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for the first half it on only one winner rafael nadal strolled through the first two sets. ves to travel looks lost and yet he was merely choosing his path. in the third set tie—break he found himself. nadal has lost his first set of the tournament. it made him suddenly older and angrier. he lost the fourth and the match hurtled into a decider. every shot loaded with meaning. game 11 tsitsipas force a break point nadal lost his grip and his serve. nadal had only twice before lost a match from two sets up. he fought to the last point but the last shot would be from tsitsipas. the last word was tricky. i'm speechless. i have no words to describe whatjust happened on the court. my tennis speaks for itself. it's an unbelievable feeling to be able to fight at such a level. barty will surely have missed the company more than most. the world number one at her home slam. imagine what the crowds reaction would be when she did this to break muchova. barty won the first set and broke again in the 2nd. in the melbourne heat muchova's world started to spin. she took a medical timeout, go

tennis record well the board has won his 18th major putting him just to behind roger federer and rafael nadal in total he's delivered the australian open despite courting controversy paula zahn diverse reports i know big jock virtues repeatedly spoken out in the past 2 weeks against the decision by the australian open organizers to quarantine players ahead of the tournament but in front of the almost 7 and a half 1000 fans allowed in to watch it now on par with the trophy in hand it seemed as if all was forgiven look there are a lot of mixed feelings about what has happened in the last month or so with tennis players coming to australia. by. when we draw a line in the end it was a successful tournament for organizers. djokovic hadn't lost in 17 a parent says in simi finals in finals at the australian open i his opponent in the admitted if had lost to anyone since october but the world number one showed his intent from the very start i was in the 2nd seat the pressure proved too much for the russian 9 address i was in a strat i thought telly's amazing and probably it's not your last one so i m

in sport rafael nadal's bits when a 21st grand slam title is over and the dow beats him in 5 sets the australian open lost on the sits a pass for it's. as many as 280 peoples and stuff are thought to be missing after an armed man attacked a school in nigeria and kidnapped a number of people a rescue operation is now underway after the state run school and garro was overrun early on wednesday at least one student was killed and several more wounded in the attack were taken to hospital for treatment president has condemned the mass abduction while the state's governor ordered the immediate closure of boarding schools so far no group has claimed responsibility but interest has more from the. it's difficult because there are so many numbers going round 1st the government in 1000 state says 27 people have been kidnapped and that again a few hours later that number went up to 42 now when algy's or spoke to an official earlier today he said in this school with 1000 student population. a census was conducted this morning and that 280 students one missing what is not clear was whether these st

he has been in a grand slam title before, losing to rafael nadal in the us open in 2019. a string of top ten players, including novak djokovic, in the atp finals in london in november. the only player in the top ten he has not beaten since november is roger federer, who is injured. he has the pedigree to beat him, played more tennis than djokovic over the last fortnight and a lot of stress over a stomach muscle problem, which has cleared up. djokovic is fully fit but can be beaten. there will be live commentary on 5 live sport tomorrow morning and also highlights on bbc tv tomorrow afternoon on that. before we go, i will bring you up—to—date with some of the football and bottom of the table clash about to kick off, fulham for hosting sheffield united. but the big story from the premier league today is that everton have won for the first time at anfield in a merseyside derby since 1999, a 2—0 win for everton over their city rivals liverpool. all of the reaction is on the bbc website and app. but from me and the rest of the team on sportsday, have a lovely saturday evening.

for the first half it on only one winner rafael nadal strolled through the first two sets. cider. every shot loaded with meaning. game 11 tsitsipas force a break point nadal lost his grip and his serve. nadal had only twice before lost a match from two sets up. he fought to the last point but the last shot would be from tsitsipas. the last word was trickier. i'm speechless. i have no words to describe whatjust happened on the court. my tennis speaks for itself. it's an unbelievable feeling to be able to fight at such a level. barty will surely have missed the company more than most. the world number one at her home slam. imagine what the crowds reaction would be when she did this to break muchova. barty won the first set and broke again in the 2nd. in the melbourne heat muchova's world started to spin. she took a medical timeout, got her blood pressure checked and returned renewed. despite everything, she seized back the break in one back a set. into a third and muchova broke again. the match turned on its head. with the fans in the arena should now be up against hundreds of

