Men's Final

:00:00. > :00:00.and Marin Cilic will walk out on centre court in 10 minutes' time

:00:00. > :00:00.to contest the men's singles final here at Wimbledon.

:00:00. > :00:00.It's one of the biggest days in world sport,

:00:00. > :00:13.so not surprisingly, the tension is high.

:00:14. > :00:23.Simple, everyday. Ordinarily, in tennis, like music. It facilitates

:00:24. > :00:42.everything. It transfers power. Electricity. Like a nerve, it

:00:43. > :00:47.pulses. Release. Mike vein, it carries lifeblood to the heart of

:00:48. > :00:56.the game. To the present - and the future. 1889, and William Renshaw

:00:57. > :01:02.wins his seventh Wimbledon title. 111 years later, in 2000, the

:01:03. > :01:07.American Pete Sampras wins his seventh Wimbledon title. 2012,

:01:08. > :01:11.Switzerland's Roger Federer wins his seventh Wimbledon title. This trio

:01:12. > :01:28.entwine. Stretch the timeline to today, and

:01:29. > :01:32.just one has the chance to break the tie. But it is a fine line, because

:01:33. > :01:41.standing in his way is the former US Open champion Marin Cilic. A man

:01:42. > :01:46.hoping to strike his own cord. But with 18 Grand Slam titles and

:01:47. > :01:50.counting... Who would bet against the greatest of all time... Becoming

:01:51. > :02:08.the greatest of all time, here? COMMENTATOR: That is extraordinary!

:02:09. > :02:12.Pure genius! Brilliant! I love that! Probably the greatest champion of

:02:13. > :02:15.all time! Roger Federer is the man who, more than any other, knows how

:02:16. > :02:21.to break the tape. And thanks to Boris,

:02:22. > :02:28.Mac and Pat for that. So, can Roger put the "eight" into

:02:29. > :02:35."great", and make history today? So, in draw order, it's Cilic

:02:36. > :02:42.against Federer ? Cilic has one Grand Slam title,

:02:43. > :02:44.the 2014 US Open. And this is what they're playing

:02:45. > :02:53.for - the Challenge Cup. It's made of silver gilt,

:02:54. > :02:55.stands 18 inches high, As for the matter of prize money,

:02:56. > :03:02.the winner will walk And looking ahead after the men's

:03:03. > :03:12.final, there's a cracking mixed doubles final ? and it includes

:03:13. > :03:15.a battle of Britain, as number one seeds Jamie Murray

:03:16. > :03:18.and Martina Hingis face defending champions Henri Kontinen

:03:19. > :03:36.and Heather Watson. It is an unbelievable feeling here,

:03:37. > :03:41.almost every seat is taken, it must bring back memories for you, Boris?

:03:42. > :03:46.Lots of memories, I was just thinking about how it was like when

:03:47. > :03:49.I was 17 and 18, just those minutes before the final, when you want to

:03:50. > :03:55.sink into the ground you're standing on because of the nerves. And Tim,

:03:56. > :03:58.you were talking about Cilic, now, let's dissect Roger Federer, and you

:03:59. > :04:04.have been talking about his serve putting people under pressure?

:04:05. > :04:08.Again, Federer's is not the fastest serve, he's not serving the most

:04:09. > :04:12.number of he's a, but it is the accuracy and variation. You can see

:04:13. > :04:16.him here, down break point in the third set against Berdych. I mean,

:04:17. > :04:21.that is just perfection in terms of hitting the spots and the corners

:04:22. > :04:25.of. This is where Boris and Andrew and myself were having a guessing

:04:26. > :04:29.game as to where he was going to serve, and we all got it wrong! I

:04:30. > :04:34.said he was going out wide, and he went straight up the middle! It is

:04:35. > :04:39.the foundation. He hits the spots to get himself out of trouble. Here,

:04:40. > :04:45.you can see the accuracy. Those green areas are within 2ft of the

:04:46. > :04:48.line. That's probably a bit generous for Federer, but you can see how

:04:49. > :04:56.accurate he is. And the serve is really important, Boris? It is the

:04:57. > :05:02.foundation of the game, and it puts a whole a lot of pressure on the

:05:03. > :05:09.returner, because he knows, if he loses his serve, Roger is going to

:05:10. > :05:12.hold, and win a set. The ball boys and girls coming out, everyone is so

:05:13. > :05:18.excited, giving them a round of applause. And for the rest of the

:05:19. > :05:22.tournament, we start at one o'clock, today, starting at two o'clock gives

:05:23. > :05:24.people a bit of extra time to finish their lunch and their pins and

:05:25. > :05:34.champagne. It is, the expectation is... There's your old sparring

:05:35. > :05:35.partner, Boris! My old friend! And Chris Evert watching as well, the

:05:36. > :05:40.place is full of former champions. So, the scene is set in this

:05:41. > :05:43.special anniversary year. In 1927, the BBC produced

:05:44. > :05:45.their first radio 80 years ago, the first television

:05:46. > :05:50.pictures were beamed from here, and 50 years ago, the first colour

:05:51. > :05:53.programme in the UK and Europe The BBC and Wimbledon is a special,

:05:54. > :05:56.unique partnership, steeped in history, and always looking

:05:57. > :06:18.to the future. It was a family tradition, Wimbledon

:06:19. > :06:25.is sort of our Super Bowl. You could feel the tradition, the magic thing,

:06:26. > :06:28.inside those gates. Walking through the gates, everything was so new. I

:06:29. > :06:37.was in awe of the whole place, it was just amazing. Loved the court,

:06:38. > :06:43.loved the atmosphere of the place, the ball, it was different.

:06:44. > :06:50.Everything I am his because of these courts. I came here for one reason

:06:51. > :06:56.only, to try to win Wimbledon. The waiting is over! It would be another

:06:57. > :07:03.dream come true. The most beautiful thing is going to happen to someone

:07:04. > :07:06.today. I think that's what is so special about this tournament, the

:07:07. > :07:09.history and the tradition, the champions that have gone before.

:07:10. > :07:17.Very much so. All these legends have played on this court. It really

:07:18. > :07:20.changes your life, once you're called the Wilden champion, doors

:07:21. > :07:23.will open that you never knew existed. And here is Marin Cilic,

:07:24. > :07:30.passing on the very heavy tennis bag! I'm not sure what they carry in

:07:31. > :07:35.there, their racquets, but our whole lot more as well. A lot of racquets,

:07:36. > :07:40.a few changes of shirts, maybe another pair of shoes as well.

:07:41. > :07:43.Different from any other match. Most matches, you walk onto the court

:07:44. > :07:48.carrying your bag and your racquets, but here, it is down to the ball

:07:49. > :07:56.boys and ball girls. It is quite away from the locker room is, these

:07:57. > :08:01.men have worked a lot and played a lot over the last two weeks, so it

:08:02. > :08:06.comes in handy! Did you ever talk to your opponent in the locker room?

:08:07. > :08:08.Always try to avoid that. This little bit, just before you come

:08:09. > :08:13.out, there's the awkward feeling when you look at each other, then

:08:14. > :08:17.you don't, you do not get into deep conversation. The locker room is

:08:18. > :08:23.down the corridor, down the stairs is the warm-up area. I saw Federer a

:08:24. > :08:27.bit earlier, doing his stretches of. Coming out of the locker room now.

:08:28. > :08:34.Getting ready to go out. Getting ready to go, and so they now do that

:08:35. > :08:38.long walk, and Cilic looking at some of the great champions on the walls.

:08:39. > :08:46.Going just past the members' balcony as well. In some ways, not carrying

:08:47. > :08:52.your bag, you get used to it, it is almost like a comfort blanket? Yeah,

:08:53. > :08:57.it is a new feeling, but Cilic, he must have been watching Federer,

:08:58. > :09:02.because he won it seven times! It can be intimidating. Yes, it is a

:09:03. > :09:08.nerve-racking time, the hour before must feel like four hours. Certainly

:09:09. > :09:15.the minutes before, you're really ready to go, the match has been

:09:16. > :09:22.called, the referee says, you're on. It is a long walk, as Boris said. I

:09:23. > :09:25.think both players will be keen to get out on the grass, get a racket

:09:26. > :09:28.in their hand and start hitting some balls. Just going past some of the

:09:29. > :09:38.guests that will be going into the Royal Box. Just on the right is

:09:39. > :09:43.where the trophies are. The famous Kipling saying, and out past the

:09:44. > :09:49.honours board. A new experience for Marin Cilic, but Roger is looking so

:09:50. > :09:53.relaxed, just another match. But it doesn't get easier, the importance

:09:54. > :09:54.of it, you know how much it means to you. Obviously, he's in his 11th

:09:55. > :10:48.final. TIM HENMAN: Standing ovation, and

:10:49. > :10:55.they haven't even hit a shot! It never happened to me!

:10:56. > :10:59.BORIS BECKER: I get goose bumps watching, talking about it, I get

:11:00. > :11:10.excited. Imagine what these two players must feel. That is the Duke

:11:11. > :11:15.and Duchess of Cambridge taking their seats. All you respect to

:11:16. > :11:18.Marin Cilic, he has earned his place in the final, but I think that

:11:19. > :11:21.standing ovation was for Roger Federer. I think when he left

:11:22. > :11:25.Wimbledon last year, everybody wondered whether that would be the

:11:26. > :11:29.last time we would see him because of his knee injury. Very much so, I

:11:30. > :11:34.think he would be the first to admit that he was not sure whether he

:11:35. > :11:38.would come back or not. All the scheduling at the beginning of this

:11:39. > :11:47.year has really worked out. He's the first one to leave his chair. Time

:11:48. > :11:56.for the coin toss. In this year's men's singles final, it is the turn

:11:57. > :11:59.of Place To Be. They have asked 11-year-old Lucas to do the coin

:12:00. > :12:03.toss. It provides emotional and therapeutic services in schools

:12:04. > :12:09.across the country, helping children to deal with bereavement and family

:12:10. > :12:16.breakdown. It is a charity of which the Duchess of Cambridge is patron.

:12:17. > :12:19.Interesting, making Federer wait a little bit. You would never have

:12:20. > :12:24.done something like that, Boris. Never! I don't think it is going to

:12:25. > :12:43.bother Roger anyway, is it? Gentlemen Hawk-Eye, as usual, when

:12:44. > :12:54.you challenge, say something. This is hence, this is tales.

:12:55. > :13:07.SUE BARKER: Big moment for Luca. Who's going to go home with a

:13:08. > :13:12.magnificent photo to put on his bedroom wall. You can see how tall

:13:13. > :13:21.Marin Cilic is, he is so much bigger than Federer. Cilic is 6ft 6ins,

:13:22. > :13:31.he's got long arms and legs. That's why he can served so well, because

:13:32. > :13:35.of the height. And we talked about Roger's injuries last year, but

:13:36. > :13:38.Marin Cilic is saying this is the first time in six years that he has

:13:39. > :13:44.been injury-free. It is always a challenge for the players. If you

:13:45. > :13:49.said to the 128 men and 128 women at the start of the tournament, who is

:13:50. > :13:53.100% healthy? You would not get many people raising their hands. It's

:13:54. > :13:57.what you have to deal with, the stresses and niggles. But when you

:13:58. > :14:01.get into the latter stages, playing best of five set matches, you've got

:14:02. > :14:06.to be able to manage that. I think it was amazing that this time last

:14:07. > :14:09.year, Federer was pretty much on one leg and he still should have got

:14:10. > :14:14.through to the final, he really had an opportunity against Raonic. That

:14:15. > :14:18.was when the questions started, is he going to be able to recover from

:14:19. > :14:23.this? And he ended up taking six months off, and from January this

:14:24. > :14:30.year, the rest is history. He has not clocked a set, and he did not

:14:31. > :14:34.even drop a set in Halle, either. He's sublime at the moment, and the

:14:35. > :14:38.question is, is he the best ever? I think so, because the competition

:14:39. > :14:44.gets better every year. In order to stay on top, you have to improve

:14:45. > :14:50.every year, therefore, my vote goes to Roger. This guy, Marin Cilic,

:14:51. > :14:55.players fear him? TIM HENMAN: I think there is an

:14:56. > :14:59.element of unpredictability. He's a bit erratic. He has had some poor

:15:00. > :15:03.losses in the first five months of the year. But when he gets confident

:15:04. > :15:10.and aggressive, that's when he's very, very dangerous. We saw it in

:15:11. > :15:13.2014 when he won the US Open. That helps him here, having been in a

:15:14. > :15:18.Grand Slam final before. And we saw how well he played at Queen's, where

:15:19. > :15:22.had match points in the final against Feliciano Lopez. He would

:15:23. > :15:27.have been disappointed to lose that, because Queen's in its own right is

:15:28. > :15:31.a big tournament. He talked about it coming into this event, how he had

:15:32. > :15:33.form and confidence and grass court tennis under his belt, and now he's

:15:34. > :15:49.through to another final. And Tim has been talking about the

:15:50. > :15:57.Cilic serve, the aces. A lot of cheap points. Yes and we don't count

:15:58. > :16:03.the error causing the great serve. The opponent gets a look at the

:16:04. > :16:08.serve. And it has to be strong. He is looking incredibly comfortable on

:16:09. > :16:13.the grass. He is getting Bert and better with every round. Do you

:16:14. > :16:18.think the first set is key? I think Federer is a good frontrunner, if he

:16:19. > :16:24.gets up, the chances of Cilic coming back in four or five are less. If

:16:25. > :16:32.you look back 10-15 years ago, if you were 6'6" you were abnormal in

:16:33. > :16:39.terms of height and nine times out of ten you weren't a great mover but

:16:40. > :16:42.now the big guys, Querrey the same and Cilic move incredibly well.

:16:43. > :16:47.It'll give him the wingspan to return serve and the height to hit

:16:48. > :16:50.the big, booming serve. He has had 14-and-a-half hours on court,

:16:51. > :16:53.Federer nine hours and a tough match against Giles Muller but talking

:16:54. > :17:01.about Federer, at the Australian Open when he came back, even he said

:17:02. > :17:07.he didn't know you what to do but he won the three five-set matches. He

:17:08. > :17:10.had been off for six months. He was talking about whether or not he

:17:11. > :17:13.would be good enough. What an incredible six months he has had.

:17:14. > :17:20.The whole year was geared towards Wimbledon. He wanted one more crack

:17:21. > :17:25.at it. I don't think he was convinced he was in such good form

:17:26. > :17:31.entering the tournament and now, six matches later, one more to go. Its

:17:32. > :17:34.all about history as far Roger is concerned. He wasn't won since 2012.

:17:35. > :17:40.And that's not good enough in Roger's book. Anyhow spoke to him in

:17:41. > :17:46.the clay court season and asked him about his decision. He said in all

:17:47. > :17:51.due respect I have won the French once, but at Wimbledon on grass, to

:17:52. > :17:56.be seven and make it jump to eight is massive. He wanted to focus his

:17:57. > :18:04.attention on to this event. He put himself right in the box seat for

:18:05. > :18:10.the final. Now he has to deliver one more performance. 29 Grand Slam

:18:11. > :18:14.finals. When we saw him here as a junior, he was good but, it is

:18:15. > :18:18.incredible figures. Yes and counting. When he first played in

:18:19. > :18:25.the Centre Court, peating Pete psalm -- beating Pete Sampras and nobody

:18:26. > :18:32.knew he would have so many wins and into so many finals, the number is

:18:33. > :18:35.mind boggling. The next gen coming up and a 35-year-old dominating

:18:36. > :18:42.tennis, who would've thought that. He has been voted for 14 years in a

:18:43. > :18:47.row, the most popular player. The crowds are going to be on Federer's

:18:48. > :18:52.side. How do you see it going? I think Federer will pick it up but

:18:53. > :18:57.maybe in four or five sets. I have to agree Federer in four. We have to

:18:58. > :19:03.g players at the chair and time for Boris and Tim to make their way to

:19:04. > :19:10.the commentary box and I hand over to Andrew Castle for this men's

:19:11. > :19:13.final. ANDREW CASTLE: What anticipation

:19:14. > :19:32.here. Centre Court full and here come our two finalists.

:19:33. > :20:55.Hugh Grant and Chris Kermode, executive chairman and President of

:20:56. > :21:11.the ATP. That was a bit tight. His first forehand of the match

:21:12. > :21:14.wasn't brilliant. Bounced it before the net. Easy one there and put

:21:15. > :21:58.himself in a spot of bother. As much as you can practise in the

:21:59. > :22:01.days before, you cannot practise how it feels to be in a Wimbledon final.

:22:02. > :22:43.Both players are nervous. Federer in his semifinal put Berdych

:22:44. > :22:48.under a lot of pressure early on, electing to receive. It's paying off

:22:49. > :22:50.here. He would've taken an opportunity to get to deuce and at

:22:51. > :23:12.least threaten this Cilic serve. TIM HENMAN: On the line and directed

:23:13. > :23:55.beautifully into Federer's body. That will be a relief for him and

:23:56. > :24:00.his supporters' box. Friends, relatives and coaches all up there,

:24:01. > :24:07.bound to be nervous, and so, too, Federer with a couple of misses that

:24:08. > :24:11.you might not have expected. This is not necessarily going to be a

:24:12. > :24:12.triumphant three-set victory for Roger Federer. You can't take

:24:13. > :25:28.anything for granted. Well, that will bring joy to his

:25:29. > :25:34.heart. The first serve repelled. I think he can turn around to, can't

:25:35. > :25:37.he? A couple of dodgy forehands in the first game but that one really

:25:38. > :25:56.executed, aggressive and early. Cilic will return the Federer serve

:25:57. > :26:14.back more than any other player in the tournament. Roger knows that.

:26:15. > :26:26.Which is Swiss German for ""Let's go." That's in the very first

:26:27. > :26:28.service game. That's what is going on underneath this very calm

:26:29. > :26:48.exterior. So held up there by the ball girl,

:26:49. > :26:52.collecting the ball and makes his first double.

:26:53. > :27:09.Only his 11th in the tournament in six previous matches.

:27:10. > :27:20.UMPIRE: Mr Federer challenges the ball call on the right. The ball was

:27:21. > :27:25.called in. If it is in, does he get the point or play a let? It is in,

:27:26. > :27:31.they'll probably play two. UMPIRE: Let, first service.

:27:32. > :27:38.Cilic not affected by that at all. There is a problem with the rule in

:27:39. > :27:46.tennis. The call came after Cilic hit. Or barely hit the return. So

:27:47. > :28:12.Federer will feel he had to win that point twice.

:28:13. > :28:21.Both players taken to deuce in the opening service games. Federer can

:28:22. > :28:27.exhale a little bit. But even after just eight minutes of the first set,

:28:28. > :30:41.you can feel the intensity of both players.

:30:42. > :31:03.The court was watered last night, after a very late-night finish, the

:31:04. > :31:14.ball might be staying a bit lower than we have seen in this

:31:15. > :31:17.tournament. It is a pretty damp day, humid, the board is not fly through

:31:18. > :31:43.fast. Another hold for Cilic. ANDREW CASTLE: It was a very

:31:44. > :31:47.late-night for the ground crew here. The doubles last night was

:31:48. > :31:52.absolutely spectacular, if you missed it, too bad. Lukasz Kubot and

:31:53. > :31:57.Marcelo Melo coming through a hard five setter. That was followed by

:31:58. > :32:04.the women's doubles, which finished an awful lot quicker. This court

:32:05. > :32:08.obviously gets chewed up just behind the baseline, just where they land

:32:09. > :32:13.on serve. You can see those patches, it has always been thus, and every

:32:14. > :32:16.year, it wears slightly differently. You're going to get a couple of

:32:17. > :32:21.bounces which are not perfect on a grass court, it's part of the deal.

