next up for her is the australian daria saville.

eased into the third round on wednesday with a comfortable straight sets defeat of australia's daria savilleys in control taking the match 6—3, 6—4. swiatek will now play slovenia's kaja juvan on friday. number two seed aryna sabalenka is safely through to the second round. the belarusian easing past world number 112, maryna zanevska, 6—3, 6—2. two—time champion venus williams, who was given a wildcard to the event, lost 6—1 6—1 to belgium's greet minnen. it was, though, the as—years—old's 24th appearance in the singles draw at the us open, which extends her extraordinary record. england comprehensively thrashed new zealand by seven wickets, with a professional performance in the first t20 of their four—match series at chester—le—street, in durham. switching formats for their first action since the ashes a month ago, the hosts romped to victory in a chase of 140 with six overs to spare. after a blistering start from the visitors, where they scored 3 sixes off the first over, wickets began to tumble, with debutant brian carse taking 3 for 23. new zealand were eventually restricted to a below—

next up for her is the australian daria saville.arly upset on day one saw eighth seed maria sakkari from greece knocked out by spanish world no 71 rebeka masarova. she's now lost in the first round of three consecutive majors. fourth seed holger rune suffered a shock defeat in first round. the dane lost in 4 sets to world number 63 roberto carballes baena of spain. no such problems for norway's casper ruud who got past american emilio nava in 4 sets. he'll face china's zhang zhi—zhen in the second round. england midfielder ella toone says the behaviour of spanish football federation president luis rubiales at the world cup final was "unacceptable" and has overshadowed spain's success. there have been numerous demands for rubiales to resign immediately after he kissed the spanish player jenni hermoso following their victory over england. spanish prosecutors have opened an investigation into whether the incident amounts to a crime of sexual assault. toone insists the right action has to be taken spain were unbelievable throughout the

over in the women's draw, defending champion and world number one iga swiatek faces daria saville onrong, fourth seed elena rybakina is back on court against australia's isla tomjanovic. caroline wozniacki's comeback continues against petra kvitova — what a game that could be! while britain's lily miyazaki has a tough test against belinda bencic. former premier league forward enner valencia led south america's copa libertadores with victory over bolivar. after scoring the only goal of the first leg in la paz, valencia opened the scoring in the 10th minute. the game was interupted briefly as players felt the affects of tear gas allegedly used to quell a riot outside the stadium, but it didn't seem to have too much of a negative impact on valencia. the equadorian scoring his second of the game and third of the tie to seal his side's progress. bolivar did have the chance of a late consolation but ronnie fernandez�*s penalty was saved. england's women cricketers will get the same match fees as the men after their sensational ashes series this summer where they got record—breaking crowds.

defending champion and world number one iga swiatek beat australian daria saville in straight sets. she'll play slovenia's kaja juvan on friday for a place in the last 16. swiatek looking to become the first woman to defend her us open title since serena williams won a hat—trick of titles from 2012. second seed novak djokovic cruised through in straight sets against spain's bernabe zapata miralles. djokovic, who's aiming to match margaret court with a record—equalling 24th major title, plays compatriot laslo dsjere next. there was shock for last year's finalist casper ruud, he's lost in five sets to chinese world number 67 zhang zhizhen. the other second round surprise saw another grand slam finalist stefanos tsitsipas knocked out, he lost in five to swiss qualifier dominic stricker. plenty of exciting second round matches today in new york. defedning champion carlos alcaraz is up against south africa's lloyd harris. andy murray a winner at flushing meadows in 2012 takes on grigor dimitrov. last year's quarter finalist jannik sinner plays lorenzo sonego. in the women's draw ons jabe

next up for her is the australian daria saville.arly upset on day one saw eighth seed maria sakkari from greece knocked out by spanish world number 71 rebeka masarova. she's now lost in the first round of three consecutive majors. fourth seed holger rune suffered a shock defeat in the first round. the dane lost in four sets to world number 63 roberto carballes baena of spain. no such problems for norway's casper ruud, who got past american emilio nava in four sets. he'll face china's zhang zhizhen in the second round. the spanish football federation is exploring its options over whether it can sack women's world cup—winning head coachjorge vilda. vilda remains in thejob despite most of his coaching staff resigning in protest against federation president luis rubiales�* refusal to quit for kissing squad member jenni hermoso after their world cup win. vilda was spotted applauding rubiales on friday, when rubiales repeatedly insisted he would not resign. england midfielder ella toone says rubiales�* behaviour has overshadowed spain's s

next up for her is the australian daria saville.ia sakkari from greece knocked out by spanish world number 71 rebeka masarova. she's now lost in the first round of three consecutive majors. fourth seed holger rune suffered a shock defeat in the first round. the dane lost in four sets to world number 63 roberto carballes baena of spain.

