and hosts england name their squad of 12 for the netball world cup which gets underway injuly. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that the draw for the french open was made on thursday. the second of the year's grand slams gets underway in paris on sunday. the defending men's champion rafael nadal — who's seeded to meet the world number one novak djokovic in the final — is due to play qualifiers in the first two rounds. the reigning women's champion simona halep starts out against australia's ajla tomljanovic, while the world number one naomi osaka could play a grand slam winner as early as round 2. our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. osaka has won the last two grand slam titles and shown great improvement on clay this year and if she get past the first round she

will play either victoria azarenka or the champion from two years ago. there is still some doubt about the fitness of serena williams. 23 time grand slam champion needs to ove i’co m e grand slam champion needs to overcome a knee injury. rafael nadal will play a qualifier in the second round, assuming he gets that far, while liver djokovic plays against an emerging polish player and then possibly the american who defeated him at wimbledon three years ago. and on his return for the first time infouryears, and on his return for the first time in four years, roger federer drew an italian opponent. iam happy i am happy to be here again. it is good news when you see tournaments that are improving, new things from the player side wejust that are improving, new things from the player side we just say thank you to the french federation for all the great things they are doing. i played the three finals here in 2017 and it was tough to lose but

la st 2017 and it was tough to lose but last year i had the best memory on court lifting this beautiful trophy finally. it was amazing. and amazing moment. all this week on the bbc we've been highlighting women's sport through change the game, looking at many of the issues that elite female athletes have to deal with. injanuary a video of the american gymnast katelyn ohashi performing a ‘perfect 10' routine went viral, gaining her millions of fans around the world. but the story behind her rise to prominence is important, and she's been speaking to our sports reporterjo currie about her struggles with body image. it was the gymnastics routine that flipped the internet on its head. and injanuary, it turned us collegiate athlete, katelyn ohashi, into a viral sensation. it's crazy. the next day my phone kept going off, my twitter notifications and i looked and i had like 50,000 more followers than i had that morning.

i had people screen shotting, celebrities posting the video. this is so crazy, i don't even know what's happening, but it's so amazing. but behind that smile, ohashi has had a difficultjourney. quitting sport when she was younger, a lot of coaches told her she was too large to be a gymnast. despite being a rising star. i was told that i didn't look like a gymnast. i was told that i looked like i'd swallowed an elephant and i looked like a pig and my face was three times the size it was this morning. as a 14—year—old that's impressionable, you start believing those things. it hit me so hard, i felt so uncomfortable looking in the mirror. i felt uncomfortable walking back into the gym because i felt like their eyes were targeted at me and i do think it is a form of abuse. ohashi had been tipped as the next big thing in us gymnastics, even beating simone biles in a senior international competition. but the constant mental strain around her body image,

coupled with a serious back injury led to her walking away from the sport. i came home and i wasjust bawling. my mum said, "aren't you happy?" isaid, "i'm miserable". i scheduled an mri and that is when they told me i might not be able to do gymnastics again. to never put on leo again, to never bejudged critically by anyone, i felt like was a relief. but after a year of recuperation, ohashi did return to gymnastics, albeit not as a professional, but at college in california. and it's here she created that routine and found her voice. being comfortable with the only person that matters is yourself. because you are the only person that has your back and you are the only person that's in your skin, 100% of the time. this routine catapulted ohashi into the spotlight, but it's her body issues that will resonate with girls and women everywhere. jo currie, bbc news, los angeles. football — and in germany,

stuttgart still have some work to do if they're to avoid relegation from the bundesliga. they were held to a 2—all draw in the first leg of their play—off against union berlin who are bidding to reach the top division for the first time since german re—unification. stuttgart were desperate to make hom advantage count in the first leg, and they led twice — through christian gentner and this deflected effort from mario gomes. but each time they were pegged back by the second division side. it was marvin friedrich who scored made it 2—all — giving union berlin two potentially vital away goals. the second leg is on monday. in scotland, dundee united and st mirren drew nil all in the first leg of their promotion/relegation play—off. dundee united are bidding to end a three—year absence from the top division. their best chance fell to paul mcmullan — but his shot was saved by vatslav hladky. while, at the other end, kyle mcallister forced a more acrobatic save out of the united ‘keeper benjamin siegrist. st mirren will have home advantage

in sunday's second leg — so the sun hasn't yet set on their hopes of staying in the premiership. former arsenal manager arsene wenger, has told the bbc that he's not sure if he'll return to football management. the 69—year—old frenchman was talking at the launch of his partnership with sports technology company playermaker — has been out of work since leaving the gunners a year ago after 22 years at the club, and he admits it was difficult when he left the north london outfit. i miss arsenal because i left my heart there. i gave my life to the clu b heart there. i gave my life to the club for 22 years. every minute of my life was dedicated to the club andi my life was dedicated to the club and i miss the values that we developed inside the club. now to cycling where cesare benedetti won stage 12 on the first day in the alps at the giro d'italia, with slovenian jan polanc taking the overall race lead.

