tears on the tour de france. marcel kittel is overwhelmed after his second stage victory. and joe root says he's in "dreamworld" after making an unbeaten 184 on his first day as england captain. hi there, wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today. two favourites out of wimbledon in two days! third seed karolina pliskova was knocked—out by magdalena rybarikova. that's the fifth straight year, the czech has gone out in the second round. pliskova said "probably it's something in the air here" at the all england club. austin halewood watched the action. with pedro kvitova out of the women's draw, karolina pliskova became favourite for the title, facing tough competition in the form of magdalena rybarikova. after winning the first set, nerves kicked

in in the second. karolina pliskova is known for the powerboat into the decider it was the slovakia tennis player who dominated. based on performances this year karolina pliskova is the best in the world but it was world number 87 who sealed the biggest upset so far. but it was world number 87 who sealed the biggest upset so fanm is difficult to play her because she plays so well and she has just won the tournament, so i was not late i am going to lose, but i wasn't confident, and i am speechless right now and so happy i made get through this match. it is an amazing feeling. world number one angelique kerber looks like a woman to beat — she battled hard in two bruising sets against kirsten flipkens and showed her class as she came home in just under two hours. last up on

centre court was none other than roger federer — he was forced into a first set tiebreak by serbia's dusan lajovic but after winning 7—0 the second two sets would soon follow. another day and another win on centre court for the seven time champion. i struggled early on, i couldn't get rid of the nerves and i struggled to find my rhythm. it was a pity i couldn't hold my serve. struggled through the first set and i was happy to get rid of those nerves and start to play free, inspired tennis and at the end it was good. like federer novak djokovic had yet to complete a full match but after a sluggish start he took the opening set from adam pavlasek. with his opponent ranked 132 places below him the two—time champion dominated in all departments with some of his best tennis on show as he cruised into

the next round, but the reaction from coach andre to see suggested there is more to come. -- andre agassi. i feel better as there is more to come. -- andre agassi. ifeel better as it there is more to come. -- andre agassi. i feel better as it goes on. i have been here many times. i would try to use the experience, knowing what to do on a daily basis, to get myself in the right shape, state of mind and the right performance. finally, how about this to win a match? 13 c grigor dimitrov leaping into the third round — the shot of the day sealing a straight sets win over marcos baghdatis. in this form grigor dimitrov is certainly one to watch this year. well, he was leaping, and they were sleeping on the outside courts. kristina mladenovic said she couldn't care less about losing to american alison riske because her safety was at stake. she claimed there is no grass on court 18 and the baseline is very slippery. the french woman's comments,

came just two hours after american bethanie mattek—sands had been carried off a different court on a stretcher, screaming in pain with a serious knee injury. the tears flowed rolled down the cheeks of germany's marcel kittel on thursday after he won stage six of the tour de france. it was a 216km ride from vesoul to troye. kittel reaches a top speed of 71 kilometres an hour as he raced to the line. it's his second stage victory this year and 11th overall. simon brotherton was there. while the team for sagan protested his exclusion, the two are rolls on and stage six in troye ended with a sprint for the line after 216 hot and sweaty kilometres. marcel kittel time it beautiful to beat andre greipel to the line, with britain's derrin lay in eight. chris froome spent his first day in yellow and finished in the same time as the

winner, retaining a 12 second lead over geraint thomas in the overall standings. joe root says he woke up feeling groggy but at the end of the day he said he felt like he was in dreamworld. root marked his first test as england captain by scoring an unbeaten 184, on the opening day against south africa at lord's. root‘s only the sixth englishman to score a century in his first test as captain. his innings rescued england who were struggling on 76 for four at one stage. they closed the day on 357 for five. here is anti— swiss. well, we talk about a captain's innings but what an incredible performance from joe root —— andy swiss. when he came in to bat england were in all sorts of trouble. root had won the toss and it seemed to be going well and then his predecessor alistair cook went early. keaton jennings his predecessor alistair cook went early. keatonjennings will be kicking himself for not revealing that one. when root came in he was jittery at first and gave a couple

of chances but he held firm while the wickets tumbled around him. after lunch he and ben stokes took the game to south africa. ben stokes rode his luck and he eventually went. joe root has really blossomed after tea. he reached his century, a great moment for everyone at lord's. he had been praying he would reach those three figures. since reaching the century he pushed on. south africa have looked a little listless. they seemed to have struggled in the heat. and on a day which threatened to belong to south africa in the morning has belonged very much to england's captain, certainly the first days in a new job, it will take some beating. really special day from start to finish, thoroughly enjoyed it. we are ina finish, thoroughly enjoyed it. we are in a nice position now when we can hopefully kick on tomorrow and make a big first—innings lead. can hopefully kick on tomorrow and make a big first—innings leadm can hopefully kick on tomorrow and make a big first-innings lead. it is the highest score from an england captain on debut. well, that is

