her opponent sofia kenin only a little older, but already a grand slam champion. to stop swiatek taking the first set. and from there, she just kept getting better and better. how do you stop her? kenin had no answer as swiatek stormed her way to become french open champion, surprising everyone, including, it seems, herself. tennis loves a superstar. the sport, today in paris, may have just found its latest. today saw another impressive win for britain's alfie hewett, who has won his second french open wheelchair singles title. he beat belgium's joachim gerard in three sets, just 2a hours after winning the doubles title with gordon reid. wasps are into their first premiership final since 2017 after beating bristol 10—24 in their playoff semifinal. jack willis put in an impressive performance as man of the match, with england coach eddiejones watching on. ben croucher reports. it's been quite the wait. a few month later than scheduled, the premiership play—offs were finally here, was steam looking keen to make up here, was steam looking keen to make upfor here, was

her opponent sofia kenin only a little older, but already a grand slam champion.rst set. and from there, she just kept getting better and better. how do you stop her? kenin had no answer as swiatek stormed her way to become french open champion, surprising everyone, including, it seems, herself. tennis loves a superstar. the sport, today in paris, may have just found its latest. today saw another impressive win for britain's alfie hewett, who has won his second french open wheelchair singles title. he beat belgiums joachim gerard in three sets, just 2a hours after winning the doubles title with gordon reid. exeter are on course for a domestic and european double after beating bath in their premiership semifinal. the chiefs will meet wasps at twickenham in the final later this month, after they beat bristol earlier. ben croucher reports. it's been a long wait but exeter are nearly there. a european final next weekend, premiership won there week at about. english rugby's new powerhouse budging their way past all before them in 2020. and if

kenin beat petra kvitova in straight sets in her semi.the first set 6—4 and the second 7—5 to reach her second grand slam final and had to save ten break—points against the two—time wimbledon winner. the final is on saturday. britain's andy lapthorne is into the men's quad final in paris. he beat the american david wagner by two sets to one. fellow briton alfie hewett saw off gustavo fernandez to reach the men's wheelchair final. let's bring you up to date with some more headlines now. georgia haas made a good start to the women's pga champ chip in pennsylvania. she is 100 per she has said and for first route to shut up elite. —— pga championship. england's tyrrell hatton has a share of the lead on the first day of the pga championship at wentworth. hatton is six under par after his round as are justin harding and adria arnaus. and a member of the mercedes f1 team has tested positive for coronavirus ahead of this weekend's eifel grand prix in germany. the team haven't said who's got the virus, but say it isn't championship leader lewis ha

tennis, and the unseeded polish teenager iga swiatek has beaten the american fourth seed sofia keniningles final. adam wild has more. the paris autumn sunshine, a fitting backdrop for tennis' freshest, brightest talent. this is iga swiatek, unseeded, a teenager. herjourney to this french open final is unexpected as it has been dazzling. but even withjust 1,000 watching on, such occasions bring a unique pressure. how would she cope? well, that's how. swiatek fearless, unfazed. her opponent sofia kenin, only a little older but already a grand slam champion, still unable to stop swiatek taking the first set. from there she just got better and better. how do you stop her? well, kenin had no answer as swiatek stormed her way to become french open champion, surprising everyone, including it seems herself. iga swiatek. tennis loves a superstar. the sport today in paris may have just found its latest. adam wild, bbc news. and there was also success for britain today in paris. alfie hewett won his second french open wheelchair singles title. he beat belgium'sjoachim gerard just 24 hours after

her opponent sofia kenin, only a little older but already a grand slam champion, still unable to stop. how do you stop her? well, kenin had no answer as schwiatek stormed her way to become french open champion, surprising everyone, including it seems herself. iga schwiatek! tennis loves a superstar. the sport today in paris may have just found its latest. adam wild, bbc news. there was more british success for alfie hewitt in the wheelchair events at roland garros. he added the men's singles crown to the doubles he won yesterday. it's hewett‘s second french open title and his 13th career grand slam. exeter are still on course for a domestic and european double after reaching rugby union's premiership play—off final. they thumped bath 35—6 at home — scoring five tries — to reach the season finale for the fifth successive year. and wasps will be their opponents at twickenham in a fortnight‘s time, in a repeat of the 2017 final — which exeter won. but wasps are in brilliant form at the moment, comfortably seeing off bristol today — 47-24. alex dowsett has won the eighth stage of cycling'

