well, draper came through his quarterfinal last night against alex de minaur in straight sets to lineworld number one jannik sinner. here's our tennis correspondednt russell fuller. correspondent russell fuller. the element of surprise is a lot less. its still very exciting when a player starts to realise their potential at the highest level. but with emma radacanu, she was just a teenager. she had to qualify. she was well outside the world's top 100, and she went on and won the title. jack draper has also had that enormous potential for many, many years. along with radacanu, the two young players when they were in their mid—teens, the people in british tennis were very excited about. butjack draper has taken a more conventional route. he's had problems with his body, with his fitness, with stamina. but over the past year, he's been on the tour regularly and he started to do the things that you should be doing if you're going to win big titles one day. he reached a couple of low level finals on the atp tour. he lost them. when he had his third opportunity to win a title in stuttgart i

the 22—year—old, beat the tenth seed, alex de minaur in straight sets, 6-3 7-5 6-2. appearance in a grand slam quarterfinal. his opponent, australia's alex de minaur, who had beaten draper in three previous meetings. centre stage in new york, the big apple, draper, known for the big t—shirts and big serve, looked at home. some impressive ground strokes meant he raced into a a—1 lead and was soon serving for the set. however, after that winner, a wince. soon the british number one was receiving treatment, although the australian was struggling, too. patched up but no let up, draper dug deep. a mixture of power and finesse saw him serving for the second set. beautifully done. after more than two hours on court, jack draper, incredibly, seemed to save his best till last. de minaur, the tenth seed, simply had no answer. a worthy successor to andy murray. incredible final game. well, the 22—year—old is still to drop a set at the us open into friday's semifinal and with many of the big names gone, it is wide open forjack draper. nestor mcgregor, bbc news. dame sarah storey

he beat the australian tenth seed alex de minaur at the us open to reach his first grand slam semifinalhe was rarely troubled in what was also his first quarterfinal at a major tournament, and it was the first time that he'd played on the main arthur ashe show court in new york. he'd lost his three previous meetings to de minaur but took the first set 6—3, and despite needing treatment for a groin problem in the second set, he won that 7—5 and breezed through the third 6—2. he is the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012, the year he won it. draper is yet to drop a set in the tournament karolina muchova overcame illness to reach her second consecutive us open semifinal. the czech won in straight sets against the brazilian beatriz haddad maia. but muchova had to dash to the rest room four times during the match before eventually winning 6—1, 6—4. she's yet to drop a set on the eve of the nfl season, louis rees—zammit has been speaking to the bbc about his disappointment over failing to make the kansas city chiefs playing squad. zammit, who's 23, was one of th

put his name into the hat for a grand slam semi final after a domininat straight sets win over alex de minaurat a major tournament and first time playing on arthur ash. draper had lost his three previous matches against the australian but took charge of the match from the start winning 6—3, 7—5, 6—2. draper, who is yet to drop a set in the tournament, becomes the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012. he will now face world number one jannick sinner on friday. it is tough, when you play those best placed in the world, you don't know what to expect.

put his name into the hat for a grand slam semi final after a domininat straight sets win over alex de minaur. he was rarely troubled in what was his first quarterfinal at a major tournament and first time playing on arthur ash. draper had lost his three previous matches against the australian but took charge of the match from the start winning 6—3, 7—5, 6—2. draper, who is yet to drop a set in the tournament, becomes the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012. he will now face world number one jannick sinner on friday. it is tough, when you play those best placed in the world, you don't know what to expect. you watch those people when those grand slams on tv and you think, they will be way too big for you. think, they will be way too big foryou. if think, they will be way too big for you. if you do the right things, you do get chances. you do get chances here and there, and even the best players in the world, they only win 53, 54% of the points, so it's just about how clinical you are when it really matters. world athletics has paid tribute to ugandan marathon run

