become the first korean singles player to reach the quarterfinals at a grand slam. —— shopped novak djokovicbefore, against a man who had made his name and fortune on this very court. novak djokovic‘s six titles in melbourne counted little for early on. chung hyeon's lead was welding, but the korean wasn't going away and the first set was his. novak djokovic‘s problems hampered him. treatment on his elbow didn't produce the desired effect as chung hyeon went ahead once more. he was raiding his playbook and there was nothing there that djokovic could do about it. when he had an opening he could not ta ke when he had an opening he could not take advantage. as chung hyeon took victory to announce a new dawn for korean tennis. i'mjust victory to announce a new dawn for korean tennis. i'm just trying to copy novak djokovic, because he is my idol. i cannot believe this. dreams have come true tonight. cheering meanwhile roger federer powered into the quarterfinals, becoming the old est the quarterfinals, becoming the oldest man to reach the last eight since ken rosewall back in 1977. he beat martin

the world number 58, who beat novak djokovic and both zverev brothers to reach the last four, still can't semis, but knows he'll have plenty of suppport back home. i think all the people watching the australian open now because we have made history in korea. a really do not know i made the semis, i beat good players and they were playing in the grand slams a lot. lam very i am very excited to play chung a 40 played an incredible match to be novak djokovic. it is one of the tough fence to do in our sport. i believe novak was not 100% but he was right and was giving it a fight until the end and to close it out, that was mighty impressive. holders barcelona are through to the semi—finals of the copa del rey. they overturned a first leg deficit against their city rivals espanyol to seal their place in the last four. luis suarez scored for barca after only nine minutes — to wipe out espanyol‘s i—nil lead from the opening leg. midway through the first half, lionel messi made it 2—nil — and that put barcelona ahead in the tie for the first time. espanyoljust needed to score one to go through on

novak djokovic says he is still intending to play in the australian open next week as he hunts for aesday's performance was anything to go by he will be in with a good shout. calm and controlling as ever from the back of the courts, the former world number one still had the match wrapped up. former world number one still had the match wrapped uplj former world number one still had the match wrapped up. i don't want to be overconfident and i don't want to be overconfident and i don't want to say it is 100%. i will say that when i start the tournament and i actually feel it is 100%. meanwhile things won't —— weren't going to plan for marriage village. in the decider this time his serve failed him. -- decider this time his serve failed him. —— marin cilic. eventually the error came and the match soon followed. in sydney, preparations continue ahead of the women's draw of the australian open. the wimbledon champion battled hard to ta ke wimbledon champion battled hard to take the opening set. even after a medical timeout. that had a defect of the world number three on court at least. she

and an injured and tired novak djokovic says he will hold an inquest with his team after being knocked out of the australian open. hi there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. alexis sanchez says he is thrilled to bejoining the biggest club in the world, as he moved to manchester united from arsenal in a swap deal with henrikh mkhitaryan. the chile striker has signed a [ls—year contract that will make him the highest—paid player in the premier league. he will be on a pre—tax salary of around £500,000, that is around $700,000, a week. 0ur sports editor dan roan has more. it is talent like this that has persuaded manchester united to make alexis sanchez the best—paid player in premier league history. the striker remarkably set to earn a report £500,000 a week after his protracted transfer from arsenal was finally completed. more akin to a movie trailer than a signing announcement, united heralded the arrival of the chilean maestro with a carefully orchestrated video on their social media tonight, the rest of the game left to marvel at a deal the like of which brit

novak djokovic public six titles counted for little early on. vic's problem is continued to hamper him though treatment on his elbow injury didn't produce the desired effect. his opponent raced ahead once more. raiding the djokovic playbook, there was nothing he could do about it even when presented with an opening, djokovic could not take advantage and was left to watch on. a new dawn for korean tennis. can he save this now? tennys sandgren — yes, that is his christian name — is next up for chung. the american beat fifth seed dominic thiem in five sets in one of the shocks of the tournament. the world number 97 had never won a grand slam match before this week but has already beaten former champion stan wawrinka and now thiem on his way to the quarter—finals. meanwhile, roger federer hsa roared through to the quarter finals — becoming the oldest man to reach the last eight since ken rosewell in 1977. he beat hungary's marton fucsovics in straight sets — he'll face czech tomas berdych next. at around 3.30am in the morning kyle edmund tyakes on th

