rafa nadal with 20 and roger— astounding.ic can get to 25 or— roger with 20 but djokovic can get to 25 or 26— roger with 20 but djokovic can get to 25 or 26 and he could win the catendar— to 25 or 26 and he could win the calendar grand slam as well as the golden— calendar grand slam as well as the golden slam, which no male tennis player— golden slam, which no male tennis player has— golden slam, which no male tennis player has done before. in golden slam, which no male tennis player has done before.— golden slam, which no male tennis player has done before. in terms of the first set, _ player has done before. in terms of the first set, berrettini _ player has done before. in terms of the first set, berrettini wins - player has done before. in terms of the first set, berrettini wins it - the first set, berrettini wins it but we saw djokovic do it in the past. what gives him that ability, more than any other player too, even when he's down, to think, i can still win this match. we saw it again tsitsipas and many times before.

he now joins roger federer and rafa nadal on 20 grand slam titles. sports correspondent, joe wilson. when berrettini raised his game, we heard. london supporting italy hours before wembley! 71 minute first set settled in a flash. if djokovic was shocked a bit, he reacted. he took the second set 6—4 and let's be clear, he is respected globally as a true sporting rate. but djokovic wanted to feel the love on centre court. and as berrettini faulted, it was 6—4, it was 2—1. passed three hours went the final. louder grew the noise. "matteo" chanted many. djokovic chased everything. who's winning this point? the world number one. and the break of serve followed. it should be a gripping rally on championship point. it should be a challenge to achieve something momentous. it was. grand slam title number 20. the last ten years has been an incredible journey... ..that is not stopping here. with this, djokovic is now level with federer and nadal and surely they will have been watching. joe will —— joel i , bbc news. wimbledon over for another year. up to 50 mat

it's his twentieth grand slam singles title, equalling the record held by his great rivals, rafa nadalce of securing the �*calendar slam' at the us open in september. let's take you back to the news that italy have been crowned champions of europe, winning euro 2020 on penalties. there's been dejection for england fans — our reporterjames reynolds has been watching with many of them at a fanpark in croydon south of london. there were such cheers for the penalty shoot—out at them in the final penalty was saved, they just stopped where the final penalty was saved, theyjust stopped where they were, the crowd here and the music is going but they don't know what to do. what do you think was 7 ? what 7 what you think. can occur in this, so close. right there, right there. yeah, we lost it. world cup is next year. only one — world cup is next year. only one year— world cup is next year. only one year to go.— world cup is next year. only one year to go. what did you think? we — one year to go. what did you think? we will— one year to go. what did you think? we will be _ one year to go. what di

a man motivated by numbers and win on sunday he will have the same number as roger federer and rafa nadal and he made nojock of with the way he has played and he made no jock of each with the way he has played and he made nojock of each play hard. from the beginning, when he broke anotherjock of each alley, he showed his intent and at times he got tight and nervous and that was his undoing on this occasion but he will hope for better in the future. the italian awaits neverjock itch, the first italian man to reach a wimbledon final. the poll could not keep his nerve under control, at least in the first two sets. pole —— berrettini powerful serve got him over the line. the women's final is saturday. ash barty and carina pliskova playing in theirfirst wimbledon final. for ash barty, the first australian woman to get to the final since 1980. pliskova had been written off by many and not a name people were expecting to see in the final but could she get pull off a surprise when? you can get much more on all the stories we have covered in the stories we have covered in the last hour. you can re

that matters most will be 20 — he is now level on the number of grand slams that roger federer and rafa nadalal on four. he has been playing catch up his whole career and now he has done it. matteo berrettini was standing in his way. and in today's final the italian 7th seed has lit up this tournament — 11 wins in a row on the grass, if you include his fantastic run at queens. he has won so many admirers and on centre court, the crowd was fully behind him, the underdog. he brought his best tennis for some of that first set. down a break, 5—2 and facing set point, he thought back a win that 7—6. but djokovic like he has done so many times before, came back, returning at a top level, hunting every ball down and putting pressure on berrettini when he could. in the end he reeled off the subsequent sets, 6—4, 6—4, 6—3, to stand with the trophy that means so much to him. so what next for djokovic? he has made no secret of chasing history and numbers. the tokyo olympics are on the horizon and then us open. if he were to win those two, he would have won all four grand slams and olympic gold, in the s

