in alex de minaur, he had an opponent who could provide a test. a bundle of aussie energy.he first set, he threatened alcaraz, only to ultimately lose the argument. and after several flowing phrases of tennis, the set was finished with an alcaraz full stop. and he seemed to need the pause. the physio was called to provide some comfort. a few extra seconds in the shade would have helped. the temperature in london was above 30 degrees, but the pace didn't seem to drop. earlier in the week, de minaur knocked andy murray out, but it hasn't affected his popularity. commentator: well, that's come back. - the australian here making the ball boomerang. touche for the trick shot. but the big shots were all from alcaraz. he imposed his will on his first grass court final game and soon seemed entirely at home. he came to queens, he says, to educate himself about grass. he leaves it as the champion and world number one. i started the tournament not really well, as you said, i had to adapt my movement, you know, a little bit on grass to get experience but it's been an amazing an amazing

in alex de minaur, he had an opponent who could provide a test, a bundle of aussie energy.z, only to ultimately lose the argument. and after several flowing phrases of tennis, the set was finished with an alcaraz full stop. he seemed to need the pause. the physio was called to provide some comfort. a few extra seconds in the shade would have helped. the temperature in london was above 30 degrees, but the pace didn't seem to drop. earlier in the week, de minaur knocked andy murray out, but it hasn't affected his popularity. commentator: oh, that spun back! the australian here making the ball boomerang — touche for the trick shot. but the big shots were all from alcaraz. he imposed his will on his first grass court final game and soon seemed entirely at home. he came to queens, he says, to educate himself about grass. he leaves it as the champion and world number one. i started the tournament not really well. as you said, i had to, you know, adapt my movement a little bit on grass to get experience. yeah, but it's been an amazing, amazing week. and in the way with a lot of, y

record five times, but he was beaten in straight sets by the number seven seed from australia, alex de minaurories at surbiton and nottingham. his first—round defeat means he's unlikely to be seeded at wimbledon next month. from me in the team, have a lovely time, goodbye. hello. june's certainly been a warm month for many of us and, at times, it has felt like the middle of summer. talking of which, june 21st marks the first day of astronomical summer, or the summer solstice, and it will be the longest day of the year. but let's get to the forecast, then. this is the satellite picture from the last day or so, and that weather front that brought the rain to many parts of the country in the last 2a hours. it will be moving away northwards. but in its wake, we'll see an area of high pressure developing towards the south and west, but will also be brushed by weather systems over the next few days in north—western areas of the uk. but the high pressure to the south is also going to open up the doors to much warmer weather streaming our way from spain, portugal and france. so it does look as though

while the australian seventh seed alex de minaur is also through after beating diego schwartzman.s clare balding rounds up the day for us with 2018 australian open semi finalist kyle edmond alongside her. we have a multinational lined up for the quarterfinals and it is led by the top seed from spain, carlos alcaraz. what did you make of his performance today? very impressive in total control. his opponent is not by any needs a bad player. he's played very well over the last few years. but today, carlos alcaraz was just dominating him. he is improving on the grass each match i suspect you willjust continue to improve. you look at his movement. can you see that it is changing to adapt to the grass? exactly for when you come off of the play to go into shots expecting to slide, to push off a lot easier on the grass he cannot do that. you really have to take adjustment steps. first on slipping over a few times and that is quite natural here at queens as well especially on the fresh, green grass. that is this a each match is getting more and more and more comfortable. making his debut h

his impressive victory over alex de minaur in the final means he's also the world number one, over—takingrts in a week's time. patrick gearey reports. one of the most popular paths to wimbledon runs through west kensington. queens is a good place to see the future. it's grass courts are strange territory for carlos alcaraz, but he's been growing on these lawns, on 7 under heading to the 18th hole. saso made par but ruoning rolled in a birdie to beat

he was speaking after he was knocked out of queens in the first round yesterday by alex de minaur.er tour, the two—time wimbledon winner says defeat might be a blessing. on of the good things about playing is one of the top 20 players in the world is that you really see things you need to work on, things that maybe against someone ranked a hundred that are working well, don't necessarily work as well against the higher ranked players, they defend a bit better, they put the ball in the more uncomfortable positions, and definitely, we will learn a bit and work on those things in the next ten days. you can't... you can'tjust play for, you know, 30 days in a row. you do need to take breaks. that is the one positive from today is that i get an opportunity now to take a few days break and then... and then, yeah, i'll train and get a proper period of work done before wimbledon starts. it starts in one week and a half. looking forward to that. england's mauro itoje says he feels nothing but excitement ahead of this autumn's rugby world cup. itoje was speaking to my colleague sarah mullkerr

