muguruza able to hold her own serve just wants.wimbledon champion through to the quarterfinals. and there she will face the french open champion. je ena 0stapenko was also made to work hard in her match against puig. but it wasje ena 0stapenko's power which shone through, a seventh straight victory for the latvian. quietly going about her business is world number four pliskova. she breezed past the home favourite, taking the first set 6—2. the set soon followed. she barely broke sweat. and you may have seen, over the weekend, a number of american football players in the united states protesting in large numbers at racial and social inequality. they did so by taking a knee during the national anthem. president trump said that players who protested during the national anthem should be fired, and he has again criticised the nfl for their stance. i think the nfl is in a box. i think they are in a really bad box. you look at what is happening with their ratings, you look at what is going on...i ratings, you look at what is going on... i

there were no worries for garbine muguruza.d new world number one beat lesia tsurenko 6—4 6—4 to reach the third round, as austin halewood reports. simona halep is used to having things her own way on the court, but the first set against 20—year—old da rayya the first set against 20—year—old darayya kazakh tina was anything but on her terms. halep didn't hold her serve once in the first set and the russian continued to attack it in the second. too powerful, too good. a difficult proposition for kasaktina in the end turned out to be straightforward. halep crashing out without much of a fight. and the u psets out without much of a fight. and the upsets didn't stop there. qualifier maria sakkari of cyprus dominated the early exchanges of her match with world number six caroline wozniacki. after taking the first set it was sakkari in her second premier level tournament that secured her biggest win of her career. world number four career. world numberfour karolina pliskova has established herself as an ever present at the top of wom

both players had breaks of 5erve but it was the spaniard muguruza who won the first set 6—4.the match against the puerto rican and she'll face france's caroline garcia orjapan‘s kurumi nara next. second seed karolina pli5kova lost just three games as she ea5ily overpowered poland's magda linette. pli5kova — who briefly held the number one ranking this year — comfortably advanced to the last eight. and pli5kova will face another former world number one, angelique kerber next. a surf ranch in california 5tarted by kelly slater was the venue for a new world surf league te5t event this week. the facility, which has been sold to the sports governing body, was first showcased in 2015 as waves are artificially powered, with slater also taking part despite still having a foot injury. some of the world's best female and male surfers took part with prize money going to charity. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. the same weather system that produced a very wet wednesday in north

former us open champion maria sharapova follows muguruza out of the tournament.wing a 15 month doping ban. she lost in the fourth round to anastasija sevastova. it's evenly poised between bangladesh and australia heading into the second day of the second and final test in chittagong. bangladesh remember pulled off a surprise victory in the first test so australia must win this match to level the series. spinner nathan lyon took four quick wickets and bangladesh collapsed to 117 for five after winning the toss. but the hosts clawed themselves back into it and closed on a more respectable 253 for six. if you've ever been frustrated on a golf course you'll know how sergio garcia feels here. after slamming his putter into a sprinkler head and damaging it he then had to continue his round without that club. he ends up putitng with his driver — little too much on that one...all he ends up putting with his driver — little too much on that one...all because he lost his temper — he ended up with a round of 75. the us open championjustin thomas is top of the leaderboard af

former us open champion maria sharapova follows muguruza out of the tournament. here. after slamming his putter into a sprinkler head and damaging it, he then had to continue his round without that club. he ends up putitng with his driver — little too much on that one — all because he lost his temper — he ended up with a round of 75. the us open champion, justin thomas is top of the leaderboard, at the dell championships in boston. we'll have more in the next hour. welcome to bbc ask this, looking at the increasing tensions in north korea. south korea says it intends to strengthen its missile defences after the north carried out its most powerful nuclear test so far and claimed it had the capability to mount a thermonuclear warhead on a long—range missile. the us has warned north korea any threat would be met with a massive and overwhelming response. russia has urged caution saying any clumsy steps could lead to an explosion. viewers have been sending in their questions and to answer some of them, here's our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. the first one on t