:32:22. > :32:24.And there is no doubt, when you look at those worn patches these days,

:32:25. > :32:37.with players coming to the net far less frequently, behind the baseline

:32:38. > :32:50.is going to take a hammering. Grant just taking on towel due to --

:32:51. > :32:53.duties, actually. BORIS BECKER: If you're up at the

:32:54. > :32:55.old footage, the courts look far worse. I think overall, the courts

:32:56. > :33:24.are in fantastic shape. That's going to be one of the key

:33:25. > :33:25.shots in the game, Cilic's return on the Federer serve, especially on the

:33:26. > :33:55.second serve. We always talk about how Federer

:33:56. > :33:58.likes to make a fast start, get the early break, but it's check that's

:33:59. > :34:51.posing a few problems. He doesn't serve many double faults,

:34:52. > :34:58.Federer, he's served 12 in the tournament, two today. He's focusing

:34:59. > :35:01.on pressing a bit harder on the second serve against an opponent who

:35:02. > :35:09.he feels threatened by on the return.

:35:10. > :35:40.And we have our first break point of this 2017 final, and it's Cilic's.

:35:41. > :35:58.Jonas Bjorkman with the Hatton there. He likes that play. If you

:35:59. > :36:05.see a second serve on a big point, climb on it, go for it. You've got

:36:06. > :36:29.to make it! Put the ball back into play, at least!

:36:30. > :36:34.Amazing how, even in the fourth game, these little points here and

:36:35. > :36:39.there can have a huge impact on proceedings.

:36:40. > :37:04.Roger Federer, hugely experienced, but it doesn't count for too much

:37:05. > :37:08.when you have to go out there and do it again and again and again.

:37:09. > :37:11.Sometimes he says he wants to go out there and lay as if he had no

:37:12. > :37:15.experience at all, go out and play with the freshness of an

:37:16. > :37:40.18-year-old, who hasn't made all those mistakes.

:37:41. > :38:02.Since being break point down in the previous game, Federer has won four

:38:03. > :38:03.straight points. It seems like Federer is slowing down the pace in

:38:04. > :38:21.the last couple of rallies. No wonder the court has worn out,

:38:22. > :38:31.he's bouncing the ball so many times, isn't he?

:38:32. > :38:41.Oh, slimmed down, Cilic, and Federer manages to scamper across himself!

:38:42. > :38:55.That could have been nasty for Marin Cilic, and Federer just managing to

:38:56. > :38:56.get it up and over the net. Actually, is left him quite a lot to

:38:57. > :39:25.do, didn't it? Federer just happy to get it back.

:39:26. > :39:28.Taking the pace off it, forcing Cilic to generate the pace himself,

:39:29. > :39:31.and he didn't look comfortable on that forehand. Six straight points

:39:32. > :39:40.to Federer. And the pressure tells. First break

:39:41. > :41:30.to Federer. Marin Cilic is not getting enough

:41:31. > :41:41.first serves in, notably on that break point, but in previous games

:41:42. > :41:46.as well. Perhaps a sign of nerves. Having had that break point, what

:41:47. > :41:54.disappointment, almost got back into it, Tim? He did, he had a bad spell

:41:55. > :41:57.there, losing six points in a row. Look where Federer is looking to

:41:58. > :42:03.take the return, stepping in, looking to control it when he gets

:42:04. > :42:09.the opportunity. A bit like when the opening goal goes in in goal, where

:42:10. > :42:13.previously in not much was going on, Boris? At the start of the match,

:42:14. > :42:22.it's always important to get your nose ahead a little bit. It's funny,

:42:23. > :42:35.he looks up to him so much, but he's in the opposite coaching box to Ivan

:42:36. > :42:39.Lubicic. I just feel conditions are a lot slower today. Federer likes to

:42:40. > :43:05.win the points a lot faster, especially on the serve.

:43:06. > :43:17.UMPIRE: Correction, the ball was good. Replay the point. It looks

:43:18. > :43:23.pretty fast to me out there, Boris! Excellent overall from the umpire,

:43:24. > :43:32.the first men's singles final for him.

:43:33. > :43:59.It feels like Cilic wants to go for a bit too much now, slightly

:44:00. > :44:41.overhitting the groundstrokes. Matches within matches, Federer, ten

:44:42. > :45:02.of the last 12 points, from break point down. About to go up 4-2.

:45:03. > :45:10.The former Swiss Davis Cup captain in there, and Ivan Ljubicic there,

:45:11. > :45:17.the physical trainer and Miirka his wife and his agent. The normal crew

:45:18. > :45:27.in the front row. Mum and dad here, too. I wonder if the two sets of

:45:28. > :45:32.twins will make an appearance, if he wins today?

:45:33. > :45:37.Federer had a little bit more freedom on the shot. He can break up

:45:38. > :47:11.and take more chances. This time Federer from the serve,

:47:12. > :47:40.went one step earlier, and the return went out. Beautiful.

:47:41. > :47:48.Well, it was in the semifinal with Tomas Berdych, he was trying to make

:47:49. > :47:53.this shot for about an hour. One was terrible. This ranges in now T

:47:54. > :47:57.hardly got to the service line, one of the ones with Berdych but this

:47:58. > :48:01.was perfection. He got the right club there? A 56 degree wedge? A lob

:48:02. > :48:29.wedge. A bit of backspin. Physical felt like Cilic had a

:48:30. > :48:33.chance it steady the ship up, 40-0 on serve. Back it deuce. -- back to

:48:34. > :48:53.deuce. Cilic a little indecisive here.

:48:54. > :49:05.Could've taken the ball out of the air.

:49:06. > :49:21.UMPIRE: New balls, please. Federer leads 4-3, first set. Well, a bit of

:49:22. > :49:26.sporting history for Marin Cilic as far as Croatia is concerned. Goran

:49:27. > :49:30.Ivanisevic of course the winner in 2001. We won't talk about that and

:49:31. > :49:36.the French Open champion in 1997 but nobody in Croatia has ever won two

:49:37. > :49:41.of these major Championships. Others playing under the Yugoslav flag,

:49:42. > :49:47.were also finalists. Pilic, as well, who I know you know well, Boris but

:49:48. > :49:52.on the verge of his own sporting history, Marin Cilic. How do you

:49:53. > :49:56.think he has settled, Boris? I think Federer is in better shape for the

:49:57. > :50:01.moment. But the last service game was a bit more convincing even

:50:02. > :50:05.though he had let a 40-0 slip back to deuce. They are having new balls

:50:06. > :50:10.now, I think the slower conditions affect the Cilic game more than

:50:11. > :50:22.Federer. They are eyes only for each other, there, the Duke and Duchess.

:50:23. > :50:28.A beautiful royal box. Rod Laver, Michael McIntyre, Hugh Grant, Eddie

:50:29. > :50:36.red main. Quite an occasion out There and Stefan Edberg there, with

:50:37. > :50:39.his wife. A former champion here. So, serving with new tennis balls,

:50:40. > :51:28.4-3. Federer playing with a bit more

:51:29. > :51:42.freedom, unshackling his ankles and arms.

:51:43. > :51:47.He is ranked world number 5 at the moment, despite being Australian

:51:48. > :51:55.Open champion. Really hasn't played that much tennis. He did the

:51:56. > :52:03.sunshine double. What is that, oh, Roger, greatest of all time." He

:52:04. > :52:13.took the entire clay season off, came back and played Stuttgart. Then

:52:14. > :52:16.won hchl alle, for the ninth time. . -- then won Halle, for the ninth

:52:17. > :52:32.time. Without dropping a set. Chill has had a good grass court

:52:33. > :54:12.season, having match point at Queen's Club against Lopez.

:54:13. > :54:23.I did see one empty seat, it's up by gangway 311, but I haven't seen any

:54:24. > :54:37.others. 14,999 in here. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:54:38. > :54:42.Ripped it across court. And that gives him set point. 34

:54:43. > :55:10.minutes played. The fist one was speedy. The second one...

:55:11. > :55:21.A good serve from Cilic. He not only wants Federer to serve for the set

:55:22. > :55:25.but if he were to lose this set, it would be better to be serving first

:55:26. > :55:52.in the second. The serve percentage is not as good

:55:53. > :55:57.for Cilic as it has been in the tournament, just about 50%. Even

:55:58. > :56:03.worse on the second serve. Under the pressure.

:56:04. > :56:12.UMPIRE: Let, first service. Cilic hasn't served an ace yet,

:56:13. > :56:13.which indicates that Federer is seeing the direction that Cilic

:56:14. > :56:35.wants to serve, early. UMPIRE: Game and first set, Federer.

:56:36. > :56:45.36 minutes it's taken. Roger Federer takes another step towards history.

:56:46. > :57:00.Of course, he is going for his eighth Wimbledon title. His 19th in

:57:01. > :57:07.total. That would match Helen Wills Moody a great start of the '20s and

:57:08. > :57:12.'30s. The break was key. Federer got there first but Cilic had his

:57:13. > :57:19.chances as well, it has to be said, Tim? He did early on but on the

:57:20. > :57:23.left-hand side, Cilic in the serving categories, less than 50% of first

:57:24. > :57:26.serves going in. Coming into this match he was high 60s. Federer

:57:27. > :57:33.getting too many looks at second serves. And we saw there, as Cilic

:57:34. > :57:39.returned to his chair having lost the first set, he gave his racket a

:57:40. > :57:43.massive smack on the chair. He is obviously frustrated with his

:57:44. > :57:48.performance. And looking to try and show a little bit of emotion to get

:57:49. > :57:56.back into the match. The first set is over, you can press the reset

:57:57. > :58:00.button. It was a bit of an ordeal most of the time for Cilic. A couple

:58:01. > :58:06.of misses early on which unsettled him. Yeah, you can tell the occasion

:58:07. > :58:13.has got to him. So far he is playing in not a free and relaxed way. In

:58:14. > :58:17.the first couple of games. Maybe it is good for him to get the

:58:18. > :58:20.frustration and nerves out. He is not moving his legs and arms. He

:58:21. > :58:28.almost looks like he is intimidated by the final. Bjorkman there, who

:58:29. > :58:35.lost to his charge's opponent in the 2006 semifinal. I talked to Jonas

:58:36. > :58:42.about that match because I was on the receiving end of a lesson from

:58:43. > :58:47.Federer a couple of years prior to that. He said he was coming off the

:58:48. > :58:51.court playing the best tennis of his life. He lost 2-0 in two and he said

:58:52. > :59:08.he played well. -- He lost to love in two. Now

:59:09. > :59:41.Federer wants to keep the momentum on his side.

:59:42. > :59:52.Well, that will keep the momentum, won't it? Federer was serving 66%

:59:53. > :59:54.first serves in for the tournament. Today 75% first serves. Finding the

:59:55. > :00:14.mark. Peaking at the right time. That's what's been so amazing over

:00:15. > :00:17.the years with this man, producing his best at the most important stage

:00:18. > :00:23.of the tournament. The crowd would like to see a match here, Cilic is

:00:24. > :00:28.going to have to up his game, or he's going to get thrown off this

:00:29. > :00:44.Centre Court fairly fast. The first stage is to hold.

:00:45. > :00:54.And his very first ace of the match here we go. 144 three is the fastest

:00:55. > :01:45.this tournament. BORIS BECKER: That's what he needs -

:01:46. > :02:38.quick points on his serve, to make this match competitive again.

:02:39. > :02:48.He's falling apart a bit. TIM HENMAN: Not always easy when

:02:49. > :02:51.you're a big man, if you're a bit nervous, one thing which does not

:02:52. > :03:00.always work is your footwork, making those small steps.

:03:01. > :03:17.ANDREW CASTLE: He's got to get those size 14s moving.

:03:18. > :03:23.That's away as well, and this is difficult now, difficult to watch,

:03:24. > :03:43.in some ways. A set and a break. It reminds me a little bit of the

:03:44. > :03:49.women's final yesterday, where the first set was close, and then all of

:03:50. > :03:56.a sudden, one of them starts swimming away. This man has been

:03:57. > :04:06.hearing 11 times, he knows exactly what it feels like, on the winning

:04:07. > :04:11.end and on the losing end. Now, he speeds up the game, he keeps the

:04:12. > :04:16.points short. He sees that Cilic has made 13 unforced errors, he's got

:04:17. > :04:58.the momentum, he wants to put his foot on the accelerator.

:04:59. > :05:06.He needs to win these, doesn't the? He needs to win those exchanges.

:05:07. > :05:09.Points won on second serve will be crucial today, because that

:05:10. > :05:12.indicates who is winning from the back of the court. And the news on

:05:13. > :05:39.that front is bad for Cilic. There's another important step that

:05:40. > :05:45.goes with that Eddie Betts first serve percentage. If you're serving

:05:46. > :05:54.on a very high level, you don't have to hit many second serves a. This

:05:55. > :05:59.doesn't look promising. The tournament doctor and

:06:00. > :06:05.physiotherapist are out there with him, and he seems to be very

:06:06. > :06:12.emotional. The supervisor is there. He's clearly in terrible shape here,

:06:13. > :06:37.and I had no idea that this was an ongoing situation, which it appears

:06:38. > :06:40.to be. We hope he's OK. He had along four-setter with Sam Querrey, he had

:06:41. > :06:51.a day to recover yesterday, but obviously, it was not enough, it

:06:52. > :06:59.seems. I saw him holding his leg a couple of times in the first set,

:07:00. > :07:05.and he did slip over at one stage. 14.5 hours on court is a lot of wear

:07:06. > :07:09.and tear. Vincent, on the right-hand side, is his agent. We would hate

:07:10. > :07:28.final to finish this way. We remember another shortened match

:07:29. > :07:36.that he played in the Queen's final in 2012 against David Nalbandian.

:07:37. > :07:47.You may remember David now banned in kicking one of the hoardings at the

:07:48. > :07:51.side and striking the line judge. So, the medical team, the

:07:52. > :07:55.supervisors, the tournament referee, it appears to be something that

:07:56. > :08:00.everybody knew about. Federer is ready to play.

:08:01. > :08:33.Wonderful scenes, the crowd is giving Cilic a standing ovation.

:08:34. > :09:13.Federer obviously observing the situation. I'm sure he doesn't know

:09:14. > :09:52.what's going on with Cilic. Is it possible that he just took

:09:53. > :09:56.such an emotional hammering in that first set and was just disappointed?

:09:57. > :10:02.You can react in all sorts of ways, I wouldn't have thought so, but...

:10:03. > :10:10.It must be physical, mustn't it? Groundstrokes, down in speed. You

:10:11. > :10:13.can get quite wound up over the course of six matches and two weeks

:10:14. > :10:19.when you're trying to achieve a career ambition. No hint of an

:10:20. > :10:24.injury, and they didn't stay there for the medical time-out.

:10:25. > :10:50.BORIS BECKER: On this Centre Court, you have to show your true

:10:51. > :10:59.character. Oh, that will do! And that's what you've got to do to get

:11:00. > :11:03.out of a service game! Serve-volleying a lot, keeping the

:11:04. > :11:11.points short, demonstrating a lovely touch there. He found some dexterity

:11:12. > :11:14.as well, with a bit of luck, he'll be OK. He's bouncing up and down

:11:15. > :13:18.like he means it now. So, as we continue to monitor what

:13:19. > :13:24.the problem is with Marin Cilic, we have just had a medical team and the

:13:25. > :13:27.referee and the supervisor all out at the same time, let me get a

:13:28. > :13:31.couple of silly numbers out of the way on the Roger Federer career. He

:13:32. > :13:38.played his 42nd Grand Slam semifinal against Tomas Berdych on Friday.

:13:39. > :13:52.This is the 29th time that he's been in a Grand Slam final, he's won 18

:13:53. > :13:56.of those. And he's lost ten. The only person who has managed to best

:13:57. > :14:00.him in one of these finals, the only three players are Novak Djokovic and

:14:01. > :14:24.del Potro. It is an amazing record. It's very difficult to tell now what

:14:25. > :14:27.was going on with Cilic, there was no medical time-out. Maybe he has

:14:28. > :14:31.just gone through an emotional roller coasters, that's what this

:14:32. > :14:36.court does to you come there is no hiding place! You can't say, I don't

:14:37. > :14:40.feel so good! Millions of people all over the world are watching right

:14:41. > :14:55.now. Everybody in Croatia are on their feet! You want to make all of

:14:56. > :14:59.these people proud of you. And he should, he's done so well so far. I

:15:00. > :15:04.just hope for him that he gets back into the swing of things.

:15:05. > :15:15.Looks like he's recovered a little bit. Got his feet on the ground

:15:16. > :15:51.again. Dad Robert in the front row and mum

:15:52. > :15:58.Lynette right behind him. Must be so proud.

:15:59. > :16:08.They weren't so proud when he used to throw his racket around in junior

:16:09. > :16:13.tournaments, until he calmed down a bit. They said he was a family

:16:14. > :17:11.embarrassment and they weren't going to drive him around!

:17:12. > :17:15.Federer not letting Cilic have anything to hold on to in this

:17:16. > :17:44.second set. He looks all sweet and neat and

:17:45. > :17:51.tidy, doesn't he, Roger Federer? But as a competitor, I wouldn't say he

:17:52. > :17:56.is second to none but him and Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, they will not let

:17:57. > :18:02.an opponent who is suffering away. And that sounds rude, but it is the

:18:03. > :18:04.nature of the sport. There is one winner and one loser, you don't have

:18:05. > :18:17.draws in tennis. UMPIRE: Mr Federer challenging the

:18:18. > :18:29.call on the left, far side line. The ball was called out.

:18:30. > :18:35.Mr Federer has two challenges remaining. Federer will be awhich

:18:36. > :18:41.are that he just has the one break of serve between him and Cilic at

:18:42. > :18:52.the moment. Two would mean the set, pretty much.

:18:53. > :19:01.The fastest serve of the match, 135 miles per hour. Federer, sticks out

:19:02. > :19:04.a racket and comes out with interest. -- 134. The fastest serve

:19:05. > :19:36.of the tournament. Cilic just walking around in front

:19:37. > :19:43.of our commentary box, the one thing you would say, at times in his

:19:44. > :19:48.career, how well he has dealt with the nerves, looking completely lost

:19:49. > :19:52.out there. UMPIRE: Let, first service.

:19:53. > :20:10.His opponent not helping things. Well, whether or not he needed a

:20:11. > :20:19.doctor, medical attention and the referee and supervisor, we really

:20:20. > :20:29.cannot tell, he started crying just a few minutes ago. It is a horrible

:20:30. > :20:33.situation, you want the ground to open up and swallow you in

:20:34. > :20:36.situations like this. Very, very difficult. He is getting hammered,

:20:37. > :20:39.bottom line, he is getting hammered. Hour played and about to go two sets

:20:40. > :20:58.down. Set point set set for a 2-0 sets

:20:59. > :21:07.lead. UMPIRE: Game and second set, Federer. And that's that.

:21:08. > :21:27.New balls, please. Well, the doctor and physio are out once again.