medvedev, djokovic now has 18 grand slam titles to his name, just two behind roger federer and rafael nadale brought up the challenges of the quarantine conditions for players arriving in australia. ijust accept i just accept the fact that i cannot, you know, please everyone or beat someone's favourite tennis player. so i will always look for negatives and anything i do or say, and that's ok. it does not frustrate me, of course it does. i have feelings like anybody else and i don't enjoy when someone, you know, judges or criticises, you know, behaves unfairly before checking certain things. we've been bringing you a series here on sportsday featuring young talent, and our latest generation next star is karam singh. he's already a big name in his sport of breaking, with numerous uk titles under his belt — and he's been likened to anthonyjoshua because of his humble and hard—working nature. singh has his own star on the derby walk of fame in his home town, but he has his sights set on paris, where breaking will be an olympic sport in 2024. music. for me, it is also -- almost an addiction- _ m

beat russia's daniel medvedev in straight sets and is now just to win shy of roger federer and rafael nadal's. 20 grand slam wins paul bent over has the action. novak djokovic has repeatedly spoken out in the past 2 weeks against the decision by the australian open organizes to quarantine play is a hit of the tournament but in front of the almost 7 and a half 1000 fans allowed in to watch it now one pot with the trophy in hand it seemed as if all was forgiven look there are a lot of mixed feelings about what has happened in the last month or so with tennis players coming to australia. but i think when we draw a line in the end it was a successful tournament for organizers. djokovic hadn't lost in 17 the parent says in simi finals and finals at the australian open i his opponent in the old medvedev hadn't lost to anyone since october but the world number one showed his intent from the very start. in the 2nd seat the pressure proved too much for the russian 9 address i was in a stretch. so it's always amazing and probably it's not the last one so i mean i have no words to say. it's a matter of

rafael nadal chase for 21st grand slam title has started in emphatic manner with a straight sets win in his opening match at the australian open a spaniard dropped out of the a.t.p. cup last week after struggling with a back problem but the world number 2 showed no signs of injury in this match we overcame his serbian opponent last year this is 636-4612 move to 2nd round and has won the australian open once when have you wanted to further back in 2009. and one of the biggest upsets in the tournament so far came in the women strong 2 time champion victoria as enka has been knocked out in the 1st round by 6 either just sick or hula by the russian was well short of her best in this match and appeared to be struggling with the warm weather in australia as a writer also told the person that the 14 days quarantine took its toll on. something that you know maybe we just didn't know what to do or maybe it was not enough time you know i can sit here and cancer played for a long period of time but. it was a feeling prepared for leno but also going into a grand slam. or at tournaments like ok i

for the first half it on only one winner rafael nadal strolled through the first two sets. energy. and only rarely did he forced nadal to bend his troubled back. tsitsipas, a man loves to travel looks lost and yet he was merely choosing his path. in the third set tie—break he found himself. nadal has lost his first set of the tournament. it made him suddenly older and angrier. he lost the fourth and the match hurtled into a decider. every shot loaded with meaning. game 11 tsitsipas force a break point nadal lost his grip and his serve. nadal had only twice before lost a match from two sets up. he fought to the last point but the last shot would be from tsitsipas. the last word was tricky. i'm speechless. i have no words to describe whatjust happened on the court. my tennis speaks for itself. it's an unbelievable feeling to be able to fight at such a level. barty will surely have missed the company more than most. the world number one at her home slam. imagine what the crowds reaction would be when she did this to break muchova. barty won the first set and broke again in the

virtues won 6 of the last 10 majors and is now just 2 ones away from joining roger federer and rafael nadal with the men's all time overall record of 20 grand slam titles i won in melbourne guarantees you stay world number one until at least march 8th that'll be 311 weeks in the top spot. and that breaks a number of federal reserve records that are worth al-jazeera. you're watching observing so robin a reminder of our top stories protesters are gathering in cities across me about their d.q. movement called for national strike the demonstrators are defying warnings from military rulers 20 chang has more from bangkok people are coming out that general strike they called for also seems to be being observed fairly universally around the country and said everything from food delivery services to public transport public health services the civil service all of these things seem to be coming to a grinding halt and i think the hope is from the protesters that they can bring effectively bring the country to a standstill and put so much pressure on the military that they reverse this coup u.s. aviati

