Ladies' Final

:00:11. > :00:14.This is a national programme. Now we're going to take you over to

:00:15. > :01:07.Wimbledon... MUSIC PLAYS Wimbledon is a place

:01:08. > :01:12.that just drips with history. Even when you've played your part

:01:13. > :01:17.over the years, you know it's like laying a tile in a much bigger

:01:18. > :01:25.mosaic. I guess some just have a few more tiles.

:01:26. > :01:29.That is it, she has won it! What a lovely moment visits. Venus

:01:30. > :01:37.Williams, crowned supreme. Elite Shield came wings. Venus Williams is

:01:38. > :01:42.the champion again. -- Billie Jean King wins.

:01:43. > :01:44.This game toughens you up, physically, emotionally and

:01:45. > :01:48.mentally. When you have lifted the trophy

:01:49. > :01:55.before, you know what it takes to get it done on the biggest stage.

:01:56. > :01:59.She seems unstoppable. Coming up firing. Don't get me

:02:00. > :02:07.wrong, this is no foregone conclusion. We have all been young

:02:08. > :02:11.once. Fiercely ambitious, keen to accept the establishment and make

:02:12. > :02:18.our first mark on history. Nothing is stopping her now.

:02:19. > :02:23.Muguruza has won it. It will be quite a battle, and another tile in

:02:24. > :02:25.the mosaic of Wimbledon history. We are just waiting to find out who

:02:26. > :02:28.will lay it. Billie Jean King ? one

:02:29. > :02:35.of the legends of Wimbledon. And this weekend another two legends

:02:36. > :02:37.could achieve the incredible and become the oldest champions

:02:38. > :02:40.in the open era. Tomorrow, 35-year-old Roger Federer

:02:41. > :02:42.will play for an eighth men's singles title,

:02:43. > :02:46.and today 37-year-old Venus Williams goes for a sixth ladies' crown,

:02:47. > :02:56.nine years after her last. Standing in her way

:02:57. > :03:01.is Spain's Garbine Muguruza. The number 14 seed was a finalist

:03:02. > :03:04.in 2015 when she was beaten But Muguruza became a grand slam

:03:05. > :03:11.champion with victory in Paris last year, and she's played some

:03:12. > :03:13.brilliant tennis on her Williams first played

:03:14. > :03:20.here in 1997 and it's 17 years At times in the past fortnight she's

:03:21. > :03:27.looked back to her very best, not least in the semifinal victory

:03:28. > :03:38.over Britain's Jo Konta. It's Williams against Muguruza in

:03:39. > :03:43.the Wimbledon ladies' singles final. The players will walk

:03:44. > :04:00.onto centre court at 2pm, You probably saw that the roof is

:04:01. > :04:06.closed, the umbrellas are up so we are in the safety of the studio. It

:04:07. > :04:08.could be an indoor final, and I am delighted to say that Billie Jean

:04:09. > :04:14.King and Martina Navratilova are with me. They have won so many Grand

:04:15. > :04:23.Slams between them that I gave up counting at 95. Why?! My pen was

:04:24. > :04:32.running out. Martina has 58, I know that. 40 between us for Wimbledon.

:04:33. > :04:39.It was 50 years ago that I won the triple here. 50 years ago. It brings

:04:40. > :04:44.back memories. That opening brought back memories for me. I did not know

:04:45. > :04:50.that you guys were going to do that with the old footage. You were an

:04:51. > :04:55.inspiration, Billie Jean, to both of us. You know I had an Afro in 75.

:04:56. > :05:01.Not one media person noticed or asked me why. Because Black is

:05:02. > :05:06.beautiful was in that year. You remember Arthur Ashe won, he had his

:05:07. > :05:12.Afro. I kept waiting for somebody to ask me why I was wearing an Afro,

:05:13. > :05:16.that is why. I am big on inclusion and all that. I was trying to make a

:05:17. > :05:26.statement, even though I was a white girl. I thought you just had a bad

:05:27. > :05:30.hairdresser! And that was a bad day, right?! I did that on purpose, it

:05:31. > :05:36.was shocking, you have to per your hair. I said to Arthur, yours is

:05:37. > :05:40.natural, mine is not. Martina, you know all about final day. Every

:05:41. > :05:45.player says take one match at a time, this is more than a match.

:05:46. > :05:57.This is the one. These two players treat every much like a Wimbledon

:05:58. > :06:00.final. You have to do that mentally, physically and emotionally, treat

:06:01. > :06:03.them as if it is the one, so when you get there you have played 100

:06:04. > :06:08.matches like it before. Even if it is your first final. It is

:06:09. > :06:11.Muguruza's seconds. I realised it was the final this morning, and I

:06:12. > :06:17.thought about what it felt like for real. He was so excited, you can't

:06:18. > :06:22.wait to get out. It is a very different feel, the whole day, in

:06:23. > :06:26.the locker room. It is very quiet here near the end. In the beginning

:06:27. > :06:31.there are so many people and players and chaos, all of a sudden as the

:06:32. > :06:37.fortnight goes by it gets less and less. On the final day for me,

:06:38. > :06:41.personally, and I have listened to others, you think of when you are a

:06:42. > :06:45.child and you always wanted to win Wimbledon, it is always a goal, you

:06:46. > :06:50.realise the hard work you put in and it is a moment of truth. For me it

:06:51. > :06:55.used to be OK, this is it, I have always dreams about this. I will

:06:56. > :07:00.either execute properly or not. It gets down to execution. The top

:07:01. > :07:06.players know how each other play, they know exactly. Can I execute

:07:07. > :07:18.properly, stay focused, not let up for even two points, because those

:07:19. > :07:20.two points usually make the difference. The Konta match with

:07:21. > :07:22.Venus, 30-40, second serve, Venus served at 106 mph. Those are the

:07:23. > :07:26.moments of truth, and when you are in a match... I am sure that Venus

:07:27. > :07:33.is new in the semis that she could not let the first set go. Konta has

:07:34. > :07:38.a big serve, that is dangerous. So you really have is to make sure that

:07:39. > :07:43.you are bringing all of yourself, I mean all of yourself, and stay in

:07:44. > :07:50.the moment, stay in the now if you want to win. And it is can I do it

:07:51. > :07:55.when it counts? I mentioned the weekend of history, 35-year-old

:07:56. > :08:00.Roger tomorrow, 37-year-old Venus Williams. Incredible. Looking at

:08:01. > :08:07.older players that have won, Serena is the oldest champion that has won,

:08:08. > :08:18.35 years at the Australian Open, 34 when she was here. Grand Slam finals

:08:19. > :08:24.as well. Martina, you are one of the oldest, you played the final at 37.

:08:25. > :08:27.Was it different? About it was different from Venus because I knew

:08:28. > :08:32.it was my last year and I did not want to play any more. I would not

:08:33. > :08:38.have said that all made it public, even though you know. But you know

:08:39. > :08:43.you'll time is running out regardless. Venus might have two or

:08:44. > :08:48.three years, you don't see it going past 40. Tennis is too explosive,

:08:49. > :08:54.everybody is hitting harder. Everything takes longer, the

:08:55. > :08:59.recovery, the preparation. You maybe lose a little bit. It amplifies.

:09:00. > :09:03.Venus get away with it more than others because of her long reach.

:09:04. > :09:08.One step is still one step for her. It is when you had to take three or

:09:09. > :09:12.four that you lose speed, but she is covering the ball as well as

:09:13. > :09:16.anybody, maybe not as well as she used to but it is good enough. But

:09:17. > :09:20.it is the self-imposed pressure of knowing your time is running out,

:09:21. > :09:25.that is when the nerves kick in, a little or remote depending on how

:09:26. > :09:31.you play. We could have the rid the champions that we had in 2007. It is

:09:32. > :09:35.incredible how the game moves on -- we could have the repeated

:09:36. > :09:39.champions. It is the information available, and it is the money, they

:09:40. > :09:43.have unbelievable people around them. The support makes a huge

:09:44. > :09:48.difference, they know how to take care of themselves. And it helps

:09:49. > :09:52.financially, let's face it. My generation wanted to make a living.

:09:53. > :09:58.I see the living they are making and I think, gosh, I would play until...

:09:59. > :10:02.I played until I was 40 because it was so much fun and the money kept

:10:03. > :10:07.going up every year. What an opportunity. And I love the

:10:08. > :10:11.lifestyle, tennis people my friends. It is about relationships. What

:10:12. > :10:20.Martina said was interesting, when you won you were not sure... We were

:10:21. > :10:23.talking earlier in the year and you said I don't know if I have it any

:10:24. > :10:26.more and I said your 90% is better than everybody else's 100%, and it

:10:27. > :10:30.was. Sometimes you have to understand that when you are older

:10:31. > :10:37.you will not run as fast, but is your 90% is good or better than the

:10:38. > :10:42.others' 100%? Roger is running like a 27-year-old, to me. I cannot

:10:43. > :10:47.believe he is not in his 20s. His position and technique, he sees the

:10:48. > :10:51.ball early, his contact point, he keeps his head still. He watches the

:10:52. > :10:56.ball better than anybody have seen my life. Anybody who wants to make

:10:57. > :11:01.it in this board should watch him. As far as the day goes, you start

:11:02. > :11:06.with a practice session. Venus was out there today. Is it different for

:11:07. > :11:11.a final? It is the same routine, when you need to play, how long,

:11:12. > :11:17.went to finish so you can take a shower, recover, eat, recover again.

:11:18. > :11:22.The weather throws it a little bit. If you need to practice indoors or

:11:23. > :11:27.shorten its because it starts raining. But champions are just, as

:11:28. > :11:32.Billie Jean says, you adapt. You have your routine, if you need to

:11:33. > :11:38.adapt it, you do. Her mum is coming in as well. How many matches has she

:11:39. > :11:49.watched? She deserves a plaque, a trophy or a statue. I was speaking

:11:50. > :11:54.to her, because of the syndrome it has changed Venus and how she thinks

:11:55. > :11:58.about things. Her mother says, you know how stubborn she is, she has

:11:59. > :12:04.decided should... Decided to really work on her serve. I have never seen

:12:05. > :12:11.her serving this fluid. She has lots of believers, she needs to keep it

:12:12. > :12:16.in order. Her serve is the best I have seen it in years. Oracene, her

:12:17. > :12:21.mum, say she has been working very hard. Go fight we are in for a great

:12:22. > :12:26.final, great first strike tennis. Her backhand has been doing better

:12:27. > :12:34.than her forehand. They have been playing big, big tennis. Her

:12:35. > :12:45.forehand has not been as good, but it has been proved. Garbine will

:12:46. > :12:53.want backhand crosscourt rallies, Venus will once the other. This is

:12:54. > :12:59.her third Grand Slam final, it is not an issue? Venus has an issue,

:13:00. > :13:06.winning five times here. Being in nine finals, unbelievable. She keeps

:13:07. > :13:11.her eyes on the ball, the contact point, that is what you want. It is

:13:12. > :13:18.very interesting to see how it will play out. It will be very mental,

:13:19. > :13:22.very emotional. If you can get the five shot long rallies, Muguruza has

:13:23. > :13:28.a definite advantage. Venus likes to win the points within the first five

:13:29. > :13:32.shots, first ball, really. If I were Muguruza I would want to get her to

:13:33. > :13:36.five plus. We will talk more in a moment, but Tracy Austin has been

:13:37. > :13:48.looking at how this final might be decided.

:13:49. > :13:50.We have a 13-year-old five-time Wimbledon champion against a

:13:51. > :13:52.one-time Wimbledon finalist, who is 23-year-old. Both playing extremely

:13:53. > :13:56.well and both have only lost once said. -- we have a 37-year-old

:13:57. > :14:02.five-time Wimbledon champion. You need to find your strength and

:14:03. > :14:06.exploit your opponent's weakness. One of Williams' big strengths has

:14:07. > :14:12.been her return positioning. 85% of the time she is on the baseline or

:14:13. > :14:19.inside when she is returning serve, even more impressive it was 88%

:14:20. > :14:24.against Jo Konta in the semifinals. What that does, the visual is still

:14:25. > :14:31.intimidating, to have it returned to that close to the server. When Venus

:14:32. > :14:34.makes contact here it rubs her opponents of time to react to the

:14:35. > :14:39.second shot and pushes them on their heels. One of the biggest strengths

:14:40. > :14:43.for Venus Williams is her serve. She has been using the body serve

:14:44. > :14:48.extremely well during the Championships. In the semifinals

:14:49. > :14:54.against Jo Konta, she served 62% of her serves down the T. Very

:14:55. > :15:01.effective. Venus' least favourite serve is the one out wide on the

:15:02. > :15:07.outside. She likes to slice the ball which comes around the right side, a

:15:08. > :15:12.serve like that becomes too predictable and Muguruza can sit on

:15:13. > :15:16.that T serve and get ready for the return.

:15:17. > :15:21.One of the major strengths and Muguruza during the Championships is

:15:22. > :15:29.her ability to hit the ball early. 36% of the time it is on or inside

:15:30. > :15:32.the baseline when she is striking ground strokes, that is an

:15:33. > :15:38.outstanding number. She has hit the ball so early, rubbing her --

:15:39. > :15:41.robbing her opponent of time. Another acids and Muguruza is her

:15:42. > :15:53.ability to redirect the ball the line. -- another asset for Muguruza.

:15:54. > :15:57.With accuracy. Fabulous shot. We talk about Garbine's backhand being

:15:58. > :16:02.a major strength. A slight weakness would be her forehand. Chewing the

:16:03. > :16:07.tournament she has hit 27 winners on that side, but also 51 unforced

:16:08. > :16:15.errors. That might be something about Venus wants to talk about. Oh,

:16:16. > :16:19.my gosh! The players will have sat down with their coaches and support

:16:20. > :16:23.teams and discuss their strengths and weaknesses. And now it comes

:16:24. > :16:29.down to handling that nerves and execution. Good luck, ladies.

:16:30. > :16:35.I think the cameraman has just recovered now from that. It's

:16:36. > :16:38.interesting, the forehand errors from Muguruza can't afford that

:16:39. > :16:47.today, it's going to be one or two points that's going to really swing

:16:48. > :16:51.this match. You know Venus will do that. When you get older, Roger

:16:52. > :16:54.Federer is even using it. He never use today before. But it's useful,

:16:55. > :16:57.particularly on the grass, particularly against a tall player,

:16:58. > :17:01.it's hard to get out of the way. Same thing goes for Muguruza. She

:17:02. > :17:04.has to use the body serve against Venus. Nobody wants to move away

:17:05. > :17:09.from the ball, especially with such long arms. It's a tricky

:17:10. > :17:12.proposition. The key will be if Muguruza can hold the forehand

:17:13. > :17:16.together. She missed some easy shots with that. On the big points she

:17:17. > :17:20.cannot afford those mistakes. Just show the body serve of Venus.

:17:21. > :17:26.Because this is second serve at 106mph. That was brave on break

:17:27. > :17:29.point. I think her serve is better, it's improved in the last few

:17:30. > :17:35.months. I've been in shock and her forehand. This is the best I've ever

:17:36. > :17:38.seen her hit her forehand. The body serve, that's how high it's coming

:17:39. > :17:44.up and the reaction time that Jo had. Why didn't Konta hit body

:17:45. > :17:49.serves? You're playing against the top player, as soon as you know

:17:50. > :17:54.that, you hit body serve. Venus has been using that successfully now.

:17:55. > :17:59.She likes to slice her serves. She will go to the forehand more often.

:18:00. > :18:02.It's more natural. The body serve is effective against tall players and

:18:03. > :18:06.people that are standing inside the baseline. The only way to get them

:18:07. > :18:10.off being so close is to go right at them. It makes them back up. Again

:18:11. > :18:14.Konta never did that. I'm expecting that mewing pewing will do that

:18:15. > :18:18.today. Both -- Muguruza will do that today. Their positioning, both of

:18:19. > :18:21.them are inside the baseline. That's a huge difference. People don't

:18:22. > :18:24.realise when someone is behind the baseline how much more time you

:18:25. > :18:28.have. They're not going to give each other any time. They're going to

:18:29. > :18:31.keep - it's all math any way. You're going to keep shortening the time

:18:32. > :18:34.factor to get ready and prepared. You're going to feel rushed. You

:18:35. > :18:39.feel like someone is in their face, like boxing, when they're pounding,

:18:40. > :18:46.just keep pushing you back. You have to pay attention, positioning, you

:18:47. > :18:52.know, where am I winning? Where am I not winning? Usually the better the

:18:53. > :18:55.player, the better they hit down-the-line off crosscourt, change

:18:56. > :18:58.the direction of the ball. I look for those things in players as well,

:18:59. > :19:02.how well are they doing that on that given day. That's really important

:19:03. > :19:08.as well. It's going to be a great advert tore women's tennis. Muguruza

:19:09. > :19:12.the aggression in the semifinal, she didn't let her in at all. She was

:19:13. > :19:18.aggressive from the get go and she didn't let up. She didn't give her

:19:19. > :19:22.much to be scared of on that day. But so much inside the court, it was

:19:23. > :19:27.ridiculous. She's been at the net more during the tournament per point

:19:28. > :19:32.than Venus Williams. Venus has been coming to the net less and less with

:19:33. > :19:36.each match. Thinking, I can win from the baseline. I wish Venus would

:19:37. > :19:39.come in more. With that wing span. If they get into longer rallies

:19:40. > :19:44.she's going to have to pay attention to that. Muguruza's chances go up in

:19:45. > :19:48.long rallies. She will have to think, how can I shorten the rally?

:19:49. > :19:53.When I go to four hits of the ball that's when I usually win the point.

:19:54. > :19:59.The backhand down-the-line, that's Muguruza's go-to shot. Venus likes

:20:00. > :20:02.to guess crosscourt. If that backhand down-the-line pays off

:20:03. > :20:07.today, also another key to that match up. Venus won't be able to

:20:08. > :20:14.cheat that much because she will be beaten to the line. I think Garbine

:20:15. > :20:17.Muguruza is six foot and Venus is 6'1". They're pretty much the same.

:20:18. > :20:22.One is thicker than the other, but you know, Venus has lost weight.

:20:23. > :20:25.When we see them standing in, taking it inside the baseline, have you to

:20:26. > :20:29.have the most incredible eye and timing to do that. It's not easy.

:20:30. > :20:34.Kids seeing it at home, don't try it. It's not easy. It's a great idea

:20:35. > :20:39.if you can manage to get the ball back. Yeah the timing and reaction

:20:40. > :20:42.and the decision making and that's another reason why the body serve is

:20:43. > :20:45.so effective. Have you to decide whether you're hitting a forehand or

:20:46. > :20:50.backhand. When you hit off here, you go to the ball. When it's coming at

:20:51. > :20:56.you, that split second can be crucial. People are ducking because

:20:57. > :20:59.they make the wrong choice. Well, Muguruza is coached by Conchita

:21:00. > :21:06.Martinez. She is the only Spanish woman to be a winner of the title

:21:07. > :21:16.when she won in 1994 against oops - awkward -- Martina!

:21:17. > :21:27.UMPIRE: Game, set and match. How much do you enjoy being back at

:21:28. > :21:33.Wimbledon? Pretty much before Wimbledon, all of the press reminds

:21:34. > :21:37.us, you know, you won over there. They want an interview, so yeah

:21:38. > :21:40.those memories come back and to be here at Wimbledon, the first week,

:21:41. > :21:43.when nobody's here, to see how beautiful the grass is, how

:21:44. > :21:52.beautiful the flowers, everything is perfect. So it's very special. It's

:21:53. > :21:57.very special to come back. Your charge, Garbine Muguruza, is doing

:21:58. > :22:01.sow well. You must -- so well. You must be really proud? Yeah, yeah I'm

:22:02. > :22:05.very proud of her. She's having a great attitude here. She's,

:22:06. > :22:10.obviously, when you're playing great, it's easier to have the right

:22:11. > :22:14.attitude. I think she's got a great game, suited for grass. I mean grass

:22:15. > :22:20.is a difficult surface. I think she's very open about trying to be

:22:21. > :22:27.OK on grass this year. She's doing a great job. From what you know and

:22:28. > :22:31.your experience of Venus, are you surprised that she's still going how

:22:32. > :22:36.she is? You know, yeah, I mean you look at her age, and to play and

:22:37. > :22:42.move that well and to recover, because when you get older, recovery

:22:43. > :22:48.is a big part. But she's very powerful. Every time she plays on

:22:49. > :22:52.grass, she plays pretty much her best tennis. She's going to be a

:22:53. > :23:00.very difficult opponent regardless of her age. You know better than

:23:01. > :23:03.most, Conchita learned how to play on grass and how to win on grass.

:23:04. > :23:08.It's not ease why I to make that adjustment. I think clay is a great

:23:09. > :23:13.surface to learn tennis on. You have to learn how to construct points,

:23:14. > :23:18.how to think, Plan A doesn't work, Plan B, maybe even Plan C. So then

:23:19. > :23:22.you can adapt to grass easier than a grass court person can adapt to

:23:23. > :23:27.clay. Because you just have more weapons, more tools. She's making

:23:28. > :23:31.Garbine Muguruza come in more. I've watched her practising, she won't

:23:32. > :23:36.let her behind the baseline. Chnchts is really funny. Conchita was a

:23:37. > :23:40.baseliner. But she won against me at the net. Maybe the only time she was

:23:41. > :23:47.there. She knows when the right time to come in. She's been a good

:23:48. > :23:52.influence on Garbine. Before I felt like if things don't go her way she

:23:53. > :23:55.panics. You see the nerves on her. I haven't seen that at all. I think

:23:56. > :23:58.that's got to be Conchita's influence, giving her that

:23:59. > :24:02.confidence. Because she's been there. You don't just say, you need

:24:03. > :24:05.to do this. I know what it feels like. This is what it's going to be

:24:06. > :24:12.and how you deal with it. It's nice to see that another woman coach made

:24:13. > :24:18.such a difference for a player. Kudos to Conchita and Garbine that

:24:19. > :24:23.she can do it. It's days like today that the super coach comes into

:24:24. > :24:26.play. You still have to execute. You may know exactly what you're going

:24:27. > :24:31.to do, but in that moment, but that's what athletes live for. Those

:24:32. > :24:35.are the moments we live for. You just hope you have the guts and the

:24:36. > :24:39.determination and the execution that day. Some days are good days. Some

:24:40. > :24:43.days are bad days at the office. You don't know what's going to happen.

