rafa nadal passes his toughest test before the french open, with victory over world number one novak djokovic in rome. welcome to the programme. brooks koepka successfully defended his pga championship title on sunday, finishing two shots clear of dustin johnson on eight—under—par, despite carding a four—over—par final round 7a, in testing conditions at bethpage black course. paul frostick was watching. it was supposed to be a comfortable march to victory for brooks koepka but there was still room for drama during sunday's final round. the man chasing him was justin during sunday's final round. the man chasing him wasjustin dunstan, the 7/ advantage at the beginning of play suddenly looked in danger. he made four consecutive bogeys from the 11th as bethpage reared its head in windy conditions. he was helped byjohnson falling away later in his round. he bogeyed the 16th and 17th holes affording the luxury for some breathing room. he finished the tournament at eight under par johnson had to settle for second place on six under. capture is the first repeat winner of the pga championship since 20

sports news now in men's tennis the final pairing at the madrid open has been confirmed with novak djokovic facing stefano sets of paths later today so it's a pass knocks out the tournament's record a champion rafael nadal in 3 sets stunning the world number 2 in a coming of age performance the match ended 642663 in his favor and means people battle it out for the title against novak djokovic which earlier the world number one only needed 2 sets to defeat austrian dominic team but it was a close run affair ending 7676. and in women's tennis there's a new champion at the madrid open last year's finalist kiki betts and had another crack at the title and this time she came out on top against well number 3 simona halep. ready and focused kiki burtons of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggest tide love her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening set britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give up easily throw up after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back was indeed o

in men's tennis world number one novak djokovic has reached the final of the italian open the serbian overcame argentina's diego 2 sets to one djokovic wearing a red here got the crucial break in the 6th game of the deciding set to clinch victory and face rafael nadal in sunday's final djokovic triumphed in last week's madrid open and has a chance to win back to back for titles. well if you've got a beard belgium is the place to be right now hundreds of hairy men from around the world have descended on the city of antwerp for the 2019 world beard and moustache championships the wacky contest sees the well groomed competitors take part in 3

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no such problems for former champions serena williams and men's 2016 winner novak djokovic.eton has more. world number one naomi osaka admitted to feeling the nerves during her opening match at robert garrigus, and it seemed like she hadn't managed to shake them off on thursday, losing the opening set against azarenka. osaka, chasing her third grand slam in a row, won the next two sets, though, and she will play siniakova in the next round. next two sets, though, and she will play siniakova in the next roundlj feel like i didn't dip at all in this match, and she was just playing so this match, and she was just playing so well, and i was just waiting for her to get a little bit tired, and i think she did towards the end of the second set, and the third set, so that's when i just tried second set, and the third set, so that's when ijust tried to really accelerate. depending -- defending champion halep also made it through in three sets. she will be up against the winner of the other qualifier. serena williams cruised into the third round with victory over the japanese qualifie

and novak djokovic wins another title, to draw level with rafael nadal for masters wins. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that manchester city have held their nerve on the final day of the premier league season, and retained the title. pep guardiola's side won 4—1 at brighton to see off liverpool byjust a single point. they took the trophy back to manchester to celebrate with their fans. city end the campaign with a record 1a successive league victories, making it 32 in all, equalling the record they set last season. back—to—back is more and more difficult, so the first time last season was difficult, so the first time last season was perfect, and congratulations liveable for this incredible season. but we did it, we beat them. this organisation, all the people working here for the fans and not winning, everybody is here for these guys. so we support them and we tried to do our best, and we did it. so all the respect for these incredible players that we have. two in14 games in incredible players that we have. two in 14 games in

rafael nadal comprehensively beat novak djokovic to claim his ninth rome masters title the spaniard raced in 141 previous sets. djokovic did manage to force the match to a deciding set, but nadal was dominant, winning in 2 hours and 25 minutes in the last tournament before the french open later this month — a competition that djokovic believes is nadal‘s to lose. the dial is number one favourite, without a doubt. and then, everyone else. i think it's going to be a good tournament. you know, best of five, with one day between matches, i think players will have enough time to really be at their best and eve ryo ne time to really be at their best and everyone is trying to peek for it, without a doubt. in the women's final, czech world number seven pliskova beat british number one johanna konta 6—3 6—4. it was pliskova's second title of the season. finally, brooks koepka is still well on course to retain his us pga title in new york. he's currently four shots clear of good friend, dustinjohnson, who has pulled three shots back so far on the final day. england's matt wallace leads the european