these are the live pictures from queens, with alex de minaur and adrian mannarino looking to become thetch sees carlos alcaraz, the top seed, playing grigor dimitrov. england's group game against denmark at the 2023 women's world cup, co—hosted by australia and new zealand, will be shown live on the bbc. sarina wiegman's european champions face the danes in sydney on friday, 28thjuly, six days after their opening match against haiti. the tournament begins on thursday 20th july, with the opening ceremony and game, between new zealand and norway, live on the bbc. four—time tour de france champion chris froome will not compete in next month's tour de france after being left out of the israel—premier tech squad. froome has struggled with form since a 2019 crash which left him with a fractured right femur, elbow and ribs. he left team ineos, formerly team sky, at the end of 2020 tojoin israel—premier tech, stating that racing in the 2023 tour de france was "his ultimate goal". froome won the 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 editions of the race with team sky. mohammed ahmed has been added to the en

while the australian seventh seed alex de minaur is also through after beating diego schwartzman.s clare balding rounds up the day for us with 2018 australian open semi finalist kyle edmond alongside her. we have a multinational he lined up for the quarter finals and it is led by the top seed from spain, carlos alcaraz. what did you make of his performance today, kyle edmond? very impressive in total controh _ very impressive in total control. his opponent is not by any needs_ control. his opponent is not by any needs a bad player. he's played — any needs a bad player. he's played very well over the last few years. but today, carlos alcaraz— few years. but today, carlos alcaraz was just dominating him — alcaraz was just dominating him he _ alcaraz was just dominating him. he is improving on the grass— him. he is improving on the grass each match i suspect you williust— grass each match i suspect you willjust continue to improve. you _ willjust continue to improve. you look— willjust continue to improve. you look at his movement. can you see that it is changing to adapt to the gras

and in beating australia's alex de minaur in straight sets, he went back to the top of the world rankingsmeans he will now be the top men's seed at wimbledon. patrick gearey has more. one of the most popular paths to wimbledon runs through west kensington. queens is a good place to see the future. its grass courts a strange territory for carlos alcaraz, but he has been growing on these lawns, adjusting his games accordingly. in de minaur he had an opponent who could provide a test, he threatened alcaraz, but only for a moment. after several flowing phrases of tennis, the set was finished with an alcaraz fall stop. a few extra seconds in the shade would have helped. the temperature was above 30 degrees, but the pace did not seem to drop. early in the week de minaur knocked andy murray out, but it doesn't seem to have affected his popularity. the australian here making the ball boomerang. touche for the trick shot. the trick shots were all from alcaraz. he soon seemed entirely at home. we came to queens he says directly kate himself about grass. he leaves it as the champion and world number

he's under way against australia's alex de minaur in london. alcaraz win that 6—4. at the moment it is 5—4 to alcatraz on his serve in the second, so on the verge of potentially winning that. he will be confirmed, if he does so, at the top seed at wimbledon, which gets under way in eight days�* time. andrey rublev�*s wimbledon preperations have suffered a setback. the world number seven lost in three sets against alexander bublik at the halle 0pen. it's bublik�*s first ever tour level grass court title. and the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova is facing unseeded donna vekic in the final of the german open. after friday's play was a wash—out, they had to play both the quarter—finals and semi—finals on saturday to progress. kvitova has won the first set 6—2. and with just 25 days to go until that start of the women's world cup, football fans marched across sydney's iconic harbour bridge. thousands of people joined the unity celebration, walking, jogging or dancing across the landmark. the tournament takes place across australia and new z

he's under way against australia's alex de minaur in london. it's currently 4—3 to de minaur. eight days' time. plenty of preparations for wimbledon. there's another grass court final taking place at the moment as well, as andrey rublev takes on alexander bublik at the halle 0pen. rublev ru blev lost rublev lost the first set 63, but he has just taken the second set to 6-3. and the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova faces unseeded donna vekic in the final of the german open shortly. after friday's play was a wash—out, they had to play both the quarterfinals and semi—finals on saturday to progress. that gets under way in the next half hour. and with just 25 days to go until that start of the women's world cup, football fans marched across sydney's iconic harbour bridge. thousands of people joined the unity celebration, walking, jogging or dancing across the landmark. the tournament takes place across australia and new zealand, with new zealand facing norway in the opening fixture at eden park in auckland. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, serra. gree

