sloane stephens battles back from a set down to maintain the defence of her us open title. benfica hit four to book their place in the group stages of the champions league. and with an eye on making history, india prepare for their must win fourth test against england. welcome to the programme. we start with tennis, and day three of the us open in new york where the defending women's champion sloane stephens is through to the third round. but she had to come from a set down to beat the ukrainian anhelina kalinina, who is ranked 134 in the world. stephens, the number three seed, finally came through 4—6, 7—5, 6—2, and she'll now face the former world number one victoria azarenka. tough day, obviously, she was

playing very well, playing four matches already, qualified here, she was used to the conditions, and i just had to weather the storm and wait for my opportunities. i wish i could have played a little bit better, that would have helped the situation, but i just better, that would have helped the situation, but ijust found a way today and sometimes is not going to be the best, but you've just to battle through. as we mentioned, she'll now face victoria azarenka, who beat the number 25 seed from australia, daria gavrilova, in straight sets. azarenka, the runner—up in 2012 and 2013, lostjust three games as she sealed her place in the third round. venus williams is also through to the third round. it's ten years since she won a grand slam title, and i7 since she won the us open, but the number 16 seed is through to the last 32 after beating italy's camila giorgi in straight sets. and she could face her sister serena if she beats carine witthoeft. they start very shortly. andy murray's return to grand slam

tennis is over after a four set defeat to the spanish 31st seed fernando verdasco in the second round. murray, the 2012 us open champion, had hip surgery injanuary and was playing his first slam in over a year, so not a major shock as verdasco won 7—5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. the spaniard will play another former champion juan martin del potro next. stan wawrinka's comeback from knee surgery is going better, the 2016 us open champion made it into the third round after beating the french qualifier ugo uhm—bert in four sets 7—6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. iam happy, i am happy, it was for sure tough

fitness wise, but i am happy to have w011 fitness wise, but i am happy to have won the match in four sets, feeling 0k won the match in four sets, feeling ok after the match, so i'm happy with that. and wawrinka will face the big hitting milos raonic next. the number 25 seed from canada eased past france's gilles simon in straight sets, winning 6—3, 6—4, 6—4, and he's looking forward to facing wawrinka next. it is going to be good. i watched him play two matches last week, i watched him play a little bit of his match against grigor on monday. he is playing well again, doing well, he is doing his thing is, you know. he is stepping up, he is playing well on the big points, he is hitting the ball hard, as he knows. he is effective with his backhand. it is going to be tough. i am going to have to play well. and also into round three is the ninth seed dominic thiem, who won a marathon match against american steve johnson

in five sets, the austrian came through 6—7, 6—3, 5—7, 6—4, 6—1 injust over three and a half hours. us open organisers have apologised to france's lycee corneille following a code violation for changing her top in herfirst round match. the us tennis association complained, saying it was unfair and officials have since said they regret the umpire‘s decision. officials have since said they regret the umpire's decision. well, i think it is very unfair for them to —— fairforthem i think it is very unfair for them to —— fairfor them to i think it is very unfair for them to —— fair for them to apologise for me, i really appreciate it, and i mean, ithink me, i really appreciate it, and i mean, i think it was huge, when i woke up this morning i didn't think this code violation would become so famous in less than 2a hours and i am very surprised about it, actually, to be honest, because on the court is really seemed like a

mistake from the umpire and nothing else, and that's how i take it. next, to the football. benfica were among three former european cup winners who were in champions league action on wednesday, and all qualified for thursday's draw for the group phase of the compeition. benfica's tie with paok salonika was level 1—1 from the first leg, but the greeks went ahead when aleksandar prijovic scored the opening goal of the second leg after only 13 minutes. but within seven minutes, benfica were level throuthardel and it was one—way traffic after that. either side of the break eduardo salvio scored two penalties, with a goal from pizzi sandwiched in between as benfica won 4—1 on the night, and 5—2 on aggregate. in the night's other games, eerving lozano was among the scorers once again as psv eindoven beat bate borisov 3—0 on the night and 6—2 on aggregate. and red star belgrade came from 2—0 down to draw 2—2 at red bull salzburg to go through on away goals. suwon bluewings are in prime position to reach the last four

of the asian champions league after an impressive 3—0 win in the first leg of their quarter—final against fellow south korean sidejuhnbuk motors. it wasn't the result many were expecting becausejuhnbuk, who won the competition in 2016, are well clear of suwon at the top of the k league but it counted for little here asjoe lynskey reports. two tea ms two teams from the same nation, but one clear favourite, jeonbuk were meant to take control of the tie at home, but after 75 minutes bluewings had contained them. jeonbuk are 21 points ahead in the south korean domestic lead but it was suwon who found a sucker punch, coming from the reach of the 37—year—old striker with a veteran's instinct, then

