it's one step closer to another flushing meadows title the u.s. open action the far right for me come back to. business leaders is by no brass pot. business leaders there's a brass pot. the all. welcome back time for sport is far thanks so much peter sort of won as has been knocked out of the us open the 6 time champion was stunned in the semifinals by victoria as a ranker on a night where japan's naomi osaka took a step closer to a 2nd flushing meadows title so how malik reports the ball school it was a night to forget for the biggest star in women's tennis. serena williams had the chance to move within a game of a record equalling 24th grand slam title she took on victoria as a wrinkle in the semifinals that flushing meadows she started well enough taking the 1st set with these 61 but things went downhill from there as a wrinkle started dominating the match after breaking williams's serve in the 5th game of the 2nd set. she went on to take it 63. then in the 3rd williams complained that her achilles was bothering her and she took a medical timeo

semifinals by victoria as a rank are on a night where naomi osaka took a step closer to a 2nd flushing meadows title so how malik reports school it was a night to forget for the biggest star in women's tennis. serena williams had the chance to move within a game of a record equalling 24th grand slam title she took on victoria as a wrinkle in the semifinals that flushing meadows she started well enough taking the 1st set with these 61 but things went downhill from there as a wrinkle started dominating the match after breaking williams's serve in the 5th game of the 2nd set. she went on to take it 63. then in the 3rd williams complained that her achilles was bothering her and she took a medical timeout the break didn't seem to help much. as the rank of former world number one herself continued to outplay her the belorussian closed out the final 63 to seal her 1st ever grand slam win over williams. 6 a sweet moment for as a drinker the last time she reached a grand slam final was 7 years ago if feel small or more fun this year more fulfilling more pleasant for me. yeah phil's nice i mean it's obv

we'll have all the latest from flushing meadows.ying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting. hostages appeared. some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc news. the headlines: russia is demanding to see the evidence that alexei navalny was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent. aship a ship carrying 40 grew and nearly 6000 cattle has gone missing off japan due nearly 6000 cattle has gone missing offjapan due to the typhoon —— crew. the fast food giant kfc and its parent company in china could face an existential threat from us moves to ban the app wechat. a considerable nu

it had started brightly for konta, ninth seed in new york, as she won the opening set 6—2 at flushing meadowssecond set, as she led by a break at one stage. but the romanian hit back to win it on a tie break before wrapping up victory in the decider. later on, andy murray will look to reach the third round of a major for the first time since 2017. having come through a four—and—a—half—hour epic in the opening round, he faces another tough looking match against 15th seed felix auger—aliassime. felix has an a distinct age advantage. it was for sets, whereas murray's was a five sets. it lasted for hours and a0 minutes —— four hours. he didn't sleep particularly well and he had problems with his toes. he had to drain the blood behind his toes, but something tennis players are used to doing. he will be very stiff with that metal hip. britain's adam yates has retained the leaders yellow jersey at the tour de france, after comfortably finishing in the peloton during stage six. nick parrott has the story of the day. wearing the yellow jersey at the tour de france changes the attitude notjust the righ

the 38—year—old takes on victoria in the semifinals of flushing meadows and that is after the two timem winner naomi place road number 31 and jennifer are tennis correspondent, russell has been looking ahead to the action. opponents of played very well against her, as you would expect. they need to raise their game and give it everything they have any come up against a player like serena williams. but she has come through in three one of those victories was against the former champion in 2017 in the last round against the bulgarian champion was a surprise quarterfinal is. and i do not think she is absolutely unbeatable because there are signs of vulnerability, particularly early in match that they believe that they can beat her but, five instead of five just to victories away with the experience from the 24th grand slam singles title. it would definitely start as the favourite against janik title. it would definitely start as the favourite againstjanik o'grady, she is not since the resuming of the tour, and she will be playing against them for pulling out before the final, she does not

before that at flushing meadows, last year's finalist daniil medvedev is playing jj wolf of the unitedn number three seed has won the first two sets. he's yet to drop a set at this year's event. follow the us open on 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website. fans made their return to the grandstands for rugby premiership action this afternoon with around 2,700 members of the public allowed to buy tickets for the match between harlequins and bath. but a bonus point victory for the visitors may have been enough however to silence the home crowds. elsewhere, england captain owen farrell could be facing a lengthy ban following a red card during saracens‘ defeat to wasps. with a round—up of all today's premiership games, here's joe lynskey. at the stoop, the sound effects have been switched off. slowly rugby can get used to the noise again put that this is a crowd watching the sport in england for the first time since lockdown, nearly 3000 in, the next step on the way back. but on harlequins‘ home ground, bath crashed into spoil the fun but that they are on the cusp of the top four and

