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Her Majesty will present the trophy to a British winner. The emotions | :00:21. | :00:31. | |
overcoming S Oh, yes. That is perfect. Irresistible. Majestic. In | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
a class of her own. Wimbledon champion, again. Game, set and | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
match. COMMENTATOR: Konta serving for the | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
match. And 39 years since a British woman | :00:51. | :01:13. | |
played on a Wimbledon semifinalists. Reverberations of that win for Jo | :01:14. | :01:20. | |
Konta echoing here. Yesterday Johanna Konta became the first woman | :01:21. | :01:28. | |
to reach a semifinal since Virginia Wade and 7.5 million of you watched | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
the drama unfold on Centre Court. Today the baton passes to the men's. | :01:34. | :01:43. | |
The last 8 includes Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Djokovic. Their | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
proven form here makes them favourites to go through, but as we | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
saw with Rafa, upsets do happen. Well to day 9 for some more | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
Midsummer sporting magic. Crushing power. Ripped the daylights | :01:55. | :02:29. | |
out of it. Roger Federer does it again. The quarterfinals for Andy | :02:30. | :02:39. | |
Murray. By this evening, eight will become four and we'll know the | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
line-up for the men's semifinals here at the Championships. The | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
tension is high and the stakes are high as the tournament reaches the | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
business end. Good afternoon on court today are four quality men's | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
quarterfinals at Wimbledon and if Andy triumphs today, it'll be the | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
first time in 50 years that a British man and a British woman have | :03:02. | :03:08. | |
made it through to a Wimbledon semifinal, after Jo Konta's | :03:09. | :03:10. | |
incredible victory yesterday. These are special days for British tennis | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
and we are lucky to witness these two playing at their best. While we | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
are here at the BBC celebrating 90 years of covering the Championships, | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
guess what this, could be one of the best. But, we won't get ahead of | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
ourselves. We will go back to today. It is men's quarterfinals day. Here | :03:30. | :03:31. | |
is how they match-up in draw order: Already a great British Wimbledon | :03:32. | :03:44. | |
Andy Murray could make it Bert by reaching the semifinals for the 8th | :03:45. | :03:56. | |
time. Murray faces Sam Querrey. 34 Giles Muller is in the form of his | :03:57. | :04:05. | |
life but maybe the best is still to comfort big-serving left-hander. He | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
is up against Marin Cilic who has flieded through the draw. He has yet | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
to drop a set. Milos Raonic reached the final last year and the | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
big-hitting Canadian knows how to beat the best at Wimbledon. He plays | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
Roger Federer, who is in an unprecedented 50th Grand Slam | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
quarterfinal. But the record he really wants is an 8th Wimbledon | :04:28. | :04:29. | |
title. The Wimbledon grass brings out the | :04:30. | :04:38. | |
best in Tomas Berdych and the Czech is aiming to reach the semifinals | :04:39. | :04:47. | |
for the second year in a row. Berdych must overcome three-time | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
champion, Novak Djokovic. He's had a tough 12 months but it looks like | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
the former world number one is back to his best. Well those are the four | :04:56. | :05:00. | |
matches we can look forward to. Here on BBC One, we will be a be heading | :05:01. | :05:08. | |
to Centre Court to watch Andy Murray who has just taken the first set and | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
following him it is Roger Federer against Milos Raonic and on BBC Two | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
shortly, Giles Muller has taken the first set against Marin Cilic, will | :05:18. | :05:19. | |
shortly, Giles Muller has taken the first set against Marin Cilic, will | :05:20. | :05:20. | |
it be another upset and Tomas Berdych against Novak Djokovic. All | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
those matches to look forward to. Everyone enjoying the weather here | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
today. Up on Henman Hill we had horrible rain yesterday but I'm | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
pleased to say it has been good so far. Let's find out if there is rain | :05:33. | :05:39. | |
on the horizon. Here's Carol? Not today. We are looking at cloud | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
continuing to break up. Plenty of sunny spells. We have a northerly | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
breeze which is adding a chill to the forecast. It should ease through | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
the afternoon and with highs up to 22 or 23, it'll feel pleasant. As we | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
head on into the evening, very much the same. The temperature only | :05:58. | :06:00. | |
dropping by a couple of degrees and it should stay dry. Into tomorrow, | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
again it is a bit more of the same. We are looking at a fine start to | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
the day, some sunshine around. A little bit of fair weather cloud | :06:14. | :06:16. | |
bubbling up through the afternoon but that won't cause problems. If | :06:17. | :06:23. | |
anything, it is going to be a degree or so warmer than we are looking at | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
this afternoon. One thing, the pollen levels today and tomorrow | :06:29. | :06:30. | |
will be high. Thank you very much, Carol. It is a | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
little blustery, that may affect players on Court Number One where | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
they don't have the roof. We were wondering how tired Giles Muller | :06:42. | :06:48. | |
might be, well it seems not, he has taken the first set off Marin Cilic. | :06:49. | :06:57. | |
Ta match on BBC Two in a moment. -- that match. And here on Centre | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
Court. Well, it was Andy Murray on court against Semi | :07:02. | :07:16. | |
-- Sam Querrey and he made the walk on to Centre Court to huge cheers, | :07:17. | :07:24. | |
the defending champion. Well that was about an hour ago up against the | :07:25. | :07:32. | |
big-sevening American, Sam Querrey and Murray struck in the first game. | :07:33. | :07:39. | |
He broke his serve. And that's key, and Murray kept his serve. Here he | :07:40. | :07:46. | |
is at 5463 with set point. -- at 5-3 with set point. So Murray takes the | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
first set in 28 minutes. He is on his way. So that was a short time | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
ago. On to the second set now. It is on serve with Querrey leading 3-2. | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
Let's join the commentators, John McEnroe and Andrew Castle. ANDREW | :08:04. | :08:11. | |
CASTLE: Well, Querrey was dealing with nerves and two or three minutes | :08:12. | :08:20. | |
can make a difference. Big Sam Querrey who beat Djokovic last year. | :08:21. | :08:27. | |
He beat Rosol. He is a fighter. It is hard, John McEnroe to know what | :08:28. | :08:35. | |
he can do to change, to bring himself into this match as a factor. | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
If you were coaching him what would you say? Obviously the serve is a | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
big factor in terms of what particular shot can keep him in the | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
shot but to me, the emotional intensity, he needs to show more | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
fight, more grit. Outward emotion. To me, he needs to engage more | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
people in the crowd to get more respect. To me. It is not his | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
nature. 'S shy guy. Tall guy, from Santa Monica, likes to hide under | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
his hat, do his thing. He is an excellent player and if you want to | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
do something extraordinary on this court and get to your first semi in | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
a slam, you have to get out of your comfort zone, to me. Or at least a | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
little bit. Two former champions at Queen's | :09:26. | :09:36. | |
Club. Querrey winning that event in 2010. Five timesp Andy Murray a | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
champion. I wonder if Querrey is all the way | :09:40. | :10:08. | |
back, you know physically. It is a bit of a concern watching him move | :10:09. | :10:15. | |
around so far, early in this first set-and-a-half. Two tough | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
five-setters on route to his quarter here. | :10:21. | :10:53. | |
The big legs there of Sam Querrey. What would be a slight concern is if | :10:54. | :11:04. | |
he was unable it get over to that volley. Murray makes life miserable | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
up there and keeps it low and makes you hit tough shots. It is one of | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
his favourite plays, to drop the two-hander down to the big Guy's | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
feet. I watched him do it plenty to Raonic last year in the final. | :11:20. | :11:41. | |
If you are a fan of Querrey, I'm hoping that when given the | :11:42. | :11:49. | |
opportunity, he is going to become more aggressive on that second | :11:50. | :11:52. | |
serve, in particular. Murray, smartly, keeping his percentage | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
high, 70% so far. Not giving query a whole lot of opportunities. | :11:59. | :12:19. | |
Oh - what? That was unusual. Lucky. It landed like an egg going flat on | :12:20. | :12:27. | |
the top of the net. Look at this. And it has top-spin on it, normally, | :12:28. | :12:43. | |
that would pop up a little higher. Still game point. | :12:44. | :13:20. | |
Changes at 7 and now the 9th game we're playing, you would think it | :13:21. | :13:28. | |
would be a prime moment. You mentioned that the balls are even | :13:29. | :13:33. | |
more beat up. They count the warm-up as two games. And you're not exactly | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
going too big in the warm-up. This is a chance for Murray to step it | :13:40. | :13:42. | |
up. Querrey is getting frustrated he is | :13:43. | :14:01. | |
not able it bring his A-game to the occasion, so far. | :14:02. | :14:18. | |
Well, you cannot just counter his backhand when he is in this mood. | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
The first one a cross-court, the second one, laser-like down the | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
line. Sam was far back. He chose to come in. And he never could get | :14:29. | :14:34. | |
himself comfortable, get in a good position. Excellent play. Suddenly, | :14:35. | :14:36. | |
0-40, second serve. Murray thought the serve was out. He | :14:37. | :14:54. | |
would not challenge and stop the point. | :14:55. | :15:08. | |
Let's look at a replay and see if in fact that serve was in that Murray | :15:09. | :15:17. | |
was complaining about. It may not matter. Still break point. Oh, that | :15:18. | :15:24. | |
was top of the net. Lowest, hard on the net as well. Three foot high | :15:25. | :15:27. | |
there. Oh, ow. Self-flagellation on Centre | :15:28. | :16:07. | |
Court. Here's the point. You could argue over that. I could. This will | :16:08. | :16:21. | |
be a get away if Querrey gets it. He is still grumbling about that 0-40 | :16:22. | :16:24. | |
call. And that is a beautiful, beautiful | :16:25. | :16:39. | |
shot You love it. I did love it. Such greatp hands. He gets it down | :16:40. | :16:51. | |
low again. Querrey is forced to come up and improvise. | :16:52. | :16:59. | |
Whatever it was, it was a thing of beauty to see. | :17:00. | :17:08. | |
The third at 0-40 was out. -- the serve. It was. | :17:09. | :17:28. | |
He is hoping it doesn't matter. He is getting his fourth opportunity | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
here. UMPIRE: Game Murray, new balls, | :17:33. | :17:47. | |
please. Murray leads by 4-3, second set and | :17:48. | :18:03. | |
by 1-0. Well there you go, Andy Murray assumes total control of this | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
quarterfinal and this backhand is just a stunning shot. | :18:08. | :18:11. | |
How do you attack it? Unless it is unbelievably low, you are cutting | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
the ball, so it stays just above the surface or hitting it so hard. You | :18:19. | :18:25. | |
can't hit through it. It is a good point which is why, if I were game | :18:26. | :18:30. | |
planning against Murray, if I'm coming in, I'm not coming in on that | :18:31. | :18:37. | |
side. I'll make him beat me on the forehand. Look at the variety. | :18:38. | :18:44. | |
Big targets, nowhere near the line, you know he is not going to miss any | :18:45. | :18:54. | |
of these, like Djokovic. Well, we had a set yesterday when Jo Konta | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
was playing and her forehand was hit harder than Murray's. She hits an | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
incredible well-paced forehand and backhand but a lot of what Murray | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
does is deliberate. He is mixing up the paces. I was taught by someone | :19:09. | :19:12. | |
who told me - never hit the same shot twice. It seems like Murray had | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
that same sort of guidance when he was young. It makes it so difficult | :19:18. | :19:23. | |
and miserable to play him. To get a feel for what he is going to do. How | :19:24. | :19:30. | |
do you game plan, if you are Querrey for the low backhand volleys at your | :19:31. | :19:34. | |
feet? Awfully tough to deal with. UMPIRE: Let, first service. | :19:35. | :19:54. | |
I don't know if Sam understood how important it was for that hold at | :19:55. | :20:01. | |
0-40, to get back, if he could've won that game. | :20:02. | :20:26. | |
You'd Bert step it up now, if you're Querrey. -- you'd better step it up. | :20:27. | :21:07. | |
You have to find that gear. Murray showing his first signs of | :21:08. | :21:43. | |
some tightness. So, he is trying to stop him from | :21:44. | :21:55. | |
getting a huge lead. Oak, yes, coming in with power this | :21:56. | :22:35. | |
time and exerting power by hitting his foot. Andy Murray, disappointed | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
with that, a poor game from him. But credit to Querrey for attacking. | :22:42. | :22:45. | |
Well, what he did was, he hit it quite a bit harder which wouldn't | :22:46. | :22:53. | |
allow Murray the time to set up that low ball. That is an incredible game | :22:54. | :22:57. | |
for Querrey. A game-saving, a match-changing game for him. She'll | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
be pleased. That's Abbey Dixon, Sam's partner. | :23:02. | :23:43. | |
Murray is going to be forced to regroup, mentally. Things seemed to | :23:44. | :23:48. | |
be all going his way. And that is upping the heat. 133 | :23:49. | :24:25. | |
miles per hour. Two games to Querrey. We've talked about | :24:26. | :24:29. | |
Querrey's character. He is very shy. I don't think he likes the limelight | :24:30. | :24:45. | |
too much. But he was on a show in America called the Million air | :24:46. | :24:52. | |
Matchmaker. It is like the Bachelor, and the girl who won the chance to | :24:53. | :24:58. | |
go out with him never returned his texts. That's a bunch of baloney. | :24:59. | :25:06. | |
How is your book going? I hope it is going OK. A couple of people are | :25:07. | :25:10. | |
interested. That's your second volume. How many volumes do you have | :25:11. | :25:18. | |
in you? A trilogy, or maybe when I'm 70, or 75 or maybe not but in the | :25:19. | :25:24. | |
meantime I'm going to tell you something for Querrey. That 4-3 game | :25:25. | :25:28. | |
to be a career-changing game. If he wins this - because he was out... He | :25:29. | :25:34. | |
was done. I'm telling you. If he steps it up here. I'm not saying he | :25:35. | :25:41. | |
is an incredible player but this is an opportunity that I didn't expect | :25:42. | :25:45. | |
I would see. An hour played in this quarterfinal. First set to Murray on | :25:46. | :25:50. | |
one break. He had a break but lost it in this second set. | :25:51. | :26:59. | |
Jamie Delgado in the middle there. He played over 20 Wimbledons | :27:00. | :27:06. | |
himself. Smart play. It is. Take it. Take it | :27:07. | :27:37. | |
to the opposition. Absolutely. It is tougher to come up with that when | :27:38. | :27:42. | |
you are trying to stay in the game. Suddenly we may have a match here. | :27:43. | :28:14. | |
It's hard to know what the score is when you look at Sam Querrey. | :28:15. | :28:23. | |
UMPIRE: Let, first service. It is a bit of a turn-up. From a set | :28:24. | :29:17. | |
and a break, Murray now, set-point down. | :29:18. | :30:06. | |
You can't ask for a better weapon ban Sam Querrey had inheres | :30:07. | :30:18. | |