:24:44. > :24:46.But the best ones come through percentage wise more often than the

:24:47. > :24:50.others. That's the difference. Because everybody chokes. Champions

:24:51. > :24:55.just choke fewer times. Everyone gets tight. I don't care, if anybody

:24:56. > :25:00.says they never get tight, you know they're lying. Even Roger said he

:25:01. > :25:05.was nervous the other day. Of course, because it's exciting. How

:25:06. > :25:10.excited must he be and Venus and Garbine, it's a great for the night

:25:11. > :25:14.of tennis so far. I just hope that these finals end up being terrific

:25:15. > :25:18.finals. Sometimes they're not. It looks like this one - This could be

:25:19. > :25:22.unbelievable, the way it's matching up with all the stats, for the for

:25:23. > :25:26.the night. I'm looking forward to it. It could be really close. It's

:25:27. > :25:31.not fair to ask you who is going to win. What will be the deciding

:25:32. > :25:35.factor? I think the key is more for Muguruza to get off to a good start

:25:36. > :25:40.than for Venus. Venus has been here. It's more likely that nerves will

:25:41. > :25:44.come into play for Garbine. It's essential for her to win the first

:25:45. > :25:47.set more than Venus. If she wins the first set, she has a chance. If

:25:48. > :25:49.Venus wins the first set, she'll feel it and you can feel the

:25:50. > :25:55.momentum and the confidence growing in her within the match. First set

:25:56. > :25:59.is vital. They've proven in matches, it's like an 80% if you win first

:26:00. > :26:04.sets. Even three out of five sets, it's important. I think, I agree,

:26:05. > :26:08.also Venus can be a slow starter. I'm going to look for that as well.

:26:09. > :26:11.Billie Jean king, Martina Navratilova, thank you so much for

:26:12. > :26:13.joining me. It's been a pleasure. Really looking forward to the final.

:26:14. > :26:17.The tournament, So many stories have come out

:26:18. > :26:20.of this year's ladies singles. Here's Clare Balding

:26:21. > :26:25.with the best of them. when they published the account of

:26:26. > :26:29.Wimbledon 2017, the women's section will have the title "wide-open". In

:26:30. > :26:40.the absence of the defending champion, anyone could draft their

:26:41. > :26:43.name into the record books. Serena still sending subliminal message

:26:44. > :26:51.that's she will be back. There were romantic and dramatic stories.

:26:52. > :26:54.Two-time Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova making her appearance after

:26:55. > :27:00.a knife attack in her home. She made it to the second round and then her

:27:01. > :27:03.chapter ended. Creating her own postnatal literature, Victoria

:27:04. > :27:09.Azarenka returned to the tour with baby Leo in toe. She eraised home

:27:10. > :27:16.grown Heather Watson in the third round, but went no further. Losing a

:27:17. > :27:23.tennis match was put firmly into contest when Bethany Matic Sands had

:27:24. > :27:27.a horrible fall. She faces major surgery on a raptured knee cap. The

:27:28. > :27:31.support has been amazing. I will get through this. Top of the charts,

:27:32. > :27:35.Angelique Kerber had the number one by her name. The top seed found the

:27:36. > :27:40.power and pace of Garbine Muguruza too much in the Fourth Round. She

:27:41. > :27:44.wasn't the only one. Muguruza is trying to rewrite Spanish history,

:27:45. > :27:50.so it makes sense to have the original author on her side.

:27:51. > :28:01.Drafting her way into her second Wimbledon final, Muguruza accounted

:28:02. > :28:08.for the Cinderella story of Rybarikova. She was making her first

:28:09. > :28:13.Grand Slam semifinal at the age of 28. Maggie made miracles happen. But

:28:14. > :28:19.when the clock struck one hour, her time on Centre Court was over. The

:28:20. > :28:22.women's game is used to the fairy-tale Princess, in Paris,

:28:23. > :28:26.Jelena Ostapenko had landed from nowhere to win her first tour title

:28:27. > :28:32.and first Grand Slam all in one go. She made a few waves here on the

:28:33. > :28:38.grass. But she was sunk by the serenity of Serena's big sister. By

:28:39. > :28:43.the Fourth Round, Venus was the only former champion left and in an

:28:44. > :28:48.age-deifying era, she was trying to become the oldest winner in modern

:28:49. > :28:54.times. Venus has read and probably written every book on the shelf. She

:28:55. > :28:57.has five titles in the bag but is almost out of print. The last of

:28:58. > :29:05.them was nine years ago. Could she turn back the pages? In the

:29:06. > :29:09.self-help section, we come to the concentration, the composure, the

:29:10. > :29:14.courage of Konta. A thriller with Donna Vekic ended in a hug of

:29:15. > :29:22.empathy. I know what it's like to be on the other side, she said. Konta

:29:23. > :29:25.got the better of another long read against second seed Simona Halep.

:29:26. > :29:32.Despite a stray scream on match point. For British fans, there has

:29:33. > :29:39.been plenty of thumbing through the history books. Thoughts have gone

:29:40. > :29:43.back to Jo Durie, the last women to reach the quarter finals in 1984.

:29:44. > :29:49.Then Virginia, the last British woman to make it to the semifinals

:29:50. > :29:53.in 1978. Would it be shades of Wade again? Staying in the present is

:29:54. > :29:58.Jo's greatest weapon. She doesn't think of yesterday or tomorrow, it's

:29:59. > :30:03.today that matters. She can focus on the moment. She can play the ball,

:30:04. > :30:07.not the occasion or the opponent. They say that 90% of tennis is

:30:08. > :30:11.played between the ears. COMMENTATOR: Venus Williams back in

:30:12. > :30:14.the Wimbledon final after so many years, for Konta it ends here.

:30:15. > :30:19.Though Venus made sure she didn't get to the final, in the mind, Jo is

:30:20. > :30:25.already the big winner at Wimbledon this year. And so we come to the

:30:26. > :30:28.last two women standing. An American classic versus a Spanish novella.

:30:29. > :30:42.A best seller is guaranteed. It is still drizzling at Wimbledon.

:30:43. > :30:48.Sue has made her way to Centre Court. The roof is still on. Players

:30:49. > :30:53.suspended around Wimbledon for the moment, including what is happening

:30:54. > :30:56.on the final of the men's wheelchair doubles on Court three, where Alfie

:30:57. > :31:01.Hewett and Gordon Reid are currently is set down.

:31:02. > :31:05.Here on the hill it is a sea of brollies, where I have been joined,

:31:06. > :31:10.near to the hill, by Annabel Croft and Sam Smith. Just reflecting on

:31:11. > :31:14.what has happened in the ladies singles tournament this year,

:31:15. > :31:19.leading up to this year's event seemed like all the chat was about

:31:20. > :31:24.who was not going to be here. Obviously Serena, the big name. Has

:31:25. > :31:29.her absence been positive or negative for the tournament? It has

:31:30. > :31:34.been different, hasn't it? Everyone was so worried, but the strength and

:31:35. > :31:37.depth in women's tennis, we are in a transformational period because so

:31:38. > :31:41.many matches have gone three sets, the top players know they can just

:31:42. > :31:50.waltz through. No mention of equal prize money, which has been great, a

:31:51. > :31:53.great advert for the women's game. What have you found? Serena is such

:31:54. > :31:56.a great icon of the sport but it is great to see her, we are not sure

:31:57. > :32:01.how long either Williams sister will play for. The fact she was 90 gave

:32:02. > :32:05.hope to other players in the draw. Looking at the French Open, who

:32:06. > :32:09.would have predicted that a 20-year-old who had never won a tour

:32:10. > :32:17.title would win her first Grand Slam title in Ostapenko. When she win

:32:18. > :32:19.that -- won about, the others in the drawer where saying any of us can

:32:20. > :32:25.win these championships, they feel they can beat the top names as well.

:32:26. > :32:31.The big British story has been Jo Konta Opal is two weeks, has she

:32:32. > :32:34.established herself as somebody who will get deep into the Wimbledon

:32:35. > :32:41.ladies singles tournament every year? Can we look forward to that?

:32:42. > :32:46.Have you seen her again? She has a great serve, first and second,

:32:47. > :32:50.excellent athlete, pretty much the hardest hitter in women's tennis

:32:51. > :32:55.apart from Ostapenko and mentally she is a top, top player. The match

:32:56. > :33:00.she played against Venus in the semifinals, if I know anything about

:33:01. > :33:06.Chow she will learn so much from it, I can't wait to see her in 12

:33:07. > :33:11.months. She will improve on the few little things that Venus exposed.

:33:12. > :33:16.The fans now believe we could possibly have a ladies champion. No

:33:17. > :33:20.question, she was phenomenal during the Championships. She needed a

:33:21. > :33:24.championships like this where she played some epic matches, three

:33:25. > :33:28.sets, roller-coaster rides of emotion which brought her closer to

:33:29. > :33:33.the public and Centre Court. What she might be working on with her

:33:34. > :33:37.team is to add more variety, maybe more of the slice backhand. One

:33:38. > :33:45.thing Venus did exceptionally well against which she needs add to her

:33:46. > :33:48.game was use the body serve. She used it so cleverly are much return

:33:49. > :33:52.of serve. Jo Konta has such a fantastic return of serve. We will

:33:53. > :33:58.see more variety from Jo when she returns next year. 23-year-old

:33:59. > :34:03.Garbine Muguruza against 37-year-old Venus Williams, who will come on top

:34:04. > :34:07.and what will win it for them? I don't think the final should be all

:34:08. > :34:12.about age, when Venus gets out there it is not about her physicality, we

:34:13. > :34:17.are not questioning if she is fit or strong enough, she is certainly fast

:34:18. > :34:24.enough and hitting better than ever. For me, she edges likely because it

:34:25. > :34:29.is a grass court and her game is a bitter... Better fit. Annabel? I

:34:30. > :34:33.think it is youth against experience. How Venus played against

:34:34. > :34:41.Jo Konta is what she will do against Garbine Muguruza. In Jo's first

:34:42. > :34:46.service game, Venus stood inside the baseline, struck the first return of

:34:47. > :34:50.serve, charge the net. It was so intimidating and it was almost like

:34:51. > :34:55.she had already won the battle psychologically. It is about first

:34:56. > :34:56.strike tennis but I agree that the grass will slightly favour her, and

:34:57. > :34:58.the course experience. And as you probably know,

:34:59. > :35:06.we're celebrating 90 years of Wimbledon coverage

:35:07. > :35:07.here on the BBC. So it's rather apt that in 1927

:35:08. > :35:10.we also had an American against a Spaniard in the final

:35:11. > :35:37.of the Wimbledon singles. Now we are going to take you over to

:35:38. > :35:41.Wimbledon for a running commentary on the all English championship.

:35:42. > :35:48.Here we are again in the Centre Court of Wimbledon. The right shots,

:35:49. > :35:52.perfectly played. The men's singles championship. He is standing to

:35:53. > :36:02.receive the service right inside baseline.

:36:03. > :36:06.Things have changed a little bit since then, but in some ways the

:36:07. > :36:11.history of the Championships has not changed. So much tradition at

:36:12. > :36:15.Wimbledon. My day gets better and better, I am joined by Chris Evert

:36:16. > :36:21.and Tracy Austin. Chris, you have to go to work on American TV, we only

:36:22. > :36:25.happy for a few minutes. Talk about the Wimbledon final, the occasion

:36:26. > :36:30.and what it means. The Gulf Festival, you are a nervous wreck.

:36:31. > :36:34.It is the one tournament that every young player dreams about, playing

:36:35. > :36:43.in a Wimbledon final. I did when I was younger. The players are feeling

:36:44. > :36:46.the butterflies, they want to get out there, warm up, run around and

:36:47. > :36:51.try to take care of the nerds. All the focus is on you, especially the

:36:52. > :36:55.Centre Court. There is such a reference and respect when you walk

:36:56. > :37:01.out there. The tennis fans here are so lovely and educated and they know

:37:02. > :37:06.protocol, when to club, where not a club, there is never any booing,

:37:07. > :37:11.Tracy, like we have heard in some other places, it is special.

:37:12. > :37:17.This match looks really good on paper. Hardly anything between them.

:37:18. > :37:23.They both have the same styles, in your face, they both play

:37:24. > :37:27.aggressive, they both have won more points in the first zero to four

:37:28. > :37:33.shots, which is interesting. They are not great in the long rallies,

:37:34. > :37:37.they want to make a dent in the first four shots. Venus has played

:37:38. > :37:41.unbelievable. I have never seen her play so well. Moving well, getting

:37:42. > :37:46.big serves in. Muguruza is the surprise to me. We saw her fighting

:37:47. > :37:51.with her coach, crying on the court, she has not had the results but she

:37:52. > :38:01.has turned to run. She has always had the power and the weapons, most

:38:02. > :38:04.of us saw that when she got to the final couple of years ago, we said

:38:05. > :38:07.she would be number one soon. She won the French Open last year, she

:38:08. > :38:09.has not been consistent enough. She has the power, but you need the

:38:10. > :38:13.consistency. May be having Conchita Martinez coming has given her more

:38:14. > :38:20.belief, somebody who has been here before, in her corner. Conchita has

:38:21. > :38:25.a way, we know her, of making you feel really relaxed and I think they

:38:26. > :38:29.are having fun. Muguruza does not need intensity from somebody else,

:38:30. > :38:34.if anything she needs somebody to relax and calm her down, Conchita

:38:35. > :38:41.has been great. Venus has been serving so well, back to her best?

:38:42. > :38:46.She is. It is incredible that she is serving so big, at almost 37 years

:38:47. > :38:51.old, and so accurate. She has used the body serve, we talked about that

:38:52. > :38:57.prior to this match. So many players heads to the corners, Venus is used

:38:58. > :39:02.to her serve so powerfully against Konta. Sometimes her second serve...

:39:03. > :39:06.She is throwing the ball high and really reaching, but I think the

:39:07. > :39:12.body serve win her the match against Konta. Don't be surprised if we see

:39:13. > :39:16.it. Muguruza is a big lady and is strong but you might have trouble

:39:17. > :39:22.getting out of the way of the ball, I think the body serve is a good

:39:23. > :39:29.tactic. Serena is nuttier than Venus has taken on. What is the

:39:30. > :39:33.significance in American sport for the Williams family and Venus? They

:39:34. > :39:37.have dominated, carried the torch. Whenever we think a young player

:39:38. > :39:42.will come up, like Ostapenko at the French Open or Muguruza two years

:39:43. > :39:47.ago, Venus Williams surprises us. They are in their middle to late

:39:48. > :39:52.30s. I think it will encourage athletes to prolong their career,

:39:53. > :39:58.encourage and motivate them to play longer and longer. You don't have to

:39:59. > :40:03.retire at 30, that was the age. Now they are playing well into their

:40:04. > :40:06.30s, I think it is wonderful. People are taking better care of their

:40:07. > :40:12.bodies now and able to afford to have a train and a physio, Lauren,

:40:13. > :40:17.so every day you were getting the recovery process. -- able to afford

:40:18. > :40:21.to have a trainer and a physio come along. With so much money Macron the

:40:22. > :40:26.rights they want to extend their career. Roger does not need to play

:40:27. > :40:32.for money, but he has really taken care of his body with managing his

:40:33. > :40:36.schedule, this is only Venus' nines tournament this year, she has been

:40:37. > :40:42.smarter about scheduling. With everything that she has gone

:40:43. > :40:48.through, the autoimmune disorder... Her sister was murdered ten years

:40:49. > :40:53.ago, her parents have split up. The adversity this young woman has gone

:40:54. > :40:57.through. The real championship qualities are coming out. That is

:40:58. > :41:05.perseverance. And compartmentalised thing. -- compartmentalised thing.

:41:06. > :41:10.Out on the court has been her safe haven. The blood and even on June

:41:11. > :41:15.nine she was an eight car accident, the man in the other car passed

:41:16. > :41:22.away. She has been able to block that out. A lot has been going on.

:41:23. > :41:27.And she has the aura of a champion, Venus. She looks like a champion.

:41:28. > :41:35.Yes, she is very stately and graceful. She has been on the tour

:41:36. > :41:39.for 23 years, when it is four on the third set she is like, I have been

:41:40. > :41:44.there so many times and is comfortable with the pressure, it is

:41:45. > :41:48.not new to her and it is new to other players, the experience gives

:41:49. > :41:54.her the advantage. Is it unfair to Ascari you see this going? Very, you

:41:55. > :41:59.are always unfair to me. If they both have their eight games I would

:42:00. > :42:04.give it to Venus. The way that Venus played against Konta was very

:42:05. > :42:10.impressive, and Ostapenko -- if they both have their A games. This is a

:42:11. > :42:14.copout, but if Venus is a little off with her serve with nerves or

:42:15. > :42:19.whatever, Muguruza is very capable of winning Wimbledon. How much value

:42:20. > :42:25.do you put on Venus' experience? The girl she has the edge in experience,

:42:26. > :42:29.but Muguruza is fearless. If she plays fearless, bold, no pressure

:42:30. > :42:34.tennis like Ostapenko at the French Open, there is experience and there

:42:35. > :42:40.is the fearless factor also. And she has won a slam. Chris Evert, you are

:42:41. > :42:50.needed for American television, but thank you for joining us.

:42:51. > :43:03.Let's hear from Garbine Muguruza, she was a finalist here in 2015 and

:43:04. > :43:10.she has been speaking to Clare Serena Williams, match point. She

:43:11. > :43:14.has done it. Serena Williams, Wimbledon champion for the sixth

:43:15. > :43:19.time. I love to play in big courts, a

:43:20. > :43:25.Grand Slam finals for me is a dream come true. Garbine, she played so

:43:26. > :43:29.well. Don't be sad, you will be holding this trophy very, very soon,

:43:30. > :43:33.believe me. What are the moments that you

:43:34. > :43:38.remember from the final against Serena? Everything went very

:43:39. > :43:44.quickly. I didn't realise it. I was in the trophy ceremony.

:43:45. > :43:49.For me, it is incredible to be in another final. It means a lot at a

:43:50. > :43:53.Grand Slam. I lost one or two years ago, I look forward to try to change

:43:54. > :44:00.that. I will take my time and really breathe out there and just enjoy,

:44:01. > :44:06.because it is very fast. A fabulous shot. Muguruza has won it. Garbine

:44:07. > :44:09.Muguruza is into her second Wimbledon semifinal.

:44:10. > :44:15.Would you give your semifinal ten out of ten? I always think I can

:44:16. > :44:20.perform better. You never know how it will go at semifinal. I am not

:44:21. > :44:23.thinking about the result, I am thinking keep playing like this

:44:24. > :44:26.until you shake the hand and the match is over, you never know if the

:44:27. > :44:32.other one can come back and put you in trouble.

:44:33. > :44:37.She is through to the final again. What is it like to be in a Wimbledon

:44:38. > :44:42.final again for you right now? About all the great champions have won

:44:43. > :44:46.this tournament, I stare at the wall where the previous winners are, I

:44:47. > :44:49.would like to see my name there. You reach the last round to you feel

:44:50. > :44:51.like what you are doing is right, it is like a big payoff and you feel

:44:52. > :45:02.good with yourself. Venus and the sort of game she has

:45:03. > :45:06.an the presence she has on court, is that something that you can just

:45:07. > :45:10.handle? I played against her a lot of times. Both of us, it feels like

:45:11. > :45:15.a very important match because it's a final. We all know Venus. She's an

:45:16. > :45:20.historic player. But it's 50/50 the chances. I'm not thinking to change

:45:21. > :45:24.a lot of things. My game is my game. I think it's works well. So, yeah,

:45:25. > :45:28.that's my plan. Do you feel, because it seems that the crowd here are

:45:29. > :45:34.very much taking you to their hearts? I don't know, for me, this

:45:35. > :45:38.tournament will be always special since I kind of breakthrough in the

:45:39. > :45:41.final a few years ago. I feel a lot of support, even though I was

:45:42. > :45:50.playing Serena, one of the best players. Hopefully they can cheer

:45:51. > :45:54.for me. We're hearing from Garbine, we

:45:55. > :45:57.wondered two years ago how she would deal with her first Grand Slam

:45:58. > :46:03.final. We found out a lot about her that day. She wasn't demolished bier

:46:04. > :46:07.is evenament She wasn't -- Serena. She wasn't overwhelmed. Serena

:46:08. > :46:12.flipped a switch and clicked it up another notch. You know, it is

:46:13. > :46:15.nervewracking. Everyone remembers their first Grand Slam final and

:46:16. > :46:20.playing someone that is so good and has such a record as Serena. She

:46:21. > :46:26.certainly took her game toer is evenament This was amazing -- to

:46:27. > :46:31.Serena. This is amazing because Garbine had barely won matches on

:46:32. > :46:35.grass. She won against four top-20 players to get to the final. That's

:46:36. > :46:40.when she realised I can play on this surface. My game matches up really

:46:41. > :46:43.well to this surface. That's when right there, everybody was saying

:46:44. > :46:50.wow, this is going to be a world number one in the future. She has

:46:51. > :46:54.such big weapons. She's tall, 6 foot tall. She can finish points off at

:46:55. > :47:00.the net. Seems to be a hard worker. She moves so well for someone so

:47:01. > :47:03.large as well. Also, what she proved there, what a great backhand she has

:47:04. > :47:07.and how many points she's going to win on this and what a great shot

:47:08. > :47:12.it's going to be in years to come. Yes, her backhand is absolutely

:47:13. > :47:15.incredible. This was the semifinals. Throughout the tournament, 36% of

:47:16. > :47:21.the shots she's hitting inside the baseline. That's more than a third

:47:22. > :47:24.of her shots, being that aggressive. It just really takes your opponent

:47:25. > :47:29.out of the points, because they don't have as much time. She's more

:47:30. > :47:32.than willing to come to the net, more than 100 times. She really

:47:33. > :47:36.steps in and gives that backhand a wallop. She has a great backhand

:47:37. > :47:41.crosscourt that sets up the Bertie Aherned down-the-line. It's -- the

:47:42. > :47:44.backhand down-the-line. It's tough to defend against. It's tough to do,

:47:45. > :47:48.to have the timing to do that. When her game is on, she can beat anyone.

