the former winner was beaten by the unseeded italian marco cecchinato in their quarterfinal.tch, watched byjim lumsden. marco cecchinato had never won a main draw match at a grandson, but he went at the world number one, taking the first two sets. he —— with stunning tennis on show at almost every point, it looked to be taking its toll finally on marco cecchinato and he will do to lose third set. the tempo lifted once more, with to be more assured and he leveled a quarterfinal before allawi marco cecchinato backend. this contest erased a compelling climax in the fourth set tie—breaker. novak djokovich refusing to buckle and marco cecchinato was to spur three match points. 0n the board, he tried, taking a marathon tie—break 13-11. he tried, taking a marathon tie—break 13—11. he is the first italian man into a 13—11. he is the first italian man intoa grand 13—11. he is the first italian man into a grand slam semifinal at over four years. whether he will have enough strength left to live a trophy is another matter. checkinato will face dominic thiem next as he won the battle bet

novak djokovic knocked out of the french open in the quarter—finals by unseeded italian marco cecchinatorussia play out a 1—1 draw against turkey in their final match before they host the world cup starting next week. and, before the world cup gets underway, manchester united have moved to sign brazilian midfielder fred. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that novak djokovic is out of the french open after another eventful day in paris. the former champion was beaten by the unseeded italian marco cecchinato in their quarter—final. also out is german second seed alexander zverev, who lost in straight sets to dominic thiem. meanwhile, there was joy for a pair of americans in the women's singles. austin halewood rounds up the action. just when you thought the french open would be predictable this year, marco cecchinato had other ideas. the unseeded italian taking the first two sets from novak djokovic. the 12 time grand slam champion took the next one, but into the fourth, cecchinato was a man on a mission, the italian coming from 4—1 down to force a tie

the former champion was beaten by the unseeded italian marco cecchinato in their quarter—final.der zverev, who lost in straight sets to dominic thiem. meanwhile, there was joy for a pair of americans in the women's singles. austin halewood rounds up the action. just when you thought the french open would be predictable this year, marco cecchinato had other ideas.

for marco cecchinato a great moment which had to come to an end. french open wheelchair singles final — he lost his semifinal to japan's shingo kunieda 6—2, 6—0. the england women's cricket team have been given a significant pay increase, the ecb has confirmed. the salaries of 10 players are going up by at least 50% and the aim is that by 2020, all players will be earning twice what they received last year, when they won the world cup. players welcomed the pay rise ahead of england's first match of the summer against south africa tomorrow in worcester. it isa it is a sign of how professional the women's game is going now and a sign of how brilliant last year was as well and how many people are interested in where the game is going. 0bviously, really delighted for us that our minds are on that cricket game tomorrow. scotland captain kyle coetzer says they'll be taking on the best team they've ever faced when england visit edinburgh for a one day international on sunday. they haven't met for more than three years, since when scotland have recorded th

he'll play italy's world number 72 marco cecchinato next.verev came through a third successive five set match to see off russia's karen khachanov. it's the first time the 21 year—old german has reached the last eight of a grand slam and he'll play austria's dominic thiem. second seed caroline wozniacki is currently in action against daria kasatkina. the dane is hoping to reach the quarter finals for only the third time in her career. but the australian open champion is struggling against the 14th seed with the first set currently in a tie break. venus and serena williams have been knocked out of the women's doubles. they lost in three sets to andreja klepac of slovenia and spain's maria jose martinez sanchez. serena is back in singles action tomorrow taking on maria sharapova. st helens have completed the line—up for rugby league's challenge cup quarterfinals. they beat holders hull fc. with the final score 25—22. craig templeton reports. so for the last challenge cup quarterfinal, just a small matter of the holders, against the leaders. the

open — twelve time grand slam winner novak djokovic has been beaten by the unseeded italian marco cecchinatop title at the hungarian open this year tore into the former world number one and took the first two sets 6—3, 7—6. cecchinato then seemed to run out of steam losing the next set 6—1 but as djokovic looked to level the match the italian won an incredible 4th set tie—break 11—9 on his fourth match point. the battle between two of tennis‘s newest stars was set to be the tie of the day — but 3 five setters last week had clearly taken their toll on world number three alexander zverev — and he dropped away in straight sets — so dominic thiem goes through to face checkinato. and it'll be a repeat of last year's us open final in the womens draw as american sloane stephens beat daria kasatkina — so she's through to the semi finals, where she'll play her compatriot madison keys whom she beat to win the title at flushing meadows. let's quickly round up the rest of today's sports news for you: ellie simmonds is back on the british para—swimming team after her spell out of the sport following her

