she was beaten in straight sets by the american amanda anisimova.two time champion, had eased through her opening two matches but after winning the first set was pinned back by the american. osaka was seeded 13th after taking a four—month break at the end of last season. anisimova battled through, with the unseeded 20—year—old winning the third set on a tie break. going into this match i knew i had to be playing sharp if i wanted to have a chance. naomi is a champion. i knew that i had to step up my game and try to be aggressive. that is what i started doing in the second set. i am so grateful that i was able to play so well today and get this win. it means a lot. well, the reward for anisimova is a match against the world number one and home favourite ash barty. she has yet to drop a set at the tournament, she beat camila giorgi in straight sets, 6—2, 6—3. i would have loved to test myself against the very best. but in the position that we have —— that we are in, amanda has played well, the match will be exciting, it'll be good for both of as to ge

is amanda anisimova, a big hitting player from the united states, is amanda anisimova, a big hitting and to think that 0saka might need to beat anisimova, ben pattie and then potentially maria solskjaer from greece, another grand slam semifinalists, that is a difficult run at this stage of the grand slam. the men's draw is open too, rough and adele the only one of the big three that it's like, he has had his injury issues and covid that you can never rule him out —— the only one of the big three that is the djokovic, 21 grand slam titles, but it's the number that nadal is going for. �* ., , ., ., it's the number that nadal is going for. �* ., y., ., ,:: it's the number that nadal is going for. ., ., ,:: for. but only one of his 20 grand slam titles _ for. but only one of his 20 grand slam titles in _ for. but only one of his 20 grand slam titles in australia, - slam titles in australia, remarkable. the two other men who have won australian open titles in his rivalry, djokovic and federer, they are not in melbourne, i am surprised more people are not talking about him. he has grand sl

the defending champion was beaten by the unseeded american amanda anisimova. 0saka, who's a two time after surviving two match points, battled on to win the third set and the match on a tie break. going into this match, i knew i had to be playing sharp if i wanted to give myself a chance. naomi is akways going to be playing well and she's an absolute champion. i knew that i had to step up my game and try to be aggressive. i think that is what i started doing in the second set. i am so grateful that i was able to play so well today and get this win. it means a lot. well, the reward for anisimova is a fourth match against the world number one and home favourite ash barty. she's yet to drop a set at the tournament. she beat camila giorgi 6—2, 6—3. in the men's event, rafa nadal�*s quest for a 21st grand slam title is still on course. he's through to the fourth round after beating russia's karen hatchenov. nadal looked to be cruising, wrapping up the first two sets relatively comfortably, dropping just five games. hatchenov then rallied to win the third set 6—3, before the spaniard upped

her opponent, america's amanda anisimova, at 20, may well win a grand slam one day, women's tennis has one for a reason. when she finds her best level, well, who can live with it? second set 6—3, into the quarterfinal, but melbourne sees the future. ash barty�*s the only champion they can imagine. after 20 years in professional tennis, something new for rafael nadal — 16 points to win a tie—break, a staggering first set against adrian mannarino. from there, the frenchman understandably faded — nadal through in three sets. could he add a 21st grand slam title at 35? you have got to be in it to win it and unlike federer and djokovic, nadal is. joe wilson, bbc news. so, nadal through to the quarters. next up for him is the canadian denis shapovalov who stunned the third seed alexander zverev. if he is able to keep improving, he will be a multi—grand slam winner. he has a lot of amazing things of his game and his results say that. when he is playing well, it is very difficult to stop him. if you are watching sportsday in the last hour, said we were to tidy up some of the rugby union result

her opponent, amanda anisimova, at 20 may well win a grand slam one day, women's tennis has so many possibilitieslevel, who can live with it? second set 6—3, into the quarterfinal, melbourne sees her future. she is the only champion that they can imagine. after 20 years in professional tennis, something new first rafael nadal, i6 something new first rafael nadal, 16 points to win a tie—break, a staggering first set against adrian mannarino. from there, the frenchman understandably failed, rafael nadal threw in three sets, because he is in another because i'm title at 35? you have to be in it to win it and unlike roger federer and novak djokovic, nadal is. so, nadal through to the quarters. next up for him is the canadian denis shapovalov who stunned the third seed alexander zverev. if he is able to keep improving, he will be a multi—grand slam winner. he has a lot of amazing things of his game and his results so that. when he is playing well, it is very difficult to stop him. we've had the final pool matches in rugby unions european champions cup. wasps have failed to qualify for the knockout sta