it would take in one closer as well to rafael nadal and roger federer and the all—time grand slam single, djokovic will come up to 18. a bit of history on his shoulders as well.— up to 18. a bit of history on his shoulders as well. ~ , , ., , shoulders as well. when we see stats like that we just _ shoulders as well. when we see stats like that we just really _ shoulders as well. when we see stats like that we just really appreciate - like that we just really appreciate how lucky we are with serena williams and all of these top men playing. all at the top of the stats all with same records. thank you forjoining us. a number of leicester city women's players have been fined by the club after breaking coronavirus per protocol while attending a party last weekend. it is understood that up to ten members of the first team attended a party hosted by one of their players. the story was broken by art reporter amber sanders. there was leicester city player is hosting a party which was hosted by one of their players. i believe this was on saturday night after they found out that they found out th

to the latest round of the sports as rafael nadal reaches round 3 of the australian open the defending women's champion is out. ok let's get going we are just a few hours away now from hearing more of the evidence against the former u.s. president donald trump as his impeachment trial enters day 3 so far we've seen impeachment managers deliver never seen before footage of the capitol hill attack on january the 6th the c.c.t.v. videos showing top politicians like mike pence the vice president fleeing as the rioters swarmed the building. the senate heard that the house speaker nancy pelosi was rescued before the rioters broke into her office impeachment manager stacey plaskett argued if they had found her quotes they would have killed her other previously unseen video showing capitol hill police officer eugene goodman running toward senator mitt romney here scott similar way as the mob approaches here you can see senate majority leader chuck schumer being led away by his security detail but then moments later they turned back around and run to avoid encountering the protesters mr trump i

orchestrating cyber attacks to steal more than $1000000000.00 from banks and companies and install rafael nadal's bits when a 21st grand slam title is all over was beaten in 5 sets of the australian open by stephane a since a pass of course. a rescue operation is underway in nigeria to find a school boys and stuff it kidnaps those wounded when gunmen attacked the school the garra and knowledge of state would take at the hospital and syria's president has condemned the mass abduction no group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet amid injuries is following this from. it's difficult because there are so many numbers going round 1st the government in niger state says 27 people have been kidnapped and that again a few hours later that number went up to 42 now when al jazeera spoke to an official earlier today he said in this school with 1000 student population. a census was conducted this morning and that 280 students who are missing what is not clear was whether these students were taken all of them were taken by the abductors or some of them might have run away from the school and actually

and rafael nadal showed no signs of the back problems which have been troubling him in the past few monthst once, that was back in 2009. some of the days other headlines for you. but we'll stay with tennis. andy murray. he has won his first competitive match in four months. he beat maxmillian marterer in three stes on the challenger tour on the after testing positive for covid didn't allow him the time to quarantine and prepare properly ahead of the tournament. and arsenal's beth mead has been left out of the england lionesses squad for their friendly against northern ireland in a fortnight. the interim head coach hege riise says her�* player report isn't that great�* formula one bosses are considering a proposal to scrap saturday's qualifying session and replace it with a 100km sprint race to decide grid positions for the. the idea could be trialled this season and introduced next year. the head coach eddiejones has again shouldered most of the blame for england's opening six nations defeat to scotland. his side was heavily criticised after an innefectual performance in their 11—6 calcutt

it's been 12 years since rafael nadal last won the title at melbourne park but the spaniard is getting close again in 2021 he was rarely troubled by fabby a funny and what turned out to be a routine straight sets win. dow sets up a quarter final meeting with steph tunnel says a pass he was handed a walkover win after his opponent withdrew. but world number 2 knew dow is happy he got some time out on the court i was not able to practice the proper way for the last 19 days but yesterday i started again to increase the amount of work on the practice and today have been opposed to victory with. some long pines so that helps for for the next match. russia's daniel medvedev stretched his winning streak to 18 matches with a straight sets win over mckenzie mcdonald the 4th seed set up an all russian quarter final against andre grouplove with whom he won the a.t.p. cup just 2 weeks ago. which means number one in top seed ash barty moved into the quarterfinals for a 3rd straight year after dismissing shelby rogers in straight sets the 24 year old to still in course to become the 1st australian w

nigeria's government is planning to take legal action against thousands of rice farmers in sport rafael nadal starts his 21st grand slam title class at the australian open details with sorrow a little later in this hour. the chanels picked up his blowing steadily down the gulf now and there is cloud around but there's not much coming out of the sky wanted to showers in fact is even been snow or rare event just north of the capital of yemen and the rain showers like we divert all thunderstorms likely to be developed in here otherwise it's quieter as rabia versa turkey and iran the last the snow or as was through afghanistan is leaving for the founders of pakistan temperature wise we've been on the high side and we are still in beirut at 21 and down in the valley of the kings looks was it 29 in least in the levant that's probably edging down little bit we could get numb shore breeze on wednesday or indeed thursday but the show keeps blowing still a particular dusty brown but it is quite brisk and it will only ease a little i think in the next day or so the heavy rain in southern africa is focus