well as patrick mentioned, the top three were absent from flushing meadows — although novak djokovic. he's spoken about what happened and says he'll learn from his mistakes. of course, it's a bit of a shock to finish in that way, but it is what it is. you know, life goes on. hopefully i can, you know, learn a big lesson from that and move on. you know, i did talk with the lady, laura, and checked on her after the match to see if she was fine, she said she was fine. so, thank god no one was really hurt badly. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories now. former fifa secretary generaljerome valcke and the chairman of qatar—based media group bein sports, nasser al—khelaifi, have gone on trial over the award of television rights for the world cup and confederations cup. both men deny wrongdoing. formula one bosses are looking into whether lewes hamilton broke rules at the tuscan grand prix yesterday by wearing a t—shirt highlighting police brutality. a spokesman said the matter was "under active consideration" and that the fia was a non—political organisation. huddersfield g

she round at flushing meadows. does make it to the ti round. she does make it to the third round.eace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting. hostages appeared. some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: as more than 19,000 migrants cross from north africa to italy so far this year, there are warnings that this sharp increase in journeys across the mediterranean is building new tensions in southern europe. one month after the blast that claimed so many lives, rescuers in beirut think there may be somebody still alive under the rubble of this buil

continues for march the us open final deal with the action from flushing meadows that's coming up in sports. trials for one of the world's most promising coronavirus treatments are on hold because of the unexplained illness of one of the participants developers in oxford university in england started late stage testing last week the world health organization says safety is the primary focus for clinical trials and that it is routine practice to investigate when unexplained illnesses occur thousands of patients in britain brazil south africa and the us are all taking parts now the u.s. is top infectious disease expert says it's unfortunate the trial had to be delayed but points out that it's a normal part of the process. that's the reason why you have various phases of trials to determine if in fact these candidates are safe this particular candidate from the astra zeneca company had a serious adverse event which means you put the rest of the enrollment of individual volunteers on hold until you can work out precisely what went on the other sites to see if they see anything similar to

open final blears going to have all the action from flushing meadows this sport. one of the last opposition leaders active in belarus has been detained by mosque men lawyer maxime's knock was taken as part of an escalating crackdown on weeks of protests and comes only a day after a fellow politician media collects to cover was forcibly taken to the border with ukraine is not lost spoke about the political unrest in belarus on monday. such things happen every day not according to the ministry of india more than 600 people were detained on sunday for participating in peaceful demonstrations there will be trials for those who aren't released the list of political prisoners is growing so your gig has been following developments. they seem to be continuing if not intensifying their crackdown on the opposition and namely focusing it on the coordination council which was the council that was formed in order to do a diet to have dialogue with the president look at shank in order to try and resolve the matter of the disputed election as peacefully as possible but this has

open finally is going to have all the action from flushing meadows and sports. another opposition politician in belarus has been detained by a modest man as a crackdown and weeks of mass protests continues maxim's natca lawyer was one of the last members of the opposition coordination council it was still active inside bellicose and comes only a day after a fellow politician maria calista cove was forcibly taken to the border with ukraine last spoke about the political unrest in belarus on monday. shows. such things happen every day according to the ministry of face more than 600 people were detained on sunday dissipating in peaceful demonstrations they will be transferred to least the list of political prisoners is growing. so your gig is live for us now in london it does seem as though the by the us authorities or at least a group of masked men so we say that that's as much as we know does seem to be increasing some sort of crackdown on the leadership of the opposition. yes or of that's right they seem to be continuing if not intensifying their crackdown on th

the hope for all is that next time the trophy left at flushing meadows it will be in a stadium full oflassical music calendar here in the uk, but this year, for the first time in its long history, the last night of the proms has taken place without the usual flag—waving audience at london's royal albert hall. the show was also swept up in controversy, after the bbc reversed its decision not to sing rule, britannia! 0ur arts editor, will gompertz, was watching. after the possible omission and then the indecision followed by the controversy and the accusations of wetness prompting, perhaps, the u—turn — britannia did finally rule the airwaves. and so tradition prevailed over those who thought the words too imperialistic for this day and age. but it wasn't quite business as usual at this year's last night. it was a proms without promenaders, with a pared down, socially distanced bbc symphony orchestra, and barely a flag or a hat in sight. mozart's marriage of figaro plays. some blamed — wrongly, she said — any suggested changes on the night's finnish conductor, dalia stasevska, who starte

