chetan pathak there.lympic competition begins with the football and rugby sevens events getting under way before the opening ceremony officially opens the olympic games on friday. one star athlete to look out for on the opening weekend will be simone biles. the most—decorated gymnast in history returns to the olympics after a difficult tokyo games where she withdrew from some events because she was suffering with the �*twisties�*. the four—time olympic champion is back to represent team usa and her coach is confident that she's in good spirits. i'm very proud of simone and what she did. she put her health first in tokyo. i know that's not how she foresaw that the competition going, but i think she did what was best for her. and everybody, you know, in team usa understood that and supported that decision. she was able to take a couple of years off of gymnastics and decided to come back and keep training. i think she's... seeing her now, i think she's in a really good place. she's more excited about gymnast

chetan pathak reports from wimbledon. the first time, carlos alcaraz had a scare at these championships, and yet again he found a way to win. targeting back—to—back titles, the spanish third seed made a strong start, dealing with the threat of left—hander hugo humbert to take a two—set lead. but the frenchman took charge of the third, as alcaraz�*s level dropped, winning it 6—1. the defending champion wasn't down for long, though. it might�*ve been tense, but he saw the match out in four sets. jannik sinner, the top seed and the world number one, is quietly and efficiently getting his work done as he targets a first wimbledon title. he had few problems against ben shelton early on, who had three five—set matches going into this one. the american is one of the most exciting players on the tour and took sinner to a tie—break in the third, but ultimately the italian came through in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals for another year, where he'll play daniil medvedev after his opponent, grigor dimitrov, had to retire in

chetan pathak has more. it's been another catch your breath day at the all england club.th the news that andy murray, two—time wimbledon champion, has seemingly played his final singles match here, failing to recover from recent surgery. he pulled out of the singles. we should still see him in the doubles, all being well with his brotherjamie murray later in the week. for another 37—year—old, coming back from injury and surgery, novak djokovic had better news. surgery he had last month hasn't cost him a shot of the title this year, farfrom it, wearing a knee support on his right leg he showed no signs of discomfort as he eased past a qualifier in straight sets. i'm very pleased, the way i felt on the court, obviously coming into wimbledon this year, a little bit of a different circumstance for me because of the knee. i didn't know how everything is going to unfold on the court really, practice sessions are quite different than official matchplay, so i'm just extremely glad that the way i felt today, the way i played. russia's andre rublev the highest seed to fall, losing

chetan pathak is there for us.ur�*s withdrawal djokovic looked at take things easy on day ten. the seven—time winner is into the semifinal with a walkover. awaiting him on friday will be musetti who saw off the challenge america's frtiz and five sets. the italian was beaten here by fritz two years ago but not this time after levelling the match he took the momentum before fritz fought back to force a decider. ultimately, musetti got the job done. 6—1 in the fifth to reach his first grand slam semifinal. the other semifinal on friday will be between carlos alcaraz and medvedev. in the women's draw the last four line—up is complete with a 2022 champion rybakina sealing her place with ending an inspired run for ukraine's svitolina. her superiority showed as she won comfortably in straight sets. her opponent in thursday semifinal will be the czech opponent in thursday semifinal will be the czech player who had all the answers for the big hitting ostapenko. both these women former french open champion but wimbledon is s

chetan pathak has the details from the all england club.ome things are much bigger than tennis and ukraine provided a reminder of that here on day eight of the championships and confirming the place in the quarterfinals in consecutive years with the straight win over china's player wearing a black ribbon in memory of the dozens of people killed in russian strikes of the hospital in her native homeland. it was a great performance my side today it is very difficult day today for ukrainian people. cheering and applause it is not easy to focus on the match today and since the morning is very difficult to read the news and just to go on the court, it's really tough. she had an incredible run last year and if she's to do it again she is to beat the next opponent, the champion from two years ago was the last day after beating her opponent had to retire in the second set to the injury, she is a big favour to win a second title. the latvian player saw the challenge of the unseeded challenger, 6—2 to 6—3 to reach her third wimbledon final. waiting fo

