that belinda bencic is through to her first ever grand slam semi—final after beating croatia‘s donna vekic6—3 against her good friend and the 22—year—old swiss will face canadian 15th seed bianca andreescu or belgian 25th seed elise mertens next and the win over vekic will put her in the top 10 of the world rankings. first of all we were both after

that belinda bencic is through to her first ever grand slam semi—final after beating croatia's donna vekict the us open in new york. the 13th seed, who knocked out defending champion naomi osaka in the previous round, won 7—6, 6—3 against her good friend and the 22—year—old swiss will face canadian 15th seed bianca andreescu or belgian 25th seed elise mertens next and the win over vekic will put her in the top 10 of the world rankings. first of all we were both after tough times in the quarter—final so for both, we were both happy and i think we are professional enough to be friends of think we are professional enough to befriends of the court and on the court to do our work and keep it focused and i think we did well and iam sure focused and i think we did well and i am sure that off the court we are still friends. i dreamt of this is a little kid so i'iow i dreamt of this is a little kid so now that i am here i am enjoying it and especially playing in a stadium like this in front of a crowd like this. thank you very much to everyone for coming out and supporting us. i am definitely disap

well, next up for bencic will be her good friend donna vekic.seeded 23rd, saved a match point as she beat germany's 26th seed julia gorges 6—7, 7—5, 6—3 in two hours and 42 minutes. in the men's competition, there's been another high—profile casualty as german sixth seed alexander zverev was knocked out by diego schwartzmann. the argentine was slow out of the blocks with zverev taking the opening set, but it was the 20th seed who dictated proceedings from then on, winning the second set before taking the third after this epic rally. but after three lengthy sets featuring 10 breaks of serve, schwartzman stormed into a 4—0 lead in the fourth against an out—of—sorts zverev, who served 17 double faults and made 65 unforced errors. schwartzmann closing out the set and the match 3—6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3. and that victory sets up a potential meeting with three—time champion rafael nadal. he's on court right now against 2014 us open winner marin cilic. ina dull in a dull one the first set but the croat has roared back to take the second set by the same scorel

wildcard — who's ranked 83 in the world — pulled off a shock straight sets win over the number 7 seed donna vekicng for an all—japanese final against naomi osaka. jo—wilfried tsonga remains on course to win the moselle open in metz for a record fourth time. he's through to the quarter—finals after a straight sets win over his fellow frenchman pierre—hugues herbert. tsonga won 6—3, 6—4 — and plays the number 2 seed nikoloz basilashvili next. but the top seed david goffin is out. the belgian — who won the title in 2014 — was beaten in straight sets by pablo carreno busta. the unseeded spaniard winning 6—3, 6—2 — and now plays slovenia's aljaz bedene in the quarter—finals. the english golfer matt wallace leads after the first round of the european tour's pga championship at wenworth in england — but it was day to forget for rory mcilroy. wallace is looking for his first tour victory of the year, after three wins in 2018 — and he opened up with a bogey free round of 65, which is 7—under—par. his round included five birdies ad an eagle. wallace leads by one shot from jon rahm and henrik stenson. // bu

in the next round, she'll face donna vekic who saved a macht -- match point as she beat the german player. the czech capital prague is home to lots of grand buildings including an ornate opera house. a twist on an opera classic, mozart's don giovanni with unorthodox seating arrangements. let's just say you'd be well adviced to -- advised to take a towel with you. >>>> not the way opera lovers usually enjoy their favororite pastime but for one night fans savored the music in a setting quite different from a grand opera house. >> i don't normally follow the opera so closely but to see don giovanni done this way, from a bathtub, with a view of the prague castle, it's something incredible. ♪ >> top czech singers performed best loved aryas from the mozart classic which premierer in prague in 19-- 1787. >> when the organizer asked me to be part of the event, it was a daring step for me, trying something very nontraditioional but i likike new challenges. >> of course, people in a theater are alslso in the mood o listen to a nice opera. but it's different here. the atmosphere, the view, t the win

that belinda bencic is through to her first ever grand slam semi—final after beating croatia's donna vekicka in the previous round, won 7—6, 6—3 against her good friend. and the 22—year—old swiss will face canadian 15th seed bianca andreescu, who came from a set down to beat belgian 25th seed elise mertens in her last—eight match. for bencic, the win over vekic will put her in the top ten of the world rankings. i dreamt of this like a little kid. so now that i'm here, i'm really enjoying it, and especially playing ata enjoying it, and especially playing at a stadium like this, in front of at a stadium like this, in front of a crowd like this. so thank you very much. while matteo berrettini is also into his first ever grand slam semi—final after a five—set win over france's gael monfils. the italian had never before been past the round of 16 at a grand slam, and in a match that last almost four hours, he won the deciding set in a tie—break on his fifth match point to progress. steve smith notched up a record—extending eighth successive ashes half—century, and will head into the second day o

her win means she'll now face donna vekic in the quarter—finals, a prospect that clearly delighted herh the women's and men's defending champions are now out of the us open, after novak djokovic's retirement because of a shoulder injury. right now, i have this feeling of sadness, um, but i also feel like i've learned so much during this tournament and, honestly, i've learned so much during this tournamentand, honestly, of i've learned so much during this tournament and, honestly, of course i wanted to defend this tournament, but i feel like the steps that i've taken as a person have been much greater than, like, i taken as a person have been much greaterthan, like, iwould imagine at this point. so i hope that i can keep growing and i know that if i keep growing and i know that if i keep working hard then of course i'll have better results. to cricket now: england and australia trained at old trafford today ahead of the fourth ashes test, which starts on wednesday. the series is level after that incredible ben stokes century which saw england win by one wicket at headingley. one of the