she beat american fourth seed sofia kenin 6—4 6—1 in the french open final on saturday.er since monica seles lifted the suzanne langan cup in 1992. stay with us here on bbc world news — we'll have more on the us presidential debate. following donald trump's address to crowds at the white house — his first major public appearance since returning from hospital where he was treated for the coronavirus. in a comparably short speech the president railed now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. good evening. definite autumn chill in the air today and there will be again tomorrow, but compared to today, there will be fewer of those darkening cloud and downpours and that of course does mean a little bit of sunshine in between the downpours, there will be fewer in the way of rainbows around as well. what we have at the moment is an area of low pressure still close by but moving eastwards. because of its proximity to us, we have still got the showers around, but because it is to the east of us, we are dragging air down from the north. that area of low pressure moves away

she hadn't dropped a set throughout the tournament and that record continued as she swept sofia keninam champion. meanwhile, britain's alfie hewett has won his second french open wheelchair singles title and beat the belgian player 24 hours after winning the doubles title with gordon reid. next, wasps are into their first premiership final since 2017 after beating bristol 47—24 in their play—off semifinal. man of the match jack willis, scored one of the five tries to set the wasps on their way. exeter host bath in the other semi and that kicks off shortly. next, va ltteri bottas and that kicks off shortly. next, valtteri bottas has claimed pole for tomorrow's grand prix in germany. he was more than a quarter of a second quicker than his mercedes team—mate and the championship leader lewis hamilton. he will start second ahead of max verstappen. victory tomorrow would see him equal michael schumacher‘s record of 91 wins. the motogp championship leader says it feel special after claiming pole position for his home race at le mans. the 21—year—old frenchman left it late, snatching the top

schwiatek is 2—1 up in the second set with kenin currently off court getting treatment for an injury.cond french open wheelchair singles title. he beat belgium's joachim gerard in three sets, just 2a hours after winning the doubles title with gordon reid. next to formula one — valtteri bottas has claimed pole for tomorrow's eifel grand prix in germany. the finn was more than a quarter of a second quicker than his mercedes team mate and the championship leader lewis hamilton. he'll start from second ahead of red bull's max verstappen. victory for hamilton at the nurgburgring tomorrow would see him equal michael schumacher‘s record of 91 wins. moto gp championship leader fabio ouartararo says it feels special after claiming pole position for his home race at le mans. the 21—year—old frenchman left it late though, snatching the top spot from jack miller in the dying seconds. danilo petrucci completes the front row. it's the ninth pole for the yamaha rider and first since the end ofjuly. manchester united have gone top of the women's super league, with a 1—0 win away to tottenham. the goa

kenin beat petra kvitova in straight sets in her semi final. is on saturday. that's all the sport for now. john, as always, many thanks. the fbi says it's charging six people involved in a plot to overthrow michigan's state government and kidnap the governor, gretchen whitmer. the fbi said the alleged conspirators surveyed ms whitmer‘s holiday home and considered kidnapping her to a remote location in wisconsin to stand trial for treason ahead of november's election. several members are accused of talking about murdering "tyrants" or "taking" a sitting governor. the district attorney said the plot was at an advanced stage. money had already been pooled to buy arms and explosives. members of this conspiracy on two occasions conducted coordinated surveillance on the governor's vacation home. fox and croft according to the complaint discussed detonating explosive devices to divert police to the area of the home. fox inspected the underside of a michigan highway bridge for places to seat and explosive. in the last hour michigan's democratic governo

and swiatek will face a more familiarface in sofia kenin.s year that announced her to the world. and she will hope to add a second grand slam title to her name after knocking out petra kvitova in straight sets in the second semifinal. the american took the first set 6—4 and the second 7—5 to reach her second grand slam final. she's got a good conversion rate. she had to save ten break—points against the two—time wimbledon winner. the final is on saturday. england rugby fans will be able to continue singing swing low, sweet chariot at matches despite the anthem having its roots in american slavery. the song has been english rugby's anthem since the late 19805 but has come under a review by the rfu. although they don't plan on banning fans from singing the anthem they have said they will use social media to improve diversity and inclusion in the sport. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. clearing skies this evening for both england and wales. you may be able to get a view of the meteor shower, but further north, the weather is turni