(pres + plasma) novak djokovic has won the madrid open for the third —— novak djokovic has won the madrid rising stars stefanos tsitsipas. the world number one didn't drop a set in the entire tournament as he claimed the 33rd masters title of his career. tsitsipas had knocked rafael nadal out in the semi—finals but djokovic proved a step too far, and he powered through in straight sets to win 6—3, 6—4. stage three of the giro d'italia continues on monday with primoz roglic heading out in the pinkjersey...(00v)the second stage was won by german rider pascal ackermann. —— —— jersey. the second stage was won by german rider pascal ackermann. he beat a world—class field of sprinters at the end of the 205—kilometre run from bologna to fucecchio to claim the victory. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. that is your monday sport briefing. icelandic punk? polish folk? it can only be the eurovision song contest. the launch of this year's competition took place on sunday night in tel aviv with representatives from more than 40 countries making an appearance

and novak djokovic each to tennis study 8 is doing battle on the clay of rome. nidal attacks from the off dominating a one sided 1st set with some big hitting joke of each in need of mercy. the spaniard took a set 6 love the 1st time that's happened between the pair into the 2nd set and djokovic still gain trying to force his way back into the match but no doubt as a stubborn opponent joke of it was a venture they rewarded for his efforts this hold the end of the 2nd set paved the way for him to level the match. but that was the high point for the serbian the 3rd set mirrored the 1st with more and more mistakes coming from the top of its racquet. now don the thankfully beating him into submission a 6 love 4661 victory the king of clay looking imperious head of the french open which stops on sunday. and just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today on the w. news. selenski has been sworn in as the new president of ukraine. landslide victory in last month's elections despite having no political experience he said his 1st task was to tackle the c

tennis don rafael nadal has defended his attack italian open title defense in his big rival novak djokovicin 3 sets the spaniard proved he is still the man to beat on clay with the 2nd major of the year the french open coming up later this month. rafael nadal. and novak djokovic 2 tennis study 8 is doing battle on the clay of rome nidal attacks from the off dominating a one sided 1st set with some big hitting joke of each in need of mercy. the spaniard took a set 6 love the 1st time that's happened between the pair into the 2nd set and djokovic still gain trying to force his way back into the match but no doubt as a stubborn opponent joke of it was a venture they rewarded for his efforts this hold the end of the 2nd set paved the way for him to level the match. and if but that was the high point for the serbian the 3rd set mirrored the 1st with more and more mistakes coming from the chalk of which racquet. no dollar victory beating him into submission a 6 love 4661 victory the king of clay looking in periods ahead of the french open which starts on sunday. to go to cycling and mark marquez

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our tennis news now at the madrid open novak djokovic. of rink were both in action on clay today they are among the favorites in the capital as they find tune for the year's second grand slam in paris at the end of the month. for world number one novak djokovic it was a routine victory in which he was rarely troubled by american qualifier taylor fritz. off to winning the first set six full the serve raised his game in the second and barely lost a point on serve a six two schools sealed the victory and progression into round three a title win in the spanish capital would see him drop level with rafa nadal on thirty three must this titles. another veteran of the tennis scene was looking for his spot in the second round stand the brink eased to a six two six three win of a p.s. . he will face pay and next. week and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you turkey's opposition parties say though when a controversial rerun of his devil's mejor election for his president to bear to one's ruling party saw a legal battle to hav