chetan pathak has a round up from the day's action, and a look ahead to thursday.e men's singles title at wimbledon this year will have a job on their hands beating carlos alcaraz, the defending champion showed all his qualities again against an impressive grass court player. the australian worked hard in the first site, taking it to a tie—break. once alcaraz found his rhythm, he powered through the next two sets, to set up a third—round match. the man alcaraz beat in last year's finals, daniil medvedev, fighting for his set and a break down to beat alexander muller and 3.5 hours. many people's favourite for the title, coco gauff, stormed past to move into the third round in 66 minutes, the us open champion is a players each transformed from the one that lost in the first round last year. as for the four—time champion naomi osaka, her tournament is over, after the birth of her child last year she paid the price for too many errors against the 19th seed emma navarro, losing in straight sets. another us open champion, emma raducanu she will play mixed doubles, expect

for more on this, here's our reporter chetan pathak.s confirmed it will be his final tour just he has confirmed it will be his final tourjust this morning putting a statement out on x, formerly known as twitter, with a statement saying i arrived in paris at my last ever tennis tournament, competing for team gb has been the most memorable weeks of my career and i am extremely proud. to get to do it one final time. the image is of him winning gold at london 2012 and he backed that up four years later by winning gold in rio, the first man to win singles gold twice at olympics level in the andy murray story is a remarkable one. we know about the 77 year wait that britain had for a male wimbledon singles champion, which murray ended in 2013. he's a two time wimbledon champion. he's a three time grand slam champion, the first of his successes coming at the us open back in 2012. this a man who held his own in a time of federer and nadal. and djokovic, of course, went on to dominate the sport. and had it not been for that first hip injury that

players teaming up to give murray a final swansong at the all england club. 0ur correspondent chetan pathak, it's hugely disappointing, isn't it, samantha? there was a real buzz and excitement here, i think it's fair to say, even walking in this morning forjust the idea of andy murray and emma raducanu, the two active british players that are grand slam champions, playing together for what would potentially then be his final match here at wimbledon. and it isn't going to happen for the reasons that you just said. emma raducanu citing that stiffness in her right she beat the ninth seed, maria sakkari, yesterday, and emma raducanu in a statement saying that she's decided to make the very tough decision to withdraw from the mixed doubles, she's disappointed, she was looking forward to playing with andy, but she's got to take care. and a really difficult decision, i'm sure, for raducanu because she's got a wonderful opportunity here to to go all the way, quite frankly, samantha, i didn't think i'd say that about raducanu coming into these championships. we shouldn't forget that last year she ha

chetan pathak has more. it's been another catch your breath day at the all england club.l singles match here, failing to recoverfrom surgery. he pulled out of the singles, we should still see him in the doubles or being well with his brotherjamie well with his brother jamie murray later well with his brotherjamie murray later in the week. for another 37—year—old, coming back from injury and surgery, know that djokovic was better news. at surgery he had last month hasn't cost him a shot of the title this year, far from it, wearing a knee support on his right leg he showed no signs of discomfort as he eased past qualifier in straight sets. �* , , sets. i'm very pleased, the way i felt on sets. i'm very pleased, the way i felt on the _ sets. i'm very pleased, the way i felt on the court _ sets. i'm very pleased, the way i felt on the court obviously - i felt on the court obviously coming into wimbledon this year, a little bit of a different circumstance for me. i didn't know how everything is going to unfold on the court really, practice sessions are quite different and offi

