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garbine muguruza serves up a shock of her own, beating the top seed angelique kerber. and romelu's a red. lukaku confirmed as manchester united's latest signing. hello there. rafael nadal is out of wimbledon after losing the match of this year's tournament so far. he took gilles muller into a battle that lasted nearly five hours. but the 34—year—old from luxembourg has the quarter—final place. with the round—up, john watson. they call it manic monday. all fourth round matches played today. eight in the women's, eight in the mend, no other tournament schedules are more on the same day. and it was an incredible finish. rafael nadal knocked out, defeated by gilles muller over five gruelling sets. nadal took the first two but he came back to level the third set them and
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then the astonishing fifth set, 28 games in favour of 16th seed. with all the details of what has been an incredible middle monday to these championships here is our reporter. rafael nadal did not lose a set on his way to losing winning the french open this year. so was a time to panic when he lost two in a row to gilles muller. by now we should know never to count him out and he soon hit back to take the third set. and then the fourth. the match went into a decider. surely only one winner. now, match points for gilles muller. that was one match point saved but 1.5 hours later, this was the moment for gilles muller. after an fifth set that lasted over two hours, rafael nadal was defeated. the biggest shock of the tournament so far. it was a long match. darl‘ stepped it up and it was a battle. i
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had match point, i think i had four, and did not make them so it was going to be tough i was feeling that it was going to be over soon but is a just thought i would give it a shot, go 100% and it is a great feeling to win that match. roger federer was the last on the court against grigor dimitrov. but the champion never looked under threat. he won comfortably in straight sets. after a scare in the last round, andy murray was looking to confirm his status as the number one seed against france's and predictable performative. despite taking the
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first set from dummy muguruza, angelique kerber was defeated in three sets by the 2015 finalist. it means she will lose her world number one ranking after the tournament. —— dashmac garbine i know it is important to take time for myself, to practise and go out and play good tennis. johanna konta seems to break new ground every time she steps out on to new ground every time she steps out ontoa new ground every time she steps out on to a court. into the second week of wimbledon for the first time she looked at home in taking the first set. the french 21st seed took the second but it was johanna set. the french 21st seed took the second but it wasjohanna konta who dominated the decider. the first british woman into a quarter—final in more than three decades. what a
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moment forjohanna konta who said after this match that she has dreamt of this day her entire life as she looks to emulate virginia wade who won the women's title back in 1977. it has been a fantastic days of the british. johanna konta and andy murray into the quarter—finals which means there is a british man and woman in the quarter—finals for the first time since 1973. tomorrow, all eyes will be on the quarter—finals which happen on tuesday. yes, the women on the main draw. novak djokovic first on centre court though. that match 2a hours late because of muller and nadal. venus williams next — the oldest female quarter—finalist since martina navratilova 23 years ago. jelena 0stapenko is her opponent. konta meanwhile needs to beat the second seed simona halep. and the women's quarters continue on court one. muguruza up against svetla na kuznetsova. and either magdalena rybarikova or coco vandeweghe will be in the semi—finals. romelu lukaku is officially the most
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expensive player to move between two british clubs. his transfer finally confirmed. he's signed a 5—year—deal at manchester united — who've paid everton $97 million initially. the belgian's joined his new team—mates in los angeles for their pre—season tour. the transfer‘s believed to include $20 million in potential additions. lukaku's new managerjose mourinho says the 24—year—old will be a natural fit. he added: "he's a big player and big personality who wants to improve at the biggest club." meanwhile, wayne rooney's been speaking at his first news conference after re—signing for everton from manchester united. he says his career‘s not winding down. quite the opposite. i always play like to have someone to prove. i am not going into
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retirement, i am to prove. i am not going into retirement, iam ready to prove. i am not going into retirement, i am ready to play. i wa nt to retirement, i am ready to play. i want to win and be successful at this football club and that is where i feel good. it will build this football club and that is where ifeel good. it will build up in the next few weeks and i am excited. i think it is a challenge that it is the right time, for this period in my career, i am the right time, for this period in my career, iam ready the right time, for this period in my career, i am ready for it. i'm focused on everton, getting back in and doing well for everton. if i do that then there will be a decision about whether or not i go back on the squad. meanwhile, theo hernandez says he's joined the best club in the world after signing for real madrid. no great controversy there... except that he's signed from cross—city rivals atletico. the 19—year—old frenchman's the first in 17 years to join real from atleti where his older brother, lucas, 21, still plays. the european champions have paid around $30 million for the fullback. his new head coach has been rolling back the years. here's zidane taking part in a charity event in toulouse.
