she beat elise mertens in hobart last week, so elise mertens in hobart last week, so of course, she wouldonfident of going out and putting in a good performance and she would know what having beaten her before. and on the flip side of that, merchants, 16 seed, every competent performer on the women's tour, ranks very highly, and she would also know what to do to avoid that happening again. heather really never got into the match. she looks devoid of energy and really flat. and it was all over in an hour, sadly. and we have to know, how are the boys doing? jamie is plain the doubles. and andy is doing his latest recovery. jamie was due to play in doubles. cancelled due to the weather. he is an action tomorrow. andy is at home. i don't know if he is watching on the telly but it is on at the own time of day, but it is on at the own time of day, but just trying to but it is on at the own time of day, butjust trying to recover his latest setback. i'm sure he would be watching jamie come monte? hope so! some other notable results today. angelique kerber through today. plus, someone who could...

simona halep in action at the moment against elise mertens and other grand slam champions. much in control of this one. she took the first set and then co mforta bly took the first set and then comfortably took the second set as well. so, simona halep safely through to the quarter—finals. many predicting she could reach the final here this year. 6—a, 6—a was the outcome of that one. it means we will see dominic thiem in action against gael monfils, the frenchman who always puts on a show whenever he is out on court. a brilliant performer, he struggles to bring his best against dominic thiem. he has w011 best against dominic thiem. he has won all five of those meetings, from austria, many people predicting he could be one of those players to challenge the established order in the men's game, one of only two players, alongside daniil medvedev, under the age of 28, to have reached a grand slam final. but will be an intriguing matchup. as you can imagine as well, today a lot of the news has been dominated by ash ba rty‘s news has been dominated by ash barty‘s performance yester

for the second yearin by elise mertens. for the second year ina by elise mertens.in straight sets in the evening session out on the main show court. as for heather watson, she was the second remaining britain left in the second round and a difficult matchup for her against elise mertens. she defeated her in the lead up and she said she did not feel herself a bit slow and that was the cause of the defeat. ada — — slow and that was the cause of the defeat. ada —— it's a frustrating day for the british players but what a day with novak djokovic, serena williams and ash party back in action, no british players but if you're looking for a possible grand slam champion, take your pick from those players. staying in melbourne, rafa nadal is through to the third round and was playing argentina's federico to bonnie when one of his returns flew off his racket and hit a ballgirl returns flew off his racket and hit a ball girl right in the face. the world number one immediately went over to see how she was because it looked like it had been a sore one and she seemed to be ok, b

she was beaten in under an hour by elise mertens in melbourne.r solskjaer‘s verdict after manchester united are booed off after losing to burnley at old trafford for the first time in the premier league. and celtic remain two points clear of rangers at the top of the scottish premiership, after wins for both last night as the league returned after its winter break. i'll be back with more on those stories later. public transport has been shut down in the chinese city of wuhan — the epicentre of a respiratory virus that's infected at least 500 people and killed 17. in an attempt to stop the virus spreading, wuhan's population of around 11 million people have been told not to leave the city without good reason. the world health organisation are considering whether to declare a public health emergency. keith doyle has more. at heathrow last night, a china southern airlines flight direct from wuhan landed. it's one of three weekly direct flights to the uk from the chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. passengers arriving have been subject to enh

and difficult matchup for her against elise mertens, a player she had beaten a week earlier in hobartaid she did not feel herself out there on court today, a little bit slow, and that was the cause of that defeat. a frustrating day for the british players, but what a day we have in store tomorrow, with novak djokovic and roger federer, serena williams and ash barty back in action. no brits, but if you're looking for a grand slam champion and someone who will win it this year, take your pick from those players. elsewhere in melbourne, top seed rafa nadal is through to the third round. take a look at this. he was playing argentina's federico delbonis when one of his returns flew off his racquet and hit a ball girl in the head. well, the world number one immediately went over to see how she was. she seemed to be ok — if a little embarrassed. nadal won the match 3 sets to one. the former chairman and owner of saracens, nigel wray, has apologised for the "ill—considered approach" to salary cap compliance which led to saracens' relegation. wray said he took "full responsibility" for saracen

she's up against elise mertens, the 16th seed.nday's nations cup final, thanks to a narrow win over south africa in birmingham. you've always got to have hope. always. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning everyone. i am well and i hope you are as well. the weather is more of what we had yesterday. for many of us there will be low cloud, mist and murkiness and drizzle and some mist and fog. talking of fog, some dense fog this morning over parts of the midlands, east anglia, northern england, northern ireland and south—west scotland. so if you travel, bear that in mind. today we still have high pressure but it has been squeezed. a weather front across the north—west will introduce rain and in the north—west will be for the rest of us, not a lot of breeze to break up this cloud. the rest of the brea ks break up this cloud. the rest of the breaks are likely to be across north—east scotland. for the rest of us north—east scotland. for the rest of us it will be quite a grey day. temperature wise about where w

beaten in under an hour. 6—3, 6-0 over, beaten in under an hour. 6—3, 6—0 in her second—round by elise mertensole gunnar solskjaer‘s verdict after manchester united are booed off following their two nil defeat at home to burnley in the premier league. more of those stories a little later. the horrors of the holocaust are being remembered at a ceremony in jerusalem today ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp in nazi occupied poland. it's the biggest international gathering ever held in israel, with more than a0 presidents, monarchs or premiers in attendance. more than 1 million people, mostlyjews, were murdered there by the nazis at auschwitz during world war two. the event at the yad vashem holocaust memorial will include speeches by the russian and french presidents, as well as by the prince of wales. this is a live shot from jerusalem as we wait for the beginning of this event where we will hear those speeches. this is the first of five days of events leading up to the actual anniversary, the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz which falls on

just two bits left, watson against elise mertens. they met last thursday in hobart.has coincided with england's upturn in fortunes. mark wood came in for the last match and england would love to have the option of a second bowler who can do that. archer has been stepping up his recovery from that elbow injury today and is in contention to play in the final test match against south africa on friday. england are 2-1 south africa on friday. england are 2—1 up in the series and he has been impressing the assistant coach graham thorpe. he bowled well today. his speeds were good. so he is getting his rhythm. he has suffered with his elbow in the last couple of weeks, but the pain seems to be decreasing. that is good. britain's chris froome will make his return to competitive cycling last month that the ue —— uae tour as he continues to return after career threatening injuries last summer. he broke his hip and leg and fractured ribs when he crashed into a wall in france. the british freestyle skier casey mears won the big air silver medal on the final day of competition at