novak djokovic has dropped to number 14 in the world rankings and admits winning a record 7th title inw injury has not yet healed 100 per—cent. but the good news is the elbow is up to the level where he can hand out sweets to the media, as is his tradition. the six time champion, who hasn't played a competitive match since wimbledon, has been assured he'll cause no further damage by competing. i haven't had this long of a break ever in my career, so i'm just glad to be back playing tennis, and having an opportunity to compete yet again in the big tournaments. i've missed it. but at the same time, i had plenty of time to spend with my family, and also to take... take a different look on my game, my body, and just an overall strategy on how i want to move forward. the aussie open starts monday in melbourne, 0vernight on sunday for us here in the uk — listen to tennis breakfast on 5 live sports extra from 7am featuring live commentary from the evening session plus a look back at the overnight action. you can also follow the action on the bbc sport website. lisa ashton has won her fourth b

and novak djokovic comes up with a different type of service as he prepares to make his competitive comebacke australian open, where he's going for a record 7th title. we'll get to the european champions cup in a moment but we will start with what has been an interesting day so far in the premier league with some surprising results. john bennett is with us. we will go straight to the late game of the day, from wembley stadium, where totte n ha m day, from wembley stadium, where tottenham could move into the top four with a win over everton. let's show you what has happened so far. the visitors had the ball in the first half through wayne rooney's header. but the former england captain was correctly ruled offside. he is playing alongside everton‘s new £20 million signing. minutes later, the home side opened the scoring. sonne was the —— son was on the end of the cross. we will go through the rest of the day's scores. west brom against brighton, and the west brom, a huge win. their first league win since the 19th of august. 50 happy for the fans because they must have forgotten what it was lik

after winning in five sets, he could face novak djokovic next.ria sharapova. a straight sets win for the german in just over an hour. it means kerber, the us open champion two years ago, is the only grand slam champion left in the women's draw. there was huge relief, for world number one simona halep, who survived an epic battle with the unseeded american lauren davis to reach the fourth round — she saved three match points, before eventually winning 15—13 in the decider. that set alone lasted two hours and 22 minutes — they were on court for nearly four hours. ijust kept i just kept believing ijust kept believing it was not over, even if she was leading a little bit more. i gave everything i had today, and i was proud that i could stay there and win it. it was not easy at all. she plays great. but the men's doubles champions of two years ago are out — jamie murray and bruno soares lost in three sets to the indian pair of leander paes and purav raja. but britain's dom inglot is through — he and new zealand's marcus daniell beat the french duo ben

the way out is alexander germany's shooting star one five titles and defeated roger federer and novak djokovic his grand slam performances when a spectacular that he finished twenty seventeen as what number four. looking at his ranking you expect to see him always reach semifinals he has to show the second xi it's always tough. for you here twenty seventeen was a tennis year to remember she even received praise from idol steffi after becoming germany's number one female player following a slow start to the year this one too tied for first silverware since twenty eleven . this was an eventful year for me there were some close defeats and some very big ones i lost games at the french open and wimbledon despite having match point but i came away stronger i want to tournaments it's great when you can achieve that after such a long season. the pressure is on foot to. become world number one luke . best. isn't under quite so much pressure she has the chance to stop the new year with a bang on january. in auckland. now from sports to those of us who wish we did a little bit more of it it's always abo

i thought he played an incredible match against novak djokovic. s one of the top things to do in our sport. i know novak was maybe not at 110% but he was all right, he was giving fight till the end. that was mighty impressive. british interest doesn't end there though with alfie hewett and gordon reid into the final of the men's wheelchair doubles. after they beat gustavo fernandez of argentina and shingo kunieda ofjapan 6—1,4—6,10—6, in the decisive tie break. they will now face the french second seeds stephane houdet and nicolas peifer in friday's final. they are the reigning wimbledon and us open champions. the women's trophy will have a new champion — because neither simona halep or caroline wozniaki have won a slam before. halep reached her third grand slam final following a thrilling win against the 2016 champion angelique kerber — wining the decider 9—7. i tried to be very calm, but today was like a roller—coaster, up and down. but i didn't give up. that is what matters. if you don't give up, you can win the match in the end. so i did itand

took nearly four hours howlett won the marathon final set fifteen thirteen and novak djokovic is also through to the fourth round after beating spain's albert for most of the last in straight sets to service chasing a record seventh australian open title. more news coming up here at the top of the hour with my colleague chris for spring kate until then this our web site. beat the germans new and surprising aspects of plays into culture in germany. u.s. american keep losing takes a look at germany to sink receives the two traditions every day lives and language can just come out of. play so i'm. good for him. playing. the trick of d.w. dot com the germans. played your smart t.v. the smarter the t w force more to. what you want when you lot it up to date extraordinary. please decide what songs find out more that dot com smart t.v. . template. so that who gets to when you collect bottles is it always looks like you're out making good or like your poor than poor now maybe our own good. it's hard work but habit couldn't get by without the deposit bottles he collects the scholar's hamburg's