chetan pathak has the details from the all england club.ings are much bigger than tennis and ukraine provided a reminder of that here on day eight of the championships and confirming the place in the quarterfinals in consecutive years with the straight win over china's player wearing a black ribbon and out of the dozens of people killed in russian strikes including the hospital the salad and her native homeland. it was a great performance my side — it was a great performance my side today it is very difficult day today for ukrainian people. it is not — day today for ukrainian people. it is not easy to focus on the match — it is not easy to focus on the match today and since the morning _ match today and since the morning is very difficult to read — morning is very difficult to read the _ morning is very difficult to read the news and just to go on the court. — read the news and just to go on the court, it's really tough. an incredible run last year and she's to do it again if she is to beat the next opponent, the champion from two years ago

we can cross live now to our reporter chetan pathak. chetan?italian jasmine paolini fighting back, the first italian _ the italian jasmine paolini fighting back, the first italian woman - the italian jasmine paolini fighting back, the first italian woman to i back, the first italian woman to reach a wimbledon final, the second italian player in history to reach the stage at the all england club and the first since 2016 to reach the french open final and back it up by reaching the wimbledon final. she is up having lost the first set, credit to krejcikova serving really well. striking the ball really well. he has dismissed the likes of daniel collins and ostapenko to reach the stage. far better to reach this stage. far better to reach this stage. credit to jasmine paolini to find that variety that has put krejcikova. herserve find that variety that has put krejcikova. her serve has faltered a bit and so jasmine paolini finds herself a game away from levelling up herself a game away from levelling up the match. centre court tries not to have favou

but play is under way on the show courts, and chetan pathak is there for us. hankfully they have a roof. as you can see, on the outside courts, players very much stopped with those inflated covers. players stop for this afternoon. really feeling fair people on henman hill who have scurried for cover. 0n centre court this is the defending champion against humbert who managed to close that set out. humbert has taken the first set against him. madison keys, former grandstand champion against paolini who is the former champion from this year. she raced away a lot tighter in the second and it is five games all their own court number one. what have we got to come later? yannick sinner, the top seed who is trying to win his first wimbledon title. he has looked really impressive against a finalist three years ago. he'll be “p a finalist three years ago. he'll be up against ben shelton of america. we will see emma raducanu as well. she pulled out of the mixed doubles map which we've seen last night because of a stiffness in her wrist. she has been training here on the p

both had fairly comfortable semifinal wins earlier, as our reporter chetan pathak tells us. so, here we go again, just like last year, novak djokovic will have to beat carlos alcaraz if he is to win a roger federer equalling eight wimbledon singles title. in the first semifinal of the day, alcaraz was up against daniil medvedev and, like when they played each other 12 months ago, it was medvedev who made the strongest start and edge to the first set on a tie—break. but alcaraz is well used to coming from behind and his superior shotmaking showed thereafter. he comfortably took the next three sets to make it back to back finals at wimbledon stop so if you have kept hold of this title, but one man who has is novak djokovic who at 37 is as focused and determined as he has ever been. up against italian 22—year—old lorenzo musetti, there was not too much the 2a time grants i'm jumping was not too much the 2a time grants i'mjumping had to was not too much the 2a time grants i'm jumping had to worry about. djokovic had knee surgery only a matter of weeks ago, yet has had too much f

let's go to chetan pathak now at wimbledon for us. d out of the mixed doubles with andy murray? yes, she pulled out. she cited that stiffness in her wrist, very much divided opinion. we had a reaction from andy murray that it was disappointing he couldn't play that mixed doubles. judy murray calling it astonishing. she later said she was being sarcastic, and walked it back a bit in the last few hours. we have seen emma reddick and its morning training the courts here come out with liam brody. she was in good spirits, smiling, and liam brodie making a turning cheek comment say she is better than frederick. she plays the new zealand qualifierfor frederick. she plays the new zealand qualifier for the quarterfinal spot in wimbledon later. emma has not been this far at a grand slam, and here she is, on the brink of a last date at wimbledon. she can get past san, who is having the tournament of her life at the moment, six wins to take into the match against emma later. coco gauff, a potential semifinal matchup. she has now dropped as ten gam