there was an easier day for world number one novak djokovic.a straight sets victory over henri laaksonen, which takes him into the third round in paris and still in contention for a second grand slam title of 2019. the women's world number one naomi osaka overcame a poor start to beat two—time grand slam champion victoria azarenka 4—6, 7—5, 6—3. osaka is chasing her third successive grand slam title having won the 2018 us open and the australian open earlier this year. she will play the czech republic's katerina siniakova in the next round. serena williams struggled in her first match, but not in round two. she beat japanese qualifier kurumi nara in straight sets and will face sofia kenin for a place in the last 16. dina asher—smith has put down another notable marker to her global sprint rivals by winning the 200 metres at the stockholm diamond league in a world—leading time. up against an elite field that included olympic champion elaine thompson and two—time world champion dafne schippers, asher—smith surged clear to win by almost half a sec

the austrian won it 3—6, 7—6, 6—4 to set—up a meeting with world number one novak djokovic in the semi—finalssipas in the other semi. it's after the five time champion in the spanish capital beat stan wawrinka in straight sets. meanwhile in the women's event, simona halep is still no course to re—take the world number one spot. -- still —— still on course. she's through to the final in madrid after beating belinda bencic. she'll play kiki bertens in the final and if she wins, halep will be the new world number one. well, this weekend is also the culmination of european rugby's elite competition — the champions cup. saracens v leinster — two of the best sides in the history of the european cup will go head to head at stjames park tomorrow, chris slegg looks ahead to the game. saracens again are heading off to fight for europe's greatest shiniest crown. having comfortably beating munster in the semis, saracens are back in the champions cup final. now a tougher hurdle, beating the holders and team that knocked them out in the quarterfinals, leinster. we were very well beaten on the day by a bett

novak djokovic and stan wawrinka were both in action on clay. they are fine-tuning for the year second d grand slam i in ps at the end of the month. >> for novak d djokovic it was a routinine victory in which he ws rarely troubleled by the amemern qualififier c commentator roots. -- the american qualifier,, tataylor fritz. a 6-2 score sealed the victory and progression into round three. another veteran of the tennessee must looking for his spot in the second roundnd, stan wawrinka ee to win and will face the argentinian next. brent: here's a writer of the top stories were following for you. turkey's opposition party says they will win a controversial rerun of istanbul's mayoral election. president erdogan's ruling party fought a legal battle to have the opposition's original victory over turned. the united nations says around 100 thousand -- 100,000 civilians are fleeing figighting despite a truc reports say scores of civilians have been killed. you're watching dw news. after short break, i will be back to take you through the day. tonight we wil

play australia's nick kyrgios and kyle edmund faces the french hopejeremy chardy, while top seed novak djokovic and the defending champion rafael nadal faces a qualifier. heather watson has played in the french open six times, but she won't be there next week — she lost a third set tie—break to valentina grammatik—o—pou—lou of greece. it's just 50 days to go until the start of the netball world cup in liverpool. manager tracey neville has named her 12 player england squad — eight of whom were part of the gold medal winning team at last yea r‘s commonwealth games. vice—captainjade clarke was a part of that success and says there's no reason why it can't be repeated in the world cup. i feel like a ifeel like a kid i feel like a kid again, ifeel like a kid again, having a home world cup, it's so exciting more than ever, it's always special playing in front of the home cloud and it's been an emotional day and eve ryo ne and it's been an emotional day and everyone is excited and we cannot wait to come at that cloud is all—time, it's like every little thing you do and reception and shot, we met the c

next up for taylor fritz is a daunting meeting with novak djokovic.here is no doubt that rafael nadal is the favourite to win the trophy. thank you, we getting this question over and over again, but my answer will be the same. is always the number one favourite to win any clay—court events, so it's not any different here. and we did actually... even more here in madrid, because he is playing at home. judd trump has won his maiden world championship title after dismantling john higgins 18—9 in one of the most breathtaking crucible finals ever witnessed. can it be described as the best ever? it certainly was the final that had everything. this has the makings of an epic confrontation. let's get the boys. wow. ridiculous pot. the shot of the championship. is here going to play the double, or again for the corner? what a shot. unbelievable. wonderful. as we say, a little bit of luck. if the black goes in, he will have another century. brilliant. applause evenjohn higgins applause even john higgins is applause evenjohn higgins is smiling. and we are playin