the evening session is novak djokovic finally getting another match on rod laver arena.ough to get past chung, and he knocked out zverev, and then pliskova, the only remaining quarter—finalist from last year, will be meeting her compatriot, strykova. a second—half blitz led by lionel messi and luis suarez helped barcelona thrash real betis, to extend their lead at the top of the la liga table to 11 points. it was actually a tight first half, with betis holding firm and even testing barca keeper marc—andre ter stegen. but, after ivan rakitic opened barca's scoring, the home side imploded as messi struck twice. suarez also bagged a brace, as the match started to mimic a game of park football. barca claimed a sixth successive league win courtesy of the 5—0 thumping. gareth bale and nacho bagged braces each side of half—time, as real madrid destroyed la coruna 7—1. cristiano ronaldo ended a miserable run of form with a late double, as well. cr7 had only scored four league goals before sunday's clash with third —from—bottom deportivo. so real move back above villarreal, and i

over the swiss master beating french mint gas case in straight sets and novak djokovic also won his match in straight sets he beat spain's albert ramos the no less six two six three six three the sabai the way chasing a record seventh australian open. well from us at the top of the hour you're watching to stay with us if you can. every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word published in the book. is in germany to learn german why not learned helplessness simple online on your mobile and free to suffer from d w z e learning course he can speak german made easy was dropping bombs on civilians. or trying the situation escalates it's no longer enough for schools. ruthless calculation military leaders or go to the extent of the past. technological progress to conflagrations massacres and. aerial bombing to get to her starting february third. when the week began it looked like the end for the airbus three eighty. airbus was preparing to stop production of the world's biggest passenger jet due to lack of orders but by thursday emirates ordered up to thirty six

nadal of course is coming back from injury, together with novak djokovic and with andy murray missingederer are amongst the favourites. so is the spaniard thinking about winning again in melbourne? i don't think about that. i think about my first round and that is all. it is going to be my first official match of the year, so it doesn't make sense to think further than that. the highlight in the women's draw on monday night at melbourne park is caroline wozniacki. she's reached the final in auckland in her warm up event but hasn't made the second week at the year's first grand slam in melbourne since 2013. she'll play romania's world number 60 mihaela buzarnescu in the first round. iam not i am not going to lie, first tournament back in two matches, i feel it. i am not 17 any more. but i think it was greatjust for the confidence and just get the rest up and it was a good start year. and you can follow all the latest action from melbourne on the bbc sport website. those in action at the moment include men's11th seed and us open finalist kevin anderson up against british number 2 kyle e

the results from the opening round of this year's first tennis ground slam the australian open novak djokovic has progressed to the next stage but made far greater headlines before his match on tuesday as he called for male professional players to form a union and demand greater prize money at a.t.p. tournament and ground slams meantime germany's alexander several have also into the next round the world and before beat italian thomas fabiano in straight sets and in the women's singles maria sharapova beat german tatyana maria two years on from failing a drug test at the grand slam in melbourne. now you might think that a country needs a lot of snow or ice to breed winter olympic champions ahead of next month's games in south korea but in the case of britain they have become powerhouses and women skeleton bob despite lacking a supposedly crucial ingredient to success how to look. this is as close to ice as british called slain skeleton athletes gets in their own country great britain doesn't have a single ice track so the pros have to make do with this dry push start track but it hasn't stoppe

championships in melbourne has seen players sweltering in extremely hot temperatures for champion novak djokovic said the heat was becoming dangerous for those on court after he came from a set down to defeat frenchmen fees defending champion roger federer won through in the cooler night session but the bowl winner stand. crashed out in the women's singles madi a shot of pool has progressed with a victory over the latvian understand. the russian is back in the grand slam tournament for the first time since testing positive for a banned substance two years ago and the former champion milf is germany's two thousand and sixteen when bad things didn't go quite. with a third seed. she was beaten seven six six zero by tyvon is veteran she says and blame the scorching melbourne weather. seventy w. news ben has business news coming up to you shortly. the freedom of expression. of value that always has to be defended and you. all over the world. of freedom freedom of art. a multimedia project about artists and their right to express their views freely. d w dot com to freedom.