firing in the second. damjanovic has gone across much of asia but winning the asc‘s greatest prize still eludes him. his team took a huge step to the last four with a third late on through kwon. this was the dream away performance on the night they upset the odds. the australian cyclist simon clarke won wednesday's fifth stage of the vuelta a espana. he won a sprint for the line at the end of the stage from granada to roquetas de mar in andalucia to claim the fourth stage win of his career in one of the three grand tours, but his first in the vuelta since 2012. the frenchman rudy mulard, who came sixth, is the new race leader. he's 61 seconds ahead of mihal kwiatkowski, who'd been wearing the jersey for three days. india are in the mood for making some history as they prepare to face england on thursday. virat kohli and his teammates have an opportunity to become just the second test side to win

a five—match series from 2—0 down. they've named an unchanged line—up following their thumping 203—run victory at trent bridge. right now, we understand that we are ina very right now, we understand that we are in a very exciting position to have gained momentum at the right time of the season, and to play like that 2-0 the season, and to play like that 2—0 down, when, you know, everyone thought it was going to be, you know, a clean sweep, or we were going to get rolled over, but we understood how we are playing and how we have men playing for the last two months and it'sjust how we have men playing for the last two months and it's just about capitalising on those big moments during vitesse match. india will wa nt to during vitesse match. india will want to come back strong —— england will want to come back strong and we understand that and we will have to do even better to be able to get results out of it. meanwhile, england have named their team, with moeen ali back in the side. he's been recalled in place of ollie pope in the lineup and will bat at number seven.

england will also have jonny bairstow in the side, despite him breaking a finger in the third test. bairstow will play as a specialist batsman withjos buttler keeping wicket. we've got a lot of depth in terms of oui’ we've got a lot of depth in terms of our bowlers batting and have made some brilliant contributions as well, if you look at the 100 and the double 100 in a week and six—for, sam has performed excellently in the series, so it is great to see a good amount of depth there as well, guys in and around the result. elsewhere, ireland beat afghanistan by three wickets in the second one—day international in belfast to level the three—match series. tim murtagh took 4—30 as the tourists limped to 182 for nine from their 50 overs. in reply, andrew balbirnie top—scored with 60 as ireland reached their target with more than five overs to spare. the decider will be played in belfast on friday. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. plenty on what's happening in the us

open in tennis with serena williams playing and nadal later as well. good morning. there's a lot of fine weather to be had across the british isles today. most of us will start the day sunny and although a little bit of cloud will develop as the hours go by, we will remain fine. a few showers possible, though, in the west. one thing to note, though, as you are heading out the door is that it will be a cool start, thanks to the clear skies overnight. some of the scottish glens, the north—east of england, you see the pale green behind me, will be three or four degrees at the day gets under way. the sunshine will get to work weekly and that will help temperatures to recover.

a bit of cloud bubbling up through the day, turning the sunshine hazy, giving the odd light shower in the west. but, eventually, temperatures peaking in the high teens to the north of the uk and in the low 20s further south. overnight thursday into friday, again, much of the cloud thinning, breaking, clearing away, allowing temperatures to four, looking at lows of two or four degrees, temperatures in towns and cities. into friday and straightaway at change in the way it looks behind me as we have got a more organised of cloud to the west, bringing rain, less of it will run into the continent, into france, could pick up a few showers for the south—west. overall friday, hazy sunshine, a fine day, high teens in the north, low 20s in the south. there's that weather front come friday night on into saturday. it drifts away to the north of the british isles, bringing some rain briefly into scotland and northern ireland, quite a weakening feature, though, by the start of the weekend. so this is the way saturday is shaping up. quite cloudy in the north and west,

any rain, though, likely to be drizzly and patchy, mostly perhaps confined to the higher ground. southern and eastern areas getting the best of the sunshine and temperatures creeping further in that sunshine. 23, maybe even 2a degrees possible. for sunday, a similar story. to the north and west, thicker cloud, perhaps on sunday a greater chance of rain on sunday for northern ireland, but southern and eastern areas, still with the best of the sunshine, and still getting the top temperatures. and, if anything, come monday, we mightjust have a last dance with summer, if you like. notice the map behind me, still temperatures in the high teens to the north, this spot here though across east anglia and the south—east may even takes us to the promise of around 27 celsius somewhere across the south—east of england. that high, though, i think, likely to be short lived, temperatures tapering off again as we move further into the week ahead. warm welcome to bbc and news, broadcasting to our viewers in north

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