coming up on the programme: al—hilal begin the defence of their asian champions league crown, with akistan, with a crushing victory over bangladesh, but they face a long wait to wrap up a series win. and dimitrov sees off shapovalov in straight sets. to reach the second round of the rotterdam 0pen. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with football and monday's opening round of games in the asian champions league. there were wins for the two home sides in group b, including the holders al—hilal, but both games in group a ended in1—1 draws. colm harrison reports. semifinalists are the last world cup, al—hilal were on top early but it took longer to make that superiority count. midway through the second half, scorer turned provider setting up the goal which sealed the

there were wins for the two home sides in group b, including the holders al—hilal, but both games inroup a ended in1—1 draws. colm harrison reports. semifinalists are the last world cup, al—hilal were on top early but it took longer to make that superiority count. midway through the second half, scorer turned provider setting up the goal which sealed the win. in the same group, a victory with a superb opener cancelled out by an equaliser before the goal that won it with a shot that just about trickled home on the goal that won it with a shot thatjust about trickled home on a pitch that was barely playable. and if the other game, the visitors took the lead but had to settle for a point when a penalty was awarded in the second half. also in group a, the second half. also in group a, the team from saudi arabia looking to be heading for victory. they had to be heading for victory. they had to settle for a point in the end. they were second from victory when an equaliser was drilled home. in england, the arsenal head coach mikel arteta has been praised by a number of his players for havin

we start with the asian champions league — and saudi arabia's al—hilal got the defence of their title was a comfortable win for them, against debutants shahr khodro from iran. the saudi league leaders controlled the game, andre carillo, and then star forward bafetimbi gomis completing the win at the zabeel stadium in dubai. and in tennis — grigor dimitrov knocked out the 8th seed denis shapovalov on monday, at the world tennis tournament in rotterdam. the canadian was beaten in straight sets by a resurgent grigor dimitrov. the former world number 3 from bulgaria is working his way back up the rankings, after a couple of seasons blighted by a loss of form and then a shoulder injury. dimitrov won in straight sets — 6—3, 7—6. the number 6 seed, roberto bautista agut, is also through to the 2nd round, but he had to come from a set down to beat the hungarian qualifier marton fucsovics. after taking the second set on a tie—break, the spaniard raced through the decider 6—1 — the reach the last 16. among those in action in the netherlands, on tuesday, will be the number 2 seed stefanos tsitsi