before we go, some breaking news from flushing meadows in the united dates.er zverev in a five set game. that is it from me. bye—bye. hello there. the weather is set to get quite a bit hotter across england and wales for the next day or two, but taking centre stage more recently has been this weather front stretching thousands of miles out into the atlantic. and that's been bringing some very heavy rain, some large rainfall totals building in across the highlands. we've had over 140mm of rain recorded, bringing reports of some localised flooding. and we've had this landslide effect at the a83, at the rest and be thankful. looks like that route is going to be out of action for a little while. now, looking at the weather picture at the moment, we've still got some of the rain coming down in the highlands. the rain eventually is going to turn a little bit lighter and patchier, but nevertheless some spots of rain still around for the highlands, the hebrides, orkney islands and shetland as we start the day on monday. further south, a lot of drier weather. could be

she'll face maria sakkari next, the woman who beat her at last month's tournament at flushing meadows the halfway stage of golf‘s season—ending tour championship in atlanta. he shot a second round of 66 to move to nine under par, four shots behind world number one dustin johnson, who's still out in front. rory mcilroy slipped back to eight under. there's £11 million on offerfor the winner. sussex batsman phil salt willjoin england's one—day squad as a reserve ahead of the series against australia, which starts on friday at old trafford. they have two more t20s to play before that, though — the first of them this afternoon in southampton. it starts at 2.15, and you can watch it live on bbc one. england bowler chris jordan is pleased to see cricket back on free—to—air television. there might be people who haven't watch cricket before, and there might be people who who obviously hadn't had sky for a while and might just have to watch highlights, so the more people that we can get watching the game and involved in a day game, the better it is for cricket, and with some of the games being

now it is all about flushing meadows with around three about to take shape.iversary of the formal end of the second world war, and some bbc colleagues have been telling the stories of their families' role in the war effort. mishal husain looks at the part played by her grandfather and the indian army. they served in deserts and jungles, from african battlefields to asia and in europe. and without what was then the british indian army, the war might not have been won. it's all commemorated here at the royal military academy sandhurst, which has trained officers for generations, and where this entire room on is the contribution of south asian troops through successive conflicts in different parts of the world. my grandfather, syed shahid hamid, was at university in northern india when he found out he'd won a place at sandhurst. it was 1932, and he was one of the few indian cadets. i'd like to show you this lovely photograph of your grandfather as part of the royal military college second six tennis team, named there, and you'll spot him there. yes! this is one

williams usually feeds off the crowd at flushing meadows but she said the peace was allowing her to focusthing cool. i have been playing so long. there is no crowd. there is something calming about it. gareth southgate has been talking about harry maguire‘s exclsusion from the his current england squad. the manchester united defender was involved in an altercation with greek police on mykonos last month and was found guilty in a greek court. he is appealing against the ruling but he was dropped from the squad for the matches against iceland tomorrow and denmark next week. gareth southgate said the door is open for the next international. gareth southgate said the door is open for the next internationalm has been a difficult period for him and the last few days it has been important for him to be able to relax, get away from all the attention, get a rest, relax, get away from all the attention, geta rest, mentally relax, get away from all the attention, get a rest, mentally get attention, get a rest, mentally get a rest because he had a short break anyway, but then the events that happened

the women's us open final is under way at flushing meadows in new york.inst japan's naomi osaka. both women are looking to win a third grand slam title. there's commentary of that final on radio 5 live and much more on the bbc sport website, including another pole position for lewis hamilton at tomorrow's tuscan grand prix. it's a staple of the classical music calendar. the last night of the proms took place tonight, but this year there was no flag—waving, bobbing audience inside the royal albert hall for the first time in its history. the show was also swept up in controversy, after the bbc reversed its decision not to sing rule, britannia! and land of hope and glory. our arts editor will gompertz was watching. they sing: rule, britannia after the possible omission and then the indecision followed by the controversy and the accusations of wetness prompting, perhaps, the u—turn, britannia did finally rule the airwaves. and so tradition prevailed over those who thought the words were too imperialistic for this day and age. but it wasn't quite business as u

