Day 6, Part 3 Wimbledon

Welcome to Wimbledon here on BBC Two, we are with you throughout the

afternoon and into the evening. Wins for Muguruza and Dimitrov, but we

are going to head for live tennis. Gael

Monfils is playing against Mannarino. Mannarino, a player who

has the ability to beat the big players, he has done it before. He

beat Lopez in the last round. Although Lopez retired on that

occasion. A tough five-setter where he was fined ?7,000 for barging into

a ballboy. Fined for unsportsman-like behaviour. There

have been so many Frenchmen who have impressed. Jamie, what is it about

the French? They always have such a big crop of players at the Grand

Slams, it is always the discussion around the nation, would you rather

have a few years where you have a champion and less players around the

top hundred or I think they have 11 or 12 inside the top 100, that is

just incredible. The winner of this plays the winner of Gulbis and

Djokovic. A player who reached the third round in 1996. One thing about

Monfils in that second round match, I thought he was extremely focussed.

I don't know if this is something he has been talking with with his coach

or whether it was a respect for the Centre Court atmosphere and the

stage he was playing on. So, on so many occasions when you watch

Monfils, you're not sure what you will get. He can play any shot at

any time. That is what makes him so exciting to watch. John Long from

Australia is in charge of this one. Court 12 is always one of the

popular outside courts. Plenty of seeds have come and gone here. Just

takes just over a thousand spectators. Many of these have been

queueing through the night as always and the weather again slightly

cloudy, but plenty of sunshine as there has been all week. We have

missed about half an hour of play on that opening day so far.

Gael Monfils bidding to reach the fourth round for the first time hear

at Wimbledon. Got to this stage five times before. Never gone that extra

mile. Nice to serve at a decent pace, Gael

Monfils. That is a wonderful finish from Mannarino, using that wonderful

forehand of his to guide it down the line.

Not that time. Aside from that forehand winner, they have both been

very tentative in this opening game. Wow this net... Getting in on the

act in the opening service game. Monfils holds.

That was a cagey start from both players, you will see as the match

goes on, how comfortable Mannarino is on the grass. A very short swing.

And you will see his flat trajectory is very effective on this surface.

Mannarino at 51 in the world. Lives in Malta. This is his seventh

Wimbledon. Last year knocked out by Novak Djokovic in the second round.

UMPIRE: Mr Mannarino challenging the call. The ball was called in.

Mr Mannarino has two challenges remaining.

Had just enough pace, Monfils was taking all the pace off every shot.

The longest rally with 21 shots. But everything comes back with slice,

asking Mannarino to inject the pace. I wonder if that is going to be a

tactic for Monfils in the match. I'm almost laughing watching him play

that point, you think he has got so much time and he has this ability to

put some serious pace on the ball. Lovely touch from Mannarino. Monfils

well behind the baseline, taken out by that delicious slice.

Not bad, 121mph from Adrian Mannarin.

He is hoping to reach the last 16 for the second time.

It has been a cagey start from Monfils.

A couple of missed returns as well in the opening two service games

from Mannarino. That backhand return, you wouldn't expect him to

miss too many of those. He looks out of sorts. There is not

much the umpire can do about it. I think complaining that the ballboy

took forever to find the ball. Five times the ball has clipped the

net and we are only into the third game of the match!

He hasn't had to do a lot to earn this break point, Mannarino.

First serve to the rescue for Monfils.

Scrappy game, but a fine finish from Gael Monfils.

He is still talking about the ballboy who couldn't find the ball.

He is still stuck in first gear isn't he? Even just the chats he is

having with the umpire shows you from what was a very focussed

performance against Kyle Edmunds in the fist rounds, you can deal from

his demeanour, this is the type of a match that is much more of a

challenge. His career is littered with these types of performances. He

Los being on o' - loves being on the big stage. The Centre Court match

perfect for him. Out here on Court 12, it is still a great court to

play on, but it is against somebody he knows very well, it is much more

lore key, there is not much interest in it. For him it is a very

different and more difficult mental challenge. Mannarino comes here,

both come here in decent form. He reached the final in Turkey on the

grass. Monfils obviously got to the final

at Eastbourne. He lost to Novak Djokovic in the final.

Good patient tennis from Mannarino. Always looked in control of the

point. Lovely grass court tennis from Mannarino. Following that

backhand into the net. Not an easy smash. But dealt with that well.

Beautiful touch. Watched that like a hawk on to his racket. I looked like

he was maybe a bit slow behind this, but watching his opponent all the

time. You can tell by Mannarino, he is

using all the different aspects of grass court tennis. Look how wide he

is serving out here. No chance. Very assured service game

from Adrian Mannarino. Missed it, should have come in

behind that last shot. There was more intensity to Gael Monfils, you

can tell by the sound of the ball off his racket on the forehand side.

It shows the different gears that he can find. The question is whether he

will use it. Three break points for Adrian

Mannarino. Wow! Fabulous forehand. From Adrian

Mannarino, gives him the early break on Court 12.

He has a wonderfully care free forehand doesn't he, Adrian

Mannarino. Not too flustered with it. It is not the prettiest forehand

you will ever see, but on this surface, because it's so flat, it is

so effective. With both of his ground strokes, forehand and back.

You can see from here the back swing is so short, there is a lot of pace

coming off the court and he can use that on either wing beautifully. A

good point on Adrian Mannarino is to say OK his ranking is around 50 at

the moment, he has been higher, but almost on this surface you can add a

lot of spaces on top of that, because on top of what his actual

game style in terms of swings, actually add the left-handedness to

that and you will see his serve is not the quickest, but it is hard to

read and it spins off the court. He is a nightmare for any player on

this surface. He has never beaten two seeded players at a Grand Slam

before. If he carries on like this, who knows?

It is a lonely place being a coach. Gael Monfils' coach in the black

T-shirt. Bet he can't believe his luck,

Jamie? Yes, it is looking like a very difficult afternoon ahead for

Gael Monfils. We talked about the difficulties Adrian Mannarino

possesses. It is so important that Monfils has a plan for this match.

And it looks at this moment like he doesn't!

Spraying every ground stroke wide at the moment. Look at that - ten

unforced errors in just six games. That is the shot. Which we have been

used to from Gael Monfils. But it has just been missing.

That is the type of shot Monfils can get out of this game.

Beautiful! Over the highest part of the net. Wonderful forehand from

Monfils. What a display of skill and strength and timing. That ball

barely got above his shoe laces. How can you account for this? The

way wardness from Monfils. I think those who have watched him play down

the years have got used to it. He can go AWOL during sets and then a

click of a finger he can be back in. Sometimes it is a frustration for

his fans who have seen so much brilliance from him over the years.

Can you imagine being his coach? Where you might have had a plan,

done all the preparation, discussed what was good in the previous match

and then certainly from a viewer's point of view, looking at the first,

how long have we been playing, 20 on minutes, and you just think, well,

it looks like he hasn't come out of second or third gear and the

question is, why not? And nobody really knows other than him!

Adrian Mannarino with the new balls. And the break.

If every single tennis player was the same and you knew what you were

going to get every time, it would be a boring sport to watch!

Still serving out wide, Adrian Mannarino.

That was a tentative point from both players. Very passive from Monfils.

Oh, no! He had done all the hard work. And now he has two break

points to defend. Monfils got very lucky in that point. Look at that

slice - it is not doing anything, it is sitting up. The pressure of

15-30. At some point, one of these players

will start hitting the ball with some conviction!

UMPIRE: Mr Monfils challenging the call. It was a pushed backhand.

There was no intent behind that shot and it might be his undoing.

Equally, what was Monfils doing challenging that? Two break points

saved. Who's going to take this match by

the scruff of the neck? It's there to be taken by somebody.

Now that's good old-fashioned grass court tennis. A great use of the

left-handed advantage. Closed this ball down. A lot of commitment and

conviction on that volley. Fabulous from Monfils! A brutal

example of how you turn defence into attack. Yeah, the first flash of

brilliance so far in this match from Monfils. Mannarino doing a good job

of making him hit one more ball. Monfils up to the task of putting

that smash away. This time he gets it!

Forehand did enough damage and Monfils is back on level terms.

Court 12 on the middle Saturday here at Wimbledon.

That sound is really causing Monfils problems.

Loads of space down the line, Mannarino chose to go across court.

Oh! Wonderful bit of flair there from Monfils, all in vain in the

end, but the crowd loved it. The nonchalance of that.

That came is basically Gale Monfils in a nutshell. I was about to say I

was getting ready for the change of ends, more conviction to Monfils

having got the break back and then at 40-0 no need for the trick shot,

no chance of winning the point off it. It's absolutely, you are

correct, it sums him up in a nutshell. But also makes him very

difficult to play against because you actually, how do you get rhythm

against that? You are not sure what's happening. That ball wasn't

at full stretch, it wasn't too much pace, he could have easily picked

that up. But the crowd love him for it. He has been taking lessons from

Dustin Brown who he actually played at Roland Garos when he beat him it

was his 400th Tour level win. And yet he has never progressed beyond a

semifinal in a major, has six titles on the ATP Tour, the last one in

2016 in Washington. And never reached the fourth round here. Can

he banish those demons? From 4-2 down, to 5-4 up.

