11.he has had an asteroid named after him.

:24:12. > :24:20.LAUGHTER How can you have an asteroid named

:24:21. > :24:32.after you. Is there not an Andrew Castle asteroid? Here it comes!

:24:33. > :24:42.Tight to the baseline. If he had challenged, you are right,

:24:43. > :24:59.the ball was in. Mr and Mrs Hawk-Eye give us these

:25:00. > :25:25.nuggets of information. The Hawk-Eye bunker.

:25:26. > :25:35.30-30 again. This is something that you feel,

:25:36. > :25:51.isn't it. Every time you serve you feel you could be broken.

:25:52. > :25:59.And cred it the move Nadal made to his forehand side, he didn't give up

:26:00. > :26:12.on the short ball, he was reasoning in that direction and forcing him to

:26:13. > :27:09.go for it again. A forehand in the service box.

:27:10. > :27:31.Four years since, four years till the day, since Andy Murray anded

:27:32. > :27:36.that 77 year wait for Wimbledon champion after Fred Perry. Hard to

:27:37. > :27:42.believe those four years have gone. In that time some new players have

:27:43. > :27:47.arrived. There is a next gen if you will. The old guard still there and

:27:48. > :27:52.Novak Djokovic seems to be playing pretty well as well. Action today

:27:53. > :27:56.from the top half of the draw. Tomorrow, the likes of Dimitrov in

:27:57. > :28:01.action and Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic.

:28:02. > :28:07.Monfils playing well. It all leads to a fabulous Monday,

:28:08. > :28:13.don't it Tim. It is. It is one of, I think one of the best days of the

:28:14. > :28:17.tournament when you have the last 16 of the men's and women's taking

:28:18. > :28:24.part. Where ever are you are in the ground there is going to be some

:28:25. > :28:30.fantastic match ups. Certainly men -- plenty of big names

:28:31. > :28:38.to look out for. Andy Murray is coming on after this.

:28:39. > :28:42.Against Fabio Fognini, who is an Italian player, with anotherles of

:28:43. > :28:47.talent. A flair for the dramatic. He has beaten Andy Murray as much as he

:28:48. > :28:53.has lost to him. Not on a grass or hard court, but on clay, but he has

:28:54. > :29:03.beaten him. So a dangerous match for Andy Murray coming up after this.

:29:04. > :30:12.Oodles of talent. A flair for the dramatic.

:30:13. > :30:42.Finally able against the dull. The first this set. --

:30:43. > :31:50.You could get to them a bit more often. Grunting, the volume rather

:31:51. > :32:47.scared me. A rare moment of indecision from

:32:48. > :32:51.Rafa Nadal on this one. It was neither a drop shot or a push back

:32:52. > :34:01.to the baseline. Passing shot was pretty hopeless there.

:34:02. > :35:14.A second serve ace. Quite rare. A Pete Sampras speciality in his day.

:35:15. > :35:23.There are so many records that Nadal has set, as have the other great

:35:24. > :35:29.players in this era. Murray and Wawrinka, and Federer and Djokovic.

:35:30. > :35:35.But one of them that strikes me the most is when he completed his career

:35:36. > :35:38.grand slam. That is victory in all four of the sport's major

:35:39. > :35:44.championships, back at the US Open in 2010, beat Djokovic in the final,

:35:45. > :35:50.served fantastically well. Leave it, the US open and was only 24 years of

:35:51. > :35:54.age at the time. Novak Djokovic has done the same thing, Roger Federer

:35:55. > :36:00.has won all the grand slams as well. It is truly a rare feat. It just

:36:01. > :36:05.illustrates this generation. I don't think Murray is going to stop until

:36:06. > :36:10.he has won a French Open and Australia, where he has been five

:36:11. > :36:15.times a finalist. It's amazing to achieve so much so young, 24 years

:36:16. > :36:21.of age. When you look at his ranking, by the age of 16 he was

:36:22. > :36:27.knocking on the door of the top 200. At 17 he was already in the top 50.

:36:28. > :36:32.Amazing, the level at which he was playing, from such a young age.

:36:33. > :36:35.First number one after this tournament in 2008, which was

:36:36. > :36:41.arguably the finest final, the finest match anyone had seen. Having

:36:42. > :36:45.lost two finals to Roger Federer, came back here and won that final in

:36:46. > :36:51.2008. It was just fantastic to watch.

:36:52. > :36:58.So I think we're watching one of the legends of the game, for sure. Nadal

:36:59. > :37:05.has broken through in this third set, yet. Karen Khachanov, the

:37:06. > :40:22.Russian, his opposition. Not only is that heavy hitting from

:40:23. > :40:28.Khachanov, giving tremendous depth and peppering the baseline. And he

:40:29. > :41:18.won the only other break point that he had against the Nadal serve.