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despite retiring over ten years ago he showed he still has the skills. members of the 1998 world cup winning team joined him, including didier deshamps and laurent blanc. the star attraction didn't stick around though. zidane called it a day at half time so he could catch a flight to madrid, choosing a mototaxi to get him to the airport. chris froome says he and team sky are good enough to win the tour de france despite losing a major asset in geraint thomas. the three—time champion has an 18—second lead over the italian fabio aru. on the first rest day of the tour, froome told us they're no less ambitious without the welshman, who crashed out. even with out him yesterday, he crashed early on, the team is extremely capable. the way they are
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writing at the moment, the other members, they are three riders in one. this year they have been great. one has won sun remo, and another race, has been quite impressive. sometimes i think we should all be writing for him. here so strong at the moment, he is doing a massive job for the team. as for the rest of my teammates, everyone is upping their game and has risen to the occasion of defending the yellow jersey. who is your main rival now that the australian is out of the race? the general standings and say that fabio aru is close. that would be the guy i need to follow most closely over the next week. after monday's rest day, the sprinters prepare to do battle in the coming hours.
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stage ten is between perigueux and bergerac a distance of 178 kilometres. for a stage by stage guide just go to our website — bbc.com/sport. just to recap our top story: rafael nadal out of wimbledon at the hands of gilles muller. a four—hour, 48—minute epic which began with a bump. nadal went from "warm—up to hot headed" — misjudging the available space in a way he never would on court. busted, too, by gilles muller. both saw the funny side. you can get all the latest sports news at our website: that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.
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tuesday's forecast has some rain in it. we haven't been able to say that for some time. you may say that monday was wet in your neck of the woods, that came from showers and thunderstorms. if one of those caught you, you certainly knew about it. a cold start to tuesday. from the word go, some bits and pieces across scotland, the north of england, through wales and the west midlands and into the southern counties of england. it isn't wet everywhere right from the word go. scattered showers across the far north of scotland, we mentioned rain north of the central belt. turning bright across a good part of northern ireland, southwestern scotland and far north of england. further south, the first signs of bits and pieces of rain coming through on the
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south—westerly breeze. further south again, some dry weather to be had across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. already, back across the south—west, cloud filling in. some of the rain from the word go will be quite heavy across parts of pembrokeshire and the south—west of england. into the afternoon, still little islands of brightness and dry weather across the south. perhaps the driest found across northern ireland. in the middle of the afternoon, pembrokeshire, southern wales and widely into the south—west of england, some rain quite heavy. 20, 30, a0 millimetres building up. even so, still islands of brighter weather. where we have some brightness in the south—east, looking at 18, 19, 20 degrees. a bit cooler further north, acceptable for the time of year. 14-17. what have we for wimbledon? dry enough, probably, until the middle part of the afternoon. clouds beginning, the chance of a shower. as we get deeper into the day, rain and
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low pressure and the fronts migrating across east anglia and the south—east. still there on the first blast of wednesday. as they pull away, high—pressure toppling in across the british isles. then settling down very nicely, a lot of fine and dry weather. a splendid day, temperatures mid—teens to 20 degrees. that is a sort of pattern we expect on wednesday and into the first part of thursday. notice we have a weather front beginning to push in from the atlantic. that brings the chance of some rain into western scotland and northern ireland. increasingly, as it topples across england and wales, a burst of showers. not much more behind. and following that, another spell of fairly quiet weather. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: donald trump junior says he's willing to testify about his links with russia during the us election campaign. victory in mosul. iraq's prime minister claims
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