draper will now face the tenth seed australian alex de minaur with both men bidding to reach theirfirstng one of his good friends, but says now he's fully focussed on taking on draper for a place in the semi's. i mean, do one for australia, do one for myself as well. look, i've played... i've played plenty of brits. it's never easy. ifeel a little bit of a hostile... in that country at the moment. but these are the type of matches i want to be playing. i've worked so hard to put myself in this position throughout the years. the winner of that match though faces either the world number one jannik sinner or the former us open champion — daniil medvedev. they play their quarter—final tomorrow after sinner saw off the american tommy paul in three sets in front of a rowdy new york crowd in the night session. the pair are the only grand slam champions remaining in the men's singles draw, and it's a rematch of this year's australian open final. it was a tough match. it started off not so good, but i try to stay there mentally. two sides, they could have gone, and both ways, i'm happy that they

put his name into the hat for a grand slam semi final after a domininat straight sets win over alex de minauroubled in what was his first quarterfinal at a major tournament and first time playing on arthur ash. draper had lost his three previous matches against the australian but took charge of the match from the start winning 6—3. 7-5, 6-2 . draper, who is yet to drop a set in the tournament, becomes the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012. it is tough, when you play the best players in the world you do not know what to expect. you watch these guys winning the grand slams on tv and stuff and you think, you know, wow, i'm going to go out that there tomorrow and they are going to be waiting for me. whereas if you put your game on the court and do yourthing, you put your game on the court and do your thing, you do get chances here and there. even the best players in the world only win 53 or 54% of the points, so it isjust only win 53 or 54% of the points, so it is just about how clinical you are when it really matters. and waiting for draper in friday's semi final

played last night and against alex de minaur.m very much hoping that we will see. anyway, played late last night. he's through in three i think. there we go . there we are. there there we go. there we are. there we are. there's jack and went three sets again. so straight sets every game he's played in the us open has gone to three sets, which is a magnificent performance. there was a little wobble for a moment. i've got to tell you, i was a little worried in the second set, but it was not worth worrying for over about ten minutes. >> he's got very long arms, hasn't he? >> he's a very tall boy, a six foot four left hander. he is a fantastic tennis player and he goes through now to play tomorrow the world number one. how exciting . jannik sinner how exciting. jannik sinner shall we hear what jack had to say. oh go on, let's hear from jack. >> i'd say last year was a was a real turning point for me. kind of. when i had my injury setbacks and taking a lot of time off over, over the summer because of my shoulder injury. you know, i ha

his first grand slam quarterfinal, and he made a flying start against the australian tenth seed alex de minaurset for what looked to be a groin problem. there was a break—up in the

draper is guaranteed to face an australia next — either the tenth seed alex de minaur orjordan thompsonier, there was a bit of a surprise in the women's draw when the unseeded karolina muchova knocked—out the fifth fifth seed jasmine paolini. muchova, who's back from a long injury lay—off, made use of her strong serve to beat the french open and wimbledon finalist 6—3 6—3. despite the defeat, paolini was happy with a year where she also won the olympic doubles. this year went really good, but this moment, it's both the finals... of course, happy moments, the gold medal as well. i think i'm really proud of all of this kind of moments. i really enjoyed. it's day five of the paralympics in paris and it started with a flurry of triathlon medals — a day later than planned after a drop in the water quality for the swimming in the seine forced a postponement. but it was better late than never for home favourite jules ribstein, who took gold in the pts2 class in front of a huge crowd on the grand palais. meanwhile, sprint star jonny peacock missed out on winning a third 100m title in a row. the

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he's taking on australia's tenth seed, alex de minaur, this evening. last four meeting with compatriot frances tiafoe. i think ithink in i think in a lot of my previous quarterfinals, i have come out i think in a lot of my previous quarter finals, i have come out a little bit nervous, but today ijust felt really good from the start and ready to go. i think i maybe got more nervous as the match went on because i felt like he was playing points are a little bit tight and it almost caused me to play a little bit tight to. but i came up with a lot of serves when i needed them, and played some big points while and i am super pumped to make it to my first semi. the first two women's quarter finals went much more to plan for the higher ranked players, with second seed aryna sabalenka easing through to the last four. she beat china's olympic champion zheng qinwen in straight sets to reach the semis in new york for the fourth time in her career. she will play america's emma navarro, who beat paula badosa. she is doing really well. beautiful to see that she is w

