medvedev used his racquet to smash a net camera during his first round match with 418th—ranked kasidithe camera destruction took place in what would be the last game of the third set, which samrej won to take a two—sets—to—one—lead in the five—set match. taylor fritz had a much easier time of it, breezing past fellow american jenson brooksby. the fourth seed made a strong start in his bid to end the 22—year grand slam drought for american men with a resounding 6—2, 6—0, 6—3 victory over his compatriot. last year i was happy with all of my slam results and i'm going to treated the same. the worst thing i can do is be looking like superfar worst thing i can do is be looking like super far ahead worst thing i can do is be looking like superfar ahead in the draw and looking at the top four seeds, and then put all this pressure on myself. it's the same mentality i always have, take it one match at a time. england wasted a golden opportunity to level the women's ashes as they failed to chase 181 for victory in a nail—biting finish in melbourne. with one wicket remaining, england needed 22 ru

frustrated because he was trailing against a wild card entry from thailand, medvedev used his rackethed to the net. medvedev swinging his racket with full force five times in the display of anger that earned him a code violation warning for racket abuse from the chair umpire. >> medvedev would eventually avoid the monumental upset, winning in five sets to advance to round two and turning now to the nba, the oklahoma city thunder extended their lead atop the western conference with a 118 to 102 win on the road last night against the philadelphia 76 ers. >> and they celebrated by having some fun with a reporter. >> after the game. >> you made your first eight shots. just continue to be so aggressive and so efficient. tell me about your night tonight. >> yeah i just tried to be aggressive. try to set the tone. like i said long road trip. try to get in and get out. >> yeah. and you guys played great on this trip. and the fact of the matter is that you guys faced some really good teams on this trip. and what do you think about the way that this group has continued to respond night in and

daniil medvedev there, one of many excited by what's in store for the duo.s in tennis is frenchman gael monfils. he's become the second oldest player to reach an atp tour final since 1990. monfils, who at 38 years and 131 days old beat nishesh basavareddy in straight sets to make the final of the auckland open. he'll take on qualifier zizou bergs in the final — which will be his 35th at tour level. david moyes is in talks over a possible return to everton — after sean dyche was sacked by the club on thursday, ahead of their fa cup win against peterborough. we understand from a well—placed source that the scot is the frontrunner. negotiations are continuing on friday. moyes managed everton from 2002 to 2013, before leaving for manchester united. he had two spells at west ham and guided them to the europa conference league title in 2023, but has been out of work since leaving them last season. as we've been hearing, the wildfires in los angeles and southern california have caused so much devastation — sport of course is also affected. the la lakers home game a

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elsewhere, there were wins for three—time finalist daniil medvedev, taylor fritz, and holger rune., italianjasmine paolini and kazakhstan�*s elena rybakina raced through to the second round. fourth seed, paolini, comfortably beat 21—year—old chinese player sija wei in straight sets while former finalist rybakina was ruthless against 16—year—old australian wild card emersonjones, winning 6—1, 6—1 injust 53 minutes. emma raducanu and katie boulter also progressed. that means there are now six british singles players through to the second round at melbourne park. the last time that happened was over 60 years ago. raducanu says her serve �*had a mind of its own�* after a scrappy straight sets win over russia's ekaterina alexandrova. raducanu hit 15 double faults and lost her serve six times. she faces amanda anisimova of the us next. i'm very pleased to have come through that match. it was difficult, it was quite hot out there, um, getting quite sunny, and obviously playing against a really experienced and seeded opponent, who is playing great tennis. and i think, yeah, i'm very proud