rafael nadal, chasing what would be a record in the men's game of a 21st grand slam title, is throughght sets on the first full day the tournament has had without fans. and in the next few hours, serena williams will start herfourth round match. you can keep up to date with the tennis, and races three and four in sailing's prada cup challenger series on the bbc sport website, kate. thank you. that's it for me for tonight. the foreign secretary dominic raab will be on the andrew marr show tomorrow at 9am on bbc one. goodnight. hello. this is bbc news. let's return to the breaking news this evening — that former president donald trump has been found not guilty at his second impeachment trial in the us senate. 57 of the 100 senators voted "guilty" —— not enough for a conviction. in a statement, the former president denounced the trial as a "witch hunt". the republican — senate minority leader mitch mcconnell voted not guilty in the trial — but condemned the former president's actions on that day as a disgraceful dereliction of duty. there is no question, none. the president trump is mora

djokovic is now only two grand slams behind roger federer and rafael nadal's 20 titles, in a race formajor men's singles titles in a career. >> sreenivasan: it was a day of funerals, vigils and protests throughout myanmar today. outside the u.s. embassy in yangon, hundreds held a candlelight vigil for those killed in protests during the last 21 days. a procession of motorcycles and cars followed the hearse carrying the body of mya thwate thwate khaing. the 20-year-old protester died yesterday after being shot by the police on february 9. opposition to the february 1 military coup continued with huge crowds gathering throughout the country-- many holding photographs of jailed leader aung san suu kyi, and signs in english imploring the united natis to take action. for more on what's driving the protests in myanmar, and the military coup, i spoke with rudabeh shahid, nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council south asia center. i began by asking about the most recent demonstrations. >> at this point in time, what's happening is that in myanmar, a lot of people are without the inte

rafael nadal upset victim earlier in the day for the men, he'll be denied a grand slam chance as wellliams disappointed she won't get that 24th as she runs into a very powerful young naomi osaka, who takes it in straight. 6364 and the end of the line at the australian open for serena and on to the finals for the second time in three years for her young opponent, osaka, the oakland a's back in arizona, i d have to say they are used to it, the fact that they lose big time players. every year gone, of course, market simeon. that's the big name and they're closer, liam hendriks, but bob melvin, the manager, i guess right now he better be used to it. that's hard. it's just the way it is. but you know what, typically, we do have some turn over here and we have to find a way to move forward. i'm happy that we do have these guys here and when you when you try to keep as many guys as you possibly can. deal with now and today, and i like the group of guys who had here. all right, well, the state of the drill man, they got owners that don't like the part with the big salaries like the kid from s

virtue is one 6th of the last 10 majors and is now just 2 ones away from joining roger federer and rafael nadal with the men's all time overall record of 20 grand slam titles i won in melbourne guarantees you stay world number one until at least march 8th that'll be 311 weeks in the top spot. and that breaks another federal reserve records that are worth al-jazeera. watching all just there with me so robin a reminder of our top stories protesters are gathering in cities across me and bar after the coup but called for supporters to join the national strike the demonstrators are defying warnings from military rulers 20 changes more from bankole people are coming out that general strike they called for also seems to be being observed fairly universally around the country and said everything from food delivery services to public transport public health services the civil service all of these things seem to be coming to a grinding halt and i think the hope is from the protestors that they can bring effectively bring the country to a standstill and put so much pressure on the military that they rever

for the first tap it on only one winner rafael nadal strolled through the first two sets. d set tie—break he found himself. the doll has lost his first set of the tournament. it made him suddenly older and angrier. he lost the fourth and the match hurtled into a decider. every shot loaded with meaningful stop game 11 tsitsipas force a break point point was that nadal lost his grip and his serve. the doll had only twice before lost a match from two sets up. he fought to the last point but the last shot would be from tsitsipas. the last word was tricky. i'm speechless. i have no words to describe what just i'm speechless. i have no words to describe whatjust happened on the court. my tennis speaks for itself. it's an unbelievable feeling to be able to fight at such a level. part?r able to fight at such a level. party will surely have _ able to fight at such a level. party will surely have missed _ able to fight at such a level. party will surely have missed the - able to fight at such a level. party will surely have missed the company more than most. the world number one at h