alarm bells were ringing, particularly because williams has had knee problems this evening but novak djokovicut there was one casualty, caroline wozniacki's miserable year continued. she was knocked out in the very first round. webb let's have a look at some of the day's other sports headlines. mo farah won the vitality london 10,000 race — the seventh time he's won it. the olympic champion was the honorary starter for the event — before finishing ahead of fellow britons andrew butchart and nick goolab. steph twell retained the women's title, as she continues her bid to make the british squad for next year's olympic games in tokyo. twell got a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the european championships in 2016, and says she needs to give herself the best chance of olympic selection. gareth southgate has finalised his 23—man squad for the uefa nations league finals next month. tottenham full—back kieran trippier drops out, along with spurs' team—mate harry winks. southampton pair nathan redmond and james ward—prowse are also cut from the original 27 but will stay in the training camp. the n

rafa nadal passes his toughest test before the french open, with victory over world number one novak djokovic. brooks koepka successfully defended his pga championship title on sunday, finishing two shots clear of dustin johnson on eight—under—par, despite carding a four—over—par final round 7a, in testing conditions at bethpage black course. paul frostick was watching. it was supposed to be a comfortable march to victory for brooks koepka but there was still room for drama during sunday's final round. the man chasing him was justin during sunday's final round. the man chasing him wasjustin dunstan, the 7/ advantage at the beginning of play suddenly looked in danger. he made four consecutive bogeys

and men's tennis the final pairing at the madrid open has been confirmed with novak djokovic facing stephanosseeds of us later today since of us knocked out the tournaments record champion refound the doll in 3 sets stunning the world number 2 and a coming of age performance a match and that's 642663 in his favor and means he'll battle it out for the title against over a joke of it earlier on saturday the world number one only needed 2 sets to defeat austrian dominic team but it was a close run affair and 7676. meanwhile the women's singles and with iran have already crowned their champion last year as finalist kicking burtons had another crack at the title and this time she came out on top against world number 3 simona halep. ready and focused kiki burthens of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggest title of her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening set britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give up easily so after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back. with one

in tennis novak djokovic has beaten stiff in the madrid open final the victory gives him his 3rd career title in madrid in the women's event last year's defeated finalist kiki baritones had another crack at the title this time she came out on top. ready and focused kiki burtons of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggest title of her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening st britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give. up after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back. with one of 8 breaks of serve across the match but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and $27.00 minutes to the 2nd set $64.00 to win her 1st madrid open to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set. of the top stories we're following for you. mothers and children have taken to the streets of central london while paris and brussels have also seen demonstrations to demand action against climate change the u.n. s

novak djokovic has made a strong start to his clay court season — with a win in his opening match against 6—4 6—2 firing an early warning shot to french open champion rafa nadal that he could be the man to beat on the surface this year. and the 2015 french open champion stan wawrinka snapped out of his three match losing streak, to beat pierre hugues herbert in straight sets in just over an hour. he won 6—2, 6—3. wawrinka will play guido pella in the second round. in the women's draw ukraine's kateryna kozlova stunned number five—seed karolina pliskova in three sets to progress to the last 16. the 25—year—old making her debut at this tournament was a 7—5, 2—6, 6—4 winner in one hour and 51 minutes and will now go up against switzerland's belinda bencic for a place in the quarter finals. . .. two—time champion simona halep cruised past great britain'sjoanna konta 7—5, 6—1 in one hour and 28 minutes in the second round. the romanian world number three claimed the trophy in the spanish capital in 2016 and 2017. fourth seed angelique kerber has withdewjust before her second round match on tue