line—up for the wuhan open in china is complete — but it doesn't include the world number one garbine muguruzafrench open championjelena 0stapenko. the champion lost in 3—set, the latvian coming from a set down. she will now face ashley barty who defeated pliskova. now they call it the presidents cup, and it's fair to say phil mickleson captured just that, sneaking a selfie with three former occupants of the white house on the opening day of the biennial matchplay tournament which pits the usa against an international team. and as colm harrison reports, they have reason to be happy — having witnessed a great start by the usa. barack 0bama ba rack 0bama was barack 0bama was one of three former us president in attendance on the opening day of the presidents cup in newjersey and he saw the americans make a blistering start to the defence of their trophy. ricky and justin got the ball rolling with a co mforta ble justin got the ball rolling with a comfortable victory over charles schwarz. they never looked back after this chip in birdie at the third. and when the former masters champion missed thi

australian open runner—up, seeking her third us open crown, will meet either wimbledon champion garbine muguruzash 12th seed pablo carreno busta advanced to his second grand slam quarter—final on sunday by eliminating canadian teen qualifier denis shapovalov. it ended a dream run for the 18—year—old who would have been the youngest us open quarter—finalist since andre agassi in 1988. busta has not dropped a set this week. it was very tough. three hours, three sets, three try breaks. it was an amazing victory for me and now i am qualifying in the grand slam and we will try to continue. am qualifying in the grand slam and we will try to continuelj am qualifying in the grand slam and we will try to continue. i do not think i played as well today as i have in the past two weeks but that will happen. i think he played a very great match. he stayed tough me ntally very great match. he stayed tough mentally in tough points. his three tiebreaks were better than mine. mercedes‘ lewis hamilton took the outright championship lead in formula one for the first time this season, with a dominant victory in the

and garbine muguruza find that winning formula once again, to set up a quarterfinal tie against jelenaght matches, 25 goals in the champions league on wednesday, one of the most impressive performances coming from paris st—germain, who brushed aside the five—time european champions bayern munich 3—0. according to our football reporterjohn bennet, signs their heavy investment in their playing squad is paying off.

defeat for the czech also ensures spain's garbine muguruza will move top of the wta rankings.rough my mind in that moment was that i am a big believer that my grandparents are still with me so it was morejust looking up and feeling the love of everything that was going on and really ha p py everything that was going on and really happy with how i was able to close out the match and the fashion that i did and in front of the crowd today. and it's now americans who occupy all the places in the semi—final line up. that's after 15th seed madison keys was a straight sets 6—3, 6—3 winner over estonia's kaia kanepi in the past half an hour taking just 68 minutes. she joins vandeweghe, venus williams and sloane stephens in the last four. which means it'll be the first time since 1981 that four americans have reached the women's semi—finals. 36 years ago, the last four were chris evert, martina navratilova, tracy austin — who went on to win the title, and barbara potter. andy murray, the three—time grand slam champion and former world number one, has ruled himself out for the rest of t

well number one has finally got a hands on the trophy that goes with her ranking i've been your muguruza reached the top spot two weeks ago despite being knocked out of the forefront at the u.s. open but it wasn't until earlier on tuesday that the twenty four year old was presented. with this glittering trophy in tokyo ahead of this week's competition in japan. at the top dominate the a.t.p. rankings the last time that happened was in two thousand and three with america's serena williams and on dry agassi i think it's just incredible that this is happening you know for to. you very hard to to be there only three countries have done it in bath and you know well it would have been extinct and that's what. that's all for this news hour much more to come though on al-jazeera we'll have the latest on that major earthquake in mexico keep it or more to come. let's talk about now. right now. right now it's happening so fast. you can barely keep up with it. right now we've got clouds protecting reiners. on mobile technology finding clean water not tomorrow not five years in the future. now. in a

petra kvitova is through to the quarter—finals after betaing garbina muguruza. and one second after stage 15 of the race. jordan henderson will captain neglnad for tongiht‘s world cup qualifier against slvakia. a win will leave them on the cusp of qualifying for next year's world cup. northern ireland and scotland play later tonight. north korea has raised the stakes again and the rest of the world is wondering what to do about it. this time it seems to have been a hydrogen bomb that's been tested, massively more powerful than the atomic bombs they've tested in the past and it can fit a long range missile. there are signs this morning that the secretive state is planning yet more ballistic missile tests. the united nations security council is holding an emergency meeting today and america is warning that any threat to the us or its allies by north korea will be met with a "massive military response". so what do we know about the latest nuclear test? in response overnight south korea has conducted a missile drill simulating an attack on the north korean nuclear s

