it's the - unpredictable nature of dan evans's game.likes that low slice which travels a lot a player, but normally not the best players on clay, especially djokovic. but with all that versatility, he was very much the better player. yes, djokovic started poorly, he finished very poorly — he said afterwards he hadn't been feeling great for the past 2a hours but not wishing to take anything away from evans. but he's a man transformed on clay. he only won four matches at atp or grand slam level on clay his entire career before this week, and i won three matches including this went over djokovic. he's the first man to be the world number one in 2021. since 2019, it's only _ the world number one in 2021. since 2019, it's only rafael _ the world number one in 2021. since 2019, it's only rafael nadal - the world number one in 2021. since 2019, it's only rafael nadal in dan evans who have beaten djokovic on clay. in terms of djokovic, how much will he read into this loss today is yellow i think he was quite shocked because he had played quite

dan evans will face world number onejunk player.t of the delayed tokyo 0lympics. exactly 100 days until the start of the delayed tokyo olympics. the postponement of the games last summer has had a contrasting impact on athletes and competitors. team gb swimming rugby seven has only started training together again. and it had to raise money to fulfil their 0lympic dream after the squad was effectively disbanded. joe curry has been to meet the squad. powering their way through to tokyo 100 days out from the olympics and great britain rugby sevens women are hard at it. but the journey hasn�*t been easy. previously full—time professionals cutbacks meant these players lost their contracts. meaning they had to return to the 15th format of the game or look for jobs outside of the sport. the eight months went _ jobs outside of the sport. the eight months went by — jobs outside of the sport. the eight months went by and _ jobs outside of the sport. the eight months went by and kind _ jobs outside of the sport. the eight months went by and ki

the world number one was second—best from the start, as dan evans charged into a 3—0 lead.ritish number one had never beaten a top six player, but soon the first set was his, 6—4. djokovic, one of the greatest players of all time, attempted to force his way back, but only came back down to earth, as evans, with craft and guile, fought back from three games down to close out the match for the biggest win of his life. commentator: and the world's best is beaten by britain's best. _ it's one to savour, for maybe after the tournament to tell the kids or grandkids that i beat the world number one, it's a nice one. a quarter—final against david goffin awaits, and who would write him off now? katie gornall, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are simon minty, the disability consultant and comedy producer and anna mikhailova, who is the deputy political editor of the mail on sunday. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... let's star

britain's number one tennis player, dan evans, has beaten the world number one novak djokovic in the hird round of the monte carlo masters, to record the biggest win of his career.

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dan evans' impressive run at the monte carlo masters has come to an end after he was beaten today inn a week where evans beat novak djokovic and david goffin, tsitsipas — the number 5 seed here — proved to be one step too far. the british number one losing 6—2 6—1. still an impressive run for evans who'd only ever won four top level matches on clay before this week. and tsitsipas will face the sixth seed andrey rublev in tomorrow's final, after the russian beat casper ruud of norway in straight sets in their semi final. rublev knocked out the 11 time champion rafa nadal yesterday and is now into his first atp masters 1000 final. great britain are a step closer to the 2022 billiejean king cup finals after they beat mexico in their play off tie at the national tennis centre in roehampton. though heather watson lost earlier, katie boulter knew that if she beat giuliana 0lmos they'd be through — and that's exactly what boulter did, winning in straight sets 6—3 6—1 and giving britain an unassailable 3—1 lead in the best of 5 series. that means they're into a qualifier next year, which if

dan evans' impressive run at the monte carlo masters has come to an end after he was beaten today ina week where evans beat novak djokovic and david goffin, tsitsipas — the number 5 seed here — proved to be one step too far. the british number one losing 6—2 6—1. still an impressive run for evans, who'd only ever won four top—level matches on clay before this week. before we go, the second half is underway at wembley where chelsea are taking on manchester city for a place in the fa cup final. these are live pictures from bbc one come awake and watch the action. it is goalless. one player has gone off with an injury. phil foden is on in his place. that's all from sportsday. i'll be back with the result from that game, and the rest of the day's sport, in an hour. until then, goodbye. welcome to click. we are into the second year of the sofa shows now, so it is time to mix it up a bit. can you see anything different? i can't see anything for is it your hair again?— can't see anything for is it your hair auain? i, i, , i, , hair again? no, the hair is always chanauin. hair again? no, the