the defending men's champion rafael nadal — who's seeded to meet the world number one novak djokovicn the final — is due to play qualifiers in the first two rounds. the reigning women's champion simona halep starts out against australia's ajla tomljanovic, while the world number one naomi osaka could play a grand slam winner as early as round 2. our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. osaka has won the last two grand slam titles and shown great improvement on clay this year and if she get past the first round she will play either victoria azarenka or the champion from two years ago. there is still some doubt about the fitness of serena williams. 23 time grand slam champion needs to ove i’co m e grand slam champion needs to overcome a knee injury. rafael nadal will play a qualifier in the second round, assuming he gets that far, while liver djokovic plays against an emerging polish player and then possibly the american who defeated him at wimbledon three years ago. and on his return for the first time infouryears, and on his return for the first time in four years, roger fed

and tennis novak djokovic is currently playing against us and the madrid open final in the women's eventlast year is defeated finalist kicky burton's had another crack at the title and this time she came out on top. reggie and focused kiki burtons of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggest tide love her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening set britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give up easily throw up after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back. with one of 8 breaks of serve across the much but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and $27.00 minutes to the 2nd set $64.00 to win her 1st madrid open to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set i a grandmother from arizona has taken the plunge and fulfilled a lifelong dream rosie johnson out of an airplane at 3000 meters to celebrate her 86th birthday she said she had been determined to cross skydiving off her bucket list

all right some sports news now in men's tennis world number one novak djokovic has reached the final of the italian open the serbian overcame argentina's diego schwartzman 2 sets to one jovovich seen here wearing red got the crucial break in the 6th game of the deciding says to clinch victory and will face rafael a doll in sunday's final djokovic triumphed in last week's madrid open and has a chance to win back to back for the title. well it was a night to remember for the netherlands at the grand finale of the euro vision song contest which took place in tel aviv last night as usual the world's biggest music competition was packed full of glitz and kids but it did not pass with. out some controversy here's a look. duncan lawrence of the netherlands had been the competition favorite and in the end the book my kids were right words can describe what i'm feeling now i'm feeling so much emotions everything that i wanted to do on stage it came out. it came out so good and i really felt the song and this is like the result of the results combined national jury picks was founded by rights.

and the world number one novak djokovic was also in impressive form in his two matches on thursday, losinged up a straight sets win over denis shapovalov by thrashing philipp kohlschreiber 6—3, 6—0. djokovic plastuan martin del potro in the quarter—finals. in the women's singles, there was a shock defeat for the number 3 seed, simona halep. she was beaten in three sets by marketa vondrousova of the czech republic in her second round match, and that defeat for halep ends her hopes of regaining the world number one spot next week. halep‘s defeat means naomi 0saka is certain to remain world number one when the new rankings are published on monday. she's through to the quarter—finals in rome for the first time after back—to—back straight sets wins on thursday. after beating dominika cibulkova 6—3, 6—3 in the morning, she beat romania's mihaela buzarnescu by the same score later in the day, to seal her place in the last eight where she faces the number 6 seed kiki bertens. if 0saka reaches the final she won't be playing petra kvitova. the number two seed was forced to retire with a calf injury

top seed novak djokovic also notched a routine first round win, beating hubert hurkacz of poland 6—4ime grand slam champion, who's aiming to hold all four grand slam titles at once for the second time in his career, will face swiss lucky loser henri laaksonen in the second round. i like the fact that i had, you know, a good quality opponent in the first round because that gets me going with the right intensity from the start. i am focused, determined, and sharp from the blocks and that is what happens stop even though i have never played him, faced him in an official match, i felt he could bea an official match, i felt he could be a great friend if i allow him to play his tennis so i actually thought i played well and all the elements in my game worked well so i am very pleased. now to football where aston villa are back in the premier league after they beat derby county 2—1 in the championship play—off final at wembley, where patrick gearey was watching. so it's aston villa who return to the premier league after three seasons away in the second—tier championship. they will benefit b

