jim lumsden reports. start today, broken and the first game, but promptly returned the favour. initially he appeared distracted and edmund would have been pleased to see an early hurl of the racket, but confidence is not keen for the british number one with three straight defeats before madrid and he lost the first set. by contrast, he came to spain having overcome by failing to doubt on winning the monte carlo masters title. edmund had just won two of 25 matches where he had gone a set down and needed to salvage this run. and inspired and edmund had lost his fourth match. less than 2a hours after losing the morocco open final, he dealt with the first round of madrid, now facing a considerable hurdle of facing number three, the british number one served early. this was high velocity tennis. try to match her opponent blow for blow, not often with success and she is cursed with the ability to slip into i’u ns cursed with the ability to slip into runs of forged errors, and taking the first set by seven games

jim lumsden, bbc news.of the french open live to paris and our tennis correspondent russell fuller. any russell fuller. long—term concerns regarding that any long—term concerns regarding that kyle edmund injury, not least with the grass court season so imminent? yes, i think there must be. edmund said he was pretty confident he would be able to play on the grass and he says surgery is not something they are considering at the moment but this is a problem which first appeared at the end of last season. he pulled out of his last season. he pulled out of his last event of the year in paris because of water behind the knee. that was at the end of october. we thought it was precautionary at the time. it caused him problems at the start of the year. he wasn't in any sort of shape at the australian open and it is now apparent it has been causing him intermittent problems since, andi causing him intermittent problems since, and i think the concern is that long matches, such as the four hour match he played againstj

jim lumsden reports. djokovic last year, he made a poor in the first game, but promptly promptly returned the favour. initially he appeared distracted and he would have been pleased to see an early hull of the market but confidence is not keen for the british number one with three straight defeats before madrid and lost the first set six four. the niemi by contrast came to spain where he overcame rough around the dial. edmund had wonjust spain where he overcame rough around the dial. edmund had won just two of 25 matches where he went to set down. it never looked like he would salvage this one. he finished the contest but lost his fourth match on the trot. less than 2a hours after losing the moroccan open final, joanna contra now faced a considerable hurdle of the world number three simona hallett. she broke serve early, this was high velocity tennis. she tried to match up velocity tennis. she tried to match up in velocity tennis. she tried to match upina velocity tennis. she tried to match up in a blow f

jim lumsden reports.h in the world rankings, down from iath at the start of the year. after five successive defeats on clay, which he once described as his preferred surface, had the rot stopped? the uruguayan cuevas made a flawless start. the british number one rallied to force a tie—break, but cuevas came back from 7—3. he picked up cuevas came back from 7—3. he picked up where he left off as a heavy legged edmund loped around the court. the second went the way of the first, 6—3. british number one cut a forlorn figure. 2—i the first, 6—3. british number one cut a forlorn figure. 2—1 down in the third set, he called the trainer and after a short conversation decided enough was enough. cuevas into the third round, edmund out. he has lost six of his last seven matches. british athlete eilish mccolgan has had her medals stolen by thieves who targeted her home while she's away in sweden competing at the stockholm diamond league event. mccolgan said british championship medals had been taken alongside a neck

jim lumsden reports.es. commentator: van dijk, all alone! the lead didn't last long. christian atsu firing home an equaliser. just when newcastle looked like they might be capable of creating an upset, mohamed salah tried to put them in their place. rafael benitez‘s side weren't to be told. they continued to cause local problems. as the hour approached, solomon rondon made it 2—2. worrying scenes as mo salah took a blow to the head and was removed from the pitch. his side had created little since the first half, but with a few minutes left, new life was breathed into the title race courtesy of divock origi. these boys deliver and deliver and deliver. so how can you feel pressure when you know you do your best? when the boys do their best, then we have to see, what is the outcome, but so far, 94 points, come on. so, yet another change at the top. now it's over to you, manchester city.

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jim lumsden reports.ne side. virgil van dijkdidjust barcelona to one side. virgil van dijk did just that after ten minutes. virgilvan dijk! all alone! the lead didn't last long. christian are to firing home an equaliser. just when newcastle looks like there might be capable of creating an upset, mohamed salah tried to put them in their place. writer bernita's side were not to be told. they continued to cause local problems. as the hour approached, solomon rondon made it 2—2. worrying scenes as mo salah took a blow to bed and was removed from the pitch. his site had created little since the first half, but with a few minutes left, new life was breathed into the title race courtesy of divock 0rigi. into the title race courtesy of divock origi. these boys deliver and deliver and deliver. so how can you feel pressure when you know you do your best? when the boys do their best, then we have to see, what is the outcome, but so far, 94 points, come on. so, yet another change at the top. now it is over to you, ma

jim lumsden reports.e side. virgil van dijk did just that after ten minutes. commentator: van dijk, all alone! the lead didn't last long. christian atsu firing home an equaliser. just when newcastle looked like they might be capable of creating an upset, mohamed salah tried to put them in their place. rafael benitez‘s side weren't to be told. they continued to cause local problems. as the hour approached, solomon rondon made it 2—2. worrying scenes as mo salah took a blow to the head and was removed from the pitch. his side had created little since the first half, but with a few minutes left, new life was breathed into the title race courtesy of divock origi. these boys deliver and deliver and deliver. so how can you feel pressure when you know you do your best? when the boys do their best, then we have to see, what is the outcome, but so far, 94 points, come on. so, yet another change at the top. now it's over to you, manchester city. this one's going to the wire. also going down to the last day of the s

jim lumsden reports.ive successive defeats on the clay, which he once described as his preferred surface. had the right stop? his uruguayan opponent made a fantastic start. the briton rallied to force a tie—break but his opponent came through that 7—3. he picked up where he had left off as a 110w picked up where he had left off as a now heavy legged edmund moped around the court. the british number one 110w the court. the british number one now cut a forlorn figure. 2—1 down in the third set, he called the trainer on and after a short conversation, decided enough was enough. he has now lost six of his last seven matches. british athlete eilish mccolgan has had her medals stolen by thieves who targeted her home while she's away in sweden competing at the stockholm diamond league. mccolgan said british championship medals had been taken alongside a necklace featuring the symbol of the olympic games. she's appeared at the last two and she described her home in manchester as being trashed, leaving her upset a