forehand. He mis-hit that -- band Sam Querrey had in his forehand. He | :30:19. | :30:21. | |
mis-hit that and what a disappointment. | :30:22. | :30:49. | |
That is a strange loss of control and the backhand that Murray hit | :30:50. | :31:00. | |
previously wasn't exactly out of the middle. Second set point to Querrey. | :31:01. | :31:23. | |
Why not? Fantastic forehand top-spin deep into the court. He gets the | :31:24. | :31:39. | |
short ball and then crunches it. And suddenly, it's game on. Not since | :31:40. | :31:44. | |
2009 have we seen an American semifinalist at this level, which is | :31:45. | :31:48. | |
hard to believe, and Sam is saying, if you don't want to win it, I will. | :31:49. | :31:54. | |
It is inexplicable to see what happened in the last ten minutes. It | :31:55. | :31:59. | |
just shows you what nerves can do to anyone. He seemed to be just | :32:00. | :32:03. | |
cruising along, no real stress or sweat. Outplaying Querrey and Ben | :32:04. | :32:11. | |
out of nowhere, he is back in the mix, big-time. That game there, to | :32:12. | :32:20. | |
get that break, the initial break, suddenly put shock waves through | :32:21. | :32:27. | |
this crowd Andy Murray's game dropped off considerably in that | :32:28. | :32:32. | |
set. Just lost the ones that survive in this tournament until that one. | :32:33. | :32:38. | |
That was to Fabio Fognini. Querrey is a different capital -- a | :32:39. | :32:46. | |
different kettle of Fish. Querrey only had two opportunities, bottom | :32:47. | :32:49. | |
right of the page, and took two of them. Well done to Sam Querrey. He | :32:50. | :32:56. | |
has had a lot of coaches over and one of the shots they have them | :32:57. | :33:00. | |
working on is taking the backhand early. You can't neutralise people | :33:01. | :33:03. | |
without backhand, you have to take it on, and straight from the | :33:04. | :33:09. | |
practice Court Two Centre Court, it paid off. You can see the pace he | :33:10. | :33:15. | |
can get on any ball. You saw it in a COBOL code when he beat Thiem, | :33:16. | :33:21. | |
Kyrgios and Nadal to win the thing. -- you saw it in Acapulco. | :33:22. | :34:24. | |
This would be the last thing you would want, to build up momentum and | :34:25. | :34:33. | |
beliefs and dump your game in the first service game -- dump your | :34:34. | :34:39. | |
serve in the first game of the third set. | :34:40. | :35:10. | |
Oh, that's got to be a challenge. Mr Querrey is challenging the ball on | :35:11. | :35:33. | |
the baseline. The ball was called in. That's got to be very close. | :35:34. | :35:37. | |
Maybe it caught the side of the line. Let's see. The call stands. | :35:38. | :35:43. | |
Was that first serve? Well, that's very commendable, | :35:44. | :36:15. | |
obviously, for Murray, but extremely disappointing for Querrey. He had | :36:16. | :36:20. | |
belief for the first time in this match. That is what, I mean, I know | :36:21. | :36:27. | |
it's early and he could come back, but that's when you've really got to | :36:28. | :36:31. | |
bear down. That's extremely unfortunate for the big American | :36:32. | :36:34. | |
there to dump serve. Not a good game. | :36:35. | :36:51. | |
I'll tell you, the best guys, the challenges -- the champions, they | :36:52. | :36:59. | |
shrug it off. It wasn't easy for Murray to move past that, but he did | :37:00. | :37:05. | |
it. If you look at his body language and you didn't know the score, you | :37:06. | :37:12. | |
would think it would be Querrey that just blew the second. | :37:13. | :37:45. | |
That's a good job by Querrey to keep his composure. A well struck Murray | :37:46. | :37:51. | |
forehand. That came off, out wide. Swinging a | :37:52. | :38:13. | |
little bit early on that ball. It must be nice for Murray to play | :38:14. | :39:20. | |
somebody relatively normal in tennis terms. He has played Boo Blick, who | :39:21. | :39:32. | |
was a little zany in tennis terms, Dustin Brown and Fabio Fognini. They | :39:33. | :39:36. | |
are definitely top ten in zany tennis terms. Maybe top five? | :39:37. | :39:44. | |
Definitely. Kyrgios would be up there. Definitely top ten, for sure. | :39:45. | :39:58. | |
He has got a few tricks up his sleeve. | :39:59. | :41:12. | |
we will be right back with this match but let's have a look at the | :41:13. | :42:02. | |
feature of British tennis. McCue has just put out the sixth seed in the | :42:03. | :42:11. | |
Junior Championships. He is one of Andy Murray's regular training | :42:12. | :42:22. | |
partners here and he loves taking on board all the advice he has to give. | :42:23. | :42:27. | |
He has certainly taken it on board, because he has gone through really | :42:28. | :42:33. | |
well and is through in the Junior Championships here at Wimbledon. Not | :42:34. | :42:43. | |
such a great game for the Liverpudlian brothers. They have | :42:44. | :42:49. | |
gone out on straight sets. Back we go now to Centre Court. | :42:50. | :42:58. | |
In the bright sunshine, after an hour and 12 minutes of play, it is | :42:59. | :43:07. | |
two sets to one to Andy Murray. That annoys you, doesn't it? When it | :43:08. | :43:21. | |
hits the line and stops. I think it annoys everybody. You expect it to | :43:22. | :43:27. | |
come in a certain area and suddenly it is held up and you are away in | :43:28. | :43:32. | |
front of it. I can't understand why the line pigment make such a | :43:33. | :43:37. | |
difference. Why can't it move through the court in the same way? | :43:38. | :43:41. | |
Why can't it bounce in the same way? I knew it annoyed you. | :43:42. | :44:10. | |
That was certainly an unusual passing shot. He was forced to | :44:11. | :44:18. | |
squash shot it, Murray. It almost worked. | :44:19. | :44:45. | |
Querrey tried stepping in and it's pretty clear that most of this | :44:46. | :44:55. | |
match, Murray isn't going for his biggest serve. Encouraging, dare him | :44:56. | :45:00. | |
to do it. Get that percentage down. Currently at 62%. 114 mph. Seemed to | :45:01. | :45:14. | |
be at the wheel of Querrey, dumped into the net. | :45:15. | :45:46. | |
Easy to say from here, but the aggression affected the pitch. No | :45:47. | :45:53. | |
need to hit it that far. People so got to play some percentage tennis. | :45:54. | :46:00. | |
A quick visit to the shot before they got here. In fact, that might | :46:01. | :46:04. | |
have come from Southfields tube station, I think. | :46:05. | :46:25. | |
That's just the type of adjustment you hope to see. When he is | :46:26. | :46:36. | |
aggressive and forces Murray to hit that passing shot. | :46:37. | :46:46. | |
Get around on as many forehands as possible if you are Querrey. | :46:47. | :47:32. | |
Oh, yes. That was time standing still. When that goes over your | :47:33. | :47:38. | |
head, everything goes into slow motion. Very annoying if you are the | :47:39. | :47:49. | |
guy. Oh, no, I know it's going in. You know it. Nicely done. And he's | :47:50. | :47:56. | |
wondering what happened on that first service game once again in | :47:57. | :48:02. | |
this third set. One set all, break to Murray once again. Barker: We | :48:03. | :48:18. | |
will be back on centre in just a moment but this is the match on BBC | :48:19. | :48:27. | |
Two at the moment and Gilles Muller is on 92% of first serves in this | :48:28. | :48:31. | |
match. An awesome percentage, so really difficult for Marin Cilic. | :48:32. | :48:35. | |
That tie-break could be very close. We will continue to keep you | :48:36. | :48:40. | |
up-to-date with that much on BBC Two here are BBC One as well. Back we go | :48:41. | :48:42. | |
to Centre Querrey was down a set and a break | :48:43. | :49:01. | |
and there will be no panic from him, because he came back. He knows he | :49:02. | :49:05. | |
can do that. Look at the way that string reverberates after contact. | :49:06. | :49:09. | |
That's the biggest change in the game. Not the frame but the way the | :49:10. | :49:17. | |
strings are. I don't want to call it a rookie mistake but Querrey was | :49:18. | :49:25. | |
tight and gave away that first set, then he found something he didn't | :49:26. | :49:30. | |
expect and break twice to win the second set, only to dump serve at | :49:31. | :49:31. | |
the start of the -- only to dump serve at the start | :49:32. | :49:45. | |
of the third. That's not going to do it if you are playing Murray. He's | :49:46. | :49:55. | |
got sweet hands. You have not to give him plenty of time to assess | :49:56. | :49:56. | |
his options. Frustrating, as he sent some | :49:57. | :50:27. | |
vulnerability from Murray, Querrey must have seen it, pulled out the | :50:28. | :50:35. | |
second set, and that the is when you really have to you recognise your | :50:36. | :50:38. | |
opportunity. A golden chance for him to really take it to the number one | :50:39. | :50:40. | |
seed. He hasn't done it. Murray, as we have seen so often, | :50:41. | :51:30. | |
showing such emotional strength in coping with whatever he has two. | :51:31. | :51:37. | |
Back in the drivers seat at one set all. Can Querrey do the unexpected | :51:38. | :51:45. | |
again? That would really be surprising. Get back into this set? | :51:46. | :52:34. | |
That rose up off the court, didn't it? Reared up and the speed is one | :52:35. | :52:46. | |
thing, but when it bounces up off of the six foot six frame of Sam | :52:47. | :52:51. | |
Querrey, that's something else. New balls. Those balls are flying | :52:52. | :52:56. | |
through the air. This is what they mean by saying that he can take the | :52:57. | :53:01. | |
racket out of another player's hand. There's sometimes just nothing you | :53:02. | :53:02. | |
can do. Game, Querrey. Thank you very much. | :53:03. | :53:20. | |
It's amazing how he seems to be noticeably limping, shrinking. Yes, | :53:21. | :53:29. | |
and then he sprints after a ball like a gazelle. Now, listen, I know | :53:30. | :53:33. | |
you don't with Gopher these graphics and bits and bobs, but we think you | :53:34. | :53:34. | |
were like this. Look at the difference in his | :53:35. | :53:54. | |
backhand, do you like that? Is this graphic acceptable for you? I do | :53:55. | :54:05. | |
like that. Having worked with me, he likes the detail. Was he a detailed | :54:06. | :54:15. | |
man? Absolutely. Very much. For me, I am more about feeling it, but the | :54:16. | :54:23. | |
great players can shift on what they see in the match. Nonetheless, I | :54:24. | :54:29. | |
would have told you from the very beginning that Querrey needed to be | :54:30. | :54:33. | |
more aggressive of the return of serve, no question. Everyone is up | :54:34. | :54:43. | |
there in the Royal box today. They are waiting to see whether this | :54:44. | :54:48. | |
becomes a great match or not. This, the opening offer of Centre | :54:49. | :55:03. | |
Court today. Roger Federer versus Milos Raonic, last year's semifinal | :55:04. | :55:05. | |
next up. You don't see him laughing off too | :55:06. | :55:27. | |
many misses. Normally very dependable with that shot. | :55:28. | :55:59. | |
Cue more than made up for it there. A half-volley drop shot. Just | :56:00. | :56:11. | |
getting the pace of the ball as you move your racket away from it, ever | :56:12. | :56:14. | |
so slightly. Just wonderful. What used to be a rare and beautiful | :56:15. | :57:00. | |
thing is now commonplace, isn't it? The accuracy on passing shots has | :57:01. | :57:03. | |
made for being so difficult. That's true. | :57:04. | :57:15. | |
You still think it would be tougher to hit that type of shot at 15-40 | :57:16. | :57:28. | |
than 40-15. Querrey has got to still move forward. | :57:29. | :58:21. | |
Really, these are great days for British tennis. Johanna Konta into | :58:22. | :58:31. | |
the semifinals, Andy Murray who's been in eight of the last | :58:32. | :58:37. | |
quarterfinals, only Dimitrov managed to beat him in a quarterfinal, the | :58:38. | :58:44. | |
LTA really are trying to improve British tennis. The matching of a | :58:45. | :58:51. | |
worth of money as well from local businesses and councils to add | :58:52. | :59:02. | |
covers to courts and facilities so that the inspiration of this man can | :59:03. | :59:06. | |
be followed up. I see all these kids playing around at sports days on my | :59:07. | :59:13. | |
way in my motorcycle, I'd love to see them playing tennis rather than | :59:14. | :59:16. | |
the egg and spoon race, but bless them for being active. | :59:17. | :59:42. | |
Murray is trying to get this second set, get up two sets to one. | :59:43. | :00:18. | |
It was a bit about up here. Sam Querrey's just trying to step even | :00:19. | :00:26. | |
close and hope that you get a mistake. Rob Lee not going to happen | :00:27. | :00:31. | |
on that shot. Just stand there and lead the entire court open -- | :00:32. | :00:37. | |
probably not going to happen. Take one for the team if necessary. Just | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
hover over him and make him hit you! This is a little tense, isn't it? | :00:43. | :01:01. | |
This game is a bit tense. As well it should be. | :01:02. | :01:11. | |
Bury up a break for - three, lost three straight games and served | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
twice. -- Murray. The bad part of his mind reminding | :01:17. | :01:27. | |
him right now that he's done that, he's got to overcome that. | :01:28. | :01:37. | |
Oh! That's what you can do to an 84 mph second server. Querrey forcing | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
himself forward. Mis-hit. Slightly. Is that the sun coming out just at | :01:44. | :01:55. | |
that moment? History repeating itself in the | :01:56. | :02:46. | |
second set, although he didn't serve for that. The sun is in a terrible | :02:47. | :02:54. | |
position for the ball toss, he's going to have to adjust that tours. | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
Further over to the left-hand side. -- adjust that toss. | :03:01. | :03:29. | |
Well, it's a challenge, but I'm not sure Murray is convinced it's going | :03:30. | :03:37. | |
to be successful. Unbelievable that Querrey has done it again. And | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
exactly the same way, with his driving backhand. Well, couldn't buy | :03:42. | :03:50. | |
a first serve in that game, son or not. | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
UMPIRE: Mr Murray challenged the call, the ball was called in. | :03:57. | :04:15. | |
SLOW CLAPPING CHEERING | :04:16. | :04:56. | |
Giggle that is a tremendous, tremendous lob. How was the drop | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
shot -- that was a tremendous lob. Querrey is a bit weary from all the | :05:01. | :05:12. | |
running he did at that point, he might have to go for that. | :05:13. | :05:22. | |
It's a good job, the chance to lead for the first time in this match, | :05:23. | :05:25. | |
finally. The last time he was in that | :05:26. | :05:33. | |
position was when he lost his opening service game. | :05:34. | :06:01. | |
GASPS APPLAUSE | :06:02. | :06:48. | |
Looking to go after that second serve. | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
Querrey hit one of the best ones he had in the match today. | :06:53. | :07:25. | |
Have you got any theories as to what is going on here? I mean, whilst I | :07:26. | :07:50. | |
salute Sam Querrey's effort coming back inserts two and three from a | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
break down, there certainly has been a bit of a let down. Andy Murray's | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
standard when he's been in those positions. I think the people that | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
are so long in tennis, you can see pretty clearly in this particular | :08:06. | :08:12. | |
match how emotions pretty clearly in this particular | :08:13. | :08:13. | |
play such a huge factor. In a match of this magnitude. There's never | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
been a big match, arguably, for Querrey. If you can win this he will | :08:20. | :08:26. | |
get to his first ever slam. We know how much pressure Murray has been | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
under. Not the same now, he's won it twice, been there and done that. And | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
yet out there he's trying to actually execute, he's probably not | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
100% physically, he couldn't quite get it over, there can't be any | :08:42. | :08:44. | |
other reason, the just tightened up. He's human. You know, he's going | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
down after somehow, you got to move past that, that's the tough part. | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
The best guys do it better than everyone else. You say forget about | :08:56. | :09:02. | |
it, a lot easier said than done. Incredible chance for Querrey in | :09:03. | :09:09. | |
this set. The crowd has really been a nonfactor so far. Unlike the | :09:10. | :09:16. | |
contact match yesterday. -- the Johanna Konta match. | :09:17. | :09:55. | |
As I say, is the most important tie-breaker of Sam Querrey's life to | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
take place. The most important couple of minutes, potentially, in | :10:03. | :10:03. | |
his career. So far this tournament, Querrey has | :10:04. | :11:01. | |
won three and lost one. Andy Murray just played the one against Benoit | :11:02. | :11:04. | |
Paire, you might remember, from the first set. | :11:05. | :12:27. | |
the discipline. He's got to that return. -- he's got to make that | :12:28. | :12:42. | |
return. Oh! Why he didn't let that one | :12:43. | :13:08. | |
bounce. It's got to increase the speed as it | :13:09. | :13:25. | |
is coming down a little bit from that high up. The bounce takes that | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
out of the equation, but too late now. | :13:31. | :14:00. | |
Well, a terrible, terrible tie-break so far for some wary. -- for Sam | :14:01. | :15:17. | |
Querrey. It started with that return. On the second serve just | :15:18. | :15:20. | |
went from bad to worse. That's right. Unfortunate for Querrey, as | :15:21. | :15:28. | |
hard as he's worked to get back in this set, what an opportunity. | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
Murray is hobbling. There's no question... Is certainly not walking | :15:34. | :15:40. | |