performance a match and 642663 and it's favor and means he will battle it out for the title against novak djokovic earlier on saturday the world number one only needed 2 sets to defeat austrian dominic team but it was a close run affair and the 7676. meanwhile the women's singles and madrid have already crowned their champion last year's finalist kicking barrington's had another crack at the title and this time she came out on top against world number 3 simona halep. ready and focused. kiki perkins of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggest i'd love her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening set britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give up easily so after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back. with one of 8 breaks of serve across the much but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and $27.00 minutes to the 2nd set $64.00 to win her 1st madrid open to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without droppin

all rights in tennis news now and to the madrid open world number one novak djokovic went through without lifting a rocket after his opponent marin challenged retired due to food poisoning check of it will face dominic team who knocks out roger federer and following that there was still 2 of the semifinal spots up for grabs. roughen adults promise on a clay court is undeniable and switzerland stands at brink experienced it 1st time and dropping the 1st set 61 down the world number 2 cruised through the 2nd 62 took his place in the semifinals the spaniard is seeking his 6th madrid open title but 1st needs to get past stephanos city pass the rising star from greece faced a tougher quarter final challenge against defending champion alexander thread of of germany after scraping through the 1st set 756 he passed dropped the 2nd 63. i think but the world number 9 cruised to victory by taking advantage of threat of a lackluster final set the game ended 753662 i think. this is the delhi news live from that and coming up next a journey through african-american history will take you to the museum i

the defending men's champion rafael nadal — who's seeded to meet the world number one novak djokovics in the first two rounds. the reigning women's champion simona halep starts out against australia's ajla tomljanovic, while the world number 0ne naomi 0saka could play a grand slam winner as early as round 2. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. 0saka has won the last two grand slam titles and shown great improvement on clay this year and if she get past the

in men's tennis world number one novak djokovic has reached the final of the italian open the serbian overcame argentina's diego 2 sets to one djokovic wearing a red here got the crucial break in the 6th game of the deciding set to clinch victory and face rafael nadal in sunday's final djokovic triumphed in last week's madrid open and has a chance to win back to back for titles. well if you've got a beard belgium is the place to be right now hundreds of hairy men from around the world have descended on the city of antwerp for the 2019 world beard and moustache championships the wacky contest sees the well groomed competitors take part in 3 main categories moustache partial beard and full beard with each including several subcategories while many spectacular styles are on show including majestic handlebars and swirling whiskers as competitors battle it out to become the facial fuzz kings. that's it from t w news american evan steen from me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching. 1st day of school in the jungle. first climbing less of a minute door as grand a moment arri

and novak djokovic wins another title, to draw level with rafael nadal for masters wins.ootballing news that manchester city have held their nerve on the final day of the premier league season, and retained the title. pep guardiola's side won 4—1 at brighton to see off liverpool byjust a single point. they took the trophy back to manchester to celebrate with their fans. city end the campaign with a record i4 successive league victories, making it 32 in all, equalling the record they set last season. back—to—back is more and more difficult, so the first time last season was perfect, and congratulations liveable for this incredible

both the women's and men's world number ones naomi 0saka and novak djokovic along with rafael nadal andture but a packed schedule is now set for thursday. cricket and bangladesh beat ireland in the final round robin match of the tri—nations series in dublin. it means they maintain their unbeaten record in the competition. ireland batted first after winning the toss and opener paul stirling hit 130 off 1111 balls as they made 292 for 8 from their 50 overs. abu jayed was the pick of the bangladeshi bowlers — taking 5 for 58. his first five—wicket haul in only his 2nd 0di. in reply, liton das top—scored with 76 as bangladesh chased down their target with 7 overs to spare. sabbir rahman hit the winning runs as bangladesh won by 5 wickets. they'd already qualified for the final on friday where they'll face west indies. 0bviously obviously you have been in the west end this twice. anything to work on tomorrow or a day off? no, we will practice on the areas we need to improve because it is a big match coming up. they have beaten us twice, especially in the final. if we can win, we will win the

