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break points on his own, couldn't convert any, first set to the wild card but draper was quickly broken before the serb quickly sailed through his first games. the 2019 champion had found his feet. draper couldn't compete, the second set soon slipped away. djokovic has been in imperious form, bidding to draw level with federer and nadal on 20 major titles and yet again he broke draper. going on to win the third set. the briton was on the rocks in the 19 time grand slam winner soon wrapped up a three sets to one victory. the records are ready to be broken. for draper, early days and a learning curve. what a day forjack draper and understandably, the biggest day of his career so far. it understandably, the biggest day of his career so far.— his career so far. it was a tough one because — his career so far. it was a tough one because i _ his career so far. it was a tough one because i have _ his career so far. it was a tough one because i have been -
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his career so far. it was a tough i one because i have been watching novak djokovic play throughout my life and it's tough not to give him too much respect. i wanted to go out on the court and beat him but i thought he outplayed me today but it wasn't because i was overawed or i gave him too much respect. i tried to do my own thing and yeah, his quality was too much for me today. several matches on the outside courts because of the rain that delayed play. that includes dan evans against feliciano lopez, that expected to play tomorrow but we have had british players outside of murray and draper. i am joined have had british players outside of murray and draper. iam joined by the former british number one sam smith. you were calling the petra kvitova match against sloane stephens. we have seen a two—time champion knocked out, what a performance by sloane stephens. you have two performance by sloane stephens. wi. have two grand slam champions, sloan one in new york. as soon as anyone
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saw this tour, we hoped it would be special. it was a good match, not a great one. ifelt special. it was a good match, not a great one. i felt when was the ticker really going to get going but sloan, got broken and her own so this game but she was a stunning as anything and the signs of rejuvenation, form we have seen from the clay courts who has had sloane, they have both been through tough times but it was lovely to see sloane produce the tennis that everyone has been wanting her to do. you were talking about tough times for sloane stephens, her family lost to coronavirus.— to coronavirus. between christmas and february _ to coronavirus. between christmas and february she _ to coronavirus. between christmas and february she lost _ to coronavirus. between christmas and february she lost her- and february she lost her grandparents who she was very close to. she attributes so much of her success to them. her us open trophy she gave to them to look after, she
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lost her aunt and she also had to attend her grandparents's funeral as attend her grandpa rents's funeral as well and attend her grandparents's funeral as well and do it by sea. and she is on her own. that is a really tough, i can't imagine how tough that is, thatis can't imagine how tough that is, that is a lot for any person but it has been lovely to see her. just the last three or four weeks play the tennis, she could come through and win the title. fin tennis, she could come through and win the title-— win the title. on her day she is as aood as win the title. on her day she is as good as anyone- _ win the title. on her day she is as good as anyone. it _ win the title. on her day she is as good as anyone. it is _ win the title. on her day she is as good as anyone. it isjust - win the title. on her day she is as j good as anyone. it isjust whether good as anyone. it is 'ust whether she can switch h good as anyone. it is 'ust whether she can switch on. _ good as anyone. it isjust whether she can switch on. good - good as anyone. it isjust whether she can switch on. good day - good as anyone. it isjust whether she can switch on. good day for. good as anyone. it isjust whether. she can switch on. good day for the americans- — she can switch on. good day for the americans. how _ she can switch on. good day for the americans. how much _ she can switch on. good day for the americans. how much of _ she can switch on. good day for the americans. how much of a - she can switch on. good day for the americans. how much of a surprise j she can switch on. good day for the l americans. how much of a surprise is that all isn't it? it is americans. how much of a surprise is that all isn't it?— that all isn't it? it is a surprise not a shock- — that all isn't it? it is a surprise not a shock. francis _ that all isn't it? it is a surprise not a shock. francis is - that all isn't it? it is a surprise j not a shock. francis is working that all isn't it? it is a surprise - not a shock. francis is working with wayne ferreira who was a wonderful player in the day, he has done a fantastic work with him and francis beat dan evans earlier in the season. francis is explosive,