:47:49. > :47:52.But there is a tendency, sometimes it can go off, as we've seen before.

:47:53. > :47:57.It can be erratic. That's been the problem. Believe it or not, Garbine

:47:58. > :48:01.Muguruza, 23 years old, has only won three titles in her entire career.

:48:02. > :48:05.One of those was a Major. She seems to be either off or on. Certainly at

:48:06. > :48:09.this Wimbledon, she's been on, but we've seen in the past, that's been

:48:10. > :48:13.the trouble. Since the French Open last year that she won, she hasn't

:48:14. > :48:16.been to another final, at any event, not a major, small event, until this

:48:17. > :48:19.Wimbledon, when everything is starting to click, because she has

:48:20. > :48:23.the power, but without the consistency the power is useless.

:48:24. > :48:26.You make too many unforced errors. Maybe she just believes more now. I

:48:27. > :48:31.think it was the pressure and expectation, a bit like Jo Konta,

:48:32. > :48:34.being the next Spanish superstar as such. She dipped after the final at

:48:35. > :48:38.Wimbledon. She dipped after winning the final at the French. That's not

:48:39. > :48:43.easy to deal with. Absolutely. That's a really good point. After

:48:44. > :48:48.she lost in the French Open in the Fourth Round, she was very tearful.

:48:49. > :48:51.Seemed like she was almost liberated because the pressure was off,

:48:52. > :48:54.defending the French Open coming up and the expectations. So people

:48:55. > :49:00.weren't talking about her quite as much. A little more under the radar

:49:01. > :49:04.coming into this Wimbledon. Of course, Conchita Martinez, someone

:49:05. > :49:08.new in her camp, who has won here before in 1994, knows how to play on

:49:09. > :49:14.grass is more mellow than her normal coach. It seems like everything is a

:49:15. > :49:17.perfect storm and has come together beautifully. It seemed to come

:49:18. > :49:21.together in the Fourth Round against Angelique Kerber, because this felt

:49:22. > :49:24.like a make or break match, for both of them, whoever was going to come

:49:25. > :49:28.through. Yes, Angelique Kerber was going to lose her number one ranking

:49:29. > :49:33.if she lost this match. This was so hotly contested. It went to a tight

:49:34. > :49:37.three setter. It was back-and-forth, back-and-forth. The quality of the

:49:38. > :49:42.tennis, it took my breath away. It was. The way that Muguruza was a bit

:49:43. > :49:47.more aggressive. She had more fire power. She was able to finish points

:49:48. > :49:50.off at the net. Funny enough, Kerber said after she was still happy,

:49:51. > :49:54.after this loss because that's the best tennis she had played in a

:49:55. > :49:59.while. She's had a difficult year. She subpar year by number one

:50:00. > :50:02.standards. I think as you say, this was the match, the tipping point for

:50:03. > :50:06.Muguruza, because since then, she's played so much better. She's so much

:50:07. > :50:09.more confident out on court. Interesting, just watching that, I

:50:10. > :50:13.was seeing how far Kerber was running from side to side. I just

:50:14. > :50:18.wonder whether Venus might just maybe concentrate a bit - she won't

:50:19. > :50:22.want to run too wide. No, Venus does not want long points. That's the

:50:23. > :50:27.key. As soon as she walks into the All England Club, she instinctively

:50:28. > :50:31.becomes more aggressive. Her game is tailor made to this surface, with

:50:32. > :50:34.the flat serve. But she can slice around it, which she predominantly

:50:35. > :50:38.does. The slice holds true through the grass and stays down low. Venus

:50:39. > :50:41.likes to take that first strike, the first hit and go for it. That's

:50:42. > :50:46.actually what Konta said afterwards in her press conference. My gosh,

:50:47. > :50:50.that first ball was coming at me so hard and so deep, so I felt like I

:50:51. > :50:53.needed to neutralise all the time. That's the kind of mind set that

:50:54. > :50:58.Venus needs to continue to have today. We know how they need to

:50:59. > :51:01.play. They both need to be ultra-aggressive. They need to serve

:51:02. > :51:05.well. Surprisingly, both are winning more than 50% of their second

:51:06. > :51:08.serves. Venus' second serve can be particularly attackable. She needs

:51:09. > :51:14.to keep that number up. It's all about execution. There's no secrets

:51:15. > :51:16.out here today. It's maybe picking on Muguruza's forehand, Venus'

:51:17. > :51:19.forehand can be more Brittle as well. It's all about handling the

:51:20. > :51:24.situation and this court right here is where Venus has had her most

:51:25. > :51:27.success in her career. BBC celebrating 90 years of covering of

:51:28. > :51:31.championships, one of the best innovations has been this room. It

:51:32. > :51:36.is raining outside. But the good news is that the roof is closed. The

:51:37. > :51:40.referee's office are planning to keep the roof closed. It means that

:51:41. > :51:43.we will start on time at 2pm. Less than ten minutes. There's already a

:51:44. > :51:47.buzz around here. There is a buzz. This is a big match. Sometimes you

:51:48. > :51:51.come into a final and you think, oh, someone is the clear favourite.

:51:52. > :51:55.There's a real underdog here. I'd say it's 50/50. Because of the

:51:56. > :52:01.experience of Venus, you've got to remember she's 37. If this goes deep

:52:02. > :52:04.into a third, will she get a little more fatigued than Muguruza?

:52:05. > :52:06.Muguruza, yes, she won that major last year and she's been to the

:52:07. > :52:11.finals at Wimbledon, that will help an awful lot. But is it enough? Does

:52:12. > :52:14.Venus have that extra level to go to, particularly here on this

:52:15. > :52:19.surface? Indeed. Let's hear from her, Venus is looking for her sixth

:52:20. > :52:29.Wimbledon title. Here she is in her own words. Yeah, I've played a lot

:52:30. > :52:37.of finals here. I couldn't have asked for more. I love the big stage

:52:38. > :52:41.and it's about dealing with it. I think you grow and you learn. I

:52:42. > :52:46.think you become more aware of what's going on around you. So it's

:52:47. > :52:55.different. But it's still a passion. It still drives me.

:52:56. > :53:06.COMMENTATOR: Williams first time ever here at Wimbledon.

:53:07. > :53:13.I'm sure I said that to make myself feel better. I was probably really

:53:14. > :53:20.upset about losing. But thankfully those words rang true. Maybe there

:53:21. > :53:25.was some wisdom in my 16-year-old body. Here we are, 20 years later

:53:26. > :53:30.and still a good time. The names and the faces have changed, but the

:53:31. > :53:38.whole tournament is definitely very much the same. I think there's a lot

:53:39. > :53:40.of awesome things about that. COMMENTATOR: Venus Williams back in

:53:41. > :53:46.the Wimbledon final after so many years. I don't really think about my

:53:47. > :53:51.age. I know I have a lot to give still.

:53:52. > :53:55.COMMENTATOR: Williams in full flight. I don't feel any particular

:53:56. > :53:59.age. So, you know, it's not a factor.

:54:00. > :54:04.COMMENTATOR: On the court she seems unstoppable. At this point in time,

:54:05. > :54:08.I definitely am focussed on what I can achieved. I'm definitely a glass

:54:09. > :54:12.half full kind of person. COMMENTATOR: That's great racquet

:54:13. > :54:16.work from Williams. There's only a handful of players each year who can

:54:17. > :54:19.push through and deal with all the pressure of playing your best

:54:20. > :54:28.against the best players. COMMENTATOR: She's through to the

:54:29. > :54:34.final again. The last time she played Serena. I will have to ask

:54:35. > :54:39.for pointers. Serena is always in my corner. Usually she's in these

:54:40. > :54:42.finals. I'm trying my best to represent Williams as best as I can.

:54:43. > :54:47.I have to sleep at night and look at myself in the mirror, and I couldn't

:54:48. > :54:52.do that if I just left. There will come a day when I can and then I'll

:54:53. > :54:55.leave, but it's not yet. I have another opportunity and I have to do

:54:56. > :54:59.my best with it. Other people fall in love with other parts of their

:55:00. > :55:04.life, but I'm still in love with this part of my life. I don't want

:55:05. > :55:12.that part to end, so, it's not over till it's over. We have just been

:55:13. > :55:20.joined by John McEnroe. Jonny Mac is here! What timing. Did you dodge the

:55:21. > :55:24.rain? Not totally. But I forgot how much louder it is when the roof is

:55:25. > :55:27.closed. So it's exciting. There's going to be a lot of energy for

:55:28. > :55:32.this. I mean there would have been a lot any way, but it feels like -

:55:33. > :55:35.There's an echo. It's very cool. It will be the first ladies final ever

:55:36. > :55:38.under the roof. It's difficult to see who it might favour. I don't

:55:39. > :55:43.think it's going to favour either. I think that we could pick any

:55:44. > :55:46.scenario, whether it was outdoors, indoors, hot, not that hot, windy

:55:47. > :55:53.and you could make arguments for both players. That's why this final

:55:54. > :55:57.is so particularly interesting. The upside is so tremendous for either

:55:58. > :56:03.one of them. You have two Americans here, Sue so... We're thinking that

:56:04. > :56:07.the biggest boost or shot in the arm for the sport, unquestionably

:56:08. > :56:10.Garbine is only 23, I believe, and Venus is going to be 38 soon. I

:56:11. > :56:17.think it would be a heck of a story if she won. Heck of a story for all

:56:18. > :56:20.of sport. Absolutely. 37, just to be interested, John, motivated for 20

:56:21. > :56:25.years. More than that. I was interested, I just couldn't walk,

:56:26. > :56:28.that's all! I'd still be interested. She is incredible, Venus. As you

:56:29. > :56:32.say, she's got it all. She doesn't need to be out here. Just her love

:56:33. > :56:34.and passion for the game shines through. Absolutely. It is the

:56:35. > :56:39.passion. It's something that she loves. You know, when you look at

:56:40. > :56:42.it, she's probably never going to be as good as anything else in her

:56:43. > :56:46.life, this good at something. She can still play at this level. She's

:56:47. > :56:50.going to be back in the top five in the world. That's just amazing. If

:56:51. > :56:55.Venus does win today, she'll be the oldest Grand Slam champion in the

:56:56. > :56:58.open era on the women's side. It's a phenomenal sports story, after all

:56:59. > :57:02.she's been through and then throw the Serena story in there, winning

:57:03. > :57:06.the Australian Open, when she was pregnant, beating Venus in the

:57:07. > :57:12.finals, you could make a movie about that. I think they will make one.

:57:13. > :57:16.What we used to criticise her for, some did, you know, she was thinking

:57:17. > :57:22.too much about other things. Whether it was the clothing line or her

:57:23. > :57:26.interests in other endeavours. Now all of a sudden, it's turned out

:57:27. > :57:31.that's a blessing and a shot in the arm for her. It took her mind off it

:57:32. > :57:35.for a while. I think that as she got away from it a little bit, she

:57:36. > :57:41.realised how much she did love it. And I think the biggest reason, if

:57:42. > :57:44.you had a point to one, is Venus is in the finals today and Roger

:57:45. > :57:49.tomorrow is how much they absolutely love to play this game. They're able

:57:50. > :57:53.to shrug off the losses and move forward and learn from them. That is

:57:54. > :57:56.exceptionally hard to do. I can tell you from experience, as you get

:57:57. > :58:00.older. I stopped learning from my losses at about 26. I'm not kidding.

:58:01. > :58:05.I wish I could have learned something. Sadly, it didn't happen.

:58:06. > :58:08.I tell you, it's a real buzz. You heard that great applause for the

:58:09. > :58:12.ball boys and girls and the umpires and linesmen. The stage is set. This

:58:13. > :58:26.is a stage that has graced so many great champions over the years.

:58:27. > :58:36.I grew up dreaming about Wimbledon all my life. Wimbledon is the Golden

:58:37. > :58:40.Globe you are aiming for. Immediately fell in love with it. I

:58:41. > :58:44.thought, this is just heaven. The whole tournament is very much the

:58:45. > :58:49.same as a lot of awesome things about that. This tournament will be

:58:50. > :58:56.always special. I feel a lot of support. I love the big stage. You

:58:57. > :58:59.walk out on Centre Court, there's such a hush, before everybody

:59:00. > :59:06.explodes. CHEERING

:59:07. > :59:10.It's quite a fairy-tale. COMMENTATOR: In a class of her own.

:59:11. > :59:14.I'm still in love with this part of my life. I don't want that part to

:59:15. > :59:18.end. Hopefully I can win the Wimbledon trophy.

:59:19. > :59:22.Who will be lifting that beautiful trophy at the end of the afternoon?

:59:23. > :59:25.I think the players here, I was talking to Andy Murray, he said that

:59:26. > :59:29.walk is not easy. You just want to get out there. You doubt yourself

:59:30. > :59:32.when you're walking, you want to get out there and get on with it. Yeah

:59:33. > :59:35.and apparently it's a longer walk now. So there's more time to think

:59:36. > :59:40.about it. This is the moment, any Grand Slam, but I think Wimbledon in

:59:41. > :59:43.particular, most people as kids dream about playing a Wimbledon

:59:44. > :59:46.final. They hit against the back board thinking they are playing in

:59:47. > :59:49.the Wimbledon final. It's this moment here, you're trying not to

:59:50. > :59:52.get overwhelmed by the situation. You're trying to stay clear with

:59:53. > :59:56.your strategy. Of course, Venus has done this so often. I like the

:59:57. > :00:01.longer walk. We had that at the US Open. You felt a little bit like

:00:02. > :00:04.gladiators walking into the Colosseum. That was different

:00:05. > :00:08.though, you walk through the fans. I love that. Me too. This is great

:00:09. > :00:11.too. You get a little more chance to strut your stuff. We are ready for

:00:12. > :00:51.this ladies final. Here they come. Seeing Billie Jean King, Martina

:00:52. > :00:55.Navratilova up there, looking down on the final. They know what it is

:00:56. > :00:59.like. Garbine before said when she is going on Centre Court I don't

:01:00. > :01:03.want to look at the trophies or the roll of honour, I want to treat it

:01:04. > :01:09.as just another match. Easier said than done. It is obviously personal

:01:10. > :01:16.preference but, to me, I would not treat it like any other match. How

:01:17. > :01:24.often too many players get out there? Zero. I would say VH1. It

:01:25. > :01:28.will be tight and it will be tough. But it is an absolutely awesome

:01:29. > :01:34.feeling, I would want to enjoy it and Maku was watching. She has had

:01:35. > :01:42.nerves before? Good god yes, that is probably why she wants to stay so

:01:43. > :01:47.focused. She only looks at her support box, otherwise down at the

:01:48. > :01:52.court, down at her strings. John, you did a really good job of getting

:01:53. > :02:02.the crowd involved. Not voluntarily, half of the time! But when you think

:02:03. > :02:08.of somebody like Konta, it becomes too Murch and you get out of your

:02:09. > :02:12.zone. Venus is making her way to join Garbine and the tournament

:02:13. > :02:17.referee. Each year for the finals the charitable arm, the Wimbledon

:02:18. > :02:23.Foundation, chooses a charity to perform the pre-match coin toss. It

:02:24. > :02:27.is the turn of BBC Children in Need, which supports disadvantaged

:02:28. > :02:30.children of Dune people across the UK. Representing BBC Children in

:02:31. > :02:36.Need is 12-year-old Rebecca Jones who lost her father in 2016,

:02:37. > :02:42.together with her sister Katie they have been supported by services are

:02:43. > :02:45.run by The Brain Tumour Charity and Princess Alice Hospice, supported by

:02:46. > :02:52.Children in Need. I spoke to Rebecca earlier, she was so excited. I asked

:02:53. > :02:57.if she had practised her coin toss and she said yes. We will see, a

:02:58. > :03:03.huge moment for Rebecca. Look out all these players are. I was just

:03:04. > :03:09.thinking the same. I think Venus is slightly taller than Roger Federer.

:03:10. > :03:15.She is six foot one, and her hair makes her book about six foot three.

:03:16. > :03:19.Garbine is around six foot or close to, this is the equivalent of the

:03:20. > :03:23.giants we saw yesterday in the men's game. They are getting taller and

:03:24. > :03:29.can move quick, that is the tough part. Spot-on, John. In my mind,

:03:30. > :03:35.Venus was the first player this to all who was our jail. We had players

:03:36. > :03:38.in our generation that were tall, they had that change, but they were

:03:39. > :03:44.not able to change direction on a dime like Venus -- the first player

:03:45. > :03:48.this tall who was agile. We have been talking about how they take the

:03:49. > :03:54.ball so early, there will be incredibly fast rallies today. No

:03:55. > :04:01.question. I have been impressed with Muguruza that she has adapted her

:04:02. > :04:05.game enough. I am not sure if that is Conchita Martinez. I know Sam has

:04:06. > :04:11.done a good job but is not here for personal reasons. She has not come

:04:12. > :04:17.out guns blazing on everything she does. She has attacked way more than

:04:18. > :04:20.I have seen her and become pretty good at volleying. Clearly both of

:04:21. > :04:24.these ladies will take the short ball went given the opportunity.

:04:25. > :04:29.That is why you think the first serve percentage will be so

:04:30. > :04:33.important, but I think she has become a more consistent player and

:04:34. > :04:39.more confident and better because she has added more variety. Garbine

:04:40. > :04:44.Muguruza, we will see some of her career statistics, her forehand has

:04:45. > :04:50.been up and down, 51 unforced errors so far. Maybe Venus will target bad?

:04:51. > :04:55.I think so, I think you target that site because it is not as solid. She

:04:56. > :04:59.will make more errors on that side, and also because the backhanded such

:05:00. > :05:07.a weapon. You want anything you might be able to break down when

:05:08. > :05:12.your opponent shows nerves. The backhanded Muguruza is so

:05:13. > :05:16.technically sound. -- the backhand of Muguruza. When she gets the ball

:05:17. > :05:21.down the middle of the court, she is a rare player who will run around a

:05:22. > :05:26.forehand to strike a backhand. That is how much she prefers it. Isn't

:05:27. > :05:32.Venus the same type of player. Muguruza's backhand down the line is

:05:33. > :05:37.critical. But it could also be with Venus. They are both more consistent

:05:38. > :05:41.on their backhand and go bigger on the forehand. That is the style of

:05:42. > :05:47.tennis you see in general in the women's and men's side these days.

:05:48. > :05:51.One of the reasons I think Venus is back-up in the top ten, 11 now but

:05:52. > :05:57.back in the top ten as of last year, is that her forehand is more solid.

:05:58. > :06:02.For a few years, her contact point where she strikes the ball was not

:06:03. > :06:11.as accurate as before. Only dropping one said, she has really cruised

:06:12. > :06:18.through. Yes. Unexpectedly easy. The match with cellar Angelique Kerber

:06:19. > :06:21.was huge for her for obvious reasons, mainly because kerb is

:06:22. > :06:26.trying to get the respect that she still deserves to be number one, she

:06:27. > :06:32.got out of jail in the previous round. Shelby Rogers had had beaten.

:06:33. > :06:38.So you think, Kerber, she was down much point in Australia, won the

:06:39. > :06:42.Open and won the finals here. So that was a point for Muguruza to

:06:43. > :06:47.establish itself as among the top couple of women in the world. The

:06:48. > :06:52.players Venus has beaten along the way, they are mostly heavy hitters,

:06:53. > :06:59.the same style of play she will face against Muguruza. Muguruza, she beat

:07:00. > :07:05.Rybarikova in the semifinals. I think Venus has a slight advantage

:07:06. > :07:11.in that area. Osaka hits the heck out of the ball, Ostapenko, who won

:07:12. > :07:17.the French Open. And Hunter hit so hard. There are two young ladies

:07:18. > :07:23.here who were not even born yet when Venus played her first Wimbledon, an

:07:24. > :07:26.incredible story. Looking at the statistics, the Williams family,

:07:27. > :07:31.Venus and Serena, this would be the 13th title they have won in 18 years

:07:32. > :07:38.on this court. An incredible achievement. Amazing. I cannot

:07:39. > :07:43.believe a sister combination from where they started from have

:07:44. > :07:47.dominated the sport, particularly Serena. Venus is the best thing that

:07:48. > :07:53.ever happened to Serena, as I have said. The support system she has

:07:54. > :07:59.had. It is apropos that when she is nuttier than a Venus, I believe she

:08:00. > :08:03.will win this. -- it is apropos that when she is not here. I believe

:08:04. > :08:09.Venus will win this for the six time. They are both playing so well,

:08:10. > :08:15.it feels like a great advert for women's tennis. I will go with Venus

:08:16. > :08:23.for experience, she looks ready. I would say 51/49 for Venus. It is so

:08:24. > :08:29.tough to pick. Muguruza will not be overawed, she played well in her

:08:30. > :08:36.first final and won the French Open. She is better than she was, no

:08:37. > :08:41.question. That is why it is a tough call, but I think experience will be

:08:42. > :08:45.to youth in this match. There are other teams, they are in place, I'd

:08:46. > :08:50.better let you guys go in place. Tracy and John are on their way to

:08:51. > :09:04.the commentary box to join Andrew Cotter for the ladies final. ANDREW

:09:05. > :09:09.COTTER: the roof will remain closed. Sometimes that helps the atmosphere.

:09:10. > :09:13.I know the purists will say it is an outdoor tournament and they do

:09:14. > :09:20.everything they can to have it open, but the echoing sounds of the ladies

:09:21. > :09:24.final and a Centre Court today. -- under the roof of Centre Court.

