where this crowd behind may have just seen the world number one book her place in the final 16. liverpool's unbeaten run in the premier league continues as roberto firmino scores the winner at wolves. and no decision yet on whether england bowler joffra archer will return for the fourth test against south africa. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis at the year's first grand slam in melbourne. the australian open has moved into day 5 and we can join our reporterjohn watson. there has already been a victory for the top seed, ashleigh barty. the home crowd must be excited. yes, they were indeed. you can probably imagine that this is the australian support, the australian faithful here on day five watching on the big screen to my left. a huge cheer went up screen to my left. a huge cheer went up when ashleigh barty, the world number one book her place in the

final 16 with an impressive straight set victory against elena rybakina. many people were predicting that she could have been a test for ash barty when you consider she has won 11 of her 12 matches coming into this. she isa her 12 matches coming into this. she is a rising star of tennis with a early and start to the year. ashleigh barty expected a tough challenge but coming off court she said she arguably played the best match of the tournament so far. she is looking really good and the crowd are absolutely delighted. it means she is now making way for serena williams, another who could challenge for the title stop her last title was back here in 2017. chasing her 24th title. and finally, last up on the rod laver arena, novak djokovic will be in action djokovic also a defending champion in the men's singles. a bumper schedule for the main show court where the roof is open because we

have early in sunshine here today in contrast, in stark contrast to what we saw player yesterday. the sun lounge in the background gives it away. it will be different in the evening session as well because it is about the future of women's tennis for the first game at rob lever this evening. i do wonder when we see naomi osaka 15—year—old coco gauff how many grand slam totals will these two have between them come the end of their careers. osaka looking relaxed in contrast to what we saw player last year when she won her maiden grand slam title, her maiden australian open title here. she is looking relaxed and she loves playing against coco gauff. there is a lot of respect between the two. coco gauff introducing herself to the world when she made a brilliant run at wimbledon last year. they met at the us open last year and it was osaka who came out on top. it will

be fascinating to see how this plays out. let's hear from be fascinating to see how this plays out. let's hearfrom coco gauff be fascinating to see how this plays out. let's hear from coco gauff who says she will not be overall to the occasion. i respect everyone's game andl occasion. i respect everyone's game and i respect my opponent but i can't go in thinking i will lose because that is not the right mentality. i believe i can beat everyone. if it happens, i don't know, but the great ones, they do not fear anyone. you respect your opponent but you cannot go into a match fearing someone because then you will lose and i do not want to lose. such a mature approach from such a young player. and then after her, roger federer and john millman, another home favourite. he is an australian. so the support we see for ashleigh barty, if anyone has a ticket forjohn millman at the rod lever later, that will be a great atmosphere. i am staying neutral on

this one, thank you very muchjohn. on to football — and a roberto firmino goal helped liverpool maintain their unbeaten record in the english premier league with a 2—1win at wolves on thursday. this latest victory means they've re—established their 16—point lead at the top of the table. john murray reports. liverpool will not face too many greater tests than this one on their march to the title yet they came through with yet another late we know. one mac the scorer. the league leaders had gone in front early with the captain jordan henderson leaders had gone in front early with the captainjordan henderson heading from a corner but the wolves equalised early in the second half. that was a shock in itself after seven consecutive liverpool clean sheets and it was quite a good goal. but that late roberto firmino strikes wanted for liverpool. the 11th they've won by a one goal margin, one of the many qualities that marks them out as champions. we scored a wonderful goal with a lot of good position and a lot of

good things but the set up from the wolves is really good. different to what everyone is doing in european football. to win you have to stay in the game and you need somebody who makes a perfect decision and in this case it was roberto firmino. staying in england, watford are out of the fa cup after losing at 3rd tier side tranmere rovers. last season's runners—up lost 2—1 — with paul mullin scoring tranmere's winner in extra—time. they're now at home to manchester united in the 11th round on sunday. in spain, it's also been a night of shocks in the last 32 of the copa del rey with atletico madrid knocked out by third tier leonesa. the winnerfrom sergio benito came in extra time after it finished 1—1 at the end of 90 minutes. two other third tier teams progressed against top flight sides though, as mirandes accounted for celta vigo and eibar went down to badajoz — while in madrid — rayo vallecano, who were relegated from la liga last season, beat real betis on penalties. sri lanka romped to a ten

wicket victory in harare on the final day of the first test against zimbabwe. the hosts resumed on 30 without loss but suranga lakmal picked up 4—27 to help dismiss zimbabwe for 170, leaving sri lanka neding just 1a for the win which they managed untroubled. the second test is at the same venue starting on monday. ahead of theirfinal test against south africa on friday, england captainjoe root has dismissed criticism from kevin pietersen about the way pace bowlerjofra archer is treated within the camp. he says joffra he sastoffra archer is in a really good place. he missed the last two tests with an elbow injury or watched on as his teammates defeated south africa in both matches to go up south africa in both matches to go up in the series. one contest left to play. he trained yesterday and bold with good pace he is in a good place. that is good for the team and it is good to see him back. the most important thing is that he now gets back up to date. philander will pay