djokovic's third straight australian open win and his 18th grand slam victory — two fewer than rafael nadalekend, almost springlike. and in fact, the temperatures are going to rise even more as we move through this new week, particularly tuesday and wednesday. this is the temperature anomaly map. you can see the temperatures well above the seasonal average, especially for parts of england and wales. but with this very mild air will come a lot of moisture, and it's going to pour down, in fact, across many western areas for tuesday and wednesday. some parts of western scotland, perhaps north—west england could see over 100 mm of rain, with a risk of localised flooding. eastern areas of the uk will actually be drier than average. for the start of the new week, though, it looks mainly dry with plenty of sunshine, but we still have some rain northern and western parts of england, eastern wales, to start the day. it will transfer towards the eastern side of england and tend to fizzle out, leaving a legacy of cloud here, with other areas brightening up. so, quite a fine afternoon for many. plenty

stefanos tsitsipas comes from two sets down to beat rafael nadal and move through to the australian open. good evening. the success of the vaccination programme has made it possible to consider lifting the covid restrictions at an earlier stage according to one of the government's scientific advisors. professor mark woolhouse of the university of edinburgh told a parliamentary committee at westminster there were reasons to be more optimistic because there was more confidence in the scientific data compared to last year. but other government advisers sounded a far more cautious note. and the prime minister, borisjohnson, said he was taking a "data not dates" approach which would "go in stages". he's set to announce his plans next monday for easing the lockdown in england. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. it'll be one of the most difficult decisions he has to make — at what speed to start easing the lockdown in england. the prime minister's hoping the rapid roll—out of vaccinations will help for his plan to be unveiled on monday. it'll be based firmly on a cautious and prudent ap

rafael nadal is through.d, who is chasing a 21st grand slam singles title, is yet to drop a set at this year's tournament — his latest victory coming against fabio fognini — nadal responding brilliantly to the hard—hitting of the italian. and that took him through to a quarter—final against stefanos tsitsipas. and the world number one and home favourite ash barty is through. a no—nonsense straight sets win against the american shelby rogers. karolina muchova in the quarters. there hasn't been an australian winner in melbourne since christine o'neil in 1978. two british players are on course to meet in the semi—finals of the men's doubles, afterjamie murray and bruno soares maintained their unbeaten run since they resumed their partnership. they're through to the last eight, as are the defending champions joe salisbury and rajeev ram. and alfie hewett is through to two wheelchair finals — the singles, and the doubles with gordon reid. chester racecourse has drawn up plans to allow up to 15,000 spectators to at

djokovic won in straight sets to claim his 18th grand slam, leaving him two behind roger federer and rafael nadaline being a passenger on this particular plane. one of the engines failed on take—off, leading to debris to be scattered over a residential area near denver. the boeing — with 231 passengers and ten crew on board — was able to return safely and land back at the airport. no injuries were reported. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:35pm. bye for now. novak djokovic is the australian open champion once again. he beat daniil medvedev in straight sets to win his ninth title in melbourne and his 18th grand slam overall. it takes him ever closer to roger federer and rafa nadals' totals of 20, as adam wild reports. there are few players in the history of tennis that have dominated one tournament quite like novak djokovic in melbourne. eight times a winner before today. there is a site since that times in tennis may be changing. daniil medvedev at the forefront of the spot�*s next generation but novak djokovic is not the type to

he's lost in straight sets to rafael nadal in the third round — no shame in that. next. the six nations continues today, england host italy at twickenham at 2:15, whilst scotland play wales at murrayfield. scotland are on a really good run of form, and beat wales just over three months ago in the final game of last year's delayed championship. they also had that historic win over england last weekend, but head coach gregor townsend is taking nothing for granted. while it was a great victory and we know what it meant to our country, it is not going to count for much if we don't back it up, if we don't go out and grab this opportunity now to get a second when in the championship. the players have been excellent this week at training. we have to make sure we build on that and keep the progress we have made going for another week. and you can watch scotland against wales in the six nations live from murrayfield on bbc one from 4pm this afternoon. there are four games in the premier league today. one of them is already under way, with the champions liverpool playing lei

