craig templeton, bbc news. myself that i have to keep believing and again saying today

here is craig templeton.at roger federer has not graced court number one at wimbledon for three yea rs. 0f number one at wimbledon for three years. of unfamiliarity was an issue, it did not show early on. after 26 minutes, the first set was over and federer looked in full control. but looks can be deceiving and kevin anderson won the next three games, becoming the first player to break federer‘s serve at wimbledon and 85 attempts. that reinvigorated the defending champion, who forced a tie—breaker and wet two sets up. anderson was still fighting and started playing shots his opponent would have been proud of. something special. then saved a match point before taking the third set in trademark style. all the momentum was now with the eighth seed and he made it count, taking the match to a deciding set. the two then held serve for an incredible 22 games before federer could hold no more. but anderson could, and in doing so knocked out the eight time champion in an incredible comeback. craig templeton, bbc news.

craig templeton, bbc news. kept on telling myself i just kept on telling myself that ijust kept on telling myself that i have to keep believing and again saying today would be my day because you really need that mindset taking the court against somebody like roger. if you go out there with doubts, or are unsure what will happen like maybe i did in that first set, it's not going to be going your way. and i kept saying to myself this is going to be my day. i just gave it my all and obviously very ecstatic getting through that. world number one rafa nadal reached the semi—finals for the first time since 2011 with a five—set victory overjuan martin del potro on centre court. the two—time champion was forced to come back from a set down before breaking in a thrilling fifth set to win in almost five hours. nadal will play novak djokovic on friday after he booked his place in the semis by beating japan's kei nishikori in four sets to reach his first grand slam semifinal since 2015. the victory brings him level with pe