like... Is running well! We'll see if it affects his serve and all. I | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
don't think so there. UMPIRE: Mr Murray challenges the | :15:46. | :16:32. | |
call at the left nearside lying. It's a challenge, I think it was in. | :16:33. | :16:36. | |
We've been told again and again that Andy is fine. | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
That he is as fit as ever and he's always walked like he's walking now. | :16:43. | :16:50. | |
As a man with a metal hip, I can tell one who's got a hip problem Oh! | :16:51. | :17:02. | |
He needs to finish this off. He's had enough leads in this match both | :17:03. | :17:11. | |
in the second set and the third set. We don't want to lose... I say we, | :17:12. | :17:16. | |
not impartial! He doesn't want to lose this first point. | :17:17. | :17:22. | |
This is the end where the sun is an issue. It has poked its head out | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
again. That's a heck of a shot. Querrey | :17:27. | :18:00. | |
returning the favour. He's seen enough of those in this match. He | :18:01. | :18:05. | |
elected to get the first deal in. How quick can we see him do it this | :18:06. | :18:07. | |
time? Yes! Good serve out wide, it brings | :18:08. | :18:36. | |
in the third set. 2-1, Murray in the sunshine of Centre Court, this has | :18:37. | :18:37. | |
not been easy. Well, you know what, John, I suppose | :18:38. | :18:55. | |
if it was easy, everybody would be doing it. That's true. And you have | :18:56. | :18:59. | |
to credit Murray with coming up with the goods there. Sam Ward like that | :19:00. | :19:04. | |
tie-break back. He did play it well. -- Sam Ward like. | :19:05. | :19:09. | |
This is the service motion. He's been talking about it himself for | :19:10. | :19:15. | |
weeks, we've noticed that he is likely hippie, of the right hip, as | :19:16. | :19:22. | |
far as we can tell. It's not stopping him winning matches, which | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
is the key element. And when he's running he's absolutely fine. Firmly | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
enough, when you miss serves, it hurts more! -- funnily enough. Did | :19:32. | :19:37. | |
you notice that, everything hurts more when you miss? It's when you | :19:38. | :19:41. | |
have trouble sleeping with hip problems that you have to speak to a | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
surgeon. Did you never have anything? No, I got the hips right. | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
This has been interesting, for sure, this match. The ebbs and flows were | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
routine for Murray. Some cause for concern. He has shown some real | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
fortitude when he's needed to. Sam has stepped it up at times, | :20:06. | :20:12. | |
unexpectedly. Not able to seize that opportunity, and you wonder how many | :20:13. | :20:17. | |
more he's going to get at this stage, unless Murray is hurt. | :20:18. | :20:22. | |
Querrey has been the guy who has had the tough road to the quarters. He | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
seems to have found his second wind. He was a bit sluggish early, tight. | :20:27. | :20:32. | |
The first set was run away, the second set he should have lost. This | :20:33. | :20:41. | |
set, looked out of it. Again, he hit that chance, as you pointed out, not | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
a good tie-break. Let's see if he can shrug that of. | :20:46. | :20:56. | |
Well, it does appear at the moment that he is really taking quite a bit | :20:57. | :21:00. | |
off his serve. Some of it may be tactical, because | :21:01. | :21:10. | |
Sam has done a better job as this match has progressed, attacking the | :21:11. | :21:11. | |
second serve, some of it physical. Well, vignetting bad, the net, | :21:12. | :21:37. | |
stopping Murray on full sprint there -- the netting there. It looked like | :21:38. | :21:44. | |
a jet landing on the aircraft carrier. Decelerating with a bad | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
hip. Don't use the net if you can, if the point is over. Like a | :21:51. | :21:52. | |
wrestler just bouncing on it! Oh! The court is a bit firm, we saw | :21:53. | :22:08. | |
that in the heat. The kick-serve bounces up a lot higher than normal. | :22:09. | :22:18. | |
He has won 57 matches at Wimbledon has Andy Murray over his career. | :22:19. | :22:35. | |
Only just Sir Richie and Arthur Gore have more wins at Wimbledon. Who? | :22:36. | :22:44. | |
Sir Richie was more of a roll and a table tennis player but he won a | :22:45. | :22:49. | |
gold, silver and bronze at the London Olympics. He lost of the Gore | :22:50. | :22:54. | |
in the final, who has won the most matches, there you go. -- he lost to | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
offer Gore. How did I not know?! He was a notable rower, it says. In | :23:01. | :23:03. | |
notable rower, playing tennis! Seeing Sam just out there, you know, | :23:04. | :23:30. | |
I know that's the way he operates, it's the way he's been. | :23:31. | :23:38. | |
You know, he may never have the opportunity again. | :23:39. | :23:57. | |
UMPIRE: New balls, please. He's got a tremendous serve on him. | :23:58. | :24:59. | |
His father Michael was drafted by the Detroit Tigers baseball team, | :25:00. | :25:04. | |
but he turned that down and went to play college baseball. And then he | :25:05. | :25:08. | |
went into the financial world, his father. He was the absolute inverse, | :25:09. | :25:13. | |
Sam. He was offered a scholarship to go to an American university, but | :25:14. | :25:21. | |
elected to turn pro instead. The USC, the University of Southern | :25:22. | :25:25. | |
California, a great university. One of my daughters goes there. It's not | :25:26. | :25:34. | |
cheap, is it? No, it's not. Tracy Austin's kids... It goes on and on. | :25:35. | :26:04. | |
Murray is certainly giving off the vibe that he's not right. That's | :26:05. | :26:11. | |
right. So, Sam seems to be picking up on that. | :26:12. | :26:18. | |
He's recognising this incredible opportunity he has. | :26:19. | :26:26. | |
There it is again. It's not the 98, it shouldn't go that wide. That's | :26:27. | :26:37. | |
exactly what you should attempt to hit if you're Querrey, well done. | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
Relatively safe shot for him. That triple break point. | :26:43. | :26:59. | |
And he's pulled off the playing surface once again! Andy Murray, and | :27:00. | :27:08. | |
he hobbles to the change of ends. And that is the only way you can | :27:09. | :27:13. | |
really describe this gate, he might have straightened up a little bit as | :27:14. | :27:16. | |
he was walking past his opponent there. But that's not permanent. For | :27:17. | :27:23. | |
the first time, Murray has a lead in a set first. He has a lead with a | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
break of serve -- Murray. That is a pretty strong effort from him. He | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
has battled exceptionally hard -- Sam Querrey has a lead. As the match | :27:35. | :27:40. | |
has gone on, it appears that Murray is losing some steam on the servers, | :27:41. | :27:45. | |
no question, he's not moving quite as well. He has lost his last 35 set | :27:46. | :27:50. | |
matches, Murray. The last one he won was against Tsonga here last year. | :27:51. | :28:02. | |
He's been certainly around the tour, his fitness level, after he got his | :28:03. | :28:11. | |
first Wimbledon, two sets up. Johannsson at Queen's Cup as well. | :28:12. | :28:15. | |
Think about the physical work is done since then. That's not going to | :28:16. | :28:19. | |
happen, is it? It's just this hip area. At 26 or 27 my hip started to | :28:20. | :28:27. | |
go, it never was the same. I have a much better idea how to handle it, | :28:28. | :28:32. | |
deal with it. Physios and doctors and people around the sport, but | :28:33. | :28:36. | |
it's still a tricky spot. The way that they torture their bodies, they | :28:37. | :28:40. | |
just swing so hard. It's called the line. Very | :28:41. | :29:27. | |
disappointing for Andy Murray, of course. | :29:28. | :29:46. | |
And the thing is that Querrey today is moving better than he has right | :29:47. | :29:49. | |
now. The entire part of this match so | :29:50. | :30:01. | |
far, he's looking like he's got himself going big-time. | :30:02. | :30:13. | |
Boy, he tiptoed around that last backhand but to take a swing at the | :30:14. | :30:24. | |
forehand was impressive. It looked like he was hoping that return would | :30:25. | :30:28. | |
go out instead of trying to set him up for that backhand. Still an | :30:29. | :30:30. | |
excellent return by Murray. He has kept his man positive over | :30:31. | :31:14. | |
the course of the last two years, get him to two Wimbledon | :31:15. | :31:22. | |
quarterfinals. He lost to Anderson in the fourth set and still | :31:23. | :31:28. | |
rebounded. He has shown some mental fortitude here. In the third round, | :31:29. | :31:38. | |
he was forced to wait overnight in the fifth set against Tsonga. Came | :31:39. | :31:45. | |
out and broke serve. This is quite an eventful five matches now for | :31:46. | :31:50. | |
Querrey. That's it. Taking you back to 2012, | :31:51. | :32:17. | |
when he contested the second longest match in Wimbledon history. Last in | :32:18. | :32:22. | |
the third round to Cilic, 17-15 in the fifth. He's looking to take this | :32:23. | :32:32. | |
to a fifth and if he gets this break, that will be an odds-on | :32:33. | :32:34. | |
probability. Not missed by much, either. Sam's on | :32:35. | :33:06. | |
it right now. Remember, he's never, ever been in a Grand Slam semifinal. | :33:07. | :33:08. | |
Uncharted territory. You know, the fire is not fair, is | :33:09. | :33:47. | |
it, for Murray, who so quickly well whip around and talk to the box, use | :33:48. | :33:54. | |
the energy from the crowd and his coaches, his wife. Everybody, he | :33:55. | :33:58. | |
will engage. He is flat as a pancake. | :33:59. | :34:06. | |
Definitely not right, whether its concentration are entirely physical, | :34:07. | :34:14. | |
either way the combination sees him down 4- and a quarter set. And just | :34:15. | :34:18. | |
to finish the point on Sam Querrey and his marathon antics, he played | :34:19. | :34:23. | |
the doubles here with Gilles Muller and they lost first round in five | :34:24. | :34:32. | |
sets. He I said Warrior. We haven't given enough credit to his fitness. | :34:33. | :34:39. | |
And Murray, we've got to be extremely concerned because he has | :34:40. | :34:43. | |
gone extremely flat, emotionally out of it right now. He's sizing up | :34:44. | :34:48. | |
things as we speak. We don't know physically what's going on. He's | :34:49. | :34:52. | |
going to have to do try to tap into something and regroup so that by the | :34:53. | :34:57. | |
beginning of this fifth set, which would be extremely surprising if we | :34:58. | :35:04. | |
don't see it, he's ready to go. Five set matches, the ebbs and flows of | :35:05. | :35:09. | |
concentration are so different to three sets. It's still the ultimate | :35:10. | :35:13. | |
test and I love it. It's what Grand Slams are about. I hope they never | :35:14. | :35:20. | |
lose it. I agree and I think they should at the very least have a | :35:21. | :35:25. | |
tie-breaker in the fifth set. I would even say may be slightly | :35:26. | :35:30. | |
earlier in the fifth set. It's been a tussle already for both these | :35:31. | :35:36. | |
guys, emotionally, physically. But it goes to a fifth, Querrey looks | :35:37. | :35:40. | |
like he is cruising, cruise control now. | :35:41. | :35:55. | |
Murray almost being forced to guess, he's that confident in his movement | :35:56. | :36:05. | |
at the moment, that's for sure. He would have thought we'd be looking | :36:06. | :36:13. | |
at that graphic. -- who would have thought we'd be looking at that | :36:14. | :36:15. | |
graphic? The marathon match you referred to, | :36:16. | :36:44. | |
Cilic beat Querrey in the second longest match at Wimbledon. That may | :36:45. | :36:48. | |
happen again, the way things are going. The way things are going, | :36:49. | :36:57. | |
Cilic is up in his match and Querrey is heading for a fifth set. | :36:58. | :37:00. | |
Unbelievable. Everything is working at that moment | :37:01. | :37:26. | |
for the big man from Southern California. | :37:27. | :37:45. | |
I don't think Murray wants to be serving second in the fifth set. He | :37:46. | :37:54. | |
will make a real effort to at least make Querrey serve this out. | :37:55. | :38:30. | |
He's feasting on that second serve now. Believe it or not, set point | :38:31. | :39:10. | |
for Sam Querrey. He's hitting off one leg at the | :39:11. | :39:55. | |
moment. No sense of balance to his stroke. | :39:56. | :40:35. | |
The racket head, you lose control of that if the base isn't there. Set | :40:36. | :40:41. | |
point. A quick match. Only two hours and 15 minutes. | :40:42. | :41:00. | |
That's the end of that. Once again, Querrey going five sets. It's been | :41:01. | :41:14. | |
awhile since Murray was pushed that much here but one wonders at the | :41:15. | :41:20. | |
beginning of this fifth set whether Murray can find something from | :41:21. | :41:27. | |
somewhere or whether he will call a medical time-out. Technically, he | :41:28. | :41:31. | |
wouldn't be able to because he was taking this injury on court with | :41:32. | :41:38. | |
him. Who was the last man to win 35 setters to win a -- to win three | :41:39. | :41:50. | |
five setters to win a Grand Slam? I think it was Roger Federer in | :41:51. | :41:54. | |
Australia. Sam Querrey could be the next man up. I think he would have | :41:55. | :41:58. | |
had a very sizeable bet that that wouldn't have happened. I'm | :41:59. | :42:05. | |
surprised actually that Murray hasn't called the trainer. He needs | :42:06. | :42:11. | |
to pull that leg right out. It feels so compressed. You can feel the | :42:12. | :42:17. | |
difficulty he is having in that right hip area and no matter how | :42:18. | :42:20. | |
many reassurances we have had from the Murray camp, that he is fine, | :42:21. | :42:25. | |
that is not the evidence I have seen with my own eyes. As this match has | :42:26. | :42:32. | |
progressed, Querrey has dominated, sensing vulnerability and taking | :42:33. | :42:38. | |
full advantage, to his credit. Let's give credit to his fitness, people. | :42:39. | :42:46. | |
Because he is looking better than he looked at the beginning in terms of | :42:47. | :42:48. | |
his movement. That is saying something. | :42:49. | :43:05. | |
And that man, Mr Rod Laver, know something about winning here. And | :43:06. | :43:09. | |
everywhere. That's an excellent volley by | :43:10. | :43:34. | |
Querrey. He's done a nice job mixing up the Punch follies, using some | :43:35. | :43:38. | |
touch of his own. Why doesn't he go up there more often? | :43:39. | :44:06. | |
He needs the crowd on this one, Murray, get him out of his bunk. | :44:07. | :44:20. | |
I think he played a match, was it here, I don't know if you remember | :44:21. | :44:47. | |
it, where he hit 15 misses in a row. Was that against Cilic? The Cilic | :44:48. | :44:53. | |
matching 2012. 17-15 in the fifth. Out on Court Number Two, it went on | :44:54. | :45:01. | |
for ages, the second longest match in history. The Whaley is looking at | :45:02. | :45:10. | |
the moment, he could be one of the great returners in history. This is | :45:11. | :45:15. | |
a very important game, because Murray didn't have anything going at | :45:16. | :45:22. | |
all in the fourth set, even at the end of the third set. It's been 45 | :45:23. | :45:28. | |
minutes since Murray had any kind of winning with them. He needs to hold | :45:29. | :45:30. | |
here to have any chance. That is beautifully done by Querrey. | :45:31. | :47:43. | |
It's as good as I've ever seen him move. I can't believe how well he's | :47:44. | :47:50. | |
getting round the court. After two tough five setters. You didn't think | :47:51. | :47:54. | |
you'd get another chance there, but he did, and he's got a view break | :47:55. | :47:55. | |
points. It had to be perfect because you saw | :47:56. | :48:27. | |
it. It just didn't bounce high enough for this guy, he's so tall. | :48:28. | :48:50. | |
And it's away and there's just no base that he's hitting off, there's | :48:51. | :48:56. | |
no strength in the lower half of the body. His average first serve speed | :48:57. | :49:02. | |
is way down from what it normally is. Four or five miles an hour less | :49:03. | :49:09. | |
generally in this tournament but he's really lacking pace. Querrey is | :49:10. | :49:14. | |
getting a lot of returns back, subsequently. He couldn't possibly | :49:15. | :49:21. | |
have expected to be in this position right now. This is an unbelievable | :49:22. | :49:28. | |
chance for him. The last man in a Grand Slam semifinal from the United | :49:29. | :49:38. | |
States of America, Andy Roddick. And in that semifinal, 2009 Wimbledon, | :49:39. | :49:45. | |
he put on a masterclass tactically to beat Andy Murray. | :49:46. | :50:10. | |
He sure looks unstoppable at the moment. Everything working for | :50:11. | :50:13. | |
Querrey. And since that dominant performance | :50:14. | :50:49. | |
in the third set tie-break, it's just been one-way traffic, hasn't | :50:50. | :50:53. | |
it? Nine games to Querrey and just one to Murray. That is insects four | :50:54. | :50:59. | |
and five. Clearly physically there is an issue. It's not making excuses | :51:00. | :51:05. | |
for the home player. We have enjoyed over the years the top seed care. | :51:06. | :51:11. | |
We've got to hand it to Querrey. I remember last year when Milos Raonic | :51:12. | :51:18. | |
was making his run, he was slated to play Novak Djokovic Chile quarters | :51:19. | :51:24. | |
who he's never beaten, but instead he's playing Sam Querrey at the | :51:25. | :51:35. | |
moment. It was a great opportunity for both of you and you've got to | :51:36. | :51:42. | |
take advantage of it. Murray appeared to be in cruise control, | :51:43. | :51:47. | |
his Battle impeded. You put yourself in a position, he did beat Novak | :51:48. | :51:53. | |
last year, so you knew he was capable. And then he backed it up by | :51:54. | :51:59. | |