date of the tournament gets under way in the next few hours and includes rafael nadal taking on fabios protest against new agricultural laws. disha ravi is accused of sedition and criminal conspiracy. the protests, now in their third month, mark the biggest challenge india's prime minister narendra modi has faced. the bbc�*s south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan has more. disha ravi, seen here with a black facemask, is being taken to the court. this young, energetic climate change activist is now under police custody in connection with an investigation into an alleged conspiracy to bring disrepute to india. mr ravi shared document to help understand the ongoing farmers protest on social media and how to support the movement online. tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting against three new laws, which they say will benefit big private companies. translation: these laws will have an effect on anyone who eats. - if corporates are allowed to come in, they will buy from us at very low prices and we will lose our livelihoods. the document, or the toolkit, was also shared by the gl

the semi—final line up is complete at the australian open. 20—time grand slam winner rafael nadal is five set quarter—final against stefanos tsitsipas. the spaniard, who has reached five finals in melbourne, winning it once back in 2009, looked to be cruising after taking the first two sets easily 6—3, 6—2. but the greek fifth seed turned it around for only his second career win against nadal. the match lasting just over four hours at almost midnight. tsitsipas is into a third grand slam semi—final, he reached the last four in this tournament two years ago. next up for tsitsipas is daniil medvedev, he beat fellow—russian andrey rublev in straight sets — world number four medvedev has matched his best performance at a grand slam. he also reached the semi—finals at the us open last year. world number one ash barty said it was "heartbreaking" to be knocked out today — she was looking to be the first home winner in 43 years. she raced through the first set of her quarterfinal against karolina muchova, taking it 6—1. her czech opponent complained of dizziness and called for a medical time

second-ranked rafael nadal will not capture a record 21st men's single title after losing in five sets stefanos tsipras in the final. he will go on to the semifinal contest tomorrow. the other men's semifinal is currently under way between top-ranked novak djokovic and aslan kratzive. on the women's side, the final is set. american jennifer brady needed three sets this morning to defeat carlina ma cova and punch her ticket to the championship match. brady will face third-seeded naomi osaka, who swept serena williams in last night's semifinal. williams who was aiming to extend her grand slam singles record to 24, became emotional when asked about her future during a postmatch interview. >> there was a really poignant moment when you walked off the court to a standing ovation, and you put your hand over your heart. what was going through your head in that moment? >> um, i don't know. the aussie crowd is so amazing, so, it was nice to see. >> some people wondered if this is -- you were almost saying farewell. >> um, i don't know if i'd ever say farewell, i wouldn't tell anyone, so. so. >>

and rafael nadal has made it into round 3 of the men's draw but his match had to be stopped at one point because a drunken fan would stop swearing at him she was eventually removed and it all wrapped up straight sets win over american michael none. too much do you know the killer i don't know but. honestly it was a strange situation but. yeah funny at the same time and there was a fiery match between 2 italian plays 5 you're funny and salvatore closer it was funny that one after 5 says those you can see the battle continued after the match and eventually had to be separated by the officials it's been reported caruso was funny calling him lucky after several points during the match. now the old skiing championship all finally underway and it's a day off to days of weather delays now though perfect conditions and thursday and swiss re solara good brahmi took advantage to claim a 1st major competition gold medal in the women's sure. defending champion champion mikael a shift from finish 3rd with us considering she was competing in a 1st speed race in more than a year. now let's finish the g

start with tennis and there's been a huge upset at the australian open in the last hour or so rafael nadal has been dumped out of the time and i agree sister found us to chip us in the quarterfinals that wasn't the only star to be stunned on a wednesday so her magic has the action of from the rest of the matches. women's world number one australia's ashley barty is probably are asking herself how things went so horribly wrong in melbourne having won the 1st set against 25th seed carolina over 61 she looked on course for the semifinals. but things went steadily downhill she lost the 2nd 63 with her opponent taking a medical time out during the sit. barty looked a shadow over the player that dominated early on she finished with $37.00 on full steroids losing the decide to 16 to crash out of her home grand slam it's heartbreaking of course but will it deter me and will it ruin the fact that we've had a really successful start to our season absolutely not you know we the sun will come up tomorrow where we go about our work again you're either winning or learning and i think today is a massive

djokovic has won 6 of the last 10 majors and is now just 2 wins away from joining roger federer and rafael nadalwith the men's all time overall record of 20 grand slam titles i won in melbourne guarantees you stay world number one until at least march 8th there will be 311 weeks in the top spot. and then breaks another if it was records that are with al-jazeera. so another grand slams have to joke of it is a vast collection and he doesn't talk on stopping that whether i think about winning more slams and breaking records of course of course i do. and my my most of my attention in my energy from this day forward is you know until i retire from tennis is going to be directed him in majors and trying and trying to win more major trophies. the top 2 sides in the italian league went head to head in the mondavi and it was in so he came out on top beating city rivals ac milan at 30 you know about martinez interact early on and then to score the 2nd after the break to give them a 2 may only but it was related cock with the pick of the goals a brilliant side in iran and finish for the birds in to extend