italy's benedetti claimed the first pro victory of his career after being part of a long—range breakaway on the hilly 158km ride from cuneo to pinerolo. polanc took the lead from team—mate valerio conti, while fellow slovenian primoz roglic is now second. we speak with the team about me going in the breakaway because then we can better control the race and having also chains as to keep the jersey. today we were lucky to play this card and i am happy to wear a pinkjersey now. to golf and on the pga tour, tony finau leads by a stroke after the first round of the charles schwab challenge at fort worth in texas. he carded a six under 64 to put him one shot ahead of canada's roger sloan and this man — 2016 championjordan spieth — while defending championjustin rose is struggling 11 shots off the pace on 4 over par.

there's a five—way tie for the lead on 5 under after the first round of the latest event on the european tour — the "made in denmark" including this man edoardo molinari. and the defending champion, england's matt wallace, is one of six players who are just one shot off the lead on a—under—par. wallace fired in four birdies on the back 9 on his way to a 67. there's now less than 50 days to go before the start of the netball world cup, tracey neville has named her 12 player england squad — eight of whom enjoyed commonwealth games gold in australia last year. vice—captainjade clarke was a part of that success and says there's no reason why the hosts can't repeat that in liverpool thisjuly. i feel like a ifeel like a kid i feel like a kid again. ifeel like a kid again. having i feel like a kid again. having a home world cup is always so special

putting on the red dress in front of your home crowd so it has been an emotional day. we can't wait. that crowd is all—time, like the eighth player. everything you do, every interception every shot that goes m, interception every shot that goes in, the crowd will go mental. all england matches are sold out and that will be awesome. mercedes once again dominated at practice for this weekend's monaco formula one grand prix which will be the first race since the death of former triple—world champion niki lauda. lewis hamilton was fastest in both of thursday's sessions, with teammate valtteri bottas second. ferrari's sebastian vettel was third but way off the pace while a number of teams made tributes to austrian lauda who died earlier this week. in game five of the nba the toronto wrap is trail milwaukee 24—15, reaching the end of the opening quarter. until next time, goodbye.

hello there. we saw a top temperature of 25 degrees at heathrow, in london, on thursday. there was a lot of sunshine around. it felt warm for many places and that's led to a fairly mild night across some southern areas. temperatures no lower 11 or 12 degrees in the london area to start friday. but a big cooler in some of the rural spots. now, the pressure chart for friday shows this feature which will bring thicker cloud, maybe a few showers to more western parts of the country through the day, but we're starting off with plenty of sunshine. more cloud across parts of scotland and that cloud will tend to extend a little bit further southwards. like i mentioned, that feature bringing in a few showers to parts of western england and wales. hit—and—miss showers really. many places staying dry. the best of the sunshine and the warmth again across the south—east quadrant — 22 or 23 degrees. around the mid—teens celsius further north. this is of the area of low pressure which is going to be the game—changer through the bank holiday weekend. introducing cloud, the breeze and the lower temperatures. so we will start off

with a bit of sunshine around for the bank holiday weekend. then it goes downhill really through saturday night into sunday. and it will be cooler for all for bank holiday monday, with a scattering of showers. the picture for saturday though isn't too bad for much of the country, particularly in england and wales. best of the sunshine here. maybe just one or two showers around. but it's scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england, which starts to cloud up later in the day, and we'll start to see the rain pushing in and it will becoming breezy too. temperatures here 10—15 degrees. high teens, low 20s celsius across england and wales. then this area of low pressure moves in during saturday night and it turns wetter across many northern and western areas. and gradually that weather front will be sinking slowly southwards and eastwards throughout sunday. some of the rain could be quite heavy, persistent across northern areas, and then the showery rain starts to push in into parts of wales and into england. eventually reaching the south—east later on in the day. maybe something a little bit brighter to end the day across northern ireland, northern england. but a cooler feel to the day across the north. could just make 20 or 21 degrees across the south—east. that cold front sweeps south—eastwards, introduces cooler air.

and then for bank holiday monday, this second area of low pressure will be hanging around, bringing quite a breezy day, much cooler—feeling day. more cloud across the northern half of the country, perhaps more persistent rain here. whereas for england and wales, i think it's slightly to be a breezy with a mixture of sunshine and showers, most of these across western areas. and those temperatures nine t oaround 17 or 18 degrees. so it will be noticeably cooler. it looks like it remains pretty unsettled throughout next week as well, on the coolest side with plenty of showers, particularly across northern areas. a little bit of sunshine especially in the south.

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