:21:28. > :21:37.Earlier on this year, he came back from 2-0 sets, he has done it a few

:21:38. > :21:42.times in his career. He did it against a Polish player. But to come

:21:43. > :21:43.back on Centre Court against Federer from two sets down, would seem

:21:44. > :22:03.unusual. He is clearly upset, still. And somebody diligent and marvellous

:22:04. > :22:08.has just handed me a piece of paper. Thank you very much. The last time

:22:09. > :22:16.we saw a retirement - anti-inflammatories going in - a

:22:17. > :22:25.retirement in the final of Wimbledon was 1911, Herbert Roper Barrett

:22:26. > :22:31.retired after Anthony Wilding. . Bet you didn't know that, Tim? ? Well,

:22:32. > :22:37.if you had asked me I would have told you. I didn't need anyone to

:22:38. > :22:42.tell me Well, maybe that's the reason why the front foot kicked up.

:22:43. > :22:44.That's not unusual, tennis players' feet are some of the most horrible

:22:45. > :23:03.things on earth. Second serve points won, Federer,

:23:04. > :23:08.100%, Tim? Again, we pointed out Cilic's problems with his serve in

:23:09. > :23:14.the first set. We have to highlight Federer's sensational display. Eight

:23:15. > :23:19.out of ten first serves finding the mark. When it goes in, 86% of those

:23:20. > :23:33.points are won, and 100% behind the second serve.

:23:34. > :23:40.A number of times this week when players have had their niggles and

:23:41. > :23:50.pains. Obviously nobody wants to talk about it. But nowadays we see

:23:51. > :23:53.it. UMPIRE: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Cilic is receiving a medical

:23:54. > :23:57.time-out. Well, one of the features at the first week of the

:23:58. > :24:02.Championships was when a player said he took a medical time out as a

:24:03. > :24:07.matter of strategy. He said the match was not going his way, he went

:24:08. > :24:11.into the press conference afterwards and admitted that but when that

:24:12. > :24:17.happens, you should keep quiet about it but no suggestion at all other

:24:18. > :24:22.than Marin Cilic is injured and possibly extremely upset. And

:24:23. > :24:27.Federer won't back off, even for a second here. The doctors working on

:24:28. > :24:34.him. And another Dr Watching on. David Tennant. Not in the Royal Box.

:24:35. > :24:43.We will find later on who the 13th Dr Who is going to be. It might be a

:24:44. > :24:47.female. We will see. That's after this men's final. Now most viewers

:24:48. > :24:54.are probably surprise to see ankles and feet like that but I promise

:24:55. > :24:59.you, 80% of the players have their feet and ankles taped up and...

:25:00. > :25:05.Boris, we have a member of the committee here, we must ask him what

:25:06. > :25:11.we are going to do with guys who go out on the court because the prize

:25:12. > :25:16.money that is so sensational. There are some guys who went out on the

:25:17. > :25:18.court in the first week and they were taking first-round prize money,

:25:19. > :25:22.Djokovic and Federer played opponents who didn't look like they

:25:23. > :25:28.were going out there with a chance of winning, ?35,000 to lose in the

:25:29. > :25:33.first round what are we going to do? Not looking like they had a chance

:25:34. > :25:40.of winning and not looking like they had a chance of finishing the match.

:25:41. > :25:46.It is something that is going to be trialled on the tour, where a couple

:25:47. > :25:51.of times a year where if you are on site and you get injured beforehand

:25:52. > :25:58.you can take a portion of your prize money and pull out so you can let a

:25:59. > :26:03.lucky loser take your place so we can have a competitive match. But it

:26:04. > :26:09.is almost like the Grand Slams have been a victim of their own success.

:26:10. > :26:13.They have built up the prize money on left-hand side of the draw, to

:26:14. > :26:18.support the men and women trying to further their careers. It is not

:26:19. > :26:24.cheap travelling around the world to pay your way, but not good for the

:26:25. > :26:26.tournament when you have six or seven people pull out and don't

:26:27. > :26:29.compete the matches. And we televised the qualifying for

:26:30. > :26:36.Roehampton, which I hope we will do again. If you want to see energy,

:26:37. > :26:41.dedication and commitment, it was on hand there. Any of them would've

:26:42. > :26:46.been happy to have taken these ailing players' position on the

:26:47. > :26:49.tour. There we are the Duke and Duchess there. The Duchess the

:26:50. > :26:51.patron of the All England Tennis Club, taking over that position from

:26:52. > :26:59.the Queen. UMPIRE: Time. Everyone hoping that Marin Cilic is OK. Well,

:27:00. > :27:03.if you need an explanation of what went on, he has a problem with his

:27:04. > :29:12.foot and couldn't walk on it. The last time somebody managed to

:29:13. > :29:18.come back from two-sets down in a Wimbledon final to win, it was in

:29:19. > :29:25.1927, the year of the first BBC Broadcast. Let's just hope for the

:29:26. > :29:41.sake of the final and the spectators that it'll be more of a match now.

:29:42. > :30:08.Exactly the piece of grass where Marin Cilic fell over. We talked

:30:09. > :30:17.about Cilic's return position coming into this match. He's standing a lot

:30:18. > :30:23.further back and then being very aggressive. The problem when you

:30:24. > :30:26.stand a long way back, it gives your home and the opportunity to get

:30:27. > :30:45.closer to the net if they serve and volley.

:30:46. > :31:01.The Cilic forehand is always the week 01. He takes more chances on

:31:02. > :31:09.it. -- always the weaker one. It's good to let it out. Focus on tennis

:31:10. > :31:33.again, and concentrating on putting the ball in play.

:31:34. > :31:43.A certain amount of turmoil in the Croatian's head. He's a bit

:31:44. > :31:44.embarrassed. Only one hour and 11 minutes, and he's disappointed with

:31:45. > :32:00.himself so far. But that's in the past. You can only

:32:01. > :32:13.change the present. Federer doesn't make it easier for

:32:14. > :33:24.him, obviously. You feel at this stage, every point

:33:25. > :33:25.is hard to come by for Cilic. Trying to keep himself in this third set

:33:26. > :34:07.and the match. May be the best shot of the match so

:34:08. > :35:08.far. He got his man. A couple of gutsy Quins, better

:35:09. > :35:28.points from Cilic. 0-30 to 40-30. -- a couple of gutsy points.

:35:29. > :35:55.Those size 14s just don't want to move.

:35:56. > :36:43.And Federer doesn't make it easier for you. Getting the ball back in

:36:44. > :37:10.play, making his opponent always get one more shot.

:37:11. > :37:17.Oh, he can't do anything, can he? He has only made 40 out of 71st serves,

:37:18. > :37:31.so many unforced errors... Centre Court against Federer in a

:37:32. > :37:36.Wimbledon final, it's too much of an ask at the moment for Cilic.

:37:37. > :37:53.Many a player has stepped out on the grass courts of Wimbledon, the

:37:54. > :38:23.Centre Court, and found it difficult.

:38:24. > :38:39.Six foot six, stretch the arm up, get up there, smack it, and then sit

:38:40. > :38:47.down 2-1 up. Yes! Good boy. What a relief!

:38:48. > :38:55.Rod Laver. All of these great champions looking on. This man won

:38:56. > :39:01.or four Grand Slam championships in the first year, first as an amateur

:39:02. > :39:05.in 62, then professional in 69. He won 11 Grand Slam championships, but

:39:06. > :39:09.he was denied five full years of winning more slams. He would have

:39:10. > :39:17.picked up 21 Grand Slams. They were all on grass those days. Roger

:39:18. > :39:21.Federer is the first to admit that Rod Laver, had he been playing for

:39:22. > :39:32.those five years, he'd have probably reached 18 or 19. Stefan Edberg with

:39:33. > :39:40.six, Roger Federer now on 18. The most of any player, Margaret Court

:39:41. > :39:48.with 24. They' -- there was Steffi Graf in 88, and the Olympic gold

:39:49. > :39:55.medal in Seoul. We could the German slam -- the golden slam. It's very

:39:56. > :40:04.difficult to compare generations. Obviously, we call Roger Federer the

:40:05. > :41:21.gold. We mention what Labour in the same breath. -- Rod Laver.

:41:22. > :41:27.Cilic can't get it going. He can't get any rhythm on the return. Too

:41:28. > :41:33.many unforced errors, even on Federer's second serve. We see him

:41:34. > :41:43.dancing around at the back of the court.

:41:44. > :41:48.You normally see that at the beginning of the match, when you are

:41:49. > :41:50.trying to get your feet working, but less likely to see it in the third

:41:51. > :41:58.set. The first thing that those is the

:41:59. > :43:09.movement. -- that goes. Is it me or is it getting a little

:43:10. > :43:15.darker? I'm afraid to say that the weather forecast isn't great. But

:43:16. > :43:22.lets see what happens. You never know, with these forecasts. Rain

:43:23. > :43:34.delays against a Croatian! Of course! Happy memories.

:43:35. > :43:53.Not to worry, we have a roof now the matches.

:43:54. > :44:35.Just towards the end of your career, it slowed down.

:44:36. > :44:44.The first serves is improving a little bit. A couple more free

:44:45. > :45:26.points. He needs every one of these just to make it a match.

:45:27. > :45:37.I don't think he has any idea where his forehand goes. I hate to say it.

:45:38. > :46:00.He has had it hitting the net quite a lot today.

:46:01. > :46:08.Plenty of opponents, as we were saying, found it difficult going in

:46:09. > :46:12.the final. Tomas Berdych came n having beaten, Djokovic and Federer

:46:13. > :46:21.in 2010 and looked a little overawed in his final against Rafael Nadal

:46:22. > :46:24.but Leighton Hewett in 2002, that was embarrassing for Nalbandian that

:46:25. > :46:32.year, there is nothing embarrassing to get to the Wimbledon final but to

:46:33. > :46:37.be that one-sided, you feel disappointed. I remember Nalbandian

:46:38. > :46:45.was allowed to practise on Centre Court leading up to one final. He

:46:46. > :46:50.hasn't played on it. But it didn't seem to be much difference. Quickly

:46:51. > :46:55.beaten. Have you ever had a final when you came off and went - that's

:46:56. > :46:59.no good Well the last four, all of them weren't that good but I had

:47:00. > :47:11.never a final that was straight sets, easy. But we keep saying it,

:47:12. > :47:14.it is, on Sundays, this court, the Wimbledon final, it is a frightening

:47:15. > :47:21.place. There is no two ways about it. You

:47:22. > :47:59.either love it or you don't. This scenario we have seen before,

:48:00. > :48:02.Cilic works so hard to hold serve. Saved break points, 50 seconds

:48:03. > :49:33.later, Federer at 40-0. A reminder that the mixed doubles

:49:34. > :49:47.final follow this men's singles final.

:49:48. > :49:57.Jamie Murray playing with Martina Hingis, and Heather Watson on the

:49:58. > :50:04.other side. Two two Britons. UMPIRE: Mr Cilic challenges the

:50:05. > :50:07.call. The ball was called out. Call stands. Mr Cilic has two challenges

:50:08. > :50:31.remaining. You just knew it. Federer had gone

:50:32. > :50:39.the wrong way. And if the rain is going to come, it needs to come

:50:40. > :50:40.quickly for Marin Cilic. As Roger Federer closes in on Championship

:50:41. > :51:15.number 8. And another forehand error hits the

:51:16. > :51:20.net. Federer, two games away, two sets a and a break up in this

:51:21. > :51:27.Championship match of Wimbledon 2017.

:51:28. > :51:33.Well, let's see what is going on with the weather outside. It is

:51:34. > :51:39.certainly clouding and at the moment heavy cloud. A few spots on the

:51:40. > :51:46.camera lens. You can see the rain coming down in the distance. Marin

:51:47. > :51:51.Cilic could be six or seven or eight minutes away from losing this match.

:51:52. > :51:57.Incidentally, let me update you on some juniors here. The Spanish

:51:58. > :52:03.player has won the junior boys' single. A great effort. Four players

:52:04. > :52:13.have gone on from the junior Championship to win the senior

:52:14. > :52:18.Championship, Borg, Edberg Cash and the man in your picture. No

:52:19. > :52:33.guarantee of success if you win it, but it is likely. So Fokina has

:52:34. > :52:40.beaten Geller. What is this man thinking right now? Roger? Yes. Hold

:52:41. > :52:44.serve. One at a time. Collect the cheque.

:52:45. > :53:00.It looks inevitable at the moment, but he has to get the job done. 4-3.

:53:01. > :53:08.It's been a long time since he lifted this trophy, in his term,

:53:09. > :53:13.five years. Connor s had to wait eight years when his two

:53:14. > :53:38.Championships. -- between his two Championships.

:53:39. > :53:48.Some subtlety at last from Marin Cilic, it comes off. But it only

:53:49. > :54:17.brings him back to 30-15 down. Up 6-3, 6-1, 4-3, you know, still,

:54:18. > :54:30.how intensed and focussed Federer is. And you've got to be. So much

:54:31. > :54:35.can happen on the way to holding. A year ago he lost his Championship, a

:54:36. > :54:39.heart broken man. -- he left this Championship, a heart broken man.

:54:40. > :54:46.Everybody doubted him - is he ever going to come back? Is he going to

:54:47. > :54:48.come back playing well? Well, 12 months later, he is answering

:54:49. > :55:25.everybody. Cilic had 30 aces coming in here.

:55:26. > :56:25.That's only his third of the match. I think all Cilic can do at this

:56:26. > :57:21.point - ask the ultimate question. UMPIRE: Game, Cilic. New balls,

:57:22. > :57:29.please. Oh, Federer would've loved that. He knew it was coming, the new

:57:30. > :57:33.balls. That's what he was after. That's why he changed his racket.

:57:34. > :57:37.Knowing he would be playing for these new tennis balls. Saving them

:57:38. > :57:46.for the Championship. How does that feel? A beautiful ring. He had to

:57:47. > :57:52.wait five long years. Grass was his likely surface to win the majors. He

:57:53. > :57:55.has won seven. He is on the verge of history. No man has won eight titles

:57:56. > :58:10.here. That's the one. The trophy will be presented,

:58:11. > :58:13.perhaps, after this next service game from Roger Federer, who

:58:14. > :58:19.attempts to win Wimbledon number 8, without dropping a set. In the

:58:20. > :58:28.Australian Open he achieved that in 2007 but never at Wimbledon. This is

:58:29. > :58:32.the moment he finds the most fragile today. He is human. There is a

:58:33. > :58:39.beating heart underneath. He does feel the occasion now. Cilic has

:58:40. > :58:46.forgotten to take out a new racket, as is his want when the new balls

:58:47. > :58:51.come into play. Concentration has been difficult for him today. So,

:58:52. > :58:58.here we go then. Federer serving for the Championship.

:58:59. > :59:31.The vulnerability that Boris Becker was talking about. He has hardly

:59:32. > :59:48.missed one of those for the previous hour and 39 minutes.

:59:49. > :00:51.Just thinking and taking it point by point.

:00:52. > :01:04.When Cilic has got the ball into play in this game, he's won the

:01:05. > :01:33.point. What a player! What a champion here

:01:34. > :01:39.at Wimbledon, the first man to win eight championships. Yet another

:01:40. > :01:43.extraordinary performance. This one was a bit of a procession. But he

:01:44. > :01:48.didn't drop a set throughout Wimbledon.

:01:49. > :02:10.Fitting that it was ace number eight in this final match to bring him his

:02:11. > :02:13.eighth championship. Great players watching on, and they shake their

:02:14. > :02:20.heads in disbelief at the standard he produces.

:02:21. > :02:26.And isn't it absolutely amazing, bats, right after Rafa Nadal wins

:02:27. > :02:30.the French Open for the tenth time without dropping a set, this partner

:02:31. > :02:35.of his that has elevated the game, Roger Federer, now wins a

:02:36. > :02:42.record-breaking eighth Wimbledon. There is a lovely symmetry. Who

:02:43. > :02:48.writes these boys' scripts? It's unbelievable. Six months ago, as you

:02:49. > :02:53.said -- if you set to the tennis fraternity, that Federer was going

:02:54. > :02:57.to come back, only play two slams and win them both, you get pretty

:02:58. > :03:03.long odds. One feels for Marin Cilic. Very much so. He should be

:03:04. > :03:09.proud of his performance. He played extremely well. Obviously today,

:03:10. > :03:19.maybe too much for the occasion, but nothing wrong. One day, you will be

:03:20. > :03:22.holding up these trophies. I think the children have made an

:03:23. > :03:31.appearance, and that always delights Roger, of course. Yet they are, Mila

:03:32. > :03:35.and Charlene will be nine this month. Leo and Lenny just turned

:03:36. > :03:42.three and it looks like they have got matching blazers and white

:03:43. > :03:46.trousers, dressed to impress. Two girls and two boys here to watch the

:03:47. > :03:51.old man playing a bit of tennis on a Sunday afternoon. He's going to get

:03:52. > :03:59.emotional on us again, isn't he, Roger? Do you remember when he first

:04:00. > :04:06.won this, with victory over mark Philippoussis in 2003? You see how

:04:07. > :04:13.tightly wound tennis can be, when he first won it. Thoughts go back to

:04:14. > :04:17.his first coach, Peter Carter, taken in a car accident, and how much he

:04:18. > :04:26.contributed to Roger's game and his personal and emotional development.

:04:27. > :04:29.Time now for the trophy presentation for the gentleman 's singles, please

:04:30. > :04:33.welcome onto Centre Court, the president of the All-England tennis

:04:34. > :04:36.club, his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, and Martin Corrie, president

:04:37. > :05:16.of the Lawn Tennis Association. First, please show your appreciation

:05:17. > :05:31.for the. -- for the umpire. Damian

:05:32. > :05:48.Demoussoir. And next, the Championships referee,

:05:49. > :06:14.Andrew Jarrett. Now, the runner-up. Marin Cilic.

:06:15. > :07:01.CHEERING And the Wimbledon champion of 2017,

:07:02. > :07:31.Roger Federer! CHEERING

:07:32. > :08:01.Marin, I think everybody feels for you. It's never easy playing with an

:08:02. > :08:04.injury, but you bravely battled on. That's what I did throughout my

:08:05. > :08:10.career, never gave up when I started a match. That was my idea today. I

:08:11. > :08:10.gave my best, and that's all I could do.

:08:11. > :08:26.CHEERING I can see that it's obviously very

:08:27. > :08:29.emotional for you but just come on behalf of everybody, what a

:08:30. > :08:33.wonderful tournament you've had, and you can be so proud of that.

:08:34. > :08:37.Definitely, an amazing journey here. I played some of the best tennis of

:08:38. > :08:41.my life, and I want to thank my team.

:08:42. > :08:57.APPLAUSE And, of course, to all my fans in

:08:58. > :09:02.Croatia. It was really tough today, and I gave it all. I'm hoping for me

:09:03. > :09:06.that I'm going to come back here and try it one more time. I'm sure you

:09:07. > :09:14.will. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, Marin Cilic!

:09:15. > :09:32.First of all, a comment about Marin, because obviously really tough.

:09:33. > :09:37.You've played with injuries. To do it on such a big occasion, it's so

:09:38. > :09:42.hard to take. It's cruel sometimes, but he fought well, and he's a hero.