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dynamic, the sort of player that when he gets hot, he is on fire and things can happen. there have been so much rain the last couple of months, these courts are soft and they are low bouncing and there will be upsets. the courts will take a little while to harden up and the bouncers to come up so if you have a very aggressive, explosive game, the top players will get caught and there is little time after the french open. two weeks, back in the old days, it was a hugely emotional time for tsitsipas. he put his whole world and sold into that and it would have taken some time and maybe he just wasn't quite ready but don't take anything away from francis. he is a real character. it take anything away from francis. he is a real character.— is a real character. it has been a tou~h is a real character. it has been a tough time _ is a real character. it has been a tough time for _ is a real character. it has been a tough time for tsitsipas - is a real character. it has been a tough time for tsitsipas as - is a real character. it has been a tough time for tsitsipas as well,
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losing his grandmother as well. let's move on to the british players. a good win for katie boulter but katie swann, tough against madison keys and she couldn't do it.— against madison keys and she couldn't do it. madison keys is a former top _ couldn't do it. madison keys is a former top ten _ couldn't do it. madison keys is a former top ten player, _ couldn't do it. madison keys is a former top ten player, us - couldn't do it. madison keys is a former top ten player, us open l former top ten player, us open finalist, knows her way around the grass courts and has a great surfer. i felt katie came back in the second set extremely well. i think, i don't know how she played in qualifying but it is quite a thing to qualify for wimbledon. that is a big tick and it seemed a game of medicine was and it seemed a game of medicine was a little too big and katie probably could have done with another half—an—hour. she was getting close but couldn't quite do it. a good went for madison keys who hasn't been playing anywhere near her best for a while now.— for a while now. something for the british fans — for a while now. something for the british fans to _ for a while now. something for the british fans to celebrate _ for a while now. something for the british fans to celebrate was - for a while now. something for the british fans to celebrate was katie | british fans to celebrate was katie walter coming from a set down. that is a big win for her. i
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walter coming from a set down. that is a big win for her.— is a big win for her. i would love katie to get _ is a big win for her. i would love katie to get a — is a big win for her. i would love katie to get a run. _ is a big win for her. i would love katie to get a run. she - is a big win for her. i would love katie to get a run. she had - is a big win for her. i would love | katie to get a run. she had mono is a big win for her. i would love i katie to get a run. she had mono a few years ago, she has had injury after injury. she is always covered in tape but when she plays, she is very good and the body might be fragile but the mind is strong. she is a wonderful competitor, witty as anything and she was down in that second set i believe and she found a way out of it. she has been through a lot and didn't play much last year, so hopefully that will get her career back on the right track. i always say just wrap career back on the right track. i always sayjust wrap up in cotton will but players have been through a knot and she needed a boost. that is a bi win knot and she needed a boost. that is a big win to — knot and she needed a boost. that is a big win to bury _ knot and she needed a boost. that is a big win to bury in _ knot and she needed a boost. that is a big win to bury in mind _ knot and she needed a boost. that is a big win to bury in mind what - a big win to bury in mind what happened tojoanna con to having to pull out. thank you so much for joining us. andy murray, four games all against nikoloz basilashvili. you can watch that on bbc two but
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thatis you can watch that on bbc two but that is all from this wimbledon update. i will head back to wembley and john watson. we will have news stop what a match we have in store at the moment in denmark. croatia at the world cup finalist up against spain. they were 3-1 finalist up against spain. they were 3—1 down, back up to three or after an extraordinary goal. france two, as well against switzerland. for the moment though, from wembley, i will hand you back to the studio in salford. such a busy summer of sport now. mathieu van der poel has kept
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the leader's yellow jersey after stage three of the tour de france, which was won by belgian sprinter tim merleer. but the hopes of two of the overall race favourites took a knock — 2018 champion geraint thomas, and last year's runner—up primoz roglic, were both involved in crashes. drew savage reports. having negotiated the first chaotic collision strewn we can, geraint thomas's tour was suddenly in doubt. it was a crash that came out of nowhere early in stage three. the champion is made of stuff though. back on his fight but with the pallet on balancing five minutes up the road. team—mate richard looked like becoming their only hope. but thomas now had help stop and fought his way back into the pack. no time lost but he will have scans tonight. those who expected a calm day of racing were to be surprised again.