nice, but it means nothing at the minute. it will mean a lot more if we get a result at the end of the game. to have to make excellent partnerships at the back end of the day proves how if you play positively you can do well. elsewhere, india beat the west indies by eight wickets in the fifth and final one—day international in jamaica. shai hope was the only west indian to reach a half—century as the home side made 205 for nine from their 50 overs. shami and yadav took seven wickets between them. in reply, india's captain virat kohli hit an unbeaten century as the tourists reached their target with more than 13 overs to spare. they win the series 3—1. there was one match at the women's cricket world cup in england. new zealand beat west indies to boost their hopes of reaching the semi—finals. the windies were bowled out for just 143 and rachel priest top—scored with 90 as new zealand chased that down with more than 31 overs to spare. they won by eight wickets,

to move up to fourth in the table. athletics, and south africa's wayde van niekerk was among the winners at the eighth diamond league meeting of the season in lausanne. the world record holder and olympic champion over 400 metres has been running shorter distances for much of the year so far but he was back running the 400 in switzerland, and he cruised to victory in 43.62 seconds — the fastest time in the world this year. american sprinterjustin gatlin is set for a final showdown against usain bolt at next month's world championships in london, and he continued his build—up to the games by going sub—10 seconds for 100 metres, something which bolt hasn't done in his last two races. gatlin clocked 9.96 seconds, beating ivory coast's ben youssef meite into second place. and dafne schippers seems to be peaking at the right time as she prepares to defend her 200 metres title in london. the world champion clocked 22.10 seconds. rory mcilroy says he felt like he was "swimming against the stream" as he began

the defence of his irish 0pen title at portstewart. the world number four, who's hosting the tournament through his foundation, is bidding to become the first player since colin montgomerie 20 years ago to retain the title. he laboured to level—par round of 72. england's tommy fleetwood is aiming to complete back—to—back tour wins, following his victory at the french open last week. he opened up with a 2—under—par 70. but the ones to catch are benjamin herbert of france, and this man, daniel im of the usa. they lead by one shot after after sharing a course record with their matching eight—under—par rounds of 64. 0ur our top story today, carolyn pliskova is out of the tournament, taking a tumble in the second round, so taking a tumble in the second round, so shejoins pedro kvitova taking a tumble in the second round, so she joins pedro kvitova as the other czech out, so that intensifies the pressure on angelique kerber. see you soon.

bye bye. it was a very warm day on thursday across england and wales, in particular southern and south—eastern areas, with a top temperature in london of 32 celsius. in fact, a number of stations in the greater london area saw 32 degrees and it was pretty hot as well further north, but the heat across northern england broke down in spectacular style with some severe thunderstorms, we had reports of flash flooding and also some lightning damage across yorkshire and into lincolnshire. now, those thunderstorms will continue to rattle away off into the north sea, and then for most places it should be a dry end to the night. thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain, though, pushing into northern ireland and western scotland, it's going to be a very warm and muggy start to the day once again across the south, particularly the south—east. only a little bit of cloud around for the south—west of england, into western wales, but a good deal sunshine for the midlands eastwards and look at those temperatures to start the day, around 20 degrees. further north and there will be thicker cloud. for north—west england into scotland and northern ireland, like i mentioned, there will be some

light and patchy rain around so a dismal morning with temperatures here at 8am around the mid—teens celsius. through the day it looks like that cloud across western areas will tend to move in eastwards and any clear skies tending to infill from cloud, so a cloudier afternoon that what we saw on thursday, so that means not quite as hot. still very warm, though, in the south—east with 27 or 28 degrees. a rather low 20 further north and high—teens celsius in scotland and northern ireland. it means for the tennis at wimbledon on friday that it will be a bit more comfortable for the spectators and for the players with highs around 26 or 27 celsius and sunshine coming and going. a fine end to the day on friday, but we look to the west to this area of rain, which will push in towards wales, light and patchy and will affect mainly western areas. this weather front is responsible for it. as we head on in towards saturday it will bring a cloudy,

damp day to central areas, northern ireland, through northern wales and into northern england, the rain not amounting to that much. to the north of it, largely dry with sunshine and there will be sunshine across southern areas, but generally speaking a cloudy day and a cooler one across the board. top temperatures 24 degrees. looks like temperatures rise a bit again as we head on towards sunday and that's because we pick up some thundery air again off the near continent, this area of low pressure could introduce some heavy showers to southern parts of the country, maybe the odd thunderstorm, and this weather front brings outbreaks of rain to scotland and northern ireland. but in between a slice of drier and brighter weather and again quite warm in the south—east. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: as he arrives in europe, president trump calls on the west

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