jannik sinner will climb to a career—high third in the world rankings after beating alex de minaur tohampion will become italy's highest—ranked male player in history on monday after beating de minaur 7—5, 6—4. it is a 12th career title for sinner, who has now won 15 consecutive matches to start the year. every time when you win a title, it doesn't really matter how big the title is. it means a lot. yeah, forsure, i had a little bit more attention, but this is also... i guess when you earn something, you also have to deal with that, and i felt like i was trying just to put the 100% effort and everything i have done, and that's the result for this week. ethiopian runners dominated the proceedings at the seville marathon on sunday. before the start of the event, a moment of silence was held to mark the passing of marathon world record holder kelvin kiptum, who was killed in a car accident last week. once the action got under way, the men's race was won by deresa geleta ulfata in a course record time of two hours, three minutes and 26 seconds, while the women's race was comfortably won b

australian open champion jannik sinner has won the rotterdam 0pen, beating alex de minaur in straightaiden grand slam in melbourne last month. gary wilson leads martin 0'donnell by six frames to two at the end of the first session of the welsh 0pen final. they're playing to a finish this evening with nine the target for victory in llandudno. victory on the penultimate stage of rally sweden helped elvin evans claim second overall. but the briton was almost half a minute behind winner esapekka lappi. ending his six year drought also saw the finn claim the record for the longest gap between wins on the world rally championship. freya colbert claimed a stunning gold for great britain's in the women's 400m medley, on the final day of the world aquatics championships in doha. team—mate max litchfield took silver in the men's final, while ireland's daniel wiffen won his second gold of the games in the 1500 metres freestyle. a moment of silence was held to mark the passing of marathon world record holder kelvin kiptum at the seville marathon. kiptum died in a car accident in his native kenya

alex de minaur remains on course to win his first atp tour title in almost a year.f the rotterdam 0pen. fifth seed de minaur broke dimitrov in the opening game of the match and went on to win 6—4, 6—3. he will face top seed and australian open championjannik sinner in the final. he's just beaten tallon griekspoor in straight sets. england are in a real bind in the third test against india in rajkot. but the man who scored a century in their first innings doesn't sound too concerned. ben duckett raised a few eyebrows after he said, when it comes to their eventual chase, "the more the better". well, after collapsing to 319 all out, they're 322 runs behind india, who are 196—2 in their second innings. it was one of those days and ifeel like it's one of those where you have to give credit to india. i thought right from this morning they were very good, they didn't make it very easy to score at all, it seems like their plans were a lot better than maybe last night. and unfortunately, we kept losing wickets at the wrong time. and it was one of those days. we will be back

australian open champion jannik sinner has won the rotterdam 0pen, beating alex de minaur in straightrne last month. alfie hewett has won the rotterdam 0pen men's wheelchair tennis final for a 5th consecutive time after seeing off belgian 6th seed joachim gerard in straight sets. he moved to within one tournament win of 60 international singles titles acrossjunior and senior competitions. gary wilson leads martin 0'donnell by six frames to two at the end of the first session of the welsh 0pen final. they'll play to a finish this evening with nine the target for victory in lllandudno. britain's charley hull finished joint third at the saudi ladies international in riyadh, level with japan's minami katsu on nine under par — although both players were nine shots behind the runaway leader, thailand's patty tavatanakit. a moment of silence was held to mark the passing of marathon world record holder kelvin kiptum at the seville marathon. kiptum died in a car accident in his native kenya last week along with his coach gervais haki—zimana. the athletes paused for 42 seconds of silence to mat