:09:43. > :09:52.Congratulations on a wonderful tournament, Marin. And you should be

:09:53. > :09:57.really proud. This is such a special occasion, to play in a finals, and

:09:58. > :09:59.it's as good as you can get. A wonderful tournament. Sometimes you

:10:00. > :10:04.just don't feel great in the finals. It's cruel, but be proud of

:10:05. > :10:14.yourself, and I hope we can play down the road some better ones. Well

:10:15. > :10:18.done. For you, Roger, a great tournament, and it's been a great

:10:19. > :10:22.year since you took six months. You seem to be getting better and

:10:23. > :10:26.better. I've got to take more time off! I'll be gone for the next six

:10:27. > :10:30.months. I'm not sure if it's going to work out this fantastic every

:10:31. > :10:34.time I come back. Better than holding the trophy and winning

:10:35. > :10:37.today, I guess, is just being healthy. It feels great at it means

:10:38. > :10:44.the world to me. We worked so hard last year. To be back here, feeling

:10:45. > :10:47.great and holding a trophy now, and the tournament that I played, not

:10:48. > :10:52.dropping a set, it's magical. I can't believe it yet.

:10:53. > :11:02.CHEERING It's too much, really. Now, we have

:11:03. > :11:06.to talk records, because you won your first Grand Slam here. Over the

:11:07. > :11:11.years, you've been breaking other champions' records, but now you have

:11:12. > :11:15.your own record. The eighth Wimbledon title, the only man in the

:11:16. > :11:23.history of Wimbledon to ever win it eight times. Yeah, it's...

:11:24. > :11:30.CHEERING Yeah, I mean, I guess again it's

:11:31. > :11:33.disbelief, that I can achieve such heights. I wasn't sure if I'd ever

:11:34. > :11:40.be here again in another finals, after last year, and I've had some

:11:41. > :11:44.tough ones, losing to Novak in 14 and 15. But I was believed I could

:11:45. > :11:50.maybe come back and do it again. If you can believe, you can go really

:11:51. > :11:53.far in your life, and I did that and I'm happy that I kept on believing

:11:54. > :12:03.and screaming. And here I am today. It's fantastic. -- believing and

:12:04. > :12:08.dreaming. And I know what it means to you also to play on this court.

:12:09. > :12:12.It means the world to you, and the fans have showed their appreciation

:12:13. > :12:18.for everything you've done over the years. Such a special court. So many

:12:19. > :12:22.legends have marked this court, the women's game, the men's game,

:12:23. > :12:24.doubles, mixed, you name it. To be here today with Marin and

:12:25. > :12:31.celebrating tennis, in a way, it's very special. From day one to finals

:12:32. > :12:35.day, Centre Court is always packed, and we the players appreciate that

:12:36. > :12:40.so much. It's a dream to play gay, and I hope it wasn't my last match

:12:41. > :12:48.and I hope I can come back next year and tried content for the title. --

:12:49. > :12:55.it's a dream to play here. When you won in 2012, your girls were there.

:12:56. > :13:03.Now your boys are there. I know! They have no clothes what's going

:13:04. > :13:07.on. -- they have no clue. They think this is probably a nice playground,

:13:08. > :13:11.but it's not quite like that here. Hopefully one day they'll

:13:12. > :13:17.understand. But it's very special. And do your girls enjoyed watching

:13:18. > :13:20.you play? They enjoyed watching a little bit. They come for the

:13:21. > :13:25.finals, I guess! But it's a wonderful moment for us as a family,

:13:26. > :13:31.and I'd like to thank my team. Everybody is amazing. To Marin's

:13:32. > :13:37.team as well, you guys worked so hard. But this one is for us. Thank

:13:38. > :13:42.you, everybody. Thank you, Switzerland. And we say thank you to

:13:43. > :13:50.you as well. Ladies and gentlemen, Wimbledon champion Roger Federer!

:13:51. > :13:57.CHEERING COMMENTATOR: And the two girls are

:13:58. > :14:00.probably slightly offended, because they know exactly what's going on,

:14:01. > :14:06.but the boys clearly don't. Wonderful. The traditional photo

:14:07. > :14:13.call taking place in front of the royal box. And a couple of layers of

:14:14. > :14:16.photographers behind a rope. And these are the pictures that will be

:14:17. > :14:23.beamed out around the world. They go around so quickly now, this

:14:24. > :14:29.wonderful image. Not hard to see why this is the world's most marketable

:14:30. > :14:34.athlete he speaks so well, and he plays so beautifully. Records seem

:14:35. > :14:38.to fall every time he to the court. Who would have thought the

:14:39. > :14:45.floodgates would open here at Wimbledon, in terms of his success?

:14:46. > :14:53.-- every time he to the courts. He beat Bjorkman and Sampras in 2001 on

:14:54. > :14:55.this very court. The match against Sampras heralded the start of

:14:56. > :15:01.something special. But he lost in the next year in the first round.

:15:02. > :15:08.Seeded in the top ten. From that point on, Philippoussis and Andy

:15:09. > :15:13.Roddick on two occasions, Rafa Nadal and Murray at all succumbed to this

:15:14. > :15:20.man. Only Djokovic has beaten him in the final. Djokovic and Nadal in

:15:21. > :15:24.2008, one of the greatest matches of all time. -- of all time. Marin

:15:25. > :15:30.Cilic has nothing to be embarrassed about. He's been outplayed by quite

:15:31. > :15:37.possibly the best male player that has ever lived. His parents are

:15:38. > :16:03.bound to be very proud of him. But this is Roger's stage, as so often

:16:04. > :16:11.in the past. He must have a house to keep them all in, he has won so many

:16:12. > :16:15.tournament titles, 93 in total. Over $90 million in prize money, probably

:16:16. > :16:25.ten times that in endorsements. The chairman of the All England Club is

:16:26. > :16:27.with Marin Cilic. A player who has won and lost many times himself, so

:16:28. > :16:43.he will understand. It's a men's tournament which looked

:16:44. > :16:46.like Roger Federer's to win or lose for some time as leader after Andy

:16:47. > :16:57.Murray was unable to give of his best. Djokovic retired against Tomas

:16:58. > :17:08.Berdych. And really, he does conduct affairs. Michael great musician,

:17:09. > :17:14.it's remarkable to see how many people succumb to this man is

:17:15. > :17:17.tennis, it is a devastating thing to watch, because it is a devastating

:17:18. > :17:18.thing to watch, because it rather beautiful at the same time as being

:17:19. > :17:45.quite violent. And he now joins Helen Wills Moodie,

:17:46. > :17:52.who was such a global celebrity at 19 Grand Slams. Records continue to

:17:53. > :17:56.tumble, slightly ominous the fact that he said he was HOPING to be

:17:57. > :18:09.back next year! We very much hope that he IS! Steffi Graf has won 22

:18:10. > :18:20.Grand Slams, Serena Williams 23, and she will surely be back after the

:18:21. > :18:23.birth of her first child. Martina Navratilova was playing out on

:18:24. > :18:30.court, still loving the game in the seniors doubles, and Chris Evert

:18:31. > :18:33.meanwhile looks on. As Roger Federer pulls one ran slam ahead. It's not

:18:34. > :18:38.just about the records, though, it's the joy with which he goes about his

:18:39. > :18:40.business. Generous words for Marin Cilic, this year's beaten finalist,

:18:41. > :19:00.joining a long list of others. So, there we are a, a reminder that

:19:01. > :19:06.as this court gets a little bit of a clean-up job done, and they replaced

:19:07. > :19:09.the net with the doubles met, I will remind you that the mixed doubles

:19:10. > :19:26.final is ahead, and it's going to be a good one. Jamie Murray and Martina

:19:27. > :19:34.Hingis, seeded number one. After an hour and 41 minutes, the agents, the

:19:35. > :19:39.parents, Mirka, who has been alongside what a for so many of his

:19:40. > :19:43.triumphs. And, you know, he has only lost a couple of matches this year.

:19:44. > :19:49.Tommy Haas in Stuttgart and one in Dubai. That's it. He's winning

:19:50. > :19:58.everything, again, he's 35 and shouldn't be! He could be playing in

:19:59. > :20:02.the seniors events here! It was up this point last year that he took

:20:03. > :20:09.six months off after losing to Milos Raonic, just to rest his injuries

:20:10. > :20:12.and freshen up. He said he was playing well, rested and confident

:20:13. > :20:15.ahead of his semifinal. Well, he certainly was. Andy Murray, unable

:20:16. > :20:20.to defend the Championship, or actually give his best in sets four

:20:21. > :20:25.and five, despite trying in determined fashion. Andy Murray, we

:20:26. > :20:32.await news and hope that he's going to be OK going forward. Medical

:20:33. > :20:40.tests no doubt being carried out on him. Andy Murray remains the world

:20:41. > :20:45.number one player as far as the computer is concerned civil Roger

:20:46. > :20:51.Federer has won two of the first three Grand Slams this year. Once

:20:52. > :20:56.again it's Roger Federer as champion of Wimbledon, also the Australian

:20:57. > :21:00.Open champion, Rafa Nadal winning a tenth at the French. A feast of

:21:01. > :21:06.tennis this year for that great champion to enjoy, Rod Laver. And

:21:07. > :21:09.that's it from the men's singles Championship at Wimbledon. Marin

:21:10. > :21:12.Cilic did not really do himself justice out there, we will find out

:21:13. > :21:19.more about that, as we celebrate the one and only Roger Federer.

:21:20. > :21:24.SUE BARKER: An eighth Wimbledon title, the record of being the first

:21:25. > :21:28.man to hold eight in the history of the Championships is not lost on

:21:29. > :21:32.Roger. That's what drives him now, the pursuit of glory, to break these

:21:33. > :21:37.records. And this is his home, Centre Court - he loves it and we

:21:38. > :21:40.love watching him out there. Roger Federer, champion yet again. His

:21:41. > :21:46.eighth Wimbledon, his 19th ran slam title. Tim and Boris have made their

:21:47. > :21:50.way up from the commentary box. Probably not the match we expected

:21:51. > :21:54.and maybe not the way Bodger would have liked to have won it, but you

:21:55. > :21:57.have to feel sorry for Marin Cilic? That's right. It will be interesting

:21:58. > :22:02.to hear what he says after the match. At this moment in time, if I

:22:03. > :22:06.had to guess, I think he was overcome with the emotion of the

:22:07. > :22:10.whole event. Laying six matches to get through to the final, there's

:22:11. > :22:14.obviously the big build-up, and he's played some great tennis, to play

:22:15. > :22:20.Federer in a Wimbledon final is the ultimate challenge, and I felt, for

:22:21. > :22:23.the first 10-15 minutes, we have a real match on our hands, he had

:22:24. > :22:27.break point, he was aggressive from the baseline. He was looking to take

:22:28. > :22:32.his opportunities, and then suddenly, within about ten minutes,

:22:33. > :22:36.Federer got the break point and the break of serve and started to run

:22:37. > :22:40.away with things. In the second set, to see him breaking down at the

:22:41. > :22:44.change of ends, it was sad to see other book it was tough to watch.

:22:45. > :22:47.And when he finally got the trainer out, Boris, it was obviously an

:22:48. > :22:55.injury that he has carried onto the court, and that's awful? Yeah, Marin

:22:56. > :22:57.Cilic is one of the most respected players in the locker room, he never

:22:58. > :23:02.retired from the match, he finish it. He found a way to finish but it

:23:03. > :23:06.was heartbreaking. He was crying. The whole of Croatia was crying with

:23:07. > :23:14.him at that moment. You wanted to see a proper match, because he had

:23:15. > :23:18.played so well in the Championship. Roger, of course, wanted to win the

:23:19. > :23:22.match, but not like this. He wanted to have more of a proper match.

:23:23. > :23:27.Let's take a look at some of the points. We noticed that about

:23:28. > :23:31.halfway through the first set, he wasn't hitting the ball as hard,

:23:32. > :23:37.about six miles per hour less, and he stopped moving? That's it. He was

:23:38. > :23:41.gesticulating about his footwork or lack of it. When you're a big guy,

:23:42. > :23:46.suddenly when you're nervous, the footwork can struggle. He wasn't

:23:47. > :23:49.making those little small adjusting steps that you need on any surface,

:23:50. > :23:57.let alone a grass court. The unforced errors went up. He hit a

:23:58. > :24:04.good serve there and looked to dominate the point, but just finding

:24:05. > :24:07.the net. More and more errors came, especially from the forehand side.

:24:08. > :24:11.At this stage in the match, he was just making life more and more

:24:12. > :24:16.difficult for himself. Another one here, at 15-30 in the third set,

:24:17. > :24:19.already down two sets. It will be interesting to see and hear what he

:24:20. > :24:23.has to say after the match. But there's no doubt he will be bit

:24:24. > :24:28.silly disappointed with his performance. And how emotional he

:24:29. > :24:33.was as well. When he sat down, I think it all poured out, because he

:24:34. > :24:37.just knew, I'm not going to win this match playing this way? No, he

:24:38. > :24:42.really wanted to hide. Wimbledon is the loneliest face in the world if

:24:43. > :24:47.you are in that state of mind. It is very sad to see. But there's no

:24:48. > :24:52.hiding place. Eventually you have to continue on your own merit. He got

:24:53. > :24:56.the doctor out I will be interested to find out what they were

:24:57. > :25:07.discussing. But I felt that he really hurt his foot, a big list,

:25:08. > :25:12.early in the first set. There is not much the doctor can do. He will have

:25:13. > :25:15.a super trainer in his team who will have done everything to make that as

:25:16. > :25:21.good as it could be, and I think that is what hit him - I have given

:25:22. > :25:24.myself every chance to make this injury work, and it hasn't worked.

:25:25. > :25:29.That's right. You're looking over your shoulder for your team-mates,

:25:30. > :25:32.but you're playing an individual sport, you're playing against

:25:33. > :25:35.Federer, that's man combat. Was always going to be very difficult,

:25:36. > :25:39.because you've got to have that clarity of thought. If he's

:25:40. > :25:43.struggling with an injury, if he's really emotional on the court, then

:25:44. > :25:47.the last thing he'll be able to think about is where he is going to

:25:48. > :25:51.hit his spots on the serve, how he is going to control things from the

:25:52. > :25:57.back of the court. And it went very quickly. The first two sets were

:25:58. > :26:04.done in the. You can't just leave the court to slow things down.

:26:05. > :26:07.Before he was able to regroup at the start of the third, the damage had

:26:08. > :26:11.been done. You know what it's like to be the champion, to have that

:26:12. > :26:16.lovely walk around the court and let the fans take your photo, it must be

:26:17. > :26:21.the proudest moment? It is great and I think it is important. Because

:26:22. > :26:25.ultimately, we play for the fans, we don't know who's watching at home,

:26:26. > :26:29.we can only feel the atmosphere on Centre Court. Those people coming to

:26:30. > :26:33.support you, they deserve that moment and it is a wonderful

:26:34. > :26:37.tradition at this tournament. And also, this means so much to Roger,

:26:38. > :26:43.because that was in some ways his motivation to come back, to try and

:26:44. > :26:47.break these records? Yeah, and for me, his clarity of thought, the

:26:48. > :26:51.decisions that he's made going back 12 months ago, his knee obviously

:26:52. > :26:54.wasn't right when he lost in the semifinals, he consulted with his

:26:55. > :26:58.team and spoke to the doctor and they said, you need three months to

:26:59. > :27:03.get this right. He said, well, three months is going to take me post-US

:27:04. > :27:07.open, I might as well write a whole year off to give myself a chance.

:27:08. > :27:11.And then he comes back, hits the ground running to win Australia,

:27:12. > :27:17.Indian Wells and Miami as well. But then to say, no clay-court season,

:27:18. > :27:24.people were questioning that. The difference between one or two French

:27:25. > :27:33.opens, and the difference between seven and choke Wimbledons is

:27:34. > :27:36.absolutely massive. You could say, you're putting all your eggs in one

:27:37. > :27:41.basket, but it has worked out quite well! We were waiting for Roger to

:27:42. > :27:44.appear, but he has to do the interviews for the other nations,

:27:45. > :27:50.and he speaks so many languages, that he has been in the for many

:27:51. > :27:53.minutes, but you can't tie of this, can you? I think the chairman was

:27:54. > :27:58.going to make sure that he had a chat as well! I think the press

:27:59. > :28:04.conferences now will last longer than the match! He wants to give

:28:05. > :28:09.everybody that time! Those are the moments you dream about as a little

:28:10. > :28:14.boy. When you grow up, I'm sure he had his heroes winning Wimbledon,

:28:15. > :28:19.and one day, to have your name One-time on the board is

:28:20. > :28:22.life-changing, to have it eight times, I can't even imagine what

:28:23. > :28:30.it's like. Pointing out William Renshaw, Goran Ivanisevic, the only

:28:31. > :28:37.Croatian to have won the Championships before. Thanks for

:28:38. > :28:41.reminding me of that, Sue! I think the chairman was just pointing out

:28:42. > :28:54.that it's William Renshaw who was the other man to have seven titles,

:28:55. > :28:58.along with Pete Sampras. This is where the history of Wimbledon comes

:28:59. > :29:03.out, which Hameed metres not happen at the other Grand Slams, the

:29:04. > :29:07.routine that they have here, the honours board as you walk on and

:29:08. > :29:12.then you go up to meet even the Royal Box, and then out to display

:29:13. > :29:16.the trophy to the fans outside. Very much so, and the Royal Box is called

:29:17. > :29:20.so because you have royalty sitting there, and that's what makes the

:29:21. > :29:26.tournament so prestigious, so special. All the Majors are

:29:27. > :29:34.important. But this is, we call it the big daddy of them all. It

:29:35. > :29:37.certainly is! And voted by the public, for the 14th consecutive

:29:38. > :29:43.year, the most popular player on tour. This is not just the British

:29:44. > :29:46.public, its global. It is amazing. It is incredible to see him when he

:29:47. > :29:51.plays around the world, because innocence, every game is a home

:29:52. > :29:59.game, because the support he has is absolutely incredible. I think

:30:00. > :30:07.that's Mirka. And his mother's there as well. They're very much a team,

:30:08. > :30:12.Tim? They are an amazing team and it's a big entourage, with four

:30:13. > :30:16.children travelling around the world, the coach, the trainer. It

:30:17. > :30:22.really is a team effort. And don't forget Dad as well! At the end of

:30:23. > :30:25.the day, he wants to be able to focus on his preparation and

:30:26. > :30:35.performance, and he couldn't do that without all the support of his team.

:30:36. > :30:43.It is a really good point. Roger says, if Mirka gets tired of

:30:44. > :30:44.travelling, Roger will stop. Manuel Santana, Rod Laver, who has a very

:30:45. > :31:01.close bond with Roger Federer. Everybody wants to shake his hand.

:31:02. > :31:06.We saw is Royal Highness, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

:31:07. > :31:16.Roger always talked about how Stefan Edberg inspired him as a youngster.

:31:17. > :31:21.Yes, he definitely brought another attacking element to his game,

:31:22. > :31:25.looking to get the net a bit more. Tim Phillips, the former chairman,

:31:26. > :31:30.and his wife Elizabeth. Everybody wants to congratulate him. We saw

:31:31. > :31:36.just going out of the picture Tony God 's his agent and friend. Is that

:31:37. > :31:45.the easiest job in the world? Yes, it's important that people know

:31:46. > :31:51.that. Stefan, give it back! Stefan helped him a lot. In some ways, he

:31:52. > :31:57.wanted him to come forward and be more attacking, as he was. He was 14

:31:58. > :32:05.or 15 when he played the final against Novak. -- it was 14 or 15.

:32:06. > :32:08.We always felt that Roger in the last couple of years was playing too

:32:09. > :32:13.much from the baseline, and Stefan Edberg convinced him, such a good

:32:14. > :32:22.volley, why don't you take advantage of it? Who's that, Tim? It's my mum

:32:23. > :32:29.and dad, crashing the action! They know him well as well. We just saw

:32:30. > :32:34.Roger Taylor. Everybody just wants to say well done to this great

:32:35. > :32:37.champion. This is a historic moment, but it's the moment that's going to

:32:38. > :33:00.delight the fans. They had a long wait.

