a no nadal, no federer, we know no ash barty, a no nadal, no federer, we know no ash barty, the women well, i think the us tennis association will actually be relieved and quietly pleased to see the strength of this entry list. those are glaring omissions that you have mentioned but 19 of the women's top 20 are in the field. 15 of the men's top 20. now there should be an asterisk attached to that because of players can pull out of course if they want to. by entering attornment you're buying us of time. if you do not enter you can play unless you are lucky enough to get a late wild card. it will be interesting to see with four weeks to go into the us open begins how any players who have committed to actually turn up and play in new york but my feeling is and has been all along that actually the overwhelming majority will. next to snicker and the 2005 champion sean murphy has become the biggest casualty of this year's were a chamfer chip training 6—3 overnight. murphy couldn't recover eventually losing ten. the man from time and will be playing mark selby next. and thatis will be playin

rafael nadal and ash barty among those not taking part because of fears over travelling to the us, which world no 3 dominic thiem says it was inevitable that a player would test positive at the event. there are so many people involved in this tournament and the possibility that somebody is going to be positive is pretty high, so ijust wish all the best to benoit paire. hopefully nobody else is positive, as well. that is the most important thing. of course, after he gets healthy very soon again, and that's it. british number one johanna konta plays her first match tomorrow against compatriot heather watson. and konta has risen two places to number 13 in the latest world rankings, thanks to her run to the semi—finals in the western and southern open at flushing meadows last week. she's seeded 9th at the us open. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will be back with an update in the next hour. now in a special interview on his last day in the job, lord hall reflects on his time as the bbc‘s director general, in conversation with o

numberfive elina svitolina and kiki bertens — seventh in the rankings, joining the word number one ash bartyith me. that evening. quite a significant announcement comments are some of the big names in women's tennis goes, three noticeable absentees. yes, the us tennis association would have been delighted to have be able to publish an entry list on tuesday which showed 19 of the top 20 women in the world into the draw for the us open, but they will have known that entering does not necessarily meana that entering does not necessarily mean a player will turn out. after ash pa rty‘s mean a player will turn out. after ash party's decision not to play publicly last week, now come as you say, alina and kiki burtons, burton says that she's been told anybody returning to the netherlands from the united states would need to quarantine for two weeks and that that would put her preparations for what she describes as her beloved clay hockey tournaments in jeopardy. svitolina says she just doesn't feel co mforta ble svitolina says she just doesn't feel comfortable and thinks she's putting her team at hi

rafael nadal and and ash barty among those not taking part because of fears over travelling to the ustable that a player would test positive at the event. there are so many... people involved in this tournament and the possibility that somebody is going to be positive is pretty high, so i just wish all the best to bete noire and hopefully no one else is positive as well, that's the most important thing. hopefully benoit will get well soon again. that's it. that's all the sport for now. the eat out to help out scheme ends today in the uk. it's been enormously popular with 64 million discounted meals dished up in 84,000 restaurants and cafes across the uk. the idea was to help the hospitality industry get going again after the lockdown. the 50 percent discount applied monday to wednesday throughout august up to a maximum of £10 per person — and there have been calls for it to continue — as our business correspondent katy austin reports. trade has been sizzling this august in the olive cafe in bournemouth. its owner and chef credits the eat out to help out scheme for being fully booked m

rafael nadal and ash barty among those not taking part because of fears over travelling to the us whichit was inevitable that a player would test positive at the event. there are so many people involved in this tournament and the possibility that somebody is going to be positive is pretty high. ijust wish all the best to benoit and hopefully nobody else is positive as well, that's the most important thing. of course after benoit gets healthy very soon again and that's it. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. almost 900,000 migrants arrived in greece back in 2015. today, those numbers are much lower. but the flow of people coming from turkey into greece, continuing through the balkans towards western europe, has picked up once more. the eu s borderforce, frontex, says the balkans route is now the most active route for migrants, with more than 9,000 people making the journey in 2020, up 70 percent since this time last year. many migrants make the difficult journey from northern greece into north macedonia, then serbia and on to bosnia, before reaching wes

and finally women's tennis number one ash barty may have skipped this month's u.s.pen because of coronavirus fears she's been keeping busy the 24 year old has been promoting tennis in indigenous communities in the far north of australia is the 1st woman of aboriginal heritage to top the world rankings since evolved goolagong cawley she spent the last week working with young players in the community of the tennis australia announced this week an 80000 dollars fund for indigenous tennis are the next 3 years. it really does bring a small my face and i feel a lot from a it brings back so many of my favorite memories from when i was a child growing up how much tennis and how much tennis pro enjoyed to my last and happiness to my last it's a it's a massive stepping stone a massive stepping stone i think for us it's a it's a pathway to young kids to say you know not just in tennis but in education in experiences in all of these different things and i think you know it's incredible to see the pof was it is now available to indigenous youth and from there it's opportunities

