hello, welcome to sportsday, our top stories: murray fights on but on friday the home favourite takes a lead as the lights go out on. 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 previous champion beat another to take the tour de france yellow jersey. hello again, welcome along to sportsday, 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 lead over 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 there and his match came at the end of a busy day at the all england club. thankfully on thursday the rain stayed away, the sun shone, the championships are trying to play catch up and we have first and second round matches being played. elena rybakina is trying to reach a second wimbledon final in a row, she didn't have it her own way against her opponent who had previously beaten iga swiatek and serena williams on the grass. she caused problems despite being injured herself but the kazakhstan national going through in straight sets. no such joy for casper ruud,

a man who has reached three of the last four grand slam finals, he came unstuck on grass yet again, this time against the british wildcard liam brody, a man whose only just inside the world's top 150, took the match in five sets, denis shapovalov awaits him next. elina svitolina is the highest ranked ukrainian player, she is through to the third round having reached the quarter—finals at roland—garros last month, understandably emotional after her 3—set win. friday should be an absolute cracker here, novak djokovic, iga swiatek, carlos alcaraz, aryna sabalenka and last year's beaten finalist ons jabeur are all scheduled to play. all hoping to reach the second week of these championships. not only is it ten years since andy murray's wimbledon title, 2013 also the year of marion butterly�*s�* victory, her only

grand slam one at the 47th attempt. she has been reflecting on that moment a decade on. it was 2007 when i lost to venus in the final but it six long years before i got another chance and i really felt at that moment it was god just giving me another chance and i had to take it, and it was a very special edition, i didn't lose a set so for me to win wimbledon and that kind of fashion and just making the statement that during that two weeks i was the best player out there was extremely special. it is also ten years since andy murray got his hands on his first wimbledon title and you shared thatjourney together in some way, were there any moments that you shared during that run in 2013? there were actually two moments which i will always remember, the first moment was on the sunday prior to the tournament start, it was raining, all the courts were closed, all of them except for the one andy was playing on an i was next

to that court so i think the ground people, staff were just not really wanting to disturb andy's final practice before the championships so they let him play a little extra minutes and i sort of used that as well to my advantage to get my extra minutes so we were literally the last two standing before the tournament start under the rain still practising and then on the sunday, when i was doing my physio recovery session in the private physio room and andy was next door as well doing has an out two physio men said one week ago they were the only one practising and now they are ill in the tournament, both of them, maybe we have the two wimbledon champions in front of us? and i say to any actually what i think you can absolutely do it because you won the gold medal last year but for me it is still a long way and he said you can do it as well, you have been in the final too so that was the two moments that we shared together that i will never forget. the sun is very strong hereby want to show you something, this was caught on about him ten years ago in the buildup to your incredible success, just an idea of how hard

you were working there, even in practice. what are your memories? so i have the tubing attached to my clothes and i'm doing the volleys, i really remember all those moment, i knew exactly what kind of exercise they had to do to be ready for that title but i'd just felt it was my last chance, it was my last wimbledon and i think the adrenaline and the passion and the thrill and the desire to make this happen, just put me into that situation and then when i served my ace and i heard game set match then i knew i did it. england will start day two of the third ashes test, 195 runs behind australia, and mark wood and mitchell marsh made impressive entrances to the series at headingley, wood's five wickets in marsh's century were highlights of the opening day as our correspondent joe wilson reports. mark wood like very few england bowlers before him can bowl seriously quickly but he cannot do it too often, today

he was unleashed to all consistently at around 95 miles an hour. it was too good for five australia batters, it would be too that is around the world. michael woods�* contribution a key factor for australia to be bowled out for 263, but they got to that score thanks to mitchell marsh who came into the australian team and did what he did best, strong, belligerent, hard—hitting, helped by england's poor catching, mitchell marsh on 12th especially. pat cummins was booed consistently as were the australian team in general on a boisterous but i think controlled day from the crowd. cummins can take it out on the england that is when he comes into bowl and he did that i'm helping to reduce england 68 four three at the close, after all that another thrilling ashes day, australia may well feel they came out top. now for mark wood, his first appearance in the series was delayed by injury while mitchell marsh has benefited one to a teammate to come into the australia

sides, both it seems have been itching to get involved. been a tough couple of weeks, i have been desperate to get on the team so finally pleased to get a run out and delivers some good stuff for the team. obviously don't want to get ahead of ourselves, the game is in a similar balance to when we first started bowling and then mitchell marsh played fantastically well, it made everything look completely different, the wicket and the bull seem soft, all of a sudden, but if we can, if the sun comes out tomorrow, it is a rapid outfield, we can really put the pressure on australia, just seems like the game in general has been momentum swings one way then the other, hopefully more to come. had the last couple of years to get myself into a position where mentally can go and take the game on like that, understanding that it is not going to happen every game they play but really proud of able to go out there and everyone was talked about playing their natural game, that's 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 they required needing to chase down 278 inside 44 overs to make sure they reach the tournament at their opponent's expense. one win away from the world cup but not the ideal start for scotland, or so it looked. the arrival of brendan mcmullen after their first wicket relaxed any scottish nerves and when he reached his century, things looked good for a first world cup since 2015, but the netherlands have a safe pair of hands. a five wicket haul helping reduce scotland to 277 for nine and after they had seen him bowl, it was time for him to bat, proving just as effective. bringing up a century of his own to pile the pressure back on scotland they

eventually run him out but the damage had already been done and it was left to logan van beek to score the winning run offers opening. the heartbreak for scotland but the next stop for the netherlands is india. another exciting day of racing in stage six the tour de france with the allegedly changing hands. the leader at the start of the day, jai hindley is down to third after a mountain stage in the pyrenees turned into a battle of the two race favourites. jonas vingegaard is now in yellow but he didn't win the stage, finishing behind the two—time winner tadej pogacar who moved up to second after riding away from vingegaard to leave the dane with a lead of 25 second. saysa fellow quitter has left chelsea and joined atletico madrid. he won every available trophy including the premier league total twice making more

than 500 appearances. he has signed a one—year deal at atletico. and another player leaving a london club is granit xhaka this was him signing a five year deal. heavyweight will champion aleksandar vucic will defend his wbo, wba and ibf titles and poland next month. he's won 19 fights with 18 knockouts, he is the wba mandatory challenge of stopping the fight will be at the 2a,000 capacity tudge and ski arena on august the 26th. and you can head to our website for all the latest news from the world of sport including the latest from the first round of the us open women's golf being played at the famous pebble beach course for the very first time. that's it from the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye for now.

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 is 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, butjust 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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