beating Matthew, which showed great professionalism. It's only one break | :52:00. | :52:07. | |
but it feels like this is really slipping away. | :52:08. | :52:47. | |
He could really use the crowd now. Trying to find the will and | :52:48. | :53:38. | |
wherewithal to play this out. Querrey exposing this physical | :53:39. | :54:39. | |
issues Murray seems to be having to get down, twist around and deal with | :54:40. | :54:43. | |
that low ball. Hard to imagine that Andy Murray, | :54:44. | :55:30. | |
even in the physical state that he's in, is not going to have at least a | :55:31. | :55:36. | |
half chance somewhere along the line to break back. | :55:37. | :55:52. | |
But, first things first, you have to hold serve. I mean, to go down 4-0 | :55:53. | :55:59. | |
now, that would be curtains. He's not only expecting the very | :56:00. | :56:51. | |
things you just said, he'll get his chance. | :56:52. | :57:02. | |
Just casting a faint shadow over the net that ball is it just dribbled | :57:03. | :57:06. | |
over. it's a whole blood serve for Murray | :57:07. | :57:29. | |
but he won't have been too pleased to hear that new balls are coming | :57:30. | :57:35. | |
out now. Querrey, who has a nice service with them and a break of | :57:36. | :57:42. | |
serve. -- it's a hold of serve for Murray. | :57:43. | :58:15. | |
It was called good. The chair was in our way. He has used that top-spin | :58:16. | :58:29. | |
very well to chop those balls. Getting the baseline on the | :58:30. | :58:35. | |
sideline. How is this for a service with? Is in it. Yes. The left there | :58:36. | :58:55. | |
is Sam Querrey's partner. That is a monumental service game. I mean, | :58:56. | :59:01. | |
what are you going to do? 160 mph ace to start with and there more of | :59:02. | :59:06. | |
the same. A reminder that Murray hasn't won a six -- a five set match | :59:07. | :59:11. | |
since defeating Sunda at this stage last year. This is a tough time for | :59:12. | :59:18. | |
him. He has an injury that he hasn't wanted to talk about but it has | :59:19. | :59:24. | |
appeared to be present for some weeks now, as Sam Querrey closes in | :59:25. | :59:29. | |
on this famous victory. The last time Querrey played a five setter | :59:30. | :59:32. | |
was here at Wimbledon in the first round last year. He won it 12-10. He | :59:33. | :59:39. | |
played a five setter two days ago. And he played one on Friday that | :59:40. | :59:45. | |
went into Saturday. And in doubles. Before these ones, though. Sam is | :59:46. | :59:54. | |
working big time, because I've never seen him even better. But you do | :59:55. | :59:58. | |
feel good when your opponent feels bad. That is a good point, an | :59:59. | :00:04. | |
important point. It has kept him in it. | :00:05. | :00:16. | |
Querrey has pick it up, so works in reverse, too. | :00:17. | :00:25. | |
Querrey is moving well out there, hustling. Really, taking it too Andy | :00:26. | :02:07. | |
Murray, outstanding last couple of sets. | :02:08. | :02:55. | |
There it is again. Unbelievable hustle. | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
He knows these are virtual match points and he is digging deep. | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
As well he should. Up thank you. | :03:05. | :03:15. | |
-- UMPIRE: Thank you. | :03:16. | :03:30. | |
UMPIRE: Mr Querrey challenges the call. The ball is called in. | :03:31. | :03:46. | |
Certainly for Sam worth looking. Maybe... | :03:47. | :04:34. | |
Oh! UMPIRE: Game Querrey. | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
Wow! And that point doesn't mean we have | :04:38. | :04:57. | |
to say goodbye to Andy Murray. Best point of his life you just watched. | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
Not a man who shows his emotions easily. | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
Best point of his life by far, right there. Wonderful to be here to watch | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
it. UMPIRE: Thank you. | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
On the line. UMPIRE: The ball is called in. | :05:19. | :05:33. | |
UMPIRE: Call stands. Three points away. The biggest victory of his | :05:34. | :05:41. | |
life. Yes, he beat Djokovic here last year n the third round but | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
there were circumstances. Who would have thought he would which the last | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
two sets against the number one player, defending champion, 6-1, | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
6-1, fourth and fifth set. I have to say it again, there is definitely | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
something wrong with Andy Murray, physically. There is no question | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
about that. When you lose the fight, when you | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
are not feeling, that is the first thing, not to compete 100%. | :06:10. | :06:17. | |
And it's away. The defending champion, the the top seed is one | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
point away from relinquishing the title he won last year, with that | :06:23. | :06:29. | |
victory over Milos Raonic. This has been double quick, sets | :06:30. | :06:30. | |
four and five. Game, set match point. That is it. | :06:31. | :07:32. | |
That it should finish on a huge Querrey ace, certainly physically | :07:33. | :07:35. | |
Andy Murray not right, and we will find out more about that, but Sam | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
Querrey, a piece of tennis history for him. | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
This is his 42nd appearance in one of our Grand Slams. And no wonder | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
his coach and his partner are delighted. Nobody has ever had to | :07:53. | :07:58. | |
wait longer to get through to his first Islam semifinal, and it is sat | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
Wimbledon where he has done so well in the past. Of course, the | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
questions will revolved round Andy Murray, how bad is the hip. He has | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
not been walking right. Anticipate he will be taking a firly | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
significant amount of time off at the least, to try to get that thing | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
back on track. Querrey, this is the greatest win of his life. | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
Considering the circumstances. He's, you have to feel amazing for him. | :08:33. | :08:40. | |
If Cilic and Muller get a sniff of this on Court One, they will be very | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
surprised to see the score line in sets three and four. 6-1, 6-1. That | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
is where the questions will be asked about Andy Murray and his fitness. | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
Nobody could have tried harder to have kept that secret or kept his | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
Championship efforts in defence of the Wimbledon he won last year | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
alive. But thaw is it, Andy Murray is still signing autographs to his | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
eternal credit. Sam Querrey makes hiss way back here, he is a | :09:09. | :09:14. | |
semifinalist at Wimbledon, fabulous, a shire man, retiring man, doesn't | :09:15. | :09:18. | |
love the spotlight but his tennis did the talking today. Two hours and | :09:19. | :09:23. | |
42 minutes, perhaps if Andy Murray had taken that two set lead, he was | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
a set and break up, it could have been different. The bottom line is, | :09:28. | :09:34. | |
Murray is out, Querrey is in and he is talking to Leigh. Slayer of | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
Wimbledon champion last year it was Djokovic, this time Andy Murray, | :09:39. | :09:41. | |
what an incredible performance, congratulations. Thank you. I'm | :09:42. | :09:45. | |
still in a bit of shock myself, it was just, you know, the last point I | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
was happy to hit the serve and I am thrilled right now. Andy took the | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
first set in 28 minute, he looks like he was in discomfort but you | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
played incredibly well, what was the difference out there today? You | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
know, I didn't start my best, I kept wit, kept swinging away and found a | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
groove in the fourth and fifth set. Everybody seemed to be falling my | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
way. It is incredible to you you the first American through to the | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
semifinals bah back 2000s 9. How special does it feel? It feels | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
great. Mine, this is is a dream come true, and to be in the semifinals, | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
and to have it at Wimbledon makes it a bit more special. It is important | :10:27. | :10:30. | |
for you to enjoy the moment but not dwell on it too much, because in | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
less than 48 yours you will if your first Grand Slam semifinal, Cilic | :10:36. | :10:38. | |
and Muller are schroging it out. What will prep be for you in the | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
next couple of days before you head into the biggest moment of your | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
tennis career? I will enjoy it longer and have an easy day | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
tomorrow. Well done. Also for the record, | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
amazing that an American man hasn't won a Grand Slam title for 14 years | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
but big Sam is through, and two matches away from taking the title. | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
You wouldn't bet against it after that, wonderful serving from Sam, | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
and that has been the big weapon hes had. Had. You have to feel sorry for | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
Andy Murray, his movement was hampered in the last three sets but | :11:19. | :11:21. | |
Querrey questions, it has been a long wait for him, but he is at last | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
through to the last four. And a big smile on Centre Court, but | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
a big shock here at Wimbledon, as it is Querrey who goes through and | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
Murray is out. And joining me is Tim Henman. When | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
you have a serve like Sam Querrey has on a grass court, you know, you | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
are in with a chance against anyone? Yes, very much so, that has been | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
emphasised by Querrey's performance here over the year, he beat Djokovic | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
last year, we have seen the damage the serving can do with Muller who | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
put out Nadal. That will be an important factor in Querrey's game. | :12:01. | :12:03. | |
You have got to give him credit for the level of tennis that he played | :12:04. | :12:07. | |
but there is is a big question mark over what has been Andy Murray's | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
fitness over the last three or four weeks and today, to see him in so | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
much discomfort, it is one thofz thins where you hope if you have a | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
niggle it might improve as the tournament has gone on but it is | :12:21. | :12:24. | |
evident for everybody to see it has deteriorated and movement is such an | :12:25. | :12:29. | |
important part in his game. You thought he is going well, then there | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
was a dip in form, then it became evident in the third, fourth and | :12:36. | :12:38. | |
fifth sets he couldn't move that well. No, and, the movement is | :12:39. | :12:45. | |
obviously a hinder rans physically but it a distraction mentally. | :12:46. | :12:48. | |
Murray was up a set and break, you think perhaps he can take advantage | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
of this, and get two sets to love up, but you can see lots of the | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
noments today, you, yes, he was hobbling and trying to change | :12:59. | :13:01. | |
direction, pushing off the compression in the hip joint is | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
uncomfortable, and, you know, at this level, at this stage of the | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
tournament, you know you have to be, 100 percent, or very close to it, | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
and that is not the case for Andy, so it is disappointing. As you say, | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
it is that, because you have to push off, that is what you have to do in | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
tennis, a hip injury will affect almost every part of it. The sefrks | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
he was serving like 80mph, 09mph. You can't do that. No, no, and you | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
see the average speeds there, it is is a long way down, and your legs, | :13:35. | :13:40. | |
that is where the major amount of power comes from, it is the | :13:41. | :13:44. | |
foundation you drive up to, without being able to use both legs, the hip | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
connecting your legs and core is so important, and that was an area that | :13:50. | :13:54. | |
obviously Murray was down significantly, and, yes, as it is a | :13:55. | :13:57. | |
physical issue it becomes a distraction, up a set and an you | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
think can he get up? That didn't materialise, a break in the third | :14:04. | :14:08. | |
set, that went to the tie-break, even though Querrey was down two | :14:09. | :14:12. | |
sets to one you felt he had the energy to keep making Murray work, | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
and rushes through the fourth is it 6-1. That will boost his confidence. | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
With Murray's movement, the writing was on the wall. Querrey, you know, | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
he was very much aware of what was happening down the other end. He was | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
going to capitalise on it. He was going to move it, and attack the | :14:31. | :14:33. | |
serve s they were sitting up. That is is right. I think he did a good | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
job on second of move forking Ward. That was another great angle. | :14:41. | :14:43. | |
Sometimes when you are playing an opponent that is a bit injured it | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
can become a distraction for you, but I think Querrey was very clear | :14:48. | :14:52. | |
in his game plan, he wanted to be offensive, mainly behind the serve. | :14:53. | :14:56. | |
Hen he got short balls on the Murray serve he was looking to step in. The | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
more you can take your time away from an opponent that is not moving | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
so well the better it will be. You see how laboured that is from | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
Murray, he is normally good at using his skills to get the ball back in | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
play. You can't run it will be difficult. It is not easy to | :15:15. | :15:17. | |
maintain your focus and concentration but a cow have to | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
think should I change my game plan, should I start drop shot, but he | :15:23. | :15:25. | |
kept with his plan of hitting the big shot. You are right. That is | :15:26. | :15:29. | |
where experience comes into it. Querrey has opinion on the tour many | :15:30. | :15:34. | |
time, he has had big win, this is the biggest on the biggest stage, | :15:35. | :15:39. | |
and you know, he did a very good job in staying focussed on his own game, | :15:40. | :15:43. | |
he knew that the aggression and taking time away from Murray was the | :15:44. | :15:47. | |
right way to play, whether he was injured or not, but with Murray a | :15:48. | :15:52. | |
step or two steps slow, your gaps get bigger from the back of court. | :15:53. | :15:56. | |
You can move him one way or another, or go behind and that was going to | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
pay off for him. It is a new look Querrey, because we have talked so | :16:02. | :16:05. | |
much about the big serve, that is the big weapon but he has more than | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
that. Yes, definitely. He is capable of playing on any surface because of | :16:11. | :16:14. | |
the opportunities, the serve sets up, but... He loves the serve | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
forehand combo. He is not the only one that likes to bang the big serve | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
and get forehand into play. He moves well. He can use the slice. He | :16:25. | :16:30. | |
stayed in the rally to wait for his opportunity, and, certainly when he | :16:31. | :16:35. | |
got them with the fourth and fifth sets to win, that is impressive. And | :16:36. | :16:40. | |
also the fact, as we see there, what a point as John said, this is the | :16:41. | :16:44. | |
point of his life, because there was no coming back for Murray from that. | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
