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we could barely have hope for a better us open for british tennis fans. we've had alfie hewett and gordon reid winning the men's wheelchair doubles, joe salisbury, champion in both the men's doubles and the mixed doubles... and, of course, emma raducanu with that improbable run through qualifying — right through to the title. joe wilson has been reflecting on what is surely one of the biggest moments in british sport. emma raducanu! stand by for the most fearless exuberant execution of sporting ability you may ever witness. for emma raducanu, standard practice. there were two teenagers in the us open final, canadian leylah fernandez at the top of the screen. as early as the second game we saw intense rallies and we saw emma raducanu prevailing here. both players settled immediately to display a full range of their abilities. points were hard earned and skilfully won. nerves — no sign. two things were clear — we had a final worthy of the occasion and raducanu had
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the first set 6—4. she was broken early in the second set, broke back like that. now fernandez was struggling to hold her serve. did you see this shot coming? oh, my god! did we see any of this coming? 44 years of waiting, one hour 51 on court and one more serve. it is right to realise what this means for british tennis but also for world tennis. it was an outstanding match and an astounding champion. really, it's yours, it's all yours. we rest, recover and then we go again. that's what we do. i feel like i'm still very hungry and i've got a lot of aspects in my game that i feel i can improve. if sport exists to uplift and to amaze, emma raducanu is already at the pinnacle. joe wilson, bbc news.
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and it's the grand slam that keeps on giving — diede de groot completed her golden slam — the dutch wheelchair player has now won all four major titles and paralympic gold in one year. australian dylan alcott is aiming to do the same in the men's wheelchairs while novak djokovic takes on russia's daniil medvedev in the men's final, aiming to become the first man in 52 years to complete the calendar grand slam. thejob is not done. excitement is there, motivation is there, without a doubt. probably more than ever. but i have one more to go. it is going to be a battle against another guy who has been in tremendous form, medvedev. he has won a lot of matches on hard court so far. he has already got a couple of grand slam finals behind him, so i think experience—wise it is different for him now. i am sure he is going to give it all to win it.
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max verstappen has been given a three—place grid penalty for the next grand prix, after a dramatic crash between him and his championship rival, lewis hamilton, at the italian grand prix this afternoon. the pair collided, taking each other out of the race, as they battle to top the drivers�* standings. instead daniel ricciardo won his first grand prix for three years, as mcclaren claimed the top two spots. jo currie reports. this season has been defined by lewis hamilton and max verstappen�*s rivalry. the collision between the two at silverstone injuly saw verstappen taken to hospital and hamilton accused of putting his life in danger. with neither willing to give an inch at monza, it happened again. that's what you get when you don't leave the space. the world champion was left with a sore neck from contact with the dutchman's tyre. without the protective halo above his head, the outcome doesn't bear thinking about. verstappen out of his car quickly, in no mood to check in on his rival before hamilton also emerged. another monumental moment in their battle for the championship which could go to the final race.
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i guess max went over the second car or something like that, we knew at that point— or something like that, we knew at that point he wasn't going to make the corner— that point he wasn't going to make the corner and he drove into me and next thing _ the corner and he drove into me and next thing you know he's on top of me so_ next thing you know he's on top of me so definitely unfortunate. he ke -t on me so definitely unfortunate. he: kept on squeezing meat more and more to the left and i thought we were just have enough space to make it into turn to but unfortunately he ran meet too much out of road so i clipped the curb and that is why we touched. their misfortune, though, is mclaren�*s good luck. without verstappen chasing him, daniel ricciardo delivered his first win for three years, his team's first since 2012. start the celebrations for mclaren. ricciardo has done it. and thanks to britain's lando norris, theirfirst 1—2 for a decade. all talk, however, will be of that crash and how much worse it could have been. jo currie, bbc news. european captain padraig harrington has named his full team to defend the ryder cup against the us in a couple of weeks�* time.
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bernd wiesberger, matt fitzpatrick and lee westwood claimed the final qualifying spots and now he's made his tricky captain's picks. they are sergio garcia, shane lowry and...|an poulter. our golf correspondent, iain carter, joins me now. it's shane lowry, ian poulter and sergio garcia, any surprises there, justin rose has to miss out? you have summed — justin rose has to miss out? you have summed it _ justin rose has to miss out? you have summed it up, _ justin rose has to miss out? wm. have summed it up, there about the expected text, it was always going to be a tough selection for padraig harrington having only the three wild cards and i wonder if he is privately reviewing his decision to only have three instead of four because justin rose only have three instead of four becausejustin rose was in fine only have three instead of four because justin rose was in fine form today, shot 65 to finish second in the pga championship, he has an excellent ryder cup record and has been coming back into form so he is a big name, a former world
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been coming back into form so he is a big name, a formerworld number one, but then again the credentials of the postman, ian poulter, he will be under pressure to deliver again, sergio garcia that leading point scorer for europe sergio garcia that leading point scorerfor europe in ryder cup history and at winning rookie in shane larry, you cannot argue with any of those selections but rose will feel hard done by. it any of those selections but rose will feel hard done by.— will feel hard done by. it looks like he has _ will feel hard done by. it looks like he has gone _ will feel hard done by. it looks like he has gone for _ will feel hard done by. it looks. like he has gone for experience, westwood qualified automatically but 11 ryder cups, he has picked poulter ii ryder cups, he has picked poulter and garcia because if you look at the american team, a number of rookies but still favourites to claim the ryder cup on us soil in a couple of weeks. mil claim the ryder cup on us soil in a couple of weeks.— couple of weeks. all fairly highly ranked, couple of weeks. all fairly highly ranked. all— couple of weeks. all fairly highly ranked, all that _ couple of weeks. all fairly highly ranked, all that american - couple of weeks. all fairly highly ranked, all that american team | couple of weeks. all fairly highly i ranked, all that american team are right inside the world's top 21 players. europe has the world number one in players. europe has the world number oneinjohn players. europe has the world number one injohn ram but if you look at the rest of the rankings, outside
