gauff tookjust 66 minutes to get past her opponent at the arthur ashe stadium, winning in straight setse'll now face qualifier tatjana maria in the second round as she looks to retain her title, and despite a difficult few months that saw her lose in the third round of the paris olympics, gauff is feeling confident. i don't have to prove anything to anyone except myself, so this whole two weeks are about proving all the expectations i have on myself, so i thinkjust learning and realising i have a lot left to give this game. whether it will happen this year or in the future, i have many more years coming back year and i would win every year. i thinkjust that perspective. also safely through her opening match is last year's runner—up, aryna sabalenka. she beat qualifier priscilla hon in straight sets and will face italy's lucia bronzetti in the second round after her opponent, lulu sun, retired. manchester united have agreed a 50 million euro fee with paris st—germain for midfielder manuel ugarte. this includes a further 10 million euros in add—ons, with the uruguayan flying to manchester

gauff has the chance to become the first singles player to repeat as u.s.p since serena williams in 2014. we love when the u.s. open comes to town. and we can't wait to watch coco thrive. >> especially after a disappointing olympics. disappointing olympics. >>> while a spacex mission ious. oh you don't tell ludacris what's ludicrous, ludacris tells you what's ludicrous. okay. [faucet further breaks] oh, that is ludicrous. you don't need me for this, hang on. guess i can go. don't you mean roll out? no i don't. like a good neighbor, state farm is there. you've got hold. hold. >>> an so you can keep on rolling. [bowling pins knocked down] when you overdo it, undo it with pepto bismol. always dry scoop befored a close encounta tiger. listen to me, the hot dog diet got me shredded. it's time we listen to science. one a day is formulated with key nutrients to support whole body health. one a day. science that matters. are you tired of your hair breaking after waiting years for it to grow? new pantene with more pro-vitamins, plus biotin & collagen. repairs as wel

gauff safely through, but one former champion is out, and that is carlos alcaraz.n and wimbledon winner has been trying to explain his shock second—round exit to unseeded dutchman botic van de zandschulp in straight sets. i was playing against myself, you know, in my mind. so, i mean, a lot of emotions i could not control. it was kind of... i was... i not control. it was kind of... iwas... i mean, iwas not control. it was kind of... i was... i mean, i was up at some points and then i would lose some points and get down. it was a roller coaster, let's say, in my mind. so it cannot be like that if i want to think about big things, so i have to prove it. it's been an outstanding day for great britain at the paralympics. maisie summers—newton has retained her crown in the women's sm6 200—metres individual medley, whilst tully kearney claimed her second gold medal of the games. meanwhile in the velodrome, paralympicsgb claimed six medals, with jacko van gass winning the first british gold on the track with victory over team—mate finlay graham in the men's 3000—metres in

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in what has turned out to be her last match before defending her us open title, gauff did take the secondt the world number 3a managed to hit back and served out the match with an ace. putintseva will face paula badosa in the last 16. more preview to the english premier league season on the bbc sport website. it starts in a matter of hours. and that's all the sport for now. the new premier league season kicks off tonight with manchester united hosting fulham at old trafford. one team eagerly awaiting the chance to compete is ipswich town. they've been promoted back into the world's biggest league for the first time in 22 years — this time with some help from long—time fan ed sheeran. mike bushell looks back at the team's incredible journey, ahead of their home match against liverpool on saturday. music: baba o'riley by the who. ipswich town back in the big time. rekindling memories of their glory days, when they were one of english football's powerhouses — the late 1970s and the fa cup — european silverware just a few years later. the blue and white of ipswich on the trophy for the first

. >>> on monday, coco gauff began le err her u.s. open defense taking on gar gracheva.o gracheva, gauff did what she does best, sweeping her opponent and advancing to the second round. she has the chance to repeat as open champ since serena williams. have a great chesky. stay right here, more news now is on the way. w legal battle t >>> a new legal battle to reopen donald trump's classified document

there was a shock in the canadian 0pen — women's number one seed coco gauff is out.ider of russia, in a match that lasted 70 minutes. gauff was playing herfirst hard—court event since april and will play next week in cincinnati — the final tournament before the us open. aryna sabalenka is also through the quarter—finals after beating katie boulter in straight sets — the two—time grand slam champion will now meet amanda anisimova on the next round. and that's all the sport for now. to brazil next and investigators are trying to work out what caused a plane crash that killed 61 people. president lula has expressed solidarity with the families and friends of the victims, and the sao paulo state governor has declared three days of mourning. the flight from the city of cascavel came down on the approach to the international airport in sao paulo — there were no injuries on the ground. ione wells reports. no time to prepare for landing — only a terrifying spiral to the ground. just miles short of its destination, its final moments captured by horrified onlookers on their ph