and kvitova will play sofia kenin in the semis after she beat fellow american danielle collins in threes. the australian open champion powered to victory in the final set, winning it 6—0. the king of clay meanwhile, the 12—time winner rafael nadal, remains on course to win the tournament and equal roger federer‘s record of 20 grand slam titles but he's not enjoying roland garros as much as usual this time. last night his match against italy's jannik sinner was the latest finish in the tournament's history and nadal said it was too cold to play. the autumnal conditions in paris have come as a shock to many of the players— so is nadal right to complain? patrick gearey reports. paris in the early hours, rafael nadal on the final point. it was 25 past one when he madejannik sinner relent. by the time he wrapped up so had everyone else at roland garros. the just had everyone else at roland garros. thejust 10 degrees, a long way from nadal‘s compass on. thejust 10 degrees, a long way from nadal's compass on. the problem is the weather, it is too cold to play honestly. it is very cold to play

the pole beat sofia kenin in the final at roland garros, becoming the only unseeded player to ever windo not have time to reflect. i didn't even have time to unpack from the whole trip. so really it's pretty crazy here in poland, and being around fans is also new for me, so i have to learn also new for me, so i have to learn a lot about that. and i'm still going to need some time to look at the whole tournament from a different perspective. finally chris gayle — the self styled universe boss — has been back to what he does best smashing the ball out of the ground. gayle hadn't played since january but showed no signs of rust hitting a quick 53 as his kings eleven punjab side beat royal challengers bangalore in the ipl holding the bat upside down while celebrating his fifty was just about the only thing he got wrong. and that's all the sport for now. hello. most of us saw some occasional sunshine today through what was a fair amount of cloud, especially across the eastern side of the uk, and though high—pressure is close by that cloud is delivering a few showers, and you could still see

kvitova will play sofia kenin next.world record day, a one—off event staged in the spanish city. this was the women's 5,000 metres, ethiopia's letesenbet gidey beating the previous best by more than four seconds. she ran the distance in 14 minutes, 6.62 seconds to better the time set by tirunesh dibaba back in 2008. and uganda'sjoshua cheptegei smashed the men's 10,000—metre world record just minutes later. cheptegei ran the distance in 26 minutes and 11 seconds to beat kenenisa bekele's 15—year—old time by more than six seconds. it was his fourth world record in ten months, establishing himself as the stand out men's middle distance runner. and that's all the sport for now. goodbye. hello. after not the most promising—looking of starts for the day for england and wales, the picture should improve quite dramatically this afternoon. a lot of the early cloud and rain sweeping away into the continent to leave us a drier picture with some sunny spells, but it will be wet first thing, particularly for southern and eastern ar

and kvitova will play sofia kenin in the semis after she beat fellow american danielle collins in three the king of clay meanwhile, the 12—time winner rafael nadal, remains on course to win the tournament and equal roger federer‘s record of 20 grand slam titles but he's not enjoying roland garros as much as usual this time. last night his match against italy's jannik sinner was the latest finish in the tournament's history and nadal said it was too cold to play.

ranked 5a at the start of the competition, her 6—4, 6—1victory over american sofia kenin in the finalthe youngest since monica seles in 1992. well, i'm just proud of myself and i've done a greatjob the past two weeks. i wasn't expecting to win this trophy so it's obviously amazing for me and it's like, life—changing experience. in an amazing victory. find me on twitter. bye for now. hello there. after their frequent showers across the uk on saturday, sunday is looking a lot drier and brighter across most parts of the uk, at least. a bit of a chilly start, and a chilly day all in all, perhaps less so than saturday, given a bit more sunshine around. here's the big picture than to take us into sunday. low pressure is continuing to nudge away, taking the showers we had from saturday with it. not quite there yet, northerly winds still with us, and that means it will be a rather cold startewhere we've seen clearer skies through the night into the morning, particularly through central scotland into northern england. here, we could see a touch of frost into some rural areas, but perhaps the b

very first — what a moment for polish teenager iga swiatek, who beat australian open champion sophia keniny. she's 19 years old, the the lowest—ranked woman to win at roland garros in history. and she did so convincingly. she didn't drop a set during the entire tournament. apparentlyjust a week ago, she had beens unsure whether she would commit to tennis long—term or go to university. and britain's alfie hewett completed a perfect french open, claiming his fourth grand slam wheelchair singles title. he also won the doubles title on friday with gordon reid. lewis hamilton has another chance to equal michael schumacher‘s record of 91 formula one victories later today. he starts from second on the grid at the eifel grand prix. his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas was quarter of a second quicker around germany's nurburgring, ending hamilton's run of five poles in a row. not all is not lost for hamilton as four of the last five winners at this circuit have started from second on the grid. i'm 0k. i don't really know what happened in 03. so in my mind, i'm curious as to what led us to lose a l