rushes down even medvedev is heading to the australian open final taking on the man the not cower rafael nadal stiff on the sets the past saw medvedev put in one of his most impressive displays in melbourne so far i. could see after taking the 1st $64.00 against it's about he was even more dominant in the 2nd overpowering just 5th the to take it $62.00. and. the 3rd set was much closer since the past battle hard to stay in the match but that only prompted medvedev to produce one of the shots of the tournament. it was a moment that he enjoyed to the max shortly before putting his greek opponent out of his misery. medvedev taking the final 75 to set up a showdown in the final against world number one novak djokovic was 1st thought like that i don't have a lot of pressure because he never lost. in a time to cheer us here in the final so it's you who has all the pressure in. getting to roger off in the grand slam so was i i just hope that i'm going to get out there show my best tennis as we as we see i can win some big names if i play good sunday can't come quick enough for medvedev zewail malik a

live in johannesburg and he descendant of all the day's news 20 time grand slam tennis champion rafael nadal as well one is way into the australian open quarter finals in melbourne that and more coming up later in the program. so that military has opened fire as protesters gathered in the city of mandalay that's according to local media earlier in the day deposed leader and sent to chief detention was extended she was arrested 2 weeks ago when the army seized power in a coup scott heidi reports now on the demonstrations which are in the 2nd week. there were soldiers and armored vehicles on the streets another tense night in myanmar but despite the security patrols and an internet blackout protesters gathered for a 10th straight day one group of the civil disobedience movement c.d.n. for short stood in front of the central bank in yangon and continued with their calls for the military government to step down and the country's democratically elected leaders to be released we are protesting peacefully without weapons with no intention of violence to call for see. fight for the 3 dimmest governm

it's been a day of shocks at the australian open rafael nadal looked to be on course for the semifinalstaking the 1st 2 sets as he faced 5th seed stefana still to pass the greek however with stage one of the fight banks of the tournament. to pass pulled one set back via tie break before winning the 4th 64 to level things that 2 sets all. and then after more than 4 hours on court to the 22 year old pulled off the unthinkable winning the decider $75.00 to book a showdown with danny medvedev in the last 4. city i'm speechless have no words to describe where it just happened on board. my tennis because of herself . medvedev booked his spot in the men's semi's with a straight sets victory over russian compactor it on live. medvedev has never won a major before but he's looking an ominous form the 25 year old who's only been taken beyond 3 sets once at this year's tournament. women's world number one australia's ashley barty is probably asking herself how things went so horribly wrong in melbourne having won the 1st set against 25th seed carolina over 61 she looked on course for the semifinal

18th major title and is now just two shy of the men's singles record shared by roger federer and rafael nadalen's side, naomi osaka remains perfect in grand slam finals, capturing the fourth of her career in melbourne on saturday after a straight-set win against american jennifer brady. she is a phenom. >>> and finally, while the houston astros are due to report for spring training in west palm beach, florida, today, players are trying to do their part to support their fans back in texas who are struggling to recover from last week's devastating storm. it includes astros third baseman alex bregman, who according to "the houston chronicle" along with his wife and teammates and families spent the night in houston handing out 18,000 cases of water. pitcher lance mccullers and his wife have donated $150,000, including 400,000 bottles of water that will be distributed by the houston food bank. and stars carlos correa and jose altuve have made a combined $50,000 donation to provide meals to homes of more than 25,000 houston families in need. we all need to step up at this point to try and help folk

the semi—final line up is complete at the australian open. 20 time grand slam winner rafael nadal isd turned it around for only his second career win against nadal. the match lasting just over four hours and finishing just before midnight. tsitsipas is into a third grand slam semi—final, where he'll play ruissia's daniil medvedev. iam i am speechless. i have no words to describe what just i am speechless. i have no words to describe whatjust happened on the court. my tennis speaks for itself. it is an unbelievable feeling to be able to fight at such a level and just be able to give it my all out in the court. today's performance was... i started very nervous, i won't lie. i don't know what happened. after the third set, i just flew like a little bird. that is one way _ just flew like a little bird. that is one way of _ just flew like a little bird. that is one way of putting - just flew like a little bird. that is one way of putting it. i big shock in the women's draw — world number one ash barty said it was "heartbreaking" to be knocked out in the quarter finals. she was looking to