put his name into the hat for a grand slam semi final after a domininat straight sets win over alex de minaured in what was his first quarter—final at a major tournament and first time playing on arthur ash. draper had lost his three previous matches against the australian but took charge of the match from the start winning 6—3, 7—5, 6—2. draper, who is yet to drop a set in the tournament, becomes the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012. he will now face world number one jannick sinner on friday. world athletics has paid tribute to the ugandan marathon runner rebecca cheptegei who has died at the age of 33, saying, "she was a talented athelete with lots left to give." cheptegei died in hospitaljust days after she was attcked by a former boyfriend on sunday. world athletics president sebastian coe said, "our sport has lost a talented athlete." adding... and the medals continue to come the way of paralymics gb in paris. olivia broom is a bronze medallist again in the powerlifting. having won bronze last time out in tokyo in the under 50 kilograms event, broom did

his first grand slam quarterfinal, and he made a flying start against the australian tenth seed alex de minaur. he squandered a number of set points, but still took the first 6—3. one worry is that he had to call the physio early in the second set for what looked to be a groin problem. there was a break—up in the second, and di minaur has broken back and leads 5—4. so, di minaur looks like he's going to level the di minaur looks like he's going to level the coral di minaur looks like he's going to level the coral about di minaur looks like he's going to level the coral about —— quarterfinal. karolina muchova has made it through to the semi—finals in the women's draw. the czech took the first set 6—1 against the brazilian beatriz haddad maia, but had to deal with illness throughout the second set, having to take a number of bathroom breaks. she said she didn't want to go into too many details. let's put it lightly. —— lightly. she still took the second 6—4 to reach the last four in new york for the second year running. nations league matches are fast approaching for the home nations. england ha

he's taking on alex de minaur in the quarter finals of the us open.seeds already knocked out, this is probably the british number one's best chance yet of winning a grand slam. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller is in new york, i spoke to him earlier about drapers' chances against de minaur, because he has beaten players of that calibre to get to this stage of the tournament. yes, but can he do it in the grand slam quarterfinal and his first appearance of the stage of a major championship and play at the stadium for the first time because it is enormous. up to 2a,000 people. reaching three consecutive grand slam quarterfinal is in a just gives you an idea of how good a player he is and he wasn't able to play in the most recent one at wimbledon because later on in this for the round he described as a loud crack that he heard at his hip and he wasn't able to take the court to play novak djokovic in the quarterfinals. barely played between wimbledon apart from one appearance of the olympic doubles are lost in the 0lympic doubles are lost in the firs

well draper came through his quarter final last night against alex de minaur in straight sets to line, first quarterfinal was kind of a different experience. i obviously played alex a few times and i know he is a really tough competitor. you know, i thought it was just a solid match all around. thought it was just a solid match allaround. proud thought it was just a solid match all around. proud of my performance, there were some ups and downs during there were some ups and downs during the match, but i felt in general i served pretty well, and, you know, i did a good job to come through. so the excitement and momentum around draper does feel a little reminiscent of that around emma raducanu a couple of years ago. but how surprised should we be by this performance of draper. our tennis correspondent rusell fuller is in new york. the of surprise is a lot less. it's still very exciting when a player starts to realise their potential at the highest level, but with emma raducanu, she wasjust a teenager, she had to qualify, she was well outside the world's top 100 and she went on and won t

there was disappointment for britain's dan evans overnight as he lost to the australian 10th seed alex de minaur the longest match in us open history in the first round, against karen khachanov. i was a bit sick as well before the match, and then obviously my hip, not a lot went right. that is grand slam tennis, isn't it? you have to recover. but, yes, he was the better player. it is not always about tennis, your body has to be prepared and kudos to him, he played a great match. but the men's british number one jack draper is through to the fourth round in a side of the draw where novak djokovic and carlos alacaraz have gone out. in muggy conditions in new york, he was cool and clinical against botic van de zandschulp, who beat alcaraz in the last round. draper coming through 6—3, 6—a, 6—2 and he still hasn't dropped a set. next up, he'll play tomas machac for a place in what he hopes will be his first grand slam quarter—final. after a dramatic, foggy day at the vuelta a espana, australia's ben o'connor still holds the leader's red jersey, going into tomorrow's rest day, but primoz roglic cut hi

