through his opening match at the us open. but in the women's draw a former champion is out, as angelique kerber loses to kristina mladenovic. saudi arabian‘s al nassr hold a 2—1 lead over qatar's al sadd after the first leg of their asian champions league quarterfinal. and romelu lukaku scores on debut for inter as they win their opening serie a match against lecce. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news from the opening day of this year's final grand slam, the us open, in new york. world number one and defending champion novak djokovic booked his place in the second round with victory over spaniard roberto carballes baena. the serb, a three—time champion, won 6—4, 6—1, 6—4 to kick—off the defence of his title

at flushing meadows. the 32—year—old djokovic has reached the final on his past three appearances in new york. i've been in this particular situation many times in my career. i know what feels comfortable for me, what i need to do in order to get far in the tournament and obviously i've a lot of respect for anybody i play against. today i played against a player that i had neverfaced before, that doesn't happen too often. he was a solid performance, i think i can still play better, but it's kind of expected for the first match to, you know, i'm hoping i can build from here. kei nishikori, the 2014 beaten finalist, reached the second round when his argentine opponent marco trungelliti retired injured. the japanese 7th seed was leading the qualifier 6—1 4—1 after spending 47 minutes on court and he'll now american face bradley klahn for a place in the last 32.

there was an early upset in the women's singles with a first round defeat for the former champion angelique kerber. the number 14 seed was beaten in three sets by kristina mladenovic who twice needed treatment for a back injury during the second set which she lost 6—0. but the frenchwoman, currently ranked 5a in the world, recovered well enough to take the deciding set 6—4, and knock out the german, who won the title at flushing meadows in 2016. it was definitely a very tough draw, but, you know, iwent it was definitely a very tough draw, but, you know, i went in believing maybe it's a tough draw for her as well. so i just maybe it's a tough draw for her as well. so ijust tried to fight maybe it's a tough draw for her as well. so i just tried to fight all the way through from first to last point. i had very specific tactics they wanted to try on and believing in would help me get the wind today. it was a long match and a great fight and it was a long match and a great fightand i'm it was a long match and a great fight and i'm very happy to be in

the next round after this match. meanwhile australian second seed ashleigh barty survived an opening round scare against kazhakstan‘s zarina diyas with a 1—6, 6—3, 6—2 win. the 23—year—old who won the french open earlier this year will now face american lauren davis in the second round. not the ideal start, not the perfect start but it is what it is. and to find a way after that and to get into the match and the more patient, really just locking down into the match and the more patient, reallyjust locking down and waiting until i got the right balls and the right patterns that i wanted. that was the biggest change. getting more of those patterns more regularly and in the building pressure to more opportunities to break. the number three seed karolina pliskova is also through to the second round after beating her fellow—czech tereza ma rti ntzova. but pliskova was made to work hard for the victory, with both sets going all the way to tie—breaks.

on to football, and al nassr have the adva ntange after the first leg of the asian champions league quarter—final against the qatar side al—sadd. the saudi champions came from a goal down at home, to win 2—1 — as colm harrison reports. al nassr were desperate to make home advantage count against al sadd. seven minutes later and somewhat against the run of play, it was al—sadd who scored first stop by halftime, they lost that lead, paying the price for some dreadful defending in the corner. a deserved equaliser for the defending in the corner. a deserved equaliserfor the home defending in the corner. a deserved equaliser for the home side. defending in the corner. a deserved equaliserfor the home side. the momentum was now with al—nassr who carved an opportunity for giuliano just after the restart. he was sported by a i—handed save by the

al—sadd goalkeeper. he wasn't to be denied, he headed in the goal which turned the side in the saudi's favour. giuliano‘s gold means al—nassr will take a slender lead in zoharin al—nassr will take a slender lead in zohar in three weeks time —— giuliano‘s sixth goal means al—nassr will take a slender lead in doha. two more quarterfinals get underway on tuesday, including shanghai sipg against urawa red diamonds in the first of two china—japan match—ups in the last eight. and there's also the all—saudia arabian tie between al ittihad v al hilal. they're the only two saudi teams to have won the champions league, and they've both won the trophy twice — although it's 19 years since al—hilal's most recent success. their romanian coach razvan lucescu — who onlyjoined the club injune — is desperate to equal the all—time record of three

champions league titles. we know very well that our fights are crazy to win this season. on the same time we are crazy because for the football players, for the coach that work in a team, the most beautiful situation is to raise the trophy. and then, everybody is for this year to fight, to fight, to fight, and to continue the competition. in italy, romelu lukaku scored on his debut for inter as they beat lecce 4—0 in their opening game of the new serie a season. inter took the lead after 21 minutes with a stunning goal from croatian midfielder marcelo brozovic — which helped them into a 2—0 lead at the break. it was on the hour mark when record signing lukaku, who cost $72 million from manchester united, opened his account for his new club, making it 3—0 to inter. but they saved the best until last, with antonio candreva rifling in the fourth, after lecce had been reduced to 10 men.