but action is underway on the show courts, and chetan pathak is there for us. ents. and chetan, the men's defending champion carlos alcaraz is first up on centre? he had a bit of a tough one in round three going to the five sets. is the going a bit easier at the moment? it was an absolute cracker in the last run they were lucky to be on centre court for that. he brought out all of those tricks in the last set. humbert, his opponent now in the quarterfinals of the championships, and alco wraiths has one —— the first set. alcaraz in control and in charge. he is trying to get this donein charge. he is trying to get this done in straight sets. there is a nailbiter on court one in the women's draw. this is for the first place in their women's quarterfinals. it's betweenjasmine paoli near madison keys. madison keysis paoli near madison keys. madison keys is the american and 12th seed who reach the quarterfinals here last year. that match is currently under medical timeout. madison keys is weighted to come out and serve for this match, but she's clearly had a medical i

let's get some more from chetan pathak who is there for us.card outside the world top 100, four know that djokovic it has been about testing out his knee.

chetan pathak is there for us. quite an eventful match for paolini?s, but on the show courts, that's not a problem with the roof. we'll start with that extraordinary match between paoli the and madison keys. it was brilliant, but unfortunately madison keys felt something in her leg. she was 5—2 up in the deciding set. she appeared to feel something at 5—4 and then took a medical timeout. she returned with strapping on her leg and was immediately broken by paoli and was immediately broken by paoli and e. keys could not continue, so in tears and high emotion, she had to leave the court. not the way paolini would want to do it, but the italian is through to her first quarterfinal. 0n centre court, the defending champion carlos alcaraz dominating. credit to humbert, fighting back. temp one is —— alcaraz is trying to hold onto his serve at the moment. he could take a leave there. and try and take us to a fifth set if we can. ya nixon is the world number one against the very entertaining ben shelton the american. yannick senna seems to have taken a break in

lets head to wimbledon live and join chetan pathak, who's also been across the action, with the weatherse. a disappointment has dismissed for the british fans who support england because the loudest cheer i've heard this week from the hill and bars, they were watching the penalty shoot—out and see england go through. it has brought some of the joy back for those who support england. we had the news at the start of the day that emma raducanu was pulling out of the mixed doubles match we were expecting alongside andy this evening. it would have happened at this time, citing stiffness in her wrist. she plays tomorrow for a place in the second week of wimbledon. you can understand her prioritising the singles, but it will hurt andy murray. he said he's disappointed but we had a tweet from judy murray saying she found it astonishing. i'm not sure the murray camp is happy with how things have played out. emma raducanu prioritising the singles. in terms of today, an eventful day. cameron norrie is out, the first thing to bring you up to date where. he knocked out jack draper, bring you up to d

let's go to chetan pathak, who's there for us. thanks.ng to make, and record a title, taking him beyond the 2a record. he is on the cusp of history, on centre court. he is when the first set against lorenzo musetti and there is djokovic bouncing the ball, ready to serve, trying to hold the game because it is 5—5. look at that, how many times have we seen it, back against the wall? the story of the match, djokovic winning the first set 6—4, musetti has been serving well, his first semi final grand slam, but djokovic finds a way to pounce on the weaknesses. he was beaten only once by musetti in monte carlo, an epic at the french open six weeks ago. djokovic has had knee surgery, which is why he has a strapping on. it isn't causing him to many problems. he's got the first set, a lot tighter at the moment in the second set. for novak djokovic, who spoken to as time and time again about how special wimbledon is for him and he wants to level roger federer�*s eight titles, he's not scared of histories. look at the aces he's put down, he's a game