she was beaten by the american amanda anisimova.season. anisimova battled through, with the unseeded 20—year—old winning the third set on a tie break. going into this match, i knew i had to be playing sharp if i wanted to give myself a chance. now me is always going to be playing well. she�*s an absolute champion, so i knew that i really had to step up my game and try and be aggressive. i think that�*s what i started doing in the second set and honestly i�*m so grateful that i was able to play so well today and get best when, it means a the reward for anisimova is a match against the world number one and home favourite ash barty. she�*s yet to drop a set at the tournament, she beat camila giorgi in straight sets. i would have loved to get the opportunity to play against my yummy osaka _ opportunity to play against my yummy osaka but _ opportunity to play against my yummy osaka but she deserves her think exciting. will of us out there and in the mens event rafa nadal�*s quest for a 21st grand slam title continues. he�*s through to th

tournament so far — earlier she beat the woman who knocked out naomi osaka, the american amanda anisimova melbourne. next up, jessica pegula, who's also from the us, in the quarter—finals. rafael nadal is also through to the quarter—finals. he won in straight sets against adrian mannarino but had to endure an epic 28—minute first—set tie break, the longest in his career. he clinched that 16—14. next up for him is the canadian denis shapovalov who stunned the third seed alexander zverev. if he is able to keep improving, he will be a multi—grand slam winner. he has a lot of amazing things in his game and... and his results say that. when he is playing well, it is very difficult to stop him. in rugby, it's all eyes on the european champions cup as teams look to move into the last 16 stage. sale have qualified, they've just beaten ospreys 49—10. sale suffered a narrow defeat to clermont last week which put their qualification hopes on hold, but made no mistake today. this is the best try of the match. also the final one by jack metcalfe. ospreys remain bottom of pool a with no match points. e

defending champion naomi osaka is out of the australian open — beaten in three sets by america's amanda anisimova on to face ash barty next. good evening. "we have no plans to invade" — that was the message from russia's foreign minister after talks with the us about russian intentions in ukraine. his american counterpart said their discussions in geneva had been "frank and substantive" — but also warned of "massive consequences" if moscow were to attack ukraine. russia has amassed 100,000 troops near its borders with ukraine, leading to grave international concern, and to several european countries bolstering nato�*s military deployment in eastern europe. president vladimir putin has demanded that ukraine be stopped from everjoining nato. russia used to control much of the region but the military alliance of european and north american countries has expanded to its borders since the collapse of the soviet union. from geneva, here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. more russian forces on the move, surface—to—air missiles in the country's far east, due to join what russia cesar military

pegula will face either top seed ashleigh barty or american compatriot amanda anisimova. is up in that match. it's seems batting collapses aren't just an issue for the england men's test cricket team after the t20 side were thrashed by west indies. jason holder took four wickets as england were bowled out forjust 103 runs in barbados in theirfirst of a five match series. brandon king top—scored for the home side and hit the winning runs as west indies took victory by nine wickets. the second t20 is this evening. there's been more frustration for england's women cricketers overnight. their third t20 ashes match against australia in adelaide was abandoned without a ball being bowled. that's after the second match yesterday was abandoned after just over four overs. the points are shared, so australia lead the multi—format series 4—2. there are four games in the premier league today, liverpool, arsenal, leicester, all in action — the big game sees tottenham take on chelsea at a50. yesterday city dropped points for the first time in three months. agaisnt souhampton 1—1 it fini

well the reward for anisimova is a match against the world number one and home favourite ash barty.nues... there's some disturbing data released by the uk's football policing unit... which show that arrests at matches across the top five leagues in england are at their highest in years. the figures are based on the first half of this season and show a significant increase in the number of disturbances at grounds with incidents at almost half of all games — 759 reports on total — up from 34 per cent in the same period last season, and there were 802 football related arrests — which is nearly double — and the highest number since they started collating the data back in 2015. and according to the senior lecturer in criminal law — geoff pearson, the figures follow a national increase in violence and disorder. it may be that we've got a post lockdown effect, which is that fans didn't have the opportunity for that sort of transgressive behaviour during the lockdown, and now are essentially letting their hair down and engaging in more of that sort of behaviour that is challenging and on th

number one. 0n the margaret court arena, naomi 0saka is currently taking on the american amanda anisimova home favourite and top seed ash barty is being made to fight against the italian camilla giorgi, but in the last few minutes she has wrapped up the opening set 6—2. earlier, two—time champion victoria azarenka brushed aside elina svitolina to reach the fourth round for the first time since 2016. the belarusian, who was champion in melbourne in 2012 and 2013, won in straight sets, and she was proud to have done it with her son leo watching. being a parent is not easy. he's full of personality. i don't know where he gets it from, obviously! but i always feel privileged that i'm able to have him here. you know, these kind of moments are really priceless for me, so for me to be able to share that with my son is pretty incredible. leo, how did mummy play today? awesome. thank you for that! in the men's event, there was thrilling five—set battle between seventh seed matteo berretini 18 year old carlos alcaraz from spain. and the youngest man in the draw, 18—year—old carlos alcaraz from spai