thiem survived a bit of a wobble in his win over the italian marco cecchinato who'd knocked out novakthiem's first grand slam final. red bull's max verstappen was fastest in both practise sessions ahead of sunday's canadian grand prix. the dutchman was just ahead of ferrari's kimi raikonen and his team mate and monaco winner daniel ricciardo on the time sheets. championship leader lewis hamilton could only manage fourth quickest although mercedes appear to be playing a strategic long game in montreal with their tyres. geraint thomas is the new leader of the criterium du dauphine. the welshman took the yellow jersey as ireland's dan martin won stage five in the french alps. is thomas has an overall advantage ofi minute and 9 seconds with two stages left. tyson fury returns to the boxing ring tomorrow for the first time in over two and half years. he faces the little—known albanian sefer seferi in manchester. but the biggest talking point at the weigh—in was fury‘s huge size in comparison to seferi. the former world heavyweight champion has had to battle back to fitness after his lay—of

lacko, who's ranked 94th in the world, will face germany mischa zverev — lacko beating italy's marco cecchinatoht sets in the semis. british golfer bronte law is four shots off the pace at the half—way stage of the women's pga championship in illinois — she's in a pack on two—under—par, chasing the co—leaders ryu so—yeon, park sung—hyun and brooke henderson. in that group with law is the american angel yin, who pulled off the shot of the day. she had to take off her shoes and socks. she played it from the bank and hope to get it near. but that was for birdie. now time for this week's edition of click. can artificial intelligence out diagnose a doctor? can a phone bring a giraffe to life? and can this robot make thisjump? britain's national health service turns 70 this week, and it is struggling to keep up with the modern world. an increasing population who are living longer and who have evolving health—care needs has led to not enough hospital beds, not enough access to specialised treatment, not enough nurses, and not enough doctors. the situation in developing countries is, of course, far wor

after an injury—plagued year, the former world number one will take on unseeded italian marco cecchinaton straight sets. the serbian may still not be back to his best, but having just dropped the one set so far, he looks good enough to trouble most opponents. considering all the circumstances that i was in in the last 15 months, imean, that i was in in the last 15 months, i mean, it's quite an achievement to get to the quarters of a slam for me, andi get to the quarters of a slam for me, and i always played well in slams. i always try to kind of build my form, slams. i always try to kind of build myform, in slams. i always try to kind of build my form, in order to peak at the slams. there are just nine days to go until the 2018 world cup gets underway in russia. the hosts face saudia arabia in the first match of the tournament, and they have one final friendly later on tuesday to hone their skills before it all gets underway. russia take on turkey in moscow. in case you missed it, serena williams shocked the french open crowd by withdrawing from her much—anticipated match with maria shar

the slovakian beat fourth—seed marco cecchinato in straight sets, and will play germany's mischa zverev time to take a breather at the world cup today. the knockout matches start tomorrow, but fifa held a news conference as they always do after the group stages. on the agenda was var, the video assistant refreee system. and fifa say its success rate is over 99% — when it's been used. let's hear from the referees committee chairman pierluigi collina there were some incidents that suddenly disappeared. i mean we had some holding at certain moment but the following matches the disappeared almost disappeared or if they continued they were punished by a proper technical decision inside the penalty area, penalty kick. because of

he will play italy's world number 72, marco cecchinato, next. doubles. they lost in three sets to andreja klepac of slovenia and spain's maria jose martinez sanchez. serena is back in singles action tomorrow, taking on maria sharapova. there might be no british players left in the senior draws at roland garros, but there is hope in the girls' competition. emma raducanu is through to the second round. she won her first professional title a fortnight ago, so one to watch out for. st helens completed the line—up for rugby league's challenge cup semi—finals. they beat holders hull fc 25—22. st helens started the quickest, scoring two early tries and playing the kind of rugby that has put them at the top of the super league. but hull responded, going over twice themselves to take the lead. the holders then lost two players to the sin bin, and saints took full advantage, with regan grace and then mark percival both getting their second tries of the game. hull did stage a late fightback, but it wasn't enough, and st helens are through to the last four.

