in this form grigor dimitrov is certainly one to watch this year.s leaping, and they were sleeping on the outside courts. kristina mladenovic said she couldn't care less about losing to american alison riske because her safety was at stake. she claimed there is no grass on court 18 and the baseline is very slippery. the french woman's comments, came just two hours after american bethanie mattek—sands had been carried off a different court on a stretcher, screaming in pain with a serious knee injury. the tears flowed rolled down the cheeks of germany's marcel kittel on thursday after he won stage six of the tour de france. it was a 216km ride from vesoul to troye. kittel reaches a top speed of 71 kilometres an hour as he raced to the line. it's his second stage victory this year and 11th overall. simon brotherton was there. while the team for sagan protested his exclusion, the two are rolls on and stage six in troye ended with a sprint for the line after 216 hot and sweaty kilometres. marcel kittel time it beautiful to beat andre greipel to the line,

roger federer was the last on the court against grigor dimitrov.hampion never looked under threat. he won comfortably in straight sets. after a scare in the last round, andy murray was looking to confirm his status as the number one seed against france's and predictable performative. despite taking the first set from dummy muguruza, angelique kerber was defeated in three sets by the 2015 finalist. it means she will lose her world number one ranking after the tournament. —— dashmac garbine i know it is important to take time for myself, to practise and go out and play good tennis. johanna konta seems to break new ground every time she steps out on to new ground every time she steps out ontoa new ground every time she steps out on to a court. into the second week of wimbledon for the first time she looked at home in taking the first set. the french 21st seed took the second but it was johanna set. the french 21st seed took the second but it wasjohanna konta who dominated the decider. the first british woman into a quarter—final in more than three dec

roger federer had few of the same problems with a straight sets win over grigor dimitrov. 6-4, 6-2, 6edon title and will play in his 50th grand slam quarter final on wednesday. tuesday then will bring the women's quarter finals, with five—time champion venus williams booking her place thanks to a straight sets win over croatian ana kon—yoo. and she'll play french open champion jelena 0stapenko in the last eight. and there'll be a new women's world number one after angelique kerber was beaten in the fourth round. former finalist garbine muguruza won their match in three sets. next up for her: svetla na kuznetsova. romelu lukaku has had his first training session with his new team after becoming the most expensive player to move between two british clubs. the belgian has signed for manchester united from everton for an initial £75 million on a five—year deal and immediately joined the squad on their pre—season tour in los angeles. the transfer is believed to include £15 million in add—ons too, but all for a playerjose mourinho sez will be a "natural fit" at old trafford. meanwhile... an

the 13th seed grigor dimitrov is through to the last 16 at wimbledon for only the second time in hisudi sela retired through injury ninth seed agnieska radwanska is through to the fourth round, but like kerber she too had to come from a set down against timea bacsinsky of switzerland, 3—6, 6—4, 6—1 the score in that one. coco vandeweghe is through to the second week for the third time. she beat her friend and fellow american alison riske in straight sets 6—2, 6-4. disappointing news in the ladies doubles for great britain's heather watson and naomi broady. they lost to 13th seeds kirsten flipkens & sania mirza 6—3, 3—6, 6—4. jamie murray and martina hingis vs neal skupski and anna smith — mixed doubles second round. how about that the saturday night action? the school is hiding. the pair who have 25 grand slam titles, murray with 3com hingis with 22. —— married bethanie mattek sands says she will need surgery after injuring her knee in the second round against sorana cirstea on thursday. the american player has confirmed that she has dislocated her knee and has also ruptured tendons.

david hay, joins grigor dimitrov on ninejust behind david hay, joins grigor dimitrov on nine just behind forget the coverage starts on bbc two at 11 o'clock and then it is across the bbc on radio 5 live on the sport website at two o'clock this afternoon. the fund should be shining. i don't will see this on centre court this afternoon. misses from yesterday, i think you'll enjoy this moment. kim clijsters is asking the crowd how she should serve? one serve as a madman said do a body so. well, kim wanted to know if he could do the walk as well is talk the talk she also went and got him one of her skirts and shirts and tries to squeeze the fan into its. so that he can indeed face one of her first. and he does. actually, he manages to return it. well done, sir. imagine trying to do that with all the pressure of the crowd looking at you, having squeezed into the type of stock skirts. there were. one brave man, isn't he? he had some real walls to do that and he did quite well. how do you think you would have done that?” quite well. how do you think you would have done that? i don't think i wou

