hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. our top stories. murray fights on, but on friday, the home favourite takes a lead as the lights go out on centre court. mark wood and mitchell marsh up until now on the ashes sidelines make the headlines on day one of the third test. and the two favourites to the fore... how one prevoius champion beat another to take the tour de france yellow jersey. the home crowd at wimbledon were thrilled by another andy murray late night battle, but ultimately thwarted by the championships�* curfew as the british player had a two

sets to one lead over fifth seed stefanos tsitsipas when play had to be suspended on centre court. murray is attempting to roll back the years a decade on from his first title, and his match came at the end of a busy day at the all england club as chethan pathak reports. thankfully on thursday the rain stayed away rain, the sun shone, the championships are trying to play catch—up. we had first and second round match is being played. for elena rybakina, she tried to reach a second wimbledon final in a row. she did not have it all her own way against alize cornet, who has previously beaten both iga swiatek and serena williams on the grass here. she caused elena rybakina problems despite being injured herself, but the kazakhstan national going through in straight sets. no such joy for casper ruud, a man who is reached three of the last four grand slam finals. became unstuck on grass yet again, this time against the british wild card liam brody, a man whose only

just inside the world's top 150, took the match in five sets. its denis shapovalov who awaits him next. elina svitolina is the highest ranked ukrainian player, she's through to the third round having reached the quarterfinals only last month, she was understandably emotional after her three set win over elise mertens. friday should be an absolute cracker here, novak djokovic, iga swiantek, carlos alcaraz, aryna sabalenka, last year's beaten finalist, ons jabeur all scheduled to play, all hoping to reach the second week of these championships. not only is it ten years since andy murray's first wimbledon title. 2013 was also the year of marion bartoli's victory at the all england club, her only grand slam won at a record 47th attempt. she's been reflecting on that moment a decade on with chethan. i was very close in 2007 when i

lost against venus and it took me six long years before i got another chance and i really felt at that moment, it was god giving me another chance. and i had to take it. it was very special edition and i did not lose a set, but for me to win in that kind of fashion and just making the statement that, during that two weeks i was the best player out there. it was extreme was special. is also ten years since andy murray got his hands on his first wimbledon title. you shared thatjourney together in some way, were there any moments that you share during that run in 2013? there were two moments which i will always remember. the first one was on the sunday prior to the tournament start, it was raining, all of the courses were closed, all except the one andy was playing on. i was next to the courts, and the grounds people staff were just no one really wanted to disturb his final practice before the championship starts and let him play a little extra

minutes and sort of use that as well to my advantage to get my extra minutes. so we were nearing the last two standing before the term and start and still practising. on the sunday, when i was doing my physio— recovery session in the private visio room, andy was next door, and the physio— man said one week ago you're the only one practising, now they are still in the tournament, both of them, maybe we have the two champions in front of us. and i said to actually come i said i said i think you can do it, because he won the gold medal here last year and i won the gold medal here last yearand i think won the gold medal here last year and i think you can do it this year. for me, it is still a long way. this year. for me, it is still a long way-— this year. for me, it is still alon: wa . ., ~ a long way. he said no, i think ou can a long way. he said no, i think you can do _ a long way. he said no, i think you can do it— a long way. he said no, i think you can do it as _ a long way. he said no, i think you can do it as well. - a long way. he said no, i think you can do it as well. that - a long way. he said no, i thinkj you can do it as well. that was that_ you can do it as well. that was that two— you can do it as well. that was that two moments that we shared togethen — that two moments that we shared to . ether. , ., that two moments that we shared touether. ,., , , together. the song is very stronu together. the song is very strong here, _ together. the song is very strong here, this - together. the song is very strong here, this was - together. the song is very - strong here, this was recorded ljy strong here, this was recorded by our team ten years ago in the build up to your incredible success, an idea of how hard you are working there, even in practice. i you are working there, even in ractice. . , practice. i have the weights attached to _ practice. i have the weights attached to my _ practice. i have the weights attached to my ankles. -

practice. i have the weights attached to my ankles. i. attached to my ankles. i vividly remember all of those moments. i knew exactly what kind of exercise i had to do to be ready for that. it was my last window then, and i think the adrenaline and just the passion and that the rail and the desire to make this happen put me into that situation. and when i served my ace, i knew i did it. england will start day two of the third ashes test 195 runs behind australia after mark wood and mitchell marsh made impressive entrances to the series at headingley. wood's five wickets and marsh's century were highlights of the opening day, as our correspondent joe wilson reports. mark would lie very few england bowlers before him can both seriously quickly, but he can't do it very often. his body does not allow him. so england have been rationing and through the series. today he was unleashed two bowls consistently at around 95 mph. it was to get

forfive around 95 mph. it was to get for five australian batters. around 95 mph. it was to get forfive australian batters. it would be too good for most bettors around the world. the contribution a key factor for australia to be bowled out for 263, but they got to that square thanks to mitchell marsh, came into the australian team and did what he did best, strong belligerents, hard—hitting strong belligerents, ha rd—hitting helped strong belligerents, hard—hitting helped by anglin's per captain. dropped on 12 especially costly. pat cummins was booed consistently, as where the australian team in general. on a boisterous but i think control data from the crowd. he can take it out on the england batters when he comes into bowl and he did that. helping to reduce england 68 victory at the close. after all that, another thrilling ashes day. australia may well feel they came out on top. for mark wood, his first appearance this series was delayed by injury while mitchell marsh has benefited from one to a team—mate to come into the australia side. both it seems have been itching to get involved. beena been a tough couple of weeks.