Even Andy's box knew it as well that was key. It S it is break point for | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
a double break in the fifth, and you know, often with Querrey's serve, a | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
single break will be enough, but up 5-1 even in a Wimbledon | :17:02. | :17:04. | |
quarterfinal, you felt like that was going to be a final nail in the | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
coffin. As far as Querrey go, playing five set, this is the third | :17:10. | :17:13. | |
five setter in a row, so any doubts about his fitness gone. Very much | :17:14. | :17:20. | |
so. This is, we have had that blip with the long match with Nadal and | :17:21. | :17:24. | |
Muller and knock on effect of Djokovic, but that is where Querrey | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
has been fortunate with day on, day off and he has had long matches but | :17:30. | :17:32. | |
he will get his day off tomorrow to make sure he has the chance to have | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
an easy day to rest and recuperate and come back for a big day on | :17:38. | :17:42. | |
Friday. It was horrible to see Andy struggling so much. You feel for | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
him. We have all played with injuries and we know how bad it is. | :17:47. | :17:50. | |
Sometimes completing the match was good. He could have thrown in the | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
towel earlier I think he knew the writing was on the wall. You can see | :17:56. | :17:59. | |
there there is no real chance for him to chase down the balls we have | :18:00. | :18:04. | |
seen him do for so long, and again given the circumstances with the | :18:05. | :18:07. | |
schedule they play, there are going to be tournament where you are | :18:08. | :18:10. | |
injured and you will have to pull out, but as the defending champion | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
and home-grown player at Wimbledon, the biggest tournament of the year | :18:16. | :18:18. | |
to go out in these circumstances is disappointing. There lot of people | :18:19. | :18:26. | |
say why didn't he take an injury time out, he could have had the | :18:27. | :18:30. | |
trainer on during change of ends but the hip is an injury you can't | :18:31. | :18:35. | |
treat. I don't think there is a great deal you could do, especially | :18:36. | :18:39. | |
if you have been treating it for so long, the week before he had three | :18:40. | :18:44. | |
days without practise, think he had an injection then to try and settle | :18:45. | :18:51. | |
it. It is over a two week vent, sometimes injuries can improve and | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
you might sort of run them off if you like, but this one has | :18:56. | :19:00. | |
deteriorated unfortunately, and, you know, the last two sets we have seen | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
how much it hampered his game. I have never had a hip injury but I | :19:05. | :19:09. | |
think this will be a long time out. They will need to find out what is | :19:10. | :19:13. | |
wrong with it. Playing the last five matches or so. Hopefully he hasn't | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
done long-term damage but he needs a few weeks off now. It has been a | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
torrid year, world number one at the end of last year, so much to | :19:24. | :19:28. | |
celebrate. Went to his training camp. Then shingles in February, an | :19:29. | :19:34. | |
illness in April. Other injuries, it hasn't had a chance to string | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
matches together. Add not only that, but to give him the foundation from | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
the practice court and gym, because as you say an incredible finish last | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
year, but really perhaps didn't have enough time to rest and recuperate | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
to give his body a chance to recover before his training block in Miami. | :19:55. | :20:02. | |
We know how hard he pushes himself. In hindsight, he was in the final at | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
Doha, then straight back on treadmill. He played the Australian | :20:09. | :20:12. | |
Open with shingles, that is when the rash came out and still he probably | :20:13. | :20:15. | |
didn't give his body enough time to recover. He has always been playing | :20:16. | :20:22. | |
catch up. In the French Open he was ill the week before but still found | :20:23. | :20:25. | |
way to get to the semifinals and likewise he has had problems the | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
week before, lost at Queen, it has been difficult for him. In hindsight | :20:30. | :20:35. | |
when Croy look back at last year, because he entered every tournament | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
to try and finish at number one, may be if he had paced himself and been | :20:41. | :20:44. | |
number one in February, he wanted it. To get the number one, to finish | :20:45. | :20:53. | |
the year is a Monday yuesmt Article 50 achieve. He could have taken more | :20:54. | :20:57. | |
time off to say I'm not going to play an exhibition, I will probably | :20:58. | :21:02. | |
go straight to Australia to give myself more time. He is such awe | :21:03. | :21:07. | |
competitor, he is playing some the best tennis of his life. She | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
probably thinking. Co-on Melbourne, I will win another Islam. It is | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
probably time to sit down with his team, his medical team and you know, | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
plan out the next couple of months leading up to the US Open. That is | :21:23. | :21:29. | |
what he has to get his body right before he can start. He has to | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
rebuild. Confidence wise, he will be done. Again, you get to number one | :21:34. | :21:37. | |
in the world, there is only one place to go, that is down. He still | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
played some great tennis and he has lots to play for for the rest of the | :21:43. | :21:46. | |
year. Hard court is is a great surface, he has won the US Open. You | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
would like to think he will qualify for the World Tour Finals. He has to | :21:53. | :21:56. | |
get healthy. That is the most important thing, there is plenty of | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
good tennis ahead of him. He has won a lot of great matches but he | :22:02. | :22:05. | |
expected a lot of himself and he go along with the ride. It will be | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
tough for Andy Murray, that is the big shock. He is oud. Roger Federer | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
will be walking on Centre Court for his quarterfinal match against Milos | :22:15. | :22:20. | |
Raonic, and I am sure the big talking round is what a surprise | :22:21. | :22:23. | |
that was that Andy Murray is out, and a huge disappointment for the | :22:24. | :22:29. | |
home fans as well. But over on BBC Two at the moment, it is Gilles | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
Muller against Marin Cilic. Muller has broken. This look like this is | :22:35. | :22:39. | |
going to go into a fifth set. Set. I don't know where he gets the energy | :22:40. | :22:45. | |
from. He is heading into a fifth set against Marin Cilic. The winner of | :22:46. | :22:51. | |
that one will be facing Sam Querrey in the semifinal. Well, what a story | :22:52. | :22:57. | |
here, so that means that now Jo Konta is the only Briton left in the | :22:58. | :23:00. | |
Championship. That will add to the pressure and expectation on her | :23:01. | :23:04. | |
young shoulder, we will take you back to yesterday and hear from Jo | :23:05. | :23:07. | |
about her amazing victory in the quarterfinals. | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
It's a very special day for Johanna Konta. | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
It is extra special for British tennis fan, they have waited 33 | :23:19. | :23:24. | |
years to be able to say one of their own is in the quarterfinals. | :23:25. | :23:30. | |
Whenever you engage in one of these Titanic tussle, you seem to have the | :23:31. | :23:39. | |
belief. Wow. Her trademark. My trust in my own ability has got | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
to be there. The situation at moments like this, | :23:45. | :23:49. | |
it is more from experience than necessarily what I believe I can or | :23:50. | :23:54. | |
cannot do. I have always believed in my own ability. I have needed to | :23:55. | :24:00. | |
accumulate experiences and time. That is a magnificent tie-break from | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
Halep. Konta has to come from behind the win I go into every Championship | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
to be involved in the event till the very end. | :24:12. | :24:18. | |
But, I am fully aware that every match I will get to play will be a | :24:19. | :24:22. | |
testing one and will challenge me. Most standing. Look at that. | :24:23. | :24:29. | |
Somehow, Johanna Konta has forced a final set. I don't take anything for | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
granted and I demand of myself my best effort and my full commitment | :24:36. | :24:39. | |
to what I do, and to make sure I prepare well and I do the best I can | :24:40. | :24:40. | |
out there. British tennis history the made. You | :24:41. | :25:06. | |
are the first British woman since 1978 to #r50e68 reach the semifinals | :25:07. | :25:09. | |
at women don and winning that match means you will be in the top five of | :25:10. | :25:14. | |
the women's rankings when they are out next week. I didn't know about | :25:15. | :25:17. | |
that. OK. | :25:18. | :25:20. | |
Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you. When you tot up these | :25:21. | :25:26. | |
achievements do you pat yourself will be in the top five of the | :25:27. | :25:29. | |
women's rankings when they are out next week. I didn't know about that. | :25:30. | :25:30. | |
OK. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank | :25:31. | :25:32. | |
you. When you tot up these achievements do you pat yourself on | :25:33. | :25:35. | |
the back and go "Well done"? It is difficult, because I guess, in both | :25:36. | :25:39. | |
in the position we are in tennis, things move quickly, before you know | :25:40. | :25:46. | |
it it is already an ex event next week, because things are so | :25:47. | :25:52. | |
fast-moving, it is almost an art to reflect well, and to acknowledge the | :25:53. | :25:55. | |
good things you do, and that is something I work on to make sure I | :25:56. | :25:59. | |
acknowledge the good things I am doing, but I'll let you know after | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
Wimbledon how my pat on back went, OK? | :26:05. | :26:12. | |
She has remained focussed. Hasn't got carried away with the hype No, | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
you hear her speak and being told she will be top five in the world. I | :26:18. | :26:20. | |
am sure she is trying to stay in the moment of what she is doing because | :26:21. | :26:24. | |
her performances have been fantastic, I think the match she | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
played on Centre Court against Vic kick when she won 10-8 in the third | :26:30. | :26:33. | |
was such good quality tennis, that is the foundation for her moving | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
forward. She has a great opportunity against Venus, and I think she has | :26:39. | :26:41. | |
done very well to sort of use the crowd, but remain focussed. She | :26:42. | :26:45. | |
hasn't been distracted. That is very important when you are playing at | :26:46. | :26:55. | |
hope. Halep moves so well, she runs everything down. Jo had to stay | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
positive in going for her Shotts. In the most CIDical moment, it went to | :27:02. | :27:05. | |
the second set tie-break, that is do or die, she was clear, she hits well | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
on her receive s when she gets the chance to dominate from back to | :27:11. | :27:14. | |
court she goes for the shots and that is it in her game and she | :27:15. | :27:19. | |
continues to do that, you know, time and time again, irrespective of the | :27:20. | :27:23. | |
score, she talks about process not outcome, and that is absolutely | :27:24. | :27:27. | |
right, and, yes, for sure, believe that she can keep on winning. | :27:28. | :27:32. | |
Scheeps improving every year, she adds something all the time. There | :27:33. | :27:35. | |
is such a a weakness, that is gone there is no weakness in her game | :27:36. | :27:40. | |
now. No, she moves well, we talked about the serve and the ground | :27:41. | :27:45. | |
stroke, she has a good understanding of the game, when to go up the line, | :27:46. | :27:50. | |
from her point of view, she know how good she can be, she is raising the | :27:51. | :27:54. | |
bar, she is challenging herself, when you reflect over the last | :27:55. | :27:58. | |
couple of years she was outside 150, and then, just continued to improve. | :27:59. | :28:04. | |
That is great for her, but it is up is an important role model for the | :28:05. | :28:07. | |
younger generation, she can see what the hard work has been able to | :28:08. | :28:11. | |
achieve for her. And what really impresses thin who has played in | :28:12. | :28:16. | |
game, is how you play the big point, how well you play them, and he | :28:17. | :28:21. | |
showed no sign of nerves when it got to the end. No, it would have been | :28:22. | :28:25. | |
easier for her to instead of playing each point as it comes to start | :28:26. | :28:29. | |
thinking about the score board when she was getting closer to victory, | :28:30. | :28:34. | |
when she starts hitting the spots on serve because she has plenty of | :28:35. | :28:39. | |
power, she is going to be tough for anyone to beat. And just looking at | :28:40. | :28:45. | |
her playing Hal, but it will be a different sort of match against | :28:46. | :28:49. | |
Venus, you couldn't get more different players. Venus has the | :28:50. | :28:54. | |
weapons to hurt Jo. As I have said many times before on grass it is the | :28:55. | :28:58. | |
toughest surface to defend on, you want to be the one being offensive | :28:59. | :29:03. | |
so we have to look to see who gets on the 06 fence earlier in the | :29:04. | :29:09. | |
rally, Venus has a great serve, she can dictate from the back of court. | :29:10. | :29:14. | |
That is what Jo will try to do. How can you exploit the weaknesses? | :29:15. | :29:19. | |
Against Venus hit behind her, try to get her change direction, any second | :29:20. | :29:22. | |
serve opportunities look to be aggressive and you probably will be | :29:23. | :29:26. | |
saying the same from the other end of the court. Every player says it | :29:27. | :29:30. | |
will take it one match at a time. This is is a Wimbledon semifinal. I | :29:31. | :29:34. | |
don't know if you remember your first one, you can't ignore it is a | :29:35. | :29:39. | |
huge occasion. It is, but it is one to imbraes I think because... Easier | :29:40. | :29:44. | |
said than done. It is, but I think the lead up in this tournament, | :29:45. | :29:49. | |
obviously, she played on the show courts in the first week, she had a | :29:50. | :29:52. | |
great match on Centre Court, the memory of being there and playing so | :29:53. | :29:59. | |
well, beating Halep in two hours 40 minute, she will be raring to go, | :30:00. | :30:04. | |
but to be fair, you know Venus knows her way round that court well as | :30:05. | :30:06. | |
well. She has a certain presence, she has | :30:07. | :30:16. | |
the presence of the champion? I think she is representing her | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
family, she thinks, Serena Williams has been dominating for many years | :30:22. | :30:25. | |
and she is not here, it is over to Venus. Is she 37? 37! Amazing just | :30:26. | :30:35. | |
how the veterans, men and women, are playing. Your friend, Roger Federer, | :30:36. | :30:42. | |
is about to step onto Centre Court, we talk about Venus Williams knowing | :30:43. | :30:46. | |
this court! Roger probably knows it better than anyone. Always relaxed | :30:47. | :30:53. | |
and cool. This is a repeat of last year 's semifinal, and he lost to | :30:54. | :30:58. | |
Milos Raonic. As we have said, this is a very different Roger Federer | :30:59. | :31:01. | |
this year. And what a cheer for the great man. | :31:02. | :31:12. | |
So, Roger is on the court and we will continue the build-up to this | :31:13. | :31:19. | |
match, we are going to Centre Court but this has also been happening on | :31:20. | :31:24. | |
Court One. This is over on BBC Two at the moment. Gilles Muller was | :31:25. | :31:30. | |
coming out to serve for the set, the fourth set, and he has taken that. | :31:31. | :31:35. | |
He has got a heck of a left-handed serve! That is going the distance, | :31:36. | :31:39. | |
against Marin Cilic, that is overrun BBC Two. But left-handed serve, it | :31:40. | :31:46. | |
swings as much as any left-hander I have seen! And what is impressive is | :31:47. | :31:52. | |
how well Muller is hitting the spots, he is really finding the | :31:53. | :31:56. | |
corners, hitting the angles and against Marin Cilic, he has a very | :31:57. | :32:01. | |
long reach, he is getting him wide to force them to take one of his | :32:02. | :32:05. | |
hands off the racquet and that match is for anyone, two sets each. It | :32:06. | :32:11. | |
will be interesting to know if the score from the Andy Murray match has | :32:12. | :32:17. | |
been on? It will have been. They will be other than that and that | :32:18. | :32:20. | |
will add to the pressure, knowing that Sam Querrey is three for the | :32:21. | :32:24. | |
winner to play in the semifinals. There is a huge opportunity for | :32:25. | :32:29. | |
