raducanu yet to drop a set at the tournament and will face the former french open champion 0stapenkoit is the day that tennis fans never wanted to come, the end of an era and roger federer is retiring at the age of 41 and playing in the doubles in london as part of a european team that also includes fellow multiple grand slam champions, novak djokovic, andy murray and his friend and greatest rivals, rafael nadal. he will play alongside him against the team world team and rafa nadal says he's super excited to play with federerfor a last time. one of the most important players, one of the most important players in my tennis career is leaving, and, at the end, to live this moment will be difficult, and of course i am super excited and grateful to play with him. next, gareth southgate is hoping england can rediscover their form as they look to form as they look to avoid relegation from the nations league. they are without a victory in the group and they play italy in milan tonight before germany come to when we on monday in the final two matches before the world cup in qatar where the fo

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in herfirst ta raducanu will play another grand slam winner in her first ta tour.n london. flay briefly interrupted by a climate change protester who came onto court during a change during tsitsipas. he recovered to beat schwartzman to give 2—0 lead. the significance of the event has grown massively since roger federer announced he would provide its career with his final cotton curtain. he'll team up with great friend and rival ralph and adele to take on the americans in the doubles match tonight. the 20 time grand slam champion is hoping to go out in style. it’s time grand slam champion is hoping to go out in style-— to go out in style. it's been an absolute pleasure _ to go out in style. it's been an absolute pleasure for - to go out in style. it's been an absolute pleasure for me - to go out in style. it's been an absolute pleasure for me to i to go out in style. it's been an | absolute pleasure for me to be to go out in style. it's been an - absolute pleasure for me to be again on this team. so far without a lot of thought. my career has been wonderful. i can't

emma raducanu was forced to retire from the semi—final of the korea open handing victory to top seedruggling with a left glute injury and conceded to the latvian midway through the deciding set. six time moto gp champion marc marquez claimed his first pole position for three years — ahead of the japanese grand prix. the spaniard was two tenths of a second clear at motegi. championship leader fabio ouartararo will start ninth, with rival francesco bagnaia twelfth. britain's cal crutchlow was 23rd. to novel competition in the snooker world now — and the world mixed doubles is taking place in milton keynes — a round robin format featuring the top four from the men's and women's games. it all builds up to the final tomorrow evening — as imran sidat reports. a landmark day in milton keynes as mixed doubles made its return to the snooker calendar for the first time in more than 30 years. 19 world titles between ronnie o'sullivan and reanne evans and they came into the event as favourites but was soon up against it with chat trump has meant team leaving their opponents with plenty to ponder

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britain's emma raducanu defeated belgium's yanina wickmayer in straight sets to reach the korea 0pen you the latest from england's second t20 against pakistan, and more on surrey�*s county championship win but first there are new plans that could change the landscape of english cricket domestically and internationally. the number of county championship matches teams play in a season could be cut and the league structure changed in an attempt to make the national team more successful. in proposals announced today by the england and wales cricket board, there would be a reduction in the number of teams in the top division to six meaning they'd only play ten games instead of 14, and new schedules for the one day cup, t20 blast and the hundred would be implemented to allow a greater balance between red and white ball cricket. the counties are being asked to express their votes by november, and two thirds will have to agree for the changes to be implemented for the 2024 season. 0ur sports editor dan roan spoke to former england captain and former director of cricket at the ecb sir andrew

moving onto tennis now — and things may not have worked out for emma raducanu at this year's us open,rd round of the men's singles, and potentially two more. first of all, how is dan evans getting on? while he looked on because for a pretty convincing straight sets win, two sets to love up, then all went wrong for him at the end of the third set and he lost that to australia's james duckworth. he then went down an early break in the fourth set, wondering where it was going, could this be a marathon match which he really doesn't need in the second round? i can tell you in the second round? i can tell you in the second round? i can tell you in the last few minutes, he's got that break back in the fourth set, they are all square at 3—3, you'll obviously hope to get this done in this for a set and make it through to third round. he made the fourth round here last year, so he enjoys the us open. following him on court 12 will be his compatriot cameron norrie, who's up against portugal's raul sousa. if they were to win, it would be the first time in more than 50 years that there have been f

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