:09:25. > :09:31.Muguruza will be helped by her match a couple of years ago against Serena

:09:32. > :09:37.Williams. All of those watching in Centre Court, the greats of tennis

:09:38. > :09:42.and beyond. Venus Williams maintains this outwardly placid air, but she

:09:43. > :09:48.will be churning inside because it has been a long time since she has

:09:49. > :09:51.been in this position at Wimbledon. Her last finals in 2009, her last

:09:52. > :10:14.victory in 2008. Again, just letting Muguruza await

:10:15. > :10:19.for a final few nervous moments. She has her thigh heavily strapped.

:10:20. > :10:32.Centre Court welcomes Venus Williams out again.

:10:33. > :10:36.Chris and John McEnroe are inside. We are ready. The ladies singles

:10:37. > :12:00.final. Chris, you were saying that is

:12:01. > :12:02.Muguruza has one slight weakness it is a few loose forehands in this

:12:03. > :12:28.championship? But, again, she is not afraid of

:12:29. > :12:29.power. JOHN MCENROE: She has two mis-hit returns and won both the

:12:30. > :12:53.points. A bit unfortunate, though. That was definitely work a

:12:54. > :13:00.challenge. It may have caught the backside, looked along. -- that was

:13:01. > :13:01.definitely worth a challenge. That was even longer than I thought it

:13:02. > :13:22.was. Again with that forehand, Muguruza.

:13:23. > :13:59.103 seconds serve by Venus. Brutal backhand to close it out.

:14:00. > :14:08.Started with an ace. A hold to start.

:14:09. > :14:12.When the roof is closed it sounds even more fearsome. The sound of the

:14:13. > :14:18.ball coming off the racket of both players. It makes it easier for them

:14:19. > :14:23.both to serve well, no elements to content with, the sun and the wind.

:14:24. > :14:28.And the lighting is done anyway that it is not an issue, which is nice

:14:29. > :14:34.for the players. -- turn in our way. They have to be loving this. The

:14:35. > :14:54.roof is transparent. The light comes through.

:14:55. > :15:02.Williams started with an ace. Muguruza with a double fault. She's

:15:03. > :15:36.only served four double faults in six matches.

:15:37. > :15:44.She's settled after that double fault. Starting to loosen up. That's

:15:45. > :16:03.been her go-to serve, down the T on both sides.

:16:04. > :16:09.That's what she's done better in this event than ever seen her

:16:10. > :16:48.before, her willingness to move forward.

:16:49. > :16:51.That's a good service game. Great service game after that early

:16:52. > :17:00.jitter. Interesting that we saw the body

:17:01. > :17:03.serve right there from Muguruza. Venus Williams has been using that

:17:04. > :17:08.so successfully throughout the Championships.

:17:09. > :17:12.As close as these two like to stand on the return, that will be an

:17:13. > :17:27.important serve to utilise. Three times now. Not out by a small

:17:28. > :18:20.margin. What a return from Muguruza. It's

:18:21. > :18:37.taking some pace off that first serve, though. Only 95mph.

:18:38. > :18:47.Oh, that's good from Venus Williams. We will see a lot of that in this

:18:48. > :18:48.final. You think, whoever is more consistent on the forehand side is

:18:49. > :19:01.going to have a decided edge. Her coach and hitting partner

:19:02. > :19:31.alongside. Not by much this time. Just checking

:19:32. > :19:38.if she is sure and doesn't challenge. So Venus Williams holds.

:19:39. > :19:42.Again if you're looking at it from Garbine Muguruza's point of view,

:19:43. > :19:47.this has been a pretty positive start. It's been a pretty positive

:19:48. > :19:53.start. Her forehand is off. That's a little worrisome. She came out, I

:19:54. > :19:57.can only imagine, how could she not be tight. I think Conchita Martinez

:19:58. > :20:02.has settled her down this tournament, got her thinking - I can

:20:03. > :20:07.do more than just go after balls and try to hit winners. That's been

:20:08. > :20:12.quite successful. That change in the coaching situation, at least accept

:20:13. > :20:19.prayer, has helped. -- temporarily has helped. She believes and trusts

:20:20. > :20:23.her in what she's got to say. It's going to be interesting when they

:20:24. > :20:38.settle and get their A game going what happens. Conchita beat Martina

:20:39. > :20:43.Navratilova in 1984. Martinez seems to have a bit of a difference. Sam

:20:44. > :20:48.is pretty untense and Conchita is more relaxed. Conchita and Sam are

:20:49. > :21:10.in contact constantly, discussing game plans.

:21:11. > :21:13.Both these women have first serve percentages in the high 60s for most

:21:14. > :21:33.of the Championship. Because of that Muguruza has only

:21:34. > :21:53.been broken four times. And Venus only six.

:21:54. > :22:04.Adding them up. When does that officially get in your head. They

:22:05. > :22:05.might be starting to seep in. You can guarantee Venus will have

:22:06. > :22:34.noticed. Wins that point, but even the

:22:35. > :22:57.forehand in there was a little bit too close for comfort.

:22:58. > :23:02.Mistake this time from Venus Williams. So it's a reasonably

:23:03. > :23:03.comfortable hold from Muguruza. Just those errors on the forehand to

:23:04. > :23:20.concern her. I thought it might be a closely

:23:21. > :23:34.contested final, nothing to suggest otherwise so far.

:23:35. > :23:39.Her forehand is working OK. It's really important that Venus has a

:23:40. > :23:41.little bit of spin on that forehand and she can feel like free to swing

:23:42. > :23:58.through it. Venus is drchl got at least 10% more

:23:59. > :24:00.on her serve and as close as Muguruza is standing, if she

:24:01. > :24:02.continues to stand there, I believe she's going to get a lot of free

:24:03. > :24:22.points. She realises the payoff, even if she

:24:23. > :24:23.has some double faults, the payoff for going for more on the second

:24:24. > :24:41.serve is important. We've talked about it before, does

:24:42. > :24:43.not want too many points to last too long. Conservation of energy for

:24:44. > :25:12.Venus Williams. One more time the forehand strays

:25:13. > :25:19.long from Garbine Muguruza. A hold for Williams. I'm pretty sure that's

:25:20. > :25:24.what Muguruza will be thinking about it, this sit down. So what can you

:25:25. > :25:28.do? When you're losing one particular shot, how do you change

:25:29. > :25:32.it? What do you do? She's naturally so aggressive. She likes to attack

:25:33. > :25:37.the ball. You could take a slight step or so backwards. You could use

:25:38. > :25:43.more spin. I think the spin is crucial. Just adding a little bit

:25:44. > :25:47.more topspin, so you have to work the hand a bit. She's still going to

:25:48. > :25:51.have to be aggressive in order to win this match. I bet she thinks

:25:52. > :25:55.right now it's more nerves than technique. She's just going to try

:25:56. > :25:58.to hit her way out of this. I think Conchita Martinez has talked to her

:25:59. > :26:05.frequently about the need to mix up your shots. And not just be out

:26:06. > :26:09.there going as big as possible. That's the reason, one of the big

:26:10. > :26:12.reasons she's in the final again. She should be able to make the

:26:13. > :26:15.adjustment. The difficult part is the ball's coming at her so fast.

:26:16. > :26:18.You don't have a lot of time to think about these adjustments when

:26:19. > :26:22.you play Venus Williams, particularly on this court.

:26:23. > :26:31.Apart from the three setter against Kerber, such a straightforward

:26:32. > :26:32.passage to this point. Facing power she hasn't before in this

:26:33. > :26:59.Championship. The body serve this time from the

:27:00. > :27:02.Spaniard. We always talk about Venus' wing span. That's the perfect

:27:03. > :27:05.serve, especially if she's standing in close. That is a good job by

:27:06. > :27:25.Garbine there. That's something we haven't seen

:27:26. > :27:31.much this championships. Missing a backhand down-the-line,

:27:32. > :28:03.that's really her big weapon. All you can do is give yourself a

:28:04. > :28:06.little more margin, safer shot. Obviously crosscourt is easier to

:28:07. > :28:31.execute over the lower part of the net.

:28:32. > :28:36.Average first serve speed for these two, Venus is up a little. Garbine

:28:37. > :28:38.down a little. That, to me, is nerves. She hasn't quite settled

:28:39. > :29:01.down here yet. Oh, what a shot! What a shot from

:29:02. > :29:06.Venus Williams. Muguruza did so much right. Started with the body serve

:29:07. > :29:10.again. But Williams what a response. This is incredible movement from the

:29:11. > :29:14.37-year-old on the full stretch. She backed up a little here to give

:29:15. > :29:18.herself more time. Got it on the outside of the ball. The first break

:29:19. > :29:45.points. Missed opportunity there for

:29:46. > :29:47.Williams. Good defence by Muguruza. Venus knows she should have done a

:29:48. > :30:05.lot better. A little puff of white, and the

:30:06. > :30:43.perfect serve. What a hole that is for Garbine

:30:44. > :30:51.Muguruza. -- what a hold that is. First signs of danger and she was

:30:52. > :30:56.equal to it. It is wanting to be a big server, it is very important to

:30:57. > :31:01.be a correct server. -- it is one thing to be a big server. They have

:31:02. > :31:04.both been doing a good job of it this Championships, big serves when

:31:05. > :31:21.they need it most. I bet she is still thinking a bit

:31:22. > :31:38.about that forehand she missed to get the break.

:31:39. > :31:44.She said, why didn't I do that break point?! Hanging on for as long as

:31:45. > :32:25.she could. Penetrating blows. That is a nice point. The point of

:32:26. > :32:34.the match so far. Other Oracene can smile at the efforts from her

:32:35. > :32:39.daughter. -- mother Oracene. You don't see many points like this

:32:40. > :32:58.these days. Great reaction from both. Good versatility.

:32:59. > :33:16.There it is, down the line from the Garissa. Pressure coming in the

:33:17. > :33:18.serve of Williams. -- down the line from Muguruza. She left the court

:33:19. > :33:58.wide open. Double fault number two for

:33:59. > :34:04.Williams. They are tied in that statistic. It came down a little too

:34:05. > :34:21.quickly. Down to the left. The first successful catch of the

:34:22. > :34:53.day in the crowd. UMPIRE: Correction, ball is good.

:34:54. > :34:57.You can understand the frustration for Muguruza, with Williams on the

:34:58. > :35:03.back foot. They will replay the point. And the return rate in the

:35:04. > :35:39.brown patch. It gave a very awkward bounce.

:35:40. > :35:55.Paire let, first service. The crowd gasped. Just a clip away from in and

:35:56. > :35:58.return to serve. -- from an unreturned serve. Just lost a little

:35:59. > :36:11.bit of her first serve percentage in this game.

:36:12. > :36:21.And as giving Muguruza and opening. -- and is giving Muguruza and

:36:22. > :36:55.opening. A chance for Muguruza. Didn't click at the 106 mph second

:36:56. > :37:09.serve pace, but it was steep. -- deep.

:37:10. > :37:44.The first serve returns for Williams.

:37:45. > :37:56.What a mixture in this came from Venus Williams -- in this game from

:37:57. > :38:06.Venus Williams. She gets out of rhythm.

:38:07. > :38:13.It tells you something about somebody who serves three doubles

:38:14. > :38:15.and might pull out the game in a fault. She has to commits to her

:38:16. > :38:36.serve. Eventually for Venus Williams, both

:38:37. > :38:39.of these players have had one and have failed convert them. So little

:38:40. > :38:51.between these two. That is what is so interesting,

:38:52. > :38:57.there is so little between them, it is so tough to predict what will

:38:58. > :39:02.happen. We'll experience or youth prevail? Who will be overwhelmed?

:39:03. > :39:07.Neither, it would seem. They both seem extremely focused, settling in.

:39:08. > :39:12.There is a buzz in the crowd because they realise it will be a very close

:39:13. > :39:17.match. We talk about the experience of Venus Williams standing her in

:39:18. > :39:22.good stead, the final samba titles, but they were long time ago. This

:39:23. > :39:28.will not feel like her first, but it will not feel a long run of finals.

:39:29. > :39:35.She has been a long time away. 2008 was the last title she won here, the

:39:36. > :39:45.last major that she won. In 2011 she told us she had Sjogren's syndrome.

:39:46. > :39:49.Her serve is so fluid. I was always taught if your head comes down the

:39:50. > :39:54.ball is going into the net, see you make the quick adjustment. Should

:39:55. > :40:00.she keep even playing after some of the results? Now look. She dropped

:40:01. > :40:23.out of the top 40. Muguruza with the new balls.

:40:24. > :40:46.It is effective. Talk about having to get her to draw those large wins

:40:47. > :40:48.in. She does not hit it as big or as hard as Venus, so the body server is

:40:49. > :41:16.key for her. Beating Williams down with those

:41:17. > :41:24.backhands, Muguruza. She has done that so well this Championships.

:41:25. > :41:28.Coming to the net more than 120 times, she is just a threat. Always

:41:29. > :42:00.looking to move forward, hit the ball early and on the rise.

:42:01. > :42:23.That 40 has been getting away from Venus as well.

:42:24. > :42:33.Another impressive game from the Spaniard.

:42:34. > :42:44.They have been impressive at times, resilient at others. Inconsistent

:42:45. > :42:52.and certain moments. -- in certain moments. But you can see all the

:42:53. > :43:21.elements of a long final year. -- a long final, here.

:43:22. > :43:29.Just caught the line of the second serve. Catches the line just a

:43:30. > :43:45.little, slows down. Muguruza and this timing it. -- miss timing it.

:43:46. > :43:52.It makes life difficult for these two out here. Made to look a little

:43:53. > :44:04.bit foolish, but look at it dying on the line. She dealt with two

:44:05. > :44:09.completely opposite things when it hit the line. Muguruza asking the

:44:10. > :44:57.question of Hawk-Eye. While, she lost that game. So much

:44:58. > :45:04.pressure on the serve of Garbine Muguruza.

:45:05. > :45:10.Always chasing it likely in this set, with Williams serving first. I

:45:11. > :45:16.think this is still the only show in town around the old England could --

:45:17. > :45:23.All-England Club, under the roof here. I can see an edge van

:45:24. > :45:28.uncovered court down here. They are a little bit soggy. Spirits are

:45:29. > :45:32.still high. A strange and happy breed.

:45:33. > :45:36.We're watching an intriguing final here as well. So difficult - well,

:45:37. > :45:40.it has been throughout the Championship to pick a winner from

:45:41. > :45:43.any of the players. Once Serena Williams was elsewhere, it was who

:45:44. > :45:48.was going to win this Championship. In this final we are still none the

:45:49. > :45:53.wiser really. Absolutely. As soon as Serena was not in the draw, on

:45:54. > :45:59.maternity leave, really there's a long list of players that can win

:46:00. > :46:10.the title. Always surprised - Ten or 15 at the beginning of the

:46:11. > :46:13.tournament. Venus is still not the favourite. Never has been a

:46:14. > :46:15.favourite at any point. She stands there now with Muguruza

:46:16. > :46:39.serving to stay in this first set. Again, come the big moments and big

:46:40. > :46:45.games, the noise increases and the power lifts. Decibel level went up

:46:46. > :47:27.quite a bit that point. Great hitting from both.

:47:28. > :47:35.Well long and she's just trying to impose her will, her presence here.

:47:36. > :47:51.Williams knows the pressure that Muguruza is under.

:47:52. > :48:34.Forehand error again from the Spaniard. Williams two points away.

:48:35. > :48:41.And the mistake again. But it's the first serve of Muguruza which is

:48:42. > :49:32.disappearing here and gives Williams two set points.

:49:33. > :49:41.What a rally! She couldn't quite do it at the end. Muguruza holds firm.

:49:42. > :49:50.Still one more to go. Venus was targeting that forehand. As she

:49:51. > :49:55.should. Muguruza impressively held steady.

:49:56. > :50:09.Centre Court comes to life. One more set point.

:50:10. > :50:13.What a time to find that first serve again from Muguruza. There's a sigh

:50:14. > :50:57.of relief. Forehand works so well in that rally

:50:58. > :51:36.for Muguruza. That is how to stand up to set

:51:37. > :51:47.points. Garbine Muguruza playing so well. They know how important that

:51:48. > :51:53.was. That was absolutely huge, showing a lot of character. Digging

:51:54. > :51:57.deep to pull out of that game. Easily could have been the first set

:51:58. > :52:01.for Venus. That first set point, when Venus was really just trying to

:52:02. > :52:04.break down the Muguruza forehand. Longest rally of the match. She gets

:52:05. > :53:07.herself back on serve. Not afraid of a double fault or two,

:53:08. > :53:21.it's part of her game. It puts the pressure on

:53:22. > :53:27.I think she is going to challenge. Yes.

:53:28. > :53:35.UMPIRE: The ball was called out. A big moment. That's worth

:53:36. > :53:40.challenging. Oh, my goodness. That's not even close.

:53:41. > :53:45.UMPIRE: Replay the point. Linesmen today are tighter than the players.

:53:46. > :54:08.Fell on her heels there and lost her balance. When you get nervous, your

:54:09. > :54:40.feet sometimes get tangled up. That's what happened there.

:54:41. > :54:50.Both players struggling on that forehand side. So suddenly from

:54:51. > :54:51.having two set points in the previous game, Williams facing break

:54:52. > :55:16.point. Wow, this is a nervy game for both

:55:17. > :55:18.players. They both have that same weakness at the moment as well, the

:55:19. > :55:46.fragility in that forehand. There will be another chance for

:55:47. > :56:39.Garbine Muguruza. Oh, no. First blood to Garbine

:56:40. > :56:46.Muguruza. Williams suddenly looks just a little bit weaker. Muguruza

:56:47. > :56:56.still has to serve it out. But what a position she is in now in this

:56:57. > :57:01.final. Both players have battled extremely hard. So, it is a tough

:57:02. > :57:06.one to predict. I was surprised in that set point, the first set point

:57:07. > :57:09.Venus had in that extended rally, you could hear the grunting level

:57:10. > :57:14.and suddenly Venus stopped completely. First three, four shots,

:57:15. > :57:18.she was super into it. Complete silence. I thought that was strange

:57:19. > :57:25.and weird that she would do that. I don't know. Totally wrong,

:57:26. > :57:36.contributed to her losing that. Then she's lost her way. The forehand has

:57:37. > :57:40.really gone off for her. Conchita Martinez her temporary coach

:57:41. > :57:42.stepping in, might be a more permanent thing. Sam better watch,

:57:43. > :57:55.if she wins this, Muguruza. There's a job to be done in this

:57:56. > :57:56.first set. Muguruza steps out in this final to serve for the first

:57:57. > :58:42.set. Wow, that is tremendous pass from

:58:43. > :58:49.Venus and the movement to get up to that quickly.

:58:50. > :58:52.And time it so well. Indecisive on this one. It was very tough. It was

:58:53. > :59:33.tough. Right at Muguruza's feet. Well the crowd gasped. They thought

:59:34. > :59:39.Muguruza had gone long, but gets away with it.

:59:40. > :59:43.Venus had her forehand under control for the first part of the set. Now

:59:44. > :00:14.it's, hers has gone off. Went for it in that final forehand,

:00:15. > :00:20.Williams. But it is Muguruza getting closer.

:00:21. > :00:56.Very physical rallies. The movement, the explosive first step.

:00:57. > :01:08.How did she get that ball? That could be the shot of the set. Venus

:01:09. > :01:17.Williams bowed her head as she watched this one land right in the

:01:18. > :01:42.corner. Two set points for Garbine Muguruza.

:01:43. > :01:56.Still fighting. Venus had two set points earlier, and Muguruza now has

:01:57. > :02:42.one left. No! And Muguruza has the first set

:02:43. > :02:50.in this final! The effort put in by both players, extraordinary. And how

:02:51. > :02:57.this sport can swing. Two set points for Williams, two for Muguruza, and

:02:58. > :03:02.she finally took it. The margins are just so small in a set like that. It

:03:03. > :03:09.was Muguruza who just to cross the finish line once, and converted. All

:03:10. > :03:16.credits to her for hanging in there in that set. And we talk about the

:03:17. > :03:20.physicality of this as well, and yes, Venus Williams had 13-set match

:03:21. > :03:27.earlier in the tournament, but this is a different level of physicality.

:03:28. > :03:34.Can she now come back, 37, all the owners problems she has had? Well, I

:03:35. > :03:42.certainly hope so. Because what we have seen so far has been quite

:03:43. > :03:47.exciting, it is the type of thing you hope for in a final like this,

:03:48. > :03:54.and I believe she can step it up. She has been here a lot more often

:03:55. > :03:57.than Muguruza has. I think she will be able to take a couple of minutes

:03:58. > :04:02.here to re-evaluate what happened in the last couple of minutes, where

:04:03. > :04:08.let's face it, she should have won that set. It was there for the

:04:09. > :04:11.taking. And sometimes, whoever you are, I don't care how many times

:04:12. > :04:16.you've been there, when something's slipped away from you, emotionally,

:04:17. > :04:22.you get a little flat for a couple of minutes, and it can cost you.

:04:23. > :04:28.Muguruza, she really believes in herself, she's extremely confident,

:04:29. > :04:35.she's a butler, that's a big reason why she was able to pull that set

:04:36. > :04:38.out. She's been here before, in a final, a couple of years ago against

:04:39. > :04:41.Serena Williams. She's won the French Open, and she's taken a step

:04:42. > :05:02.here towards this title. TRACY AUSTIN: I'm so impressed with

:05:03. > :05:06.the way that Muguruza was able to stay so positive and find her

:05:07. > :05:12.forehand again, because that's what she's been struggling with since

:05:13. > :05:17.winning the French. That's what has stood out during these Championships

:05:18. > :05:36.- much more reliable groundstrokes. ANDREW COTTER: No sign of any lack

:05:37. > :05:55.of power at the start of this second set!

:05:56. > :06:13.I'm sure a very interested observer, somewhere, is Serena Williams.

:06:14. > :06:25.JOHN MCENROE: Supposedly can't bear to watch it live, has to watch it on

:06:26. > :06:26.tape. Might not end up watching the tape if it continues to go the way

:06:27. > :07:17.of the Spaniard. Just cannot afford to miss neutral

:07:18. > :07:38.balls like that. Oh! So, right at the start of this

:07:39. > :08:06.second set, Venus Williams in all sorts of trouble.