approach 0 for archer took 3 of their wickets in and of just become the reply women's tennis number one ash bartyay have skipped the u.s. open at the end of the month because of fears over coronavirus but the french open champion has been keeping busy party's been promoting tennis in indigenous communities in the far north of australia the 24 year old is the 1st indigenous australian since yvonne goolagong cawley to top the world rankings she spent the last week working with young players in the community of tennis australia announced this week an $80000.00 fund for indigenous tennis over the next 3 years. it really does bring a smile my face and i feel like for me it brings back so many of my favorite memories from when i was a child growing up how much tennis and how much tennis pro enjoyed to my life and happiness to my life it's a massive stepping stone a massive stepping stone i think for us it's it's a pathway to young kids to see an opportunity not just in tennis but in education in experiences in all of these different things and i think you know it's incredible to see the pathways that a

open elena certainly and kiki burton's follow world number one ash barty who withdrew last month or because of coronavirus fields defending men's champion rafael nadal 2016 when a stand of inca and nick carriers have also pulled out and there's been another positive test of a low risk cardinals baseball so their game on friday against it you had to be perspire and the cardinals who previously announced 13 tests have not now played for 9 days which means their fixtures backlog is really starting to build up the postponed t 20 cricket world cup in australia will now be delayed by 2 years until 2022 the tournament was thought of by the pandemic but cannot be held next year because there was already another one planned in india which is still going ahead it's also been confirmed the women's 50 over world cup in new zealand has been moved from next year to 2022 and pakistan if they're in a good position to win the 1st test against england after day 3 pringles bowl is fighting hard to get them back into the match currently taken it's pakistan continuing to build on that substantial 1st innings ad

and kiki burton's fellow world number one ash barty who withdrew last month defending men champion rafaelnadal has also pulled out plenty of stars competing at golf's p.g.a. championship the 1st major in 13 months but it's a little known chinese player who has taken round 2 by storm has moved to 8 under par in san francisco. that's free of the fear of staying in the u.s. and the f.b.i. continues at disney world no booking box top spot in the eastern conference on thursday but they had to do it the hard right the box with 19 points down against miami heat at one stage. to compile and chris middleton scored 33 points age as the bucs recovered to eventually win by 40 in our psyches and i joe the calgary flames approach to the stanley cup playoffs on thursday i faced the british jets in edmonton it was going for the best of 5 series but the flight was widely the 50 caliber and say listen to the for nothing when. i'm here is the at learn surprise big blue jays for for. me has tightened up its coronavirus rings after a few outbreaks and they celebrations took social distancing to a new level bu

organisers after some high profile pull outs — including rafael nadal and women's world number one ash bartyvirus pandemic. there will be no fa cup replays next season, in an attempt to ease pressure on the football calendar. the competition will start with the extra preliminary round on 1 september, and the final is due to be played on 15 may next year. meanwhile, the efl cup semi—finals will be reduced to one leg. mark selby has turned round his semifinal against ronnie o'sullivan at the world snooker championships. resuming the match at 5—3 down, selby put in a gritty performance at the crucible. he won six out of eight frames in the afternoon session, crucially taking the last one to lead 9—7. it's also tight in the other semi between kyren wilson and qualifier anthony mcgill. they're level at eight frames all with wilson winning six of this morning's eight frames. it's been another challenging day for chris froome and team ineos at the criterium du dauphine. the race is an important warm up for this month's tour de france. primoz roglic won today's second stage to take the leader's yell

withdrawals from the event, due to fears over travelling to the united states, with rafael nadal and ash bartyt, it willjust take me back to when i first started on tour, and not too many people at my matches. i‘m still going to compete just as hard regardless, whether there are fans or not. that is all the support for now. more throughout the day. rachel, back to you. holly, thank you very much. now on bbc news, it‘s time for your questions answered we‘ve been asking you to send in your questions on why coronavirus cases around the world are continuing to rise, but deaths remain relatively low in comparison to earlier in the pandemic in many places. with me to answer some of them is professor chris smith, who‘s a consultant medical virologist at the university of cambridge. and linda bauld who‘s a professor of public health at the university of edinburgh. great to have you both with us. we might as well just great to have you both with us. we might as welljust dive straight in. linda, let me start with you. a question that has come in from karen davis duncan in portsmouth. do you think, she s

withdrawals from the event, due to fears over travelling to the united states, with rafael nadal and ash bartyeaking a record? no, i didn't have a clue. i didn't know until i done it. i was interviewed afterwards and was asked, do you realise you've just broken a record? i said, asked, do you realise you've just broken a record? isaid, no, not at all! it was great. let me read you the words of frankie dettori, who needs no introduction. he was watching on television. he is in quarantine. he said, "she could easily be a champion jockey, quarantine. he said, "she could easily be a championjockey, why not? she has come a long way in a short time and is only going to get better." how does that make you feel? pretty good, for summary like frankie dettori to say that, it means quite a lot. do you agree that you could be a championjockey?” don't know. i am a realist. i know what it takes. but you never know, one day maybe. look, for a long time racing has been accused of institutional sexism and it all comes down to a lack of equal opportunities. you are getting those opportunities. you are getting t