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roy mcilroy and viktor hovland you are starting to look in the 30s and 40s. the resort from your�*s women in the solheim cup that rankings can count for nothing although this is a strong american team, somewhat inexperienced, six rookies, as for the europeans he has gone for experience with garcia and poulter but the selection of shane lowry, a repeat but a major winning rookie so it doesn't feel as if he is going with so much inexperience and bernd wiesbergerforcing himself with so much inexperience and bernd wiesberger forcing himself into the team, he will be another rookie in that european side alongside viktor hovland. mil that european side alongside viktor hovland. : . :, , that european side alongside viktor hovland. : , :, . :, hovland. all the productions can be . in hovland. all the productions can begin now. _ hovland. all the productions can begin now. we _ hovland. all the productions can begin now, we know— hovland. all the productions can begin now, we know who - hovland. all the productions can begin now, we know who the - hovland. all the productions can | begin now, we know who the two hovland. all the productions can - begin now, we know who the two teams are who will line up at whistling straits in a few weeks. ian carter, thank you for bringing us up to date. to football, where liverpool's unbeaten start to the premier league season has continued as they beat leeds 3—0. the win takes them level on points with leaders manchester united, but it came at a price,
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as michael redford reports. life brings out a range of emotions, excitement, passion, nerves, time to take a deep breath and try and enjoy it. jurgen klopp is, his liverpool side are unbeaten so far. mo salah has played his part in that. two good goals already, better make that three, a 100 premier league finish from the egyptian who can also give us s. thiago's header disallowed, offside. a second goal arrived, had been year with the finish shortly after half—time but the delight soon became despair, harvey elliott's team over after a challenge. he was sent off, elliott left on the stretcher. the concern clear for all to see. when play finally resumed liverpool would get a third, sadio mane on target, the 13th league game unbeaten but a victory overshadowed
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by elliot's injury, a match filled with many emotions. after the match liverpool boss jurgen klopp was asked his opinion on the red card shown to pascal struijk. it's a serious injury, definitely, an 18—year—old boy, i don't know why we discuss a red card, it's not important, he will be back in two or three weeks and can play on but harvey will not play so it's not about the red card. in the championship, nottingham forest's miserable season continues, as their winless start stretched to six matches. they lost 2—1 at home to cardiff. forest did lead, but two goals from rubin colwill sealed the win for the away side — his first senior goals. the win takes cardiff up to eighth. forest stay bottom. there was just one game in the scottish premiership today as hearts took on hibernian in the edinburgh derby. either side could have gone top of the league with a win, but instead played out a goalless draw. both sides maintain their unbeaten start to the season and remain level on points. in the wsl, reigning champions chelsea made up for their opening
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day loss with a 4—0 thrashing of everton. fran kirby opened the scoring before two goals from sam kerr gave the blues a 3—0 lead. beth england then rounded off the match after erin cuthbert�*s chance rebounded off the post. a second 4—0 defeat for everton, but a massive improvement for emma hayes' side. i think we should have scored more goals. if you think about the balance of play, for us to come in at 1—0 at half—time was disappointing but i thought it was composed. i am delighted we kept a clean sheet and defended properly. going forward, we had plenty of options. the composure amongst the group is growing. and like i said, it's early days. elsewhere in the wsl, brighton put five past birmingham, manchester united beat leicester 3—1 and arsenal were also victorious at reading. manchester city are in action against tottenham hotspur, city are currently 1—0 up. and just the one fixture in the super league.
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leigh centurions beat wakefield trinity 26—18. three tries from ryan brierley helped them to just their second victory this season. after three days in the leader's jersey, ethan hayter was denied overall victory on the final stage of the tour of britain. after more than four hours of racing it culminated with a sprint finish in aberdeen. belgium's wout van aert won it to overturn a four—second deficit to the briton, who could only finish 11th. and there was british success at the great north run today. britain's marc scott finished in one hour one minute and 22 seconds as he took the title previously won by mo farah. meanwhile in the women's elite, kenya's hellen obiri ran the fastest, with eilish mccolgan close behind her in second. britain's sean frame won the men's wheelchair title for the first time, with fellow briton and six—time winner shelly woods winning the women's race.
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a bit ofa a bit of a purple patch for britain sport at the us open and at the great north run. that's all from sportsday. thanks for watching. enjoy what's left of the weekend. delight. —— good night. hello. well, it has not been the brightest of sundays across some parts of the country. in fact, it's really quite damp and grey in the south—west of the uk, outbreaks of rain for wales, merseyside, manchester has been pretty grey as well, but further towards the north, east and south it has actually been dry and it will stay clear through the night. still mild in the south, 1a degrees, but chilly skies clear across scotland. tomorrow the rain really isn't going to make much progress towards the east. it may nudge a little
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further north to engulf the irish sea coasts, perhaps nudging into south—western parts of scotland. dribs and drabs of rain here and temperatures typically 16—18. the country, around 21 degrees with some sunshine. then monday evening again that rain doesn't really move further towards the east, but it does push a bit further into more north—western parts of the uk.
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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eight... emma raducanu makes history at the us open — beating leylah fernandez — to become the first british woman to win a grand slam, singles final in 44 years. the queen is among those congratulating her, following her stunning victory in new york, just months after finishing her a—levels. to have a note from her, i was extremely honoured and very grateful that she took notice of my tennis. i can't believe that — i'm maybe going to frame that letter or something. the government scraps plans for vaccine passports in nightclubs and large events in england.
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