:08:07. > :08:17.Blistering backhand saves Venus Williams on that occasion. Some

:08:18. > :08:24.heavy hitting from both players here at the moment. Venus would be better

:08:25. > :08:43.served to slow herself down here. Too many mistakes from Venus

:08:44. > :08:46.Williams at the moment. Muguruza, controlling court position here,

:08:47. > :08:57.somewhat surprisingly. As hard as Williams is hitting it.

:08:58. > :09:11.Challenge from Garbine Muguruza. I thought it was in. Again, a big

:09:12. > :09:31.decision for our virtual friends. She shook her head emphatically.

:09:32. > :09:40.So, broken, and Garbine Muguruza is firmly in control of this final now.

:09:41. > :09:44.Smiles all round from her support crew just the crowd were stunned

:09:45. > :09:54.there, they couldn't quite work out what had happened. That's why they

:09:55. > :10:00.have a challenge system. Gives them an opportunity to take a second

:10:01. > :10:08.look. And Muguruza can't believe how good fortune, when it was 4-5,

:10:09. > :10:11.15-40. And this is a woman who has been broken only four times in the

:10:12. > :10:32.Championships. Wow! The wheels starting to come off

:10:33. > :11:25.for Venus Williams. Against Jo Konta, in the semifinal,

:11:26. > :11:41.she was making those. Getting inside the baseline, it's so intimidating.

:11:42. > :11:51.Mentally, she's just lost it here. Can she pull it together? Of course,

:11:52. > :12:25.but she'd better do it soon. There's something for Williams. She

:12:26. > :12:47.does cut a rather tired looking figure.

:12:48. > :12:56.Oh, brilliant. And as we know in tennis, sometimes it can only take a

:12:57. > :13:06.couple of shots, and you're right back in it.

:13:07. > :13:33.It's the moment here for Williams to stop the momentum.

:13:34. > :13:39.Having worked so hard to get herself back into that game, Williams with

:13:40. > :13:54.the mistake again, and Muguruza holds. That's why it's so important

:13:55. > :13:56.to get the lead of 40-0. You're able to drop a couple of points and still

:13:57. > :14:28.keep the pressure on. That's lovely from Venus Williams.

:14:29. > :14:44.Dog that out, that was a very difficult volley. Great feel. Lost

:14:45. > :14:56.some sting on her serve. Something's going on here. I don't know if it's

:14:57. > :15:04.physical, or she's lost a little bit of spirit. Muguruza with some far

:15:05. > :15:17.more comfortable speeds to deal with.

:15:18. > :15:33.The winners, the energy, coming from Muguruza now. At the moment, I don't

:15:34. > :15:42.see a whole lot emanating from the American's side.

:15:43. > :15:52.Got to think this is a must hold here for Williams. Can't go down a

:15:53. > :16:01.double break. She has to keep her foot in the door in this set.

:16:02. > :16:12.This match slipping away from Venus Williams. Garbine Muguruza is

:16:13. > :16:22.playing wonderful tennis. Break point.

:16:23. > :16:58.And Muguruza has it. She has the double break. Surely has one hand on

:16:59. > :17:04.this trophy. Spain, you fancy, may have another winner of this title.

:17:05. > :17:08.Venus Williams is fading fast. A couple of things have happened.

:17:09. > :17:12.Venus, frankly, has gotten a little bit tired, a little bit fatigued. I

:17:13. > :17:17.think Muguruza got used to the pace. At the beginning of this match, she

:17:18. > :17:23.hadn't played anybody leading into the finals that had played and hit

:17:24. > :17:31.with this much power. Now she's striking the ball much more cleanly.

:17:32. > :17:33.And she sensed, to me, that Venus Williams got a little desperate

:17:34. > :17:40.there. She came in on three, four balls that game. Where, OK, you want

:17:41. > :17:44.to be aggressive and attack the net. She didn't get herself in position

:17:45. > :17:51.to even volley. That made the passing shots reasonably easy.

:17:52. > :17:58.Muguruza is just feeding off that. Coming in to try and shorten the

:17:59. > :18:03.points, Venus. Yeah, is it discouragement? Is it actual

:18:04. > :18:11.fatigue, mental fatigue? Probably a combination of that 4-0, 15-40

:18:12. > :18:19.stage. -- 4-5, 15-40 stage. Venus Williams has to find something

:18:20. > :18:21.magical here on Centre Court. Garbine Muguruza is a set up, and a

:18:22. > :19:04.double break up. There is a start. Crowd certainly

:19:05. > :19:10.going to encourage Venus Williams now. I thought the previous shot was

:19:11. > :19:11.going on. Chose to hit it, gave Muguruza another opportunity to hang

:19:12. > :19:33.in there. Playing some excellent defence is

:19:34. > :19:46.Garbine Muguruza. Really nice job. It's not often you can take the

:19:47. > :20:01.baseline away from Venus Williams. Put Williams on her heels. That

:20:02. > :20:02.little extra pace on her serve, a little less on Venus' is adding up

:20:03. > :20:24.to a pretty dominating lead. Forehand has let her down, as this

:20:25. > :20:45.match has progressed as well. Trying to get some life in those legs.

:20:46. > :20:55.Really nice to see Muguruza miss there. But making better shot

:20:56. > :21:18.selection throughout the championships.

:21:19. > :21:24.Wow. Williams hitting it with ferocity. But Muguruza again stands

:21:25. > :21:40.firm, finds the winner. Great job from Muguruza, handling

:21:41. > :21:45.the power. She game guns blazing, Venus Williams. Hand it to Muguruza

:21:46. > :21:51.there, incredible point. Good Marge gin on her shots. -- margin on her

:21:52. > :21:54.shots. She's flying now. Venus trying to come in from behind the

:21:55. > :21:58.baseline, just didn't get far before the passing shot. She's hitting it

:21:59. > :22:01.so hard, she can't even get in position.

:22:02. > :22:22.Suddenly this court, where she has had so much success, must be a very

:22:23. > :22:54.dark place. Unforced errors starting to mount

:22:55. > :23:11.up. It is painful to watch if you're a

:23:12. > :23:21.supporter of Venus Williams, but she is wilting here. Rudi Harelson

:23:22. > :23:28.watching on. Any way three break points for Garbine Muguruza. The

:23:29. > :23:29.crowd trying to lift their favourite, this great champion, who

:23:30. > :23:50.is in a very deep hole. And the end surely is coming

:23:51. > :23:57.quickly. Muguruza with a strangle hold on this match. It's not over

:23:58. > :24:04.yet, but Williams already looks a beaten figure. Boy, this is an

:24:05. > :24:11.amazing turn of events. 30 minutes ago. 4-5, 15-40. A great rally,

:24:12. > :24:16.Venus should have won. It's like she got punched in the gut. It's like

:24:17. > :24:20.she has no energy left from that point forward, it's not even been

:24:21. > :24:25.competitive. Again we're looking at it from Venus Williams' point of

:24:26. > :24:29.view. So many here were hoping Venus would win. But a great performance

:24:30. > :24:34.from Garbine Muguruza. Absolutely. She didn't start off totally

:24:35. > :24:42.convincing. Her forehand wasn't finding its mark. But she hung in

:24:43. > :24:47.there mentally. Just a point or two to just turn this match around.

:24:48. > :24:50.You've got to feel sorry for Venus at this moment, at 37, you wonder

:24:51. > :24:53.whether she'll have another opportunity, certainly here at

:24:54. > :24:58.Wimbledon. But Garbine Muguruza has played outstanding. This is what she

:24:59. > :25:03.has trained for and practised for and Williams will try to come back.

:25:04. > :25:06.For Garbine Muguruza to step out onto Centre Court, to serve for the

:25:07. > :25:37.Ladies' Singles Championship. You want to see this title taken.

:25:38. > :25:42.You don't want to see a meek surrender.

:25:43. > :25:51.I think we're seeing both. We're seeing her take the title and a meek

:25:52. > :26:04.surrender. That combination will make it 6-0.

:26:05. > :26:13.Everything is with her now. There is noise inside Centre Court. But just

:26:14. > :26:24.one more point for Garbine Muguruza. And it will all be hers.

:26:25. > :26:36.UMPIRE: Correction. It might end on this. The umpire steps in. Says that

:26:37. > :26:41.it was good. So the challenge. Let's hope it doesn't end this way.

:26:42. > :27:06.It does not. UMPIRE: Replay the point.

:27:07. > :28:06.You have to wait a little bit longer. Two more chances.

:28:07. > :28:16.There's a challenge. It might end this way. We look to the challenge.

:28:17. > :28:22.Look to the screen. Garbine Muguruza, if it is long, she is the

:28:23. > :28:31.champion. And it is. It is a sorry way for this final to end. But what

:28:32. > :28:36.a victory for Garbine Muguruza, who is the Wimbledon champion and tears

:28:37. > :28:40.of despair a couple of years ago, as she lost to Serena Williams.

:28:41. > :28:47.Whelming joy now Over. She is the champion. A sad end for Venus

:28:48. > :28:54.Williams, who played so well throughout this Championship and

:28:55. > :28:59.promised so much. All the smiles belong to Garbine Muguruza, the

:29:00. > :29:08.moment is hers. The title belongs to the Spaniard. When a win. What

:29:09. > :29:15.happened in that second set? First of all, congratulations to Garbine

:29:16. > :29:21.Muguruza. It's well deserved. She's become a much better player. She's

:29:22. > :29:26.learned from her loss here, her struggles at other events and the

:29:27. > :29:31.expectations. So well, well done. As far as Venus, I would have to think

:29:32. > :29:37.that the syndrome, she suffers from, I don't know if that reared its ugly

:29:38. > :29:40.head on some level, or B, emotionally the accident she was

:29:41. > :29:44.involved in three, four weeks ago, in the States, suddenly just hit her

:29:45. > :29:50.like a ton of bricks, some of it had to do with her opponent's playing,

:29:51. > :29:53.for whatever combination of things it was, or turned out to be, we'll

:29:54. > :29:58.see if she even addresses any of that. But that was unexpected to see

:29:59. > :30:06.it just completely go away that match. All sorts of thoughts going

:30:07. > :30:10.through her head now. She'll not use any excuses when we hear from her

:30:11. > :30:14.shortly. But the contrast again, Garbine Muguruza, she has a French

:30:15. > :30:19.Open title and now she is Wimbledon champion. We talk about the players

:30:20. > :30:23.who might fill the gap, after the Williams sisters depart, there are

:30:24. > :30:27.so many, but Muguruza at 23 now, she has many years to go and could be,

:30:28. > :30:30.well is, one of the stars of the game going forward. Wow, this is

:30:31. > :30:34.just an incredible moment for this young lady right here. After winning

:30:35. > :30:38.the French last year. Everybody was thinking, wow, she's going to ascend

:30:39. > :30:42.to the top of the game. Because she has so many weapons. She struggled

:30:43. > :30:49.for the year. That's just what makes this even sweeter. There's the

:30:50. > :30:57.support team of Garbine Muguruza. Thal be for Sam. Thal be face timing

:30:58. > :31:01.Sam. Again, the emotions at this stage, John, you've been here and a

:31:02. > :31:04.winner, and you've been a loser, the contrast is stark. To sit there now

:31:05. > :31:14.and wait for everything to come out, it must be a magical moment.

:31:15. > :31:21.It certainly is and a very proud one for both players. Ladies and

:31:22. > :31:33.gentlemen, please welcome on to Centre Court, His Royal Highness the

:31:34. > :31:38.Duke of Kent, the chairman of the All England Club and the president

:31:39. > :31:44.of the Lawn Tennis Association. ANDREW COTTER: The ball boys and

:31:45. > :31:55.girls have done such a fantastic job throughout these Championships.

:31:56. > :32:05.A strange atmosphere inside Centre Court, because it threatened to be

:32:06. > :32:10.one of the great finals, so little to win these two players in the

:32:11. > :32:16.first set. Two set points for Venus Williams and, but once that first

:32:17. > :32:20.set went, she visibly wilted. SUE BARKER: First, please show your

:32:21. > :33:01.appreciation for the chair umpire. Now, to the runner-up, Venus

:33:02. > :33:04.Williams! Such a favourite and a great of the game, not the

:33:05. > :33:05.silverware that she would have wanted, and we hope that she's back

:33:06. > :33:28.again. She remains on five ladies singles

:33:29. > :33:37.titles. And the winner of Wimbledon 2017, Garbine Muguruza! Only the

:33:38. > :33:41.second Spanish winner, following that woman there, Conchita Martinez,

:33:42. > :33:58.in 1994. And Spain can celebrate again.

:33:59. > :34:05.And now, for Sue Barker to ask the two for a few words, Venus Williams,

:34:06. > :34:10.first of all, a very difficult interview to give, but the smile is

:34:11. > :34:15.there. You see, they love you, Venus. You are not only a great

:34:16. > :34:28.champion, but showing such great sportsmanship at the end of that

:34:29. > :34:33.match as well. Well, congratulations to Garbine Muguruza, I know how much

:34:34. > :34:40.this means to you and your family, so well done today, Garbine,

:34:41. > :34:45.beautiful. Also, Venus, well done to you, because you have had a great

:34:46. > :34:49.tournament. Yeah, thank you to my team who has been with me day in,

:34:50. > :34:54.day out, and to my family as well. I love you guys, a lot of beautiful

:34:55. > :34:59.moments in the past couple of weeks. And a message for Serena? Oh, I miss

:35:00. > :35:04.you! I dried my best to do the same things that you do, but I think

:35:05. > :35:06.there will be other opportunities! There certainly will!

:35:07. > :35:15.Congratulations! Ladies and gentlemen, Venus Williams!

:35:16. > :35:26.ANDREW COTTER: Well, she's not done yet, and she will be back. This has

:35:27. > :35:31.not come easy, to lift that trophy, you have had to beat a great

:35:32. > :35:35.champion? Yeah, definitely. I had the hardest match today against a

:35:36. > :35:39.Venus, she's such an incredible player, I grew up watching her play,

:35:40. > :35:49.so it is incredible to play the final! Sorry! But she was an

:35:50. > :35:56.inspiration? Definitely, and it is incredible to play her here. And

:35:57. > :36:01.also, you showed no sign of nerves? Well, inside, of course I'm nervous,

:36:02. > :36:08.I always dream to be here. So I was composed, I guess! And the first set

:36:09. > :36:12.was crucial? Yeah, it was very, very tough and we both had a lot of

:36:13. > :36:18.chances, so I'm glad that I made them. And what about your team, your

:36:19. > :36:35.coach, Sam, cannot be here, so do you have a message? Yeah, well, here

:36:36. > :36:37.it is! I want to thank my team that is here, Conchita Martinez, my

:36:38. > :36:46.physio, my fitness trainer, everybody. Because this is not only

:36:47. > :36:50.me, it is all the team. Finally! You said that two years ago, when you

:36:51. > :36:55.were in the final, you said you wanted to come back and win? Yeah,

:36:56. > :36:59.two years ago, I lost in the final against Serena, and she told me one

:37:00. > :37:05.day, I was going to win, so two years later, here I am. Will you be

:37:06. > :37:11.having a big party, do you think somebody will be organising a

:37:12. > :37:19.celebration? For sure! The Wimbledon champion, Garbine Muguruza! Sue

:37:20. > :37:26.Barker, angling for an invitation to the celebration party! Venus

:37:27. > :37:31.Williams at this point wants to be anywhere else, but these are magical

:37:32. > :37:34.moments for Garbine Muguruza, holding one of the most beautiful

:37:35. > :37:45.trophies in sport. JOHN MCENROE: Venus, getting to the

:37:46. > :37:52.Wimbledon final again, at her age, I think she wants to be there, too.

:37:53. > :37:56.You could say it was youth over experience, and the legs finally

:37:57. > :38:01.gave out at 37, the mind, the body, just wasn't up to the task. A

:38:02. > :38:05.23-year-old with a lot of energy and intensity prevailed. It has been a

:38:06. > :38:15.rather dark and gloomy day outside here at Wimbledon. The smile and the

:38:16. > :38:19.flashbulbs lighting up Centre Court. What can she achieve now? French

:38:20. > :38:24.Open champion last year, Wimbledon champion this year. There have been

:38:25. > :38:31.mentions of inconsistency during her career. Wang on her game, she is as

:38:32. > :38:36.we saw today unbeatable. She's got to find that consistency, and she

:38:37. > :38:42.can win however many more Grand Slams. When I first saw her win the

:38:43. > :38:50.French, I thought she had half a dozen in her. I had my doubts when I

:38:51. > :38:55.started to watch her and the way she was handling it, it was tough. But

:38:56. > :39:01.she's back on track to do that very thing. She's added to her game, I

:39:02. > :39:05.think Conchita Martinez has been a blessing for her. She's certainly a

:39:06. > :39:11.better player, a more consistent player. She's improving and

:39:12. > :39:18.learning. A lot of good signs for her. She goes around Centre Court,

:39:19. > :39:25.and they will be watching this keenly I'm sure in Venezuela as

:39:26. > :39:29.well. Caracas-born, her mother is from Venezuela, father from Spain.

:39:30. > :39:38.Neither parent is here, they can't bear to watch. They'll be watching

:39:39. > :39:43.perhaps in Spain. Considering how tough things are in Venezuela, I'm

:39:44. > :39:51.sure this is a breath of fresh air. She has that dual nationality, but

:39:52. > :39:58.Spain is her home now. Both players walking around the court. You wonder

:39:59. > :40:07.what the future might hold now for Venus Williams had. She has said she

:40:08. > :40:12.will be back. She played well throughout the Championship. But

:40:13. > :40:22.she's 37 now, we shall see what the future holds for her. Obviously, the

:40:23. > :40:29.combination of the emotional aspect of this great game and the physical

:40:30. > :40:37.one go hand in hand. We don't know which one hit her first. Did she

:40:38. > :40:43.suddenly get physically tired, was there something going on the entire

:40:44. > :40:49.match was? Was it the emotion of what happened in her accident weeks

:40:50. > :40:52.ago? Was it the syndrome which she has been battling for the past five

:40:53. > :40:58.or six years? I don't know if we will ever know, because I doubt she

:40:59. > :41:06.will tell us. But these are the moments any champion will remember

:41:07. > :41:12.for years and years to come, and even those in the Royal Box have the

:41:13. > :41:19.camera phones out. Garbine Muguruza, not done yet. Just put that there

:41:20. > :41:23.for a moment. I'm sure somebody will watch it! Yeah, someone will keep on

:41:24. > :41:45.eye on it! Serena Williams is targeting a

:41:46. > :41:48.return in the Australian Open. The former king of Spain is watching on,

:41:49. > :41:58.his son now the reigning monarch, not here. Dennis Williams takes her

:41:59. > :42:08.leave of Centre Court, the covered Centre Court which has seen a, in

:42:09. > :42:10.the end, one-sided final of the ladies Championship. And she

:42:11. > :42:18.probably doesn't want to leave at all. She has blown away Venus

:42:19. > :42:29.Williams in the second set. Careful...! Just a reminder of how

:42:30. > :42:32.the match was won. It was won on a challenge. And the moment of

:42:33. > :42:45.realisation. Just maintained her consistent

:42:46. > :42:49.levels, is Venus Williams made a few more mistakes in that second set.

:42:50. > :42:56.JOHN MCENROE: I'm really surprised that it became so one-sided, I've

:42:57. > :42:59.got to say. It looked for all the world like we would be out there at

:43:00. > :43:03.least a couple of hours. Two set points for Venus Williams, it could

:43:04. > :43:09.have been an entirely different match. After she lost the first set,

:43:10. > :43:15.though, you thought it might be difficult for her to come back,

:43:16. > :43:21.given her fitness, her age, I don't know. People will read different

:43:22. > :43:25.things into that. Conchita Martinez, who won this in 1994, beating

:43:26. > :43:31.Martina Navratilova. Then, it was the younger woman, the Spaniard,

:43:32. > :43:46.over the much older rival opponent, and again it was today.

:43:47. > :43:57.You can see the stark contrast of it all. You have none these moments of

:43:58. > :44:01.celebration here, John, and Muguruza has won this final in straight sets

:44:02. > :44:10.over Venus Williams. SUE BARKER: What a match, what a

:44:11. > :44:17.tournament she has played, Garbine Muguruza. She tries to avoid that

:44:18. > :44:21.Hall of Honour, because it makes her nervous, but now, it is her name

:44:22. > :44:26.that goes up as the champion of 2017. It is what she has dreamed

:44:27. > :44:31.about, what she promised Reiff years ago, and now, her name is on that

:44:32. > :44:36.board and it will be there for ever. Tracy Austin is with me here in the

:44:37. > :44:39.studio. Tracy, what a match, can she play any better than that? She

:44:40. > :44:44.played extremely well. What I was most impressed with is that she

:44:45. > :44:48.seemed a little nervous in the beginning, she was missing on the

:44:49. > :44:52.forehand side, just misfiring, and some of them were going away long.

:44:53. > :44:56.But she was able to withstand that, get over the nerves and get the

:44:57. > :45:02.forehand back in place. There she is with the chairman, showing her her

:45:03. > :45:06.name. It must be a proud moment, she's won the French Open, but

:45:07. > :45:11.there's something about the history at Wimbledon which is quite magical.

:45:12. > :45:19.Absolutely. To see her name on that must we so special for her. She was

:45:20. > :45:24.one among a long list of players who could have won it, once Serena was

:45:25. > :45:30.not going to be here, but I don't know that she was near the top. She

:45:31. > :45:32.lost at Eastbourne, it didn't really seem like she was playing fantastic.

:45:33. > :45:42.It's just a beautiful moment. And a picture to treasure as well.