coco gauff continues her title defense in queens on wednesday. maria in their second set. gauff will have her third round on friday. k novak djokovic took on his fellow serbian. and the match came to an end after his opponent who suffered a hip injury, threw in the towel. >>> the paralympic games are officially under way after a spectacular opening ceremony in paris. here's emilie ikeda with the dazzling sights and the team usa stars to watch. >> reporter: paris promised another show-stop opening ceremony. >> welcome to paris! >> reporter: and delivered, with dancing, fireworks, and even a mascot-covered car to kick offer the paralympic games. athletes and fans from more than 150 countries are converging on this historic street, the champs-elysees. and take a look at this. team usa arriving right now. usa! led by two flag bearers, wheelchair basketball's steve sirio and sitting volleyball's nikki nieves. and making history, the largest-ever refugee paralympic team. over the next 11 days, 4400 athletes will face off in 22 sports. the eiffel tower

coco gauff starts her title defense this afternoon. a full slate for you.rs over the course of the event. they already have 200,000 people just for the fan experience so far this year. right now, new york city is once again a buzz over tennis. >> for the next two weeks, expect fireworks on the hard courts in flushing. 20-year-old coco gauff is looking to stay the queen and bounce back from a disappointing paris olympics. >> coming in as defending champion is a little bit of pressure, but also more of a privilege. >> reporter: last year fresh off her first grand slam title becoming the first american teen to won the open. >> doing it in the u.s. in new york city is just incredible. >> reporter: now ranked number 3 in the world, gauff is spear heading a talented group of women hoping their home court advantage. but they will also have to overcome the top two players, who each won grand slams this year. two-time winner naomi osaka is returning for the first time since having her daughter. >> i was watching in the stands last year and promised myself this is go

coco gauff will be featured on a limited edition of wheaties cereal. you can find it on shelves this month. and by the way, the u.s. open begins next monday. gaugh will be competing to defend her championship now. she won that tournament last year at the age of 19, which made her the youngest american champion at that event since serena williams back in 1999. i know there's a tradition of getting you on the wheaties box, but her specifically, i always thought she should go on cocoa puffs to coco gauff. you know what they should have done that that would have been great marketing on both coco gauff. that's right. just a limited edition where are those cocoa puffs marketing people? cocoa. coffee. get some consulting in there. great, too. all right, well, maybe it's a good day to work up a sweat as you're hitting those tennis balls. yeah. or is it going to be too hot to work out? just depends on where you are. because if you're in san francisco, it's going to be nice today. but if you're in the inland areas, we know that it is going to be hot and we'll re

light work for the defending women's champion at the us open as american coco gauff coasts through herfirstteams who are fielding the same player — we'll have more on the curious tale of dannyjansen, playing for both the bluejays and the red sox in the same baseball game. welcome to the programme. tributes are being paid to former england manager sven—goran eriksson, who has passed away at the age of 76. the swede led england to the quarter—finals at three major tournaments during his five—year spell in charge and he also managed 12 club teams, including manchester city, leicester, roma and lazio, winning 18 trophies. andy swiss has more. he brought a swedish cool to english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson�*s reign was anything but dull. he made his managerial name first with gothenburg and then with italian side lazio, when england appointed him as kevin keegan�*s replacement in 2000, it sparked a storm of controversy. england never had a foreign coach before. if it was the most difficult job, i'm very happy. it will be my biggest challenge. he soon silenced

there was a shock in the canadian 0pen — women's number one seed coco gauff is out.gauff was playing herfirst hard—court event since april and will play next week in cincinnati — the final tournament before the us open. world number three aryna sabalenka is also through the quarterfinals after beating katie boulter in straight sets — the two—time grand slam champion will now meet amanda anisimova on the next round. and that's all the sport for now. we do have more than the olympics. we do have more than the olympics. we are going to cross now to my colleague. thank you very much indeed. it is a beautiful day here. day 15. the olympics winding down but really the gold medals are winding up. 39 gold medals up for grabs today, the biggest number in one day since the year 2000, so it is a huge day for sport. let's take you something a little bit different. the olympics is made up of so many nations or national 0lympic committees as they are known. but one team that has made a big mark this year is the ioc 0lympic refugee team. it is made up of 37 athletes from 11 countri

, the us open, is underway at flushing meadows in new york, and the defending women's champion coco gaufffirst round match. the american booked her place in the second stage after a comfortable straight sets win over frenchwoman varvara gracheva, going through 6—2, 6—love. she needed just 66 minutes on arthur ashe stadium, hitting 10 aces, and breaking gracheva's serve twice in the opening set, before winning the last nine games on her way to an emphatic victory. yeah definitely a lot of pressure in this tournament i'm just enjoying it. just incredible. whatever happens happens. it's been great and an honour to be back here at arthur ashe playing in front of you guys. arthur ashe playing in front of you guys. dominic thiem's grand slam career came to an end on the same arthur ashe court where he won the men's singles title in 2020. he lost to the american 13th seed ben shelton. thiem is retiring this october, having been dogged by a persistant wrist injury. thiem won his only grand slam at the us open behind closed doors, during the covid pandemic. captain suzann pettersen says it was an