but for now it's all about flushing meadows, with around three already taking shape.d what it would be like to get carried away by a bunch of balloons? well take a look at this. in his latest stunt, renowned daredevil david blaine ascended more than 7,600 metres into the arizona sky, hanging only from a cluster of jumbo—sized balloons. it's an altitutde usually reserved for commercial planes and birds, so blaine needed an oxygen mask for his safety. after taking in the spectacular views, blaine gradually dropped small weights to start his descent before detaching from the balloons and pa rachuting back to solid ground. much more for you at any time on the bbc website and on our twitter feed. thank you for watching. hello. it will be a much milder end to the night, that is because we've picked up atlantic weather fronts as more cloud around. and although that is clearing away for many, we will still have quite a cool and brisk breeze with showers coming in on that atlantic wind. these are the weather fronts i've talked about, some heavy, thundery rain for a time throug

has won the us open men's singles title defeating alexander zverev and a 5—step showdown at flushing meadowsus pandemic. much more on that story and all the stories you have been watching on our website, bye bye. hello there. the weather is set to get quite a bit hotter across england and wales for the next day or two, but taking centre stage more recently has been this weather front stretching thousands of miles out into the atlantic. and that's been bringing some very heavy rain, some large rainfall totals building in across the highlands. we've had over i40mm of rain recorded, bringing reports of some localised flooding. and we've had this landslide effect at the a83, at the rest and be thankful. looks like that route is going to be out of action for a little while. now, looking at the weather picture at the moment, we've still got some of the rain coming down in the highlands. the rain eventually is going to turn a little bit lighter and patchier, but nevertheless some spots of rain still around for the highlands, the hebrides, orkney islands and shetland as we start the day on monday. f

the hope for all is that next time the trophy is lifted at flushing meadows it will be in a stadium full for watching. bye— bye. hello there. on saturday, we finish the day with some pretty big weather contrasts. now, across england and wales, we have a sunny day, and it was a fine end to the day as well. this was one of our weather watcher pictures sent in from the surrey area. thanks to debbie w for that. further north, in scotland's stirling, it was a soggy saturday, certainly through the afternoon. thanks to graham for sending us that picture of the rain coming down in stirling. and the rain was all courtesy of this weather front, this area of cloud that stretches thousands of miles out into the atlantic. this is rain—bearing cloud, and it's going nowhere very far, very fast. so, at the moment, it's pouring down in scotland. around western scotland, the rain continues. notice over the next few hours, there is a tendency for the heaviest of the rain to start to nudge away from northern ireland. still an odd patch for north—west england and perhaps the western side of wales as well, bu

the 33 year old left flushing meadows immediately before posting an apology on his instagram page saying this whole situation has left me really sad and empty i checked on the lines person and the 2 men told me that thank god she's feeling ok i'm extremely sorry to have caused such stress. despite a $26.00 match winning streak that included victory at the australian open joke of each has had a difficult year image wise he organized the adrian 2 in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic several players and spectators tested positive for covert 1000 and the 2 it was abandoned he has also launched an alternative players' association in the last couple of weeks that has received a lot of criticism with joke of a sharp they will be a brand new men's grand slam singles champion for the 1st time since the 24 team us open. he does them at al-jazeera. this is our jazeera these are the top stories and bellicose a prominent protest leader is missing after an incident in the center of the capital minsk there are reports that a maria kolesnikov has been taken away in a van by unidentified people band

she'll face maria sakkari next, the woman who beat her at last month's tournament at flushing meadowsiton at the half—way stage of golf‘s season—ending tour championship in atlanta. he shot a second round of 66, to move to 9—under—par, four shots behind world number one dustin johnson, who's still out in front. rory mcilroy slipped back to 8 under. there's £11 million on offerfor the winner. britain's georgia taylor—brown put in a brilliant performance to become world triathlon champion for the first time. the title is usually decided with a series of races but this year, because of the pandemic, there was a one—off race in hamburg. taylor—brown broke clear early in the run section and gradually extended her advantage to win by nine seconds. france's vincent luis retained the men's title, with alistair brownlee finishing ninth and brother jonny back in 31st. the british athletics championships in manchester produced a remarkable finish in the men's 800 metres. daniel rowden got the better of jake wightman, powering past him with 50 metres to go. it was a great performance from rowden,