:45:43. > :45:45.These are memories she's going to want to look back on. At the moment,

:45:46. > :45:50.I'm sure, she probably doesn't even know where she is or what she's

:45:51. > :45:56.doing. You talk to champions and they say, "It went by in a blur." It

:45:57. > :46:01.was a strange ending. It ended on a challenge. Cheated of the

:46:02. > :46:05.celebration. She looked up. Looked shocked, is this really true? Did

:46:06. > :46:08.this happen? This is a dream for any player, when they start to play and

:46:09. > :46:14.make that commitment to play at this level. It's to be a Wimbledon

:46:15. > :46:19.champion. This is beautiful to be able to share with her. Her life

:46:20. > :46:25.will change forever. Absolutely. The king of Spain has been here.

:46:26. > :46:30.Alongside the Duke of Kent and what special, special day this will be.

:46:31. > :46:34.King Juan Carlos of Spain. He is here to watch. It is so special. The

:46:35. > :46:38.second Spanish woman to win here and the other one was sitting watching

:46:39. > :46:42.her, Conchita Martinez. Just shows, playing on these grass courts, it

:46:43. > :46:47.doesn't mat whaer you're brought up on, you can adapt, you can learn and

:46:48. > :46:51.grow from it. Absolutely. Isn't it ironic that Conchita is in the box

:46:52. > :46:56.and maybe it was the right thing that Sam Sumic's wife is having a

:46:57. > :47:00.baby. Her usual coach is back home. Conchita stepped in. And Conchita is

:47:01. > :47:04.mellow and calm. Maybe that's what Garbine needed at this moment in her

:47:05. > :47:10.career. Absolutely. As far as the match goes, when she had taken the

:47:11. > :47:22.first set, I've never seen a player - Another Spanish champion, Arancha

:47:23. > :47:28.Sanchez-Vicario. I feel like we're eavesdropping somehow here. There's

:47:29. > :47:32.Virginia Wade saying, "well done". This is the bit she'll like. Heading

:47:33. > :47:38.out to the members' balcony to show the fans outside the trophy. It's

:47:39. > :47:44.such a beautiful trophy. It's really a nice moment to be able to see the

:47:45. > :47:58.walk hire. It really is. Ah, Manuel Santana there as well. From Spain.

:47:59. > :48:03.And here she goes out and a huge cheer because she's become such a

:48:04. > :48:07.popular player here at the tournament. Just the manner in which

:48:08. > :48:16.she plays. Wonderful. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:48:17. > :48:25.What about Spanish tennis then with Rafael Nadal winning his tenth at

:48:26. > :48:28.the French Open and now Garbine Muguruza, a real celebration in

:48:29. > :48:32.Spain that is for sure. It is lovely for these fans who have queued and

:48:33. > :48:37.waited and they've been on the Hill watching to get a glimpse of the

:48:38. > :48:42.champion and take a photo home. She played so well in that final. We

:48:43. > :48:45.wondered whether she would be intimidated. She had to come back

:48:46. > :48:48.from a couple of break points, severely tested. She had all the

:48:49. > :48:54.answers. She really did. It's amazing how the match turned. It was

:48:55. > :48:57.Garbine Muguruza serving at 4-5, 15-#40, down two set points against

:48:58. > :49:01.Venus Williams, who was playing really terrific tennis. Venus was

:49:02. > :49:07.targeting the Muguruza forehand on that point. Garbine had to hit about

:49:08. > :49:10.six or seven strong forehands that set point down in order to hang in

:49:11. > :49:14.the point and that, to me, was the critical point. Then the next point

:49:15. > :49:20.she served a big serve to get herself out of that position, of

:49:21. > :49:23.trouble. Then from there on, she won nine consecutive games. It's amazing

:49:24. > :49:28.how, I don't know, I can't explain that second set. Garbine, yes, she

:49:29. > :49:32.played phenomenal tennis. But where did Venus go? She seemed to have all

:49:33. > :49:38.the air out of her. Her legs didn't seem to have enough energy. Only won

:49:39. > :49:45.12 points. This is a lovely moment too, her team hopefully have made it

:49:46. > :49:49.up here. They're all there. Her physio. It's just wonderful. As she

:49:50. > :49:55.said on court, this is a team effort. Everybody plays their part.

:49:56. > :50:00.Absolutely. It's not only on the court, but it's off the court. You

:50:01. > :50:04.rent a house, spend time together. Where's Conchita. That's her agent.

:50:05. > :50:24.He's going to be busy. There she is! She just shouted "equipo" which is

:50:25. > :50:28.team. They are an incredible team. At the tocht team a special player

:50:29. > :50:38.-- at the top of the team, a special player, who you get the feeling will

:50:39. > :50:41.be at the top for a long time. When she lost in the Fourth Round this

:50:42. > :50:45.year, she was so emotional in the press. She didn't like, she felt

:50:46. > :50:50.almost liberated to have to handle all that. At 23, a lot more

:50:51. > :50:55.experience under her belt. Two majors as well, one at the French

:50:56. > :50:59.and one at Wimbledon. Really, when you have two Majors, ties Hall of

:51:00. > :51:05.Fame -- it's a Hall of Fame career. Conchita has been such a calming

:51:06. > :51:09.influence. We've talked about it. She was as a player. She was very

:51:10. > :51:13.relaxed. A lot of people said that maybe Garbine needed that. She used

:51:14. > :51:18.to be racing all the time. Look, Spanish tennis royalty right there.

:51:19. > :51:22.Wonderful. You're exactly right. Conchita Martinez was so thoughtful

:51:23. > :51:26.on the court as well. She used a lot of variety, the spin, the slice, the

:51:27. > :51:32.heavy topspin. She really used all of the court and knew which shot to

:51:33. > :51:35.hit when. Garbine this Championships has been much more consistent.

:51:36. > :51:40.That's really been the word that's been so important in these matches,

:51:41. > :51:43.because she's just been a little too erratic in so many of her matches

:51:44. > :51:47.before. A shot would go off and she couldn't find the way to get the

:51:48. > :51:51.margin back in play. It's not only the shot selection, the consistency,

:51:52. > :51:54.I think she's been a little more relaxed. Conchita there, always

:51:55. > :52:02.making her laugh. They're having fun together. It really is a nice

:52:03. > :52:06.partnership. It really is. Now she's got to go through the long

:52:07. > :52:11.interviews, the press conference and just really, just got to eneye this

:52:12. > :52:15.moment. -- enjoy this moment. We talk about tennis, the triumph and

:52:16. > :52:18.disaster, the famous saying, because it is. One walks off a winner and

:52:19. > :52:22.you feel for Venus and everything that she's going through right now.

:52:23. > :52:25.Absolutely. You wonder whether Venus at 37, whether she'll ever have an

:52:26. > :52:29.opportunity certainly here at Wimbledon, she'll be 38 next year.

:52:30. > :52:33.Whether this was a lost opportunity because I think there were some

:52:34. > :52:37.points in that first set where she had an opportunity to really close

:52:38. > :52:42.it down, because she was playing better at the beginning of that

:52:43. > :52:46.first set. Muguruza again with a little bit nervous. I'm really

:52:47. > :52:51.curious to see what Venus says about what happened in that second set,

:52:52. > :52:54.where she just deflated emotionally? Everything came crashing down, when

:52:55. > :52:58.she wasn't able to convert on the two set points? Garbine was playing

:52:59. > :53:03.so much better as well. She got that first set under her belt and seemed

:53:04. > :53:07.to free up. You have never seen that happen with Venus before. Not to

:53:08. > :53:12.fall apart in a Major final. The first time she's ever also a set

:53:13. > :53:16.here 6-0. It's just unheard of. It seemed to go by so rapidly. The

:53:17. > :53:19.errors came so quickly in points. It didn't seem like she was thinking

:53:20. > :53:22.clearly. All the tactics, all the strategy just went completely out

:53:23. > :53:26.the window. And things, the points were just racing by. Let's go

:53:27. > :53:33.through the story of the match. First of all, we start with the

:53:34. > :53:39.saving of the set points at 4-5. You know, here was her big chance. That

:53:40. > :53:43.really was. It was this point where Venus immediately started targeting

:53:44. > :53:49.the forehand from Garbine. It's a 19-shot rally this. She tested her.

:53:50. > :53:52.She did. That's four already to that forehand side. Not going to the

:53:53. > :54:00.backhand wing. She was a little bit late there. Back to the forehand

:54:01. > :54:05.again. Garbine was spraying a few forehands, but she was so sure, so

:54:06. > :54:13.steady. It was Venus finally blinked there. One set point still. She came

:54:14. > :54:17.up with a big serve here. That's the combination of being able to serve

:54:18. > :54:21.in clutch moments for Garbine throughout the tournament. She'd

:54:22. > :54:24.only been broken four times going into the final. That says a lot

:54:25. > :54:28.about big serving, but also during those crucial moments to be able to

:54:29. > :54:35.be calm, to be clear on what you need to do and handle the nerves.

:54:36. > :54:40.Having watched that, at 15-ho, you think you -- at 15-40, you think,

:54:41. > :54:43.maybe I missed my chance. She was never really the same after that.

:54:44. > :54:47.She played a messy next game on her own serve. Kind of quickly was

:54:48. > :54:50.losing the points. Then everything started to just fall into place for

:54:51. > :54:56.Muguruza. She started playing better and better. It was honestly, it was

:54:57. > :55:01.tough to watch Venus just disintegrate like that, so quickly,

:55:02. > :55:04.on a court you know she's had her best success and this was such an

:55:05. > :55:09.important moment for her. After she had saved the set points, Muguruza

:55:10. > :55:13.really did up the gears and produced some wonderful tennis to break

:55:14. > :55:18.Venus. She did. I think she felt liberated that she had saved those

:55:19. > :55:21.set points. She played so well. Then she really started to find her

:55:22. > :55:25.targets again. That's what we've seen the entire championships is

:55:26. > :55:29.Muguruza pretty much hanging close to the baseline, not here, because

:55:30. > :55:35.Venus did a great job of keeping her moving, but Muguruza to be able to

:55:36. > :55:38.hang in those points six, seven, eight shots, maybe that's the

:55:39. > :55:42.Conchita Martinez effect right there, just to hang in. Give

:55:43. > :55:46.yourself a little more margin, more spin on the forehand so you get over

:55:47. > :55:51.the net. Good margin. Over the net and inside the lines as well. As you

:55:52. > :55:54.were saying, before this match, how she needed to attack. Muguruza was

:55:55. > :55:58.always prancing along the baseline trying to move forward, trying to

:55:59. > :56:03.hit the ball back as fast as she could to Venus. It was great

:56:04. > :56:08.movement from Muguruza as well, that lob, that last point. This lands on

:56:09. > :56:12.the line. You're thinking OK, Venus great job, great defence, then

:56:13. > :56:16.Muguruza gets right back to moving Venus around. This is where Venus

:56:17. > :56:21.just started to get a little tired, in my opinion. The legs didn't seem

:56:22. > :56:25.quite as strong. Is that the syndrome she's dealing with?

:56:26. > :56:29.Sometimes that's often overlooked. Is it being 37? Is it the

:56:30. > :56:34.disappointment of not converting the two set points. In the second set,

:56:35. > :56:38.we'll show Venus errors, I think it's a bit of a horror show. We

:56:39. > :56:43.haven't seen these sort of mistakes before. Not so quickly in points.

:56:44. > :56:46.That's where Muguruza just ho to stay focussed and not think of the

:56:47. > :56:51.finish line. If you start to think of that beautiful trophy you might

:56:52. > :56:55.start to lose your way. Credit for Muguruza, she just stayed so

:56:56. > :56:59.focussed. Kept with the game plan. Kept with the great foot work and it

:57:00. > :57:02.was Venus Williams who - look at, that she's missing the second shot

:57:03. > :57:08.of the point. From the middle of the court. Yes, just lost her way

:57:09. > :57:12.completely, mentsly. She's not -- mentally. She's not moving as well.

:57:13. > :57:16.I wonder if she had an injury or something happened. I didn't notice

:57:17. > :57:20.anything, but I've never seen her move so slowly around the court.

:57:21. > :57:24.Really struggling. She became sluggish. That's something she

:57:25. > :57:27.really relies on is that great movement to keep that ball back in

:57:28. > :57:34.play until she can control the point again. I mean that is, I mean - 99

:57:35. > :57:43.times out of 100 she would make that shot. Then it got more wild. When

:57:44. > :57:46.your heart is out of it, and you've gone, it's very difficult. Your

:57:47. > :57:49.brain is racing and your feet is slowing down. It's a horrible

:57:50. > :57:55.combination. We've both been there I'm sure. I have! But you have to

:57:56. > :57:59.wonder, she loses the first set, she's thinking do I have enough gas

:58:00. > :58:02.in the tank to go three? Then thoughts start to go. She's down the

:58:03. > :58:06.double break. You start thinking, can I really do this? Then maybe the

:58:07. > :58:13.tremendous disappointment comes into play. Because it's Venus, who has

:58:14. > :58:16.been the last five years watching younger siser Serena win Grand Slam

:58:17. > :58:20.after Grand Slam and be so sturdy in those situations. She maybe even

:58:21. > :58:25.thinking - is this the last time I'll be in a final of a Major. Who

:58:26. > :58:28.knows what she was thinking. It clearly wasn't purposeful. The

:58:29. > :58:31.points at that point were just hitting balls without purpose and

:58:32. > :58:35.that's what you hate to see in a Wimbledon final. If she could have

:58:36. > :58:39.said to herself, I was in the final of the Australian. To be in two

:58:40. > :58:44.Grand Slam finals at the age of 37 is tremendous. She should be

:58:45. > :58:48.positive really about that. I think it's because she built up this was

:58:49. > :58:52.the dream comeback, the fairy-tale. She hadn't won since 2009, as it was

:58:53. > :58:57.being taken away. I don't think she had answers in the second set to

:58:58. > :59:00.Muguruza. Absolutely. This would have been a fairy-tale, one of the

:59:01. > :59:03.biggest sports stories of the year for Venus Williams to come back this

:59:04. > :59:11.many years later and to win the Wimbledon title, her sixth. She

:59:12. > :59:17.would have tied Billie Jean king. Just to come back from everything

:59:18. > :59:21.that she's had to deal with. We've talked about it, the syndrome, the

:59:22. > :59:24.accident, little sister winning her 23 rd Major in January and little

:59:25. > :59:28.sister being away now. It seemed like it was all the pieces of the

:59:29. > :59:33.puzzle were coming in place for Venus. It was Muguruza would came

:59:34. > :59:37.through and really changed it. You've got to give her credit as

:59:38. > :59:41.well, to step up in this moment. She's really struggled. You look at

:59:42. > :59:45.how her results, she hasn't been to any final at all since winning the

:59:46. > :59:51.French Open. Not even any of the small you vents she's played. Now

:59:52. > :59:54.she's won a grand total of four tournament titles and two Majors?

:59:55. > :59:58.That's a terrific strike rate. Absolutely. The way she won, it that

:59:59. > :00:03.second set, I mean, some of the shots she was pulling off were just

:00:04. > :00:09.incredible. She plays with such freedom and fearless tennis. She

:00:10. > :00:14.plays with aggression. That's key. That was worrisome when Venus was

:00:15. > :00:17.coming in on shots. She really was coming in the baseline. She couldn't

:00:18. > :00:22.get close enough to the net. You felt she was trying to make the

:00:23. > :00:25.points quicker. She's coming back, coming in from too far behind the

:00:26. > :00:29.baseline there. That's where you really start to wonder OK, what's

:00:30. > :00:34.Venus thinking. Really doesn't want the long points. Thb fair to

:00:35. > :00:38.Garbine. She had to keep her focus. It's ease why I to look down the

:00:39. > :00:42.other end and think, "I've got this." You mustn't get ahead of

:00:43. > :00:45.yourself. You must stick to your game plan and execute it to the end.

:00:46. > :00:48.That's so right. You've got a Wimbledon title on the line and a

:00:49. > :00:52.player on the other side who's won it five times. This is a dream come

:00:53. > :00:55.true for you. You know it's just three games away, two games away.

:00:56. > :00:58.You can't be thinking about the end. You've got to clearly just stay in

:00:59. > :01:03.your little bubble and that little bubble is what Muguruza has done so

:01:04. > :01:07.well. She seems to have managed, she even talks about that. Conchita has

:01:08. > :01:11.helped her with the stress. To win a Major you have to be on for two

:01:12. > :01:14.weeks, seven matches. That's a long time to dole with everything,

:01:15. > :01:18.whether it's any anythingling injuries. We didn't see the wrap on

:01:19. > :01:23.Muguruza's leg in the first week. First time I saw it was the middle

:01:24. > :01:27.Sunday, a brown patch down the front part of her leg. Then she started

:01:28. > :01:32.wrapping the whole leg. So it started to bother her more. Then you

:01:33. > :01:35.deal with the press and then the final, a second Wimbledon final

:01:36. > :01:41.against another Williams sister. So there's a lot you have to manage and

:01:42. > :01:44.control physically, emotionally. She did that extremely well, with the

:01:45. > :01:45.help of Conchita Martinez who has done it herself. That was really

:01:46. > :02:01.important. What also impressed me, when she had

:02:02. > :02:09.a break point either for or against, she opt the pace by five miles per

:02:10. > :02:21.hour on her crown is strokes, that's champion's mentality, isn't it?

:02:22. > :02:30.Absolutely. That's what you really want, and that's why it is not a

:02:31. > :02:34.coincidence that these are the champions we see in the late stages,

:02:35. > :02:37.they're able to come up with a better shot at crucial moment,

:02:38. > :02:43.somehow they're able to elevate, to calm their nerves and be really

:02:44. > :02:46.clear on what they're able to do, the athleticism comes into play,

:02:47. > :02:53.whatever it is, they're able to come up with something better. I think

:02:54. > :02:59.for Muguruza, it was really the Kerber match which turned everything

:03:00. > :03:05.around for her. And Kerber lost the number one ranking with that match.

:03:06. > :03:09.I really feel this could be her real breakthrough now, because she got to

:03:10. > :03:13.the final, dipped, won the French Open, dipped, but I think now we

:03:14. > :03:17.will see her at the top for a while. I hope so. Tracy, thank you so much

:03:18. > :03:29.for your comments, it's lovely to see you here at Wimbledon again. So,

:03:30. > :03:39.the ladies' final is over, but it is time for the men's doubles final

:03:40. > :03:40.now. Let's join our commentators out on Centre Court, John Lloyd, Peter

:03:41. > :03:57.Fleming and first, Mark Petchey. MARK PETCHEY: Just about to get

:03:58. > :04:04.under way here on Centre Court for the men's doubles final, and what an

:04:05. > :04:07.epic semifinal these two had. It has been a solid route through but they

:04:08. > :04:16.have not played any seeded pair at all, as you can see. Coming through

:04:17. > :04:19.17-15 in the fifth, in that semifinal, I wonder whether that

:04:20. > :04:24.will have an impact here, given the route that Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo

:04:25. > :04:30.Melo have had. Also, the number one pairing in the semifinals, John

:04:31. > :04:36.Peers and Henri Kontinen, who won the Australian Open, who went down

:04:37. > :04:41.9-7 in the fifth. Fergus Murphy, from Ireland, in the chair. They say

:04:42. > :04:45.the art of good doubles is to choose a good partnership, and the art of

:04:46. > :04:49.good doubles commentary is to get two partners, clearly. And I've been

:04:50. > :04:53.doubly blessed today, with John Lowe and Peter Fleming in the boot.

:04:54. > :04:58.Welcome, guys. PETER FLEMING: Thank you. Looking

:04:59. > :05:06.forward to this match. Probably because we have no idea who might

:05:07. > :05:09.win this one. I think Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo are the favourites.

:05:10. > :05:17.They have been perhaps the form team this year. But grass court doubles

:05:18. > :05:26.is really a great leveller, isn't it? And so we have no idea.

:05:27. > :05:29.JOHN LLOYD: I agree with that, I think the favourites are Kubot and

:05:30. > :05:34.Melo, just by their rankings and Grand Slam stature. They've both

:05:35. > :05:43.done well, but I think it's a tough match to call. Just looking at the

:05:44. > :05:49.comparisons there, the one thing which stood out in the semifinal for

:05:50. > :05:55.Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic was the 74% first serves in which they made

:05:56. > :06:00.in that clash. Anyone who can serve at that kind of level consistently

:06:01. > :06:04.is going to be difficult to break. It will be interesting to see if

:06:05. > :06:09.they can sustain that, because in the previous round, they were only

:06:10. > :06:12.at 57%. You get the feeling, if there are too many second serves,

:06:13. > :06:29.they will be in a lot of trouble. And of course, something to look out

:06:30. > :06:34.for is, how will both teams react to the environment? It can be daunting

:06:35. > :06:38.if it's your first time in a Wimbledon final. Next week's world

:06:39. > :07:35.number one to begin. Kubot, 6ft 3 himself. Nice move. The

:07:36. > :07:47.most important thing in doubles, I think, is, avoid the net man. Hit a

:07:48. > :07:52.little dink volley. That time he tried to hit it a little deep, right

:07:53. > :10:19.into the path of his opponents. Fantastic return. Yes, beautifully

:10:20. > :10:21.timed, this one coming in at 119mph. He did a nice job getting out of the

:10:22. > :10:38.way of it! It's obviously a good serve coming

:10:39. > :10:44.in from that was look, but it does not necessarily move as much as some

:10:45. > :10:55.serves, it is a pure delivery. Does not have a big kick for somebody who

:10:56. > :11:03.is 6ft 8. That one had depth as well. And they've got a spring in

:11:04. > :11:09.their step as they take the opening game. You're right, he doesn't do a

:11:10. > :11:16.lot with the serve, it doesn't have a lot of swing or kick to it. But

:11:17. > :11:25.he's very accurate with it. It's strange to look at a guy, 6ft 8, but

:11:26. > :11:45.he's a very consistent player. I know that guy in the blue! Voitech!

