elsewhere, hubert hurkacz upset kei nishikori for the second time this season with a three—set victorygs against nishikori, after also defeating the world number seven last month at the dubai tennis championships. in the women's event, 2015 champion simona halep has been knocked out losing in three sets to marketa vondrousova. the czech player stunned halep with four breaks in the first set to take it in 30 minutes, eventually wrapping it 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. the 19—year—old will now play elina svitolina in the quarter—finals, who needed more than three hours to see off ashleigh barty. elsewhere, garbine muguruza played some of her best tennis of the season to upset kiki bertens and book a spot in the last eight. the spanish 20th seed recovered in style after dropping her opening set, to win 5—7, 6—1, 6—3. tiger woods says the neck injury that forced him out of last weekend's arnold palmer invitational tournament has improved, but he has admitted that there will always be some pain after all the surgery he has had. the 14—time major winner returns at the players championship, saying his neck

the swiss who's ranked 4 in the world will now face hubert hurkacz as he goes in search of a record sixth tour title after notching up the century in dubai recently. he hasn't lost a set en route to this stage and remains on course for a semi final with rafael nadal. that's because number two seed nadal is also through to the last eight after he defeated filip krajinovic in straight sets. a day after world number one novak djokovic was eliminated the spaniard prevailed didn't suffer the same fate winning 6—3, 6—4. nadal will now face 12th seed karen kachanov for a place in the last four as he looks for a fourth title at this event and first since 2013. in the women's singles, the canadian wildcard bianca andreescu continued her fairytale debut at indian wells with a 6—0, 6—1 thrashing of two—time grand slam champion garbine muguruza to move into the last four. it's the third — and biggest — semi—final the 18—year—old has reached this season, after runs to the last four in auckland and acapulco. andreescu will face either sixth—seeded elina svitolina or fellow teenager marketa vondrousova

fourth seed federer eased past poland's hubert hurkacz 6—4 6—4, while nadal saw off russia's karen khachanov on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and you can also catch up on the latest from ireland's test match against afghanistan and england women's first one day international against sri lanka.more snow has caused issues in scotland but only one of the weather elements giving us issues. rain across the north of england and wales. strong winds as well. leading two travel problems. bbc local radio is your best point of call for travel details. this is what is causing the issues, a deep pressure of air. let's split it north and south. scotla nd let's split it north and south. scotland and northern ireland, cold. still lots of snow across the higher ground which could amount to ten centimetres are more. brighter spells to the south of scotland. showery rain in northern ireland. as for england and wales, staying fairly cloudy. splashes of rain but persistent rain in the pennines and into wales could cause flooding. for all, a very windy day. gusts up to 60 mph, even more around the h

the swiss, who's ranked four in the world, will now face hubert hurkacz as he goes in search of a recordns on course for a semifinal with rafael nadal who also moved through to the last eight. belinda bencic is already having her best ever run at indian wells. she faces karolina pliskova in the quarterfinals later on thursday. her shock victory over defending champion naomi osaka comes after she won the dubai title last month. she was razor sharp against the world number one, beating her injust over an hour. angelique kerber set up a hard—hitting quarterfinal with venus williams after she beat aryna sabalenka in three sets, and the german kerber leads venus 5—3 in their head—to—head record. the world's top 50 golfers are here, in ponte vedra beach, florida for the players championship. after the majors, it's considered by many to be the most important event on the calendar. it also has the biggest prize fund of any tournament in the sport and is back in its traditional march spot for the first time since 2006. tiger woods is bidding for a third title here, but he's also got one eye on ne

fourth seed federer eased past poland‘s hubert hurkacz 6—4 6—4.ht win over russia‘s karen khachanov, during which he needed treatment on his knee. there was a re—run of last season‘s grand final in super league, where warrington made up for that old trafford defeat in october by beating champions wigan. a spectacular finish coming up here from josh charnley made the difference in a 25—12 win for warrington, but the home side finished the match with two players sent to the stands. in last night‘s other matches, there was shock win for london broncos at leeds, while wakefield beat hull fc. a busy weekend. and what‘s with cheltenham as well... quick prediction for the six nations? my prediction for the six nations? my prediction probably will be that wales will win it. but i would love ireland to beat wales and open it up. come on, ireland! come on england as well, just to keep the balance. windy and blustery. hunker down? snow across parts of scotland. strong winds for england and wales. massive swathe of cloud coming up from the atlantic. underneat

fourth seed federer eased past poland‘s hubert hurkacz 6—4, 6—4.d treatment on his knee. now, the top teams in the country are gearing up for the start of the new horse vaulting season this month, and the world cup later this year. it‘s essentially gymnastics on horseback, so we sent mike bushell to have a go. it is the sport in which you mount your horse into a canter and then once on board it is time to start your gymnastic routine. 100 years ago it was a niche sport. this year it is one of the biggest of the world equestrian sports if it is also regarded one of the safest. children are not riding. they are doing gymnastics on horseback so the girl in the middle is in control of a horse and the horse is well—trained. we have always performed on a soft surface. riders don‘t wear helmets. that would restrict spatial awareness. don‘t wear helmets. that would restrict spatial awarenesslj don‘t wear helmets. that would restrict spatial awareness. i always have that on the back of my mind that this is ridiculous why am i doing it? i started when i was

fourth seed federer eased past poland's hubert hurkacz 6—4 6—4.ussia's karen khachanov, during which he needed treatment on his knee. there was a re—run of last season's grand final in super league, where warrington made up for that old trafford defeat in october by beating champions wigan. a spectacular finish coming up here from josh charnley made the difference in a 25—12 win for warrington, but the home side finished the match with two players sent to the stands. in last night's other matches there was shock win for london broncos at leeds, while wakefield beat hull fc. the top teams in the country are gearing up for the start of the new horse vaulting season this month, and the world cup later this year. it's essentially gymnastics on horse back — so we sent mike bushell to have a go. it is the sport in which you mount your horse into a canter and then 100 years ago it was a niche sport. this year it is one of the biggest events of the world equestrian sports. it is also regarded one of the safest. the children are not riding. they are doing