missing the big three, is alexander zverev the best placed to become the first new champion of flushing meadowsow to ensure that schools can remain open across the uk at the forefront of many people's minds. two big new research projects have got funding to investigate how the virus might be transmitted at school. in bristol, scientists from the university will use simple saliva tests — rather than swab tests — from volunteers in the city s schools. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has been to one of the schools taking part. at the school front door the first reminder of coronavirus, the risk their education will be disrupted again. but these pupils in bristol could help change that. taking a saliva test for the virus once a month, so cases without symptoms are spotted. if you do know that you have it, then you can stay at home for, like, two weeks and make sure that you've fully recovered. at such a critical time, learning obviously our gcses, so keeping school open for our year right now is probably the best thing that can happen. the benefits are of testing like you know you can take pre

number one seed naomi osaka came from a set down to claim her third major title, her second at flushing meadowskatie gornall was watching. it's been seven years since victoria azarenka last walked out into a grand slam final. off court struggles in the meantime letter to contemplate retirement. but now, against the odds, she is back at the top of her sport. relentless pressure. brilliance from azarenka. her opponent, naomi osaka, is only 22, but was also chasing her third major title. early on, she was given the ru na round. azarenka cruising through the first set 6—1. but the numberfour seed has never lost a grand slam final and eventually found herfight. that's the best point we have seen from osaka. claiming a second set 6—3. now, the momentum had shifted. azarenka was struggling to keep up. osaka saving her best when it mattered most. what a finish. osaka is the champion. throughout this tournament, osaka has used her platform to highlight racial injustice. yet again, she is a champion. but for her, that has always been about something bigger. so a third grand slam for osaka and a second us

a special moment for us soccer's who's been using her run to a 2nd flushing meadows title to spread awareness of racial injustice through wearing masks with the names of black victims of alleged police or racist violence in the united states you said from the beginning you had 7 matches 7 masks 7 names what was the message you want to send mail farm or what was the message you got it was more the question i feel like the point is to make people start talking. osaka kick back after getting the job done in new york but must quickly decide whether she'll be going to paris for the french open so he'll malick al-jazeera. top story this hour at least 250 people have been arrested in the by the russian capital minsk following an escalation in violence against protesters police have been seen beating demonstrators forcing many of them into military vehicles about 100000 people flooded the center of the city making their way to one of the presidential compounds earlier on the government shut down the internet activists have been demanding the resignation of president alexander lukashenko after that di

cnn correspondent carolyn manno's joining us from flushing meadows new york, i understand the first set just wrapped up, who's ahead right now. >> good evening, anna, victoria took the first set, her maturity shininging through. naomi came out a little tight. right now she's looking like she has to battle back here. there's a lot of tenets to be played. i expect it to be a battle that goes three sets. naomi and victoria feel a little bit like destiny to be meeting at this point. first time in a final in seven years. she won the western and southern open a couple weeks ago. this has been a mental grind on and off the court. she came into arthur ashe stadium wearing the name tamir rice, a black boy killed by police in 2014. the confidence she's shown before this tournament began that she was going to make seven masks, each one of those masks was going to bear the name of a victim of social justice. to follow through in a major like this, the first major back since the pandemic, and prove to everyone what it means to her. it's a lot of emotional pressure off the court. she's shy, she's sof

he left flushing meadows without speaking to the media. i'll read you some elements of that statement. he said, the whole situation left me really sad and empty. i checked on the lines person and the tournament told me that thank god she's feeling okay. later he says as for the disqualification, i need to go back within and work on my disappointments and turn this all into a lesson for my growth and evolution as a player and human being. djokovic saying all the right things. he knows there's no excuse and he knows there's no leeway in the rules, no right of appeal. he would have gone on to play a young canadian player and he was defaulted himself by hitting a ball that struck an umpire's eye in the davis cup. after winning he said this, i've been in that situation so i know exactly how novak is feeling. of course he had no intentions to go after the lines woman. thankfully she's okay. it could have ended up very, very bad. ball could have went anywhere, it's just super unfortunate. it now means, kim, we are going to have a new men's grand

