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round of his wimbledon defence. an emotional venus williams wins herfirst round match before breaking down in front of the press. and another powerful finish from world champion peter sagan who sprints to victory on the third stage of the tour de france. hello and welcome to the programme. all that and more to come but we start with the news that fifth seed stan wawrinka was knocked out by daniil medvedev in the biggest shock on day one of this year's wimbledon championships. the swiss three—time grand slam champion needed ice on a knee injury between points as he was defeated on centre court by the russian who was playing for the first time at this event. medvedev goes on to face belgian qualifier ruben bemelmans for a place in the last 32. even say one year ago, i was 250 in the rankings. if somebody told me i would win, not only play but win on the centre court in wimbledon, i would say you are joking. a really
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saying. i have had a really great grasscourt season so saying. i have had a really great grasscourt season so i knew stan had some problems in queens. he played only one match on grass. i knew i would have the chance if i played well. so a shock for wawrinka — our reporterjohn watson looks back at the other big stories from the opening day. day one of the wimbledon championships and that defending champion andy murray is up and running, successfully coming through in straight sets, 61, 64, 62, to allay the fears coming into the tournament, suffering from the hip injury. no problems for rafael nadal, a player who historically tends to struggle as he transitions from clay to roland garros. —— 6—i, 6-2, 6-4. from clay to roland garros. —— 6—i, 6—2, 6—4. mixed emotions for petra kvitova and venus williams, both booking their places in the second round but mixed feelings were both after their matches today. with the
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rundown of day one, he is often how would. andy murray, world number one, back on the familiar grass of home. opening play on the courts if the defending champion for the second time in his career. murray has been struggling with a hip injury in recent weeks that there was no signs of rust against kazakhstan‘s aleksandar blew big as he raced to ta ke aleksandar blew big as he raced to take the first set 6—i. he christou a comfortable straight sets win and a comfortable straight sets win and a spot in the second round. a comfortable straight sets win and a spot in the second roundlj a comfortable straight sets win and a spot in the second round. i was feeling better each day. it the intensity is harder. but with the adrenaline, it helps. it numbs pain is that you might have and i knew well today and ——i did well today
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andi well today and ——i did well today and i did well for the first match. —— alexander bublik. rafael nadal looks back to his very best, no matter what the surface. the power of his forehand just as effective on the grass as the french clay and after taking the first set against australia's john millman, nadal started to show notjust his power but his touch, too. two sets to the good and 30 not far behind, the king of clay already looking like a master once again on the grass. there is no defending champion in the women's draw with serena williams absent this year so most american hopes will be with big sister, venus. she did have things all her own way, though, onlyjust winning the first set on a tie—break against belgium's...
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winning the first set on a tie—break against belgium's. .. there are no words to describe how devastating and... yeah, i'm completely speechless and it's just... and... yeah, i'm completely speechless and it'sjust... i mean, i'm just... maybe you should go. —— maybe i should go. someone who knows how matter is off the court can affect things on it is petra kvitova, the champion missed six months of tennis after a knife attack that looked like she had never been away, taking the first set. and petra kvitova remained in control in the second set taking it 6-4 control in the second set taking it 6—4 and booking her place in the second round. that is the day's most popular win. notan
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not an easy day, as you can see, for venus williams. novak djokovic in action later, will he be able to rediscover his form? and roger federer, a man who needs no introduction, he would dress —— grace the courts and following his success in australian open this year, big hopes for him, personally, that he can go on and win an eighth wimbledon title. it is going to be a big day today. i will be here tomorrow to tell you all about it. now to the tour de france where peter sagan won the third stage on monday over 212 km from verviers in the east of belgium to longwee in north—eastern france, while geraint thomas retains the overall race leaders yellow jersey as simon brotherton reports. this was seen as a good—looking
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finish for peter sagan and he powered through to beat the australian matthew michaels on the line by half a bike length. it sagan crossed the line with a showman ‘s way to the crowd, making it look much easier than it was after a lung busting finale when his foot came momentarily out of the pedal. thomas stays in yellow with christopher in up stays in yellow with christopher in up to 12, i2 stays in yellow with christopher in up to 12, 12 seconds behind with matthews now third in the same time. to english premier league news where everton have had another busy day in the transfer market — completing the signing of burnley and england defender michael keane. the fee could rise to 39 million dollars which would equal the deal agreed for goalkeeper jordan pickford from sunderland. the toffees have also confirmed the signing of the spanish striker sandro ramirez from malaga. it has been a long time coming, i'm over the moon. ifinally got it
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signed. it has been a long day doing the medical but we finally got it done. i can't wait to come to training tomorrow. i'm 24 which is still relatively lung in the premier league. —— relatively young. i had a good time last year and that was down to playing regularfootball and i hope i can do that again. john terry says he rejected more lucrative offers from premier league clubs, to join second tier aston villa on a one—year deal. terry spent 22 years at chelsea where he won five premier league titles and ten other major honours. but the 36—year—old defender became a free agent when the stamford bridge outfit didn't offer him another contract. the history is huge. the training ground and the facilities. when you look back at the history of the players that have been here over the yea rs. players that have been here over the years. incredible. he is a big football clu b years. incredible. he is a big football club and deserve to be back in the premier league and that's the reason i'm here. formula one's governing body has announced it will take no further action against ferrari's sebastian vettel.