let's get some more on this now with chetan pathak.s the furthest she's been at wimbledon... good to see you. how much pressure is on at redcar need to deliver on this one? she has been waiting for a one in wimbledon. it's been the best run so far, really. it one in wimbledon. it's been the best run so far, really.— run so far, really. it has been. she's been — run so far, really. it has been. she's been trying _ run so far, really. it has been. she's been trying to _ run so far, really. it has been. she's been trying to reach - run so far, really. it has been. she's been trying to reach the | she's been trying to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in her career. she is up against a quarterfinalist and who knows how they can do better than radacanu? the situation she finds herself in, receiving serve at the bottom of your screen. you will see the new zealand qualifier 23—year—old lulu son has taken 6—2. let's have a look at set points here but the competitor looks like she's been caught her whole life. she has never played her

chetan pathak is at wimbledon for us. into a second majorfinal. it was her opponent who started strongest and won the first set, but paolini fought back to take it to a decider. paolini sealed victory on her third match point in the deciding tie—break. it was two hours and 51 minutes. it was the longest wimbledon women's semifinal in history. her opponent will be another first—time finalist. when barbora krejcikova lost the first set, it looked like she was on her way to a speedy exit. but like her late coach jana novotna, she never gives up. she sealed a famous win here. on friday, our attention turns to the men's single semifinal. daniil medvedev and novak djokovic are both playing. to lord's now on day two of the first test between england and the west indies, and a special day for debutant jamie smith. the surrey man hit 70 off 98 balls, becoming the tenth england wicketkeeper to reach a half century on his test debut, helping england to a total of 371. england are very much in the ascendancy as they chase an innings

in the mens and wiomen�*s draws, they are all taking place on centre and number one court, and chetan pathake for us, another rainy day, but plenty going on, on the show courts. the rain keeps on coming up these championships, and so do the surprises. the wait for his first wimbledon final continues. the top seed and world number one was hampered by illness during his quarterfinal against daniel medvedev, but still managed to take into five sets. he'd won the last five against the russian fifth seed, but this was medvedev redemption, the australian open final defeat, he is through to the semifinals again. wherejust is through to the semifinals again. where just like last year, carlos alder ref awaits. the defending champion wanted his match against tommy to be done before spain kicked off their football tommy to be done before spain kicked off theirfootball game. he tommy to be done before spain kicked off their football game. he got his wish, but the american who won the grass court title at queen �*s coming into these championships held him up by winning the first set. the defending champi

let's get some more from chetan pathak who is there for us.w that djokovic tested but ultimately prevailed in the end. he: did like we have seen so many times before, this time that test from jacob friendly, a british wild card outside the world top 100, four know that djokovic it has been about testing out his knee. he had surgery last month that which is apparent that this championships in doubt. but it's a firmly, he took a set off the seven—time champion but djokovic ultimately revealing and the question afterwards was how he was he feeling about his knee heading into the third round what he is still feeling positive. i think physically i felt well. can i think physically i felt well. can i be playing better and will be better? — i be playing better and will be better? yes, absolutely, so i am hoping _ better? yes, absolutely, so i am hoping that as the tournament progresses each day or each match, i will be _ progresses each day or each match, i will be feeling a bit better. let's see what — will be feeling a bit better. let's see what ha

chetan pathak is there for us. with the withdrawal djokovic looked at take things easy on day ten.e winner is into the semifinal with a walkover. awaiting him on friday will be musetti who saw off the fritz american and five sets. the italian was beaten here by fritz two years ago but not this time for that at levelling the match he took the momentum before fritz fought back to force a decider. ultimately musetti got the job done. 6-1 ultimately musetti got the job done. 6—1 in the fifth to reach his first grand slam semifinal. the other semifinal on friday will be between carlos alcaraz and medvedev for the walls in the women's draw the last four line—up is complete with a 2022 champion rybakina sealing her place with ending and inspired run for svitolina alina. her superiority showed as she won comfortably in straight sets. her opponent and thursday semifinal will be the check player who had all the answers for the big hitting 0stapenko. both this women former french champion but wimbledon is special to herformer coach who died on 2017 famously won this title in 1991. and so she