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dominant as ever in his match the swiss master beat france's reshad gus get in straight sets and novak djokovic also won in straight sets he beat spain on vino last six to six three six three the serbian is chasing a record seventh australian open title. carlos science has triumphed in the dock of rally for the second time the fifty five year old spaniard wrapped up victory in the car section on the final stage through the argentinians to the of cordon off the former all former double world rally champion gave to israel their third win in three years in the two week long event the french carmaker is quitting the grueling and durrance race after this year science one previously in two thousand and ten. the bonus they get show follows after the break with all of saturday's goals so don't go away there's been some surprise results today see if plucky freiburg could get the better of last season's runner up runners up are be at like six down in the black forest that's the bonus they get coming up shortly. and that's your news right turns again at the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the

to top players weakening the competition federer is in the same half of the draw as fit again novak djokovic could face the seven time winner in the semifinals of that clash could proceed a potential final against rafael nadal. are before i let you go want to remind you of our main headlines this hour political leaders here in germany have just a few more hours left to reach a deal on starting talks to form a new government on the americans conservatives and the center left social democrats set themselves a deadline of tonight to wrap up exploratory negotiations both sides say many issues are still unresolved and thousands of people rally in pakistan to protest against the rape and murder of an eight year old girl in the u. cuse of police of being too slow to react to her disappearance. all right it does it for me on leila iraq in girl in that we'll see you again at the top of the hour. but hold g.w. one. for global insights the news out for local bureaus. d.w. made for morning.

incredible tennis, really good to watch, warming us up with chung's defeat of novak djokovic and alson the replay, are we looking forward toa the replay, are we looking forward to a big showdown between these two youngsters? i know chung, who won the inaugural nexgen tournament, the best players under 21 organised by the atp, he is a wall, and the out djokoviced djokovic. very exciting to watch. then you have sandgren, a bit ofan to watch. then you have sandgren, a bit of an unknown, 97 in the world. his debut in australia, never won a grand slam match before this year and then he's in the quarter—finals and then he's in the quarter—finals and he's done it the hard way, he defeated number nine seed wawrinka, not fully fit, though, after knee surgery, not fully fit, though, after knee surgery, then dominic thiem, you can't say he's not fully fit, he a lwa ys can't say he's not fully fit, he always is. he came through that one in five hours. he's looking relaxed, he's playing his tennis, enjoying his tennis and would you believe the 58th ranked chung or the 97th ranked sandgren will be

and an injured and tired novak djokovic says he will hold an inquest with his team after being knockede world. welcome to sport today. alexis sanchez says he is thrilled to bejoining the biggest club in the world, as he moved to manchester united from arsenal in a swap deal with henrikh mkhitaryan. the chile striker has signed a [ls—year contract that will make him the highest—paid player in the premier league. he will be on a pre—tax salary of around £500,000, that is around $700,000, a week. 0ur sports editor dan roan has more. it is talent like this that has persuaded manchester united to make alexis sanchez the best—paid player in premier league history. the striker remarkably set to earn a report £500,000 a week after his protracted transfer from arsenal was finally completed. more akin to a movie trailer than a signing announcement,

verdasco it took the youngster five grueling sets in the heat to emerge victorious former champion novak djokovic came from behind to defeat frenchmen feat stiff ending champion roger federer won through in the cooler night session but former winner stan. maria sharapova has progressed to the third round the russian is back at the tournament for the first time since testing positive for a banned substance two years ago in melbourne you're watching news from berlin for all of us here thanks for the company we will be back at the top of the hour with more world news but to see them. they make a commitment they find solutions. and stronger. africa are the. stories of those people making a difference shaping their nation.

six time champion novak djokovic came through in his first match since wimbledon, eating donald young with an elbow injury. —— beating donald young. the defending champion roger federer beat brit ali ashburton eight, federer having won the last two slams of the season, the last two slams of the season, the 36—year—old said he did not think he would be able to match defeat this season, as he has another year older but of course with the way he's playing, he just seems to get better with age. would not bet against him. now, simone biles says she was sexually abused by the former team usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar. she made the revelations in an emotional statement on social media. nassar was involved in the usa gymnastics until he was sacked. she was the outstanding athlete from the rio olympics, the most successfulfemale gymnast ever in the sport. and she always looks so invincible and confident. so bubbly, so to think that she's been subjected to this and suffered so much is almost unthinkable for people i think. ronnie 0'sullivan rattled through his first round match against mar

tense battle that took nearly four hours how it won the marathon final set fifteen thirteen and novak djokovic is also through to the fourth round after beating spain's albert from us the last in straight sets the service chasing a record seventh australian open title more news coming up here at the top of the hour with my colleague chris for sprint gate until then this is our web site b w dot com. beat the germans new and surprising aspects of choice and culture in germany. u.s. american keep losing takes a look at germany this increasing use of their traditions every day drives language i can just come out of my lungs and i thought yeah groups. like to pick up t.w. dot com beat the german.