the 13th seed grigor dimitrov is through to the last 16 at wimbledon for only the second time in hiss opponent dudi sela retired through injury ninth seed agnieska radwanska is through to the fourth round, but like kerber she too had to come from a set down against timea bacsinsky of switzerland, 3—6, 6—4, 6—1 the score in that one. coco vandeweghe is through to the second week for the third time. she beat her friend and fellow american alison riske in straight sets 6—2, 6-4. jamie murray and martina hingis vs neal skupski and anna smith — mixed doubles second round. how about that saturday night action? looking like a great team, beating their opponents in less than an hour. the tournament continues. disappointing news in the ladies doubles for great britain's heather watson and naomi broady. they lost to 13th seeds kirsten flipkens & sania mirza 6—3, 3—6, 6—4. live pictures from court three. getting into a fifth set. impressive, considering they won the title last year. going great guns today. taking them toa going great guns today. taking them to a deciding set. fantastic story if

federer will play bulgaria's grigor dimitrov next.hink it is important to get through the first week with a good feeling. i think i got that. the first one, the walkover, that did not give me much information but it saved my energy. obviously, we go one round at a time and, i must say, my first goal was to get to the second week and i did that today. i am happy now to sit back, relax and come back strongly on monday. three—time champion novak djokovic is also safely through to the second week of wimbledon. he did have a disagreement with the umpire early on when he was a break down in the first set against ernest gulbis. but it seemed to focus djokovic, who went through in straight sets. he hasn't dropped a set in the tournament so far. it was a little more precarious in the the women's draw. top seed angelique kerber only just scraped through against shelby rogers of the usa. kerber reached the final last year, but fell to a set and a break down before eventually coming through to set up what will be one of the match—ups of the next

roger federer has finished off his match against grigor dimitrov. the end. these into the quarterfinals. —— he is into the quarterfinals. given to have a look live at rafa nadal, who is taking on gilles muller, the 16th seed. we were talking about him, a fightback number one court, he lost the first to accept, on the second to after that, they are in a decider, gilles muller leading in that aside, rafa nadal to serve next. don't be a very tense finish. —— going to be a very tense finish. so just before we go let's recap the quarterfinal line—up for the ladies quarterfinals — all to be played tomorrow but the weather forecast isn't great so the roof could be on centre court not that will worryjohanna konta. she has a match against simona halep is second on centre, preceded by venus williams againstjelena 0stapenko, and on number one court it's rybarikova against vanderweghe and muguruza against kuznetsova. finally, one of the images of the day. a painful afternoon for rafa nadal. painful, there. nadal‘s preparations for his match. it could have gone

on centre court today if you're lucky enough to be here, one of them is roger federer playing grigor dimitrovayer, fantastic game but does he have the skills for game, set, mug? we sent charlie stayt to find out. grigor, welcome, thank you for coming and lovely to see you. thank you for taking part in the game, set, mug challenge. are you in the mood? i'm getting their. you know how the rules work, 30 seconds, many balls as you can in the mug. you've beenin balls as you can in the mug. you've been in some type tennis situations in the past, how does this compare? this is one of the toughest tests i've ever been in. i've got the time here so i'm going to get you ready, steady, go! 0k, how are we doing so far? terrible. you're not going to talk and do this at the same time, are you? fears and do this at the same time, are you ? fears concentration. and do this at the same time, are you? fears concentration. ten seconds so far. he's got the rhythm going now, now he's got the rhythm going. a bit of the mood going here. we've got ten seconds left. i think there's a lot of balls in there. he's gone

federer will play bulgaria's grigor dimitrov next.i think i got that. the first one, the walkover, that did not give me much information but it saved my energy. 0bviously, did not give me much information but it saved my energy. obviously, we go one round at a time and, i must say, my first goal was to get to the second week and i did that today. i am happy now to sit back, relax and come back strongly on monday. three time champion novak djokovic is also safely through to the second week of wimbledon — he hasn't even dropped a set! he beat ernest gulbiss yesterday with ease. he was a break down in the first set and argued with the umpire early on but it seemed to focus him, he went through in straight sets. it was a little more precarious in the women's draw, top seed angelique kerber onlyjust scraped through against shelby rogers of the usa. kerber reached the final last year, but fell to a set and a break down, before eventually coming through to set up what will be one of the match—ups of the next round — she'll play 2016 french o