. >>> more history in flushing meadows.me ever three moms have advanced to the quarter finals. serena williams, victoria azarenka and pirankava. after her match she talked about how hard the tournament has been being away from him. >> well, yeah. i haven't seen him in two weeks and it's very tough. it's teougher every day. it's worth it. >> so cool there. pironkova, her toughest match coming up next. she'll take on serena. it's so cool to see those moms out there still competing at the highest level and doing well. >> look, there is no tougher job than being a parent so i'm sure it has served them well preparing for those tournaments. good to see you, andy. thanks so much. >>> president trump is now pressuring reporters to take off their masks, the ones that keep them safe. see how it happened just ahead. don't settle for silver ♪ gold bond champion your skin or psoriatic arthritis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently

novak djokovic was the overwhelming five lit to win this year's men's title at flushing meadows.strations get the better of him and now he has to wait to win his 18th grand slam title. in the first set yesterday. djokovic after losing a service game, frustrated, fired the ball with his racket and hit the line drive in the neck. he immediately saw remorse and she was able to get up and walk off the court. djokovic then spoke with the officials there, and he was told he was disqualified from the tournament. djokovic left without speaking with reporters but did give a lengthy apology on instagram saying the whole situation has left me really sad and empty. i checked on the lines person, and the tournament told me that thank god she is feeling okay. i'm extremely sorry to have caused her such stress. so unintended and so wrong. he went on to say i need to go back within and work on my disappointment and turn this into a lesson for my growth and evolution as a player and human being. i apologize to the u.s. open tournament and everyone associated for my behavior. the usta says djokovi

record equaling 24th grand slam title, as she took on victoria azarenka in the semifinals at flushing meadowsll enough, taking the first set with ease, 6-1. but things went downhill from there. azarenka started dominating the match after breaking williams' serve in the fifth game of the second set. 6-3.ent on to take it, then in the third, williams complained that her achilles was bothering her and she took a medical timeout. the break did not seem to help much. renka, the former world number one herself, continue to outplay her. the russian closed out the final set to see her first several grand slam win over williams. a sweet moment for azarenka. the last time she reached a grand slam final was seven years ago. >> it feels more fun this year. more fulfilling. me. pleasant for it feels nice. >> it is obviously disappointing, but at the same time, i did what i could today. i feel like other times i have been close and i could have done better. today, i feel like i gave a lot. reporter: she will face naomi osaka in the final. she faced jennifer brady in her semis, having been taken to a tiebre

and left flushing meadows pretty quickly without speaking to the media. released a statement on instagram. we can show you. i won't read it all out, but pick out the significant points. he starts, this whole situation has left me really sad and empty. i checked on the lines person and the tournament told me thank god she is feeling okay. later in the statement he says, as for the disqualification, i need to go back within and work on my disappointments and turn this all into a lesson for my growth and evolution as a player and human being. he realized there was no point trying to excuse this behavior. it might not have looked a lot. certainly seen bigger tantrums on the court, but he was in the wrong and he knows it. interestingly, he's someone who knows that better than anybody would have been his next poend, canada's dennis shop love in 2018 as a teenager defaulted for hitting a ball that accidentally struck an umpire in the eye. shapovalov said afterwards his match, i've been in that situation so i know exactly how novak is feeling. of course he had no

open men's world number one novak djokovic also won his 1st match i didn't see flushing meadows in new york when i got the action but novak djokovic. it was the start of the u.s. open but not as we know it no fans but this is the 1st tennis grand slam of the coronavirus era. but out on the courts there was no mistaking the world number one . with his top rivals wrapped around the down roger federer not playing novak djokovic is the overwhelming favorite in the men's tournament. and he dispatched bosnia's dammit jim hood in straight sets as he looks for an 18th grand slam title . in the women's draw top seed carolina also came through her 1st round match against ukraine. and hello kelli arena with no alarms in just over an hour. while 2018 champion a van through with a hard fought 3 set win over fellow japanese player misaki dory asarco has been fighting off the court for social justice these last few weeks this time she let her mask do the talking wearing the name of brianna taylor who was shot by police in louisville back in march of 7. it's. 7 masks isn't enough for the man of the na

the us open may look, sound and feel very different this year but day two of play at flushing meadowsnjury retirement and even a new record, fans may be watching from home but certainly still on the edge of their seats. tanya dendrinos has more. another chapter for the history books, the queen of the court, serena williams, notching up her 102nd us open win, the highest number in the history of the tournament. the six time champion managed the feed in straight sets, dismissing fellow american kristie ahn.|j love myjob, at the end of the day, i love what i do and i've a lwa ys day, i love what i do and i've always said you cannot do it forever, even though i have been kind of doing it forever! 0ne been kind of doing it forever! one of these days it will end andi one of these days it will end and ijust one of these days it will end and i just want one of these days it will end and ijust want to, i love being out here. still making his way back following hip surgery, his way back following hip surgery, andy murray had a mountain to climb, two down against yoshio cal, tenacity on show has