for play for the final time in a test. he will need to help cover for his missing teammate. world number six tiger woods started his bid for a record 83rd pga tour victory with a 3—under first round at the farmers insurance open in california. the 44—year—old managed five birdies at torrey pines, but was undone by two bogeys on the back nine of the north course, as a large crowd followed his first tournament of the year. thick fog caused a few problems later in the afternoon, caddies left scratching their heads but it's this man keegan bradley who navigated the problems with denmark's sebastian cappelen and they lead by a stroke from a group of eight, including world number two rory mcilroy. that was nice. it was nice. we kept the round going a little bit and

overall i am pleased to shoot in the 60s today. the golf course was difficult today. my start line was a little tighter today which was nice and overall i am pleased to get something in the red and head over to the south tomorrow. belgium's thomas pieters will take a one shot lead into the second round of the dubai desert classic on friday. the world number 84 rolled in eight birdies to finish on five—under—par, a stroke ahead of american david lipsky with 12 players on 3—under. it was a very different opening round for lee westwood. after winning the abu dhabi championship at the weekend, the englishman failed to make a single birdie and is tied for 113th place on 6—over par at the scenic emirates golf club. scotla nd fly— half finn russell won't play in his country's six nations opener against ireland after what's been termed "a breach of team protocol". the racing 92 fly—half missed training on monday after the players had been out

the night before and was told he won't be considered for selection in dublin. the 27—year—old was invited to join the squad on thursday as they continue their preparations for the match, but he elected to return to paris. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — three games taking place in the nba and the pick of those is the la lakers, lebron james teams. and the pick of those is the la lakers, lebronjames teams. they are up lakers, lebronjames teams. they are up against the hornets and james is leading so far with 15 points. washington are up against cleveland and returning to the lakers there, four minutes left before halftime, up four minutes left before halftime, up by four minutes left before halftime, up by one over brooklyn. and the mavericks having a good year, their fifth in the western conference. this returning quickly to the tennis, serena williams have won the opening game in that third round match on rod laver arena. we will return tojohn in an hour or so.

anything else you can find on our website. from me and the team, good night. hello. six hours of sunshine in sheffield on thursday. much of the uk couldn't even manage six seconds of blue sky, with scenes like this. there are weather changes on the way over the weekend, and that will shake things up a bit, but until then, plenty of cloud. the big picture shows high pressure giving way to this weather front, which will spread rain southwards across the uk during sunday, wind picking up as well. behind that, skies will eventually turn brighter, but it'll feel colder into the start of next week. but not looking at any frost, certainly not widespread, to start friday. plenty of cloud, damp, drizzly, misty and foggy in places too. particularly across parts of england and wales, poor visibility.

now, some rain near the north coast of northern ireland, south—west scotland, pushing up across the western side of scotland during the day. increasing cloud in the afternoon in north—east scotland. until then, some sunny spells. still some brighter breaks in north—east england. it brightens up a bit in northern ireland. and perhaps some glimmers of sunshine the channel islands and far south coast of england. temperatures are close to average for the time of year, if not a bit above in some spots. going through the night and into saturday morning, still cloudy, damp and drizzly, misty, foggy in places. but all of that cloud keeping temperatures up, so again, frost—free to start the weekend. this weather front getting a bit closer on saturday. but really, for most of us, it's as you were, with lots of cloud around, again misty, murky start, damp and drizzly in places. there are signs of a zone of brighter skies running up across eastern parts of england during saturday. but there's showers coming in towards western parts of england and wales, maybe one or two later to northern ireland, and rain gathering on that weather front we saw towards north—west scotland. it is this which eventually moves south saturday night into sunday, taking some rain. with that, the winds pick up, but notice the blues

following on behind. yes, brighter skies, but feeling colder. so this is how sunday is looking. looks like there'll be a spell of rain for all of us at some stage in the day, but the further south and east you are, in particular, that'll be later in the day as the front gradually moves across the uk. now, behind it, you get the brighter skies. may see a few showers, wintry on hills in that colder air mass, particularly in scotland, as those temperatures drop away behind the weather front, though still mild for another day towards the south—east of england as that rain moves in. and a big change in the weather into the start of next week. it'll be wetter, windier, it'll feel colder for a time, as low pressure takes over. just a flavour of what we might expect. inevitably it'll change, getting closer to these days, but it is a big change in the weather.

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