now it's turning it quite the week for dan evans.ur years on monday and now he's beaten novak djokovic at the monte carlo masters. evans had never faced the current world number one before, and on his least favourite surface, he pulled off the biggest win of his career. as jim lumsden reports. not many gave him a chance, but evans had never played a djokovic, so anything was possible. the perfect start for the british number one, an immediate break of serve. djokovic had lavish praise on evans this week, calling him smart, explosive, and possessing a great variety in his game. the momentum had been building for evans, a first atp title injanuary, two victories on clay this week, his first in almost four years on the red stuff. and soon, the first that was his 6—a. evans burns him with a past. attempted to regain control, sending evans around the court, but the briton looked drained but dove deep. he served for the match. evans held his nerve for the biggest win of his career, a straight sets victory over the world number two ——one wh

meanwhile there was a shock defeat for british number one dan evans in the last 16 of the sardinia openst in a third set tie break to world number 90 lorenzo musetti of italy. and of course you can get more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website but that's all the sport for now. have a very good night. hello there. fridays is the return of the arctic air for many areas, widespread frost of the risk of some ice because we have seen some rain, sleet and snow and a lot more to the south because we have seen them introducing the change. with that northerly arctic wind which is slowly easing, we had some deals of the night and they will accentuate that chilly field. with showers there, more sunshine than we saw yesterday. instead for the south, we see more burst of rain and sleet on the hills as well. we have a hold onto double figures but as i say, that she'll will be held for the north despite more sunshine. this weather front travels into the weekend and it never goes away and he could reinvigorate, giving us more rain, some held snow to the southeast or southern eastern areas o

next to tennis, and dan evans' incredible run at the monte carlo masters continues. hadn't won on clay for four years until this week, and has never got this far in a masters 1000 tournament. he'll face greece's stefanos tsistsipas next for a place in the final. staying with tennis, great britain have won both their opening matches of their play off against mexico as they look to qualify for next years billyjean king cup finals. it's the new name for the fed cup. in the last half hour heather watson beat giuliana 0lmos. 7—5, 6—1 at the national tennis centre in london. an impressive straight sets win for her. earlier, things got off to a perfect start for gb with katie boulter — who's had injury problems for a couple of years — easing past marcela zacarias in straight sets — winning 7—5 6—0. this is the best—of—5 this time tomorrow. i have been playing some really good tennis and practice. you know, i felt like when i set up to my survey to bring that out on the court. i was pretty happy with the second set for sure. was pretty happy with the second set forsure. i di

british number one dan evans is in action at the monte carlo masters.he rain in monaco. ben stokes' rajasthan royals side are struggling in their chase against the punjab kings. they were set a target of 222, but stokes was out for a duck in the very first over. onlyjust though, despite a mix—up in the field! they're they�* re currently they're currently 170 after 16 over. five live the place to go for commentary of that match. i'm sure most of us have been looking forward to today, the next step of lockdown easing. i'll be making the most of it straight after this shift. i've really missed the gym. indoor pools and leisure centres have also reopened, giving a huge boost for recreational sport. here's our correspondentjoe wilson. monday morning in birmingham, jeremy sharp is finally back where he belongs — a gym session after the pool. he exercised for 30 years, week in, week out — until lockdown. jeremy has cerebral palsy. he need fitness for crucial mobility, to keep the life he wants to live. the activities many people turned to during lockdown simpl

dan evans will face world number one novak djokovic in the third round of the monte carlo masters — afterd seem to be struggling with illness, but a significant win for evans all the same. now today is exactly 100 days until the start of the delayed tokyo olympics. the postponement of the games last summer has had a contrasting impact on athletes and competitors. the team gb women's 7s rugby team have onlyjust started training together again and have had to raise money to fulfill their olympic dream after the squad was effectively disbanded. jo currie has been to meet the squad in loughborough. powering their way through to tokyo, 100 days out from the olympics and great britain rugby sevens women are hard at it. but the journey hasn't been easy. previously full—time professionals cutbacks met these players lost their contracts, meaning they had to return to the 15 format of the game or look forjobs outside the sport. the months went by, and the uncertainty increased. the olympics suddenly were inhabiting for a year, so we lost a bit of direction. and you could feel, as much as we were tr