top players weakening the competition federer is in the same half of the draw as fitting again novak djokovic chang could face the seven time winner in the semifinals that clash could precede a potential final against rafael nadal. already before i let you go and remind you of our top stories right now german chancellor angela merkel says she's optimistic she can strike a deal with social democrats and head off new elections but there are still big hurdles to overcome the two sides must settle a host of divisive issues today to be able to move ahead with formal coalition talks plus thousands of people rally in pakistan to protest against the rape and murder of an eight year old girl they accused of police of being too slow to react to her disappearance. and foreign ministers have expressed support for the iran nuclear deal after meetings with their iranian counterpart ma much about serif in brussels his visit comes a day before president trump is due to decide whether to reimpose sanctions on tehran. all right ben thank you and we'll be up next with all your business headlines and i look forw

yesterday you saw a very good performance from rafael nadal, but interestingly six time champion novak djokovicow injury affected his career last year. there is tennis everywhere you look today, because of the estate two. some big names you out on court other than later but all eyes will be on the rudd labour arena this evening for the night session and roger federer. thank you very much for your time, we will let you get back to it. the four—time olympic gymnastics champion simone biles says she was sexually abused by the former team usa gymnastics sports doctor larry nassar. nassar is serving a 60—yearjail sentence for having child sex abuse images on his computer. he is also awaiting sentence after admitting assaulting female gymnasts. biles stated on social media that: i too am one of the many survivors sexually abused by larry nassar. please believe me when i say it was a lot harder to speak those words out loud than it is now to put them on paper. there are many reasons i have been reluctant to share my story, but i now know it's not my fault. we need to know why this was able to take pla

master of beating frenchmen skate in straight sets and it was also a straight sets victory for novak djokovic she beat spain's ramos six two six three six three the sabai the way chasing a record seventh australian open title. now turning to a shock victory for german downhill skier thomas dyson as he beat a host of more experienced competitors at the world cup race in the austrian resort of kit's bill let me just remind you he did that on one of the most difficult and dangerous slopes in the sport the high on income slope competitors launching themselves from a starting gate of a sixteen hundred meters above sea level reaching speeds of one hundred kilometers per hour. but hahn income race known as the streak is not for the faint of heart even for the best alpine downhill ski years last year's third place finisher johan clarey lost control after a jump and crashed into the safety net the frenchman was going over one hundred thirty kilometers an hour at the time needless to say clary was unable to finish the race but was not seriously injured. though thomas stress in was able to avoid his mis

federer still as dominant as ever the swiss master beating frenchman gas key in straight sets and novak djokovic also won his match in straight sets he beat spain's albert ramos six two six three six three the sub by the way chasing a record seventh australian open more from us at the top of the hour you're watching news to stay with us if you can. every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word for it will be. rico is in germany to learn german why not learn a simple online on your mobile and free yourself from the w e learning course you can speak german made easy.

in the opening round of this year's a first tennis grand slam the australian open novak djokovic just progressed to the next stage but actually may fundraiser had lines before his much on tuesday by holding a meeting with his fellow professionals they were discussing forming a player's union and the need for more prize money meanwhile world number two roger federer moved into the second round by beating today in straight sets in the women's singles maria sharapova beat german a touch on america two years after failing a drug test at the grand slam in melbourne. i set you up today to have both of you at the top of the hour leave you now with music from irish rock group group the crown prince but sing at the loans or be it an has died aged forty six this is one of the band's biggest hits from nine hundred ninety three. it's all happening. coming. your link to news from africa and the world your links to exceptional stories and discussions can you and will come to see their views on the king program tonight from for an example from the z. town i would say dead cold snap africa join us on

championships in melbourne has seen players a sweltering in extremely hot temperatures former champion novak djokovic came from behind to defeat frenchmen fees defending champion roger federer won through in the cooler night session but former winner stan crashed out now maria sharapova has progressed to the third round the russian is back at the tournament for the first time since testing positive for a banned substance two years ago in melbourne. things didn't go quite so well for third seed muguruza she was beaten in straight sets by shay sue way of taiwan and blames their surprise the scorching weather i'm back at the top of the work with more world news followed by the day you can see it in. crime fighter. radio crime thriller. for investigative cases that we've been on your toes. prizefight i'm sorry i've been thank you so every young person needs to listen to crime fighting and shan't tell a friend tell a friend. it's like yours don't miss it.