:33:01. > :33:08.Another beautiful piece of tradition. And look at the fans the

:33:09. > :33:13.other side, trying to get through, and they are being stopped. I've

:33:14. > :33:17.never seen Wimbledon so busy. Maybe the weather or something, coming to

:33:18. > :33:23.see a little bit of history made, but thousands of people in the

:33:24. > :33:27.grounds. A lot of people have been watching on the hill and some of the

:33:28. > :33:32.outside courts. I think they used the screens to let people watch the

:33:33. > :33:36.action on Centre Court. When you see that many people coming out to get a

:33:37. > :33:43.glimpse of the champion, it's definitely a special atmosphere. And

:33:44. > :33:48.it's wonderful that come on court, he said he wants to come back. And

:33:49. > :33:52.you just have a feeling he may come back even better. Last year we were

:33:53. > :33:56.not so sure, this year it's convincing. He finished the

:33:57. > :34:00.tournament is on his own terms. Tennis needs him for a couple more

:34:01. > :34:07.years. He is so invested with the game. He has the biggest following

:34:08. > :34:11.of any sportsman in the world, not just tennis. He talked about his

:34:12. > :34:20.family, and you've been around the house ear. He is a dad. Yes, he is.

:34:21. > :34:24.It's amazing how he's able to keep the balance, because he also knows

:34:25. > :34:28.he's got to make sure he's doing all the necessary things and, as you get

:34:29. > :34:33.older, it doesn't get easier. But the attention to detail with his

:34:34. > :34:37.training, the stretching, to make sure that when he's on court he is

:34:38. > :34:40.able to move as fluidly as he does, it's going to be interesting, I

:34:41. > :34:46.think. We've reflected on the previous 12 months. Waving as he

:34:47. > :34:50.goes back to the locker room. It's going to be interesting to see what

:34:51. > :34:57.happens in the next 12, 24 months, even the next 36. How long is he

:34:58. > :35:03.going to... Again, the popularity with all the staff around the

:35:04. > :35:15.courts. Mary Joe Fernandez there. And their children.

:35:16. > :35:20.I think we have two players watching this secretly somewhere, one is

:35:21. > :35:26.called Murray, one is called Djokovic. Last year, it was the

:35:27. > :35:30.other way round. I believe these players take it as an incentive and

:35:31. > :35:35.a motivation to come back. He's not going to let us go any further.

:35:36. > :35:42.That's for sure! Roger is in the safety of the locker room with his

:35:43. > :35:46.eighth Wimbledon title. Well done, Roger. Today has been all about the

:35:47. > :35:49.numbers game, with Roger Federer creating history and putting eight

:35:50. > :35:59.into great, but the question now is, who is number 13?

:36:00. > :36:31.BIRDSONG AND FOOTSTEPS .

:36:32. > :36:57.There you go, Jodie Whittaker, the 13th Doctor Who. That's just been

:36:58. > :37:03.announced. It's all about numbers here. We've talked about Roger

:37:04. > :37:06.Federer with his 19th Grand Slam title, his eighth Wimbledon title.

:37:07. > :37:10.We've still got tennis to come on that famous court, with a wonderful

:37:11. > :37:14.mixed doubles match to look forward to, with British players on either

:37:15. > :37:17.side of the net, Jamie Murray and his partner, Martina Hingis, the one

:37:18. > :37:22.seed up against Henri Kontinen and Heather Watson. That will be in

:37:23. > :37:31.about 20, 25 minutes. There will be a bit of a break. I mean, I'd love

:37:32. > :37:34.to talk to you about the mixed doubles, because it's lovely for

:37:35. > :37:41.British tennis, but will the crowd know who to cheer for? I thought you

:37:42. > :37:44.were going to ask me about Doctor Who and I was nervous! It's a great

:37:45. > :37:53.way for the tournament to come to a conclusion. Hingis and Murray, a new

:37:54. > :37:58.championship. They party dropped games. Yes, they've been impressive.

:37:59. > :38:03.And it's good to see Kontinen and Watson back in the final. Should be

:38:04. > :38:10.a good atmosphere. I enjoyed playing it and I love watching it talking

:38:11. > :38:16.about Roger Federer and how good he was, he faced a break point, and

:38:17. > :38:21.then he saved that. He was just playing some superhuman tennis in

:38:22. > :38:26.that first set. After the first ten, 15 minutes, where he was finding his

:38:27. > :38:29.feet, he started to relax and get his arms moving. Then there is no

:38:30. > :38:37.stopping him. He started control Centre Court, controlling the tempo

:38:38. > :38:41.of the rallies. Running from left to right, and the outcome became

:38:42. > :38:47.obvious. He seemed to be hitting the ball harder and harder. One thing

:38:48. > :38:52.he's been doing on passing shots is not always looking to go for the

:38:53. > :38:57.winner with the first shot, especially against a big player.

:38:58. > :39:03.He's going straight down the middle. For some of these guys, it's much

:39:04. > :39:08.simpler to lunch to the side rather than get out of the way. You see the

:39:09. > :39:13.way he has picked his way through the draw, playing five tie-breaks

:39:14. > :39:16.and winning them all. When it's been tight, he's been able to raise his

:39:17. > :39:24.level. The standout moment was against Milos Raonic, and he hit

:39:25. > :39:28.five forehand winners. I thought Berdych deserve a lot of credit and

:39:29. > :39:36.he played fantastic tennis with no real reward. He hung in and was able

:39:37. > :39:45.to impose her game. But Federer dextran gears. He has only lost two

:39:46. > :39:50.matches and, in those, he had match points. This is almost superhuman.

:39:51. > :39:55.We can't emphasise enough the very fact of the record he's broken.

:39:56. > :40:01.Talking about tough competition, he is pretty much younger, everybody is

:40:02. > :40:05.pretty much younger than him, but he finds ways to win and do it

:40:06. > :40:12.consistently, week in, week out, on every surface apart from clay. You

:40:13. > :40:17.think, where is he going to go now? We thought it was impossible to get

:40:18. > :40:25.a team, but now he has done 18 and 19 back-to-back. Will it be 20? You

:40:26. > :40:31.wouldn't bet against it. How difficult is it to maintain that

:40:32. > :40:37.level year after year? We are going to back to the early 2000s. I think

:40:38. > :40:40.his wife and kids and the family background is his supporting base.

:40:41. > :40:46.He couldn't do what he does without them, and he is the first to embrace

:40:47. > :40:50.that. Maybe the struggle with some of the other players if they are

:40:51. > :40:54.trying to please everybody, but Roger has found the perfect timing,

:40:55. > :41:00.when he is a tennis player, when he is a family man. That is the real

:41:01. > :41:03.reason he is still so successful. We have seen how much effort the

:41:04. > :41:09.players have to put in with training, we've seen it with Murray,

:41:10. > :41:14.Djokovic, Nadal told how does Federer find the time? He is putting

:41:15. > :41:20.as many hours, if not more. Sometimes when Federer goes out on

:41:21. > :41:22.court, he makes it look so easy. The technique is effortless. People take

:41:23. > :41:29.for granted the training that he does. He is as meticulous. At the

:41:30. > :41:33.age of 35, he knows what works for him. I have seen him around the

:41:34. > :41:37.locker room is, doing the different exercises for his lower back, which

:41:38. > :41:40.he can struggle with. You can also struggle with his shoulder, with all

:41:41. > :41:44.of the serving. Fundamentally, I think Boris is right with the family

:41:45. > :41:49.live, but also he loves what he does. When he's out on court, when

:41:50. > :41:52.he's practising... I saw him practising with Berdych. He was

:41:53. > :41:59.having so much fun out there. This is his hobby, not his job. If it

:42:00. > :42:03.stays this way, there is no reason why he can't keep playing. I don't

:42:04. > :42:06.want to put a time frame on it. We were talking about the Olympics in

:42:07. > :42:11.Rio, oh, he's going to stop after that. Well, I think we need to check

:42:12. > :42:19.where the next few Olympics are going to be! Won in 2012 here, so to

:42:20. > :42:25.go so long without a Grand Slam title, it would be very easy to walk

:42:26. > :42:30.away. I think he had serious doubts he could win one, let alone two

:42:31. > :42:35.more. The question is, ultimately, how much do you love your sport, how

:42:36. > :42:39.much do you love to compete, how much do you love the lifestyle? If

:42:40. > :42:43.that's in place, the results will come. It's all based on a healthy

:42:44. > :42:46.body, but it's what he loves doing. That is why it is out on the

:42:47. > :42:51.practice court, and why he enjoys these moments. That's how many

:42:52. > :42:56.victories, and some really close ones will remember the Andy Roddick

:42:57. > :43:01.won? He only broke him in the last game, the only break of serve in the

:43:02. > :43:05.match. One of the time I remember speaking to Andy Roddick, they had a

:43:06. > :43:10.rain delay and they walked back to the locker was 1-1, and Roddick was

:43:11. > :43:14.following Federer and he looked at Roger and he said, after two sets,

:43:15. > :43:19.he wasn't sweating. Roddick said he had gone through about four shirts

:43:20. > :43:21.at that stage and he was totally psyched out afterwards, but he's

:43:22. > :43:27.come through some unbelievable matches. In 2008, when he lost to

:43:28. > :43:33.Rafa Nadal, that was one of the best matches I've ever seen. But to be in

:43:34. > :43:37.11 Wimbledon finals and come out on top eight times is impressive. We've

:43:38. > :43:43.looked at that statistic, now lets see him in action with his eight bit

:43:44. > :43:48.we set Wimbledon. -- with his eight victories at Wimbledon. Arguably the

:43:49. > :44:06.greatest champion of all time. Roger Federer takes another step

:44:07. > :44:24.towards history. Santana, Rod Laver, who has a very

:44:25. > :45:08.close bond with Roger Federer. The first man to win eight

:45:09. > :45:12.Championships... His appearance may have changed but one thing remains

:45:13. > :45:15.the same, his greatness. He has a love affair with Centre Court in the

:45:16. > :45:21.same way that you did, Boris, it is a special place to play? We have

:45:22. > :45:29.seen it with Cilic, it can eat you up alive. You need to be

:45:30. > :45:34.comfortable. Either you're believing something you can't really believe,

:45:35. > :45:38.or it's the opposite effect, very few players have really dominated

:45:39. > :45:43.the Centre Court, like Federer, like Sampras, like Bjorn Borg, at times

:45:44. > :45:47.like Nadal, and I had a good match or two on it as well! It is the most

:45:48. > :45:52.intimidating court I have ever played on. And I think for most

:45:53. > :45:57.people as well. But for Roger, you just feel that his love for this

:45:58. > :46:01.club and this tournament, you won him to keep coming back, because

:46:02. > :46:05.you're a long time retired. Definitely. He spoke to you about

:46:06. > :46:09.some of his most amazing memories, and eight goes back to the juniors

:46:10. > :46:16.when he won and was receiving the trophy on Centre Court. It is

:46:17. > :46:21.amazing and important to look back, I think, here we are in 2017, it was

:46:22. > :46:23.interesting seeing those pictures of him, we see players getting bigger

:46:24. > :46:28.and stronger, and if anything, Federer looks leaner now in 2017

:46:29. > :46:33.than he did perhaps in his early days, and that's a reflection of how

:46:34. > :46:37.meticulous his training is. I think it's also important to reflect and

:46:38. > :46:41.remember on a couple of dodgy jackets that he had as well! You're

:46:42. > :46:47.not talking about the white one, that was magnificent?! Well, that's

:46:48. > :46:53.debatable! Can he come back and win it again, you have already set he

:46:54. > :46:56.can win the US Open? Why not, he's the master of scheduling, he makes

:46:57. > :47:01.his own schedule and he earns the right to do so. He's got to be very

:47:02. > :47:07.careful now what he plays in the summer. Obviously, he wants to be in

:47:08. > :47:13.top shape in the Open. He will probably do the O2 in November, and

:47:14. > :47:17.then he'll be thinking, what are my priorities in 2018, and he will be

:47:18. > :47:21.planning out exactly what's best for him. Aren't we lucky to have been

:47:22. > :47:25.around in this Irrawaddy what a wonderful champion he is. Thank you

:47:26. > :47:31.both of you for your comments throughout the Championships. We've

:47:32. > :47:35.got the mixed doubles final coming up two Brits involved. But first,

:47:36. > :47:41.we're going to look back to yesterday, and it was Garbine

:47:42. > :47:44.Muguruza winning her first title here, defeating five-time champion

:47:45. > :47:57.Venus Williams. After the match she came up here to talk to me.

:47:58. > :48:10.ANDREW COTTER: Challenge. It might end this way... So, we look to the

:48:11. > :48:20.screen, if it is long, Garbine Muguruza is the champion. And what a

:48:21. > :48:29.victory for Garbine Muguruza! She is the Wimbledon champion, and tiers of

:48:30. > :48:32.despair a couple of years ago, as she lost to Serena Williams, but

:48:33. > :48:40.overwhelming joy in our. She is the champion.

:48:41. > :48:45.Has it sunk in yet? Well, now that I see the images, not really. I can't

:48:46. > :48:52.believe that I was there a few hours ago, it is incredible. It was a

:48:53. > :48:56.shame, in a way, the Hawk-Eye challenge, but you knew it was out,

:48:57. > :49:02.didn't you? Kind of! I wasn't sure if I should challenge. Yes, it was a

:49:03. > :49:07.weird way to end it, but it was good! And you must realise that the

:49:08. > :49:13.crowd have really taken you to their hearts with the manner in which you

:49:14. > :49:17.play. Yes, I felt that support and I felt it two years ago as well. For

:49:18. > :49:22.me to play in such an incredible environment, it's so exciting. You

:49:23. > :49:27.didn't feel like running up to the box, like Pat Cash used to do? Not

:49:28. > :49:33.really. I was so shocked. I'm like, sit down, don't move, just breathe

:49:34. > :49:37.and enjoy the moment, and I will see my team after. I have interviewed a

:49:38. > :49:41.lot of champions on court, and I can always tell, you don't really know

:49:42. > :49:44.what has happened, it is too difficult to take it in? It is,

:49:45. > :49:49.because it's so hard to achieve that. It's just a few people in the

:49:50. > :49:53.world that can play a final, and to hold that trophy, it's a dream come

:49:54. > :49:57.true, literally. These will be lovely images for you to remember.

:49:58. > :50:04.You're walk increase of the court, and then you do something with your

:50:05. > :50:08.trophy... And then we're going to take you behind the scenes, lovely

:50:09. > :50:14.photos. I have seen on your Twitter feed, you have already got a photo

:50:15. > :50:19.of that? Yes! It is a lovely moment, taking it around the Centre Court.

:50:20. > :50:23.It is, it's only Wimbledon, and it feels good to show the crowd, and

:50:24. > :50:28.the crowd show their appreciation also. I don't know anyone has done

:50:29. > :50:33.that before. I think I've seen it before, actually. I wish I could

:50:34. > :50:40.keep it, it's a beautiful trophy! And how did this feel, it was

:50:41. > :50:45.special? It is, because I have to put my name here, and to see it come

:50:46. > :50:48.true, it's incredible. You said, you don't want to look at the roll of

:50:49. > :51:02.honour, it almost makes you nervous? Yes. It is so emotional. I realised

:51:03. > :51:07.everybody was clapping and welcoming you, and I was like, oh, my god, I'm

:51:08. > :51:12.playing the final, it's happening! And look at the amount of people who

:51:13. > :51:17.were out there? I know, it's incredible, I was like, what should

:51:18. > :51:25.I do?! It is lovely, I've noticed that they took the trophy away very

:51:26. > :51:32.quickly, that's a shame! I know! I think it is the most beautiful

:51:33. > :51:39.trophy in sport. It is, it is a special, it's gold and silver. You

:51:40. > :51:47.looked quite emotional with the fans. I'm always emotional with the

:51:48. > :51:52.fans, because they're what you pay for. That's my fitness coach, Jim

:51:53. > :52:02.always so excited! That's the doctor who was helping me. All my team was

:52:03. > :52:14.here, my manager... And we were all saying, where is Conchita Martinez?

:52:15. > :52:20.And there she is! It was a fantastic moment, previous champion, and now,

:52:21. > :52:23.new champion. You have only been working with Conchita for a short

:52:24. > :52:30.time, what has she brought? A lot of calmness and experienced. It's very

:52:31. > :52:33.hard for me, especially, because I get super nervous for the Grand

:52:34. > :52:37.Slams, I take them very seriously, have someone coming you down, who

:52:38. > :52:39.tells you you're doing good, for real, because she has the

:52:40. > :52:45.experience. If she says you're ready, because you're ready. So I

:52:46. > :52:50.was confident. But your parents, where were they? They were at home.

:52:51. > :52:56.I think they get nervous if they go to the court. I cannot watch a

:52:57. > :53:01.match, even, so imagine family! But you had a lot of supporters, and the

:53:02. > :53:08.king of Spain was there, you got to meet him after? I know, first-time.

:53:09. > :53:18.And actually, I didn't want to look to the Royal Box. I was like, don't

:53:19. > :53:23.look. I looked afterwards! And in the background, you can see Arantxa

:53:24. > :53:26.Sanchez-Vicario as well. Yes, I always see her, she's so nice, and

:53:27. > :53:30.she gives you a lot of tips, it's incredible. Did you get other

:53:31. > :53:35.messages from other players and Spanish players? I got one from

:53:36. > :53:39.Rafa, a really nice message and a lot of people but I did not have the

:53:40. > :53:44.time yet to read them! It's going to be hard to answer all of them, but I

:53:45. > :53:49.felt a lot of support! And you held your nerve, that first set of it was

:53:50. > :53:56.so crucial, so tight? Very crucial. We both know that that set was going

:53:57. > :54:05.to control a little bit the match. I was happy that I stayed strong, just

:54:06. > :54:10.waiting. This was a 19 stroke rally, do you remember much about it? I do.

:54:11. > :54:16.I felt like I had to go for it, I had to be solid and show no

:54:17. > :54:20.weakness. You say you go for it, we worked out on the stats that you

:54:21. > :54:24.were hitting the ball five miles per hour faster when you were break

:54:25. > :54:33.point up or down, is that just adrenaline? No, I think when you're

:54:34. > :54:36.nervous, you cannot doubt. You've got to go for your shots and not

:54:37. > :54:49.wait for mistakes. Maybe the racket was talking there! It is easier said

:54:50. > :54:52.than done! Yes! We were thinking, in the second set, what was going

:54:53. > :54:57.through your mind as you were racing away, game after game? I was

:54:58. > :55:04.thinking, keep doing the same, try not to destruct... Every ball, every

:55:05. > :55:10.point, every shot, go for it. Take the highway, like we say in Spanish.

:55:11. > :55:15.I'm here, I feel confident, I'm not getting out of here. Absolutely.