he beat italian matteo berrettini in four sets and equals the record of roger federer and rafa nadala wimbledon like no other, played in a pandemic, and on the final sunday and the result was one that many were predicting, novak djkovic is wimbledon champion again, a sixth title for him, but the number that matters most will be 20 — he is now level on the number of grand slams with roger federer and rafael nadal, extraordinary to think that when djokovic won his first at the australian open in 2008, federer was already on 12, nadal on four. he has been playing catch—up his whole career, and now he has done it. matteo berrettini was standing in his way, the italian has lit up this tournament, 11 wins in a row on grass, if you include this fantastic run at queens. he has won many admirers, and on centre court crowd was fully behind the underdog, who brought his best tennis to that first set, down a break, 5—2, he fought back to win that 7—6. djokovic, like he has done so many times before, came back, returning at a top level, hunting every ball down, and putting pressure on berrettini

that is a significant number because it would draw him level with roger federer and rafa nadal.hat is extraordinary with djokovic is there when he won his first grand slam in australia, in 2008, no doubt was on four grandsons, he has been playing catch up his whole career, so he mightjust be there this afternoon. i have to say, in this first set, very teeny started well, he put pressure on the opening djokovic service, the world number one held back the money has made the breakthrough, as he said, he is 3—1 up. djokovic 30—0 up. it is already looking ominous. for very teeny. —— for so many, it is being said that he had to get a good start, and when the opening site if not against somebody like djokovic, with the experience like him, the match could run away, —— run away, and it looks like djokovic is in control at the start of this. it could be a short time on court for bearing teeny unless he can step it up. he has a powerful serve, unless he can step it up. he has a powerfulserve, he unless he can step it up. he has a powerful serve, he won the queen has not powerful serve, he

that is a significant number because it would draw him level with roger federer and rafa nadal.ndsons, he has been playing catch up his whole career, so he mightjust be there this afternoon. i have to say, in this first set, very teeny started well, he put pressure on the opening djokovic service, the world number one held back the money has made the breakthrough, as he said, he is 3—1 up. djokovic 30—0 up. it is already looking ominous. for very teeny. —— for

ranked novack djokovic, who won in four sets to make it a 20th slam crown and he's now level with rafa nadale united states, the bucks have breathed new life into the nba finals after winning sunday night's game three. giannis, 41 points for him. the suns lead the series 2-1. >>> arjen teen's footballers are back in home, they return to the delight of their fans after saturday night's 1-nil victory over brazil. the first piece of silverware that lionel messi has won with the team. congrats to them. >>> summer blockbuster movies are back. >> at some point we all have to choose. who the world wants you to be who you are. >>> marvel studio's "black widow" rocked the box office this weekend, bringing in more than $215 million globally. "black widows" estimated 80 million north america take was a record for films opening in theatres and online, it is the biggest opening weekend since 2019. thank you for watching. i'm rose mary church. "early start" is up next. you're watching cnn. have yourselves a wonderful day. (sounds of car doors closing) (crash sound & tires squealing) (phone chimes) this is

