no words were exchanged between cilic and the umpire. in that match as american sam querry, who was drafted in as a substitute, fought back bravely from a set down against the australian 0pen champion and saved five straight set points in the second set tie break to win 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-a. that levelled things at 2—2 and meant the final contest between borna coric and america's france's tiafoe was the all important decider, which coric ultimately came through in five sets to win, ensuring crotia will play france in the final. angela stanford has won her first major title with a dramatic victory at the evian championship in france as fellow american amy 0lson double—bogeyed the last. 0lson was a shot clear of clubhouse leader stanford going down the par—four 18th, but finished with a six. that meant a three—under—par 68 on the final day brought victory for a0—year—old stanford, who finished on 12 under. and it's safe to say it was an over—whelming moment for the golfer. i have no idea whatjust happened. i am...a i have no idea whatjust ha

cilic then levelled by taking the fourth set. the decider 6—4, to reach the last four of a grand slam for the first time since 2014. that was the year cilic beat him in the final. the remaining semi—final places will be decided in the next few hours in the night session on arthur ashe stadium. in the last of the women's quarter—finals, carla suarez—navarro, who beat maria sharapova in the last 16, is playing last year's runner—up, madison keys. coming up after that, novak djokovic plays roger federer‘s conqueror, the unseeded australian john millman. golf, and the european ryder cup team was confirmed on wednesday when captain thomas bjorn named his four wildcard picks for this year's matches against the united states. of the eight players who had already qualified via the european tour's money list and the world points list, five of them were rookies, with only francesco molinari, justin rose and rory mcilroy having previous ryder cup experience. bjorn countered that by adding four ryder cup veterans, including henrik stenson, s

cilic. nishikori long. cilic wins that.rs into the match, and cilic watching nishikori blister a forehand. cilic unable to get to it. so nishikori with the upset of the seventh seeded cilic. 6-4 in the sixth set, and he is on to the semifinals. >> a lot of long matches. >> a lot of that. >> thanks, larry. >>> join us tonight at 9:00 on kofy tv 20, cable 7/13 and right here for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> an exploding wildfire shuts down i-5 near redding. cars are abandoned as new evacuations have just been ordered. join us at 9:00 and 11:00. >>> now coming up tonight, at 8:00 the goldbergs followed by american housewife at 9, modern family and another episode of american housewife for you. then at 10:00, shark tank and then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> that will do it for this edition of abc 7 news. look for breaking news any time on the abc news app. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. for all of us here, we appreciate your time. hope to see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a spell on you ♪ yeah, because you'

that was the year cilic beat him in the final.rope captain has given wildcards to players with plenty of ryder cup pedigree. england's ian poulter is one of them. he's not had the greatest of seasons, but he has helped europe win the event four times. paul casey, henrik stenson and sergio garcia have also been given the nod to face the americans in 3 weeks time. i have been working hard. ifeel like my game is coming along, obviously played quite nicely in greensborough couple weeks back. now iam greensborough couple weeks back. now i am trying to be as ready as i can be to help the european team win that cap back, that is the goal and that cap back, that is the goal and thatis that cap back, that is the goal and that is what we want. —— cup. i mentioned the nfl earlier, the most popular sport in america takes centre stage once again with the beginning of the new season. superbowl champions the philadelphia eagles posted this image on instagram, along with the caption "hungry for more". head coach doug pederson says quarterback nic

croatia are the favourites for the tie with world number six marin cilic starting things off.s france will take on spain in lille. despite spain missing world number one rafa nadal because of injury, the french aren't taking their opponents lightly. he was one of south africa's top triathletes but one morning, during a training run, mhlengi gwala was dragged into bushes at gunpoint by three men who tried to saw of his legs. six months on, the 27 year old — who survived the ambush with his legs intact — says he's forgiven his attackers and has set himself a challenge which will need all the strength he's got. isaac fanin has been to meet him in durban: i think it takes time. they need the parts or they need everything. they killing me. they come to kill me. the chainsaw attack on mhlengi gwala, it made global headlines. a seemingly random attack in his hometown, durban, where police are still to find any leads. why did think someone would do something so horrific to you? weirdly, none of his possessions, including its burden, was stolen during the horrific attack. six months on