:55:16. > :55:21.It's lovely, you came here two years ago, and I remember the on Centre

:55:22. > :55:24.Court. So, you have felt the other side, does that make this victory

:55:25. > :55:30.even more special? Yeah. I know what it's like to lose. It's completely

:55:31. > :55:36.different. Losing a Grand Slam final, or winning. I was like, this

:55:37. > :55:41.year I have to do something to change that. I'm super proud,

:55:42. > :55:45.because it's a great feeling, because you never know if you're

:55:46. > :55:48.going to have the chance again to play a Wimbledon final. I have the

:55:49. > :55:56.trophy now! Was Wimbledon something you grew up watching? Yeah,

:55:57. > :56:00.actually. I grew up watching Venus and Serena play, I said it in the

:56:01. > :56:04.ceremony and everybody started to laugh, but that was the perfect

:56:05. > :56:09.final for me. A lot of incredible moments, and Rafa also. They only

:56:10. > :56:15.laughed because you're so young! And you've beaten Serena and Venus in a

:56:16. > :56:19.Grand Slam final, I think you're the only person to have done that. I

:56:20. > :56:30.didn't know that. I only play the Williams sisters in the final! Beat

:56:31. > :56:33.the best! I know it's the champions dinner tomorrow, and I think you

:56:34. > :56:37.were asked about who you would like to dance with, I think they've

:56:38. > :56:46.stopped the dancing now. Oh really? You can ask! Not really, if it's not

:56:47. > :56:50.necessarily! I'm a little bit shy! You only have to go up and do a

:56:51. > :56:58.little interview now. So you can put your dancing shoes away! Well, we'll

:56:59. > :57:02.see! Anyway, congratulations, a wonderful final and all the best for

:57:03. > :57:09.the future. Great personality and a huge star. Wonderful for the women's

:57:10. > :57:14.game, a new Wimbledon champion here. But a familiar face with the trophy

:57:15. > :57:20.today, the great man himself, Roger Federer, defeating Marin Cilic, an

:57:21. > :57:24.injured Marin Cilic, in three sets. This is how he sealed his record

:57:25. > :57:35.eighth Wimbledon title. Quite fitting that it was done with an

:57:36. > :57:39.ace. For Roger, another ace and he collects another Wimbledon trophy,

:57:40. > :57:42.obviously, feeling for his opponent, Marin Cilic was injured and was not

:57:43. > :57:53.at his best. Very emotional on court. But for Roger and his team,

:57:54. > :57:56.which we just saw... He is the man at the helm, and everybody on Centre

:57:57. > :58:01.Court standing to appreciate what he's done, not just today but over

:58:02. > :58:07.the years. Since he first came here, winning the junior title. Walking

:58:08. > :58:11.onto Centre Court, hoping to do exactly what that man did and come

:58:12. > :58:18.here and win the title. Well, now, he's done it a record eight times.

:58:19. > :58:22.And the applause just didn't stop on Centre Court! Shortly afterwards he

:58:23. > :58:27.went outside to show the trophy to the public. And here he is making

:58:28. > :58:33.his way up from the warm-down area. It doesn't even look like he's had a

:58:34. > :58:39.match! The fans know that this is an opportunity, because Roger is making

:58:40. > :58:44.his way over to the players' lawn, to meet up with his family and

:58:45. > :58:52.friends. And then he'll have to go off to do his media duties, and that

:58:53. > :59:01.will take some time as well. Everyone wanted to say well done to

:59:02. > :59:06.this great champion. So, off he goes for his media duties. But here at

:59:07. > :59:08.Wimbledon, a Lott has been happening elsewhere, and we can bring you

:59:09. > :59:14.up-to-date with that right now. Great great news for Britain in the

:59:15. > :59:22.ladies wheelchair doubles, because Jordanne Whiley and her partner Yui

:59:23. > :59:25.Kamiji have taken it in three sets, 6-0 in the final set. Amazing,

:59:26. > :59:34.because they had not played together since last year. And their opponents

:59:35. > :59:36.with a silver medallists at the Paralympics last year, and De Groot

:59:37. > :59:40.actually won the singles yesterday. So that was a thrilling victory for

:59:41. > :59:45.Jordanne Whiley and Yui Kamiji, their fourth and second if the

:59:46. > :59:52.modern title. And afterwards, they spoke to Clare Balding.

:59:53. > :59:59.This is by far the most special for me, because I've been eight -- out

:00:00. > :00:03.that eight months with injury, I haven't played for a year, and I

:00:04. > :00:14.tried my hardest. They were such a strong team. I'm so happy. We can

:00:15. > :00:23.see how thrilled you are. Yui, how are you feeling, and how special is

:00:24. > :00:29.this moment? Sorry. I'd like to thank Jordanne for playing with me

:00:30. > :00:33.again, and congratulations to Marjolein Buis and Diede De Groot,

:00:34. > :00:38.and thank you to the audience for being here with us. Yes.

:00:39. > :00:43.APPLAUSE They did, they were cheering for

:00:44. > :00:50.you. I think all of us will remember the shout of, Yui, throughout what

:00:51. > :00:54.you are eight arrested partnership. What is the secret to you getting

:00:55. > :01:00.back that you are a horrific partnership.

:01:01. > :01:10.I try my hardest for Yui, and that's what makes us such a special doubles

:01:11. > :01:19.partnership. You make it as well. Very special to watch. Last word,

:01:20. > :01:25.Jordanne, on the heart of both of you, who would like to thank?

:01:26. > :01:29.Largely all of the crowd. It picks us up around the court. It means a

:01:30. > :01:34.locked us for to be here. Thank you to my family who came out the

:01:35. > :01:39.coaches up there, my boyfriend and my coach over there. Thank you to

:01:40. > :01:43.everybody in the stadium. Congratulations, Yui Kamiji and

:01:44. > :01:48.Jordanne Whiley! Emotional scenes out on court number

:01:49. > :01:54.three, but well done to Jordanne Whiley and Yui Kamiji. Fourth time

:01:55. > :02:01.here at Wimbledon. Elsewhere, the singles title went to Stefan Olsson,

:02:02. > :02:05.conceded at the Championships. He put out the top seed, Gordon Reid,

:02:06. > :02:12.in the opening round. He came through in a marathon 7-5 in the

:02:13. > :02:16.third set against Gustavo Hernandez, the 23-year-old who had won the

:02:17. > :02:18.Australian Open and was runner-up at the French Open. A first Wimbledon

:02:19. > :02:25.title for Stefan Olsson. Emotional scenes in the wheelchair final. And

:02:26. > :02:35.the Boys' Singles final, we've seen Roger Federer. Here's a look into

:02:36. > :02:43.the future. It was won by an 18-year-old from Spain, winning 7-6,

:02:44. > :02:47.6-3. He was on an 11 match winning streak, the opponent, until today,

:02:48. > :02:49.and he was also going to be in the final of the Boys' Doubles the

:02:50. > :03:15.trophy went to Spain. won by... 6-4, 6-3 vote of no

:03:16. > :03:21.celebration for the United States today. They won the girls singles

:03:22. > :03:28.but runners-up today. The new girls doubles champions.

:03:29. > :03:34.They are still sitting on the hill, and British interest in the mixed

:03:35. > :03:39.doubles coming up. We are going to Centre Court in a moment, but a

:03:40. > :03:44.short time ago that players made their way onto Centre Court. They

:03:45. > :03:46.all know this place so well. They've all won the mixed doubles title

:03:47. > :03:55.here. Lets hear the welcome. CHEERING

:03:56. > :04:05.I say that they've won the title, Gus Jamie Murray, of course, won the

:04:06. > :04:10.title a few years ago with Jelena Jankovic, and Martina Hingis has won

:04:11. > :04:14.so many titles, too many to mention. They are the top seeds, the

:04:15. > :04:19.superpowers in this. Everybody predicting they would be the

:04:20. > :04:23.favourites, but they are up against the defending champions, Henri

:04:24. > :04:27.Kontinen and Heather Watson. We can sit back and enjoy this one. Mixed

:04:28. > :04:31.doubles is so entertaining. Lets join Sam Smith and John implied --

:04:32. > :04:35.John Inverdale. There have been times in recent

:04:36. > :04:38.years when the mixed doubles final has been something of an

:04:39. > :04:42.afterthought after an epic men's bottle, and it has sometimes been a

:04:43. > :04:47.confrontation between pairs you are occasionally barely household names

:04:48. > :04:53.in their own house, but not today. This match has the feel of an

:04:54. > :04:58.Olympic closing ceremony, virtually. Party time, happy faces, with some

:04:59. > :05:01.of the best smiles in this sport. Two British players, one on this

:05:02. > :05:06.site, a man who is effectively in this country Mr doubles. Jamie

:05:07. > :05:09.Murray. The semifinal which featured Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen

:05:10. > :05:16.was like a pantomime. There were people chanting marriage proposals

:05:17. > :05:21.from the crowd, all sorts of shenanigans. This is a great way,

:05:22. > :05:26.after hundreds of matches at Wimbledon 2017, which began two

:05:27. > :05:31.Mondays ago, when Andy Murray walked onto the Centre Court to defend his

:05:32. > :05:34.singles title, it ends with his brother on Centre Court, trying to

:05:35. > :05:39.win a mixed doubles title, ten years after winning it with Jelena

:05:40. > :05:43.Jankovic. They are playing the defending champions, Henri Kontinen

:05:44. > :05:51.and Heather Watson. Sadly, having not been named the new Doctor Who,

:05:52. > :05:53.Sam Smith is here. Looking forward to this? Very much so, and egging

:05:54. > :06:40.each basket. Henri and Heather, at times, are

:06:41. > :06:41.like a comedy duo, but Henri is good for Heather. He doesn't put any

:06:42. > :07:12.pressure on her. That rally features the first volley

:07:13. > :07:19.from Martina Hingis. I think I know what you're going to say. In the

:07:20. > :07:25.preceding round, Sam offered to give me a pound for every volley that

:07:26. > :07:28.Martinez the guests missed in the match, and -- that Martinez will --

:07:29. > :07:35.that Martina Hingis missed in the match, and she didn't miss any. I'll

:07:36. > :07:38.donate a pound to a tennis charity every time Martina Hingis misses a

:07:39. > :07:45.volley. We'll see where we are at the end of the match. Or a smash.

:07:46. > :07:48.You are throwing a smash into the mix as well. You can tell it's the

:07:49. > :08:09.end of term here, goodness me. Easy enough for the Finn. Not too

:08:10. > :08:13.many Finns have made it onto the big stage in tennis. No. Is it's not a

:08:14. > :08:19.big game there? Does the weather play the part? I think that other

:08:20. > :08:26.sports dominate. Obviously the weather is a major issue. I would

:08:27. > :08:30.imagine that Henri has got Finnish Sports Personality of the Year

:08:31. > :08:36.wrapped up. Don't ask me who the other nominees are. A few Formula 1

:08:37. > :08:54.drivers. Apart from that. A lot of people, especially tennis

:08:55. > :08:57.fans, talk about graduating their life through the names of tennis

:08:58. > :09:02.players at Wimbledon, the heroes they go along with. I remember the

:09:03. > :09:09.Agassi- Sampras Iran, all of that. It's amazing to think it's ten years

:09:10. > :09:20.since Jamie won this. -- the Agassi- Sampras era.

:09:21. > :09:26.And it is amazing to think, in that intervening period, what his brother

:09:27. > :09:38.has achieved. And what he's achieved.

:09:39. > :09:47.What a fantastic pick-up from Jamie Murray. He has the most brilliant

:09:48. > :09:51.hands. But also what you have to remember is everything that Jamie's

:09:52. > :09:55.achieved, it's been trained by this man. We'll talk about him a bit more

:09:56. > :10:08.later. Is the cheering for that. I don't

:10:09. > :10:15.know which side the crowd on today. I think it's a win-win situation.

:10:16. > :10:21.Perhaps Sarah involvement with Martina over the years might sway

:10:22. > :10:28.it. -- perhaps their involvement. Heather might get her smile that in

:10:29. > :10:37.a moment. It's a battle of the smiles. Martina has a serious smile.

:10:38. > :10:45.A pound. Was that a miss? OK, I'll speak to her afterwards. OK, one.

:10:46. > :11:06.I've got a little chart. Murray hung in the air for ages

:11:07. > :11:13.there. That was a beautifully clean strike. There are a couple of things

:11:14. > :11:17.they have to sort out here. A bit more tricky, because Heather isn't

:11:18. > :11:23.serving and volleying, so Henri really has to cover that line.

:11:24. > :11:31.Because she's not serving and volleying, he hasn't got so many

:11:32. > :11:36.options to poach. He can anticipate a crosscourt ball or react to a

:11:37. > :11:43.ball, but they can't really plan anything out. But they can in the I

:11:44. > :11:50.formation. I think she'll probably go down the T. That's the smart

:11:51. > :12:02.place to serve. A signal behind the back there.

:12:03. > :12:17.They have to remember that Murray and Hingis play to clearly defined

:12:18. > :12:23.fashions. With the I formation, most of the time you play down the alley.

:12:24. > :12:38.It's the best place to return to the majority of the time.

:12:39. > :12:43.A gallant effort at retrieving by Heather. But this is the first break

:12:44. > :13:18.point of the match. I thought Jamie was going to poach a

:13:19. > :13:25.couple of times, and then a decisive intervention at the net. First break

:13:26. > :13:29.of serve. And these two pairs have had very different passages to this

:13:30. > :13:37.final. The top seeds, I'm sure you know, had a draw, and it looks like

:13:38. > :13:39.the top seeds are at the top in a tennis championships, and they wind

:13:40. > :13:49.their way to the final. Straight sets all the way through. But

:13:50. > :13:52.Heather and Henri, in the middle of the draw, not seeded, working their

:13:53. > :13:56.way in a zigzag kind of fashion towards the end, with a couple of

:13:57. > :14:00.very tight 3-set matches in the quarters and semis. They've played a

:14:01. > :14:07.lot more tennis together, but having said that their opponents are a much

:14:08. > :14:12.more established there. They play in very different ways. Heather isn't

:14:13. > :14:15.serving and volleying. They are more instinctive, with great chemistry

:14:16. > :14:17.that's pulled them through a couple of those tight matches but I've

:14:18. > :14:23.never quite sure what they're going to do. On the other side, Murray and

:14:24. > :14:27.Hingis play defined patterns. You know exactly what they're going to

:14:28. > :14:33.do at any given time. They are so good at maximising their court

:14:34. > :14:58.coverage. They are more scientific, the way they go about their doubles.

:14:59. > :15:13.That ball kept very low. Just watch Jamie, he's going to move on their

:15:14. > :15:18.hit here. He knows where Martina is serving, so he's going to move in

:15:19. > :15:25.two different places, depending on where she serves. He is a real

:15:26. > :16:31.jack-in-the-box. Bat second serve from Martina

:16:32. > :17:12.Hingis, at 68mph. People at home are saying, I serve like that.

:17:13. > :17:28.My favourite ever film. Love, actually. I know it's naff, but it's

:17:29. > :18:00.wonderful. Henri has a huge serve, and it's

:18:01. > :18:30.very difficult to read. A lot of the men have problems returning it.

:18:31. > :19:00.Coached by Chris Eaton, British player, who went to school just down

:19:01. > :19:07.the road from Wimbledon here, just like Tim Henman did. That was almost

:19:08. > :19:45.Federer-esque. But the ball went long.

:19:46. > :19:53.Kontinen was the runner-up in the boys singles here nine years ago,

:19:54. > :20:03.when he was beaten by Grigor Dimitrov. Kontinen got to around 200

:20:04. > :20:06.in the world before deciding to concentrate on doubles. What about

:20:07. > :20:10.that service action? SAM SMITH: Well, is just

:20:11. > :20:21.extraordinary, because he lays his head back on the left side, and the

:20:22. > :20:28.arm goes back so far behind him, you don't get to see the racket because

:20:29. > :20:31.it's beyond 180 degrees. He must have double jointed shoulders or

:20:32. > :20:37.something, because I can't think of another player who serves like that.

:20:38. > :20:43.Is extraordinary. And that serve is going to be a big feature of this

:20:44. > :20:49.final. He may be finish to, but who lives just over the road, in Estonia

:20:50. > :21:00.- ever been there? I haven't but I always wanted to go on a Baltic

:21:01. > :21:08.cruise. So if I do, I will jump off at Talinn. I recommend it, but go in

:21:09. > :21:15.midweek. Don't go at weekends! There will be big discussions here about

:21:16. > :21:19.Heather's return, her backhand return of serve is as good as anyone

:21:20. > :21:21.Sheila, it's a real menace. Try and stay away from that, go really wide

:21:22. > :21:47.on her. If Kontinen has a double jointed

:21:48. > :21:52.shoulder, I almost feel that Jamie almost has a double jointed wrist

:21:53. > :22:48.when he plays volleys like that. Fantastic touch.

:22:49. > :22:57.Never in doubt on the Hingis overhead. And this is a good game.

:22:58. > :23:06.Yeah, it's really smart tennis from Jamie. First of all, straight back

:23:07. > :23:09.at Heather, really putting Heather on the defence, she hasn't got any

:23:10. > :23:23.angle to work with. Really straightforward service game.

:23:24. > :23:39.Great shot. What touch. It is worth saying, if Kontinen's serve is

:23:40. > :23:44.almost unbreakable, this is the game that Hingis and Murray are looking

:23:45. > :24:10.to get at. What is very helpful in this

:24:11. > :24:19.matchup, though, Heather is serving the best we've ever seen her. It's

:24:20. > :24:22.got a few more mph on it, and the accuracy, which has really helped

:24:23. > :24:32.her singles in the last couple of months, that accuracy. And she'll

:24:33. > :24:37.need that out there today. Henri is going to tell her where to serve the

:24:38. > :24:46.second serve, and then, where he's going to move to. Jamie Insall him

:24:47. > :24:53.moving, though. That lady you saw on that shot, that's Heather's mum

:24:54. > :25:14.Michelle. One of the more the brilliant tennis parents.

:25:15. > :25:32.Henri, what are you doing? Can't keep saying "you"! Well, he's just

:25:33. > :25:35.trying to do way too much here. Great hands from Andy Murray, that

:25:36. > :25:41.ball was going straight at him. -- Jamie Murray. Break points again.

:25:42. > :26:02.Well served, Heather. Now, I think they're very worried

:26:03. > :26:08.about this Hingis return. What she doesn't like is the kicker out wide.

:26:09. > :26:14.We'll see what they're planning here.

:26:15. > :26:20.You called it, Sam. Inside-out forehand, Murray at the net, break

:26:21. > :26:37.of serve. Martina hit that ball pretty hard,

:26:38. > :26:41.it has to be said, but it was the advent of the super big hitters that

:26:42. > :26:46.effectively spelt the end of her time as a force in the game in

:26:47. > :26:50.women's singles? And be she could do nothing about it, she managed to

:26:51. > :26:56.hold off Venus and Serena when they were in their teens. And there was

:26:57. > :27:00.Davenport as well. She won her first junior slam at 12, at 22 she had

:27:01. > :27:05.already been a full-time professional, really, for ten years.

:27:06. > :27:08.And then with the advent of the power game, she came in the gap

:27:09. > :27:13.between Steffi Graf and Monica Seles and the Williams sisters and

:27:14. > :27:19.Davenport, an week in, week out, she just couldn't manage it. Her

:27:20. > :27:23.standards were to win slams, she also got a nasty foot injury which

:27:24. > :27:28.people must remember. She did win many, many titles, which is not bad.

:27:29. > :27:32.If she played in the singles here, let's just say they gave her a wild

:27:33. > :27:38.card, how far might she have got in the modern game? Would she have won

:27:39. > :27:44.a couple of rounds? It would depend who she got, but she's a wonderful

:27:45. > :27:48.tennis player. I think everybody believes she's not only

:27:49. > :27:55.invitational, particularly myself after my experience a few years ago.