night against the czech tomas machac to set up his quarter—final against the australian 10th seed alex de minaurggest tournaments in the world. the following andy's footsteps to make the quarterfinals since he _ footsteps to make the quarterfinals since he did in 2016, it's a big achievement for me. but i think i 'ust achievement for me. but i think i just got— achievement for me. but i think i just got to — achievement for me. but i think i just got to keep on going because i know_ just got to keep on going because i know there's still room for improvement and room to hopefully go further— improvement and room to hopefully go further in _ improvement and room to hopefully go further in the tournament. really proud _ further in the tournament. really proud of— further in the tournament. really proud of that achievement and hopefully i can do more. let's head to new york and speak to our tennis correspondent russell fuller. good afternoon to you. russell, it's a first grand slam quarter—final. a first for him. some people might say he's lucky that he stumbled past alcaraz, but he's beaten whoever

the 22 year old briton beat 10th seed alex de minaur 6—3 7—5 6—2 in us open quarter—finals.. absolutely. a breakthrough win - a big deal. absolutely. a breakthrough win for - a big deal. absolutely. a| breakthrough win forjack a big deal. absolutely. a - breakthrough win forjack draper. there's no doubt about it. you think thatjust there's no doubt about it. you think that just a year there's no doubt about it. you think thatjust a year ago he was ranked outside the world's top 100. now he showed that he belongs on the world's biggest stages, beating his opponent in straight sets and in the final game hits a blistering winner, showed no signs of nerves whatsoever. he will take real confidence from this. he said in a post—match interview that it is a dream come true for him, and he will believe now that maybe he can go all the way. he's the first british man since andy murray to reach the last four of the us open. that was back in 2012. he spoken about how he has mist andy murray on the tour, but he will believe that he can maybe pick up will believe that he can maybe pick up

one jack draper is into the us open semi—finals after a straight sets win over the australian alex de minaur for a groin problem in the second set he won that 7—5 and breezed through the third 6—2. he is the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012, the year he won it. draper will face either the world number one or the 2021 us open champion daniil medvedev. karolina muchova overcame illness to reach her second consecutive us open semifinal with a straight sets win over beatriz haddad maia. muchova left the court several times in the second set before eventually winning 6—1, 6—4. she'll playjessica pegula or iga swiatek. dame sarah storey has won her 18th paralympic gold — although critised the 14—kilometre time trial route in paris as being far too short, the organisers decision to make it half the distance of the men's as "appalling". hers was one of three golds for para gb on the seventh day of competiiton. wheelchair racer sammi kinghorn has the first paralympic gold of her career, after a sensational battle with catherine debrunner in the t53 final. finally bea

following in his footsteps draper, won this one, in style against the 10th seed, alex de minaur.paris with three more golds to celebrate. early in the day, dame sarah storey, greta britain's most decorated paralympian, got the ball rolling with her 18th title, and that was followed by two firsts, as patrick gearey reports. oh yes! sammi kinghorn turns two silvers to gold. 15.64 seconds for sammi kinghorn. a lifetime's work, a paralympic champion and a paralympic record that has quite some ring to it. behind that 100m are many miles. kinghorn grew up here in the scottish borders. she was 14 when an accident on the family farm left her paralysed from the waist down. her world has got ever faster and wider. we're here in newport wetlands national nature reserve. she's become a countryfile presenter. kinghorn now has the edge here... but right now she's a racer and a winner. even the world record holder, catherine de brune, couldn't stop her. the first non—chinese athlete to win gold in her category for 20 years, kinghorn's third medal at these games and there's distance still to tra