the 12—time grand slam champion will now play marco cecchinato in the last eight after the italian upset through to the quarters, while rafael nadal plays his last 16 match on monday butjune the third is always a special day for the spaniard as paul frostick reports. when a ten time champion celebrates his birthday at your event, it you must give him a cake, at least. it looked like rafael nadal approved of the recipe. on the court, the second seed alexander zverev recorded his third straight five set triumph, another hard —fought victory third straight five set triumph, another hard—fought victory this time over karen khachanov. almost three and hours on court and another five sets later, he set up a quarterfinal against dominic thiem. it's not about learning, it's about trying to find a way and win. that's what i am able to do in the last match and i'm very happy about that. i'm very happy about being in the quarterfinals, going the hard way. going the longest every single time. his next opponent, dominic thiem, ousted kei nishikori. he had lost his previous two meetings with the 19th

the i2—time grand slam champion will now play marco cecchinato in the last eight, after the italian upsetr a half—hour because the pace car crashed during a pace lap at the raceway at belle isle park. just before the green flag flew on race two of the chevrolet detroit grand prix, the pace car slammed into the turn two wall. mark reuss, a general motors executive vice president, was behind the wheel of the corvette zri when it crashed, along with an indycar official. the car's price starts at $123,000. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, that is your monday sport briefing. now, it is estimated by the un that globally we throw away $1 trillion worth of food every year. a lot of that waste comes from large catering operations, the kind you find in hotels or, say, cruise ships. but technology developed in britain known as smart bins aims to change that. dougal shaw reports. this commercial kitchen in central london prepares 1500 meals a day. it provides catering for a museum and a conference centre. kitchens like he's typi

he'll play italy's world number 72 marco cecchinato next.st daria kasatkina. the dane is hoping to reach the quarter—finals for only the third time in her career. but the australian open champion is struggling against the russian 14th seed losing the first set on a tie break. venus and serena williams have been knocked out of the women's doubles. they lost in three sets to andreja klepac of slovenia and spain's maria jose martinez sanchez. serena is back in singles action tomorrow taking on maria sharapova. great britain have picked up two medals at the wheelchair tennis world team cup in the netherlands. britain's alfie hewett, gordon reid and dermot bailey had to settle for a second successive silver after suffering a 2—0 defeat againstjapan in the final. whilst in the women's event, britain's louise hunt and lucy shuker won their respective matches to secure a 2—0 victory over france and a bronze medal. now to football and those nations warming up for the world cup included brazil and croatia at anfield this afternoon. there was a stunnin

dominic thiem is through after ending marco cecchinato's incredible run to the semis, also in straightause of a now overturned a ban for match fixing. perhaps until now, he is the man to be novak djokovic to get here. this was not new territory for his opponent domenech game. he has reached the last two semifinals at roland garros. third time lucky? he has been roughly on the clay, of all people. dominic thiem went quickly. his opponent shows signs of frustration in set two, where there was a thrilling tie—break. but after being hit back, hubs another upset in the parents were due in the pa rents were in the parents were due in the parents were dwindling for the italian. dominic thiem slip to the third set to make his first grand slam final at last. the moment he had been waiting so long for. italian, a great run had to come to an end. there's going to be a winter break in the premier league every february, starting from the season after next. it'll be staggered over two weeks, with ten teams sitting out the first weekend and ten the following weekend. the break means the fa cup fifth

play on grass this season, after being knocked out of the french open by the world number 72 marco cecchinatotwo tattoos. england's raheem sterling says he's not bothered about attention over the gun on his leg, and has his new squad number — ten — tattoed on his arm. and the apltly nicknamed boxer floyd ‘money‘ mayweather earned more than any athlete in the world last year. but there were no women in the top 100 of the forbes rankings. in the top 100 sports women and men. interestingly, the highest earning woman is serena williams but at the next one down will be maria sharapova. interesting, isn't it. not a single woman in that whole list. yes. 0n the day that we have staph at dagenham talking about the suffragettes. i was confused as to what we are going to do but we are going to talk to carol. we will do the papers in a moment. many of us will see the cloud burn away and see some 5un5hine many of us will see the cloud burn away and see some sunshine and in some parts, a touch of frost first thing. the forecast today is a mostly dry one. lengthy spell5 of 5un5hine but the other thing worth