, a finalist at flushing meadows in 2014, will now play the man who beat him four years ago, marin cilicsets over belgium's david goffin. i tried to play one match at a time, and this week it has been great. every match i have been playing really good tennis. and, well, maybe i had more pressure a few years ago, you know. i wanted to keep top ten every year and that gave me a little bit of pressure. but i try to have... i kind of reset last year, took six months off, and this year it has been great. breaking news now, maria sharapova tsar, the former winner of the us 0pen, has been knocked out in the last 16, losing in straight sets. it is the first time she has lost a night—time match at flushing meadows. last year's runner—up madison keys is through to the quarter—finals after she defeated 29th seed dominika cibulkova 6—1, 6—3. keys broke twice in the first set and again on cibulkova's first game in the second. she dropped serve shortly afterwards but broke back twice to win in one hour and 16 minutes on arthur ashe. i feel like today i played really well. i think i served well, other

and it is japan's day, as kei nishikori beats marin cilic in five sets, to gain revenge for his losse the lead and announce they will be paying equally across both men's and women's events from next year. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that naomi 0saka is through to the semi—finals of the us open at flushing meadows in new york. the number 20 seed from japan, who was playing in the quarter—finals of a grand slam for the first time in her career, came through in straight sets against the ukrainian lesia tsurenko. 0saka won 6—1, 6—1, injust 58 minutes, to become the first japanese woman to reach the last four of a major since kimiko date 22 years ago.

meanwhile nishikori is still battling it out on the arthur ashe stadium with marin cilic, into the 5thday though for britain's jamie murray, having lost his men's quarter—final with brazilian partner bruno soares, the pair were beaten in straight sets by the unseeded malekjaziri and radu albot, he then went on to win the semi—final of the mixed doubles with bethany mattock—sands10—8 the score in the final set. ryan giggs says he's preparing his wales side for a match against the unknown as they take on denmark on sunday. the danish fa have had to call in players from lower leagues and futsal after a disagreement over commercial rights. but while giggs maintained that his side are focussed on their match against the republic of ireland on thursday. his first home match as manager, the wales boss admitted that he had been surprised by the situation in denmark. top ten team, so i mean it's strange, especially in the world cup, the last two years of form has been brilliant so yeah it's strange asa been brilliant so yeah it's strange as a football player you want to just play football, bobb

and the 21st seed, who was beaten in the 2014 final by marin cilic, will now have a chance for revengeyson dechambeau has won the pga tour event at tpc boston by two strokes, which also moves him into the world's top 10. the american shot a final round of li—under to finish on 16—under overall and make it back to back wins having claimed victory in the northern trust in new york last week. the 24—year—old is top of the standings with the bmw championship, the penultimate fedex cup event starting in pensylvania on thursday. alastair cook has announced that he'll retire from international cricket at the end of the current series with india. the 33—year—old is england's all—time leading test run—scorer while his run of 159 consecutive test appearances is a world record. the former england captain has struggled for runs recently and will line up for the final time in an england shirt when they face the numbe one test playing nation in the fifth test at the oval starting on friday. he's right up there, 12,000 plus runs, numerous entries. —— numerous centuries. you could say there is more ex

cilic also one that sets, the winner of the tie will play france or spain currently france to nil up world group playoffs going on grid and are playing —— britain are playing right now. beating dennis in five sets, and the other matches are going on, but cameron is to set all against europe. that's the sport back to you tonya. thank you. the swiss intelligence service has reported that two russian agents were picked up and deported from the netherlands — after planning to infiltrate a high—security laboratory. this is the building in question — in the swiss town of spiesz. it analyses chemical substances. and, intriguingly — at the time, it was checking samples from a nerve agent attack in england. anna holligan has the story... these undercover agents, according to the newspapers‘ sources, were carrying the kind of equipment that would have allowed them to hack into the laboratory's computer network. this swiss lab was, at the time, understood to be dealing with highly sensitive material, so the samples taken from syrian chemical weapons attacks, but also from the attack in salisbur

hosts croatia are the favourites to win with world number six marin cilic in action on the opening daybe very crucial in all the ties, so i'm going to try to give my best, play good tennis, and hopefully with a great crowd from oui’ hopefully with a great crowd from our country, from our city, that i can get through. meanwhile, last year's winners, france, take on spain in lille. despite world number one rafa nadal missing because of injury, the french aren't taking their opponents lightly. it's going to be a tough one, very close. even though rafa is not here, head—to—head, they are a better team, but this davis cup is crazy. we have a dream, to win this one, to defend our title in november. a rookie is leading the way after the opening round of the evian championship in france. this is only maria torres' second major since turning professional at the end of last year. the puerto rican sank two birdies and an eagle on the back nine for a round of 65. tying her for the lead is spain's carlota ciganda. she had a bogey—free round and sunk six birdies to also end the day on six under par.