the spaniard overcame the challenge of australian alex de minaur to win in straight sets in the finalse title and fifth overall this season. the 6—4, 6—4 victory ensures alcaraz of the men's number one seeding the 6—4, 6—4 victory ensures alcaraz has the men's number one seeding when wimbledon starts in eight days' time. it helps a lot to going to wimbledon being as the number one, is the top seed, in such a great tournament as wimbledon. for me, it is amazing. 0nce wimbledon. for me, it is amazing. once again, it wasn't to be possible with the support of the people during the whole week. we started the tournament really well, we had to adapt my movement, a little bit on grass to experience, but it has been an amazing week. andrey rublev�*s wimbledon preparations, meanwhile, have suffered a setback. the world number seven lost in three sets against alexander bublik at the halle 0pen. it's bublik�*s first tour level grass court title. and the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova is facing unseeded donna vekic in the final of the german open. kvitova won the first set 6—2, but is n

mannarino now faces australian alex de minaur.way to finishing two under on her first round. that's left her tied second, one shot off the lead. she's hoping to become the first irishwoman to win a major. mel reid meanwhile is the highest—placed briton tied 15th. there was heartbreak for rory mcilroy at last weekend's us open losing byjust a single shot. but the world number three was smiling again this evening after finally hitting a hole in one on the pga tour. it's taken the northern irishman 3,532 attempts, but he finally got lucky at the eighth at the travelers championship in connecticut. to rugby league — and hull fc didn't have to wait long to get revenge on st helens after losing to them in the quarterfinals of rugby league's challenge cup last saturday. they met again this evening in the superleague at mkm stadium and thrashed them by 3a—6. darnell mcintosh completed the rout with the black and whites sixth and final try of the night. the win sees hull leapfrog leeds into eight place. what an exciting day at royal ascot,

holger rune of denmark will face alex de minaur in the other singles semifinal after overcoming lorenzoralian — de minaur, who beat andy murray in his opening match, beat adrian mannarino of france. the women's ashes test is looking really well matched... australia were eventually all out for 473 midway through day 2 at trent bridge — annabel sutherland top scoring with an unbeaten 137. and in reply england were 218—2 at the close of play — opener tammy beaumont still in on a century as england trail by 255 runs. unusually this a 5—day test match in the multi format ashes series. a 19—year from france is the talk of the basketball world, after being picked first in this year's nba draught. victor wembanyama is 7 foot 5 inches tall, and was selected by the san antonio spurs. he's seen as the biggest prospect in the sport since lebronjames was draughted two decades ago. here's our sports correspondent, nesta mcgregor... the san antonio spurs select victor wembanyama! a the san antonio spurs select victor wembanyama!— the san antonio spurs select victor wemban ama! �* ., ., ., wembanyama!

sebastian korda in straight sets in yesterday's semifinal to set up today's match with australia's alex de minaurtop of the world rankings and be the top seed at wimbledon which starts a week tomorrow. one final already under way, as andrey rublev v alexander bublik at the halle open in germany third seed rublev. and the two, time wimbledon and the two—time wimbledon champion, petra kvitova, and the unseeded donna vekic both won twice saturday to advance to the final of the german open in berlin after the quarterfinals were washed out on friday. that one getting under way in an hour or so. ireland's leona maguire takes a one, shot lead into the final round of the women's pga championship in newjersey as she chases a first major win, and become the first women from ireland to win one. she got off to a brilliant start with this birdie on the first hole. she was three shots ahead of her nearest rivals after the front nine, but dropped a shot, finishing with a two, under 69 in the third round. south korea'sjenny shin is a shot behind, while northern ireland's stephanie meadow is two off the lead. kee

he's up against australian seventh seed alex de minaur at queens.don this is a step up. andy murray really had no answers for him, beaten in straight sets in the end. 60 61, and that is that the crowd at the queen's club who have just seen andy murray walk off extremely disappointed. remember, wimbledon just less than two weeks away follow more of that in the bbc sport website, frustration for andy murray. disappointment for eric katie bolton, herfirst match as the new british number one. she's been beaten straight sets. beaten by zhu lin of china. boulter beat compatriot jodie burrage in the nottingham open final to win her first wta title, but lost the first set today 7—5. activist group said they will not disrupt the festival having stage protests at the derby and grand national races recently, frankie retiring, he is last time racing at ascot. he is daniela rall. they are off. dressed up in picture—perfect. it's as much about the fashion as it is the racing. king charles and queen camilla led the rail procession down the course. this is the firs

won a record five times but he was beaten in straight sets by the number 7 seed from australia, alex de minaurt is the one positive from today, you get an opportunity to take a few days break, and then... yeah, iwill try and get a proper period of work done before wimbledon stance. the top seed carlos alcaraz is through to the 2nd roundbut he had to come from a set down to beat the frenchman arthur rinderknech who qualified as a lucky loser. after winning the 2nd set 7 5, alcaraz took the decider on a tie break to seal his place in the last 16 where he'llfacejir lehe ka of the czech republic. in birmingham, katie boulter lost her first match since becoming the new british number one. she was looking for back to back titles, following last week's victory in nottingham but was beaten in straight sets by zhu lin of china. burrage lost to fellow briton harriet dart by 2 sets to one. she will now face the number five seed from ukraine. that is all the sport, rememberyou seed from ukraine. that is all the sport, remember you can stay up—to—date using the bbc sport website and the app. hello, good ev

