it would be nice to think that ostapenko is back.champion. but she has joined forces with thomas hoch said who has a great track record. including maria sharapova, so could well be that he is the one who can get the best out of her again, so this is a good start for her to be placed about all the pliskova was coming on the back of an injury that

she lost in straight sets to 2017 champion jelena ostapenko.e into round three of the doubles. champion jockey ush—een murphy says he will "fight to clear his name" after testing positive for cocaine. he was in action at chelmsford today. the positive result came in france in july, with murphy strenously denying he's ever taken the drug. he's currently awaiting the result of a b sample. if he's not cleared, he'll face a ban of up to 6 months. hull fc edged a close encounter with castleford tigers this evening, thanks to a late try from jake connor. castleford looked to have won it when michael shenton's converted try gave them the lead with 5 minutes to go. but hull regained posession from the restart and connor went over to seal a 32—28 win. england's lee westwood leads golf‘s scottish open after an impressive opening round at the renaissance club. the 1998 champion went round in 9 under. his round included two eagles. this on the seventh, after one on the third. he's a shot clear of the field with scotland's scott jamieson one further back on

she was beaten in straight sets byjelena ostapenko — who won the title at roland garros back in 2017.rfirst nba finals in a decade, by beating the miami heat 116—98 in game one of the seven match series overnight. the lakers went into the series as overwhelming favourites to land a 17th championship title, but it was miami who raced into a 13—point lead in the first quarter withjimmy butler leading the way. but soon the lakers took control with lebronjames — who is going for a fourth nba title, proving his star quality once again with 25 points. i don't think at the beginning that we were physical enough. you have to get a feel for how hard play is. they smacked us in the mouth. we got a sense of that. so we knew how hard we had to play if we wanted to try to make it a good game. from that moment, when it was 23—10, we started to play to our capabilities. started flying around. started getting defensive stops in, started sharing the ball a lot better offensively and got into a really good groove. the scottish open is also under way at the renaissance club in north berwick. scotland's

she lost in straight sets to 2017 champion jelena ostapenko.ey yusheen murphy says he will "fight to clear his name" after testing positive for cocaine. he was in action at chelmsford today. the positive result came in france in july, with murphy strenously denying he's ever taken the drug. he's currently awaiting the result of a b sample. if he's not cleared, he'll face a ban of up to 6 months. england centre manu tuilagi will miss the finale of the six nations and possibly the entire 2021 tournament after suffering a achilles injury. he'll undergo surgery next week after tearing his achilles when playing for his club sale in the premiership on tuesday. it'll keep him out for six months meaning he'll also miss the autumn nations cup which starts in november. hull fc edged a close encounter with castleford tigers thanks to a late try from jake connor. castleford looked to have won it when michael shenton‘s converted try gave them the lead with 5 minutes to go. but hull regained posession from the restart and connor went over to seal a 32—28 win

number two seed karolina pliskova is first up on thursday though — she faces the 2017 champion jelena ostapenkods in their wildcard playoff mlb game. the braves took game one of their national league wild—card series just 1—0 in atlanta on wednesday after almost five hours of baseball and a record 12 scoreless innings. no such problem for the marlins, in their opening playoff game — they won 5—1 against the chicago cubs at wrigley field. corey dickerson's three—run homer for miami, giving them the advantage ahead of this evening's game 2 in their nl wild card series. and on social media, lots talk has centred on ruben dias, who left benfica tojoin manchester city of the english premier league. dias broke down as he said goodbye to team—mates at his boyhood club, following his final game. visibly emotional here in the dressing room. the 23—year—old was captain for benfica, and scored in their2—0 win over moreirense. the best way to end his five year spell with the team. a fitting way to say goodbye there. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me,