:11:46. > :11:52.And in fact, the very first match that John and I played on Centre

:11:53. > :12:00.Court was the semifinals in 1978, we lost the first set in 12 minutes,

:12:01. > :12:01.6-1. I've never been more nervous in my life walking out onto the Centre

:12:02. > :13:18.Court that day! A lot of power on this forehand. You

:13:19. > :13:23.cannot have any backswing whatsoever on that volley, with the ball coming

:13:24. > :13:26.at you that fast. Did he flagged that one, was it going long? I think

:13:27. > :14:27.it was. Good serving from Pavic, who's

:14:28. > :14:36.looking to become the second Croatian man to win a major title.

:14:37. > :14:38.Goran is a visit -- Goran Ivanisevic made a couple of finals in doubles.

:14:39. > :15:17.Ivan Dodig is the first. Interesting motion, isn't it,

:15:18. > :15:18.Kubot's? It is, he doesn't really get the racket down behind his head,

:15:19. > :15:34.that will rob him of a bit of power. You can see what Peter is talking

:15:35. > :15:36.about, barely any bend in the elbow. It gets down behind his back, but

:15:37. > :15:52.very late. It will be interesting to see if the

:15:53. > :16:00.court is just a little slippery, because of the humidity in the air.

:16:01. > :16:28.It was going long, but Melo decided he would just finish it off any way.

:16:29. > :16:32.SUE BARKER: We'll be right back with this final on Centre Court. Another

:16:33. > :16:36.final taking place outside on court number three, the men's wheelchair

:16:37. > :16:47.doubles final. It's a repeat of last year's final. Alfie Hewett and

:16:48. > :16:52.Gordon Reid just served for the match. They have another break point

:16:53. > :16:56.now. It looks like a real battle out on court number three. That match is

:16:57. > :17:00.live on BBC Two, if you want to watch it. That's over on BBC Two.

:17:01. > :17:07.Here, we're heading back to Centre Court.

:17:08. > :17:14.That is Marach and Pavic, who are playing in just their tenth tour

:17:15. > :17:34.level event, having teamed up in Miami of this year.

:17:35. > :17:40.As teams they've never played against each other. Interestingly,

:17:41. > :17:47.Marach and Kubot were a partnership for a couple of years. They won five

:17:48. > :17:55.tour events together. So they know each other very well. Yeah, in fact,

:17:56. > :17:58.Kubot-Marach beat Melo-Saub in 2009, in Barcelona. That's how long these

:17:59. > :18:12.guys have been around. That second serve was 71mph. It

:18:13. > :20:28.basically said, "Hit me." Continuing the trend from their

:20:29. > :20:32.semifinal with plenty of first serves, eight out of ten landed from

:20:33. > :20:37.Marach and Pavic. They've won all eight when the first serve has gone

:20:38. > :21:05.in. I have a feeling we may be here for a while.

:21:06. > :21:14.His foot work is very sharp. Especially when you consider he's

:21:15. > :21:18.6'8". This pairing obviously the tallest one in the tournament. Kubot

:21:19. > :21:48.is 6'6". There's that flat, out wide serve

:21:49. > :21:52.that he's able to hit courtesy of his height. Just skipping off the

:21:53. > :22:29.surface. Didn't even flinch there! Melo

:22:30. > :22:34.really sat on the ball down the middle. He took a full swing at that

:22:35. > :22:41.forehand volley. Right through Pavic. He did well there though to

:22:42. > :22:49.mask the pain. That hurt. He stood there as if to say, "No big deal."

:22:50. > :22:50.Smashed off his leg. Look at where both players are, both

:22:51. > :23:03.on the same side of the court. How much has doubles changed in that

:23:04. > :23:09.regard? You said you came out here for your first time and you see

:23:10. > :23:13.these guys just literally ever sing the point, popping up the whole

:23:14. > :23:17.time. Was any of that used in your day, Peter? You mean that I

:23:18. > :23:25.formation? Yeah. No. We didn't use it at all. The only team that used

:23:26. > :23:30.that was Villas and Tiriac. He had a good serve, even though he was like

:23:31. > :23:33.90 years old. And Villas was very quick. He would be like a

:23:34. > :23:38.jack-in-the-box trying to take everything. They were the only team

:23:39. > :23:40.that used that strategy. It's amazing how it's grown over the

:23:41. > :23:46.years. What do you think the reason is? I

:23:47. > :23:53.think it's an intimidating formation. You don't know where the

:23:54. > :23:58.guy is going to be. It puts off the returner.

:23:59. > :24:06.You know you can hit the ball to a spot and the opponents aren't going

:24:07. > :24:12.to put it away, it gives you a lot more conviction. John, what's the

:24:13. > :24:18.best way to approach it as the returner? I think you've got to make

:24:19. > :24:24.your mind up whether you're going to hit it. If you - you have to guess

:24:25. > :24:27.really. If you spend too much time worrying about where they're going

:24:28. > :24:39.to go, it puts off your return. Pick a target and hit it.

:24:40. > :24:46.I think that formation has really changed doubles fundamentally. It

:24:47. > :24:48.takes away the chip return. You can't chip or it's very difficult to

:24:49. > :24:55.chip returns now. The doubles game is now a game of

:24:56. > :25:08.power. The other thing is, where the

:25:09. > :25:12.person's serving, where his partner is up at the net, even when not

:25:13. > :25:16.doing the I formation how close they are to the net. They don't believe

:25:17. > :25:18.someone can get over their heads for a lob. They're prepared to stand

:25:19. > :25:54.almost right on top of the net. Dead volley there. Going back to the

:25:55. > :25:57.lob, a lot of people say to me, well, why don't people lob them,

:25:58. > :26:01.they're right on top of the net. It's not easy. The only one that

:26:02. > :26:05.really does it raegly is Jamie Murray. He has a fast lob, if you

:26:06. > :26:10.know what I mean. It's not floating. He can get up and over the net

:26:11. > :26:20.player. If you hit ate floater, they're -- a floater, they're too

:26:21. > :26:29.good of athletes. Still yet to drop a point. When they

:26:30. > :26:31.make a first serve, 11 for 11. Locking things up nicely on their

:26:32. > :27:51.own service games. A deep second serve. It shot through

:27:52. > :28:22.the court. It's not just serve that the height

:28:23. > :28:26.helps. There's the reach as well. You could see there Melo able to

:28:27. > :28:34.poach that one, it looked as though maybe it got enough angle on it.

:28:35. > :29:04.Precious few points against the serve so far.

:29:05. > :29:11.SUE BARKER: We'll be back on Centre Court. We'll take you out to Court 3

:29:12. > :29:19.and this thrilling match out here in the men's wheelchair doubles final.

:29:20. > :29:22.Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid have had three match points. They're in

:29:23. > :29:30.the third set tie-break. Tremendous scenes there. That's now over on BBC

:29:31. > :29:40.Two. We will be heading back to Centre Court right now.

:29:41. > :29:51.So far so good for both teams. Arguably slightly better for the

:29:52. > :29:55.Australian and Croatian duo, who many felt were the underdogs for the

:29:56. > :30:00.title, given perhaps the route through, the newness of their

:30:01. > :30:06.partnership. But they have settled exceedingly well out here. Both

:30:07. > :30:12.teams have. We've only seen five points against serve in the first

:30:13. > :30:22.seven games. Two against Marach and Pavic. Only three against Melo and

:30:23. > :30:30.Kubot. Tie-break might be out of the frame.

:30:31. > :30:38.that one bidding to become the third Austrian man to win a Grand Slam

:30:39. > :30:45.title, his compatriot winning the US Open ten years ago. Jurgen Melzer as

:30:46. > :31:41.well. So close to the net, he just blocks

:31:42. > :31:43.it, there's no backswing. He just lets the pace of the ball take over,

:31:44. > :31:54.and just guides it. Great angle a couple of times in

:31:55. > :32:20.this game already, from the Austrian.

:32:21. > :32:36.Well, that's what it takes to win a point against the serve. That was

:32:37. > :33:17.meant to be a forehand drive rather than a lob.

:33:18. > :33:42.John Newcombe, six time doubles champion here.

:33:43. > :34:22.In fact, did John Newcombe and Ann Jones both win the singles in the

:34:23. > :34:29.same year? John Newcombe won in 1967...

:34:30. > :34:42.He didn't get in too close after that one. I think we will see a few

:34:43. > :34:52.more returns coming into play, as the players get their eye in. And

:34:53. > :35:03.the answer to that previous question was, no.

:35:04. > :35:05.The answer for Kubot and Melo was in the affirmative, that was another

:35:06. > :35:20.comfortable hold. SUE BARKER: We're going to take you

:35:21. > :35:24.straight back to Court No. 3, because now, Alfie Hewett and Gordon

:35:25. > :35:41.Reid have match point. They've already had four, this is 6-3 in the

:35:42. > :35:50.tie-break... What a rally! And they defend their title! Well done to

:35:51. > :35:57.Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett. Just short of three hours. The crowd out

:35:58. > :35:59.on Court No. 3 really appreciating such a wonderful match, so

:36:00. > :36:06.competitive, wonderful tennis. Incredible scenes. So popular and a

:36:07. > :36:10.British title here at Wimbledon once again for Alfie Hewett and Gordon

:36:11. > :36:16.Reid, successfully defending their title. A few souvenirs for those

:36:17. > :36:26.that have waited and cheered them on. They really were very vocal out

:36:27. > :36:31.there. Big celebrations out on Court No. 3. Well done to Alfie and

:36:32. > :36:45.Gordon. Back we go. JOHN LLOYD: They're all so sharp at

:36:46. > :37:20.the net at the moment. MARK PETCHEY: He's got hold of that

:37:21. > :37:30.for the first time, and that's what shot brings to the doubles court,

:37:31. > :37:32.electrifying pace reseller return. Pavic was unable to get even close

:37:33. > :37:57.to the service line there. Good return again. That's what you

:37:58. > :38:08.hope, to get that combination of the 1-2 punch. Now, they've got a slight

:38:09. > :38:14.opening. PETER FLEMING: Yeah, for the first

:38:15. > :38:14.time in the match, Pavic hitting a conservative second serve, didn't

:38:15. > :38:53.really do a lot. Perfect volley. That's the second or

:38:54. > :39:02.third one he's than, where he's dropped it short. Yeah, and Melo's

:39:03. > :39:36.return was hit hard but not placed especially well.

:39:37. > :39:46.There was a small window of opportunity, but it was pretty

:39:47. > :39:55.quickly closed. Yes, and Pavic has been pretty impressive with how he

:39:56. > :40:17.has remained cool. At 15-30, 4-5, easy to get tight.

:40:18. > :40:33.It's all about timing the move at the right time. If you move too

:40:34. > :40:38.early, he has an easy target down the line. You have to move across

:40:39. > :41:08.just as the returner is about to return.

:41:09. > :41:23.Not sure he needed to make that much noise on that forehand, but... The

:41:24. > :41:25.players' reactions are so good that it has to be struck with that kind

:41:26. > :43:37.of venom to get past their defences. Really nicely played. All over the

:43:38. > :43:44.second serve! Quick as a cat, into the net behind it. It looks as

:43:45. > :43:47.though this opening set, it looked as though it was heading towards a

:43:48. > :44:08.tie-break, but all of a sudden, a break point opportunity.

:44:09. > :44:24.He's made it. There's a challenge coming, but... He's not hanging

:44:25. > :44:28.around, Kubot. This is out of desperation, and that's why. That

:44:29. > :44:37.could not have been struck more perfectly. And it could not have

:44:38. > :44:44.been timed more perfectly, either. And as you might expect, break

:44:45. > :44:49.point, second serve, had a bit of pace to it, it is not as if he just

:44:50. > :44:55.rolled it in a, but it was right down the middle of the box, quite

:44:56. > :45:07.easy for Marach to get around it, and he drilled that return. Nice

:45:08. > :45:14.shot as well, calm as you like! He hit it so blisteringly hard. He was

:45:15. > :45:22.about 4ft outside the tramline when he hit that. So, the unfancied duo

:45:23. > :45:36.with the advantage here in the opening set. The 14th different team

:45:37. > :45:41.to win the men's doubles title out of the last 16 Majors. It's

:45:42. > :45:53.remarkable just how open men's doubles has become. Hilary Swank,

:45:54. > :45:58.the actress, she does love her tennis as well. She has been seen at

:45:59. > :46:41.a few events, particularly Indian Wells.

:46:42. > :46:47.Nothing given on that return from Kubot.

:46:48. > :46:51.Just can't get hold of that when you're almost inside the baseline,

:46:52. > :47:07.coming through at 126 as well. That's interesting, Marach, the most

:47:08. > :47:09.diminutive player, OK he's not short, he's 6'1", but also the most

:47:10. > :47:56.powerful server. Thanchts was an impressive service

:47:57. > :47:57.set. There's a real buzz around the Centre Court there. Look at the

:47:58. > :48:14.first serve percentage. Second service in a bit of trouble,

:48:15. > :48:20.but they hardly miss a first serve, so what does it matter. It's very

:48:21. > :48:24.impressive. You hear the noise when the crowd, a lot of people, the

:48:25. > :48:28.majority in this crowd are doubles players, but can they really relate

:48:29. > :48:32.to this type of doubles? And the answer is no. They're used to

:48:33. > :48:39.chipping the ball around, having rallies. This is just incredible

:48:40. > :48:40.tennis for what it is. But it's just one, two-strike tennis in the

:48:41. > :49:00.majority of the rallies. There he is. Tony Roach, one of the

:49:01. > :49:06.great teams. Didn't hit over a lot of returns did they? No chip and lob

:49:07. > :49:09.on his backhand side. Exactly, Nuke might have been effective. Because

:49:10. > :49:17.his lob was so good. It was actually. He might get a few over

:49:18. > :49:20.these guys. Yeah the man who won all the four Major titles on the doubles

:49:21. > :49:24.court, three of the singles ones as well. Just came up short at the

:49:25. > :49:28.French Open a couple of times, in the quarter finals. Ranked world

:49:29. > :49:29.number one in both singles and doubles, one of the few men to have

:49:30. > :49:48.done that. When it is this fast, Peter, I mean,

:49:49. > :49:52.do the tactics simply come down to where you're going to hit your serve

:49:53. > :49:56.rather than anything else, into somebody's backhand that maybe they

:49:57. > :50:01.feel is getting strong on a potentially big point? Do you get

:50:02. > :50:05.away from Marach's forehand, give them what they produced on the break

:50:06. > :50:11.point. If you have a second serve, is it as simple as that? Yeah, I

:50:12. > :50:14.think perhaps on big points, maybe you kick a serve in first, so you

:50:15. > :50:20.don't have to deal with the second serve, because you know Marach's

:50:21. > :50:21.forehand is deadly. He's really good at bringing it into play. He's

:50:22. > :50:27.quick. Break point down, don't even give

:50:28. > :50:59.him a sniff of that shot. In a best of five set doubles match

:51:00. > :52:14.can be long. Lots of ebbs and flows to come.

:52:15. > :52:22.Bit of lazy skills there from Pavic picking that ball up off the

:52:23. > :52:26.overhead. It was coming at a fair rate of knots, but just caressed it

:52:27. > :52:29.back. Had it been a bigger point, he might have been more disappointed

:52:30. > :52:42.with his partner's offering afterwards.

:52:43. > :52:49.Pavic a former junior world number five. He won the boys doubles here.

:52:50. > :52:51.He's looking to do the double with the British player George Morgan in

:52:52. > :53:08.2011. Title came with another Brit Dom

:53:09. > :53:09.Inglot. That was a good win there for them.

:53:10. > :54:00.He's won five other doubles titles. It's got to be disheartening for

:54:01. > :54:16.Kubot and Melo how secure these guys have been on serve.

:54:17. > :54:21.That was a nice little point there. From the outside edge of the ball

:54:22. > :54:43.here, Pavic. They want to keep this wonderful

:54:44. > :54:44.serving profile going, not giving Kubot/Melo a chance.

:54:45. > :54:50.It's incredible. 85% Didn't need such a big follow

:54:51. > :55:49.through on that volley. Nicely played. That was not an easy

:55:50. > :57:49.shot. He was almost on his knees. The number of those shorter volleys

:57:50. > :57:53.have been dying on the grass and staying low. Marach got up to that

:57:54. > :57:57.one. He had options. He could have dip today crosscourt again or could

:57:58. > :58:01.have gone over the top, which is a bit a risky ploy against two fairly

:58:02. > :58:06.tall guys. He went for the hit down the T and caught the tape. Right

:58:07. > :58:16.now, you can see, just trying to skim it hard. Just got his elevation

:58:17. > :58:20.wrong. Must be for players that come here to this Grand Slam they must

:58:21. > :58:23.love Wimbledon, because it's the only really tournament, the only

:58:24. > :58:30.slam that gives them a lot of respect to play five sets and on the

:58:31. > :58:34.regular circuit, they play one set all and play no ads and then a

:58:35. > :58:38.tie-breaker. They're trained these days, other than Davis Cup, of

:58:39. > :58:41.course, they're trained for really an hour match, perhaps an

:58:42. > :58:44.hour-and-a-half is a marathon in the regular doubles. They come in here

:58:45. > :58:48.and you could have matches for four sets. Then you have concentration

:58:49. > :58:53.issues, to a certain extent. Because the rest of the year they don't have

:58:54. > :58:59.it. It's a different type of event for them. They like the fact that

:59:00. > :59:44.the crowd is pretty full and at a lot of events it isn't.

:59:45. > :59:54.That was a bad error there from Kubot. Should have been 0-15.

:59:55. > :59:59.This ball, should have put that away. Tried to bounce it over.

:00:00. > :00:01.Playing on the wrong surface for that. Hard court it might have gone

:00:02. > :00:43.over his head, but not that one. He had a good look at that down the

:00:44. > :01:00.line. Pavic had a Grade 1 terror of his hamstring earlier in the season.

:01:01. > :01:05.-- tear. Maybe just starting to get his eye in a little bit. There's

:01:06. > :01:37.been a couple of decent returns in this game.

:01:38. > :01:48.I wonder if the players took just a little pace off their returns... I

:01:49. > :01:54.was thinking the same thing! And got a few more in, because they're

:01:55. > :02:05.drilling it so hard, it's not easy to hit it exactly where you want to.

:02:06. > :02:10.Yeah, my memory might be incorrect, but I do remember watching some of

:02:11. > :02:17.the greats in doubles, in more recent times, Peter, don't get me

:02:18. > :02:20.wrong, the likes of Woodbridge and Woodford, and I remember doubles

:02:21. > :02:27.finals where they were getting something like 90% of returns into

:02:28. > :02:33.court. But at the moment today, we've got Kubot and Melo at 55% and

:02:34. > :02:37.Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic at 66% only in terms of returns in the

:02:38. > :02:49.court, as you say, highlighting that point.

:02:50. > :02:54.Nicely done, around the outside of the ball. Exactly right, and this is

:02:55. > :03:03.what we're talking about, just block it back, really, and charged. Gets

:03:04. > :03:15.in there pretty quickly, he's a good athlete.

:03:16. > :03:57.JOHN LLOYD: That ball just checked the bit on that serve.

:03:58. > :04:02.There you go, another blocked return back into play. That's how it

:04:03. > :05:07.started. That was a shaky second serve, 80mph

:05:08. > :05:11.on a big point. PETER FLEMING: This could get away

:05:12. > :05:15.from them right here. That was a really nervy looking serve, first

:05:16. > :05:18.time we've seen that kind of pressure on the serve - there was no

:05:19. > :05:32.acceleration on it. MARK PETCHEY: Well, matches can

:05:33. > :05:42.change on just one point, can't they? Interesting that he still

:05:43. > :05:50.tries to drive the return, on that one, a first serve! OK, second serve

:05:51. > :06:19.am a drill it, but first serve, just get it back anyway you can.

:06:20. > :06:40.MARK PETCHEY: Huge hold. Kubot helped him out a little bit there,

:06:41. > :06:51.didn't he? He was getting a little bit shaky. Kubot had the guts to

:06:52. > :07:05.cross on that 30-40 point and help his partner out, when he was just a

:07:06. > :07:11.little wobbly. Kubot and Melo, who scoop up their partnership last year

:07:12. > :07:20.in Beijing. They've continued it with great success so far this

:07:21. > :07:35.season. Looking to win their third straight tour level title if they

:07:36. > :07:39.won on the grass in Germany, twice. They had not got past the third

:07:40. > :07:48.round at the other two slams earlier this year, heading into Wimbledon.

:07:49. > :07:58.A couple of Masters thousands titles in Miami and Madrid to go with those

:07:59. > :08:07.two grass court titles as well, so they are the form team so far in

:08:08. > :08:08.2017. But in the first hour here, honours have gone to their

:08:09. > :10:17.opponents. That was a fine volley right there.

:10:18. > :10:21.Because that came at him fast and low, and he managed to get good

:10:22. > :10:25.depth on it as well. It was a tough volley to hit. That's a great

:10:26. > :10:44.volley. Good change-up. And you can see

:10:45. > :11:54.Marach, not nearly as happy returning on the backhand.

:11:55. > :12:46.Not the simplest of games, although a simple overhead.

:12:47. > :12:49.SUE BARKER: And we will be right back with this final on Centre

:12:50. > :12:54.Court. We are in joining the final weekend here at Wimbledon, but the

:12:55. > :12:55.world athletics Championships are not far away. It's another big event

:12:56. > :13:11.on the BBC. Mo Farah wins the gold! It's a

:13:12. > :13:13.mammoth jump! David Rudisha is going to win the world title! Dafne

:13:14. > :13:33.Schippers! Usain Bolt! It should be magnificent, in the

:13:34. > :13:40.London Stadium, that's from the 4th of August. Here, everyone enjoying

:13:41. > :13:44.the tennis bottle up on the hill, with two more finals to come, the

:13:45. > :13:45.men's doubles, followed by the ladies doubles, on Centre Court.

:13:46. > :14:07.Let's get back to Centre Court. Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic will be

:14:08. > :14:11.pretty keen to keep the aspirations of their higher ranked opponents

:14:12. > :14:18.down in this match, and they've done a great job of it so far. Marach

:14:19. > :14:26.knows what it's like to lose in a Wimbledon final, it happened to him

:14:27. > :14:36.in 2013, losing to the Bryans on that day.

