i watched him play two matches last week, i watched him play a little bit of his match against grigoraying well again, doing well, he is doing his thing is, you know. he is stepping up, he is playing well on the big points, he is hitting the ball hard, as he knows. he is effective with his backhand. it is going to be tough. i am going to have to play well. and also into round three is the ninth seed dominic thiem, who won a marathon match against american steve johnson in five sets, the austrian came through 6—7, 6—3, 5—7, 6—4, 6—1 injust over three and a half hours. us open organisers have apologised to france's lycee corneille following a code violation for changing her top in herfirst round match. the us tennis association complained, saying it was unfair and officials have since said they regret the umpire‘s decision. officials have since said they regret the umpire's decision. well, i think it is very unfair for them to —— fairforthem i think it is very unfair for them to —— fairfor them to i think it is very unfair for them to —— fair for them to apologise for me, i really appre

of this year's wimbledon first round match, stan wawrinka once again got the better of eighth seed grigorrand slam. a straight sets victory. poland's michal kwiatkowski holds the overall lead in the early stages of the vuelta espana as italy's elia viviani won monday's third stage. viviani came out on top in a sprint finish in alhaurin de la torre, beating off his compatriot giacomo nizzolo and world champion peter sagan. team sky's kwiatkowski still has a 1a—second lead at the top afterfinishing in the main bunch. tottenham will be keeping an eager eye on south korea's progress in the asian games. that's because their striker son heung min will have to return to his homeland for 21 months military service next year if south korea don't win the football competition. 0nly athletes who win a gold medal at the olympics or the asian games are excused and as it stands son is still on course to avoid the call up. south korea beat 10—man uzbekistan 11—3 after extra time to reach the semi—finals. they'll face vietnam or syria in the last four on wednesday. staying with the asian games, in the ath

who was given a wildcard to enter, has a fery tough first round match against the number eight seed grigor to fitness is andy murray, the winner in 2012. he plays the australian james duckworth. in the women's singles, serena williams, who's seeded 17, begin her quest for a record—equalling 24th grand slam title against poland's madga linette. sloane stephens begins the defence of her title against the russian evgeniya rodina, and world number one simona halep, who finally broke her major duck by winning the french open, plays kaia kanepi. world number two caroline wozniacki plays the 2011 champion samantha stosur, and the wimbledon champion angelique kerber, who won the us open two years ago, plays margarita gasparyan of russia. you can the draws in full on the bbc sport website. petra kvitova is facing a battle to keep fit following leaving the connecticut open when she had to withdraw with a shoulder injury. she had a shock victory over caroline garcia. she won the olympic gold medal two years ago and came through 75-16, 6-2. -- 7-5,1-6, 6-2. the connecticut open is the final warmup eve

earlier, the numberfive seed grigor dimitrov was taken the distance by the unseeded american francesrov came through after winning a deciding set tie—break to seal his place in the quarter—finals. and he now plays the wimbledon runner—up, kevin anderson. the number four seed from south africa beat the bela russian qualifier ilya ivashka in straight sets. anderson finished the match off with an to win it 7—5, 6—3. there was an upset in the women's singles in montreal, where the number two seed caroline wozniacki is out. she was beaten in three sets by aryna sabalenka from belarus. but the number three seed, sloane stephens, is through to the quarter—finals. stephens — who's gearing up for the defence of her us open title later this month — beat spain's carla suarez—navarro in straight sets. stephens won 6—2, 7—5, and now plays anastasija sevastova. the number eight seed petra kvitova is out. the czech, who won the canadian 0pen title back in 2012, was beaten in straight sets by kiki bertens of the netherlands. the dutchwoman, who's ranked 18 in the world, won 6—3, 6—2 to claim her pla

meanwhile grigor dimitrov fares also progressed to the last eight of the tournament will guerin beating american francis to refer seven six three six seven six. makes up for them a throw off is south african kevin anderson who beat ilya even seven five six three at the toronto cup to set up a quarter final meeting with the bulgarian. in the women's draw will number one simona halep has made it through to the third round in montreal in a match that lasted two days the remaining unbeaten a stars your public of russia seven six four six seven five american sloane stephens beat spaniard carlos what is not at all in the third round the third seeded stephens winning the match in straight sets six two seven five to progress to the quarterfinals. rain prevented any play on what was supposed to be the first day of the second test between england and india at the home of cricket lord's in london drizzle fell all morning in the british capital and the covers stayed on the pitch twenty year old batsman ali pope will be itching to get out there on day two so he can make his debut for england to lead

and upset in the men's draw a seed grigor dimitrov was knocked out in three sets by sandra brinker who's unseated at the tournament after an injury plagued couple of seasons and he also lost his first set straight as james duckworth but fought back to take the second and it is one love in the. to the asian games now and tottenham's he hung mane son remains on track to get the gold medal he needs to avoid military service in south korea david stokes has the best of today's action from the game's. south korea march on to the semifinals but only just they needed a penalty and extra time to get past is back a stand if they go on to claim gold to the team will gain exemption from military service back home. south korea's basketball team have a tough quarter final to up against their oldest rivals the philippines and their n.b.a. star jordan clarkson he racked up twenty five points but couldn't stop korea taking the match ninety one to eighty two. but the track cycling got underway in jakarta and like in so many events at these games there was plenty of success for china they claimed gold in b

another upset in the men's draw eight seed grigor dimitrov was knocked out in three sets by stander franco it was a repeat of the first round at wimbledon with the same outcome the swiss is on seeded at the tournament after an injury plagued couple of seasons. but andy murray made a winning return to grand slam tennis the scot came through his first best of five match in fourteen months after having had surgery on a hip injury at the start of the year he beat australia's james duckworth three sets to one in the first round mari who won the us open back in two thousand and twelve and also has two wimbledon titles will play fernando verdasco net i. was now to a huge result in the english premier league and the pressure is building on jerry's a marine you're off to manchester united with thrash three no home by tottenham because morris scored twice for spurs after hurricane open the scoring at old trafford is nearing year's biggest ever home defeat as a manager at any club in any competition of full time he spent around a minute applauding the home fans it's now two defeats in the opening thr

also bad news for eighth seed grigor dimitrov who was knocked out in three sets by standard brinker is a repeat of the first round of wimbledon the same outcome the swiss is on state of the tournament offering injury this season. twenty three time grand slam champion serena williams has moved a cautious step closer to a wreck already calling twenty fourth grand slam titles the raina who's a six time winner at flushing meadows beat mark the next opponent to advance to the second round of the us open the new mother winning comfortably six four and that fellow. i feel pretty good at first match of the grand slam is always good to get through so. you're. defending u.s. open women's champion sloane stephens has the gun the defensive title the american beating of jenny ever dina in straight back and seventy five. the world number one the mona holiday has been knocked out in the opening round the top seed was right in saying she had a tough stroll she struggled against kaia kanepi due to the opening that her absurd was broken five times as she took her frustrations out on her racket estonia's