he's a two—time gold medallist and a former world number one. 0ur sport correspondent chetan pathak reactedstory is a remarkable one. we know about the 77—year wait that britain had for a male wimbledon singles champion, which murray ended in 2013. he's a two—time wimbledon champion. he's a three—time grand slam champion, the first of his successes coming at the us open back in 2012. this a man who held his own in a time of federer and nadal and djokovic, of course, went on to dominate the sport. and had it not been for that first hip injury that he had in 2018, it led to hip resurfacing surgery in 2019, there is a question of what could have been, but he refused to give up. he battled on and for the last few years he's had plenty of struggles with injury. he wanted to play singles at wimbledonjust gone and that was denied in the end. he had too much nerve pain in his right leg after having a cyst removed on his back. he did get to play doubles at least. he did get a very emotional farewell on centre court. he was playing doubles with his brotherjamie murray, of course. they lost their matc

chetan pathak is there for us. soon as we go live. the covers are coming off the outside courts so played with —— play will at least resume there. we are playing catch up here at wimbledon because we had nine matches yesterday that have carried over to today and a further ten that had not even started. so many players trying to reach the second week of these championships. you mentioned swiatek, she is as you said the women's world number one and she is the top seed. we will see her a little later on. she's got a really good record and we have seen her go into this with straight set wins over petra and sofia. she comes into these championships having won the french open and she has won the us open as well. can she make it into the second we care? a fascinating day in the women's draw. we have a twice unbeaten finalist here, up against the player who beat swiatek last year. still struggling with a knee problem coming into these championships but she wasn't in great form last year either and she reached the final. in

chetan pathak is there for us, and as we've been hearing, it looks like we've seen the last of murrayternoon pulled out of the mixed doubles. they were scheduled to play alongside each other on court number one later this evening, but emma raducanu, who is hoping for a deep run in the women's singles here has pulled out citing stiffness in her right wrist her playing hand. she beat the ninth seed yesterday in straight sets, an impressive performance and emma raducanu said she is disappointed and she was looking forward to playing with andy, but she has got to take care. andy murray, of course, pulled out of the singles later agra earlier this week, failing to recover from the back surgery of last month. he did play with his brother, jamie murray, on thursday night in what was believed to be his farewell to centre court. they lost that much because andy murray was struggling for movement. sue barker led a tribute with former players likejohn mcenroe and martina navratilova. novak djokovic was also there, paying tribute to andy murray. but he was hoping to play with emma raducanu today

players teaming up to give murray a final swansong at the all england club. 0ur correspondent chetan pathakitement here, i think it's fair to say, even walking in this morning forjust the idea of andy murray and emma raducanu, the two active british players that are grand slam champions, playing together for what would potentially then be his final match here at wimbledon. and it isn't going to happen for the reasons that you just said. emma raducanu citing that stiffness in her right wrist, her playing hand. she beat the ninth seed, maria sakkari, yesterday, and emma raducanu in a statement saying that she's decided to make the very tough decision to withdraw from the mixed doubles, she's disappointed, she was looking forward to playing with andy, but she's got to take care. and a really difficult decision, i'm sure, for raducanu because she's got a wonderful opportunity here to to go all the way. quite frankly, samantha, i didn't think i'd say that about raducanu coming into these championships. we shouldn't forget that last year she had surgeries on her wrist and ankle that forced her to

both had fairly comfortbale semifinal wins earlier, as our reporter chetan pathak tells us.against daniil medvedev and, like when they played each other 12 months ago, it was medvedev who made the stronger start and edged the first set on a tie—break. but alcaraz is well used to coming from behind, and his superior shotmaking showed thereafter. he comfortably took the next three sets to make it back—to—back finals at wimbledon. so few have kept hold of this title, but one man who has is novak djokovic, who at 37 is as focused and determined as he has ever been. up against italian 22—year—old lorenzo musetti, there was not too much the 24—time grand slam champ had to worry about. djokovic had knee surgery only a matter of weeks ago, yet he's had too much for all those that have come before him so far. and so a straight sets win puts djokovic into a tenth wimbledon final. now, his attention turns to avenging last year's defeat. now, to football. the build—up to sunday's european championship final continues in berlin. ahead of their match with spain, england striker 0llie watk

