-- johanna konta. she is one set all with pliskova. despite johanna konta. g the better of it, so i it looked as though pliskova was going to get thejob looked as though pliskova was going to get the job done. but contact reeled off five games in a row to ta ke reeled off five games in a row to take the second set. —— johanna konta. it is now two games all in the third. thanks for that, david. after finishing fourth in the womens world cup this summer, england's women are now looking ahead to the next major tourament when they host the european championships in 2021. jodie taylor has been talking to the bbc and says she's been so impressed by what she's seen. we look over the last few years and over other tournaments, the style and brand of football we are playing now is the best it's ever been. it'sjust fine margins now, and we went toe to toe in america in the world cup, and the gap really is not that small and the fact that we are able to identifies areas we can make huge drives and over the next six to 12 months, two years, is quite exciting. and just bef

johanna konta is on the other side of the draw.he plays tomorrow, she plays the fifth seed, the best she has ever done is getting to the quarterfinal of this student. serena williams, she has 23 grand slam singles titles. no one else left has got a title, no one else left has got a title, no one else left has been to a grand slam final. a canadian player has won two of the biggest titles under the grand slams on the tour this year but serena williams now must be feeling really good that she can equal the record of 24. johanna konta, after defeating the world number three in the last round, has got a good opportunity to make herfirst us open semifinal. an exciting prospect. turning to the main‘s game, with the djokovic out, who is now the favourite? we thought we might for the first time in new york have a roger federer and rafa nadal meeting, that would have to come in the final, roger federer is five—time champion, rafa nadal has won this title on three occasions, and we just lost their world number six, who would have faced the w

it was good day for british tennis number one johanna konta as she reached the quarter finals of the seed carolina pliskova — but it wasn't straightforward. konta losing the opening set 7—6. but the world number 16 fought back — winning the next two 6-3, 7-5. so a first appearance in the last eight at flushing meadows — and she'll face either madison keys or elina svitolina next. good news for two more british players as well — jamie murray and neil skupsky are into the fourth round of the men's doubles after beating rohan bopanna and denis shapovalov in straight sets. 6-3 6-4 home favourite serena williams overcame an injury scare to book her place in the quarters. williams beating petra martic in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, where she'll face wang qiang. in the premier league — arsenal and tottenham shared the points in today's north london derby. spurs went two ahead in the first half, but the gunners fought back in what was a pulsating thriller at emirates stadium.....ben croucher was watching. arsenal and tottenham is a game where there is no quarter given. it was c

in sport, johanna konta looks to book a place in the us open semifinals later, the defending championis safely through. he is on course to play roger federer in the final. he beat marin cilic. nadal heading ever closer to federal‘s 20 grand slam titles. steve smith returns for australia tomorrow. stuart broad says jofra archer will australia tomorrow. stuart broad sastofra archer will relish the chance to bowl against him again. wales face northern ireland later in the second qualifying for euro 2021. wales are expected to challenge for top spot in their group. i will be back with more on those stories later in the hour. more on brexit — and a judge in edinburgh is due to hear arguments over the prime minister's plan to shut down parliament at westminster for five weeks in september and october, ahead of a queen's speech. a cross party group of parliamentarians, headed by snp mpjoanna cherry and liberal democrat leader jo swinson, wants a ruling that borisjohnson is acting illegally. the uk government opposes the move, arguing it acted within its powers by seeking to prorogue parliame

is after the 2a—year—old, who has never made it this far at flushing meadows, broke britain's johanna konta of the opening set to eventually claim it 6—4, and in the second set, she managed to break again to serve it out. svitolina is the highest seed left in the draw and has steadily built her game this year, after claiming the season—ending wta tour finals event in 2018. you have to bring your best game to beat them, it doesn't matter who it is going to be in the semi—final, but if it is serena, it is an amazing champion. probably going to be really tough against her. in the men's draw, russian daniil medvedev has reached the semi—finals after overcoming former champion stan wawrinka in four sets. despite requiring treatment to a thigh injury during the first set, the 23—year—old won it on a tie—break, before going two sets up on the back of wonderful play such as this drop shot. the 2016 winner, wawrinka, rallied to claim the third set. but medvedev raced through the fourth to claim a 7—6, 6—3, 3—6, 6—1win over the 23rd seed, and he will now meet either five—time us open winner roger fed