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primoz roglic the deck, left behind as the pallet on to was a sprint finish. yet more drama, one more crash in the closing stages. tim merlier kept his head for these first stage win. thomas's to make best placed among the race favourites. third overall, the welshman finished safely also. roglic not so lucky. he lost 95 seconds and is down to 20th. now over the weekend, the top contenders across track and field were taking part in the british championships to help secure their place at the tokyo 0lympics. one of the standout showings came from 19—year—old keely hodgkinson. she won the 800 metres, beating bothjemma reekie and laura muir, to book her spot at the games next month. i caught up with her earlier. i don't think it has settled in to be honest. it will take another couple of days. going to the olympics is something every athlete
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dreams about. really happy and relieved at the same time. it dreams about. really happy and relieved at the same time. it will take some _ relieved at the same time. it will take some processing. _ relieved at the same time. it will take some processing. you - relieved at the same time. it will take some processing. you are l relieved at the same time. it will. take some processing. you are 19, the olympics have been delayed a year. was the olympics a realistic plan for you or how has this or come about? i plan for you or how has this or come about? ~ , plan for you or how has this or come about? ~' , ._ about? i think definitely delaying the ear about? i think definitely delaying the year has _ about? i think definitely delaying the year has played _ about? i think definitely delaying the year has played on _ about? i think definitely delaying the year has played on my - about? i think definitely delaying the year has played on my side. l about? i think definitely delaying | the year has played on my side. it has given me another year to get stronger and be able to compete with these girls. if it had been last year, i don't think it would have beenin year, i don't think it would have been in my sights. this year has gone well so we went with it. let's have a quick look at some of the day's other sports stories. american nelly korda won her first major title, at the pga championship in atlanta and that took her to the top of the world rankings. she's the daughter of the former australian open winner petr korda and her brother sebastian is playing at wimbledon. vice—captain kusal mendis is one of three sri lanka players sent home from their tour of england for breaching bio—secure protocols.
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images on social media appear to show mendis, opener danushka gunathilaka and wicketkeeper niroshan dickwella in durham city centre, which is against the covid—19 rules in place. arsenal women have named jonas eidevall as their new head coach — the swede joins from rosengard, and replacesjoe montemurro, who left at the end of last season. arsenal finished third in the wsl last season to qualify for the champions league. that's all from me at the bbc sports centre. back to you at wembley, john. thanks. let's take a look at those last 16 matches being staged today. and begin with the huge game, croatia up against spain in denmark at the moment and what a match it is
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turned up to be. this one has gone to extra time despite spain being 3-1 to extra time despite spain being 3—1 up at one stage in this match. it was croatia who took the lead in the most unlikely of circumstances. an extraordinary goal and a huge moment in the game after the spain goalkeeper somehow managed to let a backpass slide through and into his own net. that was the ninth goal of euro 2020, as many as the other tournaments combined. spain equalised eight minutes before two second—half goals. that looked to be taking them through. croatia there were not beaten and substitute took the game into extra time. what a match that has turned out to be. we have another one to come, france taking on switzerland. that one kicking off at eight o'clock in bucharest and tomorrow, plenty more build—up to come before the big game against germany here. england hoping of course with all that expectation
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and that poor run when it comes to facing germany in those big matches, knockout matches at major tournaments, the squad, players and gareth southgate will be hoping perhaps they can write their own special chapter in this rich history between these few great rivals when it comes to playing on the biggest stage. that is all from us at wembley tonight. from myself and the team, goodbye. we saw further grey skies and heavy pulses of the rain across southern parts of britain through today. further north it was dry with plenty of sunshine and we hold onto this theme for the next couple of days with northern areas seeing the best of the drier weather, further south cloudier webbe the risk of showers or thunderstorms. cloudier webbe the risk of showers orthunderstorms. it cloudier webbe the risk of showers or thunderstorms. it is because of this area of low pressure across the
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north—west of france, pushing this front across the south which generates the cloud and rain. this evening the thunderstorms across the south should pewter out but then we could see further showers later in the night across southern and eastern areas. warm, humid feeling two things. pressure further north where we have clearer skies. for tuesday the best of the sunshine away from the north coast of scotland, northern isles across the mainland of scotland, northern ireland, northern england. cloudy skies for england, further rain for counties in the south, some could be on the thundery side.
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hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. 20 million people in the us and canada are sweltering in an unprecedented heat wave. you can't breathe, it's so hot, at least, for me. same echo definitely have to wear shoes. yes, the pavement. even grass, no thank you! and there's no respite — portland could hit 45 degrees later, its hottest day ever. in rome, foreign ministers are discussing the growing threat from the islamic state group in africa. the militant group has gained a foothold in parts of africa, after largely being defeated in syria and iraq in 2019. britain's new health secretary makes his first statement
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