. 0na against unseeded estonian kaia kanepi.for the romanian, there were the odd sign of her number one status. playing her first match on the newly renovated louis armstrong court, the french open champion failed to sustain any kind of service rhythm and her usually stout defence was no match for kanepi. paul frostick, bbc news. actually i expected her to play like that without fear and hitting the ball is really strong. i cannot say much about this match, just that i didn't really feel the ball. but also she played really strong and pushed me back. so it was tough. it is tough. but it's ok. i think there are not many players any more who are like leading the game. i mean, everybody can beat anybody on a good day. that's what i also thought, i know simona is number one, she plays constantly really well, but i can play well too. defending champion sloane stephens started her quest for a second straight us 0pen trophy strongly. she eased past evgeniya rodina in two sets. britain's andy murray enjoyed a winning return to grand sla

world number one simona halep, who finally broke her major duck by winning the french open, plays kaia kanepiion samantha stosur, and the wimbledon champion angelique kerber, who won the us open two years ago, plays margarita gasparyan of russia. you can the draws in full on the bbc sport website. petra kvitova is facing a battle to keep fit following leaving the connecticut open when she had to withdraw with a shoulder injury. she had a shock victory over caroline garcia. she won the olympic gold medal two years ago and came through 75-16, 6-2. -- 7-5,1-6, 6-2. the connecticut open is the final warmup event of the us open and in the other half of the draw russia's katarina makarova went down in straight sets, the five seat from germany won 6—4, 6—2. on to football and the scottish champions celtic were held to 1—all draw in the first leg of their europa league play—off against sudova in lithuania. celtic, who dropped out of the champions league after losing in the last qualifiying round, took the lead through their french midfielder 0livier ntcham after only three minutes. but less than ten

women's world number one simona halep plays on day one against kaia kanepi, and rafa nadal is also defending very positive start. it's important for the feelings, for the confidence, and that gives me the chance to rest the week after in cincinnati. i'm here just to try to improve every day. last year i lost in the first round, so cannot be worse than that. but, you know, ifeel confident. i feel that i have the game to win against her, but she's very dangerous. the last ten years or so i've been coming and preparing to try and win the event, whereas i don't feel like that's realistic for me this year. so it's a slightly different mentality coming in than what i have had the last ten, 11 years of my life. so that feels a bit odd. it's great that, yeah, the last few weeks are over, because i had a lot of work to do on court. but yes, we're close to the start of the us open now. i won the us open five times, so i stand here pretty happy, to be quite honest. it's not like the us open never worked out for me. it hasn't the last few years, but it's all good. you can get all the latest sports news

new york with the top women's seed and world number one simona halep knocked out by a stoniest kaia kanepi the romanian couldn't cope with connections power and drop the first set six two how the battle to state in the game but the estonian took the set the second at six four this is the second consecutive round x. for home you're up to date with a better feel for the. jungle . first climbing lesson in the door as grand a moment arrives. join the ring it's on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary during an orangutan returns home on the d w don't come to town.

exit from the us open as world number one simon halep is beaten in the first round by estonia's kaia kanepieeraj chopra smashes the field to claim the men's javelin gold at the asian games. welcome to the programme. it was supposed to be the night manchester united bounced back but tottenham hotspur had other ideas as they recorded a rare victory at old trafford by 3—0 in the premier league. lucas moura was outstanding for spurs scoring twice after harry kane's opener to give the londoners only their third league win at old trafford in 27 attempts. it piles further pressure on united managerjose mourinho, who applauded those home supporters who'd stayed until the end. but two defeats in their first three games makes this the worst start to a season for united since the 92—93 campaign, and afterwards, mourinho walked out of his press conference after getting irritated with a reporter.

women's world number one simona halep plays on day one against kaia kanepi and rafa nadal is also defendingthe feelings, for the confidence, and that gives me the chance to rest the week after in cincinnati. the name herejust to train to improve every day. last yearl train to improve every day. last year i lost in the first round, so it cannot be worse than that. but, you know, ifeel confident. ifeel that i have again to win against her but she is very dangerous. the last ten years or so i have been coming and preparing to try and win the event, whereas i don't think that is realistic for me this year, so it is a slightly different mentality coming in than what i have had the la st coming in than what i have had the last ten, 11 years of my life. so it feels a bit odd. it's great that, yes, the last two weeks over, because i had a lot of work to do on court. but yes, we are close to the start of the us open now.” court. but yes, we are close to the start of the us open now. i won the us open five—time, so i stated quite happy. it is not like the us open never worked out from it. it hasn't t

new york with the top women's seed and world number one simona halep knocked out by is stoniest kaia kanepi the romanian couldn't cope with power and drop the first set six to battle to stay in the game but the estonian took the second set six four how upis become the first top seed to lose in the opening round in the u.s. open history. well it was a bittersweet match for spain at the u.s. open he was forced to quit because of injury for the first time in two hundred eight matches and it was his last grand slam tournament before retirement but his opponent was his davis cup teammate and friend rafael nadal was once ranked third in the world but he has slipped since then and plans to play in only selective tournaments next year. now just i'm going to play the football news and shell cup has signed germany midfielder. munich made thirty five competitive appearances after joining bahrain last year from holland hein but with a coaching change of by and rudi hasn't found many opportunities shaka sign three midfielders now the summer. to paragliding now and. spain wrapped up victory in the acro w