croatian beating vargas shaper in straight sets 6363 the 29 year old series the quarterfinals at flushing meadows for the 1st time. serena williams has also advanced the 6 time champion i mean so when a 1st grand slam title in 3 years and says she's quite enjoying playing in front of large friends far is far. from a record equalling 24th grand slam title is moving ever closer for serena williams . a straight sets win over russia's margarita i guess sparing in saw her advance into round 3 at the less open where she'll meet 2017 champion sloane stephens williams says the copen era quiet of a family's stadium isn't affecting her so far and i love the crowd here obviously but it's something cool like i mean i've been playing so long i now play in the modern area where there's there's no crowd it's all digital stuff but it's something kind of calming about it you know africa's top ranked player is also through tennessee is owns job beating kaia kanepi to reach round 3 for a 2nd year in a row to go any further job or will have to beat sophia can top level tennis was suspended for 5 months due to corona

number 3 fighting back to win the food as well as the thought to force a deciding 5th set at flushing meadows. and then after 4 hours and one minute dominant team became the 1st new male singles grand slam champion in 6 years as well as the 1st to have been in the 1990 s. . delight for team but the space. who revealed afterwards that he's parents tested positive for corona virus and could not be there to support him. and this is the part. i mean i'm sure i'm sure they're sitting at home even though i lost that very proud and you know i wish one day that i can bring the trophy on it's amazing how far our our way our journey brought us through to share this moment with you and i wish. i really wish we could have 2 winners today i think we both deserved it but. i remember one when we played madrid in charge of the finals you told me that i'm going to make it i'm going to win this title and i tell you the same now here i mean you're gonna make it a 100 percent you're gonna make your your parents proud your family proud. the next grand slam is the french open starting next week where team is lost

age he loses all prize money and ranking points earned at the tournament the 33 year old left flushing meadowsmmediately without taking questions before posting an apology on his instagram page saying the whole such. has left me really sad and empty i checked on the lines person and the tournament told me that thank god she's feeling ok i'm extremely sorry to have caused such stress there all those out of there as. this kind of things never likes i think. the referee and. though they're right think despite a $26.00 match winning streak that included victory at the australian open djokovic has had a difficult year image wise he organized the doomed adrian to in the middle of a pandemic which was subsequently abandoned after he and 3 other players tested positive for corona virus jacket which is also launching a breakaway players' association which has received a lot of criticism. because we now know there will definitely be a new men's major champion for the 1st time since 24 team with dominant team daniel medvedev and alexander vary of the highest ranked players left in the draw now i think th

open champion is looking good at flushing meadows tennis action coming up in just a moment and the rest of the day it's. on the back it's now time for sports and his thank you very much this. has tested positive for koran a virus is one of 3 p.s.g. players to a positive result it's a blow to the a club's league preparations they're set to kick off their campaign on september the 10th on his teammates were most recently in action at last month's champ is the final defeat to by munich. well you know messi is a father says it will be difficult for the argentinian star to stay at barcelona jorge mysie is in spain for talks with the club's president about the players' future the striker hasn't trained with the team since handing in a transfer request last week barcelona are still hoping the 6th time will play of the year will sign a new contract off to 6 years with barcelona creation at midfield evacuate it definitely is leaving the club to rejoin a surveyor when asked about messi the 32 year old said the 1st and best option for every player is to stay at barcelona's. i think that it's best

a special moment for us soccer's who's been using her run to a 2nd flushing meadows title to spread awareness of racial injustice through wearing masks were. the names of black victims of alleged police still racist violence in the united states you said from the beginning you had 7 matches 7 masks 7 names what was the message you wanted to send mail column or what was the message you got it was more the question a feeling the point is to make people start talking. osaka now kick back off to getting the job done in new york but must quickly decide whether she'd be going to paris for the french open so hail malik al-jazeera. now the i like is heading to a conference final for the 1st time in 10 years that he's to iraq is to get the ending the longest droughts in franchise history le bron james always at the full funny at 29 points and 11 rebounds as the like has clinched the series gang 53 opponents of bring the championship back to the lakers for the 1st time since kobe bryant's team wanted a decade you guys james is now tied in 3rd with kareem abdul-jabbar for most class wins he's on 37 game