That's a great shot. No angle to work with for Mannarino there.

Both these players really struggling for rhythm. We have been on court

over half an hour now. There is definitely an understanding

in Monfils' play that Mannarino struggles to generate his own pace

but it's finding the balance between doing enough with those shots so

that you are not giving too much of an advantage to the opponent.

Yeah, beautifully orchestrated point that time from Monfils. Chose his

moment to attack and now it's a set point.

Both these two are making really hard work of this opening set.

It's infuriating for Monfils. He's deliberately trying to take the pace

off this ball and asking this man in the picture to inject it, that time

it didn't work out and Mannarino holds.

Great rally. What a great chase even from Adrian Mannarino. I thought it

was a bit of a lost cause, but a great effort.

Boy did he need that game, he leads 6-5 in this opening set.

STUDIO: Tense time on court 12. We will be back with this match. We can

show you what's been happening elsewhere. Querrey has gone through

against Tsonga. He needed to hold serve to stay in the match but he

was broken so Querrey is through and it's the same thing happened to

Tsonga at the French Open when he came out the next day and lost his

serve in the 4th set. So it's Querrey through to face Kevin

Anderson in the next round. A couple of matches on Centre Court.

That match is live on BBC One. On court number one last year's

finalist Raonic is 5-4 up Ramos-Vinolas, that

is on the red button. The body language is speaking

volumes here. Head down, shoulders hunched.

Gosh! Mannarino has the last laugh. Another one of those points that's

good to watch but you have to question what Gael Monfils is doing.

Nevertheless, good finish from Mannarino.

We head to a tie-break. Monfils will start. But who will finish?

He can look half-hearted and ininterested sometimes, Gael

Monfils. Didn't really get his feet right for

that shot. Only played a set and he looks exhausted.

A 10th forehand unforced error from the racket of gael Monfils. I think

that's 16 overall. Certainly a couple more of those in this

tie-of-break would be enough to lose the set now.

Oh, he should be finishing those off and he just got another piece of

luck. A 19-shot rally when no one really wanted to take it on.

He finally opens the shoulders and let's rip. That's the one-two punch

with a big serve and big forehand that you do think that Monfils would

be able to repeat over and over again, especially on this surface,

you could win so many points in that manner. Certainly hasn't

materialised in this match so far. That's beautiful from Mannarino.

Stayed low on it and then whipped it up. That's one of Mannarino's best

forehands of the match so far. A bit of extra work with his feet to get

up to that ball. It gave him a bit more pace.

A good healthy crowd here on 12. Just about 1,000 packed in here.

Are they going to watch an upset? The world number 51, Adrian

Mannarino, with the advantage in this tie-break.

Oh! Wow! Look at the execution on this. What

was so impressive was how aggressive, you could hear the spin

of the ball touching the strings. Look at that catching the line, a

little puff of white something, not chalk.

Now Mannarino has three opportunities to take this first

set. It has been a cagey 50 minutes. Neither player really wanting to

seize the initiative. Two chances on his serve.

He takes it with the first. A mediocre set but it belongs to

Adrian Mannarino. The intensity has been lacking,

Jamie. In the end, Adrian Mannarino did just enough. You look for the

yellow on these graphics. To be honest, it's one side, a bit on the

other. Yeah, that's the summary of the set. Nothing massively sticking

out. Normally you look at serve dominance, no amazing numbers from

either player. What you do look at is the unforced

error count from Gael Monfils of 17 and a few of those at big times. In

a way, in the context of this match, and Mannarino trying to cause an

upset, the biggest - potentially the biggest moment of that set was at

4-2, he was 15-30 and short forehand he missed, a potential chance for

double break. Monfils obviously got back into the set. From Mannarino's

point of view and his state of mind to win that set, having had that

leading position, is absolutely massive. If he had lost that first

set I think the chances of causing an upset would have gone down

considerably. Confirmation of the break points

won. Monfils has had six opportunities.

And his coach is lost for words. He has the chance to set the tone in

this second set. He will be serving first. A busy bustling court here,

Court 12 alongside Court Two. That's more like it from Monfils.

Approached that with a degree of confidence there.

Perfect example of how a left-hander can wreak havoc with his serve on

the grass. Meat and drink for Mannarino. He

takes the opening game of this second set.

STUDIO: Little between these Frenchmen on court 12. It is

advantage Mannarino at the moment. We are going to leave that match at

the moment. I am not sure... We are going to leave this match. It

continues on the red button. This match continues on the red button.

And on the BBC Sport website. We are going to leave it and head

over to Court Two where Kerber is taking on Rodgers. Rodgers, who lost

in the first round for the past two years, but she is a quarter-finalist

at the French Open and defeated Halep in the Australian Open. The

top seed in the picture is in some trouble here. Let's drop in and join

it. A nice disguise on that backhand

shot from Kerber. She has been the victim of two equally as good from

her opponent, Kerber. Oh! Well played! Shelby Rogers, but

what good running by the No 1 seed. That is what it takes to take a

point off the world No 1. That created the opportunity to hit into

the open court and just too much space for Kerber to recover.

She is battling well to hold her advantage. And by a break in the

third game of the match. Good variety in the serving

department. The first ace from Kerber.

First love game. And very much the first uncontested game up to now

it's been even Steven with the No 1 seed being asked a lot of questions

by the No 70 in the rankings. This is Angelique Kerber's tenth

Wimbledon, that runner up finish in 2016, when she won two other Grand

Slams in that year. It has been her best year on Tour so far. The

gentleman on the right, Torben Beltz is that gentleman in the white hat,

he is Angelique Kerber's coach. No 1 player in the world.

The crowd swelling at news of the No 1 seed being a break down gets

around the lawns and... Rogers to serve with new balls.

Will she live to regret that? She wasn't trying to hit a winner off

that ball, just trying to get it back deep and in good court position

and ended up pushing it long. Well at the moment she is being

matched when they get into an end to end rally.

She did a better job on that second serve than the first serve. The

first serve was a pit of -- bit of a push. The second one went away from

the Rogers backhand. There was a long conversation in

that last game, Kerber, with her coach.

Well that's been a very interesting half hour. And Kerber, she hasn't

dropped a set so far in the Championship, four in four in the

first game. And then 7-5, 7-5 in the second round. Her opponent having

opportunities. It is a question, Liz, whether Shelby Rogers will take

her opportunities in the next game. She has to continue doing what she

has been doing up to this point. Good serving, good use of the court.

She will need to keep an eye on the unforced errors, Shelby Rogers,

because now in the match she has got nine winners and three unforced

errors. That is a good ratio for her. She hits back off the -- big

off the ground and quite flat. It is a great opportunity to win the first

set for Rogers. Getting quite a lot of encouragement it would seem from

the crowd. Such a contrast between court

position in that point. Kerber on the baseline or inside the baseline.

Rogers just a long way behind the baseline, scurrying from side to

side. Kerber just dominating that point.

No. Just a quick look up at a coach. A bit of a brain fade there from

Kerber! Don't think that was the right shot to be selected. I think

he would agree with you. Suddenly got much harder for Rogers.

Just in the moment. Can I win this set? Can I carry on calmly as I have

been playing so far? Forget about the position.

UMPIRE: Miss Kerber is challenging the call. Won't be any joy here for

Kerber. Gives her more time to clear her head.

Just listen to the crowd's reaction! They have been sensing that this

could be a surprise right from the word go. And they can feel it.

I didn't think Rogers had done quite enough that last point on that slow

ball, I thought she was going to go for something bigger, but she went

straight back to Kerber. Kerber had to hit an awkward forehand. She

didn't give herself a huge amount of room to hit the forehand and that's

what drew the error. Shelby Rogers is giving Kerber everything she can

handle. Instead of going for the big one it was right in the hitting zone

almost of Kerber and she just pulled it wide. Good variety though from

Rogers. Good serving. She's had a bit of change of pace from time to

time. And there is two points in that first set. The second serve

points won for Rogers, 55%. She would like to improve that.

If she can keep the unforced errors under control, Shelby Rogers, she

will be right there in this match. Oh yes! Smart play from Rogers. It

was the volley that won the point, but it was the sliced backhand from

Rogers that made it really difficult for Kerber. Just had to pop it up

and Rogers was there. Ah! Just couldn't quite get the

smash away, Kerber, the second one she struck better than the first one

and then Rogers unable to drag it back into the court.

It is a bit of an understatement to say Angelique Kerber needed that

start. She finished the game better than she started. A let caught she

got and a couple of awkward over heads, it could have been a

different result. It could be, the fact she did manage to win it. But

her opponent is certainly playing well.

I thought that would have been a worth a challenge. Yes, indeed.

