she will play elise mertens, a wimbledon champion in the doubles.ed six grand slam events and has not made it past the second round. she had fitness and injury issues. what seems smart is escaping the clay—court season to focus on grass. the quarterfinals of eastbourne coming into the championships also you have to put her as a favourite against mertens, 28 years old but she will give her a real test. that later. two other british women. no wild card, battled through the qualifications to get here, they went of her life in the first round. we will see. the eastbourne champion the big favourite to win that one. anything “um out favourite to win that one. anything jump out in — favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the _ favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's _ favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's draw? - favourite to win that one. anything jump out in the men's draw? the l jump out in the men's draw? the defending champion? it jump out in the men's draw? the defending champion?— jump out in the men's

her second round opponent in the singles was elise mertens, the world's top ranked player in doubles.ism, it was all there. if she's still rebuilding her form and fitness, a win in 75 minutes does wonders for the confidence. game, set and match, raducanu. number one court wanted more, specifically to hear raducanu's take on the day's other big news — she's going to play mixed doubles with andy murray. it's a real gift and it's a real honour that he asked me, and it's a moment that i could never say no to, and i'm just super excited to be on the mixed doubles court and hopefully learn a thing or two about coming to the net or something! i think the fans always really enjoy it when it's two players that they know and want to get behind. yeah, it should be should be a brilliant atmosphere in the matches we play. notice he says "matches" plural. still big expectations. sonay kartalfrom brighton, wearing the cap here, has completed two exceptional victories. in the second round she beat the world number 45 clara burel. sonay kartal is ranked 298 in the world. she has overcome injury and il

now, emma raducanu had singles matters to attend to, her second round opponents, elise mertens, is inr best tennis is as good as anyone's. raducanu was so good, she just wrapped up the second set of 6—2. if i turn my attention to court one, she is talking to the crowd, bowed to some autographs. a seriously impressive win injust to some autographs. a seriously impressive win in just one hour 15 minutes against the top ranked doubles player in the world. it would quickly turn our attention to tomorrow, in terms of british interest, it will be the murray brothers. time for a look at the weather, here's louise lear. a quick update on hurricane beryl, it still remains a dangerous category four storm, expected to push and make landfall across jamaica almost any moment now. and thenit jamaica almost any moment now. and then it will continue to drive its way westwards across the cayman isles, and eventually making it over towards the yucatan peninsula and close to cantering. a very significant storm continues, the hurricane warnings have been issued here. it kind of puts our weather story in

emma raducanu fought offjetlag to beat belgium's elise mertens in three sets in the opening round ofe win — which was raducanu's first since losing in the last 16 of wimbledon last month — came through 6—2, 3—6, 6—4 to book her place in round two. england's one—day cricketers are looking for a new head coach. matthew mott has stepped down after two years in the role — after england failed to defend either of the limited—overs world cups. jos buttler will remain as captain, with assistant coach marcus trescothick put in temporary charge for the series against australia in september. chelsea will take no action against enzo fernandez for singing a derogatory song about france's black players, after he apologised to several french team—mates. fernandez was accused of "uninhibited racism" by chelsea team—mate wesley fofana for a video posted to his social media account after argentina beat colombia in the copa america final earlier this month. afterjoining up with the squad, fernandez is understood to have addressed the incident — and chelsea will take no further action. on bbc one is a

emma raducanu fought offjet lag to beat elise mertens in the opening round of the washington 0pen. is due to be sentenced at woolwich crown court this afternoon. he has beenjailed. last month he was found guilty of directing the terrorist group al—muhajiroun and drumming up support for the banned organisation online. our home and legal correspondent, dominic casciani, is outside woolwich crown court. the sentence sends a strong message, doesn't it? it is the sentence sends a strong message, doesn't it? , ., ., ., , doesn't it? it is extraordinarily lona , i doesn't it? it is extraordinarily long. i am _ doesn't it? it is extraordinarily long. i am the _ doesn't it? it is extraordinarily long, i am the other _ doesn't it? it is extraordinarily | long, i am the otherjournalists doesn't it? it is extraordinarily - long, i am the otherjournalists had watched anjem choudary for many years and he is not a man lacking in confidence but today he was visibly shaken in the dock. i saw him rocking slightly on his feet as he tried to taken the length of the sentence he faces, life with a minim

in three _ and she cruised past elise mertens in three sets losing just three games — in three setsat is _ andy murray in the mixed doubles in what is expected to be his wimbledon farewell— what is expected to be his wimbledon farewell and that means a lot to her _ i couldn't say no. it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. it's a dream of mine, since i was a young girl, since watching the olympics. andy's a hero to all of us. so for me, it's a real gift. and it's a real honour that he asked me. and it's a moment that i could never say no to. and i'm just super excited to be on the mixed doubles court and hopefully learn a thing or two about coming to the net or something. sonay kartal's dream run continues — she's also through after a hard—fought victory over clara burel. the world number 298 battled back from a second—set wobble to win the decider. she's the first british female qualifier to make the third round since 1997 and will face coco gauff next. dan evans is out though. the british number three lost in straight sets to alejandro tabilo. evans had heavy strappping on his righ

she beat elise mertens, who's from belgium, who is no slouch at all.rst time she's been in her third round of a grand slam since she won the us open. so what? i don't want to do is put too much pressure on her. but i think she's going to win wimbledon this year. come on now, this is it. >> this is the year that would be good. >> everybody's going to be putting too much pressure on her. >> oh i hope she's well there's also the mouthwatering prospect of andy murray teaming up with her for the mixed doubles. that's that's caught people's interest. >> there is well because of andy's injury. >> and this is because of the cyst. he had on his back. and it usually would take six, seven weeks to even think about any exercise within a week he's back playing and he pulled out the singles two days ago which is really unfortunate. but he's playing doubles teams, playing mixed doubles, and he's playing men's doubles as well. so doubles today is i mean, this is unheard of for wimbledon, that you would have a doubles game in the first week on centre court, but because