was yet another side to exit determined at flushing meadows the spaniard was beaten by their own hola may have 1st only meant in 3 years it will garry and showed no signs of rust as she took the match in straight sets 7563 to book her spot into the 3rd round. or she will be drawn to the next round by a reigning australian open champion to fear kevin the 2nd seed was a straight sets win against unseeded laila fernandez 6463 was the score in the men's draw 2nd see that dominic c.m.'s celebrated his 27th birthday in style the austrian and a spot in the 3rd round with a straight sets win over summit and god will face 2014 champion in the next round. he's a real champion as you said i mean one of the. very few victories grand slam champions. he knows what it takes to to win big matches to be to win even the speak tournaments. he's all the time fighting putting 100 percent effort. against a great role model for all sports it's going to be a 1st match a grand slam level i'm really looking forward to the long. one of the stadiums set to host matches qatar 2022 has staged its 1st official game

they got under way at flushing meadows, but there was no need for a quiet please from the chair umpirehind closed doors. no, definitely no. i would choose people here but the first major was like, should hmi chair myself or should hmi chair myself or should they be more calm?|j felt should they be more calm?” felt a little bit strange. there was no trouble for the top seeds in round one. novak djokovic dismissing opponents in straight sets. it's notjust the matchup is proving a challenge. oh, sorry. safety first. my bad. i'm very far away from everyone, just so everybody is clear. there was something they had to get used to, to be in a bubble, of course, it is something totally different which a... you know, going out for the coffee and sitting in a park and so on and suddenly this is not the option, so it's holidays and we are all still on the same page, so are all still on the same page, so everybody had to get used to it. it's clear it's going to ta ke it. it's clear it's going to take some adjustments to settle into the new normal, and hope it reflects on court. target berlin zoo's

day 6 at flushing meadows and all eyes were on 6 time u.s. open champion serena williams the 38 year old is chasing grand slam singles title number 24. but on saturday she found herself a sit down against 2017 champion sloane stephens williams ready back to eventually win the match 2662 and 16 deaves with due to a limpia looking on 6 do in the next round she will face marius a chari of greece as billie jean king said pressure pressure is a privilege so i wouldn't want it any other way. so i just try to think about. how fortunate i am to have been in this position and honestly to be serene it feels weird to say that. one of williams's rivals for the title will be 2nd seeds of cannon the young american won the australian open earlier this year and is through to the poked around the new york after seeing off to his ears on 7663 no fans allowed in the stands because of coronavirus restrictions but that didn't stop these guys from trying to get in to see 2nd team b. 2014 champion marion gillett's. came out on top 62623663 as he continues his quest

open tennis he'd been was the latest star to exit the torment at flushing meadows is by and was beaten by the time now her own koba playing her 1st arment and 3 years the bulgarian showed no signs of rust actually took the match in straight sets 7563 to because spot into the 3rd round. to be dull and then the next won by a reigning all straining open champion a 2nd for the 2nd see that was a straight set when i guess on see the. 6463 was the school. and one of the candidates in the running to be the new president well barcelona president george the firey says the club must find a way to keep hold of the n.l. messy 33 year old argentinian handed in a transparent quest last week in the aftermath of barcelona's 82 champions league exit against by munich mrs father arrived in barcelona wednesday to discuss his son's future and fair is hoping a solution to stop messi leaving can be found you are quite ok little machine gun i think leo messi never wanted to leave i think he was angry angry with the board of directors angry with the results and the lack of provision but in view and i think it

a special moment for a song cause who's been using her run to a 2nd flushing meadows title to spread awareness of racial injustice through wearing masks with the names of black victims of alleged police the racist violence in the united states you said from the beginning you had 7 matches 7 masks 78 what was the message you wanted to say no more what was the message you got was more the question or feeling the point is to make people start talking. osaka can kick back after getting the job done in new york but must quickly decide whether she'll be going to paris for the french open so he'll malik al-jazeera. or french league game between paris and german and marseilles finished in dramatic style 5 players including neymar was sense off in the final moments as fighting broke out between the teams losing the game won no via 2nd strike loss of the new season as he left the pitch neymar told the 4th official he had heard a racist comments to games in the english premier league this sunday of it's and be tottenham one nil and jamie volley scored 2 penalties for leicester in a 3 no win aga