the us open, is under way at flushing meadows in new york, and the defending women's champion coco gauffirst round match. the american booked her place in the second stage after a comfortable straight sets win over frenchwoman varvara gracheva, going through 6—2, 6—0. she needed just 66 minutes on arthur ashe stadium, hitting 10 aces, and breaking gracheva's serve twice in the opening set, before winning the last nine games on her way to an emphatic victory. yeah, it was definitely a lot of pressure this tournament. but, i'm just enjoying it. and in the last year, it was incredible. i'm just bringing those vibes here. whatever happens, happens. and yes, it was great and an honour to be back on arthur ashe and playing in front of you guys. dominic thiem's grand slam career came to an end on the same arthur ashe court where he won the men's singles title in 2020. he lost to the american 13th seed ben shelton. thiem is retiring this october, having been dogged by a persistent wrist injury. thiem won his only grand slam at the us open behind closed doors, during the covid pandemic. captain s

gauff takes on germany's tatjana maria before djokovic faces fellow serb laslo djere.eadlines today. eddie dunbar has taken the first grand tour stage win of his career the irishman launched an attack 600 metres from the finish on stage 11 of the vuelta a espana. ben o'connor�*s overall lead was cut by more than 30 seconds. super league leaders hull kr have signed leeds rhinos forward rees martin on a two—year deal for next season. it comes after the 31—year—old papua new guinea international turned down a new contract. dawid malan has retired from international cricket at the age of 36. he's one of only two men to have scored centuries in all three formats for england and won the t20 world cup two years ago. it's the second test between england and sri lanka tomorrow. ollie pope's stand—in captaincy started with a five—wicket win at old tarfford in the first test, but after a poor return with the bat, he has admitted that he needs to get the balance right with being skipper and a top order batter here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. sri lanka have found summer a

the most we've had since early 2000 taylor, bernie shelton, sebastian, top 20 on women's side coco gauffcan, win one. >> that is the fun thing for me as fan at u.s. open the americans always get the most support from the crowd that is one of the most fun things to see this year we will see how much turn out goes ric, thank you. >> all right. thanks cheryl. >> good to see you taking a quick break we'll be right back. and you are watching "mornings with maria" live on "fox business." . tomorrow, iran change can go tone on expected attack on israel, brent sadler what is behind it. wednesday kamala harris economic plan hit with friendly fire from tallest wing media kevin hassett will join me, thursday donald trump makes dies latino voters ceo of why they are listening and will the responded to price gouging claims. >> friday one of the most influential ladies in history on "mornings with maria." . did i read this? did i get eggs? where are my keys? memory and thinking issues keep piling up? it may be due to a buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain. visit morethannormalaging.com do you have

, the us open, is underway at flushing meadows in new york, and the defending women's champion coco gauffrst round match. the american booked her place in the second stage after a comfortable straight sets win over frenchwoman varvara gracheva, going through 6—2, 6—0. she needed just 66 minutes on arthur ashe stadium, hitting io aces, and breaking gracheva's serve twice in the opening set, before winning the last nine games on her way to an emphatic victory. yeah, it was definitely a lot of pressure this tournament. but, i'mjust of pressure this tournament. but, i'm just enjoying it. and in the last year, it was incredible. i'mjust in the last year, it was incredible. i'm just bringing those vibes here. whatever happens, happens. and yes, it was great and an honour to be back on arthur ash and playing in front of you guys. dominic thiem's grand slam career came to an end on the same arthur ashe court where he won the men's singles title in 2020. he lost to the american 13th seed ben shelton. thiem is retiring this october, having been dogged by a persistant wrist injury. thiem won his onl

defending us open singles champion coco gauff drew a crowd in new york as she practised ahead of thet week. the 20—year—old is looking to become the first woman to defend her singles title since fellow american serena williams achieved the feat with three straight us open victories from 2012 to 2014. and australia's cycling governing body has said it expects matt richardson to be ineligible to take part in competitive events for two years after he switched nationality to great britain. the 25—year—old track cyclist won three medals for australia at the paris olympics, but announced his change of allegiance last week. however, under rules from the cycling union, cyclists who change nationality are not eligible to compete at the next edition of the world and continental championships which follow the date of their switch. there's plenty more on all of our stories on the bbc sport website, but for now, that is all the sport. back to you, lucy. we have some breaking news to bring you now from sicily. we are getting news from the reuters news agency that two bodies have been found inside

a shock too in the women's draw with second seed coco gauff knocked out — but no problems for the third beat the italian elisabetta cocciaretto 6—3, 6—4 to book her place in the last 16 — where she'll face elina svitolina next. the australian breakdancer whose performance at the paris olympics was criticised, leading to an online petition calling for an investigation into her selection says the backlash has been devastating. rachel gunn, who's known as b—girl raygun, lost all three of her round robin battles without scoring. but she's received support from the australian olympic committee, who have condemned the petition, now signed by more than 50,000 people, as bullying and using falsehoods aimed at inciting hatred against her. she's asked for the press to stop harassing herfamily. i just want to start by thanking all the people who have supported me. i really appreciate the positivity and i am glad i was able to bring some joy into your lives. that is what i had hoped. i did not realise that that would also open the door to so much hate which is, frankly, has been pretty devastating.

