he defeated ukrainian alexandr dolgopolov. and it was fast too.one hour and 41 minutes from first serve to match point. the spaniard won 6—2, 6—4, 6—1. the 15—time grand slam champion hasn't made the us open last eight since capturing the 2013 title. he returned to the top world ranking last month for the first time since 2011. nadal will next face the russian teenager andrey rublev. he beat ninth seed david goffin 7—5, 7—6, 6—3, to become the youngest man to reach the us open quarter—finals since andy roddick in 2001. top women's seed, karolina pliskova, and last year's runner—up, needed just 46 minutes to sweep past usa'sjennifer brady 6—1, 6—0. it's pliskova's third slam quarter—final this year. i was just saying, like, i wasjust saying, like, my i was just saying, like, my first good match, my best this year. it was not the best today. she can definitely play better than today. she was kind of nervous. she didn't feel well. nothing has changed on my game to date is be so, it was really good. -- today. pliskova will next face us 20th seed coco

he defeated ukrainian alexandr dolgopolov. and it was fast too.ve to match point. the spaniard won 6—2, 6—4, 6—1. the 15—time grand slam champion hasn't made the us open last eight since capturing the 2013 title. he returned to the top world ranking last month for the first

tomas berdych is out, losing to alexandr dolgopolov. the ukrainian will advance to the third round.ole gibbs and reach the last 32. the number one seed, who lost in last year's final to angelique kerber, handed the first set to the american 6-2. but she battled back against the qualifier to take the next two sets 6—3 6—4 and move into the third round. i2th seed jelena ostapenko is also through after she dispatched sorana cirstea in straight sets. the 20—year—old french open winner makes it to the third round of the competition for the first time, as she looks for her second grand slam title of the year. naomi osaka, who knocked out angelique kerber, goes from strength to strength. her latest conquest is denisa allertova of the czech republic. the japanese teenager won by two sets to one to seal her place in the third round. cycling news, and briton chris froome crashed twice and saw his lead cut by 20 seconds in the vuelta a espana as tomasz marczynski claimed a solo victory on stage 12. 32—year—old froome fell on a downhill section in the last 6km of the 160.1 kilometre stage, allo

he will face alexandr dolgopolov next. i know i cannot play very well always. intensity and all the time with motivation to win the match. in the women's draw, world number1 karolina pliskova saved a match point to beat china's shau zhang and reach the fourth round. the top seed will face jennifer brady in the last 16. nottingham outlaws are the t20 blast champions for the first time. they beat the birmingham bears by 22 runs. notts lost the wicket of alex hales early on, half centuries from brendan taylor and samit patel helped. birmingham couldn't get close to that on their home ground, that meant notts completed the double after also winning this season's 50—over competition. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. a huge wildfire raging in los angeles has forced hundreds of homes to be evacuated in what the mayor has called the ‘largest fire' in the city's history. an area spanning 5,000 hectares has already burnt, and so far one home has been destroyed. around 500 homes have been evacuated in various parts of the city and neighbouring gl

he defeated ukrainian alexandr dolgopolov.to match point. the spaniard won 6—2, 6—4, 6—1. the 15—time grand slam champion hasn't made the us open last eight since capturing the 2013 title. he returned to the top world ranking last month, for the first time since 2011. he could meet roger federer in the semifinals. really, i felt more really, ifelt more pumped really, i felt more pumped the really, ifelt more pumped the ball from the beginning. —— more co mforta ble. from the beginning. —— more comfortable. the most important thing is the control of the time, of the point, and not many balls surprise me and i didn't hit a lot of balls earlier than what i thought or later than what i thought. something that happened in the first couple of days. and it is very good news because when that happened, of course, the previous round had been a step forward for me and today i won, so i'm playing a little bit it every day and now i have a tough opponent in this round of money to continue playing. top women's seed and world number one kar