. -- 7-seed marin cilic facing the 21st seed kei nishikori.... a marathon...four hours and 5 sets.... and at the end of it all, nishikori topples the croatian. nishikori...now awaits the winner of novak djokovic and john millman. next at 8. an officer's act of going viral... after he spotted someone who needed help at a gas station. ♪ well well well, what have we here? a magical place... that's lookin' to get scared! with bats...and ghouls... and cars in disguise. i've cast quite a spell now... you won't believe your eyes! (laughter) the spell is cast. halloween time is back with spook-tacular experiences in disneyland and disney california adventure parks! (laughter) (ken) a police officer in michigan is getting kudos for kindness... and going above and beyond the call of duty. (pam) he noticed an elderly woman in need at a local gas station. she had barely enough cash to get a he filled up her tank.(ken) the story was posted on social media and generated a wave of good will in response to the officer's kindness. ali hoxie reports.. officer todd

open novak djokovic, cilic, keys and osaka. that is the latest in sports. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> play of the day now from major league baseball. tampa bay at toronto. >> a high shot back in right field to the wall, leaps and got it! oh, my, what a grab. >> i love the grab. the leaping catch. toronto beat the rays 10-3. >>> mother major fire is burning out of control in northern california. this one is believed to have been caused by someone. the havoc it's already created next. >> reporter: and the principal of a prestigious bay area high school steps down amid allegations she mishandled complaints of sexual abuse. ♪ ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? ♪ still flat. here. try this. and... ♪ ooh, heaven -- nailed it. evacuations... and part of a highway is shut down. this morning's new york tim >>> a new wildfire explodes in size in northern california. there are emergency evacuations and part of a highway is shut down. >> this morning's "new york times" contains an op. ed. piece that president trump calls treasonous. what it says and how the times is pr

open novak djokovic, cilic, keys and osaka. that is the latest in sports. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> play of the day now from major league baseball. tampa bay at toronto. >> a high shot back in right field to the wall, leaps and got it! oh, my, what a grab. >> i love the grab. the leaping catch. toronto beat the rays 10-3. >>> it is 6:26 right now. an investigation into the wine country wildfires reveals the water system in one of the hardest hit neighborhoods badly needs an upgrade. >> and a school riddled with complaints about sexual misconduct now loses its leader. coming up, the reasons for her resignation. administration... >>> the white house is on the hunt for the source of an op. ed. offering a scathing inside look at the trump administration. >> another wildfire is out of control in northern california this morning, forcing a major freeway to be shut down for miles. >> we'll talk about fire ndns, alur afternoon weathe temperatures are on the rise. and tomorrow heats up. >> and a couple of lanes are blocked on southbound 101 out of san francisco. is this

he came through a five—setter against marin cilic, who beat him in the final at flushing meadows four to naomi 0saka's victory over lesia tsurenko. she will take on madison keys next. and it was a mixed day forjamie murray. he and bruno soares are out of the men's doubles, but he is through to the mixed doubles final with bethanie mattek—sands. wales play the republic of ireland tonight in the new nations league. what is that, you ask? well, it has been devised by uefa to try to make friendly matches more appealing, and there is a rather large carrot involved. here is how it works. all 55 of uefa's members will compete in the competition. they will be spilt into four leagues, with the best teams in league a, down to the lowest ranked teams in league d. and, as the tournament goes on, there will be promotion and relegation between them. there will be four groups in each of the leagues. and here is the carrot. there is a place at the european championship in 2020 available in all four leagues, giving lower—ranked sides a rare opportunity to qualify for the euros. well, wales and the rep

he came through a five—setter against marin cilic, the man who beat him to the title four years ago. time as naomi 0saka beat lesia tsurenko. it's the 20th seed's maiden appearance in the last four of a slam. jamie murray is into the mixed doubles final, defending the title he won with martina hingis last year. he and new partner bethany mattek sands needed a champions tie break in their semi final. murray lost in the men's doubles. europe's ryder cup captain thomas bjorn has defended his decision to pick sergio garcia as one of his wildcards for this month's contest. garcia has been in pretty poorform of late, failing to make the cut in all four majors this season, but bjorn said he was the "heartbeat" of the team. rafa cabrera bayo will probably be feeling the most aggrieved and bjorn conceded that it was horrible having to tell him and others that they hadn't made it. it was not an easy decision because so many guys have played well and tried hard and put every effort into it. they deserved that we sit down and consider them and take everything into account. but in the end, this w

he came through a five—setter against marin cilic, who beat him in the final at flushing meadows four are out of the men‘s doubles but he‘s through to the mixed doubles final with bethany mattek—sands. europe‘s ryder cup captain thomas bjorn has defended his decision to pick sergio garcia as one of his wildcards for this month‘s contest. garcia has been in pretty poor form of late, failing to make the cut in all four majors this season, but bjorn said he was the heartbeat of the team. rafa cabrera—bello will probably be feeling the most aggrieved and bjorn conceded that it was horrible having to tell him — and others — that they hadn‘t made it. it was not an easy decision because so many guys have played well and tried hard and put every effort into it. they deserved that we sit down and consider them and take everything into account. but in the end, this was the decision that was reached. and yes, making those phone calls to those four was easy but it was tough to make the phone calls to the ones that missed out. the nations league kicks off tonight. it‘s uefa‘s attempt to do away wi