and the women's world number one had to dig very deep to make sure she is still there. iga swiatek lost the first set than saved two match points against swiss olympic champion belinda bencic, before winning the decider. the pole has won four grand slam titles but she is now into the wimbledon quarter—finals for the first time. this match is going to give me motivation and i'm happy that it was really tight and i could still play my game and these are important moments, for sure, and you have to kind of take all the positive stuff from matches like that. next up for iga swiatek is ukrainian elina svitolina. she beat the belarusian victoria azarenka in theirfourth round match. svitolina maintained her stance of not shaking hands with players from russia or belarus, because of the war in her country. victoria azarenka was also

booed by a large section of the crowd after her defeat which she felt was unfair. she doesn't want to shake hands with russian or bela rusian people. i respected her decision. i did — what should i have done? stayed and waited? there is nothing i could do that would have been right, so ijust did what i thought was respectful towards her decision. in the men's draw, seven time champion novak djokovic is going to have to come back on monday to finish his fourth round match against poland's hubert hurkacz. the serb was two sets up when play had to be stopped because of the iipm cut—off time. waiting for the winner in the quarter—final is the russian andrey rublev. he took the first two steps against alexander bublik, but it went the distance on centre court. rublev taking the fifth set 6—4. he was asked about the possibility of facing djokovic. if it is novak, novak is

one of the best players on grass, the player who the last couple of years didn't even — almost doesn't even lose on grass. so in my case, nothing to say. if it's hubert, we have played a couple times together. we had really touched matches. he beat me some matches, i beat him a couple of matches. but again, he is a perfect player for grass. so rublev through to the second week, probably against novak djokovic in the quarters. so much to look forward to on monday. chetan pathak is at the all england club for us. monday sees the last set of players trying to reach the quarter—finals of the singles and the order of play on centre court is an absolute cracker. first up, we will see the women's defending champion and third seed elena rybakina,

who breezed past katie boulter in the last round. rybakina was struggling with a virus going into these championships but looks to have recovered well from that. standing between her and a place in the semifinals will be brazil's beatriz haddad maia, who has had a breakthrough year at the grand slams, having reached the semifinals at roland garos last month. having reached the semifinals at roland garros last month. then onto centre steps ons jabeur. last year's beaten finalist, who was taken to three sets by the former us open champion bianca andreescu in the last round. she will be playing petra kvitova, who is playing some of her best grass—court tennis. again, kvitova, of course, a two—time champion here, having won her last title back in 2014. then get your popcorn ready for carlos alcaraz, the men's top seed, and world number one, who was taken to four sets by nicolas jarry in the last round, and admits he is still getting to grips with playing on grass. he is trying to reach the top eight for the first time here,

in what is only his second championship. he plays matteo berettini, whose form was nowhere going into wimbledon and yet he beat alexander zverev in the last round and has looked formidable. a further finalist of course here at wimbledon. it should be a tough test for alcaraz. you're are up—to—date with a tennis. let's move onto the cricket because england have kept the ashes alive with a victory over australia in the third test. it was a nervy chase for the home side who lost seven wickets along the way but reached their targets of 251 and now trail australia 2—1 in the series with just two to play. joe wilson was at headingley today. this was the journey today towards victory that must�*ve felt like a lifetime for england fans who believed, hoped and doubted that their team would win over and over again. england in pursuit of 251 to win the test match in their second innings, were pegged back time and again by australia, in particular

by mitchell starc. just when it seemed like they were going to do it, when harry brook made 75, taking england to 21 runs from the target, he was out. it took mark wood to come to the crease and nervously wallop a six to make england believe again, and chris woakes played the supporting role all the way until it was his turn to those winning runs and headingley erupted as it has done many times in the past. when the englishmen really need a victory, they tend to come here. but to keep the ashes alive, it is very important and it now stands at 2—1. both teams have over a week to rest and think before the fourth test begins. the break will be good for us and for the australians as well. it has been quick turnaround and there have been three very hardfought games. so i think everyone could do with a break and we know what we need to do. we need to win the next two games. it is pretty simple.