six-time champion, novak djokovic and his coach, andre agassi, after a six-month layoff.nald young. and the 14 seed looks like he never left. he wins it, moving on to round two for the 12th-straight year. maria sharapova, madison keys and halep moved on today. >> thanks. >>> abc 7 news continues online on twitter and facebook and all of your mobile devices with our abc 7 new

a shock exit for novak djokovic from the australian open.nd — and we're just hearing that the international monetary fund has upgraded its forecast for the world's economy — predicting growth will accelerate this year by nearly 4%. all signs point to a continuous strengthening of that growth this yearin strengthening of that growth this year in 2018 and next year in 2019. so this is very welcome news. and being here and having arrived to the media centre in the middle of the snow, we might all think of the words by william blake in the winter enjoy. but we believe that this would be a mistake and that complacency is actually one of the risks that we should guard against. we certainly should feel encouraged by the strengthened growth but we should not feel satisfied. now why is that? first of all, there are still too many people who are left out of that recovery and acceleration of growth. in fact, about one fifth of emerging and developing countries saw their per capita income decline in 2017. second reason why we should not feel entirely sa

novak djokovic is the president of the players council and called a meeting before the tournament and pay out about 7% of their income on prize money. they feel it should be a lot more. roger federer used to have that role and he has kept quiet up to now about the pay issue. when he was in charge there were talks of player boycotts. it didn't come to that, they did get or prize money. but he has kept quiet about it until now. and he thinks that the time has come to up pay again. we are not partners, we are just players. so it's always hard to rally. we had a good agreement, in my opinion, that made the grand slams happy, the players pretty happy. it seems that has run its course. so the moment that happens, there isn't the same increases any more, so players have to rally and get back together again and put in the effort. the tournaments know that and will only react when we do so. that and will only react when we do so. we are ready to do it and it will be the same process over and over again. when roger federer speaks you imagine they will start listening. it's not just speaks you i

>> nos vamos con el abierto de australia en la tercera ronda en el primer grand slam del aÑo novak djokovic

six—times champion novak djokovic is in a tough part of the draw and has american donald young up firstagainst us open finalist kevin anderson of south africa. the new women's world number one simona halep will play destanee aiava of australia. wimbledon champion, garbine muguruza, takes on france'sjessika ponchet. maria sharapova will face tatiana maria of germany. the british players might feel their draws could have been worse — jo konta against american madison brengle, while heather watson has a first round match against kazakhstan‘s yulia putintseva. — so with all the details — here's our tennis correspondent russell fuller from melbourne. johanna konta has won only four of their —— one of theirfour johanna konta has won only four of their —— one of their four matches. she's an awkward opponent, she is 83 places below johanna konta but ifjohanna konta makes progress to the second week, she will have some very challenging matches. but given how she finished last season, losing five matches in a row, she would relish that opportunity. she has a very good record. she could play karol

the six—times australian open champion novak djokovic, says he intends to play in this year's tournamentafter six months out with an elbow injury to beat dominic thiem at the koo—yong classic. he'll be chasing a record seventh australian open, title if he competes in melbourne. now to a dark tale of skulduggery on the water. ajapanese kayaker, desperate to make the olympic team has been banned for eight years for spiking a rival‘s drink with a banned substance. yasuhiro suzuki, seen on the right here, wanted to compete in the kayak four at his home toyko 0lympics, but after last year's japanese championships he was only ranked fifth. so while his teammate seiji komatsu was competing in another event, suzuki put a banned anabolic muscle—building agent into his water bottle — komatsu then failed a doping test and was disqualified. suzuki's foul play only came to light after he began to feel guilty, and confessed everything to the japan canoe federation, and apologised to komatsu — who has had his ban overturned, but still isn't impressed. translation: we have been close this private and in

six-time champion, novak djokovic and his coach, andre agassi, after a six-month layoff.. and the 14 seed looks like he never left. he wins it, moving on to round two for the 12th-straight year. maria sharapova, madison keys and halep moved on today. >> thanks. >>> abc 7 news continues online on twitter and facebook and all of your mobile devices with our sailing the seas day and night. they knew where they were going, by watching the clouds move in the sky or the way their boats rocked. that's how the waves and stars would speak to them. guide them. sometimes, you can find your way in the world, by getting lost in it. let your legend begin at aulani, a one-of-a-kind disney resort in hawaii >>> superior accuracy in the palm of your hand. the new abc 7 app. search accuweather in your app store and download now. >>> i think it's that time. >> that's it. thanks for watching. >> right now, jimmy kimmel. have a good night. >> announcer: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- gerard butler, from "supergirl" melissa benoist. and music from mavis staples. and now, s

in sport former world number one novak djokovic survives the sweltering heat to reach the third round of the australian open. but first this missing what it calls groundless accusations by the u.s. president that the kremlin is helping north korea evade international sanctions in an interview also cast doubt on whether talks with north korea's leader would be useful and warned the north is getting closer to building a missile capable of attacking the u.s. mainland he said china could do much more but praised restrictions on oil and coal deliveries to the north. well there has been a mixed response to news north and south korean affluence will march under a unified flag at next month's winter olympics they'll also form a joint women's ice hockey team for the games and south korea's chang several positions have been filed with some complaining it could affect the team's medal chances the announcements follow the first high level meetings between north and south and the south in more than two years a reporter kathy novak has more from seoul. the winter olympics are just twenty two days a