That is well long. The task has got a little bit harder suddenly for

Rogers. That is a weapon that can get her

back on course. Oh! She wouldn't like a replay of

that. She just wiped her grip at the end of that with her skirt, as if to

say, Gee, maybe my grip slipped. She is wearing sweat bands on both

wrists though. Most of the players these day get

the ball person to give them the towel almost after every point, but

both these girls are playing rather quickly between points. And bless

them for that! Less than the required 20 seconds! Oh, that's

finely done. Ace No 3 was a bit of a wobbly game.

She held her nerve. No sign it must be said that of Kerber being

particularly troubled, except with the scoreboard.

Again at 79mph that second serve, really just in the middle of the

square there for Rogers. Well struck return. Immediately Kerber on the

defensive. A big point this one. Well struck. Right in the hitting

zone for Rogers. Didn't have to move at all. Just turned the shoulders.

Two break points. Oh! She knew what she wanted to do,

Rogers, just the execution. She saw Kerber was a long way behind the

baseline and thought, I'm just going to play the drop shot.

Well... Couple of big shots from Rogers. I think just got the feeling

that maybe Kerber was just trying to sort of find her way early in the

second set and then that lady to her credit, winner and then another

winner. So that is ten winners for Shelby Rogers and two came in that

game and other forceable shots. That is how she has got to this position

against the No 1 player in the world. It is a lovely court this No

2. Changed them around. 2 and 3. 2 used to be much closer. Now in the

distance. But the crowd seem to love it and it has an atmosphere. Which

the old Court Two has lost. I'm getting a nod from a much more

experienced person. No one liked playing on the Court 3 thousand that

used to be Court Two. Not so many of the old names. Is there to be a

shock here? Must be thinking, I'm the one who

should be making my opponent run around the place! She is having to

do more than her fair share, thanks to this lady's quality and composure

and just general good tennis. Amazing what confidence can do,

Barry. Shelby Rogers had never won a match in two previous attempts at

Wimbledon. And she is in the third round for the first time and playing

like she is completely at home on a grass court.

And again. Just winners rolling off the Rogers racket.

Have they come to the right place for the story of the day? Well

that's her first love game. Flashed by and she's 3-1 to the good. A set

and 3-1. The No 1 seed certainly in trouble.

She did well to reach it but she had no chance of controlling it. This is

a desperate slice backhand from Kerber. She's tried to outhit

Rodgers, hasn't been successful in that department so that's a new look

from Kerber, behind the baseline to hit that.

Rodgers probably thinks, you know what, why not? It's hard to run

around a lefty serve that is swinging into you, though.

A 10th forehand winner from Rogers. It's been a good weapon for her.

On the WTO tour these days a coach can come down and have a little

pow-wow or read the riot act or what not. I don't like that. I don't, I

wonder what you would be saying to Kerber if you were in that position?

I like the fact you can't do it at Grand Slams, it's part of the

problem-solving process of having to win a match. Kerber is behind the

pump. 11 winners to Rogers '21. She's got

to make sure she goes through the process here, Kerber, and not try

and focus too much on what the score is at this point. She has to find a

way to solve the riddle of breaking Rogers' serve. She needs to solve it

pretty soon. The coach will probably be thinking

no time like the present. Love the way she does that! Looks as

though she's going to give it a real wallop and then gets out the frying

pan and pushes it forward! Just controlled.

The serve's good. I think the umpire is right again. It was called out.

It was overruled by the umpire, correctly.

On the line. She better keep a count, we know what happens if you

lose count of how many challenges you have left.

Oh! The ball just seemed to get away from her. It completely stopped, the

ball. Kerber just didn't make the required adjustment. A step too far

away. Terrific game from Rogers there.

Kerb certificate going to serve with new balls and Rogers is getting a

new restring. And hoping that racket serves her as well as the previous

one. She has to establish some authority here, Kerber.

It appears to be very difficult for her.

Just rolling that second serve in, Kerber. No racket head speed. The

toss gets out in front and it just becomes a push, the serve.

You get the feeling that one break's not enough here in this second set.

You feel like Rogers needs the insurance of the second break. Two

unforced errors. 73mph that serve. That's not going

to bother anybody. A chance for Rogers to lead 5-2.

That's better from Kerber. She desperately needed that. She got

away with a slow second serve, though, Kerber. Just 75mph.

You have to say that from a spectator's point of view that keeps

the pot boiling nicely. You would think Kerber is yet to be able to

break the Rogers' serve and if you have a set and 5-2 and you haven't

lost serve, the match is yours for the taking, isn't it? But to her

Kerber is a fighter. There is the fist pump after that last point. You

don't get to number one by letting tough matches go. Fight to the end.

There might be one or two, am I being unfair, that would be

surprised she is at number one with the service she offers quite often?

Yes, but the other parts of her game, retrieving, big hitting, they

make up for the lack of pace on the serve. The serve isn't always like

that. From time to time Kerber can serve very effectively. It's just

when she gets tight it tends to get short and soft. Those two words

would not apply to the serve of Shelby Rogers so far. Can she

continue a successful run? That's a good mix-up. Kerber was

looking for the one back to the backhand side and Rogers just went

the other way. She didn't move on to the ball.

She's waiting for the ball to come to her, Kerber. Was one step too far

away from the ball. Great tennis! Terrific point. Kerber

was completely out of that point, at least two, maybe three times, and

found a way. And then hit the winner. Rogers on the full stretch.

There is the stab from Kerber. Is it going to make the difference? Break

point for the number one seed. The best player in the world in the

ladies game at the moment, according to the rankings, has found herself.

Rogers had 30-0 in that game, just a little bit cautious, wasn't she?

This time she does give it a wallop. She's hit a lot of balls the last

couple of games where she has hit the big shot and hasn't moved

forward. On this point she does exactly that.

She's seemingly unphased by the fortunes of the last game.

She will be feeling a lot better now, Angelique Kerber. How fortunes

can change. Suddenly the outsider has to serve to stay in the set. Ten

minutes ago, or maybe more, Shelby Rogers had a point or 5-2 and in the

last couple of games Kerber has won three games in a row now, the last

couple of games Rogers has hit the big shot and just hasn't made the

move forward. You know this lady on screen is one of the best

retrievers, she's going to get everything back. You really do need

to come in and finish the point. We saw her do it once in that last

game. It's easy to be critical, but if she could make herself come

forward on those balls, rather than giving Kerber too many bites at the

cherry to stay in the point. The crowd certainly are well involved in

this ladies third round match. You can just see the wheels going in

Rogers' head, I need to stay aggressive, I need to stay positive.

Tremendous return from Kerber. Just getting the back edge of the line.

There is a let-off. That serve, once again, hit slow, it was on the line.

If I was Rogers I would be right inside the baseline, making Kerber

look at me on these second serves. And again, you know the serve is

shaky. Often that second serve is the best

opportunity you have in the point to hit a really aggressive shot.

Oh! You just don't know what's going to come next. Angelique looks up to

the sun as if to say the sun got in my eyes, maybe it was a quick glance

down the other end, Rogers was covering the forehand.

Quite a lot of stories in this game. 5-5.

There were opportunities there for the unseeded player. She tried to be

aggressive, Rogers, off that second serve and it just was awkward enough

because it was curling into her. It's hard to run around on that

second court when you are playing a lefty to hit a forehand off that

shot. But at this stage of a match the subtlies are just so small. I

feel like Rogers needed to intimidate a little bit more when

she has the opportunity on the Kerber second serve. She hasn't won

a singles match at Wimbledon before this year. First round in Nottingham

she lost. So really didn't have much form coming into the Championships,

Rogers. She's ranked number 10 only in the United States.

But she seemed to have the right attitude when she came out.

She's proved she has confidence. And she has - she will keep believing.

She was hardly balanced to play that.

Just got the edge of of the line, that forehand from Rogers, I think.

It was more out than in. But it just got a piece.

Just what she needed, a big first serve.

Kerber did a great job of getting that first serve back, it was right

in the corner. Making her opponent play another ball.

Well, you could argue both those shots were misguided. The first

actually played the second she didn't guide into play.

Tremendous from Rogers. Just catching Kerber in that forehand

corner. Big hitting from both ladies at this stage in the match.

So the crowd have been increasingly excited and now comes the tie-break.

To up the atmosphere even more. Kerber will open it.

Big hitting from the number one player of the world. That's the shot

that won the point. First success for the server in this

tie-break. 4-1, it always looks such an

advantage, but it's only one break. APPLAUSE

UMPIRE: 5-1. A tired looking shot there from Shelby Rogers there in

that last point. She's covered a lot of court here, but physically,

Kerber looks like the one that is getting stronger than Rogers.

Looking a little weary. A run of five points for the number one seed.

Rogers has to make this one count, surely.

APPLAUSE UMPIRE: 6-1, Miss Kerber. But she

doesn't. Five opportunities. For Angelique Kerber to tie this match

at one set all. COMMENTATOR: Just waiting for the

departure of an unwelcome guest that's quite small and that cannot

be seen on camera, but has now departed.

