but in the women's draw a former champion is out, as angelique kerber loses to kristina mladenovic. saudi arabian‘s al nassr hold a 2—1 lead over qatar's al sadd after the first leg of their asian champions league quarterfinal. and romelu lukaku scores on debut for inter as they win their opening serie a match against lecce. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news from the opening day of this year's final grand slam, the us open, in new york. world number one and defending champion novak djokovic booked his place in the second round with victory over spaniard roberto carballes baena. the serb, a three—time champion, won 6—4, 6—1, 6—4 to kick—off the defence of his title at flushing meadows. the 32—year—old djokovic has reached the final on his past three appearances in new york. i've been in this particular situation many times in my career. i know what feels comfortable for me, what i need to do in order to get far in the tournament and obviously i've a lot of respect for anybody i play against. today i played against a player that i had neverf

but in the women's draw a former champion is out, as angelique kerber loses to kristina mladenovic. a 2—1 lead over qatar's al sadd after the first leg of their asian champions league quarterfinal. and romelu lukaku scores on debut for inter as they win their opening serie a match against lecce. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news from the opening day of this year's final grand slam, the us open, in new york. world number one and defending champion novak djokovic booked his place in the second round with victory over spaniard roberto carballes baena. the serb, a three—time champion, won 6—4, 6—1, 6—4 to kick—off the defence of his title at flushing meadows.

the number 14 seed was beaten in three sets by kristina mladenovic knocking out the german, who won thetake a 2—1 lead into the second leg of their asian champions league quarter—final. after falling behind early on, a giuliano goal in the 71st minute confirmed the win for the home side with the return fixture next month in doha. new zealand beat sri lanka by an innings and 65 runs in colombo to win the second test and level the two match series. bj watling was unbeaten on 105 when kane williamson declared, while in response the hosts found themselves dismissed forjust 122, meaning the trophy was shared by williiamson and dimuth karunaratne with the sides now set for a three—match t20 series. rafael nadal can‘t meet novak djokovic or roger federer until the us open final, but he doesn‘t believe that is an advantage. the world number two gets his campaign for a fourth us open underway on tuesday. he‘s placed in the bottom half of the draw and cannot meet federer or djokovic until the final should he get that far. however, the spaniard shrugged off any suggestion he holds an edge going in