and aryna sabalenka wins in cincinatti as she beats jess pegula to lift her second title of the year.

and aryna sabalenka wins in cincinatti as she beats jess pegula to lift her second title of the year. and welcome to the programme. we begin with football where at 37 years of age, jamie vardy is scoring in the top flight once again. he earned leicester a 1—1 draw at home to tottenham on their return to the premier league. vardy�*s second half goal cancelled out pedro porro�*s opener. vardy�*s header in the 57th minute was leicester's first effort on target. spurs handing a full debut to new signing dominic solanke. but despite spurs having 70% possession and 13 corners, the points were shared, thanks to vardy�*s 9th premier league goal against spurs. brilliant to get the first game a lot premier league debuts and club debuts and guys not playing in the premier league for a while and that's going to cause some anxiety and so, to get the second half as it was, we had the confidence built even more to move forward if we canjust get in even more to move forward if we can just get in the service and some good territory around it and called the spots we want and called the spots we want an

and another american to beat is jess pegula.laying terrific tennis losing so sabalenka in cincinnati. so, she's playing great tennis. she's on a collision course in the quarterfinals to play iga swiatek. she can do that. she can beat iga. she's beaten her before, and iga is sometimes unpredictable. i think jess is the one to watch, and maddie keys. we're not sure how she's going to do. she pulled up lame at wimbledon. she's on a collision course to play sabalenka, if they get through. a lot of excitement. >> whit: tough matchups. let's transition to the american men now. there's been a long time. andy roddick was the last u.s. open winner for the american men. what can we expect this time around? >> we cannot wait to not talk about this anymore. when is an american guy going to win the grand slam? right? the bottom line is, we've got a terrific bunch of guys. inside of the top-20, there are five a including tiafoe, frances tiafoe. who just made the finals in cincinnati. he's kick started his career again by doing that. i think i

certainly, coco gauff on the women's side, jess pegula, madson keyes.ow. emma navarro, a familiar name. and on the men's side, francis tiafoe, ben shelton made it to the semifinals last year, taylor fritz in the top 20, tommy paul. we've got a great group, sebastian korda who won in d.c. this summer. there's a great group and they're all young. >> we could use a star on both sides, obviously. it's been -- the last u.s. open won by an american, was that andy roddick? >> andy roddick. it's been a little while. but as you know, joe, here at the u.s. hope, our fans come out, they follow all the greats in tennis. the world has gotten smaller, american players, kids growing up are inspired by serena, inspired by roger. they're certainly inspired by the americans, and it's great to see the americans. you've got sloan stevens on court right behind me, here today, this morning, so there's a great group of players that are inspiring more and more people to play. and that's what we're seeing around the country. right now, tennis participation in america, after hav