dan evans will face novak djokovic in the third round of the monte carlo masters — after the britishgames last summer has had a contrasting impact on athletes and competitors. the team gb women's 7s rugby team have onlyjust started training together and have had to raise money to fulfil their olympic dream after the squad was effectively disbanded. jo currie has been to meet the squad in loughborough. powering their way through to tokyo, 100 days out from the olympics in great britain rugby sevens women are hard at it. but the journey hasn't been easy. previously full—time professionals cutbacks met these players lost their contracts, meaning they had to return to the format of the game or look forjobs outside the sport. the format of the game or look for “obs outside the sporti format of the game or look for “obs outside the sport. the months went b . outside the sport. the months went b , and outside the sport. the months went by. and the — outside the sport. the months went by, and the uncertainty _ outside the sport. the months went by, and the uncertainty increased. i by, and th

dan evans has won on clay for the first time in four years on the main tour.acz in the second round. following his first victory in three years, on stage two of the tour mark has won stage three. he retains the overall lead. ben stokes has broken his finger and will miss the indian premier league. and england's women will play their first test match for nearly two years, as part of a multi—format series against india injune. they'll play a four—day game in bristol, followed by three one—dayers and three t20s around the country. they'll then wrap up their home summer with a limited—overs series against new zealand in september. the cricket season is under way. we've already had the first round of matches in the county championship. it's going to be a very busy summer, with the delayed hundred taking its place in the calendar as well. the ecb is aiming to attract a wider, younger and more diverse audience, and that is going to see a few changes to the language used around the game. including replacing the word wickets with outs. patrick gearey reports. for some,

and dan evans is flying high in monte carlo — could he go on to make a first masters level final, aftervid goffin. hello there and welcome to sports day. spectators are returning to sport. this weekend we reach one of the key stages as we come out of lockdown. pilot events get under way to reintroduce crowds in england. football fans will be in wembley on sunday for one of the fa cup semi—finals. and the world snooker championship at the crucible in sheffield has plans to go from one third full when it gets under way tomorrow, to a capacity crowd of nearly a thouand for the final two weeks later. all spectators will have to meet government requirements to prove they're free of coronavirus, as laura scott reports. remember when sporting moments were celebrated like this? they may soon be again. snooker is leading the way in trying to get fans back. ronnie o'sullivan begins his world championship title defence tomorrow in similar circumstances to how he won the tournament last year, playing to a cloud of 300 at the crucible. that number will climb to a full house come the finals. it is im

there you'll also see that the british number one dan evans is taking on david goffin in the quarterfinals the first set 7—5 and has just taken the second set 6—3. 1—1 in the decider. i'm jane hill. 77 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in india have been identified in the uk. 73 cases have been confirmed in england as well as four cases in scotland. india's covid rates are soaring with almost 14 million confirmed cases but the country isn't currently on the uk's travel red list. earlier my colleague martine croxall spoke to paul hunter, professor in medicine at the university of east anglia, who said there may be questions about the variant�*s resistance to vaccines. india itself is seeing a pretty dramatic increase in cases at the moment and it has since the beginning of march. and we don't know for certain that this variant is what is driving that, but it is certainly possible. the other thing is that this variant has possibly two escape mutations. and an escape mutation is one that makes it a bit more resistant to immunisation and it is plausible, but we don't know for cer

also coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel — another clay—court win for dan evans, sets uprd round clash with novak djokovic at the monte carlo masters. good evening. labour has lost a commons vote to set up a parliamentary inquiry, into the lobbying row involving david cameron. but that hasn't eased pressure on the government, over the controversy involving the failed financial services firm, greensill capital. the labour leader sir keir starmer has accused the prime minister of presiding over what he called a return to "tory sleaze". it follows days of revelations and accusations about mr cameron lobbying ministers on behalf of greensill. borisjohnson says he shares the concerns raised, but insists a review he's ordered would get to the bottom of the issue, and tonight a spokesman for mr cameron said the former prime minister would "respond positively" to any request to give evidence to mp5. with the latest, here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. whistling cause for alarm? labour thinks it is onto something. after weeks of claims about an all—too—close relationshi

coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel — delight for dan evans.tish number one comes from a set down to seal his place in the semifinals of the monte carlo masters. good evening. final preparations are being made tonight, for the funeral of the duke of edinburgh tomorrow at windsor castle. the archbishop of canterbury, who will play a key part in the service, has spoken of what he called an "anguished moment" for the queen. justin welby told the bbc that the queen, as a grieving widow, now found herself in the same position as millions of others who've lost family members in the pandemic. the funeral will be a more muted event, with people being told not to go to windsor because of covid restrictions, and to watch proceedings on tv. we'll have more on the reflections from the archbishop in just a moment, but first our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports from windsor, on the plans being made for tomorrow's ceremony. a husband and wife, plainly happy in each other�*s company — a previously private image taken at balmoral in 2003, selected

the top seed was beaten in straight sets by britain's dan evans, in the biggest shock of the tournamentin the quarterfinals. but world number two rafael nadal remains on course for a record—extending 12th title in monte carlo, after he thrashed grigor dimitrov for the loss of just two games. nadal faces russia's andrey rublev in the last eight. now, italy's famous imola racetrack went 14 years without staging a formula one race but this weekend it'll host its second emilia romagna grand prix injust six months. the race was added to this year's calendar to replace the chinese grand prix, which was cancelled because of the pandemic. covid restrictions mean there won't be any fans at imola, when practice starts on friday and red bull's sergio perez hopes that doesn't detract from the race itself. the race is not so interesting for the fans if it is a normal race. we offer safety cars so it can end up being a 1—stop race and boring for the fans but hopefully we are there in the mix from day one and hopefully we take another step in the right direction. and australian cameron smith is the le

the british number one dan evans is taking on the world number one novak djokovic in the third rounders. in what is meant to be the brits least favourite surface he secured a double break in the first set, and despite djokovic levelling at four all, evans took it 6—4. he's 30, evans, but has never played djokovic before. he won his first match on clay in almost four years in the first round, and is in good form, having secured his first atp tour title this year too. great britain have named their team for friday's billiejean king cup play off tie with mexico, what is the revamped fed cup. there's a return for katie boulter in the first match. she suffered a stress fracture in her back the last time she played for britain two years ago. she's been picked ahead of the higher ranked harriet dart. there's nojohanna konta, so heather watson leads the team. victory would put them through to a one—off qualifier, the winner of which competes in a new—look12—team final in april next year. merseyside police have launched an investigation after a window on real madrid's team bus was smashed as

the british number one dan evans may have missed out on the singles final at the monte carlo masters,ikola mektic and mate pavic. and having squared the match at one set all it wasn�*t to be for the british pair, who lost the champions tie break to the very happy croatians. mark cavendish has ended the tour of turkey in style by winning the final stage. after almost three and a half hours of racing the briton wearing blue on the left of your screen had enough energy left to pip belgium�*s jasper philipsen to claim his fourth stage win of the race. spain�*sjose manuel diaz was the overall winner. the reigninig olympic champion eliud kipchoge has won the nn mission marathon in the netherlands. it�*s his final race before he defends his title at the postponed tokyo games. the kenyan, who�*s 36, clocked two hours, four minutes and 30 seconds in his first outing since his shock defeat at last year�*s london marathon. the reigning masters champion yan bingtao is through to the second round of the world snooker championship in sheffield. resuming his match at 4—4 against martin gould, yan to

and coming up on the bbc news channel: a first masters series semifinal for dan evans.is into the final four in monte carlo. that and news from the billiejean king cup in sports day. good evening. as final preparations are made for the funeral of the duke of edinburgh tomorrow at windsor castle, the archbishop of canterbury has spoken of what he called an �*anguished moment�* for the queen. justin welby, who will play a key part in the service, told the bbc that the queen, as a grieving widow, now found herself in the same position as millions of others who've lost family members in the pandemic. today, the earl and countess of wessex viewed tributes and flowers left by the public outside st george's chapel in the grounds of windsor castle. we'll have more on the reflections from the archbishop in just a moment, but first from windsor, here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. outside st george's chapel within windsor castle, some of the flowers left by members of the public have been laid out on the lawns. close by, a wreath from the prime minister with a card