on the 2 rafael nadal sense how spain semifinal time with italy with a sore back and could only watch from the sidelines as much better teenie roberta batiste agate pulled out entertaining trick shots but ultimately it was the italian who sealed a 6375 when to put his country through to the final against russian. american golfers and the shelf li holds the lead at the halfway stage of the phoenix open the world number 4 rolled in an eagle pot at the 15 he sits at 12 under par a shot ahead of steve stricker and keegan bradley. but it wasn't a good day for one volunteer at the sound international tournament he was at the wrong end of a drive by world number one dustin johnson lucky man was floored by the shots he's likely to have quite a breeze on the shoulder and that seemed ok as he was able to walk away. all right that is was for for now i have more feel later following joe thank you very much we'll see you later that's it for this news hour on al-jazeera but do stay with us we've got plenty more world news coming up very shortly a dream for me again is with you next to stay with us.

status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented venezuelan refugees and migrants and it's hordes rafael nadal starts his 21st grand slam title the australian open details later in the show with simon to stay with this. plan. frank assessment you got leagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse for 2200 people and in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines. inside story on al-jazeera. this thing to say it's time for a different approach so let's leave them closely to the headlines join me as i take on the dismantle the misconceptions and meet the contradictions are marc lamont hill and it's time to get up for the latest news as it breaks human rights groups are questioning why people are taken to this isolation centers and the treatment they receive. with detailed coverage beyond groups now control the villages that we can see on the other side of the river people who live on this side they can be come. from around the world months after the eruption they say their heart is back to normal. the of the the e the one. you're watching the

now to tennis, where rafael nadal says he isn't looking for any excuses after the 20—time grand slamian open. the spaniard, who has reached five finals in melbourne, winning it once back in 2009, looked to be cruising after taking the first two sets easily. but the greek fifth seed turned it around for only his second career win against nadal. the match lasting over four hours and finishing just before midnight local time. tsitsipas is into a third grand slam semi—final, where he'll play russia's daniil medvedev. there was a big shock in the women's draw. world number one ashleigh barty said it was "heartbreaking" to be knocked out in the quarterfinals. she was looking to be the first home winner in 43 years, and raced through the first set of her quarterfinal in 2a minutes against karolina muchova. her czech opponent complained of dizziness and called for a medical timeout and that was the turning point for the 25th seed. when she returned, she dominated the rest of the match taking the next two sets. the england cricket coach chris silverwood has apologised for the way that moeen a

rafael nadal is looking strong as he continues his quest for a record 21st grand slam title.itish players are on course to meet in the semi—finals of the men's doubles, afterjamie murray and bruno soares maintained their unbeaten run since they resumed their partnership. they're through to the last eight, as are the defending champions joe salisbury and rajeev ram. and alfie hewett and gordon reid beat gustavo fernandez and shingo kunieda in the semi finals of the men's wheelchair doubles. and i just want to show you some high—speed drama from the alpine skiing world championships in italy. frenchman max muzaton saving himself from a crash during the men's downhill, the blue ribband event. he produced remarkable skill and athleticism to stay upright. the new champion vincent creek—meyer appreciated it too. round of applause just by surviving that. round of applause just by surviving that. that's all the sport for now. a senior rabbi is warning that some parts of the uk's orthodoxjewish community are breaking lockdown rules about large gatherings, despite suffering particularl

rafael nadal is looking strong as he continues his quest for a record 21st grand slam title.bourne, it does feel quite surreal when great rallies like this are met with silence. and i just want to show you some high speed drama from the alpine skiing world championships in italy. frenchman max muzaton saving himself from a crash during the men's downhill, the blue ribband event. he produced remarkable skill and athleticism to stay upright. look at that. he looks like one of those trick _ look at that. he looks like one of those trick skiers. _ look at that. he looks like one of those trick skiers. unbelievable. | the new champion, vincent creek—meyer, appreciated it too. staying on his feet. thank you, sall . staying on his feet. thank you, sally- very _ staying on his feet. thank you, sally. very impressive. - staying on his feet. thank you, sally. very impressive. carol. staying on his feet. thank you, sally. very impressive. carol is staying on his feet. thank you, i sally. very impressive. carol is on standby with a change on the way. that is absolutely right, charlie. go