someone. This is a Wimbledon quarterfinal! Many are hitting the | :32:30. | :32:32. | |
ball as well as he is and with such confidence, this is fun? It | :32:33. | :32:39. | |
certainly is and this is his 50th Grand Slam quarterfinal. And his | :32:40. | :32:48. | |
100th Wimbledon match. A lot of people do not play 100 Grand Slam | :32:49. | :32:54. | |
matches! Be interesting when you reflect on 12 months ago, he was | :32:55. | :32:58. | |
struggling with his knee and that was going to keep him out for the | :32:59. | :33:03. | |
rest of the year. He is fit and playing some of the best tennis I | :33:04. | :33:07. | |
have seen. But with the server that Raonic has, he can really cause | :33:08. | :33:12. | |
problems so the first set could be important for both. With Rafa Nadal | :33:13. | :33:18. | |
and with Andy Murray, we have seen the big servers can cause the big | :33:19. | :33:23. | |
upsets. Lee McKenzie caught up with last year 's finalists, talking | :33:24. | :33:32. | |
about that five set thriller. Andy Murray! He defeats Raonic. What was | :33:33. | :33:42. | |
the overriding emotion? The frustration stuck with me, for the | :33:43. | :33:46. | |
first few months, until I had a chance to review everything at the | :33:47. | :33:48. | |
end of the year when my tennis slowed down and then I was able to | :33:49. | :33:54. | |
turn this into a very positive emotion. It is a clear fact that it | :33:55. | :33:59. | |
has been the best moment I have had on a tennis court, a lot of things I | :34:00. | :34:04. | |
did not have before the final, it helped me develop. Next up is Roger | :34:05. | :34:08. | |
Federer, you will have fond memories of last year when he became? It was | :34:09. | :34:14. | |
a great match for me. -- when you beat him. Roger Federer falls, | :34:15. | :34:27. | |
knocked out by Milos Raonic. Being present and sharp, every single | :34:28. | :34:31. | |
point, having to play some of my best tennis, to just have a chance. | :34:32. | :34:36. | |
Are you happy with where you are? Isn't all about getting to world | :34:37. | :34:42. | |
number one? But not necessarily say I am happy, just because I want to | :34:43. | :34:48. | |
achieve things, I want to get to certain standards and certain | :34:49. | :34:52. | |
pinnacles and points. This is a fantastic tournament but you never | :34:53. | :34:55. | |
really get to truly appreciate it until you step away from it, until | :34:56. | :34:59. | |
it is over because everything gets caught up in the moment and when you | :35:00. | :35:04. | |
start appreciating things too much or think too far ahead, that is a | :35:05. | :35:09. | |
danger. You want to be in a sense of fight or flight and you want to be | :35:10. | :35:13. | |
able to be in this difficult situations and get the best out of | :35:14. | :35:21. | |
yourself. He really made a breakthrough, Milos Raonic, last | :35:22. | :35:24. | |
year but since then he has had a number of injuries and he only | :35:25. | :35:29. | |
reached two finals since. You thought he would propel himself up | :35:30. | :35:33. | |
the rankings? He lost, Andy Murray was the only man to beat him in the | :35:34. | :35:37. | |
Queen 's final and the final at Wimbledon and you are looking for | :35:38. | :35:43. | |
Raonic to kick on from that but it has not happened as quickly as you | :35:44. | :35:47. | |
might have expected but getting back onto the grass at Wimbledon, he has | :35:48. | :35:51. | |
found his form again. He lost the first round at Queen's, that was not | :35:52. | :35:57. | |
the ideal preparation but he is putting himself in contention and | :35:58. | :36:01. | |
this is a match that a lot of people have been looking forward to. Coming | :36:02. | :36:07. | |
through in five sets against Zverev. He has spent two hours and 45 | :36:08. | :36:11. | |
minutes on court, Roger Federer five hours and 45 minutes. Racing through | :36:12. | :36:18. | |
the draw! You don't get paid for overtime! Conserving his energy. | :36:19. | :36:24. | |
Last year we could see shots in that piece, in some ways Roger made that | :36:25. | :36:29. | |
decision of having to take his time out, he never talks about injuries | :36:30. | :36:34. | |
but he was not fit? He was struggling with his knee and the | :36:35. | :36:37. | |
knock-on effect of the surgery was he was unable to do the training he | :36:38. | :36:41. | |
could do for his legs and last year he looked like he had lost weight in | :36:42. | :36:46. | |
his legs, he did not have the same definition and strength and having | :36:47. | :36:51. | |
handles six months off, that gave him the chance to build up the | :36:52. | :36:54. | |
strength to support that knee. And the way he has played this year and | :36:55. | :36:59. | |
how aggressively has been, it has been incredible to watch and a 35, | :37:00. | :37:04. | |
you are asking if he is playing the best of his career! Hard to argue | :37:05. | :37:10. | |
that. People thought when he went out at the semifinals, we would | :37:11. | :37:13. | |
never see him again but he comes back bigger and stronger than ever. | :37:14. | :37:17. | |
The most incredible year when you think about the matches he has one. | :37:18. | :37:22. | |
It defies logic, when you take a big time away from the tour, it normally | :37:23. | :37:27. | |
takes a long time to get back into the rhythm of tournament and | :37:28. | :37:31. | |
matchplay but he has hit the ground running in Melbourne and to get | :37:32. | :37:37. | |
through to the final and be 3-1 down in the fifth, against Rafa Nadal, | :37:38. | :37:42. | |
who has beaten him in so many Grand Slam finals, and then when his 18th | :37:43. | :37:47. | |
major and back that up in Indian Wells and Miami, incredible to | :37:48. | :37:53. | |
watch. He is being more aggressive, he looks like he is trying to move | :37:54. | :37:55. | |
up the court and be even more aggressive than in the past? | :37:56. | :38:01. | |
Certainly on the backhand side he has been incredibly aggressive off | :38:02. | :38:05. | |
the forehand but his backhand, he is taking things earlier and attacking | :38:06. | :38:10. | |
from that wing as well. The reality, at 35, nearly 36, if there is one | :38:11. | :38:15. | |
area that will not be getting better is his speed of movement so he might | :38:16. | :38:20. | |
as well be aggressive so your opponent cannot get you to run so | :38:21. | :38:24. | |
much. That is the double positive, less running and more aggression. | :38:25. | :38:29. | |
Talking of running, where do you have to be right now? In the | :38:30. | :38:36. | |
commentary box alongside Boris and Mark Petchey. I hope you have got | :38:37. | :38:41. | |
your trainers on! Off you go! The quarterfinal, Raonic against | :38:42. | :38:47. | |
Federer, and Tim is off to join Mark Petchey and Boris Becker. | :38:48. | :38:53. | |
If there is one player here that can lift the Centre Court crowd who was | :38:54. | :39:02. | |
not British after a disappointing loss for a British player, it is | :39:03. | :39:07. | |
Roger Federer. Plenty of anticipation as he steps onto the | :39:08. | :39:12. | |
special Court, contesting his 100th match here at Wimbledon against the | :39:13. | :39:15. | |
man he lost to last year in the semifinals. New balls are needed, I | :39:16. | :39:28. | |
think. Well, just one of them. That would help in a tennis match! Raonic | :39:29. | :39:34. | |
getting the new one after that five minute round-up! They more not | :39:35. | :39:42. | |
missed an opportunity, either of these, to get that age. -- H. | :39:43. | :39:54. | |
Interesting. He has really gone away from the bodies serve at Wimbledon | :39:55. | :40:01. | |
this year, since he stopped working with Carlos. Straight into the body. | :40:02. | :40:39. | |
140 mph. Third serve. Of the match. It did warm up properly. The fastest | :40:40. | :40:54. | |
of the tournament so far is 142 from Raonic. | :40:55. | :41:10. | |
Last year in the semifinal against Federer, he delivered one at 146 | :41:11. | :41:32. | |
mph, and went quicker at 147 against Andy Murray in the final. But he | :41:33. | :41:38. | |
lost the point. It is not just about speed, it is about placement as | :41:39. | :41:39. | |
well. You don't get that any opportunities | :41:40. | :42:30. | |
and that is a pretty good one, early on, from Raonic. It took Federer a | :42:31. | :42:35. | |
little bit but finally winning his first point. | :42:36. | :43:25. | |
This is a big call from Hawk-Eye. What else do you expect? Perfection. | :43:26. | :43:52. | |
A little test early on from Federer and he comes through with flying | :43:53. | :43:59. | |
colours. Very much so, the other day he lost his first service game and | :44:00. | :44:03. | |
was asked afterwards what happened and he admitted he was nervous. Even | :44:04. | :44:09. | |
the great ones get a little bit nervous at the beginning. | :44:10. | :44:32. | |
That is going to be the key. For Federer to win. To handle Raonic, | :44:33. | :44:46. | |
the second serve. The first one is like going to the casino. | :44:47. | :45:09. | |
There was a little more pace on the second serve and the first couple he | :45:10. | :45:18. | |
threw him out 101, 100 and three, he is looking for plenty of variety | :45:19. | :45:22. | |
here. And of course he is not shy on his second serve, to get that into | :45:23. | :45:24. | |
the 130s. That is right game plan for Raonic, | :45:25. | :45:51. | |
to keep the rally is short and attack on every possibility but | :45:52. | :46:03. | |
beware, the returns will come. -- the rallies. | :46:04. | :46:27. | |
When he hits that approach shot he has to move into the middle and | :46:28. | :46:35. | |
Federer a couple of times went behind the tall Canadian, who is | :46:36. | :46:38. | |
unable to make that move to the forehand side. Smart passing. But | :46:39. | :46:45. | |
not a good enough approach shot. Or were attacking. -- poor. | :46:46. | :47:04. | |
His first point went wide in the semifinals, if he has a second, last | :47:05. | :47:23. | |
year he went exclusively with the kick serve into the Roger Federer | :47:24. | :47:24. | |
backhand. Federer had a chance of returning | :47:25. | :47:55. | |
the first serve. Into the rally. But Raonic penetrated a bit too much. | :47:56. | :48:11. | |
The first potential serve and volley point from Raonic, he missed the | :48:12. | :48:14. | |
first serve. You said it, he is not shying away | :48:15. | :48:42. | |
from hitting the second serve pretty hard. Roger was able to read it. | :48:43. | :48:56. | |
That was too good. Another 138 mph bullet from Raonic. It came back. | :48:57. | :49:10. | |
The Raonic forehand mopping things up. His serve has been interesting | :49:11. | :49:15. | |
in these championships, working with Carlos Moya, who finished work with | :49:16. | :49:21. | |
Rafa Nadal, if we look at serving last year in 2016, we could see a | :49:22. | :49:26. | |
little bit of this from Rafa Nadal in terms of the body serve, he went | :49:27. | :49:31. | |
with a lot more than we will see this year, he went outside to the | :49:32. | :49:36. | |
forehand a lot but if we look at 2017, he has virtually not gone with | :49:37. | :49:42. | |
that body serve at all this year. Any specific reason you can tell | :49:43. | :49:45. | |
from that? He started the match with the body serve on Roger Federer, on | :49:46. | :49:52. | |
grass that is an excellent choice, I'd do not know why he would not | :49:53. | :49:55. | |
play that before and hopefully he will change his strategy today | :49:56. | :49:58. | |
because that is an important part of the service strategy. He stopped | :49:59. | :50:05. | |
working with Krajicek before the championship so actually, I do not | :50:06. | :50:12. | |
know with coaches right now? Who is his official coach? Knowles is here. | :50:13. | :50:22. | |
The three times champion. He doesn't have his super coach. | :50:23. | :50:28. | |
If he wins Wimbledon, Mark Knowles will become a super coach! | :50:29. | :50:48. | |
Just catching the back edge. Tim, did you get lost? I think I did 30 | :50:49. | :50:59. | |
minutes with Sue Barker. I just had to recover! I am glad to be here | :51:00. | :51:10. | |
alongside new boys for this. -- alongside you boys. | :51:11. | :51:48. | |
That was the only way he was going to win this point. And he will take | :51:49. | :51:52. | |
it. That is a lovely view of what goes | :51:53. | :52:08. | |
on on the surface of the court. The wide surface -- serve, exploited | :52:09. | :52:20. | |
perfectly by Federer. It took him a couple of minutes to really get into | :52:21. | :52:27. | |
that match. I think he is now increasing his intensity. That fly | :52:28. | :52:33. | |
was bothering him. We saw another body serve from | :52:34. | :53:06. | |
Raonic. He had to run a long way after that | :53:07. | :53:33. | |
shot, we had a look at that earlier in the tournament, there is an 11 | :53:34. | :53:38. | |
metre differential between his forehand side and the ones that he | :53:39. | :53:41. | |
has run around on his backhand to hit it with the first shot. | :53:42. | :54:08. | |
That is a bad mess from Raonic but very good athletic ability from | :54:09. | :54:15. | |
Federer to get the ball back and play. -- bad mess. | :54:16. | :54:36. | |
Was that a small chance? Of returning the serve again? After | :54:37. | :54:46. | |
missing the forehand he felt Raonic was safe with that backhand down the | :54:47. | :54:51. | |
line and Federer would have fancied his chances of making that pass. | :54:52. | :55:07. | |
That was a serve and volley from a natural rally, he does not like to | :55:08. | :55:17. | |
hit them down into the shoelaces. This gives Federer another break | :55:18. | :55:18. | |
point. He has made it! Terrific run. And | :55:19. | :55:47. | |
perhaps Raonic overcommitted himself to the backhand corner and could not | :55:48. | :55:50. | |
get his big frame out of the way and that is a big blow early on for the | :55:51. | :56:00. | |
Canadian. I think the body-line tactic on the serve is interesting | :56:01. | :56:04. | |
but also on the passing shots, when Federer played one of his earlier | :56:05. | :56:08. | |
matches, it was against Zverev, looking to go down the middle and | :56:09. | :56:13. | |
this is another example, straight at the body. And for the big man it is | :56:14. | :56:17. | |
sometimes easier to dive one way or the other rather than get your body | :56:18. | :56:23. | |
out of the way. It was either a winner or an easily put away shot | :56:24. | :56:30. | |
and you are right, that is one of the weaknesses of Raonic, his | :56:31. | :56:37. | |
mobility, his movement. Well, that was a good volley from Raonic but | :56:38. | :56:41. | |
not a great one. And that is what top players do, they extract | :56:42. | :56:45. | |
perfection from you on every single shot. And he was punished heavily by | :56:46. | :56:54. | |
not putting it away. And the criticism of Raonic is always, why | :56:55. | :56:59. | |
don't you come in more? Because he is not comfortable at the minute, he | :57:00. | :57:09. | |
likes to have the target. And Federer will exploit that. | :57:10. | :57:39. | |
If you are wondering who the winner was between Miller and Cilic, Cilic | :57:40. | :57:49. | |
was the winner, in the fifth set. -- Muller. | :57:50. | :58:04. | |
Safe to say you would have pretty long odds on having Cilic against | :58:05. | :58:13. | |
Querrey in the semifinals in the top half of the draw. | :58:14. | :58:24. | |
That is the beauty of live sport, we watch this, even though Federer is | :58:25. | :58:32. | |
the favourite to win this match, you are never sure, like last year, he | :58:33. | :58:37. | |
looked in pole position and Raonic found a way to wrestle a couple of | :58:38. | :58:44. | |
sets in a role off Federer. One of those players he can take the | :58:45. | :58:47. | |
racquet out of the hands of the top players, with that type of delivery. | :58:48. | :00:34. | |
Cheeps himself close in this opening set, Raonic. | :00:35. | :00:51. | |
We talk about Raonic's serve and Federer in so many different way, | :00:52. | :00:58. | |
but one of the shots perhapsings that it was not talking about | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
enough, is his backhand slice at time, it is almost his Camille I | :01:04. | :01:10. | |
don't know shot, it fits in with his surround, if you look the way he can | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
defend, bring you in on that slice backhand, it is something that | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
forces opponents to get down low, that racket up above the ball chips | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
it down and he has used it a lot here on the grass courts at | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
Wimbledon, compared to how he started the year on the grass | :01:30. | :01:39. | |
courts. 71% of on that stunning run he had | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
in Australia through to Indian Wells and Miami, just 50% of the time as | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
he hit over his backhand on the grass, so again, it's the shot he | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
plays with equal measure here on the grass courts. Ken? He had one of the | :01:54. | :02:01. | |
best backhand slice ever. UMPIRE: The ball is called in. | :02:02. | :02:20. | |
It takes away the power, takes away the rhythm from the opposition and | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
slow downs the pace. Kim of coursing, four time runner-up | :02:24. | :02:51. | |
here, but Federer looking to become the second oldest man to reach the | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
last four year, after Ken Rosewall who managed it back in 1974 aged 39. | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
What a phenomenal achievement that is. | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
The greatest player ever not to win Wimbledon. | :03:08. | :03:19. | |
That is what a natural valuier does. He plays with... People ask whether | :03:20. | :03:34. | |
you can learn that and practise that? No, you can't. | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
UMPIRE: Game, Federer. Just three points taken off the | :03:40. | :03:48. | |
Federer serve. Just three points taken off the | :03:49. | :04:09. | |
Federer serve. Rod flavour, doesn't need | :04:10. | :04:11. | |
introduction, it is grey to see him round at so many tournaments now. | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