and coming up on the bbc news channel: the biggest win of the british number one dan evans�* career —the 18—time grand slam winner novak djokovic at the monte carlo masters. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. we have the clearest evidence yet of the way the pressure on the nhs in dealing with the covid pandemic has affected its ability to treat other patients. the number of people now on hospital waiting lists in england reached its highest since records began nearly 15 years ago. a total of 4.7 million people were waiting for routine operations and procedures in england at the end of february 2021. let's take a look at those having to wait more than a year to start hospital treatment. it stood atjust over 1,600 in february 2020. by this february, 12 months on, there are nearly 388,000 patients waiting more than a year for treatment. those numbers set out the huge and complex challenge facing the nhs — how to make up the backlog of work. today, borisjohnson said he'd do whatever it takes to deal with the problem. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports. vicki has a heart co

he will be happy to know that dan evans has just won.e needs surgery on a fractured finger. it means stokes will miss the test series against new zealand — and is also a doubt for england's white ball games against sri lanka and pakistan later injune. stokes was injured whilst playing in the indian premier league earlier this week and will fly home tomorrow — with his surgery set for monday. england under 21 manager aidy boothroyd is stepping down after four years in the role, just two weeks after the side finished bottom of their group at the european championship. england were one of the favourites for the tournament — with a host of big name players to pick from — but went out following defeats to portugal and switzerland. pressure has been on him with one of the most talented groups the nation has produced in a very long time. he had access to players like mason mount, phil foden, jude bellingham and trent alexander—arnold. but boothroyd has said his job is to not win trophies, but to give players to the first team — that led him to

meanwhile there was a shock defeat for british number one dan evans in the last 16 of the sardinia 0pen fridays sees the return of the arctic air for many areas, widespread frost and the risk of some ice because we have seen some rain, sleet and snow and a lot more to the south because we have seen them introducing the change. with that northerly arctic wind which is slowly easing, we had some gales through the night and they will accentuate that chilly field. with showers there, more sunshine than we saw yesterday. instead further south, we see more burst of rain and sleet on the hills as well. we hold onto double figures but as i say, that she'll will be held for the north despite more sunshine. that will be held for the north despite more sunshine. this weather front travels into the weekend and it never goes away and it could reinvigorate, giving us more rain, some held snow to the southeast or southern eastern areas of brisk wind while most it is crisp sunshine and wintry showers. there is more online, including the warnings. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers i

the monte carlo masters — having beaten world number one novak djokovic earlier in the week — but dan evansin the principality today. he's chasing a first career doubles title — alongside fellow brit neal skupski. yesterday's win in the last four means evans has knocked out the top seeds in both singles and doubles this week. the women's six nations final has been decided after france comfortably beat ireland to seal their place in the match against england next week. france — who're ranked fourth in the world — finished top of their pool and ran riot over the irish defence, with cyrielle banet scoring two tries as they won by 56 points to 15. and ireland will face italy in a game for third place after they beat scotland in glasgow by 41 points to 20. defending champion ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the second round of the world snooker championship. a reduced crowd watched on at the crucible theatre in sheffield as part of the government pilot scheme to reintroduce spectators. 0'sullivan beat debutant markjoyce ten frames to four, having struggled for large parts of the match, before fin

we hope to hearfrom dan evans at some point this afternoon.y greensill. joining me now is the labour mp meg hillier — she�*s chair of the house of commons�* public accounts committee, which today said it would invite david cameron to appear before its inquiry. good afternoon. have you heard from david cameron, are you expecting to see him? we david cameron, are you expecting to see him? ~ ., ~ see him? we are. when we invite someone to _ see him? we are. when we invite someone to a _ see him? we are. when we invite someone to a select _ see him? we are. when we invite someone to a select committee l see him? we are. when we invite someone to a select committee it see him? we are. when we invite i someone to a select committee it is unusual they should say no, but that certainly for a former prime minister i would be surprised, and he has already indicated he would respond positively. d0 he has already indicated he would respond positively.— he has already indicated he would respond positively. do you want to know about _ respond positively. do

earlier, britain's dan evans followed up his shock win over novak djokovic with another victory.ayer has now won his quarterfinal. he will face stiff in the sisyphus in the semi final. the formula one grand prix in italy. >> something broke. i don't know. sanaa: red bull had a disastrous day. their racer, who looks set to become lewis hamilton's main challenger this season had problems with his car in the second practice. his teammate, sergio perez failed to finish practice after an incident with another driver damaged his car. mercedes clocked the best time ahead of hamilton. >> i like italy. the food is good. i enjoy being here. the driving so far hasn't been the luckiest, but i had driveshaft issues. so i stopped the car. >> we definitely did not see the best out of all of her -- of oliver today. we still think we have the fastest car. sanaa: the champion made his return to the track for the first time in nine months. the spaniard, who fractured his arm during last season's opening race finished sixth in practice ahead of the portuguese grand prix. the vancouver canucks hockey