she will overtake coco gauff and return to no.2 on the wta rankings.cs, track cyclist matt richardson has switched allegiance and will now represent great britain. richardson was born in kent, but moved to western australia at the age of nine and maintained dual citizenship. he said it had been a difficult decision but a personal choice, made after careful consideration of his career and future. richardson won two silvers and a bronze at paris 202a. just enough time to recap our top story. jamie vardy is scoring in the top flight once again. he earned leicester a 1—1 draw at home to tottenham on their return to the premier league. his second half goal cancelled out pedro porro's opener. despite spurs having 70% possession and 13 corners, the points were shared. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. bouts of heavy rain and unseasonably strong winds feature in our forecast for the rest of this week. although tue

i think the spectators here appreciate that coco gauff has been struggling this summer.lympics, lou lost her second match in toronto, herfirst 0lympics, lou lost her second match in toronto, her first match 0lympics, lou lost her second match in toronto, herfirst match in cincinnati and has been struggling with her servant. a once at all with elina svitolina, maybe she can do what she did last year winning for it to reset matches en route to winning herfirst grand slam. jack draper went through comfortably to round three and his side of the draw has opened up a bit with alcarez going out. dramatic change in this section of the court. it's as if jack draper would have another chance to play mac group two as he did in queen's club injune, draper one, but the unseeded dutchman then beat carlos alcarez so stunningly yesterday in three sets. so it means that that it is the dutchman forjack draper tomorrow and he is the seeded player and is playing nicely and is in a section of the draw where someone is grantee to play in their first grand slam semifinal here in new york. the

light work for the defending women's champion at the us open — as american coco gauff coasts through two teams, who are fielding the same player. we'll have more on the curious tale of dannyjansen, playing for both the bluejays and the red sox in the same baseball game. welcome to the programme. tributes are being paid to former england manager sven goran eriksson, who has passed away at the age of 76. the swede led england to the quarter—finals at three major tournaments during his five—year spell in charge and he also managed 12 club teams, including manchester city, leicester, roma and lazio, winning 18 trophies. andy swiss has more. he brought a swedish cool to english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson's reign was anything but dull. he had made his managerial name first with gothenburg, and then with the italian side lazio, but when england appointed him as kevin keegan's replacement in 2000, it sparked a storm of controversy. england had never had a foreign coach before. but if the traditionalists were upset, eriksson was unflappable. if it's the mo

light work for the defending women's champion at the us open as american coco gauff coasts through herfirstfielding the same player — we'll have more on the curious tale of dannyjansen, playing for both the bluejays and the red sox in the same baseball game. welcome to the programme. tributes are being paid to former england manager sven—goran eriksson, who has passed away at the age of 76. the swede led england to the quarter—finals at three major tournaments during his five—year spell in charge and he also managed 12 club teams, including manchester city, leicester, roma and lazio, winning 18 trophies. andy swiss has more. he brought a swedish cool to english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson's reign was anything but dull. he made his managerial name first with gothenburg and then with lazio, when england appointed him as kevin keegan's replacement, it sparked a storm of controversy. england never had a foreign coach before. if england never had a foreign coach before.— coach before. if it was the most difficult _ coach before. if it was the most difficult jo

a shock too in the women's draw with second seed coco gauff knocked out — but no problems for the thirdisabetta cocciaretto 6—3, 6—4 to book her place in the last 16 — where she'll face elina svitolina next. the australian breakdancer whose performance at the paris olympics was criticised — leading to an online petition calling for an investigation into her selection — says the backlash has been devastating. rachel gunn, who's known as b—girl raygun, lost all three of her round robin battles without scoring. but she's received support from the australian olympic committee, who have condemned the petition now signed by more than 50,000 people as bullying, and using falsehoods aimed at inciting hatred against her. she's asked for the press to stop harassing herfamily. i just want to start by thanking all the people who have supported me. i really appreciate the positivity and i'm glad i was able to bring some joy into your lives. that's what i'd hoped. i didn't realise that that would also open the door to so much hate, which is frankly pretty devastating. but i went out there and i had f

while the top two seeds coco gauff aand aryna sabalenka also made it to the last 16.continues of course you can head to our website for more. all the build ahead of a new football season as well. all the build ahead of a new football season as well. and that's all the sport for now. hello you're watching bbc news. you're watching bbc news — and a number of sentencing hearings for rioters are taking place in courts across england today. so far, almost 500 people have been arrested, with more than a dozen we are expecting news from leeds crown court soon. the prime minister has told... has said there was no doubt that extra police officers and rapid sentencing had prevented further unrest. let's listen to what the had to say. my messa . e listen to what the had to say. ij�*i message to listen to what the had to say. m: message to the listen to what the had to say. m; message to the police and all of those charged with responding to disorder is to maintain that high alert. i'm absolutely convinced that having the police officers in place this last few days on the right p

