Petra Kvitova speaking to BBC Radio 5 live following her 7-6 6-1 win over Lucie Safarova: "It's great, it was a tough match mentally because Lucie is a great friend of mine. I am just happy that I won.

"I tried to be focussed from the start of the second set and I managed to break her service in the first game and just kept it going and I served well.

"I am just very emotional from this match but I have two days before the final to focus but I know how it feels to lift that trophy so I will try my best to do it again."

Judy Murray
Great Britain Fed Cup captain on BBC Radio 5 live

"It was a great performance by Kvitova, you could see from the start how much she wanted to win this match, her body language showed that.

"It was a great performance by Safarova to get this far in the tournament but at the end of the day Kvitova wanted it more, she was more aggressive and Safarova went into herself in the second set and just could not compete."

So Petra Kvitova will play either Simona Halep or Eugenie Bouchard in the Wimbledon final as she bids to get her hands on the Venus Rosewater dish for the second time.

Some huge serving sees Kvitova race to 40-0 and three match points. The 2011 champion only needs the first, sending a forehand cross court for a winner to secure the match. The two friends embrace across the net. Job well done for Kvitova. Another Wimbledon final awaits.

Kvitova has opened up in the set and the winners are flowing. Combined with more errors from Safarova, the 2011 champion is in the driving seat. Two break points. The first is saved, but Safarova goes long on the next. Match effectively over.

Mike Henson
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

"What's this on Court Four? Only top seed Novak Djokovic and three-time champion Boris Becker having a bit of a practice. Boris's main job seems to be to putting Nole's young hitting partner at ease."

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Safarova carves out an opening at 15-30 but back comes Kvitova with a crunching forehand winner off a loose ball to level things up. Safarova isn't done yet, though, rushing Kvitova into a mistake to get her second break point of the match.

Good body second serve from the 2011 champion and Safarova dumps it in the net. Deuce. The first serve returns and gets Kvitova out of trouble. Safarova looks up to her box in disbelief as a big opportunity goes wanting.

Tracy Austin
Two-time Grand Slam champion on BBC TV

"Time is starting to run out for Safarova and she needs to do something special to stay in the match and take it to a decider."

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer on Centre Court at Wimbledon

"If Safarova was in unfamiliar territory at the start of this match, in her first match on Centre and debut Grand Slam semi, she is now deep in the woods without GPS reception. To get to this stage of the tournament was quite something. To get beyond it from here would be remarkable."

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

"People-watching is one of the great joys at Wimbledon. For some, this is a genuine once-in-a-lifetime day out, looked forward to for months and you can see genuine excitement in those having pictures next to the Fred Perry statue or sharing a mass-Murray love-in on the Hill.

"All have come prepared, rucksacks full of suncream, waterproofs, sandwiches and strawberries. As a day out, it's hard to top. £20 for a grounds pass isn't too bad either."

Good service hold for Safarova, the Czech winning the game to 15 to get her first game on the board in this second set. But there's plenty of work to do if she is going to get back into this match, startign with making an impression on the Kvitova serve.

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BBC Sport's Phil Shepka: "Andy Murray may have been knocked out, but there is still hope of an British winner at Wimbledon this year in the boys' singles, with Bedfordshire's Joshua Sapwell through to the quarter-finals.

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"The unseeded 18-year-old looked at ease first on court 18 against Peruvian Pedro Iamachkine, consistently serving around 120mph and dispatching winners with alarming regularity to win 6-1 6-3.

"Victory for Sapwell, who has already beaten the number three seed, sets up a match against eighth seed Johan Sebastien Tatlot of France on Friday."

Kvitova is edging it in the first serve stakes, the 2011 champion getting 67% of them in compared to Safarova's 55%. She has to work harder in this service game, with Safarova taking her to deuce, but Kvitova wins the scrap to consolidate the break.

Marion Bartoli
2013 Wimbledon champion on BBC Radio 5 live

"Petra is like turbulence. You have to wait to get through it and wait for it to stop. Petra hits you all over the place but then it calms down a bit and slows down and then you have to capitalise."

Two break points for Kvitova, but Safarova digs into her reserves to fend both off and force deuce. A third is then put on the table and this time Kvitova grabs it, hammering a brilliant return and then latching on to the loose ball. Safarova has it all to do now.

Tracy Austin
Two-time Grand Slam champion on BBC TV

"Kvitova's serve is so hard to deal with. It makes a huge difference when she gets a good one in."

Kvitova cruises through her service game in just four minutes to heap the pressure back on Safarova. How will the 23rd seed respond after losing that tight first set?

Marion Bartoli
2013 Wimbledon champion on BBC Radio 5 live

"What an effort, she really came up with two amazing shots to win the set. It was so close and I think everyone can feel the tension. There was a huge amount of relief from Petra there and that could be a real key to this match."

Tracy Austin
Two-time Grand Slam champion on BBC TV

"Most of us thought when Kvitova won Wimbledon in 2011 that she would have won more by now, because she certainly has the weapons. I wonder now whether Kvitova will play more freely because the pressure will be off her a little having won the set."