this weekjust gets better and betterfor dan evans. the british number one — who beat novak djokovic yesterdayface greece's stefanos tsistsipas next for a place in the final. evans did not expect to be at this stage of a clay—court masters semifinal. he had only won four matches on clay at his entire career on clay doing a career of british number one full copies doubled the tally this week beating novak djokovic and then in three sets in the quarterfinals today. moving very well, clearly he's been working hard on his fitness. i think the heavier conditions have helped them. the ball is not bouncing up toward shoulder height which he doesn't enjoy. it's sailing fairly low, it's helping his sliced back in. he's been a revelation. there was a major shock in one of the other quarter finals. rafa nadal is now out. the king of clay was beaten in three sets by andrey rublev. the russian won the first and the last set to inflict a rare defeat on the spaniard on his favourite surface. staying with tennis, great britain have won both their opening matches of their play off against mexico as they look t

britain's dan evans has followed up his shock win over novak djokovic with another victory evans beat the world number one in straight sets on thursday and now the unseated player has won his quarter final against belgium's david goffin in 3 sets he'll face a fine us that's a pass in the semifinals. so i'm tried of of how i can but today especially with the new the. concentration was it wasn't right and i'm really happy with clinic 3 because you know when and yes they would have been you know so it was with a bad performance today so it's a pass had a much easier passage into the last for his opponent the vid of it for keane a quick midway through the match with an injury it's the 1st time the greek player has reached the semis in monte carlo. manchester united have given themselves another chance to end their losing run in the cup semifinals a 4 nil aggregate when over spanish side granada has moved united into the last 4 of the year up a leak during his time as manager ole gunnar sol shire has led the team to 4 previous semifinals united have lost all of them. we relish the chance a

fridge has been knocked out of the monte carlo masters was beaten in straight sets by britain's dan evans in the 3rd round is the biggest when the evidence is clear by some distance jock which had been playing at his 1st tournaments since winning the australian open title back in february. he says being brutally one of the worst matches and performances from my side i can recall in the last years i don't want to take anything away from his win but from my side i just felt awful on the court overall just nothing worked and it's one of those days world number 3 rafa nadal ease through his match against 14th save grigor dimitrov the spaniard took just 55 minutes to dispatch his opponent to take it very well the 34 year old who was aiming for a record extending 12th at monte carlo title is through to the final 8. the founding champion fabio fognini made light work of his opponent serbian opponent feel no bitch the italian is through to the quarter finals have just sealing a straight sat 6276 with. realm of dread and manchester city of complete of the line up for the semifinals of the european

of britain's dan evans that followed up his shock win over not at the drop of it with another victory down see that player has now won his quarter final against belgium said it 3 sets of faces to final city pass in the semifinals . marci this have a top to both practice sessions ahead of the formula one media oh man yeah it's easy. to grow. out of the books if you can. read ball had a disastrous day max there stop and know who looks set to become lewis hamilton's main challenge of the season had problems with his car and 2nd practice for stop and see may to say that failed to finish morning practice often incident with another driver damaged his call me mom or c. this bought us a clock to foster time in both sessions ahead of hamilton. i like italy i mean food is good i enjoy being here just have a driving so far hasn't been the luckiest but yeah the drive shaft issues so i had to stop stop the car idea we definitely didn't see the best out of it but we got today we're going to see about being here tomorrow but no doubt they're going to be fast and we still don't think we have the fas

in the quarterfinals britons that dan evans followed up to his salt when overwhelmed number one about just have it with another victory young see that there has now won his quarter final against belgians go far in 3 sets they'll face to final sets of us in the semifinals so i'm proud of of how i come but today especially with what happened in the 1st you know your concentration was it wasn't gray and i'm really happy with can it through because you know when yes i would have been you know so worth it was it with a bad performance today. well defending champion 5 year for anemia has been knocked out of the event the italian was beaten in straight sets by a unseated casbah route you know legion will now face an adult conqueror andrea in the semi's. see this have topped both practice sessions ahead of the formula one a media goal in italy. so they broke. bread for had a disastrous day max 1st up and who looked set to become lewis hamilton's main challenge of the season had problems with his car and a 2nd practice their staff and steam made failed to finish morning practice after an incid