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the four—time world champion collided with title rival lewis hamilton of mercedes at last month's azerbaijan grand prix while following the safety car. the german was given a ten second stop go penalty at the time. the countdown is on until the series deciding test match in auckland this saturday between the all blacks and the british and irish lions. warren gatland's side levelled it by winning game 2 in wellington last weekend and the coach has given his squad some time off in queenstown but there's no time off for katie gornall who's also there. after what has been a tense and physically demanding tour so far for the lions, they decided to take a bit of a break and spend a few days here ina bit of a break and spend a few days here in a picturesque setting of queenstown in the south island and the shadow of the southern alps. but some much needed respite. they would be boosted by the news that sean o'brien has had his exciting
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dismissed. he was alleged to have struck someone in the face in the second test but the claim of dangerous play has been dismissed and that will be a big relief, i think, to the lions and their coaching team. we have been speaking yesterday saying that o'brien is very much the barometer of energy and aggression in their side. he had and aggression in their side. he had a great game in the second test. that news of course follows different news that the all blacks and they found out that sonny bill williams has been banned forfour weeks for dangerous play. he sold it charged anthony watson in the second test and after his hearing he said he was very disappointed and felt he had left his brothers down. the all blacks have some changes to make ahead of the decider at eden park and all eyes will be in auckland on saturday for the decisive third test. rick upping our top story that andy murray has won his opening match at wimbledon and moves through to the second round. he beat kazakhstan's alexander bublik. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport.
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but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. well, it looks like it is going to be turning much warmer over the next few days, even hot. not for everybody straightaway, but those emperatu res climbing as we head into the middle part of the week. right now, a different story across northern parts of the country. thick cloud streaming out of the atlantic across northern ireland, southern parts of scotland and into the lake district. a finger of rain will be stuck across the north for quite sometime on tuesday. possibly even into early wednesday. a big contrast in temperatures early on tuesday, 10 degrees higher in the south. starting with the forecast for scotland. around eight o'clock in the morning,
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a nice fresh start. rain for northern ireland, humphreys and galloway. there may be some spits and spots further south across the pennines. across most of wales and england, the morning starting cloudy but warm, pretty muggy. temperatures of 17 degrees at around eight o'clock in southampton. what is going to happen through the course of tuesday, a line of rain will hang around through the of the day. damp in belfast, glasgow, edinburgh, the lake district and north—eastern england. weatherfronts, to the north of that, much fresher and cool if not chilly. a little bit better in stornaway, some sunshine. england and wales, up to 25 degrees. another decent day on the way for wimbledon. 23 degrees at least, cloud breaking up through the day. look how the temperatures climbing through wednesday and thursday. temperatures even higher on wednesday, possibly up to 28 degrees in london.
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still a little bit on the cloudy side across the north. here, temperatures starting to rise. eventually, we will get up to 20 in belfast and the high teens in glasgow and newcastle. cardiff around 26. thursday, looking like it will change. in for some thunderstorms. exactly where they are could be a bit further towards the east. further to the south and north as well. these parts of the countries where those storms will happen. friday, temperatures peaking in london. other parts of the country starting to cool off. into the weekend, weather fronts coming off the atlantic and bringing the atlantic and bringing us some fresher weather. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: the man who wants
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