ranked 5a at the start of the competition, her 6—a 6—1 victory over american sofia kenin in the finalince monica seles in 1992. iama i am a grand slam champion, it's crazy and, you know, you believe in things but in the back of your head, you know that there is going to be a huge demand of work that you have to do to win that and then after two weeks of great playing, you already have it and it's just, i playing, you already have it and it'sjust, i don't know, it's overwhelming and i think i'm going to have, i'm going to need some more time to comment on that because i need some, like, it's perspective. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones hello there. after the frequent showers across the uk on saturday, sunday is looking a lot drier and brighter across most parts of the uk, at least. a bit of a chilly start, and a chilly day all in all, perhaps less so than saturday, given a bit more sunshine around. here's the big picture then to take us into sunday. low pressure is continuing to nudge away, taking the showers we had from saturday with it. not quite there yet, northerly

from poland reached herfirst major final, and will be up against the australian open winner, sofia keninumber one, petra kvitova, in straight sets. i'll have more for you in the next hour. 13 men have been charged with an alleged plot to kidnap the governor of the us state of michigan, gretchen whitmer. the fbi says the alleged plot involved six of the men abducting the governor and taking her to a remote location to put her on trial for treason. governor whitmer has accused president trump of encouraging far right groups by — as she put it — fraternizing with domestic terrorists. mark lobel reports. the night—time fbi raid to stop the wolverine watchmen militia in their tracks. it is alleged the plan, part of which was hatched inside this house, was to attack a police building, kidnap michigan's governor and put her on trial. their message could have been, "stop violating our rights with tough coronavirus restrictions." they were unhappy with the state political leadership, and some of them made the point in relation to taxes or in relation to the quality of the road infrastructure arou

and swiatek will face a more familiarface in sofia kenin.ight sets in the second semifinal. the american took the first set 6—4 and the second 7—5 to reach her second grand slam final. she‘s got a good conversion rate. she had to save ten break—points against the two—time wimbledon winner. the final is on saturday. england rugby fans will be able to continue singing swing low, sweet chariot at matches despite the anthem having its roots in american slavery. the song has been english rugby‘s anthem since the late 1980s but has come under a review by the rfu. although they don‘t plan on banning fans from singing the anthem they have said they will use social media to improve diversity and inclusion in the sport. and that‘s all the sport for now. hello there. when the sun came out yesterday, we saw 19 celsius, temperatures above where they should be. and they have been for much of the week. but we will swing now to feeling colder for the next few days, probably with temperatures dipping a little bit below where they should be. we will still see

ranked 54 at the start of the competition, her win over american sofia kenin makes her the lowest—ranked2. well, just proud of myself and i've done a greatjob. the last two weeks. i was not expecting to win this trophy so it is obviously amazing for me and it's like a life changing experience. congratulations to her. and for plenty more on all of our stories, and our top story with president trump at the white house, but our website, there is all kinds of background there. while you are there, you can get me also. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. goodbye. hello there. after the frequent showers across the uk on saturday, sunday is looking a lot drier and brighter across most parts of the uk, at least. a bit of a chilly start and a chilly day all in all — perhaps less so than saturday, given a bit more sunshine around. here's the big picture then to take us into sunday. low pressure is continuing to nudge away, taking the showers we had from saturday with it. not quite there yet, northerly winds still wit

the pole beat sofia kenin in the final at roland garros, becoming the only unseeded player to ever winhe whole trip. so, really, it's pretty crazy here in poland, and being around fans is also new for me, so i have to learn a lot about that. and i'm still going to need some time to look at the whole tournament from a different perspective. finally chris gayle — the self styled universe boss — has been back to what he does best smashing the ball out of the ground. gayle hadn't played since january but showed no signs of rust hitting a quick 53 as his kings eleven punjab side beat royal challengers bangalore in the ipl holding the bat upside down while celebrating his fifty was just about the only thing he got wrong. and everything else you can go to the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. we're moving into a quieter spell of weather. it may only be short—lived, mind you. essentially we've got high pressure dominating but again the centre of the high pressure is towards the north of the uk, hence those winds off the north sea as we've seen over the past few

kvitova now plays sofia kenin in the semifinals.s that fell in valencia's world record day. it was a one—off event staged in the spanish city. this was the women's 5000 metres. ethiopia's letesenbet gidey beating the previous best by more than four seconds, running the distance there in 14 minutes, 6.62 seconds to better the time set by tirunesh dibaba back in 2008. and uganda'sjoshua cheptegei smashed the men's10,000—metre world record just minutes later. cheptegei ran the distance in 26 minutes and 11 seconds to beat kenenisa bekele's15—year—old time by more than six seconds. this his fourth world record in ten months. he is the stand—out men's middle distance runner at the moment. and that is all from the bbc sport centre for now. hello. the weather picture first thing not looking so great across england and wales, a lot of cloud out there and some outbreaks of rain. but hang in there because the afternoon offers a much brighter picture. here we are with this area of low pressure currently feeding in all of the cloud and the rain