:27:56. > :28:00.What was that? It was the year that she played with Anna Kordic over, so

:28:01. > :28:08.big crowds as well. Martina for me is a tennis genius, she knows where

:28:09. > :28:15.you're going, before you do. And the score, or have you forgotten? Well,

:28:16. > :28:21.we were vaguely competitive! We hit the ball at Anna quite a lot, who

:28:22. > :28:30.clearly hadn't practised in a few years! But it was an extraordinary

:28:31. > :28:34.feeling. You hit the ball and Martina had already moved into the

:28:35. > :28:40.space, almost when you were contacting the ball - she was just

:28:41. > :28:45.telepathic. And at the time, we thought, this is ridiculous.

:28:46. > :28:47.Martina, you should be playing in the ladies doubles, not the

:28:48. > :28:58.invitational, please leave us alone! She's great! I was about to say,

:28:59. > :29:05.Jamie Murray is one of the game's great volleyers. And then two in a

:29:06. > :29:09.row. This is still a big deal for him, look how tight he is on the

:29:10. > :29:12.net. Actually it's a pretty good idea to go at him, because he always

:29:13. > :29:20.has to move to the right or the left. Depending on where Martina

:29:21. > :30:11.serves. Heather bluetit that as hard as she

:30:12. > :30:16.possibly could. -- Heather hit that. I'm not sure Jamie Murray wasn't

:30:17. > :30:20.facing the wrong way was the the most important thing is that he was

:30:21. > :30:26.Faison. That gives him a chance. -- he was based on. That has been

:30:27. > :30:32.trained by Louis Cayer eight, who has been firing thousands of balls

:30:33. > :30:38.at him from close range. That was fantastic. That was watching a

:30:39. > :31:43.batsman fending off the most venomous fast ball.

:31:44. > :32:11.He's served 54 aces in this tournament so far. That's a big

:32:12. > :32:13.weapon in a mixed doubles tournament. I'm just amazed at this

:32:14. > :32:28.upper body rotation. That's long. So Heather and Henri live to fight

:32:29. > :32:35.one more game, at least. In this opening set. If we go back to this

:32:36. > :32:37.serve again, because I can see you are fascinated and bemused by it, is

:32:38. > :32:44.it the body rotation and the contortion, if you like, that's

:32:45. > :32:51.captivating new? It's just the position that he gets into, what we

:32:52. > :32:54.call trophy position, where his left arm is extended and his shoulder...

:32:55. > :33:02.I'll tell you exactly when. When he gets there. He seems to get it so...

:33:03. > :33:07.I'm so far behind him. I'm not sure how you get a read on his racket

:33:08. > :33:14.placement, which is the clue you are looking for. It's almost like a golf

:33:15. > :33:16.swing. He's keeping his body still, but he's taking the shoulder

:33:17. > :33:26.rotation, it's so key, so far behind. He would be good on the shot

:33:27. > :33:39.put the hammer, he'd be terrific. There was a great Finn, whose name

:33:40. > :33:43.is... Or the javelin. It will come to us. That's why I'm so fascinated.

:33:44. > :33:58.Ring in now. Ari Vaartonen, was that his name?

:33:59. > :34:42.I'll look it up on the Internet. To save all of you at home looking

:34:43. > :34:51.up on your electronic devices who the famous Finnish person was, Sam

:34:52. > :34:53.is doing it right now. There was a great 5000 metres and 10,000 metres

:34:54. > :35:08.runner in the early 70s. Positive from Kontinen. That was a

:35:09. > :35:22.wonderful pick-up from Murray midway through the rally. But that loose

:35:23. > :35:24.volley from Hingis, she whacked the grass in disgust, it allowed

:35:25. > :35:45.Kontinen to do that. Still haven't quite got on top of

:35:46. > :35:49.these Kontinen - Watson returns. They have done a good job, the

:35:50. > :35:50.defending champions, getting the return is really low, forcing Murray

:35:51. > :36:08.to hit up. That simple put away from Jamie

:36:09. > :36:21.Murray gives them set point. And it might signal a shift in the

:36:22. > :36:56.way the crowd respond. First set. It goes to the British-

:36:57. > :36:59.Swiss combination. I suspect the crowd now will switch their

:37:00. > :37:08.attention to Heather, because they want to see three sets. But a richly

:37:09. > :37:11.entertaining 30 minutes of mixed doubles, as we draw towards the

:37:12. > :37:21.conclusion of this year's rumbled on. Have you got the answer? I

:37:22. > :37:26.haven't. -- this year's Wimbledon. I've been handed a piece of paper.

:37:27. > :37:39.Forget electronic devices. I've been handed a sheet of paper that says

:37:40. > :37:51.Arto Haakonen. 1984, javelin in Los Angeles. I think his best friend was

:37:52. > :38:02.Ari Vatanen. He drove there to watch him. Hard to see too much of what

:38:03. > :38:07.Kontinen and Watson have done wrong out there. It's been superhigh

:38:08. > :38:13.quality from Murray and Hingis, and that's without putting too many

:38:14. > :38:17.first serves in. They haven't had to head to the charity box for their

:38:18. > :38:24.serving. She making life quite difficult overall. Very solid. They

:38:25. > :38:29.had a real crack at the Kontinen and Watson second serves when they have

:38:30. > :38:36.a chance. It's been Heather's serve that's been under the real pressure.

:38:37. > :38:44.And she will start this second set. I'll be amazed if she does. Well,

:38:45. > :38:56.the blog is by her name. They've moved the blob. They put a white dot

:38:57. > :39:06.in the person who is going to on the scoreboard. For that reason. -- they

:39:07. > :39:45.put a white dot by the person who is going to serve on the scoreboard.

:39:46. > :39:50.Beautifully played. It just sat there, asking to be hit, and boy,

:39:51. > :40:05.did he hit it! This is Henri all over. A little

:40:06. > :40:14.extravagant. Is eye on the ball. Look at, write to the last moment.

:40:15. > :40:22.This is a pair who haven't played much together.

:40:23. > :40:33.Henri is in charge. He's directing operations. Henri said, regular, and

:40:34. > :40:53.Heather set, what do you mean? But it worked.

:40:54. > :40:56.Jamie has been returning with so much variety. He's been lobbying

:40:57. > :41:09.Heather, chipping as well. All these guys' semifinals were on

:41:10. > :41:13.Friday, so a lot of people watching today, because of work, will not

:41:14. > :41:18.have seen too much mixed double action. Why is Jamie playing in a

:41:19. > :41:31.deuce court, when he's a left-hander?

:41:32. > :41:40.That rally was all about Heather Watson but, in the end, that

:41:41. > :41:46.forehand goes long. I mean, traditionally, he'd play in the left

:41:47. > :41:51.court. So then you've got a big forehand on the right side, a big

:41:52. > :41:53.forehand on the left side. He's more comfortable on the right, and

:41:54. > :42:06.Martina definitely wants to play on the left. Another big serve, 120

:42:07. > :42:11.mph. And it wouldn't take very much for this to swing the other way. It

:42:12. > :42:15.really wouldn't. Don't really feel that any one player is completely

:42:16. > :42:22.dominated. But Jamie Murray, I must say, has really got in there I line.

:42:23. > :42:24.So tough when an opponent does that, because you start to question your

:42:25. > :42:27.returns and overthink things. They are using up a lot of energy trying

:42:28. > :42:55.to neutralise Jamie. . At the moment, but he was world

:42:56. > :43:03.number one doubles player, Jamie, last year. I remember Jamie right at

:43:04. > :43:10.the start of his career, before he won here in the mixed doubles. He

:43:11. > :43:14.was going well, but not well enough. I remember bumping into Judy down at

:43:15. > :43:17.Eastbourne and she said, well, I'm just going to have to go and get

:43:18. > :43:23.Jamie the best coach in the world, which was Louis Cayer. That's all

:43:24. > :43:29.there was for it. And you wonder why Jamie and Andy have done so well.

:43:30. > :43:33.And some of those Saturday afternoon Davis Cup doubles will live in the

:43:34. > :43:40.memory long after both of them have hung up their rackets. Good volley

:43:41. > :43:44.from Hingis. Mentioning Judy Murray, who was here watching Jamie play

:43:45. > :43:50.today she did say in an interview, I think it was on Radio 5 Live the

:43:51. > :43:53.Sunday before Wimbledon began, about two weeks ago today, that she was

:43:54. > :43:57.sure that Andy and Jamie would play doubles here once before they

:43:58. > :44:22.retired, and that would be a full house on Centre Court, no question.

:44:23. > :44:27.Everything Jamie does looks so crisp. But I can't emphasise enough,

:44:28. > :44:32.when he gets a serve and volley, he knows exactly where he's going to

:44:33. > :44:35.serve, exactly whether volley is going, exactly where the put away

:44:36. > :44:46.is. He is happy to play terribly instinctively. It's all to a set

:44:47. > :44:52.pattern. What a pick-up. What a fantastic volley from Jamie Murray.

:44:53. > :44:56.I was going to pick you up on that, saying, you can have a regimented

:44:57. > :45:00.way of playing, but the one thing you don't know is where the opponent

:45:01. > :45:04.is going to put the ball. But he knew, when he was pulled wide in the

:45:05. > :45:10.alley, is option was a short crosscourt forehand volley, and he

:45:11. > :45:16.knew that, and he knew had to exit it. All Cayer has done is get

:45:17. > :45:23.natural talent into a -- is to hone natural talent into a precise

:45:24. > :45:26.doubles playing machine. We have set it on every Watson service game, but

:45:27. > :46:20.this is the target for Murray and Hingis.

:46:21. > :46:27.Well, this is the most straightforward service game but

:46:28. > :46:46.Heather has had so far in this match.

:46:47. > :47:00.Great combination there between Finland and the Channel Islands. Not

:47:01. > :47:06.rev countries you immediately paired together, but they're doing all

:47:07. > :47:10.right at the moment. And you can see they're really having a good time

:47:11. > :47:14.Fish what's so funny, how these teams come together is often

:47:15. > :47:25.complete chance, or total serendipity. Heather actually had a

:47:26. > :47:30.joke with Henri's coach, who happens to be Chris Eakin, and it happened.

:47:31. > :47:36.Had Martina not found Jamie, and she was reluctant to do so, because as

:47:37. > :47:41.you said earlier, she probably felt that Jamie's focus would be on the

:47:42. > :47:47.men's doubles, if she didn't press that dial, then neither team, she

:47:48. > :47:51.wouldn't be here with Jamie, and Heather and Henri wouldn't be here,

:47:52. > :47:57.either. It's extraordinary, it's really random in the mixed doubles.

:47:58. > :48:02.Which be a source of inspiration to any club players who are listening

:48:03. > :48:07.to this at the moment. Who asks who, dare I ask them? Even at the top

:48:08. > :48:14.level. Yeah. You might have thought Martina Hingis would not be too

:48:15. > :48:20.nervous to phone up Jamie. I think she's the boss of this couple now,

:48:21. > :48:46.though oh! Well, he's cross about that one. The

:48:47. > :48:58.roof remains open, as you can see, despite the threat of showers in the

:48:59. > :49:07.last hour or so. The roof had to be shot last night to allow the men's

:49:08. > :49:09.doubles to finish. It feels like it finish to in the early hours of this

:49:10. > :49:24.morning. There's all sorts of movement on

:49:25. > :49:53.both sides of the net there. They work well together, don't they?

:49:54. > :50:00.Instinctively, they're so good with their positioning and how they cover

:50:01. > :50:05.the court. They almost don't really need to discuss things, because they

:50:06. > :50:15.both know whether serve should go and where Jamie should move to. That

:50:16. > :50:18.point before was finished off with the most ludicrously effortless

:50:19. > :50:39.volley from Murray at the net. JOHN INVERDALE: Good, keep shot from

:50:40. > :51:02.Heather Watson there. And the Hingis serve, under threat.

:51:03. > :51:07.SAM SMITH: As soon as possible under threat, they go for the percentage

:51:08. > :51:55.plays. I'm actually just trying to see how

:51:56. > :51:58.many other players from the Channel Islands have actually competed on

:51:59. > :52:17.the world stage. And it's a very short list. Well left.

:52:18. > :52:28.I think the tennis playing resources are so limited there. Do the Channel

:52:29. > :52:34.Islands not play...? You were talking about Jamie playing in

:52:35. > :52:38.county tennis earlier on, I think he played for the Highlands of Scotland

:52:39. > :52:40.or whatever, to the Channel Islands not get amalgamated with Hampshire?

:52:41. > :53:04.Hampshire and Isle of Wight. It's not exactly tennis central, is

:53:05. > :53:09.it, the Channel Islands? If you think about it, where all he's

:53:10. > :53:13.players are from, even Martina Hingis, before Martina Hingis,

:53:14. > :53:18.tennis was not a big sport in Switzerland. They have all come from

:53:19. > :53:31.little areas where you would not expect. It's a big area, Finland.

:53:32. > :53:35.But I know what you mean! Finland's one of those countries, you look at

:53:36. > :53:47.on the map, that is huge! It's just, there's not much, too! Areas with

:53:48. > :53:53.not many tennis clubs, let's put it like that! He's got a big week

:53:54. > :53:57.ahead, the Open coming up. Live coverage Radio 5 Live, every hour,

:53:58. > :54:02.every day. And you will be listening, Sam, I know you're a big

:54:03. > :54:07.fan. I will be listening. If I have any thoughts, I will text you. I

:54:08. > :54:12.don't have a direct line! And it's nice for these four players, to have

:54:13. > :54:17.this honour full Centre Court. In recent times, because we've had so

:54:18. > :54:21.many men's singles finals which have gone on a very long time, it has

:54:22. > :54:27.meant that sometimes, the mixed doubles final has been a bit of an

:54:28. > :54:31.afterthought, with dusk coming in and some people saying, should we go

:54:32. > :54:36.and watch this, or should we go home? But this is an integral part

:54:37. > :54:39.of the afternoon's entertainment following the 3-set victory for

:54:40. > :54:44.Roger Federer over Marin Cilic earlier on. People are very engaged,

:54:45. > :54:52.and they would love, no disrespect to Jamie and Martina, but they would

:54:53. > :54:54.love the Finnish-Guernsey connection to win this set and take us into a

:54:55. > :55:28.decider. That was a good lob from Kontinen.

:55:29. > :55:30.Yeah, they've got to try and do something different here, maybe go

:55:31. > :56:40.at Martina a little more. Hingis and Murray have done a very

:56:41. > :56:44.good job of neutralising Henri out here, hasn't been able to get on his

:56:45. > :56:58.forehand. He was running through his service game easily, but that's been

:56:59. > :57:03.about eight. -- about it. We keep saying what a good doubles player

:57:04. > :57:06.Henri Kontinen is, you may not be aware, he was a Grand Slam winner

:57:07. > :57:09.this year, with John Peers, in Melbourne. He is right at the top of

:57:10. > :57:41.the men's game at the moment. Well played, Heather finishing off

:57:42. > :57:45.Henri's work. This is what they haven't let him do for most of this

:57:46. > :57:58.match, just over 50 minutes, let him really get hold of a forehand.

:57:59. > :58:59.And a break point now for Kontinen and Watson. It doesn't take a lot in

:59:00. > :59:02.mixed doubles, just a couple more second serves for the defending

:59:03. > :59:14.champions to look at, and they've got a chance here.

:59:15. > :59:39.That was a big serve. Perfectly placed.

:59:40. > :59:51.That was a monstrous return, even the deft hands of Jamie Murray

:59:52. > :59:57.couldn't deal with that. So, break point again. Will Murray swing it

:59:58. > :00:21.out wide again? Great serving again. These days,

:00:22. > :01:14.just resets so quickly. What they return from Heather on the

:01:15. > :01:20.backhand that was! That's why you have to be so accurate. Its

:01:21. > :01:25.world-class, when Heather can get hold of it, and they've done a good

:01:26. > :01:28.job of stopping them, but he wasn't quite accurate enough. And that's

:01:29. > :01:31.what happens. She's seen about, what, two or three of them in this

:01:32. > :02:16.final so far. He'd served so many serves out wide.

:02:17. > :02:33.Much to the amusement of his coach, he bashed that down the middle.

:02:34. > :02:40.I think we've gone through the whole of Wimbledon without using the

:02:41. > :02:43.time-honoured phrase, the vital seventh game. As this is the last

:02:44. > :03:03.match of Wimbledon, I think it ought to get an outing here and there.

:03:04. > :03:27.It's also the last game with the old balls.

:03:28. > :04:01.I'm afraid Jamie is two steps ahead of everybody else on this court.

:04:02. > :04:08.Beautifully played, Kontinen. Jamie was cross with the execution of that

:04:09. > :04:32.lob, but it was beautifully put away.

:04:33. > :04:43.Agonisingly, just out of reach of the Finn.

:04:44. > :04:54.And so, this may well prove to have been crucial.

:04:55. > :05:14.Heather would just love Henri to take the return if he possibly can.

:05:15. > :05:25.Saying to her, come on, you need a first serve, if you can.

:05:26. > :05:40.A shriek from Heather says it all. A big break for Murray and Hingis. A

:05:41. > :05:48.set and a break, and the number one seeds are eyeing this mixed doubles

:05:49. > :05:55.title. All it is, just watching Henriette Heather, but strategically

:05:56. > :06:03.they are making a few mistakes. They went I formation and Heather served

:06:04. > :06:09.down the T, which is Hingis's best return. I don't think it really

:06:10. > :06:13.works. You've got to serve out wide. For me, Hingis and Murray have got

:06:14. > :06:20.the tactics right. They are serving in the right places at moving in the

:06:21. > :06:25.right areas. That's why, unless Henri Candy inspired here, and he's

:06:26. > :06:30.had a pretty long tournament... -- unless Henri Candy inspired.

:06:31. > :06:40.I think he was into seven hours at the semifinals. It was an epic men's

:06:41. > :06:46.doubles tournament, because their match, which the top seeds lost, and

:06:47. > :06:51.their opponents eventually won it last night in a ridiculous match

:06:52. > :06:57.which lasted five hours, and they had put the roof at 13-11 in the

:06:58. > :06:58.fifth, but Kontinen and his partner lost their semifinal 9-7 in the

:06:59. > :07:12.final set. Here is Hingis, to turn the screw.

:07:13. > :07:30.Martina has got her wonderful hairbands in.

:07:31. > :07:37.Can you buy those in the shop? I'm sure you probably can. I brought my

:07:38. > :08:33.own from Switzerland. So a single game is all they need

:08:34. > :08:39.now to be mixed doubles champions this year.

:08:40. > :08:49.Very impressive from Hingis. That's the reason she's won 22 Grand Slam

:08:50. > :08:55.titles. Putting in a love service game at just the right time.

:08:56. > :09:07.That was a beautiful first serve from Kontinen. 80 mph. It crawled

:09:08. > :09:17.over the net, in his terms, but perfectly placed.

:09:18. > :09:48.We've all been there. We've all been for the intercept and felt the ball

:09:49. > :10:38.going further and further and further away.