britain's johanna konta is throught to the quarter finals of the us open tennis tournament.covering drug addict in a million little pieces. find out what james king made of that, and the week's other cinema releases, in the film review in 15 minutes. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the mirror's political correspondent, nicola bartlett, and the president of the foreign press association, benedicte paviot. roslyn wilson has been in touch that oui’ roslyn wilson has been in touch that our diction is so good she barely needs the subtitles. isn't that wonderful. are already in: many of tomorrow's front pages are already in: a warning from the prime minister on tomorrow's telegraph — tories who defy borisjohnson by trying to stop a no—deal brexit will be expelled from the party. more of the same on the telegraph, as the prime minister warns rebel tory‘s, "i'll kick you out the party!" mps who block no—deal will be banned from standing as conservatives. ready steady chaos! the metro warns westminster mayhem looms

and johanna konta made history by becoming the first british women —— woman to reach the next stage ofna pliskova. the number three seed and another star of the sport that won't finish in the next week of the grand slam. meanwhile roger federer has cruised into the quarter finals at flushing meadow with a straight sets win over beligum's david goffin. the fed gobbling up 9 of the 10 break points coming his win to see off the 16th seed 6—2 6—2 6—0 injust 78 minutes... next up for the the swiss five—time champion, bulgarian grigor dimitrov look, sometimes these scores just happen. you catch a good day, the opponent doesn't and things happen very quickly. maybe he struggled a bit early on but i found my groove after a while and was able to roll. i never looked back. ithought after a while and was able to roll. i never looked back. i thought david wasn't nearly as good as i expected him to be. he was struggling a little bit today. new zealand fought back from a difficult position to beat sri lanka by 5 wickets in the first of three t20s. the hosts managed 174 in their 20 overs. kusal mendi

johanna konta is a big story right now.na next, and said getting to the quarter—finals was a massive achievement against a tricky opponent. my record shows that i find it difficult to play against karolina and i am just pleased that i was able to just find a way and enjoy being out there and knowing that nothing was for certain and i could have lost that match just as easily as i would have won it. the first british woman into the quarter—finals there since 1983. we don't often say this — the defending champion novak djokovic is out. he withdrew with a shoulder injury. he was two sets down against stan wawrinka when he was forced to quit and was booed off court as he departed, he later said he was sorry for the crowd butjust couldn't carry on. —— sorry to the crowd. no boos, just cheers for roger. look how easy federer makes this look in his victory over david goffin — barely a bead of sweat in that headband. he only dropped four games as he reached the quarter—finals. formula one paid tribute to anthoine hubert the french

however johanna konta has won six of their seven previous meetings. nce to get hertiming, she a factor, giving her a chance to get her timing, she will face a much bigger hitting player in pliskova today. but this match is anybody‘s, they are just about to come out on they are just about to come out on the lewis armstrong court, the second coat here at the lewis open for the last 16 clash. roger federer continues his quest to win the final? he is a 5-2 up against david goffin, he was an early break of serve down, but then he reeled off 15 points in a row against the belgium who has won only one of their previous nine matches. that is a very heavy favourite for this match. it will be interesting to see who comes through. fedor has the set point. we have just lost who comes through. fedor has the set point. we havejust lost the who comes through. fedor has the set point. we have just lost the second seed nadal federer. ash party has just been beaten by wang qiang of china. —— ashleigh barty. thanks david, and staying at the us open, defending champion na

standing in her way, in the semi—finals later — is the ukrainian elina svitolina, who knocked out johanna kontast—time finallists from both the womens‘s and mens‘s side of the draw. earlier, i spoke to the bbc‘s tennis correspondent, who's in new york for us. he thinks the way williams deals with the pressure from home support could be the difference. she has got to three grand slam finals since she returned from maternity leave. 0n finals since she returned from maternity leave. on each occasion she has been beaten by one of the best players in the world, or at least someone who went on to become the world number one. the test heard today would be that elina svitolina is not category. it is the first top 16 player that williams has played so 16 player that williams has played so far, svitolina is the best seat. she has yet to drop pc basel said. she has yet to drop pc basel said. she is a regular winnerfor a while, but now seems finally to becoming up for a solution on the grand slams. whether she can beat williams in the semifinals of the us open in front of her home crowd remains to be seen.