:41:19. > :41:36.It was a 100 mile an hour serve, certainly took a big swing. What you

:41:37. > :41:40.must do in those circumstances, especially break point down, break

:41:41. > :41:43.point up with the second serve, is blamed the court. Immediately, and

:41:44. > :42:04.miss your head on the follow-through.

:42:05. > :42:12.Rafa looking down at the baseline, where he saw a ball might have been

:42:13. > :42:16.too long but he didn't want to stop the rally and I don't think he would

:42:17. > :42:22.have been pleased if he had stopped it, because it was good. Boy, can he

:42:23. > :42:28.develop power? The subtleties of the game may come to him. He doesn't

:42:29. > :42:32.need to work on the speed of the ball off his racket. That's if he

:42:33. > :42:47.can make contact with the ball on this return.

:42:48. > :43:17.A little bit too eager to get onto ball. I wonder if he changed his

:43:18. > :43:22.mind, and thought about the forehand, playing the short angle.

:43:23. > :43:29.Certainly don't expect Nadal to miss his trademark forehand at deuce on

:43:30. > :43:44.his own serve. Now, that is worth a check. UMPIRE:

:43:45. > :43:48.Khachanov challenging the call. Nadal would be delighted to hear the

:43:49. > :43:52.call, because whatever happens the rally was going to stop. That was a

:43:53. > :43:59.tough, tough return of serve. You hit one of those on a break point,

:44:00. > :44:03.mis-hit, and your loving wife. It is -- loving life. Pretty annoying for

:44:04. > :44:37.Khachanov. Such a smart serve, took a little

:44:38. > :44:43.bit of pace off, got Khachanov out of the court and then went back

:44:44. > :45:39.behind the big man. Not easy to change direction.

:45:40. > :45:54.UMPIRE: New balls, please. It wasn't easy. Third round match here at

:45:55. > :45:57.Wimbledon, 4-4 in the third set. 4-4 was all anybody got two against Rafa

:45:58. > :46:03.Nadal in seven matches at the recent French open. The first man to win a

:46:04. > :46:08.grand slam, the same grand slam, ten times. It's just an absurd

:46:09. > :46:13.achievement, yet another one for Rafa Nadal. Margaret Court won the

:46:14. > :46:18.Australian open 11 times, that is the record. He also won Barcelona

:46:19. > :46:19.and Monte Carlo for a tenth time as well. Just an outrageous clay-court

:46:20. > :46:45.player. Pretty handy on grass, too. I can remember the conversations

:46:46. > :46:49.about Nadal when he won the first couple French Opens and people said,

:46:50. > :46:55.do you think he could win ten? You would get laughed at if you

:46:56. > :47:06.suggested it. Now interested to see the reaction of Khachanov.

:47:07. > :47:14.Having had those break point opportunities to get himself a 5-3

:47:15. > :47:18.lead. Nadal did very well to steady the ship and get back to 4-4. You

:47:19. > :48:38.wonder if there could be a bit of a let down. Here is a day to remember.

:48:39. > :48:55.UMPIRE: Mr Khachanov is challenging the call, the ball was called out.

:48:56. > :49:03.That is game and Rafa Nadal moving over to receive serve, but the game

:49:04. > :49:16.has gone. UMPIRE: Khachanov leads 5-4, third

:49:17. > :49:20.set. Nadal leads to life in there. How tough is it to be in the centre

:49:21. > :49:26.court changing room, waiting for your match to be called? Did you get

:49:27. > :49:31.nervous, do the players get nervous, does Andy get nervous in there

:49:32. > :49:34.beforehand or is it routine? It is fairly routine that tennis is one of

:49:35. > :49:38.the very few sports, unless you play the first match of the day, you

:49:39. > :49:41.won't know what time you start. Especially if you are following a

:49:42. > :49:48.men's match here at the championships. Will it be three

:49:49. > :49:55.sets, four or five? Prior to you? So you have to be ready and make sure

:49:56. > :50:00.you have had enough food, you are hydrated, stay relaxed, don't waste

:50:01. > :50:07.energy, but be ready to go when required. I did see Nadal before

:50:08. > :50:15.this match, and he was having quite an intense putting competition with

:50:16. > :50:19.Tony and Francesco. Didn't like he was too nervous! He's got a

:50:20. > :50:25.right-to-left break on that putt at moment. You need to get that carpet

:50:26. > :50:34.relayed! The carpet has had a bit of wear and tear in there. Rafa was

:50:35. > :50:37.putting nicely. Tony Nadal not so well, and therefore kept changing