hello and welcome to sportsday this thursday night with me, chetan pathak.n the programme — the largest security operation in france's history. is paris ready for the 2024 olympic games on the eve of the opening ceremony? all the games are safe and secure because there is no party if there is no security. andy murray pulls out of the singles competition at the olympics, but will play doubles in what'll be his final event before retiring. after that horse whipping video, what next for triple olympic champion charlotte dujardin and equestrian events? we speak to the sport's governing body. also coming up on sportsday before seven — england name an unchanged team for the third test against west indies, captain ben stokes tells us why he's resisting the temptation to bring in new bowlers. and can kilmarnock qualify for the group stages of the europa league? they're one of the british sides in european action tonight. welcome along, thank you forjoining us this thursday night. so, we're nearly there. in just 2a hours�* time, the opening ceremony of the 2024 olymp

i'm chetan pathak with more from here, wimbledon — where britain's sonay kartal, ranked 298th in the, is through to the third round to play coco gauff. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. on the last day of general election campaigning before the polls open at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, political leaders have been criss—crossing the country making their final push for support. the labour leader sir keir starmer has accused the conservatives of what he called "voter suppression". he was speaking after the work and pensions secretary, mel stride, said that the polls suggested labour was heading for the largest majority the country has ever seen. our political editor chris mason has been following the last six weeks of campaigning and is at westminster tonight. hello, good evening. some things don't change, it was chucking it down six weeks ago and is just about doing the same now. so much for summer 202a. we had that extraordinary twist this morning of a cabinet minister on radio for the day before a general election effectively almost conceding defeat. all of this after all of

let's head to the all england club, where chetan pathak is waiting for us. about 1000 people in the queue. i've not seen it busier in the championships this week. part of thatis championships this week. part of that is over on cordoba one we have two battles of the brits. this one is katie boulter serving, trying to see off harriet dart, but she is digging in. this is at a six deuce. both the same age, 27 years old. katie boulter comes into this is the favourite, the british number one, but harriet dart says she likes being the underdog. that first served from katie boulter was wide. we will hang on this for a moment because we have jack draper and cam norrie to come. don't put that into the net, so katie boulter will have the advantage. the last time the men's one and two played each other, it was in 2002. camera is the underdog in that one. let's take you to centre court. we have another british player in action there, jacob fearnley taking on novak djokovic, who is a seven time champion here. he has had that need surgery, djokovic, and there were those qu

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak, live from wimbledon. coming up on the program. day of drama on and off the court. coming up tonight still planning to the long goodbye — there'll be no farewell singles appearance for andy murray — but he is set to play play in the doubles. in the doubles. battling, brilliant, katie boulter digs in to reach the second round — setting up an all british second round match with harriet dart. and it's a day to remember forjessica bouzas maneiro — as the world number 83 knocks out the defending champion marketa vondrousova. katie boulter has done in the last few minutes. and i'm gavin ramjaun from the bbc sport centre — also coming up on sportsday. from tears to cheers for cristano ronaldo last night — but is portugal's talisman holding his country back? and a fifth paralympic games beckons for charlotte henshaw — she insists the novelty of being selected — never wears off. still feltjust as still felt just as exciting and a relief— still felt just as exciting and a relief but also gives you that great excitement for what is to come fo