among serena's fellow players was perhaps best summed up by the reigning wimbledon champion garbine muguruzal recognition is being used at a fast food restaurant by the technology and retail company alibaba. once your face has been scanned, your account is debited, but there are concerns about how the data will be used, as robin brant reports from hang—joe in eastern china. you don't need cash, no pin. you don't need to cite anything —— sign anything. you just need your face. they say it's a world first, chinese retail and tech giant alibaba has been fine—tuning this for four yea rs. been fine—tuning this for four years. now it's available at this high end fast food restaurant. you choose what you want. it scans your face. it crosschecks with your mobile number and the chinese government's vast id card database and off you go. do you like this? yes, i like it. they say it can't be fooled by photographs or video and it works evenif photographs or video and it works even if you pile on the make up all the pounds. but what about your privacy? i don't worry about... alibaba insist that all the d

and while discover will now return home, losing her reagan king to garbine muguruza next week, coco vandeweghearents are still with me, so looking up and feeling the love of what i'm doing and i'm quite happy with how i was able to close out the match. in the fashion that i did, and in front of the crowd today. coco vandeweghe joined venus williams and sloane stephens in the semifinals, raising the prospect of an all american final in the final four so the first time since 1981. it all hinged on madison keys. it did not take long for the number 15 seed to deliver what part on crowd desperately wanted. she despatched the world number 415 6—3, 6—3 in just over an hour. she will now meet coco vandeweghe for a place in the final. fifa have ordered a world cup qualifier between south africa and senegal to be replayed after the court of arbitration for sport upheld a lifetime ban for the refereejoseph lamptey. the ghanaian official awarded a penalty to south africa in their 2—1 victory last november — but replays showed the ball hit a senegalese defender on the knee. in march, the referee was banned

from sports stars and celebrities, including beyonce, rafa nadal, and wimbledon champion garbine muguruzair festival have been wowed by one of the world's first aero—pyrotechnic display teams. these are pictures of the twister duo, who have been putting on a spectacular night—flying display. they ducked and dived, illuminating the sky, while thousands of people watched from below. that is amazing. sort of neon on the aircraft themselves. wonderful pictures. if you are heading out in your car today, there is a one in three chance that your journey will be held up by roadworks. such is their impact that the government is considering charging utility companies who dig up busy roads in england at peak times. the transport minister, lord callanan joins us from our newcastle newsroom. good morning, thank you very much for your time. how is this going to work? a sickly utilities will have to rent the road —— basically. if they want to dig it up to fix their services on the highway. the idea is to encourage them to work with other utility companies to get it done as quickly as possible and avoid

quarter finals of the us open after an impressive straight sets win over wimbledon champion garbine muguruzaly returned to action in may following a knife attack at her home last december — played aggressive attacking tennis to come back from 1—4 down in the first set to win 7—6 6—3. it's the first time the former world number two has reached the last eight of a grand slam for two yea rs. i feel great. i am ifeel great. iam happy i feel great. i am happy that i managed to win the match. in the last couple of points i got tight. you can do about it but when you are that it you can do about it but when you are thatitis you can do about it but when you are that it is just different. if you've ever been frustrated on a golf course you'll know how sergio garcia feels here. after slamming his putter into a sprinkler head and damaging it he then had to continue his round without that club. he ends up putitng with his driver — little too much on that one... all because he lost his temper — he ended up with a round of 75.... the us open championjustin thomas is top of the leaderboard after the third