Not good enough. Not good enough for her, Angelique Kerber. UMPIRE: One

set all. COMMENTATOR: For so long it looked

as though she might be the victim of a big upset, but she's steadied the

ship and she now has a third set to play. Carry herself through to round

four, if she can. That's why she's the world number one because she

knows the big points and how to win them. We will be right back with

this match. We can update you with results from earlier.

That's a good solution to the problem for Shelby Rogers, to be

able to come forward and make those winning volleys. I'd like to see her

do it just a little bit more. That's the type you saw in the first

set-and-a-half from Shelby Rogers, just forcing the play and moving

forward. UMPIRE: The ball was called in.

Maybe it did get a piece of the line. We're going to see a

challenge. UMPIRE: Advantage. Fighting for everything she's worth

here, Shelby Rogers, she knows she has to hold here. The momentum of

this match has really changed quite significantly after that tie-break.

UMPIRE: Advantage Miss Kerber. COMMENTATOR: Fourth break point for

Kerber. UMPIRE: Advantage Miss Kerber.

COMMENTATOR: And a fifth. That one didn't go over. Angelique

Kerber, she's just making Shelby Rogers play every single ball.

Tremendous amount of pressure on Rogers now. Sixth opportunity for

Kerber to break in this game. Ah.

UMPIRE: Deuce. That's a soft unforced error from

Kerber. Is She certainly has made a play for

the last couple of points. Up until then, Kerber had just been really

tough in this game. Rogers has a game point.

APPLAUSE Great care and happiness. A little

bit slow, wasn't she, Rogers, to get up to that. Too much court for her

to cover in the next ball. So many of the Rogers forehands went

up the line. This time she went back across court. Kerber was there,

though. Seventh break point. Opening game now into the 13th minute.

Oh what a shame that it should end a game like that. How crucial will it

prove to be? First double fault for the match, for Shelby Rogers, right

there. That's a disappointing way for her to lose the serve she

struggled vie landly. -- valiantly. Haven't seen that before from

Rogers, to be able to smack the return of serve and come to the net.

Cuts down the amount of time that Kerber has to hit that next shot.

Second serve is getting softer and softer from Kerber.

The first serve that time was just 80mph, 84mph. The second one was

70mph. Shelby Rogers has really got to pay attention to that and be

aware that Kerber is feeling it on the serve.

UMPIRE: Fault. Miss Kerber is challenging the ball. It was called

fault. By the preverbal whisker. There is a

moth, or some kind of bug still bothering Kerber.

Is That's a terrific point from Shelby Rogers.

Oh! She's living dangerously, isn't she,

Kerber. Second serve, break point. UMPIRE: Advantage Miss Kerber. Game,

Miss Kerber. New balls, please. Miss Kerber leads 2-0. Happy position in

spite of her play. It's not brilliant from Kerber. What is

brilliant is the fact she's fighting hard. The tennis itself isn't

brilliant. The last two points from Shelby Rogers became too much, two

unforced errors and the game has gone.

UMPIRE: Game, Miss Rogers. Miss Kerber leads, two games to one,

final set. Big applause for that hold

confidently by Rogers. Second serve was 11mph. That's a bit of a

difference, isn't it, between the two? We've talked about Rogers

throughout this match. She has some terrific weapons. She's hit big from

the back of the court. She's had the serve there, but it's the unforced

errors. There they are right there from Rogers.

Certainly, when you are playing against the number one player in the

world, 36 unforced errors is just way too many.

Um pipe: Time. If you look at that stat alone. It's quite amazing we

are in the third set here. Because the winners have been there as well

for a lot of the match, but just have abandoned her in the tie-break,

Rogers. So back on the job, again. Kerber just with her nose in front,

at the moment. Nice point from Rogers. Continuing

to go after it here. It's all-or-nothing, really. Playing

against someone who is on the top of the tree of women's tennis.

Second let called and a point from Rogers. The crowd in unison.

Certainly enjoying the contest. Oh. She gave her a chance, but

Kerber couldn't take it. Just when you thought Kerber was

getting on top, Rogers comes straight back at her with a good

game. That second serve of Kerber's though, if she happens to get

through this match, it just is really a problem for her.

20 forehand winners from Rogers in this match.

UMPIRE: Out. Ms Kerber is challenging the call on the

baseline. The ball was called out. I haven't seen an umpire overrule more

with Hawk-Eye in the court than this guy has. He's done a great job.

UMPIRE: Ms Kerber has two challenges remaining. I think he's been right

every time. He has. He hasn't missed a beat. The umpires are so reluctant

to overrule when they have Hawk-Eye. Just when you thought maybe Shelby

Rogers had run her race - Did we doubt her? Come on. Well, look at

unforced error count. Sure, sure. It's incredibly high. We did doubt

her for a little bit. But maybe we shouldn't have! The balance between

winners and errors is fascinating. In a way, that makes her interesting

to watch. The difficult thing for Kerber is that she has to come out

and serve, which has been the Achilles heel. There's the unforced

errors Kerber has to get a high percentage

of first serves in here. Shelby Rogers has to look to be aggressive

off the second serve, which has been in the 70mph range. All the pressure

on the world number one Well played Shelby Rogers.

Aggressive grass court point, waiting for the short ball and the

volley into the open court. Unlucky there for Rogers, she had

the right idea. Big return off the second serve. Just couldn't quite

get it far enough away from Kerber to make her stretch.

UMPIRE: Fault. He's right. He is right.

Shelby Rogers is the player to make all the plays and Angelique Kerber

is the one that's just trying to hang in.

Got the feeling she really didn't want to hit that slice drop shot,

but she did. Full credit to Shelby Rogers.

Just ticked over the two-hour mark, this match.

Just a little bit late getting to that ball, wasn't she, Shelby

Rogers, just didn't quite decide early enough. It ended up to be

dropping by the time she got to it. APPLAUSE

You have to hand it to her, Angelique Kerber. Beautifully timed

drop shot. Oh! She didn't hesitate here,

Rogers. She started to move forward as soon as she hit the big forehand,

therefore she was in good position to hit the swinging volley.

UMPIRE: Ms Rogers is challenging the ball on the baseline. The ball was

called in. She thought it was out. Did Shelby actually make a... Two

break points. UMPIRE: Ms Rogers has two challenges

remaining. The crowd want her to do this. Can

you feel it. The crowd enjoy this style of play. It's all or nothing,

it's big hitting. It's been a contest which has had so

much to predict any outcome, even with the number one player in the

world having gained the advantage. That would be a mistake. You would

have thought once Kerber won that second set handily and then she got

that early break, but in the third said - but the serve, the serve is

the problem for Kerber. It doesn't have as much on it as it

needs to. More winners than the number of unforced errors, that's

the key for Rogers in this match. Kerber is doing what Kerber does

best - that is just making her opponent play one more shot,

covering the court well. Nothing dramatic.

A beautiful afternoon, wonderful tennis match.

Oh, couldn't get to it, Rogers! Terrific point. Both girls just

digging out everything they possibly can, a couple of shots there were

really awkward. Battled all along because of

themselves and in spite of themselves. Certainly has you on the

edge of the seat. No. It's becoming quite a telling

weapon in this third set. That drop shot has served her well, Kerber,

off that backhand side. Shelby Rogers has given so much, on

the edge of defeat here. But you wouldn't know it.

Can't see that style changing any time soon, all or nothing from

Rogers. Oh, dear. Her serve has been such a

good weapon for Rogers. That's only the second one of the match, only

the second double. She was nowhere to be seen then,

Kerber. Completely fooled by that. She's determined she's going to make

her serve out for it. Because she knows what might happen.

Beaten at her own game. And not for the first time. It's been such a

feature of this match, the big hitting from Rogers. The unforced

errors have been quite substantial also. But gee, when that ball goes

in and stays hit. Well! I think she might be a bit

nervous. I think she may be. The most remarkable thing about

Angelique Kerber, when she serves, is that the serve is rolling in,

75mph, but she backs it up so incredibly well. We've seen, haven't

we, in this match, that Shelby Rogers, she's been having a crack at

the return and Kerber, to her credit, is just steadfast on the

baseline. From the second serve to the ground strokes, such a big

discrepancy in the Kerber game. What she does, she does so well, making

her opponent play and making them hit to the corners and if Shelby

Rogers is equal to the task, she can very easily break serve here.

Excellent for the ladies game, this contest.

Terrific first point. Good exchange from the baseline. Rogers was in

trouble. She got back into the point. Then she just went for the

slice, thought she'd drop it in short, just lacked the execution.

No surprise that Kerber has got two first serves in. She really knows

how important that is in this game. And the slice drop shot off the

backhand side scores her another point.

Another first serve from Kerber. Very well placed.

Two match points for the number one seed.