defending champion and world number one iga swiatek beat australian daria saville in straight sets. become the first woman to defend her us open title since serena williams won a hat—trick of titles from 2012. second seed novak djokovic cruised through in straight sets against spain's bernabe zapata miralles. djokovic, who's aiming to match margaret court with a record—equalling 24th major title, plays compatriot laslo dsjere next. there was shock for last year's finalist casper ruud, he's lost in five sets to chinese world number 67 zhang zhizhen. the other second round surprise saw another grand slam finalist stefanos tsitsipas knocked out, he lost in five to swiss qualifier dominic stricker. plenty of exciting second round matches today in new york. defedning champion carlos alcaraz is up against south africa's lloyd harris. andy murray a winner at flushing meadows in 2012 takes on grigor dimitrov.

meanwhile, the women's world number one, iga swiatek, has taken the first set against daria saville.of grit and determination from the australian, but it's the defending champion, swiatek, who seals it 6—3. and it is currently 4—3. looking good to the next round. the women's second seed, aryna sabalenka, overcame a poor start on serve to win her opening match against belgium's maryna zanevska. she hit five double faults to lose her first two service games, but found her rhythm and won in straight sets. rangers are among the sides looking to qualify for the champions league tonight. they've travelled to psv eindhoven, with the scores level from the first leg. in the other fixtures, aek athens of greece are up against belgian side royal antwerp and danish champions fc copenhagen take on polish side rakov chestochowa. that one also 0—0. not many goals to tell you about, but that means the danes will go through if it stays. some transfer news for you now, and monaco have completed the £35 million signing of striker folarin balogun from arsenal on a five—year deal. the 22—year—old usa for

at the top of your screen here, made light work of australian opponents. daria saville to reach the law 16 to be in tech is looking to become the 1st woman to defend. tell us open title since american serena williams. when i had trick of titles from 2012 and the blue plaid caroline bows, new york, he continued a remarkable come back with a straight sits when of a check, 11 seed patchwork. they told us to reach the 3rd round the day and retired from tennis in 2020, and a students had 2 children, only to attend selection in 2023. the away from tennessee crane's canoe team has been taking part in test prices in the run up to the paris lympics saying you crime, remember the hot favorites to claim gold next year after consistent success on the board and the now hard to inspire their can petri it's finding the ball back on the ukraine team has already qualified for next year, summer olympics. ukraine has won gold in every summer games since it became independent. but paris will be especially important because of the war and the prophets and the god, the dispute guessing to the olympics is ver

swiatek faces daria saville next. there has been early shock to bring you, though.

swiatek faces daria saville next. there has been early shock to bring you, though.hth seed maria sakkari is out. she was beaten in straight sets by spain's rebeka masarova, a player ranked 63 places below sakkari, who was 4—1 up in the first set. but her patchy form rolls on, beaten 6—4, 6—4. in the men's draw, the seeds are not safe either. 25th—seed alexander bublik lost in straight sets to the 2020 champion dominic thiem. the austrian is unseeded after being dogged by a wrist injury. thiem faces american ben shelton in the second round on wednesday. later on, the three—time us open champion novak djokovic is on court as he looks to win a record—extending 24th men's grand slam title. he plays the frenchman alexandre muller in the opening round, and djokovic says he's excited to return after a two—year absence from flushing meadows. he missed last year's event due to his covid vaccine status. every grand slam i play right now is a goal and opportunity to make more history. of course there is a big significance to that. i wouldn't say, it adds a bit more that i have

eased into the third round on wednesday with a comfortable straight sets defeat of australia's daria savilleyed the big moon, there's a real treat outside at the moment. it's a super blue moon. what is that? a super bit is when the moon is closest to the earth. the blue bit is the second blue moon of the month. this is how some's house spotted the rising moon here in derbyshire. looking at the weather picture at the moment, we do have some thicker cloud. that's going to spoil the south of the moon, but across the eastern side, we got the clearest of the skies. through the day on thursday, we do have some rain that's going to be spouting in from the west. that will start to make inroads towards the southwest wales and southwest england. as that arrives, so will quite mild heirs. 14 degrees as we start the day in plymouth. split weather for thursday, lovely start for scotland. bright with hazy sunshine for east anglia, but across western areas, we have the rain moving in. southern areas of wales and england, otherwise probably coming through quite light and patchy. top temperatures around 18-2

she's into round three after beating daria saville in straight sets.on tuesday, the australian was too quick for everyone else in the sprint finish, beating filippo ganna on the line. overall leader remco evenepoel extended his advantage to 11 seconds. it's september tomorrow. but england's cricketers have just started a new series. their 0di matches later against new zealand are warm ups for the world cup. before that there are four t20 games, and the first provided an easy win for the home side england bowled first and that allowed brydon carse to make an impact on his t20 debut. the durham bowler took three wickets on his home ground to help restrict new zealand to 139 for 9. england were always in control in the chase. dawid malan hit a half century as they won by seven wickets, reaching their target with six overs to spare. i couldn't ask for a better start. you know, when i got the news from josh yesterday afternoon that i'd be playing, you know, a lot of excitement to be able to play at durham, you know, where i've played my cricket over the las