number one draper, who is yet to drop a set in new york, overpowered the australian 10th seed alex de minaurhere's what draper had to say after last night's impressive display in the big apple. i've obviously played alex a few times and know he's a really tough competitor. you know, i thought it was just a solid match all—round. i'm proud of my performance, there was some ups and downs during the match, but i felt in general i served pretty well, and, you know, i did a good job to come through. i felt something on set point in the first set, you know, iwasn't... i was a little bit worried about it at the time, but then i played two sets on it. you know, i think one of the things this year that has helped me to sort of be better is, you know, i'm mentally a lot better, you know, ifeel like, you know, i'm aware that i'm obviously playing so much tennis, and, you know, competing so much and putting my body through so much that i'm going to pick up little niggles and injuries, and i've got to just keep on, keep on going. you know, when you play those best players in the world, you don't know wha

alex de minaur, 7:00 tonight. it is, by the way, the first british man. if he wins.inal of the us open since andy murray in 2012 and andy murray went on to win it. of course, he's not the first brit because emma raducanu, of course, won it . raducanu, of course, won it. eamonn's favourite tennis player just a few years back. >> i wish the girl all the all the very best. >> i just i know you do. >> i just i know you do. >> people stop deluding herself that she's a world beater because she's not. that's okay. >> actually, i know jack might be. jack. >> actually, i know jack might be.jack.jack >> actually, i know jack might be. jack. jack could be. stars are aligning. >> he's a big lad, six foot four. do you know who's that big lot of power coming down. left handen lot of power coming down. left hander. yeah. >> medvedev's huge as well. >> medvedev's huge as well. >> he is. might face in the next round if he wins tonight. >> well, it could be because the thing is whoever if he manages to beat de minaur tonight, he will play the winner of jannik sinner. who is the number

he'd never practised on this court before warming up for his quarterfinal with alex de minaur.g that the other player might perhaps give you a cheap point. go, jack, go! at parkside school in cobham, they've been celebrating theirformer pupil. the fact that he was one of us is just crazy. it's crazy that we could grow up to be something, someone like him. it's amazing how he was in our school. and then now he's british number one playing in the us open, about to play against sinner. if he wins this, that is going to be the best thing ever. _ i'm not going to say— that he will because that would be like outstanding, outstanding. one of jack's early coaches was mum nicky. could you ever have imagined that he'd be british number one and heading into the us open semifinal? into the us open semifinal? you know, it was always there in my mind. and a lot of coaches, british coaches, people that i spoke to, they always thought that he would. but there's no guarantee. you know, you can invest so much time, effort, money, you know, give up so many things, make so many sacrifices and it's

so he beat tomas machac, one hour 44 alex de minaur comes next. katie boulter's boyfriend.'ve got some footage here of an incident that caught your eye. >> yeah . let's talk. i'll talk >> yeah. let's talk. i'll talk you through it very briefly before we see it . yulia before we see it. yulia putintseva, frustrated after missing two break points. well, that was her argument anyway, so she's playing jasmine paolini and this is what happened. so have a look at this. so this is the ball girl has got the ball. and normally you would bounce the ball to the player and there's no problem. so there we are. there's the ball girl. bounce it over there . yes i'll bounce it over there. yes i'll have that one. no don't want it. >> just hit her. >> just hit her. >> yeah . you know what. for the >> yeah. you know what. for the third one i just would have buzzed it right at her face. i'm sorry, but i wouldn't take any of that nonsense. yeah, and this poor girl, she's got her arms out. well, what do you want? you know, and then she's like, well, okay, well, i'll go and pick that one up. it's