so plenty of sport this afternoon — including johanna konta's round of 16 match against karolina pliskova to date across the afternoon. but now on the bbc news channel — it is time for the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from bonny scotland, where we will be discovering some of this region's distinctive dwellings stretching back to the neolithic age. also coming up on this week's show: we pay a visit to one of the most remote bars in the world. mike looks ahead to the rugby world cup in trending travel. and we are in buenos aires where tango's been given a bit of a shakeup. i prefer to follow, and my favourite thing about following is that every leader has a different story to tell. we are starting this week here in the outer hebrides, or western isles, a group of islands off the extreme north—west coast of scotland. known for their rugged beauty and wildlife, it's also where you'll find these. they are called crannogs, and they mightjust seem like random, small, overgrown islands, but they were once ancient man—made loch dwellings during the iro

in tennis, johanna konta is through to the quarterfinals of the us open after beating number three seedown to win 6—7, 6—3, 7—5, and will meet either elina svitolina or madison keys in the last eight. konta is the first british woman to reach the quarter final stage at flushing meadows since 1983. about a thousand landscape painters took to the cliffs at lands end in cornwall this morning. their aim was to break a record, and to raise awareness about coastal erosion. our arts correspondent david sillito was there. i've never seen so many people on this path before. it's incredible. and so lovely to see, and it's a beautiful day. to be here with a thousand other artists, it's quite an extraordinary and quite weird thing, yes. welcome to lands end, one of the most familiar stretches of the british coastline, and today packed with painters. hundreds upon hundreds lined from here to sennen cove, both capturing the beauty but also reminding us of the threats to that beauty. i love it down here, all the granite and crystal clear water and white sand. to be amongst so many other artists as wel

in the last few minutes, british tennis number one johanna konta has reached the quarter finals of thehe opening set 7—6. but she fought back — winning the next two 6—3, 7—5. it is her first it is herfirst us open quarterfinal, and she will face either madison keys or elina svitolina next. roger federer has eased into the quarterfinals. he thrashed belgium's david goffin 6—2, 6—2, 6—love injust 78 minutes. federer will face grigor dimitrov in the last eight. warren gatland has named his final 31 man squad for the rugby world cup that starts in just under 3 weeks in japan. rhys patchell, who scored a try yesterday against the irish, is included at fly half. that's as back up to dan biggar. lock cory hill is also in the squad despite currently being sidelined with a fractured leg. wales begin their world cup campaign in japan against georgia on the 23rd september. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. thousands of pro—democracy protesters brought chaos to hong kong international airport today — blocking road and rail links and forcing dozens of flights to be cancelled. polic

britain's johanna konta is throught to the quarter finals of the us open tennis tournament.s, the mirror's nicola bartlett, and the president of the foreign press association, benedicte paviot.

johanna konta is up to eleventh in the world rankings following her run to the quarterfinals at flushingne stands on the brink of a place in the top ten for the first time in 18 months. england have named an unchanged squad for the final ashes test that starts on thursday. yesterday's defeat at old trafford means australia retain the ashes, but england can level the series with a win at the oval. joe root has insisted that he is the right man to captain the side, despite australia leaving england with the ashes for the first time in 18 years. there are two more euro qualifers tonight involving home nations. tough trip for scotland to unbeaten belgium, and northern ireland will be looking to stay top of group c. they have to avoid defeat to germany at windsor park, to germany at windsor park. the germans lost to the netherlands last friday, who are also vying for one of the two qualification spots. you can listen to northern ireland against germany on five live and radio ulster. wales‘s friendly against belarus is on radio wales, and highlights will be on bbc wales at 10:35pm tonight. all

british number one johanna konta is out of the us open after she was beaten in straight sets by the ukrainian reach the quarter—finals of the tournament sincejo durie in 1983, but could not go any further after she was defeated 6—4, 6—4 on the arthur ashe court. svitolina is the highest seed left in the draw, and will now play serena williams or china's wang qiang in the last four. england have failed to win for a second successive game since the world cup, that following a 2—1 friendly defeat in norway this evening. the defeat follows a 3—3 draw with belgium last week. jo currie has the details from bergen. well, after that disappointing draw against belgium last week, the lionesses landed in bergen eager to improve. and they — maybe that should be sta nway improve. and they — maybe that should be stanway — set out a stall early on with this audacious effort. the 20—year—old manchester city striker lighting up the stadium with this pinpoint finish. she almost couldn't believe just how good it was. her team—mates, though, certainly could, as they went 1—0 at the restart, telford got a glove t