as has been said stefan also says a person would face and for the title on sunday it's a bus and dan evans streamline are determined to evans who knocked out world number one novak djokovic on his way to the semifinals run out of luck against the greek world number 5. to 6261 we. kind of you know do live in russia followed up by his victory over 11 time champion rafael nadal was straight sets win against the mood of norway need this it's a pass all the 23 year old that russian has ever won the title at this level of the sport maybe you know and that's about to marry him in london. thanks very much now just a couple of stories to bring in about 200000 kilograms of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly $25000000.00 have been seized in the philippines the biggest known hole of the endangered species to date for suspects have been arrested in the philippines killing jai. can lead to prison sentences of up to 12 years they're incredibly vulnerable to poaching and they used as a replacement of ivory in jewelry and decorations and then a poundland has been rescued from a wildlife smu

djokovic has been knocked out of the monte carlo masters of it was beaten in straight sets by britain's dan evans in the 3rd round it's the biggest win of evans career by some distance talk of it's had been playing and his 1st tournament since winning the australian open title back in february. well 4th seed stuff on assists across was a straight sets winner against christian the greek player is through to the last 8 in this tournament for the 1st time he's reached at least the quarter finals of every event he's played this year. real madrid and manchester city have completed the line up for the semifinals of the european champions league city were 42 aggregate winners against crucial dortmund of germany and mil mil draw against liverpool was enough for reality progress 31 on aggregate they haven't maybe been the liverpool last season when they were champion but still she has a really strong side and yet to ensure one of the home and here known elizabeth result. so yeah i think it's always hard to bias against people put on a good. note is to try to recover well 13 time champions rio will take on

been knocked out of the monte carlo masters jockey which was beaten in straight sets by britain's dan evans in the 3rd round it's the biggest win of evans's career by some distance job which had been playing at his 1st tournaments since winning the australian open title back in february. he says being one of the worst. performances from my side i can recall in the last years i don't want to take anything away from his win but from my side i just felt awful on the court overall just nothing worked and it's one of those days. you know of course i died myself and as much is in the much. you know. it's not noisy you know it's you've got all sorts really for your head so it's just how he was how it was. you know he wanted to say the. you know maybe after the tournament. you know the kids and grandkids is it will them want to know as well. well number 3 raf no doubt easter in his match against 14 seen grigor dimitrov a spaniard turned just 55 minutes to dispatch his opponent to do take it very well the 34 year old who is aiming for a record extending 12th monte-carlo title is through to the final

britain's dan evans has followed up his shots went over novak djokovic with another victory evans beat the world number one in straight sets on thursday and in the last few minutes the unseeded evans has won his quarter final against belgium's david goffin in 3 sets and stuff honest since the past had a much easier passage into the final for his opponent davidovits quit midway through the match with an injury it's the 1st time since the past has reached the semis in monte carlo manchester united have given themselves another chance to end their losing run and cup semifinals afford an ill aggregate win over spanish side granada has moved united into the last 4 of the europa league during his time as manager only going to so shire has led the team to 4 previous semifinals until united rather have lost all of them to the relish the chance again to go to a final i think the i've seen the determination and every player that we want to go one 3rd is the disappointment of all the defeats that we've had they give us the motivation to go one step further and hopefully and and the season on the

now it's turning into quite the week for dan evans the british won his first batch in years on for maxosive and possessing a great variety in the game. momentum have been building for evans, first atv title in january two victories on clay this week is almost four years on the red star. soon the first that was his foot up six games to four. djokovic attempted to gain control sending evans around the court. at first the pertinent look train but then dug deep recovering from three love down to serve for the match. evans held his nerve for the biggest win of his career. a stray set victory over the world number one who hasn't played badly, his opponent had been superb. of course i doubted myself in those matches. ,, , , ., ., _ of course i doubted myself in those matches. ,, , , ., ., matches. surveying is not easy. you not all matches. surveying is not easy. you got all thoughts _ matches. surveying is not easy. you got all thoughts running _ matches. surveying is not easy. you got all thoughts running three - matches. surveying is not easy. you got all thoughts running three head. i'm j