tennis player jack draper has secured a first grand slam quarterfinal appearance tonight against alex de minaure games to his rival. >> he's playing tonight and so will the british number one be able to defeat him tonight and make it through to the semis? we're joined now by former coach jack draper. justin sharing justin, thank you very much for joining us. are we lost? justin just lost justin. >> do you know why he's gone for a loo break or something like that? or maybe he's gone to get new balls. >> we've got him back. >> we've got him back. >> i'm here guys. >> i'm here guys. >> yeah. i'm here. how are you doing? yeah. i'm good. >> there you go. that was a net call . justin, great to have you call. justin, great to have you on the show. what kind of lad is jack draper? tell us about the boy. >> well, i coached him. i mean , >> well, i coached him. i mean, pretty much every day from 6 to 15, so. i mean, i grew up with him and he grew up with me, and he's. i tell you what, he's he's just he's just a bit of an animal. i mean, if you think that andy murray wants to win, i mean, we've just he's

alex de minaur last night may have not been at 100%, but he beaten draper in their previous three encounters. and he said afterwards i can go up another level. he'll have to do that in the semi—finals because he's playing the world number one jannik sinner, who he has beaten before, albeit on grass at queen's 2 or 3 years ago. if he doesn't do it this year, i think he will sooner rather than later. he's destined to be in the top ten of that, there's no doubt, and i think he can get towards the top of the rankings and definitely win some slams. >> so we'll be watching. thank you. sports presenter marc buckland there now. still to come, youtube are planning on censoring fitness videos for kids. is that the right thing? what's behind their logic? this is david starkey. andy burnham . david starkey. andy burnham. >> so youtube wants to ensure that younger viewers aren't pushed to see certain content. but are they focusing on the right material? the planning to censor anything that idealised certain features over others, such as exercise routines and beauty tips? so we're joined now by mark ellis

dissappointment though for dan evans overnight — he lost to australia's10th seed alex de minaur in four dutch head coach arne slot will have come up against erik ten hag in the premier league — although they did meet in the summer in a friendly, which liverpool won 3—0. ten hag says his fellow countryman has an easier task ahead of him. liverpool, it is clear they are in a different phase of the life cycle. they have a team that is mature. they have a team that is mature. they have a team that is mature. they have players who have played long together and who are very experienced, and we are much more mixed. 1, 1, 11 1 1 mixed. no, no. france is something else, i think. _ mixed. no, no. france is something else, ithink. but— mixed. no, no. france is something else, i think. but a _ mixed. no, no. france is something else, i think. but a very _ mixed. no, no. france is something else, i think. but a very good - else, i think. but a very good relationship. but a friend is someone _ relationship. but a friend is someone you see a lot and go out with. _ someone you see a lot and go out with

the british number one is up against australia's alex de minaur later.der has turned around the fortunes of the test team in his two years in charge, and will now also take charge of england's one—day and t20 sides. mccullum replaces matthew mott, who stepped down after this summer's t20 world cup. and staying with cricket, lord's will host the world test championship final for the first time next year. the five—day final, which will start injune, will be held between the two highest—ranking test teams. england are currently fifth but can still qualify for the final if they have a good winter in pakistan and new zealand. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the last 16 of the inaugural saudi arabia masters in riyadh. the rocket didn't hang about as he beat china's lei peifan by five frames to one. the tournament has raised eyebrows for the number of empty seats. but what it lacks in crowds it makes up for in prizemoney. the winner here will take home half a million pounds — the same as winning the world championship. and how about this for a comeback? judd tr

it's the first time he's reached the last eight of any grand slam and now plays alex de minaur of australiais win he was asked whether he would be getting in touch with andy having made it this far. 0bviously, ifeel like he would, you know, completely understand and respond to any messages i send him and would give me advice. but i think also at the same time, i think he's kind of enjoying his retirement now, and he's kind of done with it. but yeah, i know if i have any questions or if i'm feeling something, then he'll be the first person i text and i know that he'd be there for me if i need him. he is enjoying that run, a big game to come tomorrow. next to the paralympics in paris where great britain won two swimming golds in 15 magical minutes in the pool yesterday. world champion ellie challis winning the women's s3 50 metres backstroke final before louise fiddes also topped the podium. for news on that and the rest of the success for paralympics gb, here's joe lynskey. 29 gold medals, and each one means so much. for para athletes in their 20s and their 405, paris is the place where it's