:14:37. > :14:45.And again, just dropped it too short. You should be aiming those

:14:46. > :14:57.volleys always at the opponent's feet. He's had a lot of success with

:14:58. > :15:01.that serve, hasn't he? I wonder whether Kubot needs to just make a

:15:02. > :15:40.bit of a move and take that avenue of success away from Marach.

:15:41. > :16:14.Nice idea! A very difficult shots to execute. A lob volley.

:16:15. > :16:24.Therein lies the problem. It is a good return but it is not directed

:16:25. > :16:30.the right way. He is so far behind the baseline that any volley short

:16:31. > :16:31.and it is a winner. Sometimes you have to go up the line to keep the

:16:32. > :17:31.net man on it. He took away that serve and got a

:17:32. > :17:40.good play on it, but could not find the lines.

:17:41. > :19:27.So far the script has not played out the way that many thought it would.

:19:28. > :19:44.Quick hands, quick thinking and a quick old. -- quick hold.

:19:45. > :19:55.Nice rally to finish off, and a nice catch in the crowd. Oh, he got up

:19:56. > :20:06.early as well, he knew it was coming his way. No hanging about.

:20:07. > :20:14.No slip-up from him, although there was one from Kubot and Melo in the

:20:15. > :20:27.opening set. They have put that to rights so far in this second set.

:20:28. > :20:37.We thought this match might be serve dominated. We have certainly been

:20:38. > :20:48.correct in that regard. Marach and Pavic still dominate, put 79% of

:20:49. > :20:56.their first serves in play. It is not like they have just been rolling

:20:57. > :21:00.them in. Anything over 65 is excellent. Marion Bartoli, the

:21:01. > :21:30.former Wimbledon champion, in the Royal box.

:21:31. > :21:37.Plenty of legends of the court watching the Wimbledon finals today.

:21:38. > :22:24.There is one of the greatest of all time, Martina Navratilova.

:22:25. > :22:37.That is fierce. A fine return. She has -- he has headed to a number of

:22:38. > :22:42.them, but that is the best by some margin. He has connected with that

:22:43. > :23:17.one beautifully. Went back there again, had a bit of

:23:18. > :23:27.a safety margin built in and Melo was unable to connect with it.

:23:28. > :23:34.It looks impossible for there to be a break of serve, but we thought

:23:35. > :23:44.that in the first set and one appeared out of the blue. Completely

:23:45. > :23:49.not in the script. You never know. And, of course, Kubot dropped serve

:23:50. > :23:55.in the first set. The exact same situation.

:23:56. > :24:33.That is genuine power, when he has time of the ball. A former top 100

:24:34. > :24:34.player in singles, peaked at 82 in the world. He might be peaking at

:24:35. > :24:51.the right time in this one. That was a well played point from

:24:52. > :25:55.Pavic. Very smart. Did not overplay. Oh, amazing! The best point of the

:25:56. > :25:56.match, by a long way. Pavic did really well to reflect that one

:25:57. > :26:36.back. From here on it was all Melo. That landed directly on the centre

:26:37. > :26:42.service line. Pavic had no chance. Equal fastest for their team, that

:26:43. > :27:06.one from Kubot. Adrenaline pumping, trying to salvage this game.

:27:07. > :27:14.He came up with a couple of delightful touches in that game. It

:27:15. > :27:21.is 6-5. SUE BARKER: Such a competitive match on Centre, we will

:27:22. > :27:25.be back with it. We will take you to another final, an American winner of

:27:26. > :27:33.the girls singles for the first time in 25 years. The last one was in

:27:34. > :27:43.1992. 17-year-old Claire Lu from Thousand Oaks California, the

:27:44. > :27:48.hometown of Sam Querrey. She defeated and unseeded 17-year-old

:27:49. > :27:51.from Pennsylvania. Emotional scenes. Probably more so because she was

:27:52. > :27:59.runner-up at the French Open last month. Here she comes to take the

:28:00. > :28:04.trophy. Well done to Claire Lu, a Wimbledon champion, and a bright

:28:05. > :28:13.future for American tennis. That happened earlier, back we go to

:28:14. > :28:18.Centre Court. COMMENTATOR: Good hold from Kubot, that was a quality game

:28:19. > :28:22.from their opponents, which builds them a bit of momentum as we head

:28:23. > :28:28.towards a potential tie-breaker. Kubot will be delighted he managed

:28:29. > :28:33.to come up with some nice touches which would keep the pressure on

:28:34. > :29:15.their opponents. Momentum shift. Is it? Melo

:29:16. > :29:23.certainly believes it. That was another to rip pixel on return.

:29:24. > :29:28.Swivelled out of the way nicely. It is a good start. The first point is

:29:29. > :29:52.so important for establishing the returning pair in the game.

:29:53. > :30:10.They have made less than half of their returns in this set, Kubot and

:30:11. > :30:15.Melo, that they have had two is flush as you can try them. -- but

:30:16. > :30:26.they have had two is flush. And a third in a row, unbelievable

:30:27. > :30:38.turn of events here. Break points that of course are set

:30:39. > :30:53.points. Mr Marach is challenging the call,

:30:54. > :31:35.the ball was called out. He made up his mind, he was going

:31:36. > :32:57.crosscourt with the return. Pavic is doing a great job at the

:32:58. > :33:25.net here, made a couple of well-timed moves.

:33:26. > :33:40.They're not out of trouble yet, Marach and Pavic. This was a searing

:33:41. > :33:47.backhand return. Yes, this time, the return didn't find its target. Down

:33:48. > :33:56.the middle of the box, not a lot of pace to it - easy return for Kubot.

:33:57. > :35:03.It's in. UMPIRE: Game and second set, Kubot

:35:04. > :35:07.and Melo. That has been a dramatic development in the men's doubles

:35:08. > :35:13.final, just when it looked as though the chances had come and gone for

:35:14. > :35:17.the number four seeds, Kubot really does catch alight in terms of his

:35:18. > :35:20.returns and his vision and his ability to do something just a

:35:21. > :35:26.little bit out of the ordinary. And here, you can see him setting,

:35:27. > :35:31.waiting, and the Croatian just unable to get anything on that ball.

:35:32. > :35:38.Fantastic turn of events at the end of the second set for this team, as

:35:39. > :35:42.it was for Pavic in the opening set as well. And it's perfectly poised

:35:43. > :36:09.now. It's not about winning all the

:36:10. > :36:16.points, it's about winning the right one's, and Kubot and Melo certainly

:36:17. > :36:20.proved that in that second set. It was just when it really mattered

:36:21. > :36:26.that they found something a little special. And perhaps at times,

:36:27. > :36:35.Marach and Pavic missing a few first serves in that set. And that is what

:36:36. > :36:37.cost them in the end. Allowing Kubot and Melo to see a few second

:36:38. > :38:57.deliveries. That actually wasn't a bad game from

:38:58. > :39:05.the Croatian-Austrian partnership there. But good defence at the net

:39:06. > :39:10.from Kubot and Melo, and they're up and running and they will be looking

:39:11. > :39:14.to build on what they did in the second set. The confidence is so

:39:15. > :39:25.high for that team, with the wins coming in here in grass court

:39:26. > :39:30.events. Although, some good matches won of course by Oliver Marach and

:39:31. > :39:35.Mate Pavic coming in, losing in the final Stuttgart to Murray and

:39:36. > :39:37.Soares, Antalya as well, they were runners-up. So they also had

:39:38. > :40:20.momentum. It's not easy to control those, when

:40:21. > :41:19.they're coming at that sort of pace. PETER FLEMING: As you were saying

:41:20. > :41:27.before, this is where the mental stamina comes into it. Because these

:41:28. > :41:42.guy la just about at their limit now, Ofwat they're used to playing,

:41:43. > :41:46.two sets and a match tie-break. A couple more hours at least on the

:41:47. > :41:49.horizon. They could start to fatigue a little bit now. That's when first

:41:50. > :42:04.serve percentage is will come down. Marach just checking whether that

:42:05. > :42:20.first serve was in or not, with Fergus Murphy in the chair.

:42:21. > :42:31.That's a good angle, considering the motion that he has, Kubot, on that

:42:32. > :42:33.first delivery out wide. Numerous times he's got it short on the

:42:34. > :42:54.sideline. JOHN LLOYD: Different type of

:42:55. > :42:57.forehand there from Marach. Normally, he's been hitting them so

:42:58. > :43:23.hard, that one, he just got it low and set himself up for the winner.

:43:24. > :44:11.Marach, who has picked up 15 career doubles titles, and he's done that

:44:12. > :44:14.with eight different partners as well, which is a credit to him in

:44:15. > :44:27.terms of his flexibility with different partners on a doubles

:44:28. > :44:30.court. For his partner, just the six titles, with two different partners,

:44:31. > :44:38.but as we have seen today, he's certainly capable of a lot more in

:44:39. > :44:40.this form of the game. Not quite getting it going on the singles

:44:41. > :44:51.court, but he's certainly got a lot of talent, a lot of power.

:44:52. > :45:01.One more good service game, you feel, from Marach, and you feel

:45:02. > :45:02.whatever momentum Kubot and Melo might have got from the second set

:45:03. > :47:37.you feel will be stemmed somewhat. That is extraordinary! What talent

:47:38. > :47:41.displayed by all four men out here. Amongst the huge power hitting and

:47:42. > :47:52.big serving but we have seen, certainly we get a rally with so

:47:53. > :47:55.much finesse. -- suddenly we get. It was almost parallel to the net. So

:47:56. > :48:57.sharp. If that had gone in it would have

:48:58. > :49:03.deemed the shot of the championship. -- it would have been. This guy hits

:49:04. > :49:33.a lot of highlight shots, Marach. Powders the forehand.

:49:34. > :49:36.Things just got a little interesting here. More interesting than Kubot

:49:37. > :49:52.and Melo would have liked. What reactions from Kubot. That may

:49:53. > :50:01.have been the hardest forehand of the day, and that is saying

:50:02. > :50:05.something. Really nice reactions. Obviously he was very close to the

:50:06. > :50:59.net, which has made the volley a little easier.

:51:00. > :51:10.Struck well, but just struck a little too long. The game does not

:51:11. > :51:16.go on any longer. That was a hard-fought hold of serve for Kubot

:51:17. > :51:22.and Melo. Very little in it. Just one beautiful reaction volley from

:51:23. > :51:29.Kubot really saved the day, you felt. If we were to make one

:51:30. > :51:35.constructive criticism, as you said, Marach struck that backhand well. /

:51:36. > :51:40.it too well. The margin for error was minute. The ball was below the

:51:41. > :51:46.height of the net, he had to get it up over the net and bring it back

:51:47. > :51:52.and you cannot do that if you hit it that hard. He needed to put more

:51:53. > :51:57.top-spin on it. Just not go for a winner. Keep the ball though, force

:51:58. > :52:07.your opponents to reflex the volley back at you. It seems as though it

:52:08. > :52:16.could... I think have a little more joy on returns if they play the

:52:17. > :52:22.percentages are I guess the proof is a little bit in the numbers. Is it

:52:23. > :52:28.successful strategy for Kubot and Melo at the moment, they are the 7.1

:52:29. > :52:38.out of 55, returning the first serve, and for Marach and Pavic, 12

:52:39. > :52:41.of 58. We are talking 21% and 38% respectively for points won behind

:52:42. > :52:48.the first serve. It is not huge numbers.

:52:49. > :52:57.As you say, maybe just using the pace you are given from the first

:52:58. > :53:03.serve and trying to direct and utilise its a bit better might be

:53:04. > :53:05.more profitable for both teams. It does not really seem as if the net

:53:06. > :53:21.man has been that imposing. Once again, Kubot drilling the

:53:22. > :55:10.return. That time is paid off. -- it's paid off.

:55:11. > :55:59.A clinical finish. Taking a familiar path.

:56:00. > :56:15.Ouch! I think that might have caught him on the Achilles. I think he is

:56:16. > :56:19.OK. Oh, no. A lot higher up the map. It was more the back of the knee. --

:56:20. > :56:34.a lot higher up than that. He has a memento of this final, no

:56:35. > :57:58.matter what. We talked a little bit about the

:57:59. > :58:03.number of different teams that have won the doubles titles in the last

:58:04. > :58:09.16 majors, including this. It was 14. Why is it? Is it mainly because

:58:10. > :58:14.the teams do not seem to be staying together as often as in your day?

:58:15. > :58:24.You guys seems to hang around longer with each other. Or is something

:58:25. > :58:29.more? I don't know why it is that guys are switching as often as they

:58:30. > :58:39.are switching partners. I can't explain. I think because now we have

:58:40. > :58:44.the doubles players virtually just doubles players and not singles

:58:45. > :58:50.players, their livelihood is just doubles. And the pressure to make a

:58:51. > :58:54.living, it is OK, the prize many years pretty good, but if there is

:58:55. > :59:00.not success very quickly than the partners dump each other and move

:59:01. > :59:03.on. There is not much loyalty. If they do not feel like they are

:59:04. > :59:10.blending well very soon, they look for the next partner. It is amazing

:59:11. > :59:15.how quickly. People who have won Grand Slams together, one year later

:59:16. > :59:19.they have gone to somebody else. There is no surprise that partners

:59:20. > :59:22.do not stick together if they do not gel immediately. It is more

:59:23. > :59:35.surprising when they do well and win. And then switch. That is a

:59:36. > :59:40.great cross right there. I would be surprised if this pairing does not

:59:41. > :59:45.stick together for a bit longer. Of course, they are both pretty long in

:59:46. > :00:18.the tooth, so... They won't be together that much longer!

:00:19. > :00:24.Melo, to be fair, has at least another 11 years to go. Daniel

:00:25. > :00:40.Nestor is still playing at 44 years of age! Is he 44?! I thought he was

:00:41. > :00:45.46. No, definitely 44. Looking at it logically, most of the year they are

:00:46. > :00:49.playing two sets, the matches are over in an hour. It is not like you

:00:50. > :01:00.had to be in unbelievable shape to do that. You can play forever.

:01:01. > :01:08.That it is not a question of stamina, it is a question of

:01:09. > :01:19.quickness, flexibility, eyesight, even. But he is still playing at 44

:01:20. > :01:22.is pretty impressive. No kidding. UMPIRE: Mr Melo challenging the

:01:23. > :02:02.call, write service line. Ball was called in.

:02:03. > :02:12.He covered a lot of ground, and just kept running. Unlucky with the net

:02:13. > :02:56.cord. Yes, very unlucky. We've just had two service breaks in

:02:57. > :05:09.two-and-a-half sets. This point was just about having fun

:05:10. > :05:15.for Oliver Marach. I'm going to hit the forehand return as hard as I

:05:16. > :05:26.can, and the next one... Just as hard.

:05:27. > :05:55.Again, another set of tennis train these two teams which is bringing up

:05:56. > :06:03.a scarcity of chances, in terms of break points on offer. And you asked

:06:04. > :06:07.why it is before that 14 different pairs have won the last 16 Majors.

:06:08. > :06:17.And I think it's what we've been saying. No teams make enough returns

:06:18. > :06:30.to become dominant. A team will get hot, and they'll win a major. But to

:06:31. > :06:44.win Major after Major, look at the would -- the Woodies, you were

:06:45. > :06:49.always under pressure when you were serving against them, that's why

:06:50. > :06:54.they won multiple Majors. Today, these two teams are the two form

:06:55. > :07:09.teams, both of them are very difficult to break. We haven't seen

:07:10. > :07:20.a lot of returns at into play. -- put into play.

:07:21. > :07:24.JOHN LLOYD: I agree, there's no pattern to this match, you can't

:07:25. > :07:30.really say, they're targeting this side or that side. It's almost as if

:07:31. > :07:34.they're just waiting for them to combine in one game, where they both

:07:35. > :07:36.get streaky and hit some winners - which is what's happened in both

:07:37. > :08:41.sets. He just guided the ball down the

:08:42. > :09:00.line, and it work to treat. -- it worked a treat.

:09:01. > :09:08.Kept going, Kubot, just kept moving forward. And finished it off nicely.

:09:09. > :09:49.Pressure building here. Excellent second serve - not only

:09:50. > :09:55.did it have depth, but it had a lot of sides pinned that kept it low,

:09:56. > :10:11.and Kubot was unable to get hold of that one.

:10:12. > :10:22.Interesting, when you consider that neither of these pairs are doing

:10:23. > :10:27.much against the serve, we haven't seen one point today whether

:10:28. > :10:34.returning pair have stayed back on the first serve. Because if you do

:10:35. > :10:39.stay back, you take away the target for the net man and have a chance to

:10:40. > :10:49.get in the rally. Unlucky. The net cord decided that

:10:50. > :11:31.point. A bit like that, you mean? A simple

:11:32. > :11:34.put away. Yes, any volley Melo gets at the net is a simple put away,

:11:35. > :12:48.because he's so close to the net. You kind of feel that this time,

:12:49. > :12:55.surely, we have to get to the tie-break. It's amazing that we

:12:56. > :13:00.haven't been in one so far. Sometimes you have an instinct,

:13:01. > :13:04.where you're watching a match and you think, this pair, it's only a

:13:05. > :13:08.matter of time, you feel they're going to break... You have

:13:09. > :13:18.absolutely no idea who's going to win this match. You mean those

:13:19. > :13:24.finely honed instincts of yours, they're not happening today? They're

:13:25. > :13:30.not happening, I have no idea. Around the grounds, if you have not

:13:31. > :13:38.been fortunate enough to grab a Centre Court ticket today, there's

:13:39. > :13:42.still plenty to do just the pace some of these balls are coming, we

:13:43. > :13:53.could do with that racket out here, I think! In Melo's hand, that would

:13:54. > :13:59.probably look normal size, to be fair. As it is, it's going to be

:14:00. > :14:43.Marach to serve to take this third set into a tie-break.

:14:44. > :14:57.He loves that serve. It's brought a lot of success to him, and he's very

:14:58. > :15:42.accurate with it. Tie-break time it is. It will be

:15:43. > :15:48.interesting, because just ten points against the serve by both teams

:15:49. > :15:49.combined in that third set. Just one single mini-break may well security

:15:50. > :16:26.here. -- secure it here. That was a little more complicated

:16:27. > :16:30.to hold onto, Melo's serve in the opening point of this tie-breaker,

:16:31. > :16:35.than they would have liked. But it was accomplished in style in the

:16:36. > :16:38.end. It was perhaps an opportunity for Marach, after he hits the first

:16:39. > :16:43.volley, if he'd kept moving in that direction he might have swallowed

:16:44. > :17:26.back the next one, instead of retreating back to cover his ally.

:17:27. > :17:38.I know we have talked about it a bit recently, if you just take the place

:17:39. > :17:42.of the return... If you make it, the opponent has gone anyway. It is not

:17:43. > :17:48.like he will have time to get back and cut that ball. Just make the

:17:49. > :17:53.return. It was tough to get a clean winner straight off that serve.

:17:54. > :18:05.Pete, this is what you have been looking for. First time today. It

:18:06. > :18:07.forced Kubot, or induced him, to roll the first serve. Which has been

:18:08. > :18:32.a change. Oh, no. What an end to a rally which

:18:33. > :18:40.looked like it was going to go the way of marathon public. That was a

:18:41. > :18:44.good example of how thinking can inhibit you. -- it looked like it

:18:45. > :19:08.was going to go the way of Marach and Pavic.

:19:09. > :19:24.Up, up, up! At six foot aids, you are already up! Exactly. -- at six

:19:25. > :19:26.foot eight. Flexibility for the first volley, got himself out of the

:19:27. > :20:01.way. Kubot has got hold of that. When he

:20:02. > :20:06.gets hold of it, it stays fit. Just unable to contain the power, Marach.

:20:07. > :20:18.He went back to the forehand side, overplayed that particular serve.

:20:19. > :20:19.Such fine margins in this match. One mini-break, will back decide this

:20:20. > :21:09.set? -- will but decide? Let's have another look at this.

:21:10. > :21:15.Almost impossible to hit that body. How close it came to going back

:21:16. > :21:32.over. -- almost impossible to hit that volley.

:21:33. > :21:55.Miller and Kubot can seal a two set advantage here. Four set points.

:21:56. > :22:03.SUE BARKER: They take the third set to go up two sets to one. We are

:22:04. > :22:09.leaving the coverage on BBC One but will start up in just a moment on

:22:10. > :22:14.BBC Two, so it will continue in just a moment on BBC Two. It is available

:22:15. > :22:19.on the red button as well. Just before we leave, the news today is

:22:20. > :22:24.that we have a new ladies champion, Garbine Muguruza, a free hitting

:22:25. > :22:28.fearless player. She was unstoppable on Centre Court against Venus

:22:29. > :22:36.Williams. She said two set points in the opening set, which she took 7-5.

:22:37. > :22:40.And a Hawk-Eye challenge on match point in the second. Emotional

:22:41. > :22:45.scenes on Centre Court is Garbine Muguruza defeated the player who

:22:46. > :22:49.inspired her as a youngster, five-time champion Venus Williams. A

:22:50. > :22:55.very warm embrace from the former champion, Venus, at the net. A new

:22:56. > :23:00.star is born on Centre Court. Garbine Muguruza racing up the

:23:01. > :23:06.rankings, a big smile today. Well done to her. I don't think she can

:23:07. > :23:10.believe it. Britain has a champion, the men's

:23:11. > :23:15.wheelchair doubles champions, Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid. They

:23:16. > :23:19.successfully defended their title in thrilling scenes on Court three,

:23:20. > :23:29.defeating the top seed Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer. 6-7, 7-5,

:23:30. > :23:34.7-6. They had quite a view match points earlier in the set but came

:23:35. > :23:38.through a very tense tie-break. Fabulous scenes on Court three. Well

:23:39. > :23:46.done to Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid. That is it on BBC One, but a

:23:47. > :23:51.lot to look forward to on BBC Two. The conclusion of the men's doubles

:23:52. > :23:58.final and the ladies doubles final. But today on Centre Court we had a

:23:59. > :23:59.new ladies champion, Garbine Muguruza. From all of us here,

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