and in sport later on bbc news: johanna konta takes to the court at the us open, looking to make the in new york for the first time. good evening from westminster, where we're just hours away from a momentous vote in parliament that could see mps take charge and try to force the prime minister to ask for another delay to brexit. rebel conservatives will join forces with the opposition as they attempt to block a no—deal brexit. downing street says if the government loses tonight, they'll seek a snap election next month. the mood inside the house of commons is febrile this evening — the government's working majority has been slashed to zero before the debate even gets under way after tory mp dr phillip lee crossed the floor and defected to the liberal democrats. tories who defy the government in the next few hours know that they could face expulsion from their party and deselection as mp5. our first report tonight is from our political editor, laura kuenssberg. nu eire. the former greece in government have become buddies for number ten. selects have this conversation. we'lljust hear wh

through to the us open semifinals for the first time after a straight—sets win over britain's johanna konta'll face serena williams after she routed china's wang qiang, winning 6—1, 6—0 injust 44 minutes. you have to bring your best game to beat them. it doesn't matter who it's going to be in the semifinal, but obviously serena is an amazing champion. probably going to be tough, really tough against her. while in the men's draw, daniil medvedev moved through to the semifinals after a a—set win over 2016 champion stan wawrinka. despite being troubled by a thigh injury in the first set, the russian recovered to move into a grand slam semifinal for the first time. second seed rafael nadal continues his bid for a fourth us open title later when he faces argentina's diego schwartzman in their quarterfinal. the spaniard is also looking for a 19th grand slam title overall and he faces a 20th seed who he's beaten in all seven match—ups to date. steve smith returns to the australian side for the fourth ashes test against england, set to get under way in manchester later on wednesday. the world's num

johanna konta is the first british women in 36 years to reach the quarter—finals of the us open. it didn't look likely when she was a set and 3—1 down in the match, but she dug deep to knock out the third seed karolina pliskova. she faces elina svitolina next. big news in the men's draw is the withdrawal of the defending champion and world number one novak djokovic. he was two sets down in his 11th round match against stan wawrinka when he had to call it a day because of a shoulder injury that had been troubling him all week in new york. he was booed off court. he later apologised to the crowd but explained that he just couldn't carry on. i'm not being offended or mistreated by anybody. i don't paint too much attention to that. i like to respect others and i hope that others can respect me and my decision. i'm sorry for the crowd. obviously, they came to see a full match. it wasn't to be. )that opens up roger federer‘s path to the final, he would have expected to meet djokovic in the semis. he completely outcalssed david goffin to reach the quarters — he only dropped four games.

johanna konta sets her sights on a semi—final spot at the us open later, but it's goodbye to the worldber one and defending champion naomi osaka, who's out. in the uk much milder this morning compared to yesterday for the commute. driest and brightest in the south and east. all the details later. it's tuesday, the 3rd of september. our top story: a momentous day ahead in westminster as tory rebels join forces with opposition mps to try to block a no—deal brexit on october 31st. if defeated, borisjohnson has threatened a third general election in four years, which could come as soon as the middle of next month. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. protester: boris, boris, boris! chanting: out, out, out! welcome back to westminster. mps return from their summer break today to a raging debate about brexit. yesterday evening, the prime minister raised the stakes with a warning to those trying to block a no deal exit, they could force him to go to the polls. let's let our negotiators to get on with their work without that sort of damocles over their necks and without an elect

and johanna konta earns another slice of tennis history as she reaches the quarterfinals of the us opencoming the first british woman to do so since 1983. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. downing street has warned conservative mps not to rebel against the government by supporting attempts to block a no—deal brexit, or they risk being sacked. it comes ahead of a critical week at westminster, as a cross—party group of mps is planning to introduce legislation to stop the uk leaving the eu without an agreement. tory mps have been told to tow the party line or they face being kicked out of the party or even barred from standing as a tory candidate at the next election. tory whips have told the rebels they will "destroy" boris johnson's negotiating position if they allow no—deal to be taken off the table. so, let's take a look at what's in store for the week ahead. tomorrow, mps return to the commons after summer recess, where legislation to stop no—deal will be introduced by opposition mps. on wednesday, the bill will be debated in the commons. at midday, borisjohnson will take