the romanian lost in straight sets 6—2, 6—4 to kaia kanepi of estonia.. and that's your sport briefing, from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport team, bye for now. gustav klimt, aygon sheila, alfrayt koobeen. just a few of austria's best known painters. now you can add a new name to the list, yang yang. two minor issues, firstly, she's not technically austrian. and secondly, she's a panda. as so often when it comes to these kind of stories, the bbc‘s tim allman explains. meet the artist in residence. 18 yea rs old meet the artist in residence. 18 years old with the daftest of brush strokes. macron —— yang yang is a mistress of the canvas, just as long as she is not feeling too peckish. translation: at first she found the paintbrush very exciting, she pulled it towards her, sniffed it and took a bite, tasted it. is important that only natural materials were used, the paint brushes were made from bamboo, then she liked what it is made for, that pictures can be made it works very well. clearly, her art isa it works very well. clearly, her art is a li

in new york with the top women seed and world number one simona halep knocked out by estonia's kaia kanepi the romanian couldn't cope with kind of beast power and drop the first set six two how a battle to stay in the game but the estonian took the second set six four has become the first top seed to lose in the opening round in u.s. open history. it was a bitter sweet match first hit at the u.s. open he was a force to quit because of injury for the first time in two hundred eight matches and it was his last grand slam tournaments before retirement but his opponent was his davis cup teammate and friend rafael nadal federer had was once ranked third in the world but has since slipped since then rather and plans to play in only selective tournaments next year. to bundesliga football news now one shocker has signed germany midfielder from rival club byron munich rudy made thirty five competitive of appearances after joining bahrain last year from hoffenheim but with a coaching change of fiery hasn't found many opportunities. has signed three midfielders now at the summer. to paragliding and h

new york with the top women's seed and world number one simona halep knocked out by a stony as kaia kanepi the romanian couldn't cope with connections power and drop the first set six two how the battle to stay in the game but the estonian took the set the second set six four this is the second consecutive round exit for holland. you're up to date with the news the better to be. see her first day at school in the jungle. her first climbing lesson from the minute doors grandma is arrives. joining a regular chain on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary tour of the regulating returns home on the d. w. dot com tanks. ramstein air ramstein air i check over. the name ramstein can refer either to a huge us air base in southwestern germany. or in the small community of home stein right next to it. is imposed on the media that we're not just a military base we're an ordinary small town in rhineland faults we've got a song about salsa that in that there's two for more than six decades the u.s. military has brought economic prosperity to this region live just a bit old about it

disappointing for simona halep in that defeat against kaia kanepl halep in that defeat against kaia kanepiying, her form was looking good but she was against a former semifinalist, ekaterina makarova. she couldn't keep it going after taking the first set, available things up and makarova goes through and that is eight first round losses for heather watson in the us open. manchester united host tottenham in tonight's big match in the premier league. 15 minutes in, and the score is 0—0. hugo lloris kept his place in the tottenham side after his arrest for drink—driving earlier this week. toby alderwireld also back in the spurs side after being heavily linked with a move to united in the summer. surrey stars have won the t20 women's super league, beating loughbrough lightning in the final at the county ground. lizelle lee lead the way early on getting herself six sixes and 104 runs, but with loughbrough chasing 184 to win — they struggled to keep the pace. surrey comfortably sealing victory by 66 runs. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 2230. hundreds of thou

the opening round the top seed was right in saying she had a tough stroll she struggled against kaia kanepi due to the opening that her absurd was broken five times as she took her frustrations out on her racket estonia's canada he won the second set but. it's always tough to lose a match because i'm very competitive player and also when i go on court i want to give everything i have so it's tough to lose sometimes i have to use it's normal but now i feel better i feel that just was. a bad day and move on fast everybody can be that everybody on a good day so that's what i thought that i know she is number one she plays constant three constantly really well but i can play well to. manchester united manager jos a marine who has suffered a second defeat in as many games in the english premier league on monday has team hosted tottenham spurs took the lead through harry kane that was before look at mora netted a double to inflict a three male defeat on united at old trafford if marino biggest ever home defeat as a manager at any club in any competition off to as he was defiant despite thousands

the world number one had her serve broken five times by estonia's kaia kanepi, and herfrustration boiledirst round at flushing meadows since the professional era began a0 years ago. staying with the women's draw and britain's heather watson's struggling in herfirst round tie. she's lost the first set and is 3—2 down in the second against russia's ekaterina makarova. manchester united host tottenham in tonight's big match in the premier league. lots of questions for a very defensivejose mourinho to answer this week after united's lacklustre defeat to brighton last weekend. spurs have started the season well, but they have an awful record at old trafford, having lost there more than any side in premier league history. our sports correspondent andy swiss will be watching. jose mourinho first of all, he seemed pretty tetchy all season and we are only a month in, not much has changed for this match? yeah, it seems ridiculous to talk about a manager under pressure just two games into the season but certainly jose mourinho has cut a pretty unhappy figure in recent weeks. he was frustrated over

the world number one, simona halep, knocked out by estonia's kaia kanepi in straight sets.do alonso and charles leclerc. saved by the halo. shall we show you some new video from the last few hours from formula 1? from leclerc‘s on board camera. that is the halo. there's no doubt if it wasn't for that halo, one of the fernando alonso tyres would have hit the head of leclerc. there it is again. you can see the damage afterwards. lots of people have complained about the shift in weight, but there you go, that shows you why it is there. it would have been his head. year. i think progress there! —— yeah. and surrey stars are the new women's super league champions. they beat loughbrough lighting by 66 runs in the t20 at the county ground, with surrey‘s lizelle lee hitting six sixes on her way to a century. loughbrough needed 184 to win, but fell well short, giving the stars the win and their first ever super league title. incredible scenes. thank you. thank you for those pictures, we saw some of them yesterday but not that kind of them yesterday but not that kind of detail. inter