dominic thiem is into the final of the french open after beating marco cecchinato of italy in straightn worcester. that's all the sport for now, lizzie will have more for you in the next hour. now on afternoon live let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to sally taylor in southampton, who can tell us about the second busiest airport in the uk, gatwick airport, which is celebrating 60 years since it was officially opened in its modern form. sadly, tell us more about gatwick. yes, the 60th anniversary is actually tomorrow but like all people who go to gatwick we are trying to get an early getaway! it is the second busiest runway in britain, the second busiest airport in britain. last year it had something like 45 million passengers, using that single runway. every year you can build 5% on top of that so it's getting busier and busier. people like freddie laker and richard branson launched their airlines at gatwick many years ago. but what strikes me todayis many years ago. but what strikes me today i

the 12 time major winner is beaten in the french open quarterfinal by unseeded italian marco cecchinaton't injure mo salah in the champions league final and that the egyptian should have just had an injection if he wanted to play on! and while floyd mayweather tops the list of sport's highest earners, there is not a single woman in the top 100 names. see you after 10:00. argentina has cancelled a world cup warm—up match with israel, apparently under political pressure over israel's treatment of palestinians in gaza. news of the cancellation was met with cheers in gaza, where at least 120 palestinians were killed by israeli forces during recent protests. it's expected gaza will be one of the subjects benjamin neta nyahu, later today when they meet for talks in downing street. it's the last stop on his three—day tour of europe, meeting leaders to discuss iran and the best way to curb iran's nuclear aspirations. last month, president trump decided to withdraw us backing for the deal reached in 2015, under which iran promised to limit its nuclear activities in return for the easing of inter

dominic thiem, who made it through to his first grand slam final with a straight—sets win over marco cecchinatoerday thanks to these players in the foursomes. the quality of golf has been stunning. elite amateurs as well. tyson fury's heavyweight victory against vladimir klitschko should have been the start of something special but instead he's attracted controversy for outspoken remarks and fallen into a cycle of drinking and fallen into a cycle of drinking and depression but he starts his comeback against sefer seferi tonight from albania. steve bunce joins us. good morning. is this a contest? joins us. good morning. is this a co ntest ? in joins us. good morning. is this a contest? in heavyweight boxing no upper limit of weight and height, but 5st is more than if i fought you. it is lost ten, that's the difference, maybe 11 inches. you used the word contest, is it? i'm not sure. it's an event and a way to get tyson back, he's been out a long time, 2015, movember, was a long time, 2015, movember, was a long time ago. you mention the triple d, drink, drugs, depression, he's been in some dark p

men's tournamet with slovakia's lukas lacko, who's ranked 9ath in the world, beating italy's marco cecchinatoon. lewis hamilton looked good at the red bull ring in practice for the austrian grand prix. lewis hamilton looked good at the red bull ring in practice for the austrian grand prix. it's a track he enjoys — he won there two years ago — and he finished quickest in the first two practice sessions, just ahead of his mercedes team—mate valteri bottas, with sebastian vettel third in his ferarri. and before i go, near the hotel in kazan where argentina are staying ahead of their game against france this afternoon there is a rather large mural of lionel messi's great rival christiano ronaldo. don't worry though there's one of messi too! that could have been awkward! thank you very much. prostate cancer kills more men than breast cancer kills women, but the initial test to see if you've got it is hit and miss at best. now a cambridge research team is working on a new, cheaper, quicker and more accurate test — using microchips normally found in a mobile phone, as our science correspondent richa

men's tournament with slovakia's lukas lacko, who's ranked 94th in the world, beating italy's marco cecchinatoa mercedes one—two in the first two practice sessions for the austrian grand prix. the world championship leader held off team—mate valtteri bottas, despite going out on the hardest tyres. sebastian vettel was third—quickest in his ferrari. india had the best possible preparation for the t20 series against england, which starts on tuesday. they beat ireland by 143 runs in malahide — their biggest t20 victory. after making 213/4, they bowled out their hosts for just 70, winning the series 2—0. england all—rounder ben stokes has been included in the squad for the one—day series against india, which follows those t20s. he hasn't played since tearing his left hamstring at the start ofjune. in rugby league's super league, st helens left it late but they came from behind to beat wakefield trinity and extend their lead at the top of the table. they ran in three late tries, including this one for regan grace, to win by 34 points to 30 and move six points clear. you will like this one. let's re