against alex de minaur. noon no inon— yeah. against alex de minaur. we're going to be looking at tesco's. they're scrapping some bug off deals . is scrapping some bug off deals. is that the thing to do in the cost of living crisis will tell you more very shortly . it's 842. let's have a look at the newspapers this morning with claire pearsall and lewis oakley. good morning . you too. oakley. good morning. you too. morning. let's have a look claire at the mail on sunday should we and village halls ? should we and village halls? yes. now this is one of those eeh— yes. now this is one of those set et— yes. now this is one of those sort of unintended consequences of sort of unintended consequences et government— sort of unintended consequences of government legislation. the teheheh— of government legislation. the terrorism bill— of government legislation. the terrorism bill in— of government legislation. the terrorism bill in its current hermet— terrorism bill in its current format would— terrorism bill in its current format would make the trustees of form

carlos alcaraz will pose after he won his first grass court title at queen's yesterday, beating alex de minaur before he finds a home for that, one of the biggest trophies he'll be adding to his collection. i started the tournament not really well we started the tournament not really well, as you said, we had to adapt my movement, you know, a little bit on grass, to get experience. but it has been an amazing week. ruoning yin won the women's pga championship, the second major of the year. it's her first major, secured with this one—shot victory. she enjoyed a bogey—free final round on a weather—delayed day in newjersey, where this birdie at the final hole handed her the title. 0vernight leader leona maguire from ireland dropped to tied—11th. now there was a touching tribute on what proved an emotional day for british cyclist, fred wright. he won his first british national road race title. he'd never won a senior race until yesterday. but as a former team—mate of gino mader, who died after a crash at the tour de suisse earlier this month, he tearfully pointed to the sky as he crossed the line i

he was was beaten in straight sets by the australian alex de minaur and it means murray is now extremelyin a row. you do need to take breaks. that is the one positive from today is that i get an opportunity now to take a few days break and then... and then, yeah, i'll train and get a proper period of work done before wimbledon starts. not a great day for british number one katie boulter either, she was beaten in straight sets by china's zhu lin in the first round of the birmingham classic. and jodie burrage lost to harriet dart in an all british contest, dart coming from behind to win in three sets. really contrasting fortunes. isn't itiust? _ really contrasting fortunes. isn't itjust? the next ashes really contrasting fortunes. isn't it just? the next ashes test really contrasting fortunes. isn't itjust? the next ashes test next week. _ itjust? the next ashes test next week, wednesday. not quite enough time to— week, wednesday. not quite enough time to grow those fingernails back. we will— time to grow those fingernails back. we will have a go. thank you. it is the longest _ we will hav

sebastian korda in straight sets in yesterday's semi—final to set up today's match with australia's alex de minaurer. brilliant _ taking one for the team. what a team player, brilliant stuff. _ we've seen some huge stars play at glastonbury this weekend — from the arctic monkeys on friday to lizzo and guns n roses last night. none of them, however, had tojuggle rehearsals with sitting their gcses, which is what the teenage band, askew, had to do. they're fronted by 16—year—old eli crossley, who came on breakfast a few months ago to talk about his disability. during that interview, he made an off—the—cuff remark that he'd love to play glastonbury... and the rest is musical history! take a look. hello. my name is eli crossley, and i suffer from a rare disease called duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is where one of the proteins in my body is missing, which makes it harderfor me to do certain things. i am doing my gcses currently, and my passion is writing music, and i'm in a band. # hello # i waited for you # everlong.# i kind of out—of—the—blue said my dream was to play at glastonbury, not really

murray, who's won back to back grass—court titles, faces world number 18 alex de minaur.m later in the programme. british number one cameron norrie made a solid start to his queens campaign. norrie saw off miomir kecmanovic of serbia in straight sets. but dan evans is out. he was beaten in straight sets by the american sebastian korda 6—a, 7—5. it's the start of royal ascot today with five days of thrilling action ahead. ican i can expect we will see some pretty impressive outfits as well. this is the highlight of british flat racing season, with 35 races scheduled for this years meeting. thousands of guests are expected to attend in their finest attire of course, including members of the royal family, we will bring you some of the highlights over the course of the coming days. as far as to day is concerned, it is around this time of morning receive the cover is off at edgbaston. not this morning, with rain forecast. those covers are staying on. the good news is it is it is set to clear later on so we should, we hope, have enough play today to see a result in this enthral

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