He has done it all. -- Laver. Laver, doesn't need introduction, it | :04:15. | :04:36. | |
is grey to see him round at so many tournaments now. | :04:37. | :04:38. | |
He has done it all. -- Laver. Raonic likes to have a big serve and | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
attack with the second shot instead of serving volleying. | :04:42. | :04:59. | |
Sometimes when his serve is so fast it doesn't give him that much time | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
to get to the net, he coming in behind the second shot, he can gain | :05:07. | :05:08. | |
a better court position. He will have to be careful with that | :05:09. | :05:44. | |
backhand down the line, he doesn't want to hit many of those, the | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
moment Roger runs over there and has this ball on his racket, he can | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
produce magic. He has more time to come in. Like to | :05:52. | :06:15. | |
see him do that a lot more often. Mark Knowles there in the middle, | :06:16. | :06:17. | |
many this grey cap. APPLAUSE | :06:18. | :06:45. | |
I thought for a moment after Federer's passing shot, if he had | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
got this in an awkward position it could have been coming back at him | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
pretty rapidly. When it comes at you that quickly it will keep you | :06:55. | :06:56. | |
further back from the net. It is not often that Raonic serves | :06:57. | :07:19. | |
this well and is sill down a break. 75% of first serves in. | :07:20. | :07:40. | |
Only two aces. That high first percentage, such a | :07:41. | :07:50. | |
big server, Federer seems to read the Raonic serve pretty well so far. | :07:51. | :08:07. | |
UMPIRE: Federer leads 5-4, first set. | :08:08. | :08:17. | |
Boris, he has the at van tackle he doesn't have huge grip change, he is | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
not coming to his backhand side the the adjustment he can make is | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
swifter than some of other players. Absolutely he doesn't have the huge | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
western grip an backhand as well, so with one grip he can play either | :08:32. | :08:43. | |
side, he can block it. Dvantage he doesn't have huge grip | :08:44. | :08:45. | |
change, he is not coming to his backhand side the the adjustment he | :08:46. | :08:48. | |
can make is swifter than some of other players. Absolutely he doesn't | :08:49. | :08:50. | |
have the huge western grip an backhand as well, so with one grip | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
he can play either side, he can block it. | :08:54. | :08:55. | |
Sir Ian McKellen taking a closer look at both players during the | :08:56. | :08:56. | |
change over there. And Dame Maggie Smith who has been | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
in so many wonderful movies, over the years, too numerous to mention, | :09:00. | :09:10. | |
and, a pleasure to see her in the best exotic marigold hotel, the last | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
one I saw with her in it. Federer's best at the moment, | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
slightly better than Raonic's and he serves for the first set. | :09:20. | :10:23. | |
UMPIRE: Right baseline, the ball is called out. | :10:24. | :10:36. | |
That is the skill land it there but it also takes a lot of courage to | :10:37. | :11:07. | |
take it into an opponent's strength. Two set points. | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
One needed. The fifth ace of the set and Federer | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
wraps it up, 6-4. Serving clinic when row look at the | :11:18. | :11:35. | |
stat for Federer. Federer. 71% of first serves finding their mark and | :11:36. | :11:39. | |
only losing three points. One behind the first serve. | :11:40. | :11:47. | |
Certainly a God way to put pressure on your point's serve when you hold | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
serve as consistently as Federer has done. It is interesting where Raonic | :11:54. | :12:04. | |
only won 65% of his first serves. That's a warning statistic, that is | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
where he is going to get his points. It is probably worrying for Raonic | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
he got 70% of his first serves in and still lost the set. | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
So what is the game plan here for Raonic? A bit of score board | :12:18. | :12:31. | |
pressure, he has to make sure he holds on to his sever, he is serving | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
first in the second set and needs to built Mohammed tum. He lost his | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
serve in the first set, and there is no better front runner than Federer. | :12:42. | :13:21. | |
I wonder whether this lack of serves into the body just allows Federer to | :13:22. | :13:31. | |
know there is only two options he has to guard against and not a third | :13:32. | :13:35. | |
one on both sides. I am surprised by this strategy. It doesn't make | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
sense. It is easier for the runner. | :13:41. | :13:55. | |
He is going for a change, he started the match at about Avraming 133mph, | :13:56. | :14:06. | |
Raonic. Which is eight miles up on his tournament so far, he came out | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
with a deaf lit plan to try and rock Federer with pace, it hasn't quite | :14:12. | :14:13. | |
worked. He did have one love 15! 15! He is not trying to pass Raonic | :14:14. | :14:36. | |
but playing at his feet. It was a good passing shot. When you a | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
forehand land on the service line you going into Federer's strength. | :14:41. | :14:44. | |
You can't play four feet in and four feet inside the baseline. | :14:45. | :15:25. | |
It has been very conservative in terms of pace, when he has allowed | :15:26. | :15:32. | |
Federer to set up for pass, it's a dangerous ploy just to make it. | :15:33. | :15:39. | |
And it St a dangerous ploy when row going so Kvitovatively not near the | :15:40. | :15:43. | |
line, Federer very adapt at making the first passing shot to set up a | :15:44. | :15:51. | |
better opportunity with the second. Early break point chance for | :15:52. | :15:59. | |
Federer. Conservatively not near the line, | :16:00. | :16:01. | |
Federer very adapt at making the first passing shot to set up a | :16:02. | :16:03. | |
better opportunity with the second. Early break point chance for | :16:04. | :16:05. | |
Federer. Is a dangerous ploy when row going | :16:06. | :16:19. | |
so conservatively not near the line, Federer very adapt at making the | :16:20. | :16:21. | |
first passing shot to set up a better opportunity with the second. | :16:22. | :16:24. | |
Early break point chance for Federer. | :16:25. | :16:25. | |
So desperate the keep it on the Federer backhand he was willing to | :16:26. | :16:27. | |
flirt with disaster and disaster struck for Raonic. He is a break | :16:28. | :16:31. | |
down early here, in the second set. And the one thing he will have to | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
contend with as the set develops is how well Roger has been serving. You | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
talked about conservative to the line, he has been conservative with | :16:42. | :16:48. | |
his serve. 75 on the add. If you look at Federer's quickly, look at | :16:49. | :16:50. | |
that for accuracy. Unbelievable. | :16:51. | :17:04. | |
That is the story. When Raonic, why he hasn't gone on to win a Grand | :17:05. | :17:13. | |
Slam. Ultimately you have to hit the line, in these type of matches. | :17:14. | :17:26. | |
Obviously Federer feels it. The momentum on his side. | :17:27. | :17:38. | |
You also feel like you can have a little fun out there. Now. | :17:39. | :18:40. | |
That is one of the other problems, he durt hurt you off both flans, | :18:41. | :18:53. | |
there is times a ten mile an hour differential between forehand and | :18:54. | :18:55. | |
backhand return. Federer has a safe zone to go there. He has the chance | :18:56. | :19:00. | |
to bide his time and when you are thinking about playing Federer on a | :19:01. | :19:05. | |
grass court, conservatively it is not going to do it. | :19:06. | :19:08. | |
Raonic has got the weapons. He has to be aggressive. | :19:09. | :19:27. | |
Very much like last year, just get the feeling he hasn't really | :19:28. | :19:35. | |
developed so much more, in the last 12 months. | :19:36. | :20:06. | |
Fd has the luxury of being a break up, the return games are not as | :20:07. | :20:20. | |
important. Not as importance but there is there a danger if you don't | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
keep plugging in you lose your rhythm? He has to staying a sieve, | :20:26. | :20:33. | |
you have the platform to really go for the kill in this set. That won't | :20:34. | :20:44. | |
do it. Just hesitation, it is not a natural | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
move forward, he is not somebody that is serve and volley, he serves | :20:49. | :20:54. | |
and then runs the net to volley in. Not one of his finer displays. | :20:55. | :21:13. | |
No volley needed. Another ace to add to the collection. We have seen some | :21:14. | :21:46. | |
of the best of Roger in the 41 minutes this match has been going, I | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
know the argument about who is greatest player ever is redundant | :21:52. | :21:55. | |
because of different circumstances, surface, technology, but is he the | :21:56. | :22:00. | |
most complete player you think you have ever seen, Tim? Absolutely. I | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
think when you look at all facet of his game and I have experienced it | :22:07. | :22:10. | |
on this court, you are really tried to work out where you can attack and | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
his serve, as we swau the accuracy first and second serve is fantastic, | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
he is very good at getting the ball back in play on the return of serve, | :22:21. | :22:24. | |
when he gets the chance to attack off the forehand. His backhand is | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
probably the most improved shot in tennis, he moves well, he is | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
volleying confidently, there are just no weaknesses in his game. . | :22:35. | :22:40. | |
And the longevity, the fact he is 14 years between his first and 18th | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
Grand Slam, is just remarkable. There are so many trials and | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
tribulations overs such a long period, and he stuck with it, and | :22:50. | :22:51. | |
still is winning. When Federer started working with | :22:52. | :23:38. | |
Edberg he enjournaled him to volley more, Roger thought it was a panic | :23:39. | :23:42. | |
tactic. -- encouraged. | :23:43. | :23:46. | |
Looking pretty good to me now. What Stefan encouraged him to do, | :23:47. | :23:57. | |
when he was up 30, 40-0, serve and volley to become more comfortable, | :23:58. | :24:02. | |
and then as a change up, when he was behind to be aggressive, he was | :24:03. | :24:03. | |
confident to do it. We have talked about the racket | :24:04. | :24:20. | |
change in terms of his backhand, the slightly bigger head he went to, | :24:21. | :24:25. | |
surface area, the ball, it has become a weapon rather than a shot | :24:26. | :24:29. | |
he defended at times but how much did that contribute to his ability | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
to serve and volley with Stefan, the two coincided. It is a small piece | :24:36. | :24:39. | |
of the puzzle that came together. There is no doubt it has been a huge | :24:40. | :24:43. | |
benefit on the backhand side but more pop on the serve. A bit of help | :24:44. | :24:54. | |
on the volleys and things have come together nicely. | :24:55. | :25:11. | |
It goes to show as a top player you have to look to improve, find ways | :25:12. | :25:22. | |
to do it. That point from Raonic, 90mph, Federer chips it back, what | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
is the strategy from Raonic? He is not winning the baseline exchanges. | :25:28. | :25:38. | |
Another one of these unforced errors, he can't afford them any | :25:39. | :26:02. | |
more. It has been very predictable with | :26:03. | :26:06. | |
his second serve, almost again exclusively going into the backhand | :26:07. | :26:09. | |
of Federer. Just floating the ball back, with | :26:10. | :26:13. | |
nothing on it, forcing Raonic to generate pace and placement, at the | :26:14. | :26:15. | |
same time, straight after the serve. And no first serves in this game, | :26:16. | :26:23. | |
not helping. Talked about some of Raonic's shots | :26:24. | :26:59. | |
being a bit safe, that was OK from Federer. | :27:00. | :27:39. | |
That is what he needs now. He needs clean winners. | :27:40. | :28:24. | |
Spun further up and caught Raonic in it. 4-1 double break, second set. | :28:25. | :28:44. | |
We have seen that slice backhand, Raonic has come in virtually every | :28:45. | :28:51. | |
time up the line, look at this, look at Federer's eyes looking down the | :28:52. | :28:54. | |
court here, the ball is south his hands and he is still able to look | :28:55. | :28:59. | |
at where his opponent is. It is remarkable. I don't know anyone who | :29:00. | :29:03. | |
serves like that, looking for the down the court for as long. It is | :29:04. | :29:08. | |
certainly one of his trademark, but one of the things he does well, is | :29:09. | :29:13. | |
elevate, great use of the legs. Legs. Watch how his feet keep going | :29:14. | :29:19. | |
up and up and up. There is where so much of the power is generated. | :29:20. | :29:29. | |
That is a good foot off the ground. Great balance after the serve to | :29:30. | :29:33. | |
move for the second shot, if it does come back. | :29:34. | :29:37. | |
It is easy power, that is what contributes to the great accuracy. | :29:38. | :29:44. | |
Easy power, good accuracy but limited stress on the body. You can | :29:45. | :29:48. | |
look at that on every shot. The technique is to good, that I'm'll | :29:49. | :29:55. | |
sure that plays a large part into why he's really remained injury | :29:56. | :29:59. | |
free. Very disappointing that he got injured bathing the babies. | :30:00. | :30:05. | |
Dangerous past time! You always feel when the rally gets | :30:06. | :30:53. | |
longer, that Federer has got the edge. | :30:54. | :31:50. | |
Safe to say that Raonic has not find his rhythm in many areas but as a | :31:51. | :31:58. | |
big man, footwork is not really getting into position. | :31:59. | :32:08. | |
Federer is running too many points on his second serve. -- is winning. | :32:09. | :32:21. | |
67% behind his second serve and only losing two points behind his first. | :32:22. | :32:30. | |
That looks like an exhibition. The shackles are off. Let's play. He is | :32:31. | :32:46. | |
one of the few players that can carry matches when it is this | :32:47. | :32:49. | |
one-sided because you can still sit here and looked on in amazement at | :32:50. | :32:56. | |
just how good it is. Slightly concerned that Federer might charge | :32:57. | :33:02. | |
for this lesson! It always takes two and I am disappointed with Raonic, | :33:03. | :33:11. | |
but someone of his visit, he has not imposed himself, where he has played | :33:12. | :33:18. | |
before. He beat him, after all, last year in the semifinal. He is not the | :33:19. | :33:20. | |
same player. How much is Federer charging by the | :33:21. | :33:44. | |
hour? Is it still six figures? Or is it seven figures for the hour? | :33:45. | :34:08. | |
He was very lucky to get away with that, to be honest. He is just too | :34:09. | :34:15. | |
safe, he has the forehand that he wants but he has to dominate with | :34:16. | :34:19. | |
that shot and Federer had all the time in the world to step in and | :34:20. | :34:23. | |
crunch that backhand pass, I am surprised to see him missing it. | :34:24. | :34:33. | |
It is still under one hour, maybe he wants to finish the job on his | :34:34. | :34:37. | |
serve. Not much his corner can do. At this | :34:38. | :35:11. | |
very moment. They talked about strategy and all of the details | :35:12. | :35:15. | |
involved. Ultimately, it is about the player. | :35:16. | :35:55. | |
That is a great pass, don't get me wrong, but if you give a top player | :35:56. | :36:04. | |
some idea of where you are going, every time they are going to do | :36:05. | :36:05. | |
something like this. 137 macro spur hour. -- 137 macro | :36:06. | :36:29. | |
mph. That was a couple of pacey | :36:30. | :36:47. | |
deliveries yet again from Raonic. He has come back from 2-0 down | :36:48. | :37:29. | |
before and that was against David Goffin in the round of 16, Raonic | :37:30. | :37:40. | |
winning 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, David Gough and is not here because of an ankle | :37:41. | :37:44. | |
injury after slipping into the covers at the back of the court. A | :37:45. | :37:52. | |
lot of those fans will be glad they came today. Not the best weather | :37:53. | :37:57. | |
earlier on today but as the day has gone on, as predicted, the clouds | :37:58. | :38:02. | |
have lifted and the sunshine came out, as it has for the majority of | :38:03. | :38:05. | |
this championship so far. The weather forecast is set fair for the | :38:06. | :38:10. | |
rest of the week as well, which is great. This tournament is thankful | :38:11. | :38:17. | |
to have a roof but it does look its best with the roof open. Federer | :38:18. | :38:28. | |
served for the second set. He has to change quickly. If Federer finished | :38:29. | :38:36. | |
this, he has to do a better job of getting his nose in front in the | :38:37. | :38:43. | |
third and be more aggressive. Federer is not going to come out and | :38:44. | :38:45. | |
lose this match, you have to win it. It wasn't the fastest first serve, | :38:46. | :39:09. | |