. >>> all that plus stars and stripes american coco gauff advancing to the round of 16 in the u.s. open in a thrilling three-set comeback. >>> on the men's side american frances tiafoe outlasted ben shelton in an epic five set match to move on to the fourth round. and in a stunner novak djokovic is bounced out of the tournament. the americans hoping to prove their dominance with more action to come, "today," saturday, august 31st, 2024. >>> welcome back to "today" thank you for joining on this saturday morning. american tennis is going to be fun to watch not just this year, coco gauff, ben shelton, and frances tiafoe. >> it was fun to be there in person, right? you got tips on your tennis game? >> i enjoyed watching i'll say that much. we have a lot to talk about. while summer doesn't end for a few more weeks, millions of kids are getting back to school or starting next week and it feels like our last real taste of the season. >> say it ain't so. people are taking advantage of the three day holiday weekend getting out of town and these scenes from the nation's airports you can see

coco gauff, the defending women's champion is also through defeating tatjana maria in straight sets.gled a bit with her serve in the opening set, eventually winning it 6—4, but she was much improved in the second, taking it six love. she has a tough third round match against the 27th seed elina svitolina. she is a good all court player, and she can do pretty much like everything. she's really solid from the back, and when i played her in auckland we had a lot of physical points. so, yeah, ithink the challenge will bejust points. so, yeah, ithink the challenge will be just finding the balance between being aggressive and not letting her dictate but obviously not making too many errors. she's a tough opponent, regardless of whatever form she is in, she is or is going to be tough to beat. last year's runner up, and the number two seed, aryna sabalenka underlined her title credentials with a dominant second—round win over lucia bronzetti wining 6—3 6—1 injust 61 minutes. she said afterwards she was pleased to win in two sets in the sweltering conditions. a new look champions league draw

a shock too in the women's draw with second seed coco gauff knocked out — but no problems for the thirdeat the italian elisabetta cocciaretto 6—3, 6—4 to book her place in the last 16 — where she'll face elina svitolina next. the australian breakdancer whose performance at the paris olympics was criticised, leading to an online petition calling for an investigation into her selection says the backlash has been devastating. rachel gunn, who's known as b—girl raygun, lost all three of her round robin battles without scoring. but she's received support from the australian olympic committee, who have condemned the petition, now signed by more than 50,000 people, as bullying and using falsehoods aimed at inciting hatred against her. she's asked for the press to stop harassing herfamily. ijust want i just want to start by thanking all the people who have supported me. i really appreciate the positivity and i am glad i was able to bring somejoy into your lives. am glad i was able to bring some joy into your lives. that is what i had hoped. i did not realise that that would also open the door t

plenty of stars in action at flushing meadows including home—grown defending women's champion, coco gauffber three will play varvara gracheva in the arthur ashe stadium, while novak djokoivc will take centre stage later looking to bounce back from his final defeat to carlos alcaraz at wimbledon earlier this summer. he takes on radu albot. two world records were broken at sunday's diamond league meeting in poland. jakob ingebritsen smashed the 3,000 metre world record that had been the longest standing on the track, having been held since 1996, the olympic pole vault champion, mondo duplantis, broke his own world record again, by a single centimetre. it now stands at six metres 26 centimetres. that's the tenth time he's broken the record in the last four years and comes less than a month after he won olympic gold in paris. what a year its been for lydia ko. she's won golf�*s final major of the season — the women's open at st andrews. the 27—year—old has had a long wait to clinch her third major but her success comes just weeks after winning gold at the paris 0lympics. jane dougall has more

third seated american coco gauff got off to a strong start in her u.s. open title defense.ame of the match and would only surrender one more before securing a straight set win to advance to the second round. and we'll be watching a 19-year-old who became the youngest to win a match at the u.s. open since the turn of the century. after eeliminating a semifinalist in straight sets yesterday. >>> and time for a check on the weather. for that we go to meteorologist angie lassman. what do you have in store for us, my friend. >> nice to see you this morning. no heat. the heat alerts are up for 7 million people and continue to be added this morning. that's where we're going to be watching for the most extreme of the heat through the day today. 102 for the high in saint lewis, feeling like 109. oppressive in chicago too with a feels like temperature of 102. not much relief across much of the region. still high 90s if not triple digits for most folks including washington, d.c. and new york who will feel like 100 plus into the afternoon hours. by the time we get to the workweek and e

straight sets win over frenchwoman varvara gracheva — gauff going through 6—2, 6—0.ime playing away, experience and... ..having the mental feistiness in you is as important. you want players who can block stuff out and kind of go out there and not care about the environment or if the crowd is screaming or shouting. finally, imagine starting a game playing for one team, then finishing it playing for the opposition. well, that's exactly what's happening to major league baseball player danny jansen, who is making history. jansen was batting for the toronto bluejays on june the 26th, when their game against the boston red sox was suspended because of rain. a day later, he was traded — to the red sox — and has now appeared for his new team when fixture resumed tonight. remarkably, jansen was the player batting at the plate for the bluejays when the game was halted — that means his former side had to put up another batter in his place, while jansen was the catcher for the hosts at boston's fenway park. that is remarkable! and that is all the sport for now. bye—bye. tonight