with just to go with just two days to go until the first tennis grand slam of the year novak djokovic admits he's not one hundred percent ready to return the serve has been out of action for six months with an elbow injury which has forced him to change the service action he's due to open his campaign in melbourne against donald young of the united states. it hasn't hasn't been hundred percent yet healed but right now it's it's it's at the level where i can compete and every day is getting better so you know i'm hoping that that if you can be one hundred percent. at the start of the tournament throughout the tournament i don't know how it is going to be a. meanwhile twenty sixteen australian open champion angelica has got a preparation so through the best possible start by winning the sydney international title the former world number one beat australia in actually balti in straight sets to clinch the trophy. and that's all the sport for me expects you in london see many thanks peyton now to one of country music's biggest outlaws founds of the late sing at johnny cash on mocking the c

six-time champion, novak djokovic and his coach, andre agassi, after a six-month layoff.d young. and the 14 seed looks like he never left. he wins it, moving on to round two for the 12th-straight year. maria sharapova, madison keys and halep moved on today. >> thanks. >>> abc 7 news continues online on twitter and facebook and all of your mobile devices with our abc 7 news app. from the world's number one conditioner brand... new pantene light-as-air foam conditioner, full of rich pro-v nutrients... ...and infused with air. for 100% conditioning, with 0% weight. strong is beautiful. new pantene. foam conditioner. >>> superior accuracy in the palm of your hand. the new abc 7 app. search accuweather in your app store and download now. >>> i think it's that time. >> that's it. thanks for watching. >> right now, jimmy kimmel. have a good night. >>> tv's number one daily viral video show, "right this minute." >> once you jump the 70-foot waterfall, only one thing to do. >> the 120-foot waterfall that no one has ever jumped. >> see the death-defying moment of decision. >> oh, m

and in sports six time the standing open champion novak djokovic has means knocked out. hello there plenty of rain and snow is working its way across north america at the moment you can see the system very clearly on the satellite picture there's a circulation running its way north was pulling plenty of mild air ahead of it but plenty of rain as well so it also weather in the south and that's edging its way eastwards and behind it it's turning a lot cooler so forth across the eastern side of canada there on choose day stretching down just about to the northern parts of the u.s. we're seeing a lot of snow and then we're seeing the rain stretch down across new york as that clears out the way on wednesday the temperatures will be dropping so from eleven to about five which is about fifty two to forty one in fahrenheit so a real drop for us meanwhile towards the west who already had a lot of rain there over the northwestern part of the u.s. and the southwestern parts of canada more heavy downpours and snow a likely over the next few days as well for the central americas you

novak djokovic is also through. britain's kyle edmund is action overnight in his last 16 match.agreed that the hosts south korea and their neighbours north korea can march under the same flag in the opening ceremony. the international olympic committee has also allowed both nations to field a unified team in the women's ice hockey for the first time. north korea will have 22 athletes at the games including skiers and ice skaters. there's plenty more on the winter olympics on the bbc sport website including some brilliant footage of the british women's bobsleigh team. but from me for now, goodnight. you can see more on the bbc news channel. that is all from me and the team. goodbye. the temperatures will climb in the week ahead, but the transition to milder weather will bring some issues. where we had fine weather to end the day we will see clear skies over night and then this next system pushing in from the west promising to bring some rain and eventually some milder air. but with cold air still holding on, some of us will see some snow and ice over the next 12 to 24 hours. the

the six—times champion novak djokovic has been back in action for the first time since wimbledon and ghts after reducing the leaders' advantage at the top of the premier league to 12 points. pogba inspired united to a 3—0 win against stoke, setting up two goals, including this one for anthony martial. new stoke manager paul lambert was watching from the stands. his opposite numberjose mourinho insists united aren't giving up on the title race yet. we know that the distance is a very important distance. i have been there before and you can control your distiny when you play relaxed and when you play relaxed the best qualities are company coming. i think they have their destiny in their hands. we want to win matches and finish the best we can. mourinho and manchester united are a lot closer to making a major signing. manchester city have pulled out of the race for arsenal's alexis sanchez. it's understood the wages being demanded by sanchez would have made him the top earner at the etihad, something that pep guardiola and the club's hierarchy were not willing to do. manchester united an