Oh, it's long! And Kerber is through. And the crowd stand to both

of them. It's been a wonderful contest. Punch and counterpunch,

brilliant success and great fallibility. Somehow she's still in

the Championship, but she must be wondering quite how. Her opponent

Shelby Rogers who makes her exit very quickly, contributed so much

and she knows she could, maybe should have won.

The crowd enjoying an entertaining match there. Kerber from a set and a

break down. All Shelby Rogers will be asking herself some questions

about what happened in that second set. She got negative. Angelique

Kerber has gone through to the second week of Wimbledon.

Milos Raonic has cruised through into the second week of the

Championships. She beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas. He goes through to

face either Afner or Alexander Zverev. Raonic, last year's's runner

up is safely through. -- That was on Ofner. Number one court. Radwanska

was winning on Centre Court, beating Baches Baches. Baches Baches took

the first set. After that it was all over Radwanska. -- Bacsinszky. She

raised the level of her play. . She is through to the second week after

a roller-coaster of a year. Another through to Monday is the 24th seed

with a big serve. She is marching through the Championships.

Riske won that match. Her coach, Pat Cash will be delighted.

She will keep an eye on this match. She faces the winner of this one.

Caroline Wozniacki up against Anett Kontaveit. If you want to watch that

one, you can, it's on the Red Button.

Kontaveit has a break of serve there. We are heading over to Court

12 this entertaining match between the two Frenchmen.

Monfils against Mannarino. We can join this match. We can join it in

the company of Jamie Baker and Jameses Burgess.

COMMENTATOR: Monfils serving to stay in the fourth set.

Genius from Monfils. We've seen flashes of this over the last three

hours That's definitely one of the best. He's got nothing to lose at

the moment. He was broken in the second game of

this fourth set, having been 3-5 down in the third he took it 7-5.

Then just had an uncharacteristic three minutes.

Umunna: Game, Monfils. Mannarino leads.

COMMENTATOR: Court 12, on the middle Saturday of Wimbledon. This match

has ebbed and flowed. These two were very cagey for the first hour. They

let rip and the ground strokes came thundering down the court. Mannarino

taking the first set. Back came Monfils, far more assured, hugely

entertaining. Then just when he thought he had the match in his

pocket, Mannarino has struck back, serving to take us to a fifth set.

UMPIRE: Mannarino is challenging the call.

COMMENTATOR: The umpire is from Australia in the chair. Oh! Just.

Just long. UMPIRE 30-0, Mr Mannarino has two

challenges remaining. Three set points. Points. Oh, no. A

little careless with that one. He had break points and set points

of his own in the previous set. In the end, it was Monfils who took it.

This is where he needs his concentration, more than ever.

We are going all the way. We're going to a decider. As we enter

another hour, here on Court 12. Based on what you've seen, Jamie

Baker, who do you think has what it takes to enter the fourth round?

It's a very tough one to call. I mean, there has been so many shifts

and swings and momentum in this match. I think when you look back

across... Interestingly, set for in terms of stats they were similar to

set one to where Monfils kind of really wasn't at the races. I think,

when you look across the course of the three hours, the way Monfils

started you thought there was a real danger he might actually go out in

straight-sets. You didn't know whether he was

genuinely going to get his teeth into the match. From Mannarino's

point at view, at the worst, he could have won all four of these

sets legitimately. What has been impressive from his point of view,

is that he's stuck with this and he has got a chance in this fifth set.

UMPIRE: Time. Mannarino came through a tough second round match, won it

6-2 in the fifth. Gale Monfils hasn't dropped a set but he's lost

all three Fife set matches here at Wimbledon. -- Gael Monfils.

UMPIRE: Can I ask you to take your seats, please, thank you. He's's

never reached the fourth round here either. Five times to the third

round, but no further. Just on the line. We've seen this a

lot the serve volley. He has had a lot of success on it.

Mannarino has this forehand which he hits so flat, it creeps over the

net. Monfils, again, another moment of

madness. He was like this similarly in the last set.

Brilliant time for an ace, using that slice to good effect. The man

in the black T-shirt there, bottom left of your picture, Monfils'

coach. Oh, brilliant put away by Mannarino. But Monfils will be

kicking himself. There have been moments in this

match when Monfils has just checked out. Yeah, it's quite incredible.

OK, that was a good point from Mannarino to finish and break point,

but the real important times in the match, you know, he's got the

opportunity to serve first in this fifth set to get his nose in front.

Two or three just inexplicable errors gifting it to Mannarino.

Having wrestled the momentum almost gifted it back to his opponent. It's

a very hard sport. Lovely body serve there from Mannarino. Hasn't got the

hardest serve or the fastest, but it's a very canny serve.

Plenty of conviction from this man. It's like a slap that forehand, real

whip to it that time. Oh, he had to watch it, didn't he?

That was fantastic sprinting to the net by Mannarino. It's woken the

crowd up. There's the serve and volley again on the first point from

Monfils. That time getting the better of his opponent.

Now where has that shot been? It's the most outrageous skill to produce

that power from that position. Yeah, that's much more like it.

Complete control of the point. Really good movement from Monfils.

Got up to this ball. He got his body through it. 12 ace for Monfils.

-- Twelfth ace for Monfils. Maddening to watch Monfils, you have

a man who seems to just drift out one moment for an hour or so.

Straight back in. Hit shots from the middle of the racquet and then look

totally uninterested. Its with a nts until really the end of the second

set where he produced a couple of big shots and the crowd really got

behind him and there was like, OK, thank you, this is what we've come

out to see, to support you. Talked about it earlier in the match, it's

a different prospect for him than what he had in the second round

begins Kyle Edmund. He loves the big stages in the world. That is where

he plays his big tennis. He said after his second round victory he

doesn't like the grass. He is struggling to cope with the

movement, the mentality, saying he's guilty of thinking too much. Well,

at the moment, he may not be here next week. He's never been here in

the second week of Wimbledon. The 15th see seed in real trouble here

on Court 12. His compatriot, Adrian Mannarino 2-1 up.

Oh, he's made it! He was out of the point virtually, ten second ago.

APPLAUSE Brilliant tennis from both players.

This forehand down-the-line, one of Monfils' best in the whole match.

Seals the deal that time. Once again, it's pinpoint accuracy from

Mannarino's ground strokes. It's not the pace that does the damage, it's

accuracy and it's the flight on the ball. Stays very low on this

grass-court. Again, Mannarino likes to serve out

wide for that first serve, then comes closer for the second.

It's just a dreadful shot from Monfils. No commitment to that

return, at all. Well, Mannarino is dictating the

tempo and the energy here at the moment.

A penny for the thoughts of the 15th seed now. Staring down the barrel in

this fifth set. What's he got left in the tank? He's

never won five sets here at Wimbledon. Does he believe he can

win? Hello, that might wake him up! Ever

the showman, Gael Monfils. UMPIRE: Game Monfils. Mannarino

leads 3-2. We have been talking about this throughout the match,

Jamie, he loves a stage, Gael Monfils there might be an element

he's out on Court 12, not Centre, not 1, not even Court 2 against a

player that probably not many people have heard of and it just doesn't

excite him. It doesn't motivate him. Which is extraordinary when be you

consider we are here at Wimbledon and there's a fourth round place at

stake? It's not exciting enough. It's almost like to come out here,

having had the good win in the second round, on the big court, to

come out here and win three, four and three without any fuss, not much

noise, those are not the kind of days, the kind of occasions that

Gael Monfils is playing tennis for it. It did look a bit like that in

the start. Now we're in the fifth set, a break down, the court is

packed. More noise now and energy in the court.

You would expect him now, it's like the difficult parts of his match

where it might have been flat are over. It's the fifth set.

He knows the cam are and the spotlight are on him. Will he

produce his best tennis to get back into this match? -- Cameras.

Mannarino has other ideas. World ranking of 51.

Very passive from Monfils, but wonderful from Mannarino. He's in

total control at the moment. Take that! He is doing all the

running in this match, Adrian Mannarino.

UMPIRE: Game, Mannarino. Mannarino leads 4-2. Final set.

Big moment now for Mannarino. He's reached the fourth round just once

before. Well Monfils has just gone missing.

He's a shadow of the player seeded 15 here at Wimbledon.

APPLAUSE Fantastic point and forehand winner

from Monfils there, but does it do enough to cancel out all the loose

play? Oh, yeah. We've been saying

throughout the match, when he presses forward, when he takes the

initiative, Monfils is a different player.

He's come back from being down once before in this match, can he do it

now? Oh, no. A very, very nervy shot

there from Adrian Mannarino. It's totally understandable. He's 4-2 up,

in the deciding set, against the 15th seed.

UMPIRE: Advantage, Mannarino. Once again, having dug in and made enough

balls on that last break point, Monfils a brain cram drop shot at

deuce. One more chance for Mannarino.

Oh, and he's got the luck as well. It could be a defining break.