coco gauff has struggled in the two main wta events on the hard courts in north america but to decideraining block, and she says she responds well to a training block. the pressure of being a defending champion might be an issue, this is the first time she defends a grandson title, she makes a point that she's used to this. venus williams at wimbledon reached the fourth round at a for 18—year—old, she thinks there for actually being defending champion here will not bring much in the way of extra pressure. ibig bring much in the way of extra pressure-— bring much in the way of extra ressure. �* ., ., _, pressure. big name on the court later, pressure. big name on the court later. novak _ pressure. big name on the court later, novak djokovic _ pressure. big name on the court later, novak djokovic looking . pressure. big name on the court later, novak djokovic looking to | later, novak djokovic looking to carry on that form post his 0lympic carry on that form post his olympic gold. carry on that form post his olympic old. , . ., , carry on that form post his olympic old. , ,., ., , gold.

defending women's champions coc gauff had a successful start. she beat france's varvara gracheva.mifinals magda linette of poland. and 2020 men's champion 23-year-old awe tree jan dominic thiem lost his straight loss to american ben shelton. thiem announced this would be the final season. >>> all-you-can-eat pasta and two big supermarkets fight to merge. here's shanelle kaul with today's "moneywatch." >>> the dow closed monday with a record-high while the two other major indexes slipped as investors await potential interest rate cuts. the dow gained 65 points. the nasdaq was down 152, and the s&p 500 lost 17 points. >>> kroger and albertsons are defending a planned merger in federal court. u.s. regulators objected to the $24.6 billion deal. it would be the largest supermarket merger in american history. the ftc alleged it would limit competition and raise prices. the two companies argue the objection would force them to lay off workers and close stores. >>> apple fans, look out. the tech giant is set to unveil its latest product models early next month. the promotional event will

open where defending champions coco gauff and novak djokovic leading of competition in the final grandlam of the year. gauff opened the defense of her crown with a powerful six to six love win over france's brevard, graciela to reach the second round of the competition. >> and world number two, novak djokovic this pete moldova's raju albert in the first round in straight sets. djokovic is looking to become the first player to win 25 grand slam titles with another u.s. open win boston red sox catcher danny jansen has made history as the only player in major league baseball to play for both teams in the same game? >> hanssen was in the middle of his at-bats as toronto blue jays back on june 26 when the game was suspended due to weather since then, toronto traded him to boston that figure that out. >> and on monday he was the catcher when the suspended game resume, meaning he technically hey, offense and defense in the same at-bat jensen finished with one hit in the game, which tried to do one before like a sports riddell wearing two hats a onetime high wales hosting one of the world's qu

open champion, coco gauff, love her. she overcame a rough start to germany's tautjana maria.heater for novak djokovic who powered through the oppressive temperatures, i can't imagine, into the 90s at arthur ashe. the match came to an end in the third set after his opponent suffered a hip injury and threw in the towel. >> it's impressive what they do on any day, but given the temperatures, they had to close the top just to give them some shade. >>> come up, why more schools are making the call to ban phones in the classroom. >>> and the faa bans spacex rockets. ♪♪) ghirardelli intense dark. (♪♪) bold... rich... intensely delicious dark chocolate. (♪♪) ghirardelli intense dark. makes life a bite better. (♪♪) sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep... ...so he takes zzzquil. the world's #1 sleep aid brand. and wakes up feeling like himself. get the rest to be your best with non-habit forming zzzquil. ♪ ♪ life, diabetes, there's no slowing down. each day is a unique blend of people to see and things to do. that's why you choose glucerna to help manage blood sugar response. u

and she wanted to the heat and head back to that nice air-conditioned locker room coco gauff also in action today. novak djokovich playing right now. we'll have more of the u.s. open tonight on sports night live tonight. looking forward going to do. it's always kinda. i hate that. it. >> signals the end of summer. i know, right? but it's fun tournament. yeah, i love it. and it goes late into the night go all right. all right. thank you. >> ports and highways are expected to be packed for the long labor day holiday weekend. many americans are marking the unofficial end of summer by traveling san jose airport is telling travelers to plan ahead by reserving parking online checking in early and using tsa precheck to speed through security. it's also hosting national aviation week festivities at the terminals offering family friendly games and prizes. the busiest day is expected to be this friday. meantime, chp ramping up its enforcement starting friday evening through the end of september. 2nd, all chp officers are going to be on duty to assist drivers there. also urging everybody to dri