chetan pathak has been watching a dramatic day of women's semifinal action. on centre courtjasmine needed, with the sun shining, and on centre court jasmine paolini needed, with the sun shining, and on centre courtjasmine paolini is needed, with the sun shining, and on centre court jasmine paolini is a wimbledon finalist. i'm not sure many people have predicted that. she never reach the second week of a grand slam six weeks ago, now she has beaten donna vekic in three sets to reach a wimbledon final that was two hours and 51 minutes long, this semifinal, the women's semifinal in the history of these championships, and so paolini becomes the first woman since serena williams in 2016 to reach the french open and wimbledon final in the same year, a special, special win for the italian. here's what she had to say on court afterwards. i italian. here's what she had to say on court afterwards.— on court afterwards. i love playing tennis, on court afterwards. i love playing tennis. you _ on court afterwards. i love playing tennis, you know? _ on court afterwards. i

chetan pathak has all the details. over to you. thank you, gavin. us, so let me - over to you. thank you, gavin. time is shorter for us, so let me get - over to you. thank you, gavin. time is shorter for us, so let me get to i is shorter for us, so let me get to this as quickly as i can, detent of the championships. the women's and men's draw is complete. it started with the women's quarterfinals and i can tell you elena rybakina is a semifinal is once again. the champion in 2022 has looked so good during the tournament, seeing off ukraine's elina svitolina, india and in straight sets. it was pretty comfortable, the highest c left now in the women's draw, through she goes to the left four where she will play barbara krejcikova, who beat anotherformer play barbara krejcikova, who beat another former champion injolene another former champion in jolene ostapenko. krejcikova another former champion injolene ostapenko. krejcikova had all the answers. it was much tighter in the second. credit to krejcikova. she is coached by the 1998 champion. hoping to r

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak, live from wimbledon. coming up on the program.

and i'm chetan pathak live here at wimbledon.an eventful day at the championships where alina is wearing a black ribbon to dedicate her when to those killed in an attack on a children's hospital in her home country. it's a very difficult day today for the ukrainian people. applause. the favour now to win a second singles title. evening, we'll get to the all england club and lord's shortly, but we'll start at the european championship as england prepare for their semifinal against the netherlands on wednesday. after their uninspiring progress through the group stage, extra time against slovakia and penalties against switzerland, they find themsleves one match away from a return to the final. we heard from luke shaw today, who says he's ready to start on wednesday, after coming off the bench on saturday, and was also asked about the negativity that gareth southgate has had to deal with. i don't really understand the criticism. i think what he's done for the country, for us as players as well, and he's really took us to the next lev

but let's head to wimbledon, where we've had the first of the quarterfinals taking place — but chetan pathakough for the day.— enough for the day. absolutely... the top seed _ enough for the day. absolutely... the top seed is _ enough for the day. absolutely... the top seed is out _ enough for the day. absolutely... the top seed is out of _ enough for the day. absolutely... the top seed is out of these - the top seed is out of these championships — but the talking point outside of the show courts is very much of the weather, and very little play yet again that's happened at the all england club, the organisers here saying it's the worst year they can remember. we've had very little to no play, so the mixed doubles, what that means is the final has already been moved from thursday to sunday, but we've also got first—round matches to be completed, joe salisbury are managed to get the remainder of their match. we've also got a way for alfie hewett and the other wheelchair players to get there is under way. what does it feel like for the players hoping for their magical day it went, wimbledon? h

let's head there now and speak to chetan pathak. so good alfie hewett on _ history. we have and so far so good alfie hewett on court _ history. we have and so far so good alfie hewett on court three - history. we have and so far so good alfie hewett on court three trying i alfie hewett on court three trying to win this first elusive wimbledon men's singles title. he has won all the other wheelchair titles across the other wheelchair titles across the other wheelchair titles across the other grand slams and not this one, an eight time major winner. he has taken the first set 6—1, so pretty comprehensive from him. he beat britten's ben barker in the previous round. one caveat is that he has been receiving treatment on his shoulder, had a medical timeout. his opponent is 53 years old and i think we can help alfie hewett gets himself over the line but long term there will be some questions. what have those women's semifinals? we have those women's semifinals? we have three women today playing their first ever wimbledon semifinal and a co