former world number one, novak djokovic, says he intends to play in the australian open for now.opped to number 14 in the world — returned after six months out with an elbow injury — to beat dominic thiem at the classic. he'll be chasing a record seventh australian open, title if he competes at the tournament, which begins on monday. the elbow and needed more time to recover. i'm getting my elbow into matchplay. today was our best of three match, the first of those i have played since wimbledon last year. i'm happy with the way it went. and some good news for british tennis. heather watson is through the last eight at the hobart international. that's after a straight sets win over australian jamiee fourlis. watson will next face world number 55 donna vekic from croatia. amir khan says he's targetting winning a world title, after signing a deal to fight for eddie hearn's matchroom promotion company. the former world champion will make a return to the ring after nearly two years out when he fights in liverpool, on 21 april. his opponent is yet to be announced. khan has linked up wi

novak djokovic says his elbow injury, has not yet healed 100%, but is at the level where he can handon and compete at the tournament. the six—time champion, who has not played since wimbledon, has been assured he will cause no further damage by competing. i haven't had this long of a break everin i haven't had this long of a break ever in my career so i haven't had this long of a break ever in my career so i am just glad to be back playing tennis and having the opportunity to compete yet again ina big the opportunity to compete yet again in a big tournament. i have missed it. at the same time i had a good time playing with my family and also ican take time playing with my family and also i can take a different look at my game and my body and just an overall strategy on howl game and my body and just an overall strategy on how i want to move forward. after their thrashing in the ashes, england have a chance of revenge, in the one day version of the game. starting tomorrow in melbourne, and captain eoin morgan, says the specialist one—day players, will lift the rest of the england side

novak djokovic says his injuries have not healed 100% but it has got better to the point where he canthis is tradition, and he's fit enough to compete at the tournament, the six time champion has ensured he will cause no further damage by competing. he said there were other long—term options he would visit after the tournament.” long—term options he would visit after the tournament. i haven't had this long break in my career so i'm just glad to be back playing tennis and having an opportunity to compete yet again, i have missed it. at the same timei yet again, i have missed it. at the same time i have had a great time playing with my family and also taking a different look at my game, my taking a different look at my game, d. taking a different look at my game, 'st taking a different look at my game, my body, just an overall strategy and how i want to move forward. my body, just an overall strategy and how i want to move forwardm is good to see him back. today chelsea are turned to leicester, they could go second today with a victory but they would still be 13 points behind leaders ma

there's been a major shock at the australian open today where the 6—time champion novak djokovic is outg chung has beaten him in straight sets. he's become the first korean, in either the mens or womens game, to reach the quarter—finals of a grand slam. he'll now face fellow last eight debutant tennys sandgren. iamjust i am just trying to copy novak because he is my idol! i cannot believe this tonight. dreams come true. he was a better player on the court tonight and he deserves to win, no question about it. whenever he was in trouble he came up with some unbelievable shots. passing shots and you know, from the back of the court, it was like a wall. it's impressive, i wish him all the best. meanwhile roger federer hsa roared through to the quarter finals — becoming the oldest man to reach the last eight since ken rosewell in 1977. he beat hungary's marton fucsovics in straight sets — making quick work of him too in under two hours. this will be federer‘s1ath melbourne quarter final and his 52nd overall in grand slams. he'll face czech tomas berdych next — their 26th meeting. greg ruther

championships in melbourne has seen players sweltering in extreme temperatures former champion novak djokovic came from behind to defeat frenchman face defending champion roger federer one threw in the cool the night session but for the win at stanford frank i crashed out maria sharapova has progressed with a victory over latvian honest as yes about soda the russians back in the tournament for the first time since testing positive for a banned substance two years ago but was also in melbourne things didn't go quite so well for third say dag. she was beat in straight sets by time when he's a veteran a shoe is so why at the plane the scorching weather just time to remind you of our top story this hour europe's dealing with the effects of a powerful storm a long distance rail transport brought to a standstill in germany and high winds of course several at the talented and casualties as well european union has been heavily criticized for its treatment of migrants in a new report from human rights watch the organization sharply criticized the e.u. for light some countries outside its borders to ta

and with rivals novak djokovic and rafael nadal on their way back from injury, and britain's andy murrayeat. with age i feel like i've played down my chances just because i don't think 36—year—old should be a favourite in turn and. that should not the case. that's why i see things more relaxed. i'm at a later stage in my career. maybe somebody like a rafah, with the year he has had, ora like a rafah, with the year he has had, or a novak, like a rafah, with the year he has had, ora novak, with like a rafah, with the year he has had, or a novak, with the six titles he has had, even if it is unknown how he is feeling, they could very well be the favourites. at the end of the day, it's alljust talk beforehand. europe have beaten asia to retain the eurasia cup. they had been down by a point going into today's singles but won 8 out of 12 matches in kuala lumpur. england's tommy fleetwood was one of the first to get on the scoreboard for the europeans. it finished 14—10 to europe. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more for y