the world number 15 has been struggling and this means with discover loctite, garbine muguruza, not diednumber one when the rankings are released next week. thank you very much. let's chat about the boston red sox now — one of baseball's most famous teams. they've been caught out using an apple watch to cheat. in short, they were using the watch to alert the batter as to what kind of pitch was about to be thrown. let's speak to gabe lacques now, the baseball editor with usa today sports. welcome. it is slightly more constipated than that. explain what happened. just a little background, this has gone on from within a in baseball through legal fashions and illegal. it is not against the rules to steal signs and pass them to the batter, you just cannot use any outside means to help your cause. and what the red sox were doing was using camera angles available to them in the clubhouse, thanks to the insta nt them in the clubhouse, thanks to the instant replay setup, and relaying the pitch selection to the trainer in the dugout, equipped with the apple watch, he was getting messages on his wa

open results:- women's third seed and reigning wimbledon champ garbine muguruza (moo- gah-roo'-thuh) out by two-time wimbledon winner petra kvitova (kuh-vih'- toh-vah), 7-6, 6-3. the 13th- seeded kvitova trailed 4-1 in the first set before reaching the quarters at flushing meadows for only the second time in 10 appearances.- american sloane stephens has reached the quarterfinals for the first time by defeating julia goerges 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. stephens next faces no. 16 anastasija sevastova of latvia. sevastova reached the women's quarters for the second straight year and ended maria sharapova's return to grand slam tennis with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 victory. ( darya ) in tennis news.. keys, vandeweghe make it four american women in u.s. open quarterfinals. on sunday, ninth-seeded venus williams and unseeded sloane stephens secured their quarterfinal berths in the bottom half of the draw. ( darya ) also take a look at this. my daughter has left the nest. she has left me to go to college. ♪ ♪ the best way to get together is with a treat you make together. ♪ ♪ ( mark ) a north carolina man says hi

for two yearsa nd she'll play venwuilliwms next former us open champion maria sharapova follows muguruzad anastasija sevastova. three of the home nations play world cup qualifiers tonight. scotland host malta, northern ireland take on the czech republic, and england play slovakia at wembley. jordan henderson will again captain the england side fresh from friday's rather flattering 4—nil win in malta. gareth southgate's side could move five points clear at the top of their group and virtually secure their place in russia next summer with a win. they only overcame slovakia away with a 95th minute adam lallana goal when the two met last septemnber. we have to assume that slovakia are not going to come here and open up and make it easy for us. it is apparent they have got some good players. who knows the way is —— the game is going to flow. we have to be adapt the ball. we all the way we wa nt adapt the ball. we all the way we want to play. we would all love to score early and be three up by half—time. that doesn't happen very often so you have to be patient. northern ireland need just one p

all right still ahead this news dobby muguruza approves why she's the women's world number one peter will have all the details it's ball. out again let's get straight on to sports people standing by in the hall. mick thank you very much team europe have taken advantage on the first day of the in all gear all lay the cup tennis tournament against the rest of the world team in prague the twenty fourteen u.s. open champion marion chillis of croatia beat a man who took roger federer to five sets earlier this year at flushing meadows so that is francis. the result this time around not quite as successful forty after all though it was a close call with both it's going to a tie break seven six seven six the final score. mixed up on court austria's dominant team he faced american john isner who took the first hit in american tie break ending seven to fifteen but team fought back to take the next two sets giving team europe and front. has powered into the semifinals in her first tournament since becoming world number one the wimbledon champion in the far court here defeating caroline garcia s

is new well number one has finally got our hands on the trophy that goes with her ranking binya muguruzareached the top spot two weeks ago despite being knocked out of the fourth round at the us open but it wasn't until early on tuesday that the twenty four year old was presented with this glittering trophy in tokyo ahead of this week's competition in japan will go to third joins rafael nadal at the top spot. dominate the a.t.p. rankings the last time that happened was in two thousand and three with america's serena williams and on dry agassi i think it's just incredible that this is happening you know it's a. very hard to to be there only three countries have done been best and you know. to have the next and that's what you sport for now have. all right that is all for this news hour but be sure to check out our website al-jazeera dot com we have all the day's news there including the latest on this seven point one magnitude earthquake in mexico keep it here karen jordan is up next. i just want to make sure all of our audience is on the same page where they're online to the u.s. citizen