Mannarino here, on Court 12, he leads 5-2 in the final set against

Gael Monfils, the number 15 seed. He can't quite believe it, can he? I

think he felt in the middle of this match he had the authority and the

control. He was hitting it harder. He was hitting it flatter. There was

an injection of energy. But since about the third set, it's just

evaporated. The main point is the timing of those lapses. Having

somehow managed to get 2-1 lead, at the start of that fourth set, he put

in a really cheap game. It looked like Mannarino was starting to

physically falter as well. He got a bit of hope. I think, we obviously

are talking a lot about Monfils' performance here. I think it's worth

highlighting how difficult a player Mannarino is to play on the grass.

Not just his game style and the way he makes things difficult for the

opponent, but also the fact that he's left-handed and the different

angles that presents for Monfils. He's been a very difficult player to

play against. Serving for the match. You can't control them. They have a

mind of their own. Two pointsway.

-- away.

That was brilliant from Mannarino. The pace, the angle, the pressure!

He has been by far the braver, here on Court 12.

Just one more point. And that's what he's thinking. A

place for the fourth round awaits. Wow! Nerve-wracking stuff.

Monfils is still in it, just. Oh! That is absolutely sublime! He

had no right to hit that shot! And once again from Adrian

Mannarino, the shot of the week. A second match point.

He's done it! Fortune favours the brave.

Adrian Mannarino for the second time into the fourth round at Wimbledon

after three hours, 31 minutes of pulsating tennis.

Gale, the 15th seed is out. Once again, that record, I'm afraid

it's come back to haunt him. He fails to go beyond and win in five

sets. But the day belongs to this man in your picture. The world

number 51, Adrian Mannarino. He must be exhausted. Yet never five

setter for Adrian Mannarino. But what entertainment out on the court.

The crowd really enjoying that. Super points at the end.

This was the player fined $9,000 when he bumped into the ball boy.

But guaranteed ?137,000. So he will not mind too much. But Gael Monfils

is out of the tournament once again. He has not yet fulfilled his

potential at the championships but Adrian Mannarino is back on Monday.

A day of rest well earned by Adrian Mannarino.

Over on BBC One, we are watching Centre Court, Novak Djokovic in

action against Ernests Gulbis. That match is on BBC One.

There is Gulbis and there's the crowd and Djokovic. That's on BBC

One. We are heading over to court number

one. There is a story brewing here as the former world number one,

Caroline Wozniacki is a set and a break down to Anett Kontaviet who

beat her on the grass last year. So we are dropping in to watch this one

with Sam Smith and Chris Bradnam. This is the classic case of the

counterpuncher against the player. Kontaviet has all of the answers

today. The last five games, it's become very one-sided.

Wozniacki can't find the answers. She came in with huge confidence.

Winning 37 matches, qualifying in ITFs.

Winner in Rome. Winner in Stuttgart.

This is a must-win service game, Sam.

Mentally out here, Wozniacki is the far superior of the two. But she

can't get this into a street fight, not at the moment.

The crowd are trying hard for this popular player, as she gets on the

scoreboard again. Just to repeat what we were saying

earlier, Sam, she cannot have her father come and have a chat to her

right now about how to solve this power conundrum. She's got to work

it out for herself. We haven't seen her doing much different. She's

battling away, or Kontaviet is going to get tight and open the door for

her. She is an outstanding match player.

If you look in terms of statistics on tour, the player that saves most

of the break points and converts most break points, usually, Caroline

Wozniacki is at the top of that list. She is a player that works

things out. She has options here. I would like to see her use flight.

She's got to hold her ground on the baseline. The ball is coming at her,

it is big, heavy, listen to the sound of it, you know it's hard. Or

she could take it along the deck with that little backhand.

So, after just 47 minutes, Kontaviet, the boss, in this

remaining third round, the only one left as a set and 2-1.

A very famous man back in the states, David Lee. The San Antonio

basketball player. He is also pretty tall. But pretty

much anonymous here wandering around at Wimbledon!

That's a switcher. Well, she always loved watching

Martina Hingis play when she was growing up. Thinking about how she

worked out her matches on court, and didn't need any help.

Well, got a little lucky. It's another one of those, got to

hold serve, here games. The problem has been behind the second serve for

Wozniacki. Four from 15, Kontaviet, she's hammered it.

Getting just over 55% of first serves in.

First time she's ever won main draw matches here at Wimbledon,

Kontaviet. This first round. The last three years in 14, qualified

and won the first round. So this is a huge breakthrough.

She's keep pushing, Caroline. It's a little exasperating the way she's

playing. But she loves competing. This is what she wants to do.

Sleaze just going to keep working away, trying to stay close.

-- she's. I sense she knows there are enough

errors in the Kontaviet game to make the second set very interesting.

Importantly, it's that close on that scoreboard.

Such a steady rise up the rankings for Kontaviet, Sam, hasn't it? It's

always a good thing. You tend to stay there. She won the title before

coming here. Beating Wozniacki on a grass court last year in her only

previous meeting in Nottingham. She has huge self-belief.

She was a very good junior. Winning the Volvo championships, and the

junior slam. It is the perfect launch pad to go into the pros. I

think I remember seeing her the first time at a $10,000 event in

Edinburgh. It was a pretty awful day. I saw this figure practicing on

an outside court. I wondered who it was. I didn't know, didn't check,

then later I saw it out on the match court. That already was a sign that

is someone that really wanted it. Glenn Sharpe is her coach. He has

done a terrific job. Sometimes it's tough love in the communication. But

what a player, though. This is a serious threat against the

world number two. These are a seven mile an hour

difference. And that is Kontaviet hitting the ball harder than average

than Novak Djokovic! Well she can take pace off when she

needs to as well. A real thinker on the court.

The ball isn't totally flat on it, she's got some cover on it as well.

By cover, I mean she's prepared to hit the back of the ball and play

with some spin to give her some margin. Super.

Hasn't blinked yet and why would she, she's beaten the world number

one and the world number six this year. I know this is Wimbledon but

she's been a fourth round two years ago, qualified against Venus

Williams, she likes the big stage. Four from 17 now on the second

serve. That second serve is just getting

munched, isn't it. So noticeable with Kontaviet. Eve no-one the

knock-out. Respect out here but great intent had she can come out

and blow Caroline out of the court. The difference a first serve makes.

Most of them in that game. Plenty more coming back into this

new-look Court One. Kontaviet has played pretty much the perfect

match, hasn't she Sam. She's got 60% first serves in. Would like a little

more than that. Over a quarter of first serves and tough enough for

Wozniacki to crack that nut. Let's see if you can have a go at it

to see if she can chase it down. She just feels she a close enough

here. She has kept it to the one break. Done well. The percentage is

up 20% from the opening set that gives her a fighting chance. What

she's looking for is what Sharapova says "a little door" to open. That's

all she needs. She's close enough. Sometimes Wozniacki must think to

herself "why can't these up and comers hit the ball sole?" New balls

in play. I would say that I trust the

forehand more than I trust the backhand of Kontaviet. It will be

interesting to see in the clutch where Wozniacki directs traffic.

Eit. It will be interesting to see in the clutch where Wozniacki

directs traffic. Must have held her breath for a

second. But she was up to the task.

Oh, dear, good job she made that volley.

Outstanding. An hour and a minute and she's away.

One game away from the fourth round at Wimbledon.

I was amazed in that last game Wozniacki hit to the forehand. I

don't think she's really figured out, it was a pretty long time ago

that they played. I'm very surprised at this.

Whenever she misses like that, there's not much of a reaction. His

eyes narrow, Glenn Sharpe but I don't think she judges herself, she

just improves herself. And now to ask the serve it out

question. It is a big question, Sam. She

played a brilliant service game in her last service game.

Yes, I think it slightly worries, me, though, when she has been 4-2 up

and 5-3 up, Wozniacki has been able to get through the games quickly. I

was vetting on court yesterday, watching Venus Williams, sitting

next to a former Wimbledon champion, Anne Jones, chatting about one thing

or another. She said that tennis match is all about pressure. It's

about when you apply it. For me, in this, we were chatting about the

Watson, Azarenka battle, a feeling that Watson lost the match at start

of the second match because she didn't apply pressure coming from

the third set, I would say at 4-2, Kontaveit did not apply pressure.

She almost allowed Wozniacki to get through quickly. Wozniacki is coming

off a love service game now, I think it will be hard to serve out as

she's not applied the pressure. Red-faced for two reasons,

gentlemen. She got it! Four poise in a row.

Wozniacki is back in the second set. What a smart game from the former

World Number 1 who used to win 60, 70 matches a year for fun in 2010,

20 11. Now watch Wozniacki applied pressure right here.

Two very positive points. It is great to see Kontaveit looking to be

so proactive, but she is taking some big risks, playing for lines.

Oh! It takes your breath away. They make them tough in Estonia, this is

a great reset from Kontaveit. Three more break points.

Caroline loves the situation. This is what she plays for, out and out

competitor. She doesn't fear the lower ranked players, she doesn't

fear anyone, she just gets on with what she knows she has to do.