dominic thiem, who made it through to his first grand slam final with a straight—sets win over marco cecchinatonjury, taking phil neville's team two points clear of wales with two games to play. only the top placed teams automatically qualify for france 2019. northern ireland can't reach the finals now though after they were thrashed 5—0 by the netherlands. the republic of ireland also lost last night to norway. england's rugby union head coach, eddie jones, says today's first test against south africa is the perfect development oportunity for younger players and a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. england haven't won a game at ellis park injohannesburg, since 1972, butjones says the pressure will be good for the newcomers to the squad. it's great, particularly as we build towards the world cup, and the south african tour is so important for us, for some young guys to get some great experience in high—pressure games. there was an incredibly tight game in rugby league's super league with oliver holmes touching down as castleford beat warrington by 34—30 to earn their first win of the season agains

third consecutive semi—final at roland garros — and he'll meet either novak djokovic or italy's marco cecchinatoen out getting close to a year now which is a lot longer than i think me and any of my team expected at the beginning. but i'm getting closer to playing again. i started training a few days ago and hoping to make my comeback during the grass court season. that's all the sport for now. simon. now on afternoon live — let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. it is good to see that the change of uniform has got through to everybody. rogerjohnson and justin lee in the afternoon live uniform. roger is in salford. use papers across the north of england, as we have been reporting, have been writing to the prime minister telling her to get a grip after recent chaos on the rail network. rogerjohnson has more on that shortly. there is a new place to strut your stuff and we will hear about that in a minute, but first, let's go to roger. we have been talking about this chaos for a while and it's rather unusual for loc

it's between seventh seed dominic thiem and italy's marco cecchinato.r and only the gmb rejecting it. our health editor, hugh pym, explained the background to this pay deal. they have had 0% pay rises for a couple of years, and then 1%, like other public sector workers, they argued it meant they had fallen well behind inflation and the cost of living and some, some nurses, and hospital workers, were really struggling. that was leading to recruitment problems and retention problems. there is considerable p i’essu i’e problems. there is considerable pi’essui’e on problems. there is considerable pressure on the chancellor and the government to lift the cap, say back in march, after several months of negotiations, the government said they would lift the cap for these workers and agree to the 6.5% so when the unions accepted that it was looking fairly clear that members would vote in favour, which they have aside from the gmb. what will they do? they are meeting next week, i gather, they represent quite a large percentage of ambulance drivers. it is conceiva

confident of reaching the semi—finals because his next opponent is the world number 72, italian marco cecchinatote will have had a keen eye on costa rica's match against northern ireland yesterday. england's final warm—up match is against the costa ricans on wednesday, and the central americans were impressive, winning 3—0. and after three months out with injury, neymar returned to the brazil side and scored a stunning opener in their 2—0 win over croatia at anfield. you can see why brazil are joint favourites to win the world cup. joint favourites with germany, i should say. in rugby league, st helens knocked out the challenge cup holders hull to reach the semi—finals. regan grace scored two tries as saints just edged it by 25 points to 22. they'll face catala ns dragons for a place in the finals. warrington take on leeds in the other semi. ireland made their first appearance for 1h years at the world rugby sevens series in london yesterday, and they won bronze. they completed a shock last—minute win over england, jordan conroy crossing to level the score, before mark roche converted with just

in the world, will face germany mischa zverev — lacko beating italy‘s marco checkinato in straight sets in the semis. her cecchinaton illinois — she‘s in a pack on two—under—par, chasing the co—leaders ryu so—yeon, park sung—hyun and brooke henderson. in that group with law is the american angel yin, who pulled off the shot of the day — she had to take off her shoes and socks. that was for a birdie. hello there. more hot and sunny weather on the cards today. it has been causing problems for some. the wildfires viewed from space a couple of days ago with the plumes of smoke extending from the fires across liverpool, birkenhead and out into the irish sea as well. looking at the weather picture, over the last five days, we have had exceptional heat. we have had five days where temperatures have exceeded 30 celsius somewhere in the uk and we‘re probably going to see the same today and also tomorrow as well. mind you, it has been for some of us, quite cloudy start to the day. notice how the cloud has been shrinking. we will have clear skies before long. that is the way the weather will stay take us through the afternoon