she hadn't dropped a set throughout the tournament, and that record continued as she swept kenin asideed a perfect french open, beating joachim gerard for his fourth grand slam wheelchair singles title. he also won the doubles title on friday with gordon reid. he said he was going out for pizza to celebrate last night. despite not claiming pole for today's eifel grand prix, lewis hamilton has history on his side as he bids to equal michael schumacher‘s record 91 formula 1 victories. his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas was quarter of a second quicker around germany's nurburgring, ending hamilton's run of five poles in a row. however all is not lost for hamilton as four of the last five winners at this circuit have started from second on the grid. i'm 0k, i'm ok, i don't really know what happened in q3. i'm ok, i don't really know what happened in 03. so in my mind, i'm curious as to what led us to lose a bit of pace. but you don't have to get them all, so i'm pretty chilled. he's spent most of the year playing in america but tyrell hatton is in prime position to win this side of the

women's side, poland's 19-year-oldinga schavontek did not drop a set in her victory over american sopfi kenin on saturday. >>> turning to major league baseball and game one of the best of seven american league championship series between the houston astros and tampa bay rays. houston is first on the board with a solo homer hit by jose altuve in the top of the first inning. but tampa's randy arosarena answers with a home run in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game and a single by mike zunino in the fifth is all the rays need to beat the astros, 2-1. game two this afternoon. >>> and america, just so we're clear, we are all rays fans this week. >>> and tonight, the braves and the dodgers will square off in game one of the national league championship series. >>> the nfl, meanwhile, has been forced to make more changes to its regular-season schedule after new positive coronavirus test results among the tennessee titans and the new england patriots. the league rescheduled the patriots/broncos game, which had been previously pushed back from yesterday to this evening, now set for sunday. six ot

polish player became the youngest champion at roland garros for almost 30 years after defeating sofia kenin world. and she is now up to number 17. it is all pretty overwhelming for me. i am trying to look at the whole tournament from a different perspective. it is really ha rd different perspective. it is really hard when i am still here and have all of these responsibilities. so i think when i am back home and we are going to rest a bit, i'm going to enjoy it even more than right now. but i'm pretty happy. and the giro d'italia enjoys a first rest day on monday that comes after portgual‘s ruben guerreiro edged close enconunter with spain's jonathan castroviejo, to win stage 9. guerreiro claimed a first stage win of this year's event, and he's the first portuguese rider to win a stage on the giro since acacio da silva in 1989. compatriotjoao almeida still holds the overall lead 30 seconds ahead of the field, with two weeks still to go. and on social media — roger federer paid tribute to long—time rival rafael nadal on twitter. federer said he had utmost respect for him as friend and a champ

swiatek will face sofia kenin or petra kvitova in the final. she won in straight sets.hes despite the anthem having its roots in american slavery. the song has been england rugby‘s anthem since the late 1980s but has come under new focus during the black lives matter movement and the rfu decided to conduct a review. although they don't plan on banning fans from singing the anthem they have said they will use social media to improve diversity and inclusion in the sport. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. gavin see you later, thank you. labour mayors and council leaders in parts of england with high rates of coronavirus have criticised the government for failing to properly consult with them, as ministers consider whether tighter restrictions are needed to control the spread of the virus. an announcement is expected next week, and could include the closure of pubs and restaurants. joe anderson is the labour mayor of liverpool, hejoins me now. we are very grateful for your time thank you. i

from poland, reached herfirst major final and will be up against the australian open winner, sofia keninal at roland garos while fellow brit, alfie hewett, has made it to the final, of the open wheelchair competition. in golf, england's charley hull, and georgia hall are both right up there challenging, for the lead at the women's pga championship, in pennsylvania. both ended the first round on even par and that means they're 3 shots off the lead held by brittany linci—come and kelly tan. that's all the sport for now. a child rapist convicted in the rotherham street grooming scandal has been moved to an open prison without his victim being informed, the bbc has learnt. the ministry ofjustice has apologised for the failing. between 1997 and 2013, more than a thousand children were groomed and sexually abused in the town, which became notorious for crimes that been ignored for years. here's bbc newsnight‘s katie razzall. i went home and was just getting about, basically having a tidy around and stuff, when the victims unit called me. she told me that he'd been moved to a category d open pr