and novak djokovic to tennis $38.00 is doing battle on the clay of rome. nadal attacks from the off dominating a one sided 1st set we have some big hitting joke of each in need of mercy. the spaniard took a set 6 love the 1st time that's happened between the pair into the 2nd sets and joke of it still gain trying to force his way back into the match but no dolls or stop an opponent joke if it was a venture they rewarded for his efforts this hold at the end of the 2nd set paved the way for him to level the match. and if but that was the high point for the serbian the 3rd set mirrored the 1st with more and more mistakes coming from the jacket which racquet. no down eventually beating him into submission a 6 love 4661 victory the king of playing the king in paris ahead of the french open which starts on sunday. second to paris now where the eiffel tower has been closed to visitors a summons apparently trying to scale it so let's take a look at some live pictures of the towers media office says the unidentified individual tried to climb up the outside of the t

tennis now in a number of surprises of the madrid open while number one novak djokovic went through to the semi's without even lifting a rocket off to his opponent pennant tomar in chile which retired due to food poisoning and roger federer was beaten by dominic team of austria and a thrilling seesaw match to end the swiss spectrum's clay season it ended $3676.00 and $6.00 call for team they're now goes through to face jacob itch in the semi's on saturday. you're watching news live from berlin coming up next shift living in the digital age but the how women are using social media to fight discrimination thanks so much for joining us. we're not here to judge but to eliminate prejudices. we're not here to change your opinion. but to open some space for different points of view we're not here to speak on behalf of anybody but to let everybody speak for themselves. not here to give the right answers but to ask the right questions. we're not here.

rafael nadal comprehensively beaten novak djokovic 6—0, 4—6, 6—1 to claim his ninth rome masters title set in just 39 minutes, the first 6—love between the rivals in 141 previous sets. djokovic did manage to force the match to a deciding set, but nadal was dominant, winning in two hours and 25 minutes in the last tournament before the french open later this month. it is just over a month until wimbledon and this year, will see less matches postponed because of the weather. as today saw the new roof for court one unveiled. the second roof of wimbledon cost 70 million pounds and took three years to complete it will only take ten minutes to close with another 20 for the air conditioning to fully acclimatise the stadium for indoor play. rain meant the roof was needed for today's celebration event, which included musical perfromances and matches with tennis legends including john mcenroe and martina navratilova. this years tournament starts on the firstjuly great britain's women picked up only their second win of hockey's pro league event in london, beating belgium 2-0. grace balsdon and li

sketches of sports and tennis now novak djokovic claimed his 33rd masters title after sweeping suffer losses since a pos at the madrid open had a blistering start racing into an early lead his opponent rarely threatening but things got tight in the 2nd set. to ever kept his composure to seal a 6364 when you know rivals rough an adult record of masters titles french open begins in just 2. lewis hamilton has taken the lead in the formula one drivers championship after winning the spanish grand prix in barcelona hamilton the start of the race in 2nd place but over took his mercedes team mate. early on to cross the finish line 1st. 3rd victory of the new season the mercedes drivers have finished 1st and 2nd in all 5 races so far. this is 11 is live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for joining us. here at what's coming up in the bundesliga plenty to talk about here. is one take a look at what all that means for the table of course.

in the men's singles, top seed novak djokovic is through to the quarter—finals.sing the 48th masters series title of his career, and he came through in straight sets against the frenchman jeremy chardy. djokovic raced through the first set 6—1, but was taken all the way to a tie—break in the second. he will face marin cilic in the last eight. djokovic remains on course for a semi—final showdown with roger federer, who is playing in a clay court tournament for the first time in three years. he also beat a frenchman to reach last eight, seeing off gael monfils in three sets, but not before saving two match points in the decider. federer plays dominic thiem next. in the other half—draw, rafael nadal is into the quarters, and he will face stan wawrinka, who the spaniard beat in the 2013 final. four—time champion nadal accounted for american frances tiafoe as he searches for a first tournament win this season. and defending champion alexander zverev is into the last eight. he defeated polish qualifier hubert hurkacz. but he had to do it in three sets, winning 3—6, 6—4