:50:38. > :50:43.the rules of the condition. Had to find a way to win! I have to say,

:50:44. > :50:49.Tony was not great in waiting for his turn, either. CHUCKLES

:50:50. > :50:50.There's a bloke and could have given him is lessened if he was allowed

:50:51. > :51:50.in! -- lessons. The sun is slightly awkward for the

:51:51. > :52:57.left-hander from the Royal box end. Khachanov, the Russian player, bases

:52:58. > :53:01.himself in Dubai. He has a chance here to get to six and therefore

:53:02. > :53:06.guarantee a tie-break. No one has ever taken Nadal in one of these

:53:07. > :53:13.grand slam matches since Australia in January, Federer winning that

:53:14. > :53:42.fifth set in the final magnificently, 6-3 in the fifth.

:53:43. > :53:48.Not necessarily textbook volleying there, but got the job done. Two

:53:49. > :53:59.fisted jab. Industrial! He's a big, strong lad, isn't a

:54:00. > :54:03.question not think how much he has settled in this match and how useful

:54:04. > :54:09.this experience has been for him. Absolutely beaten up in the first

:54:10. > :55:05.set. But this is a contest, this third.

:55:06. > :55:15.Deep into this third set would guarantee the break-up, if Nadal

:55:16. > :55:19.hangs on here. If you are just coming to the end of your work week,

:55:20. > :55:24.you are very welcome here to Wimbledon, Day five, a third round

:55:25. > :55:28.match, best of five sets, as the men's always is. Hot temperatures

:55:29. > :55:35.have characterised the first week. We haven't had great matches on

:55:36. > :55:40.Centre court this week in the men's game, we might have won in a moment

:55:41. > :55:43.with Andy Murray and Fabio Fognini. There was Lord Haig and his wife in

:55:44. > :55:50.the Royal box. He addressed the members here, gave the members's

:55:51. > :56:00.speech, he was hilarious actually. Is there a collection going on? I

:56:01. > :56:05.think those might be a few sweets being passed around... Sweeties...

:56:06. > :56:09.Is that what you get? I thought it was a collection. Things are getting

:56:10. > :56:32.a bit tight, they need a bit of a whip round for the bar bill.

:56:33. > :56:38.So, the harsh hopefully descending on centre court. 5-6, Nadal serving.

:56:39. > :57:07.Two hours played in this match. Over the high part of the net and

:57:08. > :57:11.almost fading the ball away. Right under the outside edge of the line.

:57:12. > :58:01.Real extension through the ball. A lot more errors in the last 15 or

:58:02. > :58:17.20 minutes from the racket of Nadal. And with Khachanov keeping the ball

:58:18. > :58:22.in the court, he's giving Nadal a chance to make a few mistakes,

:58:23. > :58:24.behind an account, serving second in the set, a bit of pressure on Nadal

:58:25. > :58:35.now. Not a bad return, but Nadal finds

:58:36. > :59:54.the corner. That's the way. And once again,

:59:55. > :00:20.Khachanov as earned the opportunity to take the set.

:00:21. > :00:28.Ooh! That was a bit nervy. Played beautifully.

:00:29. > :00:32.Had everybody fake out. Including Tim Henman.

:00:33. > :00:40.You didn't see this one coming until what point? There. That there.

:00:41. > :00:59.The shot of a very confident man, down set point.

:01:00. > :01:07.That is high intensity net play. That was very solid. He had to make

:01:08. > :01:10.a lot of ground to that ball. Maintain control of the racket face,

:01:11. > :01:44.two straight points. Game point. UMPIRE: Deuce. First one of those,

:01:45. > :02:20.in this match. Only his third in three matches.

:02:21. > :03:37.Such quick and instinctive play. UMPIRE: Advantage Nadal.

:03:38. > :03:50.Nadal seizing the opportunity to be aggressive, move forward.

:03:51. > :03:58.Playing strong points on the deuce box. Can he back it up on the add

:03:59. > :04:26.box? Up six games all, third set

:04:27. > :04:29.tie-break. Exactly an hour played for those 12 games, a fascinating

:04:30. > :04:35.set. UMPIRE: Each player will receive one

:04:36. > :04:39.additional challenge. Amazing to see Nadal has only played 11 tie-breaks

:04:40. > :04:48.in 51 matches but no-one has been able to get six games in a set.

:04:49. > :05:00.He has won eight and lost three of those.

:05:01. > :05:08.Interesting for #k4567 -- chavp. You would have expected him to have won

:05:09. > :05:31.more than he has lost. Charles Saatchi.

:05:32. > :05:41.-- Khachanov. Khachanov has fought so hard to get

:05:42. > :05:45.to this tie-break. Cut out the unforce Eder rows, doesn't want want

:05:46. > :05:55.to make those mistake, such a critical stage.