kvitova will play sofia kenin next. that's all the sport for now.otland have been ordered to close for 16 days from friday to try to slow the spread of coronavirus. in the rest of scotland, licensed premises must shut by 6pm and cannot serve alcohol indoors. the first minister, nicola sturgeon warned that without swift action, infection rates could return to peak levels by the end of the month. i am well aware that the measures i have outlined today are disruptive to many businesses, obviously, especially hospitality businesses, and they will be unwelcome to many people across the country. but although they are significant as they need to be to make an impact, they do not represent a lockdown. we're not requiring people to stay outside all day as we were earlier in fact, they are designed to reduce the likelihood of a future lockdown. we're not requiring people to stay outside all day as we were earlier in the year, schools will stay open, learning will continue in our universities and colleges, shops will continue to trade, businesses like manufact

the pole beat sofia kenin in the final at roland garos, becomng the only unseeded player to ever win all those stories on the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc dot co dot uk slash sport across the country, twenty eight million people across england will be living under the two highest alert levels from this weekend — with london, essex, parts of surrey and derbyshire — alongside york and barrow—in—furness all facing tougher restrictions, with a ban on households mixing indoors. with me now is the conservative mp for for north east derbyshire & deputy chairman of the party lee rowley. and we are very grateful for your time. thank you forjoining us. your constituency will now come under these new high alert restrictions. do you welcome them?|j these new high alert restrictions. do you welcome them? i do not welcome them and i don‘t think anyone would welcome them, but we understand why they have been brought forward and northeast derbyshire and other parts of the country, we have seen a clear and consistent and quick rise in coronavirus cases in the last couple of weeks. it has gone up by

she beat sofia kenin in the final at roland garros, becoming the only unseeded player to ever win theat is the sport. more in the next hour. thank you very much. see you later. as we are waiting for andy burnham and others to talk about the situation in greater manchester, there is no more news coming through about wales. we are just hearing from our political editor, laura kuenssberg, that the bbc understands the welsh government is likely to announce a limited lockdown in the next few days. the phrase a circuit breaker we keep using, that is one of the ways it is being described. but anyway, a limited lockdown in the next few days. no duration has been given. but apparently the government is likely to announce one. also, we are hearing the welsh secretary, simon hart, has written to the first minister of wales asking him to commit to giving businesses enough time to prepare if indeed a circuit breaker goes ahead. so he wants more time to prepare. right on cue let‘s head to manchester and join the mayor, andy burnham. myself, the mayor of manchester, two deputy mayors and the leaders

from poland, reached herfirst major final and will be up against the australian open winner, sofia keninen's wheelchair quad final at roland—garos while fellow brit, alfie hewett, has made it to the final of the open wheelchair competition. i want to stress in grand slams they have two wheelchair competitions, the quad event is for athletes with impairments to upper and lower limbs, where is the open concentrates on lower limbs. despite the lack of audiences in the crowd, andi the lack of audiences in the crowd, and i know there is a few, but it has thrown up a lot of really interesting stuff around tennis, hasn't it? some new names, some old names bill in the mix. in the men's you have the old guard, the dial, and federer ruling roost but a fresh look towards the women's tournament —— nadal, djokovic and federer. and new challenges in the women's tennis. and playing in the cold, with the stop and dart nature of tennis. —— stop and start. with the stop and dart nature of tennis. -- stop and start. not this time, autumn in paris is quite different. thank you, mike. we will be talking to t

tennis of her life and will hope she has got more left when she meets australian open winner sofia kenin with saturday's final. iam going i am going to share an anecdote with you here. this is about the french open. rafael nadal, 15 years, only been beaten twice since he started playing there when he was 19. there was a very famous, flamboyant tennis player, who played in the p1 dog era, number three in the world, he had lost to jimmy era, number three in the world, he had lost tojimmy connors 16 times ina row, had lost tojimmy connors 16 times in a row, ok? every time he played jimmy connors and he loses every time. 17th time he beats him. in the postgame press conference, the journalist say what was different this time, you lost him 16 times? peter scare alike says no one beats for to scare a lighter 17 times in a row! because no one beats raphael the dial at the french open, apart from potentially novak djokovic tomorrow. that is my prediction. that is my prediction. here's louise lear with a look at this morning's weather. the last few days have been weird, i embrace the autumnal wea