and defending champion, elina svitolina, is through to the quarter finals of the dubai tennis championships. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news from spain that sevilla and manchester united have played out a goalless draw in the first leg of their last 16 uefa champions league tie despite numerous chances for a goal. club record signing, paul pogba, was left out ofjose mourinho‘s starting line—up, but an early injury to ander herrera meant the french international came on afterjust 17 minutes. but it was david de gea who spared united's blushes just before half time with a miraculous save at close range from a luis muriel header. and despite the hosts having the better of the chances, they'll head to old trafford in three weeks‘ time knowing an away goal could prove crucial againstjose mourinho‘s side. for sure. for sure, old forsure. forsure, old trafford means a knockout. last season we had that, which is not the same. in previous years, we were out in the group phase. i think old trafford is a big champions league night. translation: yes, i am p

and defending champion, elina svitolina, is through to the quarter finals of the dubai tennis championshipsith the footballing news from spain that sevilla and manchester united have played out a goalless draw in the first leg of their last 16 uefa champions league tie despite numerous chances for a goal. club record signing, paul pogba, was left out ofjose mourinho's starting line—up, but an early injury to ander herrera meant the french international came on afterjust 17 minutes.

top—seeded elina svitolina is through to the semi—finals of the wta dubai tennis championships followingd naomi osaka. the defending champion needed one hour and 22 minutes to seal the win. the 23—year—old saw her serve broken early in the second set by osaka who was the first japanese quarterfinalist at this event since 2004, but at 4—1 down the ukrainian stormed back, winning five games in a row to finish off osaka with a net cord to claim the win and move into the last four. she'll face german sixth seed angelique kerber, who won a rematch of the 2016 us open final, beating czech karolina pliskova 6—4, 6—3 finishing with a blistering cross—court forehand. second seed garbine muguruza of spain is into the last four. the wimbledon champion was a straight sets win over fifth seed, france's caroline garcia, winning 7—5, 6—2. and she next faces 20—year—old russian daria kasatkina, who managed a first win over compatriot and good friend elena vesnina, winning 7—6, 6—1. to golf and on the pga tour, alex noren and webb simpson hold a 1—stroke lead after the first round of the honda classic in