i would have liked a few more on the board. defending 250 on a pretty good wicket was i was going to be hard but i thought we bowled really well at times and a couple of good innings by them. you know, harry brook was batting nicely so new he was a key wickets. unfortunately they put a good partnership together. but another great game, flipping and flopping. there has been so much top—level sport in the uk this weekend, max verstappen stretching his lead in the formula 1 drivers championship to 99 points now. there world champion won the british grand prix but there was still plenty to cheer for the home crowd as lando norris and lewis hamilton also made it onto the podium at silverstone. adam cottier reports. two british drivers in podium positions at silvertstone for the first time since 1999. lewis hamilton and lando norris thrilled the crowd under grey skies. driving in his orange mclaren, norris started second on the grid,

but mounted the challenge to overtake max verstappen on the first corner. the cheers of the british support were short lived, however, with max verstappen using his drs system in effect on lap five to retake the lead. later in the race, a problem for magnussen�*s car saw the safety car deployed. and a frantic last 1a laps saw norris having to hold off lewis hamilton, who moved up behind him from seventh. he succeeded with his best ever result in formula 1 with his mclaren teammate oscar piastri forth. podium in my home race. the race winner was max verstappen and the dutch red bull driver appears destined for a third successive world title after a dominant sixth successive grand prix victory. adam cottier, bbc news. denmark's jonas vingegaard is still wearing the yellow leader's jersey at the tour de france, but the defending champion�*s lead has been cut to 18 seconds by tadej pogacar.

it was a day for the climbers, as drew savage reports. it was a day to remember for michael woods, the canadian rider who has won stages at the giro d'italia and vuelta a espana. but never before at the tour de france. he timed the final climb up the puy de dome to perfection. it's 35 years since the race last finished on top of the iconic extinct volcano in central france, but tadej pogacar�*s hopes of winning the yellow jersey are still very much alive. he got away from leader jonas vingegaard on the final climb, but the dane hung in there to limit his losses to seven seconds. he says he will be glad with monday's rest day. drew savage, bbc news. this is a sad sight, mark cavendish saying goodbye to his teammates after breaking his collarbone on stage eight, rolling him out of the rest of this year's tour. he says he will retire from the spot at the end of the year but his astana team have offered him the chance to ride again

next year, giving him the chance, they say, of breaking the outright record for stage victories. he currently has the record of 3a with eddy merckx. we'll see if he takes them up on that. annemiek van vleuten as won the women's giro d'italia for the fourth time. the final stage was won by kiara consonni of italy, but van vleuten finished safely in the main pack to claim overall victory. —— chiara. an immense talent. she holds all three grand tour titles. she won the tour de france and the vuelta a espana. a reminder of our top story, that iga swiatek is through to her first it wimbledon quarter—final. novak djokovic will have to come back on monday to finish his fourth—round against hubert hurkacz. you can get the letters on our website, but from myself and the rest of the sportsday team, goodbye.

hello there. the weekend was quite a mixed bag. we saw some pretty heavy, thundery downpours across more western parts of the country. further east, it was a bit drier, with some spells of sunshine. but temperatures were coming down through the weekend, and that's the theme as we move through this upcoming week. low pressure in charge. it will feel cool for the time of year. showers or longer spells of rain and winds will be a feature, particularly towards the end of the week — all down to low pressure. monday, not a bad start for many areas, but we've got a new set of weather fronts slowly pushing into south—west england, wales, with stronger winds here for the morning and that will continue to journey its way northwards into the midlands, northern england, as well. some of this rain could be heavy and thundery. elsewhere, after a fine start, it's going to be one of sunshine and showers,

though i think the far south—east of england and in towards east anglia should tend to remain drier, with lengthy sunny spells. winds will be a feature, then, across the south—west. those are mean wind speeds. lighter further north. temperatures ranging from high teens, low 20s in the north, maybe 23 or 2a degrees in the south—east. that rain continues to move northwards across the country during monday night. we see another batch of rain pushing into south—west england, wales, the midlands, and this will continue to drift towards the east in the early hours of tuesday. again, some of this could be heavy and thundery. to the south of it, quite a warm and muggy night to come. to the north of it, a little bit fresher, where we'll have clear spells and showers. for tuesday, then, our area of low pressure starts to drift northwards to the north—east of the uk, and that will bring plenty of showers to the country, pretty much from the word go, across the north. this area of rain will take its time to clear the south and east of england through the tuesday morning. eventually, it will do and then all areasjoin in sunshine and showers. most of these will be affecting scotland, northern ireland, northern and western parts of england and wales. again, the high teens in the north, a little bit fresher

across the south—east. then beyond tuesday through wednesday, thursday, that area of low pressure moves to the north. it allows west, north—westerly winds to move down across the country, again, with plenty of showers. further low pressure systems will be moving into western areas by the end of the week and into next week. and so, a very unsettled rest of the week to come, with showers or longer spells of rain, some sunnier moments, as well, but it will feel quite cool, particularly when winds pick up at times, too.

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