i've been— been a tough couple of weeks. i've been desperate to get on the team, so finally please to -et the team, so finally please to get a — the team, so finally please to get a run _ the team, so finally please to get a run out and deliver some good _ get a run out and deliver some good stuff for the team. obviously don't want to get ahead — obviously don't want to get ahead of our cell. the game is in a _ ahead of our cell. the game is in a similar_ ahead of our cell. the game is in a similar bounds when we first— in a similar bounds when we first started bowling and mitchell marsh played fantastically well. made everything look completely different. all of a sudden it seemed _ different. all of a sudden it seemed soft, but if we can, if the sun— seemed soft, but if we can, if the sun comes up to markram it's a — the sun comes up to markram it's a rapid _ the sun comes up to markram it's a rapid outfield. it would really— it's a rapid outfield. it would really put the pressure on australia, but it looks like the — australia, but it looks like the game has been momentum swinging — the game has been momentum swinging one way, we know that series— swinging one way, we know that series is— swinging one way, we know that series is a — swinging one way, we know that series is a great day for me personally, and hopefully more to come — worked really hard in the last couple of years to get myself into the position where mentally good i can go and take the game on like that. i understand it will not happen like that at every game i play, but i'm really proud that i was able to go out there. everyone always talks about going out and playing natural game, as natural as it gets for me. the netherlands have qualified for the men's 50 over world cup later this year after a four wicket win over scotland achieved in exactly the manner required.

needing to chase down 278 inside 44 overs to make sure they reached the tournament at their opponents' expense. bas de leede helped them do just that, as alex fletcher reports. one win away from the world cup, but not the ideal start for scotland. or so it looked. the arrival of brenda mcmullen after the loss of their first wicked relaxed any scottish nerves, and when he reached a century, things looked at for a first world cup since 2015. the netherlands have a safe pair of hands. a five foot tall helping to reduce got to 277 for nine, and after they'd seen him bowl, it was time for him to bat, the latter proving just as effective. bringing up a century of his own with a six to pile pressure back on scotland. they eventually ran him out but the damage had already been done and it was left to logan van bates to

score the winning run off his opening ball. perfect for scotland but the next up for the netherlands is india. alex fletcher, bbc news. another exciting day of racing in stage six of the tour de france with the yellow jersey changing hands for the second stage in a row. the leader at the start of the day jye hindley is down to third after a mountain stage in the pyrenees turned into a battle of the two race favourites. defending champion yonas vingergaur is now in yellow, but he didn't win the stage, finishing behind two—time winner tadej pogacar, who moved up to second after riding away from vingergaur to leave the dane with a lead of 25 seconds. cesar azpilicueta has left chelsea, where he'd spent the last 11 years and joined atletico madrid. the spanish defender won every available trophy during his time at stamford bridge, including the champions league and the permier league title twice, making more than 500 appearances, azpiliecueta, who's now 33, has signed a one year deal at atletico. and another player leaving a london club is granit xhaka. the midfielder has moved from arsenal to bayer leverkusen

for 25 million euros on a five year deal. heavyweight world champion oleksandr usyk will defend his wbo, wba and ibf titles against britain's daniel dubois in poland next month. dubois, has won 19 fights, with 18 knockouts, and is the wba mandatory challenger. the fight will be at the 24,000—capacity tarczynski arena in wroclaw on august 26th. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello there. thursday was a better day for play at wimbledon and for the start of the test at headingley. there was quite a lot of cloud generally, but we did see temperatures peaking at 23 degrees. however, into friday, we're tapping into some heat and humidity, and temperatures may well peak as high as 29 celsius, 84 fahrenheit. there was some cloud and rain around, though, and you can see quite clearly where i'm talking about on the satellite picture. this is a frontal system bringing some wet weather, fairly showery first thing friday morning across scotland and northern ireland. slowly brightening up into the afternoon. but with that southerly wind direction dragging in that warm, humid air as we go through the day, producing clear skies across england and wales, temperatures will respond. highs of 29 celsius in one or two areas by the middle of the afternoon. so that means for the tennis at wimbledon, we could see temperatures as high as 27. it has the potential to be the best or the hottest day

of this season's championship. and it'll be similar story as well for the men's ashes. thunderstorms perhaps threatening as we go through the weekend. as we go into friday evening, it will be a relatively quiet one. during the early hours of saturday, we've got this front pushing in from the south—west, but temperatures not falling very far. it's going to be a humid night, an uncomfortable nght for getting a good night's sleep, particularly in the south—east, as temperatures only as low as 18—19 celsius. and with that front continuing to move in from the south—west, bumping into that humid air, that has the potential to spark off some sharp, thundery downpours. they will drift their way steadily north and east, so saturday will not be a wash—out by any means. but if you do have outdoor plans, it's worth bearing in mind that there could be some interruptions with some sharp showers. top temperatures as we go through saturday still on the warm side at 20—24 degrees, maybe 27 across parts of east anglia and the south—east. need to keep a close eye on sunday. there's a risk of some really sharp, thundery downpours moving up from france, but just where they will appear is still subject to question

so keep abreast of the forecast for the second half of the weekend. just to summarise then, our weekend is going to start off on a humid note. there will be some decent sunny spells around from time to time, but also the risk of some sharp, thundery downpours. take care.

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