a winning start for new manager antonio conte whose team are top of the league on goal difference. on to cricket, and new zealand thrashed sri lanka in the second and final test in colombo. bj watling hit an unbeaten century as the blacks caps made a31 for 6 declared, and the home side were bowled out forjust 122 in their second innings, as new zealand won by an innings and 65 runs to ensure the series ended in a draw. betty glover retalks. —— reports. bj watling, who was 81 not out overnight carried on the way he left off in overnight carried on the way he left offina overnight carried on the way he left off in a bid to bat sri lanka out of the match. he went on to join tom latham who reached three figures. tim southey helped nudge the scores to 431 46 before the expect did declaration came —— for six. they

never recovered from a joyful start, in which deren was run out for zero and another, second duck. a patient and another, second duck. a patient and well constructed half—century, but his dismissal delayed the inevitable. the home side bundled out for 122 as the year was won by an innings and 65 runs, leaving the two captains to share the trophy. —— as the kiwis. nicholas roche remains in the red leader'sjersey heading into tuesday's flat 175 and a half km fourth stage of the vuelata a espana from cullera to el puig. the irishman remains two seconds ahead of 2016 winner nairo quintana while roche's compatriot sam bennett timed his sprint finish to perfection as he claimed stage three on monday. the irish national champion took

the line comfortably ahead of edward turns and luka mezgetz for his maiden vuelta stage and fourth grand tour stage win. south african captain siya kolisi has been named in their squad for the upcoming rugby world cup in japan after overcoming a knee injury. head coach rassie erasmus has named his 31 players as they come off the back of winning this year's rugby championship. the springboks who've won the world cup twice get their pool b campaign off to a tough start when they face reigning champions new zealand in yokohama on the 21st of september. iam i am grateful for the fact that the codes, all he wants us to do is play the best for the game. whenever i need help in, i go to my other team—mates. i'm not that kind of guy who wants to be seen as the challenger, i'm always looking for help from others and letting players lead in other ways i can't do. i'm very nervous, but i'm also very

excited. you can get all the latest stalks news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello once again. in some areas of the british isles the late august bank holiday has been marked by unseasonably high temperatures and the records have been tumbling through sunday and indeed into the bank holiday on monday. on both days, 30 celsius was exceeded in the south—eastern quarter of the british isles. come the middle to end of the week, you'll be looking at something a good deal closer to 23 or 24. perhaps that suits you a good deal better. and it's there, waiting in the wings behind this particular weather front. we've got all that fresher, atlantic air waiting to pile its way across the british isles.

but even before that arrives, right from the word go into the south—west across wales and then eventually through tuesday up into the north of england, perhaps eventually come the evening into lincolnshire and cambridgeshire, we may well find some pretty heavy showers and thunderstorms. temperatures still in that south—eastern quarter around about the sort of 32—33 degree mark or so. so the change not quite in hand through tuesday but certainly we'll notice it through wednesday, so thunderstorms quit the scene overnight on tuesday, then on wednesday we push that weather front ever further towards the east. ahead of it again, we may well find the odd sharper burst of rain getting down towards east anglia and the south—east. a lot of cloud around but a brighter end to the day. and there you see the temperatures no longer 33, it's closer to 23 or 24. and that's what marks the middle and indeed the end of the week, where we go into a period of atlantic—derived air, the jet stream kinking a trough there, quite a marked one too, just initially to the western side of the british isles but then gradually tumbling its way ever further towards the east and no longer do we sit on the warm side of the jet stream, we are very much in the firing line of a succession of low pressure areas firing their way, particularly

towards the north—western quarter of the british isles. the high pressure for the second half of the week very much confined to the southern counties. so as we get on through thursday we'll find yet more wet and windy fare driving its way across the british isles, some brighter skies following on behind, but everybody just about at risk of a sharper burst of rain at some stage in proceedings. temperatures in the teens to the low 20s. not a great deal of difference on through friday with regard to the temperatures, but certainly, i think we'll find the rain at this stage largely confined to parts of scotland and northern ireland, perhaps just getting across the border later on into the north—west of both england and wales. the driest of the weather at that stage, further south.

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