now, british number one dan evans has beaten kyle edmund for the first time in the final of the battle. he capped off an impressive week as austin halewood reports. under normal circumstances, tomorrow would have been the start of wimbledon. tennis right now is anything but normal. no one to collect the bulls and no one to watch the action. in the silence, this was a true battle of the brits. number two kyle edmund and british number one dan evans, the man who beat andy murray in the semifinals and that form was clear to see from the start, evans dominating points from the net and sticking control from the net and sticking control from the net and sticking control from the first set. a grip on the match he would not relinquish. his reaction is that little bit quicker. into the second, evans stayed on top with an aggressive display as he worked edmund all over the court. that was before taking the match in straight sets. clinical performance from the british number one who would have been peaking atjust the right time for wimbledon. you just have to hope he will be in as good a form yea

he has been drawn in the group with kyle edmund, liam broady and james group with kyle edmund, liam broadymund, liam broady and james ward. the other group will make up jack draper, jay and james ward. the other group will make upjack draper, jay clarke, cameron norrie and dan evans and there was a socially distanced draw conducted byjenni murray and it took place at the national tennis centre in london where the event will take place from during the 23rd and they were all spaced out on the court at the national tennis centre and each player or doubles pair had and each player or doubles pair had a nickname. andy murray's was the one—hit wonder. a nickname. andy murray's was the one-hit wonder. i see what you did there! slightly cruel. ——janie murray. there is no wimbledon next month but the bbc has announced what it will do to fill a pretty significant hole. there will be lots of tennis on bbc television during the fortnight, clare balding will have highlights from years gone by every weekday afternoon, sue barker will be on air from every weekday afternoon, sue barker will be on airfrom

british number one dan evans will face kyle edmund in the battle of brits final after coming from behindovember but he looked to be well in control after taking the first set 6—1. evans fought back to level the match one set all, and then won a first to ten tie—break10—8 to claim his place in tomorrow's final against edmund who beat cameron norrie. the matches are taking place at the national tennis centre in roehampton that's all the sport for now. well, the heatwave's long gone and there's absolutely no chance of those temperatures reaching the values we were experiencing any time soon. if anything, it's going to turn even cooler, and the top of that, pretty windy for the time of the year on sunday. now, at the moment, clouds are spiralling across the uk. that's a sign that low pressure has paid us a visit. it's here to stay for the next two or three days, and basically, the closer you are to the centre of this low pressure, the more likely you are to run into rain, and heavy rain for parts of northern ireland, western scotland, the lake district and down into lancashire. but further a

dan evans plays kyle edmund in the final. just a precautionary measure for muddy at this stage. —— murrayor now. now on bbc news, it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us. with me is the property and finance commentator, and former associate editor of the times, anne ashworth. and the political commentator, james millar. many thanks to both of you for being with us. let's run through the front pages then. the observer goes with a warning from the labour party that unemployment in britain could soar to levels not seen since the 1980s unless ministers boost support for businesses struggling because of the lockdown. also turning its attention to the economy, is the express which leads with a pledge from the prime minister that he'll "dramatically accelerate" construction and boost economic recovery. the mail on sunday says borisjohnson has promised to spend tens of billions of pounds to save the british economy from disaster in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, including the building of hospitals, schools and new housing. the telegrp

andy murray got very frustrated with himself in a long and tiring defeat to kyle edmund at the nationalto ta ke to take the british number one so close, pretty good performance. talking about andy murray, it's almost like wimbledon. well almost, except it's not raining, not today anyway. but mike, thank you so much. the home secretary priti patel commenting on the events in london last night. police attending an unlicensed street party, to try and encourage people to disperse in order to maintain social distancing. unverified footage showing crowds attacking police vehicles and emergency vehicles, we are told 15 police officers were injured in this incident last night. the home secretary to bring you right up to date with what she has been saying has described those events as utterly vile scenes, just last weekend she said the whole country came together to praise our heroic police officers for putting their own lives on the line to keep us safe. she says she will be speaking to the commissioner of the metropolitan police immediately about what happened in brixton last night. a fourteen

semis, he won the battle of the brits exhibition tournament with a straight sets victory against kyle edmundto keep tennis alive and keep encouraging people back onto the courts. allan i am looking forward to looking through the schedule and booking in watching some of the because they are going to show some really classic matches, aren‘t they? some of the fantastic matches of year —— years go by, some of the whoppers. that is something to look forward to. the best of wimbledon, how brilliant! 0f forward to. the best of wimbledon, how brilliant! of course i would like to see the real tennis as well but brilliant. what about that game that went on for about three days. it literally did go on for three days! no it didn‘t. it literally did go on for three days! no it didn't. the bbc office overlooks that court and it is not still on, is it? it went on forever! holidays abroad could be possible this summer, as the government is expected to announce that quarantine rules will be relaxed for some countries. nina is at liverpooljohn lennon airport for us this morning. good morning. a very good morn

there's kyle edmund drawing out andy 'the one hip wonder‘ as he's named in the draw.rings. in the region here we have had pretty, i think pretty decent success with the coronavirus. 0f course, a lot of lives have been lost and this is horrible to see here and also worldwide, in what is going on. but, you know, life goes on, and! going on. but, you know, life goes on, and i think we as athletes, we are looking forward to playing and to compete. yeah, we are. so another event with some fans out today, albeit in serbia. and actually, novak djokovic will be part of wimbledon. i know he isn't taking place, but lots of the former players and current players will bejoining the former players and current players will be joining the bbc‘s coverage. they are showing 50 hours of footage, matches, games and quizzes et cetera during the fortnight. some players will bejoining et cetera during the fortnight. some players will be joining from home. you are good at quizzes, mike. you should be involved. we were talking about that in the newspaper review earlier, charlie. you should do

confidence and get some recovery, sleep on it and come out and go again with the challenge against kyle edmundmier league last night and it's only goal difference that keeps them out of the relegation zone. harry kane got himself a goal in the 2—0 win for tottenham, that's his first since returning from a lenghty spell out with an injury. that is great to see. west ham will drop into the bottom three if bournmouth win later today. last night's other game was a goal—less draw between brighton and leicester there's loads more football this evening — five premier league games including one live on bbc two. coverage of norwich against everton starts at 5:30. and finally england's test series against pakistan is still scheduled to go ahead. that's despite a total of ten pakistan players testing positive for coronavirus. those who tested negative will fly to manchester at the end of this month. the series is scheduled to start at the beginning of august. we are seeing andy murray back on court and we are talking to his brother about the tournament, the battle of the brits. lots to look forward to. s

andy murray got very frustrated with himself in a long and tiring defeat to kyle edmund at the nationale a historic night for liverpool fans. strange, though, in a way if they win it when your team isn't playing. i know many of them would be prepared to wait until next week when the team could clinch the title on the pitch after playing. thanks, mike. see you later on. so, as we've been hearing, liverpool could be on the brink of premier league glory tonight after their 4—0 win at home to crystal palace. if successful, it would bring to an end the reds' 30—year wait for a league title. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been to merseyside to find out what it all means to life—long fans. commentator: championship winner for the eighth time, a fantastic record. after 30 yea rs of the eighth time, a fantastic record. after 30 years of waiting, liverpool is on the brink of title glory. and the city has not one but two anthems to choose from. meet jamie webster. an electrician until this song took off and took him around the world. how? has your journey off and took him around the world. how? ha

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