he's tied with rafa nadal for most ever. >> yeah, really amazing but off little tear.coy wire. >>> darnella frazier the teen who roshded the video of george floyd's murder says her uncle was killed in a car crash involved minneapolis police. joining me now with the details laura jarrett. how sad. >> yeah, really sad news to report here, john. just 17 years old, she became known for something she never wanted, witnessing and of course recording the grisly murder of george floyd as derek chauvin pressed his knee on floyd neck's for nearly ten minutes. now darnella frazier dealing with a personal tragedy of her own. her uncle was killed early tuesday morning after minneapolis police crashed into his car at an intersection. now, police came they were pursuing a suspect and collided with her uncle's vehicle. frazier devastated by this news, asking why police were conducting a high speed chase in a residential area and writing on facebook, quote, you took an innocent life trying to catch someone else. this type of loss really the vulnerability of black lives when confronted

and joining roger federer and rafa nadal on 20 career grand slams.this year. he needs the olympic gold medal and u.s. open title to become the first man to ever win a golden slam. djokovic also made news after today's match. he expressed hesitancy in the past about taking a covid vaccine and talked about whether he will head to the tokyo olympics later this month. >> i also hear that there's going to be a lot of restrictions within the village. i'll have to think about it. right now, as i said, my plan was always to go to olympic games, but right now, i'm a little bit divided. it's kind of 50/50 because of what i heard in the last couple of days. >> very interesting. >>> coming up, our countdown to the new series "history of the sitcom" continues. we take you live to a memorable location from "seinfeld." first, christine romans with your "before the bell" report. >> hi, jim. a roaring economy means soaring profits for american companies. this week kicks off second quarter earnings season. s&p 500 companies are expected to report profit growth of more

effortless, only to players have won more matches on the tour this year, to surpass and read live, rafa rafa nadalve on than yesterday on court 2 and i could really trust it and i was moving strongly out of the corners and i didn't give him too much today so i was really pleased with everything and definitely a lot of improvement from the other day. yeah, like i said before, just a pleasure to be out here. and the last brit standing emma raducanu plays soon as well but what else has been happening in the women's draw? it has been a day for some of the top seeds where things have gone to plan. one of those is ash barty, the world number one who is a favourite to win the title here. she was on centre court first of all taking on an uplink overand centre court first of all taking on an uplink over and winning that match in straight sets. she was forced to withdraw made french open but she has looked really good on the grass since her opening match and on the whole, really convincing win for her and when you consider elina svitolina going out, it's opening up for her. coco gauff is through to the next

needs to win three more mach this is week to match the record of 20 titles shared by federer and rafa nadalthis, djokovic's and federer's finalist a few years back is one of the best of i've seen. >> and coco gauff's wimbledon run has ended in the fourth round again falling in straight sets against 2018 champ angelique kerber. "born to run" now that's your favorite song, now born to ride. jessica springsteen, daughter of bruce springsteen has been named a member of the equestrian team. she was an alternate for the 2012 team in london and didn't qualify for rio in 2016. she now makes her olympic debut as a member of the jumping squad. the 29-year-old began riding horses at 4 years old on her family's farm in new jersey. she's ranked third on the u.s. rider list and 27th in the world. >> what do you think about that, mika? a lot of nervous moments. >> yeah. >> for you. >> it's a beautiful sport. >> and for any parent whose children do this. wow. that's -- >> best of luck to her. >> congratulations. >> let's turn to this morning's must read opinion pages for that we bring in historian jon meac

the victory puts djokovic in a tie with greats roger federer and rafa nadal.0 grand slam titles. the three-way tie could be broken at the u.s. open starting at the end of next month as djokovic remains on track to join only two other men in completing a calendar grand slam after winning the australian open, french open, and now wimbledon. and should djokovic compete at the tokyo games in between, he could line up the so-called golden slam, which is four major championships plus the singles gold medal in the olympics. an accomplish only achieved by stephie graff in 1988. >>> quite a day in britain yesterday ed luce, a lot going on there. but as we look at the news, we also had the news that boris johnson was lifting all restrictions in the uk. obviously many are concerned about the delta variant still on the move there. why did johnson make the move? what are the concerns from the health care workers? >> so one of the striking things about yesterday's extraordinary day of sport, whether it was on the center court at wimbledon or wembly stadium, there wasn't a m