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coco gauff got off to bit of a rocky start against alina spin alina, but says that had brad gilbert looking a little worried her coach, the piedmont native cocoa, actually dropped 11 consecutive points to close. the first set. it's filling a took at 6, 3, but between sets, coco ran to the locker room, made a quick outfit change. got refreshment came back like the champ. she is. she bounced back. take the next 2 sets. 6, 3, 6, 3, and the defending champion has now won 10 straight matches at the u.s. open golf moves into the round of 16 jul face 13 th-seeded emma navarro, was her olympic team. >> on sunday coming americans battling for a spot in the quarters to a little wardrobe change does freshen things up. there's got it. you got to that wardrobe change in a fix is everything. >> but thanks but kron 4 is election headquarters. presidential campaigns are zeroing in on reproductive rights. theme of this election. former president trump and vice president harris both made statements about that topic on the campaign trail and >> kron four's washington correspondent. the nace him a lot has the

course for a potential rematch in the women's semis, defending champ gauff rallying to take down elina svitolina after dropping the first set last tears runner-up sabalengka, also rallying against ekaterina alexandrou woah to reach the fourth round. meanwhile, scottie scheffler watched his seven shot lead at the tour championship slip a bit the world number one, making six birdies on friday, carded a five under 66. but the problem was collin morikawa and xander schauffele the they played like their pants were on fire more at our making nine birdies, xander hit seven of them, didn't drop a shot all day logout scottie, they're comments, scheffler's lead now, just four with the $25 million prize on the line budding sports rivalry. caitlin clark in indiana, angel reese, and chicago, most expensive wnba ticket of the season last night average at 385 bucks. but this one, all clark dropping a career high 31 points, making more history. first player in wnba history with a 30 plus points, 12 assists, games 53 pointers, some from way downtown anna. the fever's started the season one and eight. w

for example, us tennis player cori gauff said that part of her team went to live in other places becausef the very cramped rooms. swedish handball players bought their own mattresses because those that were too hard, the british at the beginning of the olympics, there were complaints about the lack of food in the olympic village canteen. now to football. the third round of the russian premier league ended with a match between spartak and samara krylia-sovetov in moscow. the capital team won big with a score of 3:0. details in the material of our correspondent danil makhalin. not the first season, in the summer spartak shows bright football with a large number of goals, which attracts thousands of spectators to the stadium, even on monday evenings, still in warm, comfortable weather. victory entails victory, this is probably the main rule, so here, among other things , a good game, positive emotions, goals, all this excitement, it goes from game to game, and it is wonderful, and everyone feels it, and i hope it will continue. spartak , as expected, attacked a lot, by the end of the first

also in action last night coco gauff at the u.s.pion, overcame a slow start to advance to the third round, and after the match, she went to a practice court to work on her serve. legendary coach bill belichick is teaming up with two different quarterbacks this season, not on the field, but in the espn broadcast booth with peyton and eli manning on their alternative monday night football show. >> the manning cast. and one more sports story here. baseball star shohei ohtani's dog threw the first pitch at last night's game. or actually, i guess just delivered it. and if that wasn't fun enough, ohtani then hit a home run on his very first at bat. >> did you see him give him a little high five? high paw there. >> good luck charm there. and an ohio man has chosen a different kind of pet, a skunk. >> derek paramore runs a skunk sanctuary in ohio. he travels around with his skunk named valentine, who had his scent spray removed. paramore is trying to change the perception about skunks, saying, don't judge a book by its cover. >> these guys

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saw wins in men's basketball and women's soccer, both teams advancing but a disappointment for coco gauff the tennis ace knocked out after two straight losses. another u.s. tennis star blames her early departure from the games on the organizers. danielle collins says she dropped out of her match due to an abdominal injury. she says the muscle pull was due to dehydration after organizers failed to provide cold water for athletes in the blistering heat along the seine, the triathlon finally kicked off after multiple delays, racers taking the plunge after officials decided contamination levels in the river were safe. canadian racer tyler mislawchuk vomiting after getting out of the water. although it's unclear if he was sick from swallowing the water or simply overexerted himself. we hope he's feeling better. one event that did not move ahead as planned was the surf competition in tahiti, and that was due to unfavorable conditions. all right. >> coming up, an act of kindness between a major league baseball player and a five year old. >> but first, the new plan to >> but first, the new plan t

gauff began her title defence with a straight sets victory in just 66 minutes on arthur ashe.ve this game. whether it will happen this year or in the future, i have many more years coming back here and i won't win every year. i thinkjust that perspective. manchester united have agreed a £42 million fee with paris saint—germain for midfielder manuel ugarte. this includes over £8 million in add—ons, with the uruguayan flying to manchester today for a medical, as the deal looks to move at the same time as scott mctominay�*s potential transfer to napoli. ugarte is reported to have agreed personal terms with united back injuly. manchester city have agreed a £21.2 million deal with saudi pro league club al—hilal to sell defenderjoao cancelo. the portugal international is yet to agree to the move. if he does, he's expected to sign a three—year contract, ending his five—year stay at the etihad. tributes are still being paid to the former england manager sven goran eriksson, who died yesterday at the age of 76. he revealed injanuary that he'd been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. duri

