numberfour seed elena rybakina is through after she won against australian destenee aiava — the worldhed hard in the second set, winning on a tie break. cricket now, and seamer olly stone is in line for his fourth test cap with england, remarkably five years since his international debut. he replaces the injured mark wood for the second test against sri lanka on friday. our sports correspondentjoe wilson is at lord's. well, here at lord's this week, a remarkable story of sporting perseverance. at the age of 30 ollie stone is about to play his fourth match, pulling at 45 95 miles an hour is the focus of his entire life. whether it's stress fracture, ecl, his body is broken down. many players years ago i'm sure would have given of the dream of playing test match cricket. but here he is. it's never been in my eyes to give that up and if my body then gave up on me i may have to step away but thankfully so far i've found a way and i can be back out there in an england shirt. screws in your vertebrae wasn't it? there are two, one in l3 and one in l4. just to stop it cracking again. there's

and numberfour seed elena rybakina hasjust won against the australian destenee aiava, world number194. stone was in the squad for that one, but comes in to start forjust his fourth test cap, following wood's withdrawal due to an injury and he's hopeful he can make an impact. ijust love, yeah, the slog, should i say, of that hard graft and going out there and providing your team with something different to try and help you win the game. and i've always said, which is one of the reasons why i've been down certain surgical routes, like to have my back sorted, so i can go out there and play test cricket again. so it's never been in my eyes to give that up, and if my body then gave up on me, i may have to step away. but thankfully so far i've found a way and i can be back out there in an england shirt. the paralympics are nearly upon us as athletes continue to arrive in the village ahead of the opening ceremony in paris on wednesday. paralympics gb have named theirflag bearers as seven—time para wheelchair basketballer terry bywater and wheelchair tennis athlete lucy shuker, who herself wi