In the last 15 minutes, there have been so many errors from this

backhand of Kontaveit. You can't show too much weakness against a

former World Number 1. Fabulous! She will serve for the

match again. She has got another chance. She

trusts herself, doesn't she? And the fact she doesn't judge herself when

she makes errors. Heather Watson yesterday when her forehand was

letting her down and is today it is Kontaveit's backhand, but you felt

Heather was being tough on herself with the errors. You don't get that

with Kontaveit. I think it is different mentalities and styles,

making mistakes is part of their game. They have to do that because

they go for big shots. If you are a safer and more reactive player like

Wozniacki and Heather Watson, and J Lane Jankovic, a lot of

counterpunches out there, they really don't tolerate missing --

Jelena Jankovic. It hurts them so much.

Second time Kontaveit serves for the match.

In the opening set, Caroline was losing a lot of the shorter points,

now she is winning the majority of them. That is a big turnaround.

Three breaks of serve in a row, she never knows when she is beaten,

Wozniacki. She did look a little tight in that

game, Kontaveit. Just fantastic resistance from this woman. To force

the tie-break. She played a tie-break in Nottingham

last year on the grass, in their previous meeting. Kontaveit the

winner of that match, but she lost the tie-break in the opening set.

Well, she has got to back herself all the way now, hasn't she? It

sounds easy to say, very difficult to do and there can't be a moment of

doubt out here. She has not taken those out of the

air, back row one, she allows Wozniacki to defend, at our peril. I

believe Caroline has the street fight she was looking for! She has

been behind in the scoreline don't forget this entire match. And she is

still behind in the scoreline, until she manages to level if she can

level up this second set. Getting a reaction from the box. Ten

minutes ago, this woman was two points from winning the match. It is

now one set all. Your thoughts? Well, how many years have we set

here and watched Caroline Wozniacki do what we have just seen? She just

about kept Kontaveit in range. She was getting pummelled all over the

place, but there is a lot to be said for hanging in. That is her

mentality. That is the environment she has been brought up in, a very

sporting and competitive home life, in a very healthy way. And she does

it not just for a couple of matches, she does it for every single match

and practice session. More serves in for the first serve, that was the

big difference for Caroline Wozniacki, just protected the second

serve, although she did take a hammering, but she did not have to

play as many second serves. It was a more proactive set in many ways, I'm

surprised it was five winners. With numbers like that, how on Earth did

Kontaveit lose that second serve? Look at the breaks won. A World

Number 1, two time grand slam final is coming you don't get many

chances. She makes you self-doubt because her defence is very good, do

we need to see anything technically different from the Estonian to win

this match now? She has a big problem now, when that ball is

floating in the air, she has the transition and finish the point. She

has been a little guilty of restarting a point from the back of

the court. Still smiling, Glenn Schaap. Or is he squinting?

Kontaveit, this is a pretty important service game at the start

of set three. It is good footwork to release the

forehand. Just looking down at this young

Estonian now, you say what the she have to do? I don't believe she

knows what she is going to do out here and the fact the forehand is

starting to miss which has brought her so much success is a big worry

if you are a Kontaveit fan. Wozniacki is clocking all of this.

Having not got the win in two sets and is now up against it at the

start of the third. It was interesting in the tie-break

Wozniacki hits second service Commission was not looking to run

round and unleash the forehand, like it almost got a little too big for

her at that time. Something for him to ponder over in the development of

this young future star. Yes, you will note that yes, she has beaten

Angelique Kerber this year, but that was a tour event. Beating a top

player in a grand slam is a different ball game.

The applying now for the big prizes, Caroline Wozniacki. She has achieved

the goal, it wasn't to win slams originally, it was to be World

Number 1. She has had a number of injuries these last few years so I

think she feels like she is playing on borrowed time. Stayed down on

that beautifully. It is a wonderful one for the photographers. Look at

this. Look at Wozniacki controlling the

tempo now of this match. Playing a little quicker between points. The

top players, they know all the tricks of the trade!

This is how good it is going to have to beat to win points against

Wozniacki, the dynamic of this match has completely changed.

Well, Kontaveit now has to do a Wozniacki in this set and stay tight

on the scoreboard. This is a must win service game. For Wozniacki the

go-ahead, with all her experience, that is a tall mountain. Dashed to

go ahead. Kontaveit, over the last hour and a

half, has begun to realise what an believable the solid base game

Wozniacki has and what she brings to the court, very tough to break down.

Superb! So quick. So determined. Her basic flat speed is nothing

exceptional. But there is a hunger and a desire to move. She loves the

physical part of the game and she sees everything so early.

Just occasionally on that backhand, when Kontaveit is very stressed, her

racket gets very close to the body and she almost has to fight the

ball. Look at the wake Caroline plays, how beautifully positioned

she is in relation to her body when she strikes the backhand. She really

keeps her hands away from her. She got away with it. Back on the

scoreboard. That is a big hold. It gives her a

chance. Yes, like a Wozniacki in the opening set and the second, just

keeping it to one break. Super shots, it just shows you how

physical this sport is, the demands it makes new. Point after point

after point. Very tough again today. Mental strength is going to make a

difference, it always does. And certainly, for the winner of this

title, which is so open, who wants to be the favourite? Not many hands

go up. New balls in play for Wozniacki.

Serving with the break. 2-1, final set. One hour and 35 minutes played.

That was a wonderful pick-up. It is a huge return. So much easy power.

Instance challenge. It bodes well normally. It was swinging away,

wasn't it? What a great call from the line

judge! No fist pump, look at that. Wozniacki has two challenges

remaining. Still a lot of pressure on the

Wozniacki second serve. It went up by 20%. It needs to stay high in the

decider. To do it. Too strong. Break point.

Back of his seat has been unemployed for quite a time.

When I watch Caroline, you do not get this level of mental toughness

overnight. This has been schooled since June your days. The

competitive environment she grew up in with two sportspeople in Mum and

dad is a big factor, but she has done this from day one engineers.

Junior champion here 11 years ago. She was a couple of match point down

in the semifinal to Radwanska's little sister. She is tough. It has

taken a lot of training backed up with superb physical condition. In

the same quarter as Rob balaclava as a senior.

Another many battle won by the Dean save the break point.

Again, another one of those shot back points of less than four shots.

She was not winning those in the first and it has changed in the

second and that is one of the reasons that she is in front.

Hesitated. You know she is going to win the longer points because by the

lover stomach averages it is harder and harder to hit against her.

Insurance points. Caroline Wozniacki is the boss of

the third round. It has taken an hour and 43 minutes

but there is breathing space. Gritting her teeth. Making her

opponent self-doubt as only she can. A great counterpuncher who has added

a bit of aggression. Look at what this means. So much to admire. It

would be a shame it was the act he hangs up a racket without a Grand

Slam title. An ambassador on and off the court. All of these top players

who have got pretty close, they are all scrabbling as fast as they can

be Serena comes back. Saying, we better get a move on. It is

stressing them all out. She was 5-3 down in the second set and has only

lost two games. After an hour and three quarters,

Wozniacki 4-1, double break, final set.

Such a smart play in terms of pattern from Bosnia Aki. You get the

return down the line, straight onto the open play. I love her patterns.

That is maybe why she does not go in much. If she loses, and it looks

like she will, then this is the learning window, isn't it? That she

is going to have a transition game because these big ground shots will

take her foreword. That is terribly polite, isn't it?

Yes. That is just a mental error. Just

not able to sustain the intensity and the intent that she began this

match with. That seems a very long time ago.

Around 40 minutes ago, Kontaveit was a set and 5-4, 30-0, two points from

the next round. She is serving to stay in the match.

I feel this young lady has just realised how hard it is to try to

hit through and pass Caroline Wozniacki and the lot of the pace

has gone out of her ground strokes and is the first set. If you're

going to pass Caroline you have to do it in two sets and you have to

keep up the average speed. Good preparation against Wozniacki is

hitting on a wall for three hours. You just saw there, you just felt

sometimes contemplate when Wozniacki was 40-0 did not compete that well

and almost felt the game had gone. With Wozniacki it is just reset, it

does not matter the score, she will try to drag every game back.

Looking to get the job done right here. She never lets you brave. That

is what all the top players do. What have I got to do? Please with

very little emotion, Caroline, it is all business.

Every time she is playing a point, after it Kontaveit is causing

high-rise. This is a very late tactical change-up. Yes.

Match point saved. Contemplate's turned to hang in this third round.