dan evans will face world number one novak djokovic in the third round of the monte carlo masters after after evans got his first tour—level win on clay in four years, he saw off the miami 0pen champion 6—4, 6—1. hurkacz did seem to be struggling with illness, but a significant win for evans all the same. what a week it's been for mark cavendish. he's completed a hat—trick of stage wins at the tour of turkey. he was in the leading pack and avoided a pile—up in the final moments, sprinting to victory on stage four. after waiting for three years for his win on monday, he's back to his old ways again with three wins in a row. cavendish has an overall lead of 12 seconds, but that may well be lost in tomorrow's stage, which takes the riders into the mountains. it's 100 days to go until the olympic games liverpool zero, and manchester city are behind. we'll have more on the bbc news channel later on. marx does not like the mountains! —— mark. president biden has announced that american troops will leave afghanistan by 11 september. the new deadline will coincide with the 20th anniversary of t

dan evans got the win of his career as he beat world number one novak djokovic.e, katie boulter returns for great britain today in the billiejean king cup, in their playoff tie with mexico. boulter suffered a stress fracture in her back the last time she played for britain two years ago. there's nojohanna konta, so heather watson will lead the team at the newly revamped fed cup. that's all the sport for now. president biden is urging russia to work with him to ease tensions after announcing a raft of sanctions against moscow. the us leader said the latest measures were a response to russian cyber attacks and attempts to interfere in elections but said he could have gone further. mr biden said he wanted to meet president putin, because personal communication was essential to move forward. i was clear with president putin that we could have gone further. but i chose not to do so, i chose to be proportionate. the united states is not looking to kick off a cycle of escalation and conflict with russia. we want a stable, predictable relationship. if russia continues to

good luck to them today and dan evans as well.a little more sunshine and louise have the latest. a gorgeous picture behind you. it tells the story actually, frost on the ground but beautiful blue sky and sunshine and this is in east anglia and as you can see suffolk but a bit different further north and west with a little more clout unfortunately here and that is because of the satellite picture, as you can see, the frontal system putting into the north—west. it will take its time so for most of us we are under the influence of high pressure, a southerly wind dragging and slightly milder air by clouding over a little with the weather front arriving later on in the day so it will bring more cloud into northern ireland and the far north—west of scotland but elsewhere it is a beautiful day. lots of sunshine coming through, light winds and just a little bit of fair weather cloud may be developing into the afternoon but temperatures will be on the up, around 11—14 and maybe 15 as a high. the rain will not arrive until later on today. t

the monte carlo masters — having beaten world number one novak djokovic earlier in the week — but dan evansre wasn't a crowd i would have sunk even lower into my chair and just thought, can i get out of here as quickly as i can, sort of thing. it is great having a crowd because they feel is you to try a bit, they paid their money to come and watch. there is no betterfeeling. when i look back at some of my best moments and you see the reaction of the crowd, who doesn't like to give them a good night? it really makes a difference, more than 300 fans watching on there. you are heading off. i'm off to read the news for andrew marr on bbc one. now let's get a final look at the weather with louise. hello. not only a nice day but a relatively dry week ahead, certainly a warmer start this week in comparison to last week. cooler air is set to return from the middle of the week and gardeners take note. that means we could see a return to some significant frost. but for the here and now we have got some rain around, actually. affecting scotland and northern ireland, it is right and northern ireland, i

. | britain's dan evans will face world number 0ne novak djokovic today in the third round of the monte now he's won three in a row. he was in the leading pack and avoided a pile—up in the final metres, sprinting to victory on stage four to kemer. cavendish has an overall lead of 12 seconds, but that may be lost today when the race enters the mountains. it wasn't that long ago when he was in tears, saying he was going to give up, so 35 years old, there is hope resort. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, carol. look where i am. isn't this gorgeous? i am look where i am. isn't this gorgeous? iam in look where i am. isn't this gorgeous? i am in langley wood which is part of hertfordshire and we are coming across the bluebells. earlier our cameraman took some footage of the bluebells and hopefully we can show you that close up and it's worth noting in recent years that over an acre of bluebells have been lost here, the equivalent to just over half of the size of a football pitch because people have wandered off the paths and wandered across them and trample the