:05:56. > :05:55.-- unforced errors. Karen

:05:56. > :05:58.-- Khachanov. Khachanov has fought so hard to get

:05:59. > :06:01.to this tie-break. Cut out the unforce Eder rows, doesn't want want

:06:02. > :06:07.to make those mistake, such a critical stage.

:06:08. > :06:08.-- unforced errors. -- Khachanov.

:06:09. > :06:15.Khachanov has fought so APPLAUSE

:06:16. > :06:21.Well, that was a pretty hard ball coming at him, Nadal. He had to have

:06:22. > :06:24.the softest of hands here, just a volley technique, inside the

:06:25. > :06:30.baseline, but thaw was cutting it fine.

:06:31. > :06:35.Perfectly played. With his extreme western grip on the forehand, just

:06:36. > :06:39.to come underneath the ball, not easy. Not easy at one all new the

:06:40. > :07:06.third set tie-break. A horrible miss for him on the

:07:07. > :07:34.forehand side. He is allowed to be tense. He wants this job don.

:07:35. > :07:43.All Nadal needs is another inspired six-and-a-half footer down the other

:07:44. > :07:46.end, like Rosol and Kyrgios, but all these players that have been

:07:47. > :07:50.inspired over the years, that is the thing about being at the top of the

:07:51. > :07:53.rankings, nobody has anything to lose against you.

:07:54. > :08:21.Come out swinging. Oh! Pythagoras would have been

:08:22. > :08:28.interested in where that angle came from.

:08:29. > :08:32.Could be the most improved shot in world tennis this year, this

:08:33. > :08:36.backhand, such good use of the right hand. Look at this.

:08:37. > :08:41.Look at the definition in these arm, the evidence of the work, the core

:08:42. > :08:43.strength through, and the extension with the right arm, it is all pretty

:08:44. > :08:52.perfect. I am sure a lot of you noticed that

:08:53. > :09:36.was pretty perfect. Oath. Second serve, had to be into

:09:37. > :09:53.the court. Three donations in the tie-break,

:09:54. > :09:59.Nadal has hit some good shots as well but Khachanov cannot afford to

:10:00. > :10:29.keep making these unforce Eder ors. -- unforced errors.

:10:30. > :10:32.D errors. -- unforced errors.

:10:33. > :10:39.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:10:40. > :10:50.If you open the door, everyone slightly, Nadal will barge his way

:10:51. > :10:53.through it. And he doesn't miss too many crosscourt forehand shots.

:10:54. > :10:57.Staying low this time and driving through on the forehand, as his

:10:58. > :11:34.backhand before. Three match points. And it is away, Nadal advances to

:11:35. > :11:41.Monday's Fourth Round, the last 16. At the Championship, you will hear a

:11:42. > :11:44.lot more of Karen Khachanov. This Russian 21-year-old who has made his

:11:45. > :11:56.debut here, but not enough artillery to see off Nadal.

:11:57. > :12:03.Another rock solid performance from Nadal, and the way the schedule of

:12:04. > :12:07.the first week has unfoaled is perfect scenario, Friday afternoon,

:12:08. > :12:18.through to the second week, without dropping a set. Couple of days off

:12:19. > :12:22.to regroup. Going into next Monday. Spanish royalty here. Great Rafael

:12:23. > :12:26.Nadal will be here in the second week of the Championship. He hasn't

:12:27. > :12:35.lost a set. That is 28 in a row at Grand Slam level. Muller next and

:12:36. > :12:39.the hitter is coming off! Unsurprisingly that gets a big

:12:40. > :12:47.reaction, a lot more to come with Murray in action, it is the grin or

:12:48. > :13:00.the torso they love? There is somebody who has been known to get

:13:01. > :13:08.whooped and hollahed at as well. Think Beckham is jealous. Karen

:13:09. > :13:13.Khachanov has loved it. We say goodbye to him. Rafael Nadal

:13:14. > :13:18.advances to the Fourth Round. And remember, he will be world

:13:19. > :13:28.number one again if he makes the final.

:13:29. > :13:32.SUE BARKER: I think Rafa was enjoying the reaction of the crowd

:13:33. > :13:37.as much as they were enjoying him. What a match here on Centre Court,

:13:38. > :13:41.and Rafael Nadal proving he is the form player, of 2017. So Rafa is

:13:42. > :13:45.safely through, we have still got Andy Murray to come on Centre Court,

:13:46. > :13:49.the defending champion, the world number one, he is next, out on this

:13:50. > :13:51.court, and his match will start over on BBC Two, we will see you there.

:13:52. > :13:53.Bye.