but the placement was the key. It is tough to change any tactic | :39:10. | :39:30. | |
when you cannot put your racquet onto the ball, and that is what | :39:31. | :39:34. | |
Federer has done on his service games in the second set. It has | :39:35. | :39:44. | |
taken less than one hour for Federer to take the 2-0 lead here on Centre | :39:45. | :39:47. | |
Court. SUE BARKER: He is flying, Roger | :39:48. | :40:02. | |
Federer, he is in a hurry on Centre Court. On Court Number One, this is | :40:03. | :40:13. | |
on BBC Two, Novak Djokovic, 3-2 up, on serve against Tomas Berdych, the | :40:14. | :40:16. | |
former finalist. That match is over on BBC Two. The big news here at | :40:17. | :40:23. | |
Wimbledon today is this man, Sam Querrey, has put out Andy Murray, he | :40:24. | :40:30. | |
was limping his way to the net, in a lot of pain, in the third set but he | :40:31. | :40:35. | |
battled on but unless one hour, he lost the fourth and fifth sets. He | :40:36. | :40:42. | |
was only fitting service of about 80 or 90 mph and was unable to move | :40:43. | :40:46. | |
around the court. But this man played the match of his life, he | :40:47. | :40:51. | |
stayed firm, big serves, particularly on the forehand side, | :40:52. | :40:55. | |
and Sam Querrey, big smile, he has been waiting so long to make it | :40:56. | :40:59. | |
through to a Grand Slam semifinal and has finally achieved it. Putting | :41:00. | :41:04. | |
out the defending champion for the second year in a row because he beat | :41:05. | :41:09. | |
Novak Djokovic last year but huge disappointment for Andy Murray and | :41:10. | :41:12. | |
he will face many weeks off as he tries to get his hip right. That was | :41:13. | :41:19. | |
on Centre Court, Sam Querrey will face this man, Baron Cilic, who | :41:20. | :41:25. | |
defeated Gilles Muller. He could not pull off another upset. Look at that | :41:26. | :41:30. | |
reaction! He said afterwards that he could see the school on Centre Court | :41:31. | :41:34. | |
and he knew that Sam Querrey had gone through, this is a huge | :41:35. | :41:39. | |
opportunity for him, he lost in the quarterfinals for the last four | :41:40. | :41:43. | |
years. Baron Cilic is through on Centre Court. Aaron Cilic against | :41:44. | :41:49. | |
Sam Querrey in the semifinal. -- Marilyn Cilic. That is what is | :41:50. | :41:56. | |
happening elsewhere, Roger Federer senior must be very happy with his | :41:57. | :42:02. | |
son. Raonic is not on court, so the king of the court, as they say, is | :42:03. | :42:06. | |
waiting for the third set. Back we go. His many fans are thrilled with | :42:07. | :42:13. | |
how things have progressed. He has been suffering before the tournament | :42:14. | :42:19. | |
with a cold that is getting better day by day but he has wisely but on | :42:20. | :42:25. | |
his jumper, as Raonic has taken leave of the court at the end of the | :42:26. | :42:29. | |
set, something that has become a frequent occurrence in tennis. Not | :42:30. | :42:34. | |
everybody is a great lover of it. If I am honest. It is too long, it has | :42:35. | :42:43. | |
taken eight or nine minutes and I understand the urgency at times but | :42:44. | :42:47. | |
it is becoming a little bit of a habit with most players. Is there | :42:48. | :42:57. | |
any solution? It is difficult. How can you say that somebody in a five | :42:58. | :43:00. | |
set match cannot have a comfort break? It does seem to take too long | :43:01. | :43:09. | |
these days. From the point of view of Raonic, he needs to try anything | :43:10. | :43:15. | |
to break up this rhythm. There is an argument to say that you can have | :43:16. | :43:18. | |
one of them free of charge and others cost you one point, or if you | :43:19. | :43:23. | |
have two medical time-outs, you get the point penalty, would you need | :43:24. | :43:27. | |
this? It would certainly make the players think twice. That is one of | :43:28. | :43:34. | |
the ideas people talk about. Players take advantage of the rules. You | :43:35. | :43:38. | |
cannot blame the players. The rule needs to be improved. It is like the | :43:39. | :43:45. | |
start time of the matches, one o'clock normally ends up starting at | :43:46. | :43:50. | |
12 minutes passed and related to other sports, Champions League | :43:51. | :43:55. | |
finals or rugby international, when they say it is 7:45pm, it will be | :43:56. | :44:01. | |
that. It is harder when you have another match coming on following | :44:02. | :44:15. | |
you. But this is taking too long. Even the crowd think it is taking | :44:16. | :44:18. | |
too long, there is a slow handclap for Raonic. He had the crowd against | :44:19. | :44:26. | |
and before the match started and is not helping his cause but he is | :44:27. | :44:29. | |
running to the baseline. He has yet to get up and running in the match. | :44:30. | :45:07. | |
And that is what he does to you, if you have to wait for ten or 15 | :45:08. | :45:14. | |
minutes for the match to continue. It was an excellent start to the | :45:15. | :46:59. | |
game. It is getting a little bit more tricky for Raonic. | :47:00. | :47:19. | |
You would expect this, like most of the second serves, to be going into | :47:20. | :47:23. | |
the Roger Federer backhand. That was well left, in the end, from | :47:24. | :47:34. | |
Raonic. If he ever had a chance to come | :47:35. | :47:56. | |
back, it starts right here, holding serve. That is the basic principle. | :47:57. | :48:06. | |
And then just taking a lot more chances, playing a lot more | :48:07. | :48:11. | |
aggressive tennis. He is past the point of taking prisoners. | :48:12. | :48:35. | |
I might be clutching at Strauss, but this is only the seventh point he | :48:36. | :48:42. | |
has won on the Federer served. -- clutching at straws. | :48:43. | :48:52. | |
This is what a bathroom break will do to you. | :48:53. | :49:14. | |
That is a good serve but in similar situations, Federer would have found | :49:15. | :49:21. | |
a way to get that ball back into play, Raonic has to do the same. | :49:22. | :49:48. | |
Raonic established himself in that rally. Federer played the slice. He | :49:49. | :49:59. | |
had the opportunity to be aggressive and go forward. | :50:00. | :50:29. | |
The first chance for Raonic to break. It did not last long. | :50:30. | :51:16. | |
Federer almost angrily hitting the ball back. Opening the window | :51:17. | :51:27. | |
slightly for Raonic, three forehand errors in this game. | :51:28. | :51:32. | |
You get the feeling there is still unfinished business from last year's | :51:33. | :51:57. | |
semifinal. Tennis players do remember when things were not going | :51:58. | :51:58. | |
so well. That was an important game, not to | :51:59. | :52:16. | |
allow the momentum to change, you could see his long-time coach | :52:17. | :52:22. | |
getting up, and at 1-0 in the second, you would not expect him to | :52:23. | :52:33. | |
get frustrated. He has watched tighter matches in the past. | :52:34. | :53:16. | |
We talked about it. Federer wanting the ball back. Very makeable. The | :53:17. | :53:27. | |
volley from the Canadian. And he hits it wide. It is not his comfort | :53:28. | :53:30. | |
zone. But I like his attitude, he is | :53:31. | :54:03. | |
fighting and giving everything his best shot. | :54:04. | :54:29. | |
Amber reality is, there is only so much that Raonic can do, his game is | :54:30. | :54:37. | |
not quite as complete as Federer's. He has the heavyweight shots and the | :54:38. | :54:42. | |
fast serve but when Roger is playing at his best, it is no great surprise | :54:43. | :54:47. | |
that the head-to-head is 9-3 four Federer. You talked earlier about | :54:48. | :54:55. | |
what he can do differently, what is the game plan for Raonic? This is | :54:56. | :55:00. | |
where his shots have dropped before Federer hits the winner, being | :55:01. | :55:05. | |
predictable, taking the ball to the backhand side. There are too many | :55:06. | :55:12. | |
red dots on the left-hand side. And Federer is very quickly reading his | :55:13. | :55:16. | |
intention. And pretty much steps there before he gets the ball. You | :55:17. | :55:21. | |
have to be more unbridgeable, you have to be more dangerous, really. | :55:22. | :55:28. | |
You have to go for it, you are down 2-0. You have nothing to lose. It is | :55:29. | :55:37. | |
a cliche to attack the strength to get to the weakness. But with | :55:38. | :55:43. | |
Federer's backhand against his nemesis, Rafa Nadal, it has become a | :55:44. | :55:49. | |
strength rather than a shot he uses to get into play. The backhand from | :55:50. | :55:54. | |
Federer is the most improved shot in tennis but Rafa Nadal has had the | :55:55. | :55:57. | |
most success against Federer and when he does, he takes his time | :55:58. | :56:02. | |
away, he is aggressive and he keeps him on the back foot. Raonic is not | :56:03. | :56:08. | |
going to play the same way as the left-handed Rafa Nadal but he has to | :56:09. | :56:09. | |
look to attack. You have to cut out those unforced | :56:10. | :56:56. | |
errors. That was the second serve return. He did hit that smash. | :56:57. | :57:06. | |
Thankfully, Raonic ducked down! Normal service has resumed on the | :57:07. | :57:39. | |
Federer serve, no blemishes this time around. The pressure is | :57:40. | :57:41. | |
building once again on the Canadian. This runaround is not going to work, | :57:42. | :58:15. | |
it is too fast and having too many big steps around, everybody knows he | :58:16. | :58:19. | |
is doing that and he will open up the forehand side. The footwork was | :58:20. | :58:23. | |
not quick enough, by the time he was going to hit that forehand, it was | :58:24. | :58:27. | |
around his ankles and that put him in a defensive position. | :58:28. | :58:35. | |
It is because he wants to protect the backhand side. Once you're in | :58:36. | :58:43. | |
the quarterfinal of the Grand Slam, you are supposed to have no | :58:44. | :58:45. | |
witnesses. That was better. Good, aggressive | :58:46. | :59:23. | |
approach, he really got some work on that size, he kept low. Federer, if | :59:24. | :59:29. | |
anything, just lifting his head on the backhand early and that caused | :59:30. | :59:31. | |
the misfit. -- mis-hit. He has established himself in this | :59:32. | :00:18. | |
third set. He's taken the mouth guard out that he likes to wear, and | :00:19. | :00:24. | |
he's chewing on the dates that he dislikes intensely but does it just | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
because he knows it is good for his energy levels throughout the five | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
sets. Boy. Tough day at office. Getting a | :00:33. | :00:39. | |
less sop from Federer in having to eat dates. | :00:40. | :00:43. | |
-- lesson. He has taken out his mouth piece. | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
He wanted to fix the alignment of his body, rather than the orthotics, | :00:49. | :00:58. | |
he needed a different approach. Top down and got a fitness trainer from | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
outside tennis, he felt like he was getting injured too much. He | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
certainly has left no stone uncovereded. And you have to respect | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
that. He is not the most talented player, he thinks a lot about it. He | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
wants to improve. He reached a Wimbledon final last year, he is a | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
solid top ten player in the world, nothing wrong with that, but going | :01:21. | :01:28. | |
to the extra, he needs to improve on one or two things, maybe three. | :01:29. | :02:08. | |
Amazing how much ease, very little effort Federer wins his service | :02:09. | :02:52. | |
games. That is hard psychologically when you play someone who keeps | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
holding serve and you are grinding it out. Saving break points. | :02:57. | :03:08. | |
V he can see the finish line. Doesn't want to exert too much | :03:09. | :03:17. | |
energy. Just wants to finish it here. | :03:18. | :03:25. | |
Let us see what Raonic has to say about that. Really had to keep his | :03:26. | :03:34. | |
nose in front, and hope maybe he can get through to five all, six all if | :03:35. | :03:36. | |
a tie-break. It has happened before tennis, | :03:37. | :03:53. | |
matches have swung round. People have come back from two sets to | :03:54. | :03:55. | |
love. I am sure you came back many times | :03:56. | :04:19. | |
from two sets to love down, did you ever lose from two sets up? On one | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
very painful occasion against an American. Riley didn't like playing | :04:26. | :04:32. | |
back in the day. Brad Gilbert. Oh no, I know. That's painful! Oh, I'm | :04:33. | :04:41. | |
sorry, didn't know. I wouldn't have asked if I'd known it was Brad. I | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
think it was even at match point. UMPIRE: Game Raonic. New balls | :04:46. | :05:21. | |
please. Is serve and volley working | :05:22. | :05:35. | |
perfectly there, but he is going to have to try and figure out | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
something, Raonic, to upset the rhythm of Federer on serve. Let us | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
look at where wronger has been directing most of his sever, as you | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
can see the large majority, first point of the game have been going | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
into the backhand side. It is almost time, isn't it when you see that | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
kind of number to take a gamble and sit on the backhand return and try | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
and make something great happen and give the one out wide? Absolutely, | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
he must have figured out that is where Federer likes to serve. | :06:08. | :06:11. | |
Players like to keep their routine, the especially the winner formula. | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
Also when Raonic has only had one break point opportunity and that is | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
when Federer made three unforced errors on the forehand you have to | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
think why doesn't he stand on the baseline, why doesn't he stand six, | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
seven feet behind the baseline to change things up? Look at that, when | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
he played Federer last year, 71mph off his backhand, that has dropped | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
to 66. Maybe the times is just not there for him as well. Which is | :06:41. | :06:43. | |
obviously converse will giving Federer more time, which is not a | :06:44. | :06:46. | |
good thing. He hasn't had the best of years as | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
well. Last year he came in with a good | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
Queen's Club final. He lost first round there. | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
He was injured in the spring. Just his second double fault of the | :07:01. | :07:13. | |
tournament. It it is not exact laming for the | :07:14. | :07:34. | |
middle of the box on the second as well. | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
-- exactly aiming. That is where you feel if he took | :07:40. | :07:48. | |
gamble, which he is at that stage now, and sits there with a backhand | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
grip and tries to rip the return, because that is feeding his | :07:54. | :07:54. | |
forehand. Like London buses. | :07:55. | :08:23. | |
As if you'd know! Went on in 95 I think was the last time. By mistake! | :08:24. | :08:32. | |
UMPIRE: Right centre service line, the ball is called out. | :08:33. | :08:34. | |
Sorry, that was the Tube. This has suddenly become very | :08:35. | :09:00. | |
interesting. Just a little dip from Federer on the serve, expected him | :09:01. | :09:11. | |
to make that as well. Break point opportunity, you feel Raonic has to | :09:12. | :09:12. | |
take. Well if you have one chance in the | :09:13. | :09:37. | |
match and you play it safe, the next one with the frame. Have a look at | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
the second receive. Rolled it back on the Federer's forehand. . | :09:44. | :09:53. | |
Not going to get the job done. UMPIRE: Mr Raonic challenges the | :09:54. | :10:04. | |
call. Ball is called in. UMPIRE: The call stands. | :10:05. | :10:49. | |
Oh, that is the best shot of the match from Raonic. | :10:50. | :10:56. | |
And he has to run an considerable distance to make it. | :10:57. | :11:11. | |
Maybe the moment of inspiration that Raonic needs to mount a come back. | :11:12. | :11:27. | |
Federer responds. Obviously the most critical moment for him in this | :11:28. | :11:35. | |
match. SUE BARKER: Which have come to the | :11:36. | :12:37. | |
end of our transmission here on BBC one, if you want to continue | :12:38. | :12:41. | |
watching the match it is our featured match on the Red Button, we | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
will show you what happens on BBC Two in a moment, but at the moment, | :12:47. | :12:51. | |
over on BBC Two, Tomas Berdych has taken the first set from Novak | :12:52. | :12:55. | |
Djokovic, that is on Court Number One, so we will keep you up-to-date | :12:56. | :13:00. | |
with that as well. But the big news here, is that Sam Querrey has put | :13:01. | :13:04. | |
out Andy Murray, in five sets, but it really was that hip injury, here | :13:05. | :13:12. | |
is Andy leaving this afternoon with a member of his management team. You | :13:13. | :13:15. | |
will be able to see him limping back out to the car park, it happened | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
about in the third set, he was, he did take the first set and the third | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
set but couldn't contain Querrey at all, so sad news that Andy Murray is | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
out of Wimbledon, we will have more for you over on BBC Two, bye. | :13:31. | :13:31. |