wins for serena williams, novak djokovic, juan martin del potro, and also one. undisputed world lightweight champion on saturday night. the irishwoman holds the wba, wbo and ibf titles and meets wbc champion delfine persoon at madison square garden in new york in what could be a career—defining fight. this is a history making fight for me, andi this is a history making fight for me, and i think it is definitely the biggest fight in my career. i understand how big this event actually is and this fight as well, it is exactly what i have always wanted, ever since i turned pro. i have always wanted to make history in the sport and to cement my legacy andi in the sport and to cement my legacy and i have a chance to do that on saturday night. it is not unusual any more to have four fighters on the card. it is amazing. it will definitely open doors for the next generation of female boxers coming up generation of female boxers coming up and that is the great legacy for me. i want to be the best in the sport, and i feel like me. i want to be the best in the sport, and if

edmund had happier memories of madrid, seeing off novak djokovic last year, he made a poor in the firstlly he appeared distracted and he would have been pleased to see an early hull of the market but confidence is not keen for the british number one with three straight defeats before madrid and lost the first set six four. the niemi by contrast came to spain where he overcame rough around the dial. edmund had wonjust spain where he overcame rough around the dial. edmund had won just two of 25 matches where he went to set down. it never looked like he would salvage this one. he finished the contest but lost his fourth match on the trot. less than 2a hours after losing the moroccan open final, joanna contra now faced a considerable hurdle of the world number three simona hallett. she broke serve early, this was high velocity tennis. she tried to match up velocity tennis. she tried to match up in velocity tennis. she tried to match upina velocity tennis. she tried to match up in a blow for blow, an office with success, and is cursed with an ability of slipping into runs errors, so it was t

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is looking for a 1st major title in more than 2 years no problems tall for the men's top seed novak djokovic she breeze through against switzerland's onery laaksonen on 104 in the world in straight sets. a young fan at a major league baseball game had to be taken to hospital after being hit by a foul ball a safety net at the home of the houston astros in texas didn't extend far enough to stop the chicago cubs albert moore jr's foul ball flying into the crowd and hitting a girl an adult with her immediately took her away from medical attention more was inconsolable afterwards there hasn't yet been an update on the girl's condition players have since called for a safety net to get major league baseball games to be extended even further. i would go willingly or be able whole relationship with this little girl for the rest of our. careers or in our own. little root control. brazil is gearing up to host the cup america but the country is sweating on talisman neymar who's having to train alone in the striker pulled out of team training with pain in his left knee brazil i hope he'll be fit for thei

tennessee is now, world number one novak djokovic has eased into the quarterfinanals of the mamadrid open. djokokovic beat jeremy s shardi- jeremy c chardy in ststight set. he has not been ththe frenchman and all of f their 13 meeeetings without havi droropped a set. djokovic is stepping up his preparations on clay as he bids to win a fourth grand slam title in a row at the french open later this week. you are watching "dw news" from berlin. after a short rake, i will be back to take you through the day -- after a short break, i will be back to take you through "the day." stick around for that. ♪ . hi i'm jim screen thanks for watching france twenty four we start to the bulletin in south africa where the african national congress party is heading for victory with that over half of the votes in about maybe 60% at this stage in the evening the anc currently stand. at about 57% that means it is almost certain to hold on to power a year after jacob zuma was forced to resigngn amid corruption scandals this election is seen as a chance. for the ruling party to turn over a new leaf under th

novak djokovic celebrated his two hundred fiftieth week as world number one with a straight sets win at the madrid open the two time champion beaten taylor for itself for the loss of just six games djokovic is building up to the french open which starts later this month he has the chance to hold all four grand slam titles at the same time for the second time in his career. women's world number one now we all sat there had a tougher time in her match against. two almost spain the japanese are needed two hours and thirty seven minutes to beat her wildcard opponent love six six three six seven to advance to the third round of australia's biggest rugby star israel folau has been found guilty of breaching the players' code of conduct over the homophobic so social media post his contract was terminated by a rugby australia in april after he tweeted hill hell awaits gay people but he requested a hearing which finishes early on choose day after four days as three person panel still has to decide his punishment donald trump described tiger woods as a true legend as he presented him with the pr