the british number one johanna konta is facing the third seed karolina pliskova in the last 16 at thethat's all the sport for now. thank you very much. about 1000 landscape painters took to the cliffs of cornwall this morning. their aim — to break a record, and help save the coastline's crumbling paths. our arts correspondent, david sillito, explains. i've never seen so many people on this path before, it's incredible. and so lovely to see and it's a beautiful day. to be here with 1000 artists, it's quite an extraordinary and quite a weird thing, yes. welcome to lands end, one of the most familiar stretches of the british coastline and today, packed with painters. hundreds upon hundreds lined from here to sennen cove, both capturing the beauty but also reminding us of the threats to that beauty. i love it down here, all the granite and crystal clear water and white sand. to be amongst so many other artists as well, i'm usually quite a solitary painter, so i don't really mix with other people doing what i'm doing. there's a much bigger message here and it's trying to get people to unde

johanna konta is out, after losing to elina svitolina. svitolina is the highest seed left in the draw and will now play serena williams in the last four. i actually felt like i was doing a lot of good things out there, a lot of the right things. but like you observed, i mean, shejust made me play that extra ball. and, i mean... yeah, i mean, it's frustrating. you know, i would have loved to have come through that and come through a challenge like her, but i guess it'lljust have to be next time. in football. there was late drama as northern ireland dented wales' hopes of qualifying for women's euro 2021 by snatching a 2—all draw in newport. it was a late goal that cost wales from northern ireland. wales were leading until the fourth minute of stoppage time when they conceded a free kick, and northern ireland captain ashleigh hutton managed to equalise to mark her 100th cap. a crucial goal. after both winning their opening matches in qualifying. disappointment for wales. and what of england? some disappointment for them as well. mix perform

johanna konta is out after losing to elina svitolina.back in 1983. however, she lost in straight sets to the ukrainian fifth seed. svitolina is the highest seed left in the draw and will now play six times champion serena williams in the last four. some some rugby union news, and harlequins centrejoe marchant will start england's final warm—up match against italy on friday, despite not being part of the world cup squad. marchant is alongside piers francis in the midfield, in what's described as a "mix and match selection strategy". ruaridh mcconnochie will finally make his debut on the wing and joins jonny may and anthony watson in the back three. there's just been another wicket. australia 28—2. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. welcome back to westminster where borisjohnson welcome back to westminster where boris johnson lost his welcome back to westminster where borisjohnson lost his majority. welcome back to westminster where boris johnson lost his majority. and possibly the entire brexit process.

johanna konta is out after losing to elina svitolina.t sets to the ukrainian fifth seed. svitolina is the highest seed left in the draw and will now play six—time champion serena williams in the last four. i actually felt like i was doing a lot of good things out there, a lot of the right things. but, like you observed, i mean, shejust made me play that extra ball, and i mean... yes, i mean, it's frustrating. you know, i would have loved to have come through that income a challenge like her. but i guess it willjust have to be next time. disappointment for her, but still a great run for konta. we will be here all morning, speaking to mark wood who performed brilliantly during the world cup. he knows ben stokes very well, he will give an inside track into the mind of ben stokes, who this summer has been producing some extraordinary things. and i assume you will be getting yourself right amongst the party stand. he has gone there already, hasn't he? it is not a party withoutjohn. see you later. more from john later in the programme. here's

johanna konta is up to eleventh in the world rankings following her run to the quarterfinals at flushing18 months. england have named an unchanged squad for the final ashes test that starts on thursday. ben stokes however faces a bowling fitness test after coming off the field with right shoulder soreness during the fourth test. yesterday's defeat at old trafford means australia will retain the ashes but england could level the series with a win at the oval. there are two more euro qualifers tonight involving home nations. tough trip for scotland to unbeaten belgium and northern ireland will be looking to stay top of group c. they have to avoid defeat to germany at windsor park, the germans lost to the netherlands last friday, who are also vying for one of the two qualification spots. there are teams around europe, there isa there are teams around europe, there is a middle tier of teams which i think we are in, we are a small nation in the middle tier of teams but these are the top teams, these are the top teams in the top eight, ten teams in europe, so that's the challenge. if we can co