this is coco golf season shout out to coco gauff were in new york city.dy is coming here to watch her win this u.s. open. i want her to win it and i'm a make one of those little drinks they have at the house with the bakta in like the little mellon ball thing emoji, good that they charged like $20 for after inflation, inflation, $30 for certain conflict is joe biden go coco, win this thing. >> do your thing you wanted the best in the entire world. we love coco do love coco and they only osaka. she had a mole about first of all, this segment there's room for more than this is a coco gauff all right? very short it will be known that robert kennedy jr. eight something unusual that belong to the animal kingdom what was, what was that thing? >> i have not i'm not going to tell you well, there been a lot of damaging stories about are kitchen that's what you get when i got, but when is it a whale? is it a bear? >> it was a reptile of some sort. yeah, some years ago in beijing is a scorpion. i don't recommend it. it's good for the instagram branding really, i thi

in the women's draw, defending champion coco gauff has started her title defence.et up against french player varvara gracheva, winning the first 6—2. co mforta bly comfortably leading there as you can see in the second, 4—0, so, shortly to wrap up that opening—round match for her. europe's solheim cup captain suzann pettersen has announced herfour wild card picks for next month's competition in the us. she's chosen england's georgia hall, sweden's anna nordqvist, denmark's emily kristine pedersen and also handed a place to a rookie, switzerland's albane valenzuela. theyjoin the eight other players who have qualified automatically via the points' system. ideally, you would always pick four, but at the same time playing away, experience and... ..having the mental feistiness in you is as important. you want players who can block stuff out and kind of go out there and not care about the environment or if the crowd is screaming or shouting. and us captain stacy lewis is due to announce her pics on tuesday, ahead of that match between europe and the usa in a couple of we

dollars at once, by the way, about the champion, the current triumphant of the women's singles is coco gaufferican is second in the world ranking, but our arina sabalenka is breathing down her neck, who in order to move up. needs to go one round more. sabalenka will start in the thousandth from the second round. another belarusian tennis player victoria zarenko will start the fight from the first round. the opponents are the forty-ninth number in the wta rating. amanda anisimova. i will note that the american rose in the top by 83 positions after reaching the final of the toronto tournament, where she knocked out arina sabalenka at the quarter-final stage. but in the decisive match she still could not. cope with jessica pigula, so from the start azarenka has a difficult opponent, and in personal meetings the girls have crossed paths twice so far , a draw. the third match will take place tomorrow. there could have been more belarusians in the main draw of the tournament in cincinnati, but alexandra in the qualification final, sosnovich lost to the representative of france, varvara gracheva, i

begin her second round match against marta kostyuk in the next hour or so, novak djokovic and coco gauffl also be on court later but no such luck for former champion emma raducanu who lost her first round to sofia kenin despite winning the second set. raducanu was knocked out by the 2020 australian open champion. kenin plays fellow american and sixth seed jessica pegula tomorrow. england and sri lanka are making their final preparations ahead of the second test at lord's tomorrow. england beat the visitors by five wickets in the opener at old trafford last week, chasing down a fourth innings target of 205. england captian ollie pope says he's expecting another challenging game from sri lanka who impressed with their tenacity in manchester. for the guys to go and put together some good scores, to change from a this effect —— deficit for them as well. i think hopefully we can keep getting better and i am sure they would be confident and feel strong, but if we can play our best cricket, hopefully come out on the right side of the result again. federico chiesa, has said goodbye to the juvent

defending us open singles champion coco gauff drew a crowd in new york as she practised ahead of theext week. the 20—year—old is looking to become the first woman to defend her singles title since fellow american serena williams achieved the feat with three straight us open victories from 2012 to 2014. and australia's cycling governing body has said it expects matt richardson to be ineligible to take part in competitive events for two years after he switched nationality to great britain. the 25—year—old track cyclist won three medals for australia at the paris olympics, but announced his change of allegiance last week. however, under rules from the cycling union, cyclists who change nationality are not eligible to compete at the next edition of the world and continental championships which follow the date of their switch. for all the latest on all of the sporting stories, head to the bbc sport website, but for now, back to you, matthew. molly, thank you very much. let's go straight back to the breaking story, those developments we have been hearing the last a0 minutes with divers sea

coco gauff comfortably advanced to this grant of -- of the u.s. open.n three sets despite winning the opening set 6-0. that is your brief. jonathan: it was a great game. thank you. up next on the program, we will set you up for the day ahead. the week ahead, just around the corner. ♪ ♪ [suspenseful music] trains. [whoosh] ♪ trains that sense what isn't on the schedule. ♪ trains that use the power of dell ai and intel. ♪ to see hundreds of miles of tracks. ♪ [vroom] [train horn] [buzz] clearing the way, [whoosh] so you arrive exactly where you belong. jonathan: the opening bell 36 minutes away. stocks pulling back by a third of 1%. a little bit of weakness into the catch opened with bond yields a little higher. 10-year continues to cheapen. 3.8596%. we are up by four basis points on the 10-year. big weekend kicks off tomorrow -- big week kicks off tomorrow. wednesday is when the week begins. new video reporting after the closing bell and we will get fed speak from raphael bostic thursday. u.s. gdp and another round of jobless claims. on friday, core pce