:10:39. > :10:58.Well, they are still smiling. But they know they've got to come up

:10:59. > :11:02.with something pretty special in the next game if it isn't to be game,

:11:03. > :11:10.set and match for the last time on Centre Court at this year's

:11:11. > :11:16.Wimbledon. And I always think this kind of moment, for all the of this

:11:17. > :11:20.match, there's something rather sad about it, isn't there? Two Mondays

:11:21. > :11:23.ago, there were hundreds of players but, since then, most of them have

:11:24. > :11:27.been knocked out and scattered to the four corners of the Earth. Some

:11:28. > :11:30.of them are playing a different tournaments. They fed hundreds of

:11:31. > :11:36.matches. But over the last two weeks they've given us a magnificent soap

:11:37. > :11:40.opera worthy of any East End is that culminates in today. In one more

:11:41. > :11:46.game, if this goes according to plan and Jamie Murray does what he wants,

:11:47. > :11:52.that will be exempt Wimbledon 2017 will be just a memory. It's almost

:11:53. > :12:01.like the last day of school. And we have to wait another 50 weeks to do

:12:02. > :12:02.it again. So, will this be the last game on Centre Court for this year's

:12:03. > :12:08.Wimbledon? Not if Henri has anything to do with

:12:09. > :12:48.it! They didn't spend much time that the

:12:49. > :12:53.change of ends discussing what to do, but I think they just decided,

:12:54. > :13:15.OK, lets just wham it at Martina and see what happens.

:13:16. > :13:23.Just long. You could see Heather thought she might just have landed

:13:24. > :13:34.it on the baseline. -- landed it. I wonder if they'll start taking it

:13:35. > :14:05.to Heather's forehand. The crowd chanting for more. A few

:14:06. > :14:20.more shots like that from these two and we'll have some more.

:14:21. > :14:26.Now, do they go for Heather's forehand? They've been burned so

:14:27. > :14:50.many times off the Watson backhand. They live dangerously, these two!

:14:51. > :14:56.But those two chances to break back have been and gone. And Jamie and

:14:57. > :15:01.Martina know a couple more points here and the job will be done. This

:15:02. > :15:11.time, Jamie will go for his favourite serves.

:15:12. > :15:24.Great shot from Henri Kontinen, that's fantastic! If you're going to

:15:25. > :15:28.use some flight and a softer shot, you try and go around your opponent,

:15:29. > :15:31.and that's exactly what Henri Kontinen did. So, pressure back on

:15:32. > :16:07.the Murray serve again. There was an acrobatic return from

:16:08. > :16:32.Watson. But a pretty emphatic put away from Hingis.

:16:33. > :17:11.Match point for Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis. And Centre Court,

:17:12. > :17:15.which began with one Murray two Mondays ago, and all the drama in

:17:16. > :17:23.between, ends with another Murray. Jamie, and Martina Hingis, are mixed

:17:24. > :17:34.doubles champions for 2017. And a standing ovation, after an hour and

:17:35. > :17:46.a quarter, a hugely enjoyable way to round off this year's Championship.

:17:47. > :17:49.SAM SMITH: Yeah, it is a fitting finale, and it's such an important

:17:50. > :17:56.part of the Wimbledon programme and a great way to bring down the

:17:57. > :18:00.curtain on Wimbledon 2017. And I bet Martina is very pleased she's picked

:18:01. > :18:04.up the phone a couple of weeks ago, because it's all ended in a rather

:18:05. > :18:09.wonderful match. Judy Murray happy, too. 50 grand each for Jamie and

:18:10. > :18:14.Martina, but I'm not sure they will be thinking about that. It's about

:18:15. > :18:17.playing on this court, on this occasion, on this stage. Other Grand

:18:18. > :18:22.Slams have rather throw the mixed doubles away nowadays. Roland

:18:23. > :18:27.Garros, it sometimes feels they play the final of the mixed doubles at

:18:28. > :18:32.Faure on Thursday, because it almost seems it doesn't matter at all. But

:18:33. > :18:35.here it is still an integral part of the schedule, and you can see how

:18:36. > :18:38.happy Jamie Murray is as well. Ten years on from him winning this for

:18:39. > :18:46.the first time, with Jelena Jankovic. When he had to pick up the

:18:47. > :18:51.phone to ask HER to play with him, ten years on, Martina Hingis having

:18:52. > :18:56.run HIM up to say, can I play with you, he's champion once again. And

:18:57. > :19:06.that's 23 Grand Slam titles for Martina Hingis. And counting. And

:19:07. > :19:09.what skill out there. A lot of strategy from these two, almost

:19:10. > :19:14.invisible, because they do it bond anyone who does anything to this

:19:15. > :19:19.level, there is a lot of hard work behind it. And I have to say, will

:19:20. > :19:22.also defence from Heather and Henri. I don't think they would have

:19:23. > :19:26.expected to come through here unseeded, and this is a really good

:19:27. > :19:30.launch pad for Heather on the back of the singles, it's been a long

:19:31. > :19:34.fortnight. It has been a long few weeks. We were at Eastbourne, where

:19:35. > :19:38.Heather played some fantastic tennis, and we've seen a completely

:19:39. > :19:43.different Heather Watson in the last few weeks, and it's up to her to

:19:44. > :19:52.carry that forward as she goes to America, ultimately to the US Open

:19:53. > :19:56.and beyond. Yes, she'll be in the main draw of the US Open, and every

:19:57. > :20:00.time you can play matches under this kind of pressure, it will stand you

:20:01. > :20:05.in good stead. That was a long time ago, that match on that T-shirt!

:20:06. > :20:11.We're going to have the presentation of the mixed doubles. And we're also

:20:12. > :20:17.going to have a presentation for the boys singles, which took place

:20:18. > :20:24.earlier on today. And I'm assuming that both of these presentations are

:20:25. > :20:28.going to happen as always, in the Royal Box, as Jamie Murray starts

:20:29. > :20:40.handing out the contents of his kitbag. Undoubtedly, one of the

:20:41. > :20:49.great memories of this championship will be Kim Clijsters handing out

:20:50. > :20:52.some of her kit to a rather large gentleman, and asking him, after he

:20:53. > :20:58.had given her some stick on one of the outside courts, to show her how

:20:59. > :21:04.to do it. If you haven't seen it on YouTube yet, have a look, it's

:21:05. > :21:10.hugely entertaining. So, first to leave the arena, Heather and Henri.

:21:11. > :21:16.They won it last year, finalists this year. I'm sure they wouldn't

:21:17. > :21:24.mind coming back for more of the same in 12 months' time. And there

:21:25. > :21:30.are the new champions, Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis.

:21:31. > :21:41.Jamie, actually, is a great advert for doubles, isn't he? For the wider

:21:42. > :21:46.constituency of tennis, most club players don't tend to placing goals,

:21:47. > :21:51.for reasons of availability, time, competition, whatever. Most tennis

:21:52. > :21:56.players, wherever in the world, will tend to play doubles. He's a

:21:57. > :21:59.fantastic ambassador for the game, in a way that British tennis has not

:22:00. > :22:04.had someone like that for a long time. And don't forget, Jamie

:22:05. > :22:07.Clapham though he was a junior, was an excellent singles player, he was

:22:08. > :22:17.the best in the world when he was 11 or 12. Is singles career did not

:22:18. > :22:21.quite pan out. And also the same for Henri, he was extremely good, a

:22:22. > :22:25.finalist here in the juniors as well. It shows you can still go out

:22:26. > :22:30.and earn a living and have a wonderful career and win Grand Slam

:22:31. > :22:32.titles. Not a bad way to spend your life. Four and four looks

:22:33. > :22:41.straightforward, but it wasn't, really. It was very, very tight,

:22:42. > :22:50.from start to finish, and there were big opportunities for Kontinen and

:22:51. > :22:52.Watson, but in the end, it wasn't meant to be ensured the presentation

:22:53. > :22:57.will now take place in the Royal Box. Trophies will be presented by

:22:58. > :23:02.His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, President of the All England Club.

:23:03. > :23:06.Ladies and gentlemen, the mixed doubles runners-up, Heather Watson

:23:07. > :23:33.and Henri Kontinen! That beaming smile of Heather

:23:34. > :23:38.Watson. And a great ovation for the runners-up this year.

:23:39. > :24:04.And 2017 mixed doubles champions, Martina Hingis and Jamie Murray!

:24:05. > :24:18.JOHN INVERDALE: And so, one Murray at least holds up a trophy at

:24:19. > :24:24.Wimbledon this year. And I'm sure his brother was watching somewhere,

:24:25. > :24:26.and is thrilled that his elder brother is a champion once again

:24:27. > :24:50.hear. Both Jamie and Martina, looking to

:24:51. > :24:53.their boxes, on the right-hand side of the Royal Box. Ladies and

:24:54. > :25:15.gentlemen, the boys' singles runner-up, Axel Geller. Who actually

:25:16. > :25:18.in one match, bang it down a spoke of 135mph, in the juniors!

:25:19. > :25:23.Argentina, a rich history when it comes to tennis, obviously. It could

:25:24. > :25:32.be that he's going to be a big player - big being the operative

:25:33. > :25:35.word on the senior stage! And the 2017 Wimbledon boys singles

:25:36. > :25:44.champion, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina! The first Spaniard to win

:25:45. > :25:50.the boys' singles here for 50 years, since the summer of 1960s seven. And

:25:51. > :25:56.there have been some great champions in the intervening period, including

:25:57. > :26:05.Ivan Lendl, Pat Cash, Stefan Edberg, Gael Monfils, or Dimitrov... And 19

:26:06. > :26:09.years ago, when Pete Sampras was beating Goran Ivanisevic in the

:26:10. > :26:20.men's final, Roger Federer held that trophy aloft. Will YE be men's

:26:21. > :26:24.champion in the years to come? And what a weekend for Spanish tennis.

:26:25. > :26:27.Garbine Muguruza yesterday. And maybe this is a sign of things to

:26:28. > :26:39.come in the future, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain. And he

:26:40. > :26:43.did it without dropping a set. Ladies and gentlemen, that brings us

:26:44. > :26:48.to the end of the Championships 2017. We hope you have had a

:26:49. > :26:54.fantastic day. Have a safe journey home. Thank you and good evening.

:26:55. > :26:59.The announcement is made, and we all shared a silent tear as we bid

:27:00. > :27:07.farewell to the Centre Court, and the sporting attention shifts to

:27:08. > :27:12.royal Birkdale, where the open Championship begins this week.

:27:13. > :27:19.Actually, Jamie Murray is such a good golfer, he could almost play in

:27:20. > :27:23.the Open, doesn't he play off two or something? Yes! What are we all

:27:24. > :27:30.going to do on Monday morning, John, when the tennis is over? That is

:27:31. > :27:33.always the sense you feel after a fortnight like this, after two weeks

:27:34. > :27:36.sitting glued to your television, what on earth are you going to do

:27:37. > :27:42.tomorrow morning? Well, before that, you're going to have to hear one

:27:43. > :27:45.more post-match interview. Martina, Jimmy, congratulations, a wonderful

:27:46. > :27:49.performance. It is a novelty for us to see a British player on either

:27:50. > :27:55.side of the net in a Wimbledon final, what was it like to be part

:27:56. > :27:58.of? It was bit strange jest. I guess the crowd was a bit split. But it

:27:59. > :28:03.was a great success for British tennis to have two guys in the

:28:04. > :28:06.final. It has been a great week, we played a lot of amazing tennis,

:28:07. > :28:10.especially in the final, we knew we would have to play a really good

:28:11. > :28:14.match if we wanted to have a chance to win, and we were able to do that.

:28:15. > :28:19.Martina, it has been a momentous day for Switzerland as well, Roger

:28:20. > :28:25.winning, and you now, both of you defying age? Yeah, not bad for us!

:28:26. > :28:30.I'm really happy that I contacted Jamie before Wimbledon started. I'm

:28:31. > :28:36.really happy how we played and performed. You talk about one

:28:37. > :28:40.British is going to win Wimbledon this year, and I was hoping it was

:28:41. > :28:44.going to be Murray! Well, that's how it proved! And Jamie, your first

:28:45. > :28:49.mixed doubles title for ten years, how does it compare? I had kind of

:28:50. > :28:53.forgotten, to be honest, what it felt like the last time! But this

:28:54. > :28:57.was pretty sweet, huge thanks to Martina, because I would not be

:28:58. > :29:01.standing here if it was not for her, because I wasn't going to play. When

:29:02. > :29:04.she texted me, it was an easy decision, she's such an amazing

:29:05. > :29:08.player. Really excited to have the trophy again. He's a very wise man

:29:09. > :29:17.to accept your invitation, most definitely! Wide eyes in the locker

:29:18. > :29:21.room, jumping at the chance! It is where we get to interview people

:29:22. > :29:26.with the trophy in hand. Might we see you here next year again

:29:27. > :29:30.possibly? Well, I hope so, next to Grand Slam coming up, so we have to

:29:31. > :29:35.talk about that, and we will go from there. It is always nice to defend a

:29:36. > :29:40.title! We hope we see that. Congratulations, enjoy the

:29:41. > :29:51.celebrations tonight, both of you. Thank you. Thank you.

:29:52. > :29:57.I'm sure we will see them on the court again, maybe get other Grand

:29:58. > :30:03.Slams, but hopefully at Wimbledon as defending champions. Louis Cayer

:30:04. > :30:06.must be delighted. Jamie Murray, what a doubles player, and Martina

:30:07. > :30:12.Hingis, winning her 18th Grand Slam doubles title. Well done to them

:30:13. > :30:15.both. This appointment for Heather, but she played well, and they

:30:16. > :30:21.defended their title very well. -- disappointment. So that's the final

:30:22. > :30:26.match played here on the Centre Court at this year's Wimbledon, but

:30:27. > :30:29.what a Wimbledon it's been. Earlier, we look forward to Roger Federer

:30:30. > :30:34.etching his name in the Wimbledon history books again, reading for his

:30:35. > :30:39.eighth Wimbledon title. That was the motivation that inspired him to

:30:40. > :30:43.return to the tour and come back here and play on his beloved Centre

:30:44. > :30:44.Court and lived at trophy again. And he did that today, against Marin

:30:45. > :31:00.Cilic. This is match point. What a player! What a champion here

:31:01. > :31:06.at Wimbledon. The first man to win eight championships. Yet another

:31:07. > :31:14.extraordinary performance. This one was a bit of a procession, but he

:31:15. > :31:19.didn't drop a set throughout Wimbledon.

:31:20. > :31:23.STUDIO: What a wonderful family celebration it was. His children

:31:24. > :31:30.came to see him win that match alongside his wife, Mirka. His

:31:31. > :31:33.parents and his agent were there. Very much Team Federer on tour

:31:34. > :31:38.today, and it's important to him to have his family with him every time

:31:39. > :31:44.he plays. The great Rod Laver, who has won Grand Slam twice, he was in

:31:45. > :31:49.the royal box. He and Roger are very close. He's a big supporter of

:31:50. > :31:54.Roger, and Roger was inspired by Rod Laver and so many great champions

:31:55. > :31:59.from past is continuing, and Roger lifting the trophy again, a record

:32:00. > :32:05.eighth time, the first player in the history of the game to win that

:32:06. > :32:08.trophy eight times. Five years after his last Wimbledon title, he's

:32:09. > :32:12.lifted the trophy. Phil Jones has been looking at where Federer stand

:32:13. > :32:18.in the history of great Renaissances.

:32:19. > :32:27.It hardly seemed possible that vintage Federer might only be at its

:32:28. > :32:35.delicious best in its 36th year. Holding aloft a record eighth

:32:36. > :32:39.Wimbledon 's men's singles title, but so right in age, at least in

:32:40. > :32:43.sporting years, is to boldly underline the word legend. The

:32:44. > :32:45.achievement will echo long throughout the corridors of

:32:46. > :32:52.greatness, a never to be forgotten, I was there when moment for the Jack

:32:53. > :32:59.Nicklaus, winning his sixth masters at the age of 46. It's Muhammad Ali

:33:00. > :33:10.beating undefeated George Foreman in the rumble in the jungle in 1974,

:33:11. > :33:15.aged 32. He was tired. I said, man, this is the wrong place to get

:33:16. > :33:27.tired. It's Lester Piggott, winning his record ninth derby at age 40

:33:28. > :33:34.seven. -- aged 47. And it's Pele, inspiring the great Brazilian team

:33:35. > :33:42.to lift the World Cup in 1970. Game, set and match, Federer! It bears

:33:43. > :33:50.repeating. Roger Federer's record eighth Wimbledon crown makes him the

:33:51. > :33:53.oldest man in the open era to win the men's singles say, aged 35. A

:33:54. > :34:00.rare and special vintage. The likes of which we may never taste again.

:34:01. > :34:07.The first man to win eight championships.

:34:08. > :34:13.And what a year it's been for Roger, here celebrating with the fans

:34:14. > :34:16.outside he's only lost two matches this entire year, and he had match

:34:17. > :34:22.point in those. Roger Federer, waving to the fans, giving them

:34:23. > :34:26.their photo opportunity. They can see this great legend of the game,

:34:27. > :34:30.and aren't we privileged to see him playing at Wimbledon. Waving to

:34:31. > :34:36.those around the corner. The great man, Roger Federer. 19th Grand Slam

:34:37. > :34:41.title, a record eighth here at Wimbledon. But this is the happy

:34:42. > :34:45.side of winning a Wimbledon title. Unfortunately, there always has to

:34:46. > :34:50.be a loser as well, and how sad it was for Marin Cilic. These were the

:34:51. > :34:53.scenes early in the second set. He came on court with an injury, and it

:34:54. > :34:58.got worse. This is the frustration of a player knowing he can't give

:34:59. > :35:03.his best in a Wimbledon final. It was a blister on his foot. Emotional

:35:04. > :35:07.scenes for Marin Cilic. That is the other side of the sport. But we have

:35:08. > :35:12.to applaud Roger Federer, because we have seen history made yesterday,

:35:13. > :35:16.with Roger Federer kissing that trophy once again, in front of all

:35:17. > :35:22.of his family. It was a family day out for the Federer family on Centre

:35:23. > :35:26.Court. We do have more tennis coming on BBC Two, and the great man, Roger

:35:27. > :35:31.Federer, will be in the studio shortly for a chat. I'd like to take

:35:32. > :35:35.this opportunity to thank all of the hard-working and dedicated BBC staff

:35:36. > :35:42.behind the scenes who have worked to make the programme great. 140 years

:35:43. > :35:44.after the first winner, Garbine Muguruza and the record-breaking

:35:45. > :35:54.Roger Federer have hedged their names in Wimbledon history. Bye-bye.

:35:55. > :35:55.-- have etched. It's like the beginning of a fantastic holiday,

:35:56. > :36:55.isn't it? They've done it. Hewitt and Gordon

:36:56. > :37:14.Reid, Wimbledon champions once again.

:37:15. > :37:20.Physically, Andy Murray is not right.

:37:21. > :37:29.Venus Williams, who is back in the Wimbledon final after so many years.

:37:30. > :37:34.For Johanna Konta, it aims here. The double champion is beaten here.

:37:35. > :37:44.Jamie and Martina Hingis are mixed doubles champion. Brilliant from

:37:45. > :37:51.Cilic. Of the best of all time. Take a deep breath, focus, then it's time

:37:52. > :38:07.to take the walk. It's not over till it's over. First point to God

:38:08. > :38:12.Muguruza. -- to Garbine Muguruza. It is Garbine Muguruza who is the

:38:13. > :38:19.Wimbledon champion. You stop and look around, take all of this in, if

:38:20. > :38:25.you do that, it's too late. Roger Federer takes another step towards

:38:26. > :38:29.his green. -- his dream. What a player! The first man to win eight

:38:30. > :38:40.championships here at Wimbledon. Join us live, and follow

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