A while ago, you said, let's see how Kontaveit finishes. Your thoughts? I

think she did very well to hang in there. She is learning the

difference mentally between she is at 38 in the world and with the top

ten player, that is why Wozniacki is back in the top ten now the injuries

and out of the way and she has her team sorted out and she has done a

lot of work on her forehand. Caroline has been very smart. She

has talked a lot about time in the gym. Not as many hours on the

practice good because she is very aware she has to manage her body

because her body has been through a lot more than maybe an out and out

striker. She has run over 2000 metres and thus match. So many of

those are short sharks prints. She is warming up. No smiles yet from

Team Wozniacki. They might be just a couple of minutes away. For the

first time, Wozniacki serving for the match after an hour and 55

minutes. This court is really getting baked

and hardening up. At the start of the Championships it was maybe a bit

harder than previous years because of the heat with three heatwave we

had in mid June. Caroline struggles off of her forehand side to generate

much of her own. That was a little sloppy from

Wozniacki. You would imagine she would target the backhand to close

out this match. Which has been the more unreliable author is Tony on.

Close. Challenged. Match point or break point. The ball was called

out. Kontaveit as two challenges

remaining. Match point Wozniacki. Kontaveit... That is why clothing is

so tough. Kontaveit can hit lots of shots to nothing because she is not

under any pressure, not the sort of pleasure she was under when she was

a set and 5-3. Look out. -- look how intense Caroline is getting. With

every match point that comes and goes it is going to get harder.

It is challenged. The reaction from Wozniacki, she felt she has made

this. Not sure. She has won it. These mile at last. Just over two

hours. Eight case of what might have been for the 21-year-old. For a

Caroline Wozniacki, she never knows when she is beaten. What the

fantastic win. She has given herself a six chance to join the last eight

club at Wimbledon. She is through to the second week at Wimbledon. When

you look at the last 16, she is one of the most mentally tough players

out there and one of the great competitors left in the

Championships. Contemplate learned a valuable lessons. She fancied her

chances. She was not good enough and did not apply the pressure when she

had the opportunity and if you do not do that against the best players

in the world you end up paying for it. You will end up hearing a lot

more from Kontaveit. Remember the name. If you look at the last 16

line-up, considering the upsets we have had, the wonderful matches,

three and CD players, Rob Burrow call -- Rybarikova. The form book

has not been too bad. Wozniacki plays another good hitter. Good

practice for that. Look at the faces. That young lad. I have got

Caroline's autograph. Can I have one? She is fantastic for the game.

You mentioned the number one spot. She finished 2010 and 2011 at number

one. About a Grand Slam. She got some criticism for that. She has

supported women's tennis through and through. I do not think... People

would not be disappointed if Wozniacki won Wimbledon this year.

What would happen back in Denmark? She has had her ups and downs with

injuries and she lost some form a few years ago but she is so good at

bouncing back and tiny in there and believe they have come right in the

end. As a young player that is what you want to follow. That is an

example. A comeback win two points from defeat. She is with Phil Jones.

Congratulations. How did you manage to turn that around? I have no idea.

She was playing really well. I wasn't playing my best tennis. I was

trying. It wasn't going my way. I could not get many serves in. I did

not feel myself. I felt I had to keep digging deep and she started to

get nervous towards the end of the second set and I went for it. I had

nothing to lose. I got lucky. In the third set I played really well. What

is going through your mind at the end of the second set? You have to

get the returns deep. That is all I was thinking. Do not let anything

pass you. I was lucky to get that one. Into the fourth round for a

sixth time. You want to join the last eight club desperately. Your

thoughts? Yes. It is really strange. I love playing on grass and I have

not managed to get past the fourth round many times. Hopefully this

year. A great warm up for your next match against a big hitter, it will

stand you in good stead. It is going to be difficult but I am happy to

have escape this one. Looking forward to the next one. The door is

open. You know what it is like to reach a Grand Slam final. Will that

give you an edge? I think of the next match, one match at the time,

not too far ahead. I have been playing great tennis but I have to

say in the moment. You have been on a great role, keep it going. Thank

you. She will be delighted to keep herself out of trouble, two points

away from going out of the Championships, but champions managed

to raise their game and she did that at the end of the second set and

took control in the third set. 6-2. A big smile, she is desperate to get

to the quarterfinals. She watched it as a kid and she wants to go into

the tournament further next week. On Centre Court, this match on BBC One,

2-0 and Novak Djokovic had a break point but he is serving to stay in

the set. On BBC Two we are going to drop in on court three. He was the

man of the moment last year. Marcus Willis battled his way through

qualifying and then played Fiddler on Centre Court. His fairy tale came

through. -- Roger Federer. Up against the number two seeds. They

lost the first set but they have raised through the second set. Let

us join our commentators. Court number three, the defending

champions, Herbert and Mahut, cruising in the first set and then

they had a fright, the British wildcards, Willis and Clarke, 6-1,

winning the second set and we are tied at one set all. Serving the new

balls. They have been very impressive, to come back from the

first set when the French pair were far better.

Yes, they showed a lot of character in the second set to snatch that

6-1, but there was good energy from Clarke and Willis, they have been

bounding around gleefully, having the time of their lives, lovely way

to spend a Saturday early evening. No better place.

One year ago, Marcus was playing Roger Federer on Centre Court. He

thought his chance might have gone. He lost to Marchenko in qualifying,

the final round, as well. And in the doubles, five set winners in the

first round and doing well, here. Catching the line. They have had a

lot of things going their way but you make your own mark. Yes, moments

of brilliance and inspiration from the British pair, both standing back

respectfully on the serve of Mahut but the French men have been below

par at times and the British pair have taken advantage.

As you can hear, from the noise of the crowd in attendance, four times

as many as at the start, this is one of three matches today that did not

have any court assignment to begin with. And they put them on the show

court at six o'clock on a Saturday evening.

The defending champions on the board again in the third set.

What has been interesting, we were saying that throughout the

tournament, Clarke and Willis hitting 23 aces, Mahut and Herbert,

just nine. An interesting point, the French taking the speed of Mack the

serve to dictate the first set thereafter, normally the volley and

the British pair are really cracking down, six aces, opposed to their

opponents with only two. Very dictatorial off the serve.

Encouraging for the partisan crowd, who are understandably getting right

behind them. We have had a fault and a correction. And the challenge.

Yes, understandably. That was a bit long. Let us have a look. Come on!

They will take it! Even reverse the Hawk might have struggled to see

that that one was in. Hawk-Eye was not named after ruthless, but that

is a nice touch. -- ruthless. I think Clarke, Lewis was frozen in

disbelief at his partner had missed that volley but he could not see

beyond the Frenchman in his way. He was obscured as well, having a

little nap? Stay awake! Support your boys! This is not a typical Saturday

afternoon weather. Says the Scotsman! Factor 400!

This is a big moment in the match for Clarke and Willis, they had

momentum after winning the second set 6-1. The French are plenty of

support in attendance as well. That is the box for Mahut, just behind

the Blitz. -- the British pair. Willis has always had that type of

skill and that was sublime, solos with his hands, look at that, that

takes a lot of self trust. -- so loose with his hands. He has done it

again. We mentioned he is very much, I asked what the secret was to

having that touch at the net and he said his legs. Yes, you must pick

the right sort of ball, if it is coming to very fast it is very

difficult to hit the drop volley off map. The signal behind the back from

Marcus. Big point for the defending champions. That was an untimely

double fault from Clarke, hopefully he can redeem himself landing the

first served. The French team with a break point opportunity early in

this third set. He has been rock solid at the net.

Winning three points from their in this game alone. Very few empty

seats and there are a lot of people waiting to get in outside. This will

probably be filled up very shortly. That point was set up by a fabulous

return of serve by Nicolas Mahut. It really was and the log from Willis

was good but this man is so sprightly to get over his backhand

side and turn that into the forehand smash quickly. The second

opportunity for the French. That is a good call, to say to

Marcus, leave it. That is a family of Clarke. Not bad,

what are you doing today? I am going to see Jay, playing at Wimbledon.

Nice! Then you get them coming out of the woodwork. Maybe a couple,

perhaps for your granny. It is every player's... If you can play at

Wimbledon... It keeps all of your friends quite. Exactly the same!

They have done it again! The umpire says they made the return

but they are disputing that. That was a stern look from the

umpire in the chair, first served. -- first serve.

What about Jade Clarke by Derek? Smiling. It makes it so much more

entertaining when you are the boys watching are thoroughly enjoying it.

It is there to see some humour and emotion, isn't it? Another tennis we

see sometimes is a little bit expressionless. -- some of the

tennis we see. Well played by Marcus. He had to be careful when he

slept that he did not touch the net, which he did not. Saving two break

points. Deadlock on the scoreboard and there is a lot of energy around

the British camp right now. Really closing down then it quickly,

Willis, just that little stumble afterwards but the ball was dead and

buried. There was an issue. -- there was no issue. If, for any reason,

the ball had not gone over, bounced on the other side of the net, that

would be a requirement for the eagle eye umpire to see what came first,

touching the net or the ball dropping onto the net.

We have had a lot of talk this week about the court and the weather and

the dryness of the court as well. We have had a look, what do you think?

The courts are looking good. I think